WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:13.880 practical ways. Hey, everybody, thanks for tuning into another episode 4 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:14.640 of The Bible Guys. 5 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:17.559 Man. I'm excited about this one. Oh yeah, it's Friday. 6 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:21.920 Oh it's Friday. Friday. Yeah, yeah, I like Fridays. Fridays 7 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:24.079 are great. Although you and I are filming this on. 8 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.719 A what's today Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday, but Tuesday Friday, it's 9 00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:29.120 all good. 10 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:32.000 Yeah, but it's Friday and spirit we are living like 11 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:34.560 we're in the spirit of Friday. Yes, because our listeners 12 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:36.079 are experiencing it right now. 13 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:36.920 That's correct. 14 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:39.000 So, hey, guys, we are in the middle of the 15 00:00:39.079 --> 00:00:41.920 series about the beatitudes of Christ found in the Sermon 16 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:44.799 of the mount But before we get into that, this 17 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:47.159 Friday segment is a very familiar one. 18 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:50.320 It's everybody's favorite, is it it is? Don't you think? 19 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:52.600 I don't know, Maybe I think it is. 20 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:55.840 I think out of all the segments we have, maybe. 21 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:59.320 Yes, yes, And it's what made Chris mad this year. 22 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:02.000 Yeah, although she said it was Typo she just met 23 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:02.479 this week. 24 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:05.000 Well, I saw it, it says this year. I know 25 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:06.920 the Bible says, out of the abundance of heart, the 26 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:09.799 mouth speaks. That's really what was in her heart, is 27 00:01:09.799 --> 00:01:10.480 what she typed. 28 00:01:10.599 --> 00:01:13.040 Well, I will say this is it is the last 29 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:14.920 thing that I could think of in this year. 30 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:15.480 How about that? 31 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:20.519 Okay, because it's still twenty twenty five this podcast. Okay, Actually, 32 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:21.400 when we're filming. 33 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:23.519 Ok and normally I want to say this. This took 34 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:25.920 me by surprise. I didn't look at the show sheet 35 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:28.480 because I was looking up something else. Yes, So I 36 00:01:28.519 --> 00:01:32.200 wasn't sure what the segment was. Yes, And normally if 37 00:01:32.239 --> 00:01:35.000 there's a what made Chris mad this week moment? Yes, 38 00:01:35.079 --> 00:01:37.480 we actually have to pause between the recording of the 39 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:40.079 fourth episode and the courting recording of the fifth episode, 40 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:42.359 and you leave the space and I go to the restaurant, 41 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:44.239 you go take some time, and then you come back 42 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:45.079 and go all right, I got it. 43 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:45.599 Yeah. 44 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:48.400 And you didn't even have to think twice about this. 45 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:49.359 No, I knew immediately. 46 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:51.000 You didn't have to get up and leave nothing. You 47 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:52.280 just I know. 48 00:01:52.359 --> 00:01:56.599 Because I am angry every single day about what I'm 49 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:00.400 about to tell you, every day every day for the 50 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:02.359 past year, three weeks. 51 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:05.079 Oh, okay, Okay, So here's what happened. 52 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:08.879 So at the beginning of December, do you remember the 53 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:10.599 Amy Grant concert that I bought tickets for. 54 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:12.080 Yes, I remember that. So it was kind of a 55 00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:13.719 big deal. A bunch of you guys went yeah, yeah, 56 00:02:13.759 --> 00:02:16.479 yeah Grant, Michael Wis Smith, yeah, yesc Wings. 57 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:18.560 So that was like December whatever, it was fourth or 58 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:21.439 fifth or sixth or something like that. That was the 59 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:22.599 first time it snowed. 60 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:23.599 Yes, it did. 61 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:27.319 Okay, so it snowed that weekend. It was a lighter snow. 62 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:30.199 It was uh, I mean, it was a little slushy, 63 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:34.919 but it was easily shoveled. And I was absolutely convinced 64 00:02:34.919 --> 00:02:35.439 that it was going to. 65 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:37.000 Melt away, which it never did. 66 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:37.879 It didn't, And. 67 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:39.360 I said, and so here's what happened. 68 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:42.479 What happened was I just said to my son, and 69 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:44.680 I had the time to do it and Stephen, so 70 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:45.599 I said, I'm not going. 71 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:46.599 To shovel, it'll just melt. 72 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:50.039 The reason why is because it said on the Weather 73 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:53.319 Channel and on my Troy Weather app or my weather 74 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:55.960 app that's built into my iPhone. Both of them said 75 00:02:56.439 --> 00:02:58.719 that Tuesday was going to be thirty nine degrees. 76 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:00.280 Thirty nine degrees okay. 77 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:04.960 Yes, So it was like thirty four, thirty three degrees 78 00:03:05.039 --> 00:03:07.159 or something that day. So I'm thinking, okay, so it 79 00:03:07.199 --> 00:03:09.840 may melt today because you know, anything over above thirty 80 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:12.039 two it's gonna it's gonna get there if there's sun 81 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:15.560 out there and everything else. I'm thinking, but Tuesday, thirty nine. 82 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:17.319 Degrees, it'll all milt, It'll all. 83 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:18.759 Melt as long as their sun. It looked like there 84 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:19.120 were sun. 85 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:20.879 I'm like, did it get to thirty nine degrees? 86 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:24.800 This is what made Chris mad. I'm mad at the weathermen. 87 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:27.960 Oh good, the weather man, it's about time. But the 88 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:30.439 weather women, the weather men, the weather people. 89 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:33.599 The weather people, because it not only did it shift 90 00:03:33.759 --> 00:03:36.039 and it wasn't thirty nine degrees, but it was like 91 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:38.560 sixteen degrees. 92 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:40.360 Right, and so I remember seeing the same thing going on. 93 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:42.840 What just happened is you're off by twenty degrees. 94 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:47.439 The discrepancy between the two makes me mad. Now listen, 95 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:51.759 I can forgive weather people, I can forgive a few degrees, 96 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:56.080 but like a twenty degree difference, I am outrageous to man. 97 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:58.240 I am with you, yeah, I am with you on 98 00:03:58.280 --> 00:03:58.599 this one. 99 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:01.960 Now Here's why I'm mad every day because you know 100 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:03.840 when the snowplow puts that stuff at the end of 101 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:07.400 your driveway that has now become the ice wall in 102 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:08.199 the Game of Thrones. 103 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:09.800 Oh, because you didn't go clean. 104 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:12.719 My car drives like boo boom, boom boom, and it 105 00:04:12.759 --> 00:04:14.840 has done that for three solid weeks because I did 106 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:16.839 not clean it out. So I'm on the way to 107 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:20.839 the concerts, I said, Steve, here, here's what's even worse. 108 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:22.879 Not only did I have the time, I didn't feel 109 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:25.680 like doing it. Then my son said, who's twenty seven? 110 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:27.759 He said, hey, you want me to do that real quick? 111 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:31.759 And I said, nah, just leave it. 112 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:33.399 So you're mad at yourself too. 113 00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:38.879 No, the weather madecause you made weathers based on the 114 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:42.600 information you had, Yes, and the information you had was faulty, 115 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:45.920 that's correct, And so now it has become And then 116 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:47.920 of course there was like another one. There was another snow, 117 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:50.720 then another snow, and somehow it just added more, added more, 118 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:53.839 added more, and I can't chip away add it at all. 119 00:04:54.079 --> 00:04:56.120 And it is it is. I'm not kidding. It's a mountain. 120 00:04:56.199 --> 00:04:57.759 It's a mountain for. 121 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:01.160 Our listeners who who don't live whether it's regular so oh. 122 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:04.759 Yeah, good call. We have people literally listening in the 123 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:05.560 Dominican right now. 124 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:10.680 Yeah. So during the winter, normally in our part of Michigan, 125 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:13.560 if you go an hour north, they'll have snow all 126 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:15.839 winter long. An hour and a half north, yes, they'll 127 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:18.399 have snow all way along. But for where we're at, normally, 128 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:20.199 we'll get a little bit of snow, you know, a 129 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:22.319 couple of inches, and then it'll just it'll warm up 130 00:05:22.480 --> 00:05:25.560 just enough, the snow goes away, and then it'll snow 131 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:27.920 a few days later or a few weeks later. And 132 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:31.279 so we're not accustomed to just having non stop snow, 133 00:05:31.399 --> 00:05:33.839 and so we do look to see what is going 134 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:35.360 to be the temperature a couple of days from now. 135 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:36.879 Is it just gonna melt or do I need to 136 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:40.319 go shovel it? And then that snow wasn't very deep, 137 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:42.439 and so when you look at it and you go, oh, 138 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:44.639 my snowblower really isn't gonna have that big effect on it, 139 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:47.240 and I don't want to shovel it. It'll melt, And 140 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:51.040 then it didn't. Instead, it was twenty degrees colder than 141 00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:52.439 what they said it was going to be, and then 142 00:05:52.480 --> 00:05:56.079 it's stayed cold. And then what happens is when we 143 00:05:56.240 --> 00:05:59.759 when we drive on that snow, it packs it down 144 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:02.240 really tight. Yeah, and even if we did go out 145 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:04.639 to shovel it, it's really hard to shovel that part, 146 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:07.759 so it gets stuck. So now my driveway it has 147 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:09.560 a slant to it. Right, you drive up a little 148 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:13.759 hill on my driveway and it's ice, so we have 149 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:16.279 to put salt down to melt it. Right, and even then, 150 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:19.160 I've only melted about half my driveway. It's been three weeks. 151 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:20.879 Yeah. Well, I'll tell you this. 152 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:23.560 It is so dangerous if you park in the street, 153 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:26.560 which I often have to because people leave earlier than me. 154 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:28.199 If I come home later, depends on when we all 155 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:30.800 come in the driveway. But like I last night, I 156 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:33.439 came home and I was like, oh, they're parked on 157 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:35.680 either side. I'm gonna leave a little bit later. So 158 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:36.959 I parked in the street and then I had to 159 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:39.480 walk over the mountain. And as I walk over the mountain, 160 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:41.560 I'm talking like it's like four feet wide. 161 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:43.800 Wow, Like I have to I have to walk four. 162 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:46.120 Feet up pure and not only the four feet, but 163 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:47.439 it's but it's like up and downhill. 164 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:47.959 I'm not kidding. 165 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:49.720 Do you do you bottom out when you drive over it. 166 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:52.920 No no, no, no, not with the truck. But what 167 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:55.319 I'm saying is like I literally thought to myself, what 168 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:57.439 if my wife had to park in the street, what 169 00:06:57.879 --> 00:06:59.759 if my daughter had to park in the street. Because 170 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:02.480 if they go down and all you do is slip, 171 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:04.040 and then if you land on your back on that, 172 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:06.920 on that little mount of ice, you could hurt yourself. 173 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:08.560 And I thought to myself, I'm gonna hurt my I'm 174 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:12.319 gonna I'm gonna hurt my family all because of the weathermen, 175 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:12.959 not because of me. 176 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:14.160 Because the weathermen. 177 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:15.800 You know, what you need to do is have you 178 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:19.480 seen at home depot those those flamethrowers they've got. 179 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:20.879 From Yeah, flamethrow the whole thing. 180 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:21.639 Isn't that what you need? 181 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:24.680 So that's what I do. I need to out there 182 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:27.160 and just blast out, crack the whole side. 183 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:29.360 Because I've been looking I've been looking at him. Yeah yeah, 184 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:31.920 I've been looking at him thinking I might need a flamethrower. 185 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:32.399 Yeah. 186 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:34.639 Well, I mean it wouldn't be a bad purchase. Yeah, 187 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:36.759 I got to tell you that, okay, because I'm. 188 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:37.120 Tired of it. 189 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:40.199 Well, this is what made you mad. I'm so angry 190 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:42.720 you were misled by the weather man. Yes, and it's 191 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:44.920 cost you three weeks of danger. 192 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:50.519 Not just inconvenience, Jeff, danger, danger, danger in your family. 193 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:52.519 Yep, that's why I'm mad. 194 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:55.000 Well, good well, thank you, Chris. And what a good 195 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:57.560 one to end the year with. Yes, that's a good one. 196 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:01.000 I agree, So I like it. I prove I approve 197 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:03.959 of that message. Why, because I'm in agreement with you. 198 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:09.519 So this week or now, we spent the first couple 199 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:12.079 of days, God blesses those who are poor in spirit 200 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:15.639 realize their need for Him. And then the next beatitude, 201 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:17.439 which is this is the first day of the next 202 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:22.600 beatitude is God blesses those who mourn, for they will 203 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:28.360 be comforted. And that's a that's a strange verse. I 204 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:29.959 don't always feel blessed when i'm morning. 205 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:32.200 Yes, that's right. Well, you know what, Jeff. 206 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:34.519 I actually looked it up because I wanted to read 207 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:38.200 an article about the word mourn, and I think this 208 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:42.399 is an interesting take on it. So this is coming 209 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:45.039 out of a study Bible, and it says this isn't 210 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:48.799 the only mourning, isn't only grieving about a death or 211 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:52.159 personal loss, although it does include that. But in scripture, 212 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:58.200 mourning often means deep sorrow over sin, brokenness and the 213 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:02.720 state of the world, over our own sins, repentance, mourning 214 00:09:02.759 --> 00:09:06.279 over the pain or injustice or the brokenness around us, 215 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:09.960 mourning over the separation of God, and longing for things 216 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:13.080 to be made right. This kind of mourning shows a 217 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:18.720 heart that cares and a heart that hasn't grown numb. Now, 218 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:20.000 I thought that was an interesting take. 219 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:21.240 That's a fabulous statement. 220 00:09:21.559 --> 00:09:24.399 Yeah, this kind of mourning shows a heart that cares 221 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:28.120 and a heart that hasn't grown numb to mourn over 222 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:33.360 pain and justice, brokenness, separation from God, separation from God 223 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:36.200 because of our sin, and repentance because of our sin. 224 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:39.559 I think that that is a great statement. 225 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:43.879 I think sin often numbs us. Yeah, right, that we 226 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:47.200 get used to it. I have a story about that, 227 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:54.799 but first, let's just read Matthew chapter five. He says, 228 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:57.879 God blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 229 00:09:58.039 --> 00:10:01.759 And then in along the line of the sin side 230 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:04.919 of this mourning our own sin, Jesus says when he 231 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:08.600 taught us to pray, forgive us our sins, as we 232 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:14.399 have forgiven those who sin against us. And there is 233 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:22.440 a lot of there's a big gap between people's view 234 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:26.440 of sin. Even within the Church. There are some who 235 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:29.480 want you to think we are only always ever sinners 236 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:32.279 and we are wretched in God's sight and horrible and 237 00:10:32.279 --> 00:10:35.080 all those kinds of things, and we are wretched and 238 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:40.320 we are sinners. Certainly. Then there's others who only highlight 239 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:42.600 the fact that there's no condemnation for those who are 240 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:44.559 in Christ. Jesus grace is great. Just do whatever you 241 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:46.639 want to do. We can't keep the rules anyway, so 242 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:49.480 I even try. Just just live your own life, your way, 243 00:10:49.879 --> 00:10:52.240 and whenever you sin, it's a mistake. And they don't 244 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:53.879 want to talk about sin. They want to talk about 245 00:10:53.879 --> 00:10:56.080 the little mistakes we make, or we tripped up a 246 00:10:56.120 --> 00:11:00.559 little bit, and we forget the gravity of our sin. 247 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:05.000 And so this idea of mourning we need to live 248 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:08.679 in between those two ideas a little bit. On one side. Yes, 249 00:11:08.799 --> 00:11:13.559 we are are are sinners, and apart from Jesus, it's 250 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:17.600 only always ever sin and at the same time, grace 251 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:21.080 abounds and so we don't have to walk in guilt. 252 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:24.960 But there is this I was thinking about and I 253 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:36.480 just looked it up in Oh I missed it in 254 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:46.080 first Tewod Corinthians. He talks about having a godly sorrow. Right, 255 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:49.120 God's word leads us to a godly sorrow. The Book 256 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:53.120 of James, chapter four talks about He says, let there 257 00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:56.240 be sorrow and deep grief over your sin. Let there 258 00:11:56.279 --> 00:11:58.799 be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. 259 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:01.320 Then he says, humble your e before the Lord, and 260 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:03.600 he will lift you up. And I lifts you up. Right. 261 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:04.200 That's great. 262 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:10.799 So these ideas of when it comes to heaven, I 263 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:13.759 can celebrate the fact that grace exists for me. God 264 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:17.679 extends his mercy, he offers me his grace. I don't 265 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:20.399 have to grieve over the fact that I'm such a 266 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:21.960 horrible human I'm never gonna be able to make it 267 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:27.000 to heaven. At the same time, it's not inappropriate for 268 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:29.600 me to grieve over the fact that I've hurt my 269 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:32.159 heavenly Father after all the good he's done for me. 270 00:12:32.919 --> 00:12:35.399 And I think that that's that godly sorrow, that repentance 271 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:38.399 that leads you know, that leads to godly sorrow is 272 00:12:38.440 --> 00:12:42.039 the God. I'm just sorry that I hurt you, not like, 273 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:45.320 oh my gosh, God, most of us again, because we 274 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:47.080 think of God as our lucky charm. It's going to 275 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:48.559 get us to heaven and make all our wildest dreams 276 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:52.120 come true. We're afraid of offending him because we're afraid 277 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:56.080 of the consequences for ourself not going to heaven. Right, 278 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:59.799 that's done. Grace and mercy have been extended. If you've trusted, 279 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:04.120 that's a resolved issue. That's never an issue for you ever. Again, 280 00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:07.080 it's done. You can have joy and rejoice in the 281 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:10.320 fact that He has washed you clean and you are 282 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:14.320 clothed in Jesus righteousness. But now when I sin, it's 283 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:20.039 more of a man. I'm sorry. You deserve better for me. Right, 284 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:23.159 Right that Romans twelve talks about give our bodies as 285 00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:27.080 a living sacrifice. It's a reasonable act of worship. And 286 00:13:27.519 --> 00:13:30.440 that's where I think that godly sorrow comes in. Is 287 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:33.799 not sorrow like I'm on my way to hell, but 288 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:36.320 rather a godly sorrow of God. I'm sorry. I shouldn't 289 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:38.080 have done that, and you deserve better from me, and 290 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:39.080 I want to be a better man. 291 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:40.480 What was that old song? 292 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:46.159 It's like I caused all the pain he gave himself 293 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:48.879 the day he wore my cross. Oh yeah, yeah, I 294 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:53.000 or that yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, And what is it 295 00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:54.759 I caused all the pain? 296 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:55.399 Anyway. 297 00:13:55.600 --> 00:13:57.720 The point is is that it's the idea that like 298 00:13:57.879 --> 00:14:00.679 my sin put him on the cross right right, And 299 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:08.159 it's that sentiment that is always a good sentiment to carry. 300 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:10.960 In fact, we just did communion just a few days 301 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:16.000 ago on Sunday morning, and it took some time during communion, 302 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:20.600 and I explained that the purpose given by Jesus for 303 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:24.960 communion is to reflect reflect on the sacrifice that Jesus 304 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:27.799 made for us. And by the way, if people grew 305 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:29.120 up the way that I grew up, a lot of 306 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:32.759 times you don't really think that deep about the purpose 307 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:35.799 of communion. You sort of do it, and you sort 308 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:38.519 of know things about it and what it's supposed to 309 00:14:38.559 --> 00:14:41.000 symbolize and things like that, but you don't really understand 310 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:42.639 that Jesus said, no, no. 311 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:42.399 No, no, no no. 312 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:46.159 Like, whenever you do this as often as you do this, 313 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:49.200 do this in remembrance of me, my body that's broken, 314 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:51.200 my blood that was poured out for you. 315 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:52.879 This is why you do it. 316 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:55.240 You do every time you eat this bread or drink 317 00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:57.639 of this cup till you proclaim the Lord's death, until 318 00:14:57.679 --> 00:15:00.879 he comes you're proclaiming the sacrifice of Christ, which means 319 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:03.639 you're reflecting on the sacrifice that was made for you. 320 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:04.440 And that's part of it. 321 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:07.799 Part of it is sorrow for your sin, and you're 322 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:12.039 owning your responsibility. I think of that statement that said, 323 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:16.200 this kind of mourning shows a heart that cares and 324 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:18.600 a heart that's not very numb. I think of what 325 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:21.440 Hoseah ten when it says it's time to break up 326 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:24.360 the fallow ground of your hearts, right so that the 327 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:27.360 Lord may come and reign righteousness upon you. Or Psalm 328 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:30.279 fifty one where it says the sacrifices that God really 329 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:34.080 wants are broken and contrite heart. That's what David said, right, 330 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:37.600 Or it says in Ezekiel, He'll replace your heart of 331 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:39.879 stone and give you a heart of flesh, you know. 332 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:44.159 And so there's a lot of different scriptures that talk 333 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:47.080 about not having a callous heart, that we should have 334 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:49.600 a tender heart, a heart toward God. And I think 335 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:53.679 a lot of that is having mourning, mourning being a 336 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:57.879 part of being broken over, you know, our part of 337 00:15:57.960 --> 00:16:01.159 responsibility for sin. But then also I think it also 338 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:04.440 extends to the brokenness of the world. The injustices of 339 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:07.000 the world. That's where our compassion comes in, right. Yeah, 340 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:10.200 And the blessed are those who mourn, for they will 341 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:10.799 be comforted. 342 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:13.840 So that verse I was trying to think of. In 343 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:17.200 second conaty, in seven verse ten, he says, for the 344 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:21.279 kind of sorrow God wants, so blessed are those who mourn. Okay, 345 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:25.519 what kind of morning does he want? Is for us 346 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:28.559 to experience the kind of sorrow God wants us to 347 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:32.759 experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. 348 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:36.639 There's no regret for that kind of sorrow. That's interesting. 349 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:41.720 No regret the times that I realize what I've done 350 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:44.759 is wrong, I regret the action, but I don't regret 351 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:48.159 the sorrow. Isn't it an interesting Yeah? And he says, 352 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:53.159 but worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance results in spiritual death, 353 00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:57.240 isn't it. Isn't that an interesting statement? So sorrow with 354 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:01.279 that hope, so godly sorrow leads me to say God, 355 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:09.160 I'm sorry. And then that's the right way. So I 356 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:13.640 think of King David. Remember when his son Absolom David 357 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:16.640 got into sin. His world kind of fell apart. His 358 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:21.160 family started falling apart, and then Absolom goes out and 359 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:24.319 does a terrible thing, and David banishes him from the 360 00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:28.240 family for like three years, and during that time, he's 361 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:31.240 trying to pull you know, Absolom is very winsome, he's 362 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:35.680 very handsome, he's very very articulate. He's a little bit 363 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:37.920 of a peacock. But people admire him because he's so 364 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:40.839 strong and so sharp. And he starts kind of drawing 365 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:44.960 people to himself. And the Bible says that he finally 366 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:47.839 goes back, he wants to go to his dad, and 367 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:50.839 his dad says won't allow him at all. 368 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:53.079 Yeah, he was a terrible father in this phase of his. 369 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:56.759 Hey, yes, he won't allow him to come back, right, 370 00:17:57.440 --> 00:18:00.000 he won't allow any connection with him, which is interesting. 371 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:02.720 The Bible says he never never disciplined his kids. Remember that. 372 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:04.759 It mentions that a couple of times he. 373 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:07.319 Avoid Yeah, he avoided the conversation altogether. 374 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:11.079 And so then Absolom gets bitter and he leaves and 375 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:12.880 he's like, that's it. And now he starts bringing in 376 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:15.160 the generals. He starts bringing all the people. He starts 377 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:18.559 going around and kind of pointing out his dad's failures 378 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:20.119 and saying, how you know if I was the king, 379 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:21.599 this is what I would do. And he pulls off 380 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:25.559 a full blown coup over the fact that David never 381 00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:29.440 allowed Absolom to repent. He never allowed this sorrow of 382 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:33.400 being separated to ever come to a point where hey, 383 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:36.599 we're gonna go ahead and confront this tough thing and 384 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:39.000 we're gonna make it right. There was never an opportunity 385 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:40.440 to make it right, and so it just kept getting 386 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:42.680 worse and worse and worse. And so it's the same 387 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:45.880 with godly sorrow. It leads us to go to God 388 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:48.640 in first John one nine, if we confess our sins, 389 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:51.599 he's faithful and he's just to forgive us our sins 390 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:54.440 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. So godly sorrow 391 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:57.160 leads us to repentance. And when we go to repent, 392 00:18:57.480 --> 00:19:01.720 everything is better. He makes it new right right. But 393 00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:06.119 this he says, godless sorrow or on god worldly sorrow 394 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:10.359 lacks repentance, is what the verse says, which results in 395 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:14.839 spiritual death. And this spiritual death, I really think it's shame, yeah, right, 396 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:18.240 and that shame causes us to spiral and spiral. And 397 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:20.319 you know, I've had people in my life that I 398 00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:25.000 knew that carried a certain amount of shame, and then 399 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:27.880 when they fell off the wagon, they went the whole 400 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:31.160 way more and more, just piled more and more shame on, 401 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:33.799