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 Okay, so we're going to do our third message in our gospel training series here.

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! Today's message will be on gospel adoption.

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! I'm going to be in two main texts in the Bible.

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 We're going to be in Galatians 3 and 4, and then we're going to be in Matthew 4.

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 So we'll start with Galatians 3.

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 If you have your Bibles, you can read along with me.

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 I'm going to read a larger section here to start us off.

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 Galatians 3, verse 8, and we're going to go to 4, verse 7.

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 Galatians 3, verse 8 says,

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 In the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith,

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 preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying,

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 In you shall all the nations be blessed.

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 So then those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

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 So here we see this focus on the gospel, right?

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 Even back in the Old Testament, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith,

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 God was preaching the gospel beforehand to Abraham.

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 Okay?

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 Verse 10,

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 And for all who rely on works of the law are under a curse.

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 For it is written,

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 Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all the things written in the book of the law and do them.

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 Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for the righteous shall live by faith.

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 But the law is not of faith.

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 Rather, the one who does them shall live by them.

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 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.

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 For it is written,

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 Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree,

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 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles,

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 so that we might receive this promised spirit through faith.

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 To give a human example, brothers,

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 even with a man-made covenant,

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 no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified.

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 Now the promises are made to Abraham and to his offspring.

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 It does not say,

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 And to offsprings.

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 Referring to many, but referring to one.

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 And to your offspring, who is Christ.

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 This is what I mean.

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 The law, which came 430 years afterwards,

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 does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God,

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 so as to make the promise void.

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 For if the inheritance comes by the law,

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 it no longer comes by promise,

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 but God gave it to Abraham by a promise.

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 Why then the law?

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 It was added because of the transgressions,

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 until the offspring should come,

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 to whom the promise had been made,

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 and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.

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 Now an intermediary implies more than one,

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 but God is one.

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 Is the law then contrary to the promises of God?

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 Certainly not.

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 For if a law had been given that could give life,

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 then righteousness would indeed be by the law.

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 But the scripture imprisoned everything under sin,

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 so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ

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 might be given to those who believe.

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 Now before faith came,

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 we were held captive under the law,

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 imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed.

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 So then the law was our guardian until Christ came,

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 in order that we might be justified by faith.

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 But now that faith has come,

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 we are no longer under a guardian,

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 for in Christ Jesus,

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 you are all sons of God through faith.

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 For as many as you were baptized into Christ

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 to put on Christ,

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 there is neither Jew nor Greek,

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 there is neither slave nor free,

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 there is no male and female,

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 for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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 And if you are Christ,

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 then you are Abraham's offspring,

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 he is according to the promise.

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 This verse is so important here.

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 Many people will take this verse and say,

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 this is the reason why

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 you should have an egalitarian vision

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 of men and women in leadership.

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 Because now in Christ Jesus,

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 there is no male nor female.

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 But you have to take this in context.

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 What he's talking about here

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 is the promise of Abraham.

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 What he's talking about here

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 is preaching the gospel to Gentiles.

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 And he's saying,

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 hey, there is a promise

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 that is for not multiple people,

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 but one person.

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 Offspring, not offsprings, right?

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 It's for offspring.

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 Who is that offspring that was pointed to

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 when God preached this to Abraham?

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 It was Christ.

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 It was Christ.

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 And so what he's saying here is,

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 if you're in Christ,

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 you get the inheritance of Christ.

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 So this promise was for Christ,

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 who's a Jew.

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 If you're a Greek, that's okay.

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 If you're in Christ, it's for you.

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 This was for Christ, who's free.

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 If you're a slave,

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 there's still hope for you

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 because in Christ, you're free.

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 This promise was for one person,

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 Christ, who is male.

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 If you're female,

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 there's still hope for you.

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 Because if you're in Christ,

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 you receive the promise.

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 If you're all one in Christ Jesus,

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 he's saying that if you're in Christ Jesus,

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 you get the promise

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 that was promised to Christ Jesus.

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 You get his inheritance.

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 If you are Christ,

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 then you are Abraham's offspring,

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 heirs according to the promise.

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 That's huge.

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 That's why this verse is such an awesome verse.

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 He's basically saying,

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 hey, you can think of all the reasons

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 why you would be disqualified from the promise.

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 But this promise isn't for you specifically.

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 So go ahead, list all your disqualifications.

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 None of them matter.

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 Because you can't have any qualifications.

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 There's only one person

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 who is able to receive this promise.

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 Only one.

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 It was to offspring,

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 not offsprings.

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 Right?

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 So it's only to Christ.

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 So our only hope to receive the promise,

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 the good news,

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 the gospel of this promise

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 given to Abraham

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 is that we would be in Christ.

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 And through faith,

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 we are in Christ

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 and we are sons of God

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 and the inheritance that is given to Christ

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 is now ours in Christ Jesus.

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 What a huge thing that is.

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 This is the gospel of adoption.

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 Right?

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 He then goes in chapter 4 here

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 and describes the implications of that,

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 what that means.

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 I mean that the heir,

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 as long as he is a child,

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 is no different from a slave,

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 though he is the owner of everything.

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 But he is under guardians and managers

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 until the date set by his father.

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 In the same way,

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 we also,

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 when we were children,

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 were enslaved

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 to the elementary principles of the world.

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 But when the fullness of time had come,

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 God sent forth his son,

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 born of a woman,

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 born under the law,

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 to redeem those who were under the law,

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 so that,

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 so that what?

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 This is,

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 here's the implication,

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 so that we might receive adoption.

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 This word here for adoption

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 is talking about full rights.

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 Actually,

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 in the NIV,

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 in the 1984 version of the NIV,

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 it actually says that we would receive

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 the full rights of sons.

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 Okay?

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 And because you are sons,

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 God has sent the spirit of his son

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 into our hearts,

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 crying,

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 Abba,

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 Father.

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 So you are no longer a slave,

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 but a son.

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 And if a son,

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 then an heir through God.

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 So,

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 some of you probably hear this,

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 like,

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 what is he even talking about this?

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 This whole,

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 like,

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 you were,

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 when you were a kid,

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 you were,

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 um,

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 under guardians and managers

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 until the date set by his father.

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 Well,

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 this is speaking,

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 it's speaking of two things.

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 One,

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 when you're a child,

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 you don't have the full rights

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 of a son,

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 right?

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 Even sometimes if a,

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 if a parent would die ahead of time

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 before a child would become an adult,

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 they'll sometimes put money,

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 inheritance into an account.

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 And when does the child get it?

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 When they become an adult,

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 right?

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 There's all this money set aside

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 until they turn 18.

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 And so there's people who are caring for them

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 until then.

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 But also,

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 so you have that dynamic,

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 just the difference between a child and adult.

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 But you also have in Roman culture,

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 they had this,

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 uh,

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 form of adoption where they would adopt adults.

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 In fact,

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 uh,

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 Augustus,

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 um,

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 and Claudius,

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 the emperors at the time,

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 uh,

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 or not at the time,

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 but around that time,

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 uh,

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 Augustus was adopted

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 and had,

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 uh,

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 three different successors that he adopted,

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 but,

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 uh,

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 two of them died before he was able to actually pass things on.

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 And then Claudius adopted Nero.

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 They actually had a form of adoption that they,

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 they could change the inheritance for,

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 instead of giving their,

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 uh,

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 the inheritance to their child,

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 they could adopt someone else as an adult and give him the full right as son.

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 And then they could become the next emperor because now they're,

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 they're the heir of that,

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 uh,

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 person.

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 So there,

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 uh,

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 there was a form of adoption there.

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 And this was,

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 this was how it would happen.

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 We often think of adoption.

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 We think of children.

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 Uh,

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 I think of it a little bit differently because I adopted,

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 uh,

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 my wife and I adopted a son in his late twenties into our family.

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 So you can,

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 we saw these same implications.

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 When a Roman adult adoption happened,

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 they received full legal standing.

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 They received a guaranteed inheritance.

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 Old debts were canceled and it was irrevocable.

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 Okay.

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 Sound familiar.

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 Does it sound a little bit like when God adopts us into his family?

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 Okay.

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 So he was referring to this thing.

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 So you're wondering,

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 what is this whole thing they would,

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 before they would reach the age,

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 but that the father had set aside to say,

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 okay,

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 until this age happens,

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 they were treated like,

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 uh,

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 like slaves or servants in the house.

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 But when they reached that date,

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 they had the full legal standing,

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 guaranteed inheritance,

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 old debts canceled and irrevocable status.

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 Okay.

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 This is what's happening.

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 And that's what we were given.

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 We were given full rights as sons in Christ Jesus.

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 And because of sons,

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 he sent the spirit of his son into our hearts,

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 crying,

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 Abba,

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 father.

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 So you're no longer a slave,

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 but a son.

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 And if a son,

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 then an heir through God.

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 Romans five,

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 verse five says,

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 God's love has been poured into our hearts,

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 bought through the Holy spirit who has been given to us.

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 When he's talking about the spirit of his son in our hearts,

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 crying out of a father,

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 there is a role of the Holy spirit in our lives to essentially baptize us with

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 this love,

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 with his love,

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 immerse us in his love and give us,

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 the ability to comprehend how much God loves us.

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 And that we are no longer slaves.

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 We are no longer servants,

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 but we are sons with the full rights of sons.

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 And that language sounds great,

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 but it's not just that it sounds great.

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 Listen,

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 it's true.

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 And there's a lot of Christians who live a slavery mentality,

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 an orphan mentality in their Christianity.

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 When the spirit that was given to them in Christ Jesus was given,

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 not the only reason,

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 but one of the reasons was so that you could receive the spirit of adoption,

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 that you could receive an understanding of the love that God has for you in Christ Jesus and the full rights of sons.

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 It says in Romans 8,

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 15 to 17,

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 you do not receive the spirit of slavery,

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 fall back into fear,

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 but you have received the spirit of adoption as sons,

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 by whom we cry,

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 Abba,

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 father,

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 the spirit himself bears witness with our spirit,

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 that we are children of God.

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 And if children,

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 then heirs,

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 heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ,

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 provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified in him.

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 Do you know that that is one of the roles of the Holy Spirit in your life?

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 Do you understand that one of the reasons the spirit is given to us at salvation

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 is so that we in our spirits can bear witness with the spirit of God,

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 that we are children of God.

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 The Holy Spirit speaks to you,

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 establishes in you,

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 tells you that you are his child.

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 And that's something we doubt sometimes.

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 Do you ever doubt that?

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 Do you ever doubt being a child of God?

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 Do you ever doubt that you have the full rights of sons?

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 Do you sometimes feel like a second class citizen in the kingdom of God?

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 Do you sometimes feel like,

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 yeah,

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 I'm,

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 uh,

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 I'm,

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 I'm around God,

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 but I don't really feel like I'm his child.

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 The Holy Spirit is given to tell you that you are his child.

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 Okay.

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 And I don't think of no greater example of this dynamic and this fight of faith,

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 so to speak,

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 than Matthew chapter four.

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 So get your Bibles.

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 You can look there.

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 We're actually going to start with the context of Matthew three,

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 verses 13 through 17.

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 It's a familiar story for most of you.

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 If you've been a Christian for a while,

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 uh,

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 Matthew three,

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 13 to 17,

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 Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan,

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 to John,

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 to be baptized by him.

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 John would have prevented him saying,

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 I need to be baptized by you.

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 And do you come to me?

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 But Jesus answered him,

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 let it be so now for thus,

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 it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.

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 Then he consented.

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 And when Jesus was baptized,

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 immediately he went up from the water and behold,

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 the heavens were open to him.

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 And he saw the spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.

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 And behold,

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 a voice from heaven said,

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 this is my beloved son.

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 Okay.

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 With whom I'm well pleased.

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 And there's multiple words for son in,

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 in the original Greek language.

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 There's a,

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 like a child son.

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 And then there's an adult son.

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 The word used here is adult son.

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 So adult,

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 full right son.

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 Think of it.

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 Think of it that way.

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 Right?

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 So this is God literally saying,

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 God,

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 the father saying to Jesus,

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 publicly saying this,

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 this is my son.

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 So it's direct.

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 It's clear.

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 There's no ambiguity about it.

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 Right?

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 He literally is,

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 it says right here,

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 you got to take note of this part,

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 because this is important for the whole next part of the,

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 of the scripture we're going to look at.

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 Right?

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 He says definitively,

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 this is my beloved son with whom I am well pleased.

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 Okay.

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 So he announces that.

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 Okay.

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 Matthew four,

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 verse one.

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 Then Jesus was led up by the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted.

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 By the devil.

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 And after fasting 40 days and 40 nights,

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 he was hungry.

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 And the tempter.

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 Okay.

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 The devil's called the tempter.

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 This is,

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 this is literally one of his names.

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 This is his nature.

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 His character is to tempt.

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 And Johnny 44 says,

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 he's the father of lies.

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 So what does he typically tempt us with?

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 What is one of his main tools as the tempter?

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 Lies.

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 And this is no different,

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 right?

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 Okay.

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 So after fasting 40 days and 40 nights,

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 he was hungry.

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 So this is 40 days after God just said,

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 this is my son.

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 This is my beloved son with whom I am well pleased.

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 40 days later,

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 the tempter came to Jesus and said,

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 if you are the son of God.

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 Well,

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 hold on.

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 What do you mean?

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 If God,

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 the father just said 40 days ago,

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 you are.

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 Okay.

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 God says,

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 you are the devil says,

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 if you see this,

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 what's the,

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 what's all this if language.

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 What are you talking about?

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 God just said,

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 you are.

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 Devil says,

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 if you are,

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 if you are,

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 right?

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 If you are the son of God,

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 it sounds a lot like Genesis three,

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 verse one.

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 When the serpent came to Eve,

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 remember what he said to Eve said,

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 did God really say,

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 did God really say,

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 this is the tactic of the devil.

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 This is the way he works.

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 You know,

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 it worked at the beginning and he's still trying it,

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 right?

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 Now it's not going to work on Jesus,

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 but he's still trying it.

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 And don't be so fooled as to think that he's not going to try it on you.

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 He does the same thing.

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 Did God really say that you're a son?

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 That's essentially what he's saying.

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 If you are the son,

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 if you are a son,

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 says that if you are the son of God,

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 command these stones to become loaves of bread.

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 But he answered,

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 it is written,

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 man shall not live by bread alone,

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 but every word that comes from the mouth of God.

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 So we're going to see three different ways that the devil tempts him.

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 He tempts him in three different aspects that the devil tempts us as well.

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 That's why this is important.

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 And it all relates to being a son.

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 It all relates to adoption,

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 which by the way,

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 if you're a woman and you're saying,

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 what's all the son stuff?

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 I'm not a son.

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 I'm a woman.

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 And you might say,

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 well,

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 why,

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 why,

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 why this male language here?

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 This was,

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 this was not,

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 this was actually radical language,

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 back then to actually say that a woman had the same rights of a son.

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 That was going over the top for most people in that culture to say,

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 whoa,

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 whoa,

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 whoa,

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 whoa.

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 We're not going to give women the same rights of sons.

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 Yes.

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 God is.

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 God is saying in Christ Jesus,

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 there is no man.

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 There's not male or female.

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 You get the same inheritance in Christ Jesus.

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 You get that.

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 Okay.

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 So there's three different things he's tempting.

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 The first one is provision.

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 Do you ever get tempted to think I'm not provided for?

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 I won't be provided for.

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 I haven't been provided for.

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 This is where the devil is tempting him.

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 It says,

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 if you're the son of God,

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 command these stones to become loaves of bread.

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 Notice he says command.

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 In other words,

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 he's saying,

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 Hey,

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 you do it versus resting in what you already have.

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 You make things happen.

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 You exert energy and effort to get what an essence you already have.

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 You provide for yourself instead of thinking about what you already have.

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 That's the way an orphan thinks.

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 Ben Paisley in his really good book,

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 Orphan,

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 Slave,

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 Son,

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 says orphans don't know that anything is really theirs.

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 Orphans don't know that anything is really theirs.

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 He goes on and he says,

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 Physical property,

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 emotional property,

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 relational property,

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 and spiritual property.

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 The orphan spirit has no family given deed to any of these kinds of properties

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 and must work and strive to gain them.

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 Orphans steal and orphans strive.

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 I remember my brother-in-law used to work in an orphanage in Africa,

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 and he would tell stories about the orphanage that he worked at.

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 And he said,

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 you know,

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 these orphans are in the orphanage.

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 We're taking care of them.

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 They have more than it.

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 There was more than enough food in this orphanage.

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 And they never stopped stealing.

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 They were constantly stealing.

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 Even though we fed them all their meals,

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 we had more than enough for every meal.

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 It was never like we were short.

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 And yet they were constantly stealing.

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 So they were,

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 they were treated with provision in such a way,

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 just like a family member would be.

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 And yet,

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 even though in reality,

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 the provision was there,

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 they kept thinking and living and acting like orphans.

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 Do you ever do that?

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 Do you ever do that?

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 Orphans don't know that anything is really theirs.

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 Slaves work for everything.

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 How do you view yourself with the Lord and your inheritance?

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 You know,

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 Luke 2 49,

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 when Jesus,

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 when they took Jesus when he was 12 years old,

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 and they took him to Jerusalem,

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 and then they lost him.

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 Jesus wasn't lost.

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 They lost him,

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 right?

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 Jesus knew exactly where he was supposed to be.

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 And they finally found him.

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 He said,

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 Hey,

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 don't you know,

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 I had to be in,

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 listen to this phrase,

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 my father's house,

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 my father's house.

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 And you said,

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 well,

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 that's Jesus.

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 Well,

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 in Christ,

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 you have the same inheritance.

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 You're adopted into his family.

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 You've given the full rights to be called children of God.

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 Do you view his house as your house?

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 You know,

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 when you would,

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 when you talk about,

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 um,

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 uh,

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 when I talk about,

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 when I,

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 when I lived in my parents' house,

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 I wouldn't say my dad's car.

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 I would say our car.

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 I wouldn't say my mom and dad's house.

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 I would say our house.

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 I didn't pay a cent for that house.

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 I didn't do anything for that car.

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 But when I was a kid,

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 that car was mine.

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 That house was mine.

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 That's the way I talked.

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 That's the way most kids talk.

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 Your kids probably talk that way.

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 Right?

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 And they should because if it's your father's house,

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 then everything he has is yours.

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 That's how it works.

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 And,

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 and Jesus understood this,

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 but you don't have to be my father's house.

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 John 14 to in my father's house,

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 are many rooms for not.

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 So what I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you.

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 Why for you?

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 Because it's your house.

00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.620
 Luke 15.

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 Remember when I read last week,

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 remember the older brother in the story of the prodigal?

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 You know,

00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:27.500
 he's,

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 he's,

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 he's,

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 he's acting kind of ripped off.

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 He's acting like a victim.

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 And he's acting like,

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 wait,

00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:31.440
 you,

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 I've been serving you all this time.

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 You haven't even killed a goat for me,

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 but you kill the fattened calf,

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 throw a party and restore the son of yours who wasted his,

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 his,

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 his urine,

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 the inheritance on prostitutes.

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 You know,

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 this kind of a gas kind of thing.

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 And then the father says to him,

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 son,

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 you are always with me.

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 And all that is mine is yours.

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 How many times do we need to hear this?

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 When we're going to him in prayer or maybe not in prayer,

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 we're just fretting.

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 I don't have enough.

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 I don't have enough money.

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 I don't have enough provision.

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 God isn't going to take care of me.

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 God's not going to provide for me.

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 God's not going to be there for me.

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 And we're just,

00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:10.399
 we're complaining.

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 Maybe we're complaining to God.

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 Maybe we're complaining to other people.

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 Maybe we're just have a complaining spirit in our own heart.

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 And we're just feeling ripped off.

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 We have this orphan mentality,

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 the slave mentality that always says there's never enough.

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 There's never enough.

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 And God is not providing for me.

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 And so we think if God's not for me,

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 I got to do it myself.

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 God's not going to be there for her.

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 I have to provide for myself.

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 I got to command those,

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 those rocks to become bread.

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 I got to provide.

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 It's all on me.

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 And the father,

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 the father says to him,

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 don't you know,

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 don't you know that all that I have,

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 that all that's mine is yours.

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 Some,

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 there's some people here who need to hear that this morning,

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 that all of it is the father's is yours in Christ Jesus.

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 All that the father has is yours in Christ Jesus.

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 Do you realize that this is what you got?

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 And listen,

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 this is the richest father there ever was.

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 Your father is more rich than any father.

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 You have everything that he has is yours.

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 Why are you working for something you already have?

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 Why are you working for something you already have?

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 In Christ Jesus,

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 you have everything that's his.

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 I love that.

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 I love that.

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 John 16,

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.519
 15,

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 Jesus says,

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 all that the father has is mine.

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 That's the heart of a son.

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 Do you understand?

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 We should talk like that.

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 That's the way Jesus talked because God was his father.

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 Is God your father in Christ Jesus?

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 Yes.

00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:36.000
 Yes.

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 So you should talk the same way.

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 All that the father has is mine.

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 Do you pray like that?

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:43.279
 Do you live like that?

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 Have you notified your face about that?

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 You know,

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.619
 the way you,

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:49.140
 your disposition.

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 Do you look like

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 all that the father has is mine?

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.220
 Okay.

00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:58.759
 Or do you just think God is fatherly?

00:21:59.279 --> 00:21:59.460
 See,

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 a lot of,

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:01.180
 there's a lot of Christians who,

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.880
 they like,

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.240
 oh yeah,

00:22:02.380 --> 00:22:03.140
 okay,

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.420
 Josh,

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 I know God's God's father,

00:22:04.580 --> 00:22:04.759
 right?

00:22:05.080 --> 00:22:05.180
 No,

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:05.279
 no,

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:05.360
 no,

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 listen.

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 It's not that he is a father.

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 It's not just that he's fatherly.

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 We all have people growing up,

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 even if we didn't have a good father ourselves or didn't have a father ourselves,

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 there was probably some friend or someone we knew who was a very fatherly man,

00:22:20.560 --> 00:22:20.820
 right?

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.400
 And say,

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.120
 that guy,

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 he was very fatherly.

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:25.279
 That guy was very fatherly,

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.920
 but he's not my father.

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 He's not responsible for me in the same way my father would be.

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.400
 He's fatherly.

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 And some people treat God this way.

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:38.039
 They treat God as if he's fatherly,

00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:38.900
 but he's not my father.

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 Listen,

00:22:39.340 --> 00:22:40.779
 God is not just fatherly.

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:42.420
 He just doesn't have fatherly attributes.

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:48.380
 The attributes of God that are fatherly are very specific to his children.

00:22:48.820 --> 00:22:49.700
 And in Christ Jesus,

00:22:49.840 --> 00:22:50.560
 you are his children.

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:56.080
 Do you treat him as if he's fatherly or do you treat him as if he's your father?

00:22:58.220 --> 00:23:00.300
 He speaks of the birds and the grass.

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 You know,

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:01.559
 Luke 12,

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.639
 six to seven says,

00:23:02.919 --> 00:23:05.200
 are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:08.399
 And not one of them is forgotten before God.

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.019
 Why?

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:10.740
 Even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.599
 Fear not.

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:13.879
 You are more value than many sparrows.

00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:14.659
 Do you believe that?

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:16.059
 Or do you feel forgotten?

00:23:16.919 --> 00:23:18.000
 Orphans feel forgotten.

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:19.519
 Orphans feel like nobody notices.

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.859
 No one's looking after me.

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:22.099
 I got to look after myself.

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 A son says,

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.880
 I'm not forgotten.

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:26.579
 It's like that Isaiah 49.

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.380
 It says,

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:27.700
 can a,

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:30.859
 can a woman forget her nursing baby at her breasts?

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.839
 In the same way,

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:34.019
 I will not forget you.

00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:35.660
 I will never forget you.

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.660
 God has not forgotten you.

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:39.099
 He cares more for you.

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:40.180
 If he takes care of birds,

00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:41.579
 how much more value are you than,

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:43.980
 are you than sparrows?

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.519
 Luke 12,

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:45.900
 Paul 24,

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.200
 he says,

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:47.200
 consider the ravens.

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.720
 They neither sow nor reap.

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:50.720
 They have neither storehouse nor barn,

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.740
 and yet God feeds them.

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:54.039
 How much more value are you than the birds?

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.400
 Verse 28,

00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:58.519
 if God so clothes the grass,

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.799
 which is alive in the field today,

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:01.200
 and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:02.960
 how much more will they clothe you?

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:03.759
 Oh,

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.700
 you of little faith,

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:06.720
 and do not seek what you are to eat,

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.599
 and what you are to drink,

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.339
 nor be worried.

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.720
 For all the nations of the world

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.759
 seek after these things,

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:12.339
 and your father knows that you need them.

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.059
 Instead,

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.920
 seek his kingdom,

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:15.339
 and these things will be added to you.

00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:16.400
 Fear not,

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.099
 little flock,

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:19.680
 for it is your father's good pleasure

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:21.259
 to give you the kingdom.

00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:22.500
 Do you believe that?

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:25.579
 That's the heart of his son.

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:28.359
 All that the father has is mine.

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:31.619
 He takes care of the birds in the grass.

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.599
 He takes care of me.

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:36.019
 Do you remember when the disciples were in the boat,

00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:38.240
 and the waves were starting to go over the edge?

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:39.519
 They started,

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:41.900
 those disciples acted like orphans.

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:43.680
 Do you remember what they said in Mark 4, 38?

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.259
 He said this,

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.920
 because Jesus was asleep in the boat,

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.220
 remember?

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.440
 He said,

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:49.759
 teacher,

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:51.700
 do you not care that we are perishing?

00:24:53.320 --> 00:24:54.519
 That's what an orphan heart says.

00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:54.740
 God,

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.400
 don't you care?

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.660
 Don't you care?

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.960
 You don't care.

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.620
 The devil says,

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.759
 if you're a son of God,

00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:01.019
 then he would provide for you.

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:02.720
 And the fact that you're not feeling provided for,

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:04.360
 that means he doesn't care for you.

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:08.340
 The devil will accuse God to you

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:09.740
 through your circumstances.

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.539
 Did you hear that?

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:14.240
 The devil will accuse God to you

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.160
 through your circumstances.

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.620
 So see,

00:25:15.860 --> 00:25:16.059
 say,

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:16.400
 see,

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:17.780
 your circumstances

00:25:17.780 --> 00:25:19.480
 evidence of God's character,

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:21.160
 and that he's not for you.

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:22.900
 And it's a lie.

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.300
 It's a lie.

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.900
 Psalm 56, 8 says,

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:28.360
 you have kept count of my tossings,

00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:29.960
 put my tears in your bottle.

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:31.340
 Are they not in your book?

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:34.439
 This is the God who provides for you.

00:25:34.939 --> 00:25:36.339
 This is the God who provides for you.

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:40.619
 Do you pray like a son?

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:43.439
 I was thinking about this the other day.

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.139
 You know,

00:25:44.179 --> 00:25:45.220
 when kids are asked,

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:47.379
 a lot of us have little kids here.

00:25:47.679 --> 00:25:48.279
 You ever notice one?

00:25:48.439 --> 00:25:49.319
 I'm sure you have.

00:25:49.659 --> 00:25:50.759
 But have you ever noticed how kids

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:52.419
 keep asking for stuff?

00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:53.819
 Even when you tell them not to?

00:25:53.919 --> 00:25:54.279
 It's just like,

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:54.599
 all right,

00:25:54.699 --> 00:25:55.159
 that's enough.

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.899
 Stop asking.

00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:56.240
 You know,

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.480
 they just keep asking.

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.899
 And even when you tell them to stop,

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:01.620
 they'll still keep asking sometimes.

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:04.180
 I saw one of the kids just smile

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.780
 when I said that.

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:06.100
 They were relating to it.

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.080
 Yeah,

00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:07.580
 that's me,

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:07.840
 man.

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:08.900
 Okay,

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.840
 kids keep asking.

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.840
 That's what kids do.

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.300
 Sometimes you're just like,

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:12.940
 my goodness,

00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:13.940
 I cannot believe

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:15.220
 how many times you've asked me.

00:26:15.280 --> 00:26:16.200
 Stop asking me.

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.240
 Well,

00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:19.320
 you ever ask once with your father

00:26:19.320 --> 00:26:19.519
 and say,

00:26:19.580 --> 00:26:19.680
 oh,

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:21.080
 I don't want to inconvenience my father.

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:22.400
 I don't want to keep asking.

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:24.140
 Kids keep asking.

00:26:24.300 --> 00:26:25.019
 There's no shame.

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.519
 And,

00:26:25.800 --> 00:26:27.000
 not only is there no shame,

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:29.540
 they will ask after they've already gotten something.

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.720
 Case in point,

00:26:31.300 --> 00:26:32.800
 that you take them out for ice cream.

00:26:33.780 --> 00:26:34.480
 Really nice.

00:26:34.580 --> 00:26:35.480
 You give them a lot of ice cream,

00:26:35.580 --> 00:26:36.259
 plenty of ice cream.

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.000
 You're full.

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:37.720
 Of course,

00:26:37.780 --> 00:26:38.620
 you're thinking they're full.

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:40.120
 You come home and guess what?

00:26:41.280 --> 00:26:41.480
 Dad,

00:26:41.540 --> 00:26:42.259
 can I have a treat?

00:26:42.560 --> 00:26:43.120
 It's like,

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:44.060
 are you kidding me?

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:45.700
 I just got you ice cream.

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.580
 Like,

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.880
 I'm full on the ice cream.

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.280
 Of course,

00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:48.720
 you gotta be,

00:26:49.320 --> 00:26:50.060
 no shame,

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.340
 right?

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:51.700
 No shame in a kid's game.

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.580
 The kid's like,

00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:53.480
 I had ice cream.

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.060
 Of course,

00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:54.840
 I'm gonna ask for more.

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:55.780
 You're my dad.

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:58.460
 Why should I not think that you want to give more?

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.920
 There's endless supply with you.

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:01.620
 Kids don't ever worry about that.

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.220
 You notice that?

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.180
 But we do.

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:06.740
 How many times have you not asked for things with the Lord?

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.180
 Because you're like,

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:08.319
 I don't want to ask too much.

00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:09.660
 I don't want to be this,

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:09.840
 that,

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:10.160
 or the other.

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:13.440
 We need to stop acting like adults when it comes to asking our father.

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:15.640
 You need to ask like children.

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.840
 You need to keep asking.

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.180
 You think,

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.420
 oh,

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.240
 he's blessed me.

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:19.299
 I don't want to ask too much.

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:21.200
 You know how kids ask.

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.120
 They don't care about that.

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:25.140
 And he wants us to come to him like little children.

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:28.100
 You can never exhaust the endless riches of Christ.

00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:29.660
 The other thing,

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.600
 you know what else kids do?

00:27:31.020 --> 00:27:32.920
 Kids hold their parents to their promises,

00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:33.480
 don't they?

00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:35.360
 You ever make a promise to your kids,

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.520
 and then it's like really late,

00:27:36.780 --> 00:27:38.200
 and you're thinking,

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:38.440
 man,

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.160
 I hope they don't remember.

00:27:39.280 --> 00:27:40.060
 And then they're just like,

00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:40.940
 hey,

00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:41.440
 dad,

00:27:41.800 --> 00:27:42.800
 you promised.

00:27:43.020 --> 00:27:43.500
 And I'm just like,

00:27:43.540 --> 00:27:43.860
 oh,

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.300
 wow.

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.620
 Like,

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:46.900
 they hold us to our promises,

00:27:47.060 --> 00:27:47.480
 don't they?

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.420
 Kids do that.

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.800
 They don't forget.

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.220
 You're thinking,

00:27:50.300 --> 00:27:50.440
 man,

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.440
 surely they'll forget.

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:51.740
 No,

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:51.840
 no,

00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:51.960
 no.

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.240
 Kids,

00:27:52.340 --> 00:27:53.420
 they don't forget promises.

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:54.880
 But we do.

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:57.060
 We forget that Jesus promised.

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:58.539
 We forget that our Father promised.

00:27:59.019 --> 00:28:00.420
 And we don't hold them to his promises.

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.820
 He wants to be held to his promises.

00:28:03.300 --> 00:28:04.560
 He's a promise keeping God.

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.720
 Okay,

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.880
 so that's the first temptation.

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.940
 That's the first temptation.

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:15.300
 He tempts them in the area of provision.

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:17.000
 The area of provision.

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:17.840
 Okay?

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:19.580
 Next,

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.300
 verse 5,

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:20.980
 Matthew 4.

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:23.140
 Then the devil took him to the holy city

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:24.620
 and set him on the pinnacle of the temple

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:25.599
 and said to him,

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:28.039
 if you're the son of God.

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:28.240
 Again,

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.940
 he does it again.

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.220
 It's relentless.

00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:31.700
 It's what the devil does.

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.519
 He just keeps lying.

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.740
 That's his native tongue.

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:34.160
 That's the,

00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:35.099
 when he speaks,

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.360
 he speaks his native tongue,

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.259
 which is lies.

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:39.599
 And he questions God to us.

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:41.759
 Did God really say that you're the son of God?

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:43.460
 Did God really say you're the son?

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.680
 Here he goes again.

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:46.140
 The devil took him to the holy city

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:47.519
 and set him on the pinnacle of the temple

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.119
 and said to him,

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:50.059
 if you are the son of God,

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.720
 throw yourselves down,

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.259
 for it is written.

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:53.220
 Throw yourself down,

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:53.779
 for it is written.

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:56.019
 You will command his angels concerning you

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:57.019
 and on their hands,

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:57.859
 they will bear you up,

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:59.980
 lest you strike your foot against a stone.

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.559
 Jesus said to him again,

00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:02.220
 it is written,

00:29:02.639 --> 00:29:04.539
 you shall not put the Lord your God to the test.

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:06.700
 So what's the temptation here?

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.059
 Another P word,

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.900
 protection.

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.139
 Protection.

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.539
 He's saying,

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.599
 hey,

00:29:13.139 --> 00:29:13.960
 test God's protection.

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:15.160
 Does God really have your back?

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:16.559
 Is God really going to protect you?

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:18.019
 Are you protected by God

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:19.240
 or do you got to fend for yourself?

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:21.419
 Does God really protect you?

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.019
 And he says,

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:23.899
 throw yourself down,

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.440
 for it is written.

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.500
 You know,

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.799
 test him in this.

00:29:27.179 --> 00:29:27.839
 Essentially saying,

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:29.519
 do you really believe this?

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:30.720
 He's testing,

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.399
 he's pushing.

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:33.019
 And oftentimes,

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:35.240
 we don't feel protected by God.

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.819
 We feel like,

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:38.279
 because bad circumstances have come our way,

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.879
 we feel unprotected.

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:41.859
 Have you ever felt unprotected in your life?

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:44.539
 The devil tempts us to say,

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:44.819
 see,

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:46.139
 if you were a son,

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:47.339
 you wouldn't feel unprotected.

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.639
 If you were a son,

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.599
 you wouldn't feel that way.

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.379
 Now,

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:52.539
 it's important to realize

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:53.759
 what we are protected from

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:55.099
 and what we're not protected from,

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.740
 because otherwise,

00:29:55.879 --> 00:29:58.420
 we can get really disillusioned with God unnecessarily

00:29:58.420 --> 00:30:00.220
 by things that he never promised us

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:01.099
 to be protected from.

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.539
 So,

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:03.879
 what are you not protected from?

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:05.579
 You're not protected from harm,

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.119
 suffering,

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.639
 sickness,

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.099
 human abandonment,

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:09.680
 and the rain that falls on the righteous

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:10.559
 and the unrighteous.

00:30:11.159 --> 00:30:11.419
 Okay,

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.339
 what's the good news?

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:14.779
 No,

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.240
 this is good.

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:16.220
 This is important to know.

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:18.919
 We're not some prosperity preaching

00:30:18.919 --> 00:30:20.259
 word of faith people

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:21.119
 are going to tell you

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:22.740
 that you're not going to ever have any harm

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.399
 or suffering

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:24.159
 or sickness

00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:25.220
 or human abandonment

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:26.819
 or the rain that falls on the righteous

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.559
 and the unrighteous.

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:29.240
 We're all destined for those things.

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:30.399
 We're all equally

00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:31.799
 sinners before God

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:33.220
 and we broke this world

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.099
 with our sin

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:35.639
 and we faced the repercussions

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:36.500
 of a broken world.

00:30:37.399 --> 00:30:37.579
 Okay?

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.819
 That's a reality.

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.039
 But,

00:30:40.659 --> 00:30:42.399
 God has not left us as orphans.

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.539
 He does offer us protection

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.439
 from things.

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.899
 What has he protected us from?

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.519
 Number one,

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.839
 you are protected

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:51.379
 from God abandonment.

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:54.619
 A child is protected

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:55.599
 from God abandonment.

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.659
 Hebrews 13, 5,

00:30:56.919 --> 00:30:57.859
 I will never leave you

00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:58.639
 nor forsake you.

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.179
 Do you ever think,

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.439
 oh,

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.859
 I don't know if I can count on God.

00:31:01.919 --> 00:31:02.859
 I don't know if he'll be with me.

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.740
 He's going to lead me.

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.619
 He's going to forsake me.

00:31:04.679 --> 00:31:05.919
 Or you take sickness.

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:07.740
 Or you take hardship

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:09.320
 as evidence

00:31:09.320 --> 00:31:10.480
 when the devil tempts you

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.860
 and says,

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.240
 see,

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:13.300
 if you were his son,

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:14.320
 then he would never

00:31:14.320 --> 00:31:15.200
 let you get sick.

00:31:15.300 --> 00:31:16.100
 If you were his son,

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:17.080
 then your kid would never

00:31:17.080 --> 00:31:17.700
 have gotten sick.

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:19.000
 If you were his son,

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.779
 then this would have,

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.920
 this hard thing

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.980
 would have never happened to you.

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.019
 If you were his son,

00:31:23.060 --> 00:31:23.539
 then this human

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.660
 would have never abandoned you.

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.700
 This parent would have

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.420
 never abandoned you.

00:31:26.800 --> 00:31:27.700
 Those are things

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.980
 the devil tempts us to say,

00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:30.180
 here's evidence

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:31.740
 that you're not a son.

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:33.460
 But the truth is,

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.600
 God will never abandon you.

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:35.779
 That is the implications

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:37.179
 of being in Christ Jesus,

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:38.279
 that he will never

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:39.219
 leave you or forsake you.

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.199
 Others will.

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.659
 Others will.

00:31:41.719 --> 00:31:42.459
 But you can know

00:31:42.459 --> 00:31:43.419
 when that happens,

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.399
 God will never leave you

00:31:44.399 --> 00:31:45.019
 or forsake you.

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.980
 You're his child.

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.759
 If you're protected

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.539
 from never-ending

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.459
 trial suffering,

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.500
 you can know

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.359
 that when you're in a trial,

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.799
 it is going to end eventually,

00:31:52.879 --> 00:31:53.619
 and God will rescue

00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:54.399
 you from that trial.

00:31:55.399 --> 00:31:56.259
 2 Timothy 4,

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:57.319
 16-18 says,

00:31:57.319 --> 00:32:20.359
 You can always know

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:21.000
 one day,

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:23.319
 that same Christ

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.979
 that we are in,

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:25.000
 that gave us our inheritance

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:26.379
 in him,

00:32:26.699 --> 00:32:27.419
 he will return

00:32:27.419 --> 00:32:28.419
 and he will rescue us

00:32:28.419 --> 00:32:29.299
 from this present evil,

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.740
 from this present darkness.

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:32.899
 He will rescue us.

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:34.299
 You can trust that.

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:35.719
 You are protected from that.

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.240
 Number three,

00:32:37.659 --> 00:32:38.379
 he'll protect us

00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:39.479
 from triumph of evil.

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:40.939
 Right?

00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:42.399
 Romans 8, 28 says,

00:32:42.479 --> 00:32:43.519
 We know that for those

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.799
 who love God,

00:32:44.919 --> 00:32:46.159
 all things work together

00:32:46.159 --> 00:32:46.799
 for good,

00:32:46.879 --> 00:32:47.939
 for those who are called

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:49.620
 according to his purposes.

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.779
 You can know that

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:52.200
 anything that's happening to you,

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:53.720
 that God is a sovereign God,

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.380
 your Father,

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.400
 who's in control,

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.720
 is working everything

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.539
 in your life

00:32:57.539 --> 00:33:00.480
 for his glory

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:01.080
 and your good.

00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:02.820
 Do you believe that?

00:33:03.320 --> 00:33:03.799
 Do you believe that?

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.519
 An orphan says,

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:04.840
 No,

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:06.580
 this is all just evidence

00:33:06.580 --> 00:33:07.820
 that I'm not a son.

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:09.059
 This is all just evidence

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:10.220
 that God's not for me.

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:11.539
 This is all just evidence

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:12.519
 that God's not with me.

00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:13.700
 This is all just evidence

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:15.019
 that he's abandoned me.

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.779
 You ever think like that?

00:33:16.860 --> 00:33:17.799
 You ever talk like that?

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.720
 Have you ever even spoken

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.940
 some of that stuff out loud?

00:33:21.639 --> 00:33:22.659
 We know that for those

00:33:22.659 --> 00:33:23.159
 who love God,

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.339
 all things work together

00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:24.879
 for good.

00:33:25.139 --> 00:33:26.099
 Do you believe that?

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.740
 God protects us

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:30.259
 from unescapable temptation

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:31.319
 beyond our ability.

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:33.759
 1 Corinthians 10, 13 says,

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:35.399
 No temptation has overtaken you

00:33:35.399 --> 00:33:36.680
 that is not common to man.

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:38.079
 God is faithful,

00:33:38.639 --> 00:33:39.339
 and he will not let you

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:40.839
 be tempted beyond your ability.

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:42.119
 But with the temptation,

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:43.539
 he will also provide

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.379
 the way of escape

00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:45.440
 that you may be able

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.899
 to endure.

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:47.300
 Some people take the fact

00:33:47.300 --> 00:33:48.080
 that we're being tempted

00:33:48.080 --> 00:33:49.259
 as an abandonment of God,

00:33:49.320 --> 00:33:51.400
 as if God is not protecting us.

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:51.640
 No.

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:53.320
 He's always

00:33:53.320 --> 00:33:55.259
 not letting you be tempted

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.960
 beyond your ability.

00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:57.460
 He's always providing

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.280
 a way of escape.

00:33:58.820 --> 00:34:00.040
 And he's always doing this

00:34:00.040 --> 00:34:00.860
 so that we can endure

00:34:00.860 --> 00:34:01.540
 the temptation.

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:03.220
 Do you believe this?

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.740
 Are you acting like an orphan?

00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:05.840
 Are you acting like a slave

00:34:05.840 --> 00:34:06.420
 to your sin?

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.480
 See, a slave says,

00:34:07.560 --> 00:34:07.720
 No.

00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:08.800
 When temptation comes,

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.860
 I have to get into it.

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:12.000
 Do you believe,

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.440
 ultimately,

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.400
 what this is about is,

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.000
 do you believe that God

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.579
 is for you?

00:34:15.220 --> 00:34:16.460
 Romans 8, 31 says,

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.400
 If God is for us,

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:18.500
 who can be against us?

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.260
 Do you believe

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:20.000
 that he's for you?

00:34:20.740 --> 00:34:21.059
 Again,

00:34:21.220 --> 00:34:21.960
 orphan thinking says,

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.820
 God's not for me.

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.720
 I'm on my own.

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.940
 I've got to fend for myself.

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:26.120
 I've got to protect myself.

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:28.079
 A son says,

00:34:28.140 --> 00:34:29.140
 No, God is for me.

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:30.300
 And if God's for me,

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.900
 anything that's against me,

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:32.380
 literally,

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:33.860
 can it really be against me?

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.820
 If God's for me,

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.820
 what can be against me?

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.320
 Really?

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:37.579
 What can be against me?

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:37.940
 Wow,

00:34:38.259 --> 00:34:39.739
 there's this major opposition

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:40.759
 to me right now,

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.980
 but God's for me.

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:43.739
 But God's for me.

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.980
 But I'm his child.

00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:46.460
 Everything he has is mine.

00:34:46.819 --> 00:34:47.819
 He is protecting me.

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:48.460
 He's loving me

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:49.779
 like a father does.

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:53.199
 It's Psalm 23, verse 6.

00:34:53.299 --> 00:34:54.159
 I love this verse.

00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:55.239
 The end of Psalm 23.

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:55.639
 You know,

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:57.719
 this famous chapter in the Bible,

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:59.039
 but the last verse to me

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.819
 is so comforting.

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:01.920
 It embodies this,

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:03.000
 God is for us, right?

00:35:03.299 --> 00:35:03.779
 He says,

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.460
 first of all,

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.739
 he says,

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.279
 Surely,

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:05.640
 surely,

00:35:05.640 --> 00:35:06.760
 surely,

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:07.860
 goodness and mercy

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.600
 will follow me

00:35:08.600 --> 00:35:09.660
 all the days of my life.

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.280
 Surely.

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.260
 Do you believe that?

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.700
 Are you a person

00:35:12.700 --> 00:35:13.280
 who believes that

00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:14.760
 no matter what is coming my way,

00:35:15.180 --> 00:35:15.519
 surely,

00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:16.480
 goodness is coming?

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:18.560
 Or do you have more faith

00:35:18.560 --> 00:35:20.320
 in bad things coming to you

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:21.320
 than goodness and mercy

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:22.000
 coming to you?

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:24.280
 Unbelief is not

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:25.519
 the absence of faith.

00:35:25.560 --> 00:35:26.800
 It's the absence of faith

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:27.519
 in Christ.

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.620
 It's actually faith

00:35:29.620 --> 00:35:30.600
 in the opposite direction.

00:35:31.140 --> 00:35:31.940
 Someone in unbelief

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.920
 actually has really

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:34.080
 great faith.

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:35.940
 A person in unbelief

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.960
 has great faith

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.679
 that bad things

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.639
 are going to happen to them.

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:40.980
 A person in unbelief

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:42.279
 has more faith

00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:43.239
 in the negative,

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:44.059
 has more faith

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.819
 in bad things

00:35:44.819 --> 00:35:45.500
 coming to them,

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:48.139
 and a person

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.900
 who has faith in God

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.900
 has faith that

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:51.259
 surely goodness and mercy

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:52.019
 will come to them.

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:53.000
 It's not that

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:54.360
 you don't have

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:55.139
 the ability to have faith.

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.099
 If you're in unbelief,

00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:56.940
 you already have faith.

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:58.059
 It's just in the wrong thing.

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.759
 Is it really that ridiculous

00:35:59.759 --> 00:36:00.960
 to think that you can trust

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.759
 more in God

00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:03.380
 in his good towards you

00:36:03.380 --> 00:36:04.380
 than the devil

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:05.440
 and his bad for you?

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.740
 Or the world

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.640
 and its circumstances

00:36:07.640 --> 00:36:08.140
 for you?

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.200
 I mean, come on.

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:10.440
 If God is for you,

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:11.360
 who can be against you?

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.860
 Do you believe

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.860
 that surely,

00:36:14.060 --> 00:36:15.380
 that it is a sure thing

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:16.520
 that goodness and mercy

00:36:16.520 --> 00:36:17.120
 will follow you

00:36:17.120 --> 00:36:17.820
 all the days of your life?

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.700
 What about when things

00:36:18.700 --> 00:36:19.220
 go bad?

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:19.740
 See?

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.660
 This isn't true.

00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:21.100
 No, no, no.

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:22.500
 That's the fight of faith.

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:24.120
 The fight of a son

00:36:24.120 --> 00:36:25.900
 looks at circumstances

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.460
 that look bad

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:26.840
 and say,

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:28.340
 surely all things

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:29.380
 are going to be worked out

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:29.900
 for the good

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.660
 of those who love him.

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:32.059
 Surely goodness and mercy

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.700
 will follow me

00:36:32.700 --> 00:36:33.559
 all the days of my life.

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.400
 Well, this doesn't look

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:35.280
 like goodness and mercy.

00:36:35.660 --> 00:36:36.340
 So what?

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.160
 It's coming.

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:39.220
 It's coming.

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.440
 Why?

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.200
 Because it's sure.

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:42.260
 It says right there,

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:43.640
 surely goodness and mercy

00:36:43.640 --> 00:36:44.380
 are following me.

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:45.760
 Do you believe that?

00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:48.519
 Deuteronomy 127,

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.660
 the Israelites,

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.559
 they said,

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.380
 they murmured

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:52.900
 in their tents

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.260
 and said,

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:53.980
 because the Lord

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.700
 hated us,

00:36:54.720 --> 00:36:55.380
 he has brought us

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:56.300
 out of the land of Egypt

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:57.160
 to give us

00:36:57.160 --> 00:36:57.700
 into the hand

00:36:57.699 --> 00:36:58.339
 of the Amorites

00:36:58.339 --> 00:36:59.179
 to destroy us.

00:36:59.539 --> 00:36:59.960
 The Israelites

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:01.079
 acted like orphans.

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:01.719
 They acted like

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:02.739
 a fatherless people.

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.739
 They said,

00:37:03.799 --> 00:37:04.599
 oh, the reason God

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.259
 did this is because

00:37:05.259 --> 00:37:06.039
 he hates us.

00:37:06.299 --> 00:37:07.299
 The reason he did this

00:37:07.299 --> 00:37:08.199
 is because he wants

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:09.279
 to destroy us.

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:11.500
 Do you realize

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:12.139
 that your father

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:12.819
 is the king?

00:37:13.859 --> 00:37:15.199
 Matthew 26, 29,

00:37:15.319 --> 00:37:15.779
 Jesus says,

00:37:15.859 --> 00:37:16.179
 I tell you,

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:17.199
 I will not drink again

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:18.299
 this fruit of the vine

00:37:18.299 --> 00:37:18.879
 until that day

00:37:18.879 --> 00:37:19.819
 when I drink it anew

00:37:19.819 --> 00:37:21.559
 in my father's kingdom.

00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:22.399
 He said,

00:37:22.439 --> 00:37:23.179
 my father's kingdom.

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.079
 If your father's

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.559
 the king,

00:37:25.419 --> 00:37:26.119
 you're protected,

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:26.939
 right?

00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:27.980
 He's not just

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:28.480
 your father.

00:37:28.700 --> 00:37:29.220
 Your father

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:30.119
 is the king.

00:37:30.720 --> 00:37:31.559
 He has authority

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:32.740
 over all enemies

00:37:32.740 --> 00:37:33.679
 that you might face.

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:35.019
 Do you act and believe

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:36.079
 that God the father

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.800
 is your king?

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:39.159
 Or do you believe

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:40.519
 that when bad circumstances

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:41.059
 come to you,

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:41.940
 he's punishing you?

00:37:42.240 --> 00:37:42.519
 Again,

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:43.099
 that's the thought

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:43.599
 of an orphan.

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:45.019
 Because a true father

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:46.280
 doesn't punish his children,

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:47.860
 he disciplines his kids.

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:49.039
 Do you understand

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.820
 the difference with this?

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:50.720
 It's Hebrews 12,

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:51.840
 5 through 10.

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.760
 I'm reading this in NIV.

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:53.280
 It says,

00:37:53.720 --> 00:37:54.720
 have you completely forgotten

00:37:54.720 --> 00:37:55.679
 this word of encouragement

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:56.679
 that addresses you

00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:57.419
 as a father,

00:37:57.419 --> 00:37:59.419
 that addresses you

00:37:59.419 --> 00:38:01.159
 as a father addresses his son?

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:01.919
 It says,

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.460
 my son,

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:03.199
 do not make light

00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:04.119
 of the Lord's discipline

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:05.419
 and do not lose heart

00:38:05.419 --> 00:38:06.359
 when he rebukes you

00:38:06.359 --> 00:38:07.899
 because the Lord disciplines

00:38:07.899 --> 00:38:08.819
 the one he loves

00:38:08.819 --> 00:38:10.079
 and he chastens everyone

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:11.399
 he accepts as his son.

00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:12.659
 Verse 7,

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:14.019
 endure hardship

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:15.199
 as discipline.

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:16.960
 God is treating you

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.639
 as his children.

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:18.839
 For what children

00:38:18.839 --> 00:38:19.960
 are not disciplined

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.719
 by their father?

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:21.859
 If you're not disciplined

00:38:21.859 --> 00:38:22.359
 and everyone

00:38:22.359 --> 00:38:23.339
 undergoes discipline,

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:25.839
 then you are not legitimate,

00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:26.959
 not true sons

00:38:26.959 --> 00:38:27.959
 and daughters at all.

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:28.799
 Moreover,

00:38:28.959 --> 00:38:29.739
 we have all had

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:30.379
 human fathers

00:38:30.379 --> 00:38:31.379
 who disciplined us

00:38:31.379 --> 00:38:33.079
 and we respected them for it.

00:38:33.759 --> 00:38:34.379
 How much more

00:38:34.379 --> 00:38:34.959
 should we submit

00:38:34.959 --> 00:38:35.599
 to the father

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:36.899
 of spirits and live?

00:38:37.219 --> 00:38:38.119
 They disciplined us

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:38.819
 for a little while

00:38:38.819 --> 00:38:39.759
 as they thought best,

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:41.639
 but God disciplines us

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:42.879
 for our good

00:38:42.879 --> 00:38:43.739
 in order

00:38:43.739 --> 00:38:44.500
 that we might share

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:45.019
 in his holiness.

00:38:45.379 --> 00:38:46.219
 How do you view hardship?

00:38:46.839 --> 00:38:47.119
 Listen,

00:38:47.459 --> 00:38:48.679
 you are not protected

00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:49.219
 from hardship.

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:50.759
 Hardship will come to you.

00:38:51.319 --> 00:38:53.500
 And do you receive hardship

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:55.579
 as evidence

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:56.960
 that God hates you?

00:38:57.219 --> 00:38:58.759
 Do you receive hardship

00:38:58.759 --> 00:39:00.440
 as an indictment

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:01.000
 against God

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.299
 to say,

00:39:01.399 --> 00:39:01.539
 see,

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:02.440
 he doesn't care.

00:39:02.799 --> 00:39:02.960
 See,

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.739
 I'm not his kid.

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:04.199
 See,

00:39:04.259 --> 00:39:05.279
 he's not protecting me.

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:05.699
 See,

00:39:05.759 --> 00:39:06.779
 he doesn't care about me.

00:39:06.819 --> 00:39:08.619
 Or do you receive hardship?

00:39:08.799 --> 00:39:09.379
 Do you receive that

00:39:09.379 --> 00:39:10.000
 as punishment?

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:10.839
 You think,

00:39:10.839 --> 00:39:11.039
 oh,

00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:11.379
 see,

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:12.739
 God is punishing me.

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:14.819
 God punished Jesus

00:39:14.819 --> 00:39:15.899
 for all your sins

00:39:15.899 --> 00:39:16.679
 on the cross.

00:39:17.399 --> 00:39:17.919
 He doesn't need

00:39:17.919 --> 00:39:18.419
 to punish you.

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:19.380
 He punished Jesus

00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:20.680
 for your sins.

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:22.320
 When you're his kids,

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.480
 he doesn't punish you.

00:39:23.740 --> 00:39:24.840
 He disciplines you.

00:39:25.300 --> 00:39:26.700
 Do you receive hardship

00:39:26.700 --> 00:39:27.639
 as punishment

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:29.019
 from an angry God

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.840
 who doesn't like you,

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:30.599
 who's not for you,

00:39:30.659 --> 00:39:31.300
 and doesn't treat you

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:31.780
 as his kids?

00:39:31.840 --> 00:39:33.000
 Or do you receive hardship

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:34.139
 as discipline

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:35.139
 from a loving father

00:39:35.139 --> 00:39:36.300
 and that that hardship

00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:37.920
 is actually love for you

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:38.960
 so that you can share

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.599
 in his holiness

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:41.159
 and so that you

00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:43.380
 are protected

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:44.820
 from the ravages of sin?

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:46.340
 There's nothing more loving

00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:47.180
 than to save someone

00:39:47.180 --> 00:39:47.720
 from sin.

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:49.039
 Sin is the most destructive

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:50.319
 thing in a person's life.

00:39:50.939 --> 00:39:52.379
 Discipline is a loving action

00:39:52.379 --> 00:39:53.039
 of the father

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:54.459
 to save you from sin.

00:39:55.259 --> 00:39:55.879
 It's just like

00:39:55.879 --> 00:39:57.459
 if I tell my kids,

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:57.719
 hey,

00:39:57.859 --> 00:39:59.099
 don't go into the road

00:39:59.099 --> 00:39:59.819
 because we live

00:39:59.819 --> 00:40:00.299
 on a street

00:40:00.299 --> 00:40:01.399
 where there's cars

00:40:01.399 --> 00:40:02.419
 going by really fast

00:40:02.419 --> 00:40:02.819
 and I say,

00:40:02.879 --> 00:40:03.899
 don't go by on the road

00:40:03.899 --> 00:40:05.739
 and then they go

00:40:05.739 --> 00:40:06.219
 on the road

00:40:06.219 --> 00:40:07.159
 and I give them

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:07.579
 a spanking

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:08.500
 for going on the road.

00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:08.959
 You say,

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:10.379
 how could you spank them

00:40:10.379 --> 00:40:11.219
 for going on the road?

00:40:11.759 --> 00:40:12.019
 It's like,

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:12.839
 they're just little kids.

00:40:12.939 --> 00:40:13.239
 I'm like,

00:40:13.419 --> 00:40:14.419
 they don't understand.

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:15.340
 They don't understand.

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:15.900
 They're too young

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.380
 to understand.

00:40:16.740 --> 00:40:17.559
 Are you kidding me?

00:40:18.240 --> 00:40:19.260
 I don't want them

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:19.880
 to understand

00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:20.619
 that it's dangerous

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:21.680
 by having their face

00:40:21.680 --> 00:40:22.760
 in the grill of a truck.

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:24.220
 I want them

00:40:24.220 --> 00:40:25.159
 to understand

00:40:25.159 --> 00:40:27.039
 that that's dangerous

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:28.340
 by giving them

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:29.360
 temporary pain

00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:30.180
 ahead of time

00:40:30.180 --> 00:40:31.340
 so that they don't

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:32.500
 experience the pain

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:33.059
 of getting hit

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:33.659
 by a truck.

00:40:34.280 --> 00:40:35.320
 That's love.

00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:36.659
 That's kindness.

00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:37.820
 That spanking

00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:38.579
 is love for them

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:39.760
 so that they experience

00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:40.300
 pain and realize,

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:40.619
 oh,

00:40:40.820 --> 00:40:41.639
 if I go there,

00:40:41.740 --> 00:40:42.440
 pain is coming.

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:43.460
 But I'm doing it

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:43.980
 as a gentle,

00:40:44.200 --> 00:40:44.800
 loving father

00:40:44.800 --> 00:40:46.900
 in order

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:48.280
 that they can share

00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:48.700
 in holiness

00:40:48.700 --> 00:40:50.320
 and not experience

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:50.940
 the pain

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:51.639
 of their sin,

00:40:52.720 --> 00:40:53.539
 which in this case

00:40:53.539 --> 00:40:54.519
 could end up being death

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:56.220
 or something really bad.

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:56.860
 You see,

00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.679
 this is the same thing

00:40:57.679 --> 00:40:58.679
 that what God does with us.

00:40:58.780 --> 00:41:01.380
 He disciplines us

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:02.420
 so that we can share

00:41:02.420 --> 00:41:02.980
 in his holiness.

00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:04.420
 Sharing in his holiness

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:05.260
 is one of the most loving

00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:06.039
 things he could do.

00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:07.820
 Keeping us from sin.

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:08.980
 Sin is so destructive.

00:41:09.220 --> 00:41:11.019
 When he brings hardship

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:11.539
 in our lives

00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:12.019
 so we can share

00:41:12.019 --> 00:41:12.519
 in his holiness,

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:14.320
 that's keeping us

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:15.579
 from the destruction

00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:16.199
 of sin.

00:41:16.739 --> 00:41:17.320
 Do you see this

00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:18.619
 as love from God the Father?

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:19.599
 Or do you think

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:20.139
 like an orphan?

00:41:21.199 --> 00:41:22.099
 Third temptation.

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:23.900
 Verse 8.

00:41:24.320 --> 00:41:24.500
 Again,

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:25.159
 the devil took him

00:41:25.159 --> 00:41:26.099
 to a very high mountain

00:41:26.099 --> 00:41:26.679
 and showed him

00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:27.559
 all the kingdoms

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:28.119
 of the world

00:41:28.119 --> 00:41:28.800
 in their glory.

00:41:29.179 --> 00:41:29.759
 And he said to him,

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:31.559
 All these I will give you

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:33.059
 if you will fall down

00:41:33.059 --> 00:41:33.940
 and worship me.

00:41:34.519 --> 00:41:35.159
 Jesus said to him,

00:41:35.199 --> 00:41:36.019
 Be gone, Satan,

00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:37.219
 for it is written.

00:41:37.659 --> 00:41:38.039
 Notice,

00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:39.099
 all three times

00:41:39.099 --> 00:41:40.259
 Jesus said the same thing.

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.800
 Three beautiful words.

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:44.059
 It is written.

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:45.759
 When the devil tempts you,

00:41:46.139 --> 00:41:47.420
 your first response

00:41:47.420 --> 00:41:48.820
 should be those three words.

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:51.320
 It is written.

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:52.159
 Okay?

00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:52.780
 The devil says,

00:41:52.860 --> 00:41:53.019
 See,

00:41:53.239 --> 00:41:54.400
 this is why you're not a son.

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:55.259
 It is written.

00:41:56.099 --> 00:41:56.920
 I am his son

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.659
 in Christ Jesus.

00:41:58.420 --> 00:41:58.599
 Right?

00:41:59.159 --> 00:41:59.739
 When he says,

00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:00.179
 Hey, see,

00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:01.280
 this is why God's this way.

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:01.719
 No, no, no.

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:02.539
 It is written.

00:42:02.759 --> 00:42:03.420
 And then you tell him

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:04.119
 how God is.

00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:05.719
 You talk back to the devil

00:42:05.719 --> 00:42:06.880
 with three words.

00:42:07.179 --> 00:42:08.420
 It is written.

00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:09.400
 This is why you know the Bible.

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:10.599
 This is why you dive

00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:11.000
 into the Bible.

00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:12.119
 You memorize the Bible

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:13.260
 so that you can talk back

00:42:13.260 --> 00:42:13.780
 to the devil

00:42:13.780 --> 00:42:15.559
 with God's words,

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:16.320
 not your words.

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:18.260
 Jesus was a great example of this.

00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:19.440
 All three times he was tempted.

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:20.139
 How did he respond?

00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:22.119
 It is written.

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:23.519
 All of us should have that

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:24.099
 in our repertoire.

00:42:24.380 --> 00:42:24.579
 Right?

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:25.820
 He said,

00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:27.000
 You shall worship the Lord your God

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:28.500
 and him only shall you serve.

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.900
 Then the devil left him.

00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:30.380
 Behold,

00:42:30.420 --> 00:42:31.119
 the angels came

00:42:31.119 --> 00:42:32.099
 and were ministering to him.

00:42:33.260 --> 00:42:34.079
 Luke 4.13,

00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:34.800
 the same story.

00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:35.019
 It says,

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:41.139
 No, the devil's not giving up.

00:42:41.219 --> 00:42:41.860
 He's coming back

00:42:41.860 --> 00:42:42.920
 for an opportune time.

00:42:43.699 --> 00:42:44.840
 What's the third temptation?

00:42:45.019 --> 00:42:45.800
 The third P word.

00:42:46.179 --> 00:42:46.579
 Power.

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:48.119
 Power.

00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:49.239
 Okay?

00:42:49.320 --> 00:42:49.579
 He said,

00:42:49.659 --> 00:42:49.800
 Hey,

00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:51.739
 I'll give you all the kingdoms

00:42:51.739 --> 00:42:52.400
 of the world.

00:42:52.719 --> 00:42:53.739
 If you just fall down

00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:54.320
 and worship me,

00:42:54.360 --> 00:42:55.219
 I'll give you all this.

00:42:55.619 --> 00:42:56.719
 He tempts him with power.

00:42:57.360 --> 00:42:58.280
 Three temptations.

00:42:58.719 --> 00:42:58.900
 Right?

00:42:59.380 --> 00:42:59.820
 Provision,

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:00.840
 protection,

00:43:01.460 --> 00:43:01.780
 power.

00:43:02.219 --> 00:43:03.840
 We hate feeling powerless,

00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:04.480
 don't we?

00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:05.840
 Do you like feeling powerless?

00:43:06.099 --> 00:43:07.340
 Most people don't.

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:07.559
 Right?

00:43:07.619 --> 00:43:08.740
 We want to feel powerful.

00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:11.000
 We do everything we can

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:11.900
 to avoid being

00:43:11.900 --> 00:43:13.280
 or feeling weak or powerless.

00:43:14.039 --> 00:43:14.460
 And oftentimes,

00:43:14.679 --> 00:43:16.019
 we seek unholy means

00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:17.400
 to feeling strong and powerful.

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:19.480
 And the devil will tempt you with them.

00:43:20.199 --> 00:43:21.440
 The devil will tempt you with them.

00:43:22.240 --> 00:43:23.699
 He'll tempt you to pray on the weak.

00:43:24.179 --> 00:43:25.260
 He'll tempt you to identify

00:43:25.260 --> 00:43:26.460
 with strengths

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:27.360
 and look down on those

00:43:27.360 --> 00:43:28.579
 we perceive to be weaker.

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:30.880
 He'll tempt us to give in

00:43:30.880 --> 00:43:33.240
 to self-righteous performance

00:43:33.239 --> 00:43:34.519
 and condescension

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:35.819
 on people who don't do it

00:43:35.819 --> 00:43:36.579
 as good as we do.

00:43:37.500 --> 00:43:37.679
 Right?

00:43:37.959 --> 00:43:38.839
 He'll tempt us into

00:43:38.839 --> 00:43:40.059
 pornographic lust,

00:43:40.659 --> 00:43:41.679
 which causes us

00:43:41.679 --> 00:43:42.719
 to feel powerful

00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:44.659
 because she never says no.

00:43:45.819 --> 00:43:47.079
 Makes us feel powerful.

00:43:47.799 --> 00:43:47.939
 Right?

00:43:48.259 --> 00:43:49.599
 Power is a temptation.

00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:51.579
 We want to avoid weakness.

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:53.380
 And when we want to avoid weakness,

00:43:53.559 --> 00:43:54.319
 we're vulnerable

00:43:54.319 --> 00:43:55.400
 to the devil's temptation

00:43:55.400 --> 00:43:56.659
 to give us power.

00:43:57.039 --> 00:43:58.880
 But 2 Corinthians 12, 9-10 says,

00:43:59.259 --> 00:44:00.579
 My grace is sufficient for you,

00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:02.599
 for my power is made perfect

00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:03.719
 in weakness.

00:44:04.299 --> 00:44:05.159
 Therefore, I will boast

00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:05.920
 all the more gladly

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.679
 of my weaknesses,

00:44:07.139 --> 00:44:08.340
 so that the power of Christ

00:44:08.340 --> 00:44:09.360
 may rest upon me.

00:44:09.639 --> 00:44:10.639
 For the sake of Christ,

00:44:10.719 --> 00:44:11.400
 then I am content

00:44:11.400 --> 00:44:12.159
 with weaknesses,

00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:13.559
 insults,

00:44:13.819 --> 00:44:14.360
 hardships,

00:44:14.860 --> 00:44:15.639
 persecutions,

00:44:15.980 --> 00:44:17.000
 and calamities.

00:44:17.279 --> 00:44:18.319
 For when I am weak,

00:44:18.619 --> 00:44:19.539
 then I am strong.

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:20.659
 Do you believe that?

00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:23.000
 An orphan says,

00:44:23.299 --> 00:44:24.019
 I have no power,

00:44:24.159 --> 00:44:25.039
 I have no authority,

00:44:25.779 --> 00:44:26.779
 and so I have to

00:44:26.779 --> 00:44:27.759
 find power

00:44:27.759 --> 00:44:28.500
 through other means.

00:44:28.599 --> 00:44:29.619
 I have to find power.

00:44:29.980 --> 00:44:30.099
 I mean,

00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:31.339
 this is the nature of witchcraft.

00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:33.139
 Witchcraft is finding power

00:44:33.139 --> 00:44:34.279
 outside of God's power.

00:44:35.359 --> 00:44:36.339
 And this is why rebellion

00:44:36.339 --> 00:44:37.719
 is like witchcraft.

00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:39.099
 Because it's basically saying,

00:44:39.179 --> 00:44:39.879
 I will not submit

00:44:39.879 --> 00:44:41.039
 to your authority, God,

00:44:41.319 --> 00:44:42.879
 and take a weaker,

00:44:43.339 --> 00:44:44.719
 deferring posture

00:44:44.719 --> 00:44:45.920
 under the Lord's authority.

00:44:46.159 --> 00:44:47.299
 I'm going to be my own authority.

00:44:47.440 --> 00:44:47.960
 I'm going to rebel

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:48.859
 against your authority.

00:44:48.860 --> 00:44:51.740
 It's an unholy seeking of power

00:44:51.740 --> 00:44:53.200
 when God is actually

00:44:53.200 --> 00:44:54.440
 wanting to give you power

00:44:54.440 --> 00:44:55.760
 through weakness.

00:44:56.579 --> 00:44:57.320
 Through weakness.

00:44:58.079 --> 00:44:58.620
 Colossians 1,

00:44:58.660 --> 00:44:59.680
 28-29 says,

00:44:59.760 --> 00:45:00.440
 Him we proclaim,

00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:01.140
 warning everyone

00:45:01.140 --> 00:45:01.960
 and teaching everyone

00:45:01.960 --> 00:45:03.019
 with all wisdom

00:45:03.019 --> 00:45:03.820
 that we may present

00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:05.099
 everyone mature in Christ.

00:45:05.579 --> 00:45:06.340
 For this I toil,

00:45:06.460 --> 00:45:08.140
 struggling with all His energy

00:45:08.140 --> 00:45:09.760
 that He powerfully works

00:45:09.760 --> 00:45:10.680
 within me.

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:12.579
 He wants us to find power

00:45:12.579 --> 00:45:13.240
 somewhere else

00:45:13.240 --> 00:45:14.920
 by just pulling ourselves up

00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:15.740
 by our own bootstraps

00:45:15.740 --> 00:45:16.680
 and just trying harder

00:45:16.679 --> 00:45:18.039
 and just being a person

00:45:18.039 --> 00:45:18.239
 who says,

00:45:18.339 --> 00:45:18.779
 I can do it.

00:45:18.839 --> 00:45:19.859
 If God is a giving power,

00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:21.039
 then I've got to do it myself.

00:45:21.460 --> 00:45:21.980
 This is what the devil

00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:22.460
 is tempting Him.

00:45:22.679 --> 00:45:23.419
 Hey, you know what?

00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:24.559
 If you just follow me,

00:45:24.599 --> 00:45:25.739
 I'll give you everything you need.

00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:27.699
 I'll give you all the kingdoms

00:45:27.699 --> 00:45:28.319
 of the world.

00:45:29.059 --> 00:45:30.099
 If you just rely

00:45:30.099 --> 00:45:31.000
 on your own strength,

00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:32.960
 if you just forgo God's ways,

00:45:33.219 --> 00:45:34.719
 He's just a power-hungry God anyways.

00:45:34.879 --> 00:45:36.259
 He doesn't want you

00:45:36.259 --> 00:45:37.699
 to see your true power

00:45:37.699 --> 00:45:38.299
 and potential.

00:45:38.779 --> 00:45:40.000
 You just do what you want to do.

00:45:40.079 --> 00:45:40.799
 Do it your way.

00:45:41.059 --> 00:45:41.919
 And when you do it your way,

00:45:41.919 --> 00:45:42.359
 you're going to feel

00:45:42.359 --> 00:45:43.000
 a lot more powerful.

00:45:43.339 --> 00:45:44.219
 This whole Christianity thing

00:45:44.219 --> 00:45:45.259
 is just a weak religion.

00:45:45.260 --> 00:45:47.800
 Religion is the opiate

00:45:47.800 --> 00:45:48.820
 for the masses, right?

00:45:48.920 --> 00:45:49.160
 It's like,

00:45:49.500 --> 00:45:50.520
 it's just weakness.

00:45:51.320 --> 00:45:52.500
 You don't want to feel weak, do you?

00:45:52.520 --> 00:45:53.540
 You want to feel strong.

00:45:53.780 --> 00:45:54.300
 You want to feel like

00:45:54.300 --> 00:45:54.920
 you're in charge.

00:45:55.040 --> 00:45:55.540
 You want to feel like

00:45:55.540 --> 00:45:56.300
 you're in control.

00:45:57.760 --> 00:45:58.900
 Control is always an illusion,

00:45:59.020 --> 00:45:59.480
 by the way.

00:46:00.040 --> 00:46:01.020
 It's always an illusion.

00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:02.160
 But the devil will be

00:46:02.160 --> 00:46:03.400
 more than happy to tell you

00:46:03.400 --> 00:46:04.380
 you're in control.

00:46:05.040 --> 00:46:05.720
 You're not.

00:46:06.120 --> 00:46:06.780
 You never have.

00:46:07.020 --> 00:46:07.800
 You never will be.

00:46:08.060 --> 00:46:08.820
 And guess what?

00:46:09.020 --> 00:46:10.120
 When you have a loving Father

00:46:10.120 --> 00:46:11.020
 who is in control,

00:46:11.220 --> 00:46:12.220
 that's the best news

00:46:12.220 --> 00:46:12.640
 in the world.

00:46:12.639 --> 00:46:14.559
 Hey, listen.

00:46:14.739 --> 00:46:15.519
 You're not in control.

00:46:15.639 --> 00:46:16.440
 But guess who is?

00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:17.559
 Your loving Father.

00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:18.839
 He's taking care of you.

00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:19.879
 You don't have to worry.

00:46:22.699 --> 00:46:24.000
 Numbers chapter 13.

00:46:24.139 --> 00:46:24.819
 You have the story.

00:46:24.859 --> 00:46:25.359
 Remember the story

00:46:25.359 --> 00:46:25.859
 of the Israelites?

00:46:26.079 --> 00:46:26.920
 He said he was going

00:46:26.920 --> 00:46:27.779
 to give them the land

00:46:27.779 --> 00:46:28.719
 in Numbers 13.

00:46:28.839 --> 00:46:29.579
 It actually says

00:46:29.579 --> 00:46:30.699
 in Numbers 13,

00:46:30.779 --> 00:46:31.299
 1 to 2,

00:46:31.379 --> 00:46:32.359
 the Lord spoke to Moses

00:46:32.359 --> 00:46:32.759
 saying,

00:46:33.139 --> 00:46:34.000
 Send men to spout

00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:34.859
 the land of Canaan,

00:46:35.099 --> 00:46:35.980
 which I am giving

00:46:35.980 --> 00:46:36.819
 to the people of Israel.

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:38.119
 The story starts out

00:46:38.119 --> 00:46:39.400
 with God saying,

00:46:39.879 --> 00:46:40.500
 Go to the land

00:46:40.500 --> 00:46:42.320
 which I am giving you.

00:46:42.760 --> 00:46:42.840
 Okay?

00:46:43.019 --> 00:46:44.000
 Before he sends them,

00:46:44.059 --> 00:46:44.360
 he says,

00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:44.659
 Hey,

00:46:45.260 --> 00:46:45.780
 he doesn't say,

00:46:45.880 --> 00:46:46.599
 Go spy it out

00:46:46.599 --> 00:46:47.199
 and see if it's

00:46:47.199 --> 00:46:47.900
 a good enough land

00:46:47.900 --> 00:46:49.000
 and maybe I'll give it to you.

00:46:49.039 --> 00:46:49.420
 He says,

00:46:49.599 --> 00:46:50.760
 Go look at the land

00:46:50.760 --> 00:46:53.000
 that I am giving you.

00:46:53.239 --> 00:46:53.460
 Like,

00:46:53.539 --> 00:46:54.380
 important point there.

00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:54.760
 Right?

00:46:54.920 --> 00:46:55.940
 He sent him to a land

00:46:55.940 --> 00:46:57.019
 that he's already promised

00:46:57.019 --> 00:46:57.920
 I'm going to give to you.

00:46:58.539 --> 00:46:59.880
 And when he does this,

00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:01.179
 there's two reports.

00:47:01.760 --> 00:47:02.039
 Right?

00:47:03.440 --> 00:47:04.639
 You have Caleb

00:47:04.639 --> 00:47:05.659
 who says,

00:47:06.039 --> 00:47:07.320
 Let us go up at once

00:47:07.320 --> 00:47:08.219
 and occupy it

00:47:08.219 --> 00:47:09.360
 for we are well able

00:47:09.360 --> 00:47:10.300
 to overcome it.

00:47:10.840 --> 00:47:11.539
 Caleb looks at it

00:47:11.539 --> 00:47:11.960
 and he says,

00:47:12.039 --> 00:47:12.239
 Hey,

00:47:12.579 --> 00:47:13.579
 I see they got grape.

00:47:13.980 --> 00:47:14.619
 There's milk.

00:47:14.780 --> 00:47:15.260
 There's honey.

00:47:15.599 --> 00:47:16.099
 There's grapes.

00:47:16.360 --> 00:47:17.400
 There's clusters of grapes

00:47:17.400 --> 00:47:18.699
 so big you need two people

00:47:18.699 --> 00:47:19.599
 to carry it on a pole.

00:47:20.400 --> 00:47:20.900
 I don't even know

00:47:20.900 --> 00:47:21.519
 what that looks like

00:47:21.519 --> 00:47:22.559
 but that's crazy, right?

00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:23.239
 Okay?

00:47:23.579 --> 00:47:23.980
 So,

00:47:24.239 --> 00:47:24.679
 he's like,

00:47:24.760 --> 00:47:25.699
 he sees spoils.

00:47:26.699 --> 00:47:27.840
 Sons see spoils.

00:47:28.019 --> 00:47:29.039
 Orphans see giants.

00:47:29.980 --> 00:47:31.179
 What did the other people see?

00:47:31.340 --> 00:47:31.880
 All they could see,

00:47:31.940 --> 00:47:32.079
 Hey,

00:47:32.139 --> 00:47:33.099
 there's giants in the land.

00:47:33.679 --> 00:47:34.260
 In fact,

00:47:34.659 --> 00:47:35.199
 it says that

00:47:35.199 --> 00:47:36.239
 when the congregation

00:47:36.239 --> 00:47:37.519
 raised a loud cry

00:47:37.519 --> 00:47:38.360
 and all the people

00:47:38.360 --> 00:47:39.219
 wept that night,

00:47:39.219 --> 00:47:40.879
 all the people of Israel

00:47:40.879 --> 00:47:42.359
 grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

00:47:42.679 --> 00:47:43.559
 The whole congregation

00:47:43.559 --> 00:47:44.099
 said to them,

00:47:44.619 --> 00:47:45.399
 Would that we had died

00:47:45.399 --> 00:47:46.359
 in the land of Egypt

00:47:46.359 --> 00:47:47.679
 or would that we had died

00:47:47.679 --> 00:47:48.379
 in this wilderness?

00:47:48.839 --> 00:47:49.539
 Why is the Lord

00:47:49.539 --> 00:47:50.799
 bringing us into this land

00:47:50.799 --> 00:47:51.959
 to fall by the sword?

00:47:52.299 --> 00:47:53.719
 Our wives and our little ones

00:47:53.719 --> 00:47:54.539
 will become prey.

00:47:54.759 --> 00:47:55.559
 Would it not be better

00:47:55.559 --> 00:47:56.759
 for us to go back to Egypt?

00:47:58.039 --> 00:47:59.219
 Listen to these two stories.

00:47:59.359 --> 00:47:59.719
 Caleb's like,

00:48:00.059 --> 00:48:00.799
 We can take it.

00:48:00.839 --> 00:48:01.339
 Let's go.

00:48:01.699 --> 00:48:02.259
 The other one's like,

00:48:02.259 --> 00:48:03.539
 Our wives and our kids

00:48:03.539 --> 00:48:04.459
 are going to die.

00:48:04.460 --> 00:48:07.039
 And you think,

00:48:07.119 --> 00:48:07.240
 Wow,

00:48:07.280 --> 00:48:07.740
 what an idiot.

00:48:07.960 --> 00:48:09.579
 How could they do that?

00:48:09.679 --> 00:48:10.340
 What fools.

00:48:10.940 --> 00:48:12.000
 How could they talk like that

00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:12.740
 after God said

00:48:12.740 --> 00:48:13.900
 he was going to give that to them?

00:48:14.380 --> 00:48:15.240
 Have you ever talked like that?

00:48:16.440 --> 00:48:17.380
 Have you ever thought

00:48:17.380 --> 00:48:19.360
 after God promised something to you?

00:48:20.000 --> 00:48:20.619
 Have you ever thought,

00:48:20.760 --> 00:48:20.960
 Oh,

00:48:21.480 --> 00:48:22.760
 why did I do this?

00:48:22.840 --> 00:48:23.760
 God is just doing this

00:48:23.760 --> 00:48:24.740
 because he doesn't love me.

00:48:24.880 --> 00:48:25.840
 He doesn't care about me.

00:48:25.880 --> 00:48:26.940
 He's not providing for me.

00:48:28.440 --> 00:48:29.420
 Orphans see giants,

00:48:29.579 --> 00:48:30.599
 sons see spoils.

00:48:31.440 --> 00:48:34.900
 And it says in Numbers 14, 24,

00:48:35.199 --> 00:48:35.860
 it said of Caleb

00:48:35.860 --> 00:48:37.159
 that he had a different spirit.

00:48:38.980 --> 00:48:40.139
 Remember Romans 8?

00:48:40.339 --> 00:48:41.599
 It talks about a certain spirit.

00:48:41.819 --> 00:48:42.400
 Remember the spirit

00:48:42.400 --> 00:48:43.440
 that it talks about in Romans 8?

00:48:43.960 --> 00:48:44.819
 Spirit of adoption.

00:48:45.259 --> 00:48:46.759
 I think Caleb had a spirit of adoption.

00:48:47.199 --> 00:48:48.159
 Can't prove that for sure,

00:48:48.239 --> 00:48:49.819
 but it just sounds like it's right.

00:48:50.119 --> 00:48:50.279
 You know,

00:48:50.360 --> 00:48:51.519
 like this guy,

00:48:52.279 --> 00:48:54.259
 he acted like God was his father.

00:48:54.480 --> 00:48:56.519
 He acted like he was his son.

00:48:56.860 --> 00:48:58.579
 As if everything the father had was his.

00:48:58.639 --> 00:48:59.019
 In fact,

00:48:59.259 --> 00:49:00.319
 he actually took God by his word.

00:49:00.320 --> 00:49:00.680
 He said,

00:49:00.760 --> 00:49:01.740
 I'm giving you this land.

00:49:02.640 --> 00:49:04.080
 And Caleb actually had the audacity

00:49:04.080 --> 00:49:04.640
 to believe him.

00:49:04.720 --> 00:49:05.559
 He had a spirit of adoption.

00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:07.440
 My dad says this is ours.

00:49:08.320 --> 00:49:09.240
 We're taking it.

00:49:09.760 --> 00:49:10.280
 And everyone else said,

00:49:10.320 --> 00:49:10.480
 Oh,

00:49:10.559 --> 00:49:11.420
 how could you do this?

00:49:11.500 --> 00:49:13.260
 Our women and kids are going to die.

00:49:14.519 --> 00:49:15.539
 And they're weeping.

00:49:16.660 --> 00:49:17.920
 2 Timothy 1, 7 says,

00:49:18.019 --> 00:49:18.800
 God gave us a spirit,

00:49:18.880 --> 00:49:19.300
 not of fear,

00:49:19.380 --> 00:49:20.260
 but of power of love

00:49:20.260 --> 00:49:21.140
 and of self-control.

00:49:22.300 --> 00:49:23.320
 2 Peter 1, 3 says,

00:49:23.400 --> 00:49:24.600
 this divine power has given us

00:49:24.600 --> 00:49:25.519
 everything we need

00:49:25.519 --> 00:49:26.440
 for life and godliness.

00:49:26.440 --> 00:49:29.920
 In conclusion,

00:49:30.720 --> 00:49:32.300
 John 1, 12 to 13 says,

00:49:32.440 --> 00:49:33.119
 all who did,

00:49:33.460 --> 00:49:34.720
 to all who did receive him,

00:49:35.079 --> 00:49:36.000
 who believed in his name,

00:49:36.059 --> 00:49:37.039
 he gave the right

00:49:37.039 --> 00:49:39.099
 to become children of God.

00:49:39.579 --> 00:49:40.340
 The right

00:49:40.340 --> 00:49:42.220
 to be called children of God.

00:49:42.400 --> 00:49:43.840
 Do you know what that means?

00:49:43.840 --> 00:49:46.800
 Who are born out of blood

00:49:46.800 --> 00:49:47.720
 nor the will of flesh

00:49:47.720 --> 00:49:48.380
 nor the will of man,

00:49:48.420 --> 00:49:48.820
 but of God.

00:49:48.880 --> 00:49:49.700
 He gave the right

00:49:49.700 --> 00:49:50.740
 to be called children of God.

00:49:51.119 --> 00:49:52.719
 That means you have provision.

00:49:53.439 --> 00:49:55.359
 That means you have protection.

00:49:56.879 --> 00:49:57.059
 Okay.

00:49:58.579 --> 00:49:59.359
 What's the third one?

00:50:00.279 --> 00:50:00.679
 Power.

00:50:00.859 --> 00:50:01.099
 I'm sorry.

00:50:01.519 --> 00:50:02.399
 It means you have provision,

00:50:02.939 --> 00:50:03.779
 you have protection,

00:50:03.779 --> 00:50:05.079
 and you have power.

00:50:05.339 --> 00:50:06.059
 Do you believe that?

00:50:06.919 --> 00:50:07.579
 Do you believe that?

00:50:08.299 --> 00:50:09.500
 Jeff Vanderstilt says,

00:50:09.599 --> 00:50:10.699
 sanctification is going

00:50:10.699 --> 00:50:11.979
 from unbelief to belief

00:50:11.979 --> 00:50:13.319
 in every area of your life.

00:50:14.639 --> 00:50:16.159
 Going from unbelief to belief

00:50:16.159 --> 00:50:17.000
 in every area of your life.

00:50:17.059 --> 00:50:17.759
 That's sanctification.

00:50:18.199 --> 00:50:19.419
 Why are we doing gospel training

00:50:19.419 --> 00:50:20.219
 and talking about this?

00:50:20.219 --> 00:50:20.980
 I'm not talking to you

00:50:20.980 --> 00:50:21.819
 as if you're not a believer.

00:50:22.139 --> 00:50:22.980
 I'm saying you need

00:50:22.980 --> 00:50:23.639
 to be sanctified

00:50:23.639 --> 00:50:24.339
 from the areas

00:50:24.339 --> 00:50:25.319
 where you're in unbelief.

00:50:26.159 --> 00:50:26.959
 And if there's areas

00:50:26.959 --> 00:50:27.619
 where you're not believing

00:50:27.619 --> 00:50:28.019
 the gospel,

00:50:28.119 --> 00:50:28.339
 you say,

00:50:28.419 --> 00:50:28.919
 I'm a Christian.

00:50:29.019 --> 00:50:29.679
 I believe in the gospel.

00:50:30.039 --> 00:50:31.039
 Yeah, but do you believe

00:50:31.039 --> 00:50:32.819
 that God is providing for you?

00:50:33.359 --> 00:50:33.980
 Do you believe

00:50:33.980 --> 00:50:35.199
 that God is protecting you?

00:50:35.739 --> 00:50:36.319
 Do you believe

00:50:36.319 --> 00:50:37.500
 that God is giving you power?

00:50:37.619 --> 00:50:38.259
 Do you believe that?

00:50:38.319 --> 00:50:38.859
 And if not,

00:50:39.139 --> 00:50:40.659
 you need to be sanctified.

00:50:41.000 --> 00:50:42.199
 You need to be saved.

00:50:42.939 --> 00:50:44.480
 Not saved in the ultimate sense,

00:50:44.559 --> 00:50:46.099
 but saved in the sanctifying sense.

00:50:46.519 --> 00:50:47.359
 God wants to save you

00:50:47.359 --> 00:50:48.119
 from your unbelief.

00:50:48.639 --> 00:50:49.719
 And he wants to give you

00:50:49.719 --> 00:50:50.699
 the spirit of adoption

00:50:50.699 --> 00:50:52.739
 and cause it to be realized

00:50:52.739 --> 00:50:53.839
 in your heart and mind

00:50:53.839 --> 00:50:54.500
 in such a way

00:50:54.500 --> 00:50:55.359
 that you believe it.

00:50:55.779 --> 00:50:56.539
 And his power

00:50:56.539 --> 00:50:57.619
 is there for you in that.

00:50:57.839 --> 00:50:58.619
 And his spirit

00:50:58.619 --> 00:51:00.159
 is given to you

00:51:00.159 --> 00:51:01.039
 to confirm it.

00:51:01.399 --> 00:51:02.099
 Do you believe this?

00:51:02.099 --> 00:51:04.500
 is there for you in that sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank sank