1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,680 This is City Post Church. We're about three things. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:08,160 Build equipped and send. All under the Lordship of Jesus 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:11,000 Christ, a small church plant in Fort Worth, TX. 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,320 Who decided to do things a little differently? 5 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:15,800 Adoramos. Ajesu Cristo. 6 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:18,920 I love City Post because of the people. 7 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,960 It's where I belong. We truly preach the word. 8 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,680 I love City Post because of the community we've been able to 9 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:26,640 build. To do ministry like Jesus. 10 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:28,520 For light to push back. Darkness. 11 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:40,530 This is City Post podcast so. We're going to be in Galatians 12 00:00:40,530 --> 00:00:46,250 chapter 2 today. Hey, so in 2001 there was a term 13 00:00:46,250 --> 00:00:49,200 that began called selfie. Anybody familiar? 14 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:51,200 So pretty much if you look at the. 15 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,080 History of what? A selfie. 16 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:56,120 Is and where it came from. It all started with a group of 17 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,760 Australian students who took a camera, turned it around. 18 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:03,600 And took a picture of. Their friends and this girl that 19 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,080 posted it on her. Blog called it a selfie. 20 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:08,960 And then a selfie is pretty much a. 21 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:13,240 Self photograph, a self. Self photography, a 22 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:18,400 self-portrait. In 2003 that term was coined and 23 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:22,880 it it was infused into our culture today and it actually. 24 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,560 Caused me to do a little bit of. Like digging because I was a 25 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,720 real. Curious about this because we 26 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,360 use it so. Much in our vernacular and so 27 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,920 even today, 93,000,000 selfies are taken. 28 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:39,320 Daily, Worldwide. It's just a normal thing now, 29 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:41,360 like nobody. Y'all remember when people used 30 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:42,600 to talk about? Hashtags. 31 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:45,800 We're like every marketing meeting you would go to, they're 32 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:47,480 like, we got to make sure we added hashtag. 33 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:49,920 And I'm like, thanks, Boomer. Like we know that like that's 34 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,520 just normal information now. And I feel like that's kind of 35 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:59,160 what selfies have become. 60% of Americans take at least one. 36 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:03,520 Selfie a week. And out of those 60%, only 60% 37 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,800 of those selfies are people smiling. 38 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,320 So I guess the other. 40% are duck. 39 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,520 Faces like alright. Anyway, I'm just curious. 40 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,880 Don't look at nobody. All right, so the average. 41 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:20,720 Teenager in the United. States takes 5 to 8 selfies a 42 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:25,200 day. Between 7th and 7th grade and 43 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,280 seniors in high school. And some of you are like, that's 44 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:29,880 not true. Like just because you don't post 45 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:30,960 them don't mean that you take them. 46 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,360 Right. Like that's the average. 47 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,040 Teenager. The. 48 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:39,120 Average person or the average selfie takes about 7 minutes. 49 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:44,680 To take, to edit, to add filters and to be satisfied with it. 5 50 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:46,800 to 7 minutes. That whole process. 51 00:02:47,920 --> 00:02:49,920 And and then I started thinking I was like you. 52 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:53,160 Know selfies tell a story? And they're and I'm not saying. 53 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,320 Selfies are bad, trust me. After this, I'm going to keep 54 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:56,560 taking them. Right. 55 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,680 Like it's part of our culture. It's just what? 56 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:00,240 We do. We want to show people things, 57 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:03,920 but selfies also have. Topical like, like they, they, 58 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:04,680 they. Get into. 59 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,880 These like spaces where you're. Trying to convey a message. 60 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:09,880 To people. So what I did was. 61 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,160 I got in my iPhone and you know like. 62 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,840 You could look at pictures like folders of pictures. 63 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,120 And now? If you have the update, there's 64 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,960 actually a folder that says selfies so I was curious. 65 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:24,440 I was like man I wonder what the kind of selfies I have saved on 66 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,720 my camera. So I opened the folder in my 67 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,840 iPhone. I had 244 selfies. 68 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:32,920 That's a lot, y'all I? Don't even remember that. 69 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,240 So I started. Looking through them and I was 70 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,600 like, man, these are like. Categories that we do today, so 71 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:41,480 I would like to. Share with you some some of the 72 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,360 stuff I found right so so. When we take selfies. 73 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,160 I think one of the selfies we do is we take the famous person 74 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,120 selfie. So the famous person selfie is 75 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,760 when you see somebody that is popular or famous, like I took 76 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:59,320 one with Santa. Claus, do y'all have selfies 77 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,840 with Santa Claus? No, in my family, yeah, we do 78 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:04,720 celebrate Santa Claus. We think it's fun. 79 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,680 Let my kids have that. Y'all believe in essential oils? 80 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,360 Let my kids believe in Santa. All right, so I'm just saying 81 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,000 let let my kids have it. Don't ruin it for them, right? 82 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,760 And then, you know, not just the famous person selfie, but then. 83 00:04:19,079 --> 00:04:21,680 You have the. Airport selfie So whenever 84 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,800 you're travelling or you're at an airport, you tend to want to 85 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:25,920 take. A selfie to let the. 86 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:30,080 World know that you will no longer be in town after the 87 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,320 airport selfie. You have the Somebody stole my 88 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,160 cell phone selfie where people Jack your phone. 89 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,320 People take your. Phone and then they. 90 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,840 Decide to take 50. Of them to take up all your 91 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:43,880 memory, and that's kind of a normal thing. 92 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,080 But then you have the look who I ran into selfie and. 93 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,320 When you see somebody that you haven't seen in a long time, an 94 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,520 old friend, a family member, the first thing you think of is 95 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:55,840 like, I want to. Take a picture with you so I 96 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:58,800 could show everybody like hey. Reunited, and it feels so. 97 00:04:58,800 --> 00:04:59,480 Good, right? Like. 98 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,240 I want to. Show the world that that like we 99 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,120 took a selfie. Then you have the. 100 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:08,440 I took it first selfie, right? So I had the privilege. 101 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,960 When Estefan and Crystal. Got married as. 102 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:15,920 Mr. and Mrs. Cortez, I was the first person that I took a 103 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,760 picture with with them. That's my claim to fame. 104 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:24,200 And many of us like whenever we do something first, whether we 105 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,440 finish a. Race, whatever it is. 106 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,720 We want to make sure that we let the world know. 107 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,600 That it was us first. Then you have like toxic a 108 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,120 selfie or like I like to call the crazy eyes. 109 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,520 You know, sometimes we try to take selfies and, and, and it 110 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,440 kind of shows like, hey, I'm pretty, but I'm also crazy. 111 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,800 Don't mess with me. Like I saw this. 112 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:45,640 Picture and I was like, oh, she got the crazy. 113 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,760 Eyes like like she's like I'll cut you. 114 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:54,120 You know what I mean? And then we see these selfies. 115 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,160 Then we have the wish. You were here selfie like the 116 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:58,680 celebrating. The FOMO. 117 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:00,640 Like I wish. You guys were here. 118 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:02,880 I'm here right now, but you're not, so let me. 119 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:04,360 Take a picture to let. You know. 120 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,960 That you should be here. With me right now having a great 121 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:08,240 time. Then you have the. 122 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,120 Before disaster strike selfie. All right. 123 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,960 There's always a picture that you take that you. 124 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:19,000 Remember, like I took this photo before it all went bad. 125 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,160 This was my disaster. Strike selfie. 126 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,600 I went biking with Alex. And I ended up in the in the 127 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,080 bushes because I didn't listen to him. 128 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:30,680 Rachel was beating me up for that one. 129 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,840 Then you got the rocking with. Jesus selfie, right? 130 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:36,160 And this. One a lot. 131 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,480 Of us take selfies. When we're rocking with Jesus. 132 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:41,480 So whether we are doing. Devotionals whether we're. 133 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,600 Getting ready for Bible study sermons. 134 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,040 We want to make sure. We take take a selfie. 135 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:47,920 In our coffee shop. Or wherever we're. 136 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,560 At To Let people know. That we're rocking with Jesus. 137 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,000 Today and which there's nothing wrong with that I think. 138 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,760 It's a great way to let. People know that hey, I'm in the 139 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:57,360 word. You should be in the word too. 140 00:06:57,960 --> 00:06:59,760 Right. So rocking with Jesus selfie 141 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:01,320 last. Couple we have the I'm just 142 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,920 bored. Selfie where people are just 143 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:07,040 bored so you just take selfies. Just to pass the time. 144 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,680 We have the. Church gang selfie When you're 145 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,480 out with the church, you want to let people know you see Mina. 146 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,760 All right, so that church gang selfie. 147 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:20,120 Then you have the small. Flex Selfie where you're at a 148 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,200 place or location. And you want to flex on people, 149 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,640 but you don't want to tell them. Exactly what it is because. 150 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:27,760 You want them to ask. You where you're at. 151 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,320 So you take a random picture and just post it and be like. 152 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,680 Wish you were here, right? Or it sucks to be at the beach. 153 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:36,800 You know, you just. Throw that out there so. 154 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,720 People pay attention. And then the last and not least, 155 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:41,680 my favorite, the Stevie Wonder selfie. 156 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,920 So we have all sorts of selfies. I mean, I could go down the 157 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:47,840 line. We have gym selfies because we 158 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:49,600 want people. To see that we are. 159 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:54,280 Progressing in our workouts, we have motivational selfies. 160 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,800 Or we take a picture. Looking into the sun and we 161 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:00,280 throw a motivational like I am somebody you know, I don't know, 162 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,520 like just just think. About what motivates. 163 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:06,400 You and then we have. The thirst trap selfie where 164 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,880 people will take. Yeah, where people take selfies. 165 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:11,800 Sharing their assets to the. World. 166 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:16,240 Because they want attention and they want people to look at 167 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,680 them. And what's wild is this whole 168 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:23,760 idea of selfie is. Ingrained in our culture to the 169 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:25,280 point. Where we do these? 170 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:29,720 Things not really knowing. Why we do it and really what the 171 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,760 selfie. Stems from is inside the word 172 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:36,600 self. In 2014, the Chain Smokers came 173 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,320 out with a song called #selfie Blew up Worldwide. 174 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,280 It's. Everywhere and it's going to 175 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,840 continue to drive our technology. 176 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:51,600 However, I think if we're not careful, this whole concept of 177 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:56,080 selfie is actually going to. Drive our theology as well, and 178 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,120 we have to be. Very, very careful because it's 179 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:03,200 starting to leak. In to our eschatology and the 180 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,080 way. That we see ecclesiology and our 181 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:07,800 Christology like. The way we view Christ and the 182 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:09,960 church if. We're not careful. 183 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:14,120 We're going to stick ourselves in the center of that when what 184 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:18,480 God is saying when we look at the gospel, is that the problem? 185 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,560 Is you you're the issue. You're not the, you're not the 186 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:24,880 solution. So I had to send. 187 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:29,520 Christ to come in. And solve that problem. 188 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,160 So. The Gospel says it's not. 189 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:36,000 About self, it's actually. You must die to self. 190 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,640 And that's a hard concept for many of us in this room and many 191 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:43,440 of us in this world to understand because. 192 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,440 The gospel puts the world. Upside down, it's not. 193 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:50,000 About you, it's actually. About dying to self, you want to 194 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,160 be first. You got to be last. 195 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,040 You want to be the greatest in the Kingdom. 196 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:58,280 You got to live a humble life. It's the upside down Kingdom. 197 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,640 It's kind of. What Jesus teaches us. 198 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,040 And when I what I want to. Show us today. 199 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:05,400 Is that? Listen, I'm going to say this 200 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:06,440 with a. Lot of love you. 201 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:11,240 Are not the main character in the movie of life you're not 202 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:13,680 you're. Actually, the guy that's 203 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,720 begging. To be in the B roll, Jesus is 204 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:22,760 the main character. Jesus is the one who comes in 205 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:24,120 and saves. US. 206 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,560 And. Pulls us out of our self. 207 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,720 And he gives us his. Spirit so that way we. 208 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,680 Can live life and live Christianity the. 209 00:10:32,680 --> 00:10:36,240 Way it's supposed to live. And it's only done through him 210 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:40,280 and not us. It's kind of a hard concept to 211 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,920 grasp. Because the gospel pushes 212 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:46,400 against self. And it points us to. 213 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,800 Die to self. So what we're going to look at? 214 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:53,440 Today in Galatians chapter 2. Is that Paul? 215 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:55,160 Is going to make an argument he's going to confront. 216 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:58,480 Cephas. Who's Peter and Cephas? 217 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,840 Is coming in here and he's like, Nah, man, like he like these 218 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:05,160 guys come in, these Judaizers come in and they see the 219 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,880 Gentiles are all coming to. Christ and the Judaizers. 220 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:12,520 Are like, man, that's great. But you guys need to. 221 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:15,680 Follow some of the law. So you can come to Christ, but 222 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:17,440 it's also the law as well, so. If you want to be. 223 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,440 Justified by. Christ, it's not just through 224 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,880 faith and grace and Him alone. You also have to dip into the 225 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:25,760 law as well. And they walk in. 226 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:29,280 Here and they pull Peter. And even Barnabas fall into it, 227 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,240 and Paul shows up, and Paul's like, hold on a second, that's 228 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:36,000 not how this is going to roll. And Paul confronts Cephas to his 229 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,440 face. And I think it's a great 230 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:43,360 reminder for us to understand. That the gospel is for. 231 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:47,200 Every single person and the. Gospel is all about grace. 232 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:48,720 Alone, it's not through. Works. 233 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,680 It's about faith. Alone, and it's through Christ 234 00:11:51,680 --> 00:11:53,720 alone. And if you hear any other 235 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:58,560 gospel, that's all trash. And I and I understand that we 236 00:11:58,560 --> 00:11:59,880 live our. Life through tik. 237 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:02,880 T.O.K and social media and. Reels but listen if. 238 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:05,240 It's not through faith, grace, and Christ alone. 239 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:08,400 It is a gospel that is not existent. 240 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:11,920 It's an encouraging message that does not work. 241 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,080 So what Paul does here is Paul's like. 242 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,120 Listen the gospel I received. I received through Christ. 243 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,400 Straight up from him and this is the. 244 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:24,160 Gospel, that is, that saves. And brings salvation to all. 245 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,960 Of us so we're. Only going to focus on verse 19 246 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:29,280 through 21. But I got to catch us up a 247 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,280 little bit. So Galatians. 248 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:37,840 Chapter 2 Look at verse. 11 so Galatians chapter 2 I'm going to 249 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:39,880 start on verse 11 and this is what. 250 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:43,360 The word of the Lord says. When Cephas came to Antioch. 251 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:46,640 I opposed him to his face. This is Paul talking. 252 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:50,920 Because he stood condemned for before certain men came from 253 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:52,600 James. He used to eat with. 254 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:55,760 The Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began 255 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,880 to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles 256 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,240 because he was afraid. Of those who. 257 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:05,440 Belong to the circumcision group the other Jews joined him in 258 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,120 his. Hypocrisy so that their 259 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,080 hypocrisy. Even Barnabas. 260 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,840 Was LED astray, so look. What's happening? 261 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:17,280 So that the book of. Galatians is all about Paul 262 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,400 looking at the church in Galatia saying like you guys are falling 263 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:25,960 back into. The law when it's faith through 264 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:27,440 Christ. Alone, you don't have to. 265 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:31,760 Abide by the law. It's through faith in Him and 266 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,400 these Judaizers are coming into the church and they're starting 267 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,680 to feed like, no, no, no, it is through Christ. 268 00:13:36,680 --> 00:13:38,040 But you also got to be circumcised. 269 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:40,600 It is through. Christ, but you also can't eat 270 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:46,840 certain things and when when the people that from James came it 271 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:50,520 changed the way that Cephas and Barnabas and some of the. 272 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:54,040 Believers, it shifted. How they saw the Gentiles. 273 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:56,920 Now who are the Gentiles? Gentiles or anybody that's not a 274 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:00,040 Jew, Pretty much. So think about. 275 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,840 This like you're in high. School High school cafeteria. 276 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,240 Now, some of you are like, well, Ricky, I go off campus. 277 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:07,680 We didn't have to do that. Just go with me here. 278 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:10,040 You're in the high school cafeteria. 279 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:11,840 You walk into cafeteria, you have all. 280 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:14,440 Groups kind of hanging out, eating with each other. 281 00:14:14,560 --> 00:14:16,880 Right like you have the. Football team, like everybody's 282 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,200 eating, hanging out there. You have like the video game 283 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:21,320 squad we we call. Them the white hats. 284 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,440 Right, like the rich. Kids and then you had the emo 285 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:27,400 kids and then you had. Like the language center kids 286 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,280 over here, like, like you had everybody. 287 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:33,400 In their own little groups, hanging out together and and. 288 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,720 Paul is walking. In there and he sees the 289 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:38,160 Gentiles who he's been ministering to and they've been 290 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:39,640 sharing the gospel to. But then there's. 291 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,000 A group over here that are the Judaizers. 292 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:45,080 And as he's going into the cafeteria, the Judaizers like, 293 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,040 hey, come sit with us, Paul, You don't sit with them. 294 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:49,760 They don't. Follow the law. 295 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:51,120 Like they're, they're eating bacon. 296 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,960 You're not supposed to eat bacon and. 297 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:58,800 Cephas is like, well, it says that Cephas was scared, so 298 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:00,360 Cephas is like. Y'all right, I'm going to come 299 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:04,080 over. Here, So they started pulling 300 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,080 the believers to treat. The Gentiles differently and 301 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:11,080 Paul is seeing this and what Paul does is Paul is going to. 302 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:15,200 Call out Cephas or Peter to his face. 303 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,960 So look at verse 14, he says. When I saw that they were not 304 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,720 acting in line with the truth. Of the gospel, I said to Cephas 305 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:25,560 in. Front of them all. 306 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,320 You are a Jew, yet you live like a. 307 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:33,080 Gentile and not like a. Jew How is it then that you 308 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:34,880 force? Gentiles to follow Jewish 309 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,400 customs. AKA Paul you're. 310 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:39,040 Capping. I mean, Peter, you're capping 311 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,080 right now because I know you eat bacon. 312 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:44,960 You coming over here saying like, Oh no, like I I. 313 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:48,280 I follow the law. I do all these things like, no, 314 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:50,640 I can't do that. And Paul's like, hold on, Peter, 315 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:54,840 you and me, we had a bacon sandwich yesterday, so don't act 316 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,240 all high and mighty right now. So this is an example. 317 00:15:58,240 --> 00:15:59,600 Like what? Paul is is saying. 318 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:01,800 He's like, man, you're making stuff up, man you're lying in 319 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,200 front of. Everybody, because you live this 320 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,240 way. But that's not what. 321 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:07,880 The gospel is. You don't. 322 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,520 You don't. Neglect people because you. 323 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:10,920 Think they're not following the law? 324 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:15,560 That's not the gospel. Cephas Barnabas, and Paul is 325 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:19,600 quickly throwing this there. Now look at 15 through 17 and 326 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:21,560 Paul's going to explain kind of why. 327 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:26,960 We who are Jews by birth. And not sinful Gentiles know 328 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:30,000 that a person is not. Justified by the works of the 329 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,640 law, but by faith in who? Jesus. 330 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:38,280 So we too have to put our faith in Christ Jesus that. 331 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:41,160 We may be. Justified by faith in Christ. 332 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:44,240 And not by the. Works of the law, because by the 333 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,600 works. Of the law no one will be 334 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:51,000 justified Paul is breaking this thing down he's like, listen, 335 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,880 the gospel is not about doing the law of. 336 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:58,000 God, the Gospel is about faith in Jesus Christ, that's what. 337 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:03,480 Brings you salvation, but if in seeking to be justified in 338 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:04,599 Christ. We. 339 00:17:04,599 --> 00:17:08,440 Jews find ourselves also among the sinners. 340 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:11,000 Doesn't that mean that Christ promotes sin? 341 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,920 Absolutely not if I. Rebuild what I destroyed. 342 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,680 Then I really. Would be a law breaker. 343 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:25,200 So Paul is going after the fact that Cephas kind of went back 344 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:29,360 into his old ways and what's. Wild is if you if you follow the 345 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:32,360 story of Peter. Even in Acts, Peter has a 346 00:17:32,360 --> 00:17:35,680 vision, a dream of this blanket where God's telling him it's not 347 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:38,840 about. The food you eat that brings you 348 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:39,800 closer. To me. 349 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:46,800 So Peter knows he knows better, but he got intimidated and Paul 350 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:50,040 is kind of charging them up saying no, Peter, it's not about 351 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:51,720 if you want to be. Justified with Christ. 352 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:53,400 It's about putting faith in him. It's not through. 353 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,840 The works of the law. So Paul is. 354 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:01,000 Bringing all this up and this is the climax of this conversation, 355 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:02,320 this. Is where it all bubbles. 356 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,120 This is where I want to focus. Look at 19 because Paul says 357 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:08,000 something here that is so important. 358 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,040 Look what it says for though the law. 359 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:15,160 I died to the law. So that I might live. 360 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,920 For God. What Paul says here is a massive 361 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:22,240 statement to say this in front of Judaizers. 362 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:24,320 Who has? Spent their whole entire lives 363 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:27,760 believing that in order for them to be right with God, they must 364 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,920 know and follow every single law of God. 365 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:34,120 And what, Peter? Says is like Nah, I had to. 366 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:37,800 Because of the law. I had to die to the law so that 367 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:41,960 way I might live. For God, see what Peter. 368 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:44,760 Was saying is if I don't die to the law then it's going to be 369 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:49,640 impossible for me to use the law in order to be justified in 370 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:54,680 front of a holy. And righteous God, how did? 371 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:58,000 Paul die to the law. See the law. 372 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,400 Itself killed Paul. Now I'm not talking. 373 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:06,720 Literally, but spiritually. See, what Paul understood is 374 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:08,920 that because. Paul knew the law. 375 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,800 Listen. Paul's pedigree, his background, 376 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:13,840 he was. Trained by one of the the 377 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:17,720 strongest rabbis, Paul knew the law back and forth. 378 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:22,200 Paul was zealous to the law. To the point where he would go 379 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,040 and kill Christians, Christ's followers. 380 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:28,240 He would persecute the Church. Until he had an encounter with 381 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:29,800 Jesus that changed his life forever. 382 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:31,680 And if you want to know more, you should come to. 383 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,040 VBS. That's what we're going. 384 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,640 To be talking about. It. 385 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:37,720 Showed him that he could never live. 386 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:42,960 Up to the law and fulfill its holy standard, right? 387 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,280 So. Paul's understanding of the law 388 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,760 he never understood. It it actually frustrated? 389 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,160 Him watch this. The law of God to. 390 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:56,360 Paul made him guilty not. Justified so all through life. 391 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:00,080 He's thinking, this is how I become good with God. 392 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:04,080 But then Jesus shows up on the scene, the new covenant comes in 393 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,800 and God's like no, the law points. 394 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,800 You to the Savior. It's a big fat. 395 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:14,960 Neon sign that says you can't do this, you need somebody. 396 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:18,240 To do it for you, You can't do this yourself. 397 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:23,400 It's impossible, you see, like. When Jesus taught on the Sermon 398 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,680 on the Mount. Jesus would be. 399 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:29,520 Preaching, he was giving Kingdom principles, things that you 400 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,880 should do. That's different than what? 401 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:34,520 Paul understood the law to. Be. 402 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:39,440 So if the law makes you feel guilty and doesn't point you to. 403 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,640 Somebody to be justified? You have your faith in the wrong 404 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,720 thing because what the law should make you do. 405 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:46,680 Is you should look at the law it serves. 406 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:51,480 As a mirror to help. You understand that you can't do 407 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,040 it. So I need a savior. 408 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:58,800 I need somebody that will help me do it, but I want you to 409 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,360 notice something that Paul says here. 410 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:03,160 I think this is so important in verse 19 because when I read. 411 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:07,400 The text, it says the law. I died too. 412 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:13,880 Paul does not. Say I had to kill the law guys, 413 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:17,240 the law of God is great. It shows the holy heart of God. 414 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:21,760 It shows the character of God. David, I will hide your word, 415 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:23,360 your. Law in my heart, so that way I 416 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:27,520 do not sin against you. Psalms, 1/19/10. 417 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:31,400 It was the way that Paul viewed the. 418 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,760 Law so Paul doesn't go around saying I need to. 419 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:37,800 Kill the law so that. Way I'm good with God. 420 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,200 Think about what, Paul? 'S saying here look he. 421 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,840 What what he's saying? Is like everything in my life 422 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:48,520 that I've put hope in. Like this is how I always live, 423 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,160 this is how I always thought that I would be right with God 424 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:53,760 by the law pursuing. The law doing the law. 425 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,720 Paul never said I had to kill this, Paul says. 426 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,800 I have to kill. This and when I think about the 427 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:05,480 things that you and I as believers. 428 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:10,200 Struggle with if you think. About the things that we battle. 429 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:14,560 Our addictions, our past, our anxiety, our depression, our 430 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,960 anger. Our lust, our deceptive nature. 431 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:21,240 All the things that our sinful nature brings up. 432 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:22,840 All the things that our. Flesh. 433 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:26,800 Battles, many of us grip it and we're like, we got to kill it. 434 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:28,480 I got to kill my past. I got to. 435 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,320 Kill my anxiety, I got to kill my depression and we. 436 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:34,880 Try to do it ourselves and what you need to kill is you. 437 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,520 It's not it. We live in a sinful world. 438 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,760 There's always going to be sin until the new heaven and the new 439 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,320 earth come, until we're in. Glory with Him we're always. 440 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,760 Going to live in our sinful nature and in the. 441 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,840 Sinful world. But the great news of the Gospel 442 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,920 is that Jesus came, He died, He was buried, he rose. 443 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:59,280 Again, so that way if I put my trust in Him and ask him for the 444 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:03,120 forgiveness of my sins, he gives me His spirit and I'm able to 445 00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:06,080 walk in this sinful. Jacked up world saying. 446 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:07,800 Saying Nope, you don't have no bold on me. 447 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,120 You don't have no hold on me. I'm not a slave to you anymore. 448 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,880 You're able to walk in. Freedom, guys, that is what? 449 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:18,440 The gospel is. And I think sometimes many of us 450 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,480 struggle with things and has nothing. 451 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,960 To do with the thing. We're struggling with has 452 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,440 everything to do with. US. 453 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:30,440 But we don't want to point that out, and what Paul is going to 454 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:35,720 tell us in the next verse is the reason why I had to die to 455 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,480 myself. Why I died to the flesh? 456 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,440 How did I do that? Because I was crucified with 457 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,400 Christ. Therefore, I no longer live. 458 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,200 Look at verse 20. For it is Christ who. 459 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:50,640 Lives in me. So that way, the life. 460 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,160 I now live in the body which is in earth. 461 00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:58,160 I live by the Father. And the Son of God who loved me 462 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:03,480 and who gave himself for me AKA. The death of a selfie. 463 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,400 What Paul is. Getting out here, he's like, 464 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,240 man, I couldn't do it. I couldn't do it. 465 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,280 Like man, the law, I had everything, all my hope in this, 466 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:19,840 what I thought, and really the only way for me to defeat this 467 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:23,080 thing was I had to crucify my flesh. 468 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:27,000 Had I had to kill? What's inside of me spiritually? 469 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,960 You see, Paul? Was struggling the. 470 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,240 Pride of the old I if you look at this. 471 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,320 Look at verse 20. Look at, look what he uses. 472 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,320 I have been crucified. I no longer live now. 473 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,880 I now live I. Live by faith. 474 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:48,280 He uses the word IA lot because he's putting the responsibility. 475 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:53,560 Where it needs to go on himself. He doesn't say law, he says my 476 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:55,560 I. So what? 477 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:56,840 He says. Is I've been. 478 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,640 Crucified with Christ? What? 479 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:00,560 What? What he's saying? 480 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:04,560 Here is like man, when Jesus was put on the cross, I understand 481 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:09,240 that he took all of my sin, he took everything that. 482 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,080 That I should have been and he killed it. 483 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,840 He let God put his wrath all over it. 484 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:20,320 So that way I. Could no longer live for myself 485 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:22,160 now I live. For Christ. 486 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:25,720 And in our culture, man, we. Are directed to. 487 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,520 Everything focused on me, I myself. 488 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:32,280 Everything is self esteem, self-confidence, self. 489 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:36,920 Direction, self help, self exaltation, but also that's the 490 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,160 good stuff. But the good stuff leads to some 491 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:43,640 also bad stuff like self pity, self sabotage, self hate, self 492 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,320 hatred. Why does the that good lead to 493 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,040 the bad? Because you're focused. 494 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:53,120 On you and you cannot do it. Listen, you're bearing a weight 495 00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:54,920 that you were never meant to carry. 496 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:57,680 You don't have the. Power to defeat. 497 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,240 Sin. You don't have the power to 498 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,240 defeat Satan, You don't have the power to fight against the 499 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:05,760 devil. So the longer. 500 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:10,320 That you gaze. On yourself, the more frustrated 501 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:13,880 you're going to be calm because nothing is working the way that. 502 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:18,000 You thought it should work. And then when things don't work, 503 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,840 you begin to mask, you begin to find pleasure in positions and 504 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,760 all this other stuff. And listen, what Paul is saying 505 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:26,560 is like. You have got to die. 506 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:30,920 To self, it's time. To be crucified with Christ. 507 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,000 So how does all this work? How do I? 508 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:37,600 How does this work? Because the truth is meant like 509 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:41,360 those who struggle, those who. Really, really struggle with. 510 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:43,640 Things, man, they have not truly surrendered yet. 511 00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:49,760 Jesus being Lord means that he's all I want, He's all I need, 512 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,800 He's all I want to serve. So when other things start 513 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:56,000 coming in, I say I've been crucified with Christ. 514 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,600 That don't work on me. Because it's Christ. 515 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:03,200 That lives inside of me. I have a spirit that lives in 516 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,880 me. I no longer live. 517 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,280 What does that mean? That means that my heart of 518 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,640 stone is now crushed and I have a heart of flesh now. 519 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:15,360 The pride that I once had is now shattered and my life is 520 00:27:15,360 --> 00:27:18,600 surrendered so. We talked about this a few weeks 521 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,480 ago. So when I give my life to 522 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,640 Christ, that means that I have a new self. 523 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,840 My old self is now gone, right I? 524 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:29,000 Crucified that I gave. That to the Lord now it is his 525 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:33,560 spirit that lives in me when I put my trust in him and I ask 526 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:35,200 for forgiveness. Like Lord, I'm going to live for 527 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:36,800 you now. You're the Lord of my life. 528 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:42,880 Then then you come. So that old self is. 529 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:47,360 Passed away and remember that old self was dominated by sin, 530 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,080 right? Like our sinful nature. 531 00:27:50,360 --> 00:27:53,200 The way that we're. Pulled into things the way that 532 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,920 I feel inadequate. All that stuff that we struggle 533 00:27:55,920 --> 00:28:00,240 with is part of our old self, the new self says. 534 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:04,800 Man, I sin and I can't sleep because it's bothering me the. 535 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,400 Old self is like I. Sin and I don't care. 536 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:09,840 Because that's just. Part of my life. 537 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,520 And we use things like. It's who I am. 538 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,880 It's how I grew up. I'm a product of my environment. 539 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:15,000 I. Get that? 540 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,440 That's old self. Thinking new self thinking is 541 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:22,080 now I am found in Christ. I have a new heart and my thing, 542 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,520 my mind and my heart under things of heaven now. 543 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:27,040 Who cares where you're from? Who? 544 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:30,000 Cares what's around. You you are a new. 545 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,560 Creation. The old is gone and the new has 546 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,000 come. Jesus covers. 547 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,360 Our sins. But he also changes. 548 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:43,240 Our lives. And if you're a believer in 549 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:46,520 Christ, your life must look different. 550 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:51,040 If it doesn't look different then either you just fell into 551 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,320 emotionalism or you just haven't been discipled yet. 552 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:56,800 So our lives look. Different. 553 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:00,640 I'm not the same. Ricky I used to be before I knew 554 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:04,280 Jesus. I'm different now we got to 555 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:06,400 understand. Listen, the key to Christianity 556 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:07,920 is this. It's so simple. 557 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,520 The key to Christianity is faith in. 558 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,240 Christ. It's faith in Jesus. 559 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,160 Listen, everything else is just preference. 560 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,600 How we want to worship, how we want to pray, what church we 561 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,800 want to go to. How certain churches make me 562 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,560 feel, How come they ain't loud? How come they're too quiet? 563 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:27,840 Listen, all that stuff is preference. 564 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:29,080 And I'm going to be honest with you all that. 565 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:32,800 Stuff is real privileged. Because you go to other 566 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:37,480 countries where they're just happy to be meeting together in 567 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,440 a house. There ain't no instruments. 568 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,760 There ain't none of. That stuff like that's like, you 569 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,440 know, like. That's a Western problem. 570 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:49,040 That we have. So guys, we're lucky we we're. 571 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:51,280 Blessed to live in a country where we could. 572 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,080 Decide what we want. But listen, everything is about 573 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,960 having faith in Christ. That's what it all comes. 574 00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:01,600 Down to everything else. Listen, Jesus is what sustains 575 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,160 us. He's He's our portion like he's 576 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:07,240 our. Strength so when I give my life 577 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,120 to Christ, when I surrender, when I when I put. 578 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,400 The flesh to death. There's a few things that 579 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,960 happen. Right, like we participate 580 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:16,520 spiritually. In the. 581 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:19,680 Death of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ which? 582 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:23,320 Means that we now have victory over sin and death we are no 583 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:24,640 longer a. Slave to it it. 584 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:27,640 Doesn't control our life anymore, I'm now able to say. 585 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:29,560 Lord help me with this. And you know what? 586 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:32,880 He does. He helps me with this because 587 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:34,240 it's. Christ, it's not me. 588 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:39,200 Believers, the old self. Is now gone, then you have come. 589 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,440 So we live in what we call the new man and we have the 590 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,920 indwelling. Power of the Holy Spirit. 591 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:52,520 And then also we have the love of Christ is now made manifest 592 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,360 in our souls. That's why I'm able to love 593 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:59,400 somebody that's hard to love. That's why I'm able to not punch 594 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:04,320 you in the throat when I want to and put my arm around you and 595 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:05,280 say. Brother, I love you. 596 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:08,200 That's why I'm able to. Love. 597 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:13,240 Hard to love people. It's not Ricky, it's Christ. 598 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:17,640 That's what it looks like guys, to die to self. 599 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,600 And many of us have this idea. Of like now, but. 600 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:23,640 I have to because of what God did for me. 601 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,600 I have to pay it back like I I feel terrible. 602 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,320 I feel guilty. Listen, that is law talk. 603 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:34,080 You can't pay it back because the grace that he pays you. 604 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:39,160 Is nonstop, it's continual. There's no. 605 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,720 Way that you could pay. Anything back to Christ? 606 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,400 It's impossible. That's why Jesus. 607 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:47,360 Comes and he says listen, my payment. 608 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:49,160 Is. Sufficient. 609 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,440 We call that propitiation. That God looks. 610 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,960 At my payment for your sin and he. 611 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,440 Says it's all good, I'll accept that. 612 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,080 He will never stop shedding His grace on you. 613 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,320 And then I love in verse 20, the last. 614 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:07,280 Part because I think this last part a lot of us miss outlook 615 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:09,840 what it says right He's I've been crucified with. 616 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,360 Christ, I no longer live. But it's Christ who lives. 617 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,960 In me, the life I live in the body which he's talking about 618 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,760 present day. Now I live in faith through the 619 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:19,800 Son of God. Who loved? 620 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,520 Me and gave himself. For me. 621 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:27,200 Now listen, I could tell somebody I love them all I want. 622 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,760 I know the guys we call that pillow talk girl. 623 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:36,000 I love you, really. How do you know you love 624 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,960 somebody? You show it. 625 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:39,800 If you don't show it, talk is cheap. 626 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:43,200 And what he's saying here is? Like you know how I know that 627 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:47,560 God loves me? Right here because he gave. 628 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,880 Himself for me. That's the verse that Hector 629 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,640 read. In the beginning he's like, man 630 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:54,840 like. Even while we were still 631 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:59,560 sinners, Christ died for us. Like what other love is there? 632 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,600 Did you know that Christ knew exactly what He was purchasing 633 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,720 on the cross? He knew that you were going to 634 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:06,200 Jack it up. He knew you were going to live a 635 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:09,560 life on sin. And He loved you enough to say I 636 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:13,280 still want Him. And guys, that is a. 637 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,920 Kind of love that we will never understand. 638 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:19,520 God loved us. How do we know he loved us? 639 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:21,320 Because he. Gave himself for you. 640 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,120 That's how we know. He still. 641 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:28,120 Loves us very much today and he still wants to forgive you. 642 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:30,400 And then let's end this thing. Look at verse 21. 643 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:33,800 And I love how Paul ends. This he says I do. 644 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:37,280 Not. Set aside the grace of God for 645 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:38,840 if. Righteousness could be gained 646 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:43,320 through the law. Christ died for nothing, Paul 647 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:49,640 concluded To Peter. This is kind of a strong way to 648 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,720 acknowledge Peter, but he's saying it's like, listen, when 649 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:56,200 you took a stand with the Judaizers, when you decided to 650 00:33:56,200 --> 00:34:00,560 ignore the Gentiles and go sit with them, what you're pretty 651 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:05,640 much saying is that Christ's death was for nothing. 652 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,639 It was the better. Translation is Christ died 653 00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:12,159 needlessly. He didn't have to die. 654 00:34:12,159 --> 00:34:14,120 Because. If everything we've been 655 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:15,760 talking. About was about the law. 656 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,400 Then why would we need grace? It would just be up to you. 657 00:34:21,679 --> 00:34:26,480 It's impossible, but Paul wants to make sure that Peter knows 658 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:29,360 that it is through grace only that we're justified. 659 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,080 So we could have a relationship with the holy and righteous God. 660 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,440 Doesn't matter what you did in your life in your past, none of 661 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:38,280 that matters. God wants you and he's like, 662 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:39,800 man, I want to forgive you, I want to give. 663 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:44,679 You grace, but you have got. To make that decision, SO4 quick 664 00:34:44,679 --> 00:34:45,960 things and then we'll be out of here. 665 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,000 About this passage. I think these are 4 great 666 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:53,120 reminders for us as we. Look at how what Paul taught us. 667 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:56,679 Number one is you and Jesus are still too many people. 668 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:01,080 That's kind of awkward. To say out loud. 669 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,760 But it's true when it's like, man, it's just me and we're 670 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:06,600 going to storm the gates of hell with a water gun. 671 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,880 No, no, no, you're there. It's too many. 672 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,720 What does Paul say? I've been crucified with Christ, 673 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:18,000 so I no. Longer live, it is Christ who 674 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,760 lives in me. So. 675 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,120 Everything I do now it's. Jesus. 676 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,920 It's not you and Jesus. It's not you rocking with Jesus. 677 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,600 No, it's. Jesus only He allowed. 678 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:34,160 He uses you as a vessel in order to do His work. 679 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:38,000 And his build his Kingdom and the faster that. 680 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,360 You could take yourself out of the way. 681 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:42,440 And take yourself out of that middle. 682 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:45,040 Piece and just let Christ use you the. 683 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:49,280 Better it's going to go for you. So if it's not no, it's not 684 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,640 Ricky and Jesus doing this. It's not Ricky and Jesus 685 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:52,880 planning a church. No, it's. 686 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:56,640 Just him, I. Submit to his Lordship, and I 687 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,160 say, Lord what? Is it that you want me to do? 688 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:00,760 Like? What is it that you? 689 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:04,480 Want me to do and then listen when I start leaning toward my 690 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,040 flesh, which does happen. I know it's surprising. 691 00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:08,720 To a lot of you guys, but I do struggle. 692 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,400 When I start leading toward my flesh and my sinful nature. 693 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:15,160 It is the Holy Spirit that's like, Hey, Rick. 694 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:18,160 No, that that's not, that's not what Christ wants. 695 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:22,680 Come back to the point where it bothers me. 696 00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:24,920 Like it's hard to sleep sometimes. 697 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:28,160 Because the Holy Spirit is just where the Spirit of God. 698 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:31,040 Almighty inside of me is like is wrestling with this. 699 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:36,040 So listen, it's not it's, it's Christ only, and the faster you 700 00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:38,040 could understand that. The faster it's going to. 701 00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:38,960 Be. For you. 702 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:40,800 I love this. Even and and you're like, well, 703 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:42,400 Ricky, what else do you see that in the Bible? 704 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,520 I'm so glad you asked talk to John the Baptist. 705 00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:47,400 What does John the. Baptist say I must decrease so 706 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:49,400 that way he could. What increase? 707 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:52,840 John the Baptist is not like man, I can't wait. 708 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:55,320 For Jesus to get here so that way everybody could look at me. 709 00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:58,880 Baptizing him, John the Baptist is like, man, I'm not worthy to 710 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:02,120 even tie his sandals. I shouldn't be here, right? 711 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:05,200 Now. Because it's all about Jesus. 712 00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:08,320 Jesus. Talks about this in John 15. 713 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:09,760 What did? You say listen if you. 714 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:13,600 Abide in me, abide in me. You will bear fruit. 715 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,680 Why? Because it's me. 716 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,000 But. Apart from me, you can do 717 00:37:19,240 --> 00:37:21,920 nothing. It's only. 718 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,600 Jesus, it's all about Christ. So that's that's what we're. 719 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:27,200 Getting. That's what Paul's getting at. 720 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,520 It's not. You take yourself out. 721 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:33,000 Of the middle and stop focusing on you and start focusing on 722 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,760 Christ and if and the faster. You do that, the better. 723 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:37,360 It's going to be. For you, how do I? 724 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:41,040 Take myself. Out I crucify it to the cross. 725 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:44,680 #2 which leads me. Listen, if I die. 726 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,080 To myself, that means that my identity is solidified. 727 00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:50,120 No more identity issues for Ricky. 728 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:54,080 You almost become untouchable. Like it's awesome. 729 00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:56,520 It actually. It turns yourself into 730 00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:58,840 testimony. Because. 731 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,040 It's like, man, Ricky, weren't you that guy? 732 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,760 Remember, You used to do that back in the day, weren't you? 733 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:08,720 That guy that used to. ABC and D and then I'm like. 734 00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:10,800 Yeah, it was me. But you know what? 735 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,720 I'm now. Crucified with Christ I no. 736 00:38:13,720 --> 00:38:15,840 Longer live that guy that. Ricky died. 737 00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:20,000 He died. When I went to the cross, I'm a 738 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,600 new creation now. So yes, you know what? 739 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,880 You have a great memory, I'm so glad you remember that. 740 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:29,320 But I got a better story for you and because. 741 00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:31,920 Now remember, we're agents of reconciliation. 742 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:36,840 My testimony is going to bring them in to the forgiveness that 743 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,520 you experienced. So listen. 744 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:43,720 When people come at you, I know sometimes we tend to feel 745 00:38:43,720 --> 00:38:46,040 ashamed. We're like, Dang man, I don't 746 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:48,240 want like all that on me. Like I don't like people 747 00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:50,720 bringing up my past. No, if they bring up your. 748 00:38:50,720 --> 00:38:55,720 Past It's an opportunity for you to drag their butts into the. 749 00:38:55,720 --> 00:39:00,320 Forgiveness and grace of Christ. Yes, that was me. 750 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:04,160 But you know what? That's not me no more because my 751 00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,760 identity is found in Christ. Listen, you become untouchable, 752 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,600 you ain't going to hurt my feelings. 753 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:13,160 Trust me, I'll sleep just fine. Why? 754 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:18,960 Because I know who I am in Jesus #3 you are no longer enslaved to 755 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,000 sin, but you are freed in Christ. 756 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:26,400 So if I die to myself that means. 757 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:30,480 That Jesus lives. In me and through me, that means 758 00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:34,520 that sin no longer has a grip on my life. 759 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,800 I'm able through the. Power of the Holy Spirit to. 760 00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:39,960 Say no, not today. I'm good. 761 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,760 Keep it moving. But you know what else? 762 00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:46,160 The fruit of the Spirit. I think some of us. 763 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:52,960 Forget that it's Lovejoy. So because I have Christ. 764 00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:56,480 In me I'm not not only free to my sin, right? 765 00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:59,280 I'm not like sin doesn't grip me no more. 766 00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,920 But now I have a joy in my life knowing that it is. 767 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:05,720 Christ who lives. In me and through me, there's 768 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:07,440 nothing. That you can do. 769 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:12,560 To lock me in and lock me up emotionally, mentally, and 770 00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:15,960 spiritually because my hope is in Christ. 771 00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:20,680 So you ain't going to drag me to that place because I'm free now 772 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:26,160 so I'm able to. Walk out of it. #4 and I think 773 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:29,640 this one is so important. The more you focus on Christ, 774 00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:31,360 the less. You're going to struggle. 775 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:36,480 With sin, the more you focus on Christ, the more the less you'll 776 00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,120 struggle with your sin. Man. 777 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:45,200 Because we live in our selfish nature, we tend to try to dig 778 00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:46,960 our own. Selves out of a hole. 779 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:52,000 That we made and we. Grip it and we fight it and we 780 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:53,640 struggle. With it and when it doesn't 781 00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:57,200 work, we mask. It and we make excuses and 782 00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:00,920 listen it just. Continues to bury you more and 783 00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:05,400 more and more. Imagine if you kept that same 784 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:07,600 energy. And put. 785 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:11,440 That toward affections for Jesus and what Jesus is saying is 786 00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:13,360 like, man, stop trying to do everything yourself. 787 00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:16,080 Just look at me. So instead of. 788 00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:19,000 Me trying to dig myself out of a hole instead of me just being 789 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,280 all mad all the time and upset and depressed and anxious. 790 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:26,520 What if I just served the Lord? And I prayed and I read his word 791 00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:29,440 and I got involved. In the work that he's doing, I 792 00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:32,040 promise you your life. Is going to change. 793 00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:34,680 Jesus is saying. Look up. 794 00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:37,560 Look at me, I'm the one that's going to do this. 795 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:39,440 For you. I'm going to put my. 796 00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:46,520 Spirit in you gaze. On me it goes bad when we gaze 797 00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:51,600 on ourselves too much. For I'm crucified with Christ. 798 00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:54,040 I no longer live. Listen when the devil comes for 799 00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:55,760 you. This is the verse that. 800 00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:58,440 You want to use to fight when you let him know listen, I've 801 00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:00,200 been crucified with Christ. I no longer. 802 00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:01,240 Live. It's Christ that. 803 00:42:01,240 --> 00:42:03,640 Lives in me, bye when people come at you. 804 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,040 When people say things about you and listen, it's all good. 805 00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:08,200 I've been crucified with Christ. And I no longer live. 806 00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:09,720 It's Christ that lives. Within me. 807 00:42:09,720 --> 00:42:11,760 So say what you want to say. Bye. 808 00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:15,760 I'm doing what the. Spirit tells me so the. 809 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:17,680 Way I want to end us today is we're going to have a time of 810 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:20,800 worship, might have some brothers and sisters up here. 811 00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:22,200 I'll be up here as well. Listen. 812 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:25,360 If you need some prayer, if you just want somebody to pray with, 813 00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:28,480 man, we're here if you want to. Give your life to Christ I. 814 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:30,680 Usually don't do this but man, I just. 815 00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:33,280 Feel the Holy Spirit like. If you want to an invitation, 816 00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:35,520 say Lord, I want to follow. Jesus today. 817 00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:38,800 Come see me, let's pray. Together. 818 00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:43,080 Let's talk together because. There's nothing better in life 819 00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:45,840 than living for him and not yourself. 820 00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:47,040 Let me pray for us.