WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:22.260 Hi, and welcome to the Willow Ridge Church weekly podcast. 00:00:22.780 --> 00:00:25.880 This is where you can find audio for our current and past sermons. 00:00:26.100 --> 00:00:30.420 We hope that you enjoy this week's installment, and be sure to check back next week to hear 00:00:30.420 --> 00:00:31.260 the latest message. 00:00:31.700 --> 00:00:32.440 Thanks for listening. 00:00:43.040 --> 00:00:46.620 If you've got your Bibles, going to open up to Galatians chapter 2. 00:00:47.300 --> 00:00:52.300 As you turn there, right, it's good for us to consistently build in reminders of where 00:00:52.300 --> 00:00:53.820 we're at, of what we're doing, okay? 00:00:53.820 --> 00:00:55.200 So I want to thank everybody. 00:00:55.360 --> 00:00:59.960 We've had a great opportunity every Sunday morning as we started off this new year to 00:00:59.960 --> 00:01:05.540 gather together as a church family, starting at 945, to come together, to have some coffee, 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:10.240 to have some donuts, to have some snacks, to build relationships as we continue to build 00:01:10.240 --> 00:01:11.140 our church family. 00:01:11.340 --> 00:01:15.300 And I want to challenge you, if you're a part of our family and you haven't had the opportunity 00:01:15.300 --> 00:01:16.820 to join us, right? 00:01:16.840 --> 00:01:21.860 You don't have to be here at 945, but get here early as an opportunity to continue to build 00:01:21.860 --> 00:01:28.960 relationships, to continue to invest as we continue to work toward becoming one family unified in 00:01:28.960 --> 00:01:30.460 the gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:01:30.660 --> 00:01:35.580 I also want to remind everybody, so next Sunday, it's one of those first Sundays of the month, 00:01:35.740 --> 00:01:41.340 and so what that means for us is we'll be taking the Lord's Supper together as a church family, 00:01:41.340 --> 00:01:46.880 but we will also be having our first graders all the way through the adults, all of us in 00:01:46.880 --> 00:01:52.020 here together, so that we can have a part of the whole family, but then also the church family, 00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:55.260 individual families within our church family together. 00:01:55.580 --> 00:02:00.260 And so I want to encourage you to be a part of that service with us next week as we take the 00:02:00.260 --> 00:02:05.160 Lord's Supper together, as we worship together, and as we have a wonderful time of coming together 00:02:05.160 --> 00:02:07.980 and celebrating the gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:02:08.340 --> 00:02:12.140 Well, we're going to start reading this morning, Galatians chapter 2. 00:02:12.320 --> 00:02:16.880 We're going to read starting in verse 11 and go through verse 21. 00:02:17.740 --> 00:02:18.880 God's Word says this, 00:02:19.580 --> 00:02:24.220 But when Cephas, and make a note that when it says this name, this is Peter, 00:02:25.020 --> 00:02:27.980 came to Antioch, Paul writes and he says, 00:02:27.980 --> 00:02:32.080 I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 00:02:33.020 --> 00:02:38.060 For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles. 00:02:38.820 --> 00:02:45.420 But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. 00:02:46.020 --> 00:02:50.320 And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, 00:02:50.860 --> 00:02:54.740 so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. 00:02:55.020 --> 00:03:00.000 But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:02.880 I said to Cephas, again reminding you guys, this is Peter, 00:03:03.180 --> 00:03:10.980 Before them all, if you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, 00:03:11.380 --> 00:03:14.900 how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews? 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:20.780 This is a key argument that we've been talking about since the beginning of studying and understanding Galatians. 00:03:20.780 --> 00:03:26.520 All right, it's how can you impose something that's not the gospel on those converting, 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:29.020 is what Paul is saying. 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:31.040 Verse 15, he says, 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:35.460 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners, 00:03:35.980 --> 00:03:41.000 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law, 00:03:41.140 --> 00:03:43.520 but through faith in Jesus Christ. 00:03:44.460 --> 00:03:52.700 So we also have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be justified by faith in Christ, 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:54.460 and not by works of the law. 00:03:54.460 --> 00:03:56.620 This is important, underline this in your Bible, 00:03:56.720 --> 00:04:02.560 because by the works of the law, no one will be justified. 00:04:03.660 --> 00:04:05.160 Continue on in verse 17, 00:04:05.300 --> 00:04:08.620 But if in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, 00:04:09.120 --> 00:04:10.980 we too were found to be sinners, 00:04:11.660 --> 00:04:13.520 is Christ then a servant of sin? 00:04:13.620 --> 00:04:14.400 Certainly not. 00:04:14.980 --> 00:04:16.980 For if I rebuild what I tore down, 00:04:17.080 --> 00:04:18.960 I prove myself to be a transgressor. 00:04:19.640 --> 00:04:24.140 For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God. 00:04:25.060 --> 00:04:25.440 Verse 20, 00:04:25.520 --> 00:04:27.080 I've been crucified with Christ. 00:04:27.380 --> 00:04:29.680 It is no longer I who live, 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:31.600 but Christ who lives in me. 00:04:31.860 --> 00:04:33.400 In the life I now live, 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:36.840 in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, 00:04:37.280 --> 00:04:40.320 who loved me and gave himself up for me. 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:43.180 I do not nullify the grace of God, 00:04:43.260 --> 00:04:45.900 for if righteousness were through the law, 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:48.320 then Christ died for no purpose. 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:51.060 Now there's a lot in this passage of Scripture. 00:04:51.620 --> 00:04:53.300 In fact, what we're going to get this week 00:04:53.300 --> 00:04:54.960 is kind of message 1A, 00:04:55.180 --> 00:04:57.360 and then next week as we take the Lord's Supper 00:04:57.360 --> 00:04:58.120 and lead into this, 00:04:58.320 --> 00:05:01.320 we're going to wrap up this particular passage of Scripture 00:05:01.320 --> 00:05:03.860 and get the second half of what's going on. 00:05:03.960 --> 00:05:07.220 As Paul is continuing on and concluding the section 00:05:07.220 --> 00:05:11.580 as he's sharing his story of what's going on in his life. 00:05:11.980 --> 00:05:15.380 And this is the third segment that we've kind of seen in this 00:05:15.380 --> 00:05:16.460 as Paul shares. 00:05:16.700 --> 00:05:18.880 If you go all the way back to a couple weeks ago, 00:05:18.960 --> 00:05:22.300 it was the second week in our study of Galatians, 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:23.940 we see the first section 00:05:23.940 --> 00:05:27.100 where Paul talks about his salvation, 00:05:27.640 --> 00:05:29.520 his salvation experience, 00:05:29.620 --> 00:05:31.040 and an important part for him 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:34.660 that he focuses in on of what God does in that. 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:36.860 That this gospel that he received 00:05:36.860 --> 00:05:38.560 was not the gospel of man. 00:05:38.980 --> 00:05:41.500 That it didn't come from one man to another, 00:05:41.660 --> 00:05:44.800 but that God revealed it to him. 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:48.580 And it's the supernatural aspect of the gospel 00:05:48.580 --> 00:05:50.600 of what Paul is implanting, 00:05:50.740 --> 00:05:53.580 that for the Jew and for the Gentile, 00:05:54.380 --> 00:05:56.800 for every person who has ever lived, 00:05:57.400 --> 00:05:59.040 there is one gospel, 00:05:59.580 --> 00:06:04.660 and it's important that this gospel comes from God. 00:06:05.160 --> 00:06:08.640 It's the establishment of what he lays down before them. 00:06:09.140 --> 00:06:10.540 And then he jumps in scripture, 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:13.600 tells us 14 years later in his story, 00:06:13.760 --> 00:06:16.400 and he begins to talk about the Jerusalem council. 00:06:16.900 --> 00:06:18.360 And at the Jerusalem council, 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:19.260 it's determined, 00:06:19.640 --> 00:06:21.200 this man named Titus, 00:06:21.760 --> 00:06:23.660 that even though he is a Gentile, 00:06:24.140 --> 00:06:26.700 that he is a full believer of Christ 00:06:26.700 --> 00:06:29.800 with nothing else added to that 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:31.900 for him required to do, 00:06:32.060 --> 00:06:33.920 that he's a full believer of Christ, 00:06:34.060 --> 00:06:36.240 even though he does not follow 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:38.960 all of the customary Jewish laws 00:06:38.960 --> 00:06:41.700 or traditions that are there living in the culture. 00:06:42.280 --> 00:06:44.360 That now we see the establishment 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:47.740 and the confirmation of what Paul knew 00:06:47.740 --> 00:06:49.900 as God imparted the gospel to him, 00:06:50.100 --> 00:06:51.960 as God called him to the Gentiles, 00:06:52.080 --> 00:06:55.760 that it is one unified gospel 00:06:55.760 --> 00:06:57.240 for the Jew, 00:06:57.880 --> 00:06:58.860 for the Gentile, 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:00.220 for everyone, 00:07:00.740 --> 00:07:01.980 for every nation, 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:03.140 for every tribe, 00:07:03.220 --> 00:07:03.880 every tongue. 00:07:04.260 --> 00:07:06.860 It's the foundation of the hope that we have 00:07:06.860 --> 00:07:08.420 that we're called to share. 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:11.620 It's the reminder that regardless of what we look like, 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:13.240 regardless of what we say, 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:16.040 that there is one gospel, 00:07:16.860 --> 00:07:18.080 the gospel of Christ. 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:20.840 And now what we're going to get 00:07:20.840 --> 00:07:22.600 is we're going to get the third part. 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:25.140 We're going to get the third part of his story. 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:26.400 And as we see, 00:07:26.520 --> 00:07:30.260 it's the culmination of what Paul is drawing together 00:07:30.260 --> 00:07:33.060 as he explains that it is the gospel 00:07:33.060 --> 00:07:34.540 who saved Titus. 00:07:34.860 --> 00:07:37.220 It is the gospel who would save Peter. 00:07:37.520 --> 00:07:39.540 It's the gospel who would save Paul. 00:07:39.640 --> 00:07:41.140 It's the gospel who would save you. 00:07:41.140 --> 00:07:43.180 It's the gospel who would save me. 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:45.680 But that even after salvation, 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:48.260 it's the gospel that keeps us. 00:07:48.600 --> 00:07:50.580 It's the gospel that's the standard. 00:07:50.980 --> 00:07:52.140 That when we are saved, 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:53.920 it's not then we walk away 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:56.360 and carry the gospel just to share it. 00:07:56.620 --> 00:07:57.820 But we walk away, 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:00.420 we carry the gospel to share it, 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:02.820 but also the gospel to live by. 00:08:03.320 --> 00:08:06.840 And we see the transforming power of the gospel. 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:08.960 Well, here in the third section 00:08:08.960 --> 00:08:10.520 of what we read this morning 00:08:10.520 --> 00:08:12.700 is Paul addresses an issue 00:08:12.700 --> 00:08:13.980 that he had with Peter. 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:15.520 Now before, 00:08:16.060 --> 00:08:17.360 back in the Jerusalem council, 00:08:17.520 --> 00:08:18.280 Peter was there. 00:08:19.020 --> 00:08:21.480 And he and Peter were unified 00:08:21.480 --> 00:08:23.700 concerning Titus and the gospel. 00:08:24.280 --> 00:08:26.300 But now they're no longer in Jerusalem. 00:08:26.940 --> 00:08:28.280 They're in Antioch, 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:31.060 a largely Gentile city. 00:08:31.320 --> 00:08:34.500 And Paul stands in opposition to Peter. 00:08:34.960 --> 00:08:36.740 He rebukes him. 00:08:36.900 --> 00:08:38.260 He calls him out. 00:08:38.400 --> 00:08:40.500 He challenges him. 00:08:40.940 --> 00:08:42.800 So what in the world was going on? 00:08:43.680 --> 00:08:45.240 You see, to simplify it, 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:48.260 Peter had changed his eating habits. 00:08:49.220 --> 00:08:51.560 Peter had changed his social status 00:08:51.560 --> 00:08:52.880 when he would eat, 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:56.020 before he would eat with the Gentiles. 00:08:56.160 --> 00:08:59.400 But now he has stopped his eating with them 00:08:59.400 --> 00:09:00.880 and in doing so, 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:04.200 stopped his fellowship with the Gentiles. 00:09:04.700 --> 00:09:07.160 You see, there begins to now be a break 00:09:07.160 --> 00:09:09.440 in what was fought for to be unified. 00:09:10.020 --> 00:09:12.660 Not only is the gospel unified in message, 00:09:12.660 --> 00:09:14.080 but it's always important 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:16.360 that the gospel is also unified 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:17.820 in its application. 00:09:18.880 --> 00:09:22.740 And Peter had walked away from that. 00:09:23.560 --> 00:09:26.620 And so Paul is addressing him. 00:09:26.940 --> 00:09:28.120 So why would he do this? 00:09:28.820 --> 00:09:30.420 Why would Peter, who knows, 00:09:31.160 --> 00:09:32.020 why would Peter, 00:09:32.280 --> 00:09:33.100 who with boldness, 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:35.040 would proclaim who Christ is, 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:36.440 why would Peter, 00:09:36.660 --> 00:09:37.700 one of those closest, 00:09:37.940 --> 00:09:39.440 to have walked with Christ, 00:09:39.660 --> 00:09:41.960 the leader of the core of what was there, 00:09:42.220 --> 00:09:43.480 being willing to charge 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:44.840 a Roman centurion 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:46.940 with a knife to set Jesus free, 00:09:46.940 --> 00:09:48.140 why would Peter, 00:09:48.300 --> 00:09:49.620 who would write scripture, 00:09:49.980 --> 00:09:50.760 why would Peter, 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:53.160 who would be such a foundational leader 00:09:53.160 --> 00:09:53.800 in the church, 00:09:54.020 --> 00:09:57.000 why would he break away from this? 00:09:58.180 --> 00:10:00.160 Why would he head down this path? 00:10:00.760 --> 00:10:02.160 It's because of the sin 00:10:02.160 --> 00:10:03.860 that was in his life. 00:10:04.580 --> 00:10:05.540 You see, let me explain to you 00:10:05.540 --> 00:10:06.260 Old Testament, 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:07.760 what we're going to call clean laws. 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:11.020 The Old Testament clean laws 00:10:11.020 --> 00:10:12.340 found in Leviticus 00:10:12.340 --> 00:10:13.780 were a series of regulations 00:10:13.780 --> 00:10:15.060 for worshipers to follow. 00:10:15.340 --> 00:10:18.000 And God had put them in place 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:20.320 for them to be ceremonial clean 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:21.600 and acceptable 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:23.900 in the presence of God for worship. 00:10:24.340 --> 00:10:25.700 And so a handful of them were, 00:10:25.820 --> 00:10:28.360 they were required to eat certain foods 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:30.040 and not eat certain foods 00:10:30.040 --> 00:10:31.000 because the certain foods 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:31.780 they were not eat 00:10:31.780 --> 00:10:33.340 were deemed to be unclean. 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:35.040 They were not allowed 00:10:35.040 --> 00:10:36.600 to touch dead things. 00:10:36.800 --> 00:10:38.220 If someone had a disease, 00:10:38.460 --> 00:10:40.100 they were not allowed to touch them. 00:10:40.160 --> 00:10:41.840 Or if you had a disease, 00:10:42.140 --> 00:10:43.280 that you were forbidden 00:10:43.280 --> 00:10:44.700 from touching others 00:10:44.700 --> 00:10:46.160 and there were many other 00:10:46.160 --> 00:10:47.840 clean laws that are there 00:10:47.840 --> 00:10:49.500 that are found in Leviticus. 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:51.100 And God is doing these 00:10:51.100 --> 00:10:52.880 to teach his people something. 00:10:53.200 --> 00:10:53.980 God is doing this 00:10:53.980 --> 00:10:55.080 to teach them something 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:56.180 about themselves, 00:10:56.580 --> 00:10:57.840 but also God is doing this 00:10:57.840 --> 00:10:58.780 to teach them something 00:10:58.780 --> 00:10:59.960 about himself. 00:11:00.340 --> 00:11:02.260 And what God wanted to show 00:11:02.260 --> 00:11:03.320 with the clean laws 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:05.180 was that a sinful people, 00:11:05.740 --> 00:11:06.620 everyone, 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:09.080 needed to be clean 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:10.940 in order to enter 00:11:10.940 --> 00:11:13.260 into the presence of God. 00:11:13.980 --> 00:11:15.100 It's a beautiful picture 00:11:15.100 --> 00:11:16.280 of what would take place 00:11:16.280 --> 00:11:17.700 of the work of Christ 00:11:17.700 --> 00:11:19.840 to allow you and I, 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:20.580 sinners, 00:11:20.740 --> 00:11:22.120 to be brought into 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:23.720 a right relationship 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:24.840 with the Holy God. 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:25.920 What we would see 00:11:25.920 --> 00:11:26.620 in the know 00:11:26.620 --> 00:11:27.840 of the hope of the gospel 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:28.780 was that in order 00:11:28.780 --> 00:11:29.700 to be made clean 00:11:29.700 --> 00:11:30.540 is not found 00:11:30.540 --> 00:11:31.980 in anything that we do, 00:11:32.100 --> 00:11:32.780 but it's found 00:11:32.780 --> 00:11:33.820 in the work of Christ, 00:11:33.940 --> 00:11:35.580 of what Christ does 00:11:35.580 --> 00:11:37.160 on our behalf. 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:38.780 And Jesus comes 00:11:38.780 --> 00:11:39.820 and he addresses 00:11:39.820 --> 00:11:40.800 the clean laws. 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:42.600 In Mark chapter 7, 00:11:42.740 --> 00:11:43.420 Jesus says that 00:11:43.420 --> 00:11:45.180 even with his arrival 00:11:45.180 --> 00:11:47.820 that these laws have passed. 00:11:48.300 --> 00:11:48.820 And then there's 00:11:48.820 --> 00:11:49.640 a wonderful picture 00:11:49.640 --> 00:11:51.220 in the book of Acts 00:11:51.220 --> 00:11:53.380 where God sends a vision 00:11:53.380 --> 00:11:55.040 to Peter of all people 00:11:55.040 --> 00:11:57.160 specifically to show him 00:11:57.160 --> 00:11:59.220 why this law has gone away. 00:11:59.820 --> 00:12:01.120 And then in a wonderful part 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:03.180 where Peter understands this, 00:12:03.680 --> 00:12:04.840 he meets a Gentile 00:12:04.840 --> 00:12:06.020 named Cornelius 00:12:06.020 --> 00:12:07.300 who gets saved. 00:12:07.860 --> 00:12:08.920 And Peter says, 00:12:09.380 --> 00:12:10.500 these are Peter's words, 00:12:11.060 --> 00:12:12.400 truly I understand 00:12:12.400 --> 00:12:13.340 that God shows 00:12:13.340 --> 00:12:15.280 no partiality, 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:17.440 but in every nation 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:20.400 anyone who fears God 00:12:20.400 --> 00:12:21.960 is acceptable to him. 00:12:22.500 --> 00:12:23.780 See the beautiful hope 00:12:23.780 --> 00:12:24.900 of the great commission 00:12:24.900 --> 00:12:26.220 call of the gospel 00:12:26.220 --> 00:12:28.020 to take it outside 00:12:28.020 --> 00:12:28.980 of a race, 00:12:29.200 --> 00:12:29.880 to take it outside 00:12:29.880 --> 00:12:31.240 of a nationality, 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:32.660 and to spread it 00:12:32.660 --> 00:12:33.380 to the hope 00:12:33.380 --> 00:12:34.840 of the nation. 00:12:35.740 --> 00:12:36.680 But after this, 00:12:37.220 --> 00:12:38.480 we begin to see 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:40.560 that in spite of criticism, 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:42.060 Peter continues 00:12:42.060 --> 00:12:43.220 to eat with Gentiles. 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:44.560 In spite of all 00:12:44.560 --> 00:12:45.300 of these things 00:12:45.300 --> 00:12:47.000 of what could take place, 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:48.620 Peter pushes forward. 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:50.400 But in Antioch, 00:12:50.460 --> 00:12:51.280 it changes. 00:12:52.280 --> 00:12:53.160 In Antioch, 00:12:53.220 --> 00:12:54.740 we see a different reaction. 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:56.000 Why? 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:58.620 What would cause Peter, 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:00.280 someone who understands 00:13:00.280 --> 00:13:00.840 the gospel, 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:02.560 what would cause Peter, 00:13:02.640 --> 00:13:03.560 someone who teaches 00:13:03.560 --> 00:13:04.220 the gospel, 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:06.120 what would cause him 00:13:06.120 --> 00:13:07.980 to break away 00:13:07.980 --> 00:13:09.620 from what he knew, 00:13:09.760 --> 00:13:10.800 to abandon 00:13:10.800 --> 00:13:12.340 the implications 00:13:12.340 --> 00:13:13.680 of the gospel 00:13:13.680 --> 00:13:14.880 on his life? 00:13:15.400 --> 00:13:15.700 You see, 00:13:15.780 --> 00:13:17.060 Peter hasn't walked away 00:13:17.060 --> 00:13:18.020 from what he knows 00:13:18.020 --> 00:13:19.060 will save him, 00:13:19.340 --> 00:13:20.980 but what he has walked away 00:13:20.980 --> 00:13:22.540 from in this moment 00:13:22.540 --> 00:13:23.700 as he refuses 00:13:23.700 --> 00:13:25.660 to eat with Gentiles 00:13:25.660 --> 00:13:27.040 is what the gospel 00:13:27.040 --> 00:13:29.380 does in his life 00:13:29.380 --> 00:13:31.160 every single day. 00:13:32.160 --> 00:13:33.240 And when I look around 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:33.840 the room 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:36.280 and I look in the mirror, 00:13:37.540 --> 00:13:39.240 what I know with us 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:40.920 of what we do 00:13:40.920 --> 00:13:41.980 when we fall into 00:13:41.980 --> 00:13:43.220 patterns of sin 00:13:43.220 --> 00:13:44.820 is you and I, 00:13:44.940 --> 00:13:46.440 we do not walk away 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:47.600 from the reality 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:49.760 that the gospel saves us, 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:52.100 but all too often 00:13:52.100 --> 00:13:54.000 we walk away 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:55.560 from the application 00:13:55.560 --> 00:13:56.880 of what the gospel 00:13:56.880 --> 00:13:57.780 calls us to 00:13:57.780 --> 00:14:00.020 every single day 00:14:00.020 --> 00:14:01.860 in our life. 00:14:02.160 --> 00:14:04.000 So what would cause 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:05.600 Peter to do this? 00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:07.300 Look back at verse 12. 00:14:09.880 --> 00:14:10.480 Paul says, 00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:12.900 for before certain men 00:14:12.900 --> 00:14:14.500 came from James, 00:14:14.900 --> 00:14:15.900 he was eating 00:14:15.900 --> 00:14:16.880 with the Gentiles. 00:14:17.900 --> 00:14:19.180 But when they came, 00:14:19.760 --> 00:14:21.000 he drew back 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:22.540 and separated himself. 00:14:23.780 --> 00:14:24.320 Why? 00:14:25.140 --> 00:14:26.400 Because fearing 00:14:26.400 --> 00:14:28.860 the circumcision party. 00:14:29.640 --> 00:14:31.240 It was fear. 00:14:32.160 --> 00:14:33.480 Fear is what 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:34.800 crept into him. 00:14:35.700 --> 00:14:37.340 Fear of criticism 00:14:37.340 --> 00:14:39.380 from others. 00:14:40.160 --> 00:14:41.640 Fear of judgment 00:14:41.640 --> 00:14:43.180 from others. 00:14:43.940 --> 00:14:45.400 Fear of abandonment 00:14:45.400 --> 00:14:46.860 from his culture. 00:14:47.420 --> 00:14:48.680 And what we find 00:14:48.680 --> 00:14:50.560 in the life of Peter, 00:14:50.900 --> 00:14:52.860 what we find in verse 12 00:14:52.860 --> 00:14:54.000 is so often 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:55.420 what rings true 00:14:55.420 --> 00:14:57.540 in our life today 00:14:57.540 --> 00:14:58.200 is this, 00:14:58.420 --> 00:14:59.500 is that oftentimes 00:14:59.500 --> 00:15:01.260 fear is what 00:15:01.260 --> 00:15:02.320 pulls us away 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:03.140 from obedience 00:15:03.140 --> 00:15:03.780 to God. 00:15:04.880 --> 00:15:06.120 We become 00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:07.720 the insecure 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:08.700 child 00:15:08.700 --> 00:15:10.160 who's afraid 00:15:10.160 --> 00:15:10.780 of losing 00:15:10.780 --> 00:15:11.940 what's all around 00:15:11.940 --> 00:15:12.400 them 00:15:12.400 --> 00:15:13.700 as opposed 00:15:13.700 --> 00:15:14.580 to being obedient 00:15:14.580 --> 00:15:15.600 to the God 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:16.540 who saves us. 00:15:17.180 --> 00:15:18.060 And fear 00:15:18.060 --> 00:15:19.960 creeps in. 00:15:21.020 --> 00:15:21.400 What are they 00:15:21.400 --> 00:15:21.900 going to think 00:15:21.900 --> 00:15:22.480 about me? 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:23.760 What are they 00:15:23.760 --> 00:15:24.340 going to say 00:15:24.340 --> 00:15:25.000 about me? 00:15:25.540 --> 00:15:26.200 What are they 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:27.160 going to exclude 00:15:27.160 --> 00:15:27.980 me from? 00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:30.100 What is going 00:15:30.100 --> 00:15:31.060 to happen 00:15:31.060 --> 00:15:31.960 to me? 00:15:32.760 --> 00:15:33.640 And fear 00:15:33.640 --> 00:15:35.560 pulls Peter. 00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:37.720 Fear pulls 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:38.220 me. 00:15:39.400 --> 00:15:40.220 Fear pulls 00:15:40.220 --> 00:15:40.720 you 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:42.120 away 00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:43.640 from obedience 00:15:43.640 --> 00:15:45.540 to the gospel. 00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:47.040 And so Paul 00:15:47.040 --> 00:15:48.300 addresses him. 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:49.280 Paul's like, 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:50.020 we're going to deal 00:15:50.020 --> 00:15:50.720 with this. 00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:51.580 And we're going 00:15:51.580 --> 00:15:51.820 to look at 00:15:51.820 --> 00:15:52.480 two ways 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:53.460 in which Paul 00:15:53.460 --> 00:15:54.460 addresses him 00:15:54.460 --> 00:15:55.300 this morning. 00:15:55.640 --> 00:15:56.460 The first thing 00:15:56.460 --> 00:15:57.320 that Paul does 00:15:57.320 --> 00:15:58.600 is Paul reminds 00:15:58.600 --> 00:15:59.840 Peter of walking 00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:00.560 in the gospel. 00:16:01.160 --> 00:16:01.540 Look back 00:16:01.540 --> 00:16:02.400 at verse 14. 00:16:03.660 --> 00:16:03.920 He says, 00:16:04.020 --> 00:16:04.600 but when I saw 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:05.760 that their conduct 00:16:05.760 --> 00:16:07.580 was not in step 00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:08.420 with the truth, 00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:09.120 underline that 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:09.700 in your Bible, 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:11.100 was not in step 00:16:11.100 --> 00:16:11.740 with the truth 00:16:11.740 --> 00:16:12.480 of the gospel, 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.040 I said to Cephas 00:16:14.040 --> 00:16:15.620 before them all, 00:16:15.900 --> 00:16:16.500 if you, 00:16:16.700 --> 00:16:17.400 though a Jew, 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:18.920 live like a Gentile 00:16:18.920 --> 00:16:19.840 and not a Jew, 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:21.100 how can you force 00:16:21.100 --> 00:16:21.920 the Gentiles 00:16:21.920 --> 00:16:23.760 to live like Jews? 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:25.120 Here's Paul's issue 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:25.560 with Peter. 00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:26.560 It's not that he's 00:16:26.560 --> 00:16:27.580 not being a good host. 00:16:28.040 --> 00:16:28.900 It's not that he's 00:16:28.900 --> 00:16:29.840 breaking protocol. 00:16:30.280 --> 00:16:31.240 It's that Peter's 00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:32.820 actions and life 00:16:32.820 --> 00:16:34.160 are not reflective 00:16:34.160 --> 00:16:35.060 of the truth 00:16:35.060 --> 00:16:35.640 of the gospel. 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:37.240 Because for the message 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:38.080 of the gospel 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:39.300 to be made known, 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:40.680 it is fully in 00:16:40.680 --> 00:16:41.680 what we say 00:16:41.680 --> 00:16:42.900 and what we do. 00:16:43.540 --> 00:16:43.840 You see, 00:16:43.940 --> 00:16:44.920 we can't separate 00:16:44.920 --> 00:16:46.060 our actions 00:16:46.060 --> 00:16:47.280 from our message, 00:16:47.400 --> 00:16:48.400 from our words. 00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:49.840 It is all tied 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:50.680 into this. 00:16:50.680 --> 00:16:51.460 And so Paul's like, 00:16:51.520 --> 00:16:51.780 Peter, 00:16:52.100 --> 00:16:53.420 you can't proclaim 00:16:53.420 --> 00:16:54.580 this with your mouth 00:16:54.580 --> 00:16:55.660 or write this 00:16:55.660 --> 00:16:56.600 with your pen 00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:57.880 but yet live 00:16:57.880 --> 00:16:58.960 different from what 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:00.000 the gospel implies 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:00.720 for your life. 00:17:02.400 --> 00:17:03.760 And so in the separation, 00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.960 in the removal, 00:17:07.020 --> 00:17:10.000 I have to address this. 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:11.080 By Peter doing 00:17:11.080 --> 00:17:12.020 what he is doing, 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:13.420 it actually says 00:17:13.420 --> 00:17:14.340 the opposite 00:17:14.340 --> 00:17:15.060 of the gospel. 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:16.640 And what Peter 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:17.340 is doing 00:17:17.340 --> 00:17:18.780 is he is no longer 00:17:18.780 --> 00:17:20.020 walking in the gospel. 00:17:20.580 --> 00:17:21.160 He's no longer 00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:22.200 walking in what 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:22.880 saves him 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:24.140 but he is walking 00:17:24.140 --> 00:17:25.700 in the world. 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:26.700 He's walking 00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:28.020 in the culture. 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:29.180 He's walking 00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:30.340 in the standard 00:17:30.340 --> 00:17:31.260 that others 00:17:31.260 --> 00:17:32.520 have set for him 00:17:32.520 --> 00:17:33.760 and not the standard 00:17:33.760 --> 00:17:34.640 by which God 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:35.480 has set 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:36.960 before him. 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:38.640 Let me ask you this 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:39.480 this morning, church. 00:17:40.260 --> 00:17:41.580 How do you walk? 00:17:43.300 --> 00:17:44.320 How do you walk? 00:17:45.420 --> 00:17:46.740 In every aspect 00:17:46.740 --> 00:17:47.760 of your life, 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:49.880 how do you walk? 00:17:50.700 --> 00:17:51.860 He addresses Peter. 00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:53.320 He calls him 00:17:53.320 --> 00:17:53.920 a hypocrite. 00:17:54.820 --> 00:17:55.460 And let me tell you, 00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:56.380 let me explain 00:17:56.380 --> 00:17:57.520 one of the criticisms 00:17:57.520 --> 00:17:58.620 from the outside 00:17:58.620 --> 00:17:59.680 of the church 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:01.160 is that gathered here 00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:02.040 in this place 00:18:02.040 --> 00:18:03.340 and in every church 00:18:03.340 --> 00:18:04.160 that the church 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:04.680 is filled 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:05.380 with a bunch 00:18:05.380 --> 00:18:06.020 of hypocrites. 00:18:06.760 --> 00:18:07.560 And let me say, 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:08.820 as the world 00:18:08.820 --> 00:18:10.100 looks at us, 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:12.960 they're right. 00:18:14.600 --> 00:18:15.600 They're right. 00:18:17.260 --> 00:18:18.500 If we examine 00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:19.600 the way that we walk 00:18:19.600 --> 00:18:21.360 and we're not 00:18:21.360 --> 00:18:23.340 walking in line 00:18:23.340 --> 00:18:24.600 with the gospel, 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:26.520 they are right. 00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:28.240 You see, 00:18:28.360 --> 00:18:29.700 hypocrisy comes 00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:31.440 when you intentionally 00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:32.560 walk some 00:18:32.560 --> 00:18:34.300 with the gospel 00:18:34.300 --> 00:18:37.000 and some 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:38.600 in the world. 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:41.520 Let me ask you this. 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:44.540 As a church member, 00:18:45.300 --> 00:18:47.040 as a Christian, 00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:48.840 do we walk 00:18:48.840 --> 00:18:49.580 in the gospel 00:18:49.580 --> 00:18:50.200 in the areas 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:50.960 that we select? 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:52.920 So when I step here 00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:53.740 in this place, 00:18:54.420 --> 00:18:55.240 I want to walk 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:55.700 in line 00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:56.440 with the gospel 00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:57.620 and the things 00:18:57.620 --> 00:18:58.120 that I say 00:18:58.120 --> 00:18:58.600 and the things 00:18:58.600 --> 00:18:59.080 that I do 00:18:59.080 --> 00:18:59.800 and how I live 00:18:59.800 --> 00:19:00.640 and how I interact 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:01.300 and how I greet 00:19:01.300 --> 00:19:02.280 that in this place 00:19:02.280 --> 00:19:03.000 I walk in line 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:03.660 with the gospel 00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:04.840 that when I interact 00:19:04.840 --> 00:19:05.920 with my wife, 00:19:06.020 --> 00:19:06.800 when I interact 00:19:06.800 --> 00:19:07.580 with my family, 00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:08.100 when I interact 00:19:08.100 --> 00:19:08.380 with them, 00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:08.880 I want to walk 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:09.820 in line 00:19:09.820 --> 00:19:10.440 with the gospel. 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:11.660 Does it mean for us 00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:12.680 that when we walk 00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:13.420 with our children 00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:14.600 and we want to mold 00:19:14.600 --> 00:19:15.320 and shape 00:19:15.320 --> 00:19:16.120 and develop them 00:19:16.120 --> 00:19:16.520 that we want 00:19:16.520 --> 00:19:17.220 to walk in line 00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:17.780 with the gospel? 00:19:18.020 --> 00:19:18.660 Can I tell you 00:19:18.660 --> 00:19:19.940 in those three things, 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:20.680 if you want to walk 00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:20.980 in line 00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.520 with the gospel, 00:19:21.840 --> 00:19:22.420 praise God. 00:19:23.580 --> 00:19:24.300 But if we walk 00:19:24.300 --> 00:19:24.900 out of here 00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:26.800 and we don't want 00:19:26.800 --> 00:19:27.520 to walk in line 00:19:27.520 --> 00:19:28.060 with the gospel 00:19:28.060 --> 00:19:28.740 as a coach, 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:30.540 if we don't want 00:19:30.540 --> 00:19:31.500 to walk in line 00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.320 with the gospel 00:19:32.320 --> 00:19:33.180 on social media, 00:19:34.120 --> 00:19:34.620 if we don't want 00:19:34.620 --> 00:19:35.320 to walk in line 00:19:35.320 --> 00:19:35.880 with the gospel 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:36.460 at work 00:19:36.460 --> 00:19:37.720 or in our cul-de-sac, 00:19:38.300 --> 00:19:38.760 if we don't want 00:19:38.760 --> 00:19:39.380 to walk in line 00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:40.000 with the gospel 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:41.080 in our hunt club, 00:19:41.820 --> 00:19:42.280 if we don't want 00:19:42.280 --> 00:19:43.100 to walk in line 00:19:43.100 --> 00:19:43.760 with the gospel 00:19:43.760 --> 00:19:45.020 in the social settings 00:19:45.020 --> 00:19:45.940 with our friends 00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:47.520 who maybe many of them, 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.400 and let me tell you this, 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:49.760 I hope most of your friends 00:19:49.760 --> 00:19:50.500 are not believers 00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:52.000 because God's planted you there 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.620 to be a missionary 00:19:52.620 --> 00:19:53.120 for them. 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:55.660 If we're not walking 00:19:55.660 --> 00:19:56.620 in line with the gospel 00:19:56.620 --> 00:19:57.720 in those settings, 00:19:57.860 --> 00:19:59.760 then we are a hypocrite. 00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:01.880 What is good 00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:02.540 for your house 00:20:02.540 --> 00:20:03.060 and what is good 00:20:03.060 --> 00:20:03.560 for here 00:20:03.560 --> 00:20:04.560 is not what's good 00:20:04.560 --> 00:20:05.180 for you there. 00:20:06.280 --> 00:20:08.640 But we must walk 00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:10.760 in line. 00:20:11.100 --> 00:20:12.340 We can't have a foot 00:20:12.340 --> 00:20:13.160 in both worlds. 00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:15.420 I started taking my kids 00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:16.100 hunting with me 00:20:16.100 --> 00:20:18.300 at a really early age. 00:20:19.100 --> 00:20:20.220 Probably too early. 00:20:21.100 --> 00:20:22.300 I think Grayson was three 00:20:22.300 --> 00:20:22.920 the first time 00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:23.560 he went with me. 00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:25.200 There was not a deer 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:27.140 within five square miles 00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:27.720 of us 00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:29.420 that did not hear him 00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:30.640 in that deer stand. 00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.580 And I'll never forget, 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:33.600 I got a picture of it 00:20:33.600 --> 00:20:34.480 that Aaron took of us 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:35.600 in our kitchen 00:20:35.600 --> 00:20:36.960 that afternoon 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.840 as we were going 00:20:37.840 --> 00:20:38.500 to go hunting 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.520 and I'm bent down 00:20:39.520 --> 00:20:40.260 and he's there 00:20:40.260 --> 00:20:41.740 probably like 35 pounds 00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.520 and he's ready to go 00:20:42.520 --> 00:20:43.340 and he's got his toy gun 00:20:43.340 --> 00:20:43.920 on his shoulder. 00:20:45.320 --> 00:20:46.300 And we head out there 00:20:46.300 --> 00:20:47.120 and of course we didn't. 00:20:47.300 --> 00:20:48.140 We didn't see a deer. 00:20:49.060 --> 00:20:49.720 And we get ready 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.420 to walk back 00:20:50.420 --> 00:20:52.360 and I pull up my phone 00:20:52.360 --> 00:20:52.820 because that's where 00:20:52.820 --> 00:20:53.760 my flashlight's on. 00:20:54.860 --> 00:20:55.460 And as I turn 00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:56.100 on my flashlight, 00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:57.220 it's pitch black dark, 00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:58.280 we hunt on a piece 00:20:58.280 --> 00:20:58.780 of property 00:20:58.780 --> 00:21:00.300 called Gum Swamp. 00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:02.380 There's alligators. 00:21:03.340 --> 00:21:04.420 There's rattlesnakes. 00:21:05.060 --> 00:21:06.380 There's water moccasins. 00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:08.160 There's wild hogs. 00:21:09.040 --> 00:21:10.060 I go to walk 00:21:10.060 --> 00:21:10.620 out of there 00:21:10.620 --> 00:21:11.540 and I go to turn 00:21:11.540 --> 00:21:12.360 on my flashlight 00:21:12.360 --> 00:21:14.200 and my flashlight dies. 00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.720 And now I've got 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:19.320 a whole bunch of stuff 00:21:19.320 --> 00:21:20.000 because you got to take 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.620 a three-year-old 00:21:20.620 --> 00:21:21.220 a lot of things 00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:22.300 to stay engaged, right? 00:21:23.080 --> 00:21:23.700 So I've got like 00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:24.320 two bags, 00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:25.240 I've got my rifle 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:27.120 and I've got my son. 00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:29.700 And I look at him 00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:29.980 and I said, 00:21:30.020 --> 00:21:30.220 buddy, 00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.780 we're going to walk 00:21:31.780 --> 00:21:32.520 back to the truck. 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:34.080 We got to walk 00:21:34.080 --> 00:21:34.960 past the swamp. 00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.740 There's some stuff there. 00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:38.240 Here's what I need 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:38.840 you to do. 00:21:39.620 --> 00:21:41.160 For you to be safe 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:43.400 where I walk, 00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:45.080 you walk. 00:21:46.080 --> 00:21:47.240 Don't go to the side 00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:47.640 of me. 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.500 Don't try to get 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.340 around me. 00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:52.380 But where I place 00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:53.100 my feet, 00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.980 you place your feet. 00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.680 And we'll work 00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.560 our way. 00:21:57.880 --> 00:21:58.760 And even though 00:21:58.760 --> 00:21:59.220 we, 00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.680 even though you and I 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:02.080 can't see what lies 00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:02.800 ahead of us, 00:22:03.020 --> 00:22:04.120 I will make 00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:05.560 a path for us 00:22:05.560 --> 00:22:06.780 and the path 00:22:06.780 --> 00:22:07.640 will be safe 00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:08.320 for you 00:22:08.320 --> 00:22:09.980 as long as you 00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.840 stay 00:22:10.840 --> 00:22:12.360 on the path. 00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.540 And he looked at me 00:22:14.540 --> 00:22:14.760 and said, 00:22:14.860 --> 00:22:15.060 okay, 00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.980 he asked if he could 00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.720 hold my hand. 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:18.960 And I said, 00:22:19.020 --> 00:22:19.560 absolutely. 00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.280 And so for about 00:22:21.280 --> 00:22:22.420 500 yards 00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:24.160 through the woods, 00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:26.320 I walked like this 00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:29.240 as my three-year-old son 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:31.060 walked behind me, 00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.680 putting his foot 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:34.360 in my footprints. 00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:35.980 Church, 00:22:36.100 --> 00:22:37.320 God set a path 00:22:37.320 --> 00:22:37.920 for us. 00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.680 And he says 00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.500 if we're going to walk 00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.960 in the gospel, 00:22:42.820 --> 00:22:43.960 it's not one foot 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:45.040 on his path 00:22:45.040 --> 00:22:45.880 and one foot 00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:46.520 on our path. 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:48.080 It's not that 00:22:48.080 --> 00:22:48.580 at home 00:22:48.580 --> 00:22:49.660 this is how I walk, 00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.820 but when I'm out 00:22:50.820 --> 00:22:51.960 at work, 00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:52.980 when I'm over 00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.800 with my friends, 00:22:54.120 --> 00:22:54.800 when I'm doing 00:22:54.800 --> 00:22:55.540 all the things 00:22:55.540 --> 00:22:56.320 that I want to do, 00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.540 then I choose 00:22:57.540 --> 00:22:58.820 my own path. 00:22:59.120 --> 00:22:59.820 That's not 00:22:59.820 --> 00:23:00.700 gospel living. 00:23:01.860 --> 00:23:02.680 And it's not 00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:03.540 who he has 00:23:03.540 --> 00:23:04.320 called us 00:23:04.320 --> 00:23:05.100 to be. 00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.860 It's not 00:23:06.860 --> 00:23:07.800 what he has put 00:23:07.800 --> 00:23:08.820 within our hearts 00:23:08.820 --> 00:23:09.380 to do. 00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:10.420 It's not the 00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:11.080 transformation 00:23:11.080 --> 00:23:12.060 that's there. 00:23:12.540 --> 00:23:12.760 You see, 00:23:12.800 --> 00:23:13.400 here's the truth 00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:14.020 about the path 00:23:14.020 --> 00:23:14.600 of the gospel. 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:15.840 Here's the part 00:23:15.840 --> 00:23:16.640 that my story 00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:17.700 doesn't tell. 00:23:18.540 --> 00:23:19.460 Sometimes the path 00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.240 is still hard. 00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:21.940 Sometimes there 00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.820 will still be things 00:23:22.820 --> 00:23:24.040 to try to lead us 00:23:24.040 --> 00:23:25.000 off of the path. 00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:26.960 Sometimes our culture, 00:23:27.300 --> 00:23:28.540 sometimes our friends, 00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.580 sometimes those 00:23:29.580 --> 00:23:30.760 we trust the most, 00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:32.780 sometimes even others 00:23:32.780 --> 00:23:33.680 that are gathered 00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.560 in here 00:23:34.560 --> 00:23:37.060 will try to pull us off. 00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:39.080 But it's why 00:23:39.080 --> 00:23:39.840 it's so important 00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:41.740 that the people 00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.560 in this room 00:23:42.560 --> 00:23:44.340 are not our standards. 00:23:45.580 --> 00:23:46.280 It's why it's important 00:23:46.280 --> 00:23:46.960 that the rules 00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.760 of our culture 00:23:47.760 --> 00:23:49.380 are not what sets 00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:50.060 our path. 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.360 But it's why 00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:51.960 it's important 00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:53.140 that an understanding 00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:54.680 and an application 00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:56.140 of God's word 00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:57.020 is what's laid 00:23:57.020 --> 00:23:57.920 down before us. 00:23:58.780 --> 00:23:59.680 So God set 00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.320 our path. 00:24:01.320 --> 00:24:02.060 Make it clear. 00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:03.920 And as the gospel 00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:06.220 transforms us, 00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:08.640 we keep going on. 00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:11.420 So Paul reminds him 00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:12.800 of the path. 00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:14.760 But Paul also 00:24:14.760 --> 00:24:16.420 addresses for Peter 00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:18.580 what I'm going to refer to 00:24:18.580 --> 00:24:20.160 as hidden sin. 00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:22.220 Hidden sin. 00:24:23.620 --> 00:24:25.440 Acceptable sin. 00:24:26.280 --> 00:24:28.500 It's okay sin. 00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:31.100 Sin that as he does it, 00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:32.880 the culture that's around 00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:34.160 embraces it 00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:35.060 and says, 00:24:35.280 --> 00:24:35.940 that's fine. 00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:37.220 That's who we are. 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.640 That's fine. 00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.980 That's what we do. 00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.280 That's fine. 00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.520 That's the way 00:24:42.520 --> 00:24:44.340 things are done 00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:45.800 around here. 00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:46.800 You see, 00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:48.120 what Peter is struggling 00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:49.540 with in this moment, 00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.860 it is the sin 00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:52.000 that has been 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:53.840 accepted in his culture. 00:24:54.520 --> 00:24:54.940 It's the, 00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:56.120 Peter is struggling 00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:57.600 with the way 00:24:57.600 --> 00:24:59.280 that he was raised. 00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.560 Peter is struggling 00:25:00.560 --> 00:25:01.880 with the things 00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:02.900 that have been imparted 00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.420 to him, 00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.420 the things that have 00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:05.640 been taught to him. 00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.480 He's struggling 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.240 with a layer 00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:08.980 of nationalistic pride. 00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.800 He's struggling 00:25:09.800 --> 00:25:10.780 with a layer 00:25:10.780 --> 00:25:11.960 of racism. 00:25:12.320 --> 00:25:13.000 He's struggling 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.960 with a layer 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:15.140 of elitism. 00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.360 He's struggling 00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:17.800 with being able 00:25:17.800 --> 00:25:18.900 to implement 00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.700 the gospel 00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:21.600 in every aspect 00:25:21.600 --> 00:25:22.780 of his life 00:25:22.780 --> 00:25:25.000 because of fear. 00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:27.300 And what we see 00:25:27.300 --> 00:25:29.800 is the hidden sin 00:25:29.800 --> 00:25:30.820 that begins 00:25:30.820 --> 00:25:31.540 to come out. 00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.000 You see, 00:25:33.080 --> 00:25:33.920 Peter struggles 00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:35.680 that when he walks 00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.460 in the room, 00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:39.100 that when he's there, 00:25:40.060 --> 00:25:41.400 what's socially 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:43.200 required of him, 00:25:44.060 --> 00:25:45.420 what's culturally 00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:47.340 required of him 00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:49.220 is to think 00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:50.240 Jew 00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:53.240 over Gentile. 00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.160 But he knows 00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.880 the difference. 00:25:57.020 --> 00:25:57.880 But he chooses 00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:59.920 not what he knows 00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.700 from the gospel, 00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.280 but Peter 00:26:02.280 --> 00:26:03.100 chooses what he knows 00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:03.980 from culture. 00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.240 He chooses 00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:06.360 what he's comfortable 00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:06.780 with. 00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.760 He chooses 00:26:07.760 --> 00:26:08.720 what he feels 00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.540 is best. 00:26:10.080 --> 00:26:10.980 What he chooses 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:12.720 is his people. 00:26:13.580 --> 00:26:14.460 What he chooses 00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:15.740 is his race. 00:26:16.320 --> 00:26:17.300 What he chooses 00:26:17.300 --> 00:26:18.760 is his nation, 00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:20.560 not the gospel. 00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:22.740 And it's the gospel 00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:25.420 over all things. 00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.340 I want you to think 00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:28.880 about a time 00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.580 in your life 00:26:29.580 --> 00:26:31.300 when you've walked 00:26:31.300 --> 00:26:32.400 into a setting 00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:33.800 that culturally 00:26:33.800 --> 00:26:34.760 was difficult 00:26:34.760 --> 00:26:35.240 for you. 00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:37.260 Maybe it took place 00:26:37.260 --> 00:26:37.960 in another country. 00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:40.100 Maybe it took place 00:26:40.100 --> 00:26:41.160 from a co-worker 00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.520 who's maybe 00:26:41.520 --> 00:26:42.560 from a different country 00:26:42.560 --> 00:26:43.600 and they invite you 00:26:43.600 --> 00:26:44.340 over for a meal 00:26:44.340 --> 00:26:45.160 and you walk in 00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:45.840 and cultures 00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:46.300 are different. 00:26:47.080 --> 00:26:48.400 Maybe it happened 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:49.400 in a friendship 00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:50.260 or a relationship 00:26:50.260 --> 00:26:50.860 of a neighbor 00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.620 that you have. 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:53.080 I want you to think 00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:54.440 of a point in time 00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:55.300 and a moment 00:26:55.300 --> 00:26:55.880 for you 00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:56.900 where you felt 00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:58.600 awkward culturally. 00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.460 You felt 00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.360 uncomfortable 00:27:00.360 --> 00:27:01.340 culturally 00:27:01.340 --> 00:27:02.400 because you 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:03.160 were different 00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:05.180 than everyone else 00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:06.700 who surrounded you. 00:27:07.820 --> 00:27:08.400 Now, 00:27:09.340 --> 00:27:10.220 think about 00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.500 Jesus. 00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:15.340 Jesus was always 00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:15.860 different 00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:18.340 than every person 00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:20.020 that he ever met. 00:27:21.580 --> 00:27:22.860 Every man, 00:27:23.320 --> 00:27:23.640 woman, 00:27:23.800 --> 00:27:24.560 and child 00:27:24.560 --> 00:27:25.520 that Jesus 00:27:25.520 --> 00:27:27.000 ever encountered, 00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:29.380 he was different then. 00:27:30.820 --> 00:27:31.720 He was different 00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.360 from his neighbors. 00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.240 He was different 00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.000 from his mom. 00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.560 He was different 00:27:36.560 --> 00:27:37.280 from his siblings. 00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:39.000 What made him 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.340 different? 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.400 The lack 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:42.180 of sin 00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:43.200 and the presence 00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.680 of holiness 00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.340 in his life. 00:27:45.600 --> 00:27:46.300 And in spite 00:27:46.300 --> 00:27:46.860 of fear, 00:27:48.060 --> 00:27:48.460 in spite 00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.280 of criticism, 00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:51.020 in spite 00:27:51.020 --> 00:27:52.100 of persecution, 00:27:53.020 --> 00:27:53.760 when Jesus 00:27:53.760 --> 00:27:54.760 walked into 00:27:54.760 --> 00:27:55.420 a room 00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:56.380 where he was 00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:56.940 different than 00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:58.280 everyone who was 00:27:58.280 --> 00:27:58.580 there, 00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.880 what rang 00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.420 true 00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:01.600 was the gospel 00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.640 in spite 00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:03.400 of what 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:04.200 awaited him? 00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.620 He went 00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:06.000 to the home 00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.800 of Zacchaeus, 00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:08.700 a betrayer, 00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:09.960 a tax 00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.440 collector, 00:28:11.020 --> 00:28:11.760 a thief, 00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.620 and he had 00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.280 dinner with him. 00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.440 He sat 00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:16.840 there 00:28:16.840 --> 00:28:18.320 in the midst 00:28:18.320 --> 00:28:18.960 of those 00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.500 that would 00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.400 surround him 00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:21.040 in their 00:28:21.040 --> 00:28:22.060 self-proclaimed 00:28:22.060 --> 00:28:22.860 righteousness 00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:24.060 and let what 00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:24.500 the Bible 00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.140 describes 00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:26.400 as a sinful 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:26.880 woman 00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:28.460 wash his 00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.220 feet 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:30.140 with her hair. 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.320 He's walking 00:28:33.320 --> 00:28:34.000 down the road 00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:35.820 with a group 00:28:35.820 --> 00:28:36.260 of people 00:28:36.260 --> 00:28:36.640 who were 00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:37.440 surrounding him 00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:39.140 and out of 00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.540 his corner 00:28:39.540 --> 00:28:40.160 of his eye 00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:41.520 he sees 00:28:41.520 --> 00:28:42.020 Matthew, 00:28:43.280 --> 00:28:43.820 a tax 00:28:43.820 --> 00:28:44.300 collector, 00:28:45.320 --> 00:28:46.140 another crook, 00:28:47.020 --> 00:28:47.880 another thief, 00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.160 someone that 00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.860 culture said 00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:50.320 was lower 00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:51.060 than a dog 00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:52.620 and he said, 00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.140 hey man, 00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:55.060 come follow 00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.480 me. 00:28:56.360 --> 00:28:56.800 Not only 00:28:56.800 --> 00:28:57.680 follow me 00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.820 but be my 00:28:58.820 --> 00:28:59.740 closest friend, 00:29:00.340 --> 00:29:00.740 be my 00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.800 closest ally, 00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:04.040 be my 00:29:04.040 --> 00:29:04.860 disciple. 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.780 He sat 00:29:06.780 --> 00:29:07.100 there 00:29:07.100 --> 00:29:09.280 during the 00:29:09.280 --> 00:29:09.580 middle of 00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:09.960 the day 00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:11.500 when it 00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:11.860 was hot 00:29:11.860 --> 00:29:12.360 outside. 00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.720 He sat 00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.020 there at 00:29:15.020 --> 00:29:15.460 a well 00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:17.280 with a 00:29:17.280 --> 00:29:17.620 woman of 00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:17.900 a different 00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.380 race, 00:29:19.060 --> 00:29:20.260 with a 00:29:20.260 --> 00:29:20.740 woman of 00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.220 questionable 00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.140 moral standing 00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:23.560 and said, 00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:23.780 hey, 00:29:24.360 --> 00:29:24.900 can you 00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.100 give me 00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.640 some water? 00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.400 I'm thirsty. 00:29:28.760 --> 00:29:29.100 And she 00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:29.280 says, 00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:29.720 why would 00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.200 you talk 00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.700 to me? 00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.100 Because he's 00:29:33.100 --> 00:29:33.520 the savior 00:29:33.520 --> 00:29:33.820 of the 00:29:33.820 --> 00:29:34.120 world. 00:29:35.540 --> 00:29:36.480 The gospel 00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.200 is him 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:39.000 and he 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.420 shared with 00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:39.760 her the 00:29:39.760 --> 00:29:40.740 hope that 00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.140 he had. 00:29:44.060 --> 00:29:44.620 You see, 00:29:45.860 --> 00:29:47.080 Paul addresses 00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:48.420 the hidden 00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:49.760 sin in the 00:29:49.760 --> 00:29:50.120 life of 00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:50.340 Peter. 00:29:51.340 --> 00:29:51.820 And Jesus 00:29:51.820 --> 00:29:53.040 taught and 00:29:53.040 --> 00:29:53.900 Jesus showed 00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.660 what it 00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:55.840 meant to 00:29:55.840 --> 00:29:56.600 look past 00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:57.640 nationalistic 00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.160 pride, 00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.260 to look 00:29:59.260 --> 00:29:59.700 past 00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.400 race, 00:30:00.780 --> 00:30:01.320 to look 00:30:01.320 --> 00:30:01.720 past 00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.400 social 00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:02.980 standing, 00:30:03.340 --> 00:30:03.740 to look 00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.260 past 00:30:04.260 --> 00:30:05.120 the sinful 00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:05.940 living of 00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.400 others 00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:07.000 and a 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.600 desire 00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:08.600 to love 00:30:08.600 --> 00:30:09.080 others 00:30:09.080 --> 00:30:09.620 and a 00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.140 hope 00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:11.020 to bring 00:30:11.020 --> 00:30:11.960 the gospel 00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.720 to them. 00:30:14.280 --> 00:30:14.540 And so 00:30:14.540 --> 00:30:15.020 Paul says 00:30:15.020 --> 00:30:15.420 to Peter, 00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.000 when you 00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.440 walk in 00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:17.980 the room 00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:19.240 and you 00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.800 create the 00:30:19.800 --> 00:30:20.240 divide, 00:30:21.300 --> 00:30:21.840 when you 00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:22.260 walk in 00:30:22.260 --> 00:30:22.820 the room 00:30:22.820 --> 00:30:23.960 and you 00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.260 and your 00:30:24.260 --> 00:30:24.600 sin 00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:25.080 chooses 00:30:25.080 --> 00:30:25.440 who's 00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.780 better, 00:30:26.520 --> 00:30:27.060 when you 00:30:27.060 --> 00:30:28.000 walk in 00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.420 that, 00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:30.120 the gospel 00:30:30.120 --> 00:30:30.960 that has 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.880 saved you 00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:33.620 is not 00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.460 the gospel 00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:35.560 that you're 00:30:35.560 --> 00:30:36.000 displaying. 00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:38.080 I'm just 00:30:38.080 --> 00:30:38.360 going to ask 00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:38.680 you guys 00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.100 this. 00:30:40.820 --> 00:30:41.840 What path 00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:42.140 are you 00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:42.660 walking on 00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.140 this morning? 00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:45.220 What path 00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.520 are you 00:30:45.520 --> 00:30:46.140 walking on? 00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:48.000 Is your 00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.620 life, 00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:49.700 as Paul 00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:50.160 says, 00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.560 in step 00:30:51.560 --> 00:30:52.000 with the 00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.420 gospel, 00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:54.080 flowing to 00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:54.880 the rhythm 00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:55.680 of what God 00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.220 has called 00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.640 you to? 00:30:57.040 --> 00:30:57.580 To the 00:30:57.580 --> 00:30:58.100 hope of 00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.420 what has 00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.220 saved you? 00:30:59.520 --> 00:30:59.940 To the 00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.380 hope of 00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:00.740 what's 00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.460 transforming 00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:01.900 you? 00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:03.200 Or are 00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.420 you on 00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.060 another path 00:31:04.060 --> 00:31:04.540 altogether, 00:31:05.020 --> 00:31:05.900 walking on 00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.320 the path 00:31:06.320 --> 00:31:06.600 of the 00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:06.980 world, 00:31:07.600 --> 00:31:08.140 figuring it 00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:08.800 out yourself, 00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:09.940 trying to 00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.680 understand how 00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.080 to make 00:31:11.080 --> 00:31:11.600 your own 00:31:11.600 --> 00:31:12.000 self 00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.440 righteous? 00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:15.480 Or are 00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:15.840 you like 00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.280 so many 00:31:16.280 --> 00:31:16.820 of us, 00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.400 living your 00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:19.600 life as 00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:20.220 a hypocrite? 00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.840 Sometimes I'm 00:31:21.840 --> 00:31:22.140 on this 00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:22.660 path, 00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.240 sometimes I'm 00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.500 on the 00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.720 other. 00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.240 It all 00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.800 depends on 00:31:27.800 --> 00:31:29.340 who I 00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:31.080 want to 00:31:31.080 --> 00:31:31.420 be. 00:31:32.800 --> 00:31:33.360 Would you 00:31:33.360 --> 00:31:33.680 pray with 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:33.840 me? 00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:37.760 God, we 00:31:37.760 --> 00:31:38.100 come to you 00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:38.620 this morning. 00:31:40.260 --> 00:31:41.060 Lord, and I 00:31:41.060 --> 00:31:41.940 just ask you, 00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:43.980 Lord, through 00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.800 the power of 00:31:44.800 --> 00:31:45.460 your spirit, 00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:47.640 through the 00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.420 conviction of 00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:49.440 who you are, 00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.860 Lord, to lay 00:31:51.860 --> 00:31:52.900 out before us 00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.620 our path. 00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.760 Lord, as you 00:31:55.760 --> 00:31:56.940 gave Peter a 00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.440 vision in 00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:58.180 Acts, Lord, I 00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:59.000 pray that your 00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.840 Holy Spirit would 00:31:59.840 --> 00:32:00.420 speak to our 00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:00.820 hearts. 00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:03.360 Show to us as 00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:04.040 individuals, 00:32:05.080 --> 00:32:05.440 Lord, what 00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.180 path we are 00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:06.500 on. 00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.660 Lord, show us 00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.080 what we 00:32:09.080 --> 00:32:09.600 choose. 00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.040 Lord, for 00:32:11.040 --> 00:32:12.440 those of us 00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:14.540 who proclaim 00:32:14.540 --> 00:32:15.360 that it's the 00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:16.220 gospel of 00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.760 Christ and 00:32:16.760 --> 00:32:17.560 Christ alone 00:32:17.560 --> 00:32:18.160 that has 00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:19.280 saved us. 00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:21.440 Lord, show us 00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:22.040 where we have 00:32:22.040 --> 00:32:23.220 wandered off of 00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.840 the path. 00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:26.000 Lord, show us 00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.600 and how your 00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:28.600 grace can 00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:29.540 show us 00:32:29.540 --> 00:32:31.840 as only you 00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:34.160 can, where we 00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.980 have embraced 00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:37.200 hypocrisy, where 00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.100 we are not who 00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:38.840 we have claimed 00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:40.420 to be, where 00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:41.200 we are not 00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:42.660 walking in the 00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.220 boldness of 00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.540 faith. 00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.260 Lord, and I 00:32:45.260 --> 00:32:46.040 pray for those 00:32:46.040 --> 00:32:47.520 of us who 00:32:47.520 --> 00:32:48.100 were there 00:32:48.100 --> 00:32:49.240 that this 00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:50.720 morning, through 00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.580 the grace of 00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:52.200 your heart, 00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:52.840 through the 00:32:52.840 --> 00:32:53.440 kindness of 00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:54.240 your spirit, 00:32:54.560 --> 00:32:54.920 Lord, that you 00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.980 would bring us 00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:57.740 to the sweet 00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:59.420 spot of 00:32:59.420 --> 00:32:59.820 repentance. 00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.320 Lord, if it's 00:33:05.320 --> 00:33:08.060 a, if it's 00:33:08.060 --> 00:33:12.760 like Peter, if 00:33:12.760 --> 00:33:13.160 it's a heart 00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:17.740 of racism, or 00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.220 to help us 00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:20.140 understand that 00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:21.380 you heal all 00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:24.560 things, that 00:33:24.560 --> 00:33:26.040 you restore all 00:33:26.040 --> 00:33:28.680 things, and that 00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:29.420 we will no longer 00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:32.880 see people as 00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:33.680 defined by their 00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:36.100 culture, as 00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.880 defined by their 00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:40.700 skin color, as 00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:42.100 defined by their 00:33:42.100 --> 00:33:45.700 language, or 00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.160 but that we 00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:48.920 would see them as 00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:50.220 individuals created 00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:52.500 by God, who 00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.460 either need the 00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:56.020 gospel, or who 00:33:56.020 --> 00:33:56.760 are already 00:33:56.760 --> 00:33:57.820 fellow brothers 00:33:57.820 --> 00:33:59.460 and sisters of 00:33:59.460 --> 00:33:59.960 the gospel. 00:34:01.520 --> 00:34:02.760 Lord, change the 00:34:02.760 --> 00:34:03.460 way we see. 00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:08.800 Lord, heal us. 00:34:10.140 --> 00:34:11.100 Bring us back. 00:34:13.100 --> 00:34:14.100 Lord, maybe we're 00:34:14.100 --> 00:34:15.260 wandering off 00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:16.180 another path because 00:34:16.180 --> 00:34:16.660 of fear. 00:34:18.160 --> 00:34:19.060 Fear that if I'm 00:34:19.060 --> 00:34:20.120 not this way, then I 00:34:20.120 --> 00:34:20.920 won't be accepted. 00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:22.300 If I'm not this way, 00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:22.880 then I won't have 00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.540 my job. 00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:25.000 If I'm not this way, 00:34:25.120 --> 00:34:25.820 then I won't be 00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.380 useful. 00:34:26.640 --> 00:34:27.760 If I'm not this way, 00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.420 then the world will 00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:29.600 no longer need me. 00:34:32.600 --> 00:34:33.600 Lord, set us free 00:34:33.600 --> 00:34:34.060 from that. 00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:38.460 Lord, bring in line 00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:40.480 in every aspect of 00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.300 our life. 00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:44.500 May our walk at 00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:46.420 church, may our walk 00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:48.060 with our spouse, may 00:34:48.060 --> 00:34:48.760 our walk with our 00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:50.580 kids, may our walk 00:34:50.580 --> 00:34:51.880 with our friends, may 00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.560 our walk with our 00:34:52.560 --> 00:34:54.160 coworkers, may our walk 00:34:54.160 --> 00:34:55.440 with our neighbors, may 00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:57.100 our walk by 00:34:57.100 --> 00:35:00.220 ourselves be on the 00:35:00.220 --> 00:35:01.600 path of the gospel 00:35:01.600 --> 00:35:02.940 and step with who 00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.420 you are. 00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:07.300 Lord, and for those 00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:08.340 of us in this room, 00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:11.320 we're completely on 00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.000 another path. 00:35:13.120 --> 00:35:14.440 Lord, bring us back 00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:16.200 to the very important 00:35:16.200 --> 00:35:17.140 thing that we began 00:35:17.140 --> 00:35:19.080 with, that it's Christ 00:35:19.080 --> 00:35:19.880 in Christ alone. 00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:21.500 With every head 00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:22.480 bowed and every eye 00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:25.620 closed, whatever 00:35:25.620 --> 00:35:26.580 brought you here, 00:35:27.680 --> 00:35:29.020 whatever sin or 00:35:29.020 --> 00:35:29.980 failure that you may 00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.980 feel that you have, 00:35:32.540 --> 00:35:33.460 whatever pursuit 00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:34.240 you've been on, 00:35:35.640 --> 00:35:36.760 there's one road. 00:35:37.700 --> 00:35:38.620 It's the road that 00:35:38.620 --> 00:35:39.240 leads to Jesus. 00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:41.600 We'd like to talk to 00:35:41.600 --> 00:35:42.400 you this morning about 00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:43.180 a relationship with 00:35:43.180 --> 00:35:43.400 Him. 00:35:44.180 --> 00:35:45.040 We'd love to show 00:35:45.040 --> 00:35:46.360 you what a relationship 00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:47.500 with Him looks like 00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.980 so that you may walk 00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:50.460 out of here on a 00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:51.880 path of the gospel. 00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:54.000 Jesus, do what you're 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:55.580 going to do, or draw 00:35:55.580 --> 00:35:57.220 our hearts to you, and 00:35:57.220 --> 00:35:58.300 we'll praise you for 00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:58.460 it. 00:35:58.600 --> 00:35:59.740 And it's in Jesus' name 00:35:59.740 --> 00:36:00.220 we pray. 00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:01.120 Amen. 00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.920 Just a moment, we're 00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:03.440 going to stand and 00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:04.100 we're going to respond. 00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:05.480 We've got prayer 00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.460 encouragers on either 00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:07.860 side of the auditorium. 00:36:08.620 --> 00:36:09.940 Pastor Dave is back 00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.660 here at the tables. 00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.900 I will be down 00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.220 front. 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