1 00:00:06,540 --> 00:00:11,470 Again down the hat, happy birthday. 2 00:00:12,730 --> 00:00:17,500 Nick and I had the privilege of sub travelling separately 3 00:00:17,510 --> 00:00:27,290 because of work and ending up having our that was Payette ohh 4 00:00:27,470 --> 00:00:30,860 at least parang a second honeymoon or a third honeymoon. 5 00:00:31,150 --> 00:00:33,620 We went to Bangkok, Thailand so angry. 6 00:00:33,630 --> 00:00:37,940 I was in a work related trip to Phuket. 7 00:00:37,950 --> 00:00:42,780 Then Nikki is in a work related trip to Bangkok. 8 00:00:42,830 --> 00:00:45,410 So we met in Bangkok and Shetland. 9 00:00:46,470 --> 00:00:52,660 We maximise maximise our time. We went to a Parang Thai 10 00:00:52,670 --> 00:00:56,160 restaurant because at that time the prenatal exposure, Thai 11 00:00:56,170 --> 00:01:01,980 cuisine difference and we were so excited to go to that place. 12 00:01:01,990 --> 00:01:05,200 But in order for us to go to that place, we had to write a 13 00:01:05,209 --> 00:01:09,940 talk talk Hindi tick talk talk talk talk talk is their version 14 00:01:09,950 --> 00:01:13,590 of pattern. Parent tricycle pero nasarapan 15 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:22,380 driver so parashan parakum Papa again and dating anyone and 16 00:01:22,390 --> 00:01:26,250 because we were tourists to go to del Muchacho Thai and Nikki 17 00:01:26,260 --> 00:01:34,170 obviously Melanoma capitaine so nanyare I dealt with the driver. 18 00:01:34,180 --> 00:01:41,070 I said going to this XYZ restaurant and sabi yes yes, 50 19 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:44,390 but 50 but complete computer cycle. 20 00:01:47,670 --> 00:01:55,650 I went to Bangkok Talk talk so my community 50 but the thing 21 00:01:55,660 --> 00:02:01,010 I'm interested destinations are restaurant Pinata Nicky Sosha 22 00:02:01,020 --> 00:02:07,110 Magbabayad Nikki. How much 100 but social imprint 23 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,419 go. Let's see Nikita Anaconda going 24 00:02:10,430 --> 00:02:15,020 in the high blood see Nikita was having a no, I heard you you 25 00:02:15,030 --> 00:02:19,160 dealt with my husband. It was supposed to be 50, but no 26 00:02:19,170 --> 00:02:24,940 no, no, that's 100 but hundred but per eventually knowing how 27 00:02:24,950 --> 00:02:29,000 persuasive my wife is, well, annoying driver to go to. 28 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:38,820 So in the English young. Eventually he gave in vitamin 29 00:02:38,830 --> 00:02:44,960 50, but and then I later on I I I learned that that area Pala is 30 00:02:44,970 --> 00:02:47,980 very known for its tourist traps. 31 00:02:48,690 --> 00:02:52,380 Young tourist traps are well known places number Puntacana, 32 00:02:52,390 --> 00:02:59,170 Matures and Marami. But I mean, Torres and I realise 33 00:02:59,180 --> 00:03:04,230 how often it is for us as believers wherein while we were 34 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:08,410 already believers in this world, marami parin tayo Martina tawag 35 00:03:08,420 --> 00:03:14,490 nattina tourist Christian traps wherein the sole purpose is to 36 00:03:14,780 --> 00:03:19,890 strangle us and make us compromise to this world. 37 00:03:20,230 --> 00:03:26,250 And I got to learn about those things clearly when I was able 38 00:03:26,260 --> 00:03:29,350 to go through and read with my kids because I'm favorite now 39 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:34,730 managing family devotion was uh, you know, Pilgrim's progress, 40 00:03:34,740 --> 00:03:40,070 John Banyan paren still come MAGA pigeon NASA Englistan 41 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,690 Parissamin you named Christian classic. 42 00:03:42,700 --> 00:03:46,020 It was supposed to be written for children, which is why I 43 00:03:46,030 --> 00:03:49,630 selected it in the first place for my children to appreciate. 44 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:55,830 But it got to a point that must appreciate the story. 45 00:03:56,120 --> 00:04:01,990 And one of the stories that got me was at time wherein A 46 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,670 popularly known Christian trap where in Christian still having 47 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:10,820 the burden at the back of his at the at his back travelling and 48 00:04:10,830 --> 00:04:18,640 there is a person and a banyan named him Mr. worldly wise men. 49 00:04:18,649 --> 00:04:22,440 And he was so persuasive cause he Krisha was supposed to go to 50 00:04:22,710 --> 00:04:26,720 the wicket gate and to the cross obviously for the burden to be 51 00:04:26,770 --> 00:04:31,420 relieved pero eventually he met now Mr. Wiseman, Mr. worldly 52 00:04:31,430 --> 00:04:34,980 Wiseman and worldly wise was was so persuasive. 53 00:04:34,990 --> 00:04:39,060 He has this good the way John Bunyan describes him. 54 00:04:39,070 --> 00:04:43,310 He has this pattern a fresh looking face as if he is the 55 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:45,220 most successful man in the world. 56 00:04:45,310 --> 00:04:49,810 And he may probably this and somehow he was convincing and he 57 00:04:49,820 --> 00:04:55,530 was able to convince for Mr. Kristian to no longer go to the 58 00:04:55,540 --> 00:04:58,250 weaker gate and Sabina, but weaker gate. 59 00:04:58,260 --> 00:05:02,170 There is an easier path to the Celestial City. 60 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:06,010 And I know that both of them. I'll refer you to them and go to 61 00:05:06,020 --> 00:05:10,890 this wayward side and you will know Mr. Legality and Mr. 62 00:05:10,900 --> 00:05:13,790 Morality. And he said Mr. Legality and Mr. 63 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,030 Morality will make your life easy. 64 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:20,310 Just follow the rules. You have to just be externally 65 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,350 conforming to the religious duties of your time. 66 00:05:23,420 --> 00:05:27,880 You'll be way head than animals of most of the Christians trying 67 00:05:27,890 --> 00:05:32,140 to go to Celestial City. And sooner than later up to a 68 00:05:32,150 --> 00:05:37,040 point Makan Vince, Nasanasa Christian and then eventually on 69 00:05:37,050 --> 00:05:41,600 his way, he found again Mr. Evangelist or the pastor if the 70 00:05:41,650 --> 00:05:44,910 evangelist whom he was able to talk to in the 1st place and 71 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,320 then put him back again to the same path going to the wicket 72 00:05:48,330 --> 00:05:51,740 gate. And that tells us indiscretion, 73 00:05:51,750 --> 00:05:55,780 life in a very analogue, allegorical way, how deadly it 74 00:05:55,790 --> 00:06:00,540 is for all of us Christians to be in a tourist trap, to be in a 75 00:06:00,550 --> 00:06:04,950 Christian tourist trap, because we do not know better. 76 00:06:05,020 --> 00:06:12,080 That is why the scripture specifically it it was incumbent 77 00:06:12,090 --> 00:06:14,420 upon James. It was the apostle James who 78 00:06:14,430 --> 00:06:19,040 were able to lay it out in his episode that the wisdom of the 79 00:06:19,050 --> 00:06:25,200 Old Testament literature will be given in a form of an epistle 80 00:06:25,290 --> 00:06:28,690 and that is why but the thing that is a portion of it and 81 00:06:28,730 --> 00:06:34,860 actually we're all more than half Natayo of the book of James 82 00:06:34,870 --> 00:06:37,840 Casino as a three going to foreign attire and eventually go 83 00:06:37,850 --> 00:06:41,700 to five and don't want to Nakikita cause a Jewish writer 84 00:06:43,270 --> 00:06:49,570 listen yeah Emmanuel Pointe and eventually you'll realise that 85 00:06:49,580 --> 00:06:52,850 the whole point of the book was really to impart the wisdom that 86 00:06:52,860 --> 00:06:56,440 we find in Christ and that Christian wisdom was meant so 87 00:06:56,450 --> 00:07:01,240 that believers even until now will be able to avoid and 88 00:07:01,250 --> 00:07:05,260 successfully one way or the other by God's grace get through 89 00:07:05,270 --> 00:07:08,920 and not be entrapped by this things that the world has set 90 00:07:08,930 --> 00:07:12,060 for us. And this is the point that the 91 00:07:12,070 --> 00:07:16,460 point that that the Scripture wants to establish for us that 92 00:07:16,530 --> 00:07:21,560 that the wisdom that requires that is required for Christians 93 00:07:21,610 --> 00:07:26,460 is this that as we mature in the faith, we will be able to 94 00:07:26,470 --> 00:07:32,870 differentiate between what is true and the almost through 95 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:36,910 doctrines of this world. Will you think about this world 96 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:43,080 does not have a black and white mentality or even mindset. 97 00:07:43,090 --> 00:07:45,410 This world is already tainted by sin. 98 00:07:45,580 --> 00:07:49,210 This is not how the world works. And because of that, and because 99 00:07:49,220 --> 00:07:53,650 sin remains, we will always have difficulty not to differentiate 100 00:07:53,660 --> 00:07:58,250 between black and white. Not you must simply learn you 101 00:07:58,260 --> 00:08:04,530 may pang bata Bata says. Quote Hangang tomaten Dash and 102 00:08:04,540 --> 00:08:10,600 the name Bibitawan experiment. At the end of the day he has to 103 00:08:10,610 --> 00:08:13,420 know for himself. Petrofac mature nakasalang Santa 104 00:08:13,430 --> 00:08:18,540 matanda Hindi muna black and white and views on world It's 105 00:08:18,550 --> 00:08:23,710 always about what is true, what is right and the almost right 106 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:27,670 alternatives in this world. And the the the wisdom that 107 00:08:27,740 --> 00:08:32,429 James teaches us that the Holy Spirit $1000 son is that this 108 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:36,909 wisdom is the ability to differentiate and to discern 109 00:08:37,059 --> 00:08:41,530 against all these alternative paths that the world sets before 110 00:08:41,539 --> 00:08:44,590 us. And This is why we need wisdom. 111 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,710 And if we ask the question, and this is the question that we 112 00:08:47,780 --> 00:08:52,170 that remain to be answered and the whole of the ceremony is 113 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,880 what separates godly wisdom from worldly wisdom. 114 00:08:56,110 --> 00:09:02,780 And the bottom line, Parata posna that we ward Monaco or Mag 115 00:09:02,790 --> 00:09:06,460 wayward monkey. Mind you, at least the real 116 00:09:06,470 --> 00:09:09,860 point for us to differentiate between what is true and almost 117 00:09:09,870 --> 00:09:14,020 true between a godly and the world is this that we will be 118 00:09:14,030 --> 00:09:18,800 able to know if it is godly wisdom, if it produces the 119 00:09:18,810 --> 00:09:24,680 character that the godly spirit requires only wisdom that comes 120 00:09:24,690 --> 00:09:29,580 from above produces the character that comes from God as 121 00:09:29,590 --> 00:09:32,780 well. It is about the character that 122 00:09:32,790 --> 00:09:36,640 they produce and the character that is produced by wisdom is 123 00:09:36,650 --> 00:09:40,060 this. If it is godly, it will be meek, 124 00:09:40,110 --> 00:09:45,000 if it will be worldly, it will be resorting to arrogance and 125 00:09:45,010 --> 00:09:47,300 boasting. Missing the arrogance and 126 00:09:47,310 --> 00:09:52,160 boasting makasama parehas damper actually makabasa arrogance in a 127 00:09:52,170 --> 00:09:57,000 sense gives this projection. Now while all confidence feeling 128 00:09:57,010 --> 00:10:00,840 amagwinya Anglehart boasting is campaigning successful. 129 00:10:00,850 --> 00:10:04,100 You always go back to your success and you always 130 00:10:04,570 --> 00:10:07,540 advertise. Advertise it as if that's the 131 00:10:07,550 --> 00:10:10,180 only thing that your best in this world so that you can out 132 00:10:10,190 --> 00:10:12,900 best everyone else. That's boasting and that is why 133 00:10:12,910 --> 00:10:15,800 we have to know the character that is produced. 134 00:10:15,810 --> 00:10:18,440 Is it meek? Then it's godly. 135 00:10:18,690 --> 00:10:23,960 Is it arrogant and boastful? Then it has to be. 136 00:10:24,020 --> 00:10:27,770 It has to be worldly. And that is the wisdom that the 137 00:10:27,780 --> 00:10:30,900 Spirit wants to impart us to us this Thursday morning. 138 00:10:30,990 --> 00:10:34,920 And as we go through the verses, let's study it, let's let's 139 00:10:34,930 --> 00:10:38,280 meditate on it, and let's understand for ourselves what it 140 00:10:38,290 --> 00:10:41,680 means to be godly in our wisdom. Let's bow our heads and let us 141 00:10:41,690 --> 00:10:44,920 ask the Holy Spirit's guidance to understand all these things. 142 00:10:46,310 --> 00:10:50,420 Almighty and most Merciful Father, we have heard and 143 00:10:50,430 --> 00:10:53,660 straight from Your ways. Like lost sheep, we have 144 00:10:53,670 --> 00:10:57,000 followed too much the devices and the desires of our own 145 00:10:57,010 --> 00:10:58,880 hearts. We have offended against Your 146 00:10:58,890 --> 00:11:01,840 holy laws. We have undone those things that 147 00:11:01,850 --> 00:11:05,860 we have ought to have done, and we have done these things which 148 00:11:05,870 --> 00:11:08,300 we have not to be have to be done. 149 00:11:08,390 --> 00:11:10,300 There is no health in our souls or God. 150 00:11:10,310 --> 00:11:14,440 So Lord, have mercy of upon us miserable offenders. 151 00:11:14,550 --> 00:11:18,340 Spare those ohh God, who confess these faults, restore those who 152 00:11:18,350 --> 00:11:21,720 are penitent, according to Your promises declared unto mankind 153 00:11:21,730 --> 00:11:25,710 in Christ Jesus our Lord. Grant that we may hereafter lead 154 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:29,250 godly, righteous, and sober lives to the glory of Your holy 155 00:11:29,260 --> 00:11:31,150 name. Amen. 156 00:11:31,220 --> 00:11:34,670 So you have your scripture. You may open it with me and let 157 00:11:34,680 --> 00:11:42,230 us study James chapter 3. So the chapter 3 we are now at 158 00:11:42,300 --> 00:11:49,260 13 boasting about tomorrow. So verse 13 opens with a 159 00:11:49,270 --> 00:11:54,200 rethorical question that is not answerable by yes or no. 160 00:11:54,490 --> 00:11:59,260 It is getting second type of question wherein it will be 161 00:11:59,330 --> 00:12:01,400 provided for you the right answer. 162 00:12:01,410 --> 00:12:05,500 It's not about yes or no but it is a self frickley reflecting 163 00:12:05,510 --> 00:12:08,590 question. And this biblical examination is 164 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:14,580 not about asking whether or not you are wise and in that sense, 165 00:12:14,630 --> 00:12:18,740 but in England more patients are being biblical examination and 166 00:12:18,790 --> 00:12:23,080 instinct Ignatian is to ask ourselves if we are wise. 167 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,210 And the problem with that is that it is futile. 168 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:33,100 This world has the same mindset. Philosophers of this world, the 169 00:12:33,170 --> 00:12:38,540 Kumbaga, the scientists, philosophers, those who study a 170 00:12:38,550 --> 00:12:43,540 lot of things by nature or by every thing that will be found 171 00:12:43,550 --> 00:12:47,080 in this creation, has always have this ability to self 172 00:12:47,090 --> 00:12:50,080 examine, to question oneself and force. 173 00:12:50,090 --> 00:12:54,520 For for Greek philosophy, to question oneself is wisdom. 174 00:12:54,810 --> 00:12:58,860 However, what separate biblical examination, what separates 175 00:12:58,870 --> 00:13:01,680 biblical wisdom is not the ability to ask if you're wise or 176 00:13:01,690 --> 00:13:05,450 not, because the answer is already given to you. 177 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:12,540 The Scripture you are not. You are not wise and to us if we 178 00:13:12,650 --> 00:13:16,920 whether or not you're wise is foolish because on the onset it 179 00:13:16,930 --> 00:13:22,060 is already presumed because you are we we are all falling under 180 00:13:22,070 --> 00:13:27,320 the the curse of sin. We will always be living unwise 181 00:13:27,490 --> 00:13:31,300 and chase lives. So what separates Christian 182 00:13:31,650 --> 00:13:34,260 Christ disciples from the rest of the world? 183 00:13:34,310 --> 00:13:38,820 It's not that whether you have the ability to self examine, no, 184 00:13:39,490 --> 00:13:43,200 the ability that gives you to be that makes you a disciple of 185 00:13:43,210 --> 00:13:48,160 Christ is the understanding that the source of your knowledge. 186 00:13:48,890 --> 00:13:53,730 It's not that found in the questions that you ask 187 00:13:53,740 --> 00:13:57,870 yourselves that you would be able to answer, but being able 188 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:02,360 to be humble enough to understand that you do not have 189 00:14:02,370 --> 00:14:05,170 the answer. Therefore, you always need to 190 00:14:05,180 --> 00:14:09,230 seek the knowledge that comes from God in order for that 191 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:13,980 knowledge to be supplied to you, given to you, not something that 192 00:14:13,990 --> 00:14:20,400 you can come out from yourself. Get me a biblical counselling 193 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:25,790 has always been a a staple ministry in the church, not 194 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:30,430 because it's something that gives soothing the suit suit 195 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:34,070 suit in your soul or parent hacker relax or chicken soup for 196 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:37,270 the soul more as if it makes you feel good. 197 00:14:37,340 --> 00:14:41,750 Currently mental Wellness and health weak and school just so 198 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:46,180 that we'll have this time of reflection and sometimes and 199 00:14:47,190 --> 00:14:55,870 negative actually to ask for themselves if they are healthy 200 00:14:55,880 --> 00:15:03,750 or not Alumni Nasagot. I'm not well the Alamo. 201 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,870 I think I can do these things through crisis strengthening. 202 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:10,450 Well, I'm gonna positivity actually in this generation in 203 00:15:10,460 --> 00:15:13,710 this mindset. Labanaktis signal mental health 204 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,580 awareness. Will always think the meetings 205 00:15:16,590 --> 00:15:19,510 are great. Paramedic. 206 00:15:20,650 --> 00:15:29,460 Ohh I grew up in a generation I know that it's not healthy also 207 00:15:29,550 --> 00:15:34,040 but trying to ask these questions self reflecting there 208 00:15:34,050 --> 00:15:37,630 is really it is a rabbit hole it at the end of the day it's a 209 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:42,920 black hole because if you go truly inside yourself you'll 210 00:15:42,930 --> 00:15:46,260 never see any answer there except sin. 211 00:15:46,830 --> 00:15:51,900 That is why a true wise man from biblical standard is not 212 00:15:51,910 --> 00:15:57,210 internally sicked. It will always be outward. 213 00:15:57,300 --> 00:16:01,240 It is asking answers from out from without. 214 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:07,470 And that is why James was clear that it is not about self 215 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:11,330 autonomy. It is about divine authority. 216 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,210 And what is the divine authority? 217 00:16:13,220 --> 00:16:16,270 By the inspiration of the Holy Spirit that James was able to 218 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:19,670 provide for us, how we'll be able to know if it is godly 219 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:24,410 wisdom and Sabina. The answer is clear by his good 220 00:16:24,460 --> 00:16:30,120 conduct. Let him show in the meekness of 221 00:16:30,130 --> 00:16:33,100 wisdom. And that is actually words to 222 00:16:33,110 --> 00:16:38,510 mind because say major, obviously you're the one. 223 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,900 But it's the deepest thing that we can ever come up with. 224 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:46,790 No, not us. Scripture will be able to 225 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,630 provide for us because that is what Scripture says in His Word. 226 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:55,250 James pointed out that the conduct of our that the conduct 227 00:16:55,260 --> 00:17:02,050 of our work must be accompanied by a manner that is consistent 228 00:17:02,060 --> 00:17:05,430 with the godly character James Dito. 229 00:17:05,500 --> 00:17:09,780 It's not about just the doing, it's not just about the external 230 00:17:09,849 --> 00:17:14,940 religion, although Casa Mayon it will be always counted. 231 00:17:15,030 --> 00:17:20,800 However, that is not enough. If you always rely on the 232 00:17:20,810 --> 00:17:25,480 external conformity to everything that God says, then 233 00:17:25,490 --> 00:17:29,400 you have missed the point. Because it must be accompanied 234 00:17:29,410 --> 00:17:33,760 with a certain character and the character that that James 235 00:17:33,770 --> 00:17:39,660 pointed out here is a double double noun, meekness of wisdom. 236 00:17:39,710 --> 00:17:44,580 Major confusing I wanna know is what is meekness causing wisdom? 237 00:17:44,630 --> 00:17:51,720 You name Pinagusapan to make character young wisdom now in 238 00:17:51,730 --> 00:17:56,860 externalise casabe by the conduct of your work DBA of 239 00:17:56,870 --> 00:18:00,220 conduct of his work will be accompanied by the meekness of 240 00:18:00,230 --> 00:18:03,200 his wisdom. So may in expect the external 241 00:18:03,270 --> 00:18:08,300 pero main expect the internal and external will be wisdom. 242 00:18:08,740 --> 00:18:13,150 God both of them internal external in itself is wisdom and 243 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:17,180 the character that is in question is meekness. 244 00:18:17,730 --> 00:18:21,780 And this is how scripture defines wisdom and us believers. 245 00:18:21,850 --> 00:18:26,020 We are called to abide by this. This inspired words this means 246 00:18:26,030 --> 00:18:31,400 that a wise person is a godly person that is meek in his 247 00:18:31,410 --> 00:18:35,040 character reflecting Christ in his life. 248 00:18:35,090 --> 00:18:39,080 The meekness say the meekness of wisdom and which if wisdom is 249 00:18:39,090 --> 00:18:42,500 the personified in Christ himself and we can only attain 250 00:18:42,510 --> 00:18:46,240 wisdom by sanctification because when we are united to Christ by 251 00:18:46,250 --> 00:18:50,300 faith and spirit, then that becomes a growth path for us to 252 00:18:50,310 --> 00:18:52,460 progress. Then the only way we'll be able 253 00:18:52,470 --> 00:18:55,130 to generate that wisdom is because we are cool united to 254 00:18:55,140 --> 00:18:57,940 Christ by faith. Only believers will be able to 255 00:18:57,950 --> 00:19:02,230 demonstrate wisdom and you meekness will not come from us 256 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:07,670 because as we already establish, you and me tend to be always 257 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:09,750 self autonomous with discretions. 258 00:19:09,830 --> 00:19:12,250 We always want to get the answers from within. 259 00:19:12,260 --> 00:19:14,870 No, this is answering from without. 260 00:19:14,940 --> 00:19:19,190 And the reflection that we need to understand is not asking for 261 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,930 ourselves. And I'm going to go to be my to 262 00:19:21,940 --> 00:19:29,030 make myself mentally healthy. Hello packed in expect more you 263 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:36,420 may good Hindi. So it's foolish and here what 264 00:19:36,430 --> 00:19:41,830 the outward answer for us from Scripture is to understand how 265 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:46,160 Christ reflects meekness. So we point out meekness. 266 00:19:46,170 --> 00:19:49,230 So what is meekness do? What does meekness mean? 267 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:54,510 Pastor Alright, it has always been perceived in this world 268 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,980 that meek is weak. Bottom line, that's how it is in 269 00:19:58,990 --> 00:20:01,150 a dog eat world. Corporate ladder. 270 00:20:01,210 --> 00:20:04,300 Even at school. I grew up in a very competitive 271 00:20:04,390 --> 00:20:07,500 environment. Moylan Pointy competitive, but 272 00:20:07,550 --> 00:20:10,600 I'm the most competitive that I know actually. 273 00:20:10,610 --> 00:20:13,780 Kyaka Minagawa Magasawa It's because we are competitive at 274 00:20:13,790 --> 00:20:18,230 each other. Romance love anyway, so parang 275 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,600 ganon puka make a competitive goal. 276 00:20:22,500 --> 00:20:30,610 I cannot lose because being meek in character will always mean na 277 00:20:30,660 --> 00:20:38,750 dormakaba lagikan lamian lagikan piscina because you and ang 278 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:41,480 mindset. Mick is weak. 279 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:46,660 However, we have to understand that there is strength in the 280 00:20:46,670 --> 00:20:50,470 character of meekness. Meek is not weak. 281 00:20:50,530 --> 00:20:58,820 In essence, meekness is the demonstration of our humility in 282 00:20:58,830 --> 00:21:02,640 Christ. So related just humility combat. 283 00:21:02,650 --> 00:21:07,380 If meekness is the state or the character that needs to be 284 00:21:07,430 --> 00:21:11,420 produced, humility is the path towards it. 285 00:21:11,510 --> 00:21:15,280 So we have to answer Pastor. What then is humility will 286 00:21:15,290 --> 00:21:20,720 Humility is the ability to lower oneself for the sake of others. 287 00:21:20,990 --> 00:21:27,330 Political humility is the ability to lower oneself for the 288 00:21:27,340 --> 00:21:32,900 sake of others. So so make mistake Kanina NASA 289 00:21:32,910 --> 00:21:37,250 humility tying iron because related Cilla you meekness 290 00:21:37,260 --> 00:21:41,190 Nakara actor will be produced by humility. 291 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,410 So we have to answer what humility is. 292 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,970 So what is humility pastor? It is demonstrated from other 293 00:21:46,980 --> 00:21:49,270 places in the whole Canon of scripture, specifically to 294 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,280 Philippians 2. Because Philippians 2 says for 295 00:21:52,290 --> 00:21:55,370 us that only Christ is the truly humble one. 296 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:59,590 And how come he is humble? Because he alone is truly the 297 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:02,710 one who came from the heavens and yet lowered himself. 298 00:22:02,770 --> 00:22:08,070 So humility is an act of strength and wisdom in glory, 299 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:15,030 but not staying in that state. The humility part is that you go 300 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:22,270 low only pinko Hindi ka week pakka meek cassette. 301 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,270 Technically speaking, you're the strongest there. 302 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:30,310 You're actually the most wise there, however, because 303 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:34,190 character of you of humility is related to meekness. 304 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:40,530 Your, your, your humble estate will always be demonstrating by 305 00:22:40,540 --> 00:22:47,570 the voluntary lowering down of all those privileges, not so 306 00:22:47,580 --> 00:22:51,170 that you will be glorified or for your own sake. 307 00:22:51,580 --> 00:22:55,350 I always take this as an illustration for my own, so that 308 00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:58,520 you would understand who I am and you would understand also 309 00:22:58,530 --> 00:23:01,510 for yourself. It's not. 310 00:23:02,180 --> 00:23:07,690 I've always understood that. I may not be the most athletic 311 00:23:07,700 --> 00:23:12,150 person I know, but can you put was a basketball? 312 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:19,950 Maya Maya indigo Poyan best trade lampa poco madali poco 313 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:25,310 mapagod mataba you were lucky. Nalaman mahina Lang talaga ako 314 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:28,620 physically. However, because of that, I've 315 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:33,650 always trained my mind. I can always say that if you put 316 00:23:33,660 --> 00:23:38,230 me in a group of people, I may be top one of their class or top 317 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,510 1% of that class cause I see nick and top one for sure. 318 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:47,710 I'll be second or third most probably pero Hindi that I'll be 319 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,810 the dumbest there because for me and my dad has brought me up in 320 00:23:51,820 --> 00:23:54,110 this mindset, you cannot be the dumbest one there. 321 00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:57,050 You have to make sure that you're the smartest one, if not 322 00:23:57,120 --> 00:24:03,100 one of the SO I've always understood that I may be I can 323 00:24:03,110 --> 00:24:05,880 and I should be the stronger there mentally. 324 00:24:06,030 --> 00:24:08,880 So I came into the reform faith. What did I do? 325 00:24:09,070 --> 00:24:13,220 I put on the strength of all my ability. 326 00:24:13,270 --> 00:24:15,880 Why? Because I am smart. 327 00:24:16,110 --> 00:24:19,500 OK, alright. So supposed to be. 328 00:24:19,550 --> 00:24:25,120 That's how I think that since I have all the I have all the 329 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:28,420 tools of learning in the MoMA. Pending outsmarts Ahmad. 330 00:24:28,430 --> 00:24:32,000 The more pending outsmarted science outsmarts, English, 331 00:24:32,010 --> 00:24:37,130 Sasa, Filipino chapina goes up on your technical parts. 332 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:43,370 I think theology has its fair share of technical parts. 333 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:46,530 So I would say, OK, I'm the smartest one there. 334 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,850 OK, I have that theology. And then most, and I have 335 00:24:49,860 --> 00:24:53,170 observed this in our own congregation, in our own 336 00:24:53,180 --> 00:24:56,170 community, that most people stop there. 337 00:24:56,380 --> 00:24:58,470 At the end of the day, it's about the accumulation of 338 00:24:58,480 --> 00:24:59,850 knowledge. At the end of the day, it's 339 00:24:59,860 --> 00:25:03,450 about being smart. And if that is the point, then 340 00:25:03,460 --> 00:25:06,680 that's not humility. If that's the point, then that's 341 00:25:06,690 --> 00:25:08,760 cuddling. That's not godly character. 342 00:25:08,810 --> 00:25:11,220 It's not even close to being Christ like. 343 00:25:11,290 --> 00:25:14,270 Because if it is just accumulation of knowledge, then 344 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:17,360 it's about you, not about others. 345 00:25:17,410 --> 00:25:20,800 And what I've learned along the way is that humility cannot be 346 00:25:20,810 --> 00:25:23,820 done in a vacuum. Humility is only done in a 347 00:25:23,830 --> 00:25:26,100 community. Because what I've learned is 348 00:25:26,110 --> 00:25:27,920 this. The only point for me to learn 349 00:25:27,930 --> 00:25:32,730 is not so that I can know more. The only point of being learning 350 00:25:32,740 --> 00:25:36,030 more is so that I can impart to more. 351 00:25:36,460 --> 00:25:38,910 You too. You can you? 352 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:41,020 Yeah. Continental had little to the 353 00:25:41,030 --> 00:25:46,710 generic sense because the idea is so that I will be able to 354 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:50,830 lower myself for the sake of others and multiply that to 355 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,330 whatever strength that you have, any gift that you have, that in 356 00:25:54,340 --> 00:25:58,050 itself is humility. That is why you will never find 357 00:25:58,060 --> 00:26:03,650 a church that lacks anything. Matalino mapa service Mapa mercy 358 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,790 Mapa gifts. If you see a church, then a a 359 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:14,950 person Bella panda Nangyari you know what Lasha malasha non 360 00:26:15,420 --> 00:26:18,680 wallachia maybe guy. Why don't you need Binibigay 361 00:26:18,690 --> 00:26:22,730 Chrysler and gives Ukrainian church and somehow Lumalabas 362 00:26:22,740 --> 00:26:25,850 Walang Maibigay on church. So I know I know problema. 363 00:26:25,860 --> 00:26:28,170 It's always an issue of humility. 364 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:32,030 The people is are not mature enough to lower themselves down 365 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:36,630 to serve others for their gifts so that others will be enriched 366 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:38,940 as well. That is the point, because 367 00:26:38,950 --> 00:26:44,570 humility can always be something that must exist in the church 368 00:26:44,580 --> 00:26:47,550 because Christ will never allow His church now in the position 369 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,730 as a service on. Christ will always make sure 370 00:26:50,740 --> 00:26:53,230 that the church will be in service. 371 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:57,720 And that's how humility and meekness meets the Empanada, my 372 00:26:57,730 --> 00:27:02,200 Kitana. It's not about implying a lack 373 00:27:02,210 --> 00:27:05,210 of strength or a lack of higher status. 374 00:27:09,150 --> 00:27:15,120 Different difference economically diverse church 375 00:27:15,130 --> 00:27:18,780 Nathan I Hindi Nagkakaron sharing of resources then 376 00:27:18,790 --> 00:27:22,530 somebody or someone is not humble enough to lower their 377 00:27:22,540 --> 00:27:26,620 estate so that others may be enrich and that's not humility. 378 00:27:26,630 --> 00:27:30,540 That's not meekness and that's not godly wisdom gets support. 379 00:27:31,030 --> 00:27:36,520 OK, so it doesn't mean weak. Now, in contrast, verse 14 380 00:27:36,530 --> 00:27:40,590 meekness and that's why we were able to establish that meekness 381 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:44,360 must be compatible with humility because when James said weakness 382 00:27:44,370 --> 00:27:49,260 is contrasted with other virtues, negative ones, he said 383 00:27:49,330 --> 00:27:54,210 enviousness. He said being hum besos boastful 384 00:27:54,220 --> 00:27:57,330 and deceitful. Kitani poem Pakakasalan sunod 385 00:27:57,380 --> 00:28:02,330 enviousness means you decide the godly character of a person. 386 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:08,240 And since you cannot hack it, you will try to murder for it. 387 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,950 You will try to project it. You will try to make other 388 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:16,090 people see see you for someone who you're really not because 389 00:28:16,100 --> 00:28:18,610 you want a godly character and you want to possess it. 390 00:28:18,620 --> 00:28:20,810 But at the end of the day, you're not humble enough to be 391 00:28:20,820 --> 00:28:24,130 receiving it. And that's the problem of of a 392 00:28:24,140 --> 00:28:29,110 worldly wisdom, ambition and ambition Posa Church. 393 00:28:29,210 --> 00:28:33,340 It's not. It's actually very slowly, very 394 00:28:33,350 --> 00:28:40,170 slowly. Must must must mischievous patch 395 00:28:40,180 --> 00:28:42,650 as a corporate world. Cause as a corporate world 396 00:28:42,710 --> 00:28:58,110 Alumina era Sam Appleby. OK then I think we still money. 397 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:03,880 But indeed and that is transparent there people are 398 00:29:03,890 --> 00:29:05,840 very competitive against one another. 399 00:29:06,060 --> 00:29:11,370 But it's a church. Hindi popera unpin agala Bannan 400 00:29:12,980 --> 00:29:18,560 Rehan Power. It's about power and it's about 401 00:29:18,570 --> 00:29:24,120 control, and those are the things that people covet and 402 00:29:24,130 --> 00:29:29,540 noble mean. And actually they grew up with 403 00:29:29,550 --> 00:29:32,690 the preaching of my dad and I always looked up to him. 404 00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:37,070 I think it comes with that in the attempted in you'll be in a 405 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,850 public ministry that one way or the other will be looked upon, 406 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:45,340 looked up to in the Internet. This style Hindi show annoying 407 00:29:48,220 --> 00:29:51,700 de la Laguna in shajan param today. 408 00:29:51,710 --> 00:29:56,080 It comes with the territory and since I looked up, looked up to 409 00:29:56,090 --> 00:30:01,830 people who are in the position of let's say in the church 410 00:30:01,890 --> 00:30:06,100 preaching or a pastor, some of us in the congregation looked 411 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:12,020 upon these things. The parent Sigura sugar Pagan 412 00:30:12,030 --> 00:30:16,650 pasar hummus maggi magaling ako suguru pakka pastora ko ikoko 413 00:30:18,140 --> 00:30:22,020 think enviousness may ambition ka and problems at church 414 00:30:22,090 --> 00:30:26,140 indicating mukambi Bubba. So you first have to be 415 00:30:26,150 --> 00:30:31,230 appearing humble, meek and don't pumapasok mischievousness. 416 00:30:32,770 --> 00:30:37,590 Bring me the Bupa ilalim Bailey mukwasha hambal pero pag 417 00:30:39,630 --> 00:30:42,990 character. And that is what James is trying 418 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,930 to warn us against. This means that the person who 419 00:30:45,940 --> 00:30:51,690 does not, who is not meek will always covet godly character 420 00:30:51,740 --> 00:30:58,310 because they do not possess it. The very reason combat maraming 421 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:01,070 power hungry is a church, not money hungry. 422 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:04,910 Money comes with the power. That's how the dynamics work. 423 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,260 If you have the power, you have the money better. 424 00:31:07,270 --> 00:31:10,110 You don't just go with the money, you go with the power so 425 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:13,690 that you will have the money. And that's the reason why Kapaka 426 00:31:13,730 --> 00:31:18,750 Meropol power power may power position. 427 00:31:19,540 --> 00:31:24,970 Young, ambitious will covert godly character precisely 428 00:31:24,980 --> 00:31:30,550 because they do not possess it and the aim is to project the 429 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:35,160 maturity that they lack. There's always wisdom in trying 430 00:31:35,170 --> 00:31:42,560 to let leaders grow more ahead, but not quickly as the members 431 00:31:42,570 --> 00:31:44,340 or the congregations of the church. 432 00:31:44,410 --> 00:31:49,970 Para Nakita Nandala companion Galawar Sherpa Young member 433 00:31:49,980 --> 00:31:55,630 Don't say leader Church Amina What? 434 00:31:57,260 --> 00:32:02,900 But anyway, in your map was just a boy named Manasa Lupa Mera 435 00:32:02,910 --> 00:32:07,960 Kanamai Kita, human leaders said church members at church 436 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:15,340 training indicating kilo malago bahala kayo jaan basaka me 437 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:19,190 lumala go. And those are the things that 438 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,250 are actually pertaining them more. 439 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:25,830 That's the problem. You want to project a kind of 440 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,900 maturity, but actually what you're trying to do is you're 441 00:32:28,910 --> 00:32:33,890 just ultimately trying to cover the deficiency of your character 442 00:32:33,900 --> 00:32:37,000 with hypocrisy. And by being hypocritical, 443 00:32:39,310 --> 00:32:43,990 basically hypocrisy simply means, okay, that what you do 444 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:48,920 not have you have to come up with Setra ballpoint output on 445 00:32:48,930 --> 00:32:54,520 confidence. Tama, any confidence gap, the 446 00:32:54,530 --> 00:32:57,530 actors. Kilka, come on. 447 00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:03,280 OK, the powerful, flexible, powerful. 448 00:33:03,290 --> 00:33:05,710 I can work under pressure, perfect my pressure. 449 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:10,450 Madiba that's how it is in the corporate world. 450 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:13,250 It is the same thing in the character of the people. 451 00:33:13,260 --> 00:33:17,890 And that is why when you think that a person tries to be 452 00:33:17,900 --> 00:33:22,050 converting of power without the maturity that accompanies with 453 00:33:22,060 --> 00:33:26,720 it, then that person is worldly. And that is worldly wisdom 454 00:33:27,570 --> 00:33:31,060 because they try to attempt to remove the spec in the eyes of 455 00:33:31,070 --> 00:33:33,920 the others while neglecting the log in their own eyes. 456 00:33:33,930 --> 00:33:38,270 And that is the folly of their efforts because at the end of 457 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:44,600 the day, there are there are there are foolish people in the 458 00:33:44,610 --> 00:33:52,200 church, foolish believers. OK, let me qualify maraming 459 00:33:52,350 --> 00:33:58,440 people, maraming types of fools in Scripture, Dinanath impeding 460 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,860 a categorised hat in one place because that would be wrong. 461 00:34:01,870 --> 00:34:03,580 So let us go through with the three. 462 00:34:03,630 --> 00:34:07,500 And the three are there is a fool that denies God, OK. 463 00:34:07,570 --> 00:34:10,840 And obviously, if there is a fool that denies God, either you 464 00:34:10,850 --> 00:34:13,239 deny it because you're unbeliever or you deny it 465 00:34:13,250 --> 00:34:16,770 because of your kind of lifestyle living pedion. 466 00:34:17,070 --> 00:34:20,900 You can be denying of God outright because you say ohh, 467 00:34:20,909 --> 00:34:23,320 well, I'm afraid I'm sure religion at least you're honest. 468 00:34:23,330 --> 00:34:25,440 You're an atheist. At least you go out of the world 469 00:34:25,449 --> 00:34:29,340 without any religion or the other one is ultimate hypocrisy 470 00:34:29,350 --> 00:34:34,300 in the religious accusing an eco religioso Tatekawa elder Tatakho 471 00:34:34,310 --> 00:34:36,480 pastor. They should I have an appearance 472 00:34:36,489 --> 00:34:38,960 pero deep in my heart. I think there is no good. 473 00:34:38,969 --> 00:34:42,620 So the fool that denies God that is what we are talking about. 474 00:34:42,630 --> 00:34:46,920 The second is the full and you Kanina painting unbeliever yon 475 00:34:47,010 --> 00:34:49,500 actually Una, the fool that denies God. 476 00:34:49,590 --> 00:34:53,920 The second one is a fool that is wise in his own eyes. 477 00:34:54,190 --> 00:34:56,420 And this is the warning for all of us. 478 00:34:56,550 --> 00:35:03,510 This is what we always say that always, always entraps 479 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:09,390 believers. And you will know this because 480 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:14,650 as you mature in as you mature in the faith, you will learn how 481 00:35:14,860 --> 00:35:18,470 immature thinking one way or the other happens. 482 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:24,170 A fool will not know that they are foolish. 483 00:35:24,240 --> 00:35:28,000 Instead, even though they're full, they think they're wise. 484 00:35:29,230 --> 00:35:33,950 And that's the irony of it all. They profess that they are wise, 485 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:36,790 but they are actually fooled because they don't know how 486 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,650 foolish they are in their actions and in their mindset. 487 00:35:40,260 --> 00:35:47,170 The fool who believes that they are wise tend to be they tend to 488 00:35:47,180 --> 00:35:52,030 be prideful because they refuse to listen to others and this 489 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:56,970 will lead to their downfall. So Chappaqua and Sang leader are 490 00:35:56,980 --> 00:36:01,150 insane person. Let's say anyone who is even a 491 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:06,460 member or congregant who cannot accept any council except but 492 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:11,530 what they think, uh, what they think is right, then that's a 493 00:36:11,540 --> 00:36:16,250 foolish person. Okay, Marina Mambo foolish to 494 00:36:16,260 --> 00:36:21,600 foolish I'm foolish foolish is foolish now yung kaibigan nya 495 00:36:21,610 --> 00:36:24,920 foolish Pasha. How come foolish because he only 496 00:36:24,930 --> 00:36:29,220 councils also by the strength of his knowledge and understanding 497 00:36:29,630 --> 00:36:33,180 the long foolish Poleon and both of them are foolish in their 498 00:36:33,250 --> 00:36:36,470 foolish who thinks that they are wise in their own eyes. 499 00:36:37,090 --> 00:36:42,960 Properly, a wise person on the flip side would be is a person 500 00:36:42,970 --> 00:36:47,970 who accepts in humility that they cannot for themselves 501 00:36:47,980 --> 00:36:52,910 generate any wisdom and always seek scripture and council 502 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:57,030 scripture to others actually don't differentiate. 503 00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:01,530 Congrad Leon council kapag ang lapit pussy inhindi opinion. 504 00:37:01,540 --> 00:37:11,180 Yeah, whatever XY is in a situation and so being Magasawa 505 00:37:11,790 --> 00:37:20,370 Nagaway. Ohh okay yeah so secret among 506 00:37:20,380 --> 00:37:28,490 the world's new so and then uncle and Balandra Sayo is Yum 507 00:37:28,500 --> 00:37:34,880 Bohai Nila at the end of that is that is foolish that is unwise 508 00:37:34,950 --> 00:37:39,280 that is not godly and godly counsel is comet problem Maka 509 00:37:39,690 --> 00:37:45,250 and Ipaliwanag Sayhi indeed indicated by bully Indian 510 00:37:45,260 --> 00:37:50,240 sinasabi James in the scripture scripture. 511 00:37:50,310 --> 00:37:56,270 And I think you're leading out from this and you may believe me 512 00:37:56,340 --> 00:38:00,770 in my life and they are perfect because Magkaibigan tie boyko. 513 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,730 But I know this is straight and this is true what God says is 514 00:38:03,740 --> 00:38:07,630 true and if you are leading out from this, I think it's wise for 515 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:10,990 you to come back. That is godly counsel. 516 00:38:11,620 --> 00:38:17,070 That is not foolish because it does not point to himself, but 517 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:21,510 points to the word of God as godly source of wisdom. 518 00:38:22,450 --> 00:38:25,080 The third one is a fool who mark sin. 519 00:38:25,570 --> 00:38:29,420 And this is again an unbeliever, a type of fool who treats since 520 00:38:29,430 --> 00:38:32,920 lightly, seen lightly, and does not even think of the 521 00:38:32,930 --> 00:38:37,460 consequences seriously because it all and even and even though 522 00:38:37,470 --> 00:38:39,480 it leads ultimately to its destruction. 523 00:38:39,490 --> 00:38:41,470 And I think that's self-explanatory. 524 00:38:41,790 --> 00:38:45,460 So the point is that the full cannot humble themselves before 525 00:38:45,510 --> 00:38:49,120 others because they are unable to discern their own folly. 526 00:38:49,130 --> 00:38:55,860 Emporium problema Biblical counselling is young approach 527 00:38:55,870 --> 00:39:01,480 notao if the approach is humble or in humility, or in pride. 528 00:39:02,540 --> 00:39:07,130 Actually, personally speaking kapag inhumanity napakasarap to 529 00:39:07,140 --> 00:39:13,480 Logan Peru kapaka prideful angara chili Peru Panama Goa 530 00:39:15,540 --> 00:39:20,650 open NASA thought processes get it there and somehow, one way or 531 00:39:20,660 --> 00:39:24,990 the other. Napigilan cat banana Kamale 532 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:34,210 shanam male ang dating Pasake make a salad makes it The trip 533 00:39:34,220 --> 00:39:38,550 did not help me so. So if that's the approach, then 534 00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:42,570 you know for a fact that that that that person is a fool and 535 00:39:42,660 --> 00:39:47,730 and Hindi pagod counselling and Kailangan guy dapat humility and 536 00:39:47,740 --> 00:39:50,350 work out why? Because they cannot accept 537 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:54,490 council because why they perceive stupid, they perceive 538 00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:58,250 themselves to be wise in their own eyes and the folly of it 539 00:39:58,260 --> 00:40:00,510 all. Eddie Bangladesh, Casa. 540 00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:07,020 And the Hulu and then how come they pay Pujan and they will get 541 00:40:07,290 --> 00:40:12,630 he gets he gets come back with my pride bar in itself. 542 00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:16,930 God appointed for you to fall is to work out humility in your 543 00:40:16,940 --> 00:40:19,550 life and yet while our marital humility. 544 00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:23,630 How come then that's a good question and that is because you 545 00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:27,730 think that you're wise even though the Nakasa Lagana and 546 00:40:27,740 --> 00:40:31,950 that's why meekness must come with wisdom. 547 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,970 The godly character that is the end of the day. 548 00:40:34,980 --> 00:40:38,040 It's not about whether or not you seen I. 549 00:40:38,050 --> 00:40:40,100 Am your pointing number privileged? 550 00:40:41,710 --> 00:40:46,130 Mugging member attack on pastoral Kaina Kasala kasala 551 00:40:46,140 --> 00:40:50,190 Rayo tamapa pero Nangyari man Nangyari man. 552 00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:55,470 It's a great privilege because I want to know if you have the 553 00:40:55,480 --> 00:41:00,200 spiritual capacity to humble yourself before God and that 554 00:41:00,210 --> 00:41:06,560 this character, because humility comes with wisdom and wisdom 555 00:41:06,610 --> 00:41:10,820 complements meekness. Meekness shows the ability to 556 00:41:10,830 --> 00:41:15,200 discern between godly and worldly living and then being 557 00:41:15,210 --> 00:41:19,520 able to know the difference and choose the godly path. 558 00:41:23,460 --> 00:41:30,270 Time 9. Nikita so but the second point 559 00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:34,810 the arrogance the man in contrast comparison contrast 560 00:41:34,820 --> 00:41:39,610 worldly wisdom, godly wisdom, godly wisdom meekness couple of 561 00:41:39,620 --> 00:41:42,920 worldly wisdom lagging flip long you arrogance. 562 00:41:42,930 --> 00:41:45,410 So let's try to understand what it means. 563 00:41:45,700 --> 00:41:50,010 The second point so why is worldly wisdom becomes arrogant 564 00:41:50,090 --> 00:41:53,560 back it arrogante young worldly wisdom backdating sinasabe 565 00:41:54,470 --> 00:41:56,930 humility and weakness. Then therefore you're arrogant 566 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,950 and therefore that wisdom is worthy. 567 00:41:59,960 --> 00:42:03,570 Why? Because any worldly wisdom will 568 00:42:03,580 --> 00:42:08,160 promise you the moon and the stars, but will never ever 569 00:42:08,170 --> 00:42:11,180 deliver them. It over promises, but it under 570 00:42:11,190 --> 00:42:15,240 delivers laggy ponga Anon, laggy poganun. 571 00:42:15,290 --> 00:42:18,060 It is consistent in the character of a hypocrite, 572 00:42:18,130 --> 00:42:23,150 Nakapag Pusha hypocrital. He will project a kind of godly 573 00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:25,650 character, Peter. At the end of the day, he it's 574 00:42:25,660 --> 00:42:29,740 all about promises. It's all about promises, but 575 00:42:29,790 --> 00:42:34,480 Kappa Kappa push comes to shove. Kapak Pusha in tire meets the 576 00:42:34,490 --> 00:42:40,360 road Walana not for food at my character because he under 577 00:42:40,370 --> 00:42:44,040 delivers. Chapter 4 verse one asks another 578 00:42:44,050 --> 00:42:48,440 question, but this time provides the answer to indicate the lack 579 00:42:48,450 --> 00:42:51,460 of discernment among the readers. 580 00:42:51,530 --> 00:42:55,440 And This is why it is It's been exhortative so far. 581 00:42:55,450 --> 00:43:00,340 It is encouraging also to know the congregation that James 582 00:43:00,350 --> 00:43:04,400 preaches to or preached to are also living arrogantly. 583 00:43:04,550 --> 00:43:08,200 We're also living immaturely, immature immaturely, and they 584 00:43:08,210 --> 00:43:11,200 are also struggling with the same scenes that we were all 585 00:43:11,210 --> 00:43:14,960 struggle even until now. OK, at this point, the occasion 586 00:43:14,970 --> 00:43:17,380 of writing the letter unravels. Why? 587 00:43:17,430 --> 00:43:21,860 Because Lalabas, this is an epistle at the core of the 588 00:43:21,870 --> 00:43:24,640 epistle. It's always about their is an 589 00:43:24,650 --> 00:43:29,800 occasion that arise a problem usually that the apostle or 590 00:43:29,810 --> 00:43:34,300 anyone who writes tend to address with the letter. 591 00:43:34,370 --> 00:43:36,250 That's actually how episodes work. 592 00:43:36,260 --> 00:43:40,670 So basically knock one another. Ohh even if it all they know 593 00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:42,830 even with the all the introduction from chapter 1 all 594 00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:46,870 the way to chapter 3 NASA 4 Natayo and then then James now 595 00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:51,090 gives us some glimpse. I'm problema maraming arrogante 596 00:43:51,100 --> 00:43:56,750 dito sa church NATO marami and immature because worldly and 597 00:43:56,760 --> 00:44:01,590 kanilang outlook. So that is why James pointed out 598 00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:04,630 the root cause of their division and the quarrel happening in the 599 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:08,770 community of believers. They are not mortifying their 600 00:44:08,780 --> 00:44:12,170 flesh. The terms that he uses here are 601 00:44:12,180 --> 00:44:15,540 the passions that are at war within you. 602 00:44:15,860 --> 00:44:19,590 John Owen was actually very, very clear in his exposition of 603 00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:23,490 this verse and diverse related to that would probably be top of 604 00:44:23,500 --> 00:44:29,450 my column as a romance pero and and general idea is if you are 605 00:44:29,460 --> 00:44:32,270 in a church community, therefore there will always be believers 606 00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:36,290 in it and the very reason why there are divisions in the 607 00:44:36,300 --> 00:44:38,170 church not because there are unbelievers. 608 00:44:38,180 --> 00:44:41,260 No, there are there are unbelievers, but there are 609 00:44:41,270 --> 00:44:44,670 believers there. However, the unbelievers are 610 00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:48,200 immature. The unbelievers are unworthy 611 00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:51,930 have unfortified sin. They are not progressing in 612 00:44:51,940 --> 00:44:56,370 holiness because they are not engaging the sin, the war that 613 00:44:56,380 --> 00:45:03,510 is within. Okay, an externality rampaging 614 00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:08,490 Pastor has always been a minister who exudes confidence, 615 00:45:08,720 --> 00:45:11,890 our leaders in their actions and very decisive. 616 00:45:11,950 --> 00:45:14,410 And you can learn that in the corporate world. 617 00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:18,450 And the very reason why I think the pastor leadership is 618 00:45:18,460 --> 00:45:22,020 compatible with how I lead my life is because I have corporate 619 00:45:22,030 --> 00:45:27,820 experience. However, Hindi Madali Uni he 620 00:45:27,830 --> 00:45:33,880 medallion and Pinaka Mahira Poyang war within at Marami 621 00:45:33,890 --> 00:45:43,300 Pokémon marami in Hindi call. It's always been a battle to 622 00:45:43,350 --> 00:45:49,190 understand my heart through the reflection from God's word, to 623 00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:53,370 submit to it and to make sure that I had a poo senior. 624 00:45:54,990 --> 00:46:01,390 And that's the battle say Merriam pomana tatayo nai Hindi 625 00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:06,370 yung ginagawa at Cappagh Indian Ginagawa meagre reflect pollensa 626 00:46:06,380 --> 00:46:11,170 congregation and pulpit and reflection and congregation 627 00:46:12,720 --> 00:46:16,560 decisiveness. Young pat on the bridge and you 628 00:46:16,570 --> 00:46:19,950 message Nappanee bridge Margaret reflect poorly on 2nd 629 00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,280 relegation. Will you think about? 630 00:46:22,350 --> 00:46:24,380 And that's the wisdom there. Young. 631 00:46:24,390 --> 00:46:29,560 Why no, we didn't preacher at your message that divisive at a 632 00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:35,040 young congregation. Tali tali puon kayapo shangani 633 00:46:35,170 --> 00:46:38,620 Kaya me quarrelling. Kaya meron divisiveness, Kaya 634 00:46:38,630 --> 00:46:41,800 meron arrogance. It's because one way or the 635 00:46:41,810 --> 00:46:44,600 other there are always inordinate. 636 00:46:44,650 --> 00:46:48,840 Sorry, undermining Sarkar socinus is inordinate. 637 00:46:49,070 --> 00:46:54,080 Ordinate case means young, natural or tama desires. 638 00:46:54,350 --> 00:46:56,740 We will always have ordinate desires. 639 00:46:56,750 --> 00:47:00,080 Keeling and problem not. And because of sin, the desire 640 00:47:00,090 --> 00:47:03,240 to sin is sin. And because we desire sin, every 641 00:47:03,250 --> 00:47:06,970 sin that we do comes from an inordinate desire. 642 00:47:07,030 --> 00:47:12,540 Indicia, ordinate, indeed natural, unnatural, inordinate. 643 00:47:12,630 --> 00:47:17,080 That is why when we have inordinate desires that will 644 00:47:17,090 --> 00:47:19,760 always keep pestering the visible Church. 645 00:47:19,830 --> 00:47:22,500 Why? Because immaturity abounds when 646 00:47:22,510 --> 00:47:28,600 Christians neglect the duty of sanctification, the primary duty 647 00:47:28,810 --> 00:47:35,450 of sanctification is for every individual member and leaders of 648 00:47:35,460 --> 00:47:40,280 the church to engage in pastoral communal work and 649 00:47:40,290 --> 00:47:46,060 sanctification. Communal Jyotishi to remind one 650 00:47:46,070 --> 00:47:51,220 another about it, but the work itself is individually 651 00:47:51,470 --> 00:47:56,140 personalized. Applied Hindi copo magagawa amma 652 00:47:56,150 --> 00:48:01,330 Asante Jaipur Rayo so report means some poor Filipino banana 653 00:48:01,890 --> 00:48:07,780 feeling that baban al din tayo minsan sinasabi pusara means a 654 00:48:07,790 --> 00:48:17,910 church most effective way. Now opening up actually my 655 00:48:19,830 --> 00:48:24,310 Ghana, Ghana Pointe magpie pre namanako pero ganun put your 656 00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:29,100 mindset and thinking nothing congoleum kasama natin by 657 00:48:29,110 --> 00:48:32,850 association again holy potyo. And sadly, indeed, that's not 658 00:48:32,860 --> 00:48:36,300 how it works. Sadly, that's not how it works. 659 00:48:37,170 --> 00:48:41,000 The godly duty for all leaders and pulpit ministers is to 660 00:48:41,010 --> 00:48:43,360 sanctify. That's their duty. 661 00:48:44,170 --> 00:48:48,640 But you have to simplify for yourselves, as provided for you 662 00:48:48,650 --> 00:48:50,520 by Christ, the Spirit and His Word. 663 00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:56,630 You have that duty for yourself. You must do it, or else you will 664 00:48:56,640 --> 00:49:00,170 reek havoc in the church. You will make the church 665 00:49:00,180 --> 00:49:06,420 divisive and you'll make the church thrilling or divisive, 666 00:49:06,490 --> 00:49:10,110 OK. Because first of focus is on the 667 00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:13,930 specific and mortified scene they commit and how they violate 668 00:49:13,940 --> 00:49:16,650 the moral law of God. When the law of God cases 669 00:49:16,660 --> 00:49:18,670 exposed and which is somehow one way or the other. 670 00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:22,560 That's one thing that is good in this church memory churches 671 00:49:22,570 --> 00:49:24,590 because in Hindi Nagar exposed the law of God. 672 00:49:24,600 --> 00:49:27,350 That's why the law of God remained something obscure 673 00:49:27,360 --> 00:49:29,270 something. And then I'm saved by grace. 674 00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:31,510 I don't need the law anymore. And that's antinomianism. 675 00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:35,430 Basically, it's a disease that's spread already in the 676 00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:38,070 evangelical world. But you have that. 677 00:49:38,140 --> 00:49:41,450 You have that here. But when the moral law is 678 00:49:41,460 --> 00:49:47,840 exposed, when the moral law is read for an unbeliever, nahi 679 00:49:47,850 --> 00:49:57,430 steer up your flesh nila at so reading of the gospel in the Law 680 00:49:58,930 --> 00:50:04,930 4 Yum personal and believer Tumitigas and personal believer 681 00:50:04,940 --> 00:50:10,670 Lou Malambot Senapati gas neto by their own device synonym neto 682 00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:22,720 and spirito Santo Jose so Makita Magad as a church and mortified 683 00:50:22,730 --> 00:50:26,500 flesh negative building polo and converted because they all see 684 00:50:26,510 --> 00:50:33,450 here that no no, no, no, no and button just not on demands and 685 00:50:33,460 --> 00:50:37,740 that's why you need the law and left unchecked you point 686 00:50:37,750 --> 00:50:41,220 problema. If it is left unchecked, the 687 00:50:41,230 --> 00:50:43,940 Karuna, internal dissatisfaction, pollen 688 00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:48,810 grumbling, Magreklamo magreklamo. 689 00:50:48,820 --> 00:50:58,120 Magreklamo, magreklamo hahna Kampe kampe kampe insula insula. 690 00:50:59,630 --> 00:51:03,130 And that's how it works. That's basically the elementary 691 00:51:03,140 --> 00:51:06,630 procedures on how this content happens in the church. 692 00:51:06,720 --> 00:51:11,250 And that's all because the the, the unbelievers are sowing 693 00:51:11,260 --> 00:51:14,360 discontent, seeds of discontent in the church. 694 00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:19,000 And that's why Varsity provided the remedy to the 695 00:51:19,010 --> 00:51:21,650 discontentment. The solution is prayer and 696 00:51:21,660 --> 00:51:24,630 Providence. And that is why you encourage 697 00:51:24,640 --> 00:51:27,080 sanctification in the lives of your congregants. 698 00:51:27,890 --> 00:51:31,400 We want them to understand that there is no grand solution to 699 00:51:31,410 --> 00:51:35,280 sanctification except that we bow our knees to God and ask for 700 00:51:35,290 --> 00:51:36,500 help. That's it. 701 00:51:36,750 --> 00:51:41,500 Prayer, no matter how weak it sounds. 702 00:51:41,510 --> 00:51:44,160 And that's the problem with weak and meek. 703 00:51:44,350 --> 00:51:49,960 You associate prayer as a passive action. 704 00:51:49,970 --> 00:51:54,180 But no, if you realise that prayer is the most active one 705 00:51:54,190 --> 00:51:58,280 that was given to us as a means of prayer in response to the 706 00:51:58,290 --> 00:52:00,420 word that we have heard as a response of faith and 707 00:52:00,430 --> 00:52:04,300 repentance. I think prayer is the only key 708 00:52:04,310 --> 00:52:11,350 solution for any discontented heart prayer and Providence. 709 00:52:11,360 --> 00:52:13,870 And this is the key to the discussion of wisdom. 710 00:52:14,100 --> 00:52:17,570 And we'll try to go through, and I think I went through with that 711 00:52:17,580 --> 00:52:21,010 most probably because I believe this manuscript, probably on my 712 00:52:21,020 --> 00:52:27,010 last preaching, I went through with this and I know it. 713 00:52:27,060 --> 00:52:31,950 Suffice for now to say that praying for our simplification 714 00:52:32,020 --> 00:52:35,170 is the point. So let me ask you, believers, 715 00:52:35,580 --> 00:52:41,600 brothers and sisters in Christ, beloved, did you even, have you 716 00:52:41,610 --> 00:52:45,280 even considered praying for your sanctification? 717 00:52:45,330 --> 00:52:47,280 You prayed for your need materially. 718 00:52:47,290 --> 00:52:50,940 You prayed for your future and the supply that God provides, 719 00:52:51,110 --> 00:52:54,820 but you have ever even considered to pray? 720 00:52:54,890 --> 00:52:57,460 Lord, I've always been impatient. 721 00:52:57,500 --> 00:53:03,440 Lord, I've always been lacking, lacking of wisdom. 722 00:53:04,010 --> 00:53:09,400 May I ask you, God, to grant me the privilege for me to 723 00:53:09,410 --> 00:53:12,860 understand more of myself so that I can serve others better? 724 00:53:12,930 --> 00:53:16,580 That is wisdom, that is prayer, and that is sanctification. 725 00:53:18,150 --> 00:53:21,760 As much as we want to pray for our material needs, the Lord's 726 00:53:21,770 --> 00:53:25,180 Prayer have undergirded that only. 727 00:53:25,230 --> 00:53:28,780 The only two aspects of our prayer would always be material 728 00:53:28,790 --> 00:53:32,400 and spiritual need. Forgive us of our sins as we 729 00:53:32,410 --> 00:53:34,740 forgive others. Lead us not into temptation, but 730 00:53:34,750 --> 00:53:38,600 deliver us from evil. Those are about spiritual needs 731 00:53:39,530 --> 00:53:43,410 and how are you praying for it? I'm not asking if you're praying 732 00:53:43,420 --> 00:53:45,340 for the spiritual needs of others. 733 00:53:45,890 --> 00:53:48,840 Are you asking for it in your prayer? 734 00:53:48,890 --> 00:53:53,080 Not in the collective sense as a public prayer, as even if we put 735 00:53:53,090 --> 00:53:57,300 it in a parang line in our prayer list of as congregants to 736 00:53:57,310 --> 00:54:01,060 ask for sanctification, that is not how that works. 737 00:54:01,310 --> 00:54:06,120 You must pray for it. And the wisdom is, if you are 738 00:54:06,130 --> 00:54:11,380 not, if you are not asking for it, then you're a fool. 739 00:54:11,650 --> 00:54:15,710 That's it. And if you are a fool, I know 740 00:54:15,720 --> 00:54:20,370 that you're living under the wisdom of this world, because 741 00:54:20,380 --> 00:54:23,430 I've already clearly said that the wisdom that comes from God 742 00:54:23,440 --> 00:54:26,770 comes from the Spirit. It will only come to the meek 743 00:54:26,820 --> 00:54:29,770 and to the humble, and it comes with prayer. 744 00:54:31,660 --> 00:54:35,370 We will discuss this about UH prayers list and worldliness in 745 00:54:35,380 --> 00:54:40,980 our next Thursday. The next day may come here and 746 00:54:40,990 --> 00:54:42,680 our next door say against worldliness. 747 00:54:42,690 --> 00:54:47,590 But it let me end with that. Let me end with a prayer asking 748 00:54:47,650 --> 00:54:52,220 for sanctification, asking for prayer for God to sanctify us in 749 00:54:52,230 --> 00:54:53,720 his spirit. Let's all borrow heads and let 750 00:54:53,730 --> 00:54:57,790 us pray. Are they really, Father, we 751 00:54:57,800 --> 00:55:02,910 understand ohh God, that great need of our time, that as we 752 00:55:02,920 --> 00:55:10,780 continue to understand the faith that we have embraced how we 753 00:55:10,790 --> 00:55:15,980 heard it means that it is also expected from us that we will be 754 00:55:15,990 --> 00:55:19,650 able to do it and learn. We will not be able to do it for 755 00:55:19,660 --> 00:55:23,720 ourselves without the guidance and the strength that comes by 756 00:55:23,730 --> 00:55:27,220 the Spirit. Pray all Lord, let me, each 757 00:55:27,230 --> 00:55:31,300 individual person who are here understands the word, the very 758 00:55:31,310 --> 00:55:34,610 word that James wrote by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, 759 00:55:34,830 --> 00:55:37,020 that the conduct of His word that will be able to reflect 760 00:55:37,030 --> 00:55:39,950 meekness in the wisdom. That in that meekness of God is 761 00:55:39,960 --> 00:55:43,920 a reflection of godly character that comes only from a divine 762 00:55:43,930 --> 00:55:46,520 source, which is Christ Himself. So we pray. 763 00:55:46,530 --> 00:55:51,670 Ohh God as you continue to mold each individual congregant and 764 00:55:51,680 --> 00:55:58,790 member hears of this word grant us ohh God the ability grant us 765 00:55:58,800 --> 00:56:03,800 ohh God the humility to Bower Bower needs to you that will be 766 00:56:03,810 --> 00:56:08,840 able to understand the mystery of this life that comes with 767 00:56:08,890 --> 00:56:14,040 sanctification that we will always ask for those things in 768 00:56:14,050 --> 00:56:16,860 our daily lives. So we pray ohh God for the 769 00:56:16,870 --> 00:56:20,020 entire week need of sanctification for each 770 00:56:20,030 --> 00:56:23,010 individual members. We pray ohh God that they'll be 771 00:56:23,020 --> 00:56:27,180 able to see the need to pray for it and ask for it, that in 772 00:56:27,190 --> 00:56:31,300 prayer they'll be able to experience for themselves the 773 00:56:31,570 --> 00:56:36,450 really eating posture that that is, that is that comes with the 774 00:56:36,460 --> 00:56:41,160 work of the Spirit in our lives. So we pray ohh God that made 775 00:56:41,170 --> 00:56:46,050 this words that that was preached to us will be lived out 776 00:56:46,120 --> 00:56:50,050 in our daily living for each individual hearers here in the 777 00:56:50,060 --> 00:56:52,390 name of your Son, by the power of your spirit.