1 00:00:01,500 --> 00:00:04,500 Tonight we want to review a little bit and by the way I'm 2 00:00:04,500 --> 00:00:08,100 feeling really good tonight but a but I made a commitment to try 3 00:00:08,100 --> 00:00:12,000 to keep it down last night, I got so exuberant but tonight I 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:16,900 just want to try to go over some points that we know but maybe we 5 00:00:16,900 --> 00:00:19,500 forgotten and just kind of little review a little bit and 6 00:00:19,500 --> 00:00:23,400 make sure we're all on the same page and our Christian walk. 7 00:00:23,900 --> 00:00:27,000 What would talked about about the need for change in our life? 8 00:00:27,300 --> 00:00:30,600 Is that we need to absolutely change. 9 00:00:30,700 --> 00:00:34,100 Each ourselves for if there was no need for change. 10 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:38,100 Then why did Jesus Christ? Tell everyone to repent and acts 11 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:42,700 17:30, God is commanding all men everywhere to repent. 12 00:00:43,100 --> 00:00:46,900 But in what areas we need to change in our life those are 13 00:00:46,900 --> 00:00:49,100 things. Are the Bible continually gives 14 00:00:49,100 --> 00:00:53,800 us even lists from which to review and sometimes checkoff 15 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:58,500 even we've asked of you to focus and on some of these things and 16 00:00:58,500 --> 00:01:00,500 to start working on some of them. 17 00:01:00,700 --> 00:01:04,700 Because sometimes Christians are forgetful hearers. 18 00:01:04,700 --> 00:01:08,300 The Book of James tells us, some people can look into the mirror 19 00:01:08,300 --> 00:01:12,900 of God's word and see where we need to, correct what we need to 20 00:01:12,900 --> 00:01:15,600 shape up or clean up or be prepared. 21 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:17,200 So we can be prepared to meet God. 22 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:21,800 But some people go away and immediately forget what manner 23 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:25,100 of man, or what kind of people that we are, we compare 24 00:01:25,100 --> 00:01:28,700 ourselves among ourselves. We tend to judge ourselves by 25 00:01:28,700 --> 00:01:31,900 others and if we could find other Well, worse than we are 26 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:37,100 then we think we're better. If we think we can find other 27 00:01:37,100 --> 00:01:40,300 people that are the same as we are, then that's all we need to 28 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:42,300 do. To feel confident that we must 29 00:01:42,300 --> 00:01:45,400 be following Jesus. And that's not necessarily the 30 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,000 case. The Bible warns us, if you 31 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,300 compare yourselves among yourselves, you're not wise, 32 00:01:51,500 --> 00:01:54,400 you're not wise. So the fact of the matter is, is 33 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,500 in Christianity. The measure isn't whether we're 34 00:01:57,500 --> 00:02:03,100 better than anyone else. It's We imitating Jesus and the 35 00:02:03,100 --> 00:02:08,199 Bible continually tells us to fix our eyes upon him for 36 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:11,200 examining ourselves. The measure of the stature that 37 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,500 belongs to Jesus Christ, is what we're supposed to be measuring 38 00:02:14,500 --> 00:02:17,500 up to that is our goal is to imitate him. 39 00:02:17,700 --> 00:02:21,200 We've noticed in the scriptures in 1st Peter, chapter 2 and 40 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,500 verse 21, but you have been called for this purpose since 41 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:29,100 Christ suffered for you leaving. You an example for you to follow 42 00:02:29,100 --> 00:02:31,700 in his steps. Now, this This is just more than 43 00:02:31,700 --> 00:02:34,600 in suffering. This is the example that Jesus 44 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,400 set. By the way, he lived. 45 00:02:36,500 --> 00:02:41,200 That's why the gospels record, how he dealt with circumstances 46 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,200 is. So we can learn how to deal with 47 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:47,900 circumstances like he did. So we've got to be imitators of 48 00:02:47,900 --> 00:02:50,900 Jesus Christ. Paul said, be ye followers of me 49 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:55,600 as I also am of Christ. He continually pointed people to 50 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,000 Jesus and he says he is the example. 51 00:02:58,100 --> 00:03:00,400 He's the one who steps you're supposed to follow. 52 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,400 He The One You're supposed to conform your life do, as we 53 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,500 notice through the book of Romans, we were predestined by 54 00:03:06,500 --> 00:03:10,500 God to be conformed to his image, to be transformed. 55 00:03:10,500 --> 00:03:12,500 As we've noticed, other scripture says in First 56 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:14,200 Corinthians. Well, there are many many 57 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,400 passages. We don't want to re-preach all 58 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,900 the lessons that we've given earlier in this series but it's 59 00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:23,600 surprising to me how so many people Define their Christian 60 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:28,300 walk by what they do in worship. Only in other words they believe 61 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:31,700 that if they're worshiping correctly 3, A hours a week that 62 00:03:31,700 --> 00:03:37,100 they're following, Jesus 24/7 365 and that is just not the 63 00:03:37,100 --> 00:03:41,100 case, many people leave here without the attitudes of Jesus, 64 00:03:41,100 --> 00:03:44,900 without the Heart of Jesus without concern for the lost 65 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:48,600 without concern for their family and their husband, and their 66 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,700 wife, and their children, and their job. 67 00:03:50,900 --> 00:03:53,300 You look at their morality, you look at the way they live 68 00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:55,700 outside the assembly. And, you know, they don't know 69 00:03:55,700 --> 00:03:58,200 the Lord. The Bible says, in first, John 70 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,300 hereby, do we know that we know him, if we We keep his 71 00:04:01,300 --> 00:04:03,800 Commandments. This is how we reflect our 72 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,500 knowledge of Jesus. We understand his position in 73 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:11,300 our life and we reflect that, by the way, we live. 74 00:04:11,500 --> 00:04:15,000 It's what we learn in the assembly that equips us to go 75 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,800 out and live the Christian life being in the assembly and 76 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:20,500 worshiping God in spirit and Truth. 77 00:04:20,500 --> 00:04:23,400 Collectively is important don't ever get me wrong. 78 00:04:23,900 --> 00:04:27,700 That is absolutely imperative that we because the Bible says, 79 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:30,400 we must worship God in spirit and Truth John. 80 00:04:30,700 --> 00:04:34,400 At verse, 23, and 24. And when the Bible says must, we 81 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:36,700 better pay attention, we better pay attention. 82 00:04:36,707 --> 00:04:41,400 But my friends, some people that is the only measure that they 83 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:48,200 have in their life and that is absolutely foreign to 84 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:52,200 Christianity. Christianity is a way of life 85 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,100 that we live outside of this assembly. 86 00:04:54,100 --> 00:04:58,500 It is the attitudes we possess whenever we meet others, rich or 87 00:04:58,500 --> 00:05:02,800 poor, or of A different race than Is the Bible continually 88 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,700 points out that? We've got to put away attitudes 89 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,800 that affect the way we make decisions and the way we 90 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:12,800 interact with circumstances. Let's look at a few passages 91 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,000 that we've looked at so many times before in Ephesians the 92 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:23,200 fourth chapter, notice what he says here at Ephesians 4, mmm. 93 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:29,200 In verse 19, they have become callous, Ephesians chapter 4, 94 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,000 verse 20. They become callous having given 95 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,400 themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind 96 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:38,500 of impurity with greediness. But you did not learn Christ. 97 00:05:39,100 --> 00:05:41,500 You did not learn Christ in this way. 98 00:05:41,900 --> 00:05:45,600 This isn't the example of Jesus. Jesus didn't live a life of 99 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:49,300 licentiousness of fleshly indulgence know. 100 00:05:49,300 --> 00:05:52,000 You learn Christ in this way. If indeed you have heard of 101 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:56,000 enema and taught him just as the Truth is in Jesus that in 102 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:04,000 reference to your and very play prints to your former manner of 103 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,500 Life. There were, I believe the King 104 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:09,600 James word, if I'm not incorrect, there is the word 105 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:13,600 conversation is that right. The word conversation has 106 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,900 changed. Meaning said, 1611. 107 00:06:16,500 --> 00:06:19,900 And it then a conversation might been what was reported about 108 00:06:19,900 --> 00:06:22,400 someone. But this word literally means 109 00:06:22,500 --> 00:06:26,400 manner or way of life. And so he says whenever you were 110 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:30,700 before you were Christian, you had a way of life that is now 111 00:06:30,700 --> 00:06:35,000 foreign to you, you put it away, you put it off. 112 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:38,400 And so he begins to use this metaphor of taking off and 113 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:40,400 putting on in the rest of the passage. 114 00:06:40,500 --> 00:06:44,200 Notice what he goes on to say, verse 22 that in reference to 115 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:50,100 your former manner of life. You lay aside the old self, 116 00:06:50,100 --> 00:06:52,400 which is being corrupted in accordance with the lust of 117 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:54,000 Deceit and that you'd be reminded. 118 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:57,600 In the mood, in the spirit of your mind and put on The Noose 119 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:58,600 put on? Yes. 120 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:03,900 There's the idea and put on the new self, which is in the 121 00:07:03,900 --> 00:07:07,200 likeness of God, and is be created in righteousness, and 122 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:11,300 Holiness of the truth, therefore, and he describes what 123 00:07:11,300 --> 00:07:15,800 this is therefore, lay aside falsehood be angry and sin not, 124 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,400 he gives a whole list here, describing the manner of life of 125 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:23,500 a Christian. He must not steal verse 28, no 126 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:27,400 unwholesome Proceed out of your mouth verse 29, let all 127 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:29,900 bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put 128 00:07:29,900 --> 00:07:32,800 away. From you verse 31, be kind, 129 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:36,000 tender hearted to one another forgiving each other just as God 130 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:41,500 has forgiven, you verse 32, this is Christianity, describe. 131 00:07:41,700 --> 00:07:45,800 This is the measuring stick. He says, here's how you know, 132 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:47,800 you're following Jesus. Here's how you know, you're 133 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,900 living In His Image. If you put these things out and 134 00:07:50,900 --> 00:07:54,000 you've put these things on, that's a description. 135 00:07:54,100 --> 00:07:55,600 Option. You know how many times that's 136 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,200 Christianity? Been talked about whenever we're 137 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,800 talking about worship and that my friends aren't, like I said, 138 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:04,500 I'm not trying to downgrade that. 139 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,500 I'm trying to get us not to be deceived into thinking that just 140 00:08:08,500 --> 00:08:13,000 because we worship correctly. We must have holy Lifestyles. 141 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,700 That is not necessarily the case. 142 00:08:16,300 --> 00:08:19,500 Look at the church at laodicea and Revelation the third 143 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:21,700 chapter. They thought they were rich and 144 00:08:21,700 --> 00:08:24,000 increased with goods and have need of nothing. 145 00:08:24,100 --> 00:08:26,300 Nothing. But Jesus said, don't you know, 146 00:08:26,300 --> 00:08:28,600 you're poor, you're blind, you're nekkid, you haven't got 147 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,800 anything. You're destitute. 148 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:37,000 You're morally bankrupt. They thought that of the 149 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,200 assembly would take care of their whole life and it doesn't, 150 00:08:40,299 --> 00:08:43,200 the assembly is part of a Christians life worshiping God, 151 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,700 collectively is one aspect of a Christians life, but my friend, 152 00:08:46,700 --> 00:08:49,700 if crushed, if Christ means nothing to you, outside of the 153 00:08:49,700 --> 00:08:52,700 assembly, if your Christianity, is only defined by what you do 154 00:08:52,700 --> 00:08:56,900 in an assembly, you have a different gospel, you have a 155 00:08:56,908 --> 00:09:01,400 different concept than the Bible concept of imitating Jesus. 156 00:09:01,700 --> 00:09:07,400 He said, it is a lifestyle. It is a A manner of living it is 157 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:11,500 a way we interact every day. It's a way we treat our wife. 158 00:09:11,500 --> 00:09:12,900 It's the way we treat our children. 159 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,800 It's a way we treat our parents. It's the way we interact with 160 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,800 our boss, it work. It's the way we treat our 161 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,500 neighbors. It's the way we react every day. 162 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:26,200 That lets us know that we really are following Jesus Christ. 163 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:28,400 And that is so critically important. 164 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:30,800 Let's look at a passage in Colossians right quick. 165 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:32,900 If you have your Bibles flip over there to Colossians the 166 00:09:32,900 --> 00:09:34,400 third chapter. Hmm. 167 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,300 Notice what he says here. Well, we're not going to have 168 00:09:38,300 --> 00:09:41,200 time to read the whole chapter, but notice in verse 5 he says 169 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:43,600 consider your body's dead immorality. 170 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,100 Of course a Christian somebody who's following, Jesus does not 171 00:09:47,100 --> 00:09:50,400 commit immorality. Notice he says impurity. 172 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:53,900 Passions, evil desires greed, which amounts to idolatry vert 173 00:09:53,900 --> 00:09:56,500 is because of these things. The wrath of God is coming. 174 00:09:56,900 --> 00:09:58,500 In other words, here's the reason why God is going to 175 00:09:58,508 --> 00:10:02,600 execute judgment on the world is because people behave and this 176 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:07,000 way toward one another notice in Which once verse 7 you also 177 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,500 walked when you were living in them. 178 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:14,700 But now you also put them all aside, I want you to underline 179 00:10:14,700 --> 00:10:18,900 that put them on the site. This is just as much a command 180 00:10:18,900 --> 00:10:20,900 as worship. God in spirit truth friends. 181 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,300 Just as much. You better not be saying this is 182 00:10:25,300 --> 00:10:28,000 more important than this. I want you to know the Christian 183 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,300 Life, the manner, in which we live is just as important as the 184 00:10:31,300 --> 00:10:34,700 way we worship. Because they both reflect the 185 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:38,000 Same Heart. They wrote for reflect our 186 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,600 commitment, our devotion to God. We've got to love God with all 187 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,600 of our heart soul, mind and strength, not just in the 188 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,800 simply. But with our life, we've got to 189 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,100 love God with our life. We've got to be a Living 190 00:10:50,100 --> 00:10:56,100 Sacrifice, Romans 12, which is appropriate a whole acceptable 191 00:10:56,100 --> 00:10:59,500 sacrifice which is our reasonable service. 192 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:04,100 Notice in verse 8, but now we're Colossians 3, put them all aside 193 00:11:04,100 --> 00:11:08,000 anger wrath malice slander. Her abusive speech from your 194 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,700 mouth, do not lie. One to another since you've laid 195 00:11:11,700 --> 00:11:14,300 aside the old self with its evil practices. 196 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:17,000 He talks about it in the past tense. 197 00:11:17,500 --> 00:11:21,300 This is something we've got to repent of maybe now acts, 17:30 198 00:11:21,300 --> 00:11:24,100 is making sense. God is commanding, all men 199 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:28,900 everywhere to repent, that is to change to change the direction 200 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:33,200 of our life, into one following. Ourself following the world, 201 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:36,400 following the flesh, to one of following Jesus Christ. 202 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:40,300 And in his steps we will walk. That's what we're supposed to be 203 00:11:40,300 --> 00:11:43,000 doing. Imitating Jesus and he says, 204 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,400 Jesus didn't have anything of these things. 205 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,700 Notice verse 10 and having put on the new self who has been 206 00:11:48,700 --> 00:11:52,300 renewed to a true knowledge. According listen, according to 207 00:11:52,300 --> 00:11:58,100 the image of the one who created him, isn't that amazing? 208 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:03,000 God tells us that we're being renewed in to that image. 209 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,500 That's what that's what Hebrews has 12 is. 210 00:12:06,500 --> 00:12:12,100 Meaning when it says, fixing our eyes on Jesus, fixing our eyes, 211 00:12:12,100 --> 00:12:14,700 that means we look at him. And if he wouldn't do it, we 212 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:17,400 don't do it. And if he would do it, we do it 213 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,600 because we're imitators of Jesus Christ. 214 00:12:21,100 --> 00:12:25,000 Notice also notice he tell he goes on to describe Jesus. 215 00:12:26,300 --> 00:12:29,600 Notice verse 12 so though having those have been chosen by God 216 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:31,800 holy and beloved put on a heart of compassion. 217 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,500 Kindness humility gentleness and patience bearing with one 218 00:12:35,500 --> 00:12:37,000 another and forgiving each other. 219 00:12:37,100 --> 00:12:39,000 Whoever has a complaint against anyone. 220 00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:46,400 Notice what he says just as the Lord forgave you so also should 221 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:50,000 you. He he he tells us dirt think of 222 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:54,500 what Jesus did. Think of what Jesus did we're 223 00:12:54,500 --> 00:12:57,000 going to talk about Steven before this meeting is over. 224 00:12:57,700 --> 00:13:00,900 But, you know, Stephen whenever he was dying, I'm sure what 225 00:13:00,900 --> 00:13:04,400 Jesus did was on his mind. Because he, like Jesus said, 226 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:08,200 father, forgive them, they don't know what they're doing, isn't 227 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:11,200 that amazing? Now, that's how we know we've 228 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,700 got the Life of Christ in us. That's how we know. 229 00:13:13,700 --> 00:13:17,200 We're imitating, Jesus is whenever we can say, what would 230 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,600 Jesus do in this situation and I will do that. 231 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,900 That's what we're talking about. Beyond all these things verse 232 00:13:24,900 --> 00:13:28,100 14, put on love, which is the perfect Bond of unity, and Let 233 00:13:28,100 --> 00:13:30,200 the Peace of Christ rule in your hearts. 234 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,400 Which indeed you were called in one body and be thankful, well, 235 00:13:33,900 --> 00:13:37,800 enough of our review tonight. This is such an important point 236 00:13:38,500 --> 00:13:42,900 that we don't get a wrong concept of what religion is all 237 00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:45,400 about. Whenever we talk about 238 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:50,000 Christianity, we're talking about a people who follow 239 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,600 Christ, because that's what the word means. 240 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,900 Ins, and if you're not behaving like Christ, when you're in your 241 00:13:55,900 --> 00:13:59,400 home, if you're not behaving like Christ, with your husband, 242 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,600 with your wife, with your children, with your neighbor, if 243 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:05,200 you're not honest above board at, have these qualities in your 244 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:08,500 spirit and in your mind, then don't deceive yourself into 245 00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:11,400 thinking. Well, I'm a Christian but I'm 246 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:14,700 not imitating. Jesus really? 247 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:16,500 I don't think there is such a thing. 248 00:14:17,700 --> 00:14:21,400 In fact, it's just pretty evident that a person who thinks 249 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:24,500 that such a thing can exist. Wrist is deceived. 250 00:14:26,100 --> 00:14:29,800 That's the whole point. Don't think you can be angry. 251 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:34,000 You can be wrathful, you can be dishonest, you can be all those 252 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,700 things and still be a Christian. That's just a deception of 253 00:14:37,700 --> 00:14:40,700 Satan. We must have a lifestyle that 254 00:14:40,700 --> 00:14:43,200 reflects our knowledge of our Lord and Savior. 255 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,300 Jesus Christ. We've talked about how that Luke 256 00:14:46,300 --> 00:14:48,700 6 and verse 40. If you're taking notes, the 257 00:14:48,700 --> 00:14:51,600 Bible says, a disciple or a student when he is fully 258 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,900 trained, will be like his teacher. 259 00:14:55,100 --> 00:14:58,700 Whenever we're mature in our knowledge of Jesus Christ, then 260 00:14:58,700 --> 00:15:03,400 we will behave and react, acted react, like Jesus in Matthew 28. 261 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:06,700 Verse 19 through 20. Jesus wants us to become his 262 00:15:06,700 --> 00:15:11,000 disciples and as his disciples were taught, all things that he 263 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,000 brought from the father and the Bible tells us where to be 264 00:15:14,100 --> 00:15:18,700 conformed, to the image of his son Romans 8 and verse 29. 265 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:23,400 Well, Whenever we read some of these lists in the scriptures of 266 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,100 things to put off and things to put on, and I've asked you each 267 00:15:26,100 --> 00:15:30,000 to do some homework and begin to specifically identify areas that 268 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,900 you need to change in your morality that you need to 269 00:15:32,908 --> 00:15:35,000 perfect Holiness. The Bible talks about, we're 270 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,400 going to talk about Hope before this is over as well. 271 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:41,800 But listen to this those who are Christians are always growing in 272 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:43,800 this area. The Bible says, he who has this 273 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:47,100 hope fixed on him purifies himself. 274 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:50,600 That were purify means to make single make a single substance. 275 00:15:50,900 --> 00:15:53,400 Whenever something is said to be pure gold, that means it's 276 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,600 without any other impurities. And those who have their eyes 277 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,300 fixed on Jesus, those who have their hope fixed on him. 278 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,400 They will purify themselves as they grow. 279 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:07,100 Their life becomes more and more pure as they mature, their life 280 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:10,700 gets more and more consistent to the image of Jesus. 281 00:16:10,900 --> 00:16:15,000 Now, I'm Jesus is sinless perfection and sometimes we say, 282 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:19,200 well that's I'm not there yet. Well, Paul an apostle of Jesus 283 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:21,300 Christ and no one. Questions. 284 00:16:21,300 --> 00:16:25,300 His maturity said he buffeted his body daily and make me his 285 00:16:25,300 --> 00:16:26,700 slave. That's after he preached to 286 00:16:26,700 --> 00:16:32,000 others, he himself should be a Castaway Paul understood that 287 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,700 this process of maturity is an estate. 288 00:16:34,700 --> 00:16:38,100 You get to and then you relax. It's something you do every day. 289 00:16:38,300 --> 00:16:42,400 So Christian regardless of where you're at, I hope you know that 290 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:45,500 you have not reached a state of perfection but hopefully you 291 00:16:45,500 --> 00:16:47,900 have reached a state of maturity. 292 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:51,500 Those are two different things. Sure is Two different things, 293 00:16:51,500 --> 00:16:56,800 one implies flawlessness. And Paul had to daily, make sure 294 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,600 he was obedient, he had to continually every moment. 295 00:17:00,700 --> 00:17:03,900 Make sure that he had the mind of God and wasn't distracted by 296 00:17:03,900 --> 00:17:05,800 the Temptations and lust of the flesh. 297 00:17:06,700 --> 00:17:10,800 He had some tools available to him, that helped him succeed in 298 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:15,000 his daily walking after Jesus walk. 299 00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:17,599 Can we identify some of those tools for ourself? 300 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,000 Yes, we can. We've talked about some of these 301 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,599 things before, but tonight, I would like you to take notes 302 00:17:22,599 --> 00:17:26,300 because once we've identified what aspects we want to lay 303 00:17:26,300 --> 00:17:30,200 aside and what aspects we want to add, there are some things 304 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:34,100 that will help us in our Christian development. 305 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:40,600 First of all, whenever we talk about change in our life, we 306 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:45,300 have to do some mental mentally, some exercise, if you will, to 307 00:17:45,300 --> 00:17:49,000 make sure we've got the target actually set in our heart and in 308 00:17:49,008 --> 00:17:52,600 our mind that is to be very clear about what we're aiming 309 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,800 for one, is it? We're exactly wanting to change, 310 00:17:55,900 --> 00:18:01,100 you know, in any business they say they want a business plan, 311 00:18:01,100 --> 00:18:03,700 what is it that your business does write it down? 312 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,600 And some, if businesses don't do Ooh that sometimes they often 313 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:09,400 fail because they get to going in so many directions and their 314 00:18:09,500 --> 00:18:12,600 energies are not focused. You have to know what you do in 315 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,900 your business. You have to know and as 316 00:18:14,900 --> 00:18:16,600 Christians we have to know as well. 317 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,100 We have to have a plan. We have to have some specific 318 00:18:19,100 --> 00:18:21,500 things of what we're doing every day of our life. 319 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:23,700 What am I doing this week? How am I growing this week? 320 00:18:23,700 --> 00:18:25,900 How am I going to grow closer to Jesus every day? 321 00:18:25,900 --> 00:18:29,700 We need spiritual goals. Each of us needs spiritual 322 00:18:29,700 --> 00:18:32,200 goals. A lot of the reason a lot of the 323 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:37,600 reasons why we never travel from where we are to where he is, is 324 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,100 we never? Look at a map. 325 00:18:39,100 --> 00:18:42,500 We never know what our goal is. So the first thing we need to 326 00:18:42,500 --> 00:18:46,100 know is what is our goal? What is our goal? 327 00:18:46,100 --> 00:18:48,400 What is it exactly that we're shooting for now? 328 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:50,900 We need to identify where we're at on this map. 329 00:18:50,900 --> 00:18:54,500 Some of us in this map if you will, are over here some are 330 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:56,500 over here. Maybe this is where we're headed 331 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:59,400 right here, some started a different Place than what we may 332 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,000 have to start and still. So others may be here and they 333 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,800 have to go in a different direction but wherever we start 334 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:09,100 from that's personal this doesn't move. 335 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:15,800 Jesus is Jesus is the same Jesus is static, he is he is stable. 336 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:20,100 He is always where he always is and if you're not with him it's 337 00:19:20,100 --> 00:19:23,200 not because he moved it's because you're in here. 338 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:25,300 Not there yet. You need to get there. 339 00:19:25,700 --> 00:19:28,300 So what is it that you some of you don't need to work on? 340 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:30,900 Hospitality. Some of you don't need to work 341 00:19:30,900 --> 00:19:32,800 on love still. Others. 342 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:36,100 May have to work on putting the side, hatred out of their life. 343 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:38,500 Others may need to work on self-discipline. 344 00:19:38,700 --> 00:19:41,500 Add to your faith virtue and to Virtue knowledge and knowledge. 345 00:19:42,100 --> 00:19:45,500 King James says, Temperance that were Temperance means 346 00:19:45,500 --> 00:19:47,600 self-control. Perhaps, that's something we 347 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,100 need to work on. Perhaps it's the tongue. 348 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:56,400 Perhaps it's jealousy. I don't know what it is, but you 349 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,700 know what it is, you know, where you are. 350 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,600 If a map is going to be helpful, you have to know where you are. 351 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:07,500 And then that map also has to tell you where he is. 352 00:20:07,500 --> 00:20:12,100 Where is you want to go? So first of all, get you a goal, 353 00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:15,000 you have to be specific, write down that goal. 354 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,600 Make it clear and then we're going to have to work. 355 00:20:17,700 --> 00:20:21,300 Now, this goal can either, as we've already noticed, can be 356 00:20:21,300 --> 00:20:29,600 putting off. Or putting on something, but it 357 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,900 is something it's either one or the other. 358 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,700 It's either putting off something or putting on 359 00:20:34,700 --> 00:20:39,500 something, make sure to go, make sure to maybe you need to work 360 00:20:39,500 --> 00:20:44,200 at being more loving, or more kind, or less hateful or bitter, 361 00:20:44,300 --> 00:20:47,900 or whatever it is, but whatever it is, make sure you have a goal 362 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:53,000 then, secondarily you have to have a plan. 363 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:03,400 Sometimes plans, involve others if you want, for instance, if 364 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,800 you say the bereans were more noble than those in thessalonica 365 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,300 and that they studied the word daily and the other state that 366 00:21:09,300 --> 00:21:12,200 we're daily and I need to study the word daily and I need to get 367 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:16,200 this into my life daily. You may have to incorporate your 368 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,300 husband or wife cooperation and your children. 369 00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:22,900 You have to have say honey this is a plan for spiritual growth 370 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,600 and this is where I want to go. And is this some place to where 371 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,300 you want to go? Go, you know, Amos 3:3 says can 372 00:21:29,300 --> 00:21:31,000 two walk together except they be agreed. 373 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,500 We're going to have to have a on the right goal here and raising 374 00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:36,400 our children, we're going to have to have the right. 375 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,900 The same boundaries. We're going to have to agree and 376 00:21:38,900 --> 00:21:42,600 that may mean you have to sit down with your mate and make up 377 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,300 some plans about where you want to go. 378 00:21:45,700 --> 00:21:49,300 You may have to look at your work because maybe your work 379 00:21:49,300 --> 00:21:51,200 won't let you to make different plans. 380 00:21:51,500 --> 00:21:54,000 Maybe your work is something you're going to have to change 381 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,400 in order to please God. You know, I've met a lot of 382 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:01,400 people and studied with a lot of different people about becoming 383 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,200 Christians and I'll tell you what, it's amazing what you meet 384 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,300 out there. You don't normally meet people 385 00:22:06,300 --> 00:22:09,100 that have to change their vocation in order to become 386 00:22:09,100 --> 00:22:12,300 Christians, but if you get out there and talk with people, 387 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,000 you're going to meet somebody that Christ is going to change 388 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,800 their entire life. Turn it upside down and dump it 389 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:19,800 out and they're going to have to start building all over again. 390 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,100 How to start building all over again, I've talked with 391 00:22:24,100 --> 00:22:28,700 prostitutes and how that live, I can't continue to live in the 392 00:22:28,700 --> 00:22:30,500 lifestyle to which I'm going to custom. 393 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,700 If I become a Christian, you go, that's right. 394 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:36,400 I haven't talked to a Hitman yet. 395 00:22:37,900 --> 00:22:42,600 But I did talk to an enforcer for the Hells Angels about 396 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,400 obeying. The gospel one time and he beat 397 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,000 up a lot of people and I told him I'm sorry but I just can't 398 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:50,900 imagine Jesus doing that. Can you? 399 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,800 I just really challenged him with the image of following 400 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,300 Jesus and he said, no, Glenn. You're right. 401 00:22:57,100 --> 00:22:59,900 I'm going to have to quit my job but that's going to be quite. 402 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:01,900 I'm going to be taking my life in my hands. 403 00:23:01,900 --> 00:23:04,700 If I change my job, if I tell him, I'm quitting. 404 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,000 I said, it's either your life or your soul, what's it going to 405 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:13,400 be? What's it going to be my 406 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,000 friends? Most of us don't have to change 407 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:19,600 that drastically. But you may, if your require, if 408 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,200 your work requires you to lie all the time, if you're 409 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,400 required, if your work requires you to be immoral or unethical, 410 00:23:26,700 --> 00:23:29,100 you may have to change jobs. I don't care if the rest of the 411 00:23:29,100 --> 00:23:33,200 world approves of it. You know, one of the things that 412 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:37,700 divides this country is the fact that abortion is justified by 413 00:23:37,700 --> 00:23:41,200 our culture and by law, but I don't care how much the law 414 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:46,900 says, it's okay, it's not okay. People have to change whenever 415 00:23:46,900 --> 00:23:50,800 they come to, Jesus Christ, even if it's a respected profession 416 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:56,100 acknowledged and approved of by men, you have to determine what 417 00:23:56,100 --> 00:23:59,700 it is specifically and then you have to make plans to change 418 00:23:59,700 --> 00:24:01,600 that. You have to make some, you have 419 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,900 to go and you have to say, I need some help, I need some 420 00:24:03,900 --> 00:24:08,000 cooperation, I need to get from here to there and make some 421 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,200 plans, do some changing and my life. 422 00:24:11,500 --> 00:24:15,100 And lastly, all the goals and all the plans in the world won't 423 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,400 Won't do any good if there's no effort. 424 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:25,200 Put forth to change you know I know people who have a good set 425 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,700 of plans. I've been drawing these plans 426 00:24:27,700 --> 00:24:33,700 all my life, the house still ain't built. that's the whole 427 00:24:33,700 --> 00:24:37,800 point just because you know what the Bible teaches, just because 428 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,800 you're familiar just because that may be a goal that you want 429 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,800 to get that into your life or that out of your life isn't good 430 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,400 enough until you put forth the effort, make the decision, make 431 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:51,700 the commitment that it will happen and it will happen now 432 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:59,200 today, Today will be the day. How many people have tried to 433 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,800 stop smoking? But they never did it. 434 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,000 They never did it. And that's what I'm talking 435 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:10,100 about here and Christianity. The same patterns, the same 436 00:25:10,100 --> 00:25:14,700 principles that lead to success in the world lead to success 437 00:25:14,700 --> 00:25:17,600 spiritually. Here's the point, make sure your 438 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,700 eyes are on the goal. Make sure you know exactly what 439 00:25:20,700 --> 00:25:23,900 you're going to put off and put on, make a record of it, write 440 00:25:23,900 --> 00:25:25,900 it down and we're going to notice some other keys in just a 441 00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:28,700 moment. Make a plan and then literally 442 00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:31,500 put forth the effort to bring about that change. 443 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:35,600 It may mean putting off Ins for evil companions, corrupt. 444 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,800 Good morals. You may have to get some new 445 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,800 environment. You may have to turn off the 446 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,400 radio. You may have to play other kinds 447 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,000 of music. You may have to watch other 448 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:46,700 kinds of shows, but whatever it takes to be holy, you need to 449 00:25:46,700 --> 00:25:49,400 get that into your life and whatever makes it Unholy 450 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,300 whatever corrupts needs to be out. 451 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:57,300 So, it's an effort Christianity. Is not 0, not friends. 452 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:02,300 This isn't easy. But there are many people who 453 00:26:02,300 --> 00:26:06,000 think that Christianity is easy. They've never paid the price or 454 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,700 counted. The cost mean, Christian is some 455 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:12,300 of the most difficult changes you'll ever have in your life. 456 00:26:12,700 --> 00:26:16,100 But yet it is the most rewarding because whenever we design our 457 00:26:16,100 --> 00:26:18,700 homes, whenever we design our life, after God's will then add 458 00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:21,100 two functions as God designed for it to function. 459 00:26:21,300 --> 00:26:24,500 The relationships will be as God designed and we will have peace 460 00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:28,600 in our hearts even though we may not find contentment in our 461 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:32,200 circumstances. One of the things that we're 462 00:26:32,208 --> 00:26:38,300 going to conflict, right here is lust and putting off and putting 463 00:26:38,300 --> 00:26:41,700 on, literally one of the things right here that we're going to 464 00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:45,000 confront often in goal. Setting is lust. 465 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,200 The Bible says that we must actively stop. 466 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,400 Impure thoughts in order to end in pure actions. 467 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:54,400 In Matthew, the 15th, chapter and verse 19, the Bible says, 468 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:59,600 out of the heart comes adultery fornication, etc, etc, etc. 469 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,100 Out of the hardest where sin comes from. 470 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,500 And so, we've got to guard the hearts, and our minds. 471 00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:07,400 We've got to, we've got to Guard. 472 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,100 Our lust lust means unlawful desire. 473 00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:13,700 A desire for that which is unlawful in our mind, in 2nd 474 00:27:13,700 --> 00:27:16,100 Corinthians, 10 and verse 5. The Bible says, we are to 475 00:27:16,100 --> 00:27:19,400 demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up 476 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:23,700 against the knowledge of God and take every thought captive to 477 00:27:23,700 --> 00:27:27,900 The Obedience of Jesus Christ, every thought captive to The 478 00:27:27,900 --> 00:27:32,500 Obedience of Christ, that means make sure we keep our thoughts 479 00:27:32,500 --> 00:27:38,300 Corral And my friends are TVs. You know, they used to preach 480 00:27:38,300 --> 00:27:43,400 against TVs. But it's not, it's not the TV 481 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:48,700 that's evil people preach on it. It's not the radio that sinful 482 00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:52,100 people preach on it. It's not the printing press 483 00:27:52,100 --> 00:27:53,700 That's evil. They print. 484 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:57,900 The Bible's As well as pornography. 485 00:27:58,500 --> 00:28:01,400 It's not the printing press, it's not the TV, it's not the 486 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:05,400 radio, it's not the computer. Those are just mediums for 487 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:09,100 messages, but we've got to choose the message. 488 00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:12,200 We listen to. We watch, we pick up, we indulge 489 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:13,800 in. We've got to choose that. 490 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,800 It's not the movie that's wrong. It's what movie you go? 491 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:18,900 See. It's what song you listened to 492 00:28:18,900 --> 00:28:21,500 its, what book you read. That's the point. 493 00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:24,400 We've got to learn to discern Christians. 494 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:29,300 Because whenever we put garbage in, we get garbage out. 495 00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:33,200 That's right. The Bible says bring every 496 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:38,600 thought captive, guard your heart and it's something nobody 497 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:43,700 else can do for you. Guard your heart, Proverbs 23 498 00:28:43,700 --> 00:28:49,800 and verse 17. Listen, do not let your heart 499 00:28:49,900 --> 00:28:54,300 Envy sinners That's pretty straightforward. 500 00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:59,800 Don't let your heart Envy Sinners but live in the fear of 501 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:05,300 the Lord always. Do not let who's responsible, I 502 00:29:05,300 --> 00:29:11,800 am, if I let my heart, the Bible says, you do not let your heart 503 00:29:11,900 --> 00:29:14,300 in dissenters. How many times have you said? 504 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,400 Well, I don't do that. I'm a Christian, but I sure 505 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,600 would like to. That's letting your heart in 506 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,900 these sinners. I'd like to, but I can't. 507 00:29:22,900 --> 00:29:24,900 I'm a Christian. I'm gonna get caught, it's 508 00:29:24,900 --> 00:29:26,400 wrong. That's when ever lost. 509 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:28,900 That's where that's the cultivation in our heart. 510 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,600 We're lost can plant a seed. My friends. 511 00:29:32,900 --> 00:29:34,600 Don't let that happen. Do not. 512 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,500 Let your heart in be Sinners, but live in the fear of the 513 00:29:37,500 --> 00:29:40,900 Lord, always remember the Lord knows the thoughts and the 514 00:29:40,900 --> 00:29:45,400 intentions of our hearts First Chronicles 28:9, do some weeding 515 00:29:45,500 --> 00:29:49,300 in the garden of our mind. Point number two, we've said 516 00:29:49,300 --> 00:29:51,800 this before when talking about how to bring about Changing our 517 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:55,600 life. Point number two, Well, we want 518 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,500 to call Point number one. And you guys have heard me say 519 00:29:57,500 --> 00:30:00,600 this before, that means stop stinkin Thinkin, that's what 520 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,600 we've always called it. That's what that's, what Zig 521 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:07,500 Ziglar calls it, stop stinkin Thinkin, it means control our 522 00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:13,200 thoughts. But number two, there's 523 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:14,800 something that feed our thoughts. 524 00:30:15,100 --> 00:30:18,900 The Bible tells us to memorize specific scriptures. 525 00:30:19,100 --> 00:30:26,800 In other words, put scriptures in our mind, memorize scriptures 526 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,000 that have to do with whatever you're working on. 527 00:30:29,100 --> 00:30:32,200 If you've got a goal over here, memorize scripture that have to 528 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,400 do with that goal. If you've got trouble with 529 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,500 gossip memorize scripture that have to do with gossip. 530 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,200 Look, in the Book of Proverbs look in the Book of James. 531 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:44,200 When it talks about the trunk tongue, scuse me, That was going 532 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,200 to be quoted. I guess, what are we talking 533 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:50,400 about here, memorize scripture that have to do with whatever 534 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,200 you're working on? That is specific. 535 00:30:53,300 --> 00:30:57,000 That is a tool Jesus, whenever he was tempted, use that. 536 00:30:57,100 --> 00:30:59,000 What did he say? Whatever Satan came his way. 537 00:30:59,100 --> 00:31:01,800 It is written. It is written. 538 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,900 Thou shalt not have Jesus. Had those words in his mind, 539 00:31:05,900 --> 00:31:10,800 those living words in his mind. Those words that empowered him 540 00:31:10,900 --> 00:31:13,200 to overcome the lusts of the flesh. 541 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:17,700 The Bible says, in James 1 verse 21 received the word. 542 00:31:17,700 --> 00:31:20,800 Implanted engrafted is the King James word, word. 543 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,900 Unfortunately, that word doesn't really get the job done the 544 00:31:23,900 --> 00:31:25,900 word. Does it mean to add it to? 545 00:31:25,900 --> 00:31:32,400 It means to plant it in. Receive the word implanted in 546 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:36,300 our heart, which is able to save our souls. 547 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:42,200 It's able to do what save our souls parents. 548 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:48,800 You want to save your children. Put the word plant, the word in 549 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,900 their hearts and in their minds, teach them to memorize 550 00:31:51,900 --> 00:31:54,700 scripture, and if you don't know what to teach them, perhaps you 551 00:31:54,700 --> 00:31:58,000 need to remember eyes it right along with them, you need to 552 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,100 memorize it right along with them. 553 00:32:00,700 --> 00:32:02,800 I remember being raised, I remember one of the first 554 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:04,500 scriptures that I had to memorize. 555 00:32:04,900 --> 00:32:09,000 It's the one every child should memorize Ephesians 6:1 children 556 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,800 obey. Your parents in the Lord for 557 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,600 this is, right? I was so glad when I got up and 558 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,400 could teach that. Hey Dad, I found one for you 559 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:16,500 father's provoke. Not your children. 560 00:32:16,700 --> 00:32:19,900 Giraffe. There's one you got to work on. 561 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,800 We all need to be working on some scriptures. 562 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:29,300 We really do. If you don't know, the Books of 563 00:32:29,308 --> 00:32:31,000 the Bible, memorize it, teach your children. 564 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,900 And guess what? You'll learn to, by teaching 565 00:32:33,900 --> 00:32:37,100 your children, you'll learn. That's the whole key. 566 00:32:37,100 --> 00:32:40,400 Get the word of God into our hearts and into our minds, 567 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:42,100 right? Amount of hearts and our minds 568 00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:44,300 because that's where God wants them kept, he doesn't want to 569 00:32:44,308 --> 00:32:45,800 put him in a book and lay it on a shelf. 570 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:47,800 You should keep them. He said I'll put him in your 571 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,500 heart and in your mind, I will write them. 572 00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:54,200 Memorize scriptures have to do with your problem. 573 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:58,200 The sword of the spirit is the word of God Ephesians 6:17, and 574 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,400 it needs to be where the battle is in our hearts. 575 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,900 And in our minds. First, John 4 verse 17, 576 00:33:02,900 --> 00:33:06,700 Colossians 3. And verse 16 notice the Bible 577 00:33:06,700 --> 00:33:12,000 says in Matthew 4, no, excuse me, Psalms 119 11 by word. 578 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:17,800 Have I treasured in my heart that I may not sin against thee? 579 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,900 I'll tell you, there's nothing like remembering a passage when 580 00:33:20,900 --> 00:33:24,100 you're about to commit, a sin that will keep you from sin. 581 00:33:24,300 --> 00:33:27,200 It will guard your heart, it will guard it. 582 00:33:28,100 --> 00:33:30,400 And I'm sure each one of you can give an example of that. 583 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,700 You may be about to tell them, I you maybe get to gossip, you may 584 00:33:33,700 --> 00:33:36,300 be tempted to commit fornication, you may be tempted 585 00:33:36,300 --> 00:33:41,300 to do, steal something, but that scripture comes to your mind and 586 00:33:41,300 --> 00:33:44,100 it keeps you from doing that, which is forbidden by God. 587 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,400 Memorize scriptures that have to do with your problem. 588 00:33:47,500 --> 00:33:52,000 David said, Thy word have I treasured in my heart that I may 589 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:56,200 not sin against thee, Psalms 119, and verse 11 Point number 590 00:33:56,200 --> 00:34:01,800 three, how many Christians have tried to overcome through 591 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:06,100 fleshly knowledge, and all this other stuff without prayer. 592 00:34:09,100 --> 00:34:15,900 Pray, the Bible tells us in the book of Hebrews 4:16 to pray and 593 00:34:15,900 --> 00:34:18,600 ask God for help in time of need. 594 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:24,699 It went in time of need, in time of need. 595 00:34:26,300 --> 00:34:28,600 That means we ought to be praying, right? 596 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,699 Whenever we're being tempted, right? 597 00:34:30,699 --> 00:34:34,000 Whenever we're working on this goal of putting something off 598 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,600 on, what's about to raise, its ugly head, it's about to do 599 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:38,500 something, I'm about to have this at the other. 600 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:39,800 You know what? The best thing to do is just 601 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:43,800 pray, it's a real good thing to get into praying with your kids, 602 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:48,000 praying with your husband, and with your wife, you know, I know 603 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,900 woman that had trouble, not abusing her children, but she 604 00:34:51,900 --> 00:34:53,199 would definitely lose her temper. 605 00:34:53,199 --> 00:34:56,500 And she said, it wasn't Godly. And so we talked, Out this 606 00:34:56,500 --> 00:34:59,500 praying in time of Temptation and so you know what she began 607 00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:02,300 to do, she began to call her kids in and she would say, 608 00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:05,900 Johnny we need to pray and they would pray right then and Johnny 609 00:35:05,900 --> 00:35:08,500 knew what was going to happen at the end of that prayer often 610 00:35:08,500 --> 00:35:10,600 times. But the whole point, is he 611 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:14,000 recognized prayer was a time for for praying and he would pray 612 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:15,500 and then he finally began praying. 613 00:35:15,500 --> 00:35:17,900 Pray, Lord. Please save me from my mom 614 00:35:17,900 --> 00:35:19,600 sometimes. I mean that's like he learned 615 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:23,000 how to pray. He learned what prayer was for, 616 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,700 is for asking God, for help in time of need. 617 00:35:26,500 --> 00:35:29,300 And that's what we're talking about to pray. 618 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,600 The instant, when you're driving down the road, where does the 619 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:34,400 bible? Does it say close your eyes? 620 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:39,300 I want to know one verse. We pray to God when we address 621 00:35:39,300 --> 00:35:42,100 our thoughts to him, you can pray with your eyes open. 622 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,600 Pray to God. Instantly direct your thoughts 623 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:51,700 toward him, and pray the moment you're tempted. 624 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:55,800 Pray, the Bible says, to find Grace to help in time of need 625 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:59,000 Hebrews 4 verse 16. Notice in Matthew, 26 and verse 626 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,300 41, the Amplified version translates. 627 00:36:01,300 --> 00:36:04,500 This passage this way. The Bible says, all of you must 628 00:36:04,500 --> 00:36:06,400 keep awake. Give strict attention, be 629 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:10,800 cautious and watch, and pray that you may not come into 630 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:12,600 temptation. The spirit. 631 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:14,700 Indeed is willing, but the flesh. 632 00:36:15,100 --> 00:36:22,100 Is week knowing that he tells us to watch and pray Point number 633 00:36:22,100 --> 00:36:25,800 four and this is our last one. I want you to memorize this. 634 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:37,800 Make yourself accountable. That's accountable. 635 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:40,800 If you can't see, couldn't get it all in there right quick. 636 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:44,500 Make yourself accountable to other Christians in James, the 637 00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:47,800 fifth chapter and verse 16. By the way, it's not really 638 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:49,800 talking about assembly of the church there. 639 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,600 Although we can in the Assembly of the church confess our 640 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:56,000 faults, one to another but it more often implies a private 641 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:57,700 thing where we call the Elders of the church. 642 00:36:57,700 --> 00:37:00,200 Even contextually. Whatever is going on in that 643 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:03,600 passage, he's saying you get ahold of somebody else in the 644 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:06,600 body of Jesus Christ. You are the book of Galatians 2. 645 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,400 You who are spiritual restore, such an one in the spirit of 646 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:12,100 meekness considering yourself. Lest you also be tempted, 647 00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:16,900 whenever we end the body of Christ have trouble in spiritual 648 00:37:16,900 --> 00:37:20,000 victory in our life. God has equipped us with the 649 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:24,200 congregation to be a source of help as well. 650 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:27,800 That is one of the reasons why God gave us a congregation read. 651 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:31,000 First Corinthians 12 chapter read Romans of 12 chapter 652 00:37:31,100 --> 00:37:36,400 whenever he says your parts of one another We have this access 653 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:40,400 this great access to help from our brothers and sisters as 654 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,500 well. The Bible says confess your 655 00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:47,300 faults one to another and pray one for another that ye may be 656 00:37:47,300 --> 00:37:51,300 healed. We can find healing and doing 657 00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:54,900 that and acknowledging with one another of why our we're 658 00:37:54,900 --> 00:37:57,100 growing. And what we need to do, we need 659 00:37:57,100 --> 00:37:59,300 to make ourselves accountable to one another. 660 00:37:59,900 --> 00:38:01,900 It is so important that we do that. 661 00:38:02,900 --> 00:38:05,100 I know one preacher that needed to do that. 662 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,100 He said he couldn't, he didn't want to disappoint anyone in the 663 00:38:08,100 --> 00:38:10,700 congregation. He was having trouble with 664 00:38:10,700 --> 00:38:13,800 temptation and so he didn't, he didn't do that. 665 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,500 And he said, had he done that? He probably would not have been 666 00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:19,400 where he was then he had brought literally run off. 667 00:38:19,500 --> 00:38:20,900 With another woman in the church. 668 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,200 I'll because he disobeyed God whenever God says, make yourself 669 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:29,400 accountable to somebody confess your faults one to another and 670 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,800 pray one for another. My friends, if you're having 671 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:39,300 trouble, get somebody to help you overcome, that's why we're 672 00:38:39,300 --> 00:38:41,700 together. We're supposed to be 673 00:38:42,100 --> 00:38:45,200 strengthening one another. In the what the Bible says. 674 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,900 In Hebrews 10:24, 25 about one of the purposes of the assembly 675 00:38:48,900 --> 00:38:53,800 is what to encourage one, another to love and good works. 676 00:38:55,300 --> 00:38:57,700 That's the relationship we're supposed to have with one 677 00:38:57,700 --> 00:39:01,100 another. There's many many Christians who 678 00:39:01,100 --> 00:39:02,800 think they can do it by themselves. 679 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,200 And wonder why God told them to assemble. 680 00:39:05,300 --> 00:39:08,500 Why God told them to interact and relate with one another. 681 00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,700 And if they would just read First Corinthians 12 they would 682 00:39:10,700 --> 00:39:13,900 find out one person does not a body make. 683 00:39:15,700 --> 00:39:19,700 God knew that we needed a fellowship. 684 00:39:19,700 --> 00:39:23,500 God knew we needed congregations and it's his design. 685 00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:28,800 Don't short-circuit it. It's God's wisdom, not ours and 686 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:32,100 God told us to confess our faults one to another. 687 00:39:32,500 --> 00:39:35,000 So who are you to think? You're smarter than he is? 688 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,700 It might save you. Some embarrassment, it might 689 00:39:37,700 --> 00:39:42,200 also cost you your soul. Confess your faults one now, 690 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,300 that doesn't mean to any and everybody. 691 00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:47,700 You who are spiritual restore, such a one. 692 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,600 If I had family troubles, there are some people I wouldn't go to 693 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:56,700 with my family trouble. There's some preachers that, by 694 00:39:56,700 --> 00:39:58,400 the way, they behave, I don't want them. 695 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:03,300 I wouldn't ask them for Council in marriage problems, maybe they 696 00:40:03,300 --> 00:40:06,000 have trouble with anger. Maybe they have trouble with 697 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:10,500 other kinds of things, find people who are mature in the 698 00:40:10,500 --> 00:40:12,700 area. You're having a problem with. 699 00:40:12,700 --> 00:40:15,300 Doesn't that make sense? You. 700 00:40:15,300 --> 00:40:18,500 Who are spiritual restore? That's right. 701 00:40:18,900 --> 00:40:21,100 Find somebody that's qualified to help. 702 00:40:21,100 --> 00:40:24,900 You find a brother or sister. That's needed wives. 703 00:40:24,900 --> 00:40:28,900 If you've got problems, loving your husband's, find an older 704 00:40:28,900 --> 00:40:31,800 woman. Because she is supposed to 705 00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:35,500 encourage the younger women to love their husbands, find an 706 00:40:35,500 --> 00:40:38,100 older woman, that loves her husband. 707 00:40:41,700 --> 00:40:44,900 And then be encouraged by that. Don't go to somebody who's got 708 00:40:44,900 --> 00:40:47,300 having the same problems with her husband that you're having 709 00:40:47,300 --> 00:40:52,200 with yours. Don't find somebody that's 710 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:55,100 having the same problems you're having to confess. 711 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,300 All you'll do is feed each other. 712 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:01,800 Find somebody that may tell you what you need to hear. 713 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:06,700 Not what you want to hear. That's right now this is the 714 00:41:06,700 --> 00:41:10,700 Bible solutions to that to our problems in this world to growth 715 00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:15,200 in our in this world and I and I told myself I would quit, okay? 716 00:41:19,500 --> 00:41:22,900 We're going to stop, there's much more. 717 00:41:22,900 --> 00:41:25,200 If you have more questions, please just ask. 718 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:30,400 We'll try to give to be more helpful to us in our life, you 719 00:41:30,408 --> 00:41:33,900 know, Holiness without which we will not see the Lord Holiness 720 00:41:33,900 --> 00:41:37,100 is so important in our life and it's a forgotten Church topic. 721 00:41:37,100 --> 00:41:40,400 Those who have inching ears, only want to hear sermons about 722 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,700 the worship because that's so dispassionate. 723 00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:44,400 Disconnected, from the way they live. 724 00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:46,600 And the attitudes they have preached to me about the 725 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:49,300 worship, tell me how good we all are as a group because then I 726 00:41:49,308 --> 00:41:51,700 don't have to be personally accountable to following Jesus 727 00:41:51,700 --> 00:41:53,600 Christ and I want you know that's it two years. 728 00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:56,300 We have enough congregations there preached on the 729 00:41:56,300 --> 00:41:59,600 fundamentals so long about worship that that we think that, 730 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:01,300 as long as we got the worship, right? 731 00:42:01,300 --> 00:42:04,300 We're following Jesus. And I'm sad to say, that's 732 00:42:04,300 --> 00:42:07,700 nothing more than feeding, scratching Engineers, that is 733 00:42:07,700 --> 00:42:10,200 it's Ty time. We preach the whole counsel of 734 00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:14,300 God, and I want you to know that the church is, in the Bible, 735 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:15,700 especially the Book of Revelation. 736 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:17,200 I believe they were probably worship. 737 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,000 God probably pretty right in the Book of Revelation by the time 738 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:24,300 that book was written there, Corinth had been corrected Other 739 00:42:24,300 --> 00:42:30,800 churches and come along. But their personal Holiness is 740 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:34,000 what God calls us to. So many times you write down all 741 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,200 the verses in the Bible that have to do with worship. 742 00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:40,800 And then you look at the percentage of those as in 743 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:44,500 contrast to the ones that tell us about our attitudes and the 744 00:42:44,500 --> 00:42:47,900 way of life that we're supposed to have, I'm not trying to say 745 00:42:47,900 --> 00:42:49,100 one is more important than the other. 746 00:42:49,100 --> 00:42:54,300 You got to have both. But so many times in the church, 747 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:58,000 we deceive ourselves because we think we got five things, right? 748 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:07,400 And we hard life is a shambles. Our home is a shambles, our 749 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:10,100 Behavior, our morality and our ethics. 750 00:43:10,100 --> 00:43:15,200 We are unclear, we have no idea. It's about time. 751 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:20,600 We grew up Church. And recognized. 752 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:28,400 And recognized. We've got to follow Jesus. 753 00:43:29,500 --> 00:43:34,400 We've got to imitate him in our behavior in our heart. 754 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:39,000 We wouldn't have to preach about the necessity for personal 755 00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:42,600 evangelism. If we all had the heart of 756 00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:48,600 Christ, if we had a love for the lost as he did, Who would have 757 00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:52,700 to be exhorting everybody to go out there and seek the Lost. 758 00:43:53,200 --> 00:44:00,000 We'd all be concerned. So the real need of the church, 759 00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:03,200 these things you ought to have done left. 760 00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:06,400 The other undone, we need to make sure we have pure worship. 761 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:09,900 We need to be sure that we're following after the pattern set 762 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:13,400 in the scriptures. To do no more, no less not to 763 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:17,000 the right or the left of the path that Jesus trod. 764 00:44:18,500 --> 00:44:20,800 But we're going to have to do that in the way we live with our 765 00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:24,500 wives husbands. You can go to hell for not 766 00:44:24,500 --> 00:44:29,400 honoring your wife first, Peter 3:7, wives, you can go to hell 767 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:33,500 for not honoring, your husband's Ephesians 5:23, you've go to 768 00:44:33,500 --> 00:44:35,600 hell for not bringing up your children to nurture, 769 00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:38,600 instruction, Lord, Ephesians 6, 5, 3, through 5. 770 00:44:39,100 --> 00:44:41,700 You can, you can do all kinds of things. 771 00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:47,200 But my friends just because we worship correctly in a corporate 772 00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:50,400 since does not mean that we individually are following 773 00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:52,800 Jesus. So let's resurrect the 774 00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:56,600 importance of personal, Holiness and purity. 775 00:44:57,900 --> 00:45:02,200 Let's resurrect the idea of imitation of Jesus and realize 776 00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:09,900 how vitally important it is for us to be conformed to his image 777 00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:15,200 to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. 778 00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:21,200 Romans 12. One through three tonight. 779 00:45:21,300 --> 00:45:22,900 If you're here, you want to follow Jesus? 780 00:45:23,100 --> 00:45:25,400 It's going to be more than just a few hours a week. 781 00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:27,400 It's going to be every moment you breathe. 782 00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:29,200 It's going to be a Living Sacrifice, it's going to be. 783 00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:31,500 When you rise up, when you sit down, it's going to be one. 784 00:45:31,500 --> 00:45:33,800 You walk with your children. By the way, it's going to be 785 00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:35,500 when you're at the store, it's going to be. 786 00:45:35,500 --> 00:45:36,900 When you're at work, it's going to be. 787 00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:39,000 When you're at school, it's going to be when you're in the 788 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:41,500 hall, it's going to be whenever you're having Recreation. 789 00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:44,300 It's going to be whenever you're sleeping at night, the Lord. 790 00:45:44,300 --> 00:45:47,600 And his way is going to be with you 24 hours for the rest of 791 00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:49,900 your life, every breath. Do you take my friends? 792 00:45:49,900 --> 00:45:54,800 Christianity is everything left of your life? 793 00:45:55,800 --> 00:46:00,100 Anything else is cheap gospel? It's cheap, Christianity. 794 00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:02,300 If you want Chief Christianity, go somewhere else. 795 00:46:02,500 --> 00:46:05,500 If you want to follow Jesus Christ, it takes a Living 796 00:46:05,500 --> 00:46:08,700 Sacrifice tonight. It takes all of you. 797 00:46:08,900 --> 00:46:12,800 It takes your heart. Soul mind, strength, ambition. 798 00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:17,600 Is to be pleasing to him and all things. 799 00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:24,600 So tonight, repent change applies to all of us at 17:30, 800 00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:30,000 God is now commanding all men everywhere to repent. 801 00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:33,800 Won't you and your faith? Repent of your sins tonight 802 00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:37,300 confess his name before men, Matthew, 10:32, and be immersed 803 00:46:37,300 --> 00:46:41,300 in water for the remission of your sins Acts 2:38 and then be 804 00:46:41,300 --> 00:46:46,700 raised to walk a new life. Having laid aside the old one 805 00:46:46,700 --> 00:46:50,600 with its evil passions and desires and took up a life of 806 00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:55,000 following Jesus Christ with the rest of your life. 807 00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:05,000 Great goal. Great plan. it'll never work 808 00:47:05,700 --> 00:47:11,400 unless you're willing to number three, put forth, the effort we 809 00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:14,300 thank you for listening to our podcast, put on by the Church of 810 00:47:14,308 --> 00:47:19,700 Christ at 22:15 plans. Road in Bakersfield, if you 811 00:47:19,700 --> 00:47:22,900 would like any additional information or you would like to 812 00:47:22,900 --> 00:47:26,000 receive a free Bible correspondence, course by mail. 813 00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:30,400 Please email us at info at True Church of Christ 814 00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:34,400 Bakersfield.com. 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