WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In Romans 1 we read, 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:39.039 Great. Thank you, Victoria. 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:40.519 Will you join me as we pray? 00:00:41.120 --> 00:00:42.480 Let's come before our Father. 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:45.640 And just, if you're new, this is something we do every week. 00:00:45.719 --> 00:00:46.600 This isn't me praying. 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:48.000 This is us as a church praying. 00:00:48.140 --> 00:00:49.100 So agree with me. 00:00:49.179 --> 00:00:49.780 Join in me. 00:00:50.299 --> 00:00:51.620 Let's pray together. 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:55.299 Heavenly Father, gracious Lord, 00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:59.799 we come before you this morning to adore you and to worship you. 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:03.460 We come before you to sing your praises, 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:10.159 to remind ourselves, to remind one another of your greatness and your grace, 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:12.280 of your majesty and your mercy. 00:01:12.980 --> 00:01:17.420 We come to proclaim your worth, God, that there's no one like you. 00:01:17.420 --> 00:01:21.439 There's none in all creation that even comes close to being compared to you. 00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:26.439 God, you are majestic and sovereign and glorious and wonderful. 00:01:27.259 --> 00:01:34.719 And God, you are tender and gracious and gentle and so patient and so forgiving and so kind. 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:38.099 God, where could we go to find one like you? 00:01:38.700 --> 00:01:41.099 God, we come to worship you and adore you this morning, 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:45.439 to find rest for our hearts and peace, God, in troubled times. 00:01:46.120 --> 00:01:48.819 Father, thank you for your word that speaks to our hearts. 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:52.500 God, thank you for the wonder of the scriptures that aren't just good advice, 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:55.640 but it's your proclamation of good news to us, Lord. 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:59.859 Lord, and as we look at this passage in Romans 1 again today, 00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:01.140 and as we consider the gospel, 00:02:01.759 --> 00:02:04.400 Lord, we pray that for us as a church, 00:02:04.500 --> 00:02:09.099 you'll calibrate our hearts or recalibrate our hearts with the truth of the gospel. 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:12.219 God, won't you realign our hearts to your hearts? 00:02:12.219 --> 00:02:14.500 Jesus, come and do a deep work in us, I pray. 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:18.219 Fathers, over these weeks, we consider the good news of the gospel. 00:02:18.379 --> 00:02:19.819 We pray that you set us free. 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:23.699 We pray, God, that you arrest our insecurities and our fears. 00:02:24.379 --> 00:02:26.539 We pray, God, that you humble us of our pride. 00:02:26.659 --> 00:02:28.819 And Jesus, come and make us more like you. 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:32.879 God, we really do want to be a gospel-centered church, 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:35.860 and so we ask you to come and do that in our midst. 00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:38.500 But God, as the gospel goes deeper into us, 00:02:38.500 --> 00:02:42.020 we pray also that the gospel will go through us to this great city, 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:44.599 that many people will come to know you, 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:47.500 come to know the life and the truth and the wonder of Jesus 00:02:47.500 --> 00:02:49.759 because of ordinary people like us. 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:54.539 God, we pray that our friends and our family and our neighbors and our colleagues 00:02:54.539 --> 00:02:58.259 and those we play sports with and those we interact with, 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:02.920 that God, some way we'll be able to share the wonderful news of Jesus with them. 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:06.500 We pray this Chinese New Year, God, as we get together with family 00:03:06.500 --> 00:03:12.000 and as we are reunited, we pray, God, for opportunities to share the wonder of Jesus. 00:03:13.619 --> 00:03:16.139 God, we pray that the gospel will go through us. 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:19.419 Father, we pray also for our great continent of Asia, 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:22.719 billions and billions of people that do not know you. 00:03:23.359 --> 00:03:26.599 Father, we want to pray for churches and missionaries across Asia, 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:33.599 those that are in China and Korea and Japan and Mongolia and Indonesia and Bangladesh 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:37.299 and Pakistan and Myanmar and Malaysia. 00:03:37.500 --> 00:03:41.439 God, we pray that across Asia a revival of the gospel will spread. 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:43.919 We pray for those that don't know you, God, 00:03:43.939 --> 00:03:47.199 and we pray for our brothers and sisters across this continent that do know you. 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:49.579 Pray this morning you encourage them and strengthen them. 00:03:50.620 --> 00:03:52.560 We pray for this great continent of ours. 00:03:52.659 --> 00:03:55.659 Lord, we want to pray for Amelia, our sister in Taiwan. 00:03:55.659 --> 00:03:58.659 We pray today, won't you encourage her and strengthen her. 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:01.340 Flood her with your love this morning, God. 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:06.960 Finally, God, we want to pray this morning for our friends Chris and Fiona 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:09.099 in the final weeks of sabbatical. 00:04:09.340 --> 00:04:12.180 As they come back at the end of this month, we pray for them. 00:04:12.539 --> 00:04:15.099 As they're spending good time with their family in the UK, 00:04:15.900 --> 00:04:18.139 we pray that it will be a rich time, a rewarding time. 00:04:18.259 --> 00:04:19.279 So I want you to be with them. 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:22.680 Pray for Chris and Fiona and little Etienne. 00:04:24.060 --> 00:04:25.100 Encourage them and strengthen them. 00:04:25.100 --> 00:04:29.060 We pray that they come back to Watermark so full of faith and courage, God. 00:04:29.860 --> 00:04:31.220 And so be with our friends, we pray. 00:04:31.740 --> 00:04:35.120 We pray these things in your wonderful and your powerful name. 00:04:35.780 --> 00:04:36.060 Amen. 00:04:37.320 --> 00:04:37.740 Amen. 00:04:37.740 --> 00:04:37.900 Amen. 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:39.400 Okay. 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:43.900 We are in a series called Watermark Essentials. 00:04:44.400 --> 00:04:47.400 And we are looking at the Watermark values, 00:04:47.540 --> 00:04:49.740 these things that we talk about all the time. 00:04:49.740 --> 00:04:54.980 And just like banks and schools and corporations and any NGO, 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:59.079 it's very easy for the values, the things that we talk about, 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:02.060 the things that are on the website and on posters and that, 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:06.600 just to merely be theoretical or aspirational, 00:05:06.860 --> 00:05:08.579 things that we hope we will one day become. 00:05:08.579 --> 00:05:11.599 But as a church, these values that we talk about, 00:05:11.919 --> 00:05:13.539 gospel, community, and mission, 00:05:14.099 --> 00:05:16.099 these are things that we don't just want to be theoretical. 00:05:16.359 --> 00:05:17.519 We want them to be actual. 00:05:17.740 --> 00:05:21.519 We want them to be the reality of our lives and our church. 00:05:21.639 --> 00:05:24.539 And so we're taking a couple of weeks to talk through these 00:05:24.539 --> 00:05:26.979 and to explain them and to dive back into the scripture 00:05:26.979 --> 00:05:29.099 and to look at these things. 00:05:29.100 --> 00:05:32.480 And we are starting off by looking at this thing called the gospel. 00:05:32.980 --> 00:05:34.879 And the question we're asking is, 00:05:35.220 --> 00:05:38.540 what is the gospel and what's the big deal about it? 00:05:38.640 --> 00:05:40.220 Why is it that at Watermark, 00:05:40.300 --> 00:05:42.320 we are always talking about the gospel? 00:05:42.540 --> 00:05:44.980 What does gospel-centered actually mean anyway? 00:05:45.580 --> 00:05:46.780 Why is it so special? 00:05:47.060 --> 00:05:49.680 And why do we not shut up about this thing called the gospel? 00:05:50.340 --> 00:05:52.360 Now, if you weren't here last week, 00:05:52.860 --> 00:05:55.520 we started off last week and we said that the gospel 00:05:55.520 --> 00:05:58.680 is the announcement of God's good news. 00:05:59.100 --> 00:06:01.820 Not just his good advice about how to live your life. 00:06:02.379 --> 00:06:04.280 That's one of the most important distinctions. 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:07.340 The gospel isn't just good advice how to become a nicer person. 00:06:07.780 --> 00:06:10.500 It's the announcement of God's good news. 00:06:11.080 --> 00:06:14.560 And we said that this good news, it leaks from our hearts. 00:06:15.220 --> 00:06:17.379 Or we forget it. 00:06:17.780 --> 00:06:19.160 Now, we don't forget the data points. 00:06:19.580 --> 00:06:23.820 But its vividness, its potency leaks from our hearts. 00:06:23.820 --> 00:06:24.820 And when that happens, 00:06:24.939 --> 00:06:28.500 we lose some of the power of the gospel to transform us. 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:30.019 And so at Watermark, 00:06:30.100 --> 00:06:32.560 one of the things we try to do is we want to be a church 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:34.600 that isn't only referencing the gospel 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:36.100 or considering the gospel. 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:37.959 We want to be a church that really, 00:06:38.220 --> 00:06:39.639 our lives and as a church, 00:06:39.740 --> 00:06:41.199 we are centered on the gospel. 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:43.639 We are empowered by the gospel. 00:06:44.180 --> 00:06:45.519 So another way of saying that is, 00:06:46.139 --> 00:06:46.779 as a church, 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:48.819 we really do believe that the commands 00:06:48.819 --> 00:06:51.120 and the instructions that Jesus gives us, 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:52.939 all the things we find in the Bible, 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:54.259 these are good things. 00:06:54.620 --> 00:06:55.759 These are important things. 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:57.719 We really do want to follow Jesus. 00:06:58.199 --> 00:07:00.459 We really do want to live lives that honor Him 00:07:00.459 --> 00:07:01.599 and glorify Him. 00:07:01.939 --> 00:07:02.459 Jesus said, 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:04.019 Be holy as I am holy. 00:07:04.279 --> 00:07:05.420 We want to do that. 00:07:05.819 --> 00:07:06.939 But at the same time, 00:07:07.159 --> 00:07:10.459 we want to be empowered by the gospel. 00:07:10.620 --> 00:07:13.079 And we've realized the only way we can live the lives 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:14.099 that God has called us to 00:07:14.099 --> 00:07:16.779 is from deep meditation, 00:07:17.139 --> 00:07:18.079 deep reflection, 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:20.099 and deep heartfelt response 00:07:20.099 --> 00:07:21.599 to who God is 00:07:21.599 --> 00:07:22.920 and the good news of the gospel. 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:25.439 And so that's one of the things that, 00:07:25.900 --> 00:07:26.740 as a church, 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:27.640 we're passionate about. 00:07:28.080 --> 00:07:28.860 And that means that, 00:07:28.939 --> 00:07:29.340 as a church, 00:07:29.379 --> 00:07:31.120 we don't just want to consider the gospel 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:33.319 the way into the Christian life. 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:34.900 It's the way of the Christian life. 00:07:34.980 --> 00:07:36.740 It's not just the way you become a Christian. 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:38.980 It's the way that you grow as a Christian 00:07:38.980 --> 00:07:40.420 and become the Christian 00:07:40.420 --> 00:07:41.520 that God has called us to be. 00:07:42.080 --> 00:07:42.600 And so today, 00:07:42.660 --> 00:07:44.900 I want us to explore that a little bit further. 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:46.220 And in order to do that, 00:07:46.540 --> 00:07:48.720 let's just go back and recap 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:50.900 what exactly is the gospel. 00:07:50.899 --> 00:07:52.699 And so one of the things we said last week 00:07:52.699 --> 00:07:55.579 is this good news announcement 00:07:55.579 --> 00:07:57.159 of the good news. 00:07:57.279 --> 00:07:58.639 And the reason it's good news 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:00.579 is because there was prior to that 00:08:00.579 --> 00:08:01.739 some bad news. 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:04.719 And the bad news is our sin, right? 00:08:05.339 --> 00:08:08.399 And sin is not just the bad things we do, 00:08:08.659 --> 00:08:10.399 like lying or stealing 00:08:10.399 --> 00:08:12.239 or being dishonest 00:08:12.239 --> 00:08:13.399 or having an affair. 00:08:13.599 --> 00:08:14.979 Okay, that is a bad thing. 00:08:15.139 --> 00:08:16.039 We shouldn't do that. 00:08:16.419 --> 00:08:17.679 Okay, don't do those things. 00:08:17.739 --> 00:08:18.299 That's not good. 00:08:18.899 --> 00:08:20.639 But sin is actually far more than that. 00:08:21.079 --> 00:08:23.339 Sin is the orientation of our hearts 00:08:23.339 --> 00:08:24.219 that says, 00:08:24.500 --> 00:08:26.419 I want to be my own God. 00:08:26.939 --> 00:08:28.479 I want to live for myself. 00:08:29.199 --> 00:08:30.159 At its essence, 00:08:30.319 --> 00:08:31.300 sin is a rejection 00:08:31.300 --> 00:08:32.819 of the one true God 00:08:32.819 --> 00:08:33.759 and His role 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:35.799 as being Lord of the world 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:36.899 and Lord of my life, 00:08:37.439 --> 00:08:38.500 God of the world 00:08:38.500 --> 00:08:39.580 and God of my life. 00:08:39.980 --> 00:08:41.120 And at its essence, 00:08:41.259 --> 00:08:41.779 sin is saying, 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:43.279 I want to be my own God. 00:08:43.379 --> 00:08:44.679 I want to be my own Lord. 00:08:44.679 --> 00:08:46.700 I want to be in control of my life. 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:50.439 And ever since sin entered the world, 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:52.300 that has been the default position 00:08:52.300 --> 00:08:53.840 of every human being. 00:08:54.340 --> 00:08:55.660 It's the root cause 00:08:55.660 --> 00:08:56.740 behind everything else 00:08:56.740 --> 00:08:57.340 that goes wrong. 00:08:57.640 --> 00:08:58.620 It's the infection 00:08:58.620 --> 00:09:00.200 behind the fever, right? 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:01.220 It's the cancer 00:09:01.220 --> 00:09:02.380 behind the headache. 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:04.300 It's the underlying issue. 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:06.360 And so every horizontal 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:07.400 and human problem 00:09:07.400 --> 00:09:08.160 we see in the world 00:09:08.160 --> 00:09:09.100 is symptomatic 00:09:09.100 --> 00:09:10.880 of a deeper real issue, 00:09:11.300 --> 00:09:12.280 which is that our lives 00:09:12.280 --> 00:09:13.000 are out of sync 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:14.060 with the God that made us 00:09:14.060 --> 00:09:15.160 to be in relationship with Him 00:09:15.160 --> 00:09:16.240 because we want to be 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:16.840 our own gods. 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:18.620 And to this problem, 00:09:19.019 --> 00:09:20.860 the stunning announcement 00:09:20.860 --> 00:09:22.240 of the good news 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:22.860 of the gospel 00:09:22.860 --> 00:09:24.320 rushes in 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:25.460 with incredible force 00:09:25.460 --> 00:09:26.259 that says, 00:09:26.740 --> 00:09:27.560 Jesus lived the life 00:09:27.560 --> 00:09:28.500 that we should have lived. 00:09:29.160 --> 00:09:29.480 Jesus, 00:09:29.660 --> 00:09:30.700 by dying the death 00:09:30.700 --> 00:09:31.780 that we should have died, 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:33.120 took the punishment 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:33.720 for our sin 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:34.639 upon Himself. 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:36.139 God poured it out 00:09:36.139 --> 00:09:36.960 upon Jesus 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:38.700 as our substitute. 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:40.000 He took our punishment 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:40.900 in our place. 00:09:41.340 --> 00:09:42.780 And the reason He did this 00:09:42.780 --> 00:09:43.460 is because of 00:09:43.460 --> 00:09:45.820 His profound love for us. 00:09:46.560 --> 00:09:47.940 His incredible love for us. 00:09:48.500 --> 00:09:49.340 That's the essence 00:09:49.340 --> 00:09:49.900 of the gospel. 00:09:50.139 --> 00:09:51.019 Okay, did you get that? 00:09:51.420 --> 00:09:52.200 Does that make sense? 00:09:53.900 --> 00:09:55.160 Okay, this is going 00:09:55.160 --> 00:09:55.820 to be hard work. 00:09:56.100 --> 00:09:56.259 Okay. 00:09:57.620 --> 00:09:58.440 And so, 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:00.000 in light of that, 00:10:00.400 --> 00:10:01.320 what I'm trying 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:02.680 to persuade us of 00:10:02.680 --> 00:10:04.080 in these couple of weeks 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:05.220 is that this 00:10:05.220 --> 00:10:06.639 stunning announcement 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:07.620 of good news 00:10:07.620 --> 00:10:09.060 is not just 00:10:09.060 --> 00:10:09.639 the power 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:10.920 to save us, 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:12.720 it's also the power 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:13.960 that changes us. 00:10:14.540 --> 00:10:14.960 Well, another way 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:15.800 of saying that is 00:10:15.800 --> 00:10:17.500 it's not only necessary 00:10:17.500 --> 00:10:18.300 to believe 00:10:18.300 --> 00:10:19.620 and respond to the gospel 00:10:19.620 --> 00:10:20.580 in order to become 00:10:20.580 --> 00:10:21.120 a Christian. 00:10:21.420 --> 00:10:22.180 Okay, that is important. 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:23.180 You do need to do that. 00:10:23.620 --> 00:10:24.540 But if our lives 00:10:24.540 --> 00:10:25.800 are ever going to become 00:10:25.800 --> 00:10:26.820 anywhere close 00:10:26.820 --> 00:10:27.779 to the kind of lives 00:10:27.779 --> 00:10:28.879 that the Bible describes 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:30.200 or anywhere close 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:31.000 to the kind of lives 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:32.460 that Jesus wants us to have, 00:10:32.940 --> 00:10:33.779 we need to be those 00:10:33.779 --> 00:10:34.820 that are continually 00:10:34.820 --> 00:10:36.139 being shaped 00:10:36.139 --> 00:10:38.040 and formed 00:10:38.040 --> 00:10:39.740 according to that 00:10:39.740 --> 00:10:40.480 good news announcement 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:41.080 of the gospel. 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:42.720 And more and more 00:10:42.720 --> 00:10:43.300 and more 00:10:43.300 --> 00:10:44.440 as the years go by, 00:10:44.560 --> 00:10:45.440 not less 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:46.379 and less and less. 00:10:46.780 --> 00:10:47.540 Okay, that's what 00:10:47.540 --> 00:10:48.520 I'm trying to do 00:10:48.520 --> 00:10:49.360 these couple of weeks. 00:10:49.980 --> 00:10:50.980 And that's why 00:10:50.980 --> 00:10:51.820 the New Testament 00:10:51.820 --> 00:10:53.740 is absolutely full. 00:10:54.460 --> 00:10:54.960 The apostles 00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:56.040 are constantly 00:10:56.040 --> 00:10:57.820 hammering home to us 00:10:57.820 --> 00:10:59.540 that every instruction 00:10:59.540 --> 00:11:00.259 they give us, 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:01.820 everything they ask us 00:11:01.820 --> 00:11:02.220 to do, 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:04.100 always comes back 00:11:04.100 --> 00:11:05.020 to the gospel. 00:11:05.500 --> 00:11:06.879 That's why Paul says 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:07.840 in Romans chapter 1, 00:11:07.900 --> 00:11:08.720 what Victoria read 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:09.360 to us this morning, 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:10.139 he says, 00:11:10.220 --> 00:11:11.259 you Christians in Rome, 00:11:11.460 --> 00:11:12.600 I want to come to you, 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:13.840 I want to strengthen you, 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:14.620 I want to impart 00:11:14.620 --> 00:11:15.820 some spiritual gift to you, 00:11:16.180 --> 00:11:17.379 I want to remind you 00:11:17.379 --> 00:11:18.340 of the gospel. 00:11:18.919 --> 00:11:19.560 I'm not ashamed 00:11:19.560 --> 00:11:20.080 of the gospel, 00:11:20.220 --> 00:11:21.180 it's the power of God 00:11:21.180 --> 00:11:21.800 for salvation. 00:11:21.940 --> 00:11:23.060 But not only for salvation, 00:11:23.500 --> 00:11:24.779 but also to change us. 00:11:25.100 --> 00:11:25.899 It's why Paul writes 00:11:25.899 --> 00:11:26.419 in Corinthians, 00:11:26.860 --> 00:11:27.100 he says, 00:11:27.159 --> 00:11:28.539 now I want to remind you, 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:29.639 brothers and sisters, 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:30.800 of the gospel. 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:32.220 That Jesus died 00:11:32.220 --> 00:11:33.100 as the scripture said, 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:34.120 that he rose again 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:35.060 as the scripture said 00:11:35.060 --> 00:11:35.340 he would. 00:11:35.779 --> 00:11:36.420 It's why 00:11:36.419 --> 00:11:39.219 when Paul in 2 Corinthians 8 00:11:39.219 --> 00:11:40.839 wants to encourage 00:11:40.839 --> 00:11:41.319 the Christians 00:11:41.319 --> 00:11:42.079 to be generous 00:11:42.079 --> 00:11:42.919 with their money, 00:11:43.439 --> 00:11:44.279 he comes back 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:44.779 to the gospel. 00:11:45.219 --> 00:11:45.539 He says, 00:11:45.779 --> 00:11:46.500 remember how 00:11:46.500 --> 00:11:48.279 God left heaven 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:49.620 and became poor 00:11:49.620 --> 00:11:50.299 for your sake 00:11:50.299 --> 00:11:51.259 and said you can be 00:11:51.259 --> 00:11:52.399 rich in Jesus. 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:53.839 Your riches aren't found 00:11:53.839 --> 00:11:54.639 in your bank account, 00:11:55.019 --> 00:11:55.939 it's found that you're 00:11:55.939 --> 00:11:56.519 in Jesus. 00:11:57.240 --> 00:11:57.879 It's why 00:11:57.879 --> 00:11:59.379 when Peter writes 00:11:59.379 --> 00:12:00.879 to the Christians 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:01.299 and says, 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:02.240 I want you to share 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:02.779 the gospel 00:12:02.779 --> 00:12:03.939 with those that don't know it. 00:12:03.940 --> 00:12:05.500 But don't do it arrogantly. 00:12:05.800 --> 00:12:06.620 Don't do it like 00:12:06.620 --> 00:12:07.380 you're superior 00:12:07.380 --> 00:12:08.260 or better than them. 00:12:08.740 --> 00:12:09.520 Do it humbly. 00:12:10.020 --> 00:12:10.660 Do it gently. 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:11.620 Why? 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:13.860 Because Jesus died for you 00:12:13.860 --> 00:12:14.560 and you didn't have it 00:12:14.560 --> 00:12:14.840 all together. 00:12:14.980 --> 00:12:15.920 Every single thing 00:12:15.920 --> 00:12:16.560 the Bible says 00:12:16.560 --> 00:12:17.240 comes back 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:18.700 to this gospel. 00:12:19.160 --> 00:12:19.400 Okay, 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:20.920 so that's what 00:12:20.920 --> 00:12:21.480 we're trying to do. 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:22.620 Now today, 00:12:22.700 --> 00:12:23.380 I want us to look 00:12:23.380 --> 00:12:24.240 at this question, 00:12:24.680 --> 00:12:25.480 how does the gospel 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:26.920 actually change us? 00:12:27.560 --> 00:12:28.340 And by the way, 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:29.240 I'd produced some 00:12:29.240 --> 00:12:30.100 very beautiful 00:12:30.100 --> 00:12:31.060 PowerPoint slides. 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:32.360 They were amazing. 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:34.080 And I uploaded 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:34.899 the wrong ones 00:12:34.899 --> 00:12:35.480 to the website. 00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:36.600 And so, 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:38.259 Henry and Christina 00:12:38.259 --> 00:12:39.340 put some slides together 00:12:39.340 --> 00:12:39.759 and so, 00:12:39.860 --> 00:12:40.300 I'm sorry, 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:41.340 some of the quotes 00:12:41.340 --> 00:12:42.340 that aren't there today. 00:12:42.940 --> 00:12:43.759 You just kind of 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:44.740 have to pay extra attention 00:12:44.740 --> 00:12:45.519 to listen to me. 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:45.740 Okay, 00:12:46.060 --> 00:12:47.139 so maybe I should 00:12:47.139 --> 00:12:47.800 do that more often. 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:48.580 So, 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:49.399 how does the gospel 00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:50.060 change us? 00:12:50.220 --> 00:12:50.379 Well, 00:12:50.460 --> 00:12:51.000 three ways. 00:12:51.460 --> 00:12:52.259 The gospel gives us 00:12:52.259 --> 00:12:53.240 a new identity 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:54.480 that is not based 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:55.220 on performance. 00:12:56.019 --> 00:12:57.279 The gospel drives, 00:12:57.460 --> 00:12:58.180 it gives us, 00:12:58.840 --> 00:12:59.279 how do I say, 00:12:59.340 --> 00:12:59.680 it gives us 00:12:59.680 --> 00:13:00.220 humility 00:13:00.220 --> 00:13:01.639 that drives out pride. 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:02.740 And the gospel 00:13:02.740 --> 00:13:03.759 gives us a love 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:05.019 that drives out fear 00:13:05.019 --> 00:13:05.799 and insecurity. 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:06.639 Okay, 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:07.580 so firstly, 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:08.879 the gospel gives us 00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:09.939 a new identity. 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:12.100 500 years ago, 00:13:12.299 --> 00:13:14.039 there was this German monk 00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:15.480 called Martin Luther 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:17.740 and he was grappling 00:13:17.740 --> 00:13:18.620 with the gospel. 00:13:18.819 --> 00:13:19.340 And in fact, 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:20.840 the verse that Victoria 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:21.439 read to us, 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:22.439 Romans chapter 1, 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:23.699 verse 17 and 18, 00:13:23.879 --> 00:13:24.659 was the verse 00:13:24.659 --> 00:13:26.019 that changed his whole life. 00:13:26.860 --> 00:13:27.840 He was meditating 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:28.600 on this verse 00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:30.600 and he suddenly realized 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:31.179 the gospel. 00:13:32.179 --> 00:13:33.559 And Martin Luther 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:34.899 then went 00:13:34.899 --> 00:13:35.819 and was sharing 00:13:35.819 --> 00:13:36.639 the gospel with others 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:38.259 and he lit a bomb 00:13:38.259 --> 00:13:38.819 in Europe. 00:13:38.959 --> 00:13:39.419 He didn't light 00:13:39.419 --> 00:13:40.259 a physical bomb. 00:13:40.699 --> 00:13:41.939 But as he shared 00:13:41.939 --> 00:13:42.479 the gospel, 00:13:42.959 --> 00:13:43.899 the whole of Europe 00:13:43.899 --> 00:13:44.959 was turned on its head. 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:45.819 Now, 00:13:45.859 --> 00:13:47.139 Martin Luther summarized 00:13:47.139 --> 00:13:47.979 the Christian life 00:13:47.979 --> 00:13:48.519 as this. 00:13:48.659 --> 00:13:48.779 Okay, 00:13:48.959 --> 00:13:49.799 you ready for a little 00:13:49.799 --> 00:13:50.539 Latin lesson? 00:13:52.059 --> 00:13:53.059 This is what he said. 00:13:53.779 --> 00:13:54.359 The Christian 00:13:54.359 --> 00:13:56.519 is simul justus 00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:57.959 e precator. 00:13:58.419 --> 00:13:59.059 Did you get that? 00:13:59.059 --> 00:14:00.379 Okay. 00:14:02.579 --> 00:14:03.099 Simultaneously, 00:14:03.779 --> 00:14:04.419 sinful, 00:14:05.059 --> 00:14:06.500 and yet accepted. 00:14:07.199 --> 00:14:08.399 The Christian life 00:14:08.399 --> 00:14:09.079 is somebody 00:14:09.079 --> 00:14:10.459 who is simultaneously 00:14:10.459 --> 00:14:12.179 at one and the same time 00:14:12.179 --> 00:14:13.119 sinful, 00:14:13.819 --> 00:14:14.199 broken, 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:15.319 flawed. 00:14:15.899 --> 00:14:16.399 They don't have it 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:16.919 all together. 00:14:17.419 --> 00:14:18.979 And yet at the same time, 00:14:19.419 --> 00:14:20.019 loved, 00:14:20.539 --> 00:14:21.179 and accepted, 00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:23.199 and cherished by God 00:14:23.199 --> 00:14:24.859 because of who Jesus is 00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:25.840 and what he's done 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:26.340 on the cross. 00:14:27.100 --> 00:14:28.259 So Tim Keller 00:14:28.259 --> 00:14:29.000 very famously 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:30.200 says a simile. 00:14:30.980 --> 00:14:31.320 He says, 00:14:31.779 --> 00:14:32.680 the gospel tells us 00:14:32.680 --> 00:14:34.120 that if I am in Christ, 00:14:34.560 --> 00:14:36.060 at one and the same time, 00:14:36.340 --> 00:14:37.740 I am both more broken 00:14:37.740 --> 00:14:38.720 and sinful 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:39.860 than I could possibly 00:14:39.860 --> 00:14:40.560 think I am. 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:41.539 In other words, 00:14:41.580 --> 00:14:42.399 my heart is more 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:43.080 self-centered, 00:14:43.259 --> 00:14:44.279 self-orientated. 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:45.440 There's more pride 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:45.919 in my heart 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:46.680 than I realize. 00:14:47.220 --> 00:14:48.779 And yet at the same time, 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:50.200 I am more loved, 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:51.519 more accepted, 00:14:51.980 --> 00:14:52.879 more acceptable 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:53.939 to God 00:14:53.939 --> 00:14:55.120 than I could ever 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:55.740 dare, 00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:56.779 possibly, 00:14:56.980 --> 00:14:57.740 even hope 00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:58.779 to be possibly true. 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:00.279 You see, friends, 00:15:00.379 --> 00:15:01.320 apart from the gospel, 00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:02.840 your identity 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:04.159 and your self-worth 00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:05.580 is always going to be 00:15:05.580 --> 00:15:06.639 based on some kind 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:07.460 of performance, 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:09.120 on how well you think 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:09.519 you're doing, 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:10.659 either in God's eyes 00:15:10.659 --> 00:15:12.700 or in the world's eyes 00:15:12.700 --> 00:15:14.439 or in your parents' eyes 00:15:14.439 --> 00:15:16.480 or maybe in your own eyes. 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:17.899 But in the gospel, 00:15:18.019 --> 00:15:19.159 we are given an identity, 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:21.120 a sense of self-worth 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:22.740 that says you're loved 00:15:22.740 --> 00:15:23.560 and accepted 00:15:23.560 --> 00:15:24.860 and acceptable 00:15:24.860 --> 00:15:26.399 despite your flaws 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:27.279 and your shortcomings. 00:15:27.899 --> 00:15:28.860 And it is an identity 00:15:28.860 --> 00:15:30.180 which is not earned 00:15:30.180 --> 00:15:30.960 or achieved 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:32.100 through hard work. 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:33.259 It's not earned 00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:33.720 or achieved 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:34.299 through some kind 00:15:34.299 --> 00:15:34.820 of performance. 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:36.620 It is freely given to you 00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:37.720 because Jesus died 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:38.240 on the cross. 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:39.340 And friends, 00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:41.860 that changes everything. 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:43.060 It changes the way 00:15:43.060 --> 00:15:43.620 that you relate 00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:44.240 to yourself. 00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:45.560 It changes the way 00:15:45.560 --> 00:15:46.440 that you relate to God. 00:15:46.820 --> 00:15:47.840 But it also changes 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:48.680 the way that you relate 00:15:48.680 --> 00:15:50.019 to every other person 00:15:50.019 --> 00:15:50.759 in your life. 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:53.200 So Richard Lovelace, 00:15:53.379 --> 00:15:54.899 who is a seminary professor 00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:55.960 in the U.S., 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:56.939 he said it like this. 00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:57.779 This is one of the quotes 00:15:57.779 --> 00:15:58.639 I'm meant to have up there. 00:15:58.679 --> 00:15:59.080 So you're going to have 00:15:59.080 --> 00:15:59.439 to listen. 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:00.639 He says, 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:01.559 for most Christians, 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:03.679 we intellectually know 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:05.600 that God's acceptance of us 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:06.679 is because of what Jesus 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:07.419 did on the cross. 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:08.059 Okay? 00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:08.899 We know that 00:16:08.899 --> 00:16:09.500 in our heads. 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:11.179 But in our actual 00:16:11.179 --> 00:16:12.720 day-to-day existence, 00:16:13.379 --> 00:16:14.779 most of us still rely 00:16:14.779 --> 00:16:15.679 on our performance 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:16.939 as good Christians 00:16:16.939 --> 00:16:18.539 to assure us 00:16:18.539 --> 00:16:19.240 of God's love 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:19.759 and acceptance. 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:21.439 We rely on either 00:16:21.439 --> 00:16:22.779 our spiritual sincerity 00:16:22.779 --> 00:16:24.799 or our past experience 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:25.460 of conversion 00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:27.139 or maybe our recent 00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:28.200 religious performance 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:30.759 or the relative infrequency 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:32.879 of our conscious sin. 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:34.100 Okay? 00:16:34.520 --> 00:16:34.860 So saying, 00:16:34.940 --> 00:16:35.780 we believe in our heads, 00:16:36.060 --> 00:16:37.120 yes, Jesus died for me, 00:16:37.140 --> 00:16:38.000 I know He loves me, 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:38.840 but actually, 00:16:38.940 --> 00:16:39.600 in the day-to-day 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:40.520 trenches of life, 00:16:40.640 --> 00:16:41.540 Monday to Friday, 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:43.360 what gives me confidence 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:44.180 or assurance 00:16:44.180 --> 00:16:45.460 that God loves me 00:16:45.460 --> 00:16:46.379 is that I think 00:16:46.379 --> 00:16:47.520 I'm not such a bad person. 00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:49.020 Now, friends, 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:49.660 can I just say, 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:51.120 up until a few years ago, 00:16:51.500 --> 00:16:52.600 that absolutely 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:53.800 described my life. 00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:54.780 Absolutely. 00:16:54.779 --> 00:16:57.199 If I had a good week, 00:16:57.559 --> 00:16:58.740 I did my devotions, 00:16:59.299 --> 00:17:00.279 I led a Bible study, 00:17:00.860 --> 00:17:01.740 I led some meeting 00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.519 and it went well, 00:17:03.139 --> 00:17:04.460 I felt good about myself. 00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:06.660 God must really love me. 00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:08.519 He must be so thankful 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:09.539 that I'm on His side. 00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:10.899 I mean, 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.839 I wouldn't say that, 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:13.139 but somewhere in the back 00:17:13.139 --> 00:17:13.519 of my mind, 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:14.000 I thought that. 00:17:14.099 --> 00:17:14.639 And sure, 00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:16.139 a tinge of self-righteousness, 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:16.420 right? 00:17:17.339 --> 00:17:18.440 But if I had a bad week, 00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:19.879 some sin, 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:21.740 didn't do my devotion 00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:22.259 so well, 00:17:22.460 --> 00:17:22.660 oh, 00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:24.039 felt miserable. 00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.920 What Richard Loveless 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:26.399 is saying, 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:27.940 how easy it is 00:17:27.940 --> 00:17:28.759 for his Christians 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:29.480 to believe 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:30.460 that we need the gospel 00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:31.579 to become a Christian, 00:17:31.779 --> 00:17:32.759 but from there on out, 00:17:33.059 --> 00:17:33.579 we operate 00:17:33.579 --> 00:17:34.639 by a different principle, 00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:35.559 which is that 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:36.879 we look inside of ourselves. 00:17:37.379 --> 00:17:37.779 Yesterday, 00:17:37.899 --> 00:17:38.759 I was walking in the street 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.839 and I walked past a lady 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.740 who wore a t-shirt 00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.720 and it said, 00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:43.480 look for the inner peace 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:44.559 inside of yourself. 00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:46.119 And I wanted to grip her 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:46.319 and say, 00:17:46.399 --> 00:17:47.019 no, no, no, 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:48.000 don't do that. 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:49.339 That's a terrible idea. 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:51.480 What Richard Loveless 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:52.379 then goes on to say 00:17:52.379 --> 00:17:52.660 is this. 00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:53.079 Listen up, 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:53.879 this is so important. 00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:54.700 It says, 00:17:54.779 --> 00:17:56.119 Christians who are not sure 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:57.099 of God's love 00:17:57.099 --> 00:17:58.720 and that God accepts them 00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:59.259 in Jesus, 00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:01.779 apart from some spiritual performance, 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:03.700 are subconsciously 00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:06.180 radically insecure persons. 00:18:07.180 --> 00:18:08.000 Oh my goodness. 00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:08.440 Friends, 00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:09.480 am I the only one 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:10.279 that that describes? 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:12.500 I think not. 00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:13.759 Friends, 00:18:13.899 --> 00:18:15.539 until I understood the gospel 00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:17.119 clearly a few years ago, 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:18.839 I was radically, 00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:19.740 radically insecure. 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:20.759 Now, 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:21.200 as a Christian, 00:18:21.299 --> 00:18:22.339 I would do all the right things. 00:18:22.339 --> 00:18:24.559 I acted like a fantastic Christian, 00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:26.199 but deep inside, 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:28.000 I was so radically insecure 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:29.799 because I wasn't assured 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:30.759 of the, 00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:32.179 despite the fact that I'm sinful, 00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:33.279 God loves me. 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:35.339 So what does that actually mean? 00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.079 Friends, 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:36.579 in the gospel, 00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:37.579 you and I are given 00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:38.879 the truth 00:18:38.879 --> 00:18:39.839 that while it's true, 00:18:39.899 --> 00:18:40.819 we are flawed and broken. 00:18:40.939 --> 00:18:42.179 At one and the same time, 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:43.599 we are unbelievably loved. 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:45.419 Not because of what we've done, 00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:46.500 but because of what Jesus 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:47.480 has done for us 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:48.639 in the gospel. 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:50.040 So what does that mean? 00:18:51.080 --> 00:18:51.460 Many, 00:18:51.600 --> 00:18:52.080 many years ago, 00:18:52.140 --> 00:18:53.000 there was a guy called 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.840 Jonathan Edwards, 00:18:54.120 --> 00:18:56.240 one of America's greatest 00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:57.880 theologians and pastors. 00:18:58.040 --> 00:18:58.780 He was a theologian 00:18:58.780 --> 00:19:00.040 at Yale University. 00:19:00.620 --> 00:19:01.600 And he wrote this book 00:19:01.600 --> 00:19:03.160 about 300 years ago 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:03.740 called 00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:05.460 The Nature of True Virtue. 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:07.920 Virtue means morality or ethic, 00:19:08.020 --> 00:19:09.320 the nature of good behavior. 00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.740 And in this book, 00:19:10.800 --> 00:19:11.800 he says that 00:19:11.800 --> 00:19:13.480 for most of us, 00:19:14.020 --> 00:19:15.460 the motivation that we have 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.640 for it to be moral 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:18.160 or ethical or virtuous 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:20.140 is we appeal to either 00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:22.720 pride or fear. 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:24.620 And he gives an example. 00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:25.000 He says, 00:19:25.080 --> 00:19:26.220 how do we teach people 00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:27.020 to be honest 00:19:27.020 --> 00:19:28.200 or to be truth-telling? 00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:29.920 How do we teach our children 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:30.840 to tell the truth? 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:31.640 Well, 00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:32.920 we often say something like, 00:19:33.320 --> 00:19:33.560 you know, 00:19:33.620 --> 00:19:34.900 you really should tell the truth. 00:19:35.120 --> 00:19:35.960 Don't lie 00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:37.200 because one day 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:38.300 somebody will catch you 00:19:38.300 --> 00:19:39.700 and then 00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:41.380 bad things are going to happen. 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:42.980 Then nobody will trust you anymore. 00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:43.660 Okay? 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:46.140 So we appeal to a sense of fear. 00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:47.259 Don't lie 00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:48.380 because the consequences 00:19:48.380 --> 00:19:49.140 will be bad. 00:19:49.780 --> 00:19:50.060 Now, 00:19:50.120 --> 00:19:51.000 we do this in contemporary 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.820 Christianity as well. 00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:52.980 We say to people things like, 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:54.460 don't have sex 00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:55.440 outside of marriage. 00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:57.060 Don't sleep with your girlfriend 00:19:57.060 --> 00:19:57.520 because, 00:19:57.780 --> 00:19:58.020 you know, 00:19:58.259 --> 00:19:59.360 someone may fall pregnant 00:19:59.360 --> 00:20:00.420 and then, 00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:00.680 you know, 00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:01.759 you may drop out of college 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.920 or out of high school 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:04.060 and then you won't get the job 00:20:04.060 --> 00:20:04.800 that you want 00:20:04.800 --> 00:20:06.500 and your life will just be difficult. 00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:08.100 So don't sleep around 00:20:08.100 --> 00:20:08.960 outside of marriage. 00:20:09.120 --> 00:20:09.200 Okay? 00:20:09.300 --> 00:20:10.380 Or don't sleep around 00:20:10.380 --> 00:20:10.900 outside of marriage. 00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:12.300 You might contract some disease. 00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:14.040 So we use fear 00:20:14.040 --> 00:20:14.900 as a motivation. 00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:16.180 Or, 00:20:16.360 --> 00:20:17.140 we use pride 00:20:17.140 --> 00:20:17.820 as a motivation. 00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:18.280 We say, 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.920 don't lie, 00:20:20.100 --> 00:20:21.080 don't be dishonest 00:20:21.080 --> 00:20:21.980 because one day 00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:23.340 somebody will catch you out 00:20:23.340 --> 00:20:24.660 and then everyone will know 00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:25.400 that you're a liar. 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:27.259 No one will trust you anymore. 00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.580 You'll bring shame 00:20:28.580 --> 00:20:29.259 on your family. 00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.800 Then your reputation 00:20:30.800 --> 00:20:31.480 will be gone. 00:20:31.840 --> 00:20:32.380 So we appeal 00:20:32.380 --> 00:20:33.660 to some kind of pride. 00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:34.400 We think, 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.300 don't do that 00:20:35.300 --> 00:20:36.460 because you're better than that. 00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:37.980 That's not what Murphys do. 00:20:38.280 --> 00:20:38.440 Right? 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:39.220 I remember my dad 00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:39.960 growing up saying, 00:20:40.080 --> 00:20:40.500 Murphys, 00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:41.580 we don't lie. 00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:41.880 Right? 00:20:42.580 --> 00:20:43.640 We're better than that. 00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:44.640 Those guys down there, 00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:44.980 maybe. 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:46.160 But us Murphys, 00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:47.019 we don't do that. 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:49.279 Now, 00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:50.400 motivating somebody 00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:51.299 out of fear 00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:52.440 and pride 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:54.340 isn't necessarily wrong, 00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:56.320 but it's just ineffective. 00:20:57.140 --> 00:20:58.140 It doesn't change 00:20:58.140 --> 00:20:59.240 the inner driver 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:00.080 or the motivation 00:21:00.080 --> 00:21:00.880 of my heart. 00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:01.620 Now, 00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:02.580 it's not necessarily wrong 00:21:02.580 --> 00:21:03.480 to warn somebody 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:04.340 of the consequences 00:21:04.340 --> 00:21:05.259 of their actions, 00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.799 but just think about this. 00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:07.720 If I tell somebody, 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.700 don't lie, 00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:10.119 don't be dishonest 00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:10.900 because one day 00:21:10.900 --> 00:21:12.059 they're going to catch you out, 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:14.559 that can stop me lying, 00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.799 but it doesn't make me 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.799 love truth. 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.720 It doesn't make me 00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.720 love honesty. 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:20.279 If I tell somebody, 00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.680 don't sleep around 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.519 because there might be 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.480 bad consequences, 00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:25.779 I might constrain 00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:26.579 or restrain 00:21:26.579 --> 00:21:27.379 their behavior, 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:29.359 but that doesn't deal 00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:30.640 with the lust in the heart. 00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.839 That doesn't deal 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.599 with the addictions 00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.319 in my heart. 00:21:33.879 --> 00:21:34.779 It might restrain 00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.339 my behavior 00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:36.000 so I act like 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.599 a good Christian 00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:37.599 and do the right things, 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:39.399 but the sin 00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:40.740 and the self-centeredness 00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.319 of my heart 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:42.119 is still intact. 00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:43.019 In fact, 00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.639 if anything, 00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:44.720 it's strengthened 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:46.500 because I appeal 00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.539 to my self-centeredness. 00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:47.779 I say, 00:21:47.859 --> 00:21:48.279 you want to live 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.940 a good life? 00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.379 Well, 00:21:49.399 --> 00:21:50.139 then don't do this, 00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:50.680 don't do this, 00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.119 don't do this. 00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:52.759 You'll have a successful life. 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:54.940 I look to my own interests 00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:56.379 to think of myself 00:21:56.379 --> 00:21:57.539 as a better person 00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.460 and I strengthen 00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:59.460 the self-centeredness 00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.079 in my heart. 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:02.139 I can stop somebody lying, 00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:03.440 but that doesn't make them 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:04.579 love truth and honesty. 00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.940 I can stop somebody 00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:06.700 sleeping around, 00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:08.119 but that doesn't dismantle 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:09.299 the lust or the addiction 00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:10.740 in our hearts. 00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:12.899 So how are we really 00:22:12.899 --> 00:22:13.660 going to change? 00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:16.240 The Bible says 00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:17.099 that the gospel 00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:17.839 needs to get hold 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.559 of our hearts. 00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:19.879 The gospel needs 00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:20.680 to get hold of our hearts. 00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:22.259 In the book of Titus 00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:23.059 in the New Testament, 00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.660 the Apostle Paul 00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:25.779 writes to the readers 00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.500 and he says this, 00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.900 I want you to say no 00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:29.420 to ungodliness 00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:30.539 and worldly passions 00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:32.160 and to say yes 00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:33.740 to self-controlled, 00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.460 upright, 00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:35.380 godly lives. 00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.099 Okay, 00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:37.000 so that's a good thing. 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.619 As Christians, 00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.420 if you're a believer 00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:38.940 this morning, 00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:40.019 that's what we want. 00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:41.160 No to ungodliness 00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:42.079 and worldly passions. 00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:43.920 Yes to a self-controlled, 00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:44.480 upright, 00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.259 godly life. 00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:45.519 Okay? 00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:47.200 Now think about this. 00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:48.160 Think about all the 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.799 different ways 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:50.160 that you can tell yourself 00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:51.200 to say no 00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:52.680 to ungodliness 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:54.220 and worldly desires. 00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:56.060 You can say no 00:22:56.060 --> 00:22:57.180 because it'll make me 00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:57.700 look bad. 00:22:58.380 --> 00:22:59.500 You can say no 00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.380 because then I'll be 00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:01.420 excluded from certain 00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.259 social circles 00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:03.340 that I want to belong to. 00:23:03.820 --> 00:23:05.000 You can say no 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:06.360 to doing the wrong things 00:23:06.360 --> 00:23:07.320 because then God 00:23:07.320 --> 00:23:07.940 will not give me 00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.820 health and wealth 00:23:08.820 --> 00:23:09.380 and happiness. 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.980 You can say no, 00:23:11.040 --> 00:23:11.720 I'm not going to do 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.600 those bad things 00:23:12.600 --> 00:23:13.340 because then one day 00:23:13.340 --> 00:23:13.920 I'll go to hell. 00:23:14.600 --> 00:23:15.860 You can say no 00:23:15.860 --> 00:23:16.840 because then I'll hate 00:23:16.840 --> 00:23:17.680 myself in the morning 00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:19.680 and my self-esteem 00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.320 will go down. 00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:23.240 All of those things 00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:25.220 appeal to a self-centeredness 00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:26.180 and they keep 00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:27.019 the self-centeredness 00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:28.180 of my life still intact. 00:23:29.060 --> 00:23:30.120 But look at how Paul 00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:30.940 calls Christians 00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:32.200 to change. 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:33.560 Paul says 00:23:33.560 --> 00:23:35.180 it's the grace of God 00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:35.960 in the salvation 00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.580 of Jesus 00:23:36.580 --> 00:23:38.460 that teaches us 00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:39.720 or trains us 00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.880 or coaches us 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.940 to say no 00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.779 to ungodliness 00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.980 and worldly desires 00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:45.460 and yes 00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:47.240 to self-controlled, 00:23:47.580 --> 00:23:48.019 upright, 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.160 godly lives. 00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.720 You see what he's saying? 00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:51.940 He's saying 00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:53.160 it's the grace 00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:53.580 of God 00:23:53.580 --> 00:23:54.320 in Jesus 00:23:54.320 --> 00:23:55.720 that coaches 00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.740 or trains our hearts 00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.940 that reorientates 00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.580 our hearts 00:23:58.580 --> 00:23:59.259 away from 00:23:59.259 --> 00:24:00.320 a self-centeredness 00:24:00.320 --> 00:24:01.600 to saying yes 00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:02.220 to God, 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.420 yes to loving 00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:04.100 those around me 00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:05.039 and yes to the life 00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.920 that God wants me to. 00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:07.320 And how does he define 00:24:07.320 --> 00:24:08.299 this grace of God 00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.820 and salvation? 00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.759 Well in chapter 3 00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.560 he goes on and says 00:24:10.560 --> 00:24:11.940 God saved us 00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:13.019 not because of 00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.640 righteous things 00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:14.340 we've done 00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:15.320 but because of 00:24:15.320 --> 00:24:16.120 his mercy. 00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:17.320 See another way 00:24:17.320 --> 00:24:17.920 of saying that is 00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:19.220 it's God's profound 00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.220 love for us 00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:21.580 expressed in the gospel 00:24:21.580 --> 00:24:22.960 that gives our hearts 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:24.100 such a security 00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:25.200 such a peace 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.900 and a confidence 00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:27.019 that it changes 00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:28.180 not only our behavior 00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:29.720 it changes the inner 00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.779 workings of my heart. 00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:32.180 It makes me the kind 00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:33.200 of person that wants 00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:33.920 to tell the truth. 00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.960 It makes me the kind 00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.900 of person that wants 00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.940 to say no to lust 00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.420 and addiction. 00:24:37.820 --> 00:24:38.519 It makes me the kind 00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.480 of person that wants 00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.240 to be the person 00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.700 that Jesus wants me to be. 00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.820 Not just somebody 00:24:42.820 --> 00:24:43.519 that behaves 00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.360 in a Christian way 00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:46.060 but actually reorientates 00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:47.220 the inner workings 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.919 of my heart. 00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:49.099 Paul is saying 00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.819 friends if you want 00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.659 true change 00:24:50.659 --> 00:24:51.839 you must let the truth 00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.639 of the gospel 00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:54.460 train our hearts. 00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:58.480 Say no to ungodliness 00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:59.619 yes to him 00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.940 let the grace of God 00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:02.139 that brings salvation 00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:03.279 train us 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:04.460 to say no to ungodliness. 00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.519 Friends when we let 00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.579 our hearts to be trained 00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.179 by the gospel 00:25:08.179 --> 00:25:09.419 through deep meditation 00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:10.559 and reflection upon it 00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.500 two things happen. 00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.940 The first is 00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:14.179 it gives us a humility 00:25:14.179 --> 00:25:15.639 that drives out pride. 00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.559 See the gospel 00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.259 gives us a new 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.220 kind of humility. 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.240 A humility 00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.700 that dislodges us 00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.579 from being the center 00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.500 of our lives 00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.240 because the gospel 00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.940 tells us 00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.440 Kevin 00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.579 you're more sinful 00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.399 than you realize. 00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.779 You're actually not all 00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.679 that you think you are. 00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:31.399 And that dislodges 00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:32.940 the pride in my heart. 00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.599 I remember a few years ago 00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:36.379 reading Scotty Smith 00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:37.440 if you've never read him 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:39.139 he's an amazing blogger 00:25:39.139 --> 00:25:40.159 find Scotty Smith. 00:25:40.659 --> 00:25:41.500 I remember a few years ago 00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.139 reading an article 00:25:42.139 --> 00:25:42.899 by Scotty Smith 00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:44.179 in which he talks 00:25:44.179 --> 00:25:44.559 about the way 00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.599 that the Apostle Paul 00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.720 updates his 00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.960 professional resume 00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:49.000 throughout the New Testament. 00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.799 Anybody here 00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:51.279 updated your resume 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:52.000 recently? 00:25:52.659 --> 00:25:53.059 If your boss 00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.720 is sitting next to you 00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.480 don't raise your hand. 00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.980 Water marks off 00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.759 don't raise your hand. 00:25:59.139 --> 00:25:59.579 Anyone? 00:25:59.779 --> 00:25:59.980 Okay. 00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.539 The Apostle Paul 00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.720 throughout the New Testament 00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.819 updates his 00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.700 professional resume. 00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.899 Look at what he says. 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:08.119 In 57 AD 00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:08.720 he says 00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.519 I'm the least 00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.519 of all the apostles. 00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:12.059 1 Corinthians 15. 00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:13.679 3 years later 00:26:13.679 --> 00:26:14.519 in 60 AD 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.079 he says 00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:16.679 I am the least 00:26:16.679 --> 00:26:18.139 of all of God's people. 00:26:18.679 --> 00:26:19.359 Ephesians 3. 00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:21.139 3 years later 00:26:21.139 --> 00:26:22.379 63 AD 00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:23.119 he says 00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:24.240 I am the chief 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:25.019 of sinners. 00:26:26.179 --> 00:26:27.240 Now if you know 00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.740 anything about 00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.419 the Apostle Paul 00:26:28.419 --> 00:26:30.079 this humility 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.700 that the gospel 00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.460 produced in him 00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.339 wasn't because 00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:33.019 he is a naturally 00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.819 humble person. 00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:34.440 Okay. 00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:35.799 In Ephesians 00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.619 in the Philippians 00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.419 it tells us 00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:38.519 what an arrogant 00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.500 self-centered person 00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:39.859 he was 00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:40.639 before he encountered 00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:41.040 Jesus. 00:26:41.540 --> 00:26:42.460 He was bent 00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.580 on destroying 00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:44.320 anyone that 00:26:44.320 --> 00:26:45.080 disagreed with him. 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:46.360 He went to the courts 00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:46.700 and said 00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.880 got a court order 00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.900 to arrest 00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.860 and persecute 00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:50.680 and throw in jail 00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.700 anybody 00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.420 that wanted 00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:53.200 to follow Jesus. 00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.600 Anyone that wasn't 00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:55.020 like him 00:26:55.020 --> 00:26:55.740 that disagreed 00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.080 with him 00:26:56.080 --> 00:26:57.280 he hated them 00:26:57.280 --> 00:26:58.000 he wanted them 00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.460 in jail 00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.300 he wanted nothing 00:26:59.300 --> 00:26:59.980 to do with them. 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.220 But when he 00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:02.400 encounters the grace 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.840 of God 00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:03.540 in the gospel 00:27:03.540 --> 00:27:04.780 what happens? 00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:06.080 Something changes 00:27:06.080 --> 00:27:06.720 inside of him. 00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:07.680 He doesn't just 00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.340 put on Christian 00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:08.840 behavior 00:27:08.840 --> 00:27:10.000 he doesn't just say 00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:11.000 I guess I better 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.859 act humble now. 00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:13.180 Something inside 00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:14.059 the inner driving 00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.599 of his life 00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.160 changes. 00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.500 The gospel 00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.099 gave him 00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:18.000 a humility 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:19.039 that drove out 00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.539 the pride 00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.019 of his life 00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.779 and continued 00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.400 to do so 00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.940 as he got 00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.660 older and older. 00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.960 The more 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.680 that he grew 00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.279 in the gospel 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.400 the more humble 00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:27.539 he became. 00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:31.220 The gospel 00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.720 friends 00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.259 produces 00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.839 a different 00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.900 kind of person 00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.859 a genuine 00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.740 gentleness 00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.720 and a humility 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:36.839 humility 00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:38.339 because such 00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:38.819 a person 00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.220 is seen 00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.720 inside 00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.100 their own 00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:40.480 heart 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.120 and knows 00:27:41.120 --> 00:27:41.680 what it is 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.019 that they've 00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.559 been saved 00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.039 from. 00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.220 Remember the 00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:45.019 famous C.S. Lewis 00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.420 quote? 00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.299 He says 00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.160 being humble 00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:47.900 isn't thinking 00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:48.900 less of yourself 00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.559 it's thinking 00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.339 about yourself 00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:50.779 less. 00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.440 Okay? 00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.579 So you might 00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.880 begin to think 00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:54.339 I'm a really 00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:55.059 humble person 00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.480 because I'm 00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:55.680 just 00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.259 I think of 00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.500 myself 00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.279 so miserable 00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:58.360 I'm such a 00:27:58.360 --> 00:27:58.539 sinner 00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.059 I'm such a 00:27:59.059 --> 00:27:59.339 loser 00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:00.319 no one could 00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:01.140 ever love me 00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:02.380 woe is me 00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:03.299 friends that's 00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.759 not a humble 00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.100 person 00:28:04.100 --> 00:28:04.660 that's a proud 00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:05.100 person 00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:05.939 you're still 00:28:05.939 --> 00:28:06.459 thinking about 00:28:06.459 --> 00:28:06.980 yourself all 00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.399 the time 00:28:07.399 --> 00:28:08.679 a genuinely 00:28:08.679 --> 00:28:09.639 humble person 00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.299 is someone 00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.899 that's forgotten 00:28:10.899 --> 00:28:11.500 about themselves 00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.339 all together 00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:14.339 and the gospel 00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:14.919 does that 00:28:14.919 --> 00:28:15.579 because it says 00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.279 yes you're a 00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.399 sinner 00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:17.079 yes you're 00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.319 broken 00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:17.699 but at the 00:28:17.699 --> 00:28:18.059 same time 00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.439 you loved 00:28:18.439 --> 00:28:18.919 in Jesus 00:28:18.919 --> 00:28:19.939 and you're 00:28:19.939 --> 00:28:20.279 perfectly 00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.779 acceptable 00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.259 by him 00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:22.099 so you don't 00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.579 need to think 00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:22.919 of yourself 00:28:22.919 --> 00:28:23.619 as a miserable 00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.000 loser 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.019 you're loved 00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.619 by Jesus 00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.379 you have an 00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:26.799 identity 00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.419 that's found 00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:27.899 in him 00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:29.639 I'm sure 00:28:29.639 --> 00:28:30.119 my parents 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.740 won't mind 00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.279 me sharing 00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.579 this 00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.919 but if they 00:28:32.919 --> 00:28:33.059 do 00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.619 maybe they'll 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.039 never find 00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.319 out 00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:35.700 so let's 00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.139 just keep 00:28:36.139 --> 00:28:36.639 this between 00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.159 the 200 00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:37.599 of us 00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:37.839 okay 00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:40.279 my parents 00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.720 are the 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.559 greatest parents 00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.319 in the entire 00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.779 world 00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.740 honestly 00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.259 I'm sure 00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.619 you have 00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.039 wonderful 00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.519 parents 00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.339 I've got 00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.679 the best 00:28:46.679 --> 00:28:47.000 parents 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.359 in the whole 00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.659 world 00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:50.220 and growing 00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.539 up 00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.460 the greatest 00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:52.059 mom and dad 00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.519 my dad 00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.339 was a businessman 00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:54.639 for most of his 00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:54.899 life 00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:55.759 fairly 00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.859 successful 00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:58.119 and when my 00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.519 dad turned 00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:58.919 50 00:28:58.919 --> 00:28:59.500 my parents 00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.019 felt God 00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.460 called them 00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:00.839 to move 00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.299 to Asia 00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:01.759 so they 00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.299 moved to Asia 00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:02.799 first to 00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.200 Malaysia 00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.799 Jehor 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.180 Baru 00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:05.419 and then 00:29:05.419 --> 00:29:05.980 Singapore 00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:07.059 and then 00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.659 they were there 00:29:07.659 --> 00:29:08.359 for 6 or 7 00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:08.659 years 00:29:08.659 --> 00:29:09.200 and when my 00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.579 dad was 00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:10.200 about 57 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:11.259 they felt 00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.839 God calling 00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.279 them to move 00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.759 to Vietnam 00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.519 and so they 00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:13.839 moved to 00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.279 Ho Chi Minh 00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.539 City 00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:16.119 and after a 00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:16.399 year 00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:18.440 coincidentally 00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.220 or by God's 00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.480 leading 00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.460 my dad became 00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:21.039 the pastor 00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.779 of this church 00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.839 and they 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.659 led that church 00:29:23.659 --> 00:29:24.379 fantastically 00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.879 this church 00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:25.559 just grew 00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.180 massively 00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:27.259 led it for 00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.759 6 or 7 00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.059 years 00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:29.139 and then they 00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:29.700 moved back 00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.200 to Singapore 00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:31.099 and they were 00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:31.519 in Singapore 00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.659 for 2 or 3 00:29:32.659 --> 00:29:33.119 years 00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.759 and they were 00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.259 and during 00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.700 that time 00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.240 they joined 00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.720 a church 00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.240 that was 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:37.460 so crystal 00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.079 clear on 00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.539 the gospel 00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:39.359 what the gospel 00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:40.440 is and how 00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.000 it changes 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.339 you 00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:43.139 and so for 00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:43.559 2 or 3 00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:43.960 years my 00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.339 parents were 00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:44.819 part of this 00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.200 church and 00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.519 then they 00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.099 moved back 00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.639 to South 00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.000 Africa 00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:48.799 one of the 00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.159 things that 00:29:49.159 --> 00:29:49.579 was so 00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.159 incredible 00:29:50.159 --> 00:29:50.720 for me 00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.220 is to 00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:52.200 see my 00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:52.819 parents 00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.859 then in 00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.220 their mid 00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.859 60s 00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.899 these incredible 00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:56.319 incredible 00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:57.259 people who 00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.740 had loved 00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.379 us so well 00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:58.940 and loved 00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.779 God so well 00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:01.019 these people 00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.399 who are my 00:30:01.399 --> 00:30:02.079 biggest heroes 00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.939 in their 00:30:02.939 --> 00:30:03.819 mid 60s 00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.819 soften 00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:06.259 become more 00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.679 gentle 00:30:06.679 --> 00:30:08.199 more gracious 00:30:08.199 --> 00:30:09.759 more generous 00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:11.099 more humble 00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:12.579 my friends 00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.460 what makes 00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:14.599 a 65 year 00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:15.059 old man 00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.480 that has been 00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.199 successful in 00:30:16.199 --> 00:30:16.519 business 00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.279 successful in 00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:17.759 ministry 00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:19.139 CEO of 00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:19.960 large corporations 00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:21.039 what's going to 00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.639 make someone like 00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.419 that grow in 00:30:22.419 --> 00:30:23.339 humility in their 00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:24.000 mid 60s 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:25.359 most men 00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:25.899 get more 00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:26.519 agitated 00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:26.899 and more 00:30:26.899 --> 00:30:27.379 grumpy 00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:28.179 and more 00:30:28.179 --> 00:30:29.240 cantacorous 00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.779 as they get 00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.000 older 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.640 ladies 00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:31.099 don't 00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.359 nudge 00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:31.839 your husbands 00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.660 you can talk 00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:32.980 about this 00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.359 at home 00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:34.420 but honestly 00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:34.920 most men 00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.480 the older we 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.000 get the more 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.480 grumpy we 00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.839 become 00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:38.740 what's going to 00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.980 make a 65 00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.960 year old man 00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.700 more humble 00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.460 more gracious 00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.359 more generous 00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:44.940 friends I'll tell you 00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.480 what it was 00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:46.660 it was a deep 00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.819 heartfelt reflection 00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.759 and revelation 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.620 and meditation 00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:51.000 on the gospel's 00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.720 penetrating 00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.299 proclamation 00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:53.299 that yes I'm 00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:54.019 simultaneously 00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.680 sinful 00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.920 and yet loved 00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.500 and accepted 00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.620 you see friends 00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.879 often we look 00:30:58.879 --> 00:30:59.399 at Christians 00:30:59.399 --> 00:31:00.559 people look at 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.039 Christians as 00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.919 judgmental and 00:31:01.919 --> 00:31:02.679 bigoted right 00:31:02.679 --> 00:31:04.139 and if I'm honest 00:31:04.139 --> 00:31:05.019 I look back on my 00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:06.139 life with such 00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:06.959 embarrassment and 00:31:06.959 --> 00:31:08.099 shame oh my 00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.659 goodness that was 00:31:08.659 --> 00:31:10.759 me I wish I could 00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.359 go back in the 00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:11.979 years and change 00:31:11.979 --> 00:31:13.359 that and when I 00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:13.899 look back at the 00:31:13.899 --> 00:31:14.719 kind of Christian I 00:31:14.719 --> 00:31:15.739 was I was so 00:31:15.739 --> 00:31:16.679 judgmental and 00:31:16.679 --> 00:31:17.739 bigoted arrogant 00:31:17.739 --> 00:31:19.179 I did all things 00:31:19.179 --> 00:31:19.779 that Christians were 00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:21.159 meant to do but 00:31:21.159 --> 00:31:22.059 man if I'm honest I 00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.739 was such a dork 00:31:22.739 --> 00:31:24.479 about it I knew 00:31:24.479 --> 00:31:25.039 how to act the 00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:26.419 part I looked 00:31:26.419 --> 00:31:27.139 down on those that 00:31:27.139 --> 00:31:27.599 weren't as good 00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.359 as me or I 00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:28.799 didn't think they 00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.259 could get their 00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.919 lives together 00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:31.500 friends what's the 00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.459 antidote to that 00:31:32.459 --> 00:31:33.079 kind of arrogance 00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:34.199 what's the antidote 00:31:34.199 --> 00:31:34.819 to that kind of 00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:36.339 judgmentalism it's 00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:37.399 not following Jesus 00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:38.859 less it's not 00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.799 becoming less 00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.699 committed to Jesus 00:31:40.699 --> 00:31:41.799 it's getting the 00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.779 truth of the gospel 00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.719 deeper into my 00:31:43.719 --> 00:31:44.740 heart it's more of 00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.819 Jesus not less of 00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:47.099 Jesus it's more 00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:47.779 humility and 00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.480 following him not 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.379 less following him 00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:50.779 it's more realization 00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.980 of the sinfulness of 00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.719 my heart and the 00:31:52.719 --> 00:31:53.719 love of Christ that 00:31:53.719 --> 00:31:54.399 he poured out for 00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:55.459 me that's what's 00:31:55.459 --> 00:31:56.099 going to change my 00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:57.379 heart and if I 00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:58.440 dare am allowed 00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:59.500 to say I've 00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.780 seen it probably 00:32:00.780 --> 00:32:01.580 still arrogant and 00:32:01.580 --> 00:32:03.220 still judgmental but 00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:04.060 I know I'm less so 00:32:04.060 --> 00:32:04.800 now than I was a 00:32:04.800 --> 00:32:05.440 few years ago 00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.820 friends when my 00:32:06.820 --> 00:32:07.700 identity and self 00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.460 worth are centered 00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:10.340 on how good I am 00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:11.300 on my performance I 00:32:11.300 --> 00:32:12.120 can't help but look 00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.920 down at those that I 00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.440 think are weaker 00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.640 than me or not as 00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.600 good as me of 00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:16.160 course I'm going to 00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.980 feel superior to 00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:18.440 others but when my 00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:19.380 identity and self 00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:20.220 worth are centered on 00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:21.040 the one who went to 00:32:21.040 --> 00:32:22.360 the cross for me who 00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:23.500 died for me because I 00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.680 was unable to rescue 00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:26.080 and save myself I 00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:26.940 can't look down to 00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.440 those who are 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.880 different at me I 00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:29.740 can't look down on 00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.420 those who practice 00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:31.279 something different to 00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:32.539 me or treat or 00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.320 believe something 00:32:33.320 --> 00:32:34.600 different to me because 00:32:34.600 --> 00:32:35.799 everything that I have 00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:37.400 is by grace and grace 00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:39.019 alone see that the 00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.940 gospel gives us a new 00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.920 identity that isn't 00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:42.100 based on performance and 00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:42.880 it gives us a new 00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:44.759 humility that drives 00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:47.259 out pride third thing 00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:48.920 and final thing how does 00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.960 the gospel change us it 00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:51.140 gives us a love that 00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:52.420 drives our fear and 00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:54.940 insecurity I know we 00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:56.140 spoke about this a lot 00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:57.259 but the gospel gives 00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:58.220 us a real honest 00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.940 assessment of 00:32:58.940 --> 00:33:00.200 ourselves we're 00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:01.600 broken we're sinful 00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:02.680 our hearts are 00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:04.000 disorientated that's 00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:05.500 true but friends if 00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.500 that's all that you 00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.279 think the Bible says 00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:08.300 about you you haven't 00:33:08.300 --> 00:33:09.080 understood the gospel 00:33:09.080 --> 00:33:09.480 and you haven't 00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.340 understood Christianity 00:33:10.340 --> 00:33:11.580 because the gospel 00:33:11.580 --> 00:33:12.640 says that while that 00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:14.180 is true at the same 00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:16.039 time we are so 00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:19.480 extravagantly I'm 00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.120 trying to think of 00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:21.180 adjectives to describe 00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:23.920 this super extravagantly 00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:26.220 abundantly loved and 00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:27.960 accepted not because of 00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:29.120 what we've done but 00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:30.060 because of what Jesus 00:33:30.060 --> 00:33:31.880 has done over and 00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:32.920 against us the gospel 00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:34.440 screams at us it's a 00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.980 loud halo it says God's 00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:37.840 extravagant love for you 00:33:37.840 --> 00:33:39.820 and I his radical 00:33:39.820 --> 00:33:41.100 acceptance and pleasure 00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:43.500 at us God's love for us 00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:45.039 isn't based on anything 00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:46.500 that I've done but based 00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.799 purely on what Jesus 00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:49.680 done God's love for us 00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:50.720 friends isn't based 00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.820 because of what's found 00:33:51.820 --> 00:33:53.220 in my life or my 00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:54.580 heart or my performance 00:33:54.580 --> 00:33:56.680 it's based solely because 00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.560 of what's found in his 00:33:57.560 --> 00:33:59.039 heart and that's never 00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:01.580 going to change if I'm 00:34:01.580 --> 00:34:02.620 honest I think up until 00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:03.900 a year and a half ago I 00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:05.019 didn't fully understand 00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:06.560 this I remember about a 00:34:06.560 --> 00:34:07.360 year and a half ago 00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:08.960 saying I was praying a 00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.460 prayer and I remember 00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:11.119 saying God I know you 00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.079 love me because that's 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:13.820 your job but I don't 00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.920 know if you really like 00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:16.659 me I don't know if you 00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:18.800 really please with me and 00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:19.640 as I was praying and I 00:34:19.640 --> 00:34:20.560 felt like God just say 00:34:20.560 --> 00:34:21.500 to me Kevin do you 00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.500 think I love you because 00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:23.640 of what's in your heart 00:34:23.640 --> 00:34:24.640 or because of what's in 00:34:24.640 --> 00:34:26.660 my heart and I 00:34:26.660 --> 00:34:29.019 realized God's love for 00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:30.480 me his acceptance of me 00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.740 is not based because of 00:34:31.740 --> 00:34:33.660 what's in my heart my 00:34:33.660 --> 00:34:34.640 heart is rotten and 00:34:34.640 --> 00:34:36.519 sinful it's based because 00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.519 of what's in his heart 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:39.680 and his heart is rock 00:34:39.680 --> 00:34:40.940 solid and steadfast and 00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.600 it's never going to 00:34:41.600 --> 00:34:44.280 change friends that is 00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:46.460 going to change us forever 00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:47.860 I don't know if any of 00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:49.420 us have ever been in a 00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.500 relationship where the 00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.340 doesn't need to be a 00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:52.260 romantic relationship 00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:53.360 could be your relationship 00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:55.139 with your boss maybe your 00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:57.220 parents maybe a friend 00:34:57.220 --> 00:34:58.900 maybe a spouse a 00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.619 relationship where you 00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:00.900 never feel like you're 00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:02.400 good enough everything 00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:03.220 you do you just feel 00:35:03.220 --> 00:35:03.699 like they're going to 00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:04.720 criticize me I'm going 00:35:04.720 --> 00:35:05.880 to try my absolute best 00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:07.260 and for some reason it's 00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:07.860 not going to be good 00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:09.460 enough you know how that 00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:11.579 feels does that soften 00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:12.240 your heart does that 00:35:12.240 --> 00:35:13.059 make you want to be 00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:14.139 generous does that make 00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:15.179 you want to be gracious 00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:16.259 does that make you 00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:17.879 want to be servant 00:35:17.879 --> 00:35:18.940 hearted and loving 00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:20.500 friends when you're in 00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.399 a relationship and you 00:35:21.399 --> 00:35:22.480 are never good enough 00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.500 what happens our heart 00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:25.399 closes over we become 00:35:25.399 --> 00:35:26.739 hard-hearted to protect 00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:27.559 ourselves we become 00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:30.039 more defensive in the 00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:31.940 gospel Jesus tells us no 00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:33.699 matter what you do I 00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:35.339 love you and my love 00:35:35.339 --> 00:35:35.960 for you is not going to 00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:38.259 change Romans Ephesians 00:35:38.259 --> 00:35:39.339 chapter 1 Jesus says 00:35:39.339 --> 00:35:43.039 this his love for us or 00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:44.699 it says this God is 00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:46.519 in his love for us he 00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.619 predestined us for 00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:48.859 salvation before the 00:35:48.859 --> 00:35:50.000 foundation of the world 00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:51.739 before you done a single 00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:52.879 thing right or a single 00:35:52.879 --> 00:35:54.699 thing wrong God in his 00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:55.879 love chose to set his 00:35:55.879 --> 00:35:56.739 love upon you 00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:58.539 Ephesians chapter 2 says 00:35:58.539 --> 00:36:00.639 because of his great love 00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:02.799 for us Jesus went to the 00:36:02.799 --> 00:36:03.719 cross for us 00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:05.779 friends in Romans in John 00:36:05.779 --> 00:36:07.099 chapter 15 Jesus says 00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:08.539 this as the father has 00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:11.039 loved me so I have loved 00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.379 you 00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:13.380 is that not astounding 00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:15.680 as God the father loves 00:36:15.680 --> 00:36:18.099 Jesus Jesus loves you and 00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.380 I 00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:21.760 Claire and I once knew a 00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:22.940 young lady in Cape Town 00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:26.059 who always struggled not to 00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.900 be in a romantic 00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:28.340 relationship she was 00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:29.800 forever in a romantic 00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:30.800 relationship didn't always 00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:32.480 last long but as soon as 00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:34.180 the one ended within a week 00:36:34.180 --> 00:36:35.160 or two she was in another 00:36:35.160 --> 00:36:36.840 one and these romantic 00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:38.260 relationships were always 00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:39.460 a mess she was always 00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:40.400 getting herself in trouble 00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:42.680 and just they didn't end 00:36:42.680 --> 00:36:44.620 well right I remember one 00:36:44.620 --> 00:36:46.480 day she said to us this is 00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:47.620 bad news I've got to stop 00:36:47.620 --> 00:36:49.440 this I've decided no more 00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:51.140 dating and no more dating 00:36:51.140 --> 00:36:55.180 good news but then pretty 00:36:55.180 --> 00:36:56.320 soon she started drinking 00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:59.660 quite a lot every day a 00:36:59.660 --> 00:37:02.160 bit more and one weekend 00:37:02.160 --> 00:37:03.280 she went away to a music 00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:05.160 festival with some friends and 00:37:05.160 --> 00:37:06.800 the week after she told us she 00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:07.840 said you know on Sunday 00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:08.820 often you know realized I 00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:10.120 couldn't remember anything of 00:37:10.120 --> 00:37:11.960 the festival it's just one 00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:13.880 big blur my drinking is 00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.880 really getting out of hand 00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.660 I've got to stop this 00:37:15.660 --> 00:37:17.720 drinking so she signed up 00:37:17.720 --> 00:37:20.940 for AA join the club got 00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:24.400 clean got sober right but 00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:25.660 when she stopped drinking she 00:37:25.660 --> 00:37:27.019 couldn't stop spending money 00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:28.720 she always get herself into 00:37:28.720 --> 00:37:30.760 debt credit card debts she 00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:32.860 buy expensive bags and shoes 00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:34.200 and nice clothing and 00:37:34.200 --> 00:37:35.780 accessories she get 00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:36.840 herself in credit card debt 00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:38.980 she then realized this is bad 00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:40.320 she'd save her pay off her 00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:41.380 debts and as soon as she paid 00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:42.920 off her debts she'd spoil 00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:44.360 herself with a big splurge 00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:45.500 right go and buy a nice 00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:47.220 handbag as a reward for 00:37:47.220 --> 00:37:50.300 paying off her debts what was 00:37:50.300 --> 00:37:52.620 happening there what is 00:37:52.620 --> 00:37:54.760 happening friends all those 00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:56.539 things were symptoms of a far 00:37:56.539 --> 00:38:01.220 deeper insecurity you see what 00:38:01.220 --> 00:38:02.340 is happening was even though 00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:03.680 she'd call herself a Christian 00:38:03.680 --> 00:38:05.039 and served in church in many 00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:07.740 ways unfortunately she had no 00:38:07.740 --> 00:38:09.780 concept that she was loved and 00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:12.320 accepted by the one person in 00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:13.579 the universe whose opinion 00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:15.920 really counts and so initially 00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:17.300 she'd throw herself at boys 00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:19.440 wanting to be loved and wanting 00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:22.120 to feel loved and lovable wanting 00:38:22.120 --> 00:38:24.140 to feel acceptable by the boys in 00:38:24.140 --> 00:38:25.400 her life she'd throw herself and 00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:27.400 give herself foolishly to these 00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:28.980 guys and they would just take 00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:30.640 advantage of her and then she 00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:32.019 realized this isn't good and so 00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:33.480 she'd try and numb the pain with 00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:35.279 alcohol and then realized this 00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:37.019 isn't good and so she'd try and 00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:39.039 buy expensive bags and shoes and 00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:40.259 clothing to make herself feel 00:38:40.259 --> 00:38:43.159 loved and lovable friends all those 00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:44.960 things were mere symptoms of a far 00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:47.579 deeper insecurity Richard Lovelay 00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:49.480 said this Christians who are not 00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:51.139 sure that God loves and accepts 00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:52.639 them in Jesus are subconsciously 00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:57.239 radically insecure persons friends do 00:38:57.239 --> 00:38:59.639 you know the deeply profound profound 00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:02.839 love of God has it arrested your 00:39:02.839 --> 00:39:04.799 hearts has it brought about a deep 00:39:04.799 --> 00:39:06.639 security which is not only humbling 00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:08.960 you but also drawing you near softening 00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:11.000 your heart friends that's what the 00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:13.379 gospel does and that's why we must be 00:39:13.379 --> 00:39:15.199 a community which is continually being 00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:18.239 shaped by the good news of Jesus now 00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:19.920 there are a thousand applications of 00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:22.059 this but I want to just land with one 00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:25.539 of them pointing out the obvious when 00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:27.159 this gets in our hearts this will make 00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:31.239 us a completely new kind of community of 00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:33.339 course this church won't be perfect of 00:39:33.339 --> 00:39:35.359 course we will still make mistakes why 00:39:35.359 --> 00:39:36.719 because we still sinners we still 00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:38.940 flawed right the gospel doesn't deny 00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:40.920 that so we won't be a perfect community 00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:42.440 we will let each other down there'll be 00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:44.879 misunderstanding of course but you know 00:39:44.879 --> 00:39:46.739 what the gospel will make us a 00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:48.879 community which is gracious and not 00:39:48.879 --> 00:39:51.019 judgmental because we know that we're 00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:53.420 just as flawed as the person next to us and 00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:55.139 so we'll have to offer grace to them just 00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:57.039 as we've been offered grace when we see 00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:59.559 someone has let us down we're not on a 00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:01.579 high horse judging them but we see 00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:03.279 ourselves just as much in need of grace 00:40:03.279 --> 00:40:06.279 as them friends this will make us a 00:40:06.279 --> 00:40:08.400 forgiving and not a resentful community 00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:10.039 because as we meditate on the 00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:12.119 forgiveness of God towards us our hearts 00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:13.940 will be softened with love to forgive 00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:15.980 those around us it'll make us a 00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:18.199 vulnerable and not a defensive community 00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:19.980 you'll be able to come to church and 00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:21.739 don't have to have this squeaky clean 00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:24.279 image of perfect lives you'll come and 00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:26.360 we can just be real this is who I am 00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:27.980 this is the kind of week I've had 00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:31.720 because we know that everyone in the 00:40:31.720 --> 00:40:33.540 church is in the same position we don't 00:40:33.540 --> 00:40:35.300 have to show up put our best foot 00:40:35.300 --> 00:40:36.960 forward we can be full of weakness and 00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:39.120 fear and we people challenge us we 00:40:39.120 --> 00:40:40.860 don't need to get defensive because we 00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:43.560 will be secure in God's love friends 00:40:43.560 --> 00:40:45.080 those will make us a community which is 00:40:45.080 --> 00:40:47.519 real and not fake because the gospel 00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:49.880 gives us a security that allows us just 00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:52.380 to be ourselves can I just say one of 00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:53.920 the things that I love the most about 00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:56.300 watermark church as we've been here two 00:40:56.300 --> 00:40:59.720 years this is an incredibly real church 00:40:59.720 --> 00:41:02.360 one of the things that actually amazes 00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:04.680 me I've never encountered a church that 00:41:04.680 --> 00:41:07.599 is as real as watermark people can 00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:10.140 confess sin really people are just real 00:41:10.140 --> 00:41:11.780 this is who I am this is the kind of 00:41:11.780 --> 00:41:14.320 week I've had it's an incredible thing 00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:15.619 and that's the gospel that's at work 00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:17.940 within us the reason watermark is like 00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:19.980 that is because of for 10 years Tobin 00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:22.139 for six years the elders for years off 00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:24.440 that have been sharing the gospel with 00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:26.659 this community it'll make us real and 00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:28.179 not fake and finally it'll make us a 00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:30.619 community which is giving and not 00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:32.699 taking we don't need to look to others 00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:34.139 to get a whole lot of stuff on 00:41:34.139 --> 00:41:36.380 affirmation we're securing God we're 00:41:36.380 --> 00:41:38.559 able to give ourselves away friends 00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:40.000 we're only beginning to scratch the 00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:42.079 surface of what the gospel is and what 00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:43.679 it means to be a gospel center church 00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:46.199 Paul writes to Romans and he says I 00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:47.639 long to be able to come to you to 00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:49.440 share the gospel with you to encourage 00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:52.460 you and you to encourage me I long to 00:41:52.460 --> 00:41:53.679 come and share the gospel to you for 00:41:53.679 --> 00:41:55.460 indeed I'm not ashamed of it it's the 00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:57.440 power of God for salvation for 00:41:57.440 --> 00:42:00.119 everyone who believes friends whatever 00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:02.859 we do let's continue to make sure that 00:42:02.859 --> 00:42:04.299 we are church that doesn't just talk 00:42:04.299 --> 00:42:07.440 about the gospel but loves trust obeys 00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:09.599 the Jesus of the gospel and as a 00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:11.559 result of that are being changed into 00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:14.139 his image from one degree to the next 00:42:14.139 --> 00:42:16.379 let's pray together 00:42:16.379 --> 00:42:25.199 Lord Jesus we so thankful for 00:42:25.199 --> 00:42:30.579 so many things God we thank for God for 00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:32.400 simply who you are that you're glorious 00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:35.819 and majestic thank you Jesus for your 00:42:35.819 --> 00:42:40.859 for who you are but God not only who you 00:42:40.859 --> 00:42:42.299 are but also what you've done for us on 00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:44.840 the cross Jesus thank you that when we 00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:47.160 were far gone from you when we were at 00:42:47.160 --> 00:42:49.900 our worst you loved us enough to go to 00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:52.500 the cross and die for us God I pray for 00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:54.660 each one of us as a church each one of 00:42:54.660 --> 00:42:56.300 us here this morning God I pray Lord 00:42:56.300 --> 00:42:59.280 Jesus that the truth and the reality of 00:42:59.280 --> 00:43:01.260 the gospel won't just be things that we 00:43:01.260 --> 00:43:03.800 talk about but it really will get deep 00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:05.160 inside of our hearts it really will 00:43:05.160 --> 00:43:07.760 change us and transform us God I pray 00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:10.160 that we father will become more humble 00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:14.559 more gracious more gentle more generous 00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:16.819 more loving and kind as the gospel 00:43:16.819 --> 00:43:19.440 changes and transforms us God I pray 00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:20.940 that at the same time we'll be more 00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:25.420 secure Lord God oh father God come and 00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:27.619 wash us and flood us in the good news of 00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:30.579 Jesus God I pray that our identity be 00:43:30.579 --> 00:43:32.639 rooted in this and that though we are 00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:34.819 sinful and flawed that God your love for 00:43:34.819 --> 00:43:36.940 us covers over a multitude of sins 00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:41.019 Jesus I pray that these won't just be 00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:43.159 words father but these will be the deep 00:43:43.159 --> 00:43:46.500 reality of our hearts God come and cause 00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:48.700 revival to take hold of each one of us 00:43:48.700 --> 00:43:53.400 revive us we pray God revive our hearts 00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:53.720 Lord 00:43:53.720 --> 00:43:58.300 father come and renew us I pray 00:43:58.300 --> 00:44:03.740 father for those of us that still look to 00:44:03.739 --> 00:44:06.479 our spiritual performance for some kind of 00:44:06.479 --> 00:44:09.859 confidence or assurance God won't you 00:44:09.859 --> 00:44:10.519 humble us 00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:14.199 won't you humble us God 00:44:14.199 --> 00:44:18.119 God for those of us that feel 00:44:18.119 --> 00:44:22.659 unloved unlovable 00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:27.099 for those of us that feel God insecure 00:44:27.099 --> 00:44:31.799 Christ come and change us come and give us a 00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:36.539 new identity come and let your love change 00:44:36.539 --> 00:44:37.340 our hearts God 00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:54.940 father we don't just want to be religious 00:44:54.940 --> 00:44:56.760 people going through the motions we don't 00:44:56.760 --> 00:45:00.600 just want to do the Christian thing we 00:45:00.599 --> 00:45:02.319 want to be those that are in the deepest 00:45:02.319 --> 00:45:04.420 recesses of our hearts being changed by 00:45:04.420 --> 00:45:04.719 you 00:45:04.719 --> 00:45:07.699 are becoming more like you 00:45:07.699 --> 00:45:11.079 because we secure in our relationship 00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:12.579 with you we are obeying you and trusting 00:45:12.579 --> 00:45:13.599 you and loving you 00:45:14.139 --> 00:45:19.360 Christ come have your way I pray 00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:29.800 God bless you we are志 mate for'? 00:45:29.800 --> 00:45:30.780 Jesus Christ come and wondering how is his 00:45:30.780 --> 00:45:34.740 Father you and having done our relationship is 00:45:34.740 --> 00:45:35.620 with you He để need you to be in the 00:45:35.620 --> 00:45:38.380 guild was this wholeäm разм old Oh He has a 00:45:38.380 --> 00:45:40.280 heartние 00:45:40.280 --> 00:45:41.280 Lord, can we take care of you? 00:45:41.280 --> 00:45:43.039 For the tej into saya 00:45:43.039 --> 00:45:43.800 Lord, can we take care of You can 00:45:43.800 --> 00:45:45.260 let Him rebuild you 00:45:45.260 --> 00:45:46.240 drink it 00:45:46.240 --> 00:45:47.160 Seth and Lord of theIVIS