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Program Code: TDYFW190008A
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00:02 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:19 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:11 Hello, friends. Welcome to Family Worship. 01:13 It's time to open our Bibles and go before the Lord again, 01:17 and I have my copilot with me right here. 01:19 Happy Sabbath. 01:20 And this is my favorite time of the week. 01:22 That's right. Love Sabbaths. 01:24 So I welcome you to Family Worship. 01:27 That's right. 01:28 Not just the Lomacangs, but we have company. 01:30 That's right. If they took a wide shot, 01:32 you'll see a lot of people gather around the table, 01:34 having fun with us. 01:36 To my right is Pastor John Dinzey. 01:37 Good to have you here, Johnny. 01:39 A blessing to be here. We're like family. 01:40 That's right. That's right. 01:41 And my brother from another mother. 01:43 Yes. Tim Parton. 01:44 Good to see you, Tim. Thank you. 01:46 Great to see you. And who's on your left, honey? 01:47 Oh, Donald and Janelle Owens, wonderful married couple. 01:52 So glad to be here. So happy to have you here. 01:54 Yeah, likewise, it's a blessing 01:56 And this table represents so much of the gifts 02:00 and ministry of 3ABN, Tim is more than a musician, 02:03 he is a man of ministry in so many areas, 02:05 and we praise the Lord for that. 02:07 Pastor Dinzey, head of 3ABN Latino, 02:10 and he is doing pastoral department. 02:12 He has many hats 02:13 but the work in Latino is going worldwide 02:16 and beautifully 02:17 because of the work your wife and you do, 02:19 and we appreciate Idalia very much. 02:21 And Donald Owen, he's in pastoral department, 02:23 also personal ministries, 02:24 both he and his wife at our church. 02:26 And, Janelle, if you get a 3ABN world magazine, 02:30 she has a lot to do with it. 02:32 So thank you very much. Wonderful couple. 02:34 Praise the Lord. Thank you. 02:36 We have an exciting program today, honey. 02:37 What's the name of our program? 02:39 Well, it's "All Things New." 02:42 Everyone likes something new, don't we? 02:43 That's right. We like new things. 02:46 Yeah. And today, we're going to have prayer, 02:47 we're going to talk about 02:49 what it means to have a new life, a new walk, 02:51 the benefits of that new walk, 02:53 how can you tell whether a person is new, 02:56 how to get old things out, 02:57 so there's room for the new. 03:00 And before we do that, we are going have you do prayer 03:02 and after that we are going to sing some songs. 03:04 We've got... Yes. 03:05 This doesn't make sense to have Tim and not having the music. 03:07 I know, it doesn't make sense. 03:09 He's synonymous to music. Oh, I'm dreadful. 03:11 No, no. 03:13 That's one of the additional benefits 03:14 of having you on the program. 03:15 Honey, would you have prayer for us? 03:17 Sure. Let's go to the Lord. 03:19 "Our gracious Father in heaven, 03:20 we come to You in the name of Jesus. 03:22 And, Lord, we just are so grateful for Jesus, 03:25 where would we be without Him. 03:28 So, Lord, we thank You for the blessed Sabbath hours 03:31 that are before, that are here right now. 03:34 And we just ask that 03:35 Your Holy Spirit will come and anoint us, 03:38 each one of us need an anointing from you. 03:41 So bless our worship today. 03:43 May it be acceptable in your sight, 03:46 in Jesus' name. 03:48 Amen. Amen. That's right. 03:58 Sing them over again to me 04:02 Wonderful words of life 04:05 Let me more of their beauty see 04:09 Wonderful words of life 04:13 Words of life and beauty 04:17 Teach me faith and duty 04:21 Beautiful words, wonderful words 04:25 Wonderful words of life 04:29 Beautiful words, wonderful words 04:32 Wonderful words of life Last stanza. 04:36 Sweetly echo the gospel call 04:40 Wonderful words of life 04:44 Offer pardon and peace to all 04:48 Wonderful words of life 04:52 Jesus, only Savior 04:56 Sanctify forever 04:59 With those beautiful words, wonderful words 05:04 Wonderful words of life 05:07 Beautiful words, wonderful words 05:11 Wonderful words of life 05:16 Also Redeemed, 337, 05:19 how I love to proclaim it. 05:28 Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it! 05:32 Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb 05:36 Redeemed through His infinite mercy 05:40 His child, and forever, I am 05:43 I'm redeemed, redeemed 05:48 Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb 05:51 I'm redeemed 05:55 Redeemed 05:59 His child, and forever, I am I know there's a crown. 06:03 I know there's a crown that is waiting 06:07 In yonder bright mansion for me 06:11 And soon, with the spirits made perfect 06:15 At home with the Lord I shall be 06:19 Redeemed, redeemed 06:23 Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb 06:27 We are redeemed 06:31 Redeemed 06:35 His child, and forever, I am 06:42 Can we get an amen? Amen. Praise the Lord. 06:45 Thank you so much, Tim. 06:47 One again, our program is called, 06:48 All Things New. 06:50 And I think you led out by saying, 06:52 everyone likes new things. 06:53 Oh, yeah. 06:54 You go shopping whether you like to do, 06:56 buying something new makes you feel so good. 06:59 What is it about new things? 07:01 Tell me, what is it about new things 07:02 that gets us excited? 07:03 It's clean and fresh smell, you know. 07:06 Yeah, the smell. All of those things. 07:08 Smell, excitement. Excitement. 07:10 There's excitement, get something new job, 07:12 you get excited about it, don't you? 07:13 We go to the store, we get a magazine, 07:15 Angie always gets the one 07:17 that's like the third and the fourth in the back. 07:18 I said why not first? 07:20 She said, everybody touches the first. 07:22 Yeah, I'll never go for the first one. 07:24 I go for the one further back. 07:25 Remember when we were in school though 07:27 and you had the first day of school 07:28 back after vacation 07:30 and you were in your new clothes. 07:31 Oh, yeah. 07:33 I felt like a totally different person actually. 07:36 Yeah, the lunch bag. 07:38 It's crispy, the first page stuck together and... 07:41 Shoes are really hard on your feet, 07:42 you got to stretch him out. Right, right. 07:44 Isn't that weird? Yeah. 07:45 And we like things new in the physical sense. 07:49 But the Bible talks about the benefits of things 07:51 new in the spiritual sense. 07:53 So we're going to begin with a catapulting scripture. 07:55 Go to 2 Corinthians 5:17, 07:58 and this is the platform 08:00 on which we're going to build this program. 08:02 And we're going to talk about 08:03 the futility of trying to put new things in an old life. 08:07 Also the benefits 08:09 and what the Lord promises to do, 08:10 then the evidence, 08:12 how do you know a person is new, 08:13 and then the eternal benefits of 08:15 what it means to be new in Christ. 08:17 2 Corinthians 5:17, 08:20 the Apostle Paul said to the Corinthians these words, 08:23 "Therefore, if anyone is" where? 08:26 "In Christ, he is a" what? 08:28 "New creation." 08:30 How many things? 08:31 Old things had passed away, 08:33 behold all things have become what? 08:36 All things have become new. Amen. 08:39 Now let me just ask that question. 08:41 When you read that scripture, 08:42 because we've read this a number of times before. 08:44 Don, how do you feel 08:45 when you read that scripture about, 08:46 if anyone is in Christ, 08:48 he is a new creation or she is a new creation. 08:50 What is it? What does it say to you? 08:53 Okay. Brings me just peace and joy. 08:56 To be in Christ Jesus, 08:58 it really brings a sense of peace and assurance. 09:00 Okay. It's assurance too. 09:02 Yeah, old things have passed away, 09:04 you are new, forget about your past. 09:06 We're just brand new. 09:07 Lord has given us a new slate. 09:09 We can start all over again. Yeah. 09:12 You don't have to go back. 09:14 You go forward. What else? 09:16 And that say, marvelous, marvelous thing 09:18 because some of us, 09:21 I've seen most of us, including me. 09:23 We don't want the past 09:25 to be seen or heard anymore. 09:28 We want to start new, you know. 09:31 And that's a wonderful, wonderful opportunity 09:34 that God gives to us and it's... 09:36 I like the way it is said, 09:37 behold, old things have passed away. 09:40 I mean, God is trying to communicate something to us 09:42 'cause we like, 09:44 oh, remember when such and such thing happened. 09:47 No, God is trying to communicate something to us. 09:50 Old things are passed away, 09:53 behold all things have become new. 09:57 And I like the way 09:59 it is in the book Desire of Ages, 10:01 because it says, 10:02 the Christian's life 10:03 is not a modification of the old. 10:09 It is, say, 10:11 the transformation takes place. 10:13 It's everything new through Jesus Christ, 10:16 through the blood of Jesus Christ, 10:18 and that is more than you can find anywhere else. 10:20 That's right. 10:22 You know, I was also thinking about 10:23 how it starts with our thoughts. 10:25 You know, everything starts with our thoughts 10:26 and how He retrains our mind to think His thoughts and, 10:31 you know, and to not have a, you know, 10:35 a bad response if somebody does something bad. 10:37 Of course, you know, sometimes there's times that we, 10:40 you know, slip or whatever. 10:41 But for me personally, it's, you know, 10:44 maybe not thinking the same acts of revenge 10:47 or whatever if someone does something to me, 10:49 but thinking, you know, 10:50 what would Jesus do in the situation, 10:52 and how He can change my thinking patterns 10:55 and, you know and totally, totally different pathways. 10:58 Yes. Yeah. It's beautiful. 11:00 I think one of the reasons why people like New Year's Eve, 11:03 they rejoice for two reasons. 11:05 They rejoice that there's a new beginning 11:07 and then the past is gone. 11:09 They say Happy New Year, 11:10 they don't say, glad the old year is gone. 11:11 They say Happy New Year. Right. 11:13 And so this topic is talking about... 11:17 When Jesus says something can be new, 11:19 it can be new. 11:20 I'm going to have Tim... 11:22 We're going to kind of go through questions, 11:23 we put a syllabus together. 11:25 It's another way of saying, an outline to keep us flowing 11:27 but we are going to start with going to Luke 5:37. 11:32 And the question is, 11:34 what does the Bible discourage us from attempting? 11:37 What does the Bible discourage us from attempting? 11:40 Luke 5:37. 11:43 Tim? 11:44 "And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, 11:47 or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, 11:50 and the wineskins will be ruined." 11:52 Okay. 11:53 And also add Mark 2:21, because that's kind of a... 11:55 Mark 2:21, 11:57 "No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth 12:00 on an old garment, 12:01 or else the new piece pulls away from the old, 12:03 and the tear is made worse." 12:05 Okay, so what do we get out of that? 12:06 What do we discourage from doing? 12:10 Old ways don't mix with new ways. 12:12 That's right. Yeah. A person. 12:14 It's like oil and vinegar. 12:16 I like that, like oil and vinegar. 12:18 It also reminds us that 12:20 Jesus doesn't come to repair us, 12:23 He restores us. 12:25 It doesn't say we're a modified creation, 12:28 we're a new creation. 12:29 That's right. 12:31 So old things have passed away, so... 12:33 He said the key word, restores us. 12:35 He restores. That's right. 12:37 David the Psalmist, what he said? 12:39 Yeah, He restores. 12:40 It's about a week ago, I woke up in the night, 12:44 and I woke up, it came to me, He restoreth my soul. 12:49 And it came to me over and over the whole... 12:51 Lord woke me up and He restoreth my soul. 12:54 He restoreth my soul. 12:56 And I woke up the morning and the thought was gone. 13:00 I'm like what was it, Lord, what was it? 13:03 I should have wrote it down. 13:05 And while I was at work, it came back to me. 13:07 It came, the Lord is my Shepherd, 13:09 I shall not want. 13:10 And then it came to, He restoreth my soul. 13:11 I said, thank You Lord, You restored my soul. 13:14 So it was so enlightening to me. 13:16 And then we went to the Hobby Lobby. 13:17 And we went to Hobby Lobby 13:19 where you get little knickknacks and things. 13:21 And guess what we saw? 13:23 On a placard. 13:24 Nice. He restoreth. 13:26 And this in our wall, He restoreth my soul. 13:28 That's right. From Psalm 23, 13:29 and when you said that it just... 13:31 Another confirmation. Yeah, confirmation. 13:34 So that's new. And that's true. 13:36 He wants to restore us, 13:38 but He starts by kind of getting with all that stuff 13:41 that was in a way before. 13:42 I think of the examples that are used here. 13:46 I know when in the past, when I was growing up... 13:51 I think about that too long. 13:55 Some of you may have the same experience. 13:57 You may remember the days 13:59 when you tear your jeans or your pants 14:00 and your mom goes, get a patch, and she sews it on. 14:04 And you just buy them ripped already. 14:05 Yeah. Nowadays it is like. 14:07 Or you have a hole in your shoe. 14:08 Lot of change has taken place. 14:10 But do you notice, they're making things 14:12 that are falling that apart acceptable, 14:15 whereas in the past, 14:16 things that need to be renewed was really the focus. 14:19 The style. 14:20 The style nowadays, 14:22 if it's broken up or torn up, it's acceptable. 14:24 And I think there's a mindset that goes along with that. 14:27 Wrinkled up, torn up, you know, hair in like 14:29 19 different directions and your hair like... 14:32 You couldn't get a job years ago 14:33 looking that way, but nowadays 14:34 that's what you have to do to get a job. 14:37 Discombobulated to get a job. 14:39 Interesting thing is that people seem to pay 14:41 a lot of money for broken and torn up jeans. 14:44 Yeah. It's expensive. 14:47 And some people actually do it intentionally now, 14:50 to tear it all up and sell it, and the more holes you have, 14:52 the more expensive it seems to be. 14:54 But the Lord wants to do what? 14:56 He wants to put, and here's the key. 14:57 What do you think the new wine is? 15:00 Think, let's talk about what the wine is. 15:01 Don't put new wine in old wineskins. 15:03 Thank you for touching on that 15:05 'cause we were talking earlier about, you know, 15:06 defining what it means there by new wine. 15:09 I think Tim mentioned it too about, 15:12 it's new ways and it's new, 15:14 you know, following His ways and, you know, His path. 15:18 And the fact that it mentions wine is interesting to me 15:21 because you get wine from pressing grapes 15:25 and when He presses us, you know, in a good way, 15:29 you know, then outflows the new, 15:31 the new us that He wants to make. 15:34 And I think that's a beautiful picture of 15:36 what He wants to do in our lives. 15:38 That's right. 15:39 And what's the wineskins? 15:42 The old wineskins? 15:44 Wineskins is the old self. Whole body. 15:46 The old self that doesn't want to let go, 15:48 so like, it's like Paul putting, you know, 15:49 he says, the things I don't want to do that I do. 15:52 It's the old patterns, the old thinking, 15:53 the old habits, 15:55 those kind of things are the old wineskins. 15:57 What happens to old wineskins over the course of use? 16:00 There is something very deep in this. 16:02 What happens to old wineskins 16:03 when you keep pouring grape juice 16:05 in there or whatever and then you pour it out, it's empty, 16:07 you pour it in, you pour it out, it's empty. 16:09 What happens on the inside? 16:12 They harden. Say it again. 16:13 They harden. They harden. 16:15 And the wineskins, the leather wineskins, 16:18 the way that it's best written here is, 16:21 it starts up the moment you pour that juice into it, 16:24 the wall starts absorbing it. 16:26 And when you pour out that juice, 16:28 the walls don't come clear any longer. 16:30 Whatever used to be in there got absorbed into the walls. 16:33 This is really powerful. 16:34 Whatever has been in your life got absorbed into your life. 16:38 It got absorbed into your life, 16:39 so before the Lord puts anything new in your life, 16:42 He is not saying, 16:44 it's going to be kind of bad for me 16:45 to put new stuff in life that's absorbed with old stuff. 16:48 So that's why 2 Corinthians, "He makes you new." 16:52 So when He puts new things in you, 16:54 your life starts absorbing new things. 16:57 That's wonderful. Isn't that wonderful? 16:58 You can't absorb new things with old wineskins, 17:00 because the walls are not pliable. 17:02 They don't, you know, he says, 17:04 he is not going to stretch and why he says new wine 17:07 because new wine, 17:09 that's why the Lord gave the new wine 17:10 at the end of the marriage feast. 17:12 Because new grape juice, 17:13 if it's not dealt with immediately, 17:15 it starts fermenting, and starts stretching the skin. 17:19 So He left the new to the end 17:20 so that it wouldn't sit there and go rancid, 17:23 because when it starts stretching the skin 17:25 in the old life, 17:26 this is why people walk away from Jesus. 17:29 They try to put new things in their lives 17:31 without becoming new. 17:33 And when everything starts breaking apart, 17:37 I can't take it anymore. 17:38 I can't, I'm tired of these new songs, 17:39 these new doctrines, it's a new way of life, 17:41 I can't handle it 17:42 because they try to put new things in old wineskins. 17:45 They also, they ultimately blame God too. 17:48 Yeah. 17:49 They go and blame Him, they think, well, 17:50 this isn't working for me 17:52 so God must not be in a picture, 17:53 so where was He in this? That's right. 17:55 And it becomes more of like a behavior-based 17:57 instead of how He is transforming us. 17:59 It's more behavior-based and then 18:01 it doesn't last for very long 'cause it's not genuine. 18:05 That's right. 18:06 You know, when you look at 2 Corinthians 5:17, 18:09 and we see this picture of that, 18:10 the Lord is trying to help us understand 18:12 that He is saying, 18:14 "You have become a new creation. 18:17 Old things have passed away, 18:18 behold, old things have become new because, 18:21 unfortunately, we remember things. 18:24 And the devil makes sure that we remember some things 18:27 that we have done in the past to bring us down. 18:30 And that's why I like to read Philippians Chapter 3, 18:32 because Paul struggled with this himself. 18:35 In Philippians Chapter 3, 18:37 he's talking about the resurrection of the dead. 18:41 But when he gets down to verse 13... 18:44 Actually let me go to verse 12. Okay. 18:46 "Not that I have already attained, 18:49 or am already perfected, but I press on, 18:52 that I may lay hold of that 18:54 for which Christ has also laid hold of me. 18:59 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended, 19:02 but one thing I do, 19:04 forgetting those things which are behind or are past, 19:07 and reaching forward to those things 19:09 which are ahead, 19:11 I press toward the goal 19:13 for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." 19:17 And so, when the devil brings those things back, 19:20 we can say, I'm a new creation in Christ. 19:24 All those things they're gone, all things have become new. 19:28 And so, we have to allow the Lord 19:31 to transform us and where I guess, 19:33 we're going to talk about that later. 19:34 By the renewing of our mind, we have to let those things go. 19:38 They are not supposed to shape and mould us anymore, 19:41 they are gone. 19:42 They are supposed to be gone from us. 19:44 Yeah. 19:45 And that's why these scriptures that we're reading 19:47 are so powerful, so full of meaning 19:49 that we have to stop and consider them 19:51 because God is trying to help us understand, 19:54 "You get a new start." That's right. 19:56 And, you know, I'm sorry. 19:58 I had a testimony that I was going to share. 20:00 We did a thing called moon star a few years ago, 20:02 and I had a couple of gentlemen, 20:04 their car had been broke down in this field 20:06 and they had a flat tire. 20:08 So they needed a 4-way, 20:09 didn't have a 4-way for the lug nuts. 20:10 So I ran everywhere looking, searching 20:12 and I ramped this family, 20:13 I have to have one, I ran back and gave it to him. 20:15 And he said, "Hey man, you know, thanks a lot, 20:17 it's really hot, would you like a cold beer?" 20:19 And the old self would have probably said, 20:21 "Oh, yeah. Sure, that's great. I said, "No, that's okay. 20:23 I don't need it, I don't need a beer." 20:25 He said, "How about a nice cold water." 20:26 Should I take that, so the old, that change, 20:28 you know, the old is gone and I'll become, 20:30 the new has come so... And the desire changes. 20:32 Yeah, it's gone. 20:33 It's totally gone, you know, I don't need that, that's fine. 20:34 So that's the thing is, you let go of those old past, 20:38 don't pick it back up again, you know, 20:39 talk about a man going to the bar, 20:41 he's just got sobriety. 20:43 He goes in, and guess what? 20:44 He's probably going to find himself 20:45 back in the same lifestyle, the pattern so... 20:47 And, you know, something that kind of 20:49 goes along with that is, 20:50 you know, as Satan wants to put a label on us 20:53 and sometimes we do it to each other. 20:55 We put labels, 20:56 you know, or there's the ex, this or that or the other. 20:59 And instead of you know, 21:01 they want to be known as a new creature now, 21:03 not as an ex, whatever, you know. 21:05 And so, I think that's important too 21:07 that we don't keep those labels going, 21:09 you know, it's like, it's not who I am now, 21:12 it's not who that person wants to be. 21:14 So those labels can be, you know, really damaging. 21:19 That's right. Yeah. 21:20 Tim, I thought you had a though you was going through. 21:21 Well, actually we've gone on to a different kind of, 21:24 different direction so I'll surrender my thought. 21:26 Okay. That's be some other day. 21:28 And so when you look at these passages, 21:31 even the prerequisite is we have to be new 21:33 for new things that come into our lives. 21:36 And this is really 21:38 I got to emphasize this for sure, 21:39 but very quickly here. 21:41 That's why when we have people 21:42 even become part of our fellowship. 21:45 Lot of times, people join a church 21:46 because they believe its teachings. 21:48 And you can't argue with the teachings. 21:50 The teachings are a fact whether you accept them or not, 21:52 but that's not the prerequisite to join a church. 21:55 Those things make sense 21:57 and they are easy to assimilate into a life 22:00 that's been made new. 22:01 Yeah. 22:02 See what happens is, when a life is not new, 22:04 those things seem to be adverse 22:05 or almost in an adversarial position. 22:08 Why do I have to do that? 22:09 Well, you know, when a vessel is brand new, 22:12 when our wineskin is brand new. 22:14 It's not arguing by saying, 22:15 "Could you pour some of the same wine 22:17 I used to get back in here?" 22:19 It says, 22:20 I don't want to be stained by that old stuff, 22:21 pour something new in me. 22:23 And so, it doesn't have any prerequisites. 22:26 It doesn't say this is what I want. 22:28 But it's new and fresh 22:30 and you kind of like anything new, 22:31 you always like the parent that gets that first child 22:35 everybody has to be without a cold, 22:36 you have to wash your hands, 22:38 you know, stay away, sanitized, 22:41 but after the third child, 22:42 you know, you can bring a dump truck 22:44 into your living room. 22:45 See, realize, this is the world of gems. 22:48 But look what the Lord promised to do. 22:50 Question number three, 22:51 what does the Lord promise to do 22:53 to those that come to Him? 22:56 Let me see, let's look at our syllabus. 22:58 Let's start with Ezekiel 36:26. 23:01 Want to read that one for us, honey? 23:02 Ezekiel 36:26. 23:04 "I will give you a new heart 23:06 and put a new spirit within you, 23:09 I will take away 23:11 the heart of stone out of your flesh 23:14 and give you a heart of flesh." 23:18 Now, you know, 23:19 this is one of the few times in the Bible 23:21 where the word flesh is a positive thing. 23:22 Yeah. 23:24 Because it's comparing it with stone. 23:26 You know, what stone mean. 23:27 Let's talk about stones for a minute. 23:29 Why is the Lord wanting to get rid of the stone 23:31 and give us a heart of flesh? 23:32 What is stone known for? 23:34 It's hard. Okay. 23:36 Yeah, it's hard. 23:38 Hard to tell the truth, 23:40 hard to convince them of the God's work, 23:43 hard to move them, hard to see it. 23:45 Unteachable. Unteachable. Yeah. 23:47 Can't change the shape, 23:49 you start, you know, tearing at it. 23:50 Yeah. 23:52 It's hard, it's uncomfortable when it's in your shoe. 23:54 It makes you walk differently. 23:58 Yeah, absolutely. 23:59 Oh, that's... I didn't think about that one. 24:01 You weren't thinking about that. Yeah. 24:04 That's right, to make sure walk quite different. 24:06 And so what he says, he's going to put a... 24:09 And when that new spirit comes in, 24:11 that new heart comes with a new spirit. 24:14 And then what he does? 24:15 He doesn't put it side by side with the old one, 24:18 what does he do with it? 24:19 What does he do with the old one? 24:20 Removes it. Takes it out. 24:22 Take the hard stone out. 24:24 It's like you go on the operating table. 24:27 And he says, "Now, are you ready?" 24:29 I'm ready. Okay. 24:31 Put him under. 24:32 And that's all baptism is all about. 24:34 There you go. Put him under. Right. 24:36 And he comes out to walk in the newness of life, right? 24:40 Newness of life, never the oldness of life. 24:43 Another one, Isaiah 43:19, 24:44 who would like to read that one for us? 24:46 That under number 3. 24:47 Isaiah 43:19. Anyone? 24:50 "Behold, I will do a new thing, 24:53 now it shall spring forth, shall you not know it? 24:55 I will even make a road in the wilderness 24:57 and rivers in the desert." 25:00 Now, what does that mean? Think about that. 25:02 Wow. Do new thing. 25:04 So what is it? What in essence is he saying? 25:06 He says, "I'm going to do things in life 25:08 that you never thought possible." 25:09 Yes. Yes. 25:10 You're going to see things happening in your life 25:12 that you never thought a possibility, 25:14 a road in the wilderness, rivers in the desert. 25:18 How does that happen? 25:21 Have you ever thought about 25:22 God is not able to do certain things. 25:24 Let's talk about that for a moment. 25:25 What is God not able to do? Can't lie. 25:27 Okay. He cannot lie. 25:29 Can't die, of course. 25:30 He can't fail, He can't change. 25:32 Okay, now that we got that out of the way. 25:35 Is there anything that's difficult for God? 25:37 No. It's impossible. 25:38 Now that's important 25:40 because let's just bring that out 25:42 and dive in at any moment. 25:44 So if we feel that 25:46 there's nothing difficult for God, 25:48 why do we sometimes hesitate 25:51 when the Lord says, "Come unto me." 25:54 You say, I don't know, I don't know if He could. 25:56 I don't know if you could change me. 25:59 I don't know if you could do that. 26:01 Can you work miracles? 26:03 Yes, is there anything hard for God? 26:05 No. 26:07 So what does that mean when you say, 26:08 "I'm going to do new thing." 26:10 How many people don't want a new thing? 26:11 Everyone wants something new. 26:14 Okay. 26:15 A new thing you're searching for. 26:17 Sometimes I want something new, but we don't want... 26:18 To surrender. Right. 26:20 That's the hardest surrender. 26:23 I'm looking for. 26:25 You know, I was going to say because in Ezekiel 36:26, 26:29 it talks about the Lord creating a new heart in us 26:33 and He really is the only one that can do that. 26:36 That's right. 26:37 He is the only one 26:39 that can create a new heart in us 26:40 and gave us a heart of flesh 26:42 and you can search another places, 26:46 you can make all the effort you want, 26:48 but the only one 26:49 that can change our heart is God. 26:52 So when he says, "I will do this, 26:55 our part is to cooperate and let Him do it 26:58 because the impossibility lies with us. 27:03 That's where the impossibility lies with God 27:06 all things are possible. 27:08 And when we think about ourselves 27:13 and we let self be the guide 27:18 then we have trouble. 27:19 And, you know, you were saying, "Oh, God can't change me." 27:24 There are thousands and millions of people 27:27 that God has changed already, 27:29 and you can be the next one, if you just allow that. 27:34 What else is on your mind about this topic? 27:36 Psalm 51. Okay. 27:37 Psalm 51. Oh, yeah. 27:39 Well, there's a few, in verse 10. 27:42 "Create in me a clean heart, O God 27:45 and renew a steadfast spirit within me." 27:49 And all of Psalm, I always people, 27:52 my nephew always tell him, he is going through something 27:54 and I said, read Psalm 51 and verse 7 says, 28:00 "Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean, wash me," 28:04 and what did he say? "I shall be whiter than snow." 28:08 That's a promise. 28:10 And then verse 12, honey. 28:11 There's so much. Look at verse 12. 28:13 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, 28:16 and uphold me by Your generous Spirit. 28:21 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, 28:23 and sinners will be converted to you then," right? 28:26 You're right. 28:27 Only if the Lord does something for you, 28:29 can you do something, something for anybody else. 28:31 My question is, we're just sitting there, 28:33 who are we converting people to? 28:36 To Christ? Yeah, we can't go to us. 28:39 Not to us, it's to the Lord, restore. 28:42 I think that's a really powerful scripture, 28:44 you know, he finally, gave you, 28:46 you know, like, Jacob, did he wrestled with the angel. 28:49 He was wrestling because he had something 28:50 that he wasn't willing to let go of, 28:52 but when he finally did, now that he can go and teach 28:55 because he knows he has been through, 28:56 he has experienced that. 28:57 Exactly. 28:59 I think we all have experienced something, 29:00 we have to so many share testimony 29:02 in some way or other 29:03 what we have been through to help somebody else. 29:05 So they can let go and become a new thing so. 29:07 I see a get away with that. 29:09 Well, I just think it's important 29:10 to remember what that verse 29:11 or what that whole chapter, the whole song 29:14 where it's based on, 29:15 and David coming out of the Bathsheba relationship 29:18 or situation. 29:20 And so, you know, to know that, 29:23 that's part of just humbling ourselves to God 29:25 and knowing that 29:27 if there is anything possible with God, 29:28 it's a fact that He will give us 29:30 another opportunity, another chance. 29:32 We just have to surrender to that 29:33 and admit that we made a mistake, 29:35 so that's the huge part of being a new, 29:39 of becoming a new creature is submitting yourself to Him 29:42 and saying, "I messed up." 29:44 Exactly. And not just... 29:45 We're often saying, 29:47 well, there is never any hope like you said this, 29:49 God could never heal me or could never. 29:52 Right. 29:55 But that's okay, so, and one of the prerequisites 29:57 and I'm glad you brought the story up, 29:59 one of the prerequisites 30:00 there is David was willing to say. 30:01 "Hey, this is who I am, this is what I have done." 30:03 Yeah. 30:04 So when you put it all out there, 30:07 the Lord is saying, "I already knew that, 30:10 I just wanted you to acknowledge it." 30:11 You know, that's why he also says, 30:13 "My sin is ever before me." 30:15 He knew that, "Hey, I can't hide this." 30:18 He said, "If I try to hide it, I'm just fooling myself. 30:20 1 John 1, I think it's verse 7, now he says, 30:23 if you say you have no sin, you deceive yourself. 30:26 Yeah. 30:29 Who you are lying to. 30:30 A beautiful Psalm 103:13-14 says, 30:33 "Like as a father pitieth his children, 30:36 so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 30:38 For he knoweth our frame, he rememberth that we are dust. 30:42 So, you know, that just speaks to me, 30:44 you know, if your father pities you 30:46 and has mercy on you, 30:48 God gives you much more greater mercy, 30:50 and He remembers how weak we are 30:52 and how easily fallen into the temptations of sin. 30:55 Did you... What verse did you read? 30:57 Verse 13-14. 30:58 Okay, but look at verse 3. 31:01 Read that one. 31:03 Actual it's 1-22. 31:04 "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits 31:08 who forgiveth all thine inquities, 31:10 who healeth all thy diseases." 31:12 This is, I share this with a lot of people 31:14 in prayer line a lot. 31:15 That's right. 31:17 Who redeems your life from destruction, 31:18 who crowns you... 31:19 When we read a Bible sometimes, 31:21 it's kind of just hits you at a place where you think, 31:23 okay, today the Bible became more than just a good book. 31:27 Exactly. Real. 31:30 Just got real. Just got real. 31:32 You ever had those days where it just got real. 31:35 It was like, wow great instruction, 31:37 great for the Sabbath school material, 31:39 good stuff for sermon. 31:40 But there are those days 31:42 when all of a sudden become your life hedge, 31:43 your parachute, 31:44 you're floating in the middle of this horrible ocean. 31:46 Your cork that has been hit by a whale, 31:49 it refuses to go down. 31:50 Praise God for that. Amen. 31:52 And He promises to do that. 31:53 Anything else before we go on? 31:58 I was just thinking, just an insert this thought of, 32:01 you know, when you're talking about baptism is, 32:03 you know, when I was first baptized, 32:05 I think I was under the impression that 32:07 I would immediately, 32:08 you know, have this new outlook or new whatever 32:12 and it's a process you know, 32:15 and I like what it says here 32:17 and this is a Life Recovery Bible 32:19 that we use for recovery ministry 32:21 and it has some commentary on Isaiah 63:17-19, 32:26 it says, "Turning back to God 32:28 and renewing that relationship is not a push-button experience 32:31 that happens instantly. 32:33 We have allowed our heart to become hardened, 32:35 "like you were talking about earlier," 32:37 and it takes time to soften it again. 32:40 We can begin this process 32:41 that God may not seem near immediately. 32:44 We need to move closer to Him 32:45 and our relationship with Him will blossom in time. 32:48 God is there, 32:49 we just have trouble seeing Him sometimes." 32:52 And for me that's been, 32:54 you know, kind of difficult thing is, 32:57 you know, if I don't feel like, 33:00 you know, that's obviously a key word is feelings. 33:03 Yeah. 33:04 We're not good to go off of but 33:06 and, you know, when I was baptized 33:08 and just journey till now it's just been an interesting, 33:11 how God has opened my eyes to how He wants to change me 33:15 and it's not an instantaneous thing that happens that, 33:19 you know, we have this instant gratification world 33:22 that we want to be just like Him right now, 33:25 you know. 33:27 So it's encouraging that He takes us where we're at. 33:30 Amen. Right. Share with us, John. 33:33 I was going to share something 33:34 from the Book of John Chapter 8, 33:36 you know, because the picture there 33:39 as he begin the Chapter, 33:40 Jesus had gone to the Mount of Olives, 33:41 and it says early in the morning 33:43 He came to the temple 33:45 and He began to teach the people, 33:46 but the scribes and Pharisees had laid a plan to trap Him, 33:50 you know, it's like they interrupted 33:51 what He was doing, teaching the people 33:53 and they brought a woman and they say, 33:55 we caught this woman in the very act of adultery 33:58 and they set a trap for Him. 34:00 You know, the law of Moses says that such should be stoned 34:03 Yeah. What do you say? 34:05 And this woman 34:10 was trembling in fear 34:12 because Jesus started writing, 34:17 He started writing 34:18 and He seemed to make, pay no attention 34:20 to what they were saying 34:22 and they repeated what they said. 34:24 And then Jesus says, "He who is without sin, 34:27 let him cast the first stone." 34:31 So this woman know, oh, no, 34:32 they're going to kill me because who are these people? 34:35 Scribes and Pharisees 34:37 that are supposed to be the elite, 34:39 and the squeaky clean, 34:43 righteous people in the society. 34:45 So she thought, okay, they're going to kill me. 34:48 But the sin in them 34:52 prevented them from throwing the first stone. 34:55 So when we talk about the mercy of God, 34:58 we all need the mercy of God. 35:01 And David when we were talking about Psalm 51, 35:03 I was looking ahead and, you know, 35:05 a top of it says, 35:06 David says, "Lord have mercy upon me, according to," 35:11 abundant, you know, abundant. 35:13 Tender mercies. 35:14 Yeah, tender mercies, 35:16 "According to Your lovingkindness." 35:18 David knew 35:20 that God is merciful and loves us. 35:24 He did. 35:25 But he knew he had to humble himself before Him. 35:28 And that's what we all have to do. 35:30 We have to humble ourselves before the Lord. 35:31 I understand that He wants to forgive us, 35:34 He wants to restore us. 35:35 He wants to make us new, 35:38 and we need to stop resisting, you know, 35:41 stop resisting the work that 35:42 God wants to do is because He wants to change us. 35:44 And you know, when He changes us, 35:46 we will be happy, happier people. 35:49 Resist the devil. That's what we need to resist. 35:52 Resist the devil. Stop resisting arrest. 35:54 Yeah. 35:56 Spiritual sense. Yeah. 35:57 He can take hold of us and change our lives. 35:59 It was amazing you brought that up 36:00 because there're two parallels in the Bible 36:01 that we sometimes forget. 36:03 In reference to that woman,. he said in John 8:11, 36:06 "Neither do I condemn you, go and sin no more." 36:08 And I thought that just buzz with me 36:11 because John 3:17, 36:14 "For God send not His Son into the world 36:16 to condemn the world." 36:18 And so a lot of times 36:19 we condemn people rather than sin, 36:22 says, neither do I condemn thee. 36:24 What did he come to do? 36:26 Romans 8:37, 36:27 He says, "For what the law could not do, 36:30 in that it was weak through the flesh, 36:33 God did by sending His own Son 36:35 in the likeness of sinful flesh. 36:38 On account of sin, He condemned sin in the flesh." 36:42 He condemned sin, He never condemned the sinners. 36:45 Amen. Yeah. It's true. 36:47 That's something we often miss. 36:48 So people that feel condemned, 36:49 they are less likely to want to come to somebody 36:51 who they are taught. 36:55 Got you. 36:56 That's why the Lord had to make it clear 36:57 before the Pharisees and Scribes. 36:59 This is not my job. I'm not here to throw stones. 37:01 I'm here to block her from getting hit 37:04 because we are all born stone worthy. 37:07 Right. Born in a sin. 37:10 We're all born stone ready. Yeah. 37:12 You know. 37:13 And so, but that's amazing. 37:15 Thank you for bringing that out. 37:16 You know, I have to say this because it's the reality that, 37:18 there some people think that 37:21 they have committed so many sins or such bad sins 37:25 that God cannot forgive them. 37:26 But the reality is that God is greater than any sins 37:30 that we can commit. 37:32 And so just, you know, come to Him 37:35 and allow Him to do that which He longs to do 37:37 and that is forgive us, and cleanse us, 37:41 and make us His children. 37:42 That's right. 37:44 That just doesn't say, just recently 37:45 I had something happened to me. 37:47 That's why so many songs have been really grabbing me 37:49 and I was running away from the Lord on certain issue 37:51 and He got a hold of me, 37:53 while back, was like 1:30 in the morning, 37:55 I was fighting him kind of the angel wrestling in... 37:57 Oh, man, it's, 37:59 I call it a spiritual root canal. 38:02 It was a spiritual root canal. 38:04 I mean I was really depressed 38:05 and crying at 1:30 in the morning 38:07 and the Lord had to get a hold of me, 38:08 I was running away from Him. 38:10 I mean, you don't realize and then you, why I says 38:12 because I actually had something deeper going on than 38:14 what was just there at the surface, 38:15 it was way deeper than that. 38:17 And he told me just kindly and mercifully He said, 38:20 the reason why you're having the struggles 38:21 because you didn't have affirmation 38:23 from your parents as a kid, 38:24 and I never knew that, it never dawned me till then. 38:26 It was just so amazing and I felt this, 38:28 I'm like, Lord, take this route away, 38:30 I don't want it, and He took it. 38:31 And it was like the most amazing thing 38:34 I could share with other people. 38:35 I could ask for forgiveness 38:36 and I could go out and was just so healing 38:38 it was that's what God wants to do as a healer. 38:40 Burden lifter. Yeah. It was amazing. 38:41 Semi-tile root canal. 38:45 I used to buy that, just kind of goes crazy. 38:47 Root canal. Root canal. 38:49 Pull that out from the root. 38:52 You'll leave me the root note. 38:55 Don't write that down. 38:57 But I want you to say something else. 38:59 Look at the question number five 39:01 and we're gonna look at Galatians 6:15. 39:03 This is a really amazing transition 39:05 because the reason for Galatians 6:15 is, 39:08 it's gonna sound unusual 39:09 but there's a purpose behind it. 39:11 Who'd like to read that for us, and I'll just break that down. 39:13 Galatians 6:15. 39:16 I guess it's my turn. 39:17 Well, Galatians 6:15, 39:19 "For in Christ Jesus 39:20 neither circumcision nor uncircumcision 39:24 avails anything, but a new creation." 39:27 Neither one avails anything but a new creation 39:29 by the circumcised or uncircumcised, 39:31 the Lord didn't come to enforce that on, 39:33 he was saying, I'm trying to make you knew. 39:35 What that is an essence says to me, 39:37 is a lot of times 39:38 people get stuck in religious form. 39:41 That's true. The things of religion. 39:43 And they, like the Jews were so desirous, 39:46 Tim, of saying to the Gentiles 39:48 but you're not circumcised, 39:50 was you and then the reverse, 39:53 watch out for those who are of the circumcision, 39:55 look out for those guys. 39:57 So there was this battle, 39:58 lookout for those who are uncircumcised. 40:00 Peter had to get that broken down in his own life. 40:02 In Acts Chapter 10, 40:03 the Lord sent him to Cornelius's house and said 40:06 what God has cleanse, never call unclean. 40:09 God has shown me that no man is common or unclean. 40:13 Acts Chapter 10 was the story, 40:15 not cleaning a food, 40:17 not getting rid of pork and shrimps and all that 40:18 and making that clean, 40:20 but he used this vision of unclean foods 40:23 to say God is showing me that no man is common or unclean. 40:27 Cornelius was a good man 40:29 but he just had, did not know the Messiah. 40:32 Interesting thing about that is actually Peter ponder, 40:35 questioned, what is that all about. 40:36 It didn't make sense to him, you know. 40:38 Yeah, he did. 40:39 Verse first 28 tells you the answer, 40:41 like you mentioned here, common or unclean to man. 40:43 Don't call man common and unclean so. 40:45 That's right. 40:46 So don't get locked in religious things 40:48 and those religious things is like... 40:52 I think Walmart is a good example. 40:54 They don't give you grocery bags. 40:56 They give you stuff 40:58 and you got to find a way to get it out the store. 41:00 You get the cart, you know that. 41:02 No, Walmart. They're doing until now. 41:05 Oh, Walmart. Sorry, sorry, that was, sorry. 41:07 Sam Crayon. Sam. 41:08 I'm talking about the Walmart. 41:10 Which is like a Costco. Right, right. 41:12 When you buy stuff, you know, it's in the cart, 41:14 you get to the car but when you get home, 41:16 you think, I'd love to take this all 41:17 at one time but like... 41:19 It's not in the bag. Like the car up to the door. 41:21 Yeah. 41:22 And we are sometimes like that, 41:23 we try to put religious things in our lives 41:25 but no place to put it 41:27 because this is an old vessel. 41:29 We're getting all the stuff we like it 41:31 but there's no place to put it because the vessel is old. 41:33 So I just want to mention, 41:35 you know, the circumcision or uncircumcision 41:37 were things of the law. 41:39 Right. 41:40 But it was but he says, 41:42 a new creation is what Christ makes us. 41:46 But we also, 41:47 I think have created 41:50 little things like 41:54 how to get through your sin, 41:56 or to get over, 41:57 like when you're tempted, 41:59 like hold your breath for 10 seconds 42:01 before you speak, 42:02 you know, before you say anything 42:03 or count to 10, or punch your pillow, 42:06 or take a cold shower, 42:07 or, you know, there's multiple things. 42:09 But, and so the reason 42:12 that following religious practices aren't enough, 42:16 that's just 42:20 modifying your behavior 42:22 but the Bible says we're dead to our trespasses. 42:25 Right. 42:26 So it's not about punching our pillow 42:29 or, you know, trying to change our behavior 42:32 in a, you know, in our morality, 42:35 it's becoming dead to sin. 42:39 So that's why religious practices aren't enough. 42:41 Right. 42:42 When you follow these, and by the way, 42:44 the Jews were so locked into this ceremonial rituals, 42:47 the ceremonial laws, 42:48 even when Jesus nailed to the cross, 42:50 they were still saying but, you've got to do this. 42:53 I mean, we've been doing this for thousands of years. 42:55 You've got to do this. 42:57 And Paul says, circumcision is nothing, 42:59 neither is uncircumcision anything. 43:03 Go to 1 Corinthians 7:19, 43:07 somebody read that for me. 43:08 He wasn't, 43:10 He was putting the proper perspective on 43:12 what God's laws all about. 43:13 They were locked into the ceremonial. 43:15 But 1 Corinthians 7:19, 43:17 whoever has that, read that for us. 43:20 We guess here. 43:21 "Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, 43:26 but keeping the commandments of God..." 43:30 Is that the right one? That's it. 43:32 "Is what matters." 43:34 That's the rest of the verse. Is what matters. 43:36 So the Jews were locked to the ceremonial, 43:38 the Lord is saying, the ceremonial is gone, 43:40 the moral is here, 43:41 and I'm the only one 43:43 that can make you capable of living in harmony 43:45 with the commandments of God. 43:46 They were locked in there, 43:48 but there's something else that has to happen. 43:49 Now we talked about becoming new. 43:51 But how do you keep the new, new. 43:54 Let's go to Romans 12:1-2. 43:56 How do you keep the new, new? 43:58 Well, you know, one thing we have to do is, 44:00 we have to die daily. 44:01 Exactly. Right. 44:02 But there's something else, 44:04 you can't just sit around and say, 44:05 okay, it's morning time, I die daily. 44:06 It's morning time, I die daily. 44:08 Yeah. How do you do it? 44:10 How do you do? Wanna read that? 44:12 Which one? Romans 12:1-2. 44:15 "I beseech you therefore, brethren, 44:18 by the mercies of God, 44:20 that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, 44:23 holy, acceptable to God, 44:27 which is your reasonable service." 44:29 Verse 2, 44:30 "And do not be conformed to this world, 44:33 but be transformed by the renewing of your mind 44:39 that you may prove 44:41 that what is good 44:44 and acceptable and perfect will of God." 44:47 Right. 44:48 Let me read that again, 44:50 "That you may prove 44:51 what is that good and acceptable 44:54 and perfect will of God." 44:56 So can you can you prove it until your mind is renewed? 44:59 Can you prove before your mind is renewed? 45:01 No. 45:02 Something I found interesting, 45:04 we were studying about these new wineskins, 45:05 and Jesus made the comment, 45:07 it was about the idea of fasting. 45:09 I thought that was rather interesting, 45:11 the Lord brought this to my attention 45:12 and He brought me into Isaiah 58. 45:14 And Isaiah 58, you see, what the people of God 45:17 were actually doing then on the renewing. 45:21 Isaiah 58 says, 45:22 the type of fast that they were keeping. 45:24 Oh. That's right. 45:26 So kind of ties in. What verse? 45:27 We're looking at verses 3 through 45:31 kind of 6, I think 5. 45:33 It says, "Wherefore have we fasted, 45:34 say they, and thou seest not? 45:37 Wherefore we have we afflicted our soul, 45:38 and thou takest no knowledge? 45:40 Behold, in the day of your fast 45:42 you find pleasure, and exact all your labors. 45:44 Behold, you fast for strife and debate, 45:46 and to smite with the fist of wickedness, 45:48 you shall not fast as ye do this day, 45:50 to make your voice to be heard on high." 45:51 And I think this is kind of Romans 12:2 is going, 45:54 "Is it such a fast that I have chosen? 45:55 A day for a man to afflict his soul? 45:57 Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, 45:59 and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? 46:01 Wilt thou call this a fast, 46:02 and an acceptable day to the Lord?" 46:04 This is the fast he's looking for. 46:05 "Is not this the fast that I have chosen? 46:07 To loose the bands of wickedness, 46:09 to undo the heavy burdens, 46:10 and to let the oppressed go free 46:12 and that ye break every yoke? 46:14 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, 46:16 and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? 46:19 When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; 46:20 and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?" 46:23 I think what Jesus speaking to on those new wines, 46:25 He's wanting to see 46:27 a new church in a sense. 46:28 He's seen, the old church was just sitting, 46:30 they're lording over one another 46:31 and they're beating one another up. 46:33 Where He's looking for these types of things, 46:35 He wants us to take care of the widows, 46:36 the poor, the orphans. 46:38 I break the yoke and that's what He's saying, 46:39 I think the idea of this being renewed 46:41 that's when we have a renewal in our heart, 46:43 we should be doing these things, 46:45 going out and take, 46:46 you know, helping these folks out, 46:48 living them the life of Christ like He did. 46:51 I think that idea of that renewing skewed me so. 46:54 Say that, honey, that's a very good point. 46:56 We were reading last night about being gentle. 47:01 That's something that's overlooked. 47:03 Matter of fact, go to Galatians 5:22-23. 47:06 We're getting there eventually, 47:08 but it's, it's a good time that you've inserted that. 47:11 Because, you know, 47:12 you have to look for some evidences. 47:14 Somebody says, well, 47:16 why Donald is different? 47:18 Now the last Donald 47:20 would have pushed me off a ledge. 47:22 Why didn't he do this time? What a man? 47:24 You know, the last Tim would have 47:26 slammed the piano shut and walk away, 47:28 but why does he not do it this time? 47:30 Look at Galatians 5:22-23. 47:33 Since you mentioned it, honey, why don't you just read it? 47:35 Wives submit, is that the right one? 47:37 Oh, no, Galatians 5. 47:39 Oh, oh, I'm in Ephesians. 47:40 It's good too. That's a good one. 47:42 Submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 47:47 Okay, I got it now. I got it now. 47:50 Okay. This is in 22. 47:52 It says, "But the fruit of the Spirit 47:54 is love, joy, peace, 47:57 long-suffering, kindness, 48:01 goodness, faithfulness," 48:02 and this is what we were reading last night, 48:04 "gentleness, self-control against such there is no law." 48:08 That's right. 48:09 We were reading that, 48:11 how to be gentle, 48:12 that's something that's overlooked. 48:14 Yeah. 48:15 Paul talked about that, he said. 48:16 James actually says, well, actually Paul says, 48:18 "Let your gentleness be known to all. 48:20 The Lord is at hand." 48:22 So God is right, He's watching, 48:23 He said, be gentle stepping so 48:25 and harshness is something that people have to get rid of this. 48:28 That's why they say gentleman, be a gentleman. 48:31 Okay. 48:32 I want to be a gentleman. 48:34 Gentleman. Gentlewoman too. 48:37 What a gentleman look like now. 48:39 It's okay, it's like, 48:40 gentleman talk to angel that often. 48:44 Gentleman, Gentleman. Right. 48:47 What is beautiful to see that, 48:49 you want to add anything to that any one of you? 48:51 Being gentle or even just the evidence 48:53 of the Spirit of God in our lives. 48:55 Yeah. 48:56 There should be evidence that we all knew. 48:57 When somebody says, I'm a Christian. 49:00 Are you happy now? 49:01 Oh, my goodness. He's like, okay. 49:05 Remind me not to join your church. 49:07 You know, I was thinking of 49:08 just like when someone does something to me, 49:11 like there was something that the Lord, 49:13 you know, brought to me was responding in the spirit 49:18 and not reacting in the flesh. 49:20 And that is 49:22 that's something I've struggled with before is like, you know, 49:24 when something immediately happens, 49:25 it's kind of like, you know, like wait a minute, 49:28 let me think about this 49:30 and, you know, give us, give us to him before. 49:33 Say something I'll regret or do something. 49:35 Yeah. 49:37 So to me that has been a huge thing 49:39 and I think that definitely an area 49:41 where he's working on me and giving me some fruit. 49:44 That's right. Anyone else? 49:46 I like the concept of the word, 49:48 it says, let this mind be in you 49:50 which was in Christ Jesus. 49:51 Yes. Not really think about that. 49:53 You know, if you really have 49:54 a transformation in your heart, 49:56 if you really have these fruit, 49:58 why won't you go out there 50:00 and try to bring people to have that same peace, 50:03 that gentleness, that joy of self-control. 50:04 I had a lady, I spoke to on the phone 50:06 and she said, she's a Christian but she said, 50:08 I just get so upset, I get so frustrated, 50:10 so I just start yelling, 50:12 and I have to apologize. 50:14 She is like, 50:16 how they look at me, like am I Christian or not? 50:18 What kind of Christian example 50:19 I'm giving if I'm yelling at them 50:20 and they're not doing, it's not their fault, 50:22 and here I'm yelling at them, 50:24 you know, I'm like 50:25 yeah, what kind of food are you giving, 50:26 you know, and I was actually had this in my mind, 50:28 it's so crazy. 50:29 I thought about this concept, don't actually like to do it. 50:31 But the young man who walks around 50:33 all proud and haughty and stuff in school 50:35 and he puts on the stick of deodorant, 50:37 he opens his, you know, medicine chest, 50:38 he puts in the stick and says pride. 50:40 So you see his big words, he proudly walks in like this 50:42 and all the kids are going like this 50:44 and they're falling and passing out. 50:46 You see this kind of reaction versus a kid 50:47 that brings in humility puts on a stick of humility 50:50 'cause they're just drawn to him, 50:51 you know, kind of given that, 50:53 you know, representation. 50:54 It kind of gives you an idea, 50:55 it's that pride and all that arrogance. 50:58 Oh, man, he is, so you can just, 50:59 you usually is seeing something else like 51:02 get away from me, I don't want it, 51:03 I don't want that kind of Christianity. 51:05 Anything else? 51:06 It's amazing that the transformation 51:09 that can take place in us as we allow Christ moments, 51:13 you were talking about daily, 51:15 you know, you wake up in the morning, 51:17 but every morning 51:18 we can place ourselves in the hands of the Lord, 51:20 let Him take control of our lives. 51:23 Otherwise we're gonna do these things 51:25 that we're gonna regret. 51:27 And He's the one that can make us gentle, 51:29 He's the one that can make us patient, 51:31 He's the one 51:32 that can help us control the temper 51:35 or to be quick to judge and quick to avenge, 51:40 you know. 51:41 And I remember when we were little, 51:45 it's like the kids had this little context as to 51:49 who can give the worse, 51:55 I don't know what, criticize or that, 51:57 you know, like you say, oh, you're so ugly. 51:59 But you're so ugly. 52:03 Dogging each other. Yeah. 52:05 That's and is seemed to be like a funny things 52:10 but that's the way human beings are. 52:11 Somebody offends you, 52:13 it's like you want to hurt them more. 52:15 And you keep escalating this thing 52:17 until you know there's great regret. 52:20 God wants to prevent suffering. 52:22 Yeah, that's right. 52:23 The suffering of regret, 52:25 and the suffering that we cause others 52:26 and ourselves. 52:28 You know, sometimes you have an argument, 52:29 you go home and you think of what you didn't say, 52:32 I should have said. 52:34 You call me at that argument they're not even around, 52:36 you're like fuming, why did I think of that? 52:39 You know, and then you wait, wait till I see you next time. 52:42 And you forget your Christianity 52:44 and we have to be mindful that 52:45 when you are new, 52:47 sometimes it's not always important to win an argument. 52:50 Sometimes it's not always important 52:52 for your humanity arise at the surface. 52:55 Let Christ be seen. 52:57 Let your light so shine, not your attitude burn. 53:01 Let your light so shine. 53:02 But sometimes you can slip up. 53:04 I know the song, we used to sing, 53:06 we fall down, we get up, 53:09 you get up, you don't stay down, 53:11 you get back up. 53:12 That's what Christianity is all about. 53:15 You know, it's interesting, 53:16 you were talking about these deodorants. 53:17 Yeah. 53:19 It says, we're connected to Christ. 53:20 Then people say you smell like Jesus. 53:23 Yeah. Wouldn't that be better? 53:26 Yes. Amen. 53:27 I wanna look at some of the quick benefits 53:29 before we end the program. 53:30 Oh, yeah. 53:31 Number 10, I want to have, Tim, read. 53:33 What are some of the benefits of the new life? 53:36 2 Corinthians, 2 Peter 3:13. 53:39 2 Peter 3:13, 53:40 "Nevertheless we, according to His promise, 53:43 look for new heavens and a new earth 53:45 in which righteousness dwells." 53:47 That's right. 53:48 You know, there would be no need of 53:51 I say this respectfully. 53:53 You don't have to lock your doors, 53:55 you have to make sure your garage is shut 53:57 because everybody in the neighborhood is new. 53:59 Yeah. Right. 54:01 Everybody, Hi. 54:04 I'm so glad I didn't know he's gonna make it 54:06 and he probably saying the same thing 54:08 when we walk but John made it? 54:10 No, he was gonna make it. 54:12 And then all of a sudden, 54:13 this new heaven and new earth, 54:15 you see the whole trajectory washes new life in Christ, 54:19 new power to live that life 54:22 because I can do all things through Christ 54:23 who strengthens me. 54:25 A new way of thinking, let this mind renew, 54:27 renewing of your mind. 54:29 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. 54:31 And a new spirit, 54:32 people start noticing the difference and then 54:34 when you are completely new in Christ, 54:37 then you could look forward to the new heaven 54:39 and the new words. 54:40 But I want to give a passage of encouragement. 54:43 This has become one of my favorite ones, 54:45 1 John Chapter 3. 54:46 Oh, yeah, it's your favorite. And just look at that one. 54:48 1 John Chapter 3, 54:50 because I want you to see right now 54:51 where you are in the present 54:52 and I wanna give you encouragement 54:54 because somebody's watching the program might say, 54:56 well, how is it gonna happen for me? 54:57 How come I don't yet see any evidences of Christ 55:00 in my life yet? 55:02 Pastor Dinzey, okay, 1 John Chapter 3, 55:05 you have the New King James Version? 55:06 Yes. Okay. 1 John 3:1-2. 55:10 "Behold what manner of love the Father has best owed on us, 55:13 that we should be called children of God! 55:16 Therefore the world does not know us, 55:18 because it did not know Him. 55:20 Beloved, now we are children of God." 55:23 When? Now. 55:25 "And it has not yet been revealed 55:27 what we shall be, 55:28 but we know that when He is revealed, 55:31 we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is." 55:34 Amen. Isn't it wonderful? 55:36 So He's working on us yet, Tim? Oh. Absolutely. 55:38 Is He still working on? He is still working on me. 55:40 That's right. 55:41 We should have sung that one day. 55:45 And so 55:47 don't be discouraged. 55:49 Do we ever get discouraged? 55:51 But, you know, that's not unusual, 55:52 we're human. 55:54 We are so not there yet, 55:56 but the beauty of it is, 55:58 he who has began a good work in you will what? 56:02 Complete it, isn't right? 56:03 That's the one right through my mind and soul. 56:05 He has begun a good work in you to what? 56:08 Complete it. 56:09 So one day 56:10 until these verses come to pass, 56:13 there's something we must do 56:14 and I intentionally left that verse 3, 56:17 Angie, read verse 3, 56:19 because, yes, we are being made new 56:21 but we have a part to play. 56:22 What does it say in verse 3? 56:23 "And everyone who has this hope in Him 56:27 purifies himself, 56:29 just as He is pure." 56:31 And how you gonna purify yourself 56:33 that you're pure. 56:35 Here's how you do it. 56:37 Who can tell me? 56:38 Make pure choices. 56:41 Make pure decisions. 56:42 Watch pure programming. Amen. 56:45 Don't put impure things in your mind. 56:47 That's right. Don't focus on impure thoughts. 56:49 Right. Amen. 56:50 Because it's like pouring rancid grape juice 56:52 in a brand new wineskin. 56:53 The wineskin said, I thought I was new. 56:57 So my, friends. Even pure commercials. 56:58 Pure commercials, that's right. 57:01 Oh, is it? 57:02 Is it 30 seconds already? 57:04 Yeah. This is terrible. 57:09 We want a new clock. 57:10 Well, since we can't get a new clock, 57:12 this is our prayer for you 57:13 from all of us around this table. 57:15 May the new Lord be in your life 57:17 to transform you from the old to the new 57:20 that one day in that new creation, 57:23 you will be able to inhabit the new heavens 57:26 and the new earth. 57:27 So on behalf of all of us, 57:29 may the Lord richly bless you until we see you again. 57:32 Happy Sabbath. 57:33 Happy Sabbath. Happy Sabbath. |
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