1 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:07,720 You're very welcome to today's Triumph Church podcast. 2 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:10,440 We pray that you enjoy the message. 3 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,360 All right, well, we're going to be going back into the book of 4 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:20,480 Ephesians here. We're going to be continuing 5 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:23,840 that series. We're in Ephesians chapter 4 6 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,560 this week. There is so much in there. 7 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,280 It is an. Amazing, amazing book. 8 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,880 And the first 3 chapters are really the apostle Paul is. 9 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,760 Building things. Brick on brick telling us. 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,280 Who God is, who we are. In God. 11 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,920 How he views us, What we. Have in Christ. 12 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:43,840 Because of what he has. Done. 13 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:48,120 He's building things, but now he's moving in a little bit of a 14 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,000 different direction. He's moving from from doctrine 15 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:52,400 and. Now he's going into. 16 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:57,080 Lifestyle in chapter 4 we're going to begin this morning in 17 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:02,440 in verse one Ephesians chapter 4 in verse one that says therefore 18 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,960 IA prisoner for serving the Lord beg. 19 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:10,080 You to lead a. Life worthy of your calling, for 20 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:15,480 you have been called by God. The word therefore is. 21 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,520 Paul pointing back to everything that he's been. 22 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:23,040 Talking about in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 and Chapter 3, as if 23 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:28,200 to say in light of all of that. Here's how you should live 24 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,400 we're. Going to be looking at three 25 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,760 things this morning that the Apostle Paul urges us into. 26 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,640 The first one is going to be walking worthy. 27 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:42,920 The second thing is growing up and the third thing is putting 28 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,520 on Christ. So the first thing we're going 29 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:49,120 to talk about is walking worthy. We're going to reread Ephesians 30 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,880 chapter 4 verse one. We're also going to add in verse 31 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:57,280 2, but we're going to read this from the amplified that says so 32 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:01,160 I the prisoner of the Lord. Appeal to you to. 33 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:05,160 Live a life worthy of the calling to which you have been 34 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:10,440 called, that is to live a life. That exhibits godly character. 35 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:15,440 Moral courage, personal integrity, and. 36 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:18,800 Mature behavior. A life that expresses. 37 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,640 Gratitude to God. For your salvation and in verse 38 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:27,880 2, with all humility, forsaking self righteousness and 39 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:32,800 gentleness, maintaining self-control with patience, 40 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,640 bearing with one another in unselfish love. 41 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:39,880 Wow, there's a lot to that, isn't there? 42 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:44,920 Paul begins this by. Appealing to each of us to live 43 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:49,320 a. Life that is worthy of that 44 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:50,480 great. Calling. 45 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:54,360 We've all been called into God. 'S family. 46 00:02:55,040 --> 00:03:00,560 On some cultures, everything you do represents that family. 47 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,640 You can. Honor that family by your 48 00:03:03,640 --> 00:03:06,600 actions by. What you do by what you say 49 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:08,160 right? Or you can bring. 50 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,240 Dishonor. To. 51 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,680 That family, right, We don't talk a lot about honor and and 52 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,720 dishonor a lot in society anymore, but honor is very 53 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,440 important. Honor is very important to God. 54 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:26,040 And so the apostle Paul is is appealing to us to lead. 55 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:31,960 A life that is worthy. Of that great call being called 56 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:36,440 to God's family, being a member of God's family through Jesus, 57 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:41,440 but also worthy to a greater purpose in his Kingdom. 58 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,880 Now before you start putting pressure on yourself and start 59 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,120 freaking out about this, I want you to understand that a life. 60 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:54,560 Worthy is not a perfect life. Thank God, right? 61 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,480 God is not. Expecting us and judging us on 62 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:02,000 whether we're we're. Being worthy to be in his family 63 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,480 based upon. Our being perfect, what it's 64 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:10,680 based upon is that we're moving in the right direction. 65 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:13,600 When we wake. Up in the morning time, are we 66 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,560 moving? Towards God are we abiding. 67 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:20,120 In God are we thankful? For God are we thankful? 68 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,000 For Jesus are we? Trying to. 69 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:27,160 Take a step closer to him. That's all he wants from you, 70 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:32,320 living a life worthy moving towards him, moving in that 71 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,040 direction. Because in this life we're being 72 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,600 perfected. We're working out our salvation. 73 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,320 Scripture says, right? Well, what do you mean working 74 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:43,360 out our salvation? That's being. 75 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:47,640 Worthy of. This family that we've been 76 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:52,440 adopted into, we're. Taking off all of this rubbish 77 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,080 that's been placed upon our lives through sin and by this 78 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:58,440 world, and we're putting on Christ. 79 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,160 We're going to talk a little bit more about that, but Paul 80 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:05,760 doesn't start with a program. He doesn't start with a formula, 81 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:07,760 all right. He starts with character. 82 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:10,200 You know what? Character is. 83 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,720 Character is. Is what you do when no one else. 84 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,320 Is looking right. God sees. 85 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,960 What, no one else? Sees He sees our heart. 86 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,680 He sees in the shadows, He. Sees in the darkness. 87 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,040 He sees behind. Closed doors we cannot. 88 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,320 Hide anything from God. God. 89 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:33,680 Is looking at character and these aren't personality types 90 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,960 that the Apostle Paul is mentioning here being. 91 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:40,680 Humble, being gentle, being patient, being loving. 92 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:46,000 Those are all choices. Choices that we make. 93 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:47,840 We're not. Robots are we? 94 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:50,160 Is there anyone here who's a robot? 95 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,480 You know we're in the. Age of AII. 96 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,760 Don't know, like I remember some films growing up, there's this 97 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:57,640 crazy film. I wouldn't recommend watching 98 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:01,200 it, but it's called like RoboCop and there's like this Cyborg, 99 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,160 like police officer kind of thing. 100 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:05,800 Is there anyone here who's a? Cyborg. 101 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:06,920 You're half robot. You're. 102 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:08,320 Half human. Right. 103 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:12,040 Is there no if you're not. That means that you. 104 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,320 Haven't been pre programmed. You are not programmed. 105 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:21,280 You can make choices. You can choose to be patient 106 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,800 when you're. In that queue on the motorway. 107 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:30,080 Going home today, you can choose to be patient. 108 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,800 I have a hard time with that sometimes, just to be honest 109 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,840 with you when I'm stuck in. Traffic or people are. 110 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:39,280 Driving. Really slow or just getting in 111 00:06:39,280 --> 00:06:43,200 my way, you know? I just would like to have a tank 112 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,680 right? And I would just like to blast 113 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,480 the car in front of me out. Of the way, right? 114 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,960 Come on, get out of my way. What are you doing? 115 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,480 Why are you driving so slow? It's a really wide Rd. 116 00:06:56,840 --> 00:07:00,560 The speed limit is 120 kilometers and you're driving 117 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,000 80. What is? 118 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,360 Wrong with you, right? We can choose to be patient 119 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:06,920 though, can't we? God. 120 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,960 Bless them, Lord, Hallelujah, they're going to get to where 121 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,720 they're going safely. And so am I, right? 122 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:15,120 Thank you, Jesus. We can choose gentleness. 123 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:16,360 We can choose. Self. 124 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,280 Control we can choose. All of these things. 125 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:24,200 We have that capacity. You have that capacity. 126 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,640 But you have to make that decision then. 127 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:30,520 The Apostle Paul says this in the Ephesians chapter 4 and 128 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:34,400 verse 3. He says make every effort to 129 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,880 keep yourselves united in the Spirit binding yourselves 130 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:45,400 together with. Peace, make every effort. 131 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:51,080 Some effort. A little bit of effort. 132 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,400 I'll sure I'll give it a go and if it. 133 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:57,360 Doesn't work out right. No, he says make. 134 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:02,800 Every effort make. Every effort to keep yourselves. 135 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:06,160 United in the spirit, unity is something that. 136 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:10,920 You have to work. At it's not something that. 137 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:14,600 Just comes natural to us. Right. 138 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:16,800 We all have different thoughts. We all have. 139 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,920 Different opinions, right? Unity is something that you have 140 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:22,920 to work at. It's a decision. 141 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:24,800 That you make in your. Marriage. 142 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:27,880 It's a. Decision that you make. 143 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:31,320 On your job. It's a decision that you make 144 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,360 when you walk through the. Doors of this church. 145 00:08:35,919 --> 00:08:37,919 When I was going to Bible school, there was this young 146 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:39,320 man. I was a young man too at the 147 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:42,520 time, but there's this guy in one of those classes that I had 148 00:08:42,799 --> 00:08:45,080 that I would sit next to, and we're friends now. 149 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,640 I didn't like him at the time. We were Bible school. 150 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,720 Students right, but every single day like he'd grab the. 151 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,120 Back of my arm. And he'd like pinch it. 152 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:55,680 I'm like. What is wrong with you? 153 00:08:55,680 --> 00:08:58,560 Why are you doing this every day? 154 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:01,040 I'm like, you do it again and we're we're. 155 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,520 Going to have some problems here right and every. 156 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,120 Day he'd do it again. And I'm like, Oh dear Lord 157 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:08,840 Jesus, you're teaching me, Patience. 158 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:09,960 You're teaching me. Self. 159 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:11,800 Control. You're teaching me so many 160 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,080 things. You're teaching me love, right? 161 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,080 Because I just wanted to punch the guy in the. 162 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,680 Face to be honest with you like it hurt I. 163 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:23,560 Had like a perpetual bruise on the back of my arm trying to be 164 00:09:23,560 --> 00:09:25,560 united. Lord, he's a member of your. 165 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:31,080 Body, right? I don't want him in this body 166 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,080 though. But praise the Lord, we're great 167 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:39,080 friends, great friends now, but it's a decision that you have to 168 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:43,760 make, being gentle and patient with someone who sees something. 169 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:49,200 Different from you isn't always easy, but we're called. 170 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:52,560 And working our. Way to maturity. 171 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,000 Right, we're no. Longer children being tossed. 172 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,600 To and fro we're. Working our way to maturity, 173 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:00,320 right? We have to make these decisions 174 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:06,240 to extend people, grace, unity. Isn't uniformity, it isn't 175 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,800 everyone being the same. It's everyone though, being 176 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,200 committed to something. Bigger than their differences. 177 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:14,920 Right, we're all. Christians. 178 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,120 In this room, right? We're all believers. 179 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:21,720 We all love Jesus Christ. As our as our Lord and Savior, 180 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,960 but we can have a conversation about something sometime and 181 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:26,120 we're not going to see. Things. 182 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,640 Eye to eye, we're going to see things. 183 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:32,280 Differently, perhaps? We may interpret. 184 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:38,120 A scripture differently perhaps, but it's important that we're. 185 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:40,840 Mature. We respect each other's 186 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,640 differences. And let's agree on what we can 187 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,840 agree with and just say, OK, this isn't that important. 188 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:51,360 For the sake of unity, right? We're going to extend. 189 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,200 Grace to one another. We're adults. 190 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:57,080 You don't want to expect 24 year olds necessarily to do that. 191 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,320 They're going to fight over a toy, right? 192 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,000 But we're adults, you see, Two adults. 193 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,240 Fighting over something and you're like, what's wrong with 194 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:05,240 you, right? Let's grow up here. 195 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:10,320 I'm not saying that anyone in our church is doing anything, 196 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:11,400 all right? Don't mistake me. 197 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,000 I'm not pointing him dead. I didn't look anyone directly in 198 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,440 the eyes for too long, did I? All right. 199 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,640 This is just the apostle. Paul talking about things and 200 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:21,800 it's important. That we talk about. 201 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:24,440 Things in the Bible, not just. Things that we're dealing with, 202 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:26,520 but things that we may deal with. 203 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:28,680 In the future. It's better to be. 204 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:31,480 Forearmed, right? Or forewarned. 205 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:33,880 Or whatever the expression is anyways. 206 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,120 I butcher those things so bad sometimes. 207 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:43,040 My point is, a life worthy of your calling starts on the 208 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:47,040 inside character. It starts with the. 209 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:50,760 Posture of your heart. And what's interesting 210 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:52,560 sometimes? Is you have Jesus. 211 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,440 He's with his disciples and he's seeing all these people in the 212 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,320 Bible. Says that he was moved with 213 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,840 compassion for those people because they were. 214 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:04,960 Lost having no shepherd. He had compassion on them. 215 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,400 There's there's no one sharing with these people. 216 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:08,720 They're just walking around like. 217 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,760 Like lost sheep. Not knowing where to go, not 218 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,320 knowing. What to do? 219 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,000 Can we look at people? With that same kind of 220 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:21,520 compassion, that same kind of love, that same kind of 221 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,000 understanding. Because we don't always know 222 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,800 what people are going through, what they're dealing with in 223 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,880 their. Personal lives, right? 224 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:33,960 Even if they're a jerk. Sitting next to you A. 225 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,640 Bible School. Student pinching your arm. 226 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,280 Every. Single day can you have patience 227 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,880 with a? Person like that it's. 228 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:48,240 Difficult, man, I could tell you so many stories of things that. 229 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,440 I've had to endure in my life. You would feel so sorry for me. 230 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:57,480 The second thing I want to talk about is is growing up in 231 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:01,880 Ephesians chapter 4 and verse 11 and 12 it says now. 232 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:03,680 These are the gifts. That Christ. 233 00:13:03,680 --> 00:13:07,000 Gave to the church. The apostles, the prophets, the 234 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,920 evangelist, and the pastors and teachers. 235 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:12,680 And their responsibility is to quip. 236 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:16,440 God's people to do his work and to build up the church. 237 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:21,680 The body of Christ This is a pretty massive statement. 238 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:26,840 Paul is saying that the job of. These gifts the apostle. 239 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:32,280 The prophet, the evangelist, the pastor, the teacher, that the 240 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:34,320 job of of. These gifts. 241 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:39,680 Is not to do all the ministry if a pastor if you have the 242 00:13:39,680 --> 00:13:43,440 expectation that pastor Brad and Pastor Amy. 243 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,440 Are supposed to do all. The ministry within this church 244 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:49,600 where you're going to send us to an early grave, right? 245 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:53,960 Hello. Listen. 246 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:56,400 You work a job. A lot of you, don't you? 247 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:00,720 Right, on your job, would you expect? 248 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:05,080 1. Employee to do everything in 249 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:07,000 that company. Is that an? 250 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:10,880 Expectation you would have. It'd be impossible, wouldn't it? 251 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,760 You know the definition of multitasking is you only have 252 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:18,520 100% everything that you add, everything you. 253 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:21,240 Put into your basket. Means that percentage. 254 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,720 Drop so if I'm. Doing 4 things that means that 255 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:25,920 I'm. Only able to do those 4. 256 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:29,480 Things each at 25%. Or I could adjust. 257 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:31,360 That percentage a little bit, well, I'm going. 258 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:33,760 To give this 50%. And the others a little less, 259 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:39,720 you know, but I only have 100%. You only have 100% right The. 260 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:42,320 Gifts of the body. The apostle, the prophet, the 261 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,280 evangelist, the Pastor, the teacher, their. 262 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:46,840 Job. Scripture. 263 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:51,200 Says is to equip God's people. In verse 12. 264 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,880 To do his work and to build. Up his church, the body of 265 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:58,520 Christ. There's the expression, another 266 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:00,280 expression. I hope I do this one justice, 267 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:03,360 right? You can give a man a fish. 268 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,960 And feed him for a day. You ever heard this one? 269 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,400 Or you can teach him to fish and feed him. 270 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,880 For a lifetime. Does that make sense? 271 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,760 Right. So if you come to church and all 272 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:19,000 you're expecting is to be. Fed for that day, right? 273 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,680 Well, you're just being fed. For that day, my job as a 274 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:24,280 pastor. A good. 275 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:26,400 Pastor. A responsible pastor. 276 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:30,520 A pastor that's seeking to be scriptural here is to teach you 277 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:34,560 how to fish so you can feed. Yourself for a lifetime. 278 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:36,320 What? Do you mean by? 279 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:40,200 That teach you to be. Self-sufficient in Christ. 280 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:42,760 Teach you to know. Christ's Word. 281 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:46,480 How you can apply God's word to your family? 282 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:50,800 How you can apply God's word to your life so that you can be 283 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,400 self-sufficient? Because it'd be really weird for 284 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,960 me to follow you. Around every day, right? 285 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:59,080 I'm here. Just in case you need my help. 286 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,280 That would be strange. Pastor Brad, I just. 287 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:04,800 Have a little bit of privacy, like you're right on me all the 288 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:06,200 time. Like back up at. 289 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:08,680 Least an at least. Arm's length, right. 290 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:10,560 This is my bubble. This is the space that I 291 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:12,920 require. You know anything outside of 292 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:15,200 that, you're fine. All right, It'd be. 293 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,720 Awkward it'd be. Strange, right? 294 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:21,200 My job as a pastor. Is to equip you. 295 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,560 Every single Sunday, this is what we're. 296 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:27,000 Doing and this is what those other gifts. 297 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,560 In the Bible are. Is to equip you. 298 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,880 For the work. Of the ministry. 299 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:35,400 What is that? It's what God has called you to. 300 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:42,080 I've probably never met most of your neighbors I've probably 301 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:44,840 never met. Most of your Co workers. 302 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:46,880 I've probably never met. Most of your. 303 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,240 Family members, I'm not around you in all your life, all the 304 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:51,720 time. Listen, there is a personal 305 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,360 ministry that you have. Things that God has called you 306 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:58,040 to, people that he has called you to reach. 307 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:04,440 My job is to equip you to be able to do that, to be able to 308 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:07,880 fulfill and walk in the ministry that God has called you to. 309 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:09,079 And that's going to be different. 310 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:11,280 For each and every one of us, right? 311 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:14,119 And the Apostle Paul is giving the five fold. 312 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:15,800 Ministry, The. Apostle, the Prophet the 313 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,480 Evangelist the Pastor the. Teacher. 314 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:21,079 Those are things that God places in the body. 315 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,240 Those aren't things that you can just become. 316 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:26,400 Right, well, I'm going to. Aspire to be an. 317 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,400 Evangelist, I'm going to. Aspire to be a prophet or a 318 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:31,320 teacher. Or or a pastor. 319 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,280 Those are things. Those gifts are God calls you to 320 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:36,440 listen. I did not. 321 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:38,960 Want to be a pastor? No offense I. 322 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:40,240 Love you. All right, I love. 323 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:42,520 Pastoring you, right? But when I was little, when I 324 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,200 was a teenager, when I was even at Bible college, when I 325 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,440 graduated from Bible college, when I moved. 326 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:51,600 Over to Ireland to help pastor. Amy's parents over in Limerick. 327 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,840 With their church. I did not aspire even then, 328 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:59,840 2000. 13 to be a pastor. In fact, when the Lord put it on 329 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:03,920 my heart to pastor a church, to start a church, I was mad for 330 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:06,440 three days. I did not talk to God for. 331 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,440 Three entire. Days I was so. 332 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:12,160 Mad at him. God places those. 333 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,720 In the body whom? He will. 334 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:20,000 My sister, my older sister, I don't know why she always grew 335 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,040 up saying I'll never be a pastor's wife. 336 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:23,640 Why? Would you say that? 337 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,480 Like you're a teenager. I'll never be a pastor's wife. 338 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:31,640 OK, that's weird, right? I don't, I don't get that. 339 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:32,800 Well, guess what? She is now. 340 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:37,600 She's a pastor. 'S wife don't tell God that 341 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,720 you're not going to be a pastor, right? 342 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,080 I mean, I always said, you know, once my sister became a 343 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:45,000 pastor's. Wife, I'm like, OK. 344 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:47,200 I'm catching on to something here. 345 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:50,280 All right, you tell God you're not going to do something he's 346 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:52,840 going to have to have you do. That in sort or in order. 347 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,520 For you to be obedient to Him. Right. 348 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,920 All right, Lord, if you want me to pastor, I'll pastor. 349 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:00,760 You know, I remember actually saying that I. 350 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:03,800 Didn't want to but I'm. Going to make sure that I'm 351 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:05,640 going to. Say tell God, OK? 352 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:07,480 God, I'm going to pastor if you want me to pastor. 353 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:12,200 I still wound up being a. Pastor, but the purpose of this? 354 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:16,480 Is to equip you right? Equip you to reach. 355 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,920 Those around you in a little while here, I'm going to be 356 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:23,040 doing a series on apologetics. Apologetics. 357 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:27,760 Is is just you being able to to share the gospel with people? 358 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,840 Around you, right? I think the the church overall 359 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,200 has done a very. Poor job of equipping the people 360 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,640 in their churches to be able to share their faith with others. 361 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:39,600 This is really. Important, isn't it? 362 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,640 I mean, there's nothing. That we can take in this. 363 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:47,840 Life to heaven, except. For people. 364 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:51,000 So what should we be investing our? 365 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:56,240 Life in a brand new. 65. Inch OLED television. 366 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:00,200 That sounds nice, doesn't it? I can't take that to heaven. 367 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:03,400 A new car. That would be really nice, 368 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:05,520 wouldn't it? I still can't take that to 369 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:06,920 heaven. I can take. 370 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:08,720 People to heaven. Amen. 371 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:14,160 Most people come to church honestly as consumers. 372 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:19,280 They come to receive. Something and receiving is great 373 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:21,320 and I. Want you to receive? 374 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,480 Something from God, I don't have the banner up there, but one of 375 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:25,400 the things that that is important to. 376 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:27,200 US is that people. Come to triumph. 377 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:31,520 Church and experience God not to experience. 378 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,000 Pastor Brad to experience God, really. 379 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,160 Because everything in my life isn't because of me. 380 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:37,240 It's. Because of God. 381 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,440 Everything that I'm sharing with you isn't my thoughts, isn't my 382 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:43,440 opinions. I have some very strong 383 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:44,280 thoughts. I have some. 384 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:47,000 Very strong opinions. Talk to me about politics 385 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,960 sometime, right? I have some strong thoughts, 386 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:51,920 right? But those things aren't going to 387 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:53,000 get you on to heaven. But. 388 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,960 This is so this. Is what I stick with God's word. 389 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,800 This is the only thing that's going to help you, right? 390 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:05,560 I want you to receive from God, but the goal is, is that. 391 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:09,680 What you receive every week, the equipping that you get, is 392 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:13,880 something that you take with you to reach those around you. 393 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,880 To change the world around you when you're. 394 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,480 A light and you're placed in the middle of. 395 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:24,480 Darkness. You can't help but. 396 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:28,400 Shine, hey, man. When you're walking in that. 397 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,680 Joy, you've been shouting in the traffic. 398 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,720 All the way to work. Praising God, not shouting 399 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,360 because you're angry. Shouting. 400 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:38,600 Because you're full of joy shouting. 401 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,800 Because you're shouting those walls down in your. 402 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:45,280 Life By the time you get to work, you are so. 403 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,720 Pumped up and excited. About what? 404 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:49,120 God. Is doing in your life. 405 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:51,040 Everyone else was stuck in the same traffic. 406 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:52,720 They're not coming to work the same way. 407 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,480 You are right. You're a light. 408 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:58,760 And that light can't. Help but. 409 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:03,960 Change the darkness, right? Let's continue in Ephesians 410 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:10,320 chapter 4 and verses 13 through 16 and it says this will 411 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:15,400 continue until all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge 412 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,120 of God's Son that. We will be. 413 00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:21,320 Mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete 414 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:24,280 standard of Christ in verse 14. Then we will no. 415 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,640 Longer be immature like children. 416 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,560 We won't be. Tossed and blown about by every 417 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:31,880 wind of new teaching. We will not be. 418 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:35,280 Influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever 419 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:41,240 they sound like the truth. Listen to Orte verse 15 instead. 420 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,160 We will speak. The truth in love growing in 421 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,160 every way more and more like Christ who is the head of the 422 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:51,520 body of the church in verse 16. He he makes the whole body. 423 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:55,360 Fit together. Perfectly, as each part does its 424 00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:58,760 own special work, it helps the other parts grow. 425 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,080 So the. Whole body is healthy. 426 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:08,320 And growing and full of love. Paul says that when every part. 427 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:11,240 Of the body. Does its work? 428 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:15,960 The whole thing grows. It'd be really strange if one 429 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:19,160 part. Of me grew, but the other parts. 430 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:21,440 Did not. I'd be out of. 431 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,400 Proportion, right, Pastor Brad, you have a massive head. 432 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:27,200 But you have this little itty bitty. 433 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:28,800 Body. You ever seen a Tyrannosaurus 434 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,040 Rex? You know, you have this big body 435 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:32,560 and you have these little tiny arms. 436 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:34,400 You're wondering what are those for? 437 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:36,280 Like, I don't know. Like what does he do like? 438 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:38,320 Even trying to bend down and pick up something that's 439 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:41,440 awkward. We need every part. 440 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,240 Of the body to do its. Part. 441 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:48,200 In order for it to be in proportion in order for. 442 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,320 It to function in order for it to grow. 443 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:57,120 Are you seeing that you're not just a spectator? 444 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,000 You're not. Just a warm seat. 445 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:03,720 On Sunday morning, you. Are a. 446 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:09,080 Functioning part of. Christ's church, you are a 447 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:14,000 functioning. Part of Triumph Church and look 448 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,080 at what the apostle Paul contrast here. 449 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:21,280 He says immature believers in verse 14 are tossed around. 450 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,120 They're unstable. They're easily. 451 00:24:24,120 --> 00:24:27,040 Manipulated every new idea, every new teaching. 452 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:30,880 Every bit of controversy online, they're blown all over the 453 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,080 place, right? But mature. 454 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,200 Believers in verse 15. They speak the truth. 455 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:40,560 In love, they're anchored. They're. 456 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:42,920 Stable. They're growing. 457 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,680 They're moving in the right direction. 458 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,560 Maturity in Christ is not measured by. 459 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:55,080 How much you know, you could actually and there are some 460 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:59,080 incredibly smart people who know a. 461 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:03,360 Lot. Of scripture who could quote? 462 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:08,320 Most of us in circles, they know a lot more of the Bible. 463 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,880 Than we do. And yet they're an. 464 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:15,280 Atheist Knowledge. Without having that actually in 465 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:19,440 your heart, it's not stable, it's not growing. 466 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:21,640 Maturity in Christ is not measured by. 467 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:26,440 How much you know? It's measured in how much you 468 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:28,600 walk. Like Christ the fruit. 469 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,720 That you're bearing in life when you stub your toe. 470 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:37,120 In the middle of the night, like I've done so many times. 471 00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:39,680 Or hit your. Shin, we have this this bed and 472 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:43,240 on the on the the foot board there there's like these sharp 473 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:44,840 corners there. Who designed that? 474 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:49,400 I don't know why did I buy this bed, but sometimes I hit my shin 475 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,080 like on the corner of the bed, you know? 476 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,640 What's the thing that? Comes out of my mouth. 477 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:58,720 What's the words that? Come out of my mouth, right? 478 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:03,800 What's on the inside comes out. Where is my heart? 479 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,000 What's in my heart? What am I placing in my heart? 480 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:11,080 What am I investing in my heart? What am I sowing in my heart? 481 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:14,440 Because what I, what I sow in my heart, what's in there is what's 482 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:17,720 going to come out. And sometimes it's kind of 483 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:19,920 shocking what comes out. Of people's mouths. 484 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:24,840 You're a Christian, OK? Yeah, here, come over here. 485 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:30,360 Let's have a conversation. It's measured by how much you 486 00:26:30,360 --> 00:26:33,000 live like him. So here's the question. 487 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:37,920 Are you growing? Because growth requires being 488 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:41,480 connected. Verse 16 says that for. 489 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:45,600 A believer to grow, to mature, they should do their. 490 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,520 Part and that means. That you have a role. 491 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,600 To play. There are things in this church 492 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:54,200 that only happen. When you show up. 493 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,480 You're one-of-a-kind. There's no one else like you. 494 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:01,360 You have a part. And those things only happen 495 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:05,400 when you show. Up when you serve, when you 496 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:06,560 give. When you tithe. 497 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:08,320 When you pray. When you speak. 498 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,160 Life over. Somebody who needs it. 499 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:15,880 This connects directly to what Paul says in verses one through. 500 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,960 Three, you walk worthy when you walk together. 501 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,200 That's what a church is. We're walking together. 502 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,240 We're not walking separately, we're not walking in our own 503 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:26,800 way. We're walking in unity, we're 504 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:27,880 walking together. We're. 505 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:31,760 Walking towards something A. Purpose this. 506 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,240 Church has a purpose. Has a call. 507 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:38,120 Has a unique plan that God has designed for this just. 508 00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:41,280 Like each of us, our individuals have a purpose. 509 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:44,080 Have a unique call, right? God has. 510 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:49,320 Planted Triumph Church for a reason, not just for us to come 511 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:50,680 and and. Receive. 512 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:55,160 We need to receive, but that receiving is for us to be able 513 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:56,680 to. Then give. 514 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,600 We're coming. To be equipped. 515 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,360 That's what church is. It's an equipping station. 516 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:05,760 It's a place where we're being equipped. 517 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:09,080 For the ministry that. God has called us. 518 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,400 To and we're walking together in this. 519 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,680 Then the third part I want to talk about is putting on Christ 520 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:21,680 in Ephesians chapter 4 verses 17 through 19 says with the Lord's 521 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:26,400 authority, I say this live no longer as the Gentiles do, for 522 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:30,560 they are hopelessly confused. Their minds are full of 523 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:32,840 darkness. They wander far from the. 524 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,840 Life God gives. Because they have closed their 525 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:40,720 minds and harden their hearts against him and verse 19, they 526 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:45,120 have no sense of shame. They live for a lustful pleasure 527 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:49,280 and eagerly practice every kind of impurity. 528 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,360 Paul is describing that. Old way. 529 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:57,400 Of life, not the. Old you before you were. 530 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:00,520 Saved in some abstract sense, all right. 531 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:05,040 He's describing the actual daily patterns, the thinking, the. 532 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:09,760 Choices, the habits that. Defined us before Christ. 533 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,840 And he? Says that way of living is 534 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:17,000 darkness, it's confusion, it's hardened hearts. 535 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:22,200 But then look at what he says next in Ephesians chapter 4 and 536 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:28,080 verse 22 through 24. He says, throw off your old 537 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:33,640 sinful nature and your former way of life which is corrupted 538 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:38,160 by lust and deception. And verse 23 instead let the 539 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,120 Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. 540 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:47,280 Verse 24 Put on your new nature. Created to be like God. 541 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:53,120 Truly righteous and holy. This is a language of changing 542 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:56,920 clothes, right? Throw off the old, put on the 543 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,240 new. And the thing that makes that 544 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:03,560 possible is verse 23 where it says, let the Spirit renew your 545 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,360 thoughts. And your attitudes? 546 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,920 That's something we have to. Allow the Holy Spirit to do in 547 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:10,600 our. Lives. 548 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:12,840 And we do. That by applying. 549 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:18,360 His word to our life seeing. What Christ wants our thoughts? 550 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:21,920 To be seeing who we. Are in Christ. 551 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:25,800 This will. Change renew our mind. 552 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:28,600 And we will. Begin to look at our ourselves 553 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,160 differently. We will begin to. 554 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,440 Talk about ourselves differently. 555 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,160 We will begin to act. Differently. 556 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:37,960 This isn't self improvement, right? 557 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:41,560 This is. Transformation when you become. 558 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,400 Born Again the. Spirit of God. 559 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:47,480 Comes and abides in your heart and begins transforming. 560 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:52,040 You from the inside out, taking those old. 561 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,360 Things and removing those from your life. 562 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:56,880 Like like dirty dusty things that you. 563 00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:00,120 Just need to throw in the bin, they're not good for anything. 564 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,400 He's cleaning house. It's transformation from the 565 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,960 inside out and it begins in your heart, but then it starts 566 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,520 impacting your mind, your thoughts. 567 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:14,000 The transformation in your heart begins to change what you 568 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,280 believe about yourself. And it begins to change What? 569 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:21,280 You say about yourself, and this is exactly the pattern that we 570 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:23,960 see in Scripture that we've talked about a lot of different 571 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:27,440 times in Romans 10/9 and 10. We see this just how we are 572 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:28,560 saved. Just how? 573 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,440 We give our lives. To the Lord, Romans 10/9 and 10 574 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:35,720 says if you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in 575 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,200 your heart that God raised him from the dead. 576 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,080 You will be saved. For it is by believing in your 577 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:44,120 heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly 578 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,560 declaring your faith. That you are. 579 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:48,800 Saved, so it's believing. Right. 580 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,240 You see this, it's saying and then it's receiving. 581 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:56,160 This is how everything. This is how God is going to 582 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:59,600 transform. Everything in our lives. 583 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:01,480 Everything. Can you say? 584 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:03,560 Everything. Everything. 585 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:07,880 This is how God is going to. Transform everything in your 586 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,600 life. The same pattern that saved you 587 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:13,680 is the same pattern that is going to transform you. 588 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:15,920 We're going to close with this last part. 589 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:19,280 And Paul gets very practical here in the second-half of this 590 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:23,680 chapter, and he begins to name some specific things here in 591 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,600 Ephesians chapter 4 and verse 20. 5 through 32. 592 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:31,720 All right, don't yell out in pain as I read this verse 25 it 593 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:36,120 says so stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the 594 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,240 truth. For we are all. 595 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:42,680 Parts of the same body and don't sin by letting anger control 596 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,040 you. Don't let the sun go down while 597 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:49,480 you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil 598 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,680 verse 28 if you. Are a thief. 599 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:55,800 Quit stealing. Instead, use your hands. 600 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,040 For good hard work. And then give generously to 601 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:04,400 others in need verse 29 don't use foul or abusive language 602 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:06,920 let. Everything you say be. 603 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,320 Good and. Helpful so that your words. 604 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:13,440 Will be an encouragement to those who hear them and do not 605 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:15,960 bring sorrow. To God's holy. 606 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:19,000 Spirit, by the way you live, remember? 607 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:23,320 He has identified you. As his own guaranteeing that. 608 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:25,920 You will be. Saved on the day of redemption 609 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:30,920 and verse 31. Get rid of all bitterness, rage, 610 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:36,480 anger, harsh words and slander, as well as all types of evil 611 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:39,640 behavior instead. Be kind to 1. 612 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:45,960 Another tender hearted forgiving one another just as God through 613 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,640 Christ has forgiven. You. 614 00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:53,400 These are not suggestions that the apostle Paul is offering 615 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:56,600 here. These are the practical living 616 00:33:56,600 --> 00:34:01,560 out of a renewed mind, every one of them. 617 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:07,960 Is a take off. Put on moment lies off truth on. 618 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:12,560 Rage off kindness on. Bitterness off. 619 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:17,120 Forgiveness on. Foul words off Encouraging words 620 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:22,719 on your mouth is one of the most powerful tools. 621 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,320 That God has given you, so use it. 622 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,639 Here's some practical steps I want to leave with you this 623 00:34:29,639 --> 00:34:32,159 morning. First thing is to start your 624 00:34:32,159 --> 00:34:36,440 morning by declaring who. God says you are and speak it 625 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:42,239 before you think anything else. Identify 1 old nature pattern. 626 00:34:42,639 --> 00:34:45,760 In your week. And make a deliberate decision 627 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:49,360 to put it off. And replace it with the new. 628 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,920 Guard your words. This week before you speak. 629 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:57,520 Ask yourself, does this build up or tear down? 630 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:01,960 Choose unity when you feel the pole. 631 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:05,800 Towards division and offense, make the decision that Paul 632 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,160 describes in verses one through 3. 633 00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:11,560 Show up and do your. Part. 634 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,680 And find your place. In the body of. 635 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:19,400 Christ and serve it. I'm going to close with this. 636 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:23,640 I can just have everyone bow your heads and close your eyes. 637 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:28,800 Paul opened this chapter by. Begging you to walk worthy. 638 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,120 Of your calling. It's not a guilt. 639 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:32,960 Trip. It's an invitation. 640 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:38,840 God has something so extraordinary for your life, 641 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,240 something so incredible and making. 642 00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:45,520 You a new creation. That the most natural response 643 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:51,720 is to let it show, respond to God, give him your heart, walk 644 00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:56,440 worthy of that. That he's called you to the life 645 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,720 God has called you to is not just believed in your heart, but 646 00:35:59,720 --> 00:36:06,360 it's lived out. So let me ask you, what do you 647 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:07,360 need? To take off. 648 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:11,200 Today and what? Do you need to put on? 649 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:16,800 I want us to pray this prayer together and just let. 650 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:21,480 The Holy Spirit work in your. Heart and do what only he. 651 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:26,080 Can do in your. Life, let's all pray this prayer 652 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:30,600 together. Dear Heavenly Father, just 653 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,400 repeat after me. I thank you that I'm a new 654 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:40,280 creation in Christ. I choose today to walk worthy of 655 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:46,040 my calling. I throw off every old pattern 656 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:52,400 that does not belong to me and I put on the new. 657 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:58,280 Nature that you have. Given me, renew my mind by your 658 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:03,360 spirit. Let my words build up and not 659 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:09,520 tear down. I believe it in my heart, I 660 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:15,080 declare it with my mouth, and I receive your transformation in 661 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:20,800 my life. Jesus name, Amen. 662 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:26,320 Thank you for listening to the Triumph Church podcast this 663 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,920 week. 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