WEBVTT 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:04.820 Kellyanne Conway, you know her. 00:00:05.799 --> 00:00:08.740 She's one of the most powerful individuals in this country. 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:13.839 Her official title is Counselor to the President of the United States. 00:00:15.200 --> 00:00:24.339 She also ran Donald Trump's presidential campaign, led him to success. 00:00:24.339 --> 00:00:30.780 Well, about two months ago, on January the 9th was the date, 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:37.519 she tried to defend Donald Trump's loose tongue with this statement, 00:00:39.299 --> 00:00:46.700 you always want to go by what's come out of his mouth rather than look at what's in his heart. 00:00:48.760 --> 00:00:50.920 She made that statement in a live interview. 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:57.480 You can go online and just look it up, read it for yourself, or watch it. 00:00:59.420 --> 00:01:10.299 I want to be very clear that in no way was intended to be a political slap at her or President Trump. 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:17.060 I hope and pray that he will be a great president and help our country, 00:01:17.060 --> 00:01:19.500 and she'll help him along the way. 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:34.820 But that is a demonstration or an example of someone who tries to downplay the importance of our words. 00:01:36.620 --> 00:01:41.000 Now, when I first read that, I was stunned. 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:47.659 She was telling us, telling the world, 00:01:48.659 --> 00:01:54.420 not to listen to what the President-elect of the United States was saying, 00:01:55.560 --> 00:01:57.799 but just look in his heart. 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:00.599 Now, think about that. 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:10.539 She was saying that what comes out of a person's mouth is no reflection of what is in his heart. 00:02:12.459 --> 00:02:16.519 That's the exact opposite of what Jesus said. 00:02:17.799 --> 00:02:20.879 Look with me at Luke chapter 6, verse 45. 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:23.159 Jesus said, 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:27.900 For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:31.859 The New Living Translation says it this way, 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:36.840 What you say flows from what is in your heart. 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:40.340 Jesus was making the point there. 00:02:40.340 --> 00:02:44.200 Also in Matthew chapter 12, verse 36. 00:02:45.060 --> 00:02:54.560 That what comes out of a person's mouth is a clear reflection of what is in his or hers heart. 00:02:56.319 --> 00:03:02.560 Jesus confirms what we've been looking at in the book of Proverbs over the past seven weeks, doesn't it? 00:03:03.599 --> 00:03:04.640 Words matter. 00:03:05.920 --> 00:03:07.199 Your words matter. 00:03:07.199 --> 00:03:08.960 My words matter. 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:12.460 Because words are powerful. 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:16.200 That book of wisdom, Proverbs. 00:03:16.920 --> 00:03:22.460 You remember how it describes the power of our speech in life or death terms? 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:24.879 Look at it again from Proverbs 18, 21. 00:03:25.780 --> 00:03:28.920 Death and life are in the power of the tongue. 00:03:29.719 --> 00:03:31.159 The power of the tongue. 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:32.480 The power of our speech. 00:03:32.600 --> 00:03:34.040 The power of our words. 00:03:35.140 --> 00:03:36.500 They can destroy. 00:03:36.500 --> 00:03:37.500 They can destroy. 00:03:37.500 --> 00:03:39.599 They can destroy us. 00:03:39.699 --> 00:03:41.219 They can destroy other people. 00:03:41.219 --> 00:03:45.819 But words can also be life-giving. 00:03:45.819 --> 00:03:47.460 Life-encouraging. 00:03:47.460 --> 00:03:51.260 And we've looked at examples of all of that. 00:03:52.060 --> 00:03:58.280 Well, this morning I want us to conclude this study on the power of our words or the importance of our words 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:03.520 by looking closely at the two passages from the New Testament 00:04:03.520 --> 00:04:08.819 that we've been looking at from time to time throughout this series. 00:04:08.819 --> 00:04:16.959 Luke chapter 6 verses 43 through 45 and Matthew chapter 12 verses 36 and 37. 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:24.040 I'm going to put it on the screen, but if you want to turn to in your Bible and just look at it, mark it. 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:27.980 Luke chapter 6, Matthew chapter 12. 00:04:27.980 --> 00:04:30.240 Let's look first at this. 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:35.200 Our words reveal the kind of relationship we currently have with God. 00:04:36.300 --> 00:04:37.759 I want you to understand that. 00:04:38.980 --> 00:04:41.420 From what Jesus said, and it's going to be clear. 00:04:43.420 --> 00:04:55.439 Our words, the way we talk, it indicates what our current relationship with God is right now. 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:59.600 Look at Luke 6, 43 through 45. 00:05:00.500 --> 00:05:01.399 Jesus said, 00:05:01.620 --> 00:05:08.100 For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit. 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:12.399 For each tree is known by its fruit. 00:05:13.379 --> 00:05:18.560 For figs are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. 00:05:19.819 --> 00:05:24.199 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good. 00:05:24.199 --> 00:05:28.959 And the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil. 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:34.959 For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. 00:05:36.420 --> 00:05:46.279 Jesus often used that analogy of how a tree is known by the fruit it produces to teach an important lesson. 00:05:47.180 --> 00:05:51.939 A person is known by the fruit that he or she produces. 00:05:51.939 --> 00:06:02.819 I want you to think about how Jesus explained that in terms of both people who do evil and people who do good. 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:12.159 For an example, he said twice in reference to false teachers to be aware of them because of their fruit. 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:12.879 Look at it. 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:15.339 Matthew 7, verse 15. 00:06:15.339 --> 00:06:16.259 He says, 00:06:16.259 --> 00:06:25.100 Be aware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:28.159 You will recognize them by their fruits. 00:06:28.839 --> 00:06:32.540 And then he went on in verse 20 to repeat that very same statement. 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:36.579 Thus you will recognize them by their fruits. 00:06:36.579 --> 00:06:45.579 So Jesus in teaching that Sermon on the Mount, he says you can spot a false teacher, a false prophet. 00:06:45.819 --> 00:06:48.259 You can spot someone who is lying to you. 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:58.620 You can spot someone who is basically an evil person doing evil things by looking at the fruit of their life. 00:06:58.620 --> 00:07:05.319 But that's also true about his people, faithful people, good people. 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:07.720 Look in John chapter 15. 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:11.660 Jesus in speaking to his disciples said, 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:15.360 Abide or remain in me and I in you. 00:07:15.980 --> 00:07:20.579 As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, 00:07:21.379 --> 00:07:24.699 neither can you unless you abide in me. 00:07:24.699 --> 00:07:28.819 I am the vine, you are the branches. 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:31.740 Whoever abides in me and I in him, 00:07:32.740 --> 00:07:35.079 he it is that bears much fruit, 00:07:35.399 --> 00:07:37.759 for apart from me you can do nothing. 00:07:38.819 --> 00:07:43.699 By this my Father is glorified that you bear much fruit 00:07:43.699 --> 00:07:46.759 and so prove to be my disciples. 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:49.219 Let's think about that. 00:07:49.839 --> 00:07:54.659 We all know that a tree produces fruit according to its nature. 00:07:54.699 --> 00:07:57.459 To use what Jesus said, 00:07:57.560 --> 00:07:59.620 A fig tree produces figs. 00:08:00.019 --> 00:08:02.180 An apple tree produces apples. 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:05.680 A grits tree produces grits. 00:08:07.159 --> 00:08:09.319 Now I just said that to see what you would do. 00:08:09.459 --> 00:08:10.360 See if you were paying attention. 00:08:11.699 --> 00:08:13.199 But I don't understand it. 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:15.879 Louis Grisard wrote a book, 00:08:16.579 --> 00:08:19.599 Don't Sit Under the Grits Tree with Anyone But Me. 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:23.500 Why would he lie in the title of his book? 00:08:24.660 --> 00:08:27.060 Anyway, you know, 00:08:28.260 --> 00:08:32.980 a tree produces fruit according to its nature. 00:08:34.460 --> 00:08:36.300 What Jesus is talking about, 00:08:36.700 --> 00:08:38.500 when he uses this word fruit, 00:08:38.860 --> 00:08:40.960 to describe what people produce, 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:45.680 he's saying that whatever you are, 00:08:46.280 --> 00:08:49.560 you will demonstrate it 00:08:49.560 --> 00:08:55.800 by the things that are observed in your life. 00:08:56.840 --> 00:08:58.560 It's a general term 00:08:58.560 --> 00:09:01.660 to describe a variety of things, 00:09:01.780 --> 00:09:03.420 when he's talking about a Christian now, 00:09:03.419 --> 00:09:08.639 that the Spirit of God will do and produce in our lives. 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:11.120 When Jesus talks about fruit, 00:09:12.059 --> 00:09:14.419 he's talking about what comes out of us. 00:09:14.659 --> 00:09:16.779 He's talking about our words. 00:09:17.139 --> 00:09:18.819 He's talking about our actions. 00:09:19.620 --> 00:09:20.860 He's talking about our character. 00:09:21.860 --> 00:09:23.000 In terms of a Christian, 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:27.200 Paul wrote about the fruit of the Spirit, 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:29.559 describing character qualities, 00:09:29.980 --> 00:09:32.379 like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:34.960 self-control, these kinds of things. 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:37.700 When Jesus was talking about it there 00:09:37.700 --> 00:09:39.519 in John chapter 15, 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:43.299 there were such things that he said 00:09:43.299 --> 00:09:46.559 about his people being able to pray 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:49.279 in his name and God hearing. 00:09:49.279 --> 00:09:52.879 A fruitful life is a life that is seen 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:55.139 in demonstrating Christian character, 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:56.220 Christ-like character, 00:09:56.600 --> 00:09:57.819 being a person of prayer, 00:09:58.679 --> 00:10:00.039 being a person who's concerned about 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:02.399 knowing and doing God's will 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:04.620 and praying accordingly. 00:10:05.860 --> 00:10:07.779 The fruit of our life would be 00:10:07.779 --> 00:10:09.839 any kind of good works that we do 00:10:09.839 --> 00:10:13.100 because we love God or we love people. 00:10:13.659 --> 00:10:15.360 We want to meet people's needs. 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:16.799 We want to please God. 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:19.579 But in terms of this message, 00:10:19.699 --> 00:10:20.620 the focus of today, 00:10:21.959 --> 00:10:24.659 the fruit that a person produces 00:10:24.659 --> 00:10:27.979 includes the words that we speak. 00:10:28.579 --> 00:10:30.959 That's what I want to underline today. 00:10:31.959 --> 00:10:34.439 Jesus taught that each person produces fruit 00:10:34.439 --> 00:10:38.379 that is consistent with what's in their heart. 00:10:39.719 --> 00:10:40.719 That's another way of saying 00:10:40.719 --> 00:10:44.579 that we produce fruit consistent with who we are, 00:10:44.580 --> 00:10:47.759 who we are deep down. 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:49.759 When Jesus says, 00:10:49.940 --> 00:10:51.800 what comes out of our mouth originates in our heart, 00:10:52.060 --> 00:10:52.800 he's just saying, 00:10:53.180 --> 00:10:54.639 what comes out of our mouth comes from 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:58.160 who we are, period. 00:10:59.540 --> 00:11:02.060 Who we are with no mask. 00:11:03.259 --> 00:11:05.720 Who we are, no covering up. 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:09.700 Who we are as God sees us. 00:11:09.700 --> 00:11:12.320 Jesus makes it clear. 00:11:14.780 --> 00:11:16.440 Your words. 00:11:17.620 --> 00:11:19.080 My words. 00:11:20.060 --> 00:11:21.860 They are a reflection 00:11:21.860 --> 00:11:25.240 of what's in us. 00:11:26.300 --> 00:11:29.360 That's what the last part of verse 45 means in Luke 6. 00:11:29.900 --> 00:11:32.820 For out of the abundance of the heart, 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:35.160 his mouth speaks. 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:40.659 I don't think, 00:11:41.699 --> 00:11:42.679 generally speaking, 00:11:43.179 --> 00:11:45.319 we believe that. 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:49.079 Or at least we don't like to think that way, do we? 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:51.899 Because we sometimes think about 00:11:51.899 --> 00:11:54.219 how we use careless words, 00:11:54.319 --> 00:11:55.779 I didn't mean what I said, 00:11:56.139 --> 00:11:57.360 things like that. 00:11:58.399 --> 00:11:59.980 But what Jesus is saying here 00:11:59.980 --> 00:12:01.659 in Luke chapter 6 00:12:01.659 --> 00:12:03.719 and in Matthew chapter 12 00:12:03.719 --> 00:12:05.480 that we've been looking at 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:06.679 throughout this whole series, 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:09.659 he really means it. 00:12:10.439 --> 00:12:12.379 And there's no other way to take it. 00:12:13.139 --> 00:12:13.899 I want you to listen to how 00:12:13.899 --> 00:12:15.819 some respected Bible teachers 00:12:15.819 --> 00:12:18.419 describe what Jesus is saying here 00:12:18.419 --> 00:12:19.179 when he says, 00:12:19.319 --> 00:12:20.579 for out of the abundance of the heart, 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:21.419 the mouth speaks. 00:12:21.980 --> 00:12:23.620 Look at what Darrell Bach says. 00:12:24.339 --> 00:12:26.339 We are what we produce, 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:29.579 especially when it comes to what we say. 00:12:29.580 --> 00:12:33.360 The mouth is a litmus test 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:35.320 of who we are spiritually. 00:12:36.220 --> 00:12:38.620 Look at what David Garland says. 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:40.980 The assumption is, 00:12:41.280 --> 00:12:42.340 in what Jesus said, 00:12:43.160 --> 00:12:45.840 that the mouth is a spigot 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:47.780 from which flows 00:12:47.780 --> 00:12:50.980 what is hidden away in the heart. 00:12:52.560 --> 00:12:53.759 And then John framed. 00:12:54.700 --> 00:12:56.620 We act and speak then 00:12:56.620 --> 00:12:58.879 according to our character. 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:02.480 We follow the deepest desires 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:04.240 of our hearts. 00:13:06.100 --> 00:13:07.620 Look one more time. 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:10.159 Or rather, 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:11.340 look at one verse 00:13:11.340 --> 00:13:13.580 along this line 00:13:13.580 --> 00:13:16.439 that should also 00:13:16.439 --> 00:13:17.539 really get our attention. 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:19.779 It's in Matthew 12, verse 36. 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:21.320 Jesus says, 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:22.840 I tell you on the day of judgment, 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:24.700 people will give account 00:13:24.700 --> 00:13:27.019 for every careless word 00:13:27.019 --> 00:13:27.919 they speak. 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:29.319 We're going to look at that 00:13:29.319 --> 00:13:31.139 in a little bit more detail later. 00:13:31.979 --> 00:13:33.120 We'll look at that phrase, 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:34.799 people will give an account 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:37.339 for every careless word 00:13:37.339 --> 00:13:38.000 they speak. 00:13:38.379 --> 00:13:39.419 The word careless here 00:13:39.419 --> 00:13:41.279 means idle. 00:13:42.319 --> 00:13:43.500 Idle words. 00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:45.539 What we would consider 00:13:45.539 --> 00:13:47.799 insignificant words. 00:13:48.939 --> 00:13:50.139 Careless words are the things 00:13:50.139 --> 00:13:52.019 that just sort of come out. 00:13:52.019 --> 00:13:54.179 things that we say 00:13:54.179 --> 00:13:55.220 without thinking. 00:13:55.539 --> 00:13:57.659 Off the cuff remarks. 00:13:59.819 --> 00:14:00.899 And you might think, 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:01.139 well, 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:04.460 do those words really matter? 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:05.720 I mean, 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:06.460 just sort of 00:14:06.460 --> 00:14:07.939 spouting off a little bit. 00:14:08.740 --> 00:14:09.240 Look at how 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:10.419 Craig Blomberg 00:14:10.419 --> 00:14:11.899 points out 00:14:11.899 --> 00:14:13.500 why careless words 00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:14.879 are not harmless words. 00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:15.740 He says, 00:14:15.740 --> 00:14:16.799 what may seem like 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:18.159 merely trivial 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:20.399 or casual remarks 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:21.659 may at times 00:14:21.659 --> 00:14:22.980 better reflect 00:14:22.980 --> 00:14:24.100 the true attitude 00:14:24.100 --> 00:14:25.820 of one's heart 00:14:25.820 --> 00:14:27.580 than more carefully 00:14:27.580 --> 00:14:29.139 chosen words. 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:33.139 What Jesus is saying 00:14:33.139 --> 00:14:34.860 about these careless words, 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:36.139 and Blomberg 00:14:36.139 --> 00:14:37.120 is trying to emphasize, 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:39.919 it's those careless, 00:14:40.620 --> 00:14:41.840 without thinking, 00:14:42.340 --> 00:14:44.060 off the cuff remarks 00:14:44.060 --> 00:14:45.159 sometimes 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:47.539 that really 00:14:47.539 --> 00:14:49.279 shows 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:51.759 what we're 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:52.919 thinking, 00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:54.600 what we feel, 00:14:55.340 --> 00:14:56.259 what we really 00:14:56.259 --> 00:14:57.100 are. 00:14:58.019 --> 00:14:58.919 This is a warning 00:14:58.919 --> 00:14:59.840 to all of us. 00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:02.799 We need to be 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:04.060 aware that 00:15:04.060 --> 00:15:06.019 those hurtful things 00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:07.100 that we say 00:15:07.100 --> 00:15:08.580 in anger, 00:15:09.259 --> 00:15:10.320 in frustration, 00:15:10.899 --> 00:15:12.899 and then come back 00:15:12.899 --> 00:15:13.399 later on and say, 00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:14.420 oh, I didn't mean it. 00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.960 Jesus is saying, 00:15:18.540 --> 00:15:19.600 you did mean it. 00:15:21.100 --> 00:15:21.940 Here's what I think 00:15:21.940 --> 00:15:22.580 he's talking about. 00:15:24.540 --> 00:15:25.920 When I get mad 00:15:25.920 --> 00:15:28.000 and I pop off, 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:32.460 at that moment, 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:34.860 that's what I mean. 00:15:37.100 --> 00:15:39.740 I may get mad 00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:40.340 at Mike 00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:41.720 and say, 00:15:41.899 --> 00:15:42.899 you're an absolute 00:15:42.899 --> 00:15:43.720 moron. 00:15:45.180 --> 00:15:46.540 And at that moment, 00:15:47.259 --> 00:15:48.639 my attitude 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:49.680 and my heart, 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:51.860 I am just mad 00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:52.259 at him, 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.779 I want to hurt him, 00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:55.440 I want to do something 00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:56.300 to put him down. 00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:57.860 That is what I mean 00:15:57.860 --> 00:15:58.779 at that moment 00:15:58.779 --> 00:15:59.560 in time. 00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:02.080 That's what Jesus 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:02.540 is saying. 00:16:02.539 --> 00:16:03.179 Now, 00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:06.219 as a Christian, 00:16:07.179 --> 00:16:07.719 we're going to come 00:16:07.719 --> 00:16:08.459 to this in a moment 00:16:08.459 --> 00:16:08.980 and we're going to look 00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:10.219 at Peter as an example 00:16:10.219 --> 00:16:10.899 so you know I'm not 00:16:10.899 --> 00:16:11.719 just blowing smoke here, 00:16:11.899 --> 00:16:12.360 I'm telling you 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:13.439 what really happens. 00:16:14.299 --> 00:16:15.179 As a Christian, 00:16:15.719 --> 00:16:16.759 I may get mad 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:17.819 and I may pop off 00:16:17.819 --> 00:16:19.039 to him or someone. 00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:21.399 At that moment in time, 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:22.159 that's what I want 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:22.599 to do. 00:16:22.819 --> 00:16:23.679 I wanted to hurt him, 00:16:23.819 --> 00:16:24.579 I wanted to hit him, 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.219 I wanted to do 00:16:25.219 --> 00:16:26.259 something to him. 00:16:26.259 --> 00:16:29.299 But when I calm down, 00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:31.779 I think to myself, 00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:34.460 why did I do that? 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:37.600 Why did I say that? 00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:40.299 I don't really think 00:16:40.299 --> 00:16:41.220 he's a moron, 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:42.559 I don't really want 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:43.639 to hurt him. 00:16:45.740 --> 00:16:47.000 And if I really do that, 00:16:47.059 --> 00:16:47.419 I'm going to go 00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:48.399 and apologize to him. 00:16:50.819 --> 00:16:52.120 I'm going to let him know 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:55.519 that is out of character. 00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:58.620 It's not what I really think, 00:16:58.980 --> 00:16:59.659 but the truth is, 00:16:59.700 --> 00:17:00.200 at the moment, 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:01.419 I did. 00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:02.600 And when you say 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:03.200 those things, 00:17:03.539 --> 00:17:04.420 you do too. 00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:06.920 And we have to accept 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:08.319 ownership for that stuff. 00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:11.019 It's not just blowing smoke. 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.740 Jesus is saying 00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:14.559 it matters 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:15.839 because it indicates 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:17.420 what we are. 00:17:19.539 --> 00:17:20.539 Careless words 00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:22.980 are not harmless words. 00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:28.539 And that bothers me. 00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:31.500 And Jesus intends 00:17:31.500 --> 00:17:33.319 for it to bother us all. 00:17:36.420 --> 00:17:37.759 What Jesus is actually 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:38.839 teaching in all this 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:42.940 is that if we think 00:17:42.940 --> 00:17:43.779 we've got a problem 00:17:43.779 --> 00:17:44.859 with our mouth, 00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:48.920 we've really got 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:52.420 a much more serious problem 00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:54.720 because we've got 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:55.080 a problem 00:17:55.080 --> 00:17:56.240 with our heart. 00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:59.279 The mouth only 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:00.340 spews out 00:18:00.340 --> 00:18:01.060 that which is 00:18:01.060 --> 00:18:02.220 deeper in us. 00:18:03.360 --> 00:18:04.740 We really don't have 00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.620 word problems. 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:06.920 We have heart problems, 00:18:07.060 --> 00:18:07.880 Jesus is saying. 00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:09.220 Let's go back 00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:09.779 to what we read 00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:11.200 in John chapter 15. 00:18:11.860 --> 00:18:12.420 Look again 00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:12.960 at what Jesus 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:13.960 told his disciples. 00:18:14.860 --> 00:18:15.300 He said, 00:18:15.420 --> 00:18:16.180 you abide in me, 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:17.100 you remain in me. 00:18:17.100 --> 00:18:18.940 You stay united to me 00:18:18.940 --> 00:18:19.940 and I in you. 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:21.720 As the branch 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:23.180 cannot bear fruit 00:18:23.180 --> 00:18:24.340 by itself 00:18:24.340 --> 00:18:26.880 unless it abides 00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:28.340 in the vine, 00:18:28.660 --> 00:18:29.640 neither can you 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:30.759 unless you abide in me. 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:32.000 I am the vine, 00:18:32.120 --> 00:18:33.100 you are the branches. 00:18:33.840 --> 00:18:35.220 Whoever abides in me 00:18:35.220 --> 00:18:36.620 and I in him, 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.539 he it is 00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:39.160 that bears 00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:40.799 much fruit. 00:18:41.580 --> 00:18:42.580 For apart from me, 00:18:42.580 --> 00:18:43.880 you can do nothing. 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.720 The only way 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:46.160 that we can have 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:46.940 a good heart 00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:48.759 and produce 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:49.740 good fruit 00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:52.360 in terms of our words 00:18:52.360 --> 00:18:53.320 or our actions 00:18:53.320 --> 00:18:55.059 is if we have 00:18:55.059 --> 00:18:56.480 a real relationship 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:57.700 with Jesus Christ. 00:18:58.620 --> 00:18:59.460 That's what he was 00:18:59.460 --> 00:19:00.320 telling his disciples. 00:19:01.100 --> 00:19:02.140 That's really the point 00:19:02.140 --> 00:19:02.660 he's making 00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:03.900 in Luke chapter 6 00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:05.600 and Matthew chapter 12. 00:19:06.860 --> 00:19:07.660 We're born 00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:08.600 with a sinful heart. 00:19:10.100 --> 00:19:11.080 All of us. 00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.940 We're born 00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.920 with a sinful heart 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:15.019 that is incapable 00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:16.339 of producing 00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:17.259 the good fruit 00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:18.059 that Jesus was 00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:18.500 talking about. 00:19:18.639 --> 00:19:18.799 I mean, 00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:19.639 that's what he says. 00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:21.359 Apart from him, 00:19:21.420 --> 00:19:22.480 we can do nothing. 00:19:24.019 --> 00:19:24.859 The only way 00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:25.460 that our hearts 00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:26.740 can be changed 00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:29.379 is by the supernatural 00:19:29.379 --> 00:19:31.220 work of God 00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:33.220 that he does 00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:33.920 when he brings about 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:34.759 a new birth. 00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:37.240 Jesus talked about that 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:38.139 in his conversation 00:19:38.139 --> 00:19:39.339 with the man named 00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:39.940 Nicodemus 00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:41.519 in John chapter 3. 00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.740 I'd encourage you 00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.279 to read that. 00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.400 Now, 00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:47.539 if God's already 00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:48.539 done this work 00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:49.099 in us 00:19:49.099 --> 00:19:51.120 to bring about 00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:51.680 a new birth, 00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:53.819 God has regenerated us. 00:19:53.940 --> 00:19:55.039 If God has changed 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:55.579 our heart, 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.900 if God has put 00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:59.279 his spirit in us, 00:19:59.319 --> 00:20:00.500 that's what changes us. 00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.279 And there will be 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:04.039 evidence in our lives. 00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:05.819 We will, 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:06.839 to use these 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:07.859 same analogies, 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.599 we will produce 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.679 good fruit. 00:20:11.719 --> 00:20:12.679 We'll bear 00:20:12.679 --> 00:20:13.480 good fruit. 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.119 And a part of that 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:16.099 good fruit will be 00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:18.359 good words. 00:20:19.959 --> 00:20:20.599 And so, 00:20:20.719 --> 00:20:21.559 we are at a point now 00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:22.279 where we just need 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:23.199 to look at ourselves. 00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:25.480 You think about 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.259 your life. 00:20:26.919 --> 00:20:27.539 Do you see 00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:28.359 evidence 00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:29.740 that God 00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.859 has worked in you, 00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.619 brought about 00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:32.939 a change in you, 00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:34.119 a change of heart, 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:36.139 that results in 00:20:36.139 --> 00:20:38.019 you bearing forth 00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:39.220 good fruit, 00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:41.259 good works, 00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:43.440 good words. 00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.700 Now, 00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:45.339 let's be clear 00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:45.859 about this. 00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:47.400 Jesus was not 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:48.059 saying that 00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:48.680 Christians will 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:50.119 produce only 00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:51.359 good fruit 00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:53.180 and good words. 00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:57.039 That's what I was 00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.500 talking about 00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.180 a moment ago. 00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:01.119 I want you to 00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:01.720 look at the 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:03.660 pattern of your life. 00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:04.599 Think about, 00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:06.039 think about how 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:07.379 you really are 00:21:07.379 --> 00:21:09.119 in the big 00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:09.579 picture. 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:13.019 People who 00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:14.139 observe you 00:21:14.139 --> 00:21:14.799 over a period 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.519 of time, 00:21:16.399 --> 00:21:17.180 what do they 00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:17.639 see? 00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.879 Let me ask it 00:21:20.879 --> 00:21:21.279 another way. 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.599 What are your 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:24.159 deepest desires 00:21:24.159 --> 00:21:26.339 most days? 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:28.240 What does your 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:29.519 speech reveal 00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.420 about you 00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.960 most of the time? 00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:34.759 and what 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:37.600 direction is your 00:21:37.600 --> 00:21:38.660 life heading 00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:40.700 overall? 00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:42.500 Are you 00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.519 making progress 00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:45.220 in developing 00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:46.319 Christian character? 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.200 Are you 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:49.539 really growing 00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:50.460 and becoming 00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.759 more obviously 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:53.579 a child of God, 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.539 a follower 00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.279 of Jesus? 00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:59.299 Nobody lives 00:21:59.299 --> 00:22:00.160 this kind of 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:00.579 way, 00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:01.579 produces this 00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:02.439 kind of fruit 00:22:02.439 --> 00:22:04.000 every day, 00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:05.720 all the time. 00:22:06.399 --> 00:22:07.019 And Peter's 00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.619 the example 00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:08.159 that I referred 00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:08.659 to a moment 00:22:08.659 --> 00:22:08.919 ago. 00:22:09.919 --> 00:22:10.500 The apostle 00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:10.919 Peter, 00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.379 in case you 00:22:11.379 --> 00:22:11.699 don't know 00:22:11.699 --> 00:22:12.000 who that 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.699 is, 00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:14.439 Peter was 00:22:14.439 --> 00:22:15.000 the leader 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.519 of Jesus' 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.419 band of 00:22:16.419 --> 00:22:17.059 disciples, 00:22:17.919 --> 00:22:18.519 apostles, 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:19.859 the ones he 00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.740 commissioned 00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:22.779 to be with 00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.119 him. 00:22:23.439 --> 00:22:24.039 He trained 00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.960 them and he 00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.559 sent them 00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:26.939 out in the 00:22:26.939 --> 00:22:27.319 power of the 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.879 Holy Spirit. 00:22:28.679 --> 00:22:29.099 And there's a 00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:29.759 lot of information 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.740 about Peter 00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.279 in the first 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:31.700 part of the 00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.460 book of Acts, 00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.640 how faithful 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.339 he was. 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.319 He truly 00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:36.140 loved the 00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:36.460 Lord, 00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:38.839 but he also 00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:40.339 truly failed 00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:41.740 his Lord 00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:43.259 on several 00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.859 occasions. 00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.359 One of the 00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:46.299 worst examples 00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:46.900 is what's 00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:48.539 most remembered 00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:50.079 is when Jesus 00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.960 was arrested, 00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:52.319 was on trial, 00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.379 about to be 00:22:53.379 --> 00:22:53.960 executed, 00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.200 at a time when 00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:56.079 he really needed 00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:57.039 the support of 00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.900 his followers, 00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:58.680 they deserted 00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.080 him. 00:22:59.420 --> 00:22:59.780 And Peter 00:22:59.780 --> 00:23:00.240 not only 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.960 deserted him, 00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.680 but Peter 00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.940 denied when 00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.759 asked. 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.759 He denied 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.480 that he even 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.420 knew Jesus. 00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.519 Three times 00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:12.040 he said, 00:23:12.300 --> 00:23:13.080 I don't know 00:23:13.080 --> 00:23:13.960 the man. 00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.560 Peter's 00:23:16.560 --> 00:23:17.759 words 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:20.019 indicated he 00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:21.019 was not 00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:23.259 a follower 00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.779 of Jesus. 00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.319 Peter's 00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:25.960 words 00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:27.579 indicated 00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.339 somebody who 00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:29.279 had a bad 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:29.900 heart, 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:32.240 but that was 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.400 not what he 00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.759 normally was, 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.420 not how he 00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:36.619 normally spoke. 00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.259 But Peter, 00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:38.960 that wasn't just 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:40.000 one day. 00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.420 He had other 00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:42.960 issues when he 00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:44.160 was unfaithful. 00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.619 Years later, 00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:48.719 he was 00:23:48.719 --> 00:23:49.319 around a 00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:50.059 group of 00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.819 Gentile 00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.399 Christians. 00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:52.059 He was 00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.559 coming from 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:52.859 a Jewish 00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.279 background. 00:23:53.979 --> 00:23:54.299 And when he 00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:54.679 was around 00:23:54.679 --> 00:23:55.359 these Gentile 00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:55.759 Christians, 00:23:56.199 --> 00:23:56.679 he treated 00:23:56.679 --> 00:23:57.019 them just 00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.779 like equals, 00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.739 brothers and 00:23:58.739 --> 00:23:59.139 sisters. 00:24:00.399 --> 00:24:00.899 But when 00:24:00.899 --> 00:24:01.659 some Jewish 00:24:01.659 --> 00:24:02.779 Christians came 00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.079 to the 00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:03.579 community, 00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.479 he acted 00:24:05.479 --> 00:24:05.819 like he 00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.159 didn't know 00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:07.239 these Gentile 00:24:07.239 --> 00:24:07.639 Christians. 00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.379 And the 00:24:08.379 --> 00:24:09.000 Apostle Paul 00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.759 saw that, 00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.279 and the 00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:11.079 Apostle Paul 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:12.099 in front of 00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:13.259 everybody called 00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.879 him out, 00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:14.919 called him a 00:24:14.919 --> 00:24:15.519 hypocrite, 00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:16.179 and even 00:24:16.179 --> 00:24:17.059 wrote it in 00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.739 the book of 00:24:17.739 --> 00:24:18.339 Galatians 00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:19.059 chapter 2. 00:24:19.219 --> 00:24:19.899 It's recorded 00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:20.539 in Scripture 00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.159 that the 00:24:21.159 --> 00:24:21.919 great Apostle 00:24:21.919 --> 00:24:23.019 Peter played 00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.619 the role of 00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:24.339 a hypocrite 00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.939 in the early 00:24:24.939 --> 00:24:26.399 church in 00:24:26.399 --> 00:24:27.099 one setting. 00:24:28.719 --> 00:24:29.539 Why am I 00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.119 saying this? 00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:32.059 There are 00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:33.000 days when 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:34.559 any Christian, 00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.519 even Peter, 00:24:36.899 --> 00:24:37.259 when their 00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.359 words and 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:40.179 actions are 00:24:40.179 --> 00:24:40.879 terrible, 00:24:41.879 --> 00:24:43.679 are ungodly, 00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.680 people, 00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.519 but the 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.700 overall pattern 00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.180 of a 00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.539 genuine 00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.400 Christian's 00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:50.980 life is 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.820 that we 00:24:51.820 --> 00:24:52.460 truly do 00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:52.940 love the 00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.220 Lord, 00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.820 and we 00:24:55.820 --> 00:24:56.620 show it 00:24:56.620 --> 00:24:57.680 by the 00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.060 way that 00:24:58.060 --> 00:24:58.860 we live, 00:24:59.080 --> 00:24:59.840 including the 00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:00.740 way that 00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.380 we speak. 00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:03.799 And so 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.539 here's another 00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.039 question. 00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.660 As you look 00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.380 at your life, 00:25:08.080 --> 00:25:08.860 what is the 00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:10.600 overall pattern? 00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:12.859 is there 00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.399 evidence, 00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.039 consistent 00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.759 evidence, 00:25:15.439 --> 00:25:15.719 that the 00:25:15.719 --> 00:25:16.099 Spirit of 00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:17.480 God indwells 00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.199 you and 00:25:18.199 --> 00:25:18.779 is working 00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.599 in you, 00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.339 developing 00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.819 you, 00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.480 changing 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.000 you? 00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.599 Does your 00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.819 speech reveal 00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.219 that? 00:25:32.659 --> 00:25:33.379 Does your 00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:33.839 overall 00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:35.399 character show 00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:35.859 that? 00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:40.619 not on a 00:25:40.619 --> 00:25:41.240 bad day, 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.799 but the 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.139 overall 00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:43.740 pattern of 00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.259 your life 00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:45.399 does it 00:25:45.399 --> 00:25:46.019 show that 00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:47.059 you clearly 00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:48.339 are a 00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.839 child of 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:50.599 God because 00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.139 of the 00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:51.979 evidence, 00:25:52.179 --> 00:25:52.740 the fruit 00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:54.279 that is 00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.779 visible? 00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.779 If you 00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.319 cannot see 00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:58.079 such evidence, 00:25:58.219 --> 00:25:58.859 Jesus says 00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.399 your heart 00:25:59.399 --> 00:26:00.119 is bad. 00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:02.059 That's the 00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.479 problem. 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:03.639 And the 00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:04.319 solution is 00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.719 for you to 00:26:04.719 --> 00:26:05.719 ask God to 00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.700 change your 00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:08.160 heart, to 00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.740 admit that 00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.339 you're not 00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:10.579 His, and 00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:10.839 if you 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.140 want to 00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:14.880 be, tell 00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:16.920 God that 00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.319 you are 00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:18.240 truly sorry 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.819 for the way 00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.180 that you 00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.980 have lived 00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:21.160 and dishonored 00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.559 Him and 00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.140 disobeyed 00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:22.380 Him. 00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.500 Change your 00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.059 mind about 00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.420 the way 00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:24.799 you've been 00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.079 living. 00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.059 Turn from 00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.200 it. 00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:26.880 Repent. 00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.480 Put your 00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.019 trust in 00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:30.180 Jesus that 00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.600 when He died 00:26:30.600 --> 00:26:31.019 on the cross 00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.500 He actually 00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.380 paid the 00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:33.000 penalty for 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:34.019 your sins. 00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:35.819 call upon 00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.119 Him to 00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:36.379 come into 00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:36.819 your life 00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.079 and be 00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.660 your Savior. 00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.299 And when 00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.619 you are 00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.160 united to 00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.460 Him by 00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.000 faith, 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.740 His death 00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:44.359 for your 00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:45.819 sins is 00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.359 what's credited 00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:46.819 to you. 00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:49.259 You are 00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.700 forgiven. 00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:50.559 You become 00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:51.339 a child of 00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:51.720 God. 00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:53.559 He will 00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.400 change you 00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:54.839 from the 00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:56.579 inside out 00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:58.579 if you will 00:26:58.579 --> 00:27:00.220 truly commit 00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:01.039 your life to 00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.980 Christ as 00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.559 your Savior 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.319 and your 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:03.679 Lord. 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.019 Now it 00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.559 may be that 00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:05.839 you would 00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.179 say, 00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.799 I know 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.619 that I'm 00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.000 a Christian. 00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.259 I know 00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:10.740 God's done 00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.159 that new 00:27:11.159 --> 00:27:11.679 work in 00:27:11.679 --> 00:27:11.940 me. 00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.819 I know 00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.240 He has 00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.779 changed 00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.099 me. 00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:14.619 And He 00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.019 throughout 00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.579 my life 00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.059 He's been 00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.539 changing 00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:16.859 me. 00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.599 But right 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.039 now, 00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.879 right now 00:27:19.879 --> 00:27:20.319 there's very 00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.259 little evidence. 00:27:22.159 --> 00:27:22.740 Right now 00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.419 the fruit 00:27:23.419 --> 00:27:24.079 that you see 00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.839 in my life 00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:26.839 is decayed. 00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.700 It's rotten. 00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:32.500 If that's 00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.000 the case, 00:27:33.600 --> 00:27:34.380 I want to 00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:35.080 encourage you 00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:36.779 to just be 00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.279 honest with 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:39.299 God about 00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.380 your failing 00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:40.799 Him. 00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.740 You're not 00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.480 being faithful. 00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.340 Confess your 00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:45.680 sin. 00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.680 Repent. 00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.500 Change your 00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:47.819 mind. 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.660 Turn around. 00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:51.160 Come back 00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:51.819 to Him in a 00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.700 renewed faith, 00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.080 renewed 00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:55.940 commitment to 00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.660 living life His 00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.319 way instead of 00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:57.920 your way. 00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:59.940 Now before 00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.660 we close out 00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.360 this study of 00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:01.820 our words, 00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.080 we need to 00:28:02.080 --> 00:28:02.460 look at one 00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.940 more thing 00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.320 that Jesus 00:28:03.320 --> 00:28:04.060 said that 00:28:04.060 --> 00:28:04.380 we've looked 00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:04.820 at in just 00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:05.220 about every 00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.820 message. 00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:07.440 It comes 00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:07.840 from Matthew 00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:08.240 12. 00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:08.740 Here's the 00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.120 statement. 00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.200 Our words 00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.820 will reveal 00:28:10.820 --> 00:28:11.320 what kind 00:28:11.320 --> 00:28:11.920 of relationship 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.640 we will 00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:13.860 eternally have 00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.820 with God. 00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:15.840 Look at what 00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:16.400 Jesus said in 00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:17.240 verse 36 of 00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.900 Matthew 12. 00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:19.000 I tell you 00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.440 on the day of 00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:19.860 judgment, 00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.600 people will 00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:20.860 give an 00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.380 account for 00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:22.160 every careless 00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.700 word they 00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.060 speak. 00:28:23.300 --> 00:28:23.960 For by your 00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.700 words you'll 00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.279 be justified. 00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.460 And by your 00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.240 words you'll be 00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.660 condemned. 00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:29.180 This verse is 00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:30.539 not teaching 00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:32.180 that our 00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.980 salvation is 00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.620 determined by 00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.600 our words. 00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.960 The Bible does 00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:38.160 not teach that 00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:38.800 we can earn 00:28:38.800 --> 00:28:39.779 our salvation 00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:41.600 by doing 00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:42.480 certain things 00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:43.160 or not doing 00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:44.019 certain things. 00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.620 By the way we 00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:47.000 speak or not 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.460 speak. 00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.880 The Bible 00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.800 clearly teaches 00:28:49.800 --> 00:28:50.519 that salvation is 00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.580 by God's grace. 00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:53.460 It's undeserved. 00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.740 It's unearned. 00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:56.299 Our salvation 00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:56.839 is by God's 00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.599 grace through 00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.240 faith in 00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.120 Jesus Christ 00:28:59.120 --> 00:28:59.579 as our 00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:00.000 Savior. 00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:01.660 That he 00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.019 paid the 00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.380 penalty for 00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:02.740 our sins 00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:02.900 when he 00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.160 died on 00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:03.559 the cross. 00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.200 Salvation is 00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.599 by the grace 00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:05.920 of God 00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.380 through faith 00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:06.700 in Jesus 00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.400 Christ plus 00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:08.240 nothing else. 00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:10.839 But that's 00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.259 not all the 00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.940 Bible says. 00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.200 The Bible 00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.940 clearly teaches 00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.640 that our 00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:15.660 works, 00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.700 including our 00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.640 words, 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:20.880 demonstrates 00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:22.080 the reality 00:29:22.080 --> 00:29:22.880 of our 00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.340 faith. 00:29:24.820 --> 00:29:25.220 And that's 00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.680 what Jesus 00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.240 is saying 00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.580 in this 00:29:26.580 --> 00:29:27.100 passage in 00:29:27.100 --> 00:29:27.840 Matthew 12. 00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.700 Listen to 00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.259 how the 00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:31.240 ESV study 00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.720 Bible 00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.900 explains 00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:33.940 what Jesus 00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.380 is saying 00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:34.680 in verses 00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.360 36 and 00:29:35.360 --> 00:29:35.800 37. 00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.520 By your 00:29:38.520 --> 00:29:39.300 words you 00:29:39.300 --> 00:29:39.560 will be 00:29:39.560 --> 00:29:40.020 justified 00:29:40.020 --> 00:29:40.759 means 00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.800 people's 00:29:41.800 --> 00:29:42.440 words 00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:43.340 will be 00:29:43.340 --> 00:29:43.840 outward 00:29:43.840 --> 00:29:44.640 evidence 00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.180 of their 00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:45.800 inward 00:29:45.800 --> 00:29:46.900 character. 00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:49.519 It also 00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.420 says the 00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:51.180 word justified 00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:52.620 here means 00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:54.280 shown to 00:29:54.280 --> 00:29:54.820 be righteous. 00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.660 Now I know 00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:56.980 a lot of 00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.380 people you 00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:57.840 have studied 00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:58.280 the Bible 00:29:58.280 --> 00:29:59.040 and you 00:29:59.040 --> 00:29:59.460 know that 00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:00.180 the Apostle 00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.900 Paul uses 00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:01.380 the word 00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:01.920 justified 00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.580 in his 00:30:02.580 --> 00:30:03.000 letters 00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.160 especially in 00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:04.700 Romans and 00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.400 Galatians 00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:06.519 and when he 00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:06.840 says we 00:30:06.840 --> 00:30:07.460 are justified 00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.480 by faith 00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:08.900 in Jesus 00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:09.460 Christ 00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.400 he's talking 00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:10.840 about we 00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:11.540 are declared 00:30:11.540 --> 00:30:12.540 right with 00:30:12.540 --> 00:30:12.820 God. 00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.440 We're declared 00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.220 righteous 00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.759 through faith 00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.200 in Jesus. 00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:18.519 That is 00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:20.160 not how 00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:21.019 Jesus uses 00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.600 the word. 00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.200 Jesus uses 00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:23.580 the word 00:30:23.580 --> 00:30:24.100 to say 00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:27.140 shown 00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:28.580 to be 00:30:28.580 --> 00:30:29.120 righteous. 00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:30.700 And then 00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.320 the ESV 00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:31.759 study Bible 00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.400 goes on 00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:33.320 similarly 00:30:33.320 --> 00:30:34.660 evil people's 00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.480 evil words 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:35.860 will be 00:30:35.860 --> 00:30:36.600 evidence 00:30:36.600 --> 00:30:37.540 by which 00:30:37.540 --> 00:30:37.980 they will 00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.840 be condemned. 00:30:39.360 --> 00:30:39.660 John 00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:40.120 MacArthur 00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.660 echoes 00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:41.040 this. 00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:41.759 He says 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.560 every person 00:30:42.560 --> 00:30:43.259 is judged 00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.759 by his 00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.400 words 00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:45.220 because 00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.680 they 00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:46.280 reveal 00:30:46.280 --> 00:30:47.240 the state 00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:48.460 of his 00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:48.880 heart. 00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.759 It seems 00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.160 that 00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:56.420 most people 00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.940 will readily 00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.420 admit 00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.800 I have 00:30:59.800 --> 00:31:00.320 trouble at 00:31:00.320 --> 00:31:00.780 times with 00:31:00.780 --> 00:31:01.380 my tongue 00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:03.980 but a lot 00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.259 of people 00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.660 do not 00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.280 understand 00:31:05.280 --> 00:31:05.860 that that 00:31:05.860 --> 00:31:06.380 is an 00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:07.200 indication 00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.900 of a 00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.280 problem 00:31:08.280 --> 00:31:08.860 with their 00:31:08.860 --> 00:31:09.240 heart 00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:10.000 with their 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.519 real 00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.259 self. 00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:13.259 Jesus 00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:13.799 says 00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:15.099 we struggle 00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.680 with our 00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:16.319 tongue 00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.579 because we 00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:17.839 have a 00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.240 problem 00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:19.059 with our 00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.519 heart. 00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.359 What comes 00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:21.859 out of our 00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.339 mouth 00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:23.579 reveals 00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:25.299 what is 00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:25.819 really 00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.920 in us. 00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.640 What comes 00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.059 out of our 00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.700 mouth is 00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.339 a reflection 00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:30.359 of who 00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:31.839 you are 00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:33.519 deep down 00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.099 Jesus 00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:34.720 says. 00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:37.480 So what 00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:37.839 does 00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:39.660 your speech 00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.940 indicate 00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:42.900 about the 00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:43.420 condition of 00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:44.039 your heart 00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:45.160 right now? 00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.440 Do you 00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.880 need to have 00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.200 your heart 00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.779 changed? 00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.580 Be honest 00:31:49.580 --> 00:31:50.160 with God. 00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.360 He knows. 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.380 You know. 00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.720 If you've 00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.200 got a real 00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.940 heart problem 00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.720 that it's 00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.160 never been 00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:58.820 changed, 00:31:59.380 --> 00:31:59.920 it's just 00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.480 sinful, 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.279 it's just 00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.759 selfish, 00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.440 it's just 00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:02.920 about the 00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.360 world, 00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:06.140 then admit 00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:06.580 that to 00:32:06.580 --> 00:32:06.820 God. 00:32:07.120 --> 00:32:07.759 Cry out 00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.220 to Him. 00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:10.900 ask Him 00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:12.279 to save 00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.440 you, 00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.180 to change 00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.500 you. 00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:14.799 Ask 00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.360 Jesus to 00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:16.100 be your 00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:17.039 Savior as 00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.539 you surrender 00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:18.059 your life 00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.779 to Him as 00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.759 your Lord. 00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.880 And if you 00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:22.400 need to have 00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:22.920 your heart 00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.700 cleansed 00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.480 afresh as a 00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:24.860 Christian, 00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.640 admit that 00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.120 to God. 00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:29.380 The book 00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:30.539 of 1 John 00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:32.480 chapter 1 00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:32.779 and verse 00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:34.519 9 tells us 00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.559 as Christians 00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.659 what we 00:32:36.659 --> 00:32:37.139 need to do 00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:37.440 when we 00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:38.139 recognize 00:32:38.139 --> 00:32:39.000 that we've 00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.279 got a 00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.759 dirty heart, 00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.099 that we've 00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.679 got sin 00:32:40.679 --> 00:32:41.000 in our 00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.440 life. 00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.639 He says 00:32:42.639 --> 00:32:42.859 if we 00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.480 confess 00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:44.259 our sins, 00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:45.500 He, 00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.139 that is God, 00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.759 is faithful 00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.279 and just 00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.799 to forgive 00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:49.220 us and 00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:50.240 to cleanse 00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:52.039 us of 00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.279 all 00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:53.359 unrighteousness. 00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.819 Christian, 00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:57.500 if there's 00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.059 something in 00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.519 your heart 00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:58.940 that needs 00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.259 to be 00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:00.179 cleansed, 00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.779 purified 00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.319 today, 00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:05.299 admit that 00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:05.819 to God, 00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.519 repent of 00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.139 that sin, 00:33:10.139 --> 00:33:11.259 come back 00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.759 to Him 00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:13.480 in confession. 00:33:14.919 --> 00:33:15.460 He will 00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.119 forgive you. 00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:17.139 He will 00:33:17.139 --> 00:33:18.019 cleanse you. 00:33:18.899 --> 00:33:19.299 He'll give 00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.939 you a fresh 00:33:19.939 --> 00:33:20.819 start right 00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:22.480 now as 00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.399 His child. 00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:25.200 He'll fill 00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.799 you afresh 00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.179 with His 00:33:26.179 --> 00:33:26.659 Spirit, 00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.480 but you've 00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:29.000 got to call 00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.619 upon Him 00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:31.079 and mean 00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:32.200 it in 00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.460 order for 00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.720 that to 00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:32.960 happen. 00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.380 Let's pray 00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:34.660 again. 00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.720 Dear God, 00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:38.000 show us 00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:39.400 what we 00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:39.799 need to 00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.200 do in 00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.620 light of 00:33:40.620 --> 00:33:41.080 all that 00:33:41.080 --> 00:33:41.380 you have 00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:41.940 said to 00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.380 us in 00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:43.200 this series 00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:45.400 about the 00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:46.059 power of 00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.620 our words, 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.580 the seriousness 00:33:47.580 --> 00:33:48.180 of our 00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:48.819 words. 00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.660 Father, 00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:52.920 if there 00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.240 are people 00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.539 in this 00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:53.940 room who 00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.420 are not 00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.860 Christians, 00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.100 make it 00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:58.240 clear and 00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.620 make it 00:33:58.620 --> 00:33:59.200 clear that 00:33:59.200 --> 00:34:00.759 by Your 00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.360 grace, 00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:02.639 and through 00:34:02.639 --> 00:34:03.259 faith in 00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.719 Jesus, 00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.139 they can 00:34:05.139 --> 00:34:06.719 be saved, 00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.519 forgiven, 00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.199 made right 00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:09.480 with You, 00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:09.900 made a 00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.440 child of 00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.960 Yours right 00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.239 now. 00:34:12.299 --> 00:34:12.699 Work, 00:34:12.819 --> 00:34:13.199 dear God, 00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.279 to call 00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:14.619 them to 00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.000 faith in 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:16.139 Jesus now. 00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.619 Lord, 00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.279 show Christians 00:34:20.279 --> 00:34:20.960 in this room 00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:23.460 their words 00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:23.859 matter. 00:34:23.859 --> 00:34:25.719 And if 00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:26.119 they're truly 00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:27.819 Your children 00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.500 with Your 00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.220 Spirit living 00:34:29.220 --> 00:34:29.780 in them, 00:34:31.220 --> 00:34:32.580 they will 00:34:32.580 --> 00:34:32.960 not be 00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:34.460 able to 00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:36.220 speak 00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:37.340 ungodly 00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:38.900 words or 00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.440 live an 00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:39.960 ungodly 00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:42.059 life without 00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:43.100 real conviction, 00:34:44.240 --> 00:34:44.620 guilt, 00:34:46.620 --> 00:34:47.680 experiencing 00:34:47.680 --> 00:34:48.660 Your discipline. 00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:50.980 But help 00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.380 them to see, 00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:51.740 dear God, 00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.480 that they can 00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.019 be forgiven, 00:34:53.140 --> 00:34:53.440 the guilt 00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:53.960 can be taken 00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.420 away, 00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.280 they can be 00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:55.820 restored to 00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.420 real fellowship 00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.880 with You 00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:57.539 right now. 00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:58.840 If they 00:34:58.840 --> 00:34:59.599 will confess, 00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:00.960 seek Your 00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.460 forgiveness, 00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.300 turn from 00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:02.900 their sin, 00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.700 and renew 00:35:04.700 --> 00:35:05.360 their commitment 00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:06.760 to Jesus 00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:08.380 as Lord 00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:08.900 of their 00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.220 life. 00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:10.940 Show us 00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.559 all what to 00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:11.800 do, 00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.139 how to 00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.680 respond, 00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.960 help us 00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.800 to do it. 00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.320 And then in 00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:16.740 an attitude of 00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:16.980 prayer, 00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.619 you just do 00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:17.820 it. 00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:18.800 Do what the 00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.159 Lord is telling 00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.639 you to do. 00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.159 I'll be here 00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.579 at the front, 00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:22.119 be happy to 00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:22.880 pray with you, 00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.559 talk with you, 00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.840 you let me 00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.059 know. 00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:27.599 Let's just be 00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.460 in an attitude 00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.440 of prayer and 00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.059 respond to the 00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.480 Lord as He 00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.900 speaks.