WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.520 All right, good morning. Like I said, I'm Michael. It's good to be with you all this morning. 00:00:05.520 --> 00:00:10.060 So what we are going to be looking at, we've been going through the book of James. 00:00:10.060 --> 00:00:18.359 So what we're looking at today is James chapter 3 verses 13 through 18. 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:24.140 James chapter 3 verses 13 through 18. 00:00:24.140 --> 00:00:33.140 And while you're finding that, I'll just kind of give a brief recap on Adam's teaching from last time. 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:38.460 So it's about taming the tongue, the importance of taming the tongue. 00:00:39.380 --> 00:00:46.540 And about basically how we need to have pure hearts. 00:00:46.540 --> 00:00:49.280 We need to have pure and clean hearts. 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:56.640 So that because it says in Matthew, it's not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:59.079 but what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person. 00:00:59.219 --> 00:01:04.560 So we need to start with our hearts, get them right before the Lord, cleanse our hearts before God. 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:13.579 And then we can speak life to one another, to ourselves and to our families, to our church body and to the world. 00:01:13.579 --> 00:01:16.799 So, so yeah, thank you, Adam, for that. 00:01:16.840 --> 00:01:17.319 It was sweet. 00:01:19.780 --> 00:01:24.640 So let's go ahead and jump into the text. 00:01:24.780 --> 00:01:30.379 So I'm going to go ahead and read it and then I'll kind of give a brief outline of how we're going to approach it. 00:01:30.739 --> 00:01:34.439 So again, James 3, 13 through 18. 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:43.539 And I've kind of somewhat titled it, titled this worldly or counterfeit wisdom versus heavenly wisdom. 00:01:44.539 --> 00:01:49.000 Essentially what we're getting at, what we're looking at is wisdom from above. 00:01:49.120 --> 00:01:50.920 That's what we're going to be talking about mainly today. 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:55.259 So starting in verse 13, who is wise and understanding among you? 00:01:55.260 --> 00:01:59.540 Sorry, starting the timer now. 00:01:59.740 --> 00:01:59.960 All right. 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:02.340 Who is wise and understanding among you? 00:02:02.859 --> 00:02:07.320 By his good conduct, let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. 00:02:08.379 --> 00:02:14.840 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 00:02:16.060 --> 00:02:22.659 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but it's earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. 00:02:22.659 --> 00:02:30.479 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder in every vile practice. 00:02:31.479 --> 00:02:39.939 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy, and good fruits. 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:43.379 Impartial and sincere. 00:02:44.500 --> 00:02:48.800 And the harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. 00:02:49.599 --> 00:02:51.419 So that's the text we're going to be looking at. 00:02:51.419 --> 00:02:53.780 A little bit of a layout. 00:02:53.979 --> 00:02:59.259 So we're going to spend probably maybe half of the time just on verse 13. 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:03.019 This is a fair warning for those of you that are getting concerned with time. 00:03:03.619 --> 00:03:06.819 We're going to hang out in verse 13 a while. 00:03:07.679 --> 00:03:17.759 And then we're going to kind of clustered verses 14 through 16, where it's laying out worldly, unspiritual, worldly wisdom. 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:23.319 And then to wrap it up, we'll look at verses 17 and 18, heavenly wisdom. 00:03:23.799 --> 00:03:23.919 Okay? 00:03:24.259 --> 00:03:25.759 So there's kind of the layout. 00:03:26.519 --> 00:03:30.399 So I'm going to read the verse 13 again, and then we'll dig into it. 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:34.060 So, who is wise and understanding among you? 00:03:34.060 --> 00:03:41.199 By his good conduct, let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:42.439 Okay? 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:45.939 So Paul, or I mean not Paul, sorry, James, asks a question here. 00:03:45.939 --> 00:03:50.599 So he just goes, who's wise and understanding among you? 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:51.939 He just puts that out there. 00:03:53.539 --> 00:03:57.340 And I think that's kind of, I think that's a good question we should ask ourselves. 00:03:57.460 --> 00:04:00.740 Do we think of ourselves, Christchurch, as a wise and understanding people? 00:04:00.740 --> 00:04:03.280 Well, I would say probably yes. 00:04:03.379 --> 00:04:05.700 We would all probably, yep, sign me up. 00:04:05.760 --> 00:04:07.240 I'm one of those, I think, hopefully. 00:04:07.820 --> 00:04:08.000 You know? 00:04:08.620 --> 00:04:15.240 So, well, so Christ, or I mean, James asked this question, who is this? 00:04:15.920 --> 00:04:17.519 Who's wise and understanding among you? 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:21.120 And he says, basically, prove it. 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:23.060 You think you're wise? 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:23.960 You think you're understanding? 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:25.300 Prove it. 00:04:25.300 --> 00:04:27.879 And this is kind of a common theme here. 00:04:29.500 --> 00:04:32.319 We kind of see James doing this a lot. 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:33.879 He's like, you have faith? 00:04:33.980 --> 00:04:34.379 Prove it. 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:36.699 You say all this stuff? 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:38.800 Talk is cheap. 00:04:39.100 --> 00:04:39.840 Let's see it. 00:04:40.020 --> 00:04:41.000 What are we talking about? 00:04:41.220 --> 00:04:41.480 You know what I mean? 00:04:42.280 --> 00:04:50.500 So, like we said, for example, in chapter 2, 18 and 19, he says, 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:53.160 Someone will say you have faith, and I have works. 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:57.540 Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 00:04:57.920 --> 00:04:59.520 You believe that God is one. 00:05:00.100 --> 00:05:00.780 You do well. 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:03.080 Even the demons believe and shudder. 00:05:03.880 --> 00:05:06.260 So, he's saying, what's that, babe? 00:05:07.640 --> 00:05:08.080 Okay. 00:05:09.320 --> 00:05:14.220 So, he's saying, yeah, prove it. 00:05:14.440 --> 00:05:15.000 Let's see it. 00:05:15.060 --> 00:05:16.400 He does this multiple times. 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:19.919 So, I've got written down here. 00:05:20.479 --> 00:05:30.879 This is kind of a, as I was going through this, it kind of made me think of, so, we all live in, most of us, I think most of us live in, on the Missouri side. 00:05:30.919 --> 00:05:34.079 I don't think there's any Kansas folks here, if there is, sorry. 00:05:34.939 --> 00:05:40.099 Anyway, so, you've heard it said that Missouri is the show me state. 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:41.079 Have you ever heard this? 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:42.819 Yeah, I'm sure most of you have heard this. 00:05:42.819 --> 00:05:46.740 It's called the show me state, and I was like, oh, I just kind of had this thought. 00:05:46.819 --> 00:05:49.079 I'm like, where did that come from? 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:49.959 So, I kind of looked it up. 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:50.939 Fun fact. 00:05:51.500 --> 00:06:00.939 So, basically, Missouri is the show me, it's called the show me state, because it signifies the state's skeptical, nonsense attitude, or no nonsense attitude, sorry. 00:06:00.939 --> 00:06:20.000 It signifies the state's skeptical, no nonsense attitude, famously popularized by Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver, Vandiver, in 1899, where he gives a speech, and he basically demands proof. 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:24.500 He goes, you've got to show me, over your empty words. 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:31.519 He's giving his political speech, and he's just like, he's probably talking about, you know, the other political opponent, opponent, or whatever. 00:06:31.660 --> 00:06:35.720 He's just like, you know, politicians, where people, people, talk is cheap. 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:38.139 It's easy to just say a bunch of stuff all the time. 00:06:38.540 --> 00:06:40.399 So, that's, fun fact. 00:06:41.139 --> 00:06:43.699 If you didn't already know that, that's where the show me state comes from. 00:06:43.779 --> 00:06:45.160 This dude's like, show me, prove it. 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:50.860 So, anyway, another example, I mean, a lot of you all know, I like playing poker. 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:55.020 And so, we've been doing these, like, missional, like, poker nights and stuff. 00:06:55.480 --> 00:06:58.140 So, a lot of times, like, you'll get dealt a hand or whatever. 00:06:58.820 --> 00:07:07.040 And then, some of the games, some of the aspects, some of the, like, the strategy is, like, you know, sometimes you're trying to act like a bet, like you've got a certain hand, you know. 00:07:07.640 --> 00:07:09.940 And then, well, the proof is in the pudding. 00:07:10.280 --> 00:07:14.180 If you go, if you get called down, meaning you may get to the end of the betting round. 00:07:14.180 --> 00:07:15.920 And then, you've got to show it. 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:16.720 You've got to prove it. 00:07:17.060 --> 00:07:19.540 This whole time, I've been talking, I've been acting like I've got this. 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:21.620 I'm good, you know, I'm wise and this or whatever. 00:07:22.319 --> 00:07:22.879 Well, prove it. 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:23.759 The proof is in the pudding. 00:07:23.879 --> 00:07:26.000 Anyway, that's basically what we're getting at here. 00:07:26.400 --> 00:07:28.199 So, it's an important challenge to us. 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:30.899 Let's, talk is cheap, you know. 00:07:31.500 --> 00:07:36.420 We need to live lives that are in line with what we profess. 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:37.399 Okay? 00:07:37.740 --> 00:07:38.500 We really do. 00:07:38.740 --> 00:07:43.740 This is easy to, especially some of you, some of us that have been walking with the Lord for a long time. 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:48.000 Yeah, I know, I've felt this before where it's like, oh yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:07:48.040 --> 00:07:49.519 I just, yeah, I know that stuff. 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:50.400 I know, I know this. 00:07:50.459 --> 00:07:50.879 I know that. 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:52.780 I know, well, wisdom is not knowing. 00:07:53.420 --> 00:07:54.400 Wisdom is not knowledge. 00:07:54.459 --> 00:07:55.600 We're going to get into that, actually. 00:07:55.600 --> 00:08:00.400 Yeah, how do we prove we have it? 00:08:01.180 --> 00:08:05.420 It says, by good conduct in meekness, in the meekness of wisdom. 00:08:05.580 --> 00:08:06.500 I kind of love this term. 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:11.379 That's why we're kind of hanging out in this chapter, verse 13 for a while, because there's kind of a lot here. 00:08:12.019 --> 00:08:13.480 So, how do we prove this? 00:08:14.199 --> 00:08:18.079 It says, by good conduct in meekness of wisdom. 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:20.579 So, I kind of want to talk about this a little bit. 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:23.439 So, let's talk about wisdom. 00:08:23.519 --> 00:08:24.279 Let's think about wisdom. 00:08:24.279 --> 00:08:28.159 And let's think about what it is, what this means, the meekness of wisdom. 00:08:29.079 --> 00:08:34.480 So, obviously, there's some clear, obvious ones where meekness is humble. 00:08:34.899 --> 00:08:36.919 Meekness means being humble. 00:08:37.459 --> 00:08:38.399 We're not proud. 00:08:39.139 --> 00:08:41.339 We don't, we're not, nobody likes to know it all. 00:08:41.340 --> 00:08:41.780 Okay? 00:08:42.980 --> 00:08:51.340 Like, you guys, you know, when you're around a person that just kind of just know it all and like a little prideful, that's just like, put a bad taste in your mouth, doesn't it? 00:08:51.920 --> 00:08:53.160 It's like, who cares? 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:54.860 Like, nobody, like, anyway. 00:08:56.519 --> 00:08:57.660 So, meekness. 00:08:58.120 --> 00:08:59.500 Meekness of wisdom. 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:00.259 Okay? 00:09:00.340 --> 00:09:01.019 Not proud. 00:09:01.700 --> 00:09:06.700 We are called to prove our wisdom by meekness and good conduct. 00:09:06.700 --> 00:09:07.780 So, we got to live it. 00:09:09.300 --> 00:09:10.620 Heavenly wisdom is meek. 00:09:10.620 --> 00:09:12.879 Meek, it's humble. 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:14.700 Jesus says the meek will inherit the earth. 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:21.779 So, in 1 Corinthians 3, you don't have to go there, I'll just read it. 00:09:22.419 --> 00:09:25.700 In 1 Corinthians 3, 18 through 23, it says, 00:09:25.799 --> 00:09:27.100 Let no one deceive himself. 00:09:27.340 --> 00:09:35.919 And if anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:38.799 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:43.419 For it is written, he catches the wise in their craftiness. 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:48.479 And again, the Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile. 00:09:48.480 --> 00:10:01.000 So, let no one boast in men, for all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:02.539 All are yours. 00:10:02.539 --> 00:10:04.259 And you are Christ's. 00:10:04.259 --> 00:10:06.480 And Christ is God's. 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:08.820 So, he just kind of lays this out. 00:10:08.899 --> 00:10:13.800 This is, there's a, there's a, there's a worldly wisdom and then there's a heavenly wisdom. 00:10:14.220 --> 00:10:17.340 And God calls worldly wisdom, obviously, it's foolish. 00:10:17.500 --> 00:10:20.039 And the world calls our wisdom foolish. 00:10:20.460 --> 00:10:21.659 We're both calling each other, you know. 00:10:21.659 --> 00:10:24.539 But we obviously have the true word of God. 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:25.679 We have true wisdom. 00:10:25.899 --> 00:10:26.740 We have access. 00:10:27.219 --> 00:10:37.159 One of the most encouraging things about this, reading through this, is this is the reminder that we actually have access to heavenly wisdom. 00:10:38.579 --> 00:10:40.000 This is like, think about this. 00:10:40.059 --> 00:10:41.899 This is pretty incredible. 00:10:42.779 --> 00:10:43.600 24-7. 00:10:43.839 --> 00:10:44.399 Oh, I'm going to share. 00:10:45.139 --> 00:10:46.939 Actually, I don't have this in my notes. 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:47.559 We're going off the cover. 00:10:47.559 --> 00:10:53.039 So, I had a, I actually had a dream one time. 00:10:54.199 --> 00:10:58.579 So, I had a dream one time where Elon Musk called me. 00:11:00.239 --> 00:11:02.399 And I was all stoked. 00:11:02.699 --> 00:11:03.679 I was stoked on this. 00:11:04.739 --> 00:11:07.759 I like, look at my, somehow I had his number saved in my phone. 00:11:07.899 --> 00:11:08.619 I don't know how it works. 00:11:08.799 --> 00:11:09.399 But it's a dream. 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:11.159 Anyway, he calls me up. 00:11:11.299 --> 00:11:12.419 And I'm like, whoa, Elon. 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:13.739 I'm not showing people before. 00:11:13.899 --> 00:11:15.099 I said, Elon Musk called me. 00:11:15.139 --> 00:11:15.619 Check this out. 00:11:16.319 --> 00:11:17.500 I asked, what's up, Elon? 00:11:17.559 --> 00:11:17.679 Elon? 00:11:19.039 --> 00:11:20.599 He's like, hey, Mike, what's going on? 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:22.299 I was like, not much. 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:23.739 What's going on? 00:11:24.579 --> 00:11:29.599 He's like, oh, I was just calling you as if you had any thoughts or questions for me, whatever. 00:11:30.299 --> 00:11:33.000 And I was like, I remember in the dream, I was like so stoked. 00:11:33.099 --> 00:11:36.699 I don't even remember, the conversation, I don't even remember what I had with Elon. 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:39.500 I was just so stoked that Elon called me. 00:11:39.659 --> 00:11:40.919 I was like, what the heck's going on? 00:11:40.939 --> 00:11:41.599 This is crazy. 00:11:42.199 --> 00:11:45.439 Maybe this might be a little bit of an indictment on me here. 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:48.580 Anyway, I was stoked. 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:54.920 And I like, in the dream, I like went around telling people, Elon Musk just called me. 00:11:55.800 --> 00:11:56.360 Did he call you? 00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:56.860 Nobody used to. 00:11:57.100 --> 00:11:58.760 You know, anyway, I'm like all stoked. 00:11:58.860 --> 00:11:59.600 I'm like jazz. 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:02.240 And then I wake up from the dream and I was actually convicted. 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:05.299 I believe the dream was from the Lord. 00:12:06.159 --> 00:12:09.039 Because I'm not that excited. 00:12:09.259 --> 00:12:11.220 Like, do I get that excited? 00:12:11.460 --> 00:12:12.680 I have full access. 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:16.299 I have a direct line to heaven by faith. 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:18.060 Heavenly wisdom. 00:12:18.779 --> 00:12:19.720 We all do. 00:12:20.299 --> 00:12:29.580 We all have direct line, unfiltered, uninterrupted, direct line to heaven, to God's ear. 00:12:29.580 --> 00:12:31.680 And the mind of Christ. 00:12:31.800 --> 00:12:32.879 We have access to this. 00:12:33.160 --> 00:12:33.680 All the time. 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:35.259 In every situation. 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:36.200 This is crazy. 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:37.120 Think about this. 00:12:38.680 --> 00:12:39.600 Is it sinking in? 00:12:40.180 --> 00:12:41.280 Think about that fact. 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:46.480 You have access to God's ear and the mind of Christ all the time. 00:12:48.560 --> 00:12:49.360 That's crazy. 00:12:50.020 --> 00:12:51.520 That's, I mean, that's wonderful. 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:53.139 But it's wild. 00:12:53.460 --> 00:12:55.240 Like, do we remember this? 00:12:55.820 --> 00:12:56.720 Things we're going through. 00:12:56.879 --> 00:12:58.100 Things that freak us out. 00:12:58.100 --> 00:13:00.720 But, uh, uh, whatever. 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:02.200 You know what I mean? 00:13:02.340 --> 00:13:05.159 Like, we're just, there's so many things in life that we're just like, oh, what do I do? 00:13:05.220 --> 00:13:05.600 I don't know. 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:06.460 What should I do? 00:13:07.019 --> 00:13:08.159 Let's tap into God's wisdom. 00:13:08.680 --> 00:13:09.460 Tap into his mind. 00:13:09.580 --> 00:13:10.820 Anyway, I'm taking too long on that. 00:13:11.379 --> 00:13:12.379 I was off the cuff. 00:13:12.420 --> 00:13:13.019 I got a lot of notes. 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:13.779 Okay, so. 00:13:14.540 --> 00:13:15.500 Where are we at here? 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:19.080 Um, yeah, this is an upside down idea. 00:13:19.220 --> 00:13:21.580 This is, this idea is upside down in the world's eyes. 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:21.960 Okay? 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:23.300 You think you're wise? 00:13:23.540 --> 00:13:23.700 No. 00:13:24.460 --> 00:13:24.940 You're a fool. 00:13:24.940 --> 00:13:27.600 Like, wisdom is knowing Christ. 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:29.440 Wisdom is God. 00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:30.320 God is wisdom. 00:13:30.460 --> 00:13:31.960 God created the universe. 00:13:32.460 --> 00:13:34.200 He created order out of chaos. 00:13:35.060 --> 00:13:36.640 And we're going to get there here in a second. 00:13:37.400 --> 00:13:39.120 Um, let me see here. 00:13:39.220 --> 00:13:41.260 So, Matthew 16, 25. 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:45.540 For whoever would save his life would lose it. 00:13:45.980 --> 00:13:48.660 But whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:50.480 Okay? 00:13:50.980 --> 00:13:52.600 This is a foolish idea. 00:13:52.940 --> 00:13:54.540 This is foolishness to the world. 00:13:54.539 --> 00:14:00.740 But it's spoken by the most practical man that ever walked the face of the earth. 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:04.819 And might be one of the most practical statements ever uttered as well. 00:14:05.500 --> 00:14:12.079 Is that whoever, whoever would lose his life, whoever, whoever would save his life will lose it. 00:14:12.319 --> 00:14:15.039 But whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:18.799 So, in what areas are we not losing our lives? 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:20.360 And what are we holding on to? 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:20.879 Okay? 00:14:21.439 --> 00:14:23.559 Where are we not trusting the Lord's wisdom? 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:28.159 Where are we putting our confidence in our own wisdom or something else? 00:14:28.779 --> 00:14:30.059 It's a good question to ask ourselves. 00:14:30.659 --> 00:14:30.879 Wisdom? 00:14:31.099 --> 00:14:31.399 Okay. 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:32.819 Let's talk a little bit more about wisdom. 00:14:32.979 --> 00:14:34.559 Let's have, I got some thoughts on wisdom. 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:37.559 So, wisdom is not just knowing correct information. 00:14:39.019 --> 00:14:42.619 It's not puffing up our chests and just like, yeah, I got it. 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:43.099 I know. 00:14:43.219 --> 00:14:43.719 I already know. 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:48.940 Have you ever tried to like tell someone something or start talking to someone, explain something to someone? 00:14:49.500 --> 00:14:51.300 And they're kind of just like, cut you off. 00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:52.000 Like, yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:52.279 I know. 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:52.740 I know. 00:14:53.040 --> 00:14:53.220 I know. 00:14:54.180 --> 00:14:55.480 Well, you know. 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:58.340 We need to be, later on it says open. 00:14:58.420 --> 00:14:59.540 We need to be open to reason. 00:14:59.539 --> 00:15:05.199 That's kind of touching on that a little bit later. 00:15:05.299 --> 00:15:06.019 But that's not open. 00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:07.379 That's not being open to reason. 00:15:08.139 --> 00:15:09.579 We need to listen to each other. 00:15:10.179 --> 00:15:11.740 We need to hear each other out. 00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:13.439 Value one another. 00:15:13.599 --> 00:15:15.079 Value what each other have to say. 00:15:15.819 --> 00:15:17.899 And then receive from one another. 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:19.980 And speak wisdom and life to one another. 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:22.620 So, it's not just information transfer. 00:15:22.700 --> 00:15:23.379 It's not knowledge. 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:28.860 It's, yeah, it's because we already said, we already looked at this. 00:15:29.300 --> 00:15:29.800 We're at here. 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:31.159 James 2. 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:34.039 So, even the demons know that God is one. 00:15:34.259 --> 00:15:35.980 You know, like this is, and they shudder. 00:15:36.560 --> 00:15:42.279 So, this is not, but they don't, they don't apply that knowledge appropriately. 00:15:42.580 --> 00:15:45.300 They don't relate that knowledge to how it relates. 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:46.940 The demons don't take that word. 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:47.480 Okay, God's one. 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:49.480 And he's the creator of everything. 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:50.480 And he's all sufficient. 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:54.960 They don't, there's a relational problem. 00:15:55.100 --> 00:15:56.480 It's like they don't put the pieces together. 00:15:57.720 --> 00:15:57.980 You know what I mean? 00:15:58.180 --> 00:15:58.600 Does that make sense? 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:05.360 It's wisdom, wisdom is, I think Tim Keller says, wisdom is knowledge related. 00:16:06.420 --> 00:16:07.259 Does that make sense? 00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:09.240 Let's think about that for a second. 00:16:09.779 --> 00:16:11.820 Wisdom is knowledge related. 00:16:12.580 --> 00:16:14.180 So, there's not just knowledge. 00:16:14.179 --> 00:16:20.919 It's knowledge connected and contextually related to whatever said situation. 00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:24.620 Let me see here. 00:16:26.439 --> 00:16:28.199 First, we already went through that. 00:16:29.019 --> 00:16:29.139 Yeah. 00:16:29.239 --> 00:16:32.819 So, bad things, bad things when we don't apply wisdom. 00:16:33.339 --> 00:16:36.359 Bad things happen when we don't apply wisdom to different situations. 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:38.379 I'm going to make fun of myself a little bit here. 00:16:38.379 --> 00:16:55.159 So, considering like over-emphasizing knowledge or just like compartmentalizing facts, factual things without looking at the whole picture, without looking at the big picture, 10,000 foot view, it gets us in trouble. 00:16:55.419 --> 00:16:57.840 I'm going to, Samuel, appreciate this one. 00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:02.960 So, I one time hired a guy that didn't speak English. 00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:08.740 Now, I'm older and I'm wiser. 00:17:08.840 --> 00:17:11.660 I look back at that and I think, that was foolish. 00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:15.039 And you're all kind of like, yeah, no crap. 00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:16.380 Sherlock? 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:16.900 Yeah. 00:17:16.900 --> 00:17:20.519 Anyway, I was only kind of tunnel vision. 00:17:20.820 --> 00:17:23.940 Like, oh, this guy's got 10 years electrical experience. 00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:26.460 You know, just whatever. 00:17:26.860 --> 00:17:30.440 He was a glorified helper and throw him in there and be able to connect wires. 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:31.040 Whatever. 00:17:31.800 --> 00:17:33.640 Well, I wasn't seeing the whole picture. 00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:36.860 Like, it's not just, he had knowledge. 00:17:37.280 --> 00:17:40.420 And I was, I think, in a tight spot for help at that time. 00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:41.460 But that's a side note. 00:17:44.340 --> 00:17:45.180 He had knowledge. 00:17:45.180 --> 00:17:46.519 He had a bunch of knowledge about the field. 00:17:46.940 --> 00:17:53.600 You know, I was just like, I tend to be overly optimistic sometimes and have a hard time seeing the downside of things or whatever. 00:17:53.820 --> 00:17:55.360 But anyway, and impulsive too. 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:57.900 And this is also not, it's not wise to be impulsive. 00:17:58.440 --> 00:17:59.180 Take your time. 00:18:00.539 --> 00:18:02.259 Run things by one another. 00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:03.240 Be open to reason. 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:04.720 I was not. 00:18:05.320 --> 00:18:07.980 And anyway, that lasted, how long did that last? 00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:09.120 Like three weeks or something like that? 00:18:09.900 --> 00:18:10.180 Anyway. 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:11.160 Okay. 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:13.440 So, that was foolish. 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:17.759 We need to be able to take information, knowledge, and apply it appropriately to situations. 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:22.180 Having knowledge about God and how he works. 00:18:22.539 --> 00:18:23.240 Demons have this. 00:18:23.320 --> 00:18:24.400 We've already established this. 00:18:24.820 --> 00:18:29.620 Wisdom is applying knowledge about God and submitting and fearing and repenting to God. 00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:33.640 Heavenly wisdom is visible, evident, provable. 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:40.080 So, heavenly wisdom is visible, it's evident, and it's provable by how we live our lives. 00:18:41.120 --> 00:18:41.520 Right? 00:18:42.180 --> 00:18:42.600 It is. 00:18:42.600 --> 00:18:43.700 It should be evident. 00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:47.000 We can't just say, yeah, I'm wise. 00:18:47.100 --> 00:18:47.440 I'm good. 00:18:47.820 --> 00:18:48.940 You know, like, prove it. 00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:50.220 Prove it by your decisions. 00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:52.160 Prove it by your consistent decisions. 00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:54.080 Over and over and over. 00:18:55.340 --> 00:18:55.880 You know what I mean? 00:18:56.140 --> 00:18:57.900 Just do the grind. 00:18:58.120 --> 00:18:59.120 Over and over and over. 00:18:59.119 --> 00:18:59.199 Over. 00:18:59.500 --> 00:19:01.819 So, sometimes it's just making really boring decisions. 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.279 All the time. 00:19:02.439 --> 00:19:06.399 So, it's like, all right, I don't want to, but I got to. 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:08.000 You know, I just got to keep the course. 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:09.319 Anyway, we got to keep moving on. 00:19:10.659 --> 00:19:13.659 So, this is an obvious one. 00:19:13.739 --> 00:19:15.199 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. 00:19:15.959 --> 00:19:17.979 When we're thinking about wisdom, we have to think about fear. 00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:19.659 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. 00:19:19.919 --> 00:19:20.759 This is Proverbs 10. 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:25.859 So, it's what you do with the knowledge of the Holy. 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:26.519 Oh, sorry. 00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:29.140 Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. 00:19:29.299 --> 00:19:31.160 And the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. 00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:36.519 So, it's not good enough to just know about God and how He works. 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:38.700 We have to apply it. 00:19:39.420 --> 00:19:40.279 This is wisdom. 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:45.839 It's wise of us to both have insight on how God operates and who He is. 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:50.259 And then it would be wise to take that knowledge and then actually apply it. 00:19:50.439 --> 00:19:52.639 So, I have it just written down here. 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:56.240 It's what you do with the knowledge of the Holy One that matters. 00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:58.099 That's what actually matters. 00:19:59.099 --> 00:19:59.899 Josh says a lot. 00:20:00.099 --> 00:20:00.980 We don't want to make a point. 00:20:01.079 --> 00:20:01.959 We want to make a difference. 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:03.899 This applies here. 00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:08.699 So, if you're trying to win an argument, you'll just have the right information and have the right knowledge. 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:13.099 If you want to make a difference, you will apply wisdom over and over and over in your life. 00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:14.819 And it will be evident to people. 00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:21.059 And people will bear fruit of your diligence and your faithfulness and your wisdom that you've accessed before God. 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:22.720 That will bear fruit. 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:26.319 And it will be proven by good conduct and meekness. 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:29.039 So, anyway, we've got to keep moving on. 00:20:29.179 --> 00:20:29.819 So, there's an... 00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:31.460 What does this mean? 00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:33.079 The fear of the Lord. 00:20:33.139 --> 00:20:33.839 What does this mean? 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:35.599 It... 00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:38.179 As long as Tim Keller, I like how he kind of puts this. 00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:43.539 It doesn't mean that we need to just be, like, scared of God all the time. 00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:45.379 Although we do need to... 00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:47.460 We do need to tremble before his word. 00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:54.240 And there is a certain element of trembling before him and having reverence and awe for him. 00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:56.539 But I want to look at... 00:20:57.500 --> 00:21:04.099 There's an awe and reverence of God that comes from knowing him and knowing his character. 00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:09.740 So, in Psalms 130, 3 and 4, it says, 00:21:10.459 --> 00:21:15.259 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:19.879 But with you, there is forgiveness. 00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:22.680 That you may be feared. 00:21:23.879 --> 00:21:24.099 Okay? 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.519 That make sense? 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:27.000 Let's think about that. 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:37.619 Because we know that God is a forgiving God, knowing him, this should cause us to fear him and have awe and reverence for him. 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:39.200 That make sense? 00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:42.539 It's God's kindness that leads us to repentance. 00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:43.759 Okay? 00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:46.859 And his mercies are new every morning. 00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:49.660 He draws us by himself. 00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.060 Okay? 00:21:51.600 --> 00:21:53.460 And there is a certain sense... 00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:54.100 There is a... 00:21:54.100 --> 00:21:56.279 Like I said, there's reverence. 00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:57.019 There's awe. 00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.259 But there's a... 00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:59.240 I love this verse. 00:22:00.580 --> 00:22:04.500 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 00:22:04.800 --> 00:22:06.620 But with you, there is forgiveness. 00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:08.540 That you may be feared. 00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:09.019 Okay? 00:22:10.060 --> 00:22:11.000 We're moving on. 00:22:11.060 --> 00:22:12.040 We've got to keep moving on here. 00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:15.820 So, wisdom, knowing God, and making him known. 00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:17.819 There's an element of wisdom that is... 00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:21.119 It's knowing God and making him known. 00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:23.019 It says in Proverbs 11, 30, 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:27.939 The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise. 00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:28.919 Okay? 00:22:30.399 --> 00:22:32.319 We're wise to win souls. 00:22:32.639 --> 00:22:32.799 Okay? 00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:35.819 We need to fight every day to win our own soul, to believe... 00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:41.819 In the sense of sanctification, just believing in the... 00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:43.419 Picking up our cross daily. 00:22:43.899 --> 00:22:45.039 Believing the gospel fresh. 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:46.519 Getting right before God. 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:50.500 And then, it's wise of us to win souls. 00:22:51.659 --> 00:22:52.319 So, okay. 00:22:52.399 --> 00:22:53.019 We're going to move on. 00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:57.440 That wraps up the commentary on verse 13. 00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:58.039 We're going to move on. 00:22:58.099 --> 00:23:00.359 So, 14 through 16. 00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.940 I clustered these three together. 00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:08.039 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:13.879 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. 00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:21.500 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. 00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.420 Okay? 00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:28.360 So, jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts. 00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:29.199 How does... 00:23:29.199 --> 00:23:30.379 I have written here. 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:34.079 So, how does this get into our hearts? 00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:35.119 Where does this come from? 00:23:35.159 --> 00:23:38.039 Where does this jealousy and selfish ambition come from? 00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:39.839 I kind of like tracing... 00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:42.779 Some of you have heard me talk about this before. 00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:45.579 But I kind of like tracing it back to what I believe is the root here. 00:23:46.139 --> 00:23:50.779 All the way back in Genesis 3. 00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:57.119 But first, I'm going to kind of remind us of what God said here. 00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:57.920 Okay? 00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:06.599 As a side note, we need revelation from God to tell us what is good and bad. 00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:09.259 We need God to tell us. 00:24:09.399 --> 00:24:12.579 David says, search my heart, O God, that I might not sin against you. 00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:13.799 That's his thing. 00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:16.399 He says, we need God to be good. 00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:17.480 We all know this. 00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:19.919 But we need continual revelation from God. 00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.599 We need continual... 00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:24.819 We need our eyes continually open to the Lord every day. 00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:25.419 Okay? 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:30.859 And so, in Genesis 2, 16 and 17, you have to go there to read these. 00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:37.500 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, you may surely eat of every tree of the garden. 00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:42.079 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat. 00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:45.979 For in that day, you eat of it. 00:24:46.179 --> 00:24:47.459 You shall surely die. 00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.459 This is what God said. 00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:48.819 Remember. 00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:50.000 God said this. 00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.339 Okay? 00:24:51.979 --> 00:24:53.339 But what does the devil say? 00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.259 Let's look at it. 00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:57.659 God already gave his instructions. 00:24:57.660 --> 00:25:01.360 He already gave, let's say, the knowledge or the information. 00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.840 He laid it out. 00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:03.700 Clear. 00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:09.400 Well, remember, we're tracing back where jealousy and selfish ambition come from. 00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:10.700 We're going to go back to the root. 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:15.779 And I believe it's the first lie that man ever believed. 00:25:16.300 --> 00:25:16.420 Okay? 00:25:16.580 --> 00:25:18.740 The first lie that man ever believed. 00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:23.420 We can find it in Genesis 3, 1 through 7. 00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.180 Again, you don't have to go there. 00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.660 I'll just read it. 00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:30.980 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. 00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:37.160 He said to the woman, did God actually say you shall not eat of the tree in the garden? 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:44.040 And the woman said to the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden. 00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:53.859 But God said, you shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden. 00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:55.940 Neither shall you touch it, lest you die. 00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:59.859 But the serpent said to the woman, you will not surely die. 00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:04.219 For God knows that when you eat of it, your eyes will be opened. 00:26:05.219 --> 00:26:08.740 And you will be like God, knowing good and evil. 00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:16.240 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, 00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:21.960 and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise. 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.640 So again, here's wisdom. 00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:30.480 She's looking somewhere else to get wisdom other than God. 00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:33.259 See, I mean, look at the implications of this. 00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:37.500 Look at what happens when we look somewhere else to get wisdom. 00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:40.079 The fall. 00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:40.819 Sin. 00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.359 Look at that. 00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:42.900 It's chaos. 00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:43.559 There's order. 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:47.259 God created a, you know, creation that was order. 00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.359 There's perfect order. 00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:52.640 So, yeah. 00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:58.039 And that the tree was to be desired to make one wise. 00:26:58.279 --> 00:27:00.200 She took of its fruit and ate. 00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:04.539 And she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. 00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:09.000 The eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. 00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:15.099 And they sewed fig trees, or fig leaves together, and made themselves loincloths. 00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.639 So let's look at this. 00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.799 What did God say? 00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.559 Don't eat of this. 00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.460 You eat of this, you die. 00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:22.680 What did the devil come in? 00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:28.119 So we have, this is the first time I think we see, well, aside from like Lucifer rising up. 00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:31.960 This is the first time we see selfish ambition. 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:37.960 So we know that this is deeply rooted in our, in the human heart. 00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:47.940 Selfish ambition, the temptation to gain for oneself, by oneself, for oneself. 00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:52.740 You guys remember the brand FUBU? 00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.840 For us, by us. 00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.460 You know what I mean? 00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:59.740 It's getting something for yourself, and it's by yourself. 00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.160 It's like, I did this. 00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.400 It's pride. 00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:03.720 That is utter pride. 00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.960 Utterly prideful. 00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:07.740 But this is appealing to the human heart. 00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:12.299 It's, I'm not content, God, with walking with you. 00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:17.640 You've created a perfect world, perfectly orderly. 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:20.640 And in comes corruption and chaos. 00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.620 How did it come? 00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:24.560 Through selfish ambition, essentially. 00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.780 There's selfish ambition here. 00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.440 I want to be like God. 00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:31.460 I'm not okay as just serving God and loving God and submitting to God. 00:28:31.560 --> 00:28:32.620 I want to be like God. 00:28:33.040 --> 00:28:34.440 I want to be my own God. 00:28:34.800 --> 00:28:35.800 I want to live my own truth. 00:28:35.860 --> 00:28:37.040 I want to create my own truth. 00:28:37.560 --> 00:28:38.680 You know, we see this all the time. 00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.860 What does this do? 00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:42.020 Well, let me see. 00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.780 Let's just see here. 00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:45.240 So lust, there's a lust for power. 00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:51.460 And so what lust does to us is it kills our desire for revelation from God. 00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.779 Okay? 00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:59.160 So if you're engaging in lust and seeking wisdom and seeking stuff for your own sake 00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:05.700 and for your own pleasure apart from God, don't expect to not desire God. 00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:08.240 Don't be confused about this. 00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:09.500 You brought this upon yourself. 00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:14.319 You want to go and find pleasure apart from God? 00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:19.880 This, like Adam's talking about, it's, it's, there's the, the waters are mixed. 00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.619 It doesn't work. 00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.619 We need, we need pure hearts. 00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.180 Where are we at? 00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:23.660 27. 00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.099 All right. 00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.779 Moving on. 00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:31.980 We see earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:36.700 So to look to the forbidden fruit for pleasure, detached from God. 00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:38.200 This is an earthly mindset. 00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:40.559 This is, this is devoid of God. 00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:41.920 This is stiff-arming God. 00:29:42.360 --> 00:29:45.920 Looking for pleasure, detached and apart from God. 00:29:46.340 --> 00:29:46.779 Okay? 00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.779 That's what's going on there. 00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.360 That's earthly. 00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.420 That's carnal. 00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.140 Okay? 00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.299 Unspiritual. 00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:54.080 Discontent with the revelation of God. 00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:57.420 Not content with just revelation from God. 00:29:58.779 --> 00:30:00.759 This, this is an unspiritual approach. 00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:02.299 This is very, this is unspiritual. 00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:03.000 This is carnal. 00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:03.840 Okay? 00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.600 Demonic. 00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.640 Rebellion against God. 00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:10.500 So, this is what this verse says. 00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:11.540 It's unspiritual. 00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:14.280 Earthly, unspiritual and demonic. 00:30:14.520 --> 00:30:16.580 It's important to remember here that we have an enemy. 00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:17.540 Okay? 00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:20.800 We're not just like floating around. 00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.460 It's like, oh yeah. 00:30:22.080 --> 00:30:23.320 You know, we're good. 00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:23.840 Me and God. 00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.620 Everything's good. 00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:27.320 We have an enemy who wants to destroy us. 00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:28.300 Who wants to bring division. 00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:31.120 Who wants to bring all kinds of corruption and chaos. 00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:31.800 Okay? 00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:34.559 Uh, the world, the flesh, and the devil. 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:38.519 So, earthly, unspiritual, carnal, and demonic. 00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:42.740 We've all probably heard Brian talk about the world, the flesh, and the devil. 00:30:43.159 --> 00:30:43.379 Right? 00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:45.079 This is earthly. 00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:47.220 This, there's kind of a parallel there. 00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:49.700 Earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:52.980 This is the, this is seeking wisdom outside of God. 00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:56.360 Outside of God's revelation. 00:30:56.980 --> 00:31:00.000 And also not being content with just knowing God and knowing him. 00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.380 Moving on. 00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:06.660 Yeah, the world says truth is relative. 00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:08.220 That we can do our own thing. 00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:13.920 And that we can, well, look at, look at the, just let's just look at, let's just take a minute and look at what that gets us. 00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.779 Truth is relative. 00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:18.319 And I can live my own truth and believe in this selfish ambition. 00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:21.140 I mean, every vile practice. 00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.240 We can, I mean, just look around. 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:24.359 This is very true and evident. 00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:24.819 Right? 00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:29.079 There's fruit of, of this kind of mindset. 00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:34.640 So, so this is, yeah, we've already touched on this. 00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:36.480 Not needy, not humble, not meek. 00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:38.960 Proud, self-sufficient, selfishly ambitious. 00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:40.380 It's just, I'm going to get mine. 00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:43.640 So, the world says happiness can be found outside of God. 00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:46.120 Here you go, Chris. 00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:48.599 The world says happiness is a warm gun. 00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:49.720 Right, Chris? 00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.880 Happiness is a warm gun. 00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:53.360 Happiness is found in drugs. 00:31:54.320 --> 00:31:55.720 This is what the world says. 00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:57.280 Happiness is this. 00:31:57.820 --> 00:32:02.240 Happiness is, so think of like the trans, I mean, think about the transgender stuff. 00:32:02.780 --> 00:32:04.080 It's a, there's like a jealousy. 00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:05.340 It's like, I'm born a man. 00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.220 I'm jealous of that. 00:32:06.300 --> 00:32:07.120 I want to be a woman. 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:09.299 Because it's like, no, no, no. 00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.399 There's contentment. 00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:12.039 We're created in the image of God. 00:32:13.399 --> 00:32:28.359 Anyway, all kinds of vile stuff we see as fruit of veering away from and detaching the way that we think from the revelation of God and God's heart and mind. 00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:29.159 Okay? 00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.599 Yeah. 00:32:32.719 --> 00:32:36.339 So, jealous, jealousy and selfish ambition says, I'm first. 00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.019 Me first. 00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:38.000 Me first. 00:32:38.719 --> 00:32:40.299 Everyone else, I don't care. 00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.079 Me first. 00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:43.059 Christ came to save. 00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.819 To seek and save the last. 00:32:44.959 --> 00:32:46.079 And he came as a servant. 00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:47.759 Right? 00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:52.400 So, we are to take his, we're going to, we're going to take cues from him. 00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:54.819 He came and he says, the first will be last. 00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:57.379 And he came and washed our feet. 00:32:58.759 --> 00:33:05.339 So, this is, we have a perfect example of what this, of what wisdom embodied looks like. 00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.859 Okay? 00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.859 In Christ. 00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:12.579 So, this is, this is, this is our, this is our, it's the captain of our salvation. 00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.460 This is who we follow. 00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:14.420 We take our cues. 00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.519 We take our notes. 00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:16.379 We follow him. 00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:18.180 And then, you know. 00:33:20.620 --> 00:33:27.500 So, I have written here, wisdom is actually, in a way, the opposite of disorder and chaos. 00:33:29.340 --> 00:33:30.680 So, think about this. 00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:38.420 But, think about like the, I think I, I actually think I have a verse here somewhere. 00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:42.680 The Lord, Proverbs 3, 19. 00:33:42.800 --> 00:33:44.880 The Lord, by wisdom, founded the earth. 00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:47.440 By understanding, he established the heavens. 00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:49.180 So, he's bringing order. 00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:52.320 He did this, I mean, on the cosmic level. 00:33:53.040 --> 00:33:59.160 But, the principle still holds true in that wisdom from heaven brings order. 00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:02.300 It's the opposite of disorder, in a sense. 00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:04.359 It's the opposite of chaos. 00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.819 It's order. 00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:07.220 God set up the world. 00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:08.480 It was orderly. 00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.619 He did this. 00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:12.380 You know, it was, it was, it was all in line, in order. 00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:13.980 Enter sin. 00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.840 Enter selfish ambition. 00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.619 What do we have? 00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:17.400 We have chaos. 00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:19.340 We have disorder. 00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:23.740 And then, the fruits of that are just, you would just see it pan out through history. 00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:26.140 But, yeah. 00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:28.240 I think this is an interesting thing to think about. 00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:30.940 In that, wisdom is order. 00:34:31.160 --> 00:34:33.660 Wisdom is the opposite of chaos. 00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.619 That's an interesting thought. 00:34:37.859 --> 00:34:38.819 Let me see here. 00:34:39.279 --> 00:34:43.159 So, yeah. 00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.539 And it says there, too. 00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:50.019 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder in every vile practice. 00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:53.440 So, this is, he clearly says, this is not the wisdom that comes from above. 00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:57.159 It causes disorder in every vile practice. 00:34:57.339 --> 00:34:59.000 We've already, we've already hit that one. 00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:01.799 So, by wisdom, he brought order out of chaos. 00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:03.360 Moving on. 00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.060 Okay. 00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:04.940 Moving on. 00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:08.200 Verse 17. 00:35:09.580 --> 00:35:14.600 So, we're going to hit verse, we're going to close here, hopefully in the next 10 minutes or so. 00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:18.640 17, verse 17 and 18. 00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:22.519 So, let's look at, we just kind of talked about earthly wisdom. 00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:26.100 And what, and the ramifications of this. 00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:26.840 Chaos. 00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.720 Every vile practice. 00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.500 Verse 17. 00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:34.559 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable. 00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:35.639 Gentle. 00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:37.199 Open to reason. 00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.860 Full of mercy. 00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.719 And good fruits. 00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.980 Impartial and sincere. 00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:49.900 So, let's look at first pure, peaceable, and gentle. 00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:52.079 Kind of clustered these together. 00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:57.079 And I feel like 2 Timothy 2, 22 through 25. 00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:59.000 Kind of touches on some of these. 00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:05.619 So, flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace. 00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:07.420 There's peace right there. 00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:14.000 Along with these, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. 00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:15.619 I'm going to start that again here. 00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:23.840 So, flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace. 00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:30.019 Along with those who call on the name, or who call on the Lord from a pure heart. 00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:31.420 So, wisdom is pure. 00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.380 It's peaceable. 00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:34.119 Pursue peace. 00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:38.460 Call on the Lord from a pure heart. 00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:43.500 Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies. 00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:45.920 You know that they breed quarrels. 00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:55.860 And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome, but kind to everyone, able to teach patiently enduring evil. 00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:59.780 Correcting his opponents with gentleness. 00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:02.139 There's gentleness right there, too. 00:37:02.740 --> 00:37:07.240 This passage from 2 Timothy kind of touches on all three of these. 00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:12.059 Correcting his opponents with gentleness. 00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:17.039 God may perhaps grant them repentance, leading to the knowledge of the truth. 00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:20.579 So, this is important stuff here. 00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:23.000 I mean, this is even one of the qualifications for another, too. 00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:24.279 There's gentleness. 00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:27.759 Gentleness is very, very important in the church. 00:37:28.299 --> 00:37:29.880 It's very important in our families. 00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:37.779 We are to be, especially men, we are to be, especially men, we are to be peacemakers. 00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:43.920 We are to set up our homes in a spirit of peace and gentleness. 00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:46.900 This is what we're called to. 00:37:47.740 --> 00:37:51.440 And so, as a reminder, this stuff doesn't come. 00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:52.680 You don't have this. 00:37:53.220 --> 00:37:55.160 We don't have the right stuff. 00:37:55.680 --> 00:37:56.260 We don't have it. 00:37:57.140 --> 00:37:59.160 This doesn't bubble up out of our hearts. 00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:01.800 We need God for this. 00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:03.660 We need God to be peacemakers. 00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:05.120 We need God to be gentle. 00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:09.659 We need God to be pure. 00:38:09.759 --> 00:38:10.179 We're not pure. 00:38:10.319 --> 00:38:12.400 We need constant filling. 00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:14.900 I leak. 00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:18.539 You know, we leak the Holy Spirit, right? 00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.960 We need constant filling. 00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:27.299 We need to be filled afresh so that these fruit can pour out of our lives over and over and over, continually. 00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:28.059 Okay? 00:38:28.319 --> 00:38:29.539 This stuff doesn't come from us. 00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:30.359 We don't have it. 00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:30.859 Sorry, guys. 00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:33.159 But we do have it in Christ. 00:38:33.339 --> 00:38:34.359 We can tap into it. 00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:34.720 Okay? 00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:35.539 Moving on. 00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:36.980 Peaceable. 00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:38.760 A wise person is a peacemaker. 00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:41.200 I already just touched on that. 00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:42.079 Open to reason. 00:38:42.180 --> 00:38:42.700 We're moving on. 00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:43.620 So, open to reason. 00:38:44.180 --> 00:38:45.700 Wisdom is a person. 00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:48.820 A wise person is a person that is open to reason. 00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:51.440 Are we a people that are open to reason? 00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:53.519 Or are we closed-minded? 00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:56.079 This is a good question to ask yourself. 00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:57.300 Am I open to reason? 00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:58.400 Am I a good listener? 00:38:59.420 --> 00:39:00.739 Can I hear people out? 00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:02.360 Do I even care what anyone else says? 00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:03.980 If you don't, you're prideful. 00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:10.619 If you don't care to receive from someone, you're prideful. 00:39:10.780 --> 00:39:11.800 You need to repent of your pride. 00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:13.579 We need to be open to reason. 00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:14.920 We need to hear from one another. 00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:15.639 Okay? 00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:18.819 We need to be full of mercy. 00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:21.539 We need to be full of mercy. 00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:23.500 This is an important thing. 00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:25.319 A lot of times we'll ask God, God, give me wisdom. 00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:27.819 God, give me wisdom for this situation. 00:39:28.379 --> 00:39:29.239 What do I do here? 00:39:29.299 --> 00:39:30.399 How do I approach this? 00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:37.919 Are we full of mercy in the way that we're approaching this situation? 00:39:38.359 --> 00:39:40.659 Now, it's important to take all of it together. 00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:48.659 Again, it's not like wisdom is, remember, wisdom is knowledge applied appropriately. 00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:49.639 Okay? 00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:55.799 So, if you get, like, the horse, like, you know, tunnel vision or whatever, and you only, 00:39:55.940 --> 00:40:02.059 like, this is part of, I think this is part of my problem when I was just like, you know, 00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:06.539 mercy, this guy needs a job, this and that, he just moved, immigrated, blah, blah, blah, 00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:06.799 whatever. 00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:11.440 You know, yeah, maybe that may be full of mercy, but I'm not looking at the whole picture. 00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:18.019 You know, like, it's not, it's not, we have to think about, I think it's a helpful practice 00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:25.300 to basically, if you're leaning one way or another on, like, a decision, if you're, if 00:40:25.300 --> 00:40:30.259 you, it's important to be self-aware in that, it's important to kind of know ourselves in 00:40:30.259 --> 00:40:38.980 that, know our own tendencies in our flesh, because sometimes we might, you know, our default 00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:45.639 might be, like, judgment, you know, like, screw this guy, like, forget this guy, whatever, 00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:52.859 or, you know, whatever, just bring, like, a kind of a dog-eat-dog approach to situations, 00:40:52.859 --> 00:40:55.179 and just be like, yeah, I'll be fine, whatever. 00:40:55.779 --> 00:40:56.199 You know what I mean? 00:40:57.099 --> 00:41:03.239 It's important to know ourselves in that if you tend to be a person that, like, defaults 00:41:03.239 --> 00:41:06.420 to this, you probably need to consider these more. 00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:10.340 You probably need to meditate on what it means to be full of mercy, okay? 00:41:10.680 --> 00:41:18.119 I know sometimes I can pendulum swing, you know, it, it, uh, wisdom is balanced. 00:41:18.780 --> 00:41:22.639 I think there's that one verse, too, a man of wisdom avoids all extremes or something. 00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:25.300 It might be worded differently, but, like, there's a balance. 00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:28.639 Being wise means you're balanced. 00:41:28.639 --> 00:41:34.259 You're not, you're not just camping out on this one thing, like, yeah, it says right here. 00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:35.279 No, no, no. 00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:41.119 Know yourself, know your tendencies, offset it with what the Bible says, and check yourself 00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:43.219 before you wreck yourself. 00:41:44.819 --> 00:41:50.319 Good fruits, okay, good fruits, impartial, and sincere. 00:41:51.139 --> 00:41:52.239 Are we as sincere people? 00:41:52.839 --> 00:41:53.819 We need to be sincere. 00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:57.059 We impartial, we have good fruit. 00:41:57.059 --> 00:41:59.039 We can. 00:41:59.739 --> 00:42:01.039 By the grace of God, we can. 00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:03.739 We need to be more sincere. 00:42:03.860 --> 00:42:08.019 I think probably, like, yeah, we just need to be more sincere with everything, everything. 00:42:08.659 --> 00:42:11.139 Just our husbands, wives, sincerity. 00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:12.320 It's a beautiful thing. 00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:16.119 I haven't quite learned that one yet. 00:42:16.340 --> 00:42:17.480 That's a work in progress. 00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:19.820 Our gentleness, you know, sometimes. 00:42:20.179 --> 00:42:25.699 Anyway, we need the spirit to buffer, just to kind of, it's, it's oil between the gears, 00:42:25.699 --> 00:42:26.039 right? 00:42:27.059 --> 00:42:31.579 And moving on, last verse, okay? 00:42:33.119 --> 00:42:40.219 Verse 18, and a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. 00:42:40.659 --> 00:42:41.500 Isn't that an awesome verse? 00:42:42.019 --> 00:42:42.980 Think about that one. 00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:43.719 I'm going to read it again. 00:42:43.719 --> 00:42:51.239 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. 00:42:51.239 --> 00:42:55.059 This is a sweet verse. 00:42:55.439 --> 00:42:56.099 What does it mean? 00:42:56.299 --> 00:42:57.279 We should think about it. 00:42:57.799 --> 00:42:59.699 Think about, you could meditate on that one. 00:43:00.459 --> 00:43:06.419 Listen to this John Piper thing about that, and he's like, 50 years of being a Christian, 00:43:06.939 --> 00:43:08.699 50 years of studying the Bible. 00:43:08.699 --> 00:43:12.599 I was meditating on this, and it just blew up. 00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:17.559 It just opened a whole new world of just like revelation. 00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:24.259 It's, even prepping for the sermon has been helpful in that just meditating on some of this 00:43:24.259 --> 00:43:27.319 stuff and just digging in. 00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:28.940 And this is wisdom. 00:43:29.120 --> 00:43:31.860 This is how we get, we shouldn't expect to get wisdom anywhere else. 00:43:31.900 --> 00:43:33.260 There's so many talking heads. 00:43:33.840 --> 00:43:37.559 There's so many opinions, so many reels, so many, oh, this guy, you got to hear what this 00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:37.880 guy says. 00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:40.640 This guy knows, this guy knows his stuff here, blah, blah, blah. 00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:42.699 So, it's wisdom. 00:43:43.900 --> 00:43:48.159 It's, we're not, what are we going, it's a good question to ask ourselves, what are we 00:43:48.159 --> 00:43:48.779 going for? 00:43:49.219 --> 00:43:50.099 What are we aiming at? 00:43:51.139 --> 00:43:57.259 Are we just trying to, like, when you're scrolling, when you're chilling, when you're whatever, 00:43:58.199 --> 00:43:59.639 what are you aiming at? 00:43:59.719 --> 00:44:00.759 What are you going for? 00:44:00.859 --> 00:44:02.279 What is the, what's your goal? 00:44:02.659 --> 00:44:03.879 What's, what are you after? 00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:06.719 Are we after wisdom from heaven? 00:44:08.079 --> 00:44:09.440 Do we want this? 00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:14.780 So, if we don't, we're not, I mean, you shouldn't, he talked about earlier, double-minded man, 00:44:15.220 --> 00:44:16.320 we shouldn't expect anything. 00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:18.599 Do we want wisdom from heaven? 00:44:20.539 --> 00:44:22.320 I think we need it, right? 00:44:22.880 --> 00:44:24.240 We need godly wisdom. 00:44:24.360 --> 00:44:25.440 We need heavenly wisdom. 00:44:27.720 --> 00:44:32.539 A harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. 00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:35.360 So, it's farming, farming term, Mark, here you go. 00:44:35.360 --> 00:44:39.559 So, sown in peace by those who make peace. 00:44:40.260 --> 00:44:44.000 Harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. 00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:51.599 The opposite I have written here is piggybacking off of John Piper's meditation here. 00:44:52.659 --> 00:44:56.239 He, you know how he does the, this is a typical Piper thing. 00:44:56.320 --> 00:44:57.079 He, like, flips it. 00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:58.699 He takes the inverse of the verse. 00:44:58.760 --> 00:45:01.360 He's like, if this is true, then the opposite is true then, too. 00:45:01.719 --> 00:45:05.480 So, he goes, sowing in anger does not produce a right, a harvest of righteousness. 00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:08.000 So, what does it look like to sow in anger? 00:45:08.780 --> 00:45:18.800 I actually didn't have a whole lot of clarity on this one when I finished some of my sermon prep yesterday over it until, until I put the kids to bed. 00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:24.960 I think, what time was it, like 9? 00:45:25.099 --> 00:45:26.380 I think it was 8.45 or something. 00:45:27.400 --> 00:45:29.559 Put the kids to bed around like 8.45 or something. 00:45:30.579 --> 00:45:32.340 And so, Raina and Naya, are they in here? 00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:32.760 Where are they at? 00:45:33.219 --> 00:45:33.800 Naya, what's up? 00:45:34.260 --> 00:45:34.900 Love you, honey. 00:45:34.900 --> 00:45:36.880 I'm sorry for getting angry at you last night. 00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:37.280 Spoiler. 00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:41.220 So, Raina and Naya, like, their beds together. 00:45:42.079 --> 00:45:46.619 Sometimes they like to put their beds, you know, their beds together and kind of sleep snuggling stuff. 00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:48.539 Well, I kind of let it happen. 00:45:48.660 --> 00:45:49.740 I was like, all right, yeah, we'll try it. 00:45:49.900 --> 00:45:51.260 It's been like that for a little bit. 00:45:51.360 --> 00:45:53.619 We've gone back and forth, you know. 00:45:54.420 --> 00:45:57.220 And, like, they'll just get too stoked some nights. 00:45:57.320 --> 00:45:59.059 Like, all right, we're pulling the plug on that. 00:45:59.539 --> 00:46:00.400 Separating the beds again. 00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:01.380 You guys can't handle it, whatever. 00:46:01.900 --> 00:46:04.559 And we probably got, this is kind of hilarious. 00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:06.860 But we've gone back and forth, like, a couple times here. 00:46:07.279 --> 00:46:08.779 Like, I find that you earned it. 00:46:08.940 --> 00:46:10.920 You worked the trust back up. 00:46:12.719 --> 00:46:15.119 So, they had their beds together. 00:46:15.880 --> 00:46:18.639 And then I think we put them at, like, around 8.45. 00:46:18.639 --> 00:46:26.199 Well, at, like, I don't know, 10, 15 or something, Raina and Naya both come in our bedroom. 00:46:27.079 --> 00:46:29.259 And Raina's like, oh, sorry, babe. 00:46:29.559 --> 00:46:30.859 Are you embarrassed, Raina? 00:46:31.799 --> 00:46:33.159 Raina's like, oh, she's picking up. 00:46:33.199 --> 00:46:33.859 Is she doing this? 00:46:33.980 --> 00:46:34.960 She won't let me sleep with you. 00:46:35.339 --> 00:46:36.679 And I'm kind of just like, all right. 00:46:37.940 --> 00:46:38.839 I'm over this. 00:46:39.360 --> 00:46:40.640 So, I'm like, stop. 00:46:41.280 --> 00:46:42.280 Let's go back downstairs. 00:46:43.400 --> 00:46:44.120 Put this up. 00:46:44.160 --> 00:46:44.579 This right. 00:46:44.680 --> 00:46:45.800 I told you 100 times. 00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:47.320 I was angry. 00:46:47.800 --> 00:46:48.840 I responded in anger. 00:46:48.960 --> 00:46:49.800 I was, like, frustrated. 00:46:50.260 --> 00:46:53.160 I'm just like, how many times are we going to do this rodeo? 00:46:53.340 --> 00:46:54.160 Like, what are we doing here? 00:46:54.900 --> 00:46:55.960 So, I separate the beds. 00:46:56.019 --> 00:46:56.720 Like, real quick. 00:46:56.800 --> 00:46:59.300 I'm just like, you know, they go to bed or whatever. 00:47:00.260 --> 00:47:02.100 Well, like, I don't know. 00:47:02.140 --> 00:47:04.100 Maybe I'll last, like, six or seven minutes or something. 00:47:04.099 --> 00:47:06.860 I'll come back up upstairs all huffing and puffing and how I'm right. 00:47:07.199 --> 00:47:08.719 And, you know, Marianne's kind of giving me the look. 00:47:08.839 --> 00:47:09.139 You all know. 00:47:09.219 --> 00:47:10.539 All you husbands, you know the look. 00:47:11.099 --> 00:47:12.179 You know what I'm talking about. 00:47:12.219 --> 00:47:15.599 I was like, you're going to leave it there, Ben? 00:47:18.299 --> 00:47:21.339 And I'm just like, you know, whatever. 00:47:22.920 --> 00:47:27.039 And I'm finally, like, thinking, there it is. 00:47:27.579 --> 00:47:29.420 A harvest of righteousness is sown in peace. 00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:31.219 What am I doing? 00:47:31.219 --> 00:47:36.639 John Piper says, for anger of man does not, or sorry, not John Piper. 00:47:37.739 --> 00:47:38.179 James. 00:47:38.679 --> 00:47:40.119 James 1, 20. 00:47:40.619 --> 00:47:46.239 The anger of, for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 00:47:47.539 --> 00:47:47.779 Okay? 00:47:48.259 --> 00:47:55.699 So, parents, moms, dads, brothers, sisters, don't sow seeds of anger. 00:47:57.019 --> 00:47:57.480 Okay? 00:47:57.639 --> 00:47:58.379 Don't do that. 00:47:58.739 --> 00:48:00.659 It's not going to produce the harvest of righteousness. 00:48:01.219 --> 00:48:05.879 In yourself and in the receiver, whoever it is. 00:48:05.980 --> 00:48:07.519 The kid, the brother, the sister. 00:48:08.439 --> 00:48:09.759 So, again, sorry. 00:48:09.980 --> 00:48:10.319 Love you. 00:48:11.079 --> 00:48:11.799 We made it right. 00:48:11.899 --> 00:48:12.319 We made it up. 00:48:13.279 --> 00:48:13.819 It's important. 00:48:14.539 --> 00:48:14.939 Yeah. 00:48:15.039 --> 00:48:16.319 Anyway, we realize. 00:48:17.299 --> 00:48:18.339 So, you make peace. 00:48:18.399 --> 00:48:19.779 What do you do when you, what do you do? 00:48:20.779 --> 00:48:23.059 You go back there and make peace ASAP. 00:48:23.799 --> 00:48:24.399 Prick to repent. 00:48:24.400 --> 00:48:24.840 Okay? 00:48:24.840 --> 00:48:25.440 Okay? 00:48:27.780 --> 00:48:32.579 In conclusion, we need to humble ourselves. 00:48:33.660 --> 00:48:34.260 Really. 00:48:34.579 --> 00:48:36.460 We just, we need God for all of this. 00:48:36.820 --> 00:48:40.880 We need to humble ourselves for God and ask him. 00:48:40.880 --> 00:48:44.039 Don't ask, don't, don't ask Elon Musk. 00:48:44.180 --> 00:48:44.980 Don't, who gives a record? 00:48:46.840 --> 00:48:47.039 Right? 00:48:48.220 --> 00:48:49.140 It's hilarious. 00:48:49.500 --> 00:48:50.079 Think about that. 00:48:50.220 --> 00:48:50.720 It's crazy. 00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:52.300 We need God for this. 00:48:52.360 --> 00:48:55.619 We need the spirit of God to bear this kind of fruit in our lives. 00:48:56.059 --> 00:48:56.279 Okay? 00:48:56.280 --> 00:49:26.260 I'll see you next time.