WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.879 Well, amen. Would you take the Word of God with me and turn to the book of Ephesians, Ephesians chapter 4. 00:00:06.060 --> 00:00:12.280 We've been going through this series in Paul's letter to the church in Ephesus for several weeks now, 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:19.140 and it worked out that we jump right back into our series after a break last Sunday for Christmas Eve, 00:00:19.519 --> 00:00:26.879 because this Sunday, as New Year's Eve, the theme of the second part of Ephesians chapter 4 00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:30.679 really ties in with the theme of the new year and our new nature. 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:36.799 So when we study the book of Ephesians, it's divided into two parts, who we are and how we live. 00:00:36.879 --> 00:00:41.560 The background of the book, it was written by the Apostle Paul somewhere around the year AD 62. 00:00:42.340 --> 00:00:48.320 It was written while he was imprisoned in Rome, but he was very familiar with this church far away in Ephesus 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:53.079 because he had been the pastor there for three years, and you can read that account in Acts chapter 19. 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:56.399 The first part of the book is all about who we are in Christ. 00:00:56.519 --> 00:01:01.939 Chapters 1 through 3, we covered that, our identity in Christ, and now we have launched into the second part, 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:07.120 the practical part, the application part, how then do we live for Christ? 00:01:07.659 --> 00:01:11.539 So, that's what we're covering today. How do we live for Christ? 00:01:11.540 --> 00:01:17.860 The theme or the topic for today is New Year, New Nature. New Year, New Nature. 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:26.440 If you're with me, would you go ahead and rise and let's stand together, if you're able to comfortably stand, 00:01:26.580 --> 00:01:32.620 then let's read Ephesians chapter 4, beginning in verse 17, and we'll read down through verse 24. 00:01:33.340 --> 00:01:35.880 I normally read from the Christian Standard Bible today. 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:39.540 I really enjoyed reading this particular passage from the New Living Translation, 00:01:39.540 --> 00:01:43.460 so we're going to be using that today, but you follow along in your Bible. 00:01:43.580 --> 00:01:45.180 It should be very similar to what you're hearing. 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:48.080 Ephesians 4, 17 through 24. 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:51.820 With the Lord's authority, Paul is writing, and he says, 00:01:51.940 --> 00:01:53.540 I say this with the Lord's authority, 00:01:54.300 --> 00:01:58.760 live no longer as the Gentiles do, for they are hopelessly confused. 00:01:59.460 --> 00:02:01.040 Their minds are full of darkness. 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:04.940 They wander far from the light that God gives, 00:02:04.939 --> 00:02:09.659 because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him. 00:02:10.300 --> 00:02:12.199 They have no sense of shame. 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:17.800 They live for lustful pleasure and eagerly practice every kind of impurity. 00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:21.740 But that is not what you learned about Christ. 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:26.979 Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:32.020 throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, 00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:34.840 which is corrupted by lust and deception. 00:02:35.780 --> 00:02:40.900 Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. 00:02:41.900 --> 00:02:49.060 Put on your new nature, created to be like God, truly righteous and holy. 00:02:50.060 --> 00:02:50.920 Let's pray together. 00:02:51.020 --> 00:02:53.700 Lord, I thank you for your word. 00:02:53.699 --> 00:02:57.819 I thank you for the gift of your Son. 00:02:57.899 --> 00:03:00.459 I thank you for the indwelling of your Spirit. 00:03:00.619 --> 00:03:04.659 I thank you for your word that guides us through this life. 00:03:05.519 --> 00:03:10.120 It's the same yesterday, today, and it will be the same in 2024 and beyond. 00:03:12.139 --> 00:03:13.879 May you speak to us from it this morning. 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:14.839 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:03:15.179 --> 00:03:15.379 Amen. 00:03:15.539 --> 00:03:16.099 You may be seated. 00:03:16.219 --> 00:03:17.139 Thank you for standing. 00:03:17.139 --> 00:03:24.039 I'd like to talk to you for just a moment, based on what we read here in the second part of Ephesians 4, 00:03:24.719 --> 00:03:27.379 about the idea of a new nature. 00:03:28.239 --> 00:03:31.639 We're coming into a new year, starting tonight at midnight, 00:03:31.899 --> 00:03:33.879 which would then make it tomorrow, right? 00:03:34.299 --> 00:03:37.759 How many of you guys are going to stay up until midnight and ring in the new year? 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:38.639 Anybody going to do that? 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:40.879 Hardly anyone. 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:44.840 How many of you kids think you're going to stay up, 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:47.039 and then at some point you are going to crash? 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:47.400 I know. 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:47.879 It happens. 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:49.219 My kids, every year. 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:50.620 I'm going to stay up until midnight. 00:03:50.900 --> 00:03:51.560 Sure you are. 00:03:55.060 --> 00:03:56.079 It's a lot of fun. 00:03:56.180 --> 00:03:58.219 We love the idea of the new year. 00:03:58.340 --> 00:04:00.300 We love the hope that it brings, 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:04.340 partially because we don't often relish the past. 00:04:05.099 --> 00:04:07.319 Sometimes the past holds regrets. 00:04:08.099 --> 00:04:10.240 Sometimes it's tainted with failures. 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:14.840 There are things about the past that make us kind of look forward to something new, 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:16.519 and hopefully better. 00:04:17.420 --> 00:04:18.920 Greener pastures, so to speak. 00:04:19.939 --> 00:04:20.759 And so what do we do? 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:22.980 We set New Year's what? 00:04:24.500 --> 00:04:25.060 Resolutions. 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:26.000 There it is. 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:31.759 Which, historically, have 100% accuracy, right? 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:35.740 Like, we always fulfill those New Year's resolutions, do we not? 00:04:37.659 --> 00:04:39.120 Sarcasm is not a good form of humor. 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:39.680 I know that. 00:04:39.740 --> 00:04:40.139 I'm sorry. 00:04:41.860 --> 00:04:43.040 No, of course we don't. 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:46.480 Very rarely, probably, do New Year's resolutions get fulfilled. 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:46.860 Sometimes. 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:51.240 Maybe there's occasional times that you really stuck it through with something 00:04:51.240 --> 00:04:54.199 and did what you resolved to do in the new year. 00:04:55.060 --> 00:04:57.639 But as we set these goals and resolutions, 00:04:58.339 --> 00:05:01.000 undeterred by past failures, 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:02.839 they get out. 00:05:02.939 --> 00:05:04.279 This year, I'm really going to do it. 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:08.759 This is the year I'm really going to stick to whatever my resolution is. 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:14.939 Someone challenged me on this over a year ago, 00:05:15.300 --> 00:05:21.019 and he said, you know, I stopped a long time ago making resolutions. 00:05:21.019 --> 00:05:25.000 Now, I set values for my life. 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:25.019 Now, I set values for my life. 00:05:25.620 --> 00:05:29.219 And values then determine what I'm going to do. 00:05:29.220 --> 00:05:31.660 Now, hear me when I say this. 00:05:32.440 --> 00:05:35.020 I don't think New Year's resolutions are a bad thing. 00:05:35.019 --> 00:05:38.120 I don't think goal setting is a bad thing. 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:40.299 I think it can often be very important 00:05:40.299 --> 00:05:44.919 and very productive to set goals and resolutions. 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:52.180 However, I do believe that they need to be based on values. 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:58.439 I do believe that they need to grow out of the values that you 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:04.040 and those you love the most have gotten alone with God 00:06:04.040 --> 00:06:07.759 and set those values for your life. 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:11.360 And then the goals and the resolutions can grow out of that. 00:06:12.200 --> 00:06:13.220 They will become clear. 00:06:13.400 --> 00:06:14.080 They'll become apparent. 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:16.639 For example, my friend said, 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:21.979 who talked to me about this goals versus values idea, 00:06:23.039 --> 00:06:27.199 he said, a value that I have is when I'm older, 00:06:27.419 --> 00:06:28.800 I want to be able to get on the floor 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:31.599 and play and wrestle with my grandkids. 00:06:32.979 --> 00:06:35.000 That's something that I want to be able to do. 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:39.699 And he said, I know that that then is going to drive 00:06:39.699 --> 00:06:42.680 some of the choices that I make in my younger years. 00:06:42.680 --> 00:06:46.540 And he's got kids everywhere from elementary to teen years. 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:52.120 He said, I know that there are decisions then and goals that I have to set 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:55.819 that will help me fulfill that value 00:06:55.819 --> 00:06:58.680 because that value is valuable to me. 00:06:58.840 --> 00:06:59.660 It is important. 00:06:59.660 --> 00:07:06.100 So I'm going to do what it takes to then get to that point in my life. 00:07:06.100 --> 00:07:13.180 So that helps drive the decisions he makes every day. 00:07:13.840 --> 00:07:14.780 That's just one. 00:07:14.860 --> 00:07:15.660 There are many others. 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:20.220 There's values that I'm thinking through right now for myself, for my family. 00:07:20.780 --> 00:07:21.680 What is important? 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:23.040 What is valuable? 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:26.300 Oftentimes, our goals do not grow out of values. 00:07:26.460 --> 00:07:28.220 Oftentimes, they grow out of expectations. 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:32.700 Oftentimes, they grow out of something that we think we should be doing 00:07:32.700 --> 00:07:34.980 and we haven't really stopped to think why. 00:07:39.200 --> 00:07:40.980 And so we often don't meet those goals. 00:07:42.040 --> 00:07:45.759 But when they grow out of things that are truly important to us, 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:50.340 then oftentimes there's a better rate of success 00:07:50.339 --> 00:07:52.239 in actually achieving those goals. 00:07:53.159 --> 00:07:57.339 So, number one, new year, new nature. 00:07:57.959 --> 00:07:58.239 All right? 00:07:58.319 --> 00:07:59.199 That's our topic today. 00:07:59.339 --> 00:08:00.419 New year, new nature. 00:08:00.539 --> 00:08:04.779 Number one, recognize the harm in godless living. 00:08:05.500 --> 00:08:08.259 Recognize the harm in godless living. 00:08:09.339 --> 00:08:11.219 This is the practical part of Ephesians. 00:08:12.139 --> 00:08:15.559 This is the, we understand who we are in Christ. 00:08:16.139 --> 00:08:18.099 We understand our identity in Christ. 00:08:18.100 --> 00:08:21.140 So, now we're on to how do we live for him. 00:08:21.300 --> 00:08:23.960 Number one, recognize the harm in godless living. 00:08:24.080 --> 00:08:26.480 Look back at verse 17 in Ephesians 4. 00:08:26.740 --> 00:08:28.260 With the Lord's authority, I say this. 00:08:28.420 --> 00:08:30.180 Live no longer as the Gentiles do. 00:08:30.460 --> 00:08:31.640 They're hopelessly confused. 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:33.279 Their minds are full of darkness. 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:35.560 They wander far from the life that God gives. 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:38.600 They've closed their minds and hardened their hearts against God. 00:08:39.460 --> 00:08:41.019 They've got no sense of shame. 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:43.700 They live for lustful pleasure 00:08:43.700 --> 00:08:47.320 and eagerly practice every kind of impurity. 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:52.560 A face come to your mind when you're thinking through that. 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:55.740 Oftentimes, there are people in their lives, 00:08:55.840 --> 00:08:57.940 in our lives that we know that fit that bill. 00:08:58.560 --> 00:09:00.480 It seems like they've got no sense of shame. 00:09:01.180 --> 00:09:03.200 They're going to chase whatever makes them feel good, 00:09:03.520 --> 00:09:05.400 whatever they think, whatever they want, 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:06.500 they're going to chase that. 00:09:06.500 --> 00:09:12.840 The problem is, sometimes we find ourselves living in that same way. 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:18.000 Maybe not to the extreme version of those that would pop into our mind 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:21.179 when we think of someone who's just living for themselves completely. 00:09:21.940 --> 00:09:27.159 But sometimes, we will fall prey to the self-life. 00:09:27.799 --> 00:09:29.899 We will fall prey to the, 00:09:30.179 --> 00:09:34.080 I'm number one, I'm going to get what matters to me. 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:38.240 And that is godless living. 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:40.639 That is godlessness. 00:09:41.920 --> 00:09:44.660 We are a people who claim to love God. 00:09:45.180 --> 00:09:48.520 We are a people who claim to put God number one in our life, 00:09:48.620 --> 00:09:52.560 but oftentimes, in reality, he's far further down the list. 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:56.840 So, we must recognize the harm in godless living. 00:09:56.940 --> 00:09:58.900 Would you look with me over at Romans chapter one? 00:09:59.860 --> 00:10:03.020 It elaborates on this idea of godlessness for a little bit. 00:10:03.019 --> 00:10:07.279 But, excuse me, Romans chapter one, 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:11.000 we'll read beginning in verse 18, 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:14.720 and then down through verse four of chapter two. 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:19.379 Romans chapter one. 00:10:19.500 --> 00:10:20.799 This letter is from Paul 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:24.500 to the church in Rome. 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:26.379 And we'll pick it up in verse 18. 00:10:26.379 --> 00:10:29.620 God shows his anger from heaven 00:10:29.620 --> 00:10:32.240 against all sinful, wicked people 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:34.960 who suppress the truth by their wickedness. 00:10:35.299 --> 00:10:36.919 They know the truth about God. 00:10:36.980 --> 00:10:37.620 Did you catch that? 00:10:39.379 --> 00:10:41.939 I dare say just about every person in this room 00:10:41.939 --> 00:10:44.740 knows the church, knows the truth about God. 00:10:46.019 --> 00:10:47.419 But verse 19 says, 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:48.759 they know the truth about God 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:50.700 because he has made it obvious to them. 00:10:51.519 --> 00:10:52.960 For ever since the world was created, 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:54.360 people have seen the earth and sky. 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:55.759 Through everything God made, 00:10:55.980 --> 00:10:57.940 they can clearly see his invisible qualities, 00:10:58.080 --> 00:10:59.659 his eternal power, his divine nature. 00:10:59.879 --> 00:11:03.899 So, they have no excuse for not knowing God. 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:05.320 Yes, they knew God. 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:06.259 Verse 21. 00:11:07.139 --> 00:11:10.019 But they would not worship him as God 00:11:10.019 --> 00:11:12.120 or even give him thanks. 00:11:12.860 --> 00:11:14.940 They begin to think up foolish ideas 00:11:14.940 --> 00:11:16.680 of what God was like. 00:11:17.340 --> 00:11:19.259 As a result, their minds claimed, 00:11:19.659 --> 00:11:21.620 their minds became dark and confused, 00:11:21.620 --> 00:11:23.000 claiming to be wise, 00:11:23.100 --> 00:11:24.899 and they instead became utter fools. 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:27.560 Instead of worshiping the glorious, 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:28.460 ever-living God, 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:29.460 they worshiped idols 00:11:29.460 --> 00:11:31.220 made to look like mere people 00:11:31.220 --> 00:11:33.279 and birds and animals and reptiles. 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:35.120 So, God abandoned them to do 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:37.060 whatever shameful things 00:11:37.060 --> 00:11:39.279 their hearts desired. 00:11:39.620 --> 00:11:40.820 Now, jump down, if you would, 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:42.519 to verse 1 of chapter 2. 00:11:43.060 --> 00:11:44.179 You may think 00:11:44.179 --> 00:11:46.340 that you can condemn such people, 00:11:46.539 --> 00:11:49.639 but you are just as bad. 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:52.759 Remember, he's writing this to a church in Rome. 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:54.919 These are people who know God. 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:56.639 These are people who have claimed 00:11:56.639 --> 00:11:57.740 to be followers of God. 00:11:57.819 --> 00:11:58.120 He said, 00:11:58.240 --> 00:11:59.779 you think you can condemn 00:11:59.779 --> 00:12:01.220 such people like this, 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:02.559 and how many of us in this room 00:12:02.559 --> 00:12:03.840 have condemned others 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:06.580 who would fall into this list? 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:07.720 But he said, 00:12:07.779 --> 00:12:09.299 you are just as bad, 00:12:09.340 --> 00:12:11.019 and you have no excuse. 00:12:11.500 --> 00:12:13.100 When you say they are wicked 00:12:13.100 --> 00:12:14.240 and should be punished, 00:12:14.620 --> 00:12:15.960 you are condemning yourself. 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:18.980 For you who judge others 00:12:18.980 --> 00:12:21.580 do these very same things. 00:12:22.100 --> 00:12:24.680 We know that God in his justice 00:12:24.680 --> 00:12:26.120 will punish anyone 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:27.180 who does such things. 00:12:27.440 --> 00:12:28.700 Since you judge others 00:12:28.700 --> 00:12:29.680 for doing these things, 00:12:29.980 --> 00:12:30.720 why do you think 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:32.100 you could avoid God's judgment 00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:33.720 when you do the same things? 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:37.100 Don't you see how wonderfully kind, 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:38.820 tolerant, and patient 00:12:38.820 --> 00:12:40.500 God is with you? 00:12:40.500 --> 00:12:44.759 Does this mean nothing to you? 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:47.259 Can't you see that his kindness 00:12:47.259 --> 00:12:50.059 is intended to turn you 00:12:50.059 --> 00:12:51.240 from your sin? 00:12:53.100 --> 00:12:55.679 God's kindness is intended 00:12:55.679 --> 00:12:57.940 to turn us from our sin. 00:13:00.899 --> 00:13:03.320 God is not beating us over the head 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:04.820 with the Bible. 00:13:04.820 --> 00:13:09.040 He's not screaming at us 00:13:09.040 --> 00:13:10.680 in all of his justified anger, 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:12.640 how can you do the things you do? 00:13:12.920 --> 00:13:14.500 How many times are you going to fail? 00:13:14.660 --> 00:13:16.340 God does not do that. 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:18.200 He shows us love, 00:13:18.280 --> 00:13:19.160 he shows us kindness, 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:21.140 but all of that is intended 00:13:21.140 --> 00:13:23.860 to turn us from our sin, 00:13:24.100 --> 00:13:26.840 not to continue living in it. 00:13:27.220 --> 00:13:28.240 So it's a new year, 00:13:28.980 --> 00:13:30.400 and we need to recognize 00:13:30.400 --> 00:13:32.380 our new nature. 00:13:32.379 --> 00:13:34.320 D.A. Carson, 00:13:34.439 --> 00:13:35.320 a great theologian, 00:13:35.379 --> 00:13:35.820 wrote this. 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:36.159 He said, 00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:37.639 people do not drift 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:38.700 toward holiness. 00:13:39.019 --> 00:13:41.000 Apart from grace-driven effort, 00:13:41.419 --> 00:13:42.799 people do not gravitate 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:45.000 toward godliness, 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:45.779 prayer, 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:46.960 obedience to Scripture, 00:13:47.439 --> 00:13:47.779 faith, 00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:48.759 and delight in the Lord. 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:49.320 You get that? 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:51.179 That doesn't come naturally to us. 00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:53.419 We drift toward compromise, 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:54.460 and we call it tolerance. 00:13:54.980 --> 00:13:56.960 We drift toward disobedience, 00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:57.799 and we call it freedom. 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:00.000 We drift toward superstition, 00:14:00.059 --> 00:14:00.919 and we call it faith. 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:03.219 We cherish the indiscipline 00:14:03.219 --> 00:14:04.919 of lost self-control, 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:05.979 and call it relaxation. 00:14:06.939 --> 00:14:08.599 We slouch toward prayerlessness, 00:14:08.819 --> 00:14:09.799 and delude ourselves 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:10.959 into thinking we have 00:14:10.959 --> 00:14:11.879 escaped legalism. 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:14.039 We slide toward godlessness, 00:14:14.339 --> 00:14:15.459 and convince ourselves 00:14:15.459 --> 00:14:17.339 that we have been liberated. 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:19.139 This is the truth 00:14:19.139 --> 00:14:20.179 about who we are. 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:22.339 If we really stare in a mirror, 00:14:22.659 --> 00:14:23.919 and admit the truth 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:24.599 about ourselves, 00:14:24.699 --> 00:14:25.759 we know that we fall 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:27.099 into several of these categories, 00:14:27.219 --> 00:14:28.399 whether it's laziness, 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:30.219 whether it's loss of self-control, 00:14:30.220 --> 00:14:33.060 whatever it is, 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:34.600 we know the truth 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:35.200 about ourselves. 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:36.700 Now look over 00:14:36.700 --> 00:14:37.480 in Galatians 5. 00:14:38.139 --> 00:14:39.259 Galatians chapter 5. 00:14:39.860 --> 00:14:40.639 Having you turn around 00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:41.040 a little bit 00:14:41.040 --> 00:14:41.580 in the Word of God 00:14:41.580 --> 00:14:42.019 this morning, 00:14:42.100 --> 00:14:42.620 and that's okay. 00:14:44.920 --> 00:14:46.700 Galatians chapter 5. 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:48.480 Romans, 00:14:48.660 --> 00:14:49.139 1 Corinthians, 00:14:49.259 --> 00:14:49.820 2 Corinthians, 00:14:50.060 --> 00:14:50.220 Galatians. 00:14:50.220 --> 00:14:50.820 Galatians. 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:56.180 Chapter 5, 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:56.899 verse 16. 00:14:58.259 --> 00:14:59.680 We're doing building box 00:14:59.680 --> 00:15:00.480 here in the Scripture, 00:15:00.980 --> 00:15:02.500 and some of these passages 00:15:02.500 --> 00:15:04.560 build on one another. 00:15:04.940 --> 00:15:05.779 Verse 16, 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:06.800 we'll read down 00:15:06.800 --> 00:15:08.480 through verse 25. 00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:09.379 So I say, 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:11.240 let the Holy Spirit 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:12.940 guide your lives. 00:15:13.820 --> 00:15:14.139 Then, 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:15.660 you won't be doing 00:15:15.660 --> 00:15:17.600 what your sinful nature craves. 00:15:18.460 --> 00:15:19.500 The sinful nature 00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:20.639 wants to do evil, 00:15:21.300 --> 00:15:23.180 which is just the opposite 00:15:23.180 --> 00:15:24.259 of what the Spirit wants. 00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:26.659 The Spirit gives us desires 00:15:26.659 --> 00:15:27.639 that are the opposite 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:29.800 of what the sinful nature desires. 00:15:30.180 --> 00:15:31.019 These two forces 00:15:31.019 --> 00:15:32.360 are constantly fighting 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:32.920 each other. 00:15:33.040 --> 00:15:33.580 You got that? 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:35.899 Spirit versus self. 00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:38.220 Spirit versus sinful nature. 00:15:38.540 --> 00:15:39.259 Spirit versus 00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:40.340 what we call flesh. 00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:40.440 flesh. 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:43.879 They're continually 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:45.040 fighting each other. 00:15:45.560 --> 00:15:45.980 So, 00:15:46.139 --> 00:15:47.000 you are not free 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:47.620 to carry out 00:15:47.620 --> 00:15:48.399 your good intentions. 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:49.300 But, 00:15:49.460 --> 00:15:50.440 when you are directed 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:51.200 by the Spirit, 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:53.360 you are not under obligation 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:54.759 to the law of Moses. 00:15:55.420 --> 00:15:55.680 Wow, 00:15:55.800 --> 00:15:56.660 that's liberating. 00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:58.500 You know those 00:15:58.500 --> 00:15:59.180 Ten Commandments? 00:15:59.280 --> 00:15:59.920 You know all the 00:15:59.920 --> 00:16:00.920 Old Testament law 00:16:00.920 --> 00:16:01.759 that you read about 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:03.280 through all those books 00:16:03.280 --> 00:16:04.560 in the Old Testament? 00:16:05.259 --> 00:16:07.019 We are not obligated 00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:07.940 to obey that 00:16:07.940 --> 00:16:09.600 if we are led 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:11.260 by the Holy Spirit of God. 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:12.700 He replaced all that. 00:16:14.540 --> 00:16:15.720 The law failed. 00:16:15.940 --> 00:16:17.360 The law could not succeed 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:19.360 in turning us to God. 00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:21.040 The law just revealed 00:16:21.040 --> 00:16:22.760 how bad we are. 00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:25.320 So, 00:16:25.400 --> 00:16:26.660 if you want to do it that way, 00:16:26.740 --> 00:16:27.960 if you want to follow the law 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:29.520 and try to get to God 00:16:29.520 --> 00:16:31.420 by obeying the law perfectly 00:16:31.420 --> 00:16:32.580 and never sinning, 00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:33.860 good luck. 00:16:34.520 --> 00:16:35.480 Because you won't. 00:16:35.800 --> 00:16:36.800 Because you've already failed. 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:38.299 Because you were born 00:16:38.299 --> 00:16:39.139 with a sin nature 00:16:39.139 --> 00:16:40.579 that could not 00:16:40.579 --> 00:16:42.059 fulfill God's law. 00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:44.059 So, 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:44.819 the law was never 00:16:44.819 --> 00:16:45.740 going to get you to God. 00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:47.219 The law just revealed 00:16:47.219 --> 00:16:48.779 how bad we are 00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:49.559 and how desperately 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:51.059 in need of God we are. 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:52.579 But the Holy Spirit of God 00:16:52.579 --> 00:16:53.639 replaces that. 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:54.819 The Holy Spirit of God 00:16:54.819 --> 00:16:55.679 can help you. 00:16:56.579 --> 00:16:56.799 So, 00:16:57.799 --> 00:16:59.179 we're reading down 00:16:59.179 --> 00:17:00.379 through verse 25, 00:17:00.899 --> 00:17:01.579 verse 19. 00:17:01.839 --> 00:17:03.139 When you follow the desires 00:17:03.139 --> 00:17:04.039 of your sinful nature, 00:17:04.659 --> 00:17:05.759 the results are very clear. 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:07.519 sexual immorality, 00:17:08.339 --> 00:17:08.819 impurity, 00:17:09.619 --> 00:17:10.379 lustful pleasures. 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:12.059 Think about this world 00:17:12.059 --> 00:17:13.000 that we live in. 00:17:15.299 --> 00:17:16.779 It hits every one 00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:17.400 of these things. 00:17:18.420 --> 00:17:18.879 Verse 20, 00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.559 idolatry, 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:20.640 sorcery, 00:17:21.099 --> 00:17:21.640 hostility, 00:17:22.259 --> 00:17:22.640 quarreling. 00:17:23.180 --> 00:17:24.160 Think about Hollywood. 00:17:24.900 --> 00:17:26.099 Think about Washington, D.C. 00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:29.259 Think about your workplace. 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:31.900 Think about your own flesh 00:17:31.900 --> 00:17:33.120 and the battles you have 00:17:33.120 --> 00:17:34.259 with your own self. 00:17:37.300 --> 00:17:37.860 Hostility, 00:17:38.080 --> 00:17:38.480 quarreling, 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.060 jealousy, 00:17:39.280 --> 00:17:40.080 outbursts of anger, 00:17:40.580 --> 00:17:41.300 selfish ambition, 00:17:41.560 --> 00:17:41.980 dissension, 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:42.519 division, 00:17:42.940 --> 00:17:43.200 envy, 00:17:43.560 --> 00:17:44.100 drunkenness, 00:17:44.360 --> 00:17:45.019 wild parties, 00:17:45.360 --> 00:17:46.640 other sins like these. 00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:47.480 Let me tell you again, 00:17:47.540 --> 00:17:48.259 as I have before, 00:17:48.660 --> 00:17:50.420 anyone living that sort of life 00:17:50.420 --> 00:17:51.320 will not inherit 00:17:51.320 --> 00:17:52.200 the kingdom of God. 00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:53.140 But, 00:17:53.780 --> 00:17:54.400 the Spirit, 00:17:55.040 --> 00:17:56.000 the Holy Spirit 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.680 produces 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:58.480 this kind of fruit 00:17:58.480 --> 00:17:59.259 in our lives. 00:17:59.259 --> 00:18:00.960 Here's the list. 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:01.379 Love, 00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:01.779 joy, 00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:02.220 peace, 00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:02.680 patience, 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:03.099 kindness, 00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:03.579 goodness, 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:04.519 faithfulness, 00:18:04.859 --> 00:18:05.279 gentleness, 00:18:05.619 --> 00:18:06.259 self-control. 00:18:06.379 --> 00:18:07.240 There's no law 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:08.460 against these things. 00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:11.019 Those who belong 00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:12.160 to Christ Jesus 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:13.440 have nailed 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:15.019 the passions 00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:16.259 and desires 00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:17.980 of their sinful nature 00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:19.480 to His cross 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:21.940 and crucified them there. 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:23.579 You understand 00:18:23.579 --> 00:18:24.500 what that means? 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:26.660 God says, 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:29.140 in order to live 00:18:29.140 --> 00:18:30.220 the Christ life, 00:18:30.520 --> 00:18:32.259 instead of the self life, 00:18:32.780 --> 00:18:33.900 part of repentance, 00:18:34.360 --> 00:18:35.680 part of repenting 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:36.240 and turning 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:37.360 and changing your mind 00:18:37.360 --> 00:18:38.480 from your sin 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:40.180 to turning to faith 00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:40.820 in Jesus 00:18:40.820 --> 00:18:42.060 is nailing 00:18:42.060 --> 00:18:43.180 the old self 00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:44.320 to the cross 00:18:44.320 --> 00:18:45.259 that Jesus died on. 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:47.620 Jesus paid 00:18:47.620 --> 00:18:48.560 for all that sin, 00:18:48.820 --> 00:18:49.800 but you can hold on 00:18:49.800 --> 00:18:50.720 to it if you want to. 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:52.640 You can hold on 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:53.320 to it desperately 00:18:53.320 --> 00:18:54.180 if you want to. 00:18:54.560 --> 00:18:55.820 Or you can choose 00:18:55.820 --> 00:18:57.800 to take that sin 00:18:57.799 --> 00:18:58.740 and nail it 00:18:58.740 --> 00:18:59.339 to His cross 00:18:59.339 --> 00:18:59.700 and say, 00:18:59.919 --> 00:19:00.839 I put it to death. 00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.359 Now folks, 00:19:01.419 --> 00:19:02.579 that is a daily decision 00:19:02.579 --> 00:19:04.159 because unfortunately 00:19:04.159 --> 00:19:05.039 we're still wrapped 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:06.700 in this fleshly 00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:08.399 sin nature. 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:09.519 We have to deal 00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.000 with it 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:12.059 until God transforms us 00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:13.259 with our heavenly bodies 00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:13.859 and we get to live 00:19:13.859 --> 00:19:14.759 in heaven forever 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:15.180 with Him. 00:19:15.180 --> 00:19:15.579 But, 00:19:16.180 --> 00:19:17.099 until that day, 00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:19.339 it is a daily choice 00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:22.720 to nail my sin nature 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:24.559 to the cross 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:25.539 of Christ. 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:27.339 Say, 00:19:27.399 --> 00:19:27.619 God, 00:19:27.679 --> 00:19:28.579 I put it to death. 00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:30.319 In another passage, 00:19:30.699 --> 00:19:31.319 Paul calls it 00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:32.839 mortify the flesh. 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:34.240 Put it to death. 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:36.240 Kill that flesh. 00:19:36.399 --> 00:19:37.679 Nail it to His cross. 00:19:38.639 --> 00:19:38.899 So, 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.980 that's 00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:43.240 what it means 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:44.319 to put on 00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:45.459 the new nature 00:19:45.459 --> 00:19:46.720 in the new year. 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:49.100 recognize the harm 00:19:49.100 --> 00:19:50.579 in godless living. 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:51.940 Recognize all those 00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:52.920 terrible things 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:55.019 that our flesh, 00:19:55.120 --> 00:19:55.779 our sin nature 00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:56.839 gets us caught up in. 00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.700 Number two, 00:19:59.039 --> 00:19:59.380 renew 00:19:59.380 --> 00:20:00.660 your new nature 00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.259 daily. 00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:02.299 Renew 00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:02.960 your new nature 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.319 daily. 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.600 Galatians 00:20:05.600 --> 00:20:06.019 led us 00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:06.900 right into that 00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:07.600 concept. 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.200 Daily 00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:10.680 putting to death 00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:11.799 my flesh 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.579 and renewing 00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.480 my new nature. 00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:14.319 Back in Ephesians 00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:15.960 4 in verse 20, 00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:17.240 that is not 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.799 what you learned 00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.259 in Christ. 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:19.319 What's he talking about? 00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:20.420 Those who 00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:21.779 live for lustful pleasure, 00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:22.500 they have no sense 00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:22.900 of shame, 00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.860 they eagerly practice 00:20:23.860 --> 00:20:25.259 every kind of impurity. 00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:25.860 He said, 00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:26.680 that's not what you 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:27.759 learned about Christ. 00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:29.039 Since you haven't, 00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:29.980 since you have 00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:31.200 heard about Jesus 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:31.880 and have learned 00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:32.340 the truth 00:20:32.340 --> 00:20:33.519 that comes from Him, 00:20:33.840 --> 00:20:34.480 throw off 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:35.860 your old sinful nature 00:20:35.860 --> 00:20:36.880 and your former 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.539 way of life, 00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:39.140 which is corrupted 00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:40.160 by lust and deception. 00:20:40.360 --> 00:20:40.740 Instead, 00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:42.860 let the Holy Spirit 00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.420 renew 00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:44.640 your thoughts 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:45.580 and attitudes. 00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:46.820 I love that 00:20:46.820 --> 00:20:47.300 he chose 00:20:47.300 --> 00:20:48.600 those two words, 00:20:49.060 --> 00:20:50.320 thoughts and attitudes. 00:20:52.800 --> 00:20:53.800 Because usually 00:20:53.800 --> 00:20:54.420 that's where 00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:55.200 we go wrong. 00:20:56.060 --> 00:20:57.220 We go wrong 00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:58.000 with our thinking 00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:59.980 and we go wrong 00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.740 with our spirit, 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.420 our attitude. 00:21:02.320 --> 00:21:03.200 That's usually 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:03.880 what causes 00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:05.019 the problems. 00:21:05.140 --> 00:21:05.580 That usually 00:21:05.580 --> 00:21:06.640 is what leads us 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:08.140 into other sins 00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:09.320 is our thoughts 00:21:09.320 --> 00:21:09.920 and attitudes. 00:21:10.060 --> 00:21:11.200 That's what drives us. 00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:12.880 That's what controls us. 00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:14.840 Our moods. 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:17.240 These wild mood swings. 00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:19.360 God's not in that. 00:21:20.300 --> 00:21:20.680 He said, 00:21:20.860 --> 00:21:21.240 the Spirit 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:22.080 can renew 00:21:22.080 --> 00:21:23.180 your thoughts 00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:23.779 and attitudes 00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.440 every day, 00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.019 but you've got 00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:25.660 to relinquish 00:21:25.660 --> 00:21:26.420 control to Him. 00:21:27.120 --> 00:21:27.700 You've got to 00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.360 every day 00:21:28.360 --> 00:21:29.900 let God 00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:30.720 do that. 00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:31.759 So, 00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:33.060 back in Ephesians 4, 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.759 he says, 00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.160 renew 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:38.140 your thoughts 00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.900 and attitudes. 00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:40.680 Then verse 24, 00:21:41.060 --> 00:21:41.580 put on 00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.460 your new nature 00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.299 created 00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:43.919 to be 00:21:43.919 --> 00:21:44.939 like God, 00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:46.199 truly righteous 00:21:46.199 --> 00:21:47.399 and holy. 00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.480 So, 00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.139 let's call this 00:21:49.139 --> 00:21:50.319 renew the new. 00:21:50.939 --> 00:21:52.039 Renew the new nature. 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:52.659 Okay? 00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:54.220 We have the new nature. 00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:55.119 If you have 00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:56.379 repented of your sin, 00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:57.059 put your faith 00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:57.539 in Jesus 00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.639 and accepted 00:21:58.639 --> 00:21:59.279 His payment 00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:00.059 for your sin 00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:00.779 on the cross, 00:22:01.179 --> 00:22:02.319 then you have 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:03.199 become His child. 00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:05.059 You have that new nature 00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:06.179 inside you. 00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.839 The Holy Spirit 00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.319 is there 00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:08.539 to help develop it 00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.240 and bring it out 00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:10.000 and grow it 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:11.539 into the image 00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.019 of Christ 00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:13.019 more every day. 00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:13.659 And so, 00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.339 we're going to try 00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:14.920 to renew 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:16.099 the new nature 00:22:16.099 --> 00:22:16.960 inside of us. 00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:17.980 How do we renew 00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.299 the new? 00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.139 One, 00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:20.039 remember God. 00:22:20.159 --> 00:22:20.659 Your God 00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:21.420 is alive 00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:22.480 and knowable. 00:22:22.899 --> 00:22:24.119 It is so easy 00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:25.059 to slip 00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:26.000 into this idea 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.639 that God 00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:27.399 is far away, 00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.700 God has all kinds 00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.500 of things on His plate, 00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:31.000 and He doesn't really 00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:32.359 care about what 00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:33.440 I'm doing every day. 00:22:33.859 --> 00:22:34.579 But God does. 00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.420 He cares more 00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.980 than anything 00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:37.680 about what you're doing. 00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:39.039 A former pastor 00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.860 that I had said, 00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:40.940 God has you 00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.620 as the background 00:22:41.620 --> 00:22:42.460 on His iPhone, 00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.000 okay? 00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:44.099 He loves you 00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:44.700 very much. 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:45.720 You're the center 00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.220 of His world, 00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:47.200 and somehow He does that 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.720 for all of us. 00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.660 I don't know how He does that. 00:22:48.860 --> 00:22:49.519 But He cares. 00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.660 He cares deeply. 00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.940 He loves you. 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.660 He loves me. 00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:54.120 And He's alive 00:22:54.120 --> 00:22:55.019 and knowable. 00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.420 You can know Him. 00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.680 He wants you to know Him. 00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:59.099 He already knows you. 00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:00.220 He created you. 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:01.180 He knows you intimately. 00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.720 He knows all your 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.740 personality quirks. 00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.579 He knows the weird things 00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:06.279 that you think about 00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:06.720 that you would never 00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.619 tell anybody else about. 00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:10.119 God knows you intimately. 00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:10.980 He knows you better 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.779 than you know yourself 00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.859 because we can lie to ourselves. 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.819 We can deceive ourselves, 00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:15.419 but we're never going to lie to 00:23:15.419 --> 00:23:16.179 or deceive God. 00:23:17.439 --> 00:23:19.039 So God knows you so well, 00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:20.059 and He wants you 00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:22.079 to know Him as well. 00:23:22.179 --> 00:23:22.899 So your God 00:23:22.899 --> 00:23:23.779 is alive 00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.859 and knowable. 00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:26.179 Ephesians chapter 4 00:23:26.179 --> 00:23:29.460 that we just read 00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:29.960 a moment ago 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.519 in verse 20, 00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:31.339 that is not the way 00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:33.339 you learned Christ. 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.639 Do you understand? 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.400 The idea is 00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:37.240 we can learn Christ. 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:37.480 Like, 00:23:37.520 --> 00:23:38.240 we can know Him. 00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:40.780 Not just about Him. 00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.960 Not just facts 00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:44.000 that fill our head. 00:23:45.060 --> 00:23:47.120 Not even just theology. 00:23:50.020 --> 00:23:51.680 But we can actually know 00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:53.000 God Himself. 00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:56.300 I know a lot of things 00:23:56.300 --> 00:23:57.880 about the Dallas Cowboys. 00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:00.060 I know a lot of things 00:24:00.060 --> 00:24:01.180 about the Texas Longhorns. 00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.160 Hook them, brother. 00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:05.980 I know a lot of things. 00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:07.480 We got a big game tomorrow, okay? 00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.540 We got a big game. 00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:10.440 Y'all need to pray 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:12.160 that those Washington Huskies... 00:24:13.040 --> 00:24:14.460 I'm kidding. 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.900 We're getting way off anyway. 00:24:16.600 --> 00:24:17.380 Don't do that 00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:18.279 because it'll probably backfire. 00:24:18.540 --> 00:24:18.740 Okay. 00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:21.560 I know a lot of things 00:24:21.560 --> 00:24:22.820 about my favorite sports teams. 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.920 I can tell you 00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.820 just about every guy 00:24:24.820 --> 00:24:26.519 who plays on their whole team, 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.820 whether he plays or not. 00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:28.960 I can tell you 00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.500 their coaches. 00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:30.200 I can tell you 00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.900 just about everything. 00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:32.080 I know a lot about them. 00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.980 But guess what? 00:24:33.840 --> 00:24:35.040 I've never met any of them. 00:24:36.060 --> 00:24:37.060 I don't know them. 00:24:37.560 --> 00:24:38.940 I don't actually know those guys. 00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:41.519 I love Dak Prescott. 00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.540 I know where he was born. 00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.620 I know, you know, 00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:45.019 I watched him in college. 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:46.080 I know all these things 00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:46.700 about him. 00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.759 But if Dak Prescott 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.519 walked in the room, 00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.380 I would know him 00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:50.580 and he would not know me at all. 00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:52.380 He would have no clue. 00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:54.860 I would just be 00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:56.220 one of the millions of fans 00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:58.360 of America's team, brother. 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:03.480 But I don't actually know those guys. 00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:07.480 How many of us know about God? 00:25:07.840 --> 00:25:08.820 We've been in church. 00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.680 We've been around him. 00:25:09.760 --> 00:25:12.260 We know all these facts about God. 00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:13.360 This Bible trivia, 00:25:13.540 --> 00:25:14.340 we can get just about 00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:15.240 every question right. 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.820 But how intimately 00:25:16.820 --> 00:25:18.540 and well and personally 00:25:18.540 --> 00:25:20.580 do you actually know God? 00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.280 That comes from 00:25:21.280 --> 00:25:22.160 spending time with him. 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:23.560 The difference in God 00:25:23.560 --> 00:25:24.880 and all those professional athletes 00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:26.560 is God actually wants me around. 00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:29.060 Those guys don't want me 00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:29.980 showing up at their house. 00:25:30.580 --> 00:25:31.580 Hey, can we hang out? 00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:34.279 Can we talk football for a while? 00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:36.060 No, they don't want that. 00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.740 But God wants me around. 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:40.779 He wants to engage with me. 00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:42.660 He wants me to spend time with him 00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:44.200 and learn him. 00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:48.720 So, secondly, renew the new. 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.740 Remember your God 00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:51.400 has conquered death. 00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:54.620 Your God is not small. 00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:57.380 Your God is not inconsequential. 00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:59.240 Your God is not weak. 00:26:00.540 --> 00:26:03.340 Nothing too hard for God. 00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:04.920 He has conquered death. 00:26:05.320 --> 00:26:06.080 John 11, man, 00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:07.680 there's no better passage 00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:09.680 than to see John 11, 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.680 the story of Lazarus. 00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:12.100 A man named Lazarus was sick. 00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:14.240 They came and told Jesus about it. 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:15.340 He said when he heard about it, 00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:16.060 he said, 00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:18.400 Lazarus' sickness will not end in death. 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:20.780 It happened for the glory of God 00:26:20.780 --> 00:26:22.060 so that the Son of God 00:26:22.060 --> 00:26:24.220 will receive glory from this. 00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:25.220 Then Jesus shouted, 00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:26.640 Lazarus, come out! 00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:28.320 And the dead man came out. 00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.720 Amen. 00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:30.380 His hands and feet 00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:31.700 were bound in grave clothes. 00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:33.620 His face was wrapped in a head cloth. 00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.780 Jesus told them, 00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.700 unwrap him. 00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:37.700 Get those grave clothes off of him. 00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:38.920 They don't belong on him. 00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.740 He's not dead. 00:26:40.340 --> 00:26:40.900 Unwrap him. 00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:42.120 Get those grave clothes off. 00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:44.000 And let him go. 00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.259 Folks, I don't know 00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:46.559 what's dead in your life, 00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:48.619 but Jesus can say, 00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:49.839 come out. 00:26:50.699 --> 00:26:52.019 Jesus can restore life. 00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:54.259 Jesus can tear off the grave clothes. 00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:55.059 So often, 00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:56.879 we wrap ourselves 00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:59.819 in the clothes of death. 00:26:59.959 --> 00:27:00.659 What does that mean? 00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:02.539 We live the life 00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:04.159 that leads toward death. 00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:06.079 Instead of recognizing 00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:07.779 that God has given us a new nature, 00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.539 he's brought us new life. 00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:12.440 And now Jesus says, 00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.859 take the grave clothes off. 00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:16.000 Whatever it is for you, 00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:17.359 whatever you're struggling with, 00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.599 whatever you're going back to, 00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:20.119 and you're crawling back 00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:21.159 into that tomb of death 00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:22.480 and wrapping yourself 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.579 in those grave clothes 00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:25.000 because you just can't seem 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.559 to shake it. 00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.299 God says, 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.319 I'm strong enough 00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.220 to conquer that death. 00:27:29.159 --> 00:27:30.240 I already put it to death. 00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.799 Get those grave clothes off. 00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:33.559 I've got such a great life for you. 00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:37.399 We're a new creation. 00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:40.680 It started with conversion. 00:27:41.040 --> 00:27:41.780 It started with 00:27:41.780 --> 00:27:42.920 when we converted 00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:46.480 from ourselves to Jesus. 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:48.140 When we converted 00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:50.560 from death to life. 00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:52.780 When we put our faith in Jesus 00:27:52.780 --> 00:27:53.940 for the very first time. 00:27:54.560 --> 00:27:55.720 For all of eternity. 00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.800 You don't have to do it again. 00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:57.700 You don't have to do it 00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:59.420 every time you sin. 00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:01.040 You don't have to renew it every year. 00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.740 That conversion 00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:05.140 is a one-time happening. 00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:07.160 Just like Jesus died 00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:08.080 once on the cross. 00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:10.600 You put your faith in him once 00:28:10.600 --> 00:28:12.980 and you become his child. 00:28:14.060 --> 00:28:15.420 Your faith may falter. 00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:18.080 You might fall. 00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:21.320 But God's promise never changes. 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:24.200 So we are converted. 00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:25.880 We stand righteous before him. 00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.920 Can you believe that? 00:28:27.300 --> 00:28:28.160 Knowing all the truth 00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.759 about yourself. 00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.680 Knowing all your faults 00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.180 and failures. 00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.620 And knowing that still 00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.680 when God looks at you 00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:34.380 he sees not your righteousness 00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:36.080 but Jesus' righteousness 00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.900 imputed 00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:38.360 or placed upon 00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:39.220 your account. 00:28:40.060 --> 00:28:40.900 So God says 00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:42.680 now I see 00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.960 my son's righteousness 00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:45.820 when I look at 00:28:45.820 --> 00:28:46.539 your account. 00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.480 So your account 00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.400 is settled with God. 00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:51.400 So that's the conversion process. 00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:52.640 Now if you haven't 00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.440 put your faith in him 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.759 then that's not true for you. 00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:56.160 But please don't leave 00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:56.840 this house today 00:28:56.840 --> 00:28:58.539 without putting your faith 00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:58.920 in Jesus. 00:28:59.560 --> 00:29:00.420 You'll have an opportunity 00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:01.140 in just a moment. 00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:02.940 It started with conversion 00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.640 and then it goes 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.220 to transformation. 00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:07.500 This is a daily transformation. 00:29:08.360 --> 00:29:09.240 So in the new year 00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:10.600 what's important to you? 00:29:11.060 --> 00:29:11.820 What do you value? 00:29:13.040 --> 00:29:14.240 What's important to you? 00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.500 That will guide 00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.540 your daily transformation. 00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.880 That will guide 00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:19.220 your new nature 00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:20.980 being true 00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.720 being real 00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.800 being alive 00:29:22.800 --> 00:29:23.320 for you. 00:29:23.780 --> 00:29:25.080 Yes we have this new nature 00:29:25.080 --> 00:29:26.180 that God has given to us 00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:27.060 but so often 00:29:27.060 --> 00:29:27.980 we cast it off 00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:29.140 for the old nature. 00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:31.320 God can help 00:29:31.320 --> 00:29:31.680 with that. 00:29:32.620 --> 00:29:33.420 If it's important enough 00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:33.680 to you 00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:34.540 if you value it 00:29:34.540 --> 00:29:35.620 then God 00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:37.259 can help make 00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.980 the new nature 00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:39.580 renewed 00:29:39.580 --> 00:29:40.860 every day 00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:41.900 for you. 00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.320 Romans 12 00:29:43.320 --> 00:29:44.340 talks about this. 00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.520 Don't copy 00:29:45.520 --> 00:29:46.040 the behavior 00:29:46.040 --> 00:29:46.620 and the customs 00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:47.240 of this world 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:48.880 but let God 00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:50.300 transform you 00:29:50.300 --> 00:29:52.220 into a new person 00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:53.580 by changing 00:29:53.580 --> 00:29:54.200 the way 00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:55.320 you think. 00:29:57.320 --> 00:29:58.120 Get that? 00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:59.419 man it just 00:29:59.419 --> 00:29:59.819 hasn't worked 00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.559 for me in the past 00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.739 because you got 00:30:01.739 --> 00:30:02.059 to change 00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.699 the way you think 00:30:02.699 --> 00:30:03.859 but you can't 00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.179 do it 00:30:04.179 --> 00:30:05.279 God can change 00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.979 the way you think. 00:30:06.939 --> 00:30:08.479 Then you will learn 00:30:08.479 --> 00:30:09.839 to know God's will 00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.359 for you 00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:11.319 and that's good 00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:11.919 and pleasing 00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.579 and perfect. 00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:14.259 What's the 00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.839 takeaway today? 00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:16.379 Daily renew 00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:17.359 my values 00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:18.879 to reflect 00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:20.099 my new nature 00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:21.019 in Christ. 00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.559 I've got to 00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.459 daily revisit 00:30:23.459 --> 00:30:24.679 what's important 00:30:24.679 --> 00:30:25.159 to me 00:30:25.159 --> 00:30:26.219 what's driving 00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.940 my decisions 00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.940 what's driving 00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.579 my goals 00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.460 what's driving 00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:30.140 my actions 00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:31.600 daily renew 00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:32.420 my values 00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:33.360 so that they 00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:34.120 will reflect 00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:35.660 my new nature 00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:36.759 my new identity 00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.620 in Christ. 00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.240 You see why 00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.819 Paul started 00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.259 to talk about 00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.140 this in Ephesians 4? 00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:41.100 Because he just 00:30:41.100 --> 00:30:42.019 spent Ephesians 3 00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:43.039 talking about 00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.759 our new nature 00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.259 in Christ. 00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.460 He talked about 00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:46.240 who we are 00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.120 our identity 00:30:47.120 --> 00:30:48.360 this is who you are 00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:48.799 you got to get 00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.660 that settled first 00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.519 then 00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.600 that 00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:53.120 will drive 00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:54.220 your decisions 00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.059 that will drive 00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:55.819 your values 00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:57.059 that will drive 00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:58.139 your actions 00:30:58.139 --> 00:30:59.659 your thinking 00:30:59.659 --> 00:31:01.000 who you are 00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:02.419 so daily 00:31:02.419 --> 00:31:03.599 renew my values 00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.579 to reflect 00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.720 my new nature 00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.859 in Christ. 00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:08.220 Let's pray together 00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.819 would we? 00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.059 Lord Jesus 00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.759 I pray that you 00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.200 would do that 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.960 for us God 00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:15.799 that you would 00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.679 not let a man 00:31:16.679 --> 00:31:17.119 or woman 00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.740 or a teen 00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.399 or a child 00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:20.019 anyone in this room 00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:21.539 go an entire day 00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:23.099 without feeling 00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:24.139 that Holy Spirit 00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.800 conviction 00:31:24.800 --> 00:31:29.300 those reminders 00:31:29.300 --> 00:31:30.960 hey you need me 00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:33.540 I can help you 00:31:33.540 --> 00:31:35.860 I can help you 00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.640 change your thinking 00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:38.980 can help you 00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.380 renew 00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:40.320 who you are 00:31:40.320 --> 00:31:42.380 God I pray 00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.980 that you do that 00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.440 for us 00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:45.920 and I pray 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:46.320 that you would 00:31:46.320 --> 00:31:46.759 do a work 00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.440 in every heart 00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.940 in this room 00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:50.480 that your spirit 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.560 would have 00:31:51.560 --> 00:31:52.360 full liberty 00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:53.039 and freedom 00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:54.279 to move 00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:55.259 through this church 00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:57.839 God let 2024 00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:59.039 be a year 00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.699 of renewal 00:31:59.699 --> 00:32:01.159 for this church 00:32:01.159 --> 00:32:05.539 I speak that 00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:05.899 in the name 00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:06.279 of Jesus 00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:07.359 over this congregation 00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:08.839 that you would 00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.859 have free reign 00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:12.000 to move 00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:13.519 in our hearts 00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:15.759 in our families 00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:18.420 there's no other 00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.059 name given 00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.660 among heaven 00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:20.240 whereby we 00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.879 may be saved 00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.200 and there's 00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:22.039 no other name 00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:23.319 that has the 00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.759 power to 00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.319 transform 00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:25.259 in the name 00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.680 of Jesus 00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:28.859 so God 00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.579 let every teen 00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:29.879 girl 00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.480 every teen 00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.859 guy 00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:33.480 be filled 00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.279 with your spirit 00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.700 as they go 00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.200 to school 00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.420 be filled 00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:37.119 with your spirit 00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:37.619 as they go 00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:37.980 through their 00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.599 activities 00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.859 sports 00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.519 and whatever 00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.039 else they're 00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.559 involved in 00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:41.799 God 00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:46.139 let every man 00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:46.779 every woman 00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.440 as they go 00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:47.659 to the 00:32:47.659 --> 00:32:48.259 workplace 00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.980 as they're 00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.440 at home 00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:51.919 let their 00:32:51.919 --> 00:32:52.480 speech 00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:54.720 be overtaken 00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.059 by the 00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:55.500 holy spirit 00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:55.899 of God 00:32:55.899 --> 00:32:57.839 let their 00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.399 thoughts 00:32:58.399 --> 00:32:59.680 be driven 00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:00.119 by your 00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:00.720 holy spirit 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:03.960 as parents 00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.539 interact with 00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:04.960 children 00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.899 as children 00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:06.480 interact with 00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:06.819 parents 00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.159 with their 00:33:07.159 --> 00:33:07.539 siblings 00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:07.899 with their 00:33:07.899 --> 00:33:08.399 friends 00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:09.640 I pray 00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:10.000 that your 00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.600 holy spirit 00:33:10.600 --> 00:33:11.280 would guide 00:33:11.280 --> 00:33:12.100 those 00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:12.720 conversations 00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:16.780 God 00:33:16.780 --> 00:33:17.300 lead us 00:33:17.300 --> 00:33:17.860 into your 00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.600 perfect will 00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:20.340 let your 00:33:20.340 --> 00:33:20.940 new nature 00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:23.580 dominate 00:33:23.580 --> 00:33:24.680 obliterate 00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:26.200 completely 00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.860 wipe out 00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.860 our old 00:33:27.860 --> 00:33:28.160 nature 00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:30.560 we'll give 00:33:30.560 --> 00:33:30.940 you all the 00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.500 glory for it 00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.780 we'll give 00:33:31.780 --> 00:33:32.220 you all the 00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.460 honor 00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.120 we'll praise 00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.800 you endlessly 00:33:33.800 --> 00:33:36.040 we trust 00:33:36.040 --> 00:33:37.259 that your 00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:37.640 will will be 00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:37.860 done 00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:40.479 church if you 00:33:40.479 --> 00:33:40.779 don't know 00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.319 Jesus as 00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:41.740 your savior 00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.639 would you 00:33:42.639 --> 00:33:42.919 lift your 00:33:42.919 --> 00:33:43.259 hand right 00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.459 now 00:33:43.459 --> 00:33:44.019 nobody else 00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.319 is looking 00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:44.559 around 00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:46.279 if you 00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.519 need to 00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.779 put your 00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.159 faith in 00:33:47.159 --> 00:33:47.619 Jesus for 00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:47.899 the first 00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:48.159 time 00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:48.379 would you 00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:48.639 lift your 00:33:48.639 --> 00:33:48.979 hand up 00:33:48.979 --> 00:33:51.000 thank you 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:52.619 you put 00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:52.879 your hand 00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.119 down 00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:56.799 church if 00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.000 there's 00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.459 something that 00:33:57.459 --> 00:33:57.899 you need to 00:33:57.899 --> 00:33:58.339 surrender to 00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:58.619 God 00:33:58.619 --> 00:34:01.539 you just need 00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:02.039 prayer say 00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:03.500 God I want 00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.219 to surrender 00:34:04.219 --> 00:34:05.000 my old nature 00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.399 I want to 00:34:05.399 --> 00:34:05.919 take on your 00:34:05.919 --> 00:34:06.359 new nature 00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:07.039 renew it every 00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.379 day 00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:08.380 something 00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:09.079 specific God 00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.539 put on your 00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:09.940 heart that 00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.380 you just need 00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.740 prayer for 00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:10.980 would you 00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.280 slip your 00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:11.619 hand up and 00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:11.860 I'll pray 00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.220 for you 00:34:12.220 --> 00:34:13.420 thank you 00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:15.000 thank you 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:17.780 God I pray 00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.400 for every heart 00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:18.900 in this room 00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.960 pray that you 00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.420 would have your 00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:21.039 way in our 00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.599 church and our 00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:22.140 congregation 00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:22.400 good 00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:34.779 thank you 00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:39.319 for