WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:00.440 Amen. 00:01.140 --> 00:06.780 Okay, the title of my sermon this morning is Genuine Love, Having Genuine Love. 00:07.000 --> 00:10.320 Second Corinthians chapter 4, excuse me, 6 verse 4 says, 00:10.860 --> 00:16.900 But in all things, approving ourselves as the ministers of God in much patience and afflictions 00:16.900 --> 00:21.800 and necessities and distresses and stripes and imprisonments and tumults 00:21.800 --> 00:29.140 and labors and watchings and fastings by pureness, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindness, 00:29.140 --> 00:33.200 by the Holy Ghost, and I want you to notice this, by love unfaigned. 00:33.580 --> 00:37.300 Now, what does it mean to have love unfaigned or what is unfaigned love? 00:37.480 --> 00:38.740 It means real love. 00:39.320 --> 00:41.140 Famed love is fake love. 00:41.400 --> 00:42.680 It's dissimulated love. 00:43.080 --> 00:44.440 It's a false love. 00:44.820 --> 00:50.340 And the Bible is telling us here that we as God's people should be approved as the ministers of God, 00:50.480 --> 00:53.060 the servants of God, by having these list of qualities. 00:53.360 --> 00:58.540 And one of the things that it says here is that we need to make sure that we have genuine, sincere love. 00:58.540 --> 01:03.720 Genuine, sincere love towards the Lord, towards others, towards our brothers and sisters in Christ, 01:04.120 --> 01:05.040 towards the lost. 01:05.420 --> 01:10.080 We should be characterized by a genuine love according to the Bible. 01:10.220 --> 01:11.880 First Timothy chapter 5, you don't have to turn there. 01:11.980 --> 01:12.980 Stay there in 2 Corinthians. 01:13.620 --> 01:15.000 First Timothy 5 verse 1 says, 01:15.160 --> 01:18.800 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart 01:18.800 --> 01:21.540 and of a good conscience and of faith unfaigned. 01:22.340 --> 01:24.600 Romans chapter 12 verse 9 says this, 01:24.600 --> 01:28.080 Listen, let love be without dissimulation. 01:28.900 --> 01:32.280 Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good. 01:32.380 --> 01:33.060 What is he saying here? 01:33.380 --> 01:34.680 He's saying in Romans chapter 12, 01:35.060 --> 01:36.880 Make sure that your love isn't fake. 01:37.360 --> 01:42.460 It's not just this insincere love where you're just faking the whole thing. 01:42.760 --> 01:43.800 It's simulated. 01:44.320 --> 01:46.240 Make sure that your love is without dissimulation. 01:46.420 --> 01:47.480 And I want you to notice that it says, 01:47.820 --> 01:49.120 Abhor that which is evil. 01:49.500 --> 01:53.680 Meaning that this is showing us that some people claim to have love, 01:53.680 --> 01:55.980 but they also love that which is evil. 01:56.320 --> 01:58.640 Whereas the Bible tells us that if we're going to have a sincere, 01:59.120 --> 02:01.600 genuine love towards the things of God, towards others, 02:02.160 --> 02:08.900 it merits us to abhor hate, despise that which is evil according to the Bible. 02:09.020 --> 02:09.460 It goes on to say, 02:09.540 --> 02:13.380 Be kindly affection one to another with brotherly love 02:13.380 --> 02:15.860 in honor, preferring one another. 02:16.300 --> 02:18.280 You know, obviously what the Bible is telling us here 02:18.280 --> 02:21.120 is that we as God's people need to make sure that we have love. 02:21.240 --> 02:22.700 And love is obviously a fruit of the spirit. 02:22.700 --> 02:24.760 We know that God is love. 02:25.100 --> 02:27.820 And so it's important for us to learn how to love. 02:27.900 --> 02:30.980 We obviously know that the Bible tells us that once we get saved, 02:31.180 --> 02:32.320 we become children of God. 02:32.560 --> 02:34.300 We're taught of God how to love. 02:34.700 --> 02:36.940 But that doesn't mean that we're not supposed to abound 02:36.940 --> 02:38.600 and grow in our love as well 02:38.600 --> 02:41.400 and learn how to become loving individuals. 02:41.720 --> 02:43.400 Now, why is a sermon like this important? 02:43.820 --> 02:45.440 Well, because of the fact that this world, 02:45.900 --> 02:47.540 you know, lukewarm Christians, 02:48.000 --> 02:51.020 compromising Christians are always defining for us 02:51.020 --> 02:51.980 what it means to love. 02:53.580 --> 02:57.220 Fake churches out there, fake pastors and fake preachers 02:57.620 --> 03:00.000 are constantly condemning Christians 03:00.000 --> 03:02.900 for their so-called lack of love. 03:03.100 --> 03:04.360 Oh, these people are not loving. 03:04.720 --> 03:06.140 Your preaching is not loving. 03:06.480 --> 03:07.840 That doctrine is not loving. 03:08.080 --> 03:09.380 You're just not loving enough. 03:09.660 --> 03:12.060 No, actually, you just have a fake definition of what love is. 03:12.340 --> 03:14.500 You actually just don't know what the Bible says 03:14.500 --> 03:16.160 about what it means to love others. 03:17.000 --> 03:21.360 And we have to stop allowing these internet-type people, 03:21.880 --> 03:24.780 these fake pastors, these insincere individuals 03:24.780 --> 03:27.040 to try to define for us what it means to love. 03:27.280 --> 03:29.540 And for sure, we need to stop letting unsaved people 03:29.540 --> 03:31.980 define for us what love is, right? 03:32.780 --> 03:34.820 You know, and unsaved, oh man, that's very Christ-like. 03:34.960 --> 03:36.360 You don't even know who Jesus is. 03:37.160 --> 03:40.400 How are you going to tell me what it's like to be like Christ 03:40.400 --> 03:41.820 when you've rejected him? 03:42.220 --> 03:43.900 You claim you don't even believe in him, 03:43.900 --> 03:46.440 but somehow you're going to hold me to that standard 03:46.440 --> 03:49.180 even though you have no idea who Jesus is? 03:49.480 --> 03:50.420 You've never read the Bible. 03:50.740 --> 03:51.640 You don't know any doctrine. 03:51.980 --> 03:52.940 You don't believe in God, 03:53.100 --> 03:55.080 but yet you're going to tell me that I'm not Christ-like? 03:55.620 --> 03:56.880 Oh, what would Jesus do? 03:57.220 --> 03:58.380 He would do exactly what I'm doing. 04:00.200 --> 04:03.160 And so, you know, the Bible says that we have the mind of Christ. 04:03.620 --> 04:05.340 The Bible tells us that the natural man 04:05.340 --> 04:06.760 referring to the unsaved person 04:06.760 --> 04:08.860 received not the things of the Spirit of God, 04:09.160 --> 04:11.240 neither can he know them for their spiritually discerned. 04:11.240 --> 04:14.060 They should not take the covenant of God in their mouths 04:14.060 --> 04:17.300 and try to condemn us, ask Christians and say, 04:17.360 --> 04:20.100 well, you know, that's very loving as a Christian. 04:20.260 --> 04:21.980 Yeah, actually it is very loving as a Christian, 04:22.280 --> 04:24.420 but you wouldn't know that because you haven't read the Bible. 04:24.780 --> 04:25.080 You know what? 04:25.080 --> 04:27.180 I'm not going to allow unsaved people to tell me 04:27.180 --> 04:28.480 what it means to love someone, 04:28.900 --> 04:31.060 what love means because at the end of the day, 04:31.300 --> 04:32.540 my God is love. 04:33.000 --> 04:34.480 And he's taught me within his word 04:34.480 --> 04:36.600 what that means and how that looks. 04:37.040 --> 04:39.520 And so, you know, if you've gone to these weak, 04:39.520 --> 04:41.980 you know, limp-wristed type churches, 04:42.580 --> 04:43.540 these soft churches, 04:43.900 --> 04:46.920 you probably have been infected with this fake love. 04:47.320 --> 04:49.440 You probably have been demonstrated fake love. 04:49.600 --> 04:51.060 You've been preached out with fake love. 04:51.420 --> 04:53.520 You've been fellowshiped with fake love. 04:53.900 --> 04:55.680 Maybe you might have a little fake love yourself. 04:57.200 --> 04:59.820 You might have some sort of fake love in you 04:59.820 --> 05:02.980 and it's my agenda today 05:02.980 --> 05:05.240 to remove that fake love from you 05:05.240 --> 05:07.760 and teach you what it's like to have genuine love 05:07.760 --> 05:09.680 according to the Bible. 05:09.800 --> 05:11.240 Now, you're in 2 Corinthians chapter 6. 05:11.360 --> 05:12.900 Go to chapter 7 if you would. 05:13.100 --> 05:16.220 Chapter 7, we're going to talk about genuine, 05:16.500 --> 05:18.200 sincere love today. 05:18.900 --> 05:20.680 And look, folks, obviously I understand 05:20.680 --> 05:23.780 that sometimes Christians can become, 05:24.080 --> 05:25.200 you know, quote-unquote, 05:26.160 --> 05:26.720 fairesthaecal. 05:27.060 --> 05:28.780 They can lack love. 05:29.200 --> 05:31.560 They can't struggle in that area for sure. 05:32.040 --> 05:34.920 You know, if a Christian is not walking in the spirit, 05:35.080 --> 05:36.420 they're not reading the Word of God. 05:36.420 --> 05:38.500 They're not fellowshiping with the Lord. 05:39.020 --> 05:41.200 They can, you know, become cold-hearted 05:41.200 --> 05:43.960 towards others, towards the things of God. 05:44.540 --> 05:44.820 Okay? 05:45.380 --> 05:46.340 And at the end of the day, 05:46.360 --> 05:48.240 we need to make sure that we grow in our love. 05:48.360 --> 05:50.280 Yeah, we have love in our hearts because of God. 05:50.580 --> 05:51.140 But you know what? 05:51.740 --> 05:54.560 The Bible also requires for us to grow in that area, 05:54.760 --> 05:56.520 to cultivate that love as well 05:56.520 --> 05:58.540 and work on it on a daily basis. 05:58.900 --> 06:00.460 Now, the first point I want to make here 06:00.460 --> 06:02.940 regarding genuine love is that genuine love, 06:03.040 --> 06:04.560 listen to this, is an emotion. 06:05.300 --> 06:05.700 Okay? 06:06.120 --> 06:08.400 We don't want to go so far in the opposite extreme 06:08.400 --> 06:09.140 and think to ourselves, 06:09.460 --> 06:11.400 well, no, the Bible says other things about love 06:11.400 --> 06:12.220 doesn't have to be an emotion. 06:12.340 --> 06:13.440 No, actually, according to the Bible, 06:13.780 --> 06:15.220 it is an emotion. 06:15.700 --> 06:17.560 The Bible tells us to love the Lord thy God 06:17.560 --> 06:19.360 with all thy heart, soul, mind, 06:19.400 --> 06:21.020 and strength, right? 06:21.400 --> 06:22.820 It talks about loving God with our hearts 06:22.820 --> 06:23.520 and with our strength, 06:23.700 --> 06:26.960 meaning that God wants us to be emotionally involved 06:27.420 --> 06:30.280 when we love God and when we love others. 06:30.380 --> 06:31.420 Not just be this robot, 06:31.820 --> 06:33.860 this person who's just emotionless, 06:33.860 --> 06:36.440 just despondent towards others and towards God. 06:36.820 --> 06:39.340 He wants us to have some emotion when we're praying, 06:39.740 --> 06:41.380 some emotion when we're talking to others. 06:41.620 --> 06:43.420 He wants us to have that genuine love 06:43.420 --> 06:45.180 that exerts that emotion. 06:45.320 --> 06:48.000 Look at 2 Corinthians 7, verse 14 says, 06:48.160 --> 06:49.980 For if I have boasted anything to him of you, 06:50.520 --> 06:51.220 I am not ashamed. 06:52.480 --> 06:54.440 But as we spake all things to you in truth, 06:54.620 --> 06:56.000 even so our boasting, 06:56.420 --> 06:58.140 which I made before Titus, 06:58.280 --> 06:59.940 is found a truth. 07:00.660 --> 07:01.980 And his inward, listen to this, 07:01.980 --> 07:05.980 his inward affection is more abundant toward you 07:05.980 --> 07:08.680 whilst he remembered the obedience of you all, 07:09.000 --> 07:10.520 how with fear and trembling, 07:10.960 --> 07:12.600 ye received him. 07:12.680 --> 07:13.480 What is the Bible telling us here? 07:13.840 --> 07:15.160 It's telling us that Titus, 07:15.420 --> 07:17.820 when he's reporting about the church at Corinth, 07:18.360 --> 07:19.800 as carnal as they were, 07:20.840 --> 07:23.620 as immature spiritually as they were, 07:23.980 --> 07:25.680 he had this inward affection 07:25.680 --> 07:27.280 towards the Corinthian church. 07:28.720 --> 07:31.060 And obviously what we see here 07:31.060 --> 07:32.700 is that Titus, because he's spending time 07:32.700 --> 07:33.620 with the Corinthian church, 07:34.160 --> 07:35.660 he's helping them grow in their faith. 07:36.320 --> 07:37.220 He's leading them. 07:37.520 --> 07:38.820 He's reporting about them. 07:38.880 --> 07:39.940 He's thinking about them. 07:40.280 --> 07:43.160 He ends up developing a love for them. 07:43.600 --> 07:44.640 And what does this show us? 07:44.880 --> 07:46.860 If you have a hard time loving someone, 07:46.960 --> 07:47.960 just spend some time with them. 07:48.980 --> 07:51.900 Invest time in that which you're lacking love in. 07:52.060 --> 07:52.620 You know what happens? 07:52.760 --> 07:54.520 You end up cultivating a love for that person, 07:54.960 --> 07:55.800 for that thing. 07:56.360 --> 07:57.700 You're like, I don't love church. 07:57.880 --> 07:58.900 We'll spend time in church. 07:59.240 --> 08:00.000 And the more you do, 08:00.000 --> 08:02.580 you end up developing a love for that. 08:03.840 --> 08:07.320 Oh man, I have such a hard time loving the Word of God. 08:07.660 --> 08:10.060 Well, invest some time into reading the Word of God 08:10.060 --> 08:11.240 every single day. 08:11.640 --> 08:12.760 And what's going to happen is 08:12.760 --> 08:15.760 you're going to develop a love for the Word of God. 08:15.960 --> 08:16.360 How about this? 08:16.540 --> 08:16.940 In marriage. 08:17.800 --> 08:20.080 Oh man, I don't feel like I'm in love anymore. 08:20.720 --> 08:24.020 Why don't you spend some time developing that relationship, 08:24.480 --> 08:25.700 investing in your marriage, 08:25.840 --> 08:26.600 and guess what will happen? 08:27.000 --> 08:28.200 You'll fall in love again. 08:28.360 --> 08:29.240 And then you'll fall out again. 08:29.240 --> 08:30.700 And then you'll fall in love again. 08:31.020 --> 08:31.760 And then you'll fall out again. 08:31.960 --> 08:33.580 It's just part of how marriage is. 08:35.480 --> 08:38.240 You're not going to be in love 100% of the time. 08:38.660 --> 08:39.740 It's just not realistic. 08:40.460 --> 08:41.580 Because we are sinners. 08:42.140 --> 08:42.940 We fall short. 08:43.780 --> 08:45.560 Our spouses fall short. 08:46.100 --> 08:47.340 They can annoy us. 08:47.660 --> 08:48.440 We annoy them. 08:48.880 --> 08:50.340 We have characteristics and attributes 08:50.340 --> 08:51.100 that they may not like. 08:51.340 --> 08:51.980 But here's the thing, 08:52.180 --> 08:54.480 is that the more we invest into that relationship, 08:54.900 --> 08:56.720 the more we can keep that flame going. 08:56.720 --> 09:01.320 That inward affection is what keeps it going. 09:01.420 --> 09:03.940 The point being here is that love is, 09:03.940 --> 09:05.400 genuine love is an emotion. 09:06.180 --> 09:08.300 Genuine love is expressed through affection. 09:08.580 --> 09:10.600 Genuine love is expressed through tears. 09:10.880 --> 09:13.380 Genuine love is expressed through wanting to be 09:13.380 --> 09:14.820 in the presence of that individual 09:14.820 --> 09:18.680 that we care for and have love for as well. 09:18.980 --> 09:20.760 You don't have to turn to 1 John 4. 09:22.200 --> 09:24.720 But go with me if you would to 1 Peter 3. 09:25.800 --> 09:28.280 We saw that in 2 Corinthians 7, 09:29.160 --> 09:31.440 Titus had an inward affection 09:32.060 --> 09:33.200 towards the believers. 09:33.660 --> 09:35.900 We can say that he had sincere love 09:35.900 --> 09:36.920 for the brethren. 09:37.020 --> 09:38.040 I don't really like to go to church 09:38.040 --> 09:40.400 because I just don't really click 09:40.400 --> 09:41.420 with people at church. 09:41.980 --> 09:43.240 You don't click with people at church 09:43.240 --> 09:44.540 because you just leave church 09:44.540 --> 09:45.940 as soon as it ends. 09:47.000 --> 09:48.660 You don't give anybody time to click. 09:50.020 --> 09:52.320 You unclick as soon as church ends. 09:53.860 --> 09:55.560 I like to preach it and everything. 09:56.200 --> 09:58.180 I'm not really a people person. 09:59.060 --> 09:59.980 You know what, as a Christian, 10:00.160 --> 10:01.560 you don't really have that luxury now, do you? 10:02.260 --> 10:03.920 Because the Bible commands us to be people people. 10:05.660 --> 10:07.600 We're supposed to be around people, 10:07.940 --> 10:09.040 fellowship with people. 10:09.500 --> 10:10.320 If you're like, yeah, 10:10.440 --> 10:11.980 but I just don't know what to talk about, 10:12.280 --> 10:13.400 trust me, in a church this size, 10:13.620 --> 10:15.200 you will find someone as weird as you. 10:16.840 --> 10:17.960 You can click with. 10:18.740 --> 10:19.820 You can talk to. 10:21.100 --> 10:22.040 There's a bunch of them. 10:24.440 --> 10:26.320 The end result of that will be what? 10:26.460 --> 10:28.480 An inward affection for others. 10:29.920 --> 10:31.020 Make no mistake about it. 10:31.080 --> 10:32.820 God commands you to love the brethren. 10:34.060 --> 10:35.060 Part of that, of course, 10:35.180 --> 10:37.640 is having that affection for them as well. 10:37.720 --> 10:39.280 First John 4, you don't have to turn there. 10:39.900 --> 10:41.300 You are in 1 Peter 3. 10:41.620 --> 10:43.080 John 4.7 says, 10:43.160 --> 10:44.440 Beloved, let us love one another. 10:45.240 --> 10:46.460 For love is of God. 10:47.020 --> 10:49.120 Everyone that loveth is born of God 10:49.120 --> 10:50.300 and knoweth God. 10:50.440 --> 10:51.980 This is showing us that one of the first things 10:51.980 --> 10:53.560 that we learn as Christians, 10:53.920 --> 10:55.100 when we get saved is what? 10:55.440 --> 10:55.800 To love. 10:56.420 --> 10:58.820 More specifically, to love the brethren. 10:59.040 --> 10:59.180 Why? 10:59.300 --> 11:00.900 For God is love. 11:01.280 --> 11:01.980 He says in verse 8, 11:02.220 --> 11:03.460 he that loveth not, 11:03.820 --> 11:04.940 knoweth not God, 11:05.320 --> 11:07.440 for God is love. 11:07.600 --> 11:10.120 Basically, the fundamental attribute, 11:11.360 --> 11:13.200 divine characteristic that we get 11:13.200 --> 11:14.940 at the moment of salvation is love. 11:15.840 --> 11:17.040 Now this kind of flies in the face 11:17.040 --> 11:17.760 of those who think, 11:17.760 --> 11:18.440 well, you know, 11:18.920 --> 11:20.640 you have to love God to be saved 11:20.640 --> 11:21.420 or something like that. 11:21.780 --> 11:23.980 No, you have to believe on Jesus Christ 11:23.980 --> 11:24.560 to be saved. 11:25.000 --> 11:25.040 Okay? 11:25.500 --> 11:26.840 Unsafe people don't know how to love God. 11:27.700 --> 11:29.740 You know, Christians barely know how 11:29.740 --> 11:30.640 to love God, right? 11:31.040 --> 11:32.460 Because you have to learn from the word of God. 11:32.660 --> 11:34.560 But the initial thing that we learn, 11:34.740 --> 11:36.360 the initial thing that is given to us 11:36.360 --> 11:37.820 is the love of God. 11:38.140 --> 11:39.340 And it's our job thereafter 11:39.340 --> 11:41.600 to develop, to cultivate that 11:41.600 --> 11:42.760 for the Lord and for others. 11:42.940 --> 11:43.960 It goes on the same verse 9. 11:44.480 --> 11:45.560 And this was manifested 11:45.560 --> 11:46.720 the love of God toward us 11:46.720 --> 11:49.200 because God sent his only begotten son 11:49.200 --> 11:50.920 into the world that we might live through him 11:50.920 --> 11:52.340 here in his love, 11:52.640 --> 11:53.800 not that we love God, 11:54.060 --> 11:55.100 but that he loved us 11:55.540 --> 11:56.820 and sent his son to be the 11:56.820 --> 11:57.900 propitiation for our sins. 11:58.260 --> 12:00.580 Beloved, if God so loved us, 12:00.800 --> 12:03.520 we ought also to love one another. 12:04.160 --> 12:05.180 This is nice and mushy, amen. 12:05.760 --> 12:07.580 No man has seen God in any time. 12:07.740 --> 12:08.660 If we love one another, 12:08.920 --> 12:09.960 God dwelleth in us 12:09.960 --> 12:12.600 and his love is perfected in us. 12:12.920 --> 12:14.000 This is obviously demonstrating 12:14.000 --> 12:15.160 that we should never have hatred 12:15.160 --> 12:15.940 towards the brethren. 12:16.880 --> 12:18.300 And let me just be very clear. 12:18.800 --> 12:19.640 The brethren. 12:21.100 --> 12:23.460 Meaning those who are saved, right? 12:24.300 --> 12:25.260 Actual Christians. 12:26.080 --> 12:27.080 Because sometimes it's just like, 12:27.180 --> 12:29.540 oh yeah, but I saw a video of you 12:29.540 --> 12:30.800 saying some pretty crazy stuff 12:30.800 --> 12:31.860 about this one pastor. 12:32.220 --> 12:32.700 Yeah, it's probably because 12:32.700 --> 12:33.540 he's a false prophet. 12:34.360 --> 12:35.420 He's probably not saved. 12:36.420 --> 12:39.120 And I can't love those who love evil. 12:40.100 --> 12:42.620 The Bible commands me to love the brethren. 12:43.360 --> 12:44.580 And when we talk about the brethren, 12:44.580 --> 12:46.020 we're referring to people who are saved. 12:46.180 --> 12:47.220 And when I talk about people who are saved, 12:47.280 --> 12:48.880 I'm talking about people who have believed 12:48.880 --> 12:49.900 on the Lord Jesus Christ 12:49.900 --> 12:51.440 exclusively for salvation. 12:51.980 --> 12:54.080 Now repenting of your sins for salvation. 12:54.440 --> 12:55.840 Not baptism for salvation. 12:56.160 --> 12:57.840 Not the keeping of commands for salvation. 12:58.120 --> 12:59.460 Not works for salvation. 12:59.920 --> 13:01.720 We're just talking about believing 13:01.720 --> 13:02.580 on Jesus Christ. 13:02.980 --> 13:04.500 And it's not believing on Jesus Christ 13:04.500 --> 13:05.480 plus something else either. 13:06.520 --> 13:07.400 So why believe in Jesus? 13:07.540 --> 13:08.480 But I do believe that you have to, 13:08.580 --> 13:09.120 oh, you're not saved. 13:10.960 --> 13:12.640 Because now you're adding something 13:12.640 --> 13:14.160 to your faith in Jesus Christ 13:14.160 --> 13:15.100 and the Bible tells us, 13:15.200 --> 13:16.640 and if by grace there is no more of works, 13:16.960 --> 13:18.300 otherwise grace is no more grace. 13:19.260 --> 13:20.140 Romans 11-6. 13:20.860 --> 13:22.300 So when the Bible talks about brethren, 13:22.660 --> 13:23.940 don't take that label 13:23.940 --> 13:25.660 and place it upon just anything 13:25.660 --> 13:26.740 that calls itself a Christian. 13:27.540 --> 13:28.640 And look, we need to wake up here 13:28.640 --> 13:30.520 and recognize that not everyone 13:30.520 --> 13:32.020 on the internet calls themselves 13:32.020 --> 13:33.340 the Christian are actually Christians. 13:34.160 --> 13:35.140 I.e. Catholics. 13:36.580 --> 13:37.560 Oh, there are brothers. 13:37.840 --> 13:38.220 No, they're not. 13:38.560 --> 13:39.240 They worship Mary. 13:39.740 --> 13:41.480 They believe in a workspace salvation. 13:42.100 --> 13:43.640 I heard they were the first Christians. 13:43.640 --> 13:45.220 They might have been the first Christians 13:45.220 --> 13:46.080 that went apostate. 13:48.420 --> 13:49.420 I'll give you that. 13:50.180 --> 13:51.660 But just because something calls itself 13:51.660 --> 13:53.080 a Christian, a believer, 13:53.380 --> 13:54.580 doesn't mean it's true. 13:55.620 --> 13:56.540 We need to make sure 13:56.540 --> 13:57.420 that we prove all things, 13:57.520 --> 13:58.740 hold fast that which is good, 13:59.000 --> 14:00.160 that we test people 14:00.160 --> 14:02.380 based upon what they profess to believe. 14:03.060 --> 14:04.480 And if a person claims to believe 14:04.480 --> 14:07.480 in salvation and they assert 14:07.480 --> 14:08.960 that salvation is anything else 14:08.960 --> 14:10.240 other than through their faith 14:10.240 --> 14:10.940 in Jesus Christ, 14:11.320 --> 14:11.800 mark it down. 14:11.880 --> 14:12.360 They're not saved. 14:13.160 --> 14:14.840 Oh, are you allowed to save? 14:15.080 --> 14:15.460 People are not. 14:15.640 --> 14:16.040 Yeah. 14:17.100 --> 14:18.920 You know, the Apostle Paul said, 14:19.020 --> 14:19.740 I'm afraid of you. 14:20.800 --> 14:21.520 What is he saying? 14:21.780 --> 14:22.860 I'm worried that you're probably 14:22.860 --> 14:23.520 not even saved. 14:23.820 --> 14:25.460 That's what he told the Galatians 14:26.280 --> 14:27.960 in Galatians chapter two. 14:28.800 --> 14:30.200 It's important for us to recognize 14:30.200 --> 14:31.460 that when we talk about the brethren, 14:31.620 --> 14:32.860 we're talking about those 14:32.860 --> 14:33.640 who have placed their faith 14:33.640 --> 14:35.000 exclusively upon Christ 14:35.000 --> 14:36.320 for salvation, folks. 14:36.660 --> 14:38.340 And look, if you're not 100% 14:38.340 --> 14:39.460 sure that if you die today 14:39.460 --> 14:40.260 that you'd go to heaven, 14:40.640 --> 14:42.100 if you fall into 14:42.100 --> 14:43.100 the category in the camp 14:43.100 --> 14:44.260 that I just described for you, 14:44.440 --> 14:45.440 you need to get saved today. 14:46.880 --> 14:47.860 Oh, I thought baptism 14:47.860 --> 14:48.780 saves you, though. 14:48.880 --> 14:49.280 Well, that's funny. 14:49.340 --> 14:50.340 What happened to the thief on the cross? 14:51.880 --> 14:53.440 Today, thou shalt be with me in paradise, 14:53.700 --> 14:55.000 and he didn't come down from the cross 14:55.000 --> 14:55.560 and get baptized. 14:56.720 --> 14:57.380 The Bible tells us, 14:57.440 --> 14:58.020 therefore, we conclude 14:58.020 --> 14:59.400 that a man is justified by faith. 14:59.500 --> 14:59.900 Listen to this, 15:00.260 --> 15:01.560 without the deeds of the law. 15:02.580 --> 15:04.200 There's your faith alone, by the way. 15:04.820 --> 15:05.880 Without the deeds of the law. 15:06.000 --> 15:07.480 I mean, by faith alone. 15:08.840 --> 15:10.420 And so the point being here 15:10.420 --> 15:12.840 is that we are to love the brethren. 15:13.040 --> 15:14.200 That's what the Bible teaches us. 15:14.580 --> 15:15.160 But obviously we know 15:15.160 --> 15:15.860 we're supposed to love 15:15.860 --> 15:17.180 unsafe people as well 15:17.180 --> 15:18.560 enough that we would go 15:18.560 --> 15:19.440 and give them the gospel. 15:19.940 --> 15:20.180 Okay? 15:20.860 --> 15:22.100 Now, you're in 1 Peter chapter 3. 15:22.160 --> 15:23.120 Let me read you one more verse 15:23.120 --> 15:24.320 before we get into chapter 3. 15:24.740 --> 15:26.180 1 Peter chapter 122 says, 15:26.480 --> 15:27.600 Seeing ye have purified your souls 15:27.600 --> 15:28.900 and obeying the truth through the Spirit. 15:29.940 --> 15:32.400 Unto unfaigned love of the brethren, 15:33.040 --> 15:34.600 see that ye love one another 15:34.600 --> 15:36.580 with a pure heart. 15:36.800 --> 15:38.160 Listen to this, fervently. 15:38.760 --> 15:39.860 So the Bible says 15:39.860 --> 15:41.820 that we should have a sincere love 15:41.820 --> 15:43.740 for our brothers and sisters in Christ. 15:44.380 --> 15:46.060 And it communicates that 15:46.060 --> 15:47.720 by talking about a pure heart, 15:48.280 --> 15:49.060 unfaigned love. 15:49.320 --> 15:49.840 But then it says 15:49.840 --> 15:51.380 we should be fervent about it. 15:51.640 --> 15:52.200 Now, what does that mean? 15:52.500 --> 15:53.660 What's another word for fervent? 15:54.180 --> 15:54.660 Passionate. 15:55.080 --> 15:57.220 You should be passionately 15:58.180 --> 15:59.500 loving the brethren. 16:00.460 --> 16:00.720 Okay? 16:01.260 --> 16:03.000 Meaning that we should, you know, 16:03.300 --> 16:04.220 we should favor 16:04.220 --> 16:05.760 our brothers and sisters in Christ. 16:06.400 --> 16:07.940 Let us do good unto all men, 16:08.020 --> 16:08.740 especially those 16:08.740 --> 16:10.600 of the household of faith. 16:10.740 --> 16:11.500 The Bible tells us. 16:12.020 --> 16:13.160 And so what do we see here? 16:13.340 --> 16:14.820 Genuine love is an emotion. 16:15.480 --> 16:17.300 And specifically when we see it as an emotion, 16:17.400 --> 16:18.940 we see that it should be geared towards 16:18.940 --> 16:19.860 the brethren, 16:20.000 --> 16:21.180 that we should have fervent love, 16:21.780 --> 16:23.180 unfaigned, pure love 16:23.180 --> 16:25.020 towards our brothers and sisters in Christ. 16:25.120 --> 16:26.140 Look at 1 Peter chapter 3. 16:26.560 --> 16:27.160 Verse 7 says, 16:27.280 --> 16:28.180 Likewise ye husbands, 16:28.860 --> 16:30.060 dwell with them according to knowledge, 16:30.880 --> 16:32.420 giving honor unto the wife, 16:33.140 --> 16:34.500 as unto the weaker vessel. 16:35.060 --> 16:37.340 And as being heirs together with the grace of life, 16:37.440 --> 16:38.320 that your prayers be not hindered. 16:38.460 --> 16:39.580 Of course, 1 Peter chapter 3, 16:39.720 --> 16:41.940 the initial part of 1 Peter 3, 16:42.180 --> 16:44.760 are instructions for husbands and wives. 16:45.380 --> 16:46.980 And of course, the first part talks about 16:46.980 --> 16:48.960 the fact that a wife should be in subjection 16:48.960 --> 16:49.540 to her husband, 16:49.960 --> 16:51.100 submit to her husband, 16:51.240 --> 16:53.620 that he is essentially the boss. 16:54.080 --> 16:54.100 Right? 16:54.840 --> 16:56.580 And it goes on to say that the husband 16:56.580 --> 16:59.640 should likewise give honor unto the wife. 16:59.800 --> 16:59.920 Why? 17:00.040 --> 17:00.820 Because according to the Bible, 17:00.880 --> 17:02.140 she is the weaker vessel. 17:02.620 --> 17:02.800 Okay? 17:02.800 --> 17:04.480 She's weaker emotionally. 17:04.760 --> 17:05.620 She's weaker physically. 17:06.200 --> 17:07.180 And in some cases, 17:07.180 --> 17:08.420 she is weaker spiritually. 17:09.160 --> 17:09.440 Okay? 17:10.140 --> 17:12.340 Which is why Eve, you know, 17:12.620 --> 17:13.880 was deceived by Satan. 17:14.640 --> 17:15.600 So he says, you know, 17:15.660 --> 17:16.640 we need to honor them, 17:16.820 --> 17:18.140 dwell with them according to knowledge. 17:18.560 --> 17:21.240 And what happens when you have this harmony 17:21.240 --> 17:21.900 within the home? 17:22.300 --> 17:23.680 What happens when the wife 17:23.680 --> 17:24.800 submits unto her husband, 17:25.100 --> 17:26.580 and the husband honors his wife? 17:26.800 --> 17:28.500 Well, the latter part of verse 7 says this, 17:29.080 --> 17:30.820 that your prayers be not hindered. 17:31.360 --> 17:32.820 So if you want a life hack 17:32.820 --> 17:34.000 for prayers in your marriage, 17:34.160 --> 17:34.480 get this, 17:34.720 --> 17:35.900 have harmony in your home. 17:36.520 --> 17:38.960 Make sure that you're living in accordance to 17:39.480 --> 17:40.780 the structure of the Bible 17:40.780 --> 17:41.660 when it comes to marriage. 17:42.080 --> 17:42.860 And what happens is 17:42.860 --> 17:44.020 you will get your prayers answered. 17:44.200 --> 17:46.280 If not, your prayers can be hindered. 17:46.400 --> 17:47.660 Your petitions will not be answered 17:47.660 --> 17:49.600 because you have no harmony in the home. 17:49.700 --> 17:50.180 Verse 8 says, 17:50.300 --> 17:52.940 finally, be all of one mind. 17:53.720 --> 17:54.640 This is another way of saying, 17:54.820 --> 17:55.600 be on the same page. 17:55.960 --> 17:56.160 Okay? 17:56.940 --> 17:58.640 Having compassion one for another. 17:59.020 --> 17:59.800 And I want you to notice this, 17:59.800 --> 18:01.580 love as brethren, 18:02.060 --> 18:04.160 be pitiful, be courteous. 18:04.280 --> 18:06.220 Now, this is obviously addressing, 18:06.520 --> 18:08.180 you know, husbands and wives, 18:08.420 --> 18:09.540 but this is very much applicable 18:09.540 --> 18:11.580 all across the board to just Christians in general. 18:12.180 --> 18:12.200 Right? 18:12.800 --> 18:14.360 You know, to love as brethren, 18:14.600 --> 18:15.120 what does that mean? 18:15.680 --> 18:16.880 It means you should be friends. 18:17.580 --> 18:17.820 Okay? 18:18.220 --> 18:19.460 You know, my wife and I, yes. 18:19.740 --> 18:20.360 She's my wife. 18:20.500 --> 18:20.920 I'm her husband. 18:21.020 --> 18:21.460 But guess what? 18:21.820 --> 18:22.600 We're friends too. 18:22.940 --> 18:23.840 You know what we do as friends? 18:24.120 --> 18:24.840 We cut up. 18:25.420 --> 18:26.380 We laugh together. 18:26.860 --> 18:28.020 I make fun of her. 18:28.860 --> 18:30.180 She tries to make fun of me, 18:30.180 --> 18:30.840 but she's not as funny. 18:32.000 --> 18:33.320 You know, we cut up. 18:33.500 --> 18:34.040 We laugh. 18:34.380 --> 18:34.860 We joke. 18:35.020 --> 18:35.480 We cry. 18:36.060 --> 18:37.460 We are like friends. 18:38.320 --> 18:40.320 And so obviously the Bible promotes 18:40.320 --> 18:41.580 friendships and Christianity. 18:42.240 --> 18:44.280 And the Bible tells us that when we have 18:44.280 --> 18:47.120 this sincere, pure, genuine love 18:47.120 --> 18:47.760 one toward another, 18:48.100 --> 18:49.300 the result of that is that 18:49.300 --> 18:50.620 we end up loving as brethren. 18:51.120 --> 18:53.500 We end up being like good, close friends. 18:53.760 --> 18:55.460 And the byproduct of that 18:55.460 --> 18:57.340 is that we are pitiful one toward another. 18:57.340 --> 18:58.740 So what does it mean to be a friend? 18:59.040 --> 19:00.240 It means that you have sincere love 19:00.240 --> 19:01.200 and you pity someone 19:01.200 --> 19:02.360 when they're going through a hard time. 19:03.160 --> 19:04.600 You're courteous towards them. 19:05.200 --> 19:06.300 You favor them. 19:06.800 --> 19:08.700 You mind what they're going through 19:08.700 --> 19:09.940 more than yourself. 19:10.080 --> 19:11.120 You put their needs 19:11.120 --> 19:13.500 and their desires above your own. 19:14.200 --> 19:15.500 This is what it means to have 19:15.500 --> 19:16.140 sincere love. 19:16.220 --> 19:17.400 Look what it goes on the same verse 9. 19:17.860 --> 19:19.880 Not rendering evil for evil. 19:20.620 --> 19:21.160 You know what that means? 19:21.360 --> 19:22.420 We shouldn't be vengeful 19:22.420 --> 19:23.280 towards other Christians. 19:24.060 --> 19:24.260 Right? 19:24.940 --> 19:26.020 We should not have vengeance 19:26.020 --> 19:26.980 towards other Christians. 19:26.980 --> 19:29.300 If someone in our church wrongs you 19:29.300 --> 19:30.900 or does, you know, 19:31.080 --> 19:32.260 offends you or whatever it may be, 19:32.620 --> 19:33.320 you know, the Bible says 19:33.320 --> 19:35.040 that the answer for you, 19:35.140 --> 19:35.840 the solution for you, 19:35.900 --> 19:37.940 should not be to render evil back. 19:38.340 --> 19:38.380 Right? 19:38.780 --> 19:39.040 Okay? 19:39.660 --> 19:40.680 Because genuine love, 19:40.820 --> 19:43.100 forgiveness, genuine love is pitiful. 19:43.480 --> 19:44.180 It's courteous. 19:44.440 --> 19:45.740 It doesn't render evil for evil. 19:45.860 --> 19:46.260 Listen to this. 19:46.600 --> 19:48.420 Or railing for railing. 19:48.840 --> 19:49.480 What is railing? 19:49.580 --> 19:51.300 It means lying, slander. 19:51.840 --> 19:52.800 You should not have vengeance 19:52.800 --> 19:53.500 towards someone 19:53.500 --> 19:55.080 and lie about them 19:55.080 --> 19:56.060 because they lied about you. 19:56.060 --> 19:56.420 Okay? 19:57.660 --> 19:58.780 The point being here is 19:58.780 --> 20:00.260 that genuine love is not vengeful. 20:00.840 --> 20:01.040 He says, 20:01.220 --> 20:02.380 but contrary to wise blessing, 20:03.260 --> 20:04.620 knowing that you are called there unto, 20:05.120 --> 20:06.400 that you should inherit a blessing. 20:07.120 --> 20:08.240 Turn with me if you would. 20:09.240 --> 20:10.280 Go to 1 John 3. 20:10.420 --> 20:11.140 1 John 3. 20:13.460 --> 20:15.560 We're talking about genuine love this morning. 20:16.240 --> 20:17.800 Genuine love is an emotion. 20:18.700 --> 20:19.500 Inward affection. 20:19.780 --> 20:20.220 Don't be despondent 20:20.780 --> 20:21.960 emotionally towards others. 20:22.560 --> 20:23.280 Now, I get it. 20:23.420 --> 20:23.740 You know what I mean? 20:23.860 --> 20:24.780 Maybe to some of us, 20:24.780 --> 20:27.320 that doesn't necessarily come as easy. 20:27.720 --> 20:28.820 We're kind of stoic 20:28.820 --> 20:30.340 or we try to act like we're stoic. 20:30.660 --> 20:32.480 Other people are just a lot more easy 20:32.480 --> 20:34.060 to become emotional with people 20:34.660 --> 20:37.980 and just have that visible affection 20:37.980 --> 20:38.940 towards others. 20:39.340 --> 20:40.540 We should try to meet people 20:40.540 --> 20:41.520 in the middle though, right? 20:42.760 --> 20:43.820 To some people, 20:43.920 --> 20:45.380 when they're just overly affectionate, 20:45.580 --> 20:46.680 you need to chill out a little bit. 20:48.760 --> 20:50.160 You're just a touchy type. 20:50.640 --> 20:51.900 But if you're a dude, 20:52.060 --> 20:52.680 go hug a dude 20:52.680 --> 20:54.100 and you don't have to be hugging the ladies. 20:54.340 --> 20:55.800 And vice versa. 20:56.320 --> 20:57.620 Oh, but I got inward affection. 20:57.820 --> 20:58.460 Yeah, I bet you do. 21:00.760 --> 21:04.520 Obviously, this is with the... 21:04.520 --> 21:05.440 the rules should be 21:05.440 --> 21:06.340 that we should be appropriate. 21:07.340 --> 21:08.780 The point being here 21:08.780 --> 21:10.540 is that genuine love is an emotion. 21:10.680 --> 21:12.320 We don't want to disregard that 21:12.320 --> 21:13.160 or think that love, 21:13.540 --> 21:14.520 according to the Bible, 21:15.100 --> 21:16.200 this is the exception. 21:16.440 --> 21:17.440 We don't have to be emotional 21:17.440 --> 21:18.040 about this stuff. 21:18.400 --> 21:19.700 And to a certain degree, 21:20.540 --> 21:21.860 I kind of felt like that 21:21.860 --> 21:22.500 for a while 21:22.500 --> 21:23.700 because of the fact 21:23.700 --> 21:25.740 that I've seen so much fake... 21:25.740 --> 21:27.600 so much fakeness in churches 21:27.600 --> 21:29.020 amongst Christians 21:29.020 --> 21:31.140 where they had this visible, 21:31.260 --> 21:32.720 emotional love towards God. 21:32.940 --> 21:35.360 But they were super off-doctrinally. 21:35.740 --> 21:37.320 They didn't have love for souls. 21:37.920 --> 21:38.960 They didn't have love for the truth. 21:39.220 --> 21:39.920 And so it's just like, 21:39.960 --> 21:40.680 well, this is just fake. 21:41.820 --> 21:42.780 You act like you... 21:42.780 --> 21:43.800 you draw on nines of God 21:43.800 --> 21:44.360 with your lips, 21:44.420 --> 21:45.560 but your heart is far from him. 21:46.720 --> 21:48.360 You're acting like you love God. 21:48.360 --> 21:49.820 You're acting like you love the Word of God. 21:49.900 --> 21:50.760 But when you're given the truth, 21:50.820 --> 21:51.480 you reject it. 21:51.520 --> 21:52.200 That's not real love. 21:52.580 --> 21:53.620 That's a fake love. 21:54.240 --> 21:56.760 And so just seeing that for years on end 21:57.200 --> 21:58.240 kind of gave me 21:58.240 --> 21:59.360 somewhat of an aversion 21:59.360 --> 22:00.620 to that emotion, right? 22:01.160 --> 22:02.560 But that's not right either, though. 22:02.900 --> 22:03.780 Because we need to recognize 22:03.780 --> 22:05.360 that love is an emotion. 22:05.560 --> 22:06.520 It's an inward affection. 22:06.880 --> 22:08.060 And we need to balance it 22:08.060 --> 22:09.100 with all the other descriptions 22:09.100 --> 22:10.380 of love that we see in the Bible. 22:10.540 --> 22:11.680 So genuine love is an emotion. 22:12.120 --> 22:12.540 Number two, 22:12.980 --> 22:14.760 genuine love is demonstrated 22:15.300 --> 22:17.280 by actions, okay? 22:17.280 --> 22:18.400 Meaning that, yes, 22:18.720 --> 22:20.660 we should have affection 22:20.660 --> 22:21.540 one toward another, 22:21.880 --> 22:23.640 have a love in our hearts one for another, 22:23.880 --> 22:25.400 but they should also be demonstrated 22:25.400 --> 22:27.640 in our deeds as well. 22:28.540 --> 22:29.640 Look at 1 John 3 22:29.640 --> 22:30.880 and verse 16. 22:31.060 --> 22:31.180 It says, 22:31.280 --> 22:33.880 hereby perceive we the love of God 22:33.880 --> 22:35.760 because he laid down his life for us. 22:36.220 --> 22:37.900 And we ought to lay down our lives 22:37.900 --> 22:39.020 for the brethren. 22:39.600 --> 22:41.340 But whoso hath this world's good 22:41.340 --> 22:43.280 and seeeth this brother have need 22:43.280 --> 22:45.360 and shutteth up his bowels 22:45.360 --> 22:46.880 of compassion from him, 22:47.280 --> 22:49.080 how dwelleth the love of God 22:49.080 --> 22:49.900 in him. 22:50.460 --> 22:51.600 Now, let me just 22:51.600 --> 22:53.260 help you to understand something here 22:54.140 --> 22:55.560 because along with this 22:55.560 --> 22:56.980 fake love that people have, 22:57.700 --> 22:59.300 people also end up, 22:59.300 --> 23:00.880 you know, asserting that 23:00.880 --> 23:01.720 if someone doesn't have 23:01.720 --> 23:02.280 love in their hearts, 23:02.340 --> 23:03.940 that means they're not saved, right? 23:04.580 --> 23:04.960 And that's not 23:04.960 --> 23:06.960 necessarily true either, okay? 23:07.460 --> 23:08.760 Because sometimes people 23:09.360 --> 23:10.160 don't cultivate 23:10.160 --> 23:11.380 the spiritual virtues 23:11.380 --> 23:13.080 that they have, you understand? 23:13.580 --> 23:14.200 They don't cultivate it. 23:14.200 --> 23:14.880 How do you cultivate it? 23:14.940 --> 23:15.540 By going to church, 23:15.860 --> 23:16.820 by reading the Bible, 23:17.360 --> 23:18.200 walking in the spirit 23:18.200 --> 23:18.900 that you should not fulfill 23:18.900 --> 23:20.460 the lust of the flesh, okay? 23:20.820 --> 23:21.740 How is the fruit of the spirit 23:21.740 --> 23:22.220 produced? 23:22.480 --> 23:23.540 By walking in the spirit. 23:23.660 --> 23:24.320 It doesn't come naturally. 23:26.020 --> 23:27.660 You know, when we get saved, 23:27.940 --> 23:28.600 the Bible tells us 23:28.600 --> 23:29.040 that we're in doubt 23:29.040 --> 23:29.880 with the Holy Spirit of God 23:29.880 --> 23:31.220 in whom you also trusted. 23:31.500 --> 23:32.260 After that you heard 23:32.260 --> 23:32.740 the word of truth, 23:32.860 --> 23:33.940 the gospel of your salvation 23:33.940 --> 23:35.100 in whom also after 23:35.100 --> 23:35.680 that you believed 23:35.680 --> 23:36.420 you were sealed 23:36.420 --> 23:38.080 with the Holy Spirit of promise 23:38.080 --> 23:39.080 which is the earnest 23:39.080 --> 23:39.900 of our inheritance 23:39.900 --> 23:40.660 unto the redemption 23:40.660 --> 23:41.620 of the purchased possession. 23:41.920 --> 23:42.800 The Bible says we're sealed 23:42.800 --> 23:43.900 unto the day of redemption 23:43.900 --> 23:45.220 with the Holy Spirit of God. 23:45.300 --> 23:46.140 We have the spirit of truth. 23:46.240 --> 23:47.140 But hold on a second. 23:47.420 --> 23:49.540 If we want to benefit 23:49.540 --> 23:51.020 from the indwelling spirit, 23:51.220 --> 23:52.560 we've got to walk in the spirit. 23:53.820 --> 23:55.200 You actually have to 23:55.200 --> 23:56.480 yield to the spirit. 23:56.820 --> 23:58.580 And so if a person gets saved, 23:58.800 --> 23:59.220 listen to this, 23:59.380 --> 24:00.360 if a person gets saved 24:00.360 --> 24:01.040 to come to the saving 24:01.040 --> 24:01.640 knowledge of Christ, 24:02.040 --> 24:02.460 they're indwell 24:02.460 --> 24:03.120 with the Holy Spirit, 24:03.300 --> 24:04.180 but they don't go to church. 24:05.400 --> 24:06.640 They're not reading the Bible. 24:07.340 --> 24:08.020 They're not getting 24:08.020 --> 24:09.100 godly fellowship. 24:09.460 --> 24:09.880 They're going to be 24:09.880 --> 24:10.580 a corner person, 24:11.220 --> 24:12.500 not absent of the spirit, 24:12.660 --> 24:14.040 but weak in the spirit. 24:14.660 --> 24:15.020 I mean, folks, 24:15.120 --> 24:16.140 this is why the Bible tells us 24:16.140 --> 24:17.580 be strong in the Lord 24:17.580 --> 24:18.880 and in the power of his might. 24:19.140 --> 24:19.800 Well, why would he have 24:19.800 --> 24:20.380 to command us that 24:20.380 --> 24:21.260 if that just comes naturally? 24:22.160 --> 24:22.860 I'll tell you why, 24:22.940 --> 24:23.980 because it doesn't come naturally. 24:24.340 --> 24:25.020 It's something that has 24:25.020 --> 24:25.560 to be cultivated. 24:25.980 --> 24:26.240 And you know what? 24:26.340 --> 24:27.840 I know weak Christians. 24:28.240 --> 24:29.640 I've seen weak Christians. 24:29.920 --> 24:30.820 You want to know a weak Christian? 24:31.080 --> 24:31.700 It's a Christian 24:31.700 --> 24:32.660 who just doesn't 24:32.660 --> 24:33.580 live according to the Bible. 24:33.940 --> 24:34.660 They're giving themselves 24:34.660 --> 24:36.440 over to the lust of the flesh. 24:36.660 --> 24:37.600 But if you're to talk to them, 24:37.640 --> 24:38.320 are you safe to say, 24:38.380 --> 24:39.040 well, I remember 24:39.040 --> 24:40.260 when I got saved years ago, 24:40.780 --> 24:42.120 yeah, I believed on Jesus Christ. 24:42.480 --> 24:44.420 I'm just living a backslidden life 24:44.420 --> 24:44.760 right now. 24:44.860 --> 24:45.680 That's a weak Christian. 24:46.520 --> 24:47.240 It's a carnal Christian. 24:47.720 --> 24:48.200 You're like, oh, there's 24:48.200 --> 24:49.240 no such thing as a carnal Christian. 24:49.360 --> 24:49.540 Really? 24:49.660 --> 24:50.440 Because the Apostle Paul said 24:50.440 --> 24:51.820 in Romans 7, I am carnal. 24:53.260 --> 24:54.840 And I'm assuming that, like, 24:54.940 --> 24:55.820 he's a better Christian than you. 24:57.440 --> 24:58.780 Just throwing that out there. 24:59.640 --> 25:00.900 It's possible that the Apostle Paul 25:00.900 --> 25:01.680 was better than you 25:01.680 --> 25:03.340 in regards to, you know, 25:03.460 --> 25:04.420 his Christian practices 25:04.900 --> 25:06.380 and living a godly life. 25:06.560 --> 25:07.680 Yet he himself said, 25:07.680 --> 25:09.760 in me, that is in my flesh, 25:09.900 --> 25:10.860 dwelleth no good thing. 25:10.940 --> 25:11.780 For the things that I would, 25:12.100 --> 25:12.680 I do not. 25:13.440 --> 25:14.440 The things that I do not, 25:14.580 --> 25:15.020 that I do. 25:15.940 --> 25:17.080 You know, he's talking about 25:17.080 --> 25:18.180 that inner turmoil 25:18.180 --> 25:19.260 that he experiences. 25:19.780 --> 25:20.120 Why? 25:20.280 --> 25:22.140 Because when we get saved, 25:22.360 --> 25:23.340 it doesn't mean that God 25:23.760 --> 25:25.840 extracts the old man from us. 25:26.160 --> 25:27.460 He's still there with us. 25:27.980 --> 25:29.080 Which is why the Bible says 25:29.080 --> 25:30.240 to put off the old man 25:30.740 --> 25:32.440 according to the deceitful lust. 25:32.820 --> 25:34.380 Make sure that you put off 25:34.380 --> 25:34.940 the old man, 25:35.080 --> 25:36.360 put on the Lord Jesus Christ. 25:36.360 --> 25:36.920 Why? 25:37.020 --> 25:38.240 Because we have both natures 25:38.240 --> 25:40.540 on us 100% of the time. 25:41.680 --> 25:42.020 And you say, 25:42.060 --> 25:42.980 well, what's the difference 25:42.980 --> 25:43.820 between the person 25:44.360 --> 25:45.840 who actually has love 25:45.840 --> 25:46.460 and is a Christian 25:46.460 --> 25:47.640 and the person who doesn't 25:47.640 --> 25:48.200 have love 25:48.200 --> 25:49.000 and is a Christian? 25:49.120 --> 25:49.540 I'll tell you what. 25:49.920 --> 25:52.440 The person who has salvation 25:52.440 --> 25:54.080 and they don't have love, 25:54.260 --> 25:55.300 they're not reading the Bible. 25:56.380 --> 25:57.900 They're not walking in the Spirit. 25:58.560 --> 25:59.380 They're not in church 25:59.380 --> 26:00.040 being taught 26:00.040 --> 26:01.700 how to have sincere love. 26:02.100 --> 26:03.180 They're not here today. 26:03.860 --> 26:04.980 Listen into the sermon. 26:06.640 --> 26:08.180 So yeah, you know what's going to happen to them? 26:08.280 --> 26:09.020 They're going to become bitter 26:09.020 --> 26:10.180 towards people who rung them. 26:10.640 --> 26:11.720 They're going to have hatred 26:11.720 --> 26:12.300 in their hearts 26:12.300 --> 26:14.360 towards brothers and sisters in Christ. 26:14.920 --> 26:16.040 They're going to have fear 26:16.040 --> 26:17.020 in their hearts. 26:17.280 --> 26:18.660 They're going to have inner turmoil. 26:19.080 --> 26:20.460 They're going to have constant 26:21.500 --> 26:23.000 battles in their mind. 26:23.300 --> 26:24.180 They're backslidden. 26:24.620 --> 26:25.600 They're involved in sin. 26:25.880 --> 26:26.040 Why? 26:26.180 --> 26:27.140 Because they're not really growing 26:27.140 --> 26:27.800 in their faith now. 26:28.300 --> 26:28.840 Are they? 26:29.320 --> 26:29.480 Okay? 26:30.120 --> 26:31.680 And so the Bible tells us here 26:32.260 --> 26:34.440 that how dwelleth the love of God in him 26:34.440 --> 26:36.620 if he's shutting up his bowels of compassion 26:36.620 --> 26:37.180 meaning that 26:37.180 --> 26:39.060 when the Bible talks about the bowels 26:39.060 --> 26:40.560 it's referring to kind of like our intestines. 26:42.220 --> 26:43.000 We like to say, 26:43.040 --> 26:43.980 I love them with all my heart. 26:44.040 --> 26:44.340 The Bible is like, 26:44.360 --> 26:45.600 I love them with all my bowels. 26:47.840 --> 26:50.000 I have a bow movement for you. 26:51.460 --> 26:52.540 I feel something. 26:54.940 --> 26:55.920 And it's kind of like 26:55.920 --> 26:56.880 maybe it's referring to 26:56.880 --> 26:58.320 like if I were to conjecture 26:58.700 --> 27:00.540 what's the exact interpretation here? 27:00.540 --> 27:01.320 It would be like, you know, 27:01.540 --> 27:03.080 I have butterflies in my stomach. 27:04.060 --> 27:04.460 Right? 27:05.060 --> 27:05.940 Got one laugh. 27:06.700 --> 27:08.240 One man who knows what I'm talking about there. 27:08.780 --> 27:10.200 You know, the bowels of compassion 27:10.200 --> 27:11.500 is simply referring to 27:11.500 --> 27:13.120 when you see a brother in need. 27:13.540 --> 27:15.180 Maybe they have like a physical need. 27:15.520 --> 27:16.580 A financial need. 27:16.840 --> 27:17.460 Some sort of, 27:17.760 --> 27:17.960 you know, 27:18.200 --> 27:19.840 they're lacking something in their life. 27:20.240 --> 27:20.360 You know, 27:20.420 --> 27:21.580 the Bible says that we should have 27:21.580 --> 27:23.120 some sort of bowel of compassion. 27:23.700 --> 27:24.980 Like man, I want to help this person. 27:25.700 --> 27:25.980 Okay? 27:26.280 --> 27:27.460 I want to help fulfill that need 27:27.460 --> 27:28.840 as best as I possibly can. 27:28.840 --> 27:30.240 He says in verse 18, 27:30.380 --> 27:31.300 my little children, 27:31.740 --> 27:33.720 let us not love in word, 27:34.380 --> 27:35.560 neither in tongue, 27:36.280 --> 27:39.020 but in deed and in truth. 27:40.240 --> 27:41.080 What is it saying? 27:41.240 --> 27:43.040 You know, it's nice that you say you love people. 27:43.940 --> 27:45.860 It's great that you claim to love God. 27:46.680 --> 27:48.520 It's great that you claim to have sincere love, 27:48.560 --> 27:49.320 but the Bible says 27:49.320 --> 27:51.120 don't love in word and tongue, 27:51.380 --> 27:53.680 do it in deed and in truth. 27:54.200 --> 27:55.760 Meaning do it according to the Bible 27:55.760 --> 27:57.820 and then do it by doing something about it. 27:58.600 --> 28:00.080 Now, what is the clearest example 28:00.080 --> 28:01.020 of this in the Word of God? 28:01.080 --> 28:02.520 Well, James chapter two tells us 28:02.520 --> 28:03.940 if a brother or sister 28:03.940 --> 28:05.820 be naked in destitute of daily food 28:06.400 --> 28:07.680 and one of you saying to them, 28:07.900 --> 28:09.140 be warmed and filled, 28:10.140 --> 28:10.320 you know, 28:10.460 --> 28:11.320 but give them not those things 28:11.320 --> 28:12.320 which are needful to the body. 28:12.480 --> 28:13.160 What does the prophet 28:13.160 --> 28:14.160 even so faith that the path 28:14.160 --> 28:14.780 and our works is dead, 28:14.820 --> 28:15.140 being alone? 28:15.980 --> 28:16.740 What the Bible is saying there 28:16.740 --> 28:17.480 is like, oh, 28:17.540 --> 28:18.380 you have love with your words 28:18.380 --> 28:18.760 because you're like, 28:18.820 --> 28:19.800 oh, be warmed and filled. 28:20.360 --> 28:21.900 I hope you get your needs met 28:22.700 --> 28:23.700 and God bless you. 28:24.180 --> 28:24.400 You know, 28:24.440 --> 28:25.500 yeah, that's a very loving thing 28:25.500 --> 28:25.800 to say, 28:25.800 --> 28:26.840 but the Bible says here 28:27.240 --> 28:28.760 that if we're to have, 28:28.940 --> 28:29.440 you know, 28:29.560 --> 28:31.300 a mature, perfect faith, 28:31.960 --> 28:32.660 we need to make sure 28:32.660 --> 28:33.980 that we provide for the needs 28:33.980 --> 28:35.280 as best as we possibly can. 28:35.760 --> 28:36.500 What is the Bible telling us? 28:36.680 --> 28:37.380 It's telling us that 28:38.120 --> 28:39.400 sincere, genuine love 28:39.400 --> 28:40.860 seeks to go out of its way 28:40.860 --> 28:42.040 to provide for the needs 28:42.040 --> 28:43.260 of our brothers and sisters in Christ. 28:44.100 --> 28:44.340 Okay? 28:44.640 --> 28:45.480 As best as we can. 28:46.140 --> 28:46.540 Obviously, 28:46.740 --> 28:47.840 in some instances, 28:47.840 --> 28:49.400 maybe you're not financially able 28:49.400 --> 28:50.840 or you're just not, 28:50.980 --> 28:51.980 you don't have the possessions 28:51.980 --> 28:54.080 or the resources available, 28:54.080 --> 28:56.000 but if you do though, 28:56.520 --> 28:57.540 the Bible says you should have 28:57.540 --> 28:58.960 bowels of compassion 28:58.960 --> 29:00.900 for your brother and sisters 29:00.900 --> 29:02.140 in Christ. 29:02.720 --> 29:03.740 John chapter 15, 29:04.140 --> 29:04.940 turn with me if you want to 29:04.940 --> 29:05.600 John 13. 29:06.060 --> 29:07.000 Go to John 13. 29:07.320 --> 29:08.080 You're in 1st John. 29:08.240 --> 29:10.320 Go to John chapter 13. 29:10.460 --> 29:10.940 I'm going to read to you 29:10.940 --> 29:14.120 from John 15 in verse 12. 29:14.280 --> 29:14.480 It says, 29:14.740 --> 29:15.620 this is my commandment 29:15.620 --> 29:16.900 that ye love one another 29:16.900 --> 29:18.320 as I have loved you. 29:19.260 --> 29:20.780 Greater love hath no man 29:20.780 --> 29:21.360 than this, 29:21.760 --> 29:23.760 that a man lay down his life 29:23.760 --> 29:25.280 for his friends. 29:25.840 --> 29:26.140 Obviously, 29:26.220 --> 29:27.140 one of the greatest expressions 29:27.140 --> 29:27.760 of love, 29:28.260 --> 29:30.280 as far as an action is concerned, 29:30.700 --> 29:32.520 is to actually give your life 29:32.520 --> 29:33.600 for your friends. 29:34.120 --> 29:35.160 And that's a major sacrifice, 29:35.280 --> 29:35.620 is it not? 29:36.560 --> 29:36.820 You know? 29:38.100 --> 29:39.380 And I think I speak 29:39.380 --> 29:40.400 for all dads when we say 29:40.400 --> 29:41.500 like, we would willingly 29:41.500 --> 29:42.220 give our lives 29:42.220 --> 29:42.700 for our children. 29:43.640 --> 29:44.120 You know, 29:44.180 --> 29:44.760 if my son, 29:44.880 --> 29:45.280 my daughter, 29:45.440 --> 29:46.460 was in some sort of danger 29:46.460 --> 29:47.280 if they're drowning 29:47.280 --> 29:48.100 or whatever it may be, 29:48.500 --> 29:50.080 and it would require 29:50.080 --> 29:51.340 my death to save them, 29:51.480 --> 29:52.200 I would willingly 29:52.200 --> 29:52.860 make that trade. 29:53.940 --> 29:54.740 That's obviously, 29:55.180 --> 29:55.720 I think that's more 29:55.720 --> 29:57.420 of an easier trade 29:57.420 --> 29:59.280 rather than just anybody. 29:59.960 --> 30:00.120 You know? 30:00.720 --> 30:01.480 But the Bible says, 30:01.600 --> 30:01.760 you know, 30:01.820 --> 30:02.820 that's like the greatest 30:02.820 --> 30:04.220 expression of love there 30:04.220 --> 30:05.360 as noted by the fact 30:05.360 --> 30:06.060 that Jesus Christ 30:06.060 --> 30:06.900 obviously sacrificed 30:06.900 --> 30:07.700 himself for us. 30:08.200 --> 30:09.380 I remember years ago, 30:09.660 --> 30:10.140 maybe it was like 30:10.720 --> 30:12.060 10, 15 years ago, 30:12.460 --> 30:13.380 this is in a different church. 30:13.860 --> 30:16.720 There was a youth activity 30:17.520 --> 30:18.400 and I think it was 30:18.400 --> 30:19.180 at a beach or something 30:19.180 --> 30:20.580 but it was a youth activity 30:21.120 --> 30:23.720 and the teens were swimming 30:23.720 --> 30:24.820 and one of the teens 30:24.820 --> 30:25.960 got caught in a riptide. 30:26.920 --> 30:27.380 You know, 30:27.440 --> 30:28.120 he got caught in a riptide 30:28.120 --> 30:29.140 which is extremely dangerous, 30:29.340 --> 30:29.600 you know, 30:30.200 --> 30:31.620 and he got caught in a riptide 30:31.620 --> 30:33.260 and one of his friends 30:33.760 --> 30:35.260 saw that he jumped in. 30:35.980 --> 30:36.820 I think he jumped in 30:36.820 --> 30:38.140 with like a boogie board 30:38.140 --> 30:38.940 or something like that 30:38.940 --> 30:40.600 and he saved his friend 30:41.660 --> 30:42.560 but he drowned. 30:43.440 --> 30:45.920 He was about 15, 16 years old 30:45.920 --> 30:46.160 or something, 30:46.200 --> 30:46.680 he was a teenager, 30:46.680 --> 30:47.640 he drowned. 30:47.960 --> 30:49.420 He gave his life for his friend 30:50.260 --> 30:51.580 and that is the greatest 30:51.580 --> 30:52.700 expression of love right there 30:52.700 --> 30:54.520 and of course he's a hero 30:55.140 --> 30:56.520 but this is demonstrating 30:56.520 --> 30:57.540 that greater love 30:57.540 --> 30:58.240 has no man to this. 30:58.500 --> 30:59.720 He had enough love for his friend 30:59.720 --> 31:00.520 to want to save him 31:00.520 --> 31:01.260 even if it meant giving 31:01.260 --> 31:02.900 his life for him. 31:03.960 --> 31:04.980 Jesus goes on to say 31:04.980 --> 31:05.520 in verse 14, 31:05.740 --> 31:06.700 ye are my friends 31:06.700 --> 31:07.640 if you do whatsoever 31:07.640 --> 31:08.980 I command you. 31:09.780 --> 31:10.780 John chapter 13, 31:11.300 --> 31:12.120 let me just spend some time 31:12.120 --> 31:13.120 on that actually real quick. 31:13.820 --> 31:15.100 Ye are my friends 31:15.100 --> 31:16.240 if you do whatsoever 31:16.240 --> 31:17.000 I command you. 31:18.040 --> 31:18.980 So don't prep 31:19.680 --> 31:20.440 friend of Jesus 31:20.440 --> 31:21.060 on your bio 31:21.060 --> 31:22.160 if you're not obeying the Bible. 31:24.480 --> 31:25.100 Don't put 31:25.100 --> 31:26.900 I'm a follower of Jesus. 31:27.480 --> 31:28.940 Really, how's your obedience though? 31:29.600 --> 31:30.800 You kind of look like 31:30.800 --> 31:31.800 a godless person. 31:32.400 --> 31:33.460 Don't tell me you're a friend 31:33.460 --> 31:33.800 of Jesus 31:33.800 --> 31:34.120 and you've got 31:34.120 --> 31:35.420 only fans or something like that. 31:36.960 --> 31:38.700 Look at John 13 verse 33, 31:38.760 --> 31:39.380 little children 31:39.380 --> 31:40.120 yet a little while 31:40.120 --> 31:40.740 I'm with you 31:40.740 --> 31:42.240 ye shall seek me 31:42.240 --> 31:43.560 and as I said 31:43.560 --> 31:44.080 into the Jews 31:44.080 --> 31:45.220 whether I go you cannot come 31:45.220 --> 31:46.420 so now I say to you 31:46.900 --> 31:47.780 a new commandment 31:47.780 --> 31:48.540 I give unto you 31:48.540 --> 31:51.260 that ye love one another 31:51.260 --> 31:52.960 as I have loved you 31:52.960 --> 31:56.240 that ye also love one another. 31:56.360 --> 31:57.100 What is the Bible telling us? 31:57.460 --> 31:58.340 It's telling us here 31:58.340 --> 32:00.480 that this is a major, 32:00.520 --> 32:02.540 major command in the New Testament 32:02.540 --> 32:04.360 that we should be characterized 32:04.360 --> 32:05.860 by our love 32:05.860 --> 32:07.340 towards other brothers 32:07.340 --> 32:08.640 and sisters in Christ. 32:09.120 --> 32:09.660 And you know what? 32:09.760 --> 32:10.540 It should be said 32:10.540 --> 32:11.760 that we have a greater love 32:11.760 --> 32:12.400 for our sisters 32:12.400 --> 32:13.320 and brothers and sisters 32:13.320 --> 32:13.780 in Christ 32:13.780 --> 32:14.900 than the unsaved. 32:16.500 --> 32:17.200 You know obviously 32:17.200 --> 32:18.480 if you're working out 32:18.480 --> 32:19.060 in the world 32:19.060 --> 32:20.560 you go to school in the world 32:20.560 --> 32:21.880 you are involved 32:21.880 --> 32:22.820 in the secular realm 32:22.820 --> 32:23.680 you're going to come 32:23.680 --> 32:24.760 in contact with a lot 32:24.760 --> 32:25.740 of unsaved Christian 32:25.740 --> 32:26.640 unsaved people. 32:26.920 --> 32:27.600 A lot of people 32:27.600 --> 32:28.880 who don't adhere 32:28.880 --> 32:29.540 to religion 32:29.540 --> 32:30.760 they're not Christian 32:30.760 --> 32:31.940 but let me say this 32:31.940 --> 32:32.780 you know you should 32:32.780 --> 32:33.820 obviously befriend them 32:33.820 --> 32:34.460 in order to win them 32:34.460 --> 32:34.880 to Christ 32:35.380 --> 32:37.040 but you should never favor 32:37.040 --> 32:38.720 an unsaved person 32:38.720 --> 32:39.600 over your brothers 32:39.600 --> 32:40.700 and sisters in Christ though 32:40.700 --> 32:42.240 and it should not be 32:42.240 --> 32:43.300 that you're closer 32:44.100 --> 32:45.140 you feel a lot 32:45.140 --> 32:46.680 you feel this kinship 32:47.260 --> 32:48.480 towards unsaved people 32:48.480 --> 32:49.180 more than you do 32:49.180 --> 32:50.920 towards your brothers 32:50.920 --> 32:51.760 and sisters in Christ 32:52.480 --> 32:53.460 towards Christians. 32:54.620 --> 32:55.120 Why? 32:55.320 --> 32:56.140 Because of the fact that 32:56.140 --> 32:56.980 the Bible tells us 32:56.980 --> 32:57.880 being not unequally 32:57.880 --> 32:59.340 yoked together with unbelievers 32:59.340 --> 33:00.560 for a fellowship 33:00.560 --> 33:01.200 that's righteousness 33:01.200 --> 33:02.480 with unrighteousness 33:02.480 --> 33:03.740 we'll conquer that 33:03.740 --> 33:04.800 with Christ with Belial 33:04.800 --> 33:05.920 we'll party at the 33:05.920 --> 33:06.660 that believers with 33:06.660 --> 33:07.220 an infidel 33:07.220 --> 33:08.660 obviously we want to 33:08.660 --> 33:09.380 win them to Christ 33:09.380 --> 33:11.120 we want to get them saved 33:11.120 --> 33:12.280 help them come to the 33:12.280 --> 33:13.220 saving knowledge of Jesus 33:13.220 --> 33:14.640 but hold on a second 33:14.640 --> 33:15.100 if you're just 33:15.100 --> 33:15.760 super comfortable 33:15.760 --> 33:16.700 with the unsaved though 33:17.320 --> 33:18.200 you just love being 33:18.200 --> 33:18.760 around them 33:18.760 --> 33:19.780 you know something wrong with you 33:20.340 --> 33:21.500 you need to develop 33:21.500 --> 33:23.620 a sincere genuine love 33:23.620 --> 33:24.580 for Christians 33:24.580 --> 33:25.200 because this is 33:25.200 --> 33:25.980 literally commanded 33:25.980 --> 33:26.960 by Jesus himself 33:28.440 --> 33:29.580 he says a commandment 33:29.580 --> 33:30.020 I give it to you 33:30.020 --> 33:31.180 that you love 33:31.180 --> 33:31.800 one another 33:31.800 --> 33:33.060 and he's talking to his disciples 33:33.060 --> 33:34.100 and that command 33:34.100 --> 33:36.380 extends unto us as well 33:36.380 --> 33:37.480 you don't have to turn there 33:37.480 --> 33:37.880 but go with me 33:37.880 --> 33:38.460 if you would to 33:38.460 --> 33:39.520 Matthew chapter 5 33:39.520 --> 33:40.640 I'm going to read to you 33:40.640 --> 33:43.000 from 2nd Corinthians chapter 8 33:43.000 --> 33:44.140 you go to Matthew chapter 5 33:44.140 --> 33:44.620 if you would 33:47.600 --> 33:48.800 2nd Corinthians 8 7 33:48.800 --> 33:49.580 says therefore is he 33:49.580 --> 33:50.760 a bound in everything 33:50.760 --> 33:52.900 in faith and utterance 33:52.900 --> 33:53.500 and knowledge 33:53.500 --> 33:54.380 and in all diligence 33:54.380 --> 33:56.720 and in your love to us 33:56.720 --> 33:57.980 see that you bound 33:57.980 --> 33:59.980 in this grace also 33:59.980 --> 34:01.580 when it says a bounder 34:01.580 --> 34:02.140 means to grow 34:02.800 --> 34:03.600 so if you're sitting there 34:03.600 --> 34:04.280 like man I don't 34:04.280 --> 34:06.060 actually love the brethren 34:06.060 --> 34:06.820 as much as I should 34:06.820 --> 34:07.820 but well you know 34:07.820 --> 34:09.200 join the club 34:09.200 --> 34:10.020 because we all get there 34:10.020 --> 34:10.780 at one point or another 34:10.780 --> 34:12.120 where our love 34:12.120 --> 34:12.920 for the brethren 34:12.920 --> 34:13.960 is not where it should be 34:13.960 --> 34:14.860 we don't necessarily 34:14.860 --> 34:16.240 have an inward affection 34:16.240 --> 34:16.860 towards the brethren 34:16.860 --> 34:17.700 but you know the Bible says 34:17.700 --> 34:18.820 we need to a bound 34:18.820 --> 34:19.740 in that area 34:19.740 --> 34:21.120 just as you a bound 34:21.120 --> 34:21.500 and growing 34:21.500 --> 34:22.980 your utterance 34:22.980 --> 34:23.960 and your knowledge 34:23.960 --> 34:24.500 of the Bible 34:24.500 --> 34:25.500 God says you need to 34:25.500 --> 34:26.220 work on your love 34:26.800 --> 34:28.040 stop being such a cold 34:28.040 --> 34:28.840 hearted person 34:28.840 --> 34:29.960 such a stoic 34:30.340 --> 34:31.160 and actually develop 34:31.160 --> 34:32.120 some inward affection 34:32.120 --> 34:33.620 towards your brothers 34:33.620 --> 34:34.200 and sisters 34:34.200 --> 34:35.060 in Christ 34:35.060 --> 34:36.080 and of course 34:36.080 --> 34:38.080 we're in the point of 34:38.080 --> 34:38.940 actions right 34:38.940 --> 34:40.380 it goes on the same verse 8 34:40.380 --> 34:41.500 I speak not by command 34:41.500 --> 34:42.320 but by the occasion 34:42.320 --> 34:43.340 of the forwardness of others 34:43.860 --> 34:45.300 and to prove the sincerity 34:45.600 --> 34:46.380 of your love 34:46.380 --> 34:48.140 this is in 2 Corinthians 8 verse 9 34:48.140 --> 34:49.280 for you know 34:49.280 --> 34:50.720 that the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 34:50.720 --> 34:52.700 that though he was rich 34:52.700 --> 34:54.180 yet for your sakes 34:54.180 --> 34:55.000 he became poor 34:55.000 --> 34:56.420 the etherist poverty 34:56.420 --> 34:58.140 might be rich 34:58.140 --> 34:59.600 and herein I give my advice 34:59.600 --> 35:01.380 for this is expedient for you 35:01.380 --> 35:02.680 who have begun before 35:02.680 --> 35:03.680 not only to do 35:03.680 --> 35:04.720 but also to be forward 35:04.720 --> 35:05.460 a year ago 35:05.460 --> 35:06.440 now therefore 35:06.440 --> 35:07.540 perform the doing of it 35:07.540 --> 35:08.500 of course the context here 35:08.500 --> 35:09.420 is that he's saying 35:09.420 --> 35:09.700 you know 35:09.700 --> 35:11.020 provide for the needs 35:11.020 --> 35:11.820 of the church at Corinth 35:11.820 --> 35:13.260 you know you claim to have 35:13.260 --> 35:14.140 love in your hearts 35:14.140 --> 35:15.740 express that love 35:15.740 --> 35:17.040 by your actions 35:17.040 --> 35:18.980 and by your sacrifices 35:18.980 --> 35:20.040 now let me say this 35:20.040 --> 35:20.900 when it comes to loving 35:20.900 --> 35:21.400 the brethren 35:22.300 --> 35:23.340 and this is important 35:23.340 --> 35:25.320 we should love the brethren 35:25.320 --> 35:26.460 not expecting anything 35:26.460 --> 35:26.940 in return 35:28.200 --> 35:29.340 now the natural 35:29.340 --> 35:30.700 byproduct is just like 35:30.700 --> 35:32.480 can you show me some love 35:32.480 --> 35:33.220 back though 35:33.970 --> 35:35.140 can I get some love 35:35.140 --> 35:36.420 can you favor me 35:36.420 --> 35:37.320 like I favored you 35:37.320 --> 35:38.220 and you know what 35:38.220 --> 35:39.780 that's a natural response 35:39.780 --> 35:41.080 but it should not be 35:41.080 --> 35:42.320 an expectation though 35:43.120 --> 35:43.780 okay 35:43.780 --> 35:45.060 you know we 35:45.060 --> 35:45.980 why because 35:45.980 --> 35:47.620 genuine sincere love 35:47.620 --> 35:49.180 loves not expecting anything 35:49.180 --> 35:49.660 in return 35:51.060 --> 35:52.520 genuine sincere love 35:52.520 --> 35:53.360 loves 35:53.360 --> 35:55.720 and just is satisfied 35:56.220 --> 35:57.120 is content 35:57.120 --> 35:58.160 is happy 35:58.160 --> 35:59.640 we're just leaving it at that 36:00.220 --> 36:01.480 making it just a one 36:01.480 --> 36:02.760 one way road 36:03.160 --> 36:04.260 like well you know 36:04.260 --> 36:04.960 I always tell this person 36:04.960 --> 36:05.420 I love them 36:05.420 --> 36:06.540 they never tell me they love me back 36:10.800 --> 36:12.000 I mean that's just 36:12.000 --> 36:13.260 some people are like that 36:14.120 --> 36:14.880 now you know 36:14.880 --> 36:16.200 I think every once in a while 36:16.200 --> 36:16.480 you know 36:16.480 --> 36:18.040 in its appropriate way 36:18.040 --> 36:18.900 you should you know 36:19.420 --> 36:20.020 reciprocate that 36:20.400 --> 36:21.300 so you don't come off 36:21.300 --> 36:21.860 as a jerk 36:23.240 --> 36:24.060 you know what I mean 36:24.060 --> 36:24.660 you know like 36:26.020 --> 36:26.640 ditto bro 36:26.640 --> 36:27.580 or something you know 36:29.800 --> 36:30.540 but you know 36:31.080 --> 36:32.360 don't do things for people 36:32.360 --> 36:33.360 because you want something 36:33.360 --> 36:33.780 in return 36:34.780 --> 36:36.720 don't express by your works 36:36.720 --> 36:38.200 the sincerity of your love 36:38.200 --> 36:39.020 your inward affection 36:39.020 --> 36:40.480 because you want people 36:40.480 --> 36:42.340 to express that to you 36:42.340 --> 36:42.820 as well 36:42.820 --> 36:43.660 that's not right 36:43.660 --> 36:44.780 because sincere love 36:44.780 --> 36:45.660 doesn't expect it 36:45.660 --> 36:47.140 they do it without expecting 36:47.140 --> 36:48.860 any type of return 36:48.860 --> 36:50.700 or expect for it to be reciprocated 36:50.700 --> 36:51.440 look at Matthew 5 36:51.440 --> 36:51.960 verse 44 36:51.960 --> 36:52.900 but I say it to you 36:52.900 --> 36:53.740 now this of course 36:53.740 --> 36:54.720 is talking about your enemies 36:55.360 --> 36:56.120 but you know 36:56.120 --> 36:56.420 we can 36:56.420 --> 36:58.040 place this also in the context 36:58.040 --> 36:58.780 of just anybody 36:59.140 --> 36:59.880 love your enemies 36:59.880 --> 37:01.080 bless them their curse 37:01.080 --> 37:01.800 you do good to them 37:01.800 --> 37:02.380 that hate you 37:02.880 --> 37:03.640 pray for them which 37:03.640 --> 37:04.980 despitefully use you 37:04.980 --> 37:05.920 and persecute you 37:05.920 --> 37:07.120 that you may be 37:07.120 --> 37:08.280 the children of your father 37:08.280 --> 37:09.140 which is in heaven 37:09.140 --> 37:10.500 for you make it the sun 37:10.500 --> 37:11.420 to rise on the evil 37:11.420 --> 37:12.040 and on the good 37:12.040 --> 37:13.100 and send it's rain 37:13.100 --> 37:13.760 on the just 37:13.760 --> 37:14.580 and on the unjust 37:14.580 --> 37:16.280 for if you love them 37:16.280 --> 37:17.120 which love you 37:17.120 --> 37:19.420 what reward have he 37:19.420 --> 37:20.680 do not even 37:20.680 --> 37:21.500 the publicans 37:21.500 --> 37:22.900 the same the Bible says 37:22.900 --> 37:23.680 okay 37:23.680 --> 37:24.660 so this is like 37:24.660 --> 37:25.080 oh man 37:25.080 --> 37:25.980 you know unsay people 37:26.720 --> 37:27.580 act like that 37:27.580 --> 37:28.300 okay 37:28.300 --> 37:29.540 we need to make sure 37:29.540 --> 37:30.540 that when we love others 37:30.940 --> 37:32.100 we're not expecting like 37:34.900 --> 37:35.660 aren't you going to say 37:35.660 --> 37:35.940 something 37:36.420 --> 37:36.980 you know 37:36.980 --> 37:38.240 don't you want to say it back 37:38.240 --> 37:39.180 you know 37:39.180 --> 37:40.220 or you did something 37:40.220 --> 37:41.200 for someone who's just like 37:41.200 --> 37:41.840 well you know 37:41.840 --> 37:42.740 remember when I did that 37:42.740 --> 37:43.080 for you 37:43.080 --> 37:43.720 well obviously 37:43.720 --> 37:44.260 that didn't come from 37:44.260 --> 37:44.880 a heart of sincerity 37:45.640 --> 37:47.300 when we help others 37:47.300 --> 37:49.020 give gifts to others 37:49.020 --> 37:50.380 we bless others 37:50.380 --> 37:51.700 we should see it 37:51.700 --> 37:52.840 as mission accomplished 37:52.840 --> 37:53.660 I can move on 37:53.660 --> 37:54.300 with my life 37:54.300 --> 37:55.380 and not wait for that 37:55.380 --> 37:56.340 person to reciprocate 37:56.340 --> 37:57.040 that in return 37:57.040 --> 37:57.700 okay 37:58.140 --> 37:59.040 like oh man 37:59.040 --> 38:00.060 I'm just a person who kind of 38:00.060 --> 38:00.640 needs that 38:00.640 --> 38:01.900 well you need to learn 38:01.900 --> 38:02.860 not to need that 38:03.780 --> 38:04.220 okay 38:04.220 --> 38:05.360 and you know what 38:05.360 --> 38:06.700 if you are not 38:06.700 --> 38:08.100 receiving that type of 38:08.100 --> 38:08.640 compassion 38:08.640 --> 38:10.160 love for one another 38:10.160 --> 38:11.240 from others 38:11.240 --> 38:12.120 then you know 38:12.120 --> 38:13.460 find your solace in the Lord 38:14.040 --> 38:14.720 because the Lord 38:14.720 --> 38:15.800 always reciprocates that 38:16.460 --> 38:17.520 we love the Lord 38:17.520 --> 38:18.320 he loves us back 38:18.320 --> 38:19.280 and let's just be honest 38:19.280 --> 38:20.980 we don't reciprocate that 38:20.980 --> 38:21.460 to the Lord 38:21.460 --> 38:22.240 as much as we should 38:22.760 --> 38:23.800 so when he extends 38:23.800 --> 38:24.900 his love towards us 38:24.900 --> 38:25.820 his compassion 38:25.820 --> 38:26.660 and mercy towards us 38:26.660 --> 38:27.760 his grace towards us 38:27.760 --> 38:28.180 you know 38:28.180 --> 38:28.860 we're not always 38:28.860 --> 38:29.900 hopping on 38:29.900 --> 38:31.040 in our prayer life 38:31.040 --> 38:32.480 thanking God for those things 38:32.480 --> 38:33.300 sometimes he just 38:33.300 --> 38:34.480 blesses us with rain 38:34.480 --> 38:35.180 with blessings 38:35.180 --> 38:35.880 with resources 38:35.880 --> 38:36.620 and finances 38:36.620 --> 38:37.560 and possessions 38:37.560 --> 38:38.700 and spiritual blessings 38:38.700 --> 38:39.940 and we don't say nothing back 38:40.640 --> 38:42.060 so everyone does that 38:42.560 --> 38:42.860 okay 38:42.860 --> 38:44.120 the point that I'm making 38:44.440 --> 38:45.040 is that 38:45.720 --> 38:46.320 genuine 38:46.320 --> 38:47.300 sincere love 38:47.300 --> 38:47.800 gives 38:47.800 --> 38:49.200 not necessarily expecting 38:49.200 --> 38:50.000 anything in return 38:50.400 --> 38:50.700 okay 38:51.460 --> 38:52.520 and let me also say this 38:52.520 --> 38:54.280 sincere genuine love 38:54.280 --> 38:55.280 we're talking about works here 38:55.280 --> 38:56.320 for Gibbs 38:58.500 --> 38:59.820 the Bible tells us 39:00.300 --> 39:01.800 go with me if you would to 39:01.800 --> 39:03.060 let's see here 39:03.740 --> 39:05.120 go to 1 Peter chapter 4 39:05.120 --> 39:06.240 1 Peter chapter 4 39:07.920 --> 39:09.380 1 Peter chapter 4 39:09.380 --> 39:09.820 if you would 39:13.920 --> 39:15.420 and after 1 Peter 4 39:15.420 --> 39:16.340 we're gonna go to Galatians 39:16.340 --> 39:17.000 chapter 4 39:17.000 --> 39:18.500 1 Peter chapter 4 39:18.980 --> 39:20.340 so point number 2 is that 39:21.120 --> 39:22.600 sincere genuine love 39:23.160 --> 39:24.080 demonstrates works 39:24.080 --> 39:24.840 right 39:24.840 --> 39:25.480 for one another 39:26.100 --> 39:27.280 and part of the works 39:27.280 --> 39:28.000 is just being 39:28.000 --> 39:29.340 willing to forgive people 39:29.340 --> 39:29.860 when they wrong 39:30.480 --> 39:32.080 forgiveness needs to be 39:32.080 --> 39:34.420 a major attribute 39:34.420 --> 39:35.600 and characteristic of a Christian 39:35.600 --> 39:36.480 that's something that we 39:36.480 --> 39:37.360 definitely need to develop 39:37.360 --> 39:38.960 on a daily, weekly, monthly, 39:39.080 --> 39:39.660 yearly basis 39:39.660 --> 39:40.720 okay 39:40.720 --> 39:41.840 because people offend us 39:41.840 --> 39:43.220 they wrong us 39:43.220 --> 39:43.940 they 39:43.940 --> 39:45.700 you know do evil unto us 39:45.700 --> 39:46.500 and we need to learn 39:46.500 --> 39:47.120 how to forgive 39:47.120 --> 39:48.120 the Bible says 39:48.120 --> 39:49.340 the Bible tells us 39:49.340 --> 39:50.740 in Ephesians chapter 4 39:50.740 --> 39:51.780 let all bitterness 39:51.780 --> 39:52.580 and wrath 39:52.580 --> 39:53.360 and clamor 39:53.360 --> 39:54.060 and evil speaking 39:54.060 --> 39:55.240 be put away from you 39:55.240 --> 39:56.140 with all malice 39:56.140 --> 39:57.500 be kind unto another 39:57.500 --> 39:58.300 tender heart 39:58.300 --> 39:59.580 of forgiving one another 39:59.580 --> 40:01.340 even as God for Christ's sake 40:01.340 --> 40:02.000 has forgiven you 40:02.980 --> 40:03.880 you know what that means 40:03.880 --> 40:04.700 it means that 40:04.700 --> 40:05.960 you should forgive people 40:05.960 --> 40:06.580 in your heart 40:07.180 --> 40:08.620 like well I don't forgive them 40:08.620 --> 40:09.400 because they haven't asked 40:09.400 --> 40:09.880 for forgiveness 40:10.560 --> 40:11.500 well you should still 40:11.500 --> 40:12.320 forgive them in your heart 40:12.320 --> 40:12.520 though 40:12.520 --> 40:14.000 and if they come to you 40:14.000 --> 40:14.360 in person 40:14.360 --> 40:15.180 asking for forgiveness 40:15.180 --> 40:15.780 forgive them 40:16.720 --> 40:17.520 and look folks 40:17.520 --> 40:18.960 forgiveness is probably 40:18.960 --> 40:19.520 one of the most 40:19.980 --> 40:21.340 pleasurable things to do 40:22.300 --> 40:23.400 you know as a Christian 40:23.400 --> 40:24.180 I'll be honest with you 40:24.680 --> 40:25.680 when you forgive someone 40:25.680 --> 40:26.920 you're just able to release them 40:26.920 --> 40:27.600 of that debt 40:27.600 --> 40:28.380 of that burden 40:28.380 --> 40:29.620 of that offense 40:29.620 --> 40:30.400 it's great 40:30.400 --> 40:31.460 and it 40:31.460 --> 40:32.680 ensures you 40:32.680 --> 40:33.960 and it ensures me 40:33.960 --> 40:34.540 that we will be 40:34.540 --> 40:35.360 forgiven of God 40:36.640 --> 40:37.460 obviously we know that 40:37.460 --> 40:38.180 we're forgiven of God 40:38.180 --> 40:39.380 of past, present and future sins 40:39.380 --> 40:40.720 for eternal damnation 40:41.420 --> 40:42.200 but guess what 40:42.200 --> 40:43.260 we need daily forgiveness 40:43.260 --> 40:43.660 of sins 40:43.660 --> 40:44.700 because we offend God 40:44.700 --> 40:45.860 on a daily basis 40:45.860 --> 40:47.160 if we say we have no sin 40:47.160 --> 40:47.740 we deceive ourselves 40:47.740 --> 40:48.960 and the truth is not in us 40:48.960 --> 40:50.300 if we confess our sins 40:50.300 --> 40:51.100 he is faithful and just 40:51.100 --> 40:51.900 to forgive us our sins 40:51.900 --> 40:53.160 and cleanse us from all 40:53.160 --> 40:53.900 unrighteousness 40:53.900 --> 40:54.740 well you know what 40:54.740 --> 40:55.680 if you want that promise 40:55.680 --> 40:56.200 to be true 40:56.200 --> 40:57.300 you have to forgive 40:57.300 --> 40:57.780 your offenders 40:58.680 --> 40:59.080 okay 40:59.640 --> 41:00.420 and the Bible says 41:00.420 --> 41:01.240 for Christ's sake 41:01.240 --> 41:02.100 have he forgiven you 41:02.100 --> 41:03.040 so we need to make sure 41:03.040 --> 41:04.120 we do it as unto the Lord 41:04.120 --> 41:04.380 right 41:04.380 --> 41:05.900 look at 1 Peter chapter 4 41:05.900 --> 41:06.380 verse 8 41:06.380 --> 41:07.900 and above all things 41:07.900 --> 41:08.640 listen to this 41:08.640 --> 41:10.840 have fervent charity 41:10.840 --> 41:12.020 among yourselves 41:12.020 --> 41:13.060 charity is just 41:13.060 --> 41:14.060 another way of saying love 41:14.700 --> 41:15.960 have passionate love 41:16.920 --> 41:17.640 but then he says 41:17.640 --> 41:18.320 for charity 41:18.320 --> 41:21.260 shall cover the multitude of sins 41:22.200 --> 41:23.200 now this doesn't mean 41:23.200 --> 41:24.660 you sweep things under the rug 41:25.400 --> 41:25.860 okay 41:25.860 --> 41:27.420 you know these churches 41:27.420 --> 41:28.540 that sweep pedophilia 41:29.130 --> 41:30.280 and crimes under the rug 41:30.280 --> 41:31.520 that's not fervent charity 41:31.980 --> 41:32.840 it's criminal 41:32.840 --> 41:33.580 okay 41:34.150 --> 41:34.640 when it says 41:34.640 --> 41:35.680 the covers of multitude of sins 41:35.680 --> 41:36.600 is referring to the fact 41:36.600 --> 41:37.460 that when you forgive someone 41:37.460 --> 41:38.600 you don't bring it back up again 41:39.520 --> 41:41.000 you bury that offense 41:42.300 --> 41:43.520 you bury it 41:43.520 --> 41:44.700 and you don't hang it 41:44.700 --> 41:45.380 over their heads 41:45.380 --> 41:46.320 for the rest of their life 41:46.320 --> 41:46.900 right 41:46.900 --> 41:47.320 you know 41:47.320 --> 41:48.920 you want to have good relationships 41:48.920 --> 41:49.740 in your marriage 41:49.740 --> 41:51.080 you want to have a good relationship 41:51.080 --> 41:51.940 amongst your friends 41:51.940 --> 41:52.800 don't be the person 41:52.800 --> 41:53.780 who just brings up the past 41:53.780 --> 41:54.320 all the time 41:54.890 --> 41:56.200 have fervent charity 41:56.200 --> 41:57.220 listen to this 41:57.220 --> 41:58.280 have fervent charity 41:58.280 --> 41:59.720 that covers the multitude of sins 41:59.720 --> 42:00.600 okay 42:02.320 --> 42:03.560 and so that's important 42:03.560 --> 42:03.940 go with him 42:03.940 --> 42:04.240 if you would 42:04.240 --> 42:05.460 go to a Galatians chapter 4 42:06.520 --> 42:07.440 genuine love 42:07.440 --> 42:08.300 is an emotion 42:08.900 --> 42:09.640 genuine love 42:09.640 --> 42:10.820 is demonstrated 42:10.820 --> 42:11.620 in actions 42:12.200 --> 42:13.360 but let me also say this 42:13.360 --> 42:15.200 genuine love speaks the truth 42:16.160 --> 42:16.600 okay 42:17.460 --> 42:18.820 this is my favorite part 42:18.820 --> 42:19.240 right here 42:19.240 --> 42:19.480 amen 42:20.340 --> 42:21.500 let's get all that mushy 42:21.500 --> 42:22.480 gushy stuff out of the way 42:22.480 --> 42:22.940 real quick 42:24.260 --> 42:25.340 let's get down to brass 42:25.340 --> 42:26.000 taxier 42:26.000 --> 42:26.860 okay 42:27.760 --> 42:28.600 genuine love 42:28.600 --> 42:29.480 speaks the truth 42:29.480 --> 42:29.920 okay 42:29.920 --> 42:31.020 and this is something 42:31.020 --> 42:31.720 that churches 42:31.720 --> 42:32.960 don't like to talk about 42:32.960 --> 42:34.220 they love those first two 42:34.220 --> 42:34.500 points 42:35.560 --> 42:36.200 you know 42:36.200 --> 42:37.480 and if you're a Lib Christian 42:37.480 --> 42:38.920 you love what I just said 42:38.920 --> 42:39.260 right there 42:39.260 --> 42:39.680 like man 42:39.680 --> 42:40.680 just finish right there 42:41.340 --> 42:42.040 just just 42:42.040 --> 42:43.140 amen right there 42:43.140 --> 42:43.840 and we're good to go 42:43.840 --> 42:45.300 but hold on a second 42:45.300 --> 42:46.480 we're expounding upon 42:46.480 --> 42:48.520 what it means to have genuine love 42:48.520 --> 42:49.700 and according to the Bible 42:49.700 --> 42:50.640 genuine love 42:50.640 --> 42:51.840 actually tells you the truth 42:53.000 --> 42:54.120 and let me say this 42:54.120 --> 42:54.420 you know 42:54.420 --> 42:55.360 the word nice 42:55.360 --> 42:56.360 is not in the Bible 42:59.040 --> 43:00.580 nice doesn't exist in the Bible 43:01.420 --> 43:02.420 obviously the Bible tells us 43:02.420 --> 43:03.120 to be kind 43:03.120 --> 43:04.000 to be gracious 43:04.000 --> 43:05.580 but let me just tell you 43:05.580 --> 43:06.280 something right now 43:06.280 --> 43:07.860 sometimes the truth hurts 43:09.040 --> 43:09.820 and you know what 43:09.820 --> 43:11.320 sometimes the Bible commands us 43:11.320 --> 43:12.240 to tell the truth 43:12.240 --> 43:14.080 in a very rude manner 43:14.880 --> 43:15.460 and in fact 43:15.460 --> 43:16.200 the apostle Paul said 43:16.200 --> 43:17.300 though I be rude in speech 43:17.300 --> 43:18.320 yet not in knowledge 43:19.900 --> 43:20.340 that's like 43:20.340 --> 43:21.340 that's like my live verse 43:21.340 --> 43:21.720 right there 43:23.180 --> 43:24.200 you know because people are like 43:24.200 --> 43:25.320 oh man he's so rude 43:25.320 --> 43:26.260 look how he says 43:26.260 --> 43:26.640 all these 43:26.640 --> 43:28.080 what he's saying in these letters 43:28.080 --> 43:28.920 and he's like yeah 43:28.920 --> 43:29.900 I'm rude in my speech 43:29.900 --> 43:30.300 yeah 43:30.300 --> 43:31.720 the way I say things 43:31.720 --> 43:32.360 is not nice 43:32.360 --> 43:34.120 but I'm not rude in my knowledge 43:34.120 --> 43:35.140 because I know what I'm talking about 43:35.140 --> 43:36.000 I'm giving you the truth 43:36.000 --> 43:38.180 and you know what 43:38.820 --> 43:40.140 you'll never find 43:40.860 --> 43:42.540 a spirit filled prophet 43:42.540 --> 43:43.360 of the Old Testament 43:43.360 --> 43:44.420 be nice 43:47.300 --> 43:48.340 and I didn't say 43:48.340 --> 43:49.480 there's not any nice prophets 43:50.020 --> 43:50.960 in the Old Testament 43:50.960 --> 43:51.700 because there are 43:51.700 --> 43:52.840 but they're false prophets 43:54.540 --> 43:55.640 they're all false prophets 43:56.640 --> 43:57.400 study it 43:58.420 --> 43:59.480 the false prophets 43:59.480 --> 44:00.140 of the Old Testament 44:00.140 --> 44:01.240 they're the ones who are just like 44:01.240 --> 44:02.300 no judgment is coming 44:02.780 --> 44:03.780 you're going to have peace 44:03.780 --> 44:04.480 in your day 44:04.940 --> 44:06.540 don't listen to this guy 44:07.060 --> 44:08.180 he's being mean 44:08.900 --> 44:10.620 he's guilty of treason 44:11.260 --> 44:11.980 you know 44:11.980 --> 44:13.780 you're going to go and prosper 44:14.300 --> 44:15.540 you're going to win this war 44:15.540 --> 44:16.680 Ahab dies 44:19.380 --> 44:19.820 liar 44:20.820 --> 44:22.520 that's the result of nice preaching 44:23.240 --> 44:24.460 whereas Micaiah is like 44:24.460 --> 44:25.580 you're going to die 44:26.260 --> 44:27.460 you're not coming back 44:28.160 --> 44:29.160 and he's like this guy 44:29.160 --> 44:30.500 never preaches good concern to me 44:30.500 --> 44:31.300 but only evil 44:31.300 --> 44:33.120 he doesn't like the truth 44:33.120 --> 44:33.620 but you know what 44:33.620 --> 44:35.000 the truth sometimes hurts does it not 44:36.720 --> 44:38.520 and let me tell you something right now 44:38.520 --> 44:39.560 the Bible tells us 44:39.560 --> 44:41.400 that we need to be in church 44:41.400 --> 44:43.180 hear the preaching of God's word 44:43.180 --> 44:44.800 and it says that we 44:44.800 --> 44:46.140 henceforth be no more children 44:46.140 --> 44:47.000 tossed to and fro 44:47.000 --> 44:48.500 carried about with every wind of doctrine 44:48.500 --> 44:49.980 by the sleight of men 44:49.980 --> 44:50.940 cunning craftiness 44:50.940 --> 44:52.660 whereby they lying away to deceive 44:52.660 --> 44:53.880 and then it tells us 44:53.880 --> 44:56.420 but speaking the truth in love 44:57.420 --> 44:58.840 and this is 45:00.160 --> 45:01.680 the liberals favorite 45:01.680 --> 45:02.680 verse right here 45:04.200 --> 45:06.940 oh he's not speaking the truth in love 45:07.400 --> 45:09.160 right and I get accused of this 45:09.160 --> 45:09.980 all the time 45:10.540 --> 45:11.340 all the time 45:12.060 --> 45:13.320 it doesn't offend me though 45:13.320 --> 45:14.140 at all 45:14.660 --> 45:15.900 because I don't get offended by people 45:15.900 --> 45:16.560 who don't know the Bible 45:16.560 --> 45:19.460 if they try to use the Bible against me 45:19.460 --> 45:21.240 I'm not like how could you 45:21.700 --> 45:23.660 I'm like this person just doesn't know the Bible 45:24.580 --> 45:26.780 because what do they mean by 45:26.780 --> 45:28.300 oh he's not speaking the truth in love 45:28.300 --> 45:29.520 he's saying it mean 45:33.000 --> 45:34.580 it's just the way he says it 45:34.580 --> 45:35.740 and you know 45:35.740 --> 45:36.820 if I had a dime 45:36.820 --> 45:38.000 for every time I heard this 45:38.000 --> 45:39.520 we would have the building already 45:42.340 --> 45:43.680 where they'll say something like this 45:43.680 --> 45:44.040 they're like 45:44.460 --> 45:47.220 well it's not what he says 45:47.920 --> 45:49.900 it's how he says it 45:51.420 --> 45:51.920 you know 45:51.920 --> 45:53.840 preach about fornication 45:53.840 --> 45:55.720 preach against Jews 45:55.720 --> 45:57.700 preach against Muslims 45:57.700 --> 45:59.720 preach against the Godars 45:59.720 --> 46:01.600 preach against false religion 46:01.600 --> 46:02.540 and then you know 46:02.540 --> 46:03.600 I'm ripping face 46:03.600 --> 46:04.860 I'm lifting up my voice 46:04.860 --> 46:06.120 like a trumpet crying out loud 46:06.120 --> 46:07.660 and sparing not as the Bible commands me 46:07.660 --> 46:08.340 and they're like 46:08.340 --> 46:09.220 well it's true what he's saying 46:09.220 --> 46:09.700 but I just 46:10.340 --> 46:11.880 it's how he says it 46:13.180 --> 46:13.620 you know 46:13.620 --> 46:14.660 it's good that he's preaching 46:15.040 --> 46:15.860 fornication is a sin 46:15.860 --> 46:16.600 yeah but you know 46:16.600 --> 46:17.980 it's just how he says it 46:17.980 --> 46:19.240 why does he have to say it like that 46:20.580 --> 46:21.240 and it's just like 46:21.240 --> 46:22.020 how do you want me to say it 46:22.020 --> 46:22.460 you want me to be like 46:22.460 --> 46:23.340 fornication is wicked 46:25.040 --> 46:25.760 don't do it 46:28.060 --> 46:29.200 yeah you would laugh at me 46:29.200 --> 46:29.660 exactly 46:31.600 --> 46:32.540 you would laugh at me 46:32.540 --> 46:34.080 because you would not take me serious 46:35.060 --> 46:37.260 and there's a reason why God commands 46:37.260 --> 46:37.800 a certain dynamic 46:38.160 --> 46:39.440 in preaching in the Bible 46:40.820 --> 46:41.800 he would literally 46:41.800 --> 46:42.880 command his prophets 46:43.460 --> 46:45.260 you better make sure you yell this 46:45.260 --> 46:46.180 when you're preaching this 46:46.180 --> 46:47.580 you better make sure 46:47.580 --> 46:49.140 you stomp with your foot 46:51.560 --> 46:53.260 preach against the nation 46:53.260 --> 46:54.280 and the leaders 46:54.280 --> 46:55.780 you got to get the people's attention 46:56.900 --> 46:58.000 you know he didn't say 46:58.000 --> 46:58.780 hey make sure you're like 46:58.780 --> 46:59.820 nice about this whole thing 46:59.820 --> 47:00.140 you know 47:00.720 --> 47:01.700 don't go overboard 47:02.560 --> 47:03.360 you know 47:03.360 --> 47:05.680 make sure that you display Christ 47:05.680 --> 47:06.260 but you know what 47:06.260 --> 47:08.160 Christ was a hard preacher though 47:09.620 --> 47:10.460 and people are always 47:10.460 --> 47:11.520 like you don't preach like Jesus 47:11.520 --> 47:12.240 and I tell them 47:12.240 --> 47:12.660 yeah you're right 47:12.660 --> 47:13.700 because I'm not flipping over tables 47:15.940 --> 47:16.740 you actually 47:16.740 --> 47:17.920 you're actually right about that 47:17.920 --> 47:18.840 because you know 47:18.840 --> 47:19.480 I don't remember 47:19.480 --> 47:20.660 ever flipping over a table 47:20.660 --> 47:21.200 when I'm preaching 47:21.200 --> 47:22.440 because that's exactly what he did 47:24.600 --> 47:25.360 and again 47:25.360 --> 47:26.460 people have this perception 47:26.460 --> 47:27.340 of who Jesus is 47:27.340 --> 47:28.140 that's not in the Bible 47:29.260 --> 47:30.320 this is the perception 47:30.320 --> 47:31.160 of people of Jesus 47:35.080 --> 47:36.740 the protruding Catholic heart 47:36.740 --> 47:37.680 it's all bleeding 47:37.680 --> 47:38.540 it has a crown on it 47:38.540 --> 47:39.280 for whatever reason 47:39.980 --> 47:40.780 he has long 47:42.940 --> 47:44.140 he's got the A1s 47:45.620 --> 47:46.180 you know 47:46.180 --> 47:47.440 he's got the robon 47:47.440 --> 47:47.840 lights 47:48.460 --> 47:49.500 what does this mean 47:51.460 --> 47:52.520 and they think he just 47:52.520 --> 47:53.560 like floated around 47:53.560 --> 47:54.000 and just 47:55.940 --> 47:57.400 that's not the Jesus of the Bible 47:58.140 --> 47:59.040 when the Bible says 47:59.040 --> 48:00.600 to speak the truth and love 48:00.600 --> 48:01.420 let me explain to you 48:01.420 --> 48:01.940 what this means 48:01.940 --> 48:03.280 speaking the truth and love 48:03.280 --> 48:03.560 meaning 48:04.020 --> 48:05.120 means that you tell people 48:05.120 --> 48:06.200 the truth out of a heart 48:06.200 --> 48:07.080 that loves them 48:08.080 --> 48:09.260 in love doesn't mean 48:09.260 --> 48:10.420 how nice you say it 48:10.420 --> 48:12.320 it means you're telling them 48:12.320 --> 48:13.140 because you actually love 48:13.140 --> 48:14.760 the person that you're talking to 48:14.760 --> 48:15.940 that means sometimes 48:15.940 --> 48:16.880 people tell you the truth 48:16.880 --> 48:17.720 not because they love you 48:18.300 --> 48:19.440 they just want to be 48:19.440 --> 48:20.280 condemning towards you 48:20.280 --> 48:22.160 they have a holier 48:22.160 --> 48:23.100 than now complex 48:23.100 --> 48:24.880 they're hyper spiritual 48:26.000 --> 48:27.340 so that is a temptation 48:27.340 --> 48:27.820 for people 48:28.220 --> 48:29.460 and so the Bible commands is 48:29.460 --> 48:30.340 make sure when you preach 48:30.340 --> 48:31.420 the truth you give the truth 48:31.420 --> 48:32.080 you do it in love 48:32.080 --> 48:33.800 meaning you do it out of a heart 48:33.800 --> 48:35.240 that actually desires 48:36.280 --> 48:37.000 their exhortation 48:37.560 --> 48:38.660 their spiritual growth 48:39.060 --> 48:41.000 you want them to repent 48:41.000 --> 48:41.700 of that sin 48:42.080 --> 48:42.940 lest they should come 48:42.940 --> 48:43.640 to destruction 48:44.320 --> 48:45.040 and desolation 48:45.500 --> 48:46.680 you want them to come 48:46.680 --> 48:47.620 to the truth of this 48:47.620 --> 48:48.340 particular subject 48:49.040 --> 48:49.740 so that they don't 48:49.740 --> 48:50.640 destroy themselves 48:51.480 --> 48:52.060 that's what it means 48:52.060 --> 48:52.860 to speak the truth and love 48:52.860 --> 48:54.180 not like the decibels 48:54.180 --> 48:54.760 of your voice 48:55.560 --> 48:56.460 well you don't have to yell 48:56.460 --> 48:56.920 like that 48:57.460 --> 48:58.400 you know 48:58.400 --> 48:59.320 why do you have to be mean 48:59.320 --> 49:00.360 why do you have to call them 49:00.360 --> 49:01.600 homos and fags 49:01.600 --> 49:02.480 and why do you have to say 49:02.480 --> 49:03.000 Jews 49:03.000 --> 49:04.080 and why do you have to say 49:04.080 --> 49:05.540 all these words are so offensive 49:05.540 --> 49:06.780 well because you know 49:07.460 --> 49:08.340 gotta get your attention 49:09.000 --> 49:09.940 and you know what 49:10.260 --> 49:11.580 look at all the stuff 49:11.580 --> 49:12.740 that God had Ezekiel do 49:12.740 --> 49:13.320 when he preached 49:15.520 --> 49:16.100 and look 49:16.100 --> 49:16.880 people who criticize 49:17.380 --> 49:18.020 this dynamic 49:18.020 --> 49:18.760 preaching 49:19.400 --> 49:20.440 have obviously never 49:20.440 --> 49:21.140 actually studied 49:21.140 --> 49:22.360 how the Old Testament 49:22.360 --> 49:23.200 prophets behaved 49:24.460 --> 49:25.020 God's like 49:25.020 --> 49:25.800 lay on your side for 49:25.800 --> 49:26.740 360 days 49:26.740 --> 49:27.560 390 days 49:28.180 --> 49:29.020 and then he's like 49:29.020 --> 49:30.000 eat cows dung 49:31.160 --> 49:31.780 and he's like 49:31.780 --> 49:34.080 just doing crazy stuff 49:34.940 --> 49:36.000 I mean one of the crazies 49:36.000 --> 49:36.680 is like you know what 49:36.680 --> 49:37.800 I'm gonna take the desire 49:37.800 --> 49:38.480 from your eyes 49:38.480 --> 49:39.520 and I don't want you to mourn 49:39.520 --> 49:40.280 meaning that he was gonna 49:40.280 --> 49:42.320 allow Ezekiel's wife to die 49:43.160 --> 49:43.780 and he's like 49:43.780 --> 49:44.780 when you rise up in the morning 49:44.780 --> 49:45.580 go and preach 49:45.580 --> 49:46.560 and don't mourn 49:47.260 --> 49:48.300 that's not very nice 49:49.740 --> 49:50.760 you know what the Bible says 49:50.760 --> 49:51.620 in the morning 49:51.620 --> 49:52.380 she died 49:52.380 --> 49:53.220 and he rose 49:53.220 --> 49:54.320 and he did as he was commanded 49:55.600 --> 49:57.160 not very nice now is it 49:57.880 --> 49:58.980 yeah no one likes to talk 49:58.980 --> 50:00.520 no non-denom church 50:00.520 --> 50:01.800 likes to talk about that story 50:03.700 --> 50:04.660 because it doesn't fit 50:04.660 --> 50:06.040 into their nice narrative 50:06.920 --> 50:07.920 where God says 50:07.920 --> 50:08.920 I'm gonna take the desire 50:08.920 --> 50:09.340 from your eyes 50:09.340 --> 50:10.520 and I don't want you to mourn 50:10.520 --> 50:11.340 when she dies 50:11.340 --> 50:12.040 I want you to get up 50:12.040 --> 50:12.880 and preach the word of God 50:12.880 --> 50:13.620 and he said why 50:13.620 --> 50:14.800 just to use it as an illustration 50:17.560 --> 50:18.300 just to say 50:18.300 --> 50:18.760 you know 50:18.760 --> 50:20.660 when I destroyed Jerusalem 50:20.660 --> 50:22.140 the destruction is gonna be 50:22.140 --> 50:22.960 so heavy 50:22.960 --> 50:24.820 it's gonna leave everyone speechless 50:25.640 --> 50:26.880 just to illustrate that 50:26.880 --> 50:27.920 like man 50:27.920 --> 50:28.860 why did God do that 50:28.860 --> 50:29.460 because he's God 50:29.460 --> 50:30.340 he can do whatever he wants 50:30.980 --> 50:31.920 and you know what 50:31.920 --> 50:33.720 Ezekiel is boss 50:35.220 --> 50:36.080 he's a Chad 50:36.720 --> 50:37.180 okay 50:37.180 --> 50:38.560 because he did it 50:39.320 --> 50:40.480 and he's one of the prophets 50:40.480 --> 50:41.100 of the Old Testament 50:41.100 --> 50:42.120 who was said of more 50:42.120 --> 50:43.200 probably more than anybody else 50:43.200 --> 50:44.280 that the spirit of God 50:44.280 --> 50:45.040 came upon him 50:45.700 --> 50:46.160 okay 50:46.160 --> 50:47.520 the point being here 50:47.520 --> 50:49.100 is that get the word nice 50:49.100 --> 50:50.200 out of your vocabulary 50:50.200 --> 50:51.400 when we're talking about preaching 50:52.620 --> 50:53.740 because according to the Bible 50:53.740 --> 50:55.100 sometimes you need to hear the truth 50:56.280 --> 50:56.680 okay 50:57.200 --> 50:58.580 look at Galatians chapter 4 50:58.580 --> 50:59.040 if you would 50:59.900 --> 51:01.240 Galatians chapter 4 51:02.820 --> 51:04.000 and sometimes you know Christians 51:04.000 --> 51:05.940 they get offended at that 51:05.940 --> 51:06.660 but it's because 51:06.660 --> 51:07.900 they just been in churches 51:07.900 --> 51:09.680 they're just too nice 51:10.600 --> 51:12.120 but let me give you the equivalent 51:12.120 --> 51:13.340 of nice in the Bible 51:13.340 --> 51:14.360 when it comes to preaching 51:14.880 --> 51:15.720 because the word nice 51:15.720 --> 51:16.540 is not found in the Bible 51:16.540 --> 51:17.520 but you know 51:17.520 --> 51:18.740 there is an equivalent 51:18.740 --> 51:19.680 too nice 51:19.680 --> 51:20.900 when it comes to preaching 51:20.900 --> 51:21.320 in the Bible 51:21.320 --> 51:22.140 it's called deception 51:23.280 --> 51:24.800 it's called flattery 51:25.640 --> 51:28.280 when people are being overly nice 51:28.280 --> 51:29.880 behind the pulpit 51:29.880 --> 51:31.320 flattering you 51:31.320 --> 51:33.020 they're deceiving you 51:33.020 --> 51:35.680 you know like Joel's theme for example 51:36.320 --> 51:37.180 bro's nice 51:38.800 --> 51:39.860 super nice 51:39.860 --> 51:41.480 I mean I don't know 51:41.480 --> 51:42.920 if there's a sermon where he's not smiling 51:42.920 --> 51:45.740 it's got the million dollar smile 51:45.740 --> 51:47.520 everyone loves him 51:47.520 --> 51:49.680 he's just a really nice guy 51:49.680 --> 51:51.800 he doesn't condemn anybody 51:51.800 --> 51:54.180 but he's just full of lies and deceit 51:54.180 --> 51:55.380 because he doesn't really love people 51:55.380 --> 51:56.600 he's not really telling them the truth 51:57.920 --> 51:59.660 look at Galatians 4 verse 13 51:59.660 --> 52:01.440 you know how that 52:01.440 --> 52:02.740 infirmity of the flesh 52:02.740 --> 52:05.100 I preach the gospel to you at the first 52:05.100 --> 52:07.340 and my temptation which was in my flesh 52:07.340 --> 52:08.660 he despised not nor rejected 52:08.660 --> 52:10.960 but receive me as an angel of God 52:10.960 --> 52:12.620 even as Christ Jesus 52:12.620 --> 52:13.480 so what's going on here 52:14.440 --> 52:16.580 Apostle Paul is writing this letter 52:16.580 --> 52:17.900 to the churches of Galatia 52:17.900 --> 52:19.120 who have been Judaized 52:19.120 --> 52:21.180 in his absence 52:21.180 --> 52:23.020 you have these false brethren 52:23.020 --> 52:24.260 who crept in unawares 52:25.020 --> 52:25.740 these Jews 52:26.140 --> 52:28.280 who were coming in after the Apostle Paul 52:28.280 --> 52:29.960 trying to teach people to come back 52:29.960 --> 52:30.540 under the law 52:30.540 --> 52:32.620 and they created a lot of chaos 52:32.620 --> 52:33.280 in these churches 52:33.840 --> 52:34.780 because people started thinking 52:34.780 --> 52:36.040 well I gotta make sure I keep the law 52:36.040 --> 52:36.840 in order to be saved 52:36.840 --> 52:38.600 and so he writes this letter 52:38.600 --> 52:40.280 and he's just getting on them 52:40.280 --> 52:41.320 he's calling them stupid 52:41.320 --> 52:42.440 he's saying that they're foolish 52:42.860 --> 52:44.480 I mean he's ripping their faces off 52:45.560 --> 52:47.140 and I want you to notice this in verse 15 52:47.140 --> 52:48.900 where is then the blessing is he spake of? 52:49.020 --> 52:50.120 I bear you record that 52:50.120 --> 52:51.580 if it had been possible 52:52.140 --> 52:53.740 you would have plucked out your own eyes 52:53.740 --> 52:54.600 and have given them to me 52:54.600 --> 52:55.100 what is he saying? 52:55.380 --> 52:56.520 you know when I first came 52:56.520 --> 52:57.060 you guys were 52:57.060 --> 52:58.160 you guys loved me 52:58.700 --> 53:00.500 you guys were willing to sacrifice 53:00.960 --> 53:01.880 things for me 53:01.880 --> 53:03.620 you saw me as an angel 53:04.100 --> 53:05.260 you were just 53:05.260 --> 53:06.960 kindly affection towards me 53:06.960 --> 53:08.860 but now you don't like me anymore 53:08.860 --> 53:10.400 he says in verse 16 53:10.400 --> 53:12.260 am I therefore becoming your enemy 53:12.260 --> 53:13.220 because I tell you the truth 53:14.580 --> 53:15.960 is it because now 53:15.960 --> 53:18.440 I'm exposing all this stuff 53:18.440 --> 53:19.220 that now you don't like me 53:19.220 --> 53:19.800 because of that 53:19.800 --> 53:20.840 is that what it is? 53:20.940 --> 53:22.000 you just don't like the truth 53:22.420 --> 53:23.300 you know what folks 53:23.300 --> 53:25.180 this is still common today 53:25.180 --> 53:26.000 in 2026 53:26.580 --> 53:27.900 that when you preach the truth 53:27.900 --> 53:29.460 people are gonna get offended 53:29.460 --> 53:30.980 and I'm sure I've offended 53:30.980 --> 53:32.000 a lot of people in our church 53:32.000 --> 53:33.000 over the last couple of years 53:33.000 --> 53:33.840 for sure 53:34.740 --> 53:36.660 I run the risk of offending you 53:36.660 --> 53:37.420 yeah I know that 53:38.000 --> 53:39.660 I run the risk of offending people 53:39.660 --> 53:40.520 that I love 53:40.520 --> 53:42.860 people that I have inward affection towards 53:42.860 --> 53:44.640 because I gotta give you the truth 53:45.520 --> 53:46.180 but you know what 53:46.180 --> 53:47.400 at least I'm willing to give you the truth 53:47.840 --> 53:48.980 and if you decide 53:48.980 --> 53:51.120 well I'm never gonna come back to this church 53:51.620 --> 53:53.280 because I was offended at what you said 53:53.280 --> 53:54.760 I didn't agree with that 53:54.760 --> 53:55.960 I don't like the way you said it 53:55.960 --> 53:57.400 I don't like when you say whore 53:57.400 --> 53:58.560 I don't like when you say 53:58.560 --> 53:59.420 you know whatever 53:59.420 --> 54:00.820 I don't like when you preach again 54:00.820 --> 54:01.520 so and so 54:01.520 --> 54:02.760 I don't like that 54:02.760 --> 54:03.720 I'm never gonna come back 54:03.720 --> 54:04.680 well at least you know 54:04.680 --> 54:05.500 that there was a prophet 54:05.500 --> 54:06.640 who gave you the truth though 54:06.640 --> 54:08.820 and that doesn't mean 54:08.820 --> 54:09.700 I won't hurt for you 54:09.700 --> 54:11.260 like I hurt when people leave for sure 54:11.720 --> 54:12.920 for wrong reasons 54:13.640 --> 54:14.540 it hurts me 54:14.540 --> 54:15.840 it breaks my heart for sure 54:16.460 --> 54:17.040 you know 54:17.040 --> 54:19.800 because I do have genuine love for the brethren 54:20.740 --> 54:22.700 I have inward affection towards the brethren 54:22.700 --> 54:24.960 and it burdens me when people leave 54:24.960 --> 54:25.940 for that reason for sure 54:26.580 --> 54:27.560 but I'm just 54:27.560 --> 54:29.280 I'm just not gonna stop doing my job though 54:29.960 --> 54:30.980 because my job 54:30.980 --> 54:32.600 yeah my job is to pastor you 54:32.600 --> 54:34.360 but my job is to give you the truth though 54:34.860 --> 54:36.440 and it's a gamble sometimes 54:37.220 --> 54:38.620 because I gotta think to myself like 54:38.620 --> 54:40.080 if I preach this 54:40.080 --> 54:41.340 if I say this 54:41.340 --> 54:44.380 I run the risk of running these people out 54:45.660 --> 54:46.560 but it's a risk 54:46.560 --> 54:48.080 I have to take every single time 54:48.860 --> 54:50.040 because at the end of the day 54:50.040 --> 54:51.400 though I'm serving you 54:51.900 --> 54:54.240 sorry I'm serving the Lord first 54:55.140 --> 54:56.700 and I have a job to do 54:57.300 --> 54:57.780 okay 54:57.780 --> 54:59.460 and so I'm telling you that 54:59.460 --> 55:00.560 to demonstrate that 55:00.560 --> 55:01.040 you know what 55:01.040 --> 55:03.380 genuine love actually gives you the truth 55:03.380 --> 55:05.920 it doesn't just allow you to remain in that sin 55:05.920 --> 55:07.800 and just be that type of person 55:07.800 --> 55:09.360 and have that characteristic 55:09.360 --> 55:10.120 and that quality 55:10.120 --> 55:11.820 with no correction whatsoever 55:12.300 --> 55:14.060 no my job as an under shepherd 55:14.060 --> 55:16.260 is to sometimes whack the sheep 55:16.260 --> 55:17.260 on the top of the head 55:18.200 --> 55:19.920 and if the sheep wants to leave the fold 55:19.920 --> 55:21.640 then that's the sheep's prerogative 55:21.640 --> 55:22.680 that's what he wants to do 55:22.680 --> 55:23.660 that's what she wants to do 55:23.660 --> 55:24.880 but you know at the end of the day 55:24.880 --> 55:26.000 it's not gonna stop me 55:26.000 --> 55:27.440 it's not gonna prevent me from the future 55:27.440 --> 55:28.780 but maybe I shouldn't preach that 55:29.260 --> 55:30.660 because you know I just scare people away 55:30.660 --> 55:32.500 no I'm just gonna have to keep doing it 55:33.560 --> 55:34.700 I don't have to change 55:34.700 --> 55:35.980 the way I deliver my preaching 55:35.980 --> 55:37.860 you just have to start loving the truth 55:40.060 --> 55:41.640 I don't need to change my delivery 55:41.640 --> 55:43.680 you need to change how you receive it 55:43.680 --> 55:45.900 you know the Bible tells us to be spear-filled 55:45.900 --> 55:48.000 but like the song leader says right before he prays 55:48.000 --> 55:49.520 give a spear-filled ears 55:50.440 --> 55:51.900 he the hath an ear 55:51.900 --> 55:54.700 let him hear what the spear says unto the churches 55:54.700 --> 55:55.800 you know what that means 55:55.800 --> 55:57.600 it means that it's my job to be spear-filled 55:57.600 --> 55:58.260 to give you the truth 55:58.260 --> 56:00.380 but it's your job to receive the truth 56:01.260 --> 56:02.420 to accept it 56:02.420 --> 56:04.720 especially if there is biblical 56:04.720 --> 56:07.060 substantial proof to back it up 56:07.060 --> 56:09.960 and you know what we live in a society today 56:09.960 --> 56:11.240 just offended about everything 56:11.820 --> 56:13.540 just get offended about everything 56:13.540 --> 56:15.720 and everyone cancel the culture of this 56:15.720 --> 56:16.980 and I don't like the way he said 56:16.980 --> 56:18.200 let's cancel this person 56:18.200 --> 56:19.320 let's expose this person 56:19.320 --> 56:21.340 and people bring that into the church 56:22.720 --> 56:24.020 people bring that into the church 56:24.020 --> 56:25.400 and they're so offended at everything 56:25.900 --> 56:27.280 you need to develop some thick skin 56:30.580 --> 56:32.400 I'm not your enemy because I tell you the truth 56:33.300 --> 56:35.140 it's actually an expression of genuine love 56:35.940 --> 56:36.840 let me say this 56:36.840 --> 56:39.100 the Bible says open rebuke 56:39.100 --> 56:41.260 is better than secret love 56:43.260 --> 56:45.260 faithful are the wounds of a friend 56:45.260 --> 56:47.040 but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful 56:47.040 --> 56:49.940 meaning that God interprets genuine love 56:49.940 --> 56:52.300 as openly rebuking you 56:52.300 --> 56:55.140 rather than secretly telling you how much they love you 56:57.360 --> 56:59.120 think about Judas Iscariot 57:00.060 --> 57:01.020 Hail Rabbi 57:01.620 --> 57:04.020 gives him a kiss as he's betrayed Jesus Christ 57:05.140 --> 57:06.500 that's what the pastors are doing today 57:07.700 --> 57:10.120 they're giving you a deceitful kiss 57:10.120 --> 57:12.280 on the cheek on Sunday mornings 57:12.280 --> 57:14.180 all the while they're betraying you 57:14.180 --> 57:15.480 by not giving you the truth 57:16.720 --> 57:18.840 and so it's important for us to recognize 57:18.840 --> 57:22.120 the importance of genuine love 57:22.120 --> 57:24.500 because genuine love truly tells you the truth 57:24.500 --> 57:26.120 and look folks let's be real 57:26.580 --> 57:28.140 when I say have sincere love 57:28.140 --> 57:29.600 I'm saying be a genuine person 57:30.060 --> 57:32.200 you know here's the great thing about our church 57:32.200 --> 57:33.720 is that you could just be yourself 57:35.420 --> 57:36.960 now I will say this though 57:36.960 --> 57:42.140 I want you to be yourself 57:42.140 --> 57:43.480 but improve yourself too though 57:44.840 --> 57:46.660 because sometimes yourself is just too much 57:47.980 --> 57:48.880 it's too worldly 57:50.380 --> 57:54.040 you should work at living a sanctified life 57:54.040 --> 57:55.740 but you don't need to be fake around me 57:56.560 --> 57:58.660 you don't need to act like some sort of 57:58.660 --> 58:00.880 hyper spiritual giant around me 58:00.880 --> 58:03.340 and you got it all together just be real with me 58:03.340 --> 58:04.540 I'll be real with you 58:05.660 --> 58:06.740 I know you're not perfect 58:06.740 --> 58:09.600 I know that you're not perfect 58:10.980 --> 58:12.540 everyone knows you're not perfect 58:14.000 --> 58:15.640 I'm not perfect you're not perfect 58:15.640 --> 58:16.840 just be real 58:17.560 --> 58:20.760 be a sincere genuine person 58:20.760 --> 58:23.220 you don't have to try to overcompensate 58:23.220 --> 58:24.740 just be genuine 58:24.740 --> 58:26.180 and at the end of the day 58:26.180 --> 58:28.000 when you are a genuine person 58:28.000 --> 58:29.340 you don't have to worry 58:30.160 --> 58:32.100 about what people think about you 58:32.100 --> 58:34.240 this is who I am 58:34.240 --> 58:34.880 I love the Lord 58:34.880 --> 58:35.560 I'm coming to church 58:35.560 --> 58:36.260 I'm reading my Bible 58:36.260 --> 58:37.720 I'm trying to win souls to Christ 58:38.300 --> 58:39.800 I'm trying to fellowship here 58:39.800 --> 58:41.080 and that's all 58:41.080 --> 58:42.080 that's my agenda 58:42.080 --> 58:42.960 that's my prerogative 58:42.960 --> 58:44.120 that's my goal in life 58:44.700 --> 58:45.400 praise God 58:47.940 --> 58:49.460 the person you have to worry about 58:49.460 --> 58:51.800 is the person who cakes on the spirituality 58:52.820 --> 58:54.180 that's the one you have to worry about 58:54.820 --> 58:55.900 let me read you a verse here 58:55.900 --> 58:57.860 Proverbs chapter 26 verse 23 says this 58:57.860 --> 58:59.600 burning lips and a wicked heart 58:59.600 --> 59:02.060 are like a pot shirt covered with silver dross 59:02.060 --> 59:03.740 he that hadith 59:04.440 --> 59:05.640 dissembles with his lips 59:05.640 --> 59:07.800 and layeth up to seat within him 59:07.800 --> 59:09.740 when he speaketh fair 59:10.800 --> 59:11.920 believe him not 59:11.920 --> 59:14.060 for there are seven abominations 59:14.060 --> 59:14.700 in his heart 59:14.700 --> 59:16.200 what does it mean to be fair 59:16.200 --> 59:17.440 it's referring to beautiful 59:17.900 --> 59:18.740 when someone's just like 59:18.740 --> 59:19.400 hey brother 59:21.140 --> 59:22.040 brother I'm just 59:24.420 --> 59:25.600 this is the Lord's day 59:27.920 --> 59:28.800 you're right bro 59:28.800 --> 59:29.040 like 59:29.040 --> 59:31.440 you know 59:31.440 --> 59:33.620 I'm just in love with the Lord 59:33.620 --> 59:33.980 you know 59:37.800 --> 59:38.280 okay 59:39.740 --> 59:41.100 you don't have to be fake 59:42.960 --> 59:43.700 hey church 59:45.780 --> 59:48.660 you know just this overly flowery 59:48.660 --> 59:49.920 here's how the Bible calls it 59:49.920 --> 59:52.540 great swelling words of vanity 59:53.280 --> 59:54.860 that's what the Bible refers to it as 59:54.860 --> 59:56.160 you know the Bible says 59:56.160 --> 59:57.740 when you find a person who's like that 59:57.740 --> 59:59.020 very flowery 59:59.740 --> 01:00:01.800 very vainly puffed up with their words 01:00:01.800 --> 01:00:03.660 they have deceit in their heart 01:00:03.660 --> 01:00:05.460 they're trying to trick you 01:00:06.400 --> 01:00:07.740 you run into a neighbor that 01:00:07.740 --> 01:00:08.940 flatters you constantly 01:00:08.940 --> 01:00:11.440 a friend that's constantly flattering you 01:00:11.440 --> 01:00:13.080 is just being over the top 01:00:13.080 --> 01:00:15.520 it's probably because they're trying to like trick you 01:00:16.060 --> 01:00:17.780 they're trying to deter attention 01:00:17.780 --> 01:00:19.140 from their true motives 01:00:19.640 --> 01:00:21.480 why because a sincere person is just sincere 01:00:21.480 --> 01:00:22.100 they're just pure 01:00:22.580 --> 01:00:24.640 even if it means they're just a little too pure 01:00:24.640 --> 01:00:26.760 a little too sincere 01:00:27.280 --> 01:00:29.020 but you know I'd rather have the guy 01:00:29.020 --> 01:00:30.620 don't come up and do this after the service 01:00:30.620 --> 01:00:32.680 but I'd rather have the guy come up 01:00:32.680 --> 01:00:34.920 and just drop an F bomb on accident 01:00:34.920 --> 01:00:36.020 or on purpose 01:00:36.020 --> 01:00:36.740 you know 01:00:37.920 --> 01:00:39.660 and you know just it's sincere 01:00:39.660 --> 01:00:41.120 but they're trying to win souls to Christ 01:00:41.620 --> 01:00:42.820 they're trying to grow in their faith 01:00:42.820 --> 01:00:44.340 they love the Lord 01:00:44.340 --> 01:00:45.980 they're faithful to church 01:00:45.980 --> 01:00:48.180 and they're going in the right direction 01:00:48.180 --> 01:00:50.720 then the person who's just completely clean 01:00:50.720 --> 01:00:51.360 with his language 01:00:51.360 --> 01:00:53.340 but he has deceit in his heart 01:00:54.640 --> 01:00:55.780 give me the other guy 01:00:56.320 --> 01:00:57.900 give me David's mighty man 01:00:58.620 --> 01:01:00.100 give me the motley crew 01:01:00.640 --> 01:01:02.040 I'd rather work with people like that 01:01:02.040 --> 01:01:03.200 than people who are just fake 01:01:03.980 --> 01:01:06.800 because the person who's actually working towards that 01:01:06.800 --> 01:01:08.660 is a sincere individual 01:01:08.660 --> 01:01:11.240 and they're not laying up to seat in their heart 01:01:11.240 --> 01:01:11.760 okay 01:01:12.600 --> 01:01:14.500 go with me if you would to 01:01:14.500 --> 01:01:16.500 let's go to 1 Corinthians chapter 13 01:01:16.500 --> 01:01:18.300 1 Corinthians chapter 13 01:01:18.300 --> 01:01:19.980 talk about genuine love 01:01:19.980 --> 01:01:21.240 I got two more points and I'm done 01:01:21.240 --> 01:01:23.660 let me just breeze over this next point here 01:01:23.660 --> 01:01:24.620 before I get into my last 01:01:25.160 --> 01:01:27.140 and that is that genuine love 01:01:27.140 --> 01:01:28.260 obeys the Lord 01:01:30.220 --> 01:01:31.640 genuine love obeys the Lord 01:01:32.220 --> 01:01:34.060 Bible says if you love me 01:01:34.060 --> 01:01:36.280 keep my commandments 01:01:37.140 --> 01:01:37.660 okay 01:01:38.240 --> 01:01:40.360 and so obviously genuine love 01:01:40.360 --> 01:01:41.160 does obey the Lord 01:01:41.160 --> 01:01:43.700 and the person can't say well I love God 01:01:44.060 --> 01:01:45.540 and they're not going to church 01:01:45.540 --> 01:01:46.740 they're not reading the Bible 01:01:47.080 --> 01:01:48.080 they're drinking alcohol 01:01:48.080 --> 01:01:49.720 they're smoking weed 01:01:49.720 --> 01:01:51.300 they're living a Godless life 01:01:51.300 --> 01:01:52.280 notice that in 01:01:52.280 --> 01:01:53.840 by the way notice the Bible doesn't say 01:01:53.840 --> 01:01:56.420 if you're saved keep my commandments 01:01:57.560 --> 01:01:58.540 notice it doesn't say 01:01:58.540 --> 01:02:00.280 if you have everlasting life keep my commandments 01:02:00.280 --> 01:02:02.620 it just says if you love me keep my commandments 01:02:03.440 --> 01:02:03.840 okay 01:02:05.020 --> 01:02:06.860 and so it's important for us to recognize 01:02:06.860 --> 01:02:08.700 that if we want to express love towards 01:02:08.700 --> 01:02:09.580 towards the Lord 01:02:10.080 --> 01:02:11.060 we need to be obedient 01:02:11.060 --> 01:02:12.820 now here's the great thing about this 01:02:12.820 --> 01:02:13.620 think about it 01:02:13.620 --> 01:02:15.540 because sometimes people are like man I struggle 01:02:15.540 --> 01:02:17.620 I feel like I don't have a love for God 01:02:17.620 --> 01:02:20.160 right and more often than not 01:02:20.160 --> 01:02:21.880 they're referring to like the emotion 01:02:23.120 --> 01:02:23.520 right 01:02:23.520 --> 01:02:25.920 like they don't have the motivation 01:02:26.400 --> 01:02:28.160 they feel apathetic towards 01:02:28.160 --> 01:02:28.960 the things of God 01:02:28.960 --> 01:02:29.900 you guys know what I'm talking about 01:02:29.900 --> 01:02:31.300 sometimes you're just like man 01:02:31.300 --> 01:02:33.440 you know and let me just explain something to you 01:02:33.440 --> 01:02:35.720 I don't wake up every morning like jumping out of bed like 01:02:35.720 --> 01:02:36.800 trying to read the Bible 01:02:38.340 --> 01:02:39.140 you know 01:02:41.100 --> 01:02:43.240 if that's you you're the guy that I was just talking about 01:02:43.240 --> 01:02:44.040 in the previous point 01:02:45.140 --> 01:02:46.420 you're lying okay 01:02:47.120 --> 01:02:48.180 nobody wakes up like that 01:02:49.220 --> 01:02:50.200 I mean I wake up 01:02:50.200 --> 01:02:51.280 I got six kids 01:02:52.260 --> 01:02:54.140 you know my wife and my six kids 01:02:54.140 --> 01:02:55.900 and you know what I don't want to talk to anyone 01:02:56.360 --> 01:02:58.460 until I got my cup of coffee and get ready 01:02:58.460 --> 01:02:59.940 like I'm not a morning person at all 01:02:59.940 --> 01:03:02.420 some of you are morning people I'm not a morning person at all 01:03:02.420 --> 01:03:03.900 I have to transition 01:03:04.620 --> 01:03:05.320 into the morning 01:03:06.440 --> 01:03:08.020 and you know I got to work on that 01:03:08.380 --> 01:03:10.220 but you know I don't wake up just like oh man 01:03:10.220 --> 01:03:11.800 I love the Bible so no sometimes I 01:03:11.800 --> 01:03:12.740 read it out of duty 01:03:13.780 --> 01:03:15.180 and a lot of times Christians 01:03:15.180 --> 01:03:16.720 think man if I don't have that 01:03:16.720 --> 01:03:18.880 burning desire within me to read the Bible 01:03:18.880 --> 01:03:20.420 to go soul winning 01:03:20.420 --> 01:03:22.820 to go to church like it means like I'm a 01:03:22.820 --> 01:03:23.480 really bad Christian 01:03:24.260 --> 01:03:26.020 because I don't have that love in my heart 01:03:26.020 --> 01:03:28.660 that emotion that loves the Lord like that 01:03:28.660 --> 01:03:29.800 but you know what 01:03:29.800 --> 01:03:32.600 you're okay I got an answer for you 01:03:32.600 --> 01:03:33.740 because according to the Bible 01:03:33.740 --> 01:03:35.540 if you obey the Lord 01:03:36.400 --> 01:03:38.600 if you do those things even if you 01:03:38.600 --> 01:03:39.880 don't have a heart for it 01:03:39.880 --> 01:03:41.880 the Bible God still interprets 01:03:41.880 --> 01:03:43.760 that as love because if you love me 01:03:43.760 --> 01:03:44.800 keep my commandments 01:03:46.020 --> 01:03:47.220 and here's the great thing folks 01:03:47.220 --> 01:03:48.740 and this is what mature Christians 01:03:48.740 --> 01:03:50.780 this is how mature Christians behave okay 01:03:52.240 --> 01:03:53.600 they read the Bible when they're in love 01:03:53.600 --> 01:03:55.140 with the Bible but they read the Bible even if they're not 01:03:56.660 --> 01:03:57.880 they go to church 01:03:57.880 --> 01:03:59.900 when they're excited and they go to church 01:03:59.900 --> 01:04:00.580 when they're not 01:04:01.740 --> 01:04:03.040 they win souls to Christ 01:04:03.040 --> 01:04:04.760 when they're excited about soul winning 01:04:04.760 --> 01:04:07.140 and they win souls to Christ even if they're not 01:04:08.020 --> 01:04:09.340 there's times when I go out soul winning 01:04:09.340 --> 01:04:10.700 and I'm just like gun haul I'm like 01:04:10.700 --> 01:04:13.080 man I'm excited Lord please help me see someone 01:04:13.080 --> 01:04:15.060 saved I'm excited to talk to people 01:04:15.060 --> 01:04:17.300 I'm just you know knocking on doors 01:04:17.300 --> 01:04:18.520 but there's other times it's just like 01:04:18.520 --> 01:04:19.640 I'm not in the mood right now 01:04:20.800 --> 01:04:22.800 I'm not in the mood to go knock on doors 01:04:22.800 --> 01:04:24.100 especially in this hot weather 01:04:25.700 --> 01:04:27.000 with all my kids 01:04:27.620 --> 01:04:28.980 get off the load you know just like 01:04:28.980 --> 01:04:30.680 just having to you know 01:04:31.380 --> 01:04:32.660 lead that sometimes I'm not 01:04:32.660 --> 01:04:33.900 but you know I do it anyways 01:04:34.580 --> 01:04:36.360 because that's what mature Christians do 01:04:36.360 --> 01:04:38.220 because genuine love is 01:04:38.220 --> 01:04:39.140 not only an emotion 01:04:39.740 --> 01:04:41.320 genuine love is also obedience 01:04:42.200 --> 01:04:43.900 so you know if you don't have the emotion 01:04:43.900 --> 01:04:46.020 don't feel bad but make sure you're doing 01:04:46.020 --> 01:04:47.060 what you're supposed to do 01:04:48.300 --> 01:04:49.260 and obedience 01:04:49.800 --> 01:04:51.820 is the vehicle that leads you to the next 01:04:51.820 --> 01:04:52.860 mount on top of emotion 01:04:53.340 --> 01:04:55.120 so when you're on the mount you're like oh man 01:04:55.720 --> 01:04:57.340 I'm zealous for the Lord 01:04:57.340 --> 01:04:59.260 I'm passionate I have 01:04:59.700 --> 01:05:01.780 zeal for God and then you just drop into 01:05:01.780 --> 01:05:03.180 the valley keep obeying God 01:05:04.400 --> 01:05:05.940 because obedience to him 01:05:05.940 --> 01:05:07.720 and his word is like the momentum 01:05:07.720 --> 01:05:09.880 you need to get back to the top again 01:05:10.520 --> 01:05:11.860 but whether you're at the top 01:05:11.860 --> 01:05:13.540 or at the bottom obey God 01:05:14.740 --> 01:05:15.760 emotion is great 01:05:16.800 --> 01:05:17.920 I love having 01:05:17.920 --> 01:05:19.360 being you know 01:05:19.360 --> 01:05:21.240 emotional about the things of God 01:05:21.670 --> 01:05:24.100 I love feeling emotions towards my wife 01:05:24.100 --> 01:05:25.620 right I love having 01:05:25.620 --> 01:05:27.000 that inward affection towards my brothers 01:05:27.000 --> 01:05:29.020 but you know what if I don't 01:05:29.020 --> 01:05:30.480 because I'm a carnal person 01:05:31.020 --> 01:05:32.860 because I'm a weak Christian at times 01:05:32.860 --> 01:05:34.880 because I'm not perfect guess what 01:05:34.880 --> 01:05:37.120 the Bible says that I can still 01:05:37.120 --> 01:05:38.920 demonstrate genuine love 01:05:38.920 --> 01:05:40.400 through my obedience to his word 01:05:40.980 --> 01:05:42.900 so I don't have to feel guilty 01:05:43.800 --> 01:05:45.040 just because I don't 01:05:45.040 --> 01:05:47.400 feel like I'm in love with the Lord 01:05:47.400 --> 01:05:48.920 feel like I'm in love 01:05:48.920 --> 01:05:50.980 with the Bible feel like I'm in love 01:05:50.980 --> 01:05:53.220 with my wife feel like I don't 01:05:53.220 --> 01:05:54.600 have an inward affection towards 01:05:54.600 --> 01:05:56.980 the brothers and sisters in Christ because the Bible says 01:05:56.980 --> 01:05:58.300 well if you do those things 01:05:58.300 --> 01:05:59.520 God still interprets that as love 01:06:01.240 --> 01:06:02.660 if you obey the Lord 01:06:02.660 --> 01:06:03.920 you do those things 01:06:03.920 --> 01:06:05.320 God says you love 01:06:06.480 --> 01:06:08.120 and that's important because I'm telling you 01:06:08.120 --> 01:06:09.300 churches like well you know 01:06:09.300 --> 01:06:10.780 something's wrong with you then 01:06:11.340 --> 01:06:13.780 something's wrong with you if you don't have that emotion 01:06:13.780 --> 01:06:15.460 well I would say something is wrong 01:06:15.460 --> 01:06:17.340 if you don't have the emotion and you're not obeying the Lord 01:06:19.340 --> 01:06:20.540 but if you're obeying the Lord 01:06:20.540 --> 01:06:21.420 you don't have the emotion 01:06:21.420 --> 01:06:22.340 you're good 01:06:23.240 --> 01:06:24.080 here's what it's called 01:06:24.560 --> 01:06:24.960 life 01:06:26.440 --> 01:06:27.740 that's just how life is 01:06:29.660 --> 01:06:30.360 very important 01:06:30.360 --> 01:06:31.920 let me read you one last verse here first John 01:06:31.920 --> 01:06:34.080 or should I say passage first John 5 01:06:34.080 --> 01:06:36.860 1 says who shall I believe that Jesus is the Christ 01:06:36.860 --> 01:06:37.780 is born of God 01:06:37.780 --> 01:06:39.960 and everyone that loveth him that beget 01:06:40.620 --> 01:06:42.260 loveth him also that has begotten of him 01:06:42.260 --> 01:06:44.800 by this we know that we love the children of God 01:06:44.800 --> 01:06:46.620 when we love God and keep his commandments 01:06:46.620 --> 01:06:48.360 for this is the love of God 01:06:48.360 --> 01:06:49.640 that we keep his commandments 01:06:49.640 --> 01:06:51.500 and his commandments are not 01:06:51.500 --> 01:06:52.900 grievous the Bible says 01:06:53.320 --> 01:06:55.340 so again genuine love 01:06:55.940 --> 01:06:57.460 is obedience to the Lord 01:06:57.460 --> 01:06:58.680 and here is 01:06:59.260 --> 01:07:00.680 actually I have two more points 01:07:02.000 --> 01:07:03.140 two more points 01:07:03.680 --> 01:07:05.240 let me skip that last one here 01:07:05.240 --> 01:07:07.480 I'm going to go into this one where do I have you turn 01:07:09.500 --> 01:07:09.900 where 01:07:09.900 --> 01:07:10.500 where 01:07:12.640 --> 01:07:13.040 okay 01:07:13.040 --> 01:07:14.220 go to Romans 13 01:07:15.120 --> 01:07:17.480 I just want to make sure you guys know where 1 Corinthians 13 is 01:07:18.860 --> 01:07:20.180 genuine love hates evil 01:07:20.180 --> 01:07:20.680 right 01:07:21.940 --> 01:07:23.900 genuine love hates evil the Bible tells us 01:07:23.900 --> 01:07:24.840 ye that loveth the Lord 01:07:25.300 --> 01:07:25.980 hate evil 01:07:27.280 --> 01:07:29.760 now let me say this right now 01:07:29.760 --> 01:07:31.740 and that is that genuine love 01:07:31.740 --> 01:07:33.100 works no evil 01:07:34.180 --> 01:07:35.300 it hates evil 01:07:35.300 --> 01:07:37.020 but it worketh no ill 01:07:37.020 --> 01:07:39.360 towards his brethren or towards others 01:07:41.400 --> 01:07:43.440 meaning that you know I can't say 01:07:43.440 --> 01:07:44.900 that I love Cody 01:07:45.500 --> 01:07:47.040 and doing evil unto Cody 01:07:48.080 --> 01:07:48.480 right 01:07:48.480 --> 01:07:51.240 I can't say that I love my children and do evil to my children 01:07:51.800 --> 01:07:52.780 that's not real love 01:07:53.300 --> 01:07:55.280 because love according to the Bible works no ill 01:07:55.800 --> 01:07:57.560 look at Romans 13 verse 8 01:07:57.560 --> 01:07:59.040 oh no man anything 01:07:59.040 --> 01:08:01.260 but to love one another 01:08:01.900 --> 01:08:03.100 for he that loveth another 01:08:03.100 --> 01:08:04.060 hath fulfilled the law 01:08:04.700 --> 01:08:06.540 for this thou shalt not commit adultery 01:08:06.540 --> 01:08:09.360 thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness 01:08:09.360 --> 01:08:10.440 thou shalt not covet 01:08:10.440 --> 01:08:12.880 and if there be any other commandment it is briefly 01:08:12.880 --> 01:08:14.260 comprehended in the same 01:08:14.860 --> 01:08:17.440 namely thou shalt love thy neighbor as I self 01:08:17.440 --> 01:08:18.020 listen to this 01:08:18.020 --> 01:08:21.120 love worketh no ill to his neighbor 01:08:21.120 --> 01:08:22.720 therefore love 01:08:22.720 --> 01:08:25.180 is the fulfilling of the law 01:08:25.180 --> 01:08:26.080 what is it saying 01:08:26.080 --> 01:08:28.980 it's saying that if we have genuine 01:08:28.980 --> 01:08:30.360 love towards others 01:08:30.880 --> 01:08:32.760 we're not going to do evil towards them 01:08:32.760 --> 01:08:33.440 right 01:08:33.440 --> 01:08:36.800 now let me go ahead and talk about 01:08:36.800 --> 01:08:38.860 the whole Lindsay Clancy situation 01:08:38.860 --> 01:08:40.880 to give you a Biblical 01:08:40.880 --> 01:08:43.260 perspective on this entire 01:08:43.260 --> 01:08:43.920 case here okay 01:08:44.880 --> 01:08:47.060 you know obviously most of us 01:08:47.060 --> 01:08:48.580 know about this situation 01:08:48.580 --> 01:08:50.980 Lindsay Clancy 01:08:50.980 --> 01:08:52.960 murdered her three children 01:08:52.960 --> 01:08:54.160 in 2023 01:08:54.720 --> 01:08:56.500 she strangled her three children 01:08:56.500 --> 01:08:59.320 and right now they are 01:08:59.320 --> 01:09:00.800 you know she's going through 01:09:00.800 --> 01:09:01.440 there's a 01:09:01.440 --> 01:09:04.940 there's an entire case going on whether she's 01:09:04.940 --> 01:09:06.420 going to be guilty of 01:09:06.420 --> 01:09:08.040 or she's going to plead insanity 01:09:08.040 --> 01:09:09.920 if she's guilty of insanity or not 01:09:09.920 --> 01:09:12.140 okay and here's the thing 01:09:12.140 --> 01:09:14.140 folks is that let me say a couple things regarding this whole 01:09:14.140 --> 01:09:15.780 situation just to make sure you have 01:09:15.780 --> 01:09:18.020 a Biblical perspective on this 01:09:18.020 --> 01:09:20.120 entire case okay first and foremost 01:09:20.120 --> 01:09:21.660 let me say number one 01:09:21.660 --> 01:09:24.040 that I as a pastor 01:09:24.040 --> 01:09:25.980 as a Christian and as a husband I 01:09:25.980 --> 01:09:27.400 do sympathize with people 01:09:28.020 --> 01:09:29.680 who or women who go through 01:09:29.680 --> 01:09:30.840 postpartum depression 01:09:32.340 --> 01:09:33.700 I sympathize with that 01:09:33.700 --> 01:09:35.940 100% that is a 01:09:35.940 --> 01:09:36.600 legitimate thing 01:09:37.500 --> 01:09:39.320 okay my wife went through that 01:09:39.320 --> 01:09:41.720 a couple years ago where she went through a state of psychosis 01:09:41.720 --> 01:09:43.680 and she was very ill 01:09:43.680 --> 01:09:45.880 and you know it was a hard time 01:09:45.880 --> 01:09:47.720 for my wife and I it was extremely difficult 01:09:47.720 --> 01:09:49.500 okay and 01:09:49.500 --> 01:09:51.440 it helped me to realize like man 01:09:51.940 --> 01:09:53.540 you know women are the weaker 01:09:53.540 --> 01:09:54.620 best one in that regard especially 01:09:55.380 --> 01:09:57.380 because you know their hormones can just 01:09:57.380 --> 01:09:58.460 kind of drive them crazy 01:10:00.160 --> 01:10:01.460 okay so I know 01:10:01.460 --> 01:10:03.480 that's a legitimate thing and you guys know 01:10:03.480 --> 01:10:04.340 that I preach about that 01:10:05.000 --> 01:10:07.040 not regularly but I do mention it a lot 01:10:07.040 --> 01:10:09.000 tell husbands to make sure you check on your wives 01:10:09.000 --> 01:10:10.400 after they give birth 01:10:10.400 --> 01:10:12.880 because they can go through a lot of mental stuff 01:10:13.380 --> 01:10:13.600 okay 01:10:15.200 --> 01:10:15.640 however 01:10:16.680 --> 01:10:18.520 I don't believe this is a situation 01:10:18.520 --> 01:10:19.880 where a person 01:10:20.680 --> 01:10:21.560 can use 01:10:22.520 --> 01:10:24.740 postpartum depression as an excuse 01:10:24.740 --> 01:10:25.720 to kill her children 01:10:27.480 --> 01:10:28.940 okay now I'm not saying 01:10:28.940 --> 01:10:30.020 that didn't play a role 01:10:30.800 --> 01:10:32.120 in what she did 01:10:32.120 --> 01:10:34.100 but I personally believe 01:10:34.100 --> 01:10:35.080 according to the Bible 01:10:35.080 --> 01:10:37.480 that that woman is demonically possessed 01:10:40.160 --> 01:10:40.860 demonically possessed 01:10:40.860 --> 01:10:42.260 why because love 01:10:42.260 --> 01:10:43.100 work at no ill 01:10:43.620 --> 01:10:44.460 towards their neighbor 01:10:46.080 --> 01:10:47.160 and folks you know 01:10:47.940 --> 01:10:50.380 it's important for us to talk about this because of the fact that 01:10:50.380 --> 01:10:51.840 you know this whole situation 01:10:51.840 --> 01:10:53.780 has not produced women 01:10:53.780 --> 01:10:55.280 who want to defend this 01:10:55.280 --> 01:10:57.600 it's exposed that women today 01:10:57.600 --> 01:10:59.580 are willing to defend this crap 01:11:00.340 --> 01:11:01.580 and we live in such a 01:11:01.580 --> 01:11:02.960 godless society today 01:11:02.960 --> 01:11:05.420 where feminism has infiltrated churches 01:11:05.420 --> 01:11:07.800 and America to the extent 01:11:07.800 --> 01:11:09.800 that a woman can literally 01:11:09.800 --> 01:11:11.680 strangle her three children 01:11:11.680 --> 01:11:14.300 and women by and large in this country 01:11:14.300 --> 01:11:15.660 will try to defend that 01:11:16.260 --> 01:11:17.560 oh man you know 01:11:17.560 --> 01:11:19.640 her husband folks the whole trial 01:11:20.280 --> 01:11:21.420 it's not about whether 01:11:21.420 --> 01:11:23.760 she did it or not she said she did it 01:11:23.760 --> 01:11:24.300 yup yeah 01:11:24.980 --> 01:11:25.760 and I was like 01:11:25.760 --> 01:11:27.360 the conspiracy to her husband 01:11:27.360 --> 01:11:28.560 she said she did it 01:11:29.940 --> 01:11:31.760 the trial is not whether she did it or not 01:11:31.760 --> 01:11:33.820 the trial is whether she was 01:11:33.820 --> 01:11:36.700 sane or not now let me also say this is the mosaic law 01:11:36.700 --> 01:11:38.640 doesn't carve out insanity 01:11:39.340 --> 01:11:40.300 as a defense 01:11:40.300 --> 01:11:41.880 in the way modern courts do 01:11:41.880 --> 01:11:44.180 I was like well you know 01:11:44.180 --> 01:11:45.560 she's insane so 01:11:46.140 --> 01:11:47.860 okay she's insane 01:11:47.860 --> 01:11:49.280 yeah she is 01:11:49.280 --> 01:11:50.820 but she 01:11:50.820 --> 01:11:52.840 we need her 01:11:52.840 --> 01:11:53.760 yup 01:11:54.360 --> 01:11:55.620 it's not another person 01:11:56.300 --> 01:11:58.340 she can't separate herself and say 01:11:58.340 --> 01:12:00.060 well the insane part of me is the one that did it 01:12:00.060 --> 01:12:01.420 no you did it 01:12:03.320 --> 01:12:04.560 the mosaic law 01:12:04.560 --> 01:12:06.800 doesn't carve out insanity as an excuse to murder 01:12:06.800 --> 01:12:07.600 right 01:12:07.600 --> 01:12:10.000 we have such a stupid judicial system 01:12:10.000 --> 01:12:12.440 where I was just like well if she's insane 01:12:12.440 --> 01:12:14.360 then we'll just put her in an insane asylum 01:12:14.360 --> 01:12:16.080 and let me just be very clear 01:12:16.080 --> 01:12:17.880 she deserves the death penalty 01:12:17.880 --> 01:12:19.940 she deserves a millstone 01:12:19.940 --> 01:12:20.920 to be tied about her neck 01:12:20.920 --> 01:12:22.780 to be drowned in the depths of the sea 01:12:22.780 --> 01:12:24.680 because she murdered her children 01:12:26.020 --> 01:12:27.820 and you know what anybody who advocates 01:12:27.820 --> 01:12:29.620 for that woman and her actions 01:12:29.620 --> 01:12:31.420 you know you're just as wicked 01:12:31.420 --> 01:12:33.220 you're godless and you know what 01:12:33.220 --> 01:12:34.360 you should be reported 01:12:35.660 --> 01:12:37.400 and you know do you have children 01:12:38.180 --> 01:12:39.600 you know how are these women 01:12:39.600 --> 01:12:41.420 like literally defending them 01:12:41.420 --> 01:12:43.220 with their children along their side 01:12:44.000 --> 01:12:45.220 if I was their kid I'd be like 01:12:50.200 --> 01:12:50.720 hey 01:12:50.720 --> 01:12:53.020 do you agree with this 01:12:53.020 --> 01:12:53.300 like 01:12:55.420 --> 01:12:56.840 she deserves the death penalty 01:12:56.840 --> 01:12:58.900 okay and I do believe 01:12:58.900 --> 01:13:00.360 that she was satanically possessed 01:13:00.360 --> 01:13:02.900 you're like well wouldn't you agree then 01:13:02.900 --> 01:13:04.080 that she shouldn't be convicted 01:13:04.080 --> 01:13:06.440 well you know Judas Iscari was also satanically possessed 01:13:06.440 --> 01:13:08.080 when he betrayed Jesus Christ 01:13:08.080 --> 01:13:09.180 and he still held responsible 01:13:10.740 --> 01:13:12.460 he was mentally insane 01:13:12.460 --> 01:13:14.840 because satan took over 01:13:14.840 --> 01:13:15.680 he possessed them 01:13:15.680 --> 01:13:18.020 yet God held him accountable for that 01:13:19.800 --> 01:13:22.480 and so yes she does deserve the death penalty 01:13:22.480 --> 01:13:24.680 for that she is godless and wicked 01:13:24.680 --> 01:13:25.620 and you know what 01:13:25.620 --> 01:13:28.100 I'm not standing up here standing in judgment of women 01:13:28.100 --> 01:13:29.320 who've gone through postpartum depression 01:13:29.960 --> 01:13:32.380 let me tell you this as someone with the experience 01:13:32.380 --> 01:13:34.700 of someone who's dealt with situations like that 01:13:34.700 --> 01:13:36.300 my wife who went through something like that 01:13:36.300 --> 01:13:38.220 you know what she eventually came out of it 01:13:38.220 --> 01:13:40.800 and you know what when she came out of it 01:13:40.800 --> 01:13:43.320 she realized like all those thoughts I was having 01:13:43.320 --> 01:13:45.020 all the feelings 01:13:45.020 --> 01:13:46.340 and the emotions that I was experiencing 01:13:46.340 --> 01:13:47.300 I know that they're wrong 01:13:47.300 --> 01:13:48.760 Lindsay's not doing that 01:13:50.480 --> 01:13:52.800 and look people need to wake up and realize 01:13:52.800 --> 01:13:54.720 do you understand that she's pleading 01:13:54.720 --> 01:13:55.840 not guilty 01:13:59.540 --> 01:14:00.360 what do you mean 01:14:01.880 --> 01:14:03.380 so everyone knows she did it 01:14:04.080 --> 01:14:04.960 she claims 01:14:04.960 --> 01:14:06.780 but she's pleading not guilty because she's saying 01:14:06.780 --> 01:14:08.620 well I was insane when I did it 01:14:08.620 --> 01:14:10.020 so that's not repentance 01:14:11.120 --> 01:14:12.100 that's not sorrow 01:14:12.620 --> 01:14:14.140 let me just explain something to you 01:14:14.140 --> 01:14:15.460 let me just be real with you 01:14:16.240 --> 01:14:18.060 if I ever did something like that 01:14:18.480 --> 01:14:19.480 and I was insane 01:14:19.480 --> 01:14:21.800 I go up there and say I'm guilty 01:14:21.800 --> 01:14:23.360 and you better kill me now 01:14:24.240 --> 01:14:25.540 I want to die now 01:14:25.540 --> 01:14:27.320 and if you don't put me to death now 01:14:27.720 --> 01:14:29.620 every single day that I'm on this earth 01:14:29.620 --> 01:14:32.320 I'm going to look for a way to put myself to death 01:14:32.320 --> 01:14:33.400 because as a father 01:14:33.400 --> 01:14:36.540 as a parent I don't know how I would be able to live with myself 01:14:36.540 --> 01:14:38.120 knowing that I took my children's life 01:14:39.400 --> 01:14:40.340 is that what she's doing 01:14:41.940 --> 01:14:43.520 not guilty because of insanity 01:14:45.160 --> 01:14:45.480 insane 01:14:47.080 --> 01:14:47.940 and you know what 01:14:47.940 --> 01:14:50.520 the only thing I'm sad for the children 01:14:50.520 --> 01:14:51.760 but you know I'm also sad for her 01:14:51.760 --> 01:14:54.600 I'm sad that she didn't finish the job when she jumped out the window 01:14:58.320 --> 01:15:00.360 jumped out the window, she paralyzed herself 01:15:00.360 --> 01:15:01.440 and you know what 01:15:01.440 --> 01:15:04.000 I would say we don't even have to do this trial 01:15:04.000 --> 01:15:05.620 I don't care if I'm insane or not 01:15:05.620 --> 01:15:07.060 I want the death penalty 01:15:07.060 --> 01:15:09.700 just end my suffering now 01:15:09.700 --> 01:15:12.360 because what parent in their sane mind 01:15:13.380 --> 01:15:13.820 thereafter 01:15:13.820 --> 01:15:15.180 would be like yeah I'm not guilty 01:15:15.620 --> 01:15:17.340 that's not postpartum depression my friends 01:15:18.200 --> 01:15:19.560 postpartum depression ends 01:15:20.780 --> 01:15:21.940 people don't keep it 01:15:21.940 --> 01:15:22.860 for the rest of their life 01:15:23.380 --> 01:15:24.840 because it's a hormonal thing 01:15:25.480 --> 01:15:27.280 you know hormones go up and down 01:15:27.280 --> 01:15:27.820 they change 01:15:28.460 --> 01:15:29.720 you know women you know that 01:15:29.720 --> 01:15:30.780 not not 01:15:30.780 --> 01:15:33.620 they go through 01:15:33.620 --> 01:15:35.580 hormonal changes and you know what 01:15:35.580 --> 01:15:37.520 postpartum depression is an 01:15:37.520 --> 01:15:38.360 extreme 01:15:38.360 --> 01:15:40.900 extreme version of that 01:15:41.510 --> 01:15:43.880 where they lose the progesterone 01:15:43.880 --> 01:15:45.640 their estradiol the testosterone 01:15:45.640 --> 01:15:47.480 goes up but eventually 01:15:47.480 --> 01:15:48.720 over months 01:15:49.720 --> 01:15:52.140 monthly periods it actually ends up leveling out 01:15:52.140 --> 01:15:56.040 and obviously should people have helped her 01:15:56.040 --> 01:15:56.560 of course 01:15:57.520 --> 01:15:58.840 should she have gone to help 01:15:58.840 --> 01:16:00.280 when she cried out for it yes 01:16:00.920 --> 01:16:02.440 of course but you know it's still 01:16:02.440 --> 01:16:04.100 that doesn't excuse what she did 01:16:04.100 --> 01:16:06.280 it doesn't excuse the fact that she did it 01:16:07.900 --> 01:16:08.880 hormones level out 01:16:08.880 --> 01:16:10.560 and when hormones level out 01:16:10.560 --> 01:16:12.560 and people are no longer under that state 01:16:12.560 --> 01:16:14.680 of psychosis they recognize wow I was crazy 01:16:16.800 --> 01:16:18.600 and I guarantee you moms in here 01:16:18.600 --> 01:16:19.940 who have gone through something like that 01:16:20.400 --> 01:16:22.680 baby blues or whatever months later 01:16:22.680 --> 01:16:24.620 a year later you're like yeah I was thinking 01:16:24.620 --> 01:16:25.280 some dumb stuff 01:16:26.000 --> 01:16:28.380 like you recognize whatever thoughts you were having 01:16:28.380 --> 01:16:30.580 were wrong you recognize like 01:16:30.580 --> 01:16:32.240 I'm not that sad you recognize 01:16:32.240 --> 01:16:33.340 the world's not falling apart 01:16:33.340 --> 01:16:35.340 like you come to your senses 01:16:36.180 --> 01:16:36.780 eventually 01:16:38.000 --> 01:16:38.860 she's not 01:16:40.780 --> 01:16:42.360 I mean she's literally 01:16:42.360 --> 01:16:44.560 saying well I don't deserve 01:16:44.560 --> 01:16:45.980 to be put 01:16:46.460 --> 01:16:48.320 in prison for life just 01:16:48.320 --> 01:16:49.820 you know put me in a mental 01:16:49.820 --> 01:16:52.200 mental institution no you're right 01:16:52.200 --> 01:16:53.840 you don't deserve to be put in prison for life 01:16:53.840 --> 01:16:56.120 you deserve to die is what you deserve 01:16:56.700 --> 01:16:58.160 and I can't even get into 01:16:58.160 --> 01:17:00.080 all the specifics because there's a mixed crowd 01:17:00.080 --> 01:17:01.820 here but 01:17:01.820 --> 01:17:04.320 just understand first and foremost think about this 01:17:05.280 --> 01:17:06.080 okay those 01:17:06.080 --> 01:17:07.740 people who want to claim well 01:17:07.740 --> 01:17:09.620 postpartum depression that can do that to you 01:17:09.620 --> 01:17:12.220 well number one there was three children 01:17:12.800 --> 01:17:13.920 that she did this to 01:17:15.460 --> 01:17:16.840 meaning once she did it to one 01:17:16.840 --> 01:17:17.940 she did it to the other 01:17:17.940 --> 01:17:19.860 and then the other while they're there 01:17:19.860 --> 01:17:22.000 you understand that 01:17:22.940 --> 01:17:24.140 number two strangulation 01:17:25.140 --> 01:17:26.160 and that's all I'm going to say 01:17:26.160 --> 01:17:27.900 of that strangulation 01:17:27.900 --> 01:17:28.880 takes a long time 01:17:30.800 --> 01:17:31.900 put it that way 01:17:32.660 --> 01:17:33.200 you know 01:17:34.660 --> 01:17:35.460 a person 01:17:36.320 --> 01:17:37.680 who maybe under the influence 01:17:37.680 --> 01:17:38.740 realizes like what am I doing 01:17:40.360 --> 01:17:42.300 she finished the job and then went to the next 01:17:42.300 --> 01:17:42.940 and went to the next 01:17:44.380 --> 01:17:45.720 she's demonically possessed 01:17:48.020 --> 01:17:48.820 she's satanically 01:17:48.820 --> 01:17:50.660 possessed she's a godless woman 01:17:50.660 --> 01:17:52.680 and yes she is a reprobate 01:17:53.820 --> 01:17:54.800 because you know what 01:17:54.800 --> 01:17:56.200 she's past feeling 01:17:56.200 --> 01:17:57.960 she doesn't have natural affection 01:17:59.240 --> 01:18:00.320 because no person 01:18:00.320 --> 01:18:02.120 and look you say well you know 01:18:02.620 --> 01:18:03.720 I've gone through postpartum depression 01:18:04.340 --> 01:18:06.320 and I've had emotions like that 01:18:06.320 --> 01:18:08.800 where I feel like I've gone crazy and I've had emotions like that 01:18:08.800 --> 01:18:10.100 but most of the time 01:18:10.100 --> 01:18:12.220 when people have emotions like this 01:18:12.220 --> 01:18:13.540 when women have emotions like that 01:18:14.140 --> 01:18:16.600 it's not a matter of that she ends up wanting 01:18:16.600 --> 01:18:18.600 she's tempted to harm her children 01:18:19.140 --> 01:18:20.520 most of the time it's just like 01:18:20.520 --> 01:18:23.060 I feel like I'm so crazy I might harm my children 01:18:23.740 --> 01:18:25.500 which is the major difference between the two 01:18:26.120 --> 01:18:26.740 it's like 01:18:26.740 --> 01:18:28.900 tempted to harm your children 01:18:28.900 --> 01:18:30.280 and worrying that you're not 01:18:30.740 --> 01:18:33.260 in the right state of mind that you might harm your children 01:18:33.260 --> 01:18:34.040 two different things 01:18:34.040 --> 01:18:34.980 number two 01:18:35.800 --> 01:18:38.740 most women who go through this postpartum depression 01:18:38.740 --> 01:18:40.120 and they feel this way 01:18:40.120 --> 01:18:42.140 they want to take themselves out of the picture 01:18:42.140 --> 01:18:42.940 yeah 01:18:46.020 --> 01:18:46.740 not others 01:18:47.140 --> 01:18:47.500 right 01:18:49.640 --> 01:18:50.600 and so you know 01:18:50.600 --> 01:18:51.960 I have no sympathy for her 01:18:52.600 --> 01:18:54.440 and you know on Thursday I called her a reprobate 01:18:54.440 --> 01:18:56.640 and then Friday I was kind of looking to her 01:18:56.640 --> 01:18:58.300 I'm like oh she went through postpartum depression 01:18:58.300 --> 01:19:00.140 maybe there's some legitimacy to this 01:19:00.140 --> 01:19:03.180 I think I answered a matter before I heard it 01:19:03.180 --> 01:19:04.900 let me investigate this a little more 01:19:05.940 --> 01:19:07.060 and then I got all the details 01:19:07.060 --> 01:19:08.680 I was like nope spirit of God was upon me 01:19:08.680 --> 01:19:09.040 I was right 01:19:09.040 --> 01:19:09.600 yeah 01:19:10.940 --> 01:19:12.000 she's a reprobate 01:19:12.000 --> 01:19:14.840 you know 01:19:14.840 --> 01:19:16.760 and here's the thing folks 01:19:16.760 --> 01:19:19.400 there was like a chaplain that came afterwards 01:19:19.400 --> 01:19:21.100 some dyke chaplain 01:19:22.180 --> 01:19:23.680 afterwards and came up to her 01:19:23.680 --> 01:19:25.160 and she's like yeah I visited her 01:19:25.160 --> 01:19:26.540 and why are you visiting her 01:19:26.540 --> 01:19:28.380 this woman deserves no sympathy 01:19:29.500 --> 01:19:30.460 no sympathy 01:19:31.640 --> 01:19:32.540 she's a murderer 01:19:34.800 --> 01:19:36.760 and he's like oh and I went up to her 01:19:36.760 --> 01:19:37.920 and this is what she said she's like 01:19:37.920 --> 01:19:39.720 I'm just happy they're in heaven now 01:19:39.720 --> 01:19:40.280 what 01:19:42.680 --> 01:19:44.100 folks you understand 01:19:44.880 --> 01:19:46.240 how much insanity 01:19:46.240 --> 01:19:48.060 like a parent would go through 01:19:48.060 --> 01:19:49.440 if they would commit something like that 01:19:49.440 --> 01:19:51.860 I feel like if I were to do something like that 01:19:51.860 --> 01:19:53.980 it would just drive me mentally insane 01:19:54.760 --> 01:19:55.200 right 01:19:55.200 --> 01:19:56.980 you wouldn't be able to live with yourself 01:19:57.860 --> 01:20:00.120 it would just drive me mentally insane 01:20:00.120 --> 01:20:01.880 I wouldn't be thinking well my children are in heaven 01:20:01.880 --> 01:20:03.500 and just kind of happy go lucky 01:20:04.040 --> 01:20:05.420 that's a godless 01:20:05.420 --> 01:20:06.400 reprobate 01:20:07.840 --> 01:20:08.760 no love 01:20:08.760 --> 01:20:10.200 she has no sincere love 01:20:10.200 --> 01:20:11.660 there is no genuine love there 01:20:11.660 --> 01:20:14.940 and you know what the state in which women are in 01:20:14.940 --> 01:20:16.000 today in 2026 01:20:16.000 --> 01:20:17.600 is disgusting 01:20:17.600 --> 01:20:18.980 I hate feminism 01:20:19.520 --> 01:20:21.580 and you know what all these women 01:20:21.580 --> 01:20:24.580 who are promoting this we better keep an eye on them 01:20:24.580 --> 01:20:27.220 and you better make sure that you as a woman 01:20:27.220 --> 01:20:28.900 are not falling into the same trap 01:20:29.460 --> 01:20:30.420 sympathizing with women 01:20:30.420 --> 01:20:31.920 who murder their children 01:20:31.920 --> 01:20:34.380 trying to make excuses calling her the victim 01:20:34.380 --> 01:20:35.960 the children are the victim 01:20:37.460 --> 01:20:38.580 not her 01:20:38.580 --> 01:20:40.760 but she's paralyzed 01:20:41.980 --> 01:20:42.700 yeah 01:20:42.700 --> 01:20:45.940 we need to continue the paralyzation 01:20:49.360 --> 01:20:51.840 we need to keep feminism out of the church 01:20:52.420 --> 01:20:54.140 this godless attitude 01:20:54.140 --> 01:20:55.080 out of the church 01:20:55.080 --> 01:20:57.420 this attitude that says 01:20:57.420 --> 01:20:58.920 well you know 01:20:58.920 --> 01:21:01.200 and by the way if Lindsay would have killed 01:21:01.200 --> 01:21:03.140 like three dogs 01:21:03.880 --> 01:21:05.560 these same feminists would have wanted her head 01:21:05.560 --> 01:21:06.000 on the platter 01:21:07.220 --> 01:21:08.080 that's a fact 01:21:08.960 --> 01:21:09.400 right 01:21:11.080 --> 01:21:12.760 if she would have killed three kittens 01:21:13.780 --> 01:21:15.100 and three dogs for measure 01:21:15.100 --> 01:21:16.660 they would have wanted her head on the platter 01:21:18.680 --> 01:21:19.840 and make no mistake about it 01:21:19.840 --> 01:21:21.300 there's a bunch of reprobates out there 01:21:21.300 --> 01:21:22.440 who are promoting this 01:21:22.440 --> 01:21:25.180 they're for her because they want to enable 01:21:25.180 --> 01:21:26.820 and create a society 01:21:26.820 --> 01:21:28.780 that despises children 01:21:28.780 --> 01:21:31.440 that allows women to just behave like absolute 01:21:31.440 --> 01:21:32.100 beast 01:21:32.980 --> 01:21:34.180 without any consequences 01:21:34.180 --> 01:21:35.740 it's disgusting 01:21:38.120 --> 01:21:40.440 I know the trial is still going 01:21:41.180 --> 01:21:43.280 hopefully she does get 01:21:43.280 --> 01:21:44.580 life in prison 01:21:44.580 --> 01:21:46.580 because that's the best our country could do apparently 01:21:47.140 --> 01:21:49.400 I prefer that over the mental institution 01:21:51.160 --> 01:21:52.400 and hopefully 01:21:52.400 --> 01:21:54.760 when she's in prison she hangs herself 01:21:54.760 --> 01:21:55.940 oh she can't she's paralyzed 01:21:55.940 --> 01:21:56.520 but you know 01:21:59.040 --> 01:22:00.140 oh that's so 01:22:00.140 --> 01:22:02.280 I can't believe you would say something like that 01:22:02.280 --> 01:22:03.880 oh should I talk about the kids again 01:22:05.680 --> 01:22:06.880 are you sympathizing 01:22:06.880 --> 01:22:07.920 with murderers of children 01:22:09.340 --> 01:22:10.000 let me 01:22:10.000 --> 01:22:12.820 what would Jesus say 01:22:12.820 --> 01:22:14.480 tie a millstone 01:22:15.260 --> 01:22:16.460 about their neck 01:22:16.460 --> 01:22:18.520 and drown them in the depths of the sea 01:22:18.520 --> 01:22:19.940 you know that's called strangulation 01:22:20.640 --> 01:22:21.220 asphyxiation 01:22:21.220 --> 01:22:21.700 drowning 01:22:23.000 --> 01:22:24.400 my Jesus said that 01:22:27.260 --> 01:22:28.720 that's not genuine love friends 01:22:29.860 --> 01:22:31.020 you know 01:22:31.020 --> 01:22:32.240 and my heart breaks 01:22:33.060 --> 01:22:34.320 for the children 01:22:34.320 --> 01:22:36.000 obviously it happened three years ago 01:22:36.000 --> 01:22:37.640 and you know 01:22:37.640 --> 01:22:39.980 I try not to think about it too deeply 01:22:39.980 --> 01:22:42.580 because it's so severe 01:22:42.580 --> 01:22:44.920 it's such a disgusting thing that happened 01:22:44.920 --> 01:22:46.260 and it shatters my heart 01:22:47.240 --> 01:22:48.260 and look folks 01:22:48.720 --> 01:22:50.080 just look at a picture at Lindsay 01:22:50.080 --> 01:22:51.060 there's nothing there 01:22:52.720 --> 01:22:53.740 you guys know what I'm talking about 01:22:54.260 --> 01:22:56.180 look at right here nothing there 01:23:00.020 --> 01:23:01.560 love work with no ill to his neighbor 01:23:02.660 --> 01:23:03.700 there is no love there 01:23:04.180 --> 01:23:05.800 and it's showing us that we're just 01:23:06.880 --> 01:23:08.500 we live in a disgusting world 01:23:09.840 --> 01:23:11.860 and after I was done researching I'm like 01:23:11.860 --> 01:23:13.140 I hate this world 01:23:14.560 --> 01:23:15.120 I 01:23:15.120 --> 01:23:15.760 hate this place 01:23:16.880 --> 01:23:17.880 I just hate it 01:23:17.880 --> 01:23:20.760 I hate that we live in a society like this 01:23:20.760 --> 01:23:23.320 I hate that women defend this stuff 01:23:23.320 --> 01:23:25.380 I hate that women exist like this 01:23:25.380 --> 01:23:27.440 I hate that she has accumulated 01:23:27.440 --> 01:23:28.820 a million dollars 01:23:28.820 --> 01:23:31.320 from literally people giving to her 01:23:32.860 --> 01:23:33.980 like what 01:23:35.440 --> 01:23:36.760 I hate that 01:23:36.760 --> 01:23:38.500 women are blaming the husband and 01:23:38.500 --> 01:23:40.800 I don't know the husband he might be a piece of crap 01:23:40.800 --> 01:23:42.440 I don't know probably is 01:23:42.440 --> 01:23:43.680 I don't know 01:23:43.680 --> 01:23:46.880 and I don't care but you know what he didn't do it 01:23:47.980 --> 01:23:49.680 I hate that 01:23:50.520 --> 01:23:52.220 they're out there with pink shirts 01:23:52.800 --> 01:23:54.100 and you know oh man 01:23:54.100 --> 01:23:55.160 she's a victim 01:23:55.720 --> 01:23:57.280 I hate the fact that 01:23:57.860 --> 01:23:59.880 there's literally thousands 01:23:59.880 --> 01:24:02.680 and thousands and thousands of women out there 01:24:02.680 --> 01:24:04.520 who are saying yeah see 01:24:04.520 --> 01:24:05.840 it was his fault 01:24:07.420 --> 01:24:08.180 yeah see 01:24:08.180 --> 01:24:09.680 the system failed her 01:24:10.800 --> 01:24:11.740 she did it 01:24:12.500 --> 01:24:14.180 hold people accountable for their 01:24:14.180 --> 01:24:14.940 actions my friends 01:24:15.860 --> 01:24:17.560 and so what's the sermon today 01:24:18.040 --> 01:24:18.840 genuine love 01:24:19.720 --> 01:24:22.180 do you have genuine love? I have genuine love 01:24:22.180 --> 01:24:22.820 for the kids who died 01:24:23.940 --> 01:24:25.960 and the Bible says you that love the Lord hate evil 01:24:26.640 --> 01:24:27.760 that's why I hate Lindsay 01:24:30.040 --> 01:24:31.440 can't you love both? Nope 01:24:32.820 --> 01:24:34.060 how can I love her when she 01:24:34.060 --> 01:24:35.900 literally violated and took the lives of her children 01:24:35.900 --> 01:24:37.020 a baby 01:24:37.680 --> 01:24:38.500 a baby 01:24:41.540 --> 01:24:43.520 you know that's disgusting 01:24:44.560 --> 01:24:46.060 so it's important for us 01:24:46.060 --> 01:24:47.640 to recognize the importance of having 01:24:47.640 --> 01:24:48.400 sincere love 01:24:48.400 --> 01:24:51.280 and recognizing that that's not at the exclusion 01:24:51.820 --> 01:24:52.600 of hating 01:24:52.600 --> 01:24:55.240 it's not at the exclusion of judging 01:24:55.240 --> 01:24:57.960 that's not at the exclusion of telling the truth 01:24:57.960 --> 01:24:59.460 it's not at the exclusion of that 01:24:59.460 --> 01:25:01.500 we need to make sure that we cultivate 01:25:01.500 --> 01:25:03.420 sincere genuine love 01:25:03.420 --> 01:25:05.060 and that we define it 01:25:05.060 --> 01:25:06.660 according to the Bible 01:25:06.660 --> 01:25:08.240 not according to Gandhi 01:25:09.680 --> 01:25:11.220 not according to 01:25:11.220 --> 01:25:13.500 you know unsaved people or your favorite 01:25:13.500 --> 01:25:13.960 poet 01:25:13.960 --> 01:25:16.040 you define it according to the Bible 01:25:16.040 --> 01:25:18.240 thank you so much for your word 01:25:18.240 --> 01:25:21.000 Lord I pray that you 01:25:21.000 --> 01:25:23.180 help us as your people to develop and cultivate 01:25:23.180 --> 01:25:25.500 sincere genuine love Lord 01:25:25.500 --> 01:25:27.120 for the innocent 01:25:27.120 --> 01:25:28.380 for the righteous 01:25:29.320 --> 01:25:30.760 and Lord I pray that 01:25:30.760 --> 01:25:32.280 Lindsay would get 01:25:33.100 --> 01:25:35.040 the fullest extent of the law 01:25:35.040 --> 01:25:36.780 upon her Lord that you would judge her 01:25:36.780 --> 01:25:38.100 severely and obviously we know that 01:25:38.720 --> 01:25:40.800 ultimately when she does die you will punish her 01:25:40.800 --> 01:25:42.680 severely and we thank God 01:25:42.680 --> 01:25:44.640 for that Lord because 01:25:44.640 --> 01:25:46.740 in our hearts we grieve over 01:25:46.740 --> 01:25:48.200 the injustices of this world 01:25:48.940 --> 01:25:50.520 and I pray that Lord you would help 01:25:50.520 --> 01:25:52.860 us as your people to have 01:25:52.860 --> 01:25:54.080 have solace in the fact that 01:25:54.600 --> 01:25:55.640 those children are in heaven 01:25:56.580 --> 01:25:58.520 and I pray that Lord you would 01:25:58.520 --> 01:26:00.500 again help us as your people to just 01:26:00.500 --> 01:26:01.940 continue to love 01:26:02.820 --> 01:26:03.620 those who 01:26:04.060 --> 01:26:06.120 merit our love Lord but even the unsaved 01:26:06.120 --> 01:26:08.080 who don't merit the love we need to give them the gospel 01:26:08.520 --> 01:26:10.960 we need to get them saved and pray for their salvation 01:26:10.960 --> 01:26:12.580 we need to pray that 01:26:13.260 --> 01:26:14.060 backslitting Christians 01:26:14.060 --> 01:26:15.680 would return back to the fold 01:26:16.320 --> 01:26:17.780 and we need to pray that 01:26:17.780 --> 01:26:20.080 we could be a blessing to those around us as well 01:26:20.080 --> 01:26:21.900 and we love you Lord we thank you 01:26:21.900 --> 01:26:23.180 pray this in Jesus name amen