WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.080 Jesus, amen. 00:00:01.820 --> 00:00:02.080 Amen. 00:00:02.180 --> 00:00:02.800 You may be seated. 00:00:02.980 --> 00:00:06.299 Kids, you are dismissed to your King's Kids class. 00:00:06.299 --> 00:00:06.299 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:37.719 For him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, speaking of Jesus, so that 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:42.659 you may not grow weary or faint-hearted in your struggle against sin. 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:45.460 You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 00:00:46.340 --> 00:00:49.460 And have you forgotten the agitation that addresses you as sons? 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:56.579 My son, my daughter, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when 00:00:56.579 --> 00:00:59.679 reproved by him, for the Lord disciplines the one he loves. 00:01:00.619 --> 00:01:03.700 And chastises every son whom he receives. 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:06.620 It is for discipline that you have to endure. 00:01:07.459 --> 00:01:08.900 God is treating you as sons. 00:01:09.099 --> 00:01:11.859 For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:17.439 If you are left without discipline in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:18.680 children and not sons. 00:01:18.680 --> 00:01:23.579 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. 00:01:24.240 --> 00:01:29.060 Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.159 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them. 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:40.140 But he disciplines us for our good. 00:01:40.780 --> 00:01:43.120 That we may share his holiness. 00:01:44.259 --> 00:01:50.420 For the moment, all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant. 00:01:51.060 --> 00:01:57.519 But later, it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:02.819 Therefore, lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees and make straight paths for 00:02:02.819 --> 00:02:06.479 your feet so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed. 00:02:07.359 --> 00:02:12.340 Strive for peace with everyone and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. 00:02:12.740 --> 00:02:15.099 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God. 00:02:15.219 --> 00:02:21.139 That no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble and by it many become defiled. 00:02:21.139 --> 00:02:27.759 That no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau who sold his birthright for a single meal. 00:02:28.759 --> 00:02:33.419 For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. 00:02:33.579 --> 00:02:37.379 For he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears. 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:39.539 May God bless the hearing of his word. 00:02:39.539 --> 00:02:54.739 Some of the most formative moments in parenting our children to train them, to form them, are in moments of crisis. 00:02:55.819 --> 00:02:56.919 Moments of hardship. 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:00.519 Your child tries out for a play. 00:03:01.519 --> 00:03:07.459 Your child tries out for an orchestra, a band, or an athletic team, and they don't make the cut. 00:03:07.460 --> 00:03:09.060 They're disappointed. 00:03:10.260 --> 00:03:14.260 And that is a parental training opportunity. 00:03:14.900 --> 00:03:17.659 To speak into their lives for their good. 00:03:18.760 --> 00:03:25.659 Your child is being marginalized from a group at school or in the community because they don't fit in. 00:03:26.740 --> 00:03:28.900 It raises questions in them. 00:03:29.060 --> 00:03:30.520 Their identity, who am I? 00:03:31.379 --> 00:03:34.980 It's a parenting training opportunity for their good. 00:03:34.979 --> 00:03:39.079 You get to speak into their life who they are. 00:03:40.819 --> 00:03:43.679 Your child gets in trouble in school or with the police. 00:03:43.939 --> 00:03:46.919 They're facing really stiff consequences. 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:55.280 They may be trying to ignore it, keep it away from their consciousness, or maybe they're just deathly afraid. 00:03:55.280 --> 00:04:02.020 It's a parenting training opportunity to train them in responsibility for their good. 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:06.819 It might be the moment they need most for later in their life. 00:04:06.819 --> 00:04:16.620 God brings hard things, hot things, heat into the lives of our children. 00:04:17.819 --> 00:04:23.219 And we as parents have the opportunity to make the most of that opportunity. 00:04:23.339 --> 00:04:26.279 To form our children's characters. 00:04:26.819 --> 00:04:30.319 To ignore it would be to be unloving to our children. 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:40.500 For those of us who have put our faith in Jesus Christ, by God's grace he brought us out of the domain of darkness. 00:04:40.699 --> 00:04:44.579 And transferred us into the kingdom of the beloved son, the family of God. 00:04:45.339 --> 00:04:47.980 We are God's sons and daughters. 00:04:47.980 --> 00:04:54.200 And our loving father brings heat into our lives. 00:04:54.980 --> 00:04:56.259 To form us. 00:04:57.280 --> 00:04:58.780 To grow us. 00:04:59.540 --> 00:05:01.020 To strengthen us. 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:04.020 To help us to endure all the way to the end. 00:05:04.140 --> 00:05:05.980 To our very last breath. 00:05:06.080 --> 00:05:07.420 Holding fast to Christ. 00:05:07.780 --> 00:05:10.660 Our loving father disciplines us for our good. 00:05:12.100 --> 00:05:15.780 So this morning from Hebrews 12, I want to convince you of this. 00:05:15.779 --> 00:05:21.459 We must welcome God's loving discipline. 00:05:22.279 --> 00:05:25.939 Because it's always for our good. 00:05:26.599 --> 00:05:27.859 I'll just say that again. 00:05:28.939 --> 00:05:32.319 We must welcome God's loving discipline. 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:35.019 Because it's always for our good. 00:05:35.139 --> 00:05:36.979 So we're going to walk through this passage. 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:38.839 I'm going to ask four questions. 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:39.939 And answer them. 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:40.859 Here are the four questions. 00:05:41.459 --> 00:05:42.739 What is God's discipline? 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:45.199 Second question. 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:47.120 Why does God discipline us? 00:05:47.659 --> 00:05:48.459 Third question. 00:05:48.939 --> 00:05:50.379 How does God discipline us? 00:05:50.779 --> 00:05:51.539 Fourth question. 00:05:52.079 --> 00:05:54.819 How do we respond to God's discipline? 00:05:56.300 --> 00:06:00.099 We welcome God's discipline. 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:01.360 His loving discipline. 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:03.639 Because it's always for our good. 00:06:03.740 --> 00:06:05.879 So let's start with this first question. 00:06:06.339 --> 00:06:07.680 What is God's discipline? 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:10.159 And in one word, it's training. 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:13.040 It's God training us. 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:23.600 Did you notice when I was reading through this section how many times that word discipline or disciplines or disciplined shows up? 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:25.020 It shows up nine times. 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:26.000 That's a lot. 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:34.060 That kind of repetition is emphasizing the importance of God's loving discipline in our lives. 00:06:34.060 --> 00:06:40.819 But for many of us, when we hear the word discipline, we think strictly in terms of punishment. 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:46.540 We think of when in terms of child raising, our child disobeys. 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:47.480 They do something wrong. 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:49.139 And we spank them. 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:50.639 We give them a time out. 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:53.519 Because we want to help them understand what they've done. 00:06:53.919 --> 00:06:57.860 Bringing painful consequences for bad behavior. 00:06:58.379 --> 00:06:59.319 And that's part of parenting. 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:01.699 It's a necessary part of parenting. 00:07:02.139 --> 00:07:07.399 But biblically speaking, that word discipline is broader than just punishment. 00:07:08.779 --> 00:07:10.620 It includes it, but it's broader. 00:07:10.779 --> 00:07:13.000 It has the sense of training. 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:19.639 In Ephesians 6, we're told to raise our children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:23.319 The training and instruction of the Lord. 00:07:23.419 --> 00:07:24.560 We're to grow them up. 00:07:25.339 --> 00:07:26.639 We're to help them endure. 00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:29.919 And God uses discipline to help us endure. 00:07:30.819 --> 00:07:34.019 It is for discipline that you must endure, verse 7. 00:07:34.539 --> 00:07:36.099 So let me help you see a connection here. 00:07:37.419 --> 00:07:42.419 If you turn back to Hebrews chapter 10, verse 32, we read this. 00:07:43.060 --> 00:07:49.620 But recall the former days when after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with suffering. 00:07:49.899 --> 00:07:55.180 So the writer's looking back on an earlier period of the original audience and said, 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:59.919 When you were converted, remember that time you were suffering and you endured it? 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:03.219 And then in verse 36 of chapter 10, he says, 00:08:03.860 --> 00:08:05.740 For you have need of endurance. 00:08:06.639 --> 00:08:07.240 Now. 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:10.000 They had grown weary and fainthearted. 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:13.540 They were tempted to walk away. 00:08:14.540 --> 00:08:15.420 To drift. 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:17.500 To fall away. 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:19.600 He says, 00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:20.920 For you have need of endurance. 00:08:21.500 --> 00:08:23.459 This long obedience in the same direction. 00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:27.139 So that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what is promised. 00:08:27.620 --> 00:08:30.699 Holding fast to Christ all the way to your very last breath. 00:08:30.699 --> 00:08:38.679 And then in chapter 11, we have this hall of faith. 00:08:38.819 --> 00:08:40.100 The who's who of the faith. 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:46.319 20 plus examples of men and women who endured by faith all the way to the end. 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:48.399 Pursuing holiness. 00:08:49.340 --> 00:08:50.159 Trusting in God. 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:54.879 When we turn to chapter 12, we read this in verse 2. 00:08:55.839 --> 00:09:02.379 Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross. 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:05.000 Despising the shame. 00:09:05.259 --> 00:09:06.259 Seated at the right hand of God. 00:09:06.339 --> 00:09:06.799 Verse 3. 00:09:06.799 --> 00:09:12.699 Consider him, Jesus, who endured from sinners such hostility against himself. 00:09:12.859 --> 00:09:14.979 So what is this discipline? 00:09:15.419 --> 00:09:19.039 It's God training us to endure. 00:09:19.899 --> 00:09:22.199 To strengthen our faith muscles. 00:09:22.419 --> 00:09:24.219 Instead of atrophying them. 00:09:24.419 --> 00:09:27.339 That we endure all the way to the end. 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:28.579 Pursuing holiness. 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:34.819 The writer of Hebrews puts Jesus to the forefront. 00:09:34.820 --> 00:09:38.540 As the ultimate example of endurance. 00:09:40.600 --> 00:09:42.520 So that we don't grow weary and fainthearted. 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:45.840 When you suffer hardship. 00:09:46.700 --> 00:09:49.640 Whether that's something within you or from out of you. 00:09:49.980 --> 00:09:52.500 You can be tempted to want to throw in the towel. 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:55.500 In verse 4, he says, 00:09:55.860 --> 00:09:59.180 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood. 00:10:00.040 --> 00:10:03.460 The struggle against sin is the sin within us. 00:10:03.460 --> 00:10:05.820 When we are tempted to sin ourselves. 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:08.920 And then there's sin outside of us. 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:15.040 When others are seeking to be hostile to us for following Jesus. 00:10:19.139 --> 00:10:22.759 And what he tells this church, this first century church, 00:10:22.800 --> 00:10:28.300 is that they had not yet resisted that to the point of shedding blood. 00:10:28.299 --> 00:10:32.979 Nobody had died for being a follower of Jesus in this church at this point. 00:10:34.199 --> 00:10:36.000 He's saying, hey, you've got a real struggle. 00:10:36.299 --> 00:10:41.240 But you haven't gone the distance in terms of Jesus and some of the other people from the hall of faith. 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:46.560 And then in verse 5 and 6, he says, 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:48.180 You have forgotten something. 00:10:52.340 --> 00:10:53.980 He poses that as a question. 00:10:54.980 --> 00:10:58.620 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? 00:11:00.860 --> 00:11:04.139 What he's saying is, why are you surprised that you're suffering? 00:11:04.139 --> 00:11:10.220 Why are you surprised that you're experiencing hardship and pain? 00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:15.960 And then he quotes Proverbs 3, 11 and 12. 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:19.019 My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, 00:11:19.199 --> 00:11:21.159 nor be weary when reproved by him. 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:25.460 For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son whom he receives. 00:11:25.620 --> 00:11:27.139 So let's think in terms of training. 00:11:27.539 --> 00:11:30.299 My son, do not regard lightly the training of the Lord. 00:11:30.299 --> 00:11:34.799 His intentional seeking to help you endure by faith, 00:11:35.719 --> 00:11:39.899 nor be weary of being reproved, corrected by him. 00:11:40.379 --> 00:11:41.699 Don't grow fainthearted in that. 00:11:42.579 --> 00:11:47.979 For the Lord trains the one he loves and chastises. 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:50.000 That's an interesting word. 00:11:51.299 --> 00:11:52.919 Underneath that word, it means to whip. 00:11:53.719 --> 00:11:57.000 And the idea there is corporal punishment, spanking. 00:11:57.000 --> 00:12:01.080 He spanks every son whom he receives. 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:02.879 He wants to grow us. 00:12:03.659 --> 00:12:05.600 Help us to endure, grow us in holiness. 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:11.299 The Lord disciplines us. 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:15.519 So the connection that's being made here is 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:20.279 what this church, this first century church was experiencing, 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:24.200 the suffering at the hands of people who were seeking to hurt them. 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:26.800 They were being exploited. 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:28.720 They were having their names dragged through the mud. 00:12:28.800 --> 00:12:31.700 We know this from chapter 10, verses 32, 33, and 34. 00:12:32.060 --> 00:12:33.120 They were being put in prison. 00:12:34.140 --> 00:12:36.100 They were having their property plundered. 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:39.160 And what we're being told here, 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:41.720 and it requires a radical shift of thinking, 00:12:42.420 --> 00:12:44.440 don't be surprised by this. 00:12:45.900 --> 00:12:46.860 God is in it. 00:12:47.980 --> 00:12:48.780 Training you. 00:12:49.740 --> 00:12:50.400 Growing you. 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:51.740 Helping you. 00:12:51.740 --> 00:12:55.799 Because God uses all sorts of heat, 00:12:56.440 --> 00:12:59.700 all sorts of crisis, hardship, difficulty, 00:13:00.180 --> 00:13:04.120 sufferings, to train us, to grow us. 00:13:05.899 --> 00:13:07.740 You might be thinking, I didn't sign up for that. 00:13:09.659 --> 00:13:10.460 Yes, you did. 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:13.759 When you became a Christian, 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:17.399 when you were adopted by your loving Holy Father, 00:13:17.399 --> 00:13:20.620 you signed up for holiness training. 00:13:22.079 --> 00:13:23.740 He loves you so much. 00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:30.519 This kind of thinking is a radical shift of thinking, isn't it? 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:33.240 Hardship comes into your life. 00:13:34.939 --> 00:13:36.299 Sometimes you want to blame God. 00:13:36.299 --> 00:13:39.819 Here's a story. 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:42.199 When I was a seminary student, 00:13:42.379 --> 00:13:43.699 I was driving the car a lot, 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:44.939 and I'd listen to Moody Radio. 00:13:46.779 --> 00:13:48.599 And one afternoon, I was driving home, 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:51.799 and I heard an interview with a Vietnamese pastor. 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:56.279 And this pastor and his church at that time 00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:58.099 were suffering greatly in Vietnam. 00:13:59.219 --> 00:14:00.779 They had their building burned down. 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:02.679 They were suffering threats. 00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:06.459 And at the end of the interview, 00:14:06.579 --> 00:14:09.039 the host asks this Vietnamese pastor, 00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:11.159 how can we pray for you? 00:14:11.239 --> 00:14:13.219 How can the American church pray for you? 00:14:13.859 --> 00:14:15.359 And you know what this Vietnamese pastor said? 00:14:17.139 --> 00:14:19.120 Don't ask God to stop the persecution. 00:14:23.239 --> 00:14:24.459 And then he goes on to say, 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:32.479 our suffering is as if God is tightening the string on a violin. 00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:36.339 And we, the Vietnamese church, 00:14:36.859 --> 00:14:43.779 gets to add tonal depth to the worship of God across the world. 00:14:45.099 --> 00:14:50.939 So he was thinking of his suffering as God's training, 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:55.039 growing, helping them endure. 00:14:55.039 --> 00:15:03.000 This Vietnamese pastor had not forgotten Proverbs 3, 11 and 12. 00:15:04.740 --> 00:15:10.179 He was seeing that this pain was actually for their good 00:15:10.179 --> 00:15:14.980 and our good as the worldwide church. 00:15:16.299 --> 00:15:19.519 It's a radical shift of thinking. 00:15:19.860 --> 00:15:20.899 Do you have heat in your life? 00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:24.199 Are you facing hardship in your life? 00:15:25.319 --> 00:15:26.199 Difficulty? 00:15:27.299 --> 00:15:28.779 How are you interpreting that? 00:15:30.379 --> 00:15:33.620 Have you forgotten you are sons and daughters? 00:15:35.539 --> 00:15:37.799 What is God's discipline? 00:15:38.659 --> 00:15:40.319 It's God training us. 00:15:41.959 --> 00:15:42.699 Second question. 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:44.659 Why does God discipline? 00:15:44.659 --> 00:15:46.339 In two words. 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:49.039 Love and holiness. 00:15:49.319 --> 00:15:50.100 That was three words. 00:15:50.459 --> 00:15:51.719 Love, holiness. 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:56.459 Why would God bring heat into our lives? 00:15:56.559 --> 00:15:57.539 Doesn't that seem mean? 00:15:59.299 --> 00:16:01.759 Why make us uncomfortable? 00:16:02.939 --> 00:16:04.659 Why stretch us? 00:16:04.659 --> 00:16:12.059 Why would he intentionally cause us pain? 00:16:14.059 --> 00:16:16.600 In this passage, we are giving a two-fold answer. 00:16:18.259 --> 00:16:19.360 His motive is love. 00:16:20.839 --> 00:16:22.719 And his aim is holiness. 00:16:24.179 --> 00:16:25.620 Let's look at his loving motive. 00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:29.659 Did you notice when I was reading that there was this reference 00:16:30.299 --> 00:16:32.480 to fathers and children all the way through? 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:37.320 In fact, there's a comparison between earthly fathers and our heavenly father. 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:38.940 What's up with that? 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:48.399 I mean, in verses 5 and 6, it's like, have you not forgotten that God addresses you as sons and daughters? 00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:49.899 Proverbs 3. 00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:53.800 And then he starts talking about, verses 7 and 8, 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:58.800 that the argument is, what kind of father would God be if he didn't discipline us? 00:16:58.799 --> 00:17:03.379 The assumption is, fathers lovingly discipline their children. 00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:07.279 Hey, if our earthly fathers, then how much more will God? 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:10.799 And then he makes this really interesting statement. 00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:16.839 If everyone else of God's children is being disciplined, but you're not, 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:20.419 could it be because you're not a legitimate child? 00:17:20.420 --> 00:17:25.140 The other side of that is this. 00:17:25.420 --> 00:17:31.200 If you are experiencing the discipline of God, you are a child of his. 00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:36.480 Verses 9 and 10, they get at this idea that, 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:41.600 well, earthly fathers disciplined us for a short time as best as they knew how. 00:17:41.700 --> 00:17:45.340 I'm grateful for Steve Salvati's discipline in my life. 00:17:45.420 --> 00:17:46.700 He did as best as he could. 00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:52.039 But our heavenly father, how much more is the argument? 00:17:53.380 --> 00:18:00.460 Our heavenly father, how much more will we subject ourselves to him? 00:18:01.059 --> 00:18:05.559 Because he disciplines us for the long haul, for our good. 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:11.920 Here's what's behind this, these references to fathers and children. 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:13.819 It's verse 6. 00:18:13.819 --> 00:18:17.519 The Lord disciplines the one he loves. 00:18:19.159 --> 00:18:20.139 He loves you. 00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:24.500 Son of God, he loves you. 00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:28.359 Daughter of God, he loves you. 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:32.500 And it's not just a rub your back love. 00:18:34.579 --> 00:18:36.240 He's going to love you into holiness. 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:40.480 In verse 10, we read, 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:44.279 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, 00:18:44.339 --> 00:18:49.039 but he disciplines us for our good. 00:18:51.380 --> 00:18:52.620 That's his loving commitment. 00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:57.579 He loves us into goodness. 00:18:57.579 --> 00:19:05.980 And that goodness is not left for us to define, but he defines it to share his holiness. 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:15.699 God in his love values your holiness more than your comfort. 00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:21.500 We know from 1 John that God is love. 00:19:23.340 --> 00:19:29.680 And we know from our Bibles that the greatest demonstration of God's love towards us is in the giving of his son. 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:33.019 And there was all sorts of pain in that. 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:38.700 Jesus suffered the wrath of God. 00:19:39.360 --> 00:19:43.759 Terrible pain physically, spiritually, emotionally, for our good. 00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:46.840 And for the joy set before him, Jesus endured it. 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.840 God loves you. 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:51.799 He loves you so much. 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:56.419 He wants you to share in his holiness. 00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:58.379 Now let's turn to his holy aim. 00:19:58.899 --> 00:19:59.839 Verse 10. 00:20:00.159 --> 00:20:01.899 He defines for our good. 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:05.399 In greater clarity, he says, 00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:08.899 To share that we may share his holiness. 00:20:10.439 --> 00:20:14.659 We are to be holy as our God is holy. 00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:25.580 And he is actively training us to endure so that we become more and more holy all the way to our very last breath. 00:20:26.040 --> 00:20:31.820 The most basic sense of the word holiness is to be set apart. 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:34.820 To be distinct from the world. 00:20:35.300 --> 00:20:37.279 And you can think about it along two lines. 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:43.720 In terms of moral purity, God is the ultimate standard of moral righteousness. 00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:44.839 He's morally perfect. 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:49.680 Jesus, totally God, totally man, is God incarnate on the planet. 00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:54.880 And if you look at his life in the gospels, he was morally sinless. 00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.920 All the way through. 00:20:58.360 --> 00:20:59.460 Morally perfect. 00:21:01.600 --> 00:21:03.700 That's the standard for us. 00:21:05.120 --> 00:21:06.700 That's what we're being called to. 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:09.279 But it's just not moral purity. 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:10.920 It's relational peace. 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:12.039 It's a holy peace. 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:16.039 Peace within the triune Godhead. 00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:18.799 God has eternally experienced peace. 00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:28.259 And then when God in his mercy rescued us through the blood of Jesus, adopting us as his own, he made peace with us. 00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:31.480 We've been justified by faith and therefore we have peace with God. 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:48.099 God wants us to be like him in his holiness. 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:49.799 And that's not a downer. 00:21:50.620 --> 00:21:51.799 That is really good. 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:54.279 God is full of joy. 00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:56.279 God is full of joy. 00:21:56.279 --> 00:22:01.619 The most joyful being of all experience in all of existence is the most holy. 00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:08.059 In verse 11, he goes on to further describe this holiness, this good. 00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:13.819 And he describes it as this peaceful fruit of righteousness. 00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:19.740 Why does God discipline us? 00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:27.259 He disciplines us out of his love for our holiness. 00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:30.259 His motive is love. 00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:32.139 His aim is holiness. 00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:42.500 And he is seeking to yield this peaceful fruit of righteousness, this goodness, this holiness in us. 00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:45.140 All right. 00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:51.940 Some of you today are going to need to repent of something sinful. 00:22:54.220 --> 00:23:08.380 Because when hard things enter your life, instead of trusting in God's holy motive, you question it. 00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:11.680 Why are you doing this to me? 00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:15.240 Why are you letting this happen? 00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:19.840 You're questioning God's character. 00:23:21.560 --> 00:23:22.880 You've lost sight. 00:23:23.040 --> 00:23:25.540 You've forgotten that he's treating you as sons and daughters. 00:23:26.300 --> 00:23:27.500 That he loves you. 00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:31.120 That he brings hard things into your life. 00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:34.480 Because he loves you and wants to make you holy. 00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:43.720 When God brings the heat into your life, what question are you asking? 00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:48.039 Are you saying, why are you doing this? 00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:53.319 Or are you asking, God, show me what you want to do. 00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.759 Have your way. 00:23:55.759 --> 00:24:03.259 The answer, why does God discipline us? 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:05.379 It's because he loves us. 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:11.940 The third question, how does God discipline us? 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:16.660 In a word, painfully. 00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.799 Verse 11. 00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:24.960 For the moment, all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant. 00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:30.399 Okay, if you're a Christian in the room, I just want you to see the word in verse 11. 00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.700 The word painful. 00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:39.099 For the moment, all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant. 00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:47.099 If you're a child of God, you will experience pain as your heavenly father forms your character. 00:24:47.659 --> 00:24:51.799 As he strengthens your endurance, you will experience pain. 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:54.439 Why will you experience pain? 00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:57.119 Well, here's some reasons why. 00:24:58.719 --> 00:25:04.259 Because oftentimes, when God is at work in you, showing you areas of sin within you, 00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:07.619 you start to realize that you've been grieving God. 00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:09.660 It's a kind of pain. 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:12.379 And not only grieving God, you've been hurting others. 00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:14.339 It's a kind of a pain. 00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:16.559 It's the pain of embarrassment. 00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:19.579 It's the pain of causing people distress. 00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:23.400 That your sin distresses other people. 00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.740 That's painful. 00:25:25.379 --> 00:25:32.940 But what we learn from the Bibles is that when that pain goes from being horizontal to going vertical, 00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:37.440 and you gain this godly sorrow over your pain, 00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:40.160 that leads to repentance. 00:25:41.860 --> 00:25:43.299 That leads to holiness. 00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:50.380 Another reason why this can be painful 00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:54.860 is because some of our sinful patterns in our life, 00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:59.779 we think are going to be painful to give up. 00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:05.379 Now, we think, oh no, I can't live without that. 00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:10.839 For some reason, they register as lost. 00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:14.000 Now, let's be very sober-minded here. 00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.000 Addictions. 00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:16.319 Addiction to pornography. 00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:18.279 Addiction to alcohol. 00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:20.039 Addictions to gambling. 00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:22.720 Addictions to different kinds of drugs. 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:24.240 Addictions to gambling. 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:25.799 There will be pain 00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:28.900 and coming off of these sinful patterns. 00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:36.079 But to think that that's not worth it. 00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:40.980 God is holy and he loves you 00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:42.960 and he wants to pull these things, 00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:44.779 pull you out of these things. 00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.519 The pain will be worth it. 00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:53.599 another reason why things can be painful is this 00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:56.700 because the consequences of past sinful choices 00:26:56.700 --> 00:27:02.559 can have ongoing and present painful effects 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:07.139 just think about if you were a younger person 00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:10.660 and you were making foolish sinful financial decisions 00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:19.240 and now you continue to reap what you sowed 10 years ago, 20 years ago. 00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.720 That can be painful. 00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:26.400 But God is in it, using it to train you. 00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:29.680 One other reason is 00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:36.300 because suffering for Christ can be painful. 00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:41.240 Again, this church that the author is writing to, 00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:44.980 they were being publicly humiliated. 00:27:45.399 --> 00:27:47.119 There were people being put in prison. 00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:49.980 They were having their properties plundered. 00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:53.039 That would have been very difficult. 00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:54.119 It would have been very painful. 00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:59.079 The worst that we tend to experience here now in the United States 00:27:59.079 --> 00:28:02.000 is we get looked over for a job 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:04.159 because we're too honest. 00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:07.920 People talk about us behind our backs. 00:28:09.580 --> 00:28:11.740 We get canceled on social media. 00:28:12.840 --> 00:28:14.200 Like that's the worst thing. 00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:16.500 You know what? 00:28:16.540 --> 00:28:19.759 We haven't resisted to the point of shedding blood yet, 00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.580 brothers and sisters. 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.519 It's going to be painful. 00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:29.560 God's discipline is painful. 00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:32.740 But God is loving. 00:28:33.179 --> 00:28:38.179 He's using it all to train us to endure unto holiness. 00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:42.879 To hold fast to Christ all the way to the end, 00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:44.679 to our very last breath. 00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:51.759 God gets some of his best holiness training done 00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:54.179 when we're in crisis. 00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:57.840 When we're experiencing the heat. 00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:04.620 Pain has a way of getting our attention, doesn't it? 00:29:06.840 --> 00:29:09.019 Pain has a way of softening our hearts. 00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:12.880 Hardship has a way of giving us ears to hear, 00:29:13.060 --> 00:29:14.820 of posturing our hearts. 00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:17.160 It was Billy Graham who said that 00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:21.039 the same sun that melts the butter hardens the clay. 00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:24.579 When heat comes into your life, 00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:27.139 it can tenderize you. 00:29:28.659 --> 00:29:29.960 Depending on how you respond. 00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:33.980 But it's not just the heat of sinful choices 00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:35.940 or our sinful choices 00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:37.480 or the sinful choices of others. 00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:39.440 Natural disasters are heat. 00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:41.720 God wants to train us in that. 00:29:43.399 --> 00:29:46.039 The heat of aging and ailing bodies. 00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:49.019 God is training in that for us. 00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:51.160 The heat of a tragic death. 00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:53.359 God is training in that for us. 00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:55.539 The heat of relational conflict. 00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:58.319 God has training in that for us. 00:29:58.619 --> 00:30:00.920 He is using all things 00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:04.379 because he is a sovereign God in the details. 00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:06.559 Behind all this 00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:10.740 is the belief that God is in the details. 00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:14.519 Working all things out for the good of those who love him. 00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:16.240 Been called according to his purpose. 00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:18.740 And that purpose is Christ likeness. 00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:21.019 Romans 8, 28 and 29. 00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:26.200 How does God discipline us? 00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:28.779 He uses pain. 00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:30.839 Hardship. 00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:31.859 Difficulty. 00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:33.120 Have you heard the expression? 00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:34.019 No pain, no gain? 00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:37.140 When I was a young man lifting weights. 00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:38.740 No pain, no gain! 00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:43.680 I look back on that disbelief now. 00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:47.599 But God's training of us 00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:49.779 to strengthen our faith muscles. 00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:52.480 He will bring pain 00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:54.740 to bring about holy gain. 00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.900 It's because he loves us. 00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.680 In the moment, 00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:01.160 no discipline. 00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:04.059 It's seen as, 00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.799 experience is painful. 00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:08.539 But let me just be clear. 00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.819 To be a child of God 00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:12.099 is not all pain. 00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:15.759 It's not incessant pain. 00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:17.960 We have seasons, 00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:19.359 wonderful seasons 00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:21.480 of relational peace 00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:23.000 and healthy bodies. 00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:24.879 And we're not experiencing 00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:26.339 persecution from others. 00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.740 But let's just be clear. 00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.879 Those are seasons. 00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:32.000 What I love about my Bible 00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:33.600 is it's so realistic. 00:31:34.780 --> 00:31:36.940 It explains reality the best. 00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:41.680 Did you see the word later? 00:31:44.120 --> 00:31:44.900 For the moment, 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:46.180 all discipline seems painful 00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:47.000 rather than pleasant. 00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.660 But later, 00:31:47.780 --> 00:31:48.860 it yields the peaceful fruit 00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.380 of righteousness 00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:51.000 to those who are trained by it. 00:31:52.340 --> 00:31:52.740 Later. 00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:55.320 You know what? 00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:57.540 Many of us want that later 00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:59.480 to be like 10 minutes later. 00:32:00.879 --> 00:32:02.299 But the reality is this. 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.940 God is at work 00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.960 for your good. 00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.659 And that later 00:32:06.659 --> 00:32:07.480 may be 00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.720 later in the afternoon. 00:32:09.139 --> 00:32:10.180 It yields a peaceful fruit 00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.619 of righteousness. 00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:12.099 It may be later in the week 00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.960 or weeks 00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.839 or months 00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:15.059 or years. 00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:17.059 Remember the book of Judges? 00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.460 The cycle? 00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.799 God would raise up a judge. 00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.539 There would be peace 00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.579 brought to Israel. 00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.879 And that judge would die. 00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:25.200 And then Israel would go back 00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:26.159 to their sinfulness. 00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:28.120 And then God would raise up 00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:28.759 an oppressor. 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:30.160 That was God's heat. 00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.880 That was God's loving discipline 00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.540 of his people. 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.600 And sometimes 00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:35.019 it took decades 00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:36.140 for Israel 00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:36.860 to come to a point 00:32:36.860 --> 00:32:37.440 of saying, 00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:39.440 Lord, deliver us. 00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:43.259 God is patient 00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:44.220 and he's loving 00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.560 and he's on a timeline 00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:47.740 for our good. 00:32:48.800 --> 00:32:50.320 So we'll have seasons 00:32:50.320 --> 00:32:51.279 of peace 00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.400 and sometimes 00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:53.400 we'll have seasons 00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:54.259 of pain 00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:56.880 but God 00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:58.240 is using it all 00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:01.259 for our good. 00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:04.240 We welcome 00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:05.300 God's discipline 00:33:05.300 --> 00:33:07.980 because it's always 00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:09.680 for our good. 00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:12.000 There are two passages 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.860 I want you to 00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:13.880 look at maybe 00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.720 later today 00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.620 or in the week 00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:16.580 just so that you know 00:33:16.580 --> 00:33:17.540 that what I'm telling you 00:33:17.540 --> 00:33:19.200 is not just limited 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.960 to the book of Hebrews. 00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:21.400 Look up Romans 5, 00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:22.940 2-5. 00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:24.740 Look up James 1, 00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.920 2-4. 00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:27.200 When we are told 00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:28.400 that we welcome 00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:30.060 hardship and suffering 00:33:30.060 --> 00:33:31.080 because it produces 00:33:31.080 --> 00:33:32.080 in us endurance 00:33:32.080 --> 00:33:33.300 and in the end 00:33:33.300 --> 00:33:34.500 steadfastness 00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.620 and in the end 00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:36.060 holiness. 00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:38.100 He brings heat 00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:38.460 and pain 00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.019 for our good. 00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.880 Last question is 00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:43.580 how do we respond 00:33:43.580 --> 00:33:44.500 to God's discipline? 00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:47.519 in a word 00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:49.759 humbly. 00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:53.240 We humble ourselves. 00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:56.180 In verse 11 00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:58.460 we read this 00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.180 for the moment 00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.779 all discipline 00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.480 seems painful 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.400 rather than pleasant 00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:02.400 but later 00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:03.039 it yields 00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:04.000 the peaceful 00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:05.079 fruit of righteousness 00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:07.119 to those 00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:08.480 who have been 00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.619 trained by it. 00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:11.139 To those 00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:12.219 who've welcomed it. 00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:13.419 to those 00:34:13.419 --> 00:34:14.039 who have 00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:15.899 subjected themselves 00:34:15.899 --> 00:34:16.899 to the will of God 00:34:16.899 --> 00:34:17.439 their father. 00:34:17.879 --> 00:34:18.339 To those 00:34:18.339 --> 00:34:18.939 who have 00:34:18.939 --> 00:34:20.500 humbled 00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:21.799 themselves. 00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.019 I've been trying 00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.739 to convince you 00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.679 that we 00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.980 welcome 00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:27.079 God's loving 00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.539 discipline. 00:34:27.759 --> 00:34:28.819 We welcome it. 00:34:29.939 --> 00:34:30.859 We welcome 00:34:30.859 --> 00:34:31.899 the momentary pain 00:34:31.899 --> 00:34:32.839 because we are 00:34:32.839 --> 00:34:33.299 convinced 00:34:33.299 --> 00:34:34.139 that holiness 00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.959 is better 00:34:34.959 --> 00:34:35.659 than comfort. 00:34:37.339 --> 00:34:37.599 And this 00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:39.439 those who've been 00:34:39.439 --> 00:34:40.359 trained by it 00:34:40.359 --> 00:34:41.539 there's another word 00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.199 in the passage. 00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:44.119 It's in verse 9 00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:46.079 that gets 00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.739 at the heart 00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:47.300 of this. 00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.800 Besides this 00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.199 we've had 00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.840 earthly fathers 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.400 who disciplined 00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:51.980 us and we 00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.719 respected them. 00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.579 Shall we not 00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.279 much more 00:34:54.279 --> 00:34:56.380 be subject 00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:57.820 to the 00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:58.340 father of 00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.679 spirits 00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.179 and live 00:34:59.179 --> 00:35:00.759 to submit 00:35:00.759 --> 00:35:01.519 ourselves 00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:02.320 to him 00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:03.059 and live 00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.840 to thrive? 00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.340 In verse 36 00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.800 we read 00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:07.420 for you have 00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:08.340 need of endurance 00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:09.340 so that 00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:09.920 when you 00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.519 have done 00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.059 the will 00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:12.000 of God 00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.900 you may 00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.559 receive 00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:14.300 what is 00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:14.880 promised. 00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.780 This is just 00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.280 different ways 00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:17.640 of talking 00:35:17.640 --> 00:35:18.180 about humbling 00:35:18.180 --> 00:35:18.660 yourself 00:35:18.660 --> 00:35:19.280 under God's 00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:19.900 mighty hand. 00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:21.320 Surrendering 00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:21.980 your will 00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.620 to his. 00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:24.059 Welcoming 00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:25.480 his holy 00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.559 and sometimes 00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.620 painful work. 00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.420 It's where 00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:30.079 we are 00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:31.140 consenting 00:35:31.140 --> 00:35:31.880 to what 00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.380 he's doing. 00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:34.140 Where we 00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:34.880 yield to him. 00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.620 Trusting 00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.039 in his 00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.579 character. 00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:39.500 Here's what 00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:39.980 that sounds 00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.299 like. 00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:42.279 God brings 00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:42.719 heat into 00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.259 your life. 00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:45.900 Maybe your 00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.699 first impulse 00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:48.480 is to react 00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:49.119 in unbelief. 00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:49.779 Why are you 00:35:49.779 --> 00:35:50.480 doing this? 00:35:52.319 --> 00:35:52.739 But then you 00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:53.199 come to your 00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:54.359 senses and 00:35:54.359 --> 00:35:54.719 you say 00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:55.359 father would 00:35:55.359 --> 00:35:55.699 you have 00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.099 your way 00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.480 in me? 00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.739 I don't 00:35:58.739 --> 00:36:00.179 I don't know 00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:00.739 why all this 00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:01.179 is happening 00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.779 other than 00:36:01.779 --> 00:36:02.639 I trust 00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:02.960 in your 00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.380 character. 00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:03.880 I trust 00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.199 that you 00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:04.719 are loving. 00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:05.500 I trust 00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:05.880 that you 00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.420 want to 00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.720 produce 00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:07.159 holiness 00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:07.900 in me. 00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.099 So God 00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.559 would you 00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.200 use these 00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:10.800 circumstances 00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.539 in my 00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:11.980 life 00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.720 to make 00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:13.079 me more 00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.320 like 00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:13.840 Christ. 00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:16.800 God 00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:17.200 opposes 00:36:17.200 --> 00:36:17.680 the proud 00:36:17.680 --> 00:36:19.440 but gives 00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:19.960 grace to 00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.320 the humble. 00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.500 I want 00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:24.860 to recommend 00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.139 a book 00:36:25.139 --> 00:36:25.539 for you. 00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.180 It's this 00:36:27.180 --> 00:36:27.619 little book 00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:28.039 by David 00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.480 Mathis. 00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:28.880 It's called 00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.240 Humbled. 00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:29.860 Many of you 00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.180 have read 00:36:30.180 --> 00:36:30.380 it. 00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.720 Listen to 00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:33.019 the 00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:34.079 subtitle. 00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:36.319 Welcoming 00:36:36.319 --> 00:36:36.860 the 00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.519 uncomfortable 00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.460 work of 00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:38.719 God. 00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:41.340 There are 00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:42.579 11 copies 00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:43.079 of this 00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.699 at the 00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:43.960 Connect 00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:44.460 desk. 00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.579 Grab one 00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:46.059 on your 00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.639 way out. 00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:47.539 This 00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.840 will help 00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:49.440 you 00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:50.759 welcome 00:36:50.759 --> 00:36:51.880 God's 00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:52.139 loving 00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.619 discipline. 00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:53.599 See it 00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:54.079 for what it 00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:54.420 is. 00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:55.079 To make 00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:55.539 the most 00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:55.960 of it. 00:36:55.960 --> 00:37:07.079 Imagine 00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:07.440 this. 00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:10.059 You're a 00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.400 dad with 00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.679 a 10 00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:10.940 year old 00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.220 son. 00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.760 He steals 00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.539 $20 from 00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:15.920 your wallet. 00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:18.119 You've got 00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.360 it on 00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:18.679 video. 00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:20.820 Two 00:37:20.820 --> 00:37:21.360 responses. 00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.480 You tell 00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:22.840 me which 00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:23.280 one is 00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:23.720 the humble 00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:24.300 response. 00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:25.880 response 00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.200 one. 00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:28.140 You bring 00:37:28.140 --> 00:37:28.600 your son 00:37:28.600 --> 00:37:29.000 into your 00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.400 bedroom. 00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:29.760 You're like 00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:30.060 son. 00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.500 I got 00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:31.740 you on 00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:31.980 video. 00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.500 Your son 00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:35.920 says that's 00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.260 not me. 00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:40.080 He looks 00:37:40.080 --> 00:37:40.440 like me 00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:40.760 but that's 00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.100 not me. 00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.560 Did you 00:37:42.560 --> 00:37:42.920 talk to 00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.200 Scott? 00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:43.580 My older 00:37:43.580 --> 00:37:43.840 brother? 00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.200 He looks 00:37:44.200 --> 00:37:44.580 like me. 00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:45.780 Maybe it 00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:46.160 was him. 00:37:48.240 --> 00:37:48.780 And he 00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:49.460 starts digging 00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:50.539 himself further 00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:51.060 and further 00:37:51.060 --> 00:37:51.700 into the 00:37:51.700 --> 00:37:51.960 pit. 00:37:52.060 --> 00:37:52.280 Right? 00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:54.060 And you're 00:37:54.060 --> 00:37:54.220 going to 00:37:54.220 --> 00:37:54.620 have to 00:37:54.620 --> 00:37:55.280 respond to 00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:56.260 that wisely 00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:57.180 as a mom 00:37:57.180 --> 00:37:58.680 or dad to 00:37:58.680 --> 00:37:59.160 have an 00:37:59.160 --> 00:37:59.840 appropriate 00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:00.780 consequence. 00:38:01.660 --> 00:38:02.240 But is he 00:38:02.240 --> 00:38:02.500 humbling 00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:02.860 himself? 00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:04.660 No. 00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:07.180 Second 00:38:07.180 --> 00:38:07.660 response. 00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:08.780 You show 00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:09.180 your son the 00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:09.440 video. 00:38:11.060 --> 00:38:11.560 First thing 00:38:11.560 --> 00:38:11.860 he says, 00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.120 that was 00:38:12.120 --> 00:38:12.320 me. 00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:15.300 I haven't 00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:15.660 been able to 00:38:15.660 --> 00:38:15.820 sleep, 00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:16.080 dad. 00:38:18.720 --> 00:38:19.220 I've been 00:38:19.220 --> 00:38:19.980 wanting to 00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.380 tell you but 00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:20.580 I've been 00:38:20.580 --> 00:38:20.920 afraid. 00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.400 I've been 00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:21.900 afraid of what 00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:22.099 you would 00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.280 do. 00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:24.139 In fact, 00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:24.940 I know I 00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.380 deserve to 00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:26.000 be spanked. 00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.599 Here's the 00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:27.900 $20. 00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:30.460 You spank 00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:30.599 him. 00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:32.960 Tears are 00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.260 shed. 00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.280 And then he 00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:35.720 says to 00:38:35.720 --> 00:38:35.980 you, 00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:38.360 thanks dad 00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:38.680 for helping 00:38:38.680 --> 00:38:38.920 me. 00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:41.340 I know 00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:41.660 it's wrong 00:38:41.660 --> 00:38:42.099 to steal. 00:38:43.700 --> 00:38:43.980 I know 00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.300 it grieves 00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:44.639 God, 00:38:44.740 --> 00:38:45.079 it hurts 00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:45.519 others, 00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:46.300 and that 00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:46.680 includes 00:38:46.680 --> 00:38:47.240 myself. 00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:51.019 30 years 00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.479 later, 00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.619 he says, 00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:53.859 dad, 00:38:53.899 --> 00:38:54.159 you know 00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:54.419 what? 00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:56.359 I haven't 00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:56.699 stolen 00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:57.339 since. 00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:00.179 I learned 00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:00.559 a lesson 00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:01.199 that day. 00:39:02.879 --> 00:39:03.500 Which one 00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:03.739 humbled 00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:04.119 themselves? 00:39:05.759 --> 00:39:06.219 The second, 00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:07.859 he took 00:39:07.859 --> 00:39:08.599 responsibility 00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:09.819 for what they 00:39:09.819 --> 00:39:10.319 had done, 00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:11.500 and they 00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:12.219 allowed the 00:39:12.219 --> 00:39:12.879 discipline to 00:39:12.879 --> 00:39:13.259 run its 00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:14.079 course and 00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:14.759 to train 00:39:14.759 --> 00:39:16.340 him to 00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:17.400 be holy. 00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:21.000 The rest 00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:21.239 of the 00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:23.039 passage in 00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:24.319 verses 12 00:39:24.319 --> 00:39:25.920 through 17 00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:27.259 shows us 00:39:27.259 --> 00:39:27.819 what it 00:39:27.819 --> 00:39:28.679 looks like 00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:30.099 to run 00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:30.519 the race 00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:30.900 that God 00:39:30.900 --> 00:39:31.340 marked out 00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:31.860 for us, 00:39:32.380 --> 00:39:33.179 to pursue 00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:33.699 holiness, 00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:35.619 to run it 00:39:35.619 --> 00:39:36.460 in peace 00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:37.039 and in 00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.519 holiness, 00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:38.599 both in 00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:38.960 terms of 00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.400 relational 00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:39.940 peace, 00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:41.179 in terms of 00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:42.340 sexual purity, 00:39:42.340 --> 00:39:45.760 let's 00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:46.200 apply it 00:39:46.200 --> 00:39:46.780 like this. 00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:50.420 Are you 00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:50.920 experiencing 00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:51.320 heat? 00:39:53.660 --> 00:39:54.500 Are you 00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:54.920 experiencing 00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:55.360 hardship? 00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:57.860 How are 00:39:57.860 --> 00:39:58.640 you interpreting 00:39:58.640 --> 00:39:59.059 that? 00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:01.100 Is that 00:40:01.100 --> 00:40:01.500 just the 00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:01.860 universe 00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.420 run amok? 00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.700 Could it 00:40:04.700 --> 00:40:05.100 be that 00:40:05.100 --> 00:40:05.640 your heavenly 00:40:05.640 --> 00:40:06.519 father is 00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:07.600 behind it 00:40:07.600 --> 00:40:08.420 for your 00:40:08.420 --> 00:40:08.860 good? 00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:10.220 Yes! 00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:11.680 He's 00:40:11.680 --> 00:40:12.180 sovereign over 00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:12.759 all things 00:40:12.759 --> 00:40:14.279 and he 00:40:14.279 --> 00:40:15.039 is loving 00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:16.099 you unto 00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:16.699 holiness 00:40:16.699 --> 00:40:18.460 and so 00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:18.779 if you're 00:40:18.779 --> 00:40:19.339 experiencing 00:40:19.339 --> 00:40:19.719 heat 00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:20.460 personally, 00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.639 what you 00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:22.159 do is 00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:22.659 you humble 00:40:22.659 --> 00:40:23.239 yourself. 00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.759 You say, 00:40:25.839 --> 00:40:26.099 God, 00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:27.019 use this 00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:27.399 for my 00:40:27.399 --> 00:40:27.699 good 00:40:27.699 --> 00:40:29.619 and that's 00:40:29.619 --> 00:40:30.599 not letting 00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:31.239 other people 00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:31.619 off the 00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:31.859 hook. 00:40:32.779 --> 00:40:33.539 That's you 00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:33.839 saying, 00:40:33.919 --> 00:40:34.059 God, 00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:34.460 do your 00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:34.919 work in 00:40:34.919 --> 00:40:35.239 me. 00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.259 Not 00:40:36.259 --> 00:40:36.659 blaming 00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:37.279 others that 00:40:37.279 --> 00:40:38.440 you start 00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:39.079 with yourself 00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:41.299 but then 00:40:41.299 --> 00:40:43.139 do you 00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:43.639 know someone 00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:43.840 who's 00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:44.239 experiencing 00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:44.579 God's 00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:44.719 heat? 00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:46.519 Are you 00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:46.960 living life 00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:47.380 with people 00:40:47.380 --> 00:40:47.639 who are 00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:48.019 experiencing 00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:48.360 God's 00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:48.460 heat? 00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:48.880 Yes! 00:40:49.779 --> 00:40:50.059 You know 00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:50.279 how you 00:40:50.279 --> 00:40:50.639 can help 00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:50.840 them? 00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:53.219 You help 00:40:53.219 --> 00:40:53.559 them by 00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:55.019 pointing them 00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:55.299 to the 00:40:55.299 --> 00:40:55.599 throne of 00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:55.960 grace. 00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:58.259 By saying 00:40:58.259 --> 00:40:58.639 you need to 00:40:58.639 --> 00:40:59.319 cry out to 00:40:59.319 --> 00:40:59.579 God, 00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:00.259 help you in 00:41:00.259 --> 00:41:00.639 your time 00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:01.039 of need. 00:41:02.239 --> 00:41:02.719 Welcome 00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:03.460 his work. 00:41:04.199 --> 00:41:04.619 I'm with 00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:04.819 you. 00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:05.599 I'll walk 00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:06.019 with you. 00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:06.960 Let's do 00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:07.119 this 00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:07.500 together. 00:41:08.699 --> 00:41:09.480 How do 00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:10.159 you respond 00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:11.740 to God's 00:41:11.740 --> 00:41:12.500 loving 00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:13.320 discipline? 00:41:14.740 --> 00:41:15.559 We humble 00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.079 ourselves. 00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:17.579 We welcome 00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:17.800 it. 00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:21.019 Some of 00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:21.320 the most 00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:21.860 formative 00:41:21.860 --> 00:41:22.639 moments for 00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:23.179 us will be 00:41:23.179 --> 00:41:23.579 when God 00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:24.039 brings the 00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.240 heat. 00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:26.659 Why does 00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:27.980 what is 00:41:27.980 --> 00:41:28.240 God's 00:41:28.240 --> 00:41:28.559 discipline? 00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:28.820 It's 00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:29.199 training. 00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:29.639 Training 00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:30.099 in holiness. 00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:31.059 Why does 00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:31.280 God 00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:31.659 discipline? 00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:32.679 He loves 00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:32.980 us. 00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:33.400 He wants 00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:33.599 us to 00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:33.980 be holy. 00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:35.240 How does 00:41:35.240 --> 00:41:35.579 God 00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:36.159 discipline 00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:36.500 us? 00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:36.920 He uses 00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:37.380 pain. 00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:38.559 And how 00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:38.820 do we 00:41:38.820 --> 00:41:39.320 respond? 00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:40.860 In humility. 00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:42.599 We welcome 00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:43.400 God's loving 00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:45.039 discipline because 00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:45.840 it's always for 00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:46.180 our good. 00:41:47.099 --> 00:41:47.519 Let's pray 00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:47.860 together. 00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:50.000 God in 00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:50.280 heaven, 00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:52.519 forgive us 00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:54.079 for questioning 00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:54.840 your motives, 00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:57.579 for arching 00:41:57.579 --> 00:41:58.440 our back 00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:59.720 when you are 00:41:59.720 --> 00:42:00.420 seeking to do 00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:01.039 us good 00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.599 through hard 00:42:01.599 --> 00:42:02.139 things. 00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:03.740 God, would 00:42:03.740 --> 00:42:04.200 you have your 00:42:04.200 --> 00:42:05.099 way in us 00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:06.099 grace? 00:42:06.099 --> 00:42:06.259 And would 00:42:06.259 --> 00:42:06.679 you help 00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:07.819 us, one 00:42:07.819 --> 00:42:08.319 another, to 00:42:08.319 --> 00:42:09.400 obtain the 00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:10.179 grace of 00:42:10.179 --> 00:42:11.119 God that we 00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:11.519 would help 00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:12.360 each other not 00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:13.839 miss out on 00:42:13.839 --> 00:42:14.219 what you're 00:42:14.219 --> 00:42:15.039 doing in 00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:15.960 our lives. 00:42:17.059 --> 00:42:18.199 God, would 00:42:18.199 --> 00:42:18.659 you help us 00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:19.900 to endure and 00:42:19.900 --> 00:42:20.400 to make us 00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:21.559 holy for the 00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:22.059 glory of your 00:42:22.059 --> 00:42:22.339 name. 00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.219 Amen. 00:42:23.219 --> 00:42:23.360 Amen. 00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:23.420 Amen. 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:23.420 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:25.420 Amen. 00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:26.420 Amen.