1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:08,520 This is Living Waters of Grace, the teaching ministry of Lewis 2 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:12,200 Harold, assistant pastor of Calvary Chapel of Westmoreland 3 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:16,520 County in Greensburg, PA. Now here's Pastor Lewis as he 4 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:18,920 continues teaching through God's Word. 5 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:41,880 This self love is actually. One of the self sins because it 6 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,760 births so many. Other selfish. 7 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,360 Things in our life, it gives birth to some of the other 8 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:53,400 selfish things in our life. Jesus even said in Luke 9 and 9 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:58,760 23, He says if anyone desires to come after me, let him love 10 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:00,960 himself. No, it doesn't say that, does 11 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:02,680 he? He didn't say let him love 12 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:08,320 himself, he said let him deny himself and take up his. 13 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:11,760 Cross daily. Take a Scroll down the self help 14 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:15,120 aisle at Barnes and Noble the next time you visit and you'll 15 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,360 notice that this section has grown. 16 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:21,080 Shelves are lined with book after book about how you can 17 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,960 love yourself more. And while there certainly is an 18 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:29,640 important aspect to self esteem and self love, it can quickly 19 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:33,640 spiral into self worship. As we heard a moment ago from 20 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:37,160 Pastor Lewis. Jesus has called us to deny self 21 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:41,640 and to pick up our crosses daily in order to bring God glory. 22 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:46,120 Now here's Pastor Lewis in the book of Second Timothy chapter 3 23 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,320 with today's edition of Living Waters of Grace. 24 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,960 Father once again. As we prepare, Lord to. 25 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:56,480 Open up your word. As we prepare to study your 26 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,840 truth. We once again ask. 27 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:03,800 For your Holy Spirit Lord too. Be manifested today and to. 28 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,800 Teach us you are the teacher, Lord, your Holy Spirit teaches. 29 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,720 Us and leads us into all. Truth. 30 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:15,040 It reveals all truth. You reveal all truth, Lord. 31 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,840 Father, you don't need me. To be here, Lord, your word says 32 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:25,280 you use the foolish. Things to confound the the wise 33 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:27,520 things, Lord. Of this world. 34 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,240 And I definitely qualify as one of the foolish things. 35 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,440 But Father, you don't need me. You don't need a vessel. 36 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,920 You. Choose to use a vessel Lord you. 37 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,920 Spoke to Moses. Through a burning Bush you spoke 38 00:02:39,920 --> 00:02:43,760 to. Balaam by a mule, a donkey Lord. 39 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,560 You certainly don't use. You certainly don't need me. 40 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:48,240 So, Father? I asked. 41 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,920 That you would open your mouth, Lord, and speak to. 42 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:55,280 All of us. Help us to understand what it is 43 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,960 that you're saying to us in these times and as we. 44 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,640 Go through these perilous times, Lord, as we. 45 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:04,920 Are going through this. Chapter I pray. 46 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:08,520 That you would enlighten us and most of our Father. 47 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:14,440 I pray that someone's eyes will be open, that someone's heart. 48 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,160 Would be touched. And let. 49 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:21,680 This be the last day, Lord. That they would not know their 50 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,360 eternity. Let this be the last day, Lord 51 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:26,040 that they. Walk as one of the children of 52 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:29,240 disobedience. The last day that they. 53 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:33,120 Live in darkness and walk in their sins and. 54 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,200 Trespasses that they be. Dead in their sins and. 55 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,480 Trespasses. Let this be the last day. 56 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:39,680 But Father, I pray that you would. 57 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,760 Bring life to someone today, Lord, that you would bring 58 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:48,280 salvation to someone today, that someone's life will be totally 59 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,320 changed. Today for this year. 60 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:51,800 Going into this year. Lord. 61 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,600 And that you would change our. Lives, Lord, who are believers? 62 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:57,920 Even today, Lord, as we become more and more. 63 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,520 Like you let this year, Lord, that we become. 64 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:04,280 More and more like. You so we ask these. 65 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:08,400 Things in the name of our Savior and our Lord in Jesus holy name, 66 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:10,680 matchless name, we. Pray that. 67 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:14,480 Everyone say Amen, Amen. So we are here. 68 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,360 In chapter 3, Second Timothy, chapter 3 and we have been 69 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:19,240 titled. This. 70 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:26,160 Perilous time. This is on the heels of coming 71 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,320 off of. Chapter 2, where Paul has. 72 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:35,480 Prepared Timothy prepared Timothy for what's going on or 73 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:40,000 what will be going on today in these last times so Paul is 74 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,000 almost like in this chapter he becomes. 75 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:44,560 Like a prophet, he gives a prophecy. 76 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,720 Of what's to come and what will be happening in the. 77 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,640 Last days, so let's just start to. 78 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,200 Go in through the Scripture. I don't know how far we're going 79 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,640 to get because I don't want to rush through this. 80 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:57,640 We're only going to do 99 verses. 81 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:01,560 I intend to do 9 verses, but I don't want to rush it because 82 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:03,440 there's so much in it that I want it impart. 83 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:07,440 But if we don't, if we don't get through it all the day, we'll do 84 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,080 it next week and then after. That we have pastor. 85 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:13,360 Clark coming back in to teach us, but I I do want to take my 86 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,160 time as we go through. This is that OK? 87 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:16,560 We did. OK. 88 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:20,240 Thank you. Praise God so chapter 3 verse. 89 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:24,200 One and it says but know this that in the. 90 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:29,320 Last days perilous. Times will come, so he says, in 91 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,360 the last days. So what you know so? 92 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:33,200 What are What are these last days? 93 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:34,960 What are these last? Days. 94 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,560 I mean, is there going to be anything different happening in 95 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:39,880 these? Last days that. 96 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,120 Or is there a different attitude? 97 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,040 About these last days. Or is there something? 98 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,720 Different about these last. Days and during the time that 99 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:48,960 Paul. Was there or that the apostles 100 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,600 will walk the earth the last days is. 101 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,440 Really a reference that period from the the ministry of Jesus 102 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:57,720 Christ from the time he came and he. 103 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,320 Walked the earth. And he did ministry and then he. 104 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,920 Was crucified, He was. Buried, And he rose again, and 105 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:08,520 he ascended into heaven. To be at the right. 106 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:10,680 To be at the right. Hand of the Father. 107 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:16,560 So from that time, from that ascension until his return is. 108 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,720 Really considered the last days. So from that time for we were. 109 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:24,160 In the last days. And we are in the last days and 110 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:25,160 as we. Go through this. 111 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,160 I think you'll see evidence of that, even Paul. 112 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,440 Who spoke about this hundreds of years ago? 113 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:35,800 Gives us some very chilling information, so accurate about 114 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:37,800 what will happen in these last days. 115 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:39,640 Now these last days are. Also referred to. 116 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:45,120 As last times according to Jude chapter 1 and 18 First Peter 117 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,200 120. It's referred to as the last. 118 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:52,680 Hour in first John 2 and 18. It's also referred to. 119 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:57,040 As the end of ages in 1st Corinthians 10 and 11. 120 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,200 But what we must remember? Is that? 121 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,280 This is God's time we're talking about. 122 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:05,080 So because we say last. Days that doesn't mean that you 123 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,840 know, we still don't know. We still don't know when Christ 124 00:07:08,840 --> 00:07:10,560 is coming back. We have no idea. 125 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:11,920 And neither did, Neither did Paul. 126 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:13,920 So when we say. The last days that. 127 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:15,440 Doesn't mean that OK like the last. 128 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,600 Few days it's. It's almost like, you know, like 129 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,280 these are my last few days of speaking for this particular. 130 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,400 Cycle right, because Pastor Clark will be here in about two 131 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,240 weeks. We're not talking about that 132 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,560 what we're talking about. Is that these are the last. 133 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:29,640 Days and we must understand that for. 134 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:33,160 God a day. Is as 1000 years and 1000 years. 135 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:35,640 Is as a day. So when you think about. 136 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,960 Jesus. Being around has only been two, 137 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,160 you know, 2000 years. So if you talk. 138 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,360 About 2000 years and God's economy of things, it's really 139 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,880 only been two days. It's only been two days. 140 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,640 So in the last days and we are in these last. 141 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:55,840 Days, but what he says is that. Perilous times will come, and 142 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:57,480 that's a very interesting word, that he. 143 00:07:57,480 --> 00:07:59,560 Uses, he says. Perilous times. 144 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,040 Perilous means, wicked means difficult. 145 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:07,640 It means hard times, troublesome times, furious times. 146 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,000 And get this. Fierce. 147 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:15,760 Times dangerous, hazardous time, I mean, and this is what it will 148 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:17,240 be in those. Last days. 149 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:22,080 I mean it, it's going to be a time of lawlessness and 150 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,240 godlessness, but also it's going to be even. 151 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:27,680 Worse for the believers. Because most. 152 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:32,280 Of that hatred that. Energy will be against believers 153 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:35,960 will be against believers. So it's times of. 154 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,720 Stress, particularly for us and what Paul exhorted. 155 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:44,200 Timothy to do as we mentioned earlier back in chapter 2, when 156 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,720 he encouraged him to endure. Hardship. 157 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,120 He told him to remember that Jesus. 158 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,000 He told him remember that. Jesus, that Jesus is the Christ. 159 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:56,040 He is the Messiah and we hold on to that and he also told us or 160 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:59,600 encouraged. Us to rightly divide the word. 161 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:04,960 And to keep or to keep the pattern of sound doctrine, these 162 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:09,280 are the things that he prepared Timothy for in in chapter 2. 163 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:14,200 And it's because of what's coming in these last days. 164 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:18,600 So this word perilous, fierce. Is actually the same way. 165 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:19,920 It's interesting it's the same word. 166 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:23,360 That was used. Back in Matthew Back in Matthew 167 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:27,360 and chapter 8 when? They talked about the story. 168 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,840 Of the of the demoniac and the two demoniacs when Jesus went 169 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:32,280 over. To Gardara. 170 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:35,240 And he get out of the boat. And these two demoniacs 171 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,720 approached him, and they were described as being exceedingly 172 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:40,880 fierce. They were described as being 173 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,720 exceedingly fierce. They were untamed men, wild men, 174 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,640 men with no boundaries. I mean just fierce men. 175 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:52,600 No one could be around them. And he used that same term for 176 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:57,240 these days. Perilous days, Perilous times. 177 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:00,920 And we see that also back in First Timothy. 178 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,920 Chapter 4. And verse one very interesting 179 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:05,200 that Paul. Uses a very. 180 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:09,560 Similar term you know, because it's when he says demoniac when 181 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:12,680 I when I told you that it almost like it was the same word that. 182 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:15,840 Described what was. Mentioned in in Gardeira in 183 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:19,200 Matthew when he talked about the demoniacs being exceedingly 184 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:23,160 fierce. They were of a demonic spirit. 185 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,600 They were influenced by a demonic spirit and he mentions 186 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,680 that over here in first. Timothy, Chapter 4. 187 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:30,880 Almost the same thing when he says now the. 188 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:34,120 Spirit expressly says. That in the latter times, some 189 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:38,360 will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits 190 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:43,920 and doctrines of demons. So there's a connection there. 191 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:47,600 There's this demonic influence is being inferenced here, that 192 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,560 there's a demonic influence that's going to be happening in 193 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:51,960 these. Last days or? 194 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,560 I should say increasing demonic influence because we're already 195 00:10:55,560 --> 00:10:58,840 seeing that in many cases going on right now. 196 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,680 So then he goes to verse 2 and he says for men will be lovers 197 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:05,920 of themselves. I'm going to read through these 198 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:07,280 and then I'm going to go back. Because this. 199 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:08,760 Is where I really want to take my time. 200 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,680 If you don't mind back in these particular verse from verse 2 to 201 00:11:11,680 --> 00:11:15,600 verse. 5 is really where? Paul gets into kind of the. 202 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,720 Meat of this character of what? What? 203 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,120 The character of the last days What? 204 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:25,640 Will mankind be like so he says here in verse 2? 205 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:29,160 He says for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, 206 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:30,160 boasters. Prowl. 207 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:32,200 Blasphemers. Disobedient to parents, 208 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:37,000 unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving slanderers without 209 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:41,640 self-control, brutal despisers. Of good traitors. 210 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:46,720 Headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of 211 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:48,040 God. I want to stop. 212 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,000 There because I. Just want to go. 213 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,320 Through these. And take my time with this now 214 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,480 again. This is the character that Paul 215 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:56,600 is. Describing here. 216 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,760 This is the character of the false. 217 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:04,360 Teachers and unbelievers. Of the last days, this is the 218 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,200 character. He's saying this is what it's 219 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:07,040 going to. Look like. 220 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:10,440 And he starts. Off with the issue of love. 221 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:12,320 God is love. So you know what? 222 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:13,400 What one of the? Ways. 223 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:17,120 That rebellion takes shape is when it attacks. 224 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,560 The love of God. It's one of the ways rebellion 225 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:23,440 takes shape. So he starts off with these 226 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:26,160 these. Lovers and remember when. 227 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:29,760 Jesus was asked. What is the greatest 228 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,400 commandment? He said that you love the Lord 229 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:38,400 God with all your. Mind all your heart and all your 230 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:42,840 soul. In other words, totally love the 231 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:45,440 Lord your God. Doesn't say love yourself, it 232 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:46,360 says. Love the Lord your. 233 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,320 God and to love your neighbors as. 234 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:53,240 Yourself is a second. So what Paul is doing here, he 235 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:58,320 is showing how the rebellion of that time will even go against. 236 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:02,360 The love that God. Commanded for us, so the first 237 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:04,120 one, he says. They will be. 238 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,800 Lovers of themselves, lovers of themselves. 239 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:09,560 That's the pride. That totally. 240 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:13,000 Right there goes against the word of God, the Word. 241 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,640 Of God doesn't tell us to be lovers of ourselves, it tells us 242 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:18,000 to be. Lovers of him. 243 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,520 And lovers of others, that's how we worship. 244 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:26,200 Him, by loving him. He says if you. 245 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,720 Love me, you'll obey me, you'll keep my commandments. 246 00:13:30,680 --> 00:13:33,880 This is not, it's. Dangerous to love yourself 247 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:38,640 because when you start to love yourself to this point, you 248 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:41,120 begin to make. Idols of yourself, you. 249 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:45,120 Become a. God of yourself so. 250 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,040 He goes on here so that. This talks about pride. 251 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,160 And and I just want to read something to you when we talk. 252 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:52,920 About this self love, This self love. 253 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,520 Is the overarching sin. Of all the other 254 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:59,840 characteristics, so this. Is like the originator or where 255 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:03,560 it all comes from most of the sins and it's already been 256 00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:06,560 documented that. Pride is usually at the base. 257 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:10,000 Of almost all sins. Pride is at the base of that. 258 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:13,040 Almost every sin that we commit when you scratch. 259 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,240 Off all the surfaces, you scratch off all the layers. 260 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,800 What's at the bottom of it is. Usually pride. 261 00:14:18,680 --> 00:14:21,520 It's usually pride. It's self love. 262 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:24,560 And it is the overarching sin of. 263 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:26,160 All of these other characteristics. 264 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:30,200 That's going to be listed. It's an emphasis on self or 265 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:35,120 loving self more or instead of loving God. 266 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:38,680 It's a form of humanism to some degree, and it's. 267 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:42,560 Also self idolatry. And as and it's putting. 268 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:45,520 Self before God. And anything that we. 269 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,200 Put before God. Is an idol. 270 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,240 Whether it's our self, whether it's our. 271 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:53,920 Children, our job. Our our our hobbies. 272 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,800 Whatever it. Is that we put before God is. 273 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,720 An idol, one of my favorite. Authors. 274 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:02,160 And I just recently got a book by one of our. 275 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,640 Sisters here, that. Blessed me with the book from 276 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:06,160 this. Author AW Tozer. 277 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:09,160 One of my favorite authors. This is the quote that he had 278 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:13,640 concerning the self sins. He said. 279 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:18,200 To be specific, the self sins are these self righteousness, 280 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:22,280 self pity, self-confidence, self-sufficiency which is part 281 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:27,920 of humanism, self admiration, self love and a host. 282 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:29,560 Of others. Like them? 283 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:33,000 End Quote. So this self love. 284 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,440 Is actually one of the self sins because it. 285 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:41,160 Births. So many other selfish things in 286 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,520 our life. It gives birth to some of the 287 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:45,480 other selfish things in our life. 288 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:50,200 Jesus even said in Luke 9 and 23 He says if anyone desires to 289 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:53,160 come after me, let him love himself. 290 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:55,000 No, he doesn't say that, does he? 291 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:57,080 He didn't say let him love himself. 292 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:01,920 He said let him deny himself and take up his. 293 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:06,560 Cross daily take up his cross daily take up that part of us, 294 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:10,320 that self sacrificial part of us, that part of us that's 295 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,280 supposed to give ourselves as a as a as a. 296 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:18,920 Sacrifice every single. Day we do this. 297 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:22,960 We die to. Ourself take up our cross daily. 298 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,600 And follow me. And follow me. 299 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:28,720 And then in Philippians 2 and 3. Says. 300 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:32,160 Let nothing be done. Through selfish. 301 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:37,120 Ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let him esteem 302 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:40,520 others better than himself. Verse 4 says let each. 303 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:46,760 Of you look not only on his own interests, but also for the 304 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:53,160 interests of others, that is almost impossible to do in our 305 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,720 own strength. We're not. 306 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:59,200 Built that way. To put somebody else's interest 307 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:01,520 before our own. We're just not built that way. 308 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:04,119 None of us are. None of us are. 309 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,839 We don't go. To a job interview and begin to 310 00:17:07,839 --> 00:17:11,200 build up the person that we're in competition for that job for. 311 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:14,160 We don't go into the interview and talk about the person that's 312 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,599 that's going to be interviewing after us and build that person 313 00:17:17,599 --> 00:17:19,400 up. We don't do that. 314 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,920 We go in and talk. About ourselves. 315 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:26,640 But that's what happens. With self love it's. 316 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:29,920 Always putting the interests. Of ourselves. 317 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,520 Before the interests of others. But Paul says here. 318 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:36,160 Let each of you. Look on not only, he says. 319 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,880 Not only he's not saying that you never look on your own 320 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,160 interests, but he says don't look only on your interests. 321 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:44,280 But also. On the entrance. 322 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:48,120 On the entrance. Of others with this self love, 323 00:17:48,120 --> 00:17:53,000 this pride, it's. It's love instead of worshipping 324 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,880 and loving God OK when we love ourselves instead of worshipping 325 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:00,600 and loving. God, what they do is that. 326 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:05,200 They love themselves and make gods of themselves and become 327 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,360 users. Of people for their. 328 00:18:07,360 --> 00:18:09,640 Benefit. And that's one of the dangers of 329 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:13,040 loving self, because we begin to instead of loving people. 330 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:16,200 We use people. We use people. 331 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:19,000 For our own benefit, the next one he talks. 332 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,080 About he talks about the lovers of. 333 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:26,840 Money lovers of money and when you love money it it be you 334 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:30,560 become covetous because you want what money can give you and 335 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:31,880 that's a. Part of self love. 336 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:36,040 Become lovers of money. You go out and go get the things 337 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:38,040 that give you pleasure, the things that. 338 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:42,240 Feel your lusts. And instead of using things like 339 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:44,520 money, which is. Provided by God to. 340 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,920 Provide for our own needs instead of using them for that, 341 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,240 or use them to. Glorify God or use. 342 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:54,920 Them using money to bless other people instead of using it that 343 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,280 way. We love money and make idols out 344 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:01,320 of the money and the things and often things. 345 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,280 But we use people instead of using money. 346 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,840 We instead use people instead of loving people. 347 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,800 So it's a misplaced. Love there. 348 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:12,120 It's a misplaced love. We should. 349 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:18,560 Be loving others, but instead we love things and we use others. 350 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,080 We get it backwards there, we get it backwards there. 351 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:24,160 And what Paul is saying that in these last days people will 352 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:25,320 misplace. Their love. 353 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:30,360 They'll love themselves and things instead of loving God and 354 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:34,160 loving others and using things for God's. 355 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,320 Glory. The next one, he. 356 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,000 Says is boasters. She talks about these boasters. 357 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:43,560 Boasters, this is. Vaunting and praising themselves 358 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,040 if we are to. Boast the The Bible tells us 359 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,320 that if we do boast, we are. We we should boast in the Lord 360 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:54,040 and not in ourselves. The boasters are people who. 361 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:58,600 Like to make I statements, I statements I did this. 362 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:03,880 I did that. I have this or I have that. 363 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,240 I have this ability or I have that. 364 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,400 Ability I'm I'm this and I'm that. 365 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:14,880 It's a lot of. I statements enjoy telling you 366 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:18,160 things that they've done to help somebody else or things that 367 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,560 they have done that promotes themselves. 368 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:21,840 It's vaunting. It's. 369 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,760 Prideful. And these things come directly. 370 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:28,600 This boasting comes directly from Satan himself. 371 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:33,720 If you look back in Isaiah chapter 14, verses 13 and 14, 372 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:35,200 I'm just read it to you. You don't have to turn there, 373 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:36,720 but it says. For you. 374 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:39,360 Have said in your. Heart I. 375 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,640 Will ascend into heaven. I. 376 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:45,600 Will exalt my throne above the. Stars of God I. 377 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:49,840 Will sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest 378 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:53,720 sides of the north. I will ascend above the. 379 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:58,920 Heights of the clouds I will be. Like the most high. 380 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:03,320 All these I statements I will, I will, I will. 381 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:05,920 I can, I can. I did. 382 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:08,400 I did. Beware of these I. 383 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:09,280 Statement. These are people. 384 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:11,600 Who are full of pride, full of pride. 385 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:16,800 Psalm 32 and two says this, My soul shall make its boast in the 386 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:20,800 Lord, and the humble shall. Hear of it and be glad. 387 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:23,720 And I just also want to read for you, Jeremiah. 388 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,400 This is one of. My favorite verses actually. 389 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,600 When it talks about boasting and talks about who? 390 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:30,800 We should boast or how we should. 391 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:35,440 Boast, but in Jeremiah 9 and 23. He says thus says the Lord. 392 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,960 Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty 393 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:44,400 man glory in his might. Let not the rich man glory in 394 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,000 his riches. But let him who? 395 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:51,480 Glories or let. Him who boasts, let him boast in 396 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:57,400 this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord, 397 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,960 exercising loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness in 398 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:02,320 the. Earth for these. 399 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:07,360 Things in these things. I delight, says the Lord, if we 400 00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:08,400 are to. Love somebody. 401 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,440 We're to boast. If we're to glory in anything, 402 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,160 it should be in the Lord, because no matter what. 403 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,080 It is that we. Have anything of any 404 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,240 significance? Anything that's any. 405 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,200 Good. It comes from him. 406 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:24,200 We don't have anything of our own anything. 407 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:29,240 It all comes from him. So where are we able to boast in 408 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:34,960 Second Corinthians 10/17? It says but he who glories or he 409 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,360 who boast. Let them boast in the. 410 00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:41,520 Lord. And then he and then he talks. 411 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,840 About this, this pride, this pride, these. 412 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,880 The next one is proud. These people are proud, they're 413 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:53,240 arrogant of themselves. They are wise in their own 414 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:58,080 hearts, and pride actually leads to rebellion against God. 415 00:22:58,520 --> 00:22:59,600 All the time. Pride. 416 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,440 Leads to rebellion against God and and pride you know what 417 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:08,000 pride mostly comes in at is in our reluctance or in our neglect 418 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,680 to pray because when things are going well we. 419 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:14,120 Feel like we got it, We got it. You know I'm Lord. 420 00:23:14,120 --> 00:23:16,360 I got this now. I don't need you, man. 421 00:23:17,360 --> 00:23:19,920 Not for this. So we don't pray. 422 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,720 We stop praying. Praying is one of the most 423 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:28,440 important parts of our humility. It shows our humility. 424 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,720 If there's anything that shows our humility, most it's it's 425 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:31,520 our. Prayer time. 426 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,760 When we go into prayer and we surrender. 427 00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:38,000 To the. Lord, and we let him know how 428 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,640 helpless and powerless. We are. 429 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:45,120 And how great and how mighty. He is. 430 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,960 That's where our prayer. Time is about in many cases and 431 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,720 and when we don't pray, it's a sign. 432 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:58,520 Of our pride. This has been another 433 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,720 encouraging edition of Living Waters of Grace. 434 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:05,840 Pastor Louis Harrell has shared some good reminders for us to 435 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,640 learn and walk in today as he's teaching through the books of 436 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:14,200 First and Second Timothy. There are useful practices and 437 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:18,400 advice that the Apostle Paul offers to Timothy in these books 438 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,840 from a fellow pastor. Paul imparts some wisdom to 439 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:26,400 Timothy about solid leadership and what some of the criteria 440 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,440 should be for leadership. There are specific passages 441 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,120 directed toward men and women, respectively. 442 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,840 And All in all, there's much to gain in coming to an awareness 443 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:41,760 of God's heart for each person and God's purposes for each one. 444 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,160 We're happy that you've taken the time today to listen and 445 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,840 invite you to come here the next edition. 446 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,200 In the meantime, when you have some time to spare today, go 447 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:55,640 check out our website, calvarychapelonline.com. 448 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,760 There you'll find additional messages as well as a variety of 449 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:04,080 resources and information about how to meet with us in person. 450 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:07,880 We're also on Facebook, so you can be a part of what we share 451 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:10,920 there as well. 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