WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.260 Welcome to the Willow Ridge Sermons Podcast, where you can listen to audio from our most 00:00:09.260 --> 00:00:13.940 recent sermons and more. Thanks for listening, and be sure to add this show to your library 00:00:13.940 --> 00:00:16.860 if you'd like to automatically receive new episodes each week. 00:00:27.860 --> 00:00:32.900 Good morning. If you have your Bibles, and I hope you do, I want to invite you to join us 00:00:32.900 --> 00:00:40.000 in Matthew chapter 7. If you do not own a Bible, we want to encourage you right now or at the end 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.220 of the service, we have some free Bibles that we would love to give you, and they will be right 00:00:44.220 --> 00:00:48.540 back here at this table right back here to my left. So you can stop by at the end of the service, 00:00:48.540 --> 00:00:54.700 love to gift you one of those so that you can have a copy of God's Word. I do want to echo what Pastor 00:00:54.700 --> 00:00:58.940 Dave said and welcome our first-time guest. We count it as an honor and a privilege that you 00:00:58.940 --> 00:01:03.560 were here to worship with us this morning. We would love for you to scan the code, fill all those 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:10.300 things out, but also my wife and I will be back at that table at the end of our worship service time 00:01:10.300 --> 00:01:14.900 together. We would love just to meet you, to thank you for being here, and to thank you for 00:01:14.900 --> 00:01:21.680 worshiping with us. We gathered again this morning at 9 a.m. during our discipleship hour to talk about 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:26.100 last week's message. Had a wonderful discussion happening in different small groups around the 00:01:26.100 --> 00:01:31.900 room, and so just as a reminder, we are doing that every single Sunday, and we would love for you to 00:01:31.900 --> 00:01:37.040 join us and to be a part of that throughout the summer months. So please wake up a little early, 00:01:37.140 --> 00:01:41.820 come here at nine, and we'll have a good time of fellowship. We usually do a good bit of laughing 00:01:41.820 --> 00:01:49.540 talking together as well, sharing, and just a wonderful, wonderful time. And then lastly, we do 00:01:49.540 --> 00:02:02.640 have our young adult. So the flood is getting ready, right? So that's loud. So we're glad that we're in 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:07.820 here, and we're glad that we're dry. But even more reason to remind you, our young adult ministry's been 00:02:07.820 --> 00:02:13.780 up in New York this past week, a wonderful time of ministry, wonderful time of fellowship, of trying, 00:02:13.940 --> 00:02:19.340 of blessing the church and the community that's up there. So they will be traveling back this afternoon, 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:26.720 and so I would just encourage you to pray for them as they are traveling. With that said, I want to read 00:02:26.720 --> 00:02:32.200 our Bible verse that we're going to look at this morning as we are in our sermon series, Misunderstood, 00:02:32.200 --> 00:02:46.040 and is found in Matthew 7 verse 1. Judge not that you be not judged. Let's pray. God, we thank you 00:02:46.040 --> 00:02:53.240 for who you are, Lord, and for what you're doing in the life of our church. God, I thank you for our 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:58.240 young adult ministry, and I thank you for their willingness to go and to serve. God, I thank you 00:02:58.240 --> 00:03:06.400 for their flexibility as their plans were changed, but they responded, Lord, in obedience to you. 00:03:07.640 --> 00:03:13.800 God, I thank you for the seed that was sown, and God, we know that you're going to work and move in 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:20.920 the lives of those who went and those in the lives of those who received. God, as we open up your word 00:03:20.920 --> 00:03:26.500 this morning, may your word not say to us what we just want it to say, but may, Lord, we desire to know 00:03:26.500 --> 00:03:32.700 what you are saying to us. And God, if there's anyone here who does not know Jesus Christ as their Lord 00:03:32.700 --> 00:03:40.960 and Savior, may today be the day of their salvation. And it's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:50.580 Growing up, I spent a lot of time at my grandparents' house, my dad's mom and dad, 00:03:50.980 --> 00:04:00.700 and I love my grandparents. My grandfather passed away in 2004, and my grandmother passed away in 2020. 00:04:01.220 --> 00:04:06.800 But growing up there, there's just a couple of things that you understood or that you knew about 00:04:06.800 --> 00:04:14.860 my granddad. Only grandson, he treated me. I love how he invested in me. He was good and hard at the same 00:04:14.860 --> 00:04:22.500 time, right? He taught me a lot of things. But I knew two things. Number one, don't touch his tools 00:04:22.500 --> 00:04:29.760 unless you ask first, right? He really took pride in his tools that he had. He liked to tinker on cars. 00:04:29.900 --> 00:04:37.480 Everything was right where he wanted it and to do that. So don't touch his tools unless you ask first. 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:45.120 But then the second thing is, don't touch the TV unless you're told to. You know, we, at my 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:51.320 grandparents' house, I was the remote control, right? Anybody else going to have that growing up? 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:58.540 They had that old box on the top of their TV that had, like, you slid it, and it went from, I think, 00:04:58.620 --> 00:05:05.240 channel 2 to channel 27. Like, that's, that's, so if it was channel 28, then you just weren't watching 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:12.240 that, right? Like, so you would kind of scan through. And my granddad had, had a cycle of TV shows that he 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:18.440 liked to watch, one of which, and still to this day, and I've talked to my dad about it, I've talked to 00:05:18.440 --> 00:05:22.940 my aunts about it, I had talked to my grandmother before she passed about it, that we never could 00:05:22.940 --> 00:05:29.440 understand. But I believe my grandfather was the only human who consistently watched C-SPAN, 00:05:29.700 --> 00:05:35.720 right? So, so that was it. That was part of what he would do. But around dinner time, they had, they had 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:40.660 another TV in, in their kitchen, small little kitchen. They had a little, like, a little buffet 00:05:40.660 --> 00:05:46.480 piece that would sit there, and there was a little black and white TV. And starting in 1981, before I could 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:56.600 remember, around dinner time, he would sit down with my grandmother over every single day, made from scratch 00:05:56.600 --> 00:06:08.660 dinner. And they would watch the people's court with Judge Joe Wapner, right? Like, some of you 00:06:08.660 --> 00:06:15.340 missed that completely, and some of you, like, you hear the song playing in your mind, right? Like, you 00:06:15.340 --> 00:06:23.540 know it. And that show's still going on today. But that show started in 1981, is when the show started. 00:06:23.940 --> 00:06:31.740 The people's court. Maybe, like, the first dosage of what we got into in this reality TV world, 00:06:32.220 --> 00:06:37.760 of seeing real-life people bring their, kind of, maybe, real-life problems on a TV. I still don't 00:06:37.760 --> 00:06:43.160 really know how it all worked out, and then it played out. But now, like, if you turn on the TV 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:47.340 during, during night, and that four o'clock to six o'clock hour, depending where you're at, right, 00:06:47.340 --> 00:06:53.420 there's been so many spinoffs of this, which causes us as a culture, right, to, kind of, take that step 00:06:53.420 --> 00:07:01.840 back and ask the question, why are we so fascinated with this? Why are we so fascinated with watching 00:07:01.840 --> 00:07:10.220 people work through their problems in front of a judge, where at the end of the day, 00:07:11.420 --> 00:07:20.320 one is happy, one is not, or they're both not happy? But we've got this fascination of what's there, 00:07:20.760 --> 00:07:27.680 of what it means to judge, and what it means to be judged. The verse that we're going to look at this 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:35.300 morning, read it again, judge not that you be not judged. This is probably, this verse is probably one 00:07:35.300 --> 00:07:43.940 of the most misused verses that I hear, but what I think is intriguing about this verse and its 00:07:43.940 --> 00:07:51.560 misusage is that it's misused by people who are Christians, definitely, like you and I, we've misused 00:07:51.560 --> 00:08:00.260 this verse, but it's also consistently misused by people who aren't Christians and don't claim to be 00:08:00.260 --> 00:08:07.340 Christians. They'll say, well, you shouldn't judge. You know what the Bible says? The Bible says you 00:08:07.340 --> 00:08:15.140 shouldn't. But when this verse is misused, what I found in the life of a believer, specifically, 00:08:15.140 --> 00:08:25.460 right, of what we begin to see is that this verse can become a shield for sin. That this verse can 00:08:25.460 --> 00:08:38.800 become a shield for sin. I think part of who we're wired to be is most people prefer to receive praise 00:08:38.800 --> 00:08:47.480 over criticism. Like, I know that there are people in this world who enjoy being evaluated, receiving 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:54.420 criticism, especially the criticism that is going to be used as a way to encourage, constructive 00:08:54.420 --> 00:08:59.500 criticism is the word I'm looking for, right, that's going to build them up. But at our core, like if I 00:08:59.500 --> 00:09:05.340 sat down with you and said, would you rather hear five things that are wrong with you or five things 00:09:05.340 --> 00:09:11.780 that are right, like we would probably as a society embrace the things that are right with us. I was 00:09:11.780 --> 00:09:16.580 talking about this in a different context with our small group, I think this past week, maybe two weeks 00:09:16.580 --> 00:09:26.160 ago. But I remember, so growing up, Grayson got into karate. And he loved to go to karate. We went to karate 00:09:26.160 --> 00:09:33.180 like three, four days a week. I think for about seven years, this boy was in this committed to karate. We went to 00:09:33.180 --> 00:09:38.440 karate tournaments. He got all, he was the only kid that I know that weighed like 23 pounds but had a 00:09:38.440 --> 00:09:44.880 black belt, right? And Grayson got asked if he wanted to be in like the leadership track at the 00:09:44.880 --> 00:09:50.460 karate studio. And we're like, sure, that's cool. Like he wanted to do that, so he was a part of it. So 00:09:50.460 --> 00:09:58.700 he came up there, and one of the first times the karate instructor was going to teach the group of 00:09:58.700 --> 00:10:04.920 kids who were there, part of the leadership of what it looked like to lead a class. And so he had one of 00:10:04.920 --> 00:10:10.260 the, one of them step foot and do one of their, one of their forms that they were going to do. 00:10:11.620 --> 00:10:17.540 And the karate instructor said, now if you were leading the class, the little boy's name was Matthew, 00:10:17.540 --> 00:10:25.140 if you were going to lead the class, like what would you say to Matthew? And all the students, 00:10:25.560 --> 00:10:35.440 they raised their hand, and one after another, they pointed out in the form what Matthew did wrong. 00:10:36.660 --> 00:10:41.580 I felt kind of bad for Matthew. Felt bad that Matthew was being used for this teaching illustration. 00:10:42.800 --> 00:10:48.960 And then the instructor said, well, Matthew, how does that make you feel? And I said, well, not too good. 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:57.860 I know the things that I need to work on, but I think I did some things right as well. But in Matthew's 00:10:57.860 --> 00:11:04.660 mind, all he heard was the criticism. I think this teaches what we're looking for. The karate instructor 00:11:04.660 --> 00:11:10.180 looked at him and said, well, boys, here's what I want us to do. As we're working through this in our 00:11:10.180 --> 00:11:15.120 class together, as your instructor, and you'll notice what I do as I'm teaching, as I'm giving 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:21.220 constructive criticism, is I will always praise you for something you did well. I'll follow that with 00:11:21.220 --> 00:11:27.020 a criticism of something that you need to improve on, and then I'll end it with praising you again. 00:11:27.980 --> 00:11:34.260 And I think that speaks a lot to the condition of who we are, that we would much rather receive 00:11:34.260 --> 00:11:41.520 praise than criticism. And if you are going to give me some criticism, then maybe sandwich it with some 00:11:41.520 --> 00:11:53.140 praise so that I feel better about myself. So this, when we hear bad things about ourselves that we 00:11:53.140 --> 00:12:05.620 perceive to be bad, we begin to get on the defensive. And oftentimes, this is where this 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:14.060 verse will be misused. Someone sits down with us, someone that we know, someone that we trust, 00:12:14.160 --> 00:12:20.820 and they point out this characteristic, this sin pattern, this sinful behavior that's in our life, 00:12:20.820 --> 00:12:28.860 and we don't want to discuss it. We want to deflect it. Maybe it's because we disagree with them. 00:12:30.100 --> 00:12:32.940 Maybe it's because we don't see it the way that they see it. 00:12:34.660 --> 00:12:43.940 But I think at our core, when it's the sin that we have in our life, and we want to use the Bible to 00:12:43.940 --> 00:12:53.040 deflect and bounce this off of us, the truth of the matter is, for me and for you, probably where the 00:12:53.040 --> 00:13:02.860 rub comes is we like it. We like that sin. We're comfortable with that sin. 00:13:03.660 --> 00:13:12.500 We embrace that sin, and we don't want to give it up. 00:13:13.940 --> 00:13:19.440 We're trying to use some real-life illustrations of where we see this. So let's just say that 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:25.120 there's someone who claims to be a follower of Jesus, right? They're part of a church. They're 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:29.360 part of their small group. They're invested. They're going on mission trips. They're doing all these 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:37.340 things, but they have a blatant sin in their life. Let's say it's gossip, right? I mean, before small 00:13:37.340 --> 00:13:40.720 group starts, they're circling up around their circle, telling all the things that they've got. 00:13:41.560 --> 00:13:45.940 At work, they're the person that people come to, and they're the people that go, and it's gossip 00:13:45.940 --> 00:13:50.580 after gossip after gossip after gossip over and over and over again. They're saying things like, 00:13:50.640 --> 00:13:54.780 I'm not saying it's true, but here's what I've heard. And they're dealing with the issue with 00:13:54.780 --> 00:14:00.480 everyone except the person that the issue is with. And someone, a brother and sister in Christ, someone 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:05.860 that loves them, someone that comes to them, comes up and says, listen, I've just noticed something 00:14:05.860 --> 00:14:12.080 about you, man, and I care for you, and I love you, but I just want to point out that maybe you're not 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:18.820 aware of this, maybe you haven't seen this in yourself, but I've noticed that you can have a 00:14:18.820 --> 00:14:27.860 tendency to gossip. You know, when we were at small group the other day, and you came, and there was 00:14:27.860 --> 00:14:35.280 somebody who wasn't there, and you began to talk about the things of them negatively and critically. 00:14:35.280 --> 00:14:43.440 And, man, I don't even know if you realize you're doing it, but I see it. And here's why I can see it. 00:14:44.160 --> 00:14:51.080 I can see it because I used to struggle with that. And sometimes I maybe even still can have a 00:14:51.080 --> 00:15:00.340 propensity to drift back into that area in my life. And I've seen that in you. And you know that gossip 00:15:00.340 --> 00:15:09.120 is a sin. And so if I can help you, if I can pray for you, if I can walk alongside you in any way, 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:15.160 shape, or form, man, let me know because we're in this together. We're in this together. 00:15:17.800 --> 00:15:26.920 Usually when something like that happens, there's one of two reactions. The first reaction, I think, 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:31.820 is a positive reaction. This may be kind of a two-part. Maybe in that moment, that person does. 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:39.080 They see that in themselves. They acknowledge that in themselves. They realize that this is who 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:47.100 they can be, and this is what they can do. And right there, there's this positive confession 00:15:47.100 --> 00:15:53.040 and repentance, and accountability is established. But maybe, maybe they don't. 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:59.420 And also in a positive, while confession, those things might not happen there, there's the honest 00:15:59.420 --> 00:16:04.840 step back and just saying like, hey, this is a lot. I didn't know that I was going to come here and 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:10.940 have to wrestle with this, and I wasn't aware of this. So would you just kind of let me have some 00:16:10.940 --> 00:16:17.340 time so I can process this and really pray through this and see because I trust you. And if you've seen 00:16:17.340 --> 00:16:23.700 this in me, man, this is not who I want to be at all in Christ, but man, I want to just kind of make 00:16:23.700 --> 00:16:28.660 sure and really spend some time and pray about this, and can we get together and talk about this 00:16:28.660 --> 00:16:36.200 again? All right, one instant, admittance, confession, let's deal with this. Let's deal with 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:41.400 this together. Praise the Lord that that happens. But another, and I think it's equally valid of, 00:16:41.400 --> 00:16:49.380 hey, I trust your word. I trust what you've seen. Man, this has kind of caught me off guard because it 00:16:49.380 --> 00:16:56.640 hasn't been something that I'm overly aware of. So let me, let me pray about it, and let's talk some 00:16:56.640 --> 00:17:09.680 more. Those would be some positive responses. But oftentimes, we, me included, we don't respond 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:22.000 that way, do we? We may not come out and quote this verse in the misuse of it, but what we think, 00:17:23.040 --> 00:17:33.460 the body language that we show, or the words that we use, communicate the abuse of this word. 00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:40.100 We may think, we may even say, oh, thanks, man. Who made you the Holy Spirit? 00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:48.360 I appreciate that. Aren't we all sinners? 00:17:56.680 --> 00:18:06.720 Now, aren't you supposed to encourage, and isn't this God's job to judge and not yours? 00:18:08.460 --> 00:18:18.360 Or maybe, maybe. Since you've said that you struggle with gossip, and that you've struggled 00:18:18.360 --> 00:18:36.100 with gossip, what gives you the right to come and address me? What gives you the right to judge me? 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:42.540 Let's read Matthew, starting in verse 7, 1. Let's read and get the context of this. 00:18:45.540 --> 00:18:52.140 Judge not that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce, you will be judged. 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:56.860 And with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 00:18:58.020 --> 00:19:07.700 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:18.140 Or how can you say to your brother, let me take the speck out of your eye, when there is the log in your own eye? 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:29.820 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. 00:19:30.820 --> 00:19:38.240 This teaching of Jesus in Matthew 7 is found in the Sermon on the Mount. 00:19:39.580 --> 00:19:45.980 And the whole context of this message, this is the longest recorded sermon that we see of Jesus. 00:19:46.640 --> 00:19:54.320 From Matthew 5 to Matthew 7 is one continual message of Jesus. 00:19:54.320 --> 00:20:02.840 And he's explaining what it looks like to live as a devoted follower of Christ. 00:20:03.540 --> 00:20:14.120 He'll cover topics like prayer, fasting, giving, anxiety, lust, anger, and much more. 00:20:15.260 --> 00:20:21.280 And while we do nothing to deserve being adopted into the family of God, 00:20:22.300 --> 00:20:27.380 once we become children of God, we are part of His kingdom, 00:20:28.320 --> 00:20:31.920 and we are called to live differently. 00:20:33.080 --> 00:20:37.780 I apologize for this not being on the screen, but this morning as I was reading through my notes, 00:20:37.840 --> 00:20:40.620 I wanted to add this verse to kind of give some context. 00:20:41.020 --> 00:20:42.820 So if you flip back, if you've got your Bibles, 00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:46.500 Jesus in Matthew 5 begins with the Beatitudes, 00:20:47.140 --> 00:20:49.600 the blessed, blessed, blessed, blessed. 00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:54.160 Imagining if they were here, like, hey, what's this guy talking about today? 00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:55.180 He's talking about being blessed. 00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:57.280 Oh, cool, let's show up for that. 00:20:57.360 --> 00:20:59.520 And then he flips it. 00:21:00.780 --> 00:21:02.460 But then look, starting in verse 13, 00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:06.980 Jesus says you are the salt of the earth. 00:21:08.260 --> 00:21:10.480 But if salt has lost its taste, 00:21:11.360 --> 00:21:14.640 how shall its saltiness be restored as no longer good for anything 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:17.920 except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet? 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:20.220 So you've got purpose. 00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:25.620 You've got reason that there's a value of you in this world. 00:21:28.520 --> 00:21:29.400 Verse 14. 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:29.420 Verse 14. 00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.780 You are the light of the world. 00:21:31.900 --> 00:21:33.620 A city set on a hill cannot be hidden, 00:21:34.520 --> 00:21:37.940 nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:41.460 but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:48.760 In the same way, let your light shine before others so that they may see your good works 00:21:48.760 --> 00:21:54.880 and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. 00:21:55.380 --> 00:22:04.340 And then Jesus begins to walk through who He is and what God is calling them to be in Christ. 00:22:05.340 --> 00:22:11.780 So you and I, we come to faith in Christ out of no merit of our own. 00:22:13.580 --> 00:22:18.280 The work of the cross, the power of the resurrection. 00:22:19.540 --> 00:22:23.960 But then from that, God changes us. 00:22:24.620 --> 00:22:27.240 And we desire to be changed. 00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:31.780 And both of these things happen simultaneously. 00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:38.600 And so Jesus says, like, this is what this light looks like. 00:22:39.040 --> 00:22:45.180 Go and do and be the good who God's called you to be. 00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:48.700 And then this miracle happens when this takes place. 00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:51.940 That people will give glory to God in heaven. 00:22:53.680 --> 00:23:01.060 And I've just never seen an instance where my sin brings glory to God. 00:23:04.560 --> 00:23:12.640 I've never seen a moment where I pursue the passions of the flesh that He saved me from. 00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:17.180 And God is glorified. 00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:23.360 And so we've got to work through with this in our life. 00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:25.260 Do we live perfectly? 00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:28.320 No, we don't. 00:23:29.320 --> 00:23:33.020 So God, in what He is doing in our life, 00:23:33.760 --> 00:23:39.480 wants to develop in us to have a heart for repentance. 00:23:40.580 --> 00:23:41.940 A heart for repentance. 00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:47.660 And here, a heart for repentance, 00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:53.060 it kind of embraces two perspectives when it comes to sin. 00:23:53.680 --> 00:24:00.440 A heart for repentance embraces both sorrow over our sin 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:04.600 and desire to grow past our sin. 00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:05.960 Right? 00:24:06.060 --> 00:24:07.700 Some of us, like, we're really good. 00:24:07.780 --> 00:24:09.700 And we're like, man, I'm broken for this. 00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:13.620 Like, this is not of God, but this is who I am. 00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:15.700 And we have our moment, and we're there. 00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:17.880 But then, it's just kind of it. 00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:22.020 Spiritually speaking, we're buying the gym membership, but never showing up. 00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:31.460 And then there's some of us that we want the change without the brokenness. 00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.400 Eh, just whatever. 00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:37.500 But I know that I have to, so I might as well. 00:24:37.540 --> 00:24:41.820 But a heart for repentance causes us to embrace the sorrow 00:24:41.820 --> 00:24:47.080 and long for the desire to grow past the sin. 00:24:48.080 --> 00:24:52.280 So when we're made aware of sin in our life, 00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:55.840 hopefully through the leading of the Holy Spirit, 00:24:56.120 --> 00:25:01.100 but even potentially from the Holy Spirit speaking to the lives of others around us, 00:25:02.260 --> 00:25:06.860 where we come to is an embracement of our sorrow over our sin 00:25:06.860 --> 00:25:09.040 and a desire to grow past it. 00:25:09.580 --> 00:25:12.080 I heard a pastor say years ago, and I love this, 00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:15.920 that God loves you too much to save you from where you're at 00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.900 and then leave you there. 00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:22.020 That He saves you and He wants to move you and change you and work in you. 00:25:22.020 --> 00:25:30.400 But also, the heart of repentance embraces attacking your sin, 00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:34.860 but also the sin of others. 00:25:36.560 --> 00:25:40.560 To where we see what is involved in the life of someone else, 00:25:40.800 --> 00:25:42.880 a brother and sister in Christ. 00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:48.620 And our longing and desire is God's best for them, 00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.820 and that's not it. 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:54.120 And so, even if it means you're going to be mad at me, 00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:55.960 even if it means if you're not going to like me, 00:25:56.020 --> 00:25:58.040 even if it means that you're going to criticize me, 00:25:58.200 --> 00:26:02.740 I love you too much to not help you deal with your sin, 00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:04.500 but here's where it also comes in, 00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:08.440 I love you too much to not first deal with my sin. 00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:14.560 And that's what Jesus is getting to in Matthew 7.1. 00:26:15.800 --> 00:26:19.720 Here's what Matthew 7.1 teaches us. 00:26:20.340 --> 00:26:21.620 When it comes to sin, 00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:24.440 when it comes to sin, 00:26:25.520 --> 00:26:28.720 examine yourself first. 00:26:31.060 --> 00:26:35.340 Take the log out. 00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:40.360 I mean, picture what Jesus is talking about here. 00:26:40.540 --> 00:26:45.380 Get this, the silliness, the absurdness that is this illustration. 00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:51.560 It would be like going up and someone has that small speck of dust. 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:54.060 Now, that can knock you to your knees. 00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:57.900 They've got that small speck. 00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:03.560 And you're there with this four by four just kind of hanging out. 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:08.000 And you're like, let me help you first. 00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:10.180 Examine yourself first. 00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:10.960 Take the log out. 00:27:11.300 --> 00:27:12.440 Press into the Holy Spirit. 00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:15.400 See some time of growth. 00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:18.460 Bring others into the conversation. 00:27:19.280 --> 00:27:24.780 Begin to walk through the process of what it looks like to desire true change in your life. 00:27:24.780 --> 00:27:31.340 Trust the process of God and leave your agenda to the side. 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:39.560 And what begins to happen through this is that as God gives you victory, 00:27:39.780 --> 00:27:41.080 as God gives you freedom, 00:27:41.260 --> 00:27:44.400 as God gives you all that God is going to work and do, 00:27:44.520 --> 00:27:47.900 what God will do is develop a heart to help others. 00:27:49.560 --> 00:27:52.940 And then, then once you've done that, 00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:55.180 once you've done that, 00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:57.280 while not perfect, 00:27:58.860 --> 00:28:00.360 go and help others 00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:03.100 with the dust 00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:05.960 because you understand the log. 00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:10.100 Go help them with the dust 00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:17.500 because you understand the log. 00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:23.100 Here's the process of what we begin to see. 00:28:24.080 --> 00:28:25.700 I examine my life. 00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:28.180 I'm broken. 00:28:29.560 --> 00:28:30.740 I'm repentant. 00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:39.180 I see where God is working and moving and bringing healing. 00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:42.740 And let me talk about this just quickly, okay? 00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:47.240 Healing doesn't necessarily mean perfection, 00:28:47.560 --> 00:28:49.020 but it does mean progress. 00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.200 Come on, man. 00:28:55.260 --> 00:28:56.920 There's beauty in the struggle together. 00:28:58.280 --> 00:29:00.040 There's beauty in this 00:29:00.040 --> 00:29:04.660 as we walk through this. 00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:07.520 I'm examining my life. 00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.720 I'm broken. 00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:11.080 I'm repentant. 00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:12.480 I'm confessing it 00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:16.600 to other brothers and sisters in Christ. 00:29:16.820 --> 00:29:18.260 I'm seeing growth. 00:29:18.580 --> 00:29:19.920 I'm seeing improvement. 00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:21.060 And by the way, 00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:22.680 I understand that all of the growth 00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:23.540 and all of the improvement 00:29:23.540 --> 00:29:25.140 is evidence of God in my life 00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:27.140 and not evidence of just me being better. 00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:31.100 So now what I want to do, 00:29:31.760 --> 00:29:33.180 what I want to get to 00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:36.200 is that I can go and help others. 00:29:37.100 --> 00:29:39.320 And if you're person number two 00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:42.420 and you're a Christian 00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:45.400 is that when this happens, 00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:48.220 receive, 00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:52.260 don't defend. 00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.100 Receive, 00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.960 don't defend. 00:29:58.620 --> 00:30:00.680 Was this a sin in your life? 00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:02.360 Are you listening to you 00:30:02.360 --> 00:30:04.040 or are you listening to the Holy Spirit? 00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.920 Was this a sinful moment? 00:30:06.020 --> 00:30:07.140 Was this a sinful pattern? 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.400 Repent. 00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:13.420 And then the fullness of this. 00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:16.240 Go and help others. 00:30:17.280 --> 00:30:18.280 You see, Matthew 7, 00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:22.860 what we see in the biblical perspective of this, 00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:26.760 it's that you will deal with the log 00:30:26.760 --> 00:30:30.840 so that you can help others with the speck. 00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:35.520 But let's get with our mindset of this. 00:30:36.780 --> 00:30:37.940 So many times, 00:30:38.020 --> 00:30:39.640 not only do we begin to think, 00:30:40.060 --> 00:30:41.980 who were they to say this to me, 00:30:42.320 --> 00:30:43.880 but probably another battle 00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:45.640 that you and I have been in 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.920 or been to before 00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:48.560 where you ask yourself questions like, 00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.240 but I mean, 00:30:49.300 --> 00:30:50.240 is this my place? 00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.180 I mean, 00:30:53.520 --> 00:30:53.980 really, 00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:56.900 who am I? 00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:59.780 And should I address the sin 00:30:59.780 --> 00:31:02.240 in other people's lives? 00:31:04.520 --> 00:31:04.960 Yes, 00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:06.040 but why? 00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:07.820 Why? 00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:09.040 Because we should care 00:31:09.040 --> 00:31:11.260 to address the sin 00:31:11.260 --> 00:31:14.120 in one another's lives. 00:31:14.300 --> 00:31:17.520 We should love one another 00:31:17.520 --> 00:31:19.980 to the depth 00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:22.300 that our desire 00:31:22.300 --> 00:31:25.440 is for their growth and godliness. 00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:29.900 Sometimes what begins to happen 00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.580 in the person 00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:32.220 who's addressing 00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:34.680 is you begin to ask yourself, 00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:36.040 ask yourself this question. 00:31:37.020 --> 00:31:39.200 What is my motivation? 00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:42.260 What is my motivation? 00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:45.440 Is my motivation for the gotcha? 00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:48.020 Is my motivation 00:31:48.020 --> 00:31:50.380 for the see how much I'm better than you? 00:31:51.320 --> 00:31:52.460 For the motivation, 00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.420 like, 00:31:53.860 --> 00:31:54.340 have you ever, 00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:56.800 maybe you and I haven't thought this, 00:31:56.800 --> 00:31:57.800 but man, 00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.680 or said this, 00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.200 but man, 00:31:59.340 --> 00:32:00.280 we've thought it. 00:32:01.520 --> 00:32:03.020 I can't wait 00:32:03.020 --> 00:32:05.820 to call them out. 00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:08.200 And like a prize fighter 00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:10.320 waiting to come out 00:32:10.320 --> 00:32:11.520 for the world bout, 00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.780 we're hopping in the back. 00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:14.740 We're ready to go. 00:32:14.820 --> 00:32:16.820 I'm gonna let them have it. 00:32:20.080 --> 00:32:21.240 Is it for 00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:23.360 the biblical call 00:32:23.360 --> 00:32:24.200 to community 00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:25.920 where we are 00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.760 to encourage 00:32:26.760 --> 00:32:27.320 one another 00:32:27.320 --> 00:32:28.680 to live lives 00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:30.020 that are pleasing 00:32:30.020 --> 00:32:30.700 to God 00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:33.280 or out of the own 00:32:33.280 --> 00:32:34.260 sinful desires 00:32:34.260 --> 00:32:34.880 of our hearts? 00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:36.700 Both James and Paul 00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.340 deal with this. 00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.240 James 5, 00:32:38.360 --> 00:32:39.200 19 through 20. 00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.120 My brothers, 00:32:41.260 --> 00:32:42.680 if anyone among you 00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:43.320 wanders 00:32:43.320 --> 00:32:44.460 from the truth 00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:46.680 and someone 00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.700 brings him back, 00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.520 let him know 00:32:49.520 --> 00:32:49.980 that whoever 00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.900 brings back 00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.420 a sinner 00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:52.780 from his wandering 00:32:52.780 --> 00:32:54.220 will save his soul 00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.860 from death 00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.660 and will cover 00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:56.980 a multitude of sins. 00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:58.960 Galatians 6, 00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:00.180 1 through 2. 00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.440 Brothers, 00:33:01.580 --> 00:33:02.580 if anyone is caught 00:33:02.580 --> 00:33:04.080 in any transgression, 00:33:05.760 --> 00:33:07.300 you who are spiritual 00:33:07.300 --> 00:33:10.540 should restore him 00:33:10.540 --> 00:33:12.400 in a spirit 00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:13.340 of gentleness. 00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:15.300 keep watch 00:33:15.300 --> 00:33:16.100 on yourself 00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:17.860 lest you too 00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.480 be tempted. 00:33:19.760 --> 00:33:20.760 Bear one another's 00:33:20.760 --> 00:33:21.200 burdens 00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:22.140 and so fulfill 00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:23.000 the law of Christ. 00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.400 So here's what we learn 00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:25.080 when we look 00:33:25.080 --> 00:33:26.420 at these two passages 00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:26.860 of scripture, 00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:27.680 when we look 00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:28.480 at these in light 00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:29.540 of the Sermon 00:33:29.540 --> 00:33:30.040 on the Mount 00:33:30.040 --> 00:33:30.840 in Matthew 7 00:33:30.840 --> 00:33:31.960 is that you and I, 00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:32.680 like hopefully 00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:33.440 you know this 00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:34.020 about you 00:33:34.020 --> 00:33:35.040 and I know this 00:33:35.040 --> 00:33:35.600 about me 00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:36.680 and we know this 00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.640 about one another 00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.420 that we have 00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:39.080 a propensity 00:33:39.080 --> 00:33:39.760 to wander. 00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.620 We have a propensity, 00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.640 like we do, 00:33:43.800 --> 00:33:44.080 man, 00:33:45.060 --> 00:33:45.940 you and I, 00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:48.480 we know the path. 00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.800 It's not that 00:33:49.800 --> 00:33:51.000 it's a garden situation 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.940 and we're being tricked. 00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.840 It's just like, 00:33:53.020 --> 00:33:53.180 nah, 00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:54.700 my sin wants this one. 00:33:56.300 --> 00:33:57.740 And we wander. 00:33:58.760 --> 00:33:59.920 And we wander. 00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:02.520 And there will be times 00:34:02.520 --> 00:34:04.040 when you and I 00:34:04.040 --> 00:34:05.000 as believers 00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:06.480 of Jesus Christ 00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:08.020 get off track 00:34:08.020 --> 00:34:09.360 and we need 00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.420 one another 00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:12.680 to get each other back. 00:34:13.140 --> 00:34:13.700 Well, 00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.220 shouldn't it be 00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:15.040 the Holy Spirit? 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.520 Well, 00:34:15.580 --> 00:34:16.400 if it should just be 00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.240 the Holy Spirit, 00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:18.320 then why did they 00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:19.140 put this in there? 00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:23.940 In 2000, 00:34:24.160 --> 00:34:25.760 I think it was 2020, 00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.420 we got Aaron 00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:28.560 a new car. 00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.940 And I, 00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:34.180 I think I'm 00:34:34.180 --> 00:34:35.120 a pretty good driver. 00:34:36.140 --> 00:34:36.900 I've talked about 00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.980 my driving recently 00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:39.780 and the ticket 00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:40.440 that I got. 00:34:40.600 --> 00:34:40.780 But, 00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.100 you know, 00:34:41.140 --> 00:34:42.080 I moved past that. 00:34:44.160 --> 00:34:44.820 Moved past 00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:45.580 some of the criticisms 00:34:45.580 --> 00:34:46.240 that some of you 00:34:46.240 --> 00:34:47.160 decided to offer me 00:34:47.160 --> 00:34:47.580 on that. 00:34:47.660 --> 00:34:48.600 I'm not going to deflect that. 00:34:48.640 --> 00:34:49.100 I'm just saying 00:34:49.100 --> 00:34:50.480 how many points 00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:50.920 you've got. 00:34:51.080 --> 00:34:51.200 You know, 00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:51.660 I'm just, 00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.660 that's where we're at, 00:34:52.700 --> 00:34:52.880 right? 00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:54.840 So, 00:34:55.120 --> 00:34:56.600 we're driving back. 00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:57.700 We go into 00:34:57.700 --> 00:34:58.660 North Augusta 00:34:58.660 --> 00:34:59.860 to buy this car. 00:35:01.180 --> 00:35:01.960 It's Aaron's car 00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:03.200 and so she test drove it 00:35:03.200 --> 00:35:03.480 and she's like, 00:35:03.540 --> 00:35:03.660 oh, 00:35:03.720 --> 00:35:03.860 well, 00:35:04.540 --> 00:35:05.440 why don't you 00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:07.160 drive it 00:35:07.160 --> 00:35:08.760 back? 00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:10.240 I'm like, 00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:10.580 okay. 00:35:11.580 --> 00:35:11.940 So, 00:35:12.020 --> 00:35:12.560 I'm driving. 00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:12.920 We're, 00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:14.100 we're coming back up through 00:35:14.100 --> 00:35:16.500 and we get on the interstate. 00:35:17.120 --> 00:35:17.460 Now, 00:35:18.140 --> 00:35:20.440 I'm a good driver. 00:35:23.040 --> 00:35:25.020 And we're riding in the lane. 00:35:26.580 --> 00:35:27.980 And all of a sudden, 00:35:28.640 --> 00:35:30.280 I feel the steering wheel 00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:32.280 start shaking. 00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:34.500 And then the steering wheel 00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:36.300 is taking me 00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:37.840 into another direction. 00:35:38.020 --> 00:35:38.140 Now, 00:35:38.220 --> 00:35:38.960 at this point, 00:35:39.040 --> 00:35:39.460 I'm like, 00:35:39.600 --> 00:35:40.600 this Acura 00:35:40.600 --> 00:35:41.300 is possessed 00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:42.180 by a demon. 00:35:44.020 --> 00:35:45.120 And then lights 00:35:45.120 --> 00:35:45.900 start dinging. 00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.840 Ding, 00:35:47.040 --> 00:35:47.400 ding, 00:35:47.580 --> 00:35:47.940 ding, 00:35:48.160 --> 00:35:48.580 ding. 00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:51.320 What in the world? 00:35:52.680 --> 00:35:53.560 We keep driving. 00:35:55.040 --> 00:35:56.240 About five minutes later, 00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:58.800 starts doing it again. 00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.740 Ding, 00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.300 ding, 00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:00.820 ding, 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.380 ding. 00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:04.260 Aaron says, 00:36:04.740 --> 00:36:06.860 I think what's happening 00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:08.480 is because from time to time, 00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:09.440 you can kind of 00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:10.280 get distracted 00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:12.200 and drift out of your lane 00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:13.240 into another lane. 00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.460 And so, 00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:16.020 it pulling you back 00:36:16.020 --> 00:36:17.020 is to get you back 00:36:17.020 --> 00:36:17.640 in your lane. 00:36:17.740 --> 00:36:18.240 And the ding, 00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:18.440 ding, 00:36:18.520 --> 00:36:19.400 ding is you're about to run 00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:20.520 into the car that's beside us. 00:36:25.020 --> 00:36:25.660 She's right. 00:36:26.740 --> 00:36:28.080 And so is the car. 00:36:28.080 --> 00:36:28.520 Right? 00:36:28.660 --> 00:36:28.780 Like, 00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:32.060 we have a propensity 00:36:32.060 --> 00:36:33.180 to wander. 00:36:33.180 --> 00:36:33.800 to wander. 00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:35.680 We get lazy. 00:36:35.680 --> 00:36:38.480 We walk away 00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:39.100 from forgetting 00:36:39.100 --> 00:36:40.140 God's expectation 00:36:40.140 --> 00:36:40.960 for us. 00:36:41.120 --> 00:36:41.940 We desire 00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:43.040 other things. 00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:44.220 And what God 00:36:44.220 --> 00:36:45.000 does 00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.960 is yes, 00:36:46.060 --> 00:36:47.040 he gives us 00:36:47.040 --> 00:36:48.280 the Holy Spirit 00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:49.060 to help us 00:36:49.060 --> 00:36:49.820 get us back 00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:50.520 on track. 00:36:50.680 --> 00:36:51.260 But guess what? 00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:52.400 He also gives us 00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:53.320 one another, 00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:54.180 the community 00:36:54.180 --> 00:36:54.860 of believers 00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:56.020 where we can sit 00:36:56.020 --> 00:36:57.060 with one another 00:36:57.060 --> 00:36:57.600 and say, 00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.500 in love 00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:59.360 and kindness. 00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:00.800 Ding, ding, ding. 00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.920 Let's get this thing 00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.720 back on track. 00:37:04.140 --> 00:37:05.180 Because we're prone 00:37:05.180 --> 00:37:05.840 to wander. 00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.400 But, 00:37:09.140 --> 00:37:11.960 but with the desire 00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.940 to restore. 00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:16.880 A desire 00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.820 to restore. 00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:20.120 This is the point 00:37:20.120 --> 00:37:21.160 we miss so often. 00:37:23.700 --> 00:37:24.760 As believers, 00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:27.300 when you 00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:29.080 and I 00:37:29.080 --> 00:37:31.660 address the sin 00:37:31.660 --> 00:37:33.960 in someone's life, 00:37:34.560 --> 00:37:36.460 I don't care 00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:37.200 if it's your kid, 00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:38.060 your spouse, 00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:40.700 your pastor, 00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:43.060 one another. 00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:47.240 When we address 00:37:47.240 --> 00:37:49.120 the sin 00:37:49.120 --> 00:37:51.340 in someone's life, 00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.300 the goal 00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:55.440 cannot be 00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:57.580 with an outcome 00:37:57.580 --> 00:37:58.840 that leads 00:37:58.840 --> 00:37:59.800 to a brokenness 00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.560 in the relationship. 00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:03.860 But with a desire 00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:06.200 to restore 00:38:06.200 --> 00:38:08.520 the brokenness 00:38:08.520 --> 00:38:09.320 that they've allowed 00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:10.160 in their relationship 00:38:10.160 --> 00:38:10.720 with the Lord. 00:38:11.700 --> 00:38:13.100 It's the desire 00:38:13.100 --> 00:38:14.820 to restore. 00:38:15.680 --> 00:38:16.820 It's the heart 00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:18.060 that says, 00:38:18.600 --> 00:38:18.960 I don't want 00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:19.880 a gotcha moment. 00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:21.220 I don't want to, 00:38:21.560 --> 00:38:23.300 you deserve this moment. 00:38:23.620 --> 00:38:24.700 I don't want a, 00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.640 I've been waiting 00:38:25.640 --> 00:38:26.940 to do this moment. 00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:29.900 But it's, 00:38:30.040 --> 00:38:30.320 hey man, 00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:34.580 there's a tendency 00:38:34.580 --> 00:38:36.600 for you to gossip. 00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:39.400 And I've been there 00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:40.460 and I've done that. 00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:43.400 And I've seen 00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:44.260 the damage 00:38:44.260 --> 00:38:45.940 that I've done 00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:47.360 in the lives 00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:48.500 of the people 00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.640 that I gossip about. 00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:51.600 and God 00:38:51.600 --> 00:38:52.680 has given me 00:38:52.680 --> 00:38:55.440 some wonderful people 00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:57.500 that have helped me 00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:59.300 walk through this. 00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:02.520 And man, 00:39:02.600 --> 00:39:03.620 some of the same 00:39:03.620 --> 00:39:05.680 destructive behaviors 00:39:05.680 --> 00:39:07.720 that I see in myself, 00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:09.860 I see in you. 00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:13.640 and I would love 00:39:13.640 --> 00:39:14.020 to. 00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:16.340 I would love 00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:17.000 to join 00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:18.920 hands with you 00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:20.840 and walk 00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.400 through this 00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:21.960 with you. 00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:23.620 Because I see 00:39:23.620 --> 00:39:24.460 the giftedness 00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:24.840 in you. 00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:27.100 I see how God's 00:39:27.100 --> 00:39:27.820 using you. 00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:29.440 I see 00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:30.520 what God 00:39:30.520 --> 00:39:31.180 could do. 00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:33.040 But you're 00:39:33.040 --> 00:39:34.080 off the path 00:39:34.080 --> 00:39:36.480 and I want 00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:36.820 to get you 00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:37.320 back on. 00:39:38.640 --> 00:39:39.240 Would you 00:39:39.240 --> 00:39:39.960 come 00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:41.460 do this 00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:42.680 with me? 00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:46.720 Take the log out. 00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.480 Speak 00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:51.120 out of what 00:39:51.120 --> 00:39:51.740 you've seen 00:39:51.740 --> 00:39:52.360 God do 00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:54.560 so that we 00:39:54.560 --> 00:39:55.060 can help 00:39:55.060 --> 00:39:57.140 one another 00:39:57.140 --> 00:39:59.080 remove 00:39:59.080 --> 00:40:01.000 the speck 00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.600 that's there. 00:40:03.240 --> 00:40:03.820 Going to our 00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:04.200 time to 00:40:04.200 --> 00:40:04.780 response 00:40:04.780 --> 00:40:06.480 a couple 00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:07.020 questions 00:40:07.020 --> 00:40:07.400 that I want 00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:07.820 to ask 00:40:07.820 --> 00:40:08.020 you. 00:40:09.340 --> 00:40:09.980 Number one 00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:12.680 what is the 00:40:12.680 --> 00:40:13.280 log in your 00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:13.540 eye? 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.580 What is the 00:40:15.580 --> 00:40:16.120 log in your 00:40:16.120 --> 00:40:16.380 eye? 00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:18.700 And do you 00:40:18.700 --> 00:40:19.180 need help 00:40:19.180 --> 00:40:19.840 removing it? 00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.800 Number two 00:40:22.800 --> 00:40:25.240 is there 00:40:25.240 --> 00:40:25.900 someone 00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:28.300 that God's 00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:28.720 laying on 00:40:28.720 --> 00:40:29.200 your heart? 00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:32.200 You see 00:40:32.200 --> 00:40:32.780 the destruction 00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:33.160 you see 00:40:33.160 --> 00:40:33.660 the pain 00:40:33.660 --> 00:40:34.360 you see 00:40:34.360 --> 00:40:34.920 the suffering 00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:35.240 and you 00:40:35.240 --> 00:40:35.620 know that 00:40:35.620 --> 00:40:36.420 it doesn't 00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:37.620 have to 00:40:37.620 --> 00:40:38.020 be this 00:40:38.020 --> 00:40:38.260 way. 00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:40.220 So what 00:40:40.220 --> 00:40:40.380 do you 00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:40.640 do? 00:40:41.580 --> 00:40:42.020 What do 00:40:42.020 --> 00:40:42.160 you do? 00:40:42.200 --> 00:40:42.360 I would 00:40:42.360 --> 00:40:42.840 encourage you 00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:43.300 number one 00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:44.360 pray and 00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:44.700 fast. 00:40:45.660 --> 00:40:46.080 Pray and 00:40:46.080 --> 00:40:46.380 fast. 00:40:48.080 --> 00:40:48.720 Pray and 00:40:48.720 --> 00:40:49.360 fast over 00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:50.440 this specific 00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:51.080 situation 00:40:51.080 --> 00:40:53.320 and hear 00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:53.620 from the 00:40:53.620 --> 00:40:53.840 Lord. 00:40:55.260 --> 00:40:55.800 In that 00:40:55.800 --> 00:40:56.320 number two 00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:56.860 examine 00:40:56.860 --> 00:40:57.400 yourself. 00:40:58.920 --> 00:40:59.480 Just see. 00:41:00.740 --> 00:41:01.440 Just see. 00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:04.000 is this 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:04.400 a log 00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:04.840 for me? 00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:07.180 And 00:41:07.180 --> 00:41:07.320 number 00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:07.600 three 00:41:07.600 --> 00:41:10.600 go to 00:41:10.600 --> 00:41:10.920 them in 00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:11.240 love 00:41:11.240 --> 00:41:13.460 and don't 00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:13.860 go to 00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:14.120 them 00:41:14.120 --> 00:41:16.440 until it 00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:17.520 can be 00:41:17.520 --> 00:41:17.900 love. 00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.120 Would you 00:41:20.120 --> 00:41:20.460 pray with me? 00:41:25.820 --> 00:41:26.300 Jesus 00:41:26.300 --> 00:41:29.140 when I 00:41:29.140 --> 00:41:29.820 think about 00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:32.400 salvation 00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:35.620 the beauty 00:41:35.620 --> 00:41:37.400 of what 00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:38.000 this looks 00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:38.380 like 00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:40.120 that not 00:41:40.120 --> 00:41:40.960 only do you 00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.940 desire to 00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:43.200 save us 00:41:43.200 --> 00:41:44.660 but to 00:41:44.660 --> 00:41:45.900 transform us 00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:47.040 to change 00:41:47.040 --> 00:41:47.520 us. 00:41:50.060 --> 00:41:50.280 And God 00:41:50.280 --> 00:41:50.680 we thank 00:41:50.680 --> 00:41:50.920 you 00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:53.440 that in a 00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:53.920 miracle 00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:55.640 that cannot 00:41:55.640 --> 00:41:56.680 be replicated 00:41:56.680 --> 00:41:58.400 in a 00:41:58.400 --> 00:41:58.880 miracle that 00:41:58.880 --> 00:41:59.300 we cannot 00:41:59.300 --> 00:42:00.000 understand 00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:00.680 Lord 00:42:00.680 --> 00:42:02.360 you send 00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:03.040 us your 00:42:03.040 --> 00:42:03.840 Holy Spirit 00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:07.600 who's not 00:42:07.600 --> 00:42:08.420 just around 00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:09.380 us but 00:42:09.380 --> 00:42:10.260 is in 00:42:10.260 --> 00:42:10.680 us 00:42:10.680 --> 00:42:14.160 to lead 00:42:14.160 --> 00:42:14.360 us 00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:15.280 to guide 00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:15.520 us 00:42:15.520 --> 00:42:16.500 to instruct 00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:16.900 us 00:42:16.900 --> 00:42:17.900 to teach 00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:18.180 us 00:42:18.180 --> 00:42:19.040 to convict 00:42:19.040 --> 00:42:19.680 us. 00:42:21.140 --> 00:42:21.440 God we 00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:22.000 praise you 00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:22.560 for that. 00:42:26.060 --> 00:42:26.560 But Lord 00:42:26.560 --> 00:42:27.080 you give us 00:42:27.080 --> 00:42:28.600 one another. 00:42:35.640 --> 00:42:36.900 you bring 00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:37.300 us into 00:42:37.300 --> 00:42:38.060 a family 00:42:38.060 --> 00:42:43.240 as we 00:42:43.240 --> 00:42:43.580 as a 00:42:43.580 --> 00:42:44.000 family 00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:46.360 are united 00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:50.860 under our 00:42:50.860 --> 00:42:51.320 Father. 00:42:57.820 --> 00:42:58.060 And God 00:42:58.060 --> 00:42:58.360 sometimes 00:42:58.360 --> 00:42:59.100 we just 00:42:59.100 --> 00:43:01.380 we miss 00:43:01.380 --> 00:43:02.020 the beauty 00:43:02.020 --> 00:43:04.660 that sometimes 00:43:04.660 --> 00:43:05.440 brothers and 00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:05.900 sisters 00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:09.860 don't just 00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:10.420 high five 00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:10.960 and hug 00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:13.780 but sometimes 00:43:13.780 --> 00:43:14.420 brothers and 00:43:14.420 --> 00:43:15.020 sisters sit 00:43:15.020 --> 00:43:15.720 down across 00:43:15.720 --> 00:43:16.060 from one 00:43:16.060 --> 00:43:16.400 another 00:43:16.400 --> 00:43:17.860 and they 00:43:17.860 --> 00:43:18.540 work through 00:43:18.540 --> 00:43:19.480 the difficulty 00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:21.700 of 00:43:21.700 --> 00:43:22.440 relationship 00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:24.160 with one 00:43:24.160 --> 00:43:24.500 another. 00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:27.320 They get it 00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:27.500 out. 00:43:27.580 --> 00:43:27.820 They get it 00:43:27.820 --> 00:43:28.000 on the 00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:28.320 table. 00:43:30.240 --> 00:43:31.120 They trust 00:43:31.120 --> 00:43:31.560 in you and 00:43:31.560 --> 00:43:31.960 they see you 00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:32.340 work and 00:43:32.340 --> 00:43:32.720 they see you 00:43:32.720 --> 00:43:33.160 move. 00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:37.360 they work 00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:37.560 toward 00:43:37.560 --> 00:43:38.420 restoration. 00:43:40.120 --> 00:43:40.860 They work 00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:41.620 toward unity. 00:43:43.100 --> 00:43:43.980 They work 00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:44.740 toward a love 00:43:44.740 --> 00:43:45.340 that is not 00:43:45.340 --> 00:43:46.680 self-seeking. 00:43:47.240 --> 00:43:47.500 They work 00:43:47.500 --> 00:43:48.380 toward a love 00:43:48.380 --> 00:43:48.740 that brings 00:43:48.740 --> 00:43:49.300 glory and 00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:49.680 honor to 00:43:49.680 --> 00:43:49.920 you. 00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:55.860 God I 00:43:55.860 --> 00:43:56.220 pray 00:43:56.220 --> 00:43:58.380 that we 00:43:58.380 --> 00:43:58.660 would be 00:43:58.660 --> 00:43:59.300 people of a 00:43:59.300 --> 00:43:59.840 heart for 00:43:59.840 --> 00:44:00.360 repentance. 00:44:01.700 --> 00:44:02.620 God that it 00:44:02.620 --> 00:44:03.260 would begin 00:44:03.260 --> 00:44:05.420 with brokenness 00:44:05.420 --> 00:44:06.180 and sorrow 00:44:06.180 --> 00:44:07.040 over our 00:44:07.040 --> 00:44:07.640 own sin 00:44:07.640 --> 00:44:09.260 and a 00:44:09.260 --> 00:44:09.660 godly 00:44:09.660 --> 00:44:10.560 desire to 00:44:10.560 --> 00:44:11.360 be changed 00:44:11.360 --> 00:44:13.020 to see your 00:44:13.020 --> 00:44:13.880 spirit work 00:44:13.880 --> 00:44:15.960 and that 00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:16.480 God that we 00:44:16.480 --> 00:44:16.920 would come 00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:17.700 from this 00:44:17.700 --> 00:44:20.160 desiring to 00:44:20.160 --> 00:44:21.700 attack our 00:44:21.700 --> 00:44:22.280 own sin 00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:24.400 and desiring 00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:24.720 to come 00:44:24.720 --> 00:44:25.420 alongside 00:44:25.420 --> 00:44:27.120 fellow brothers 00:44:27.120 --> 00:44:27.820 and sisters 00:44:27.820 --> 00:44:30.080 as they 00:44:30.080 --> 00:44:30.400 attack 00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:30.700 theirs 00:44:30.700 --> 00:44:31.220 as well. 00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:40.700 And God 00:44:40.700 --> 00:44:41.300 this is a 00:44:41.300 --> 00:44:42.360 messy process 00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:45.500 but it's 00:44:45.500 --> 00:44:46.220 so good 00:44:46.220 --> 00:44:48.720 and God 00:44:48.720 --> 00:44:49.240 it's needed. 00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:52.100 God would 00:44:52.100 --> 00:44:52.720 you work 00:44:52.720 --> 00:44:54.960 and move 00:44:54.960 --> 00:44:56.500 in your 00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:56.860 people 00:44:56.860 --> 00:44:59.180 as you 00:44:59.180 --> 00:44:59.820 see fit 00:44:59.820 --> 00:45:01.700 to bring 00:45:01.700 --> 00:45:03.200 glory and 00:45:03.200 --> 00:45:03.700 honor to 00:45:03.700 --> 00:45:04.140 your name. 00:45:05.680 --> 00:45:06.000 And it's 00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:06.720 in Jesus name 00:45:06.720 --> 00:45:07.080 we pray. 00:45:08.300 --> 00:45:08.660 Amen. 00:45:10.660 --> 00:45:11.480 That's it for 00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:12.040 this week's 00:45:12.040 --> 00:45:12.440 message. 00:45:12.960 --> 00:45:13.380 Be sure to 00:45:13.380 --> 00:45:13.800 check back 00:45:13.800 --> 00:45:14.400 next week 00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:14.820 for a new 00:45:14.820 --> 00:45:15.900 episode and 00:45:15.900 --> 00:45:16.460 in the meantime 00:45:16.460 --> 00:45:17.280 you can visit 00:45:17.280 --> 00:45:18.380 us online at 00:45:18.380 --> 00:45:20.000 willowridgechurch.org 00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:21.060 or by searching 00:45:21.060 --> 00:45:21.740 for Willow Ridge 00:45:21.740 --> 00:45:22.420 Church on 00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:22.980 Facebook, 00:45:23.220 --> 00:45:23.640 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