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Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.77,0:00:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, well, I want to revisit;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.81,0:00:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we looked at it two weeks ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.65,0:00:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We began to think about
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.68,0:00:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this topic of anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.41,0:00:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Luke 12.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.59,0:00:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is just somewhat of a parallel
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.54,0:00:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what we looked at 2 weeks ago
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.55,0:00:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to start;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.50,0:00:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to kind of prime the pump.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.98,0:00:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My Bible - now this isn't inspired -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.20,0:00:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is not inspired, but at Luke 12:22,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.54,0:00:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a heading that says:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.99,0:00:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do not be anxious."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.70,0:00:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're talking about anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.85,0:00:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we talked about anxiety attacks.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.48,0:01:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some, like between 20 \Nand 30 million people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.03,0:01:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have supposedly been diagnosed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.90,0:01:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with some form of anxiety attacks,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.22,0:01:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,panic attacks.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.64,0:01:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like I said last time,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.08,0:01:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps that's the same thing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.12,0:01:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a nervous breakdown.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.62,0:01:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe that's just a bit of \Nan older description of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.58,0:01:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.27,0:01:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible has something \Nto say about anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.91,0:01:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just the psychologists
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.40,0:01:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that say something about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.04,0:01:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And verse 22, listen to what Jesus says.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.08,0:01:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Therefore, I tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.44,0:01:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not be anxious about your life."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.79,0:01:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do not be anxious.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.24,0:01:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we're told in Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.32,0:01:50.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.100,0:01:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be anxious.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.76,0:01:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can look down through here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.48,0:02:02.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 25, "Which of you by being anxious
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.100,0:02:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can add a single hour \Nto his span of life?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.07,0:02:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.19,0:02:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, your anxiety
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.81,0:02:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't fix things,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.58,0:02:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't help things,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.20,0:02:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't improve the situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.73,0:02:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't do any good\Nis basically the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.54,0:02:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 26, "If then, you are not able
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.77,0:02:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do as small a thing as that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.20,0:02:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why are you anxious about the rest?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.75,0:02:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, you should not be.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.18,0:02:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.47,0:02:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 29, "Do not seek
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.10,0:02:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you are to eat, \Nwhat you are to drink,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.19,0:02:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor be worried."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.40,0:02:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you have it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.60,0:02:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be anxious.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.12,0:02:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be worried.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.84,0:02:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You keep reading a little further.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.58,0:02:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 32, "Fear not, little flock."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.82,0:03:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, don't fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.91,0:03:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be worried.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.30,0:03:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be anxious.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.29,0:03:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's one of the things \Nthat we have to recognize.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.24,0:03:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Gospel deals with anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.50,0:03:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we should have that expectation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.54,0:03:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should have the expectation
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.08,0:03:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we know, we recognize,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.68,0:03:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're not saved
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.94,0:03:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you don't know the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.42,0:03:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're in your sin
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.55,0:03:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and death is coming
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.18,0:03:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you've got to face \NGod on judgment day,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.16,0:03:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's all manner of \Nthings to be afraid of,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.84,0:03:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be worried about,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.34,0:03:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be anxious about.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.45,0:03:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have every reason to be fearful
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.44,0:03:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anxious
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.86,0:03:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're approaching judgment day
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.10,0:03:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you do not have your sins forgiven.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.37,0:03:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're in trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.44,0:03:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're in trouble. You should be worried.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.99,0:03:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.42,0:03:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what Jesus is saying is look,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.60,0:04:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My people don't have a reason
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.02,0:04:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be anxious, to be worried,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.14,0:04:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to be fearful.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.19,0:04:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.96,0:04:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Gospel deals with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.62,0:04:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Jesus isn't just saying
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.90,0:04:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that well, if you've got anxiety attacks
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.38,0:04:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you become a Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.70,0:04:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will help you manage your anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.54,0:04:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.35,0:04:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus comes along and He says,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.92,0:04:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"don't be anxious.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.01,0:04:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be worried. Don't fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.27,0:04:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fear not, little flock."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.55,0:04:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.95,0:04:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you know the image \Nthat came to my mind today?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.34,0:04:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever seen a parent
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.98,0:04:50.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a child is traumatized?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.45,0:04:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A child gets scared by something?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.77,0:04:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have this image in my mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.46,0:04:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember when we \Nwere planting the church
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.67,0:05:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down in Stockdale, Texas.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.51,0:05:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Caleb Mussulman was about that tall.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.79,0:05:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's already graduated from college
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.15,0:05:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and got himself a job as an engineer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.75,0:05:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he was just this little guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.88,0:05:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We came out of the building
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.61,0:05:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was a house back behind there
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.56,0:05:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they had a pit bull.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.80,0:05:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this pit bull reared up.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.61,0:05:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We came out the door
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.60,0:05:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was there
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.26,0:05:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think his parents \Nwere over by their van.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.32,0:05:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there was a good distance between them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.73,0:05:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That pit bull raised up over there
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.58,0:05:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it began to bark
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.67,0:05:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it came running full speed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.65,0:05:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it hit the end of its chain
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.46,0:05:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it stopped it dead in its tracks.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.26,0:05:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Caleb was terrified.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.43,0:05:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I went, but it's like, \Nhe didn't want me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.44,0:05:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wanted his dad.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.54,0:05:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His dad was the place of safety.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.38,0:06:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And have you ever seen a father?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.28,0:06:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They pick up a child like that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.32,0:06:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they say,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.56,0:06:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's okay. It's okay."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.77,0:06:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, isn't that the way a parent
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.82,0:06:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oftentimes tries to comfort the child?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.72,0:06:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, they fall and they're crying,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.60,0:06:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they get scared or something.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.62,0:06:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The parent puts their arms around them
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.93,0:06:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and says, "It's going to be okay."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.97,0:06:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know the thing about that,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.83,0:06:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't really know \Nif it's going to be okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.36,0:06:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Parents can't protect their \Nchildren from everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.77,0:06:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they say is going to be okay,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.59,0:06:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it may not be okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.43,0:06:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know when God lays His arms
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.32,0:06:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around His children
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.86,0:06:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and says it's going to be okay,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.48,0:06:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is going to be okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.07,0:06:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.78,0:07:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what the Gospel answers.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.22,0:07:02.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going to be okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.100,0:07:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If He tells you not to fear, why?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.85,0:07:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because you don't have to fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.00,0:07:12.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, if He's forgiven your sins,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.71,0:07:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do you have to fear?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.43,0:07:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have God on your side,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.68,0:07:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He's stronger than everything else -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.77,0:07:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fact, He's not just stronger,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.92,0:07:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is minutely in control.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.09,0:07:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.91,0:07:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, if Jesus says fear not,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.28,0:07:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if He says do not be anxious\Nand we are anxious,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.58,0:07:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.46,0:07:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as we looked at last time,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.89,0:07:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the real issue is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.61,0:07:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are questioning the character of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.89,0:07:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's really the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.77,0:07:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're doubting God.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.12,0:07:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When God wraps His arms around us
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.80,0:07:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and says, "you're Mine,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.84,0:07:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're going to be okay,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.23,0:07:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you don't have to worry,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.66,0:07:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we go on worrying,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.44,0:07:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we're really doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.70,0:07:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the big deal is that we're saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.51,0:08:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"we don't trust You."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.30,0:08:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We don't believe You."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.21,0:08:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And see, we have to walk by faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.95,0:08:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you know, the thing is,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.62,0:08:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know how God puts His arms around us?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.97,0:08:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through words written in a book.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.86,0:08:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not by actual arms
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.63,0:08:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we physically feel wrap around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.65,0:08:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's my point?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.30,0:08:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My point is when a child is laid hold of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.08,0:08:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a parent,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.41,0:08:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are physical arms,\Nthey feel the warmth,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.56,0:08:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they feel the security,\Nthey feel the strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.54,0:08:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know where our \Nstrength, where our security
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.88,0:08:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to be felt?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.64,0:08:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through words in a book.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.17,0:08:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.16,0:08:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We walk by faith, not by sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.77,0:08:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.22,0:08:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just because it's words \Nand not physical arms,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.92,0:08:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't make it any less.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.87,0:08:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it's all the more,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.80,0:08:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because those everlasting arms,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.56,0:09:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if God is with us, who can be against us?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.92,0:09:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when He says He's with us by word,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.11,0:09:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would be more like the parent
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.55,0:09:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yelling from far away to their little boy
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.80,0:09:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in words, "Don't worry. \NIt's going to be okay."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.89,0:09:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is speaking to us from Heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.46,0:09:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's speaking to us \Nthrough an inspired book.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.73,0:09:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, what happened last time is -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.55,0:09:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't know if \Neverybody really recognized
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.45,0:09:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or understood maybe
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.83,0:09:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what our sister Claudia had brought up.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.75,0:09:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She asked a question -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.35,0:09:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sister, how did you ask the question?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.14,0:09:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.25,0:09:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Say that again.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.65,0:09:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,James: When does \Nconcern turn into anxiety?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.94,0:10:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Okay, when does \Nconcern turn into anxiety?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.60,0:10:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you test it?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.97,0:10:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, I gave a little,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.44,0:10:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps a minute answer to that,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.64,0:10:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I think the things that were said
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.80,0:10:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were right, but as time went on,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.52,0:10:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought more and more about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.85,0:10:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought, you know what,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.26,0:10:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking at good anxiety versus bad anxiety
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.76,0:10:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be a worthwhile \Nlittle study for tonight.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.67,0:10:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's open our Bibles.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.95,0:10:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at Philippians.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.06,0:10:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're just going to look at some of these.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.76,0:10:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Philippians 4:6
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.87,0:11:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody want to read \Nthat if they find it?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.77,0:11:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do not be anxious about anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.80,0:11:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in everything by \Nprayer and supplication
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.77,0:11:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with thanksgiving,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.43,0:11:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let your requests be made known to God."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.09,0:11:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Okay. Don't be anxious for anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.59,0:11:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let me ask this question.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.26,0:11:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there a place for any anxiety?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.77,0:11:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're going to be honest to that text
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.60,0:11:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's the answer?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.75,0:11:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the obvious answer?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.55,0:11:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.76,0:11:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's the thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.60,0:11:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scripture will often make
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.02,0:11:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dogmatic statements about something
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.33,0:12:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the truth is that the word
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.11,0:12:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's being used, like here "anxiety,"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.22,0:12:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't be anxious about anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.64,0:12:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are words in Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.39,0:12:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sometimes can be used
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.53,0:12:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a negative connotation,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.48,0:12:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes in either a neutral
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.68,0:12:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a positive connotation.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.38,0:12:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we have to do is recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.12,0:12:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how the word is being used.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.92,0:12:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are places in our Bibles
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.95,0:12:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where anxiety is actually a good thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.16,0:12:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we have to understand it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.56,0:12:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to understand it in context.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.66,0:12:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's the same word.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.39,0:12:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the exact same word.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.72,0:12:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The exact same word can be used
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.07,0:12:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a good way;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.19,0:12:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can be used in a negative way.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.13,0:12:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can anybody think about any other word
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.06,0:12:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's used in Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.67,0:12:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can either be used in a bad way
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.12,0:12:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a neutral way,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.43,0:12:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a bad way and a good way?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.18,0:12:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Same word.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.04,0:12:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,World.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.56,0:13:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Following the course of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.19,0:13:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right there at the \Nbeginning of Ephesians 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.42,0:13:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, dead in trespasses and sins,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.12,0:13:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,following the course of this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.87,0:13:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,following the prince \Nof the power of the air.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.30,0:13:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"World" there is bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.91,0:13:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love not the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.27,0:13:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, the world can be \Nthat which God created.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.51,0:13:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's another word?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.18,0:13:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fear. Absolutely.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.06,0:13:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a bad fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.05,0:13:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give me an example of a bad fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.12,0:13:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we could say, Luke 12. \NWe just saw it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.28,0:13:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Fear not, little flock."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.96,0:13:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, I'm thinking of 2 Corinthians 7
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.08,0:13:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we're basically working out
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.84,0:13:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this self-cleansing;
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.51,0:13:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cleansing ourselves of every defilement
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.78,0:13:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of body and mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.02,0:13:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody know how?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.78,0:13:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, bringing holiness to completion
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.58,0:14:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the fear of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.94,0:14:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a good one.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.14,0:14:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody think of any \Nother words like that?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.69,0:14:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lust. That's another one.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.53,0:14:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Typically, when it gets translated "lust"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.87,0:14:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has a negative connotation,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.09,0:14:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the word is "passion" or "desire"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.46,0:14:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it often can be a good one.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.15,0:14:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any other words?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.23,0:14:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hate?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.23,0:14:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hate can be good and hate can be bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.26,0:14:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's got more to do \Nwith the object of the hatred,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.76,0:14:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but yes, that could be in that category.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.75,0:14:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Law?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.60,0:14:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.51,0:15:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, there can be \Ndifferent meanings to law.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.26,0:15:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's for sure.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.17,0:15:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are places like \Nwhere Scripture would say
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.30,0:15:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're dead to the law.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.01,0:15:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, what that means is
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.16,0:15:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever the law is there,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.85,0:15:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's good that we die to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.30,0:15:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then we're also living to another law,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.67,0:15:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so yes, depending on \Nhow that word is used.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.42,0:15:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe flesh has various \Nconnotations to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.27,0:15:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Flesh can definitely be an evil thing
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.52,0:15:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a negative thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.14,0:15:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Works. Yes, works.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.79,0:15:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway, you get the idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.82,0:15:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anxiety falls into that camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.22,0:15:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to give you four of what I think
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.27,0:15:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the clearest New Testament examples -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.72,0:15:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I say New Testament,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.28,0:15:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to remember
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.28,0:16:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is an Old Testament Greek.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.38,0:16:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the Septuagint.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.60,0:16:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can find the \Nword back there as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.77,0:16:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the New Testament,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.21,0:16:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the four most obvious uses.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.33,0:16:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's the exact same \Nword in the original.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.15,0:16:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exact same.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.97,0:16:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One example would be found
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.02,0:16:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1 Corinthians 12:25.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.81,0:16:26.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's look at that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.64,0:16:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody read that when you get there.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.53,0:16:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 Corinthians 12:25.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.13,0:16:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That there may be \Nno division in the body,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.69,0:16:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that the members may have\Nthe same care for one another."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.90,0:16:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: That word "care,"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.32,0:16:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is exactly the word
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.17,0:16:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Philippians 4:6 for anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.18,0:16:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the thing is,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.92,0:17:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you do have to recgonize this,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.01,0:17:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the same word,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.67,0:17:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but sometimes it's found \Nin the noun forms;
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.11,0:17:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes it's found in the adjective form
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.27,0:17:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we look at these different examples.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.37,0:17:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have anxieties - that's the noun form.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.54,0:17:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or being anxious - that's the adjective.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.25,0:17:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what we have here,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.16,0:17:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,read that again about care.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.86,0:17:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.83,0:17:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This has to do with being \Nin the same church together.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.20,0:17:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That there may be no \Ndivisions in the body,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.37,0:17:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that the members \Nmay have the same care
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.80,0:17:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for one another."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.86,0:17:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: See, the members of \Nthis body have care.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.70,0:17:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This body is not this universal body.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.83,0:17:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't care for people \Nthat you don't know
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.63,0:17:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out in the middle of nowhere in China.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.09,0:17:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you might be able to support \Na missionary that's going over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.67,0:17:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the obvious implication here
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.28,0:17:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being a member of a body
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.90,0:17:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it's the local body.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.47,0:17:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're living for each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.38,0:18:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the actual word is:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.54,0:18:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're being anxious for each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.70,0:18:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the word.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.80,0:18:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're being anxious for each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.79,0:18:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll show you another similar usage
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.50,0:18:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 2 Corinthians 11:28.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.98,0:18:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody can read that \Nwhen they get there.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.10,0:18:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2 Corinthians 11:28.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.67,0:18:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And apart from other things,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.00,0:18:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is the daily pressure on me
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.53,0:18:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of my anxiety for all the churches."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.92,0:18:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Right, there it is again.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.43,0:18:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you have members in the same body,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.53,0:18:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or members in this body
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.06,0:18:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are supposed to be \Nanxious for each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.56,0:18:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have Paul who is admitting
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.63,0:18:47.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that above all the trials \Nthat he's dealing with,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.35,0:18:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the greatest ones
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.33,0:18:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,above and beyond them all
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.22,0:18:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the fact that he carries around anxiety
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.96,0:18:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the churches.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.10,0:18:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What churches?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.18,0:18:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, all the churches.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.30,0:18:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He even would write to churches \Nthat he had never visited,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.62,0:19:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never seen them face to face.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.07,0:19:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he would say to them
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.56,0:19:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's praying for them all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.84,0:19:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He carried about a burden.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.51,0:19:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's see something similar.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.91,0:19:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go back to Philippians 2:20.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.17,0:19:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love this.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.55,0:19:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one of the great descriptions -
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.51,0:19:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we often think about \Nqualifications for ministry
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.53,0:19:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming from the pastoral epistles.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.10,0:19:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, there are qualifications
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.91,0:19:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can find in other places.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.87,0:19:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book of Acts chapter 20 is tremendous.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.34,0:19:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 Peter has some great \Nthings to say about elders.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.64,0:19:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this, what words are \Nspoken about Timothy!
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.62,0:19:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to talk about \Nqualifications for the ministry.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.51,0:19:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody read Philippians 2:20.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.86,0:19:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For I have no one like-minded
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.99,0:19:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will sincerely care for your welfare."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.83,0:20:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: That word "care" -
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.37,0:20:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again, same word that we have
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.65,0:20:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Philippian 4:6
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.88,0:20:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that says be anxious for nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.13,0:20:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't this interesting?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.62,0:20:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you were listening to Paul speak
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.22,0:20:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the original Greek,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.96,0:20:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what he says?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.69,0:20:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says to the church
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.76,0:20:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have any man like him.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.76,0:20:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's anxious for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.73,0:20:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he turns around and says to them
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.84,0:20:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be anxious for nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.70,0:20:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he uses exactly the same word.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.75,0:20:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, they're not going \Nto misunderstand him.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.04,0:20:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They recognize in one case
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.27,0:20:39.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's used in a very positive way.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.11,0:20:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the other case,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.80,0:20:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's used in a negative way.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.84,0:20:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now keep reading. Who was reading that?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.24,0:20:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep reading.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.01,0:20:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For all seek their own,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.66,0:20:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the things which are of Christ Jesus."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.80,0:20:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Aye aye aye...
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.98,0:20:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You talk about convicting!
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.88,0:20:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I read that,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.02,0:21:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time I read that,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.17,0:21:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is convicting.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.33,0:21:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm blown away by that statement.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.84,0:21:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.00,0:21:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many men did Paul work with
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.88,0:21:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the years?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.24,0:21:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just think through the epistles.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.00,0:21:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who are the men that he names?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.44,0:21:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who are the men that he's \Nsending in different directions?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.97,0:21:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He worked for a time with Demas.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.61,0:21:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know Demas defected.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.07,0:21:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he worked with Tychicus.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.87,0:21:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he worked with Onesimus.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.11,0:21:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He worked with Epaphras.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.43,0:21:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He worked with Apollos.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.96,0:21:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He worked with Timothy.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.60,0:21:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He worked with Silas.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.92,0:21:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He worked with Barnabas.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.34,0:21:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least those guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.08,0:21:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He worked with Luke.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.23,0:21:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He worked with Mark.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.79,0:21:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.88,0:21:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about Epaphroditus?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.51,0:21:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He worked with all these different guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.77,0:21:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, he's able to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.56,0:21:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nobody has the anxiety for your soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.58,0:21:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't mind his own things;
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.99,0:21:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he minds the things of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.17,0:22:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a statement!
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.79,0:22:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(from the room)
Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.86,0:22:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think of Mary and Martha.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.36,0:22:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Martha actually told the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.28,0:22:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"do You not care that my sister
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.16,0:22:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has left me to serve alone?"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.03,0:22:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then Christ says,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.19,0:22:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You're anxious and troubled \Nabout many things."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.86,0:22:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible)
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.32,0:22:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Exactly, that's a bad anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.31,0:22:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So right there,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.04,0:22:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you care about the wrong things.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.84,0:22:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.24,0:22:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's at the heart of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.88,0:22:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, this is really where we \Nwant to make the distinction.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.69,0:22:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we know?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.91,0:22:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are the tests?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.37,0:22:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When can you look at yourself and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.36,0:22:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wow, the anxiety that I'm feeling -
Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.23,0:22:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because look, if you \Nhave the kind of anxiety
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.35,0:22:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus says you should not have
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.30,0:22:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Paul says you should not have,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.03,0:22:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know those are imperatives.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.89,0:22:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are imperatives that are given
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.76,0:22:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that say - it's a commandment -
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.28,0:22:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't be anxious.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.26,0:23:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which means if you are, it's sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.01,0:23:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you blatantly contradict
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.28,0:23:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something in your life
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.42,0:23:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Scripture tells you not to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.14,0:23:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:07.62,0:23:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is sin?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.00,0:23:12.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sin is transgression of the law.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.55,0:23:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's transgression of the commandments.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:14.59,0:23:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's transgression of the will of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.56,0:23:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The will of God is what God \Nsets forth in His Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.62,0:23:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.90,0:23:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how do we distinguish between the two?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.86,0:23:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we move on,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.07,0:23:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to give you one more example
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.29,0:23:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the positive use of this
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.17,0:23:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's found in 1 Corinthians 7.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:37.72,0:23:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 Corinthians 7:32-34,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.04,0:23:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have an interesting usage
Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.64,0:23:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the word anxiety several times.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.04,0:23:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody that gets there,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.38,0:23:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can go ahead and read
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.63,0:24:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 Corinthians 7:32-34.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.58,0:24:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I want you to be free from anxieties.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:03.63,0:24:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The unmarried man is anxious
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.44,0:24:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the things of the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.55,0:24:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to please the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.30,0:24:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the married man is anxious
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.26,0:24:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about worldly things,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.95,0:24:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to please his wife."
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.20,0:24:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Keep going.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.12,0:24:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And the unmarried or betrothed woman
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.87,0:24:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is anxious about the things of the Lord."
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.16,0:24:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Okay, stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.17,0:24:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, look, isn't that \Nconvoluted in itself?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:33.50,0:24:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to what he says in v. 32.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.61,0:24:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't want them anxious.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.68,0:24:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet in v. 34, what does he say?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.17,0:24:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That the unmarried woman
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.79,0:24:48.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is anxious about what?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.21,0:24:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The things of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.90,0:24:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when he says he doesn't \Nwant them anxious,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.23,0:24:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that what he's talking about?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.78,0:24:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, no, if you look at the flow,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.20,0:24:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's obvious what he's talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.83,0:24:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He comes along and he says
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.07,0:24:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want you anxious.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.74,0:25:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's a context there.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.08,0:25:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's saying if you get married,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.04,0:25:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to be anxious
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.61,0:25:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about things of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.38,0:25:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't get married,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.16,0:25:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you'll stay focused
Dialogue: 0,0:25:14.13,0:25:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be anxious only about
Dialogue: 0,0:25:16.22,0:25:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the things of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.80,0:25:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's a positive use right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.99,0:25:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be anxious about the things of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:25.30,0:25:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a good thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.63,0:25:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, that's why he doesn't want
Dialogue: 0,0:25:28.35,0:25:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people to marry.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.96,0:25:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So any of you guys thinking \Nabout getting married...
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.67,0:25:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still recommend marriage.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.19,0:25:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But okay, we don't need to sidestep.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.43,0:25:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.50,0:25:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's good use. There's bad use.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.65,0:25:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You obviously see that from Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.72,0:25:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We looked at examples of both.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.80,0:25:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the question that is on the table
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.67,0:25:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is how do we know the difference?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.68,0:26:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, Jesus tells His disciples
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.34,0:26:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't be anxious.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.93,0:26:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We saw that in Matthew 6.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.34,0:26:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We looked at it today in Luke 12.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.44,0:26:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We heard from it our brother Tony
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.49,0:26:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mentioned Martha.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.49,0:26:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus said,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.06,0:26:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Martha, you're anxious about
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.53,0:26:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all sorts of things."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.89,0:26:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good or bad? Obviously bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.30,0:26:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? What's the comparison?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.64,0:26:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her sister.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.36,0:26:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her sister who is not \Nfull of these anxieties.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.29,0:26:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's seated at the feet of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.30,0:26:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's chosen the good part.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.62,0:26:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wouldn't be taken away from her.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.63,0:26:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how can we distinguish?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.62,0:26:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because here's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.63,0:26:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you this.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.88,0:26:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have four children.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.39,0:26:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody has said,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.95,0:27:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a parent, you can only be as happy
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.56,0:27:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as your saddest child.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.68,0:27:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's something to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.18,0:27:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know with every child that you have
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.70,0:27:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a new set of anxieties?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.29,0:27:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.19,0:27:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went bike riding this afternoon,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.11,0:27:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I typically do right \Nbefore this study with Craig.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.60,0:27:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I told Craig that we had
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.58,0:27:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a number of visiting families
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.10,0:27:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we had some people that were
Dialogue: 0,0:27:27.68,0:27:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking at moving here.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.40,0:27:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We rode for a little while,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:31.33,0:27:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Craig said something like,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:35.15,0:27:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if that's a good thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:38.87,0:27:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, well, it's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.59,0:27:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of like a parent \Nhaving another child,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:44.37,0:27:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adopting another child.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:45.92,0:27:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With each family that comes to the church,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:48.04,0:27:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,typically it brings responsibilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.93,0:27:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It brings anxieties.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.30,0:27:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often, it brings problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.06,0:28:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, if you think about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.97,0:28:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,okay, Paul comes along and he says,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:05.50,0:28:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hey, I want you free from anxieties.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.57,0:28:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want you to be \Nanxious about the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.72,0:28:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So don't get married, \Nbecause if you get married,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:13.06,0:28:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:14.02,0:28:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you've got concerns about a wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.03,0:28:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you've got a wife,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.22,0:28:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you might have kids
Dialogue: 0,0:28:18.38,0:28:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you've got concerns \Nabout all those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.46,0:28:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.12,0:28:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what we could say?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:26.79,0:28:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want to withdraw.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.42,0:28:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to have a family.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:31.02,0:28:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to keep my distance.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.53,0:28:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, if you get too close to people,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:34.58,0:28:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then all of a sudden, you care,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.47,0:28:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you care,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.92,0:28:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it hurts.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.96,0:28:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's burden.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.59,0:28:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's troubles.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.26,0:28:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:43.51,0:28:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's that family that has 18 kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:45.92,0:28:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.03,0:28:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, 18 children...
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.19,0:28:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like 18 children just multiplies.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.20,0:28:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have four.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.22,0:28:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It multiplies by over four-fold
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.55,0:28:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the things that you feel;
Dialogue: 0,0:28:59.39,0:29:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the potentials for them \Nto be in car accidents,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.16,0:29:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or get leukemia,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.27,0:29:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to marry a lost spouse,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.27,0:29:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the person divorces them,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:09.54,0:29:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or have your grandchildren be stillborn.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.56,0:29:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could think that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.76,0:29:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:19.06,0:29:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what the truth is?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.87,0:29:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I really don't want to have anxieties,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:23.40,0:29:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the best thing is don't be married,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.56,0:29:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't have children,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:26.85,0:29:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,certainly, don't be a pastor.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:28.39,0:29:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be like Timothy.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.57,0:29:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be like Paul who's got
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.91,0:29:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these anxieties over the churches.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:32.86,0:29:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be like Timothy
Dialogue: 0,0:29:34.00,0:29:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's got anxieties over \Nthe people at Philippi.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:36.52,0:29:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't get close to anybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.36,0:29:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, withdraw.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.11,0:29:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go build a cabin out somewhere far away.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.55,0:29:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, I'm serious.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:47.02,0:29:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.11,0:29:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of the anxieties -
Dialogue: 0,0:29:51.66,0:29:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now, I know, you could all of a sudden
Dialogue: 0,0:29:54.48,0:29:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have anxieties that a grizzly \Nbear's going to come
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.05,0:30:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carry you off at night.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.73,0:30:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, what we don't want to do clearly
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.93,0:30:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is fall into that thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:13.06,0:30:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.96,0:30:16.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of people that struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:30:16.100,0:30:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with anxiety attacks,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.17,0:30:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what they end up doing
Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.68,0:30:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the midst of their anxieties?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.25,0:30:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They end up withdrawing.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:24.51,0:30:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't want to be around people.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:26.83,0:30:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? It's too much.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:29.26,0:30:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just too much.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:30.52,0:30:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's overwhelming anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.59,0:30:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's the thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.64,0:30:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:30:38.39,0:30:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there's good anxiety
Dialogue: 0,0:30:40.58,0:30:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's bad anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.51,0:30:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reality is to love more people,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.78,0:30:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like the body in 1 Corinthians 12.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.16,0:30:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You be a member of this body.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:52.94,0:30:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what it says there?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.13,0:30:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We weep with those who weep.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.84,0:31:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know if you weep with those who weep,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:02.44,0:31:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like if it's really true,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:04.10,0:31:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can only be as happy \Nas your saddest child,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.92,0:31:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the truth is if that's what \NGod wants from us -
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.48,0:31:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're to weep with those who weep,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.79,0:31:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you know what,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.98,0:31:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loving people brings certain sorrows.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:24.34,0:31:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what the problem \Nis if you love people?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.06,0:31:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It opens you up to pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.49,0:31:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it opens you up to worry
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.85,0:31:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very possibly.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:35.93,0:31:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you love somebody,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.56,0:31:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're concerned about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.51,0:31:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we certainly don't want to do
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.40,0:31:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we try to steer people away
Dialogue: 0,0:31:45.54,0:31:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the negative anxieties,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:49.44,0:31:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we want to at the same time
Dialogue: 0,0:31:51.46,0:31:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,encourage that they embrace
Dialogue: 0,0:31:55.62,0:31:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the good anxieties.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.60,0:32:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how can you tell the difference?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:00.15,0:32:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can you tell Paul
Dialogue: 0,0:32:04.12,0:32:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who says, look, above all the things -
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.61,0:32:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody look at that \Ntext in 2 Corinthians.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:11.50,0:32:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That text was found in 2 Corinthians 11.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:17.81,0:32:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the text specifically was in v. 28.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:22.34,0:32:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe I'll read that one.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:27.10,0:32:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2 Corinthians 11.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.71,0:32:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:37.32,0:32:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:32:43.54,0:32:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What Paul's doing here
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.82,0:32:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is he's comparing himself
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.39,0:32:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to these false apostles.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.95,0:32:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,V. 22, "Are they Hebrews? So am I.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.90,0:32:59.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are they Israelites? So am I.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.59,0:33:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:02.44,0:33:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are they servants of Christ?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.11,0:33:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a better one."
Dialogue: 0,0:33:06.30,0:33:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now he's not speaking pridefully here.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:09.81,0:33:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a true apostle.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:12.77,0:33:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were false apostles.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.11,0:33:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he says it right away.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:17.93,0:33:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking like a madman.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.38,0:33:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knew this sounds arrogant,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.33,0:33:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he says I'm talking \Nlike a madman here.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:24.66,0:33:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I've been in far greater labors.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:26.47,0:33:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've suffered much more \Nfor Christ than any of them
Dialogue: 0,0:33:29.67,0:33:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm preaching a \Nmessage that gets persecuted.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.62,0:33:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unlike those guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:34.13,0:33:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're ear ticklers.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:35.40,0:33:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're man pleasers.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:36.89,0:33:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, look what he says.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:41.07,0:33:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Far greater labors,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:43.78,0:33:48.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far more imprisonments."
Dialogue: 0,0:33:48.21,0:33:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of us have perhaps been in jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:52.19,0:33:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was in jail for Christ's sake.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:54.73,0:33:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not just that.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:56.41,0:33:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Countless beatings.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:59.89,0:34:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we had one person in our midst
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.33,0:34:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had been beaten just once
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.69,0:34:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the name of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:12.80,0:34:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would so highly esteem that person.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:17.22,0:34:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any of you... (incomplete thought).
Dialogue: 0,0:34:21.51,0:34:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kevin - he got punched right?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:23.90,0:34:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.35,0:34:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suffering for Christ's sake.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:30.48,0:34:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, people that \Nare willing to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:32.73,0:34:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love that.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:35.94,0:34:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he was beaten - he \Ndidn't even know the number
Dialogue: 0,0:34:39.10,0:34:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of times he was beaten.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:41.65,0:34:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was often near death.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:45.09,0:34:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like he says at times,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:46.30,0:34:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they feared for their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:50.46,0:34:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Five times I received at \Nthe hands of the Jews
Dialogue: 0,0:34:52.98,0:34:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,40 lashes less one."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:55.00,0:34:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most you could give \Nunder Mosaic Law: 40.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:58.22,0:34:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they always did 39
Dialogue: 0,0:34:59.70,0:35:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lest they should accidentally go over.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:03.37,0:35:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:04.86,0:35:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got a rod right there behind Wendy.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:07.95,0:35:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can somebody imagine if I took that rod
Dialogue: 0,0:35:10.65,0:35:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I beat you with it 39 times?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:14.04,0:35:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As hard as I could?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:19.22,0:35:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what he went through.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:21.98,0:35:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Once I was stoned and left for dead."
Dialogue: 0,0:35:25.12,0:35:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know about that account.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:26.60,0:35:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Three times I was shipwrecked.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:29.28,0:35:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A night and a day I was adrift at sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:32.21,0:35:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frequent journeys and dangers from rivers,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:34.48,0:35:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,danger from robbers,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:35.90,0:35:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,danger from my own people,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:37.33,0:35:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,danger from the Gentiles,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:38.63,0:35:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,danger in the city, \Ndanger in the wilderness,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:40.85,0:35:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,danger at sea,\Ndanger from false brothers,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:43.35,0:35:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in toil, hardship, \Nmany sleepless nights,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:46.08,0:35:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hunger and thirst,\Noften without food,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:48.22,0:35:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in cold and exposure
Dialogue: 0,0:35:49.72,0:35:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and apart from other things,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:51.50,0:35:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is the daily pressure on me
Dialogue: 0,0:35:53.39,0:35:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of my anxieties for all the churches."
Dialogue: 0,0:35:56.28,0:35:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like he's gets done,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:58.64,0:36:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's like you want to know
Dialogue: 0,0:36:00.24,0:36:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what really is a burden to me?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:04.14,0:36:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not all those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:06.74,0:36:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Daily I carry around this burden
Dialogue: 0,0:36:10.55,0:36:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the churches.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:12.16,0:36:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want that.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.08,0:36:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want that kind of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:14.39,0:36:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a good anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:16.34,0:36:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should pursue that.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:19.28,0:36:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But okay, how do we know the difference?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:22.17,0:36:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we know when we feel panicked,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:33.65,0:36:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we feel cares, we feel burdens,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:36.26,0:36:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we feel anxiety, we feel cares?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:42.40,0:36:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's a good mark
Dialogue: 0,0:36:43.95,0:36:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the thing is good or bad?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:47.66,0:36:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's some things.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.80,0:36:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You guys can be thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:36:50.09,0:36:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I don't hit on one that you think of,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:52.04,0:36:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll give you the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:36:53.57,0:36:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after I throw these out.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:56.84,0:36:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number one,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:59.32,0:37:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here's a question that you need to ask.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:02.39,0:37:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you concerned about?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:07.60,0:37:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, that's a good thing to ask.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:09.67,0:37:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I can tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:12.24,0:37:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time in Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:37:15.71,0:37:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's a good anxiety,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:19.92,0:37:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's being anxious for people
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.39,0:37:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the 1 Corinthians 7,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:26.40,0:37:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's being anxious for the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:32.43,0:37:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Versus the bad anxieties
Dialogue: 0,0:37:35.14,0:37:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would be being anxious for money
Dialogue: 0,0:37:39.65,0:37:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or for clothing or for food
Dialogue: 0,0:37:43.09,0:37:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or for drink
Dialogue: 0,0:37:44.74,0:37:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or for the physical things.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:49.47,0:37:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what Paul said
Dialogue: 0,0:37:50.59,0:37:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it came to financial things?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:52.24,0:37:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it came to wealth?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:53.49,0:37:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it came to provision in this world?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:55.43,0:37:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said God has taught me
Dialogue: 0,0:37:57.81,0:37:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both how to be abased
Dialogue: 0,0:37:59.77,0:38:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to abound.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:01.95,0:38:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, I don't \Nfreak out either way.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:05.66,0:38:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's taught me how to go through both
Dialogue: 0,0:38:09.69,0:38:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resting on Him
Dialogue: 0,0:38:11.33,0:38:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trusting in Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:13.48,0:38:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says this to the Philippians.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:16.39,0:38:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's going to supply our every need
Dialogue: 0,0:38:18.75,0:38:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to His riches \Nin glory through Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:21.09,0:38:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:23.74,0:38:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's taught us.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:25.06,0:38:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But think about what you're anxious about.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:29.25,0:38:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't mean that a bad anxiety
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.10,0:38:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can't be attached to people.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:32.87,0:38:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's just a point well worth making
Dialogue: 0,0:38:35.89,0:38:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when Paul was \Nanxious for the churches,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:39.66,0:38:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was people.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:41.73,0:38:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Timothy was anxious \Nfor the Philippians,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:47.14,0:38:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was people.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:50.90,0:38:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you think about these examples
Dialogue: 0,0:38:57.46,0:38:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the 1 Corinthians 7,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:59.81,0:39:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the person that marries,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.09,0:39:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's anxious for the things of his wife
Dialogue: 0,0:39:05.28,0:39:07.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,versus the girl that stays single -
Dialogue: 0,0:39:07.71,0:39:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's anxious for the things of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.52,0:39:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the first thing to think about.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:12.85,0:39:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are we anxious about?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:14.81,0:39:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it people and is it the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:39:17.79,0:39:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are driving our concerns?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:20.62,0:39:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or is it stuff?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:22.38,0:39:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it the fear of whether God's going to
Dialogue: 0,0:39:24.86,0:39:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,provide for us?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:25.94,0:39:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it the fear of whether we're going to
Dialogue: 0,0:39:27.95,0:39:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get something that we think we want?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:29.76,0:39:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if that's a spouse.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:36.09,0:39:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just panicking because you're not sure
Dialogue: 0,0:39:40.35,0:39:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about tomorrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:41.60,0:39:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're just worried all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:43.84,0:39:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How am I going to make it?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:45.45,0:39:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How am I going to take care of my family?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:48.60,0:39:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is this going to happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:53.17,0:39:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's the first thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:55.73,0:40:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second thing is this.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:01.44,0:40:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at Matthew 13:22.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:05.78,0:40:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the well known parable
Dialogue: 0,0:40:12.28,0:40:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the four soils.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:17.75,0:40:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third soil type
Dialogue: 0,0:40:21.97,0:40:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is found in Matthew 13:22.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:24.89,0:40:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The explanation, the interpretation.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:28.86,0:40:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody want to read that?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:34.92,0:40:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"As for what was sown among the thorns,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:38.21,0:40:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the one who hears the Word
Dialogue: 0,0:40:40.46,0:40:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the cares of the world..."
Dialogue: 0,0:40:42.02,0:40:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:43.52,0:40:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cares of the world?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:44.71,0:40:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the anxieties of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:47.16,0:40:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep going.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:48.33,0:40:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...and the deceitfulness of riches
Dialogue: 0,0:40:50.35,0:40:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,choke the Word and proves unfruitful."
Dialogue: 0,0:40:53.69,0:40:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: It chokes the Word
Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.62,0:40:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it proves unfruitful.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:59.92,0:41:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cares of the world
Dialogue: 0,0:41:05.29,0:41:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lead to no fruitfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:09.52,0:41:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, if you compare this
Dialogue: 0,0:41:11.48,0:41:14.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the other Gospels,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:14.99,0:41:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what happens is it chokes,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:19.97,0:41:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it keeps the fruit from \Ncoming to fruition.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:25.95,0:41:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, look at this text.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:28.37,0:41:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke 21:34.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:31.19,0:41:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody read that when you get there.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:41.35,0:41:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But watch yourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:42.67,0:41:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lest your hearts be weighed down
Dialogue: 0,0:41:44.83,0:41:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with dissipation and drunkenness
Dialogue: 0,0:41:47.54,0:41:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cares of this life
Dialogue: 0,0:41:49.27,0:41:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that day come upon you suddenly
Dialogue: 0,0:41:51.45,0:41:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a trap."
Dialogue: 0,0:41:53.43,0:41:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: There it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:55.09,0:41:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cares of this life.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:59.27,0:42:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cares of this life.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:02.38,0:42:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get weighed down by them.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:06.10,0:42:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what does it say there in Matthew 13?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:10.09,0:42:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It said that there's a choking.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:16.39,0:42:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These cares choke.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:19.07,0:42:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:20.72,0:42:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's not fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.53,0:42:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the thing that \Nwe need to ask is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:42:25.95,0:42:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does your anxiety produce fruit
Dialogue: 0,0:42:32.22,0:42:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or does it choke it?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:35.49,0:42:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because think about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:37.38,0:42:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If a person is having anxiety attacks,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:40.61,0:42:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they can't even get themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:42:42.28,0:42:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get out of their bed \Nor out of their home
Dialogue: 0,0:42:44.41,0:42:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a Sunday to come to the service,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:46.66,0:42:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to use their spiritual gifts \Nto strengthen other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:49.69,0:42:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to encourage other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:51.29,0:42:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get there to stir up one another
Dialogue: 0,0:42:54.28,0:42:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to love and good works
Dialogue: 0,0:42:55.39,0:42:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not forsake the assembling together,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:57.75,0:42:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get there and hear about
Dialogue: 0,0:42:59.24,0:43:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's happening in other people's lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:01.39,0:43:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bear one another's burdens,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:02.98,0:43:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rejoice with those who rejoice,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:04.71,0:43:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to weep with those who weep -
Dialogue: 0,0:43:06.87,0:43:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're not able,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:08.62,0:43:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you know what that anxiety is doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:12.06,0:43:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's choking fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:15.29,0:43:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whereas Paul, thinking about \Nthe churches all the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:19.30,0:43:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his care for the churches,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:21.71,0:43:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that didn't produce a choking.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:26.14,0:43:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That didn't produce a fruitlessness.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:29.61,0:43:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That didn't produce in Paul
Dialogue: 0,0:43:31.46,0:43:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a desire to fly away
Dialogue: 0,0:43:34.00,0:43:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and build a cabin out in the woods.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:36.60,0:43:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what it did?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:39.31,0:43:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to him speak \Nto every single church.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:43.41,0:43:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says I am constantly remembering you
Dialogue: 0,0:43:47.78,0:43:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:50.18,0:43:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:52.04,0:43:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His anxiety caused him
Dialogue: 0,0:43:55.27,0:43:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take those churches
Dialogue: 0,0:43:56.85,0:43:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the throne of grace
Dialogue: 0,0:43:58.52,0:44:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over and over and over again.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:01.91,0:44:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It caused him to go to those churches,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:04.20,0:44:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to risk his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:05.64,0:44:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you remember what he said
Dialogue: 0,0:44:07.29,0:44:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the church at Rome?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:08.72,0:44:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, oh, I have longed to come to you
Dialogue: 0,0:44:12.26,0:44:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I might have some fruit among you.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:15.13,0:44:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wanted to come and preach the Gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:18.12,0:44:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wanted his faith and their faith
Dialogue: 0,0:44:20.10,0:44:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to mutually edify each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:23.56,0:44:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to how he talked \Nto the church at Corinth.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:26.10,0:44:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He talked about coming,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:27.83,0:44:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what did he want to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:29.66,0:44:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't want to come \Nand have to use the rod.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:32.50,0:44:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he would if he had to.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:34.09,0:44:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because he would come
Dialogue: 0,0:44:35.59,0:44:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to set things in order.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:37.10,0:44:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did Paul send Titus
Dialogue: 0,0:44:38.60,0:44:43.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the churches in Crete to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:43.45,0:44:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good things. Fruitful things.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:45.69,0:44:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Paul and Barnabas
Dialogue: 0,0:44:47.85,0:44:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,went through the churches in Acts 14,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:50.16,0:44:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you know what they were doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:51.77,0:44:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were encouraging the brethren
Dialogue: 0,0:44:54.33,0:44:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and appointing elders.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:56.33,0:44:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But good things.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:57.72,0:44:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were risking their life.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:59.36,0:45:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were risking imprisonment.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:01.38,0:45:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were risking beatings.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:03.25,0:45:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:04.44,0:45:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, when Paul said
Dialogue: 0,0:45:07.52,0:45:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he could just as well die as live,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:12.62,0:45:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what did he say?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:14.20,0:45:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did he say?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:15.40,0:45:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I desire to depart and be with Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:17.69,0:45:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:19.52,0:45:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,James: To remain in the \Nflesh is far more necessary...
Dialogue: 0,0:45:22.52,0:45:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: For their sakes.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:23.87,0:45:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, kill me. Chop my head off, Nero.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:27.66,0:45:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I get to go to glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:29.82,0:45:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what?\NYou know what's more needful?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:32.93,0:45:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that I fly away, build a cabin
Dialogue: 0,0:45:36.32,0:45:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of Frisco, Colorado.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:40.39,0:45:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says it's more necessary that I stay.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:46.18,0:45:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because the people of God needed him.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:49.57,0:45:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, this is what I would ask you.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:53.22,0:45:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever anxieties you have in your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:56.40,0:45:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it leading to fruit?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:58.97,0:46:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because what we see
Dialogue: 0,0:46:00.74,0:46:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the anxieties of this world
Dialogue: 0,0:46:02.88,0:46:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,choke the Word and there's no good fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:08.88,0:46:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't come to fruition.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:10.86,0:46:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Versus the kind of care that Timothy had.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:14.20,0:46:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, the kind of care that was there
Dialogue: 0,0:46:16.28,0:46:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1 Corinthians 12.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:17.93,0:46:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got this body -
Dialogue: 0,0:46:19.22,0:46:20.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this body full of these members.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:20.100,0:46:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these members,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:22.19,0:46:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have anxiety for each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:25.18,0:46:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so what do they do?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:27.12,0:46:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weep with each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:29.19,0:46:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They rejoice with each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:30.66,0:46:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, that chapter
Dialogue: 0,0:46:32.15,0:46:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is speaking about spiritual gifts.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:33.89,0:46:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're using their spiritual gifts
Dialogue: 0,0:46:35.60,0:46:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to build up one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:37.79,0:46:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, that's what you have to think.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.31,0:46:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is your anxiety causing you
Dialogue: 0,0:46:45.64,0:46:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pray for those people?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:48.07,0:46:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it for people?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:49.76,0:46:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it for the Lord?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:51.46,0:46:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And is it causing you to pursue fruit?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:55.90,0:46:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you anxious for the Lord?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:58.61,0:47:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you cross reference what it says
Dialogue: 0,0:47:00.59,0:47:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the young man who doesn't marry,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:03.18,0:47:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the young lady who doesn't marry,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:05.77,0:47:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the young man, it talks about
Dialogue: 0,0:47:07.94,0:47:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being freed up so he can pursue
Dialogue: 0,0:47:09.97,0:47:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,righteousness and holiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:11.75,0:47:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the young lady, so she can
Dialogue: 0,0:47:13.32,0:47:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be anxious about the things of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:15.28,0:47:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's an interesting parallel.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:17.27,0:47:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it mean to be anxious \Nfor the things of the Lord?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:20.64,0:47:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means you're set \Non a course of holiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:24.42,0:47:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're set on a course of righteousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:28.21,0:47:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(from the room)
Dialogue: 0,0:47:29.24,0:47:31.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Early on, you were talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:47:31.05,0:47:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being anxious for people and for the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:33.89,0:47:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That text of Mary and Martha,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:35.70,0:47:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it seems to attach bad anxiety
Dialogue: 0,0:47:38.28,0:47:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with being distracted.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.52,0:47:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Martha was distracted with much serving
Dialogue: 0,0:47:43.38,0:47:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas Mary, it says the Lord says,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:46.34,0:47:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one thing was necessary,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:49.14,0:47:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so she chose it, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:51.77,0:47:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she wasn't distracted
Dialogue: 0,0:47:53.32,0:47:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be the cares of this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:54.96,0:47:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't choke out the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:56.55,0:48:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was focused on the Lord specifically.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:00.79,0:48:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: I want you to think here.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:05.87,0:48:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have one sister
Dialogue: 0,0:48:08.68,0:48:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sitting at the feet of \NChrist as He teaches.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:12.40,0:48:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have another sister in the kitchen
Dialogue: 0,0:48:15.64,0:48:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making food for Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:19.03,0:48:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I want you to really think about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:23.21,0:48:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can fool ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:26.56,0:48:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think Martha did.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:29.01,0:48:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Martha believed:
Dialogue: 0,0:48:32.16,0:48:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I'm doing, I'm serving the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:34.92,0:48:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my sister is lazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:38.18,0:48:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I need help.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:39.53,0:48:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think when she appealed to the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:42.60,0:48:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she fully expected the Lord to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:45.38,0:48:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mary, get up off your rear \Nand go help your sister.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:49.86,0:48:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because think if you're Martha.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:59.57,0:49:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wasn't it Mary who brought out
Dialogue: 0,0:49:04.39,0:49:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the alabaster box
Dialogue: 0,0:49:08.10,0:49:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she poured it on Christ?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:12.67,0:49:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about serving the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:17.71,0:49:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Serving the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:19.70,0:49:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sounds good.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:21.92,0:49:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a biblical thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:27.08,0:49:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the amazing thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:29.47,0:49:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can get to where you're even anxious
Dialogue: 0,0:49:32.69,0:49:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about serving the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:35.03,0:49:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's a bad anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:38.22,0:49:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's an anxiety that is the fruit
Dialogue: 0,0:49:46.84,0:49:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of not choosing the better part.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:49.75,0:49:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an anxiety that isn't focused
Dialogue: 0,0:49:52.96,0:49:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the right things.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:54.97,0:49:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, Mary was focused on Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:58.83,0:50:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she sat there at His feet
Dialogue: 0,0:50:01.97,0:50:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and heard Him teach.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:05.15,0:50:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is subtle.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:07.51,0:50:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you asked,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:08.87,0:50:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, wait, isn't there good fruit
Dialogue: 0,0:50:11.30,0:50:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in making a meal for Jesus?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:18.73,0:50:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, perhaps, but here's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:23.24,0:50:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we think about what \Nwe're being anxious about,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:26.84,0:50:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't put that in here,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:28.42,0:50:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that is a good thing to ask yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.64,0:50:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is my anxiety -
Dialogue: 0,0:50:34.93,0:50:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though it may seem good,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:36.60,0:50:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it may seem biblical,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:37.79,0:50:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it may seem right and righteous,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:41.68,0:50:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but is my anxiety causing me
Dialogue: 0,0:50:44.24,0:50:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to miss the best parts of Christianity?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:49.24,0:50:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ Himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:51.42,0:50:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are my anxieties distracting me?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:55.20,0:50:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that's what she was.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:56.78,0:50:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're distracted.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:58.04,0:51:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're anxious and you're distracted
Dialogue: 0,0:51:00.62,0:51:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about many things.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:01.81,0:51:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Distracted from what?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:03.04,0:51:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's chosen the good part.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:08.93,0:51:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a good question to ask.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:11.24,0:51:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is my anxiety in any way
Dialogue: 0,0:51:15.80,0:51:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drawing me away from Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:19.92,0:51:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if it's serving Him?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:23.85,0:51:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I find this,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:26.16,0:51:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I have a healthy anxiety for you
Dialogue: 0,0:51:32.47,0:51:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a pastor,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:36.36,0:51:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it takes me to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:39.33,0:51:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes me to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:40.67,0:51:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes me to Him to plead
Dialogue: 0,0:51:43.69,0:51:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for you to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:46.24,0:51:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes me think,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:50.69,0:51:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,honestly, I recognize,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:53.38,0:51:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I'm preaching on \Nright now in the church,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:57.01,0:52:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you really focusing \Non the love of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:52:00.56,0:52:02.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the most healthy thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:02.23,0:52:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recognize you beholding \Nthe glory of the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:52:05.13,0:52:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is at the heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:08.29,0:52:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need to ask ourselves that.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:10.18,0:52:13.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do our anxieties cause us
Dialogue: 0,0:52:13.100,0:52:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to choose Christ and focus on Christ?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:17.16,0:52:19.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a good sign
Dialogue: 0,0:52:19.15,0:52:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that's a healthy anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:20.88,0:52:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or does it, even if it's serving Him
Dialogue: 0,0:52:23.33,0:52:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a certain respect,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:24.93,0:52:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does it causes us to \Nbe distracted from Him?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:29.27,0:52:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good thought there.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:33.42,0:52:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number 3 and closely associated to this,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:36.54,0:52:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do my anxieties \Naffect my prayer life?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:40.86,0:52:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because remember -
Dialogue: 0,0:52:42.18,0:52:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,James probably can quote it -
Dialogue: 0,0:52:43.60,0:52:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Philippians 4:6,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:44.96,0:52:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do not be anxious about anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:46.62,0:52:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in everything with \Nprayer and supplication
Dialogue: 0,0:52:48.98,0:52:50.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with thanksgiving..."
Dialogue: 0,0:52:50.05,0:52:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Did you hear that?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:51.28,0:52:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prayer and supplication.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:52.94,0:52:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are supposed to make your requests
Dialogue: 0,0:52:54.86,0:52:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,known to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:55.85,0:52:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:56.89,0:53:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be not anxious, but...
Dialogue: 0,0:53:00.02,0:53:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather...
Dialogue: 0,0:53:01.64,0:53:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are you supposed to be doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:03.37,0:53:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like Paul sets these things
Dialogue: 0,0:53:05.02,0:53:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:06.12,0:53:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anxiety over against
Dialogue: 0,0:53:08.25,0:53:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking these things to the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:10.86,0:53:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would ask you this.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:12.48,0:53:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A good indication as \Nto whether your cares,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:17.78,0:53:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your concerns,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:20.55,0:53:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your anxieties,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:22.17,0:53:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether they're good or bad
Dialogue: 0,0:53:24.87,0:53:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is do they tend to take you to the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:53:28.64,0:53:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in prayer?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:29.99,0:53:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or do they traumatize you?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:31.86,0:53:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do they cause you to neglect the Lord?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:34.30,0:53:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do they cause you to ignore the Lord?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:36.54,0:53:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do they cause you to be \Ndistracted from the Lord?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:42.92,0:53:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it do for your prayer life?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:45.09,0:53:48.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:48.47,0:53:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That parent who says
Dialogue: 0,0:53:51.35,0:53:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have all these children
Dialogue: 0,0:53:53.07,0:54:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm anxious for them,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:00.50,0:54:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, when you say \Nyou're anxious for them,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:05.96,0:54:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does that mean, like Paul \Nbeing anxious for the churches,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:09.46,0:54:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you're taking your children
Dialogue: 0,0:54:13.12,0:54:16.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the throne of grace all the time
Dialogue: 0,0:54:16.15,0:54:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pleading, pleading on their behalf?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:20.61,0:54:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like Job did.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:22.22,0:54:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bringing that sacrifice.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:24.42,0:54:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bringing that offering to God,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:26.69,0:54:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in case your children sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:28.44,0:54:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're pleading for their souls.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:32.36,0:54:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does it bring you there?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:34.45,0:54:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or is it the kind of thing where
Dialogue: 0,0:54:36.74,0:54:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no, it doesn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:38.01,0:54:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just worry, worry, worry, worry
Dialogue: 0,0:54:39.71,0:54:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and going to God doesn't help,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:43.14,0:54:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so you don't go there.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:44.58,0:54:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You tend to neglect that.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:46.03,0:54:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that's a big indicator
Dialogue: 0,0:54:48.49,0:54:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that your anxieties are basically
Dialogue: 0,0:54:51.30,0:54:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming from idolatry.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:53.97,0:54:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've made too much of a god
Dialogue: 0,0:54:55.59,0:54:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of the thing that \Nyou're anxious about,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:57.88,0:55:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether that be \Nyour children or whatever.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:00.21,0:55:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But examine the prayer life.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:07.56,0:55:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put here "good anxiety suffers."
Dialogue: 0,0:55:13.20,0:55:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We already kind of talked about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:15.82,0:55:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But obviously, if being \Nanxious for one another
Dialogue: 0,0:55:21.11,0:55:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means that we weep for one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:23.88,0:55:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it means if our brothers \Nor sisters are hurting,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:27.44,0:55:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we seek to enter in.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:29.61,0:55:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't seek to be distant.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:32.64,0:55:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I guess that's one of the things
Dialogue: 0,0:55:35.38,0:55:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we need to ask ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:40.14,0:55:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we pursuing those kinds of anxieties?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:44.29,0:55:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we seeking to feel
Dialogue: 0,0:55:47.29,0:55:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for what other people feel?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:51.22,0:55:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we seeking to enter in to bear
Dialogue: 0,0:55:55.11,0:55:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one another's burdens in that sense?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:59.23,0:56:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because true anxiety -
Dialogue: 0,0:56:02.44,0:56:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the good anxiety -
Dialogue: 0,0:56:05.34,0:56:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is willing to feel pain,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:07.53,0:56:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obviously, from that \N1 Corinthians 12 passage.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:11.86,0:56:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's willing to feel pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:15.36,0:56:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's willing to hurt with others.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:19.61,0:56:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(from the room)
Dialogue: 0,0:56:20.82,0:56:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Proverbs 12:25 says,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:23.26,0:56:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:26.44,0:56:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a good word makes him glad."
Dialogue: 0,0:56:29.38,0:56:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible)
Dialogue: 0,0:56:33.26,0:56:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Well, let's talk about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:35.13,0:56:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll just shoot right to that one.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:39.93,0:56:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Read that proverb again.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:42.59,0:56:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Anxiety in a man's heart \Nweighs him down..."
Dialogue: 0,0:56:46.19,0:56:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: What proverb was that?
Dialogue: 0,0:56:49.25,0:56:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Proverbs 12:25
Dialogue: 0,0:56:56.23,0:57:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: But listen to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:01.12,0:57:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's one of the questions I want to ask.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:06.75,0:57:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did Peter say about anxieties?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:12.34,0:57:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cast them on the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:14.43,0:57:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can anybody quote it? I Peter 5:7.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:19.41,0:57:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible)
Dialogue: 0,0:57:21.79,0:57:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Casting all your cares upon Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.05,0:57:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for He careth for you." (KJV)
Dialogue: 0,0:57:29.63,0:57:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But think about that - casting.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:32.28,0:57:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, that comes from a psalm.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:37.83,0:57:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes from - somebody find this,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:39.98,0:57:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psalm 54:23.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:43.14,0:57:45.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody look that up.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:45.41,0:57:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tony, throw me a water.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:48.62,0:58:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible)
Dialogue: 0,0:58:04.07,0:58:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psalm 54:23.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:10.94,0:58:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible)
Dialogue: 0,0:58:24.02,0:58:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,James: It's Psalm 55:22
Dialogue: 0,0:58:25.90,0:58:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Is it? Both my \Nnumbers were off by one?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:29.19,0:58:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, go ahead and read it.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:30.74,0:58:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,James: Cast your burden on the Lord?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:33.32,0:58:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: How was I off that much?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:35.28,0:58:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's really bizarre.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:38.07,0:58:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, but listen,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:41.75,0:58:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to get this,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:44.89,0:58:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this is a big one.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:47.03,0:58:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is helpful.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:50.23,0:58:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter basically says \N"cast all your cares."
Dialogue: 0,0:58:53.85,0:58:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cast your anxieties.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:56.25,0:58:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Septuagint,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:59.24,0:59:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the word anxiety is \Nused right here as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:02.84,0:59:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is really where \NPeter gets this from.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:07.80,0:59:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look at the word in the English
Dialogue: 0,0:59:09.86,0:59:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our ESV and probably in \Nmost of the translations,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:12.62,0:59:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's "burden."
Dialogue: 0,0:59:14.74,0:59:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cast your burden.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:18.63,0:59:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, think about the proverb.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:22.12,0:59:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anxiety does what?
Dialogue: 0,0:59:25.63,0:59:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It weighs us down.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:28.93,0:59:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cast your burden.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:31.12,0:59:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A burden is heavy.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:35.36,0:59:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me give you another one.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:37.53,0:59:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody look at 2 Corinthians 11:28
Dialogue: 0,0:59:42.84,0:59:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and read it.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:45.58,0:59:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is of course Paul \Ntalking about the churches.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:59.49,1:00:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can somebody read that one?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:01.24,1:00:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And apart from other things,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:03.08,1:00:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is the daily pressure on me
Dialogue: 0,1:00:04.99,1:00:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of my anxieties..."
Dialogue: 0,1:00:06.08,1:00:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Right there.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:07.06,1:00:11.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The daily pressure of the anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:11.55,1:00:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me give you one more.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:12.74,1:00:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody read Luke 21:34 again.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:18.88,1:00:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there is a recurring theme.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:21.70,1:00:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a pressure.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:23.41,1:00:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Proverbs says anxiety weighs.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:28.35,1:00:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2 Corinthians 11:28,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:30.30,1:00:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a pressure.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:32.32,1:00:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psalm 55, there is a burden.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:36.51,1:00:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now listen to what Luke 21:34 says.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:40.05,1:00:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody read it.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:41.80,1:00:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But watch yourselves,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:42.97,1:00:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lest your hearts be weighed down..."
Dialogue: 0,1:00:44.80,1:00:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Your hearts what?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:46.51,1:00:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Weighed down.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:50.09,1:00:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a big one.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:52.74,1:00:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I would ask you is this.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:57.41,1:01:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you take your anxieties to the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:03.28,1:01:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are you lightened?
Dialogue: 0,1:01:06.35,1:01:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, I think you have a good feel,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:10.94,1:01:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look, this isn't make-believe.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:15.71,1:01:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When a true Christian goes out
Dialogue: 0,1:01:19.62,1:01:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the Lord and prays
Dialogue: 0,1:01:22.11,1:01:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their heart is full of all manner
Dialogue: 0,1:01:24.04,1:01:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of cares and burdens and anxieties,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:28.88,1:01:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you take those
Dialogue: 0,1:01:30.54,1:01:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you cast them on the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:34.05,1:01:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I have a burden on my back;
Dialogue: 0,1:01:37.43,1:01:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I'm carrying a couple
Dialogue: 0,1:01:39.48,1:01:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,40 pound bags or 80 pound bags
Dialogue: 0,1:01:42.28,1:01:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of concrete,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:45.74,1:01:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I cast those on somebody else,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:51.29,1:01:53.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel it.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:53.83,1:01:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm lightened.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:55.42,1:01:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing that all these verses said
Dialogue: 0,1:01:57.39,1:01:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a recurring theme.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:58.55,1:02:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kept looking at this Greek word
Dialogue: 0,1:02:03.37,1:02:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the adjective form \Nand in the noun form
Dialogue: 0,1:02:05.74,1:02:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just kept going \Nthrough them all today
Dialogue: 0,1:02:07.90,1:02:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just looking at them \Nand looking at them.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:09.63,1:02:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it jumped out at me -
Dialogue: 0,1:02:10.87,1:02:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this idea of pressure,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:12.05,1:02:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this idea of weight,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:13.11,1:02:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this idea of these things being a burden.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:17.47,1:02:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weigh the heart down.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:19.96,1:02:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know this,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:22.25,1:02:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're told to cast all your anxieties
Dialogue: 0,1:02:25.92,1:02:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upon the Lord
Dialogue: 0,1:02:27.96,1:02:29.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because He cares for you -
Dialogue: 0,1:02:29.100,1:02:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know this,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:31.68,1:02:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if you actually cast a burden on Him,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:36.08,1:02:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's no longer on you.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:38.04,1:02:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know this.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:40.39,1:02:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know the reality
Dialogue: 0,1:02:42.86,1:02:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of having such heavy cares.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:46.43,1:02:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout my life,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:48.39,1:02:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there have been times
Dialogue: 0,1:02:49.84,1:02:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have such cares about my children
Dialogue: 0,1:02:52.38,1:02:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or such cares about the church -
Dialogue: 0,1:02:54.74,1:02:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,individuals in the church -
Dialogue: 0,1:02:56.33,1:02:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you go and pray,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:59.38,1:03:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's just like,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:02.31,1:03:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, I can go forward now
Dialogue: 0,1:03:04.15,1:03:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I've unloaded that.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:07.77,1:03:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still feel the anxiety;
Dialogue: 0,1:03:09.48,1:03:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still have a concern,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:11.23,1:03:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the Lord had promised.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:15.78,1:03:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's promised to help.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:17.30,1:03:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's promised to be \NOne Who answers prayer.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:20.78,1:03:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's promised to do all manner of things.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:23.07,1:03:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know He cares.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:24.69,1:03:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know He's working everything \Nfor good for His people.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:27.81,1:03:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know that He loves this \Nchurch far more than I do.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:31.09,1:03:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,1:03:33.15,1:03:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is one of the \Nthings you want to ask.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:35.43,1:03:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I'll guarantee you this,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:37.64,1:03:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you try to pray, you attempt to pray,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:41.45,1:03:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're full of these anxieties,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:43.75,1:03:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're having panic attacks
Dialogue: 0,1:03:45.17,1:03:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whatever other thing,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:47.01,1:03:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you seek to go to the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:49.14,1:03:50.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it doesn't help
Dialogue: 0,1:03:50.63,1:03:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it doesn't do anything,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:52.98,1:03:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't feel light;
Dialogue: 0,1:03:54.35,1:03:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't feel helped;
Dialogue: 0,1:03:55.67,1:03:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't feel that weight,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:57.28,1:04:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that pressure lifted,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:01.49,1:04:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I would say there's something wrong.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:06.39,1:04:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because casting those burdens on Him
Dialogue: 0,1:04:10.54,1:04:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should be a reality.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:12.27,1:04:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we're carrying anxieties,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:15.14,1:04:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should be able to unload them there.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:17.79,1:04:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if that's not happening;
Dialogue: 0,1:04:19.23,1:04:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're not feeling that freedom
Dialogue: 0,1:04:22.45,1:04:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that lightening
Dialogue: 0,1:04:24.07,1:04:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that weight and that pressure
Dialogue: 0,1:04:25.84,1:04:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being relieved,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:27.42,1:04:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you're not really \Ncasting your cares on Him.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:30.99,1:04:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's key.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:32.28,1:04:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that's so key
Dialogue: 0,1:04:34.32,1:04:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to examining your prayer life there.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:36.60,1:04:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,1:04:39.81,1:04:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because the Septuagint
Dialogue: 0,1:04:41.84,1:04:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't use the same Greek word there.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:45.03,1:04:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why I didn't find that proverb,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:46.93,1:04:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's very helpful
Dialogue: 0,1:04:48.34,1:04:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's basically \Nsaying the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:52.28,1:05:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible)
Dialogue: 0,1:05:04.67,1:05:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Lifting up your heart.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:06.52,1:05:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what happens when you feel
Dialogue: 0,1:05:08.56,1:05:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the weight come off.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:10.67,1:05:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can tell you, see,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:12.10,1:05:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like to pray out in \Nthese fields over here,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:14.30,1:05:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I can tell you, there's been times
Dialogue: 0,1:05:16.26,1:05:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've gone out that door heavy,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:19.48,1:05:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've come back in that door
Dialogue: 0,1:05:22.79,1:05:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lighter man.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:24.31,1:05:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now sometimes may not as light
Dialogue: 0,1:05:25.89,1:05:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I would like to have been lightened,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:28.05,1:05:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but definitely many times much lighter.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:31.54,1:05:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible)
Dialogue: 0,1:05:33.53,1:05:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: I would not put a weight to it.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:40.46,1:05:48.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about this?
Dialogue: 0,1:05:48.21,1:05:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put this one:
Dialogue: 0,1:05:50.22,1:05:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we rejoice, sleep, play?
Dialogue: 0,1:05:57.38,1:06:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I was thinking about here
Dialogue: 0,1:06:00.34,1:06:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is again, this weighed down thing,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:03.67,1:06:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but think about it.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:05.88,1:06:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's Paul with all these anxieties.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:09.43,1:06:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, when he was in Philippi
Dialogue: 0,1:06:11.81,1:06:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he got thrown in jail,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:13.39,1:06:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what did he and Silas do?
Dialogue: 0,1:06:16.35,1:06:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They sang.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:18.34,1:06:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did Paul say to the Philippian church
Dialogue: 0,1:06:20.71,1:06:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he told them they need
Dialogue: 0,1:06:22.41,1:06:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be not anxious?
Dialogue: 0,1:06:24.70,1:06:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take everything to God in prayer -
Dialogue: 0,1:06:26.84,1:06:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what did he say to them?
Dialogue: 0,1:06:29.08,1:06:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just right in those verses?
Dialogue: 0,1:06:32.88,1:06:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Philippians 4.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:34.88,1:06:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rejoice in the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:36.77,1:06:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again, I say, rejoice.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:41.14,1:06:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sleep.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:43.60,1:06:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,1:06:45.66,1:06:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:46.75,1:06:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Herod just puts James to death.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:50.47,1:06:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he sees it pleases the Jews,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:52.52,1:06:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so what does he do?
Dialogue: 0,1:06:53.54,1:06:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He goes out and captures Peter.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:55.26,1:06:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever thought about Peter
Dialogue: 0,1:06:56.93,1:06:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he was there in jail
Dialogue: 0,1:06:58.68,1:07:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the angel came?
Dialogue: 0,1:07:00.59,1:07:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what the angel did?
Dialogue: 0,1:07:03.91,1:07:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did he find Peter wide awake,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:08.82,1:07:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fretting that he was \Ngoing to die tomorrow,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:11.38,1:07:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wringing his hands?
Dialogue: 0,1:07:13.41,1:07:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody remember what he did?
Dialogue: 0,1:07:17.38,1:07:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He kicked him.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:19.79,1:07:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He kicked him. He was sound asleep.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:22.22,1:07:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You ever think about that?
Dialogue: 0,1:07:23.56,1:07:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's Peter in prison.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:25.42,1:07:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knows full well his close friend,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:28.92,1:07:30.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used to be partner in business -
Dialogue: 0,1:07:30.100,1:07:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the fishing business
Dialogue: 0,1:07:32.31,1:07:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back there on the Sea of Galilee -
Dialogue: 0,1:07:34.23,1:07:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is dead.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:35.89,1:07:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the close comrades!
Dialogue: 0,1:07:37.34,1:07:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the Twelve!
Dialogue: 0,1:07:38.82,1:07:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's the first one and he's dead.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:41.33,1:07:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just barely into the book of Acts!
Dialogue: 0,1:07:44.34,1:07:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now he's been caught.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:48.29,1:07:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's been caught. He's in prison.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:50.60,1:07:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, Herod did it to James.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:53.81,1:07:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Peter's sound asleep.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:57.42,1:08:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I would ask you this,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:00.52,1:08:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can you take your anxieties to the Lord
Dialogue: 0,1:08:04.84,1:08:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put those on Him?
Dialogue: 0,1:08:10.46,1:08:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was the guy's name?
Dialogue: 0,1:08:12.34,1:08:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it will come to \Nme as I'm telling the story.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:15.47,1:08:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody remember the evangelist
Dialogue: 0,1:08:20.21,1:08:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was evangelizing people
Dialogue: 0,1:08:22.39,1:08:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after the Titanic went down?
Dialogue: 0,1:08:31.36,1:08:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't think of it right off.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:34.66,1:08:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, there was one that drowned.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:36.70,1:08:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there was another guy.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:39.20,1:08:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a guy who was in the water
Dialogue: 0,1:08:45.49,1:08:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the North Atlantic.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:47.20,1:08:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in the dark.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:49.37,1:08:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he found a board,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:51.84,1:08:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was holding on to it.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:53.25,1:08:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was able to get his \Nbody on top of the board.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:57.28,1:08:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:59.79,1:09:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, there's no sense \Nboth of us staying awake.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:03.38,1:09:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think I'm going to go to sleep."
Dialogue: 0,1:09:05.80,1:09:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he slept on that board.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:07.79,1:09:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this guy was rescued.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:09.36,1:09:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a guy that was the last convert
Dialogue: 0,1:09:13.07,1:09:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of... maybe his name was Brown.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:17.96,1:09:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he went to sleep.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:20.81,1:09:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember one of these last times
Dialogue: 0,1:09:25.20,1:09:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that maybe two or three years back,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:27.43,1:09:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ryan Fullerton was at the \NDenton conference with us,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:31.22,1:09:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were talking just about trials
Dialogue: 0,1:09:35.62,1:09:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we'd gone through in the church.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:37.99,1:09:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Ryan said -
Dialogue: 0,1:09:39.47,1:09:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I was telling him about
Dialogue: 0,1:09:46.02,1:09:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number of things \Nthat we were dealing with
Dialogue: 0,1:09:49.86,1:09:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a certain time.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:51.38,1:09:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said, yeah, he said,
Dialogue: 0,1:09:53.33,1:09:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't it amazing?
Dialogue: 0,1:09:55.30,1:09:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said I was saying this to our elders
Dialogue: 0,1:09:58.35,1:09:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other day.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:59.56,1:10:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was telling his elders,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:03.32,1:10:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can be dealing
Dialogue: 0,1:10:05.96,1:10:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with five major problems in the church.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:10.58,1:10:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, any one of which
Dialogue: 0,1:10:13.43,1:10:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we were young pastors
Dialogue: 0,1:10:15.99,1:10:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would have just traumatized us.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:18.28,1:10:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says now we can experience five
Dialogue: 0,1:10:20.64,1:10:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,problems of that magnitude
Dialogue: 0,1:10:22.20,1:10:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still go home and \Nplay with our children.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:25.54,1:10:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what I'm talking about
Dialogue: 0,1:10:27.16,1:10:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I'm talking about:
Dialogue: 0,1:10:28.55,1:10:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can we rejoice?
Dialogue: 0,1:10:30.15,1:10:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we sleep?
Dialogue: 0,1:10:31.80,1:10:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we play?
Dialogue: 0,1:10:33.61,1:10:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, can you take your anxieties -
Dialogue: 0,1:10:37.34,1:10:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people that are suffering panic attacks
Dialogue: 0,1:10:40.45,1:10:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they just want to \Ncurl up in a fetal position,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:44.71,1:10:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not what we're talking about here.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:46.94,1:10:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're talking about taking your fears,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:49.34,1:10:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking your cares,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:50.94,1:10:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being able to cast them on the Lord
Dialogue: 0,1:10:53.48,1:10:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the place where you can actually
Dialogue: 0,1:10:56.23,1:10:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,play with your children,
Dialogue: 0,1:10:58.62,1:11:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can actually sleep soundly,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:00.96,1:11:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can actually rejoice in the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:03.26,1:11:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can go to church
Dialogue: 0,1:11:04.59,1:11:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can sing the songs
Dialogue: 0,1:11:06.42,1:11:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can be lifted up to glory.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:08.76,1:11:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, there's still burdens there.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:11.73,1:11:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you're able to unload them.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:15.61,1:11:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is critical.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:17.08,1:11:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe one more.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:23.44,1:11:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you notice
Dialogue: 0,1:11:26.86,1:11:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the parable of the soils,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:29.98,1:11:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it actually says - yes, the fruit
Dialogue: 0,1:11:34.54,1:11:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't mature,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:38.71,1:11:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but did you see what's actually choked?
Dialogue: 0,1:11:42.22,1:11:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It chokes the Word.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:46.97,1:11:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here's the thing that I would ask you.
Dialogue: 0,1:11:50.07,1:11:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have anxieties,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:53.02,1:11:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have cares,
Dialogue: 0,1:11:54.23,1:11:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to know if they're good or bad?
Dialogue: 0,1:11:57.52,1:12:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do those anxieties choke the Word?
Dialogue: 0,1:12:03.36,1:12:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does that mean?
Dialogue: 0,1:12:06.04,1:12:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Word.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:09.85,1:12:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what, you're living
Dialogue: 0,1:12:12.08,1:12:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with healthy anxieties
Dialogue: 0,1:12:15.34,1:12:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you really care, you're concerned
Dialogue: 0,1:12:18.82,1:12:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about your holiness.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:20.99,1:12:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You hate the sin in your life.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:23.05,1:12:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You hate falls.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:24.54,1:12:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You hate coming short of Christlikeness.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:27.12,1:12:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got concerns.\NYou think about it.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:29.35,1:12:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's anxieties.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:30.73,1:12:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have anxieties about people
Dialogue: 0,1:12:32.42,1:12:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you love people.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:33.74,1:12:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You care about people.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:35.09,1:12:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to see people make it.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:36.60,1:12:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to see people perish.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:38.43,1:12:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have people in your life
Dialogue: 0,1:12:40.07,1:12:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you've invested in.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:42.01,1:12:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to see them succeed.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:43.75,1:12:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to see them please the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:45.62,1:12:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're invested in that.
Dialogue: 0,1:12:48.22,1:12:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the thing,
Dialogue: 0,1:12:49.43,1:12:59.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do your cares choke what's in here?
Dialogue: 0,1:12:59.45,1:13:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or do they fuel what's in here?
Dialogue: 0,1:13:03.31,1:13:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the bad cares
Dialogue: 0,1:13:05.01,1:13:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,choke the Word.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:07.74,1:13:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If your big concern all the time
Dialogue: 0,1:13:11.32,1:13:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is, "oh no, I need a better car."
Dialogue: 0,1:13:14.85,1:13:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh no, what about the TV?"
Dialogue: 0,1:13:17.29,1:13:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,1:13:19.64,1:13:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, my air conditioning \Nwas out last week,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:21.72,1:13:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if that's all your living about -\Nthe cares of the world.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:24.68,1:13:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where you're so caught up \Nwith the air conditioning,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:27.25,1:13:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the car,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:28.08,1:13:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're caught up with money,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:29.63,1:13:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're caught up with retirement,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:31.54,1:13:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're caught up with your shoes,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:33.36,1:13:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're caught up with \Nwhat the Smith's have next door,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:36.24,1:13:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're caught up with your lawn,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:37.86,1:13:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're caught up with the garden,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:39.36,1:13:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're caught up with the trees,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:40.90,1:13:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're caught up with your stuff
Dialogue: 0,1:13:42.45,1:13:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your hobbies,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:43.46,1:13:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're just so consumed.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:46.28,1:13:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or even if you're caught up with people,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:48.13,1:13:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're caught up with your kids,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:49.58,1:13:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're caught up with \Nwhat you're going to eat
Dialogue: 0,1:13:51.46,1:13:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the next meal.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:52.45,1:13:55.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're just so caught up with these things
Dialogue: 0,1:13:55.19,1:13:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you know what?
Dialogue: 0,1:13:57.69,1:14:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't really live for other people.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:02.32,1:14:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about the Word.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:05.31,1:14:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was hungry and you fed Me.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:07.77,1:14:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you're so concerned about
Dialogue: 0,1:14:09.76,1:14:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your own bank account
Dialogue: 0,1:14:10.99,1:14:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your own shirts that you wear
Dialogue: 0,1:14:12.59,1:14:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your own belt
Dialogue: 0,1:14:13.85,1:14:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your own purse
Dialogue: 0,1:14:14.90,1:14:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your own everything.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:17.79,1:14:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cares of this world.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:19.59,1:14:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh no, what am I going to do for college?
Dialogue: 0,1:14:21.62,1:14:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What am I going to do for a job?
Dialogue: 0,1:14:23.19,1:14:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're so caught up in your stuff
Dialogue: 0,1:14:27.14,1:14:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you never have time \Nto love somebody else.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:30.97,1:14:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have time to \Ninvest in other people.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:33.66,1:14:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, if you're really \Nanxious about somebody -
Dialogue: 0,1:14:39.22,1:14:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,James was just telling me
Dialogue: 0,1:14:40.52,1:14:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about somebody he and his wife
Dialogue: 0,1:14:44.12,1:14:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have chosen to care for in another place.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:48.22,1:14:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you choose to invest in people's lives,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:51.33,1:14:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're thinking about their needs.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:53.20,1:14:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're thinking about how to give to them.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:55.16,1:14:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're thinking about how I can help.
Dialogue: 0,1:14:57.56,1:14:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, that's what judgment day -
Dialogue: 0,1:14:59.33,1:15:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus says as much as you did it \Nunto one of the least of these.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:02.42,1:15:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did they do?
Dialogue: 0,1:15:04.77,1:15:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't visit people in prison
Dialogue: 0,1:15:06.45,1:15:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless you're thinking about those.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:08.17,1:15:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I don't know, how many of you
Dialogue: 0,1:15:11.60,1:15:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think about Johannes on a regular basis?
Dialogue: 0,1:15:14.25,1:15:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know he's not there \Nbecause he's preaching Christ,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:19.05,1:15:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he professes to be a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:24.62,1:15:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, if you think,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:27.43,1:15:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you feel sighs...
Dialogue: 0,1:15:29.19,1:15:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you feel warm, fuzzy feelings,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:33.37,1:15:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you never meet people's needs,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:36.14,1:15:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's no different than you can
Dialogue: 0,1:15:38.33,1:15:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watch a movie that's a sad story,
Dialogue: 0,1:15:40.67,1:15:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and weep tears.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:41.84,1:15:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what that is?
Dialogue: 0,1:15:43.10,1:15:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's just sentimentality.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:45.12,1:15:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no love in that.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:46.87,1:15:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That isn't the kind of anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:50.16,1:15:55.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, bad anxieties choke the Word.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:55.21,1:15:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good anxieties do the Word.
Dialogue: 0,1:15:58.58,1:16:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, good anxieties fuel
Dialogue: 0,1:16:03.48,1:16:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the commandments of Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:06.44,1:16:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you care about people
Dialogue: 0,1:16:08.99,1:16:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it produces anxieties,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:10.69,1:16:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Timothy cared about the Philippians,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:13.14,1:16:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul cared about the churches.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:14.97,1:16:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what that does?
Dialogue: 0,1:16:16.18,1:16:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That fuels the Scriptures.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:21.29,1:16:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It causes us to all the more embrace them
Dialogue: 0,1:16:24.21,1:16:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not be hearers only,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:26.53,1:16:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deceiving your own selves,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:28.14,1:16:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to be doers.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:30.46,1:16:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I guarantee, true \Nand undefiled religion
Dialogue: 0,1:16:33.67,1:16:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the Lord
Dialogue: 0,1:16:34.79,1:16:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to visit the widow and the orphan
Dialogue: 0,1:16:37.42,1:16:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their afflictions.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:42.23,1:16:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have people - their Christian life
Dialogue: 0,1:16:47.22,1:16:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just trying not to sin.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:49.67,1:16:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just trying to survive,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:51.26,1:16:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not falling into drugs,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:52.54,1:16:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not falling into alcohol,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:54.13,1:16:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not falling back into prostitution,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:56.06,1:16:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not falling into pornography.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:58.04,1:17:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just trying to survive.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:02.18,1:17:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, if your anxieties stop there,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:08.37,1:17:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not good.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:12.35,1:17:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The good anxieties in Scripture
Dialogue: 0,1:17:14.38,1:17:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is when you care about people
Dialogue: 0,1:17:16.70,1:17:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it produces fruit
Dialogue: 0,1:17:18.97,1:17:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it doesn't choke the Word.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:23.55,1:17:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's consistent with keeping the Word.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:27.98,1:17:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You care.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:29.96,1:17:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You care and you invest your life.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:32.23,1:17:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You care and you share the Gospel.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:34.71,1:17:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You care and you give.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:39.06,1:17:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good anxiety is an outflow of love
Dialogue: 0,1:17:43.37,1:17:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and love gives.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:45.70,1:17:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people who give,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:47.45,1:17:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who are anxious -
Dialogue: 0,1:17:49.65,1:17:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why would somebody be anxious?
Dialogue: 0,1:17:52.12,1:17:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Paul says he's got this anxiety
Dialogue: 0,1:17:54.39,1:17:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the churches, you know what it means?
Dialogue: 0,1:17:56.49,1:18:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's thinking about them all the time.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:01.29,1:18:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, we're thinking about new elders.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:03.65,1:18:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you, that's what you want.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:05.47,1:18:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want men who are going to be
Dialogue: 0,1:18:07.29,1:18:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anxious about you.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:09.98,1:18:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a good thing.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:11.64,1:18:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, if you find out,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:12.83,1:18:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wow, don't you want somebody like Timothy?
Dialogue: 0,1:18:16.04,1:18:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't mind his own things;
Dialogue: 0,1:18:17.64,1:18:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He minds the things of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:19.08,1:18:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have no one else like him,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:20.64,1:18:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's anxious.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:21.66,1:18:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wouldn't you like to be able to say that
Dialogue: 0,1:18:23.54,1:18:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about all the elders at our church?
Dialogue: 0,1:18:29.22,1:18:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we're anxious
Dialogue: 0,1:18:30.67,1:18:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for every single one of you?
Dialogue: 0,1:18:34.54,1:18:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God give us more of that anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:36.60,1:18:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a good anxiety in Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:38.67,1:18:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something desperately to be sought.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:44.17,1:18:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want that anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:46.12,1:18:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As parents, we want it.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:47.92,1:18:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As elders, we want it.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:49.58,1:18:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Christians, we want it.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:54.15,1:18:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody want to add anything to that?
Dialogue: 0,1:18:56.05,1:18:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(from the room)
Dialogue: 0,1:18:57.10,1:18:58.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could it be said
Dialogue: 0,1:18:58.53,1:19:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that bad anxiety tends to be more selfish
Dialogue: 0,1:19:00.50,1:19:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and good anxiety tends \Nto be more selfless?
Dialogue: 0,1:19:03.30,1:19:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Yes, definitely.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:04.94,1:19:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The good anxiety is definitely
Dialogue: 0,1:19:08.26,1:19:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a love-motivated thing
Dialogue: 0,1:19:10.13,1:19:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it seems like the bad anxieties
Dialogue: 0,1:19:15.78,1:19:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turn away from Christ,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:17.97,1:19:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they turn away from the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:19.60,1:19:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they turn away from others
Dialogue: 0,1:19:24.23,1:19:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they bring the focus to us,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:27.51,1:19:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if it's idolatry.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:29.43,1:19:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's lots of people \Nthat get really anxious
Dialogue: 0,1:19:31.64,1:19:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over family members.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:33.06,1:19:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just afraid.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:34.45,1:19:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can't trust the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:35.78,1:19:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're afraid something's going \Nto happen to my family member.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:38.53,1:19:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody's going to kill my child.\NSomebody's going to rape my child.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:42.30,1:19:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are people that just can't
Dialogue: 0,1:19:44.42,1:19:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trust the Lord with those things.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:47.27,1:19:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There, the thing has stopped being love
Dialogue: 0,1:19:51.50,1:19:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it doesn't trust the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:54.20,1:19:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything that doesn't \Ntrust the Lord is not good
Dialogue: 0,1:19:56.71,1:19:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter what kind of \Nspin you're putting on it
Dialogue: 0,1:19:58.80,1:20:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if you're not trusting the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:00.59,1:20:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're just freaking out
Dialogue: 0,1:20:02.16,1:20:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a frenzy over -
Dialogue: 0,1:20:04.88,1:20:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh, I just can't trust the Lord with this
Dialogue: 0,1:20:07.08,1:20:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I'm worried all the time.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:10.67,1:20:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's bad
Dialogue: 0,1:20:12.08,1:20:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're not trusting the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:15.23,1:20:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not seeing the Lord for Who He is.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:17.55,1:20:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not casting your care on Him.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:22.52,1:20:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may seem like it's love,
Dialogue: 0,1:20:24.17,1:20:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what it really is is idolatry.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:26.46,1:20:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've made a god out of those children.
Dialogue: 0,1:20:31.30,1:20:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're not willing \Nto trust the true God
Dialogue: 0,1:20:34.14,1:20:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take care of them.