0:00:02.357,0:00:04.635 I was with someone this week that said, 0:00:04.635,0:00:06.209 "Mention things like Jesus, 0:00:06.209,0:00:07.949 and then mention things like Gandhi 0:00:07.949,0:00:09.902 in the same conversation." 0:00:09.902,0:00:11.292 Listen, those two things, 0:00:11.292,0:00:12.533 they can't come together. 0:00:12.533,0:00:14.907 There is no Gandhi and [br]Jesus coming together 0:00:14.907,0:00:16.697 unless Gandhi repents of his sins, 0:00:16.697,0:00:18.732 puts his faith and hope in Jesus Christ 0:00:18.732,0:00:21.155 as the all-sufficient Savior. 0:00:21.155,0:00:23.035 But there is no uniting of arms 0:00:23.035,0:00:24.474 and just being one big happy 0:00:24.474,0:00:27.099 kumbaya family with these people. 0:00:27.099,0:00:29.645 These are the people that [br]Paul is warning about. 0:00:29.645,0:00:31.439 These are the plausible arguments 0:00:31.439,0:00:32.910 that Paul says they appeal 0:00:32.910,0:00:34.195 to your human intellect. 0:00:34.195,0:00:35.665 They appeal to your emotion. 0:00:35.665,0:00:36.816 Doesn't it make sense 0:00:36.816,0:00:38.769 that Jesus would want us all to get along 0:00:38.769,0:00:40.445 and set doctrine aside? 0:00:40.445,0:00:43.270 And Paul says, "No!" 0:00:43.270,0:00:44.961 You can't do that. 0:00:44.961,0:00:47.116 And we as a body must say no. 0:00:47.116,0:00:49.374 We must recognize this [br]is happening out there. 0:00:49.374,0:00:51.871 That's one of my jobs is [br]defend against these things 0:00:51.871,0:00:52.932 by proclaiming truth 0:00:52.932,0:00:55.117 so when you hear heresies come in, 0:00:55.117,0:00:56.499 you identify it. 0:00:56.499,0:00:57.911 You mark it. 0:00:57.911,0:00:59.636 I need a church 0:00:59.636,0:01:03.440 because I need help to press on 0:01:03.440,0:01:05.966 when the going gets really tough. 0:01:05.966,0:01:07.782 I don't have the goods. 0:01:07.782,0:01:10.067 I don't have the grace in myself. 0:01:10.067,0:01:12.034 I don't have the strength or the wisdom 0:01:12.034,0:01:14.340 or the perspective in myself 0:01:14.340,0:01:16.826 to make it through 0:01:16.826,0:01:20.006 this waste howling wilderness of sin 0:01:20.006,0:01:23.489 without the brethren [br]strengthening me in God. 0:01:23.489,0:01:24.742 And you don't either. 0:01:24.742,0:01:26.917 To press on with the going gets tough. 0:01:26.917,0:01:28.411 To realize and remember 0:01:28.411,0:01:30.139 that Christ saved me individually 0:01:30.139,0:01:33.962 to include me in His body. 0:01:33.962,0:01:36.035 And they were selling their possessions - 0:01:36.035,0:01:36.821 look at that! 0:01:36.821,0:01:38.445 They're selling their possessions. 0:01:38.445,0:01:40.533 The things that they wanted to hold on to. 0:01:40.533,0:01:42.032 Well, that's been in my family 0:01:42.032,0:01:43.160 for three generations. 0:01:43.160,0:01:45.881 That piece of property over there.[br]I can't part with that. 0:01:45.881,0:01:47.250 That's how people are here. 0:01:47.250,0:01:49.431 They've got to hold on to things. 0:01:49.431,0:01:50.728 You know why they can sell 0:01:50.728,0:01:51.814 that piece of property 0:01:51.814,0:01:53.994 that's been in the family [br]for three generations now? 0:01:53.994,0:01:55.715 Because something's more important! 0:01:55.715,0:01:57.070 This person over here, 0:01:57.070,0:01:58.360 even though they may be 0:01:58.360,0:01:59.924 another economic level than me 0:01:59.924,0:02:01.919 and their skin color may be different, 0:02:01.919,0:02:04.029 we have this in common: 0:02:04.029,0:02:06.232 we have believed on the same Christ 0:02:06.232,0:02:07.274 and I love them 0:02:07.274,0:02:10.832 and I'm willing to sell my lands for them. 0:02:10.832,0:02:13.589 The glory of Christ's Kingdom 0:02:13.589,0:02:15.346 is what He's doing in the trenches 0:02:15.346,0:02:16.948 in local churches 0:02:16.948,0:02:18.784 where He's building your life 0:02:18.784,0:02:21.653 and you sit under pastors and elders. 0:02:21.653,0:02:23.024 And they teach you 0:02:23.024,0:02:24.388 and they feed you 0:02:24.388,0:02:25.785 and you grow. 0:02:25.785,0:02:27.358 And the truth grows in you. 0:02:27.358,0:02:29.787 You don't even realize it's happening. 0:02:29.787,0:02:31.875 But you're in the atmosphere 0:02:31.875,0:02:33.905 of where Christ pours His water. 0:02:33.905,0:02:36.587 You see Christ is the [br]fountain of living water. 0:02:36.587,0:02:38.839 But He has a well in the earth. 0:02:38.839,0:02:41.424 Guess what the well is? 0:02:41.424,0:02:44.336 The well is His church. 0:02:44.336,0:02:47.761 That's where He deposits His water. 0:02:47.761,0:02:49.756 This is the church. 0:02:49.756,0:02:52.121 It is a world of love 0:02:52.121,0:02:56.675 and it goes back to the [br]spring of God Himself. 0:02:56.675,0:02:59.783 He overflows with love towards us. 0:02:59.783,0:03:00.903 And if He so loved us, 0:03:00.903,0:03:04.617 how can we not love the others? 0:03:04.617,0:03:06.335 Look to Jesus. 0:03:06.335,0:03:07.661 Turn away from yourself. 0:03:07.661,0:03:09.792 Turn away from what [br]you're believing today. 0:03:09.792,0:03:11.617 Turn away from what you're trusting. 0:03:11.617,0:03:13.129 Look to Jesus Christ - 0:03:13.129,0:03:15.117 the dying Lamb of God. 0:03:15.117,0:03:16.295 The Bible says, 0:03:16.295,0:03:19.220 upon Whom God poured His wrath out 0:03:19.220,0:03:21.723 for your sin and for my sin. 0:03:21.723,0:03:24.064 God poured His wrath out 0:03:24.064,0:03:26.041 on the Son of God, 0:03:26.041,0:03:29.300 as if He hated Him because He hated us 0:03:29.300,0:03:30.770 and our sins. 0:03:30.770,0:03:32.938 But Jesus took that in our place. 0:03:32.938,0:03:37.214 Our God took that in our place 0:03:37.214,0:03:38.944 that we might be saved. 0:03:38.944,0:03:41.054 Turn away from everything else. 0:03:41.054,0:03:42.916 Turn to Christ. 0:03:42.916,0:03:43.750 I admonish you. 0:03:43.750,0:03:44.485 I beg you. 0:03:44.485,0:03:45.790 I plead with you. 0:03:45.790,0:03:47.914 Turn to Jesus Christ. 0:03:47.914,0:03:50.442 For more information go to: 0:03:50.442,0:03:56.036 GospelForNewEngland.com