1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,300 Thank you. All right, so you can turn in 2 00:00:06,300 --> 00:00:09,700 your Bibles to well we're going to be a while getting there. 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,000 But what is the first verse? I'm gonna have you turn to this 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,900 morning. First place. 5 00:00:15,900 --> 00:00:18,300 You're going to go as John chapter 6 so you can go park 6 00:00:18,300 --> 00:00:22,200 there if you want. You'll be there a while today. 7 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:26,700 We're starting our series on the Apostles Creed That's been 8 00:00:26,700 --> 00:00:30,300 dropped into Voxer for you. So that, if you're, if you 9 00:00:30,300 --> 00:00:32,700 follow along with us on Boxer that app that we use as a 10 00:00:32,700 --> 00:00:36,200 church, then you'll see if there, if not, it's okay, you 11 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,500 don't have to have it memorized today. 12 00:00:38,500 --> 00:00:41,000 But if you want to read along here in a little while, you'll 13 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,000 be able to do so. So the Apostles Creed is a 14 00:00:45,300 --> 00:00:49,200 doctrinal statement, it's not scripture, it's not the Bible 15 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:51,100 and we're not going to treat it like scripture. 16 00:00:51,100 --> 00:00:55,100 We won't treat it like the Bible but it's one of the earliest 17 00:00:55,100 --> 00:00:57,800 summer. Murray's of the Christian faith. 18 00:00:58,500 --> 00:01:02,600 The Apostles Creed was written around 200 years after Jesus, 19 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,000 ascended, and went to heaven, the Apostles. 20 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,600 Creed is not written by the apostles, obviously, because it 21 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,500 was written about 200 years after Christ ascended. 22 00:01:11,700 --> 00:01:14,000 So, why is it even called the Apostles Creed, it's called the 23 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,700 Apostles Creed, because it's a great summary of what the 24 00:01:16,708 --> 00:01:21,100 apostles taught of what the New Testament teaches us through the 25 00:01:21,100 --> 00:01:23,600 Holy Spirit through the Apostle. So that's why it's called the 26 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,500 Apostles Creed. You know why? 27 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,700 You know, when it was written, you know what it is a little 28 00:01:28,700 --> 00:01:30,900 bit. Now, the why behind it? 29 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:35,700 It was probably a statement that was used to unite Believers to 30 00:01:35,700 --> 00:01:38,400 bring everybody around the core things, the things that matter 31 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,000 most, where the body of Christ go, hey, there's a lot of 32 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,900 things. There's a lot of secondary or 33 00:01:43,900 --> 00:01:47,100 tertiary issues, that means second and third, there's a lot 34 00:01:47,100 --> 00:01:49,600 of other things we could talk about and some things that 35 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:51,300 should matter. But there's some things that are 36 00:01:51,300 --> 00:01:53,100 Central, there's some things that are primary. 37 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,200 So let's unite around those and Let's use this to train new 38 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,300 converts. This is a way that you could 39 00:01:59,300 --> 00:02:02,100 bring somebody into the kingdom. And not just say, hey believe in 40 00:02:02,100 --> 00:02:05,400 Jesus, he's the Messiah and they said, okay, I'm I'm born again. 41 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:08,000 God has done a miracle. My life is that it? 42 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,800 Well, that's that's important. But that, no, that's not it. 43 00:02:12,100 --> 00:02:15,300 That's not it. There's a lot more to it. 44 00:02:15,300 --> 00:02:17,500 So, this was used to train new converts. 45 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,600 There were multiple heresies. That means false Doctrine lies 46 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,100 about God. Heresies taught by Heretics. 47 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:26,500 Oh. All over the place. 48 00:02:26,900 --> 00:02:30,100 So, the Apostles Creed is something that we could say that 49 00:02:30,100 --> 00:02:33,000 the church fathers said, hey, let's bring something cohesive. 50 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,900 Let's bring something that we can send out a tweet saying, 51 00:02:34,900 --> 00:02:38,200 hey, this is primary. This is Christian doctrine. 52 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,700 If you don't believe this, you can't, you're not a Christian. 53 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,900 It's not to say that. You might not be ignorant. 54 00:02:43,900 --> 00:02:45,800 You might be immature. You're not yet know, all of 55 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,000 these things but these are primary Christian doctrines. 56 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,600 That all Christians would and should believe. 57 00:02:52,300 --> 00:02:55,700 So this is an organized understanding of good Doctrine. 58 00:02:55,700 --> 00:02:58,800 Some people get weirded out by creates, like just the Bible, no 59 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,300 Creed but scripture and and that's true. 60 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,800 Like we don't we don't value anything the way we value 61 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,600 scripture, but the way I explain it is this, if somebody was to 62 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:12,400 ask you what the Bible teaches, would you just be quoting them 63 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,100 versus explicitly? And you say this, first, this 64 00:03:15,100 --> 00:03:18,800 first, this verse or would you actually put it into words of, 65 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,800 put it into your own words and communicate the idea that's all. 66 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,100 Creed's attempt to do. That's all a good create 67 00:03:24,100 --> 00:03:26,200 attempts to do. Like, we're not, we're not Creed 68 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,300 stuff and some Churches. There's, there's different 69 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:30,600 backgrounds. Many of us have Pentecostal 70 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,800 backgrounds, charismatic, backgrounds, generally. 71 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:39,100 Most of the time do not have a lot of strict, adherence, strict 72 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,200 adherence, to Creed's most of the times they're very, very 73 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,500 loose when it comes to creates, then brothers and sisters and 74 00:03:44,500 --> 00:03:47,700 other denominations are very very strict with the Creed's, 75 00:03:47,700 --> 00:03:50,100 the Creed's show up. There's all kinds of creams that 76 00:03:50,100 --> 00:03:53,400 have been written but the Creed's We use regularly for 77 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,400 their teaching, regularly for their instruction, for their new 78 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,700 members, all kinds of scenarios where Creed's are. 79 00:03:58,700 --> 00:04:02,300 So you kind of got different camps when it comes to the 80 00:04:02,300 --> 00:04:03,800 Creed's. But now you've heard my 81 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,600 Approach, like, we know about the Creed's, we don't reject the 82 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:08,900 Creed's, where, where they can be Embrace where they can serve 83 00:04:08,900 --> 00:04:10,600 us? Well, we embrace them, but they 84 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,800 all everybody would agree. All Christians would agree. 85 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,800 Creed's are not the word of God creates are just ways that we 86 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,200 can make practical where we can and bring summary and bring 87 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,000 something else to bring more clarity to something that the 88 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,200 word has taught. So when it comes to the Apostles 89 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,800 Creed, all Christian denominations, agree on the 90 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,900 doctrines in the Apostles Creed, if there is a Christian 91 00:04:31,900 --> 00:04:35,600 denomination, then they would agree with the Apostles Creed. 92 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,000 That's why it's like, hey, what do you believe? 93 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,500 What do you believe? This is where Colts would differ 94 00:04:40,500 --> 00:04:43,100 from us. This is what separates us from 95 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,400 those. Who would still claimed it were 96 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,700 Christian to something that Mormons frequently say, except 97 00:04:48,700 --> 00:04:51,800 that they're not why not. Well, the Apostles Creed was, 98 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,900 Show multiple areas where they would differ with us and they go 99 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:57,400 well we're Christians but no to this and no to this and no to 100 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,700 this to which we would say, right? 101 00:04:59,700 --> 00:05:03,900 So not Christian or Jehovah's Witnesses things that are like 102 00:05:03,900 --> 00:05:07,300 well there's they use the name of Jesus, a lot indeed they do 103 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:10,700 and yet there is more to it. There is a significance when it 104 00:05:10,700 --> 00:05:12,800 comes to these doctrines which is why we're going to go through 105 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,000 them week by week, and we're going to say, what is this 106 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,200 about? What is this about? 107 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,900 What is this about? Why does this matter so much? 108 00:05:18,900 --> 00:05:21,300 Why does it matter so much that he had to be born of a virgin? 109 00:05:21,900 --> 00:05:24,900 Why does the deity of Jesus Christ matters so much? 110 00:05:25,100 --> 00:05:29,300 Why does his eternal, why is the Eternal sonship of Christ 111 00:05:29,300 --> 00:05:29,700 matter? Why? 112 00:05:29,700 --> 00:05:33,100 Is it matters so much that he was begotten, but he was not 113 00:05:33,100 --> 00:05:36,100 born that he has no beginning and he has no an why is this so 114 00:05:36,100 --> 00:05:38,300 significant? All these things are going to be 115 00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:40,100 answered. We're going to see how all this 116 00:05:40,100 --> 00:05:42,600 ties in beautifully. So the Apostles Creed does a 117 00:05:42,608 --> 00:05:44,300 great and concise job of teaching. 118 00:05:44,300 --> 00:05:48,300 These things for all Christians, the body of Christ has been 119 00:05:48,300 --> 00:05:51,800 using the Apostles Creed as a way to express truth. 120 00:05:52,100 --> 00:05:55,400 And establish unity in the body of Christ for almost 2,000 121 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,100 years. Many churches, recite it 122 00:05:58,100 --> 00:06:01,400 regularly every single week as a part of their liturgy or what we 123 00:06:01,408 --> 00:06:06,300 would call our church service. So, being in God's family, we 124 00:06:06,300 --> 00:06:07,800 were part of something significant. 125 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:09,800 I want you to see that, I want you to see were part of 126 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,300 something Global, something ancient, something, Eternal, and 127 00:06:13,300 --> 00:06:15,800 something awesome. And the Apostles Creed is one of 128 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:19,100 those things that we can Unite with the body on and go, there 129 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:23,700 are their churches, every single Sunday, WHo recite the Apostles 130 00:06:23,700 --> 00:06:26,800 Creed just like the Lord's Prayer or other things that the 131 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,100 body of Christ would say, hey, we want to continually pray, 132 00:06:29,100 --> 00:06:32,400 this or continually say this remind ourselves of what Central 133 00:06:32,500 --> 00:06:36,300 in which true the Creed helps us to focus on the things that are 134 00:06:36,300 --> 00:06:41,500 primary not secondary. As Christianity is falling out 135 00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:44,600 of popularity. In our society, it will become 136 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,300 more important and more helpful for us to unite with others. 137 00:06:48,300 --> 00:06:51,100 In the body of Christ around what is foundational in our 138 00:06:51,100 --> 00:06:54,900 faith, as opposed to what is particular to our specific 139 00:06:54,900 --> 00:06:57,100 churches. So as a church, we have 140 00:06:57,100 --> 00:07:01,500 particular values and yet we want to embrace those while also 141 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:04,100 unifying with the rest of the body of Christ saying, we all 142 00:07:04,100 --> 00:07:06,300 agree that we should be focused on these things. 143 00:07:07,100 --> 00:07:11,100 So these are what we would call the big rocks, the Apostles 144 00:07:11,100 --> 00:07:14,500 Creed answers. Who is God, what has he done? 145 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:19,600 And why does it matter? A lot of times we are tempted to 146 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:23,200 only be practical like our marriage series that we just 147 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,000 finished. Like I just want like man, it's 148 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,700 just super, super practical. Like I want to know how to 149 00:07:27,700 --> 00:07:29,300 better do this. I want to know how to better do 150 00:07:29,300 --> 00:07:32,500 that. It's not a wrong desire but 151 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:35,600 sometimes it can reveal and immaturity in us and I'll 152 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,700 explain what I mean by that. We've been trained to only value 153 00:07:38,700 --> 00:07:42,500 sermons and teaching that we feel like will help us today but 154 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:46,700 I've got two responses to that number one Foundation. 155 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,800 Is matter more than finishing touches. 156 00:07:49,500 --> 00:07:52,200 And what I mean by that is the foundations are the core 157 00:07:52,300 --> 00:07:54,700 doctrines in the finishing touches? 158 00:07:54,700 --> 00:07:58,800 Are the other doctrines, or even the individual Church values? 159 00:07:59,300 --> 00:08:00,700 Like a, like I said, salt Church. 160 00:08:00,700 --> 00:08:04,400 We've got our seven different salt Church particular values. 161 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,900 They're very Christian, they come from scripture and yet 162 00:08:07,900 --> 00:08:11,600 they're not, they take for granted, they make the 163 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,400 assumption that we would believe the basics of the faith first, 164 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,100 and then they move on past that. So that's my first Some point 165 00:08:17,100 --> 00:08:18,200 today. I like I just want more 166 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,700 practical, like I don't necessarily just need theology 167 00:08:22,500 --> 00:08:27,600 or doctrine, but my second point is Doctrine is practical. 168 00:08:28,700 --> 00:08:31,600 It is so I want more practical will good. 169 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,000 We're about to have a really practical series because 170 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:38,200 Doctrine is practical because what you believe about God is 171 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,799 the starting point for all of your practical behaviors. 172 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:45,600 It is. So my belief, my deep belief, or 173 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:49,800 my deep unbelief, it is why I do the things that I do. 174 00:08:50,300 --> 00:08:52,900 You look at John Michaels life. It is totally and completely 175 00:08:52,900 --> 00:08:56,800 directed about what he believes and so is yours good. 176 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,300 I don't like what that represents well, Well, it 177 00:08:59,300 --> 00:09:03,100 represents what you believe, always, you can't escape it. 178 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:05,900 You're not like, I had a sidestep, this phenomenon, you 179 00:09:05,900 --> 00:09:08,500 can't, you're living in it at all times. 180 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:11,100 Your life is always a representation of what you 181 00:09:11,100 --> 00:09:16,100 believe For Better or Worse. It's just it's the play, it's a 182 00:09:16,100 --> 00:09:20,200 plain and simple thing. So if you believe for example 183 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:23,600 that you have an Almighty father who loves and provides for you 184 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,800 like we were talking about with the offering a minute ago as we 185 00:09:26,808 --> 00:09:30,300 prayed then that would change the way you go through your work 186 00:09:30,300 --> 00:09:35,300 week, wouldn't it for instance, you don't have to work for seven 187 00:09:35,300 --> 00:09:36,900 days. Grinding yourself into dust 188 00:09:36,900 --> 00:09:39,700 anymore because you know you have a heavenly father who tells 189 00:09:39,700 --> 00:09:41,700 you to rest and who gives you peace. 190 00:09:42,100 --> 00:09:45,100 You can actually give tithes and offerings And worship and in 191 00:09:45,100 --> 00:09:46,600 gratitude and in Freedom. Why? 192 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:50,400 Because you're not the ultimate provider that belief of do you 193 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:52,600 have a Heavenly Father? Yeah, I know that I do. 194 00:09:52,700 --> 00:09:56,300 I didn't ask if, you know it, I asked if you believe it because 195 00:09:56,300 --> 00:09:59,200 when you believe something, it changes the way that you live 196 00:09:59,500 --> 00:10:05,200 and this has, so every Doctrine has a million 10 million times, 197 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:09,100 10 million possibilities of how that's going to show up in daily 198 00:10:09,100 --> 00:10:11,800 life. If I believe that there is a God 199 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,600 who forgives that will change Change the way that I handle 200 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:21,000 people when they sin against me. So what we're going to do now is 201 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,100 I'm we're going to read the Creed, for those of you who have 202 00:10:23,100 --> 00:10:25,900 it in front of you, if you want to Google it, you can do that. 203 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,500 But we'll read it together. It's in Voxer where we dropped 204 00:10:29,500 --> 00:10:35,200 it for you. The Apostles Creed. 205 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,700 Let's read it together. I believe in God, the Father 206 00:10:38,700 --> 00:10:41,600 Almighty creator of Heaven and Earth. 207 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:46,400 I believe in Jesus Christ, his only son our Lord, who was 208 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:50,700 conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. 209 00:10:51,100 --> 00:10:56,000 He suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified died and was 210 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,300 buried. He descended to Hell. 211 00:10:58,700 --> 00:11:01,800 The third day. He rose again from the dead. 212 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,800 He ascended to heaven. And is seated at the right hand 213 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:10,400 of God, the Father Almighty from there, he will come to judge the 214 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:15,200 living and the dead, I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy 215 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,700 Catholic Church. The communion of saints, the 216 00:11:18,700 --> 00:11:22,800 Forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the 217 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,200 life Everlasting. Amen. 218 00:11:26,500 --> 00:11:30,800 Amen. This is what we believe this is 219 00:11:30,900 --> 00:11:34,100 Christian doctrine. So let's get into it now. 220 00:11:34,100 --> 00:11:37,700 We're not going to go into anything beyond today is I 221 00:11:37,700 --> 00:11:39,300 believe, that's where we're starting. 222 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:43,400 So part one of this sermon series is I believe, what do we 223 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:45,200 see in the Creed when it comes to, I believe? 224 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:50,300 Well, the phrase I believe is in the Creed 3 different times and 225 00:11:50,300 --> 00:11:53,100 this is how the Creed starts. This is Meaningful. 226 00:11:53,100 --> 00:11:56,600 This is not coincidental why? Because we are described in the 227 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:01,800 Bible in the word of God, As Believers that word is commonly 228 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,600 used in the New Testament to describe what we call a 229 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,800 Christian. The word Christian actually came 230 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:11,500 as an insult from the world. They were mocking Believers 231 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,200 people who call themselves Believers. 232 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,700 Another thing that Christians were calling themselves was 233 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,800 followers of the way but throughout the New Testament you 234 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:20,700 see the term. The term Saints used. 235 00:12:21,100 --> 00:12:23,100 Most of the time, they're called Saints after that, they're 236 00:12:23,100 --> 00:12:25,400 called Believers. Hey to the Believers here to the 237 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:27,500 Believers there. So and so was an unbeliever. 238 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:30,500 Oh, but so and so became a believer that this idea of being 239 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:32,000 a Believer. It's almost lost on us. 240 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,100 We almost missed it and we don't recognize the significance of 241 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,300 that's that's a Identity marker, that's who we are. 242 00:12:38,900 --> 00:12:41,400 So that is commonly used to describe who we are. 243 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:45,600 We are the children of Abraham. The Bible says the true children 244 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:50,500 of Abraham because we believe like he did, the word says, that 245 00:12:50,500 --> 00:12:54,200 Abraham believed God. And that believing is what was 246 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:58,300 counted to him as righteousness. It was the believing that was 247 00:12:58,300 --> 00:13:00,700 counted to Abraham as righteousness. 248 00:13:00,900 --> 00:13:04,600 So the true God has always put a priority on his people, 249 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,600 believing him. And this makes God's people 250 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,800 different. This makes Christianity unique 251 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:14,100 from every other religion in the world. 252 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:16,800 Every religion in the world is different. 253 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:18,800 All the kids, all the children. Look at me. 254 00:13:19,700 --> 00:13:23,000 How can you know that Christianity is better? 255 00:13:23,100 --> 00:13:25,800 How do we know which world religion is, right? 256 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:29,000 They believe this, they believe that because there is only one 257 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,300 religion. It's different from all the 258 00:13:30,300 --> 00:13:33,600 others and multiple ways every other world, religion requires 259 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,100 you to be the hero. This religion says, you're not 260 00:13:36,100 --> 00:13:39,300 the the hero you can't be you never were Christ is King, 261 00:13:39,300 --> 00:13:41,900 Christ is Lord. In addition to that every other 262 00:13:41,900 --> 00:13:45,300 world religion tells us what we must accomplish Christianity 263 00:13:45,300 --> 00:13:48,300 says, what Christ has accomplished, what must I do 264 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:50,600 believe. That's it. 265 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:54,500 Yeah, it crushes, the human ego. It's not a religion that man 266 00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:56,500 would have built because man gets no glory from it. 267 00:13:56,900 --> 00:14:01,600 God gets the glory from it. So God is always put a priority 268 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,300 on his people. Believing him every other 269 00:14:04,300 --> 00:14:07,100 religion tells you what you must know and what you must 270 00:14:07,100 --> 00:14:10,100 accomplish. But we believe God's word and by 271 00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:12,600 believing we are saved by believing. 272 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,700 We are transformed and by believing, we are filled with 273 00:14:15,700 --> 00:14:19,000 the Holy Spirit. I told you go to John. 274 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:20,500 I was wrong. Go to Hebrews. 275 00:14:23,100 --> 00:14:25,000 Looking through, I was like, I thought we started hating her 276 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:32,000 husband. Hebrews chapter 11, We're 277 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,700 looking at the priority of believing. 278 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,600 Hebrews 11. Yes, we're going to read verses 279 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:49,500 1 through 12, Hebrews 11 chapter, 1, Hebrews 11:1. 280 00:14:50,100 --> 00:14:53,100 Now, Faith is the Assurance of things. 281 00:14:53,100 --> 00:14:58,000 Hoped for the conviction of Things, Not Seen for by it, he 282 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:01,600 saying by Faith by it, the people of old received their 283 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:04,900 Commendation by faith. We understand that the Universe 284 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,700 was created by the word of God. So that what is seen? 285 00:15:08,900 --> 00:15:13,100 Was not made out of things that are visible by faith Abel 286 00:15:13,100 --> 00:15:15,400 offered to God, a more acceptable, exact refine, a more 287 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:19,700 acceptable acceptable sacrifice than Cain through which he was 288 00:15:19,700 --> 00:15:24,500 commended as righteous God, commending him by accepting his 289 00:15:24,500 --> 00:15:27,200 gifts. And through his faith, though, 290 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,700 he died, he still speaks by faith. 291 00:15:30,700 --> 00:15:34,300 Enoch was taken up so that he did, he should not see death and 292 00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:36,300 he was not found because God had taken him. 293 00:15:37,100 --> 00:15:40,900 Now, before he was taken, he was commended as having, please God, 294 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:44,500 and without faith. It is impossible to please him. 295 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:49,300 For whoever would draw near to, God must believe that he exists. 296 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:54,300 And that he rewards, those who seek Him by faith, Noah being 297 00:15:54,300 --> 00:15:56,800 warned by God, concerning events as yet. 298 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:00,800 Unseen in reverent, fear constructed an ark for the 299 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:05,200 saving of his household. By this, he condemned the world 300 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:08,200 and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by 301 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,300 Faith. By faith, Abraham obeyed. 302 00:16:11,500 --> 00:16:14,800 When he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive 303 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:18,300 as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing 304 00:16:18,300 --> 00:16:22,700 where he was going by faith. He went to live in the land of 305 00:16:22,700 --> 00:16:26,400 promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and 306 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:31,000 Jacob heirs with him of the same promise for he was looking 307 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:34,800 forward to the city that. Has foundations, whose designer 308 00:16:34,900 --> 00:16:39,700 and Builder is God by faith, Sara herself received power to 309 00:16:39,700 --> 00:16:42,400 conceive, even when she was past the age. 310 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:46,700 Since she considered him faithful who had promised their, 311 00:16:46,700 --> 00:16:50,900 for from one man and him as good as dead were born, descendants 312 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,600 as many as the stars of heaven, and as many as the innumerable 313 00:16:54,600 --> 00:17:03,100 grains of sand by the seashore, So in Hebrews 11, we see another 314 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:06,900 reminder that God has built people and built his kingdom in 315 00:17:06,900 --> 00:17:09,900 such a way. That belief is required for 316 00:17:09,900 --> 00:17:13,200 participation. There is no participation in the 317 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,300 kingdom of God. Apart from belief, there is no 318 00:17:16,300 --> 00:17:20,599 physical external thing that we can do, apart from the internal 319 00:17:20,599 --> 00:17:23,000 thing, that then will lead to the physical and external 320 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,200 things. This is again, different from 321 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:27,300 every other world, religion, every other world, religion will 322 00:17:27,308 --> 00:17:30,700 say, hey There are some things you can do to guarantee your 323 00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:33,700 Eternity. For example, if you, if you keep 324 00:17:33,700 --> 00:17:37,400 the five pillars of Islam, if you make a trip to Mecca, if you 325 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:41,300 pray five times a day, if you accomplish XY and z, or if you 326 00:17:41,300 --> 00:17:45,000 want to shortcut, this whole thing, if you will die for Allah 327 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:49,900 in a holy war and you will kill yourself, you instantly 328 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:52,000 guarantee. Look at all the physical things 329 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,500 that I can do to ensure my salvation and these false 330 00:17:55,500 --> 00:17:57,400 religions and these doctrines of demons. 331 00:17:57,700 --> 00:17:58,900 But when it Comes to Christianity. 332 00:17:58,900 --> 00:18:02,100 What can I do to be sure? You can believe on the Son of 333 00:18:02,100 --> 00:18:05,400 God. Believe on the name of Jesus, I 334 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:09,500 want to be sure though. You can be sure and you will be 335 00:18:09,500 --> 00:18:12,300 assured by the holy spirit because he will fill you with 336 00:18:12,300 --> 00:18:15,400 his presence and with Assurance of your salvation. 337 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,200 No. But I want to you want to be 338 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:22,600 sure then believe because faith is the evidence of Things Not 339 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:25,600 Seen. So, what else do we see here? 340 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,700 We see that Believing is what we do. 341 00:18:29,900 --> 00:18:35,500 Because Believers are who we are in verse 6 without faith. 342 00:18:35,500 --> 00:18:39,700 It is impossible to please him for whoever would draw near to, 343 00:18:39,700 --> 00:18:44,500 God must believe that he exists and that he rewards, those who 344 00:18:44,500 --> 00:18:47,200 seek him. So let's separate knowing from 345 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:51,300 believing here for a second. I'm defining knowing as we could 346 00:18:51,300 --> 00:18:54,900 call it Muirhead knowledge just a mental acknowledgement of this 347 00:18:54,900 --> 00:19:01,400 is a fact Because it is a fact God's Resurrection is a fact, 348 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,700 his Ascension is a fact, his return, all these things are 349 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,100 facts but that doesn't necessarily mean that a person 350 00:19:08,100 --> 00:19:13,700 is living in a heartfelt belief. So a mere head knowledge looks 351 00:19:13,700 --> 00:19:16,900 like I know that there is a God, but does that knowing actually 352 00:19:16,900 --> 00:19:19,000 change a person's life, does that? 353 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,500 Knowing transform, your identity. 354 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:23,900 I know that I'm on my phone too much. 355 00:19:25,100 --> 00:19:28,900 Okay, that's a fact. Has that become transformative 356 00:19:28,900 --> 00:19:32,800 in my life though? Or is it just a fact with no 357 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:37,200 power facts with no power or just that they haven't done 358 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,600 anything? They haven't transformed 359 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:41,000 anybody. You and I both know people, 360 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:42,200 maybe you and I have been people. 361 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:45,100 Maybe right now you are people who would say, I know, that's 362 00:19:45,100 --> 00:19:47,300 true. I know that I know that, I know 363 00:19:47,300 --> 00:19:49,300 people who say, I know the whole Bible is true. 364 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,100 I know it. And they also say, but I know 365 00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:54,700 I'm not a Christian and I'm not following and I'm not walking 366 00:19:54,700 --> 00:19:58,500 with the Lord. He knows the facts, he knows he 367 00:19:58,500 --> 00:20:00,800 knows it all. But unfortunately, it hasn't 368 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,600 transformed and why? Because he won't believe he can 369 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,000 believe he can, he has the ability to but he won't. 370 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,700 It's an issue of the will. I won't believe that to the 371 00:20:10,700 --> 00:20:13,500 degree where I'm transformed to the degree, where I'm submitted 372 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,800 to the degree where I'm change. Yeah, I know God is good. 373 00:20:16,700 --> 00:20:19,600 I know God is good, but do you really do you really? 374 00:20:19,900 --> 00:20:22,900 Because if you knew God was good and believe that God was good, 375 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,700 there would be nothing stopping you from pursuing him and loving 376 00:20:25,700 --> 00:20:27,700 him with all your Your heart soul, mind and strength. 377 00:20:28,300 --> 00:20:32,300 If there's unbelief at the root of every sin, there's unbelief. 378 00:20:33,300 --> 00:20:36,200 So we're separating knowing from believing, that's how that's how 379 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:37,200 we think about. Knowing. 380 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,000 Yeah, I know it. It's a fact without power. 381 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,900 Go to Romans also not John. Chapter 6 yet. 382 00:20:48,900 --> 00:20:53,900 Romans chapter 10. Matthew Mark, Luke John acts 383 00:20:53,900 --> 00:21:05,200 Romans. Romans chapter 10. 384 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:19,000 Verses 9 and 10. Because if you confess with your 385 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:23,000 mouth, that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart, that God 386 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,800 raised him from the dead, you will be saved for with the 387 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,600 heart. One Believes and is Justified, 388 00:21:30,900 --> 00:21:35,700 and with the mouth one confesses and is saved, I'll read it again 389 00:21:35,700 --> 00:21:38,600 from verse 9. Because if you confess with your 390 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,600 mouth, that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart, that God 391 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:46,100 raised him from the dead, you will be saved for with the heart 392 00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:48,400 One Believes. Believes and is Justified. 393 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,200 And with the mouth one confesses and is say, that's what we saw 394 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,800 about Abraham, right? He believed God and that was 395 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,500 counted to him as righteousness. But when you believe God, there 396 00:21:58,500 --> 00:22:00,900 will be outward action confession with the mouth. 397 00:22:00,900 --> 00:22:02,700 For example, will be one response. 398 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:07,000 You won't just go here. I am believing, when you believe 399 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,500 something, you'll talk about it, when you believe something, you 400 00:22:09,500 --> 00:22:13,400 will make confession, you will make profession with joy with 401 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:18,200 joy with excitement with zeal. With hope with expectation. 402 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,600 Believe this word believe here is defined as to trust him. 403 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,000 So, this is how it separate from just the head knowledge to 404 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,900 believe in the New Testament idea of belief. 405 00:22:30,900 --> 00:22:34,200 It's not just I know that that is a fact, but it is. 406 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,200 I actually trust in. So, to believe, means to trust 407 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:42,500 in to put one's faith in with an implication that actions based 408 00:22:42,500 --> 00:22:45,800 on that trust may follow. So, that's what new testament 409 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,300 belief is. I believe that, I believe that, 410 00:22:47,300 --> 00:22:50,800 I believe, that not so fast. Has that impacted the way you 411 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:51,700 live? Yes, it has. 412 00:22:51,700 --> 00:22:54,900 Then you absolutely believe it. Now, of course, what is the 413 00:22:54,900 --> 00:22:57,800 thing that we always have to struggle and fight against its 414 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,100 unbelief? And we see that all the time in 415 00:23:00,100 --> 00:23:03,300 scripture Jesus, getting frustrated with people because 416 00:23:03,300 --> 00:23:07,500 of unbelief, Jesus being blown away by people because of Faith. 417 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,300 Wow, I'm impressed. You believe, God, I hardly ever 418 00:23:11,300 --> 00:23:15,100 find anybody who believes like that, but yeah, it'll be done as 419 00:23:15,100 --> 00:23:18,500 according to your belief, what? He's just like throwing out 420 00:23:18,500 --> 00:23:21,200 miracles. Nilly, it seems like just 421 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,900 because somebody believed people are like, right in their own 422 00:23:23,900 --> 00:23:27,200 terms here. Um, if I just Touch the Hem of 423 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,600 His Garment, I'll be healed says, who, what scripture Are 424 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,600 you standing on sister? Where'd you get that promise 425 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,500 from? Well, I just what she believed 426 00:23:36,500 --> 00:23:40,500 in the nature and the character of God, she believed in Jesus 427 00:23:40,500 --> 00:23:43,400 goodness and that led to something he goes, well, yeah, 428 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,900 it's done, actually, he didn't even permit it in the sense. 429 00:23:46,900 --> 00:23:50,100 That he said, who touched me? Who touched To me, she's like, 430 00:23:50,100 --> 00:23:52,400 oh, I had this thing that I determined. 431 00:23:52,900 --> 00:23:55,000 Can we go too far with this? What I'm teaching right now? 432 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,300 We absolutely could, you could go into some weird places, so we 433 00:23:58,300 --> 00:24:01,800 won't go too far and yet. It happened, didn't it? 434 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,100 And it's in the word of God, isn't it? 435 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:05,700 I didn't just shoehorn it in there. 436 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:09,400 So, God values belief, God values. 437 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:13,600 People who say, I trust him. I know his character and now is 438 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,800 it, is that a bit presumptuous? I don't know. 439 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:19,200 Did Jesus rebuked her for it? Jesus is perfect. 440 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,700 Theology Church. Did G's go. 441 00:24:21,700 --> 00:24:23,700 What do you think you're doing? Just making up your own terms 442 00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:25,400 and Promises, give me that Miracle back. 443 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:29,900 Go, keep bleeding. No, according to your faith, 444 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:34,200 it's done for you. He said the same thing, too many 445 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:38,300 people who believed, but they didn't just believe that God had 446 00:24:38,300 --> 00:24:40,700 the ability to. They believe he had the will to 447 00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:43,100 they believed and they trusted him. 448 00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:48,100 They put their faith in belief, is the implication and that 449 00:24:48,100 --> 00:24:53,000 actions based on that, trust are going to follow what you believe 450 00:24:53,100 --> 00:24:55,700 will change the way you live. Believing is done from the 451 00:24:55,700 --> 00:24:58,000 heart, not the head. That's the difference. 452 00:24:58,300 --> 00:25:01,000 Am I really believe in God? For this brother sister you can 453 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:06,700 check you can know is it is it is it in the heart or is it up 454 00:25:06,700 --> 00:25:09,300 here man? It's just up here, it's okay, 455 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,100 it's okay. I mean we don't want to stay 456 00:25:11,100 --> 00:25:14,600 there but acknowledge the truth of where you're at acknowledge 457 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:18,000 the fact that I'm in my head right now, I know the facts. 458 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,000 I would get this right on a paper test. 459 00:25:20,900 --> 00:25:22,400 Just does. God want to do this? 460 00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:27,200 Has God said that is Jesus coming to is Jesus returning. 461 00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:29,600 Have I been saved by grace through faith? 462 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,400 I can get all that right on a paper test, but it's with the 463 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,200 heart that I believe and it's with a mouth, that confession is 464 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:37,300 made. So where it will, where do I get 465 00:25:37,300 --> 00:25:39,400 this belief from? I'm so glad you asked, you 466 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:43,100 always ask great questions, you get it straight from God's word. 467 00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:46,600 That's where faith comes from. I can't just Faith myself into 468 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:50,400 something, but the word of God can Faith me into anything. 469 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,300 And Thing that I need to be faith into. 470 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,500 That's where belief comes from the ability to believe the 471 00:25:55,508 --> 00:25:59,100 gospel travels with the gospel, they come together in the same 472 00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:01,600 truck. So if the gospels driving, you 473 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,300 got a whole truckload of faith that saying, hey, this is for 474 00:26:04,300 --> 00:26:06,100 you. It's for it's at your disposal 475 00:26:06,100 --> 00:26:08,900 now and that's the moment where we go from. 476 00:26:09,300 --> 00:26:13,400 I will believe, or I won't believe, but it's at that point, 477 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,800 it becomes an act of the will, which is why the Lord rebuke 478 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:20,100 people for lack of belief. Because of my belief was 479 00:26:20,100 --> 00:26:24,600 determined By God and preset my ability to believe or my ability 480 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,100 not to believe. If it was just preset, he would 481 00:26:27,100 --> 00:26:29,000 have no place and he would be unjust. 482 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,600 And rebuking me, rebuking us for our unbelief, you set the 483 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,600 standards, you set my cap, I'm only allowed to believe this 484 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,500 much. You set me up. 485 00:26:37,700 --> 00:26:41,500 It's been preset. So I'm a computer program. 486 00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:43,400 You can't get mad at the computer program for doing 487 00:26:43,500 --> 00:26:45,700 exactly what its limitations have been said at. 488 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,000 But the Lord says, believe, this is the expectation. 489 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,800 And this is what is this is the Cyril, State for the believer. 490 00:26:51,900 --> 00:26:53,800 Why? Because they're a believer. 491 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,100 I'm a believer. I'm a Believer. 492 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,600 This is a good confession for us church. 493 00:26:59,700 --> 00:27:01,100 I'm a Believer when we're struggling. 494 00:27:01,100 --> 00:27:02,500 When we're stuck to be like that. 495 00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:04,600 Father, who said to the Lord Lord, I do believe. 496 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,200 Help my unbelief. We know that we've got flesh. 497 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,300 We know, we've got the temptation to be pulled down to 498 00:27:10,300 --> 00:27:12,900 be pulled into the realm of exclusively, head knowledge. 499 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:17,600 But we believe, This is why the Apostles Creed is powerful for 500 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,000 us because we're saying, I believe these things with the 501 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,000 heart and even if I wasn't, maybe I wasn't mindful of these 502 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,300 things, but I need to bring myself back into remembrance 503 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,700 just like when we pray the Lord's Prayer, we're going, whoo 504 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:30,200 like this morning. As we were praying, The Lord's 505 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:34,000 Prayer went poof, then holding on to that, then hold onto that. 506 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,200 I needed to forgive somebody. I said I released him, I forgive 507 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,600 him because I hadn't been. I would I'd been I had been had 508 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,100 been defeating him in the argument. 509 00:27:42,100 --> 00:27:43,800 I know none of y'all have ever done this stuff because y'all 510 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:46,700 are holding, no, no. Y'all ever driving down the road 511 00:27:46,700 --> 00:27:49,900 just like, oh, I should have said this, who I'm gonna you, 512 00:27:49,900 --> 00:27:51,800 wait till I get back on Facebook, I'm going to say it 513 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,100 like this and I can weave them right into a trap. 514 00:27:56,200 --> 00:28:00,700 Expose them in front of everyone, you know, with the 515 00:28:00,708 --> 00:28:05,300 right heart mole. I say that because some of these 516 00:28:05,300 --> 00:28:08,400 things you know, arguing is not always wrong. 517 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,500 But again I knew my heart was offended. 518 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,000 So that's why this morning, I needed to release this person. 519 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,000 I can still go back and interact with that person. 520 00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:19,700 Mike, in my case, it was a someone accusing and lying and 521 00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:23,600 online for me, but, uh, but now, I've released him of the 522 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,200 offense. And now, if I choose to go back 523 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,500 and interact with this person, I can truly do with a pure heart. 524 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:32,500 that was the whole segue hero that was for free will keep we 525 00:28:32,508 --> 00:28:36,400 keep going back where we were Believing is done from the 526 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:38,900 heart, not from the head, believing brings power, 527 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,500 believing brings conviction. Believing brings breakthrough, 528 00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:46,100 believing actually moves something believing, actually 529 00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:48,600 accomplishes something. That's how you know, believing, 530 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,400 there's power present with believing a my head and I'm in 531 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:53,800 my heart. Is there any power or does it 532 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,600 feel like a dry riverbed cracked? 533 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:58,100 Okay. Well, then you have had 534 00:28:58,100 --> 00:29:01,900 knowledge for whatever the thing, maybe, but what do I do? 535 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,800 That's a good question. That reveals. 536 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,200 Humility go. To the father and take it to him 537 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:10,600 and say, Lord, refresh me, Lord, bring me bring me fresh manna 538 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,700 from your word so that I can walk it out because believing 539 00:29:13,700 --> 00:29:16,500 brings conviction. Do you feel conviction about the 540 00:29:16,500 --> 00:29:19,400 thing or do you just know the facts about the thing? 541 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,300 I know, I know that Jesus is returning. 542 00:29:23,300 --> 00:29:26,000 I do too. Do you have conviction about it? 543 00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:28,600 Because if you have conviction, that Christ is returning, that 544 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,500 will change the way that you live your entire life versus if 545 00:29:31,500 --> 00:29:32,700 you just know that. That's a fact. 546 00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:34,700 Yep. It's it's a fact. 547 00:29:35,300 --> 00:29:37,500 Right. But is there any conviction for 548 00:29:37,500 --> 00:29:38,500 you? Yes. 549 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,100 Okay. Then that's belief that that it 550 00:29:41,100 --> 00:29:45,100 leads to something, it changes. Something about you, believing 551 00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:50,800 brings breakthrough. Is there anything changing is 552 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,000 there anything moving? Are you seeing the power of God? 553 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,900 Are you seeing prayers answered? This is what belief actually 554 00:29:55,900 --> 00:29:57,700 does. The Lord does. 555 00:29:57,700 --> 00:30:01,000 Obviously his grace is the power through our faith. 556 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,100 Through our belief believing will actually change the way you 557 00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:05,900 live because you don't believe something. 558 00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:10,500 Unless it has changed the way that you live I know God, 559 00:30:10,500 --> 00:30:14,300 forgives sins. I know he is merciful, but if 560 00:30:14,300 --> 00:30:17,100 you don't believe with your heart, that God forgives your 561 00:30:17,100 --> 00:30:18,900 sins, if you don't believe in your heart, that God is 562 00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:22,000 merciful, then your unbelief will still keep you from his 563 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,500 presence when you sin, when you sin, do you find yourself 564 00:30:25,500 --> 00:30:29,000 pulling away and hiding from the Lord that's unbelief? 565 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,500 What is it? I don't believe that God is 566 00:30:31,500 --> 00:30:32,700 good. I don't believe my father loves 567 00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:34,800 me, I don't believe Jesus. Paid the full price. 568 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:39,300 I do believe that okay, act like it run into the process of the 569 00:30:39,300 --> 00:30:41,200 father. Confess your sin, knowing that 570 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,700 you'll receive Grace knowing that you'll receive Mercy, 571 00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:47,300 that's what a Believer would do well, but I feel ashamed. 572 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,600 Do you believe that Jesus took your shame on the cross? 573 00:30:50,700 --> 00:30:54,800 I do then that belief would lead to action that takes you right 574 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:56,200 back into the presence of the Lord. 575 00:30:56,700 --> 00:30:58,400 That's what belief does. That's the difference between 576 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,500 knowing and believing and we've Been there, right in my cinema. 577 00:31:02,700 --> 00:31:05,200 I'm a reject it. I'm the prodigal son. 578 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,900 He's rehearsing his speech. I'm not worthy to be your son. 579 00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:10,700 I'll be a just be a slave in your house. 580 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:13,400 He didn't believe in the goodness of his father, he was 581 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:17,400 he a degree. He'll let me be a slave but not 582 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,100 the fullness of who his father really was. 583 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,600 But when we believe the whole truth of God, this is why the 584 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,500 Creed matters. I believe in God the Father 585 00:31:26,700 --> 00:31:30,200 Almighty. I believe in God we could park 586 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,200 there and I believe in God the Father. 587 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:37,300 Father, he chose this language. He is the first father by the 588 00:31:37,300 --> 00:31:39,200 way. It's not like Earthly fathers 589 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,600 were invented and he's like, hey that's a good metaphor. 590 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,900 Hey guys, I'm like a father to, that's not what happened. 591 00:31:45,100 --> 00:31:49,700 God is Father, human beings were made in that image. 592 00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:53,300 Then men were then had the gift in the ability to become 593 00:31:53,300 --> 00:31:56,700 fathers, like the primary and the first father just like 594 00:31:56,700 --> 00:31:59,000 marriage Christ in the church, is the primary thing. 595 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:03,800 Marriage is the secondary thing. So if you don't believe with 596 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,200 your heart, then your unbelief will keep you from God's 597 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,900 presence and unbelief is the root of all other sins. 598 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,700 Whatever it may be, whatever it may be. 599 00:32:12,900 --> 00:32:15,300 If it's you name it, you name a sin, whatever. 600 00:32:15,300 --> 00:32:16,700 Something that you think. Oh that's no. 601 00:32:16,700 --> 00:32:19,900 My real issue is pride. Yeah but that pride comes from 602 00:32:19,900 --> 00:32:21,900 an unbelief. Why am I prideful? 603 00:32:22,100 --> 00:32:24,600 Why am I so showy? Why do I need everybody to look 604 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,300 at me? Why do I have to be the center 605 00:32:26,300 --> 00:32:28,300 of attention? Why do I always have to one-up 606 00:32:28,300 --> 00:32:29,800 somebody when they say something? 607 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,400 Why am I like that? Well, I'm Just prideful? 608 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:34,100 Well yes, your prideful, but what is it? 609 00:32:34,100 --> 00:32:36,100 What is it the unbelief? It's going on here. 610 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:37,800 There's something you don't believe, you don't believe 611 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,000 you're loved. You don't believe that you're a 612 00:32:40,008 --> 00:32:42,700 new creation, you don't believe that you're valuable to God. 613 00:32:43,100 --> 00:32:46,400 And you need value, and you're seeking value from others. 614 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:48,900 You're looking for others. To go, your valuable, and you 615 00:32:48,900 --> 00:32:51,900 go. Okay, you I needed puffing up. 616 00:32:51,900 --> 00:32:53,200 Why? Because you weren't full to 617 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,600 begin with. Unfortunately, the puffing up 618 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,900 that humans do this is me using a pump, the puffing up, the 619 00:32:59,900 --> 00:33:01,400 humans, do it, just fills us with air. 620 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,000 It's just hot air. We feel ourselves. 621 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,200 Why? It's a it's an unbelief in the 622 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,100 goodness of God. It's an unbelief in the love of 623 00:33:08,100 --> 00:33:10,300 God. All of our sin can always be 624 00:33:10,300 --> 00:33:13,100 traced back to some sort of unbelief. 625 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,900 What is the thing that I'm pursuing a materialistic? 626 00:33:16,900 --> 00:33:19,800 I want the stuff. Well I want stuff because you 627 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:23,400 know, I want you know status or I want this like there but you 628 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:26,200 can always trace it back to there's some unbelief. 629 00:33:26,500 --> 00:33:27,800 This is what we see in the garden. 630 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,600 This is the lie that is snake brought to Eve. 631 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,200 Hey, hey. Hey, God's holding out something 632 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:38,000 good and Eve had unbelief. It wasn't that she was just 633 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,500 confused. Oh, wait a second God said this, 634 00:33:40,500 --> 00:33:43,100 but maybe he meant. That it was, huh? 635 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,400 Maybe we're missing out on something, I thought he was 636 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,200 good, but now I'm questioning it was doubt. 637 00:33:50,700 --> 00:33:54,200 It was doubt on the goodness of God, he's given us everything 638 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:57,300 richly to enjoy, but maybe he is keeping us out on Somethin. 639 00:33:57,300 --> 00:33:58,700 Satan says, no, no, he knows that. 640 00:33:58,700 --> 00:34:00,900 If you eat this, you'll be like him. 641 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,300 Well, that's Pride. It is pride but it's also 642 00:34:04,300 --> 00:34:06,600 unbelief. The route is, I don't believe 643 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:08,500 God's word. I don't believe he loves me 644 00:34:08,500 --> 00:34:10,100 most. I don't believe he knows what's 645 00:34:10,100 --> 00:34:14,500 best and he's holding out on me. This would have been Lucifer's 646 00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:17,300 issue as well. I'm going to make my Throne like 647 00:34:17,300 --> 00:34:19,600 that of the most high. Well you don't you don't 648 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:20,900 understand. You don't believe that your as 649 00:34:20,900 --> 00:34:23,699 high as you could possibly get any way, you're already in a 650 00:34:23,708 --> 00:34:26,600 position of serving the lord, you're doubting his goodness, 651 00:34:26,699 --> 00:34:29,400 you're doubting his power, you're doubting his 652 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,600 righteousness, there's an unbelief here. 653 00:34:31,699 --> 00:34:34,000 Here. And that allow that may room 654 00:34:34,300 --> 00:34:37,300 that created a soil where Pride could then grow. 655 00:34:37,900 --> 00:34:40,699 And then, of course not, you were already one of the highest 656 00:34:40,699 --> 00:34:44,800 beings ever created Lucifer, but now you are crushed under the 657 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:48,300 feet of Jesus and you will suffer forever for it. 658 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:53,400 You will be made the lowest Because of unbelief. 659 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:57,400 Believers. This is what we do we believe 660 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,600 and we want to root out unbelief because it is so dangerous. 661 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:13,600 Turn in your Bibles. Guess where John chapter 6 We're 662 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,800 closing here. John chapter 6. 663 00:35:21,500 --> 00:35:32,400 Verse 28 and 29. Jesus talking to the multitude 664 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:37,300 here. Verse 28 then they said to him 665 00:35:37,900 --> 00:35:40,600 what must we do to be doing the works of God. 666 00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:45,300 Jesus answered them. This is the work of God that you 667 00:35:45,300 --> 00:35:50,900 believe in him whom he has sent Come on give me something. 668 00:35:50,900 --> 00:35:52,000 No dude. No no. 669 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,400 We met like well can we do though? 670 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:58,000 What can we do? Jesus knows what they're after. 671 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:01,300 What can we accomplish? Come on man. 672 00:36:01,300 --> 00:36:03,100 Like I want to I want to guarantee this thing. 673 00:36:03,100 --> 00:36:06,100 Tell me what to do. They asked him what's the most 674 00:36:06,100 --> 00:36:10,200 important commandment? Come on, what thing can I do? 675 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:14,600 He said love the Lord your God. Oh, it's another heart thing. 676 00:36:14,900 --> 00:36:17,700 You always doing that Jesus? Yeah. 677 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:21,500 Almost like a changed heart. Art is the first thing that 678 00:36:21,500 --> 00:36:24,700 leads to all the appropriate actions later, the belief will 679 00:36:24,700 --> 00:36:27,200 come first. Loving God, is the primary 680 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:28,700 thing. Yeah, but like, what am I 681 00:36:28,700 --> 00:36:31,300 supposed to do? There's plenty, that can be done 682 00:36:31,700 --> 00:36:36,500 and plenty, that should be done. But nothing that you can earn 683 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,800 nothing that can make you deserve anything. 684 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:43,300 What are the works of God? What must we do to be doing the 685 00:36:43,300 --> 00:36:45,300 works of God. Jesus answered them. 686 00:36:45,300 --> 00:36:48,300 This is the work of God. Everybody leaned in when they 687 00:36:48,308 --> 00:36:51,000 said it, he's about to tell us. This is the work of God. 688 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:55,900 Finally he's about to tell us believe in him who he has sent 689 00:36:57,100 --> 00:36:58,400 believe. What's he doing? 690 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:03,000 He's pointing to himself. Believed on him who he said 691 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,100 let's just keep reading because Jesus is so awesome. 692 00:37:06,700 --> 00:37:09,000 Then they answered him or then he answered them. 693 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,500 This is the true work of God that you believe in him. 694 00:37:11,500 --> 00:37:14,600 Whom he has sent. So they said to him that then 695 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,300 what sign do you do that? We may see and believe you what 696 00:37:17,300 --> 00:37:20,500 work do you perform our fathers, ate the Manna in the Wilderness 697 00:37:20,500 --> 00:37:23,500 at his her, as it is written. He gave them bread from Heaven 698 00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:26,600 to eat, Jesus said to them, truly, truly, I say to you. 699 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:29,800 It was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my 700 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:31,900 father gives you the true bread from Heaven. 701 00:37:32,100 --> 00:37:35,400 Who's he talking about the true bread him? 702 00:37:36,700 --> 00:37:40,200 For the bread of God, is he who comes down from heaven and gives 703 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,000 life to the world. They said to him, sir, give us 704 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:44,600 this bread. Always, they're still thinking 705 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:48,800 about this manna that comes from Heaven, this physical thing that 706 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:51,600 they can eat. And Jesus said, I am the bread 707 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:54,700 of life whoever comes to me, shall not hunger. 708 00:37:54,900 --> 00:37:58,400 And whoever believes in me, shall never thirst. 709 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:02,300 How do I come to Jesus? I believe, in Jesus. 710 00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:06,200 What does believe mean to believe is to trust in? 711 00:38:06,500 --> 00:38:10,600 To put one's faith in to trust with an implication that actions 712 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:15,100 based on that trust may follow. This is not an I know about 713 00:38:15,100 --> 00:38:19,200 these things. This is, I believe in Jesus. 714 00:38:20,700 --> 00:38:24,800 Christianity requires that you believe because to believe in 715 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:28,700 God is to love God. And to fear God to believe in An 716 00:38:28,700 --> 00:38:31,000 Almighty. Father, will reshape your 717 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,800 identity and your life? If you believe you're loved and 718 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:37,500 you're protected, how would you live to believe? 719 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:40,000 Your father, is the creator of Heaven and Earth that will draw 720 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:43,100 you to worship, that will draw you to stewardship and to 721 00:38:43,108 --> 00:38:47,100 exercising, his dominion and his kingdom over every square inch 722 00:38:47,100 --> 00:38:50,900 of this creation, because you believe it's all his So you 723 00:38:50,900 --> 00:38:54,400 won't be passive when it comes to the the kingdoms that are at 724 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:55,800 war with one another. You won't go. 725 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,500 Let's just put Christianity in this neutral box and we'll let 726 00:38:59,500 --> 00:39:01,500 America do. It's like neutral thing. 727 00:39:01,700 --> 00:39:04,600 You'll recognize there is no such thing as neutrality. 728 00:39:04,900 --> 00:39:06,800 There it will always be a kingdom. 729 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:10,500 Raining, there is no neutral thing and Christians can live 730 00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:13,100 here and devil worshippers live over there. 731 00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:15,200 But like America could have like this. 732 00:39:15,300 --> 00:39:18,300 This this can be this big nothing box that that's 733 00:39:18,300 --> 00:39:20,300 nonsense. It's not reality. 734 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,700 T, as Christianity is pushed out of prominence. 735 00:39:24,300 --> 00:39:27,000 There's there's, it's not a vacuum, it's not an empty place 736 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:28,500 where it's like, oh now nothing exists. 737 00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:30,500 There is that what you see happening? 738 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:33,800 No, you see wicking that wickedness rising up. 739 00:39:34,100 --> 00:39:36,500 Those are the options to believe in. 740 00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:39,300 God will lead to wanting to see his kingdom. 741 00:39:39,300 --> 00:39:43,700 Come in every place in every way it will not lead you to a. 742 00:39:43,700 --> 00:39:46,800 So this is this is what my point here is Doctrine is is very 743 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:50,100 practical, what you believe becomes, very practical, it 744 00:39:50,100 --> 00:39:53,400 changes Has everything it impacts every area of your life, 745 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:56,700 it impacts the way, you raise your children, it impacts the 746 00:39:56,700 --> 00:39:59,100 way you vote. It impacts everything, all of it 747 00:39:59,100 --> 00:40:01,600 comes from Doctrine. And by the way, everybody has 748 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:05,200 Doctrine, whether or not they follow Christ or not, everybody 749 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,100 has the doctrines that they believe. 750 00:40:08,300 --> 00:40:12,400 So to believe your father is the creator will lead you To 751 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,900 exercise his dominion and Kingdom over every square inch 752 00:40:14,900 --> 00:40:16,300 of creation because you believe it's all his. 753 00:40:16,300 --> 00:40:21,500 And to believe in Jesus Christ will make you a new creation to 754 00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:24,000 believe in the holy spirit, will fill you with God himself. 755 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,900 And this is what Jesus invites us to do. 756 00:40:26,900 --> 00:40:28,300 He says I am the bread of Heaven. 757 00:40:29,900 --> 00:40:31,900 Eat of me and they go. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, we're 758 00:40:31,900 --> 00:40:33,000 not interested in all that stuff. 759 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:35,600 They still, they were listening but they still weren't hearing 760 00:40:36,300 --> 00:40:39,000 believe, do the works of God. I want to do the works of God. 761 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:42,300 Believe he says that whoever believes in me will do the works 762 00:40:42,300 --> 00:40:44,000 that I've done and even greater Works. 763 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:49,200 Will they do how because they believe believing matters to God 764 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,900 believing matters to us. So this is why the Creed starts 765 00:40:52,900 --> 00:40:56,600 with I believe and this is why we're going to say it a couple 766 00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:58,400 more times in the Creed will come back to it. 767 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:01,800 I believe. I believe, I believe, Heavenly 768 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:06,600 Father, we believe your word, we love you and we thank you for 769 00:41:06,700 --> 00:41:11,000 for your perfect Kingdom. It crushes, the human ego but 770 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,000 raises the human Spirit to be made new. 771 00:41:15,100 --> 00:41:18,200 It pulls us out of death and it brings us into right 772 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:19,900 relationship with you and right standing. 773 00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:26,600 You make all things new Help us to trust fully, not just facts. 774 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:32,800 Not just a mere head knowledge, but a trust a transformation. 775 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:38,200 God where we've allowed unbelief to take root help us to drive it 776 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:39,800 out. We confess that sin, the sin of 777 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,300 unbelief. Right now, the root of all of 778 00:41:41,300 --> 00:41:45,900 our sins. We rejected We see it crucified 779 00:41:45,900 --> 00:41:48,000 on the cross. We see it as something to be 780 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,800 repented of not something, not something that that we can't 781 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:56,800 help, but something that we can, We believe your word, we love 782 00:41:56,800 --> 00:42:01,200 you, we thank you for Jesus. We thank you for the Holy 783 00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,300 Spirit. We believe that you're with us 784 00:42:03,300 --> 00:42:07,000 right now and that you'll guide us to believe in to trust you 785 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:10,400 even more We love you. We honor you. 786 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:14,600 We thank you in Jesus name and now the Lord bless you and keep 787 00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:18,100 you the Lord, make his face shine down upon you and be 788 00:42:18,100 --> 00:42:21,200 gracious to you. The Lord lift up his countenance 789 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:24,900 upon you and give you great. Peace in Jesus name. 790 00:42:25,300 --> 00:42:25,800 Amen.