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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.24,0:00:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Question.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.69,0:00:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Can you explore this \Ntopic of fear of men?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.27,0:00:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's the topic: fear of men.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.58,0:00:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now, if a believer
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.80,0:00:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is free from sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.77,0:00:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can one feel so dominated
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.10,0:00:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by this particular gripping sin?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.41,0:00:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, he writes more,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.94,0:00:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm going to stop right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.67,0:00:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I often get questions \Nthat are worded like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.11,0:00:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, like what?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.07,0:00:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I often get somebody that says to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.41,0:00:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I know I'm a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.14,0:00:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please explain to me \Nhow I can be living in sin."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.18,0:00:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That approach is common.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.30,0:00:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know I've been regenerated.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.35,0:00:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know I believed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.80,0:00:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know I'm a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.47,0:00:57.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, would you please explain to me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.100,0:00:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how it is that I can be controlled
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.78,0:01:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by this un-Christian conduct?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.22,0:01:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are the kind of questions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.88,0:01:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oftentimes that you get.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.98,0:01:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's like, ok, there's a fatal flaw
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.85,0:01:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in logic there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.06,0:01:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.89,0:01:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't want to just \Nassume we're Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.82,0:01:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then ask the question -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.24,0:01:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like, I know I'm a Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.94,0:01:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though when I look at the Bible,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.74,0:01:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the things that the Bible says \Nare true about Christians,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.31,0:01:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't see are true in my life.\NSo would you please explain to me?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.26,0:01:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know I'm a Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.40,0:01:32.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but how is it that my life can be
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.13,0:01:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,characterized by un-Christian conduct
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.46,0:01:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I know I'm a Christian?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.22,0:01:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.01,0:01:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would like to turn it around
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.28,0:01:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say I'd rather you explain to me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.75,0:01:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how you can be a Christian
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.81,0:01:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when your life is full of \Nun-Christian conduct.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.41,0:01:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't explain that to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.34,0:01:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I think what's happening is
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.24,0:01:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is you are basically starting out
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.48,0:01:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a faulty assertion.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.28,0:02:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got a faulty presupposition here
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.43,0:02:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is making your logic bad
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.37,0:02:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the way through.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.72,0:02:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to turn the thing around.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.40,0:02:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you really want to do is say,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.14,0:02:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Bible says that true and legitimate
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.28,0:02:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christianity looks like this;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.32,0:02:15.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ok, now I'm going to examine my own life
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.11,0:02:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in light of what the Bible says
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.13,0:02:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,true Christianity looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.79,0:02:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I measure up to the standard,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.65,0:02:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a positive thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.03,0:02:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I don't measure up to the standard,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.09,0:02:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that may mean I'm in trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.51,0:02:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how you want to reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.83,0:02:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway, we'll go on.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.14,0:02:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"As with matters of the soul,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.05,0:02:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a short question is hard \Nto compress everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.73,0:02:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to ask you about
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.19,0:02:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this deplorable sin of \Nfear of man in general.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.31,0:02:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes on many words today,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.49,0:02:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i.e. social anxiety, man-pleasing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.51,0:02:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeking glory in this world, etc.,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.74,0:02:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but strangely is not \Nsomething talked about
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.82,0:02:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much in church.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.89,0:02:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some personal context:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.10,0:02:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recently discovered that my struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.26,0:02:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to communicate freely with people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.95,0:03:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without fear for many years
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.75,0:03:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is directly proportionate to my desire
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.01,0:03:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to seek God above all things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.66,0:03:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(And that would make sense.)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.38,0:03:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hate this sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.22,0:03:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet in my pleading with \NGod for repentance..."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.80,0:03:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we just stop right there?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.21,0:03:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God never tells us to \Nplead for repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.99,0:03:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God tells us to repent.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.62,0:03:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I hate this sin, yet in my pleading
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.74,0:03:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with God for repentance
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.47,0:03:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looking to Christ, it seems
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.50,0:03:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am only seeking to be \Ncured from such sin -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.80,0:03:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the burden of anxiety, without wanting
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.76,0:03:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.27,0:03:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can this be?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.98,0:03:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, he's asking me questions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.80,0:03:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how can this be.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.56,0:03:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I struggle in wondering how can such
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.77,0:03:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an odious sin be present \Nin a believer's life."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.81,0:03:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, there's that bad logic again.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.06,0:03:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How is it true repentance
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.66,0:03:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if every day is just a repetitive struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.45,0:03:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to turn away from this?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.79,0:04:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it's not.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.34,0:04:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.24,0:04:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's asking how can it be true repentance
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.41,0:04:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though the first assumption is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.31,0:04:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is true repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.60,0:04:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the reality is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.20,0:04:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's describing that which is not
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.25,0:04:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,characteristic of true repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.56,0:04:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In conclusion, it really is exhausting.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.75,0:04:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never have I felt so \Ndominated and controlled
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.02,0:04:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by any sin as this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.67,0:04:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It pains me that this is bigger than
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.72,0:04:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the God I profess to believe in.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.36,0:04:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never also have I felt so helpless,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.80,0:04:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like one who does not know Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.94,0:04:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, it makes me question \Nassurance deeply."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.55,0:04:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it should.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.61,0:04:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so in the end, it sounds like
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.44,0:04:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his thinking is somewhat\Non the right track.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.92,0:04:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But in all this, thank you and James
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.02,0:04:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for reading this."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.38,0:04:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.08,0:04:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the end is thankfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.16,0:04:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let's talk about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.02,0:05:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aside from his making certain assumptions
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.93,0:05:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are backwards,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.46,0:05:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought).
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.48,0:05:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's do a bit of a theology \Nof the fear of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.16,0:05:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody think of any texts
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.03,0:05:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that deal with the fear of God?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.02,0:05:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, being a man-pleaser?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.08,0:05:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, anything of that sort?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.48,0:05:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(from the room) Matthew 10:28
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.48,0:05:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Matthew 10:28
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.04,0:05:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you have it right there?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.97,0:05:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And do not fear those who kill the body,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.75,0:05:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but cannot kill the soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.88,0:05:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather fear Him who can destroy
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.50,0:05:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both soul and body in hell."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.37,0:05:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then He goes on to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.10,0:05:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Fear not, therefore, you are
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.85,0:05:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of more value than many sparrows."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.52,0:05:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Anybody think of any others?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.14,0:05:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(from the room)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.15,0:05:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The beginning of wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.56,0:06:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Proverbs 1:7?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.25,0:06:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The fear of the Lord is the \Nbeginning of knowledge."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.36,0:06:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: We're talking about the fear of man.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.45,0:06:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(from the room)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.32,0:06:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Whoever confesses Me before men..."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.65,0:06:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: "Whoever confesses Me before men..."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.81,0:06:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's an interesting one.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.22,0:06:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Proverbs 29:25
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.22,0:06:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a big one.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.27,0:06:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why don't you quote that?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.11,0:06:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The fear of man lays a snare,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.81,0:06:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.81,0:06:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: The fear of man lays a snare.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.25,0:06:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.65,0:06:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I often think of a text
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.33,0:06:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very close to the beginning of Isaiah.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.91,0:06:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in Isaiah 2 that has to do with this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.09,0:06:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody know the text I'm talking about?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.46,0:06:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(from the room) Verse 22,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.82,0:06:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Stop regarding man
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.47,0:06:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in whose nostrils is breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.36,0:06:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for what account is he..."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.75,0:06:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: I remember Paul Washer
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.11,0:06:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preaching on that text.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.23,0:06:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stop regarding man.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.43,0:06:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another one that jumps to my mind
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.79,0:07:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this one:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.65,0:07:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's found in John 5.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.35,0:07:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is very helpful.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.74,0:07:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because what Jesus says is,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.99,0:07:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He looks at the leaders there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.85,0:07:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You remember, He's been seeking
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.20,0:07:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make the case for \NHimself being the Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.91,0:07:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He's putting all this proof;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.13,0:07:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these witnesses before the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.75,0:07:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He says, "I say these things so that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.88,0:07:31.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might be saved."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.05,0:07:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as He's getting toward \Nthe end of the chapter there,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.82,0:07:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says this:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.60,0:07:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How can you believe..." who do what?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.26,0:07:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seek the glory of men.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.78,0:07:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Receive honor from one another
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.40,0:07:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not the glory or the honor
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.72,0:07:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that comes from God.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.45,0:07:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.81,0:08:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can you believe...?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.77,0:08:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.85,0:08:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is an issue of faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.01,0:08:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is an issue of believing,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.40,0:08:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you really think about the fear of man.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.18,0:08:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we overcome the fear of man?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.91,0:08:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.96,0:08:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it that you believe?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.35,0:08:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(from the room)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.29,0:08:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That you are of more \Nvalue than the sparrows.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.75,0:08:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Well, if you think about Jesus' words
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.44,0:08:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you ought not to fear those
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.20,0:08:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who can kill the body only
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.70,0:08:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then there's nothing \Nmore they can do to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.08,0:08:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but fear Him who can what?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.67,0:08:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea is you're \Ncomparing God and people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.84,0:08:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even when you think about Peter
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.78,0:09:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the Sanhedrin.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.14,0:09:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ought to obey God rather than man.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.85,0:09:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now man will put pressure \Non you to obey him.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.30,0:09:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The issue is this,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.91,0:09:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you fear him most
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.74,0:09:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose approval you seek most.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.42,0:09:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.28,0:09:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you seek the glory of man,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.87,0:09:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you fear man's disapproval
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.90,0:09:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than anything else.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.74,0:09:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's a real issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.16,0:09:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And see, what Jesus is doing is
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.76,0:09:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's confronting us with the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.67,0:09:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really has to come down \Nwith what you believe.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.91,0:09:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I remember situations
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.22,0:09:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I worked as an engineer.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.30,0:09:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember having meetings \Nwith my department.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.04,0:09:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember being in a meeting
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.73,0:09:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember guys telling
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.59,0:10:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some bad joke or something,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.62,0:10:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember being in that situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.33,0:10:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And right there, it's:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.47,0:10:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I going to honor God or am \NI going to laugh at these guys?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.50,0:10:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I going to make these \Nguys feel uncomfortable
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.90,0:10:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the way I respond right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.42,0:10:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or am I going to seek God's approval?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.25,0:10:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it their approval or God's approval?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.28,0:10:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happens is the scales come out.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.70,0:10:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instantaneously, they come out.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.65,0:10:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whose approval do I seek most?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.80,0:10:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now a lot of that has to do with
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.67,0:10:32.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you really believe God is right here?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.33,0:10:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you believe He's right with you?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.04,0:10:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you believe He's watching?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.97,0:10:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you believe that there's an accounting?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.10,0:10:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you believe that there's an approval?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.68,0:10:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you believe that you can grieve Him?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.04,0:10:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you believe that if \Nyou seek man's approval,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.88,0:10:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to grieve the Spirit?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.75,0:10:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.75,0:10:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you really believe those things?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.13,0:11:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That doesn't mean there isn't fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.58,0:11:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing about fearing God more than
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.48,0:11:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fearing man doesn't mean
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.72,0:11:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the fear of man goes away,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.65,0:11:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it means that when \Nyou're confronted by it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.83,0:11:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God gives you a courage
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.80,0:11:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do the right thing
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.06,0:11:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to believe the right thing
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.58,0:11:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to believe that He is worth
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.88,0:11:21.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having the approval of more than man is.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.01,0:11:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it really comes down to
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.99,0:11:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to be convinced;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.42,0:11:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to believe that reality
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.28,0:11:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're confronted with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.78,0:11:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, I don't know anybody -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.17,0:11:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe some of you can raise your \Nhand and say you know what,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.76,0:11:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really don't care what any man
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.59,0:11:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or any woman or any child thinks of me
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.72,0:11:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in any scenario at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.05,0:11:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I care not at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.05,0:11:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I doubt there's any like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.77,0:11:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.20,0:11:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're social creatures.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.16,0:11:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do like the approval of man.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.14,0:11:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what the thing is?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.68,0:11:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We like to be liked.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.82,0:11:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's one thing that makes it hard
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.01,0:11:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about becoming a Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.32,0:12:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're thrown into a situation -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.02,0:12:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you, this is one \Nof the tell-tale signs
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.69,0:12:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of true Christianity -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.39,0:12:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is when men and women
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.92,0:12:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,claim they've been saved
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.20,0:12:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you throw them (incomplete thought).
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.12,0:12:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This tends to be such a hallmark
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.14,0:12:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the hypocrite.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.75,0:12:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're man-pleasers.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.18,0:12:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hypocrite is a man-pleaser.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.57,0:12:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He appears holy in certain situations,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.44,0:12:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're watching him.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.70,0:12:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he wants to appease you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.12,0:12:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you, you take him
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.78,0:12:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you throw him on a bar stool,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.48,0:12:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he'll appease the people there.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.18,0:12:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You throw him in the workplace,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.87,0:12:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have a guy \Ntell a dirty joke at work,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.42,0:12:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he'll appease.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.51,0:12:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember Craig telling the story
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.35,0:12:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about checking out a piece of machinery
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.50,0:12:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a tool crib - a tool of some kind
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.06,0:12:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was checking out.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.11,0:12:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the guy there used \Nthe Lord's name in vain,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.54,0:12:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Craig said something to him
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.94,0:13:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about not using the name \Nof the Lord thy God in vain,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.58,0:13:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the guy went off on him.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.12,0:13:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Craig was shocked how badly the guy
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.33,0:13:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,went off on him.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.83,0:13:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.06,0:13:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes people will go off on you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.47,0:13:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or sometimes you'll just be shunned.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.90,0:13:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes you'll be the outcast.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.66,0:13:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it's just the \Nsmirk on people's faces.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.58,0:13:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it's just not \Nbeing included anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.97,0:13:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, it all comes down to,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.63,0:13:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.67,0:13:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want the approval of my Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.83,0:13:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than I want their approval.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.20,0:13:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's really the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.59,0:13:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It tests - to the hilt -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.66,0:13:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it tests what we believe.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.73,0:13:46.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.100,0:13:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there in John 5, that's the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.49,0:13:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus said I don't seek the glory of man.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.64,0:13:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that really needs to be the place
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.56,0:13:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we as Christians are.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.72,0:13:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, there's a place to seek approval
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.71,0:14:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the sense that
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.94,0:14:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, you want to be \Na good worker at work.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.35,0:14:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what, when your boss
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.93,0:14:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wants you to do something wrong?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.66,0:14:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brother-in-law Rick,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.53,0:14:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his boss wanted him to cheat
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.64,0:14:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the item list/inventory
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.79,0:14:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on these shipments that come in
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.67,0:14:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on these pallets,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.48,0:14:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he resigned.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.87,0:14:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.84,0:14:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His boss told him, \N"you are going to do it."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.05,0:14:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a time they \Nhad to take inventory
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.48,0:14:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on something and his boss had been
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.49,0:14:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrongly inventorying \Nthings for a long time,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.91,0:14:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he told Rick, you are going to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.06,0:14:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Rick said I'm not going to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.20,0:14:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where we get put to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.33,0:14:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can you believe?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.00,0:14:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, that's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.48,0:14:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's Jesus saying there?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.75,0:14:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about those words.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.70,0:15:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can you believe
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.62,0:15:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you seek the glory of man?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.38,0:15:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.69,0:15:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like loving God and money.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.68,0:15:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're conflicting loves.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.14,0:15:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're conflicting interests.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.93,0:15:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.77,0:15:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, ok, I'm there in \Nthe engineering meeting,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.39,0:15:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a guy says something that's wicked,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.25,0:15:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everybody else is laughing.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.66,0:15:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How am I going to respond?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.42,0:15:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.37,0:15:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where's my love?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.95,0:15:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it that I desire most here?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.68,0:15:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Jesus talked about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.71,0:15:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eric brought up the text.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.62,0:16:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before men - what we do before men.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.45,0:16:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How we proclaim Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.15,0:16:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How we testify to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.71,0:16:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How we stand for Him before men.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.93,0:16:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a real issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.33,0:16:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it comes down to the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.96,0:16:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes down to what you believe.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.22,0:16:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's really the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.90,0:16:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(from the room)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.37,0:16:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also think it comes back
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.86,0:16:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the validity of the walk.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.82,0:16:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was talking about earlier today
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.41,0:16:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke 22
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.22,0:16:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how Christ commanded Peter to pray,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.89,0:16:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he slept instead,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.30,0:16:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which led him to follow at a distance,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.34,0:16:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and following after that,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.29,0:16:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he denied the Lord before a servant.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.10,0:16:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think it just goes back to
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.92,0:16:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our personal walk with the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.54,0:16:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a daily basis.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.06,0:16:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we don't have that intact,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.28,0:16:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no power going forth
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.59,0:16:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the workplace or at school
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.20,0:17:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or at Walmart or wherever we're at.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.20,0:17:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I've seen significant difference
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.58,0:17:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my own walk when there's days
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.54,0:17:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I've spent little time in the Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.10,0:17:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I go to work
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.04,0:17:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and face the same situation
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.19,0:17:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I'm denying the \NLord in a certain way.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.69,0:17:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Versus on another day when I spent
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.46,0:17:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quality time with Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.92,0:17:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then go to work,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.29,0:17:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,face the same trials and \Nthe same temptations,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.49,0:17:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I overcome it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.81,0:17:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think it just comes back to
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.52,0:17:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your daily walk with the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.74,0:17:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Well, if we think about this
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.46,0:17:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being a matter of faith -
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.47,0:17:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,faith comes by hearing the Word of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.91,0:17:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a reality that when a person
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.67,0:17:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is prayerfully in the Word
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.50,0:17:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then he goes off into this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.44,0:17:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Spirit grips people's \Nminds with truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.78,0:17:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That truth is prevalent.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.25,0:17:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's before your eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.48,0:17:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's there. It's fresh.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.46,0:17:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit makes it so.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.12,0:17:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it tends to be powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.35,0:18:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not like \NChristians don't hesitate,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.77,0:18:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you know, when the Word is fresh
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.79,0:18:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's there and it's vivid,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.02,0:18:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's constraining - it's compelling.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.50,0:18:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, you're not going to do well
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.88,0:18:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this battle if you're not in the Word
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.47,0:18:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your faith isn't being constantly
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.30,0:18:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stirred by the Word, by the Spirit of God
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.30,0:18:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using the Word in your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.26,0:18:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One more before we end.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.06,0:18:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(from the room)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.78,0:18:32.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible) make a distinction
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.95,0:18:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for, say a new convert may \Nget confused on this,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.33,0:18:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but like in Galatians 1:10 it says,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.82,0:18:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I'm still trying to please man,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.68,0:18:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would not be a servant of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.67,0:18:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then in 1 Corinthians 10,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.12,0:18:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul says I try to please everyone
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.43,0:18:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in everything I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.93,0:18:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, he says not seeking my own advantage,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.11,0:18:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but some new Christian, \Nthey read 1 Corinthians 10,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.20,0:18:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it says I try to please everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.12,0:18:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then in Galatians 1:10,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.72,0:18:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it says if I'm trying to please man,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.75,0:19:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not a servant of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.14,0:19:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you kind of already hit on this,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.11,0:19:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what's the big difference there
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.80,0:19:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between both of those verses
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.42,0:19:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in what Paul's saying?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.63,0:19:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Well, obviously, there's a time
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.18,0:19:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to please God when it offends men.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.46,0:19:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there's a time
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.37,0:19:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sacrifices for the sake of
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.84,0:19:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proclaiming the Gospel which pleases God
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.71,0:19:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pleases the men \Nthat you're preaching to.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.75,0:19:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, when you think of Paul
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.40,0:19:32.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,addressing the Corinthians,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.33,0:19:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he did things like not accept money
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.39,0:19:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to please men -
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.80,0:19:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put men in a place where
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.25,0:19:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he wasn't creating a stumbling block.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.21,0:19:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, when he's talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.95,0:19:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pleasing man in that case,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.54,0:19:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's not talking about pleasing them
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.17,0:19:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while he's disobeying God.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.42,0:19:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's talking about pleasing them in a way
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.55,0:19:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that pleases God, because it promotes
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.23,0:19:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.94,0:20:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And basically, are we not told
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.44,0:20:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that as much as possible we should
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.43,0:20:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live at peace with all men?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.19,0:20:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a way that God is pleased with
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.20,0:20:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we're seeking to live with man in peace
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.01,0:20:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.50,0:20:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what happens is we get confronted
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.89,0:20:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by situations where the \Ntwo are in conflict -
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.48,0:20:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pleasing God or pleasing man.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.37,0:20:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not consistent.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.97,0:20:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when they butt heads -
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.83,0:20:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it's pleasing God or pleasing man
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.02,0:20:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can't do both,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.94,0:20:35.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's where Jesus is saying
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.77,0:20:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you need to testify \Nof Him before men,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.30,0:20:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you need to proclaim Him before men.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.64,0:20:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to stand for \Nwhat's right before men.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.03,0:20:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you need to not fear man.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.41,0:20:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The issue is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.90,0:20:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when pleasing God brings \Nthe scowl of a man,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.08,0:20:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even brings the sword,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.14,0:20:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they can kill your body.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.41,0:20:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.79,0:21:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, in all of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.98,0:21:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want your eyes on the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.07,0:21:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, what pleases You?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.47,0:21:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does pleasing You please my parents?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.03,0:21:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, pleasing You is pleasing \Nmy parents right now, Lord?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.96,0:21:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes. Ok, I'm going to please my parents.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.30,0:21:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents are happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.33,0:21:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.58,0:21:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What it means to be a Christian
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.11,0:21:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to obey the Lord is \Nmaking my parents happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.74,0:21:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But He also said He's bringing a sword.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.62,0:21:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's times I look to Him and He \Nsays you need to go to the left.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.64,0:21:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's like, ok, I look at my parents
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.08,0:21:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're scowling \Nbecause they don't want me
Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.46,0:21:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go to the left, but I look at the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.99,0:21:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He's saying go left.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.15,0:21:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, I go left.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.14,0:21:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the sword comes in the family
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.34,0:21:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's division.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.42,0:21:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But see, all the time \Nmy eyes are on the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.55,0:21:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Paul's talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.36,0:21:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul's talking about, ok, \Nhis eyes are on the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.95,0:21:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it has to do with \Nwhat's being encountered
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.18,0:21:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over there in the Galatian churches,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.91,0:21:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've got Judaizers who are in opposition
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.64,0:21:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the truth of God and the Gospel of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.08,0:21:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's going to stand for the Gospel
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.42,0:21:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though it offends \Nall these other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.80,0:21:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now in another case, with the Corinthians,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.12,0:22:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a matter of - to \Nnot make any obstacle
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.05,0:22:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Gospel, I'm not \Ngoing to take any money
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.17,0:22:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I preach the Gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.45,0:22:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And God's pleased with that too.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.05,0:22:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My eyes are on the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.30,0:22:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, when following the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.98,0:22:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to put me \Nin opposition to men,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.99,0:22:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so be it.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.75,0:22:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When following the Lord is going to \Nput me at peace with all men,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.24,0:22:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so be it.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.40,0:22:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some seasons are going to be one.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.37,0:22:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are times He will make our enemies
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.42,0:22:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be at peace with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.62,0:22:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are other times that
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.16,0:22:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even the closest people \Nwill be at war with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.81,0:22:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we just have to keep our \Neyes on the Lord all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.13,0:22:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's another reason we \Nneed to be in His Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.34,0:22:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need that Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.33,0:22:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be renewing our minds
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.14,0:22:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with that Word all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.97,0:22:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.90,0:22:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because everything about this world -
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.66,0:22:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this world is given to man-pleasing.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.84,0:22:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you're not \Nconstantly in the Scriptures;
Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.42,0:22:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantly in the Word;
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.59,0:22:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantly renewing your mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.56,0:22:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just end up thinking worldly.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.22,0:22:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the worldly way is to please.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.19,0:22:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's to dress to please.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.76,0:22:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's to act to please.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.21,0:22:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's to put on a show to please.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.93,0:22:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's to get the applause.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.39,0:22:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's to get the smile.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.56,0:23:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's to get the approbation of mankind.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.25,0:23:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what the world does.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.32,0:23:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even more, it's to get the jealousy
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.49,0:23:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.66,0:23:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's to get the envy of other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.52,0:23:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's to outdo other people
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.81,0:23:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they admire you
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.67,0:23:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they want what you have
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.04,0:23:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they covet what you have
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.44,0:23:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they covet your spouse
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.85,0:23:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they covet your house
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.06,0:23:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they covet your vehicle.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.52,0:23:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just living with this \Nmindset all the time
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.28,0:23:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of other people, other \Npeople, other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.88,0:23:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, even as a preacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.96,0:23:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like, ok, this thing can hit you
Dialogue: 0,0:23:37.26,0:23:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at any level.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.35,0:23:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going into the pulpit.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.83,0:23:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is my primary objective: \NI want to please the Lord?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.56,0:23:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You look at men.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.70,0:23:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's lots of preachers that preach
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.51,0:23:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way they do because
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.66,0:23:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that guy might not give as much.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.47,0:23:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They might leave the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.86,0:23:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At every level, we're confronted by this.