0:00:00.952,0:00:06.888 Let's open up our Bibles to Luke 6:46. 0:00:06.888,0:00:10.806 One thing we know [br]for certain on this night 0:00:10.806,0:00:12.916 when America holds its breath 0:00:12.916,0:00:18.730 about who's going to [br]be its next president, 0:00:18.730,0:00:21.023 there is One who is Lord, 0:00:21.023,0:00:25.316 and He's taken a seat on the throne 0:00:25.316,0:00:28.992 of His father David, 0:00:28.992,0:00:31.685 and He is going to rule over Jacob 0:00:31.685,0:00:37.195 and He is going to reign [br]forever and forever. 0:00:37.195,0:00:38.914 And they call Him, "Lord." 0:00:38.914,0:00:42.313 Lord of lords. 0:00:42.313,0:00:49.058 Luke 6:46 0:00:49.058,0:00:51.558 Probably most of you are [br]familiar with this verse. 0:00:51.558,0:00:55.562 But let's think about it. 0:00:55.562,0:00:59.864 "Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' 0:00:59.864,0:01:07.350 and not do what I tell you?" 0:01:07.350,0:01:14.316 Now, is that obvious to everybody - 0:01:14.316,0:01:16.594 what's going on in this verse? 0:01:16.594,0:01:19.021 Why do you call Me, "Lord, Lord," - 0:01:19.021,0:01:20.271 well, that's interesting. 0:01:20.271,0:01:23.934 "Lord, Lord," - we don't talk like that. 0:01:23.934,0:01:26.894 We don't say, "Kevin, Kevin." 0:01:26.894,0:01:29.037 Or "Glenn, Glenn." 0:01:29.037,0:01:31.479 "Lord, Lord." 0:01:31.479,0:01:38.121 Why do you call Me, "Lord, Lord?" 0:01:38.121,0:01:42.436 Anybody have any insights into 0:01:42.436,0:01:45.997 that kind of addressing of people? 0:01:45.997,0:01:47.896 That kind of usage? 0:01:47.896,0:01:51.483 Obviously, the original [br]here would be in Greek. 0:01:51.483,0:01:54.509 Obviously, Jesus is growing up 0:01:54.509,0:02:00.151 in a Hebrew context which was very much 0:02:00.151,0:02:04.617 influenced by Rome. 0:02:04.617,0:02:14.671 But 2,000 years ago in the Near East, 0:02:14.671,0:02:18.517 what's the significance [br]to talking like this? 0:02:18.517,0:02:21.675 "Lord, Lord." 0:02:21.675,0:02:27.845 What does He mean? 0:02:27.845,0:02:32.576 Emphatic. You do have[br]that idea of repetition. 0:02:32.576,0:02:36.856 And by the way, can you [br]think of any place else 0:02:36.856,0:02:40.833 where you get a double repetition? 0:02:40.833,0:02:42.728 You can probably think of other places 0:02:42.728,0:02:45.819 where we even get that same repetition, 0:02:45.819,0:02:47.818 "Lord, Lord." 0:02:47.818,0:02:51.440 Where's another common [br]place that shows up? 0:02:51.440,0:02:53.142 Matthew 7. 0:02:53.142,0:02:54.824 Can you think of anywhere else 0:02:54.824,0:02:56.687 where somebody is being addressed 0:02:56.687,0:03:00.755 and their name is said twice? 0:03:00.755,0:03:07.046 Martha, Martha. 0:03:07.046,0:03:09.163 Now, do we talk like that? 0:03:09.163,0:03:11.860 Is that the same? 0:03:11.860,0:03:14.141 Do you get the sense that's the same? 0:03:14.141,0:03:16.087 If somebody says, "Lord, Lord;" 0:03:16.087,0:03:18.404 if somebody says, "Martha, Martha," 0:03:18.404,0:03:20.947 do you get the sense that it's implying 0:03:20.947,0:03:27.639 the same kind of stress? 0:03:27.639,0:03:30.745 Like, I could imagine [br]myself saying to my wife, 0:03:30.745,0:03:33.380 "Ruby, Ruby..." 0:03:33.380,0:03:38.432 See, I say we don't [br]address Kevin: "Kevin, Kevin." 0:03:38.432,0:03:43.408 But, in the right nuance of language, 0:03:43.408,0:03:47.762 saying it with a little [br]bit different inflection; 0:03:47.762,0:03:52.320 saying it with different emphasis, 0:03:52.320,0:03:54.884 depending on the context, 0:03:54.884,0:03:57.336 if Kevin said something and it seemed like 0:03:57.336,0:04:05.116 Kevin was speaking in a naive fashion 0:04:05.116,0:04:06.914 or he was speaking in a way where 0:04:06.914,0:04:09.270 he should really know, 0:04:09.270,0:04:12.657 and he's coming across maybe[br]as though he doesn't know, 0:04:12.657,0:04:15.474 if you said, "Kevin, Kevin..." 0:04:15.474,0:04:18.236 Now see, that we can understand. 0:04:18.236,0:04:21.105 That would not be foreign. 0:04:21.105,0:04:24.976 But what do you think here? 0:04:24.976,0:04:31.249 "Martha, Martha." 0:04:31.249,0:04:34.853 Familiarity? 0:04:34.853,0:04:39.401 Yeah, it does seem that way. 0:04:39.401,0:04:42.861 Put it in the context [br]of the text that it's in. 0:04:42.861,0:04:45.341 "Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' 0:04:45.341,0:04:48.888 and not do the things I say?" 0:04:48.888,0:04:51.011 I mean, you have to put it together 0:04:51.011,0:04:52.718 with not doing the things I say. 0:04:52.718,0:04:55.302 In other words, He's stressing 0:04:55.302,0:04:57.126 that you speak in a certain way, 0:04:57.126,0:04:59.739 but your actions don't reflect 0:04:59.739,0:05:02.718 what your lips say. 0:05:02.718,0:05:05.511 Or you think about the other [br]places where it's used. 0:05:05.511,0:05:10.854 Where else does the[br]"Lord, Lord," come at us? 0:05:10.854,0:05:12.308 We heard Matthew 7. 0:05:12.308,0:05:14.910 How's it used? 0:05:14.910,0:05:18.316 "Not everyone who says to Me, 0:05:18.316,0:05:19.712 'Lord, Lord...'" 0:05:19.712,0:05:21.870 And then it's used again, right? 0:05:21.870,0:05:28.217 How's it used the second time? 0:05:28.217,0:05:32.113 "In that day, many will [br]say to Me, 'Lord, Lord...'" 0:05:32.113,0:05:36.745 Now, maybe there's an emphasis there. 0:05:36.745,0:05:39.387 Obviously: "many will [br]say to Me in that day." 0:05:39.387,0:05:41.492 What day? Judgment day. 0:05:41.492,0:05:42.980 And what's happening to them? 0:05:42.980,0:05:45.134 They're being cast away. 0:05:45.134,0:05:49.082 This is kind of a frantic, emphatic: 0:05:49.082,0:05:52.213 "Lord! Lord!" 0:05:52.213,0:05:55.288 Can you think of anywhere else [br]where the "Lord, Lord," is used? 0:05:55.288,0:05:56.085 (from the room) 0:05:56.085,0:05:58.210 Even there, He says, "I never knew you." 0:05:58.210,0:06:00.719 Coming back to intimacy [br]like, "Martha, Martha." 0:06:00.719,0:06:03.975 Familiarity. 0:06:03.975,0:06:05.670 I didn't think of "Lord, Lord," 0:06:05.670,0:06:07.550 but Jesus on the cross. 0:06:07.550,0:06:11.578 He said, "Eli, Eli..." [br](My God, My God...) 0:06:11.578,0:06:13.337 Two times in a row. 0:06:13.337,0:06:14.906 "Why have You forsaken Me?" 0:06:14.906,0:06:23.166 Tim: Yeah, emphasis like [br]that we understand. 0:06:23.166,0:06:25.479 And what there is 0:06:25.479,0:06:27.684 is whether we want to connect it to 0:06:27.684,0:06:29.925 somebody implying by the way they talk, 0:06:29.925,0:06:31.935 there's a familiarity; 0:06:31.935,0:06:34.082 there's an intimacy; 0:06:34.082,0:06:39.183 there's some kind of emphasis. 0:06:39.183,0:06:41.808 That's what it seems like 0:06:41.808,0:06:46.136 that with your mouth, 0:06:46.136,0:06:49.669 you are actually acknowledging Me as Lord 0:06:49.669,0:06:56.475 in a way that is more [br]than just kind of passing. 0:06:56.475,0:07:02.710 You are actually speaking to Me 0:07:02.710,0:07:07.748 in a way that more than just slightly 0:07:07.748,0:07:11.959 seems verbally at least to be recognizing 0:07:11.959,0:07:14.076 My Lordship. 0:07:14.076,0:07:18.241 You call Me "Lord," and you do it 0:07:18.241,0:07:21.632 with a fair degree of significance. 0:07:21.632,0:07:24.112 You do it more than just in passing. 0:07:24.112,0:07:26.770 You do it more than just lightly. 0:07:26.770,0:07:34.096 Maybe you do it repetitiously. 0:07:34.096,0:07:37.367 "...And not do what I tell you." 0:07:37.367,0:07:40.712 It's a very simple concept. 0:07:40.712,0:07:44.142 (incomplete thought) 0:07:44.142,0:07:46.736 Somebody was bringing up 0:07:46.736,0:07:49.580 Jeff Peterson's message from Sunday. 0:07:49.580,0:07:51.667 He was dealing with [br]Charles Stanley's book. 0:07:51.667,0:07:55.855 This text just blows that whole idea 0:07:55.855,0:07:58.769 of you can be a true Christian 0:07:58.769,0:08:00.787 and just live any way you want. 0:08:00.787,0:08:03.263 You know, if you just had [br]one moment in your life 0:08:03.263,0:08:04.467 where you believed, 0:08:04.467,0:08:06.375 and now you can live any way you want. 0:08:06.375,0:08:10.380 This text just blows it [br]right out of the water. 0:08:10.380,0:08:13.576 Because if you couple this with Matthew 7, 0:08:13.576,0:08:17.057 you see, this by itself: 0:08:17.057,0:08:18.866 "Why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' 0:08:18.866,0:08:22.340 and not do what I tell you?" 0:08:22.340,0:08:29.434 Well, the thing is that [br]the very same parable 0:08:29.434,0:08:32.791 that He ends up with over in Matthew 7, 0:08:32.791,0:08:35.652 He ends up with here. 0:08:35.652,0:08:39.844 And He doesn't simply say it's okay. 0:08:39.844,0:08:41.822 It's not: why do you do it? 0:08:41.822,0:08:43.322 I wish you wouldn't do it, 0:08:43.322,0:08:45.735 but after all, it will [br]turn out okay with you 0:08:45.735,0:08:46.969 if that's what you do. 0:08:46.969,0:08:48.793 That's not what He's saying. 0:08:48.793,0:08:51.310 He is basically saying here 0:08:51.310,0:08:58.114 that if you say one thing with your lips 0:08:58.114,0:09:01.952 that seems to say that [br]you're acknowledging Me... 0:09:01.952,0:09:04.532 We get people in the church [br]all the time like this. 0:09:04.532,0:09:07.037 The word "Lord" comes off their lips. 0:09:07.037,0:09:09.364 They read Scripture, they sing the songs, 0:09:09.364,0:09:11.230 they speak to other Christians, 0:09:11.230,0:09:13.132 they speak the Christian lingo. 0:09:13.132,0:09:16.728 And so the word "Lord" [br]comes off their lips 0:09:16.728,0:09:20.525 with a fair degree of familiarity. 0:09:20.525,0:09:23.156 More than the lost guy out there. 0:09:23.156,0:09:24.796 you get people in the church. 0:09:24.796,0:09:26.420 And it's coming off their lips. 0:09:26.420,0:09:27.655 But what's the problem? 0:09:27.655,0:09:29.529 You look at their life. 0:09:29.529,0:09:31.404 (incomplete thought) 0:09:31.404,0:09:33.279 What Jesus is saying is this: 0:09:33.279,0:09:35.233 It's right you call Me "Lord." 0:09:35.233,0:09:36.733 I am Lord. 0:09:36.733,0:09:39.633 But because I am Lord, 0:09:39.633,0:09:43.008 that means I have a right [br]to tell you what to do. 0:09:43.008,0:09:44.411 And if you call Me Lord 0:09:44.411,0:09:47.929 and don't do what I tell you to do, 0:09:47.929,0:09:50.877 you basically are denying what you say 0:09:50.877,0:09:52.961 by your lips with your life. 0:09:52.961,0:09:54.071 You're denying it. 0:09:54.071,0:09:55.458 And He doesn't say: 0:09:55.458,0:09:57.886 Oh, but in the end, it's eternal security, 0:09:57.886,0:09:59.850 and if you believed once, it's all okay, 0:09:59.850,0:10:01.079 so don't worry about it. 0:10:01.079,0:10:03.180 See, He doesn't go there. 0:10:03.180,0:10:05.790 Basically where He goes is to a parable 0:10:05.790,0:10:08.979 where He makes it crystal clear. 0:10:08.979,0:10:11.122 "Everyone who comes to [br]Me and hears My words 0:10:11.122,0:10:15.401 and does them, I will [br]show you what he is like." 0:10:15.401,0:10:18.396 See, this has everything [br]to do with His Lordship. 0:10:18.396,0:10:20.731 "He is like a man building [br]a house who dug deep, 0:10:20.731,0:10:22.306 laid the foundation on the rock, 0:10:22.306,0:10:25.127 and when a flood arose,[br]the stream broke against the house. 0:10:25.127,0:10:28.818 It could not shake it, because [br]it had been well built." 0:10:28.818,0:10:30.231 This is a man's religion. 0:10:30.231,0:10:31.544 Well built. 0:10:31.544,0:10:32.743 What does it look like? 0:10:32.743,0:10:33.889 He believes on the Lord. 0:10:33.889,0:10:34.852 He calls Him Lord. 0:10:34.852,0:10:36.405 He believes He is Lord. 0:10:36.405,0:10:40.382 And that belief doesn't [br]just come off of his lips, 0:10:40.382,0:10:42.760 it's reflected in a life. 0:10:42.760,0:10:45.843 "But the ones who hears..." 0:10:45.843,0:10:50.467 See, this is the person in v. 46. 0:10:50.467,0:10:54.587 "...he hears and does not do them." 0:10:54.587,0:10:59.036 He even admits Christ is Lord, 0:10:59.036,0:11:01.634 but then he lives contrary to what he 0:11:01.634,0:11:03.661 seems to say by his lips. 0:11:03.661,0:11:07.644 He doesn't do what Jesus says. 0:11:07.644,0:11:12.251 "The one who hears..." Jesus Christ 0:11:12.251,0:11:17.071 and does not do what Christ as Lord says, 0:11:17.071,0:11:19.861 "this man is like the man who built 0:11:19.861,0:11:22.431 a house on the ground without a foundation 0:11:22.431,0:11:24.094 and the stream broke against it. 0:11:24.094,0:11:26.988 Immediately it fell and the ruin [br]of the house was great." 0:11:26.988,0:11:29.692 Like I say, when you [br]compare this to Matthew 7, 0:11:29.692,0:11:31.619 what we see is Matthew 7 0:11:31.619,0:11:34.478 parks all this in the [br]context of judgment day. 0:11:34.478,0:11:39.312 So we see exactly what [br]storm He's talking about. 0:11:39.312,0:11:44.729 So, let's think for a second. 0:11:44.729,0:11:50.416 Can you think of any [br]other places in Scripture 0:11:50.416,0:11:57.055 that make that connection 0:11:57.055,0:12:02.906 between being a genuine child of God 0:12:02.906,0:12:09.135 and what Jesus says or what the Word says? 0:12:09.135,0:12:13.984 The absolute necessity of a life 0:12:13.984,0:12:16.896 that conforms to Christ's commandments 0:12:16.896,0:12:19.535 or Christ's Word or the Word of God 0:12:19.535,0:12:21.339 or the Scriptures, 0:12:21.339,0:12:25.647 if indeed we are genuinely Christians? 0:12:25.647,0:12:27.159 Can you think of other verses? 0:12:27.159,0:12:30.188 This is one. This is certainly one. 0:12:30.188,0:12:33.330 "Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord?'" 0:12:33.330,0:12:36.036 And let that ring in your own ears. 0:12:36.036,0:12:39.293 Think with me. 0:12:39.293,0:12:42.000 You can change it a bit. 0:12:42.000,0:12:45.058 "You call Me, 'Lord, Lord.'" 0:12:45.058,0:12:47.128 I do. I call Him Lord. 0:12:47.128,0:12:48.484 I acknowledge Him as Lord. 0:12:48.484,0:12:52.027 I pray to Him as Lord. 0:12:52.027,0:12:55.530 That names comes off my lips 0:12:55.530,0:12:58.750 all the time now that I'm saved. 0:12:58.750,0:13:01.196 And I'm sure many of you in this room 0:13:01.196,0:13:02.540 would say the same. 0:13:02.540,0:13:04.897 That name comes off your lips. 0:13:04.897,0:13:09.476 But now, ask yourself, 0:13:09.476,0:13:12.502 do you live in light of that? 0:13:12.502,0:13:13.971 Do you really believe it? 0:13:13.971,0:13:15.071 See, that's the issue. 0:13:15.071,0:13:18.603 If you say it, you're seeming to indicate 0:13:18.603,0:13:20.551 you believe it. 0:13:20.551,0:13:22.781 But the real proof, Jesus is saying, 0:13:22.781,0:13:26.528 of whether you believe He's Lord 0:13:26.528,0:13:30.762 isn't by good talk. 0:13:30.762,0:13:34.738 It's by the walk. 0:13:34.738,0:13:37.879 And so, where are we at in that? 0:13:37.879,0:13:40.005 Where are we at? 0:13:40.005,0:13:43.447 "Lord..." 0:13:43.447,0:13:51.882 How am I in tune to that word? 0:13:51.882,0:13:57.433 How is it impacting my life right now? 0:13:57.433,0:14:01.674 I mean, today even thinking about this, 0:14:01.674,0:14:05.048 I remember - many of you may remember 0:14:05.048,0:14:08.832 Matt Haney preached. 0:14:08.832,0:14:11.661 More than once I remember [br]him telling the story. 0:14:11.661,0:14:13.301 I forget where he got it from. 0:14:13.301,0:14:16.559 Maybe it was a Ravenhill [br]story that he came across. 0:14:16.559,0:14:17.889 But you may remember, 0:14:17.889,0:14:20.085 the guy was in the service 0:14:20.085,0:14:21.683 and the preacher began to preach, 0:14:21.683,0:14:23.789 and he didn't get very [br]far into the message 0:14:23.789,0:14:25.447 and this guy got up and went out. 0:14:25.447,0:14:27.254 He was preaching a series of meetings. 0:14:27.254,0:14:29.485 And the next night, [br]the guy began preaching. 0:14:29.485,0:14:30.954 The guy got up and walked out. 0:14:30.954,0:14:32.495 Third night, began preaching, 0:14:32.495,0:14:34.286 the guy got up and walked out. 0:14:34.286,0:14:36.994 And finally the guy said to him, 0:14:36.994,0:14:39.230 "what's going on with you?" 0:14:39.230,0:14:42.168 And he said you would start preaching 0:14:42.168,0:14:43.986 and I would be convicted of something 0:14:43.986,0:14:45.939 that I needed to take care of in my life, 0:14:45.939,0:14:48.609 and I figured there's no reason [br]to sit here any longer. 0:14:48.609,0:14:51.187 I need to go take care of that. 0:14:51.187,0:14:52.744 And I always remember that, 0:14:52.744,0:14:54.523 because to my reckoning, 0:14:54.523,0:14:56.871 that was a true story. 0:14:56.871,0:15:03.654 Does the Word of God [br]impact us like that still? 0:15:03.654,0:15:05.085 Can you think of other verses 0:15:05.085,0:15:07.786 where we get that kind of emphasis 0:15:07.786,0:15:12.214 that the Word of God 0:15:12.214,0:15:16.135 is not just a matter of hearing? 0:15:16.135,0:15:18.174 James 1. 0:15:18.174,0:15:19.916 Yeah, let's look at that one. 0:15:19.916,0:15:32.645 (incomplete thought) 0:15:32.645,0:15:36.228 James 1:22 says, 0:15:36.228,0:15:42.019 "But be doers..." now notice this one, 0:15:42.019,0:15:45.833 "...be doers of the Word, 0:15:45.833,0:15:49.434 and not hearers only 0:15:49.434,0:15:52.397 deceiving yourselves." 0:15:52.397,0:15:54.145 That's the same truth. 0:15:54.145,0:15:58.331 These people that build [br]their house on the sand, 0:15:58.331,0:16:00.756 they're deceiving themselves. 0:16:00.756,0:16:03.402 Because they're building. 0:16:03.402,0:16:05.458 They're those people in Matthew 7. 0:16:05.458,0:16:07.438 They did many mighty works in His name. 0:16:07.438,0:16:09.005 They're deceiving themselves. 0:16:09.005,0:16:12.202 But what does Jesus call [br]those people in Matthew 7? 0:16:12.202,0:16:14.600 "Workers of lawlessness." 0:16:14.600,0:16:17.789 Which means, they were living their life 0:16:17.789,0:16:22.469 without any conformity to the spoken, 0:16:22.469,0:16:24.545 expressed will of God. 0:16:24.545,0:16:27.563 Now, in times past, God spoke to us 0:16:27.563,0:16:30.422 by way of the prophets, [br]but in these last days, 0:16:30.422,0:16:33.386 God has spoken to us by way of His Son. 0:16:33.386,0:16:35.773 It's His Son who has come to give us 0:16:35.773,0:16:40.019 the expressed will of God. 0:16:40.019,0:16:41.929 Can anybody think of any other verses 0:16:41.929,0:16:46.584 that seem to reflect this truth? 0:16:46.584,0:17:00.736 1 John 2:4. 0:17:00.736,0:17:05.251 "Whoever says, 'I know Him...'" 0:17:05.251,0:17:10.511 Now this is interesting [br]because it's again, 0:17:10.523,0:17:14.572 some of these compare hearing to doing. 0:17:14.572,0:17:16.222 And some of these compare 0:17:16.222,0:17:19.183 saying to doing. 0:17:19.183,0:17:22.108 Like, "you call Me, 'Lord, Lord;' 0:17:22.108,0:17:23.747 you don't do what I say." 0:17:23.747,0:17:30.271 Here it's the familiarity is "I know Him." 0:17:30.271,0:17:32.479 But then you don't keep His commandments. 0:17:32.479,0:17:34.254 "Whoever says 'I know Him' 0:17:34.254,0:17:36.103 but does not keep His commandments 0:17:36.103,0:17:40.814 is a liar and the truth is not in him." 0:17:40.814,0:17:48.282 Can I give you one that is definitely 0:17:48.282,0:17:51.376 open for discussion and debate 0:17:51.376,0:17:52.768 at another time, 0:17:52.768,0:17:55.908 but a text that I personally believe 0:17:55.908,0:17:57.873 expresses exactly the same truth, 0:17:57.873,0:18:00.917 and when taken in context, 0:18:00.917,0:18:04.530 I think you can see that [br]I'm speaking the truth. 0:18:04.530,0:18:11.289 And I'm speaking namely of Romans 2:13. 0:18:11.289,0:18:13.779 Look at it. 0:18:13.779,0:18:19.872 I know that there are some 0:18:19.872,0:18:22.107 theological voices out there 0:18:22.107,0:18:24.048 that basically would say 0:18:24.048,0:18:33.459 that there are actually [br]no doers of the law. 0:18:33.459,0:18:36.711 And so, this is basically saying, 0:18:36.711,0:18:39.309 like the Old Testament commandments: 0:18:39.309,0:18:40.688 do this and live. 0:18:40.688,0:18:44.111 I don't believe at all that this [br]is what is being said here. 0:18:44.111,0:18:46.168 I believe that what we have here 0:18:46.168,0:18:49.656 is exactly the same thing 0:18:49.656,0:18:53.649 that is being spoken about - 0:18:53.649,0:19:01.705 let's put this in context (verse 13). 0:19:01.705,0:19:03.891 Notice v. 6, 0:19:03.891,0:19:05.579 "God is going to render to each one 0:19:05.579,0:19:06.982 according to his works." 0:19:06.982,0:19:10.186 I want you to see what's [br]actually in context here. 0:19:10.186,0:19:11.867 It's the judgment. 0:19:11.867,0:19:14.200 And we're being judged [br]according to our works. 0:19:14.200,0:19:16.188 It's not talking about justification. 0:19:16.188,0:19:20.475 This is not speaking about 0:19:20.475,0:19:24.013 an imputed righteousness 0:19:24.013,0:19:27.007 apart from our works. 0:19:27.007,0:19:29.079 It's not speaking about that. 0:19:29.079,0:19:30.990 Notice what it's speaking about. 0:19:30.990,0:19:32.690 It's speaking about judgment day 0:19:32.690,0:19:35.872 and the fact that we're going to be [br]judged according to our works. 0:19:35.872,0:19:37.771 "To those who by patience..." 0:19:37.771,0:19:39.611 Now, it's not talking about just those 0:19:39.611,0:19:41.496 who rest in Christ by faith. 0:19:41.496,0:19:43.652 You see, faith always works through love, 0:19:43.652,0:19:44.957 and that's the issue. 0:19:44.957,0:19:47.795 Judgment day is always based on works. 0:19:47.795,0:19:49.231 Why? Because works show 0:19:49.231,0:19:50.955 whether the faith was true or not. 0:19:50.955,0:19:53.233 And basically what you see here is that. 0:19:53.233,0:19:54.658 Patience in well-doing; 0:19:54.658,0:19:56.012 they're seeking for glory, 0:19:56.012,0:19:58.229 honor, immortality. 0:19:58.229,0:20:00.248 And to those people who are seeking that, 0:20:00.248,0:20:01.489 He gives eternal life. 0:20:01.489,0:20:02.799 Those who are self-seeking, 0:20:02.799,0:20:04.989 do not obey the truth,[br]obey unrighteousness - 0:20:04.989,0:20:06.190 there's wrath and fury. 0:20:06.190,0:20:08.360 Tribulation, distress for [br]every human being 0:20:08.360,0:20:10.762 who does evil - the [br]Jew first, also the Greek. 0:20:10.762,0:20:12.745 Glory, honor, and peace for everyone 0:20:12.745,0:20:15.596 who does good - the Jew [br]first, and also the Greek. 0:20:15.596,0:20:17.085 They do good. 0:20:17.085,0:20:18.988 He's not speaking hypothetically 0:20:18.988,0:20:21.006 about somebody could get to heaven 0:20:21.006,0:20:23.210 if they kept the law perfectly. 0:20:23.210,0:20:24.967 That's not what he's talking about. 0:20:24.967,0:20:26.865 He's talking about the righteous life 0:20:26.865,0:20:29.215 of true Christians. 0:20:29.215,0:20:30.988 God shows no partiality. 0:20:30.988,0:20:32.562 And see, v. 12, "For..." 0:20:32.562,0:20:34.026 It starts with a conjunction. 0:20:34.026,0:20:39.125 He's not changing topic here. 0:20:39.125,0:20:41.067 He's not going in a different direction. 0:20:41.067,0:20:42.828 "All who have sinned without the law, 0:20:42.828,0:20:44.238 also perish without the law." 0:20:44.238,0:20:45.979 Anyways, you get to v. 13, 0:20:45.979,0:20:47.806 "It's not the hearers of the law 0:20:47.806,0:20:49.322 who are righteous before God, 0:20:49.322,0:20:51.092 but the doers of the law 0:20:51.092,0:20:53.092 who will be justified." 0:20:53.092,0:20:55.905 And I believe that that's the same way. 0:20:55.905,0:20:57.891 Scripture uses that term "justified" 0:20:57.891,0:20:59.973 in that way concerning judgment day. 0:20:59.973,0:21:01.640 Think of our words, right? 0:21:01.640,0:21:02.786 The words that we speak? 0:21:02.786,0:21:04.252 What does Scripture say about 0:21:04.252,0:21:08.594 how we're going to be [br]justified by our words? 0:21:08.594,0:21:11.841 What is it? Matthew 12? 0:21:11.841,0:21:13.323 Basically, we're told that. 0:21:13.323,0:21:17.566 We're going to be justified by our words. 0:21:17.566,0:21:19.807 What you find in Matthew 25 0:21:19.807,0:21:23.267 is although the term [br]"justified" is not there, 0:21:23.267,0:21:26.309 clearly we are justified by our works 0:21:26.309,0:21:28.692 when we come to stand before God 0:21:28.692,0:21:30.174 on judgment day. 0:21:30.174,0:21:32.608 Because the books are opened 0:21:32.608,0:21:34.899 and it's our works that are examined, 0:21:34.899,0:21:36.324 and it's on that basis 0:21:36.324,0:21:38.949 that we are justified or condemned. 0:21:38.949,0:21:40.573 We're not speaking about 0:21:40.573,0:21:43.636 the imputed merits of Christ. 0:21:43.636,0:21:46.294 Obviously we recognize [br]the doctrine of justification, 0:21:46.294,0:21:48.027 the importance of that. 0:21:48.027,0:21:54.819 But this appears to be in the context 0:21:54.819,0:21:58.485 of people who are [br]actually keeping the law. 0:21:58.485,0:22:00.834 In fact, if you continue to go down 0:22:00.834,0:22:04.507 through Romans 2 and you get to the end, 0:22:04.507,0:22:11.338 you see that he actually begins 0:22:11.338,0:22:15.017 to talk about the nature of a true Jew 0:22:15.017,0:22:17.611 and what true circumcision is. 0:22:17.611,0:22:20.351 And in v. 26, he says, [br]"if a man who is uncircumcised 0:22:20.351,0:22:22.394 keeps the precepts of the law, 0:22:22.394,0:22:23.738 will not his uncircumcision 0:22:23.738,0:22:25.635 be regarded as circumcision?" 0:22:25.635,0:22:27.441 Again, he's not being hypothetical. 0:22:27.441,0:22:29.519 He actually is going to tell us here. 0:22:29.519,0:22:31.767 He's speaking about a true Jew. 0:22:31.767,0:22:33.389 One who is a true Jew inwardly 0:22:33.389,0:22:35.658 as circumcision is a matter of the heart. 0:22:35.658,0:22:38.600 And so he's speaking very [br]practically through these verses. 0:22:38.600,0:22:43.646 But, anyway, another [br]place I was thinking of. 0:22:43.646,0:22:47.161 Look at John 8. 0:22:47.161,0:23:04.944 John 8:31. 0:23:04.944,0:23:08.433 If you go back to 8:30, 0:23:08.433,0:23:13.335 Jesus has been speaking here 0:23:13.335,0:23:15.559 and it says, "As He was [br]saying these things, 0:23:15.559,0:23:19.169 many believed in Him." 0:23:19.169,0:23:22.543 (incomplete thought) 0:23:22.543,0:23:25.590 People can believe that He's Lord. 0:23:25.590,0:23:28.285 And so much so, they [br]call Him, "Lord, Lord." 0:23:28.285,0:23:31.723 But see, He goes further. He says this, 0:23:31.723,0:23:36.923 "Jesus said to the Jews [br]who had believed in Him, 0:23:36.923,0:23:40.567 'If you abide in My Word, 0:23:40.567,0:23:42.468 you are truly My disciples.'" 0:23:42.468,0:23:44.624 To abide in His Word, 0:23:44.624,0:23:47.825 that means to stay there; to live in them. 0:23:47.825,0:23:51.325 They characterize your life. 0:23:51.325,0:23:53.100 It's only then that you prove 0:23:53.100,0:23:54.338 to truly be His disciple 0:23:54.338,0:23:55.778 and you will know the truth, 0:23:55.778,0:23:59.901 and the truth will set you free. 0:23:59.901,0:24:02.356 So we see this reality. 0:24:02.356,0:24:07.886 Now listen, 0:24:07.886,0:24:11.541 "Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' 0:24:11.541,0:24:16.284 and not do the things I say?" 0:24:16.284,0:24:17.952 Jesus is our Redeemer. 0:24:17.952,0:24:20.035 He's our Savior. 0:24:20.035,0:24:23.150 He's our Sacrifice. 0:24:23.150,0:24:30.131 But Jesus is our Teacher, 0:24:30.131,0:24:31.857 our Master, 0:24:31.857,0:24:35.037 our Rabbi. 0:24:35.037,0:24:37.260 He's our Lord. 0:24:37.260,0:24:39.579 And He came to teach us, to instruct us, 0:24:39.579,0:24:41.947 to command us... 0:24:41.947,0:24:46.810 and I want to ask you this. 0:24:46.810,0:24:50.276 I want you to tell me. 0:24:50.276,0:24:55.668 Think about Jesus' words - 0:24:55.668,0:24:59.622 the words that He spoke to us. 0:24:59.622,0:25:01.338 "Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' 0:25:01.338,0:25:03.496 and do not do the things I say?" 0:25:03.496,0:25:08.886 Ok, let's think about the things He says. 0:25:08.886,0:25:10.456 Think about the things He says. 0:25:10.456,0:25:13.150 What's He implying? 0:25:13.150,0:25:17.467 That the things He says 0:25:17.467,0:25:23.630 are things that we have [br]a responsibility to do. 0:25:23.630,0:25:26.514 And that as true Christians, 0:25:26.514,0:25:29.018 one of the chief characteristics 0:25:29.018,0:25:32.617 is how we respond to what He says. 0:25:32.617,0:25:35.446 It has impact. It has power. 0:25:35.446,0:25:38.274 It used to not. 0:25:38.274,0:25:40.172 We used to be at enmity with God, 0:25:40.172,0:25:41.715 and the commandments of God 0:25:41.715,0:25:48.653 were something that we chafed against. 0:25:48.653,0:25:52.813 But the true characteristic [br]of the Christian 0:25:52.813,0:25:55.706 is that our lives become impacted 0:25:55.706,0:25:59.048 by what He says. 0:25:59.048,0:26:01.477 We don't live any longer 0:26:01.477,0:26:03.451 as though those things don't matter. 0:26:03.451,0:26:05.784 As though I can just blow those off. 0:26:05.784,0:26:08.227 They hold weight. They hold sway. 0:26:08.227,0:26:09.920 But I want to ask you this: 0:26:09.920,0:26:11.747 "The things I say" - 0:26:11.747,0:26:13.854 think about that - "the things I say." 0:26:13.854,0:26:16.606 What things did He say? 0:26:16.606,0:26:20.282 In all the things that Jesus taught us 0:26:20.282,0:26:23.541 and He expects us to conform our lives to, 0:26:23.541,0:26:30.129 what things did He speak to broadly? 0:26:30.129,0:26:35.955 In our lives, what did Jesus speak to? 0:26:35.955,0:26:37.628 What did He tell us about? 0:26:37.628,0:26:39.219 What did He command us about? 0:26:39.219,0:26:41.305 What did He give us instruction about? 0:26:41.305,0:26:42.398 Direction about? 0:26:42.398,0:26:44.429 What did He say to us? 0:26:44.429,0:26:50.313 In what areas of life? 0:26:50.313,0:26:52.180 I want to be specific. 0:26:52.180,0:27:02.481 General, but generally specific. 0:27:02.481,0:27:04.784 (from the room) Sin. 0:27:04.784,0:27:07.324 Tim: Sin? 0:27:07.324,0:27:10.304 If you're going to say it, 0:27:10.304,0:27:15.116 you've got to be able to tell [br]me what He said about it. 0:27:15.116,0:27:23.137 (from the room) [br]To forsake it and follow Him. 0:27:23.137,0:27:28.412 Tim: How did He say that? 0:27:28.412,0:27:30.262 Now think about this. 0:27:30.262,0:27:33.984 He told different people: 0:27:33.984,0:27:37.342 "Go and sin no more." 0:27:37.342,0:27:39.607 Does He tell us that? 0:27:39.607,0:27:42.041 Would He tell those people that 0:27:42.041,0:27:43.662 and that doesn't apply to us? 0:27:43.662,0:27:51.921 Or does that apply to us? 0:27:51.921,0:27:53.673 I mean, you would hardly think 0:27:53.673,0:27:56.248 that it's something He's requiring of them 0:27:56.248,0:27:57.923 and not of us. 0:27:57.923,0:28:00.943 How do you read that when [br]He says that to people? 0:28:00.943,0:28:03.826 "Go and sin no more, 0:28:03.826,0:28:08.341 lest a worse thing happen to you." 0:28:08.341,0:28:09.756 How do you read that? 0:28:09.756,0:28:11.990 What do you make out of that? 0:28:11.990,0:28:15.211 Is that the way He talks to Christians? 0:28:15.211,0:28:17.550 Is that the way He talks to lost people? 0:28:17.550,0:28:19.047 Is that the way He talks to 0:28:19.047,0:28:20.695 somebody He's just healed 0:28:20.695,0:28:26.045 that may not be regenerated? 0:28:26.045,0:28:40.434 Is that His word to everybody? 0:28:40.434,0:28:44.545 I'll tell you my personal thought on that 0:28:44.545,0:28:49.197 is that it's basically like [br]what He says in Luke 6. 0:28:49.197,0:28:51.094 "Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' 0:28:51.094,0:28:52.625 and do not do the things I say?" 0:28:52.625,0:28:56.617 In other words, go forth 0:28:56.617,0:28:59.068 and do the things I say. 0:28:59.068,0:29:01.912 And the things I say never include sin. 0:29:01.912,0:29:03.559 You depart from sin. 0:29:03.559,0:29:04.761 If you say you know Him, 0:29:04.761,0:29:07.955 you keep His commandments. 0:29:07.955,0:29:09.964 That doesn't mean that we don't have 0:29:09.964,0:29:11.493 an Advocate with the Father. 0:29:11.493,0:29:15.622 (incomplete thought) 0:29:15.622,0:29:18.687 I think the idea there 0:29:18.687,0:29:20.208 when He talks about going forth 0:29:20.208,0:29:21.502 and sinning no more 0:29:21.502,0:29:28.765 is much like John speaks. 0:29:28.765,0:29:30.201 How does John speak? 0:29:30.201,0:29:31.957 It sounds very dogmatic. 0:29:31.957,0:29:37.212 It sounds very absolute [br]when it comes to sin. 0:29:37.212,0:29:38.125 (from the room) 0:29:38.125,0:29:40.775 Well, the woman, when [br]she's caught in adultery, 0:29:40.775,0:29:42.235 that's an example. 0:29:42.235,0:29:44.051 Tim: I'm talking about 1 John. 0:29:44.051,0:29:47.366 See, in our ESV, it talks [br]about practicing sin, 0:29:47.366,0:29:48.982 but if you go back and you read 0:29:48.982,0:29:50.414 the King James Version, 0:29:50.414,0:29:52.679 it's like what? 0:29:52.679,0:29:54.496 (unintelligible) 0:29:54.496,0:29:55.399 Right. 0:29:55.399,0:29:57.128 It's like, "if you're born of God, 0:29:57.128,0:29:58.992 you don't commit sin." 0:29:58.992,0:30:01.275 And you read that and it's "what?" 0:30:01.275,0:30:03.816 Well, the ESV puts "practice sin," 0:30:03.816,0:30:06.520 and I think we all feel [br]really comfortable with that 0:30:06.520,0:30:10.563 because the reality is [br]1 John is the very letter 0:30:10.563,0:30:18.049 where John concedes that [br]if we do fall into sin, 0:30:18.049,0:30:20.221 it's not a hopeless situation. 0:30:20.221,0:30:22.289 There's a place for confession 0:30:22.289,0:30:25.197 and we have an Advocate. 0:30:25.197,0:30:28.615 But I think what He's doing 0:30:28.615,0:30:31.224 is He's basically pressing these people 0:30:31.224,0:30:34.199 to a characterization of life. 0:30:34.199,0:30:36.334 Why? Well, think with me. 0:30:36.334,0:30:43.217 He speaks in that great 0:30:43.217,0:30:45.021 Sermon on the Mount. 0:30:45.021,0:30:48.575 He starts it out by talking about 0:30:48.575,0:30:50.169 the character of the people 0:30:50.169,0:30:52.598 that make up His kingdom. 0:30:52.598,0:30:54.938 (incomplete thought) 0:30:54.938,0:30:58.088 He ends it up with basically 0:30:58.088,0:31:02.805 a parallel passage to what [br]we're finding here in Luke 6. 0:31:02.805,0:31:04.717 And He ends it up with that parable 0:31:04.717,0:31:06.866 about building the house on a rock 0:31:06.866,0:31:08.045 versus the sand. 0:31:08.045,0:31:09.697 And not everybody that says to me, 0:31:09.697,0:31:11.907 "Lord, Lord," is going [br]to inherit the kingdom. 0:31:11.907,0:31:15.187 Those that do the will of My Father. 0:31:15.187,0:31:18.509 Even there - those that [br]do the will of My Father. 0:31:18.509,0:31:21.621 Do they do the will of [br]the Father all the time? 0:31:21.621,0:31:23.727 I think the thing that's very encouraging 0:31:23.727,0:31:25.557 about Scripture - several things 0:31:25.557,0:31:28.129 very encouraging - 0:31:28.129,0:31:33.047 if you think about those disciples, 0:31:33.047,0:31:34.977 John 17 is very encouraging. 0:31:34.977,0:31:36.596 "They have kept Your Word." 0:31:36.596,0:31:38.215 I look at these guys. 0:31:38.215,0:31:41.975 Look, you might think, oh boy, 0:31:41.975,0:31:44.782 if He said that 24 hours after Pentecost 0:31:44.782,0:31:47.534 when these guys are shining, glowing, 0:31:47.534,0:31:50.975 they've got the flames [br]of fire on their heads, 0:31:50.975,0:31:54.251 they've spoken and 3,000 are saved 0:31:54.251,0:31:56.836 and you think wow, [br]the church is so glorious, 0:31:56.836,0:31:59.548 and Peter's been transformed. 0:31:59.548,0:32:04.365 No. Jesus says this 0:32:04.365,0:32:07.160 right before Peter denies Him. 0:32:07.160,0:32:08.865 After these guys have been arguing 0:32:08.865,0:32:11.216 about who is going to be the greatest. 0:32:11.216,0:32:14.627 And He says, "they've kept Your Word." 0:32:14.627,0:32:17.407 And then when you come to [br]that 11th chapter of Hebrews, 0:32:17.407,0:32:20.133 and you read about:[br]"by faith," "by faith," "by faith..." 0:32:20.133,0:32:23.429 And if you go back and look at the [br]accounts of some of these people, 0:32:23.429,0:32:26.567 they had a lot of blemishes in their life. 0:32:26.567,0:32:30.248 What's so encouraging is 0:32:30.248,0:32:35.645 our sin is under the blood. 0:32:35.645,0:32:37.384 You get these different accounts. 0:32:37.384,0:32:38.834 Yes, it's true. God's people 0:32:38.834,0:32:40.721 have their sins revealed in Scripture. 0:32:40.721,0:32:42.412 But you get these certain accounts 0:32:42.412,0:32:46.931 where it says though God [br]just covers them over. 0:32:46.931,0:32:50.859 But, okay, so He speaks [br]to sin in our life. 0:32:50.859,0:32:53.489 That's real broad. 0:32:53.489,0:32:59.565 What else does He speak to? 0:32:59.565,0:33:01.057 Our possessions. 0:33:01.057,0:33:03.782 He speaks to our money. 0:33:03.782,0:33:06.904 He speaks to how we give. 0:33:06.904,0:33:11.921 What else does He speak to? 0:33:11.921,0:33:13.271 Our relations. 0:33:13.271,0:33:17.859 (incomplete thought) 0:33:17.859,0:33:22.194 Luke 9, you've got these two 0:33:22.194,0:33:25.971 very specific incidents of apparently 0:33:25.971,0:33:28.138 young men who want to be His disciples 0:33:28.138,0:33:30.952 and one wants to go home and say goodbye. 0:33:30.952,0:33:34.804 One wants to go home and bury his father. 0:33:34.804,0:33:36.574 He talks about He didn't come 0:33:36.574,0:33:38.430 to bring peace, but a sword, 0:33:38.430,0:33:40.739 and He's talking very specifically 0:33:40.739,0:33:43.347 about the family. 0:33:43.347,0:33:49.809 He talks there in Matthew 10 0:33:49.809,0:33:55.004 and Luke 14 about loving 0:33:55.004,0:33:56.815 mother or father, husband or wife, 0:33:56.815,0:33:57.966 son or daughter. 0:33:57.966,0:34:00.304 He talks about our relationships. 0:34:00.304,0:34:02.234 He talks about the necessity 0:34:02.234,0:34:05.382 of loving Him more than anybody else. 0:34:05.382,0:34:07.628 What else does He speak to? 0:34:07.628,0:34:09.678 Well, I think about Matthew 15. 0:34:09.678,0:34:11.058 He speaks about the fact 0:34:11.058,0:34:13.016 that He expects that we would 0:34:13.016,0:34:14.364 honor our parents. 0:34:14.364,0:34:17.008 Even though there's going to [br]be a sword in the family. 0:34:17.008,0:34:18.774 He speaks as though He would have us 0:34:18.774,0:34:21.431 honor our parents. 0:34:21.431,0:34:25.218 What else does He speak to? 0:34:25.218,0:34:26.805 He talks about prayer. 0:34:26.805,0:34:30.279 "Lord, teach us to pray." 0:34:30.279,0:34:32.417 And He did. 0:34:32.417,0:34:34.502 You think even in the Sermon on the Mount, 0:34:34.502,0:34:36.088 He talks about prayer. 0:34:36.088,0:34:39.562 He doesn't want us like the hypocrites. 0:34:39.562,0:34:44.118 He talks about even [br]some of the basic makeup 0:34:44.118,0:34:47.047 of what's important in prayer. 0:34:47.047,0:34:50.353 "Our Father, who art in heaven, 0:34:50.353,0:34:51.706 hallowed be Thy name. 0:34:51.706,0:34:53.125 Thy kingdom come... 0:34:53.125,0:34:55.092 Thy will be done." 0:34:55.092,0:34:57.587 He's giving us aspects of what 0:34:57.587,0:35:04.239 He considers to be essential components 0:35:04.239,0:35:05.947 of prayer. 0:35:05.947,0:35:07.663 He talks about how to do it. 0:35:07.663,0:35:09.905 He talks about the importunity of it. 0:35:09.905,0:35:12.133 He talks about the promise - 0:35:12.133,0:35:14.801 think about the promises that are given us 0:35:14.801,0:35:21.124 concerning prayer in John 14, 15, 16. 0:35:21.124,0:35:23.646 "If you abide in Me, and [br]My Word abides in you." 0:35:23.646,0:35:25.579 Now that comes back to this. 0:35:25.579,0:35:27.761 Right? 0:35:27.761,0:35:30.187 If My Word abides in you, 0:35:30.187,0:35:31.705 you shall ask what you will 0:35:31.705,0:35:33.685 and it shall be done unto you. 0:35:33.685,0:35:35.043 He talks about the fact 0:35:35.043,0:35:38.001 that He wouldn't need to [br]ask the Father for us, 0:35:38.001,0:35:39.804 because the Father loves us. 0:35:39.804,0:35:41.963 He talks about praying in His name. 0:35:41.963,0:35:43.488 He talks about praying 0:35:43.488,0:35:46.344 so that the Father be [br]glorified in the Son. 0:35:46.344,0:35:51.478 He talks about praying [br]that our joy be full. 0:35:51.478,0:35:55.385 What else does He speak to in our life? 0:35:55.385,0:35:57.931 Loving others. 0:35:57.931,0:36:00.523 He definitely speaks about love. 0:36:00.523,0:36:03.639 He speaks about loving the brethren. 0:36:03.639,0:36:07.525 He speaks about loving our enemies. 0:36:07.525,0:36:13.410 He speaks about giving and lending. 0:36:13.410,0:36:16.506 He speaks about not being like lost people 0:36:16.506,0:36:20.179 who love their relatives, 0:36:20.179,0:36:22.443 but actually loving those 0:36:22.443,0:36:30.065 who are unrighteous and unthankful. 0:36:30.065,0:36:34.176 What else does He speak to? 0:36:34.176,0:36:36.880 Acknowleding Him before men. 0:36:36.880,0:36:37.895 Yeah. 0:36:37.895,0:36:43.766 How we identify Him 0:36:43.766,0:36:45.361 in the face of the public; 0:36:45.361,0:36:46.610 in the face of family; 0:36:46.610,0:36:49.391 in the face of the onlooking world. 0:36:49.391,0:36:51.622 How do we speak for Him? 0:36:51.622,0:36:55.243 Do we own Him? 0:36:55.243,0:37:00.848 Do we declare Him? 0:37:00.848,0:37:05.537 What else does He speak to? 0:37:05.537,0:37:08.182 (from the room) Evangelization,[br]the Great Commission. 0:37:08.182,0:37:09.576 Tim: The Great Commission. 0:37:09.576,0:37:13.915 He told us what one of the key 0:37:13.915,0:37:18.327 responsibilities of the [br]church is going to be. 0:37:18.327,0:37:24.314 And tells us - commands us to go. 0:37:24.314,0:37:27.910 Promises us He'll be with us. 0:37:27.910,0:37:30.978 What else does He speak to? 0:37:30.978,0:37:32.191 Forgiveness. 0:37:32.191,0:37:33.497 That's a huge thing. 0:37:33.497,0:37:35.616 Right there in the prayer 0:37:35.616,0:37:37.765 where He's teaching us how to pray. 0:37:37.765,0:37:40.774 He's teaching us to forgive men 0:37:40.774,0:37:43.998 their trespasses (incomplete thought). 0:37:43.998,0:37:48.117 He's teaching us to ask 0:37:48.117,0:37:51.234 that our trespasses be forgiven us 0:37:51.234,0:37:54.098 even as we forgive those [br]who trespass against us. 0:37:54.098,0:37:56.255 And of course, you remember Matthew 18. 0:37:56.255,0:37:59.443 You have the parable there. 0:37:59.443,0:38:01.151 Matthew 18 so often known 0:38:01.151,0:38:04.730 for how we deal with sin in the church, 0:38:04.730,0:38:06.889 but there you have that parable 0:38:06.889,0:38:10.940 about the necessity to forgive. 0:38:10.940,0:38:12.546 (from the room) 0:38:12.546,0:38:16.448 Keep oneself unstained from the world. 0:38:16.448,0:38:19.958 Tim: Keep oneself [br]unstained from the world. 0:38:19.958,0:38:22.515 What text specifically [br]do you have in mind? 0:38:22.515,0:38:26.831 I'm thinking about Jesus' specific words. 0:38:26.831,0:38:30.800 I obviously know James and Paul. 0:38:30.800,0:38:35.639 We don't want to downplay those guys, 0:38:35.639,0:38:37.653 but let's try to think of 0:38:37.653,0:38:41.586 where He specifically spoke to. 0:38:41.586,0:38:43.094 Fasting. 0:38:43.094,0:38:44.771 He spoke not only to prayer, 0:38:44.771,0:38:46.830 He spoke to fasting. 0:38:46.830,0:38:50.114 How you do it - not like [br]the hypocrites do it. 0:38:50.114,0:38:52.089 He wants us to wash our faces. 0:38:52.089,0:38:55.149 In other words, He wants us to have 0:38:55.149,0:39:00.254 a private walk with the Lord, 0:39:00.254,0:39:02.060 with the Father. 0:39:02.060,0:39:06.943 Just between us and Him. 0:39:06.943,0:39:10.297 What else did He speak to? 0:39:10.297,0:39:16.352 Abiding. Abiding in Him. 0:39:16.352,0:39:18.696 (from the room) Spiritual realities? 0:39:18.696,0:39:20.024 Tim: How so? 0:39:20.024,0:39:21.083 (from the room) 0:39:21.083,0:39:25.932 Parable of the Sowers 0:39:25.932,0:39:28.406 Tim: He definitely spoke to 0:39:28.406,0:39:31.010 the different responses that would be 0:39:31.010,0:39:33.312 had to the Gospel. 0:39:33.312,0:39:35.301 He takes us behind the scenes. 0:39:35.301,0:39:36.665 He shows us the kingdom. 0:39:36.665,0:39:38.253 He shows us the outworking. 0:39:38.253,0:39:40.917 He shows us the devil sowing seed 0:39:40.917,0:39:42.736 in the midst of all the wheat. 0:39:42.736,0:39:45.071 He shows us these pictures. 0:39:45.071,0:39:49.794 He takes us behind the veil so to speak. 0:39:49.794,0:39:55.530 And He shows us what is unfolding. 0:39:55.530,0:39:58.335 He shows us that not everybody [br]that starts out real 0:39:58.335,0:39:59.716 finishes well. 0:39:59.716,0:40:03.468 He shows us that there are pleasures 0:40:03.468,0:40:07.014 and entanglements and thorns in this world 0:40:07.014,0:40:10.214 that cause us to not become fruitful. 0:40:10.214,0:40:12.359 He speaks to our words, does He not? 0:40:12.359,0:40:13.448 Matthew 12? 0:40:13.448,0:40:14.537 (incomplete thought) 0:40:14.537,0:40:16.157 We are going to stand 0:40:16.157,0:40:17.676 and have to give an account 0:40:17.676,0:40:19.932 for every idle word we've spoken. 0:40:19.932,0:40:22.113 He speaks to marriage. 0:40:22.113,0:40:25.483 He says don't let man separate 0:40:25.483,0:40:27.057 what God has joined together. 0:40:27.057,0:40:28.648 He speaks to lust. 0:40:28.648,0:40:30.518 He says gouge out eyes 0:40:30.518,0:40:31.852 and chop off hands. 0:40:31.852,0:40:33.892 He speaks to life. 0:40:33.892,0:40:36.418 What we give our lives to. 0:40:36.418,0:40:39.259 He speaks about seeking first the kingdom. 0:40:39.259,0:40:41.500 He speaks to the heart. 0:40:41.500,0:40:43.979 How often did He deal with the heart? 0:40:43.979,0:40:45.739 Their heart is not with Me. 0:40:45.739,0:40:47.870 The heart - where the treasure is. 0:40:47.870,0:40:49.303 That is where the heart is. 0:40:49.303,0:40:53.102 He speaks to what's going on inside a man. 0:40:53.102,0:40:54.394 Don't be a hypocrite. 0:40:54.394,0:40:56.376 Don't act like the hypocrites. 0:40:56.376,0:40:58.477 Your righteousness needs to exceed 0:40:58.477,0:40:59.798 that of the hypocrites. 0:40:59.798,0:41:01.475 That is all external. 0:41:01.475,0:41:03.254 He's looking for the reality. 0:41:03.254,0:41:04.544 He goes inside. 0:41:04.544,0:41:06.658 He gives us those beatitudes. 0:41:06.658,0:41:10.331 And He says this is what [br]characterizes My kingdom; 0:41:10.331,0:41:14.409 My people. What are they like? 0:41:14.409,0:41:22.084 Blessed are the poor in spirit. 0:41:22.084,0:41:23.438 What's next? 0:41:23.438,0:41:25.369 What does He say next? 0:41:25.369,0:41:29.757 In the beatitudes. 0:41:29.757,0:41:32.721 Blessed are the mourners. 0:41:32.721,0:41:35.228 Blessed are the meek. 0:41:35.228,0:41:37.669 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst 0:41:37.669,0:41:39.905 after righteousness. 0:41:39.905,0:41:41.866 He goes inside. 0:41:41.866,0:41:46.482 And He says you're salt and you're light. 0:41:46.482,0:41:48.994 He speaks to persecution. 0:41:48.994,0:41:52.230 Blessed are the persecuted. 0:41:52.230,0:41:53.682 For His name's sake. 0:41:53.682,0:41:58.530 For the Gospel's sake. 0:41:58.530,0:42:05.129 What else does He speak to? 0:42:05.129,0:42:07.080 He speaks to the Holy Spirit. 0:42:07.080,0:42:09.003 Promises concerning the Holy Spirit. 0:42:09.003,0:42:10.564 The promised Holy Spirit. 0:42:10.564,0:42:15.565 The Comforter is coming.[br]He's not going to leave us orphans. 0:42:15.565,0:42:19.894 What else did He speak to? 0:42:19.894,0:42:22.186 He spoke to how the [br]world's going to treat us. 0:42:22.186,0:42:23.914 And He spoke to them about the fact 0:42:23.914,0:42:26.315 that they're going to be [br]put out of the synagogues 0:42:26.315,0:42:33.672 and people are going to kill them[br]thinking that they're doing God's service. 0:42:33.672,0:42:38.964 What else did He speak to? 0:42:38.964,0:42:41.057 Judgment. 0:42:41.057,0:42:45.536 Well, He does. He gives us [br]those pictures of judgment 0:42:45.536,0:42:47.660 and what it's going [br]to be like on that day. 0:42:47.660,0:42:51.769 Repeated parables concerning the judgment 0:42:51.769,0:42:53.507 and what it's like. 0:42:53.507,0:42:55.810 Picture after picture. 0:42:55.810,0:42:57.943 You've got this net. 0:42:57.943,0:43:01.765 You've got pictures of these servants. 0:43:01.765,0:43:06.494 You've got pictures of when the King 0:43:06.494,0:43:08.999 takes His seat and all the nations 0:43:08.999,0:43:10.883 are gathered together. 0:43:10.883,0:43:13.550 He gives us all these pictures 0:43:13.550,0:43:15.846 and these parables and these accounts 0:43:15.846,0:43:18.420 where He shows this great coming 0:43:18.420,0:43:21.264 day of judgment. 0:43:21.264,0:43:24.812 "Well done, good and faithful servant. 0:43:24.812,0:43:31.360 Enter into the joy..." 0:43:31.360,0:43:35.449 And these are on the outside. 0:43:35.449,0:43:36.929 What were they saying? 0:43:36.929,0:43:43.014 Did they say, "Lord, Lord," there too? 0:43:43.014,0:43:49.343 They're going to say we ate [br]and drank in your streets. 0:43:49.343,0:43:52.330 What else did He speak to? 0:43:52.330,0:43:53.514 (from the room) 0:43:53.514,0:43:56.514 He said to watch and [br]be ready for His return. 0:43:56.514,0:43:58.259 Tim: Oh, He warned that. 0:43:58.259,0:44:00.541 He warned: you don't know when I'm coming. 0:44:00.541,0:44:02.943 He warned that we need [br]to be ready all the time. 0:44:02.943,0:44:04.734 He warned that if you're the servant 0:44:04.734,0:44:06.616 who gets lazy, 0:44:06.616,0:44:08.715 and you begin to slack off, 0:44:08.715,0:44:11.336 He's going to come and [br]He's going to catch you. 0:44:11.336,0:44:14.166 He's going to come like a thief 0:44:14.166,0:44:16.402 and He's going to catch you unawares. 0:44:16.402,0:44:19.232 And He said what I [br]say to you, I say to all: 0:44:19.232,0:44:20.893 you watch. 0:44:20.893,0:44:24.117 Be watchful. 0:44:24.117,0:44:26.776 Be ready. 0:44:26.776,0:44:30.446 Listen, Jonathan Edwards, 0:44:30.446,0:44:33.960 when he was putting [br]together his whole list 0:44:33.960,0:44:36.505 of the things that he [br]wanted to make certain 0:44:36.505,0:44:39.853 that he gave himself to in his life, 0:44:39.853,0:44:43.208 when he talks about not wanting to do 0:44:43.208,0:44:45.858 anything that he would not want to do 0:44:45.858,0:44:48.375 if he knew that Christ was going to return 0:44:48.375,0:44:52.225 one hour from now or 24 hours from now. 0:44:52.225,0:44:54.239 Listen, he wasn't the one that invented 0:44:54.239,0:44:55.354 that kind of thinking. 0:44:55.354,0:44:57.734 Jesus was the one that told His people: 0:44:57.734,0:44:59.598 you need to be ready. 0:44:59.598,0:45:01.783 And you need to live like [br]I can come anytime 0:45:01.783,0:45:06.454 because the reality is you [br]don't know when I'm coming. 0:45:06.454,0:45:10.461 What else did He address? 0:45:10.461,0:45:12.103 The Lord's Supper. 0:45:12.103,0:45:13.885 He definitely introduced that to us 0:45:13.885,0:45:18.925 and He said that we are to do that 0:45:18.925,0:45:21.404 until He comes. 0:45:21.404,0:45:23.769 We're to do that in remembrance of Him. 0:45:23.769,0:45:25.193 He definitely spoke to that. 0:45:25.193,0:45:28.834 What else does He speak to? 0:45:28.834,0:45:30.478 The what? 0:45:30.478,0:45:32.249 He did speak to rewards. 0:45:32.249,0:45:33.587 How so? 0:45:33.587,0:45:43.272 (unintelligible) 0:45:43.272,0:45:47.099 Tim: He spoke about laying [br]up treasure in heaven. 0:45:47.099,0:45:50.408 I mean, think, think. 0:45:50.408,0:45:55.668 "Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,'[br]and do not do the things I say?" 0:45:55.668,0:45:57.598 What does He say? 0:45:57.598,0:46:00.438 Chop off hands. Cut off feet. 0:46:00.438,0:46:01.918 Honor your parents. 0:46:01.918,0:46:03.699 Love Me more than your parents. 0:46:03.699,0:46:05.287 Love Me more than husband, wife, 0:46:05.287,0:46:08.821 girlfriend, boyfriend, sons, or daughters. 0:46:08.821,0:46:10.243 Store up treasure in heaven. 0:46:10.243,0:46:12.427 Don't lay up your treasure here. 0:46:12.427,0:46:15.291 He spoke to having dinners. 0:46:15.291,0:46:18.323 Don't take the chief seat. 0:46:18.323,0:46:20.555 Take the least seat and get moved up. 0:46:20.555,0:46:22.431 When you have a dinner, 0:46:22.431,0:46:25.272 don't invite all your family and friends. 0:46:25.272,0:46:29.391 Invite those who can't pay you back. 0:46:29.391,0:46:32.476 He spoke to money. 0:46:32.476,0:46:33.526 Widow comes along, 0:46:33.526,0:46:37.457 throws in her last two coins. 0:46:37.457,0:46:40.484 She put in more than all the rest. 0:46:40.484,0:46:42.055 He watched people give. 0:46:42.055,0:46:45.855 He was standing there [br]watching the way people give. 0:46:45.855,0:46:49.893 He watched how people took seats. 0:46:49.893,0:46:53.321 He watched people. 0:46:53.321,0:46:58.002 He watched how people spoke. 0:46:58.002,0:47:00.103 Speaking to some He said: 0:47:00.103,0:47:02.445 you can't speak well. 0:47:02.445,0:47:06.512 Why? Because again, it [br]comes back to the heart. 0:47:06.512,0:47:10.407 The heart shows where your treasure is. 0:47:10.407,0:47:12.465 Or where your treasure is shows 0:47:12.465,0:47:13.913 the matter of the heart. 0:47:13.913,0:47:15.373 What your words say 0:47:15.373,0:47:18.506 show what's going on in the heart. 0:47:18.506,0:47:21.228 What basically is coming on the outside 0:47:21.228,0:47:24.137 is an expression of the heart. 0:47:24.137,0:47:26.955 Jesus said, "Why do [br]you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' 0:47:26.955,0:47:28.744 and do not do...? 0:47:28.744,0:47:31.829 How much are we being [br]impressed by what He says to do? 0:47:31.829,0:47:35.592 Listen, He speaks to [br]so many different aspects 0:47:35.592,0:47:36.856 of our life. 0:47:36.856,0:47:40.210 Possessions. 0:47:40.210,0:47:43.651 Luke 12? He tells us [br]to sell your possessions 0:47:43.651,0:47:47.866 and give to the poor. 0:47:47.866,0:47:53.180 He took the towel and girded Himself 0:47:53.180,0:47:55.086 and He washed their feet. 0:47:55.086,0:48:01.073 And He said, "I've given you an example." 0:48:01.073,0:48:03.075 He spoke to fear. 0:48:03.075,0:48:04.827 "Fear not." 0:48:04.827,0:48:07.547 Or, "I'll tell you who to fear." 0:48:07.547,0:48:10.821 Fear not them. Fear Him. 0:48:10.821,0:48:13.214 Don't fear those who can kill the body. 0:48:13.214,0:48:16.564 Fear Him who can throw you into hell. 0:48:16.564,0:48:19.439 Really? As children of God, [br]that's what we should fear? 0:48:19.439,0:48:21.484 That's what Jesus said to fear. 0:48:21.484,0:48:24.795 That's a fearful thing. 0:48:24.795,0:48:26.886 And a lot of people, [br]according to Matthew 7, 0:48:26.886,0:48:28.489 are going to be thrown into hell 0:48:28.489,0:48:31.735 who don't think God would [br]throw them into hell. 0:48:31.735,0:48:34.254 But see, it comes back to this very thing. 0:48:34.254,0:48:39.690 How much are Jesus' words [br]impacting your life? 0:48:39.690,0:48:41.475 You know what? 0:48:41.475,0:48:43.899 A lot of people like to [br]explain those words away. 0:48:43.899,0:48:45.573 They're going to explain them away 0:48:45.573,0:48:49.985 and they're going to [br]wake up in hell one day. 0:48:49.985,0:48:52.968 I'm not saying that all [br]the things that Jesus said 0:48:52.968,0:48:55.035 don't have to be thought about 0:48:55.035,0:48:56.693 in how they impact our life. 0:48:56.693,0:48:59.839 Look, when Jesus says [br]when you have a dinner, 0:48:59.839,0:49:03.867 don't invite these folks; [br]invite these folks - 0:49:03.867,0:49:08.775 does that mean that I can [br]never invite my family? 0:49:08.775,0:49:11.351 Well, even Jesus, when [br]He went to dinners - 0:49:11.351,0:49:13.382 He went to a wedding with His disciples. 0:49:13.382,0:49:20.456 He attended dinners with His disciples. 0:49:20.456,0:49:22.836 (incomplete thought) 0:49:22.836,0:49:24.820 He's going to throw one in the end, 0:49:24.820,0:49:32.892 and He's going to have [br]all of His people there. 0:49:32.892,0:49:40.417 You see times when 0:49:40.417,0:49:47.193 undoubtedly where He and His disciples 0:49:47.193,0:49:51.577 were fed at the house of [br]Lazarus and Mary and Martha. 0:49:51.577,0:49:55.283 And we need to recognize that if [br]we're going to love our parents, 0:49:55.283,0:49:58.377 we certainly aren't going [br]to keep them away 0:49:58.377,0:50:03.760 at Thanksgiving or whatever. 0:50:03.760,0:50:06.715 But who are you going to [br]invite over at Thanksgiving? 0:50:06.715,0:50:08.987 The reality is Jesus' words should be 0:50:08.987,0:50:11.876 impacting our lives. 0:50:11.876,0:50:13.742 What are you doing with your money? 0:50:13.742,0:50:16.234 Do His words impact your life? 0:50:16.234,0:50:18.592 What are you doing with your possessions? 0:50:18.592,0:50:20.335 Do His words impact your life? 0:50:20.335,0:50:22.170 Have you ever sold anything so that 0:50:22.170,0:50:23.752 you could give to those in need? 0:50:23.752,0:50:26.394 Do His words impact your life? 0:50:26.394,0:50:31.296 Is there some way to wash feet today? 0:50:31.296,0:50:32.982 Is that impacting your life? 0:50:32.982,0:50:36.534 We should be asking ourselves. 0:50:36.534,0:50:39.075 We should not just be [br]going along through life 0:50:39.075,0:50:42.645 not wanting to proactively sin. 0:50:42.645,0:50:45.275 Scripture isn't just about [br]what we don't do. 0:50:45.275,0:50:47.639 (incomplete thought) 0:50:47.639,0:50:52.063 If you think about Matthew 25. 0:50:52.063,0:50:57.766 When Jesus gets to separating the nations, 0:50:57.766,0:51:00.428 He doesn't look to those on His right 0:51:00.428,0:51:03.773 and say guys, I am so [br]glad you didn't steal. 0:51:03.773,0:51:07.459 I am so glad you didn't commit adultery 0:51:07.459,0:51:09.861 with the lady down the street. 0:51:09.861,0:51:13.547 I'm so glad that you didn't... 0:51:13.547,0:51:15.734 That's not what He does. 0:51:15.734,0:51:19.058 He says I was hungry and you fed Me. 0:51:19.058,0:51:21.018 See, we need to be proactive. 0:51:21.018,0:51:24.348 Christ's commandments [br]are not, by and large, 0:51:24.348,0:51:26.816 what you don't do. 0:51:26.816,0:51:30.309 Yes, there is some of that undoubtedly. 0:51:30.309,0:51:32.132 But so much of His commands - 0:51:32.132,0:51:35.965 think about the commands concerning 0:51:35.965,0:51:39.320 the Gospel, the Great Commission. 0:51:39.320,0:51:43.998 You think about the commands [br]concerning salt and light. 0:51:43.998,0:51:48.667 What we're told is we're to do our works, 0:51:48.667,0:51:52.304 good works, before the onlooking world. 0:51:52.304,0:51:55.624 To the glory of our Father. 0:51:55.624,0:51:57.586 We're to seek first the kingdom. 0:51:57.586,0:51:59.645 We're to lay up treasure in heaven. 0:51:59.645,0:52:03.840 We're to live lives not just where 0:52:03.840,0:52:07.131 we're constantly trying to not do. 0:52:07.131,0:52:09.922 That's not the life we're called to. 0:52:09.922,0:52:14.975 It's, okay, how can I wash feet today? 0:52:14.975,0:52:17.934 Even though culturally that's not a thing. 0:52:17.934,0:52:19.616 We don't walk around in bare feet 0:52:19.616,0:52:22.453 in sandals on dusty roads. 0:52:22.453,0:52:26.882 We don't typically have [br]dirt floors in our house. 0:52:26.882,0:52:30.717 Our feet stay relatively clean. 0:52:30.717,0:52:34.071 But the whole idea was 0:52:34.071,0:52:35.920 that was a menial task 0:52:35.920,0:52:37.999 that a slave would have done. 0:52:37.999,0:52:42.013 And our Lord did it. 0:52:42.013,0:52:46.646 And He said I'm leaving you an example. 0:52:46.646,0:52:51.745 So, you call Me "Lord, Lord," 0:52:51.745,0:52:54.115 do you do what I say? 0:52:54.115,0:52:57.502 I gave you instruction 0:52:57.502,0:53:03.253 that encompasses a life. 0:53:03.253,0:53:05.286 He who doesn't forsake all that He has 0:53:05.286,0:53:07.209 is not worthy of Me. 0:53:07.209,0:53:10.446 He can't be My disciple. 0:53:10.446,0:53:14.702 He who loves somebody else more than Me, 0:53:14.702,0:53:17.580 He can't be My disciple. 0:53:17.580,0:53:21.992 He who doesn't take up his cross daily 0:53:21.992,0:53:27.554 and die can't be My disciple. 0:53:27.554,0:53:29.490 I mean, are we dying? 0:53:29.490,0:53:32.162 Think about it. What's dying? 0:53:32.162,0:53:35.089 Dying isn't physical death there. 0:53:35.089,0:53:36.251 What is dying? 0:53:36.251,0:53:37.587 It could lead to that, 0:53:37.587,0:53:44.427 but dying is basically when my wants, 0:53:44.427,0:53:47.657 wishes, agendas, goals 0:53:47.657,0:53:51.002 come face to face with those 0:53:51.002,0:53:53.518 that I know that He wants from me. 0:53:53.518,0:53:56.237 That's where we die. 0:53:56.237,0:53:59.518 Where we lay down our own ambitions 0:53:59.518,0:54:04.340 and where there's a [br]submission to His will. 0:54:04.340,0:54:08.679 And see, so often, brethren, 0:54:08.679,0:54:14.906 so often we want mystical leadership. 0:54:14.906,0:54:16.959 We can feel like: Oh, Lord, we want You 0:54:16.959,0:54:19.277 to tell us what to do over here. 0:54:19.277,0:54:21.715 I'll tell you, if we [br]would concern ourselves 0:54:21.715,0:54:28.796 with the myriad of things [br]that He has spoken to, 0:54:28.796,0:54:32.012 and we would apply ourselves there, 0:54:32.012,0:54:36.422 we would be well on our way 0:54:36.422,0:54:44.291 to doing the will of God. 0:54:44.291,0:54:49.459 So often we want God to subjectively 0:54:49.459,0:54:52.077 lead us or point us or guide us, 0:54:52.077,0:54:56.176 and the reality is Jesus doesn't say: 0:54:56.176,0:54:59.849 get frozen, get locked up, 0:54:59.849,0:55:01.810 because you don't have some kind of 0:55:01.810,0:55:04.444 mysterious, subjective leadership. 0:55:04.444,0:55:08.456 He basically speaks [br]very plainly repeatedly 0:55:08.456,0:55:11.617 about His commandments, 0:55:11.617,0:55:15.216 His Word; 0:55:15.216,0:55:18.089 about what He's speaking; 0:55:18.089,0:55:21.168 about the fact He's Lord. 0:55:21.168,0:55:24.734 Why do you not do what I say? 0:55:24.734,0:55:27.674 So, the whole point of tonight is: 0:55:27.674,0:55:31.885 think about what He says. 0:55:31.885,0:55:34.920 Why do you not do them? 0:55:34.920,0:55:36.619 Okay, let's be about them. 0:55:36.619,0:55:37.724 Let's do them. 0:55:37.724,0:55:40.970 Let's proactively set ourselves 0:55:40.970,0:55:44.914 about striving to do it. 0:55:44.914,0:55:50.121 So many people like to sit back and argue. 0:55:50.121,0:55:53.325 Luke 6. What a place to say: 0:55:53.325,0:55:58.808 Oh, but I don't know what this means? 0:55:58.808,0:56:01.109 Luke 6:27, "I say to you who hear, 0:56:01.109,0:56:02.039 love your enemies, 0:56:02.039,0:56:03.589 do good to those who hate you, 0:56:03.589,0:56:04.840 bless those who curse you, 0:56:04.840,0:56:06.323 pray for those who abuse you. 0:56:06.323,0:56:08.369 To one who strikes you on the cheek, 0:56:08.369,0:56:09.542 offer the other also." 0:56:09.542,0:56:11.057 What does that mean? 0:56:11.057,0:56:12.753 Does that mean I be like the Amish 0:56:12.753,0:56:14.488 and let the people come in my house 0:56:14.488,0:56:15.963 and steal all my furniture? 0:56:15.963,0:56:17.902 Does that mean I let the people come in 0:56:17.902,0:56:21.430 and rape my wife if that's [br]what they want to do? 0:56:21.430,0:56:23.512 So often people get into arguments 0:56:23.512,0:56:27.795 about these things where [br]they're so concerned 0:56:27.795,0:56:29.801 about what they don't mean. 0:56:29.801,0:56:31.420 Why? 0:56:31.420,0:56:35.693 Because they just feel like 0:56:35.693,0:56:39.139 these things are almost absurd. 0:56:39.139,0:56:41.648 "Give to everyone who begs from you, 0:56:41.648,0:56:43.692 and from one who takes away your goods, 0:56:43.692,0:56:45.503 do not demand them back." Really? 0:56:45.503,0:56:46.704 Don't demand them back? 0:56:46.704,0:56:48.249 Somebody takes away my goods? 0:56:48.249,0:56:51.653 I shouldn't call the police on the thief? 0:56:51.653,0:56:53.630 "As you wish that others would do to you, 0:56:53.630,0:56:55.175 do so to them. 0:56:55.175,0:56:56.924 If you love those who love you, 0:56:56.924,0:56:58.554 what benefit is that to you? 0:56:58.554,0:57:00.721 For even sinners love those who love them. 0:57:00.721,0:57:02.900 If you do good to those [br]who do good to you, 0:57:02.900,0:57:05.457 what benefit is that to you?[br]Even sinners do the same. 0:57:05.457,0:57:08.190 If you lend to those from [br]whom you expect to receive, 0:57:08.190,0:57:09.652 what credit is that to you? 0:57:09.652,0:57:12.618 Even sinners lend to sinners[br]to get back the same amount. 0:57:12.618,0:57:14.339 Love your enemies. 0:57:14.339,0:57:16.837 Do good and lend [br]expecting nothing in return. 0:57:16.837,0:57:18.824 Your reward will be great." 0:57:18.824,0:57:21.072 Oh yeah, we could spend all day long 0:57:21.072,0:57:23.055 arguing about what it doesn't mean, 0:57:23.055,0:57:26.766 what it doesn't mean, [br]what it doesn't mean... 0:57:26.766,0:57:30.864 You know, there's a lot of people 0:57:30.864,0:57:33.035 who want to argue about [br]what it doesn't mean 0:57:33.035,0:57:38.558 who don't do anything [br]that even resembles it. 0:57:38.558,0:57:41.033 The best thing to do is to be striving 0:57:41.033,0:57:45.566 to reach further and further and further, 0:57:45.566,0:57:48.842 and as we're willing to delve into these, 0:57:48.842,0:57:52.303 we can pray: 0:57:52.303,0:57:57.598 Father, if there are boundaries; 0:57:57.598,0:57:59.577 if there are exceptions; 0:57:59.577,0:58:03.895 if like Scripture often does [br]speak extremely dogmatic 0:58:03.895,0:58:05.725 when there's obviously times when 0:58:05.725,0:58:07.528 we have to apply wisdom 0:58:07.528,0:58:10.262 and other biblical principals - 0:58:10.262,0:58:14.551 (incomplete thought) 0:58:14.551,0:58:17.137 There is a time when [br]there are certain people 0:58:17.137,0:58:20.244 who are not willing to work, 0:58:20.244,0:58:23.327 that they shouldn't eat. 0:58:23.327,0:58:25.804 And so, if you've got a brother 0:58:25.804,0:58:27.390 who's not willing to work 0:58:27.390,0:58:30.397 and he asks - there's a time 0:58:30.397,0:58:32.483 when somebody asks for something 0:58:32.483,0:58:34.111 that you shouldn't give something 0:58:34.111,0:58:36.356 because it's actually more loving. 0:58:36.356,0:58:38.765 There is a place to let love dictate. 0:58:38.765,0:58:40.738 But usually people don't want to argue 0:58:40.738,0:58:42.441 about these things because they're 0:58:42.441,0:58:44.280 trying to figure out how to love more. 0:58:44.280,0:58:46.546 They typically want to [br]argue about these things 0:58:46.546,0:58:48.193 because they're stingy, covetous, 0:58:48.193,0:58:53.523 and they want excuses [br]for continuing to be so. 0:58:53.523,0:58:58.679 If Jesus said, "love your enemies," 0:58:58.679,0:58:59.987 then you know what? 0:58:59.987,0:59:01.870 We as people ought to be thinking about 0:59:01.870,0:59:07.223 the people that we're persecuted most by; 0:59:07.223,0:59:09.782 that create the greatest [br]difficulties in our life, 0:59:09.782,0:59:12.248 and we ought to be [br]actively praying for them. 0:59:12.248,0:59:14.817 We ought to be actively seeking [br]to do good for them. 0:59:14.817,0:59:16.725 (incomplete thought) 0:59:16.725,0:59:19.589 Doesn't that reflect [br]what the truth is here? 0:59:19.589,0:59:21.583 Rather than getting in our debates 0:59:21.583,0:59:24.776 about what it doesn't mean. 0:59:24.776,0:59:26.679 In all these things, 0:59:26.679,0:59:28.829 we ought to hear Him, 0:59:28.829,0:59:30.744 because listen, He's Lord. 0:59:30.744,0:59:32.017 He's wise. 0:59:32.017,0:59:34.199 He's given us the things 0:59:34.199,0:59:36.938 that are going to make us like Him, 0:59:36.938,0:59:39.028 and that are going to please the Father. 0:59:39.028,0:59:42.968 He's given us the [br]standard of righteousness. 0:59:42.968,0:59:46.489 And so, we ought to be venturing out. 0:59:46.489,0:59:47.998 Here Thanksgiving's coming up. 0:59:47.998,0:59:49.497 The holiday's are coming up. 0:59:49.497,0:59:51.293 Listen, even in the church, 0:59:51.293,0:59:53.387 whether you want to observe Thanksgiving 0:59:53.387,0:59:55.765 or observe Christmas or observe New Years, 0:59:55.765,0:59:56.961 you know this, 0:59:56.961,0:59:59.545 it's typically a time [br]when people get together, 0:59:59.545,1:00:01.267 family and friends get together. 1:00:01.267,1:00:06.297 And especially, if we're to do good 1:00:06.297,1:00:08.408 especially to the household of God, 1:00:08.408,1:00:11.523 but to all people, we really [br]need to be thinking. 1:00:11.523,1:00:14.472 Here's a time when especially those 1:00:14.472,1:00:15.625 who are single, 1:00:15.625,1:00:17.556 it can be a real time of loneliness. 1:00:17.556,1:00:19.414 But see, a lot of you are single. 1:00:19.414,1:00:21.317 The last thing you want to do is say, 1:00:21.317,1:00:22.348 oh, woe is me. 1:00:22.348,1:00:24.565 I need other people to love me. 1:00:24.565,1:00:26.538 But you ought to be just as proactive 1:00:26.538,1:00:28.277 in figuring out how to be creative 1:00:28.277,1:00:29.862 in ways to love other people. 1:00:29.862,1:00:31.922 It can be so easy to say, 1:00:31.922,1:00:34.164 oh, well, I'm the guy or I'm the girl 1:00:34.164,1:00:36.121 that's in the position that really needs 1:00:36.121,1:00:37.938 other people to reach out to me. 1:00:37.938,1:00:39.998 You ought to be in a position 1:00:39.998,1:00:44.847 where you're seeking to [br]reach out to others. 1:00:44.847,1:00:46.657 That doesn't mean that other people 1:00:46.657,1:00:50.835 should not be in turn [br]seeking to reach out, 1:00:50.835,1:00:57.665 but there's all manner of opportunity. 1:00:57.665,1:00:59.352 Look, the truth is 1:00:59.352,1:01:07.505 that, like the Leiter's just sent me 1:01:07.505,1:01:17.748 a link to a documentary that they did 1:01:17.748,1:01:23.541 on the Dutch Underground [br]during World War II. 1:01:23.541,1:01:29.579 And the 120,000 or so - what's that? 1:01:29.579,1:01:32.210 (from the room) 200,000 Dutch. 1:01:32.210,1:01:36.478 It was about a hundred thousand Jews, 1:01:36.478,1:01:39.086 and then a hundred thousand [br]of the underground. 1:01:39.086,1:01:42.357 So it was 200,000 who were killed. 1:01:42.357,1:01:47.558 And I watched this documentary last night. 1:01:47.558,1:01:49.744 There's so much evil in this world. 1:01:49.744,1:01:52.451 There's so much hate in this world. 1:01:52.451,1:01:57.097 There's so much cruelty in this world. 1:01:57.097,1:02:00.693 And here you have Jesus telling us: 1:02:00.693,1:02:02.893 Don't lay up treasure in heaven. 1:02:02.893,1:02:05.507 Sell your possessions. Give. 1:02:05.507,1:02:08.146 Love. Love those who hate. 1:02:08.146,1:02:11.270 Do good. Bless, don't curse. 1:02:11.270,1:02:15.018 Go into this world. Be light. 1:02:15.018,1:02:16.818 Don't deny Me. 1:02:16.818,1:02:19.063 Love Me more than anything else. 1:02:19.063,1:02:20.652 Honor your parents, yes. 1:02:20.652,1:02:22.508 Endure the sword. 1:02:22.508,1:02:26.640 Endure to the end. 1:02:26.640,1:02:28.077 But you go out in this world, 1:02:28.077,1:02:32.041 and you love like I loved you. 1:02:32.041,1:02:33.760 Resemble your Father. 1:02:33.760,1:02:36.368 He's merciful to the unjust 1:02:36.368,1:02:37.905 and to the unthankful. 1:02:37.905,1:02:39.495 You go imitate that. 1:02:39.495,1:02:42.013 You imitate Him in that [br]in this dark world; 1:02:42.013,1:02:45.540 in this domain of Satan out here. 1:02:45.540,1:02:48.742 You go out and be light. 1:02:48.742,1:02:50.518 You go out and take the Gospel. 1:02:50.518,1:02:55.790 You go out and reach the nations. 1:02:55.790,1:02:57.475 Last thing we want to do 1:02:57.475,1:03:01.240 is hide that candlestick [br]under a bushel basket. 1:03:01.240,1:03:03.004 Our time is short. 1:03:03.004,1:03:05.254 We are the light. We are the salt. 1:03:05.254,1:03:08.310 There's nobody else that is. 1:03:08.310,1:03:09.880 There's nobody else that has 1:03:09.880,1:03:11.441 the transformed hearts. 1:03:11.441,1:03:14.325 There's nobody else that has Christ 1:03:14.325,1:03:18.682 being inscribed into the very nature 1:03:18.682,1:03:23.206 and fabric of their being than us. 1:03:23.206,1:03:26.648 There's nobody else who calls Him Lord, 1:03:26.648,1:03:29.861 and then follows what He does 1:03:29.861,1:03:33.867 and what He says, but us. 1:03:33.867,1:03:36.255 There's nobody else who's [br]empowered to do that; 1:03:36.255,1:03:40.283 empowered by His Spirit to do that but us. 1:03:40.283,1:03:42.255 And He expects us 1:03:42.255,1:03:45.254 not to shrug off His words. 1:03:45.254,1:03:49.529 He expects us to take His words 1:03:49.529,1:03:53.431 as the most important 1:03:53.431,1:03:56.202 guiding light for our life. 1:03:56.202,1:03:57.382 That's obvious. 1:03:57.382,1:03:59.426 "Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord?' 1:03:59.426,1:04:04.440 and do not do the things I say?" 1:04:04.440,1:04:13.605 I just want to impress upon us. 1:04:13.605,1:04:17.922 Just laying our lives on the altar, 1:04:17.922,1:04:19.617 that's really what it's all about. 1:04:19.617,1:04:21.051 We use that kind of figure - 1:04:21.051,1:04:22.328 being in submission, 1:04:22.328,1:04:24.985 or being in subjection to Him. 1:04:24.985,1:04:27.101 This is what it comes down to. 1:04:27.101,1:04:33.731 Does His Word hold sway in my life? 1:04:33.731,1:04:38.725 And we should be often in the Gospels, 1:04:38.725,1:04:42.235 and we should be hearing those words. 1:04:42.235,1:04:45.078 And we should never read over them 1:04:45.078,1:04:48.843 in some careless fashion 1:04:48.843,1:04:51.055 without actually hearing them. 1:04:51.055,1:04:53.758 (incomplete thought) 1:04:53.758,1:04:56.503 Obviously, Paul is just as [br]much the Word of God. 1:04:56.503,1:04:58.861 All of Scripture is equally inspired. 1:04:58.861,1:05:02.214 I'm not calling out His [br]words in any special way 1:05:02.214,1:05:03.634 other than this: 1:05:03.634,1:05:05.720 you recognize that the epistles basically 1:05:05.720,1:05:07.984 draw off the truth that we have 1:05:07.984,1:05:10.060 in those four Gospels. 1:05:10.060,1:05:13.188 Those four Gospels are the life of Christ 1:05:13.188,1:05:14.814 set before us. 1:05:14.814,1:05:17.290 We hear from His own voice, 1:05:17.290,1:05:20.126 our Lord giving us His words. 1:05:20.126,1:05:22.131 We ought to be often there 1:05:22.131,1:05:23.494 in one of those Gospels. 1:05:23.494,1:05:25.298 We need to be hearing those words. 1:05:25.298,1:05:27.728 We need to be testing our lives by them 1:05:27.728,1:05:30.471 all the time. 1:05:30.471,1:05:32.069 Coming back. 1:05:32.069,1:05:34.022 Confessing where we fall short. 1:05:34.022,1:05:35.699 Asking for grace. 1:05:35.699,1:05:43.628 And really, being like the guy 1:05:43.628,1:05:45.745 that came to the services. 1:05:45.745,1:05:47.258 The preacher began to preach 1:05:47.258,1:05:49.919 and he got up and went out. 1:05:49.919,1:05:51.770 I mean, when we go to reading 1:05:51.770,1:05:56.989 Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, 1:05:56.989,1:06:01.121 we ought to read 1:06:01.121,1:06:07.608 and there ought to be [br]ever increasing conformity. 1:06:07.608,1:06:09.718 And if something's not right, 1:06:09.718,1:06:12.817 it ought to stop us in our tracks 1:06:12.817,1:06:14.598 and we ought to deal with it. 1:06:14.598,1:06:20.296 Every time we're reading [br]in the Word of God, 1:06:20.296,1:06:25.928 we should be reading so as to see 1:06:25.928,1:06:27.723 God's glory; 1:06:27.723,1:06:30.014 to see our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:06:30.014,1:06:34.404 We should read so that we can believe. 1:06:34.404,1:06:38.823 We should read for the sake of conformity 1:06:38.823,1:06:43.956 to the standard that's [br]being set before us 1:06:43.956,1:06:45.530 and where my life is. 1:06:45.530,1:06:48.341 None of our lives are perfectly where 1:06:48.341,1:06:58.430 they ought to be in [br]conformity to this Word. 1:06:58.430,1:07:01.658 Okay, brethren. 1:07:01.658,1:07:09.659 Let's pray. 1:07:09.659,1:07:23.583 We do call you, "Lord, Lord." 1:07:23.583,1:07:30.188 And I trust that many in this room 1:07:30.188,1:07:38.221 do Your will. 1:07:38.221,1:07:43.262 Lord, we hear what You tell us. 1:07:43.262,1:07:47.842 We hear what You say. 1:07:47.842,1:07:51.695 Lord, I pray that we would [br]truly have ears to hear, 1:07:51.695,1:07:53.881 grace to help. 1:07:53.881,1:07:56.837 I think of the KJV rendering there 1:07:56.837,1:07:58.116 in the Song of Solomon: 1:07:58.116,1:08:07.875 Lord, draw us and we will run after Thee. 1:08:07.875,1:08:11.764 But Lord, You gave much promise. 1:08:11.764,1:08:17.733 You promised that You [br]wouldn't leave us orphans. 1:08:17.733,1:08:27.727 You promised You'd come to us. 1:08:27.727,1:08:29.914 Lord, I pray, help us, 1:08:29.914,1:08:33.251 convict us, give us ears to hear. 1:08:33.251,1:08:38.346 Lord, we pray that the Word 1:08:38.346,1:08:40.628 would resound in our ears, 1:08:40.628,1:08:42.634 tug at our hearts, 1:08:42.634,1:08:44.755 work in our consciences, 1:08:44.755,1:08:48.227 be ever a guide, move us, 1:08:48.227,1:08:54.491 impact us, bend us, 1:08:54.491,1:08:58.787 provoke us to greater [br]and greater good works. 1:08:58.787,1:09:02.243 Lord, may it be like a great gust of wind, 1:09:02.243,1:09:04.345 like a tidal surge in the water. 1:09:04.345,1:09:07.510 May it pull; may it draw; 1:09:07.510,1:09:12.199 may it move; may it be like the things 1:09:12.199,1:09:14.048 that You say: like a sword, 1:09:14.048,1:09:15.704 like a hammer, 1:09:15.704,1:09:18.114 living. 1:09:18.114,1:09:23.654 Lord, I pray that it would be 1:09:23.654,1:09:24.930 like the thunder 1:09:24.930,1:09:26.620 and like a still, small voice. 1:09:26.620,1:09:28.359 But however it comes, 1:09:28.359,1:09:30.892 that Lord, it would sway us. 1:09:30.892,1:09:35.375 It would cause reaction. 1:09:35.375,1:09:40.430 It would cause conformity. 1:09:40.430,1:09:50.144 Lord, we pray that we [br]would see this increasingly. 1:09:50.144,1:09:51.659 I pray in Christ's name, 1:09:51.659,1:09:52.914 Amen.