1 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,200 Let's finish the message we started last week. 2 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:15,000 You know, we talked about the opposition, which was really 3 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:16,920 just the flesh battles against the spirit. 4 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:18,800 Today I want to take us into that. 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:20,840 We are disciplined to conquer, OK? 6 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,480 Because the nature we have of the Kingdom of God, we are 7 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:28,600 disciplined to conquer and God disciplines us so that we always 8 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,880 conquer in everything that we face while we're on the earth 9 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:36,840 'cause I know ultimately that when I'm present with Him, I am 10 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,600 part of something that will never cease to exist. 11 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,960 And again, you know, I, I make a conscious choice, especially 12 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:49,000 once the Kingdom, the, the, the idea or the reality, the 13 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,320 revelation that the Kingdom of God is ever present right now, 14 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:55,200 although it's not physically present, it is ever present. 15 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,160 And the reality is, is that I've always been eternal. 16 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,120 It was just the quality of my eternity that was at that was 17 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:08,800 the question, was I eternally dead or am I eternally alive? 18 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:12,480 But we're all eternal. And so when I moved over to 19 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:16,080 eternal life, was I allowing the eternal life to dominate me? 20 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:20,120 Or was I knowing that I have life eternal, but I'm still 21 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:25,560 living temporary, making all my decisions based upon a small 22 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,840 sliver of time, instead of recognizing the decisions I make 23 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:34,240 now, now actually carrying me into eternity, their eternal 24 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,760 decisions. And I can make decisions from an 25 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:41,800 eternal perspective of life, not from a temporary perspective. 26 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:48,760 Hallelujah. And so when you do that, then it 27 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:53,280 keeps your focus more so and there's things that you begin to 28 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,880 drown out in your ears because you're living for something 29 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,360 beyond. And I think for me, once I 30 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,160 realized that when I die, I'm not going to be in heaven 31 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:08,680 forever, that was a change. And then I realized, well, when 32 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,960 I leave this earth, it's not the last time I'll encounter sin. 33 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,360 Now, now, I'm not saying that I will be subject to sin or that I 34 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,000 will do sin. I'm saying I will be around 35 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:23,680 those who are in sin because the millennial reign, those there 36 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:28,000 will still be humans on the earth that are like we are, but 37 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,360 Christ will be on the planet as well and we will be with him. 38 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,280 Now, when I realized that, I thought, wow, there's a lot 39 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,120 going on still before we get into this concept that, you 40 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,720 know, was just a part of my psyche for, you know, most of my 41 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,520 young life and then a young adult life of that, you know, 42 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,160 the man, I'm gone. I'm up there forever and I'm 43 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:52,800 never seeing sin again. I'm never dealing with the 44 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,720 planet again. And yet that wasn't even in the 45 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,520 Bible. So when you realize that, then 46 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,960 you're like, OK, I need to live different now. 47 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,960 And my focus is not about this, this time frame that will come 48 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,920 once I die. My focus is today. 49 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:16,280 And how I Live Today does carry over into the next life, the 50 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,200 next dispensation. We can say, OK, although we'll 51 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,720 be eternal, have our glorified body, there's there be no risk 52 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:27,400 for us sinning, OK? However we do are going to be 53 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,120 around those that are. We're going to be righteous 54 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,680 judges helping our King Jesus during that millennial reign 55 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,160 before he releases the devil after that time and then 56 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,760 ultimately cast him the lake of fire and then everyone else that 57 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,840 never called on his name. And then we get the eternal new 58 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:43,640 heaven and new earth. And it'll be awesome. 59 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:48,440 All right, so let's kick back into First Peter Chapter 2, our 60 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,840 beginning text last week. I'm not going to do a big 61 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,560 summary at all. I want to just kind of move into 62 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:57,800 where we want to go tonight. But First Peter, 29 through 11 63 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:59,960 again said this, that we were a chosen. 64 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:02,720 We are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation of 65 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:06,280 people for God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the 66 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,560 excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his 67 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,320 marvelous light. OK. 68 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,160 For you weren't once, were not a people, but now you are the 69 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,839 people of God. You had not received mercy, but 70 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,160 now you have received mercy. Beloved, I urge you as aliens 71 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:26,880 and strangers to abstain from fleshly lust which wage war 72 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,720 against your soul. And when the Bible talks about 73 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:33,880 flesh, there's two ways that flesh are identified within 74 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:37,040 Scripture. One identification of flesh is 75 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,880 just your body. It's your skin suit. 76 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:44,600 It's what we call the body. It's what houses who we are with 77 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:46,800 our spirit and soul. It's our body. 78 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:50,040 So it'd be called the flesh. But then there's times when it 79 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,720 talks about being fleshly or another translation that says 80 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,240 carnal. Now when he talks about fleshly, 81 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,880 what there's what that is, is that's the old nature of sin. 82 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:03,160 And so when you're born of God, you're, you no longer are 83 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,040 subject to fleshly things anymore. 84 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,680 You can be tempted by fleshly things because you were an 85 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,920 expert in them at one time, right? 86 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,800 You enjoyed them and indulged in them, but they only, you know, 87 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,480 hurt you. And you came to that realization 88 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:24,920 the day Jesus let you know that this life that you're, you know, 89 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,880 trying to live to be right with him and all the guilt, shame, 90 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,200 and the different things that are associated with living by 91 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:35,560 the flesh that hurts you and hurts others, you want to be 92 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:37,480 delivered from. And he'll deliver you because 93 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,440 he's paid the price so you can come out of that. 94 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,560 And so that's, you know, as we talked about on Sunday, we threw 95 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:45,600 the garment down. And because we're not bringing 96 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:50,600 an old identity into a new Kingdom right now, so our spirit 97 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:55,280 man's made new, the fleshly things no longer dominates. 98 00:05:55,280 --> 00:05:59,440 Our body is still here, meaning our body is not glorified. 99 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:04,840 It's not eternal, OK? It will put on immortality at 100 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:09,680 some juncture, OK? The things of the flesh are the 101 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:13,800 things that are always trying to pull you out of the will of God. 102 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,080 So here he says we are to abstain from fleshly lust. 103 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:20,240 He's not saying we are to abstain from being inside our 104 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:26,120 body, He's saying we are to abstain from things that were of 105 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:31,000 our own nature because those things are waging war against 106 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,560 our soul. In essence, it's in your mind 107 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:40,000 area that the the battle is formed and it dictates which 108 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:44,560 direction you go. Now the spirit that's alive in 109 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,480 Christ and the Holy Ghost that lives in you, they are 110 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,880 conquering spirits. OK? 111 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:51,400 The Holy Spirit is the Conqueror. 112 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,920 I mean he's they never lost all power. 113 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,760 He's the greater 1 And then our Spirit's been made in the 114 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:00,520 likeness of Christ who's never lost. 115 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:05,240 He's always won and dominated the the things of the flesh. 116 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:09,760 He never let the things of the flesh take him, control him, or 117 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,520 yield to them. He was tempted on all accounts, 118 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:16,160 yet he never sinned because he would not go against the will of 119 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,200 of his Father. He allowed the things of the 120 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:24,480 Spirit to dominate his mind. He would not set his mind. 121 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:30,480 He would always combat things that try to in his mind go 122 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:34,240 against the will of God. Again, give you a great example 123 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:38,000 when Peter he was talking to Peter and his disciples in 124 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,120 Matthew chapter 16. Remember he said, who do people 125 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,040 say that I am? And they give him a list of 126 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:43,480 prophets. And then he said, but who do you 127 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,800 say that I am? Or who do people say that I am? 128 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,000 They give a list of prophets. He said, but who do you say that 129 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,720 I am? And he they say, well, you're 130 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:51,680 Peter says you're the Christ, you're the son of the living 131 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:52,960 God. He said flesh and blood is not 132 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:54,600 revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven. 133 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:57,400 And then at that point, because you have this revelation on the 134 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,800 Christ, I'm going to give you a little insight and that is I'm 135 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,720 going to die. But on the third day, I'm going 136 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,720 to be raised from the dead. Now Peter, because he was 137 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,160 emotional, right? He was of the flesh. 138 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:13,600 He was not born again. His nature was still cut off 139 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,960 from God, although he wanted to follow God and he was living 140 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,000 righteous according to what God was saying. 141 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,440 But you know, he had an attachment to Jesus. 142 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,200 So when Jesus said he's going to die, he doesn't listen anymore 143 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,640 and he's like, I will stop this from happening. 144 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:32,400 You know, you have me. Aren't you glad I'm your #1 fan 145 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:36,080 and your friend because they got to go through me. 146 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,600 And you know, Peter later on, you know, almost demonstrated 147 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:40,320 that, right? I'll cut this guy right here. 148 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,880 I'll, I'll cut his head off, chopped his ear. 149 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:47,920 But you know, nonetheless, you know, he's going to be the 150 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,320 defender. Now that sounds noble. 151 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:54,640 The problem is it's not noble when it goes against God's will, 152 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:57,160 the Father's will. That's why Jesus then pulls 153 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:59,920 Peter and rebukes him and he says, and he says get thee 154 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:05,600 behind me, Satan, because he knows that voice is trying to 155 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,040 get me emotionally attached to this group of people that I'm 156 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,720 traveling with that I deeply care for. 157 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:13,640 And I want to see their lives different. 158 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:15,520 In fact, the what the lives they're living now. 159 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:19,360 My father never intended this. And the only way they can get 160 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:23,840 back into the lifestyle and an existence that God always had 161 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:28,480 for all of humans is that I'm going to have to pay that price. 162 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,480 And he was wondering if there's another way to do it. 163 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:34,360 Let it happen. Which means if the Lord could 164 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:39,160 have said, son, I know what I said concerning disobedience, 165 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:40,880 let's just act like it didn't happen. 166 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:46,440 You know what? I'll just not hold it to my 167 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,080 word. I'll just say forget about it. 168 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:54,000 If he could have done that, he could have done that, but he 169 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:59,600 couldn't because he says death is the wage for sin and there's 170 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,520 only one payment. It's the purity of your blood. 171 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,880 There is no other way. I have to pay the price because 172 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:11,000 what I have said has to come to pass and the only way people can 173 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:15,720 get out of it is your blood. So Jesus said not my will, but 174 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:20,480 your will be done, right? So Jesus in his mind would cast 175 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:23,960 down these thoughts that would be contrary. 176 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:32,280 Now if Jesus had to cast them down, you're, you will have to 177 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,760 do this. So this is this is not for now. 178 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,800 You know, we've we've tried to I don't want to say that try to be 179 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:45,240 nice. You know, we have peeled one 180 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:50,240 super thin layer of onion skin, you know, so thin that you can 181 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:54,840 see through it and said, well, you know, ask Jesus into your 182 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:58,480 heart so that when you die, you go to heaven and that's all that 183 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:04,400 matters. So the minute we accept that 184 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:08,400 alone, because Jesus did die for your sin and and when you do 185 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,360 accept him, you will be born again. 186 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:13,080 If you were to die right, then you would go to heaven, no 187 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,000 problem. But that's not the sum total of 188 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,080 what of the existence God wanted you to have. 189 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:23,120 But when we only accept this extremely paper, not even paper 190 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:24,800 thin, it's thinner than paper people. 191 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:28,480 It's super thin. Truth and only. 192 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:35,800 And there's still a whole onion of truth to discover, then you 193 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:39,440 know we don't live at the level God intended us to live. 194 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:47,800 And so, you know, Jesus wants us to function on the planet and 195 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:51,400 not be moved by the things of the enemy because he conquered 196 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:52,760 it. He said, now I'll put my spirit 197 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:56,240 in you, your spirits like mine, and then I'm going to put the 198 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:59,760 Holy Spirit in you. And then if you'll yield to him. 199 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:07,640 Now they it, it bombarded me and I was without sin, but I beat 200 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:08,600 it. So guess what? 201 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,280 So can you, you can conquer this. 202 00:12:11,680 --> 00:12:17,720 It just requires you to discipline your mind and don't 203 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:21,680 let yourself go to emotions or, or you know, when I say 204 00:12:21,680 --> 00:12:26,800 emotions, I mean reaction to a situation because you know, our, 205 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:30,080 our there, there's plenty of things going around. 206 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:33,360 I mean, if you watch, if you are watching any reality TV right 207 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:40,680 now, Oh my gosh, you may not recognize that some of it's 208 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:44,720 trying to tweak your emotional response because I'm almost 209 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:48,880 like, this is crazy. I mean, the first thing I 210 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:51,920 recognize when I get a glimpse, I'm like, these people have no 211 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:58,920 self-control at all. But yet we're we're the world is 212 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:03,920 painting to the world. This is normal responses. 213 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:07,680 So when you respond differently, they think something's wrong 214 00:13:07,680 --> 00:13:10,000 with you. Well, there's nothing wrong with 215 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,960 you. You're actually living like God 216 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:17,320 and you're not given to these emotional whims because you're 217 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:21,360 responding based upon, you know, and, and, and we're talking even 218 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:23,640 justifiable. I, I mean, you may have been 219 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:27,520 wronged, but you don't respond to your emotions in the wrong. 220 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:31,840 You stop and say, wait a minute, I'm going to abstain from the 221 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,760 these, these things that wage war against my soul. 222 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:41,560 OK, so with that being said, let's move back over to real 223 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:45,440 quick Galatians 5. I'm just want to read 17 again 224 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:48,600 to remind you that the flesh and the spirit, they are against 225 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:49,920 each other. All right. 226 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:53,760 Remember it said this in verse 17 of the 5th chapter. 227 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,560 Galatians that are our flesh and our spirit, they are against 228 00:13:56,560 --> 00:13:57,680 each other. Let me read some of the other 229 00:13:57,680 --> 00:14:00,280 translations real quick. The amplified said the sinful 230 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,880 nature and its desire as opposed to the spirit and the desire of 231 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,120 the spirit opposed the sinful nature. 232 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:10,800 These two for these two, the sinful nature and the spirit are 233 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:13,760 in direct opposition to each other, continually in conflict 234 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:18,400 so that you as a believer do not always do whatever good things 235 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,480 you want to do, meaning you don't fall into the trap of it. 236 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:24,960 What seems right to you? Because the Bible says there's a 237 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:28,200 way that seems right to man, but in the end lies death. 238 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:33,280 There is a way that seems right in certain responses because 239 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:41,200 your, your, your emotional state when something occurs, it seems 240 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:46,720 right to respond that way. However, if you stop and say, 241 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:51,960 Lord, what do I do? Then you may find that it's a 242 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:55,840 totally different response, right? 243 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,000 And most of the time it is because again, if it's flesh, it 244 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,000 is a different response, period. It's a different response. 245 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:06,520 OK, again you can correct someone, but sometimes you 246 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:10,560 correct someone in in natural anger and not righteous anger 247 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:15,040 and you get a get over into an outburst of anger correction the 248 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,800 corrections right, but the way you correct is now wrong. 249 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:24,000 Whereas if you took a step back, you can still correct, but you 250 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:29,680 don't have that outburst of anger in it that now, even 251 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:35,800 though you're right, you're wrong, right? 252 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,560 And that's tough, especially when you're parenting, because 253 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:42,040 you can be right with your child, but wrong in how you're 254 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:45,440 doing it. And you have to own up to that. 255 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:47,360 You know, I've used this example before. 256 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:50,840 One time my oldest son, you know, did something in 257 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,280 disobedience and it really upset me. 258 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,600 And I responded in the flesh and he had this little bottle 259 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,960 collection of stuff and I took them all out of his room, threw 260 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:04,720 them away. And and then I had regret after 261 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:07,440 that. And I'm like, I shouldn't have 262 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,720 done that. So my correction was right. 263 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:12,880 My response in correcting was wrong. 264 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:15,960 And I had to go to him and say, forgive me, I should have never 265 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,440 done that. And I even told him, if you want 266 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:24,200 all that, but I'll find it at my own expense, You know, now, you 267 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,920 know, he was mature enough at that point that didn't matter. 268 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,200 And he was like, don't worry about it. 269 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:31,480 But you know, through the years I've come back and asked, I said 270 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:32,920 you don't have a problem with those bottles, do you? 271 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,120 Seriously. You know, cuz again, under my 272 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:38,600 roof. It's OK dad. 273 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:40,120 But you know, you couldn't maybe not. 274 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,800 It ain't OK now that you're grown man, in your own house 275 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,000 with your own children. You OK about them bottles? 276 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:53,920 Cuz if you're not, I'll run them down and make it right, OK? 277 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:58,800 Cuz it's it's not acceptable to be right in Word but be wrong in 278 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:03,680 demonstration. This is why he wages war against 279 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,160 your soul. And you have to be able to gain 280 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,520 access to that. You know, believers, you know, 281 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:12,640 fall into this. You know the world doesn't we do 282 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,359 because again, we know the right thing to do but it. 283 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,040 But when we know the right thing, if we don't do it in the 284 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:23,480 right attitude or with the right spirit, a right thing now 285 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:29,040 becomes wrong. More importantly, can become 286 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:33,480 damaging to the recipient if we don't come back and for and 287 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:35,920 repent and say our presentation was off. 288 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:39,240 OK, please forgive me. All right. 289 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:44,080 OK, so with that being said, let's go back to Ephesians 4. 290 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,080 This is the last verse we used last week. 291 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:51,320 Was this Ephesians 422 to 25 that in reference to your former 292 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:55,240 manner of life, you lay aside the old self which is being 293 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,320 corrupted in accordance with the lust of deceit? 294 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:02,400 And I'm going to be honest with you, these verses are not 295 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:06,800 happening a whole lot in our Christian world and what I'm 296 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:10,920 teaching is pretty elementary without application. 297 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:14,760 And I'm a back of that statement up here in a second. 298 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,960 You'll be like, you're right that in reference to your former 299 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,000 manner of life, you lay aside the old self which you being 300 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:24,080 corrupted in accordance with the lust of deceit, and that you be 301 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,240 renewed to the spirit of your mind and put on the new self 302 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,440 which is in the likeness of God, has been created in righteous 303 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:33,960 wholeness and truth. Social media has created a 304 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:40,480 platform by which people will say because they're not going to 305 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:50,480 say now they'll say, but they're not going to, and they'll say 306 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,320 because then someone else's say and someone else's say. 307 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:56,320 And then we get the mob saying, but they would never come up and 308 00:18:56,320 --> 00:19:01,880 say. And the thing they do is they're 309 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:07,600 not laying aside. Well, I'll just, I mean, again, 310 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:13,520 the Holy Spirit, if your brother is in sin, what does the 311 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:19,840 scripture say? Go to him in not on Instagram 312 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:24,560 message board and not even Iming them. 313 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:31,600 I mean if you care, go say to me be a man and woman of God and 314 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,560 show up face to face. Do this thing. 315 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:43,320 Don't hide behind something. Well, it's because again, we 316 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:47,160 want to be empowered. A flesh wants to make you feel 317 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:50,600 like you're empowered. When a person who's truly 318 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,840 correcting A believer don't feel like they're in power, they're 319 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:55,760 like trying to win their brother. 320 00:19:56,360 --> 00:19:58,720 And they're doing this with fear and trepidation because they 321 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,440 realize the rest of that scripture. 322 00:20:02,360 --> 00:20:04,880 Shall I read it to you? Shall I quote it? 323 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:08,880 Go to your brother in private, and if he repents, you've won 324 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:10,240 your brother. But if he doesn't? 325 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,520 Then you go with two or three more witnesses with the same 326 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:18,280 reason and heart and attitude for repentance. 327 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:23,920 If they do not take them before the church and if they still 328 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:29,560 don't repent, then it says treat them as if they're not even in 329 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:36,440 the house anymore, Which means the minute I go to my brother in 330 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,480 fear and trepidation because I know that I love this person. 331 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:43,120 And my gosh, I mean, I, I'm, I'm, I'm a little, you know, I, 332 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:47,280 it's this is not who they are, but I'm going to have to bring 333 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:50,800 this up now. And now this may hinder our 334 00:20:50,800 --> 00:21:00,320 relationship if they are not soft, but we don't even think 335 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:07,960 that when we're just using thumbs and all cat letters, 336 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:12,040 right? And then you get your bandwagon 337 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,680 people that don't even know half the people that you know, 338 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:17,800 someone's already jumped on something. 339 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,520 And then people make stuff up on top of that. 340 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,680 So, and then it gets spread around everywhere and then 341 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,000 everybody knows something that they don't even know. 342 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:31,560 That's not putting off the old self. 343 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:35,440 That's what the world does, right? 344 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,680 That's what the world does. Hallelujah. 345 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:41,440 Because even the world knows all these likes in these posts are 346 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,880 not the real people because they are posting fakeness about 347 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,760 themselves. They're not real, right? 348 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:49,640 And even when they act like they're real, they're not real. 349 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:56,320 OK, Hallelujah. So we need to put on the new 350 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:58,600 self, which means this is not the environment. 351 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,960 Listen, I don't care what technology is doing, the things 352 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,680 of Scripture are applicable in every process. 353 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,080 Now, Paul obviously had to do some correcting and letters 354 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,040 because he couldn't show up. But he's like, when I get there 355 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,600 and he was telling the pastors who were there, this is the 356 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,160 correction since you asked me, this is how you need to correct 357 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:18,040 it. So you go to them. 358 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:21,800 So he was telling them, you go face that, face them, and if 359 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:26,640 they have some kickback, tell them, I said this, right? 360 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,160 And those that were off, again, in the Corinthian letter, he 361 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:34,760 says, guys, I cannot believe what is being reported in the 362 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:39,280 church that I started with you, that you have a guy and they're 363 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:41,360 doing some stuff that the Gentiles don't even do. 364 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,800 And you're like hugging the guy and accepting it like it's no 365 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:46,560 big deal. This is horrible. 366 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:49,560 Now you need to confront this person. 367 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,680 If they're not going to repent of that, put them out. 368 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,560 They confronted and put them out. 369 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,720 However, in the second letter, that person who was put out, and 370 00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:04,080 again, you're not putting out a person. 371 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:07,280 Please understand this. No one is ever putting out a 372 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:08,800 person. No one wants to put out a 373 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,000 person. No one is ever put out if a 374 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:15,680 person repents, it's not my standard, it's God's. 375 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:19,080 I mean, I can't look at Elliot and say, Elliot, you know, I'm 376 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,960 going to accept anything you do at whatever you do in your whole 377 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,920 life just because you asked Jesus. 378 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,240 I mean, he knows the standard. He knows. 379 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:29,040 I know the standard. And we can hold each other 380 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:33,960 accountable to that standard. And, and, and if the standard 381 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,800 isn't being lived, then we know, right? 382 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,240 Do we know Trevor? Do we know? 383 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,960 We know and it's and now if you're not living it, you can 384 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,920 blame and say they did this to me, but you know that's not 385 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:49,880 true. You know, you're the one who 386 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,560 didn't yield to God. You're not even yielding to me 387 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:59,380 anyway. Hallelujah. 388 00:24:00,740 --> 00:24:04,260 So at the end of the day, when we get it right and this person 389 00:24:04,260 --> 00:24:09,580 got it right and the Lord's like, put them back in, which 390 00:24:09,580 --> 00:24:11,500 means you can't say, well, you were out, what are you doing 391 00:24:11,500 --> 00:24:12,740 back? Well, when they repent, 392 00:24:12,740 --> 00:24:17,040 everybody can be back and everybody wants to be back and 393 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,400 everybody wants to be back in fellowship because we just want 394 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:20,720 to have a relationship with the Lord. 395 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:24,080 Hallelujah. I mean, I don't decide it. 396 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:28,120 He does. And Paul wrote that by unction 397 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:31,520 of the Spirit, which tells us that was God's will. 398 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,560 And why did he do that? He wants them to repent. 399 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:37,640 He doesn't want them to stay in something that's going to 400 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:43,200 destroy their life at all because he never wants the 401 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:47,840 church to think this type of living is going to show up in 402 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:52,320 heaven. And you know, it's almost like 403 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:57,240 we've accepted this idea that the new self only occurs when we 404 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:03,080 go to heaven. The new self's now. 405 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:09,920 And you can put that on today. Hallelujah, again, I just want 406 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,480 to remind you, as one guest said to me when I met with them after 407 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:19,200 they had been to the church, he says you give a great invitation 408 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:25,000 for a person to live holy. So guilty as charged. 409 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:34,200 But if I remember correctly, Jesus said be holy as I'm holy. 410 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,760 So I'm only giving you an invitation to be like the one 411 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:43,440 you say is your Lord. And if he's your Lord, then 412 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,800 you're going to want to do that. And age is not a factor. 413 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,920 A young person should want to do this as much as an older person. 414 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:55,760 Everyone should just want to be holy as he is holy and in the 415 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,880 Spirit you are holy. He's already made you that way. 416 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,680 That's pretty amazing. So the other two parts can be 417 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,920 dominated. You have the power. 418 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:08,520 Say I have the power, right? You're not he man and masters of 419 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,440 the universe, but you do have the power of the Holy Ghost. 420 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,280 Hallelujah. Apparently that movie's coming 421 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:15,800 out all right. Colossians chapter 3. 422 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,480 Colossians chapter 3 verses one through 10 says this. 423 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,240 It says therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, have 424 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,760 you been raised up with Christ? Come on, have you been raised up 425 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,760 with Christ? Then he says keep seeking the 426 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:34,520 things above that implies don't. If you stop that is can be a 427 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:39,560 problem to your soul. Keep seeking things above where 428 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:41,960 Christ is seated at the right hand. 429 00:26:42,120 --> 00:26:44,880 Basically what he's saying. Let's read verse 2 and then I'll 430 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,000 explain. Set your mind on things above, 431 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,320 not on things that this earth. He's basically saying listen, if 432 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:54,080 you've been raised up with Christ, then anything going on, 433 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,440 seek there, keep your eyes there. 434 00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:01,160 Go to him, ask him how to do it. Ask Him what to do because He's 435 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,200 going to give you the answer by the Spirit. 436 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,440 Not by the flesh, but by the Spirit. 437 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,560 Because if you don't keep yourself there, then you'll 438 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:14,400 start making decisions again and you'll start listening to things 439 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,880 that wage war against your soul, and you'll end up making 440 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:19,520 decisions that are outside your nature. 441 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:24,000 Verse 3-4. You have died and your life is 442 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:30,800 hidden with Christ in God. Oh ma'am, when Christ, who is 443 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,640 our life is revealed, then you will be revealed with Him in 444 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,480 glory. Therefore, consider the members 445 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:40,480 of your earthly body as dead to immortality or immorality, 446 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:46,360 impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to 447 00:27:46,360 --> 00:27:48,840 idolatry. For it is because of these 448 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:52,480 things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of 449 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:55,360 disobedience. We're not sons of disobedience. 450 00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:57,520 We're not sons and daughters that are disobeyed. 451 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:02,520 That's not our life. Our life is to obey, to live by 452 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:04,760 faith, to walk and live by the spirit. 453 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:14,320 But now verse 7 in them you also once walked when you were living 454 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:19,320 in them, but now say, but now you also put them all aside. 455 00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:25,800 So who's putting them aside? You are That's that's the new 456 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,920 birth that is having the the Holy Spirit in you. 457 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:32,160 You put it aside. You can do this. 458 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:36,560 You have the power to put it aside. 459 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,840 You cannot say, man, I can't help myself. 460 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,320 That's not true. God has empowered you to put it 461 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:48,080 aside and he's talking to you to put it aside. 462 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:52,920 He'll say, what are you doing? Don't go there. 463 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:59,320 Quit saying that, quit thinking that right. 464 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:03,760 You have the power to put it aside. 465 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:09,200 So put aside all. Put all aside, anger, wrath, 466 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:13,680 malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. 467 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:18,080 Do not lie to one another, since you lay aside the old self with 468 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:22,480 its evil practices in verse 10 and put on the new self who is 469 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,440 being renewed in the true knowledge according to the image 470 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:28,840 of the one who created him. Now jump down to verse 12. 471 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:34,200 So as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on 472 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,560 a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and 473 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,160 patience, bearing with one another and forgiving each 474 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,800 other. Whoever has a complaint against 475 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:47,600 anyone, just as the Lord forgave you, so also you should. 476 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:52,360 So again, the Bible is very clear here that now that we're 477 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:57,400 born of God, the devil is not our number one problem. 478 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:00,280 It's the things that wage war against our soul. 479 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:04,120 But yet he's given us the ability to conquer that, to live 480 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,840 a holy life and to change our pattern. 481 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:09,600 All right, to change our pattern. 482 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:14,480 So again, depending on how you grew up, where you grew up and 483 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:19,200 what you've gone through, you know God is he is, he is the 484 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:27,240 master at releasing you now He does this through the renewing 485 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,800 of your mind. And so you know, you get born 486 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:34,240 again, but yet sometimes you'll still do some things that you 487 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,200 don't. You're not even conscious 488 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:41,960 currently that they can hinder the progress of God in your 489 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,880 life. But when he's ready to deal with 490 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:47,480 it, he's going to deal with it. And let me just say this, not 491 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:51,760 everyone is at the same place. So when God's like dissecting 492 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:58,160 you #1 and the microscopes on you, don't turn and put the 493 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:02,680 microscope on your friend and those around you and say God's 494 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:04,720 on you. Know what, you could use this 495 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,760 too. You're not God and got to do 496 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,360 them and their timing. And so you don't want to get 497 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:13,640 somebody get going towards something that God's not even 498 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:18,720 ready to move them towards. I would love to say we could all 499 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,720 do it at the same pace, but it's just not true. 500 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,680 I mean, just like right now in the natural, if we all jumped 501 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:28,040 outside and say, OK, we're going to run around the mall one lap, 502 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:33,600 if we left together, we we'd all finish together say wow, we are 503 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,800 all in the same shape. This is amazing. 504 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:40,760 No, some of you we would have to pick up on the golf cart. 505 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,240 Just be honest. Is that true? 506 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:46,400 You know, that's true. That's not to shame you. 507 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,800 That's just that's the truth. That's where we're at. 508 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:52,280 But at least you get somewhere right now. 509 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,680 You may say, no, I won't the whole thing, but some may be 510 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:59,240 like, I'm not walking it because it's too cold anyway, whatever 511 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:01,760 the case may be. But yet if you start to train 512 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:06,600 yourself well, then even though you may never attain to someone 513 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:10,440 else's, and I'm just talking naturally speaking in the spirit 514 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:18,560 though, we can all arrive to a same place in Christ and being 515 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:22,480 able to control the flesh, we all can arrive to that. 516 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:26,600 But it does take discipline all right, It takes discipline. 517 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:30,920 So look at First Thessalonians 58 couple more passages and 518 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:32,880 we'll be done. First Thessalonians 58, you get 519 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:37,200 anything out of this again, I have no problem for some of you 520 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,520 saying some things you've already heard because it bears 521 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:40,880 repeating. Faith comes by hearing and 522 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:43,400 hearing from the word of God. And sometimes you know you've 523 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:44,480 heard something, you haven't heard it. 524 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,440 So while you in a while and you think you're actually doing well 525 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,680 at it, only to find out what you start preaching on your like, 526 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:51,680 you know what, I've not been doing as well as I could have. 527 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:54,520 I need to work on that again. I need to do some things. 528 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:56,560 On the other hand, some people, people are like, wow, I didn't 529 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,840 realize I had that much power. I just thought, you know, I'm a 530 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:01,960 Sinner saved by grace. You know, we're all just going 531 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:05,200 to be doing stuff we shouldn't be doing because some people 532 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,640 believe that. And again, they've just been 533 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:10,760 taught that you're right with God. 534 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:11,840 You're going to go to heaven when you die. 535 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:14,520 I mean, you didn't do anything to make it right. 536 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,040 So don't, don't be concerned when you make mistakes. 537 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,680 And but the Lord's like, yeah, but I'm here to help you to make 538 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,400 less mistakes. I've empowered you. 539 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,040 You're not having to be subject to that anymore. 540 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:33,480 All right, You know what I think some people do is because 541 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:36,960 there's such an encounter with God when you were full of sin, 542 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:38,720 right? While we were dead in our 543 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:40,920 trespasses and sin, Christ died for us. 544 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:48,040 And then we come to him only in that state and we we experience 545 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:52,240 his forgiveness. That is just, it's mind blowing. 546 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,680 And obviously then we associate that with his love and it is and 547 00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:00,040 it's just like, wow, what? And we have this tangible 548 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,920 experience and, and touch from God. 549 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:08,320 I mean, and we've never had that before and guilt's gone, shame's 550 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:09,920 gone. I mean, this whole release, it's 551 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:14,679 like, this is so amazing. But what we don't realize, 552 00:34:14,679 --> 00:34:18,719 especially if we're not taught, is that then we like a drug. 553 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:22,880 You start chasing that again. Well, the only way you had that 554 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:27,800 is because you were in sin. And then you it's like, man, I 555 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:31,040 I'm wrong. And you repent and then here 556 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:34,560 comes his forgiveness. And so all of a sudden we start 557 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:41,040 developing this relationship with God in Christ, how we first 558 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:44,199 encountered him. But the Lord's like, but my 559 00:34:44,199 --> 00:34:48,639 relationship was not stuck to a first encounter. 560 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:52,280 You know how you felt when I first delivered you. 561 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:56,360 There's even a better feeling if you'll just walk in me. 562 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:02,040 But if you're not taught that, then you know, sinning is almost 563 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:07,640 a desirable because it's kind of like the married couple. 564 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:10,840 We argue just to make up because the makeups are so amazing. 565 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,480 Well, after a while, one day somebody's going to be I'm done 566 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:19,840 fighting and there is no more makeups, right? 567 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,440 Well, you understand, you'll give up before God because 568 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,720 you'll be so tired of doing it wrong so much. 569 00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:27,360 You're like, well, I can't ever get it right anyway. 570 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:30,440 I might as well just stay over here now, right? 571 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,400 And God never wanted you back in that state anyway. 572 00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:35,840 He wanted to pull you out, right? 573 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:39,480 And that's in a lot of things that sometimes people experience 574 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,040 God for the first time, they try to go back and repeat something 575 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,760 when God is like, hey, that was an experience, but let's go on. 576 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,440 And there's more to experience with God, OK? 577 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,840 Just like God falling under the power, you know, I just want to 578 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:53,400 fall under the power again. What's the purpose? 579 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:57,600 There's a purpose for God's presence, power, something. 580 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:00,600 And that's what he's trying to teach us, right? 581 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:06,000 Not the goosebumps or falling under the power or shaking 582 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,000 uncontrollably because I don't know how to. 583 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,520 All of those are manifestations that God can do. 584 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:14,120 There's no problem, but I don't seek any one of them, I just 585 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:17,160 seek Him and whatever comes, comes. 586 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:19,960 And then there's new experiences that I didn't even have before 587 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:22,840 because I'm progressively grown with God. 588 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:23,840 Y'all understand what I'm saying? 589 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:29,000 OK, First Thessalonians 58 says, But since we are of the day, let 590 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:33,760 us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love 591 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,000 and as a helmet the hope of salvation. 592 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,760 So again we're putting on. There's these things that we 593 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:40,520 live in the day. We are to be sober. 594 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,920 How are you know you're living sober and you're not intoxicated 595 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:45,800 is because you're putting these things on. 596 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:49,000 If you're not putting these things on which staying in the 597 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,960 word praying in the spirit right, reminding yourself I'm 598 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,640 saved from that. I've been delivered from that. 599 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:58,040 I've been redeemed from that that life is not my life 600 00:36:58,040 --> 00:36:59,760 anymore. It is dead to me. 601 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:04,480 OK, You put those things on on a daily basis. 602 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:07,600 And when you do that, it keeps you sober. 603 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:10,680 You're in sobriety in the spirit, because if you don't, 604 00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:13,920 you will get intoxicated in the things of the flesh. 605 00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:17,320 And even though you're saved, you'll find yourself, you know, 606 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:22,240 under the influence. And then you'll be in a 607 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:26,400 conversation and you'll start responding fleshly instead of by 608 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:32,160 the Spirit because it's it's easier to release while you're 609 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:35,720 under the influence and he wants you to maintain sobriety. 610 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,040 So here's the last passage. Let's look at this in Hebrews 611 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,400 chapter 12 and we'll close Hebrews chapter 12, verses 3 612 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:43,080 through 11. So there's a little package 613 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:47,200 here. But again, we are we if if we 614 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,520 know that the Spirit in the flesh battle daily. 615 00:37:49,720 --> 00:37:52,320 And they do because the Scripture tells us, although we 616 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:55,440 are of the Spirit, Hallelujah, we're of the spirit. 617 00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:57,320 Glory to God, we're of the Spirit. 618 00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:02,520 OK, So we're of the Spirit, and because we are of the Spirit, we 619 00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:06,280 conquer the flesh. All right, We conquer it in 620 00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:10,800 order to do that, though it comes based upon this passive 621 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:12,200 Scripture. Let's look at this, He said, For 622 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:15,880 consider him who has endured such hostility by sinners 623 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:18,880 against himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose 624 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:20,800 heart. Remember, Jesus suffered in the 625 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:22,840 flesh. Now that was his body, but again 626 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,600 he came to the earth, emptied himself of his glory, and now he 627 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:31,040 puts on a man's suit and he's tempted like man to obey God. 628 00:38:31,720 --> 00:38:35,760 He never does Hallelujah, tempted on all accounts, never 629 00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,680 does. And man, he was railed against. 630 00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:41,960 Not only did he come against him personally, but others came 631 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:45,360 against him personally. The devil himself came against 632 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:47,800 him personally. I mean, he endured a lot of 633 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:51,560 hostility, all right. And he says if he endured it and 634 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:53,920 won and we have now his Spirit, He's telling us, don't grow 635 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:57,000 weary because then he goes on and says now, but yet you've not 636 00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,240 resisted to the point of shedding blood and striving 637 00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:04,440 against sin. Jesus shed blood and striving 638 00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:08,640 against sin because the man who knew no sin became our sin. 639 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:12,080 And now his blood has made us as white as snow. 640 00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:15,880 Glory to God. So we've not strive to the point 641 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:19,320 that we're having to lay down our lives to pay for somebody 642 00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:22,800 else's sin. People, we're not doing that. 643 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:25,120 So we do not need to grow weary. He goes. 644 00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:30,080 And have you forgotten the exhortation which is addressed 645 00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:34,040 to you as sons? My son, do not regard lightly 646 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:38,440 the discipline of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by 647 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,960 Him for those whom the Lord loves. 648 00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:45,280 He what does he do? He disciplines and He scourges 649 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:49,360 every son whom he receives. It says it is for discipline 650 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:54,080 that you endure. God deals with you as with sons. 651 00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:57,560 For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 652 00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:01,800 But if you are without discipline, of which all have 653 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,520 become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not 654 00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,440 sons. So again, if you're born again 655 00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:08,880 and you're like, don't correct me, don't tell me I'm wrong, 656 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:12,320 don't, then you're basically saying I really don't want to be 657 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:15,920 a son of God because again, your spirit man has been made 658 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:18,480 righteous. It your spirit man. 659 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:21,960 Is alive to God. It cannot be any better. 660 00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:25,920 Your mind, on the other hand, is being renewed and in order for 661 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:29,040 it to be renewed, God has to discipline you. 662 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:32,440 Really this is an this is how God disciplines. 663 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:34,440 The first thing is through instruction. 664 00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:39,040 He's going to say by his spirit, hey, we don't do that. 665 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:41,320 Let me show you a new way to do this. 666 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,880 That's instruction. He's now discipline yourself. 667 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:48,040 Hold on, don't respond that way. Take this fruit. 668 00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:50,440 Here it is. I'm handing it to you from the 669 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:53,720 spirit, little self-control. Bite on that in your mouth. 670 00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:58,080 Chew on this a minute. OK, here, take the patients 1-2. 671 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:00,400 All right, fine. Take the long-suffering 1-2. 672 00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:02,360 Eat all three of them real quick for me. 673 00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:06,640 I need you to hold tight before you start spouting off. 674 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:11,920 And what's this doing? He's trying to teach us to have 675 00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:17,680 discipline because if we will discipline ourselves to say 676 00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:24,160 what's he saying, then we're going to have a right response. 677 00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:29,440 They around us may not have the right response and may not 678 00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,400 respond right after our right response. 679 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,800 That's irrelevant. We are only responsible for our 680 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:39,560 response. OK, So it goes on to say, 681 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,680 furthermore, we have had earthly fathers discipline us. 682 00:41:42,720 --> 00:41:45,280 Obviously some have not, so they don't understand this. 683 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:48,160 We respected them. We obviously are living in a 684 00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:50,200 different day and age that that's not the case. 685 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:54,520 But if they had, it would have been a natural example of 686 00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:57,280 something that the father does. And the father is not a man that 687 00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:00,040 he should lie. He could never be a bad father. 688 00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:04,880 He's never been a bad father. So you can never look at your 689 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:08,440 natural father, especially if they were a bad father or an 690 00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:12,200 absent father, that that's what the that Father God is Father 691 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:15,360 God is not that and he never will be that. 692 00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:18,080 He never can be that it's against his nature. 693 00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:21,280 He will not do that. OK, So he goes on. 694 00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:25,640 We respected them. So there's a respect when 695 00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:33,800 someone disciplines because that shows how much he cares about 696 00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:37,440 you. He goes on, Shall we not much 697 00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:40,520 rather be subject to the Father's spirits and live, for 698 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:43,200 they disciplined us for a short time as it seems best for them, 699 00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:44,880 but He disciplines us for our what? 700 00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:49,840 For our good, right for our good, so that we may share in 701 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:52,000 His. There it is again. 702 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:57,640 What's that word holiness of which God expects all of us to 703 00:42:57,640 --> 00:43:02,640 arrive to in our full behavior, not just our Well, my spirits, 704 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:05,840 holy can't be any more holy. You're right. 705 00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:10,320 Then why are you not letting it dominate your mind and your 706 00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:13,680 body? Because if you're really 707 00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,800 spiritually mature, then you would get the other two areas 708 00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:20,240 together of which you are responsible to do. 709 00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:24,840 God is not doing that for you. You put on the new man. 710 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:29,280 You put aside the old self. You take captive your thoughts. 711 00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:34,080 Hallelujah. Because God's not bringing to 712 00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:37,920 heaven robots. He's bringing people who freely 713 00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:42,560 know how to exercise being yielded to the Spirit of God. 714 00:43:43,240 --> 00:43:48,240 All discipline for a moment seems to not be never does 715 00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,760 right. It never does. 716 00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:56,960 However, it feels sorrowful, yet those who have been trained by 717 00:43:56,960 --> 00:44:02,480 it afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. 718 00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:07,960 And the Bible tells us that in these last days that and when it 719 00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:12,200 comes to good and evil, you, you cannot even discern it unless 720 00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:13,800 you've been trained in righteousness. 721 00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:17,800 So you've been made righteous, but that doesn't mean you've 722 00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:22,840 been trained in it. This is really important because 723 00:44:22,840 --> 00:44:26,920 again, God places in you with the seed of his word and with 724 00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:30,720 the Spirit that's been recreating and, and in Christ 725 00:44:31,240 --> 00:44:34,200 all things pertaining to life and godliness. 726 00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:39,880 We have to cultivate it through yielding and letting it grow and 727 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:44,840 being trained by it. Being trained by it is, I don't 728 00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:48,960 feel like it, but I'm going to. Anyone who's ever done athletics 729 00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:51,880 knows this. You know, you push yourself a 730 00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:56,280 little bit harder mentally. You do not want to do it, but 731 00:44:56,280 --> 00:45:03,360 you do it because you want to get better, right? 732 00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:05,560 And you're like, we'll do another one. 733 00:45:05,720 --> 00:45:08,120 And sometimes you can't even do it. 734 00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:11,160 And it's the one spotting you says do another one. 735 00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:14,480 And you're like, I can't. And they're like, I know, but do 736 00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:17,400 what you can do. And I'm going to do the rest 737 00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:21,520 because that little bit is taking you over to the next. 738 00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:25,320 And so here they go. If it was the bench press, you 739 00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:29,160 know, and you feel like wet noodles doing nothing. 740 00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:31,160 And you're like, you're doing the whole thing. 741 00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:34,600 Well, you're not. You're doing at least a pound of 742 00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:38,840 this 315 LB bench right now, but you're doing something. 743 00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:46,080 And that something is ultimately making you stronger because 744 00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:49,520 you've pushed yourself to this point of growth. 745 00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:52,720 And God's doing the same thing. He'll say you can do this. 746 00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:55,200 I can't handle this, what these people are doing right now. 747 00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:58,720 I can't handle this situation. I the Lord's like in your 748 00:45:58,720 --> 00:46:03,760 weakness, So get that mental picture. 749 00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:06,440 You've just done 10 reps of bench. 750 00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:09,680 He says do one more. You know you're not going to get 751 00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:13,160 it up, but in your weakness, he makes you strong. 752 00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:15,240 You'll get it to the top every time because he's not going to 753 00:46:15,240 --> 00:46:17,720 leave it on your chest. He's not going to do it. 754 00:46:17,720 --> 00:46:21,680 And when those moments are coming along, you're like, man, 755 00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:24,400 come on. He's like, I got you. 756 00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:27,600 I got your spot. You're going to, you stay with 757 00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:31,440 me. You're going to be way better at 758 00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:34,440 the end of this deal because this will not be forever. 759 00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:39,240 It's a passing moment and you're going to be trained by it and 760 00:46:39,240 --> 00:46:41,920 you're going to be better. And these are the believers 761 00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:44,760 God's God's looking to in the end. 762 00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:52,520 So I would be remiss to not train you to be the ones who can 763 00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:58,480 walk in holiness and truth so that you can combat the ones or 764 00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:02,000 not be a part of the ones that are going to fall away. 765 00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:08,040 But it creates A discipline. This is why we read the Bible 766 00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:10,680 every year. This is why we say come to 767 00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:12,760 prayer. This is why just coming to 768 00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:24,440 church, just coming to church, it it it means something every 769 00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:25,680 day. Let me I'll close with this 770 00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:30,360 thought every day I I exercise. What do I mean? 771 00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:33,680 I get up. I mean when I'm in the bed like 772 00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:39,880 this, all right, and I do this. I just did 1/2 squat. 773 00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:46,200 Now I'm walking and I'm working out my legs. 774 00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:53,120 I am exercising. But if I only did that, I would 775 00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:59,600 not actually grow in strength. It is exercise, but it doesn't 776 00:48:00,240 --> 00:48:06,440 build so that I could do more. So you can be a believer and 777 00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:11,400 hang out at the house and every once in a while, you know, flip 778 00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:15,640 a page and read a scripture, read a little 15, you know, 779 00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:19,360 minute devotion. Sure, you can say, oh Lord, it's 780 00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:23,760 so good to be alive today. Sure, you could exercise your 781 00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:28,000 faith, but that's nothing like coming to the gym because the 782 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,680 gym, you got to show up. And there's times I've gone to 783 00:48:30,680 --> 00:48:33,960 the gym and I would say they would say, how was your workout? 784 00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:37,200 I said, well, it was a discipline day because after the 785 00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:40,040 first set, I was ready to leave the building. 786 00:48:41,720 --> 00:48:44,720 I wasn't feeling it. Come on, any workout, people 787 00:48:44,720 --> 00:48:46,640 know what I'm I wasn't feeling it. 788 00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:49,680 I didn't want to be here. But I've done. 789 00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:52,960 I might as well participate now that I've taken the time to 790 00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:55,280 show. But but that's half the battle 791 00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:59,640 is getting in the building because, you know, for those 792 00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:05,000 who've worked out, you skip a day, you skip another day, then 793 00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:09,520 it's a week, then it's a month. And then you find yourself six 794 00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:11,400 years later, you're like, jeez, when's the last time I've been 795 00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:14,840 to the gym? Then you get back to the gym 796 00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:17,640 after six months and what's the first thing you do when you walk 797 00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:19,880 out? This stunk. 798 00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:28,720 Oh, I've lost so much. Yet you've been exercising every 799 00:49:28,720 --> 00:49:31,880 day. Just get out of the bed, do 800 00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:34,560 squats every time you have to use the bathroom a certain way. 801 00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:39,160 I mean, there's exercise, but you know, it's not the same. 802 00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:42,680 You know it's not the same, right? 803 00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:46,840 It's not the same. So you should not let your gym 804 00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:51,320 work out in the church. Go to the wayside and you need 805 00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:53,320 to look at people say I didn't see at the gym today. 806 00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:55,560 They'll look at you like what? You weren't at church. 807 00:49:56,480 --> 00:49:59,200 You need to come to the gym because it's a better workout 808 00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:02,840 and we come together. It makes us stronger because 809 00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:05,400 again, well, I didn't feel it. You know what, I'll help you. 810 00:50:06,120 --> 00:50:10,200 Call me 'cause I'll help you do your reps I'll pick you up, I'll 811 00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:12,760 put you in your little seat, I'll carry you to your seat, 812 00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:16,280 right? Just try to take people's 813 00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:17,440 excuses away, right?