191 00:24:57.825 --> 00:25:00.325 What's going on ho family? How you doing this morning? 192 00:25:02.695 --> 00:25:04.765 Happy Father's Day weekend to you. 193 00:25:05.025 --> 00:25:07.045 Uh, if you've got your Bibles, would you go ahead 194 00:25:07.045 --> 00:25:08.605 and turn to Titus chapter one? 195 00:25:08.605 --> 00:25:09.885 We're gonna be continuing in our series 196 00:25:09.885 --> 00:25:12.445 that we've been calling Field Notes for the journey. 197 00:25:13.025 --> 00:25:17.485 Uh, and, uh, I, we've actually entitled this message is only 198 00:25:17.485 --> 00:25:18.765 because we see it in the text, 199 00:25:18.785 --> 00:25:21.125 but I think very appropriate for Father's Day weekend. 200 00:25:21.505 --> 00:25:24.885 Uh, it is going to be called liars, evil beasts, 201 00:25:24.905 --> 00:25:25.965 and lazy gluttons. 202 00:25:26.705 --> 00:25:29.645 That'd be Dads are like, you tricked me. 203 00:25:29.865 --> 00:25:31.285 He told me to come this weekend. 204 00:25:31.545 --> 00:25:32.645 The good news is it's not 205 00:25:32.645 --> 00:25:33.965 because it's talking about us here. 206 00:25:34.385 --> 00:25:36.725 Uh, it's referring actually to the people who lived 207 00:25:37.385 --> 00:25:38.525 on the island of Crete. 208 00:25:38.665 --> 00:25:42.405 Uh, but the reality is, uh, dads, we got a tough job. 209 00:25:43.385 --> 00:25:46.285 And I'm not saying it's tougher than moms, okay? 210 00:25:46.345 --> 00:25:48.125 Uh, my, my wife is gonna hear this sermon. 211 00:25:48.185 --> 00:25:49.965 Not saying that, I'm not even saying it's more difficult 212 00:25:49.965 --> 00:25:51.525 than people who don't have kids. 213 00:25:51.585 --> 00:25:53.285 But the reality is, uh, 214 00:25:53.585 --> 00:25:57.085 it is difficult in today's world at times to know how 215 00:25:57.085 --> 00:25:59.845 to operate in the space that God has called us 216 00:25:59.905 --> 00:26:01.485 to love and to lead. 217 00:26:02.225 --> 00:26:03.965 But here's what I do know, and I'm gonna prove this 218 00:26:03.985 --> 00:26:05.085 by asking a question. 219 00:26:05.945 --> 00:26:07.805 Men, uh, specifically dads. 220 00:26:08.145 --> 00:26:12.165 But if someone showed up to your home to bring havoc 221 00:26:12.165 --> 00:26:15.365 to your family physically, uh, or emotionally, 222 00:26:15.785 --> 00:26:17.485 and you know that it's your job 223 00:26:17.625 --> 00:26:21.205 and that you would willingly step in between harm's way 224 00:26:21.205 --> 00:26:22.645 and your family to protect them, 225 00:26:22.855 --> 00:26:24.045 would you just stand to your feet? 226 00:26:27.435 --> 00:26:29.205 Yeah. Yeah. Celebrate that. 227 00:26:29.745 --> 00:26:31.045 The reason is, is 228 00:26:31.045 --> 00:26:35.845 because we know There is something 229 00:26:35.845 --> 00:26:36.965 that, look, they're already sitting down. 230 00:26:36.965 --> 00:26:38.605 They're like, I know we don't get celebrated a lot. 231 00:26:38.605 --> 00:26:41.565 We're gonna go and sit back down. Thanks, I'm done. 232 00:26:41.905 --> 00:26:44.285 Uh, we know there's something inside of us 233 00:26:44.285 --> 00:26:45.685 that tells us we have a role 234 00:26:45.705 --> 00:26:48.765 and a responsibility inside of our family, and so well done. 235 00:26:49.065 --> 00:26:51.765 Uh, but there are moments we know in life 236 00:26:52.225 --> 00:26:55.605 and in leadership that requires more than sentiment. 237 00:26:55.605 --> 00:26:57.725 It requires more than words. Just saying, I love you. 238 00:26:57.745 --> 00:27:00.645 It, it demands a backbone. It, it demands action. 239 00:27:00.705 --> 00:27:04.765 It demands clarity. Sometimes it, it, it demands a strategy. 240 00:27:05.305 --> 00:27:09.325 Uh, what I'm holding here is a United States 241 00:27:09.875 --> 00:27:12.085 Army Ranger Handbook, okay? 242 00:27:12.545 --> 00:27:14.445 And, uh, this is not the Bible at all, 243 00:27:15.265 --> 00:27:17.485 but it does have something in common with the Bible. 244 00:27:17.515 --> 00:27:19.285 This is a civilian copy, by the way. 245 00:27:19.585 --> 00:27:20.885 Uh, I, in no way, shape, 246 00:27:20.885 --> 00:27:23.605 or form wanna be associated with stolen valor. 247 00:27:23.665 --> 00:27:26.365 Uh, deeply respect our men and women who serve our country. 248 00:27:26.785 --> 00:27:27.805 And I'm grateful for that. 249 00:27:28.265 --> 00:27:32.725 But inside of the front cover are 19, uh, 250 00:27:32.775 --> 00:27:35.085 field tested truths for irregular warfare. 251 00:27:35.085 --> 00:27:38.405 Started out as 28, uh, it's gonna been, uh, 252 00:27:39.045 --> 00:27:40.245 modified down to 19. 253 00:27:40.675 --> 00:27:44.885 They were written back in 1759 by Major Robert Rogers. 254 00:27:45.145 --> 00:27:47.965 Uh, he was the leader of Robert's Rangers, uh, 255 00:27:48.025 --> 00:27:50.885 who were an elite special forces operations unit, uh, 256 00:27:50.885 --> 00:27:52.205 during the French and Indian War. 257 00:27:52.865 --> 00:27:55.165 Uh, those truths are still lifted up 258 00:27:55.185 --> 00:27:58.325 and held tightly to by the Rangers, uh, of our country. 259 00:27:58.465 --> 00:28:01.645 But his men, they were not sitting behind desks. 260 00:28:02.385 --> 00:28:04.245 Uh, they were often deep in the wilderness, 261 00:28:04.675 --> 00:28:06.405 outnumbered, outgunned. 262 00:28:06.585 --> 00:28:10.965 And so Rogers gave them, again, 28 whittled down to 19, uh, 263 00:28:11.075 --> 00:28:12.605 very specific standing orders. 264 00:28:13.465 --> 00:28:15.805 But they were not vague mission statements. 265 00:28:16.625 --> 00:28:18.645 Uh, these were survival truths. 266 00:28:18.665 --> 00:28:20.845 So things like, don't forget nothing. 267 00:28:21.395 --> 00:28:22.605 Alright, really important. 268 00:28:22.825 --> 00:28:25.205 Uh, he would say, keep your musket clean as a whistle, 269 00:28:25.205 --> 00:28:27.445 because he knew if you're out on the battlefield 270 00:28:27.465 --> 00:28:30.285 and you need to shoot your gun, it had better be clean 271 00:28:30.285 --> 00:28:31.645 because you want it to work. 272 00:28:32.505 --> 00:28:35.645 Uh, the whole thing wraps up his last one. 273 00:28:35.645 --> 00:28:37.765 And this one is a little bit graphic, okay? 274 00:28:38.025 --> 00:28:39.965 Um, it says, let the enemy come close 275 00:28:40.545 --> 00:28:44.165 and then let him have it, and finish him with your hatchet. 276 00:28:45.965 --> 00:28:47.445 I mean, happy Father's Day. 277 00:28:47.945 --> 00:28:49.445 Uh, but these weren't written 278 00:28:49.625 --> 00:28:51.085 for theory, you know what I mean? 279 00:28:51.085 --> 00:28:52.245 These were written for battle. 280 00:28:52.305 --> 00:28:54.045 And that's exactly what Paul is doing. 281 00:28:54.305 --> 00:28:56.645 Uh, in his letter to Titus that we've been walking through, 282 00:28:56.645 --> 00:28:58.925 he's writing a field guide, um, not for soldiers 283 00:28:59.715 --> 00:29:02.725 with muskets, but for spiritual leaders, the family of God 284 00:29:02.745 --> 00:29:04.605 who are facing real threats 285 00:29:04.745 --> 00:29:07.125 to the spiritual health of the family of God. 286 00:29:07.125 --> 00:29:08.685 So this is doctrine for the front lines. 287 00:29:08.835 --> 00:29:12.405 It's not meant to be admired, but it's meant to be followed. 288 00:29:13.585 --> 00:29:15.245 And, uh, just like Roger said, 289 00:29:15.245 --> 00:29:18.005 don't forget nothing we saw last week, Paul actually said, 290 00:29:18.435 --> 00:29:20.845 hold firm to the trustworthy word. 291 00:29:21.795 --> 00:29:23.725 Same goal. If you forget the mission 292 00:29:23.985 --> 00:29:26.325 or if you ignore the enemy, people get hurt, 293 00:29:26.975 --> 00:29:28.645 especially those under your care. 294 00:29:28.645 --> 00:29:30.765 And so it's appropriate for us on Father's Day 295 00:29:30.765 --> 00:29:33.445 to be studying a passage that actually shows us 296 00:29:33.475 --> 00:29:36.325 what it looks like to lead well in our field, which 297 00:29:36.325 --> 00:29:38.525 for us quite honestly, uh, it's our home. 298 00:29:38.865 --> 00:29:40.725 Uh, it's our church and it's our community. 299 00:29:41.585 --> 00:29:46.045 Um, understand Titus was not on vacation in Crete. 300 00:29:46.465 --> 00:29:47.685 He wasn't. He was on a mission. 301 00:29:48.625 --> 00:29:51.085 And dads, um, whether we like it 302 00:29:51.105 --> 00:29:53.285 or not, we are on the front lines. 303 00:29:53.345 --> 00:29:54.965 And so this message that we're walking through, 304 00:29:54.965 --> 00:29:56.805 this is more than just for elders. 305 00:29:56.805 --> 00:29:59.845 It's for biological and for spiritual fathers. 306 00:29:59.875 --> 00:30:01.325 It's for mothers and mentors. 307 00:30:01.785 --> 00:30:03.125 Uh, this is for our home 308 00:30:03.665 --> 00:30:06.125 and this is for the family of God, which is the church. 309 00:30:06.825 --> 00:30:09.165 And so last week, uh, we kinda wrapped up. 310 00:30:09.165 --> 00:30:11.045 So in, in case you missed it, for the last two weeks, 311 00:30:11.045 --> 00:30:12.405 we've walked through nine verses. 312 00:30:12.675 --> 00:30:14.445 When we wrapped up verse nine last week, 313 00:30:14.825 --> 00:30:17.125 Paul's talking about, uh, men of God. 314 00:30:17.125 --> 00:30:20.725 And he says he must hold firm to the trustworthy word 315 00:30:20.825 --> 00:30:24.005 as taught so that he might be able to give instruction 316 00:30:24.265 --> 00:30:25.285 and sound doctrine 317 00:30:25.285 --> 00:30:27.565 and to rebuke those who contradict it so 318 00:30:27.565 --> 00:30:29.085 that we can teach the word of God 319 00:30:29.085 --> 00:30:31.165 and to correct those who need correction. 320 00:30:31.985 --> 00:30:35.885 But as we look into verse 10, uh, it starts with this word 321 00:30:36.585 --> 00:30:38.165 for, uh, FOR, 322 00:30:38.345 --> 00:30:40.685 and it's, um, this is like a hinge 323 00:30:40.685 --> 00:30:43.925 that ties verse nine into, uh, verse 10. 324 00:30:43.955 --> 00:30:46.405 It's a conjugation saying, Hey, this is going 325 00:30:46.405 --> 00:30:48.365 to be true in light of what we just read. 326 00:30:48.665 --> 00:30:53.525 And so we jump in verse 10, it says, for there are many 327 00:30:53.905 --> 00:30:56.285 who are insubordinate, empty talkers 328 00:30:56.345 --> 00:31:00.205 and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. 329 00:31:01.065 --> 00:31:02.965 Now, I thought about calling this message welcome 330 00:31:02.985 --> 00:31:04.045 to the circumcision party, 331 00:31:05.665 --> 00:31:07.525 but I was pretty sure that we'd have pretty light 332 00:31:07.525 --> 00:31:08.765 attendance on Father's Day weekend. 333 00:31:08.825 --> 00:31:10.765 And so, uh, we decided not to do that. 334 00:31:10.955 --> 00:31:13.285 I'll explain that when we get to it in the text, 335 00:31:13.385 --> 00:31:15.885 but, uh, Paul does not sugarcoat it. 336 00:31:15.885 --> 00:31:17.285 Okay? He says, very plain 337 00:31:17.285 --> 00:31:18.325 and simply, there are people 338 00:31:18.785 --> 00:31:20.805 inside the church who are dangerous. 339 00:31:21.145 --> 00:31:23.205 Why are they dangerous? Well, he says they're insubordinate. 340 00:31:23.205 --> 00:31:25.045 They won't submit to the apostle's teaching. 341 00:31:25.195 --> 00:31:26.805 They won't submit to the leadership 342 00:31:27.065 --> 00:31:28.165 inside of the church family. 343 00:31:28.355 --> 00:31:31.365 They want influence without accountability. 344 00:31:32.395 --> 00:31:35.285 They wanna lead others, but they don't wanna be led. 345 00:31:36.825 --> 00:31:38.165 He calls them empty talkers. 346 00:31:38.165 --> 00:31:41.605 So a lot of spiritual sounding words, but no gospel truth. 347 00:31:41.605 --> 00:31:44.165 Like in today's world, a lot of people can use the name 348 00:31:44.165 --> 00:31:45.885 of Jesus and they can say a lot of things, 349 00:31:46.025 --> 00:31:47.485 but no gospel truth. 350 00:31:47.755 --> 00:31:49.165 Then he says, they're deceivers, 351 00:31:49.165 --> 00:31:51.885 they're twisting the truth for personal gain. 352 00:31:51.885 --> 00:31:54.845 They don't just believe wrong, but they teach wrong. 353 00:31:55.825 --> 00:31:57.805 And people are getting hurt as a, as a result. 354 00:31:58.495 --> 00:32:00.685 Who's doing this? Uh, probably a lot of people 355 00:32:00.685 --> 00:32:02.205 because he said they're in verse 10. 356 00:32:02.255 --> 00:32:03.285 There are many. 357 00:32:03.905 --> 00:32:04.925 Uh, but notice he says, 358 00:32:05.015 --> 00:32:07.765 especially those in the circumcision party. 359 00:32:08.305 --> 00:32:11.805 Um, we're gonna start using that language around hope a lot. 360 00:32:11.995 --> 00:32:13.605 What he's talking about is there were these 361 00:32:13.605 --> 00:32:14.805 Jewish believing Christians. 362 00:32:14.805 --> 00:32:18.685 So they grew up in the Jewish faith so tied to the law, 363 00:32:18.865 --> 00:32:20.685 but now they do believe that Jesus came 364 00:32:20.685 --> 00:32:22.045 and was resurrected from the dead, 365 00:32:22.185 --> 00:32:24.165 but they're most likely teaching like Jesus. 366 00:32:24.875 --> 00:32:28.085 Plus the law equals salvation. 367 00:32:28.825 --> 00:32:32.045 And, uh, that's not really the way the gospel works. 368 00:32:32.265 --> 00:32:33.565 Uh, if you don't know what I'm, 369 00:32:33.565 --> 00:32:35.365 when I say the gospel, we mean the good news. 370 00:32:35.705 --> 00:32:37.845 Um, scripture tells us this in Romans, it says 371 00:32:37.845 --> 00:32:39.925 that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. 372 00:32:39.945 --> 00:32:41.845 You and me. Like if we're honest, all 373 00:32:41.845 --> 00:32:44.085 of us have not lived up to what it is that God's, uh, 374 00:32:44.085 --> 00:32:46.165 created intended purpose for our life. 375 00:32:47.025 --> 00:32:49.525 It also says that for the forgiveness of sins, there has 376 00:32:49.525 --> 00:32:50.525 to be shedding of blood. 377 00:32:50.525 --> 00:32:52.045 That's why throughout the Old Testament, 378 00:32:52.045 --> 00:32:53.325 you see a sacrificial system. 379 00:32:53.625 --> 00:32:56.525 Um, people sin. There has to be bloodshed 380 00:32:56.585 --> 00:32:58.525 for our relationship with God to be restored. 381 00:32:58.905 --> 00:33:00.885 New Testament, Jesus shows up on the scene. 382 00:33:00.945 --> 00:33:04.085 He lives the life that none of us have actually lived. 383 00:33:04.305 --> 00:33:06.565 And then he goes to a cross to pay the penalty 384 00:33:07.065 --> 00:33:08.965 and dies for our sins. 385 00:33:08.965 --> 00:33:11.325 That's why he is referred to as the Lamb of God. 386 00:33:11.505 --> 00:33:13.565 But not only does he die, he goes into a tomb 387 00:33:13.565 --> 00:33:14.765 and he's risen from the dead. 388 00:33:14.765 --> 00:33:16.765 Three days later overcoming sin 389 00:33:16.765 --> 00:33:19.085 and death saying that whosoever would call on my name, 390 00:33:19.085 --> 00:33:20.565 would believe in me, would not perish, 391 00:33:20.705 --> 00:33:21.965 but would have everlasting life, 392 00:33:21.965 --> 00:33:24.245 would have a restored relationship with God. 393 00:33:24.245 --> 00:33:25.245 That is what, that is, 394 00:33:25.305 --> 00:33:28.005 the foundational belief of Christianity. 395 00:33:28.305 --> 00:33:30.605 And Paul's saying, listen, there are these people inside 396 00:33:30.605 --> 00:33:32.005 of your church family, and they're not 397 00:33:32.105 --> 00:33:33.285 anti-religious people. 398 00:33:34.215 --> 00:33:35.405 Those are the ones that we know. 399 00:33:35.405 --> 00:33:37.045 Okay, maybe we don't need to listen to what they says. 400 00:33:37.045 --> 00:33:38.285 He's saying they're insiders. 401 00:33:38.285 --> 00:33:41.405 They sound spiritual, but they're undermining the gospel 402 00:33:41.785 --> 00:33:43.205 and they're disrupting the church. 403 00:33:43.545 --> 00:33:48.085 Uh, the truth that Paul's guarding is this religion says, 404 00:33:48.525 --> 00:33:51.845 I earn acceptance through my sacrifice. 405 00:33:53.185 --> 00:33:57.725 The gospel says, Jesus' sacrifice secures my acceptance. 406 00:33:58.755 --> 00:34:00.805 It's a big deal. We can't miss it in Paul saying, Hey, 407 00:34:00.925 --> 00:34:03.445 Titus, this is real and it needs attention. 408 00:34:03.745 --> 00:34:05.365 So we get to verse 11, what do we do 409 00:34:05.395 --> 00:34:08.245 with these insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers? 410 00:34:08.245 --> 00:34:10.245 He says, they must be silenced 411 00:34:11.415 --> 00:34:14.725 since they're upsetting whole families by teaching 412 00:34:14.725 --> 00:34:18.045 for shameful, shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 413 00:34:19.035 --> 00:34:21.885 Paul doesn't say, just ignore 'em. Just let it go. 414 00:34:21.885 --> 00:34:23.125 And I'm telling you, there's been times 415 00:34:23.475 --> 00:34:25.925 that I look back on my life and leadership inside the church 416 00:34:25.945 --> 00:34:27.565 and I kind of bought into the, ah, 417 00:34:28.495 --> 00:34:30.005 maybe we just don't say anything. 418 00:34:30.105 --> 00:34:32.365 And I'm telling you, I have seen it wreck 419 00:34:32.435 --> 00:34:33.845 harm on people's lives. 420 00:34:33.905 --> 00:34:35.805 He says, no, no, no. Silence them. 421 00:34:36.785 --> 00:34:39.485 And that word, silence it actually, it's the picture 422 00:34:39.705 --> 00:34:42.685 of a muzzle, like what you would put on a dangerous dog. 423 00:34:42.805 --> 00:34:45.365 I have an 85 pound German Shepherd phenomenal dog. 424 00:34:45.365 --> 00:34:47.725 When I take him to the vet, he can be intimidating. 425 00:34:47.755 --> 00:34:49.525 They prefer me put a muzzle on them. 426 00:34:50.385 --> 00:34:52.165 Why is he saying muzzle them? 427 00:34:52.195 --> 00:34:54.645 It's because their teaching isn't just wrong. 428 00:34:55.705 --> 00:34:59.275 It's wrecking lives. And he goes on 429 00:34:59.275 --> 00:35:00.755 to say it's upsetting families. 430 00:35:00.755 --> 00:35:02.675 Like the direct translation of that is like, 431 00:35:02.705 --> 00:35:05.035 it's flipping families completely upside down. 432 00:35:05.035 --> 00:35:08.475 They are dazed. Uh, it's confusing home spiritually. 433 00:35:08.655 --> 00:35:10.715 And Paul's saying this isn't just innocent. 434 00:35:11.385 --> 00:35:14.195 Like they are doing this for shameful gain, for power, 435 00:35:14.495 --> 00:35:16.115 for influence, or for money. 436 00:35:17.095 --> 00:35:19.715 And we just need to know, like as the people of God, 437 00:35:19.725 --> 00:35:22.115 there are people out there that will tell you, 438 00:35:22.145 --> 00:35:24.355 they will tell us just about anything 439 00:35:24.355 --> 00:35:26.395 that they think we want to hear 440 00:35:27.055 --> 00:35:29.395 if it will give them influence over our lives. 441 00:35:30.855 --> 00:35:32.395 And we just gotta be mindful of that. 442 00:35:33.255 --> 00:35:36.315 So our first field note this week is this bad doctrine 443 00:35:36.315 --> 00:35:37.485 doesn't just mislead. 444 00:35:37.945 --> 00:35:42.045 Uh, it wrecks homes and it ruins lives. We gotta be aware. 445 00:35:42.075 --> 00:35:45.045 It's not just wrong, it's not just someone else's opinion, 446 00:35:45.385 --> 00:35:46.925 but it's actually destructive 447 00:35:47.185 --> 00:35:48.605 to our lives and to our families. 448 00:35:48.605 --> 00:35:50.085 It would be like going to a doctor and, 449 00:35:50.085 --> 00:35:51.485 and one of my doctors is in the room right now. 450 00:35:51.785 --> 00:35:54.165 Uh, it would be, uh, like going to a doctor 451 00:35:54.225 --> 00:35:56.405 and they're prescribing a medication for you, 452 00:35:56.475 --> 00:35:57.525 knowing full well 453 00:35:57.525 --> 00:35:58.645 that it's actually not gonna 454 00:35:58.645 --> 00:36:00.005 treat anything or make you better. 455 00:36:00.305 --> 00:36:02.285 Um, we would say like, that's not just wrong. 456 00:36:02.315 --> 00:36:03.605 That, that, that's criminal. 457 00:36:03.825 --> 00:36:06.165 And Paul's saying, Titus, you've gotta shut this down. 458 00:36:07.305 --> 00:36:09.445 And we're gonna see when we get to Titus chapter two, 459 00:36:10.845 --> 00:36:12.045 everyone who's a follower of Jesus 460 00:36:12.185 --> 00:36:13.325 is actually called into this. 461 00:36:13.385 --> 00:36:15.885 Paul's gonna say, Hey, older men, you gotta protect 462 00:36:15.885 --> 00:36:18.125 and invest in younger men, um, older women. 463 00:36:18.125 --> 00:36:20.485 You've gotta protect and invest in younger women. 464 00:36:20.585 --> 00:36:22.125 But it starts with alertness. 465 00:36:22.145 --> 00:36:23.805 We have to be aware there's this 466 00:36:23.805 --> 00:36:25.325 false doctrine that's floating around. 467 00:36:25.325 --> 00:36:27.405 We gotta step in and we gotta step up. 468 00:36:28.945 --> 00:36:32.165 And then as far as our responsibilities as dads, 469 00:36:32.585 --> 00:36:33.685 I'm happy Father's Day, 470 00:36:34.425 --> 00:36:36.285 but our responsibility is not just 471 00:36:36.285 --> 00:36:37.645 to guard our home physically, 472 00:36:38.385 --> 00:36:39.965 but it's to guard our home spiritually. 473 00:36:41.025 --> 00:36:45.205 Uh, we've gotta be careful not to outsource the leadership 474 00:36:45.205 --> 00:36:48.005 of that area, really to our schools, um, 475 00:36:48.305 --> 00:36:50.845 not completely offload it to our spouse, to a podcast. 476 00:36:51.425 --> 00:36:53.285 And I'll just say this, I think we've got a great church. 477 00:36:53.285 --> 00:36:54.485 We've got a great student ministry, 478 00:36:54.745 --> 00:36:56.605 but we don't outsource it to the church either. 479 00:36:57.305 --> 00:36:59.485 Um, when I say church, I mean a, a program. 480 00:36:59.745 --> 00:37:02.965 The foundation for the place of discipleship in the lives 481 00:37:02.985 --> 00:37:05.045 of your young people is inside your home. 482 00:37:05.105 --> 00:37:08.125 Bad doctrine doesn't just mislead at wrecks 483 00:37:08.125 --> 00:37:09.565 homes and it ruins lives. 484 00:37:09.665 --> 00:37:13.685 We jump to verse 12. Paul goes on, he says, one 485 00:37:13.685 --> 00:37:15.605 of the creans, a prophet of their own. 486 00:37:15.665 --> 00:37:17.645 So one of their own people says this about them. 487 00:37:17.915 --> 00:37:22.245 Creighton are always liars, evil beasts and lazy gluttons. 488 00:37:22.635 --> 00:37:24.045 This testimony is true. 489 00:37:24.105 --> 00:37:25.765 So you see, it wasn't talking about us, his dad, 490 00:37:25.795 --> 00:37:27.445 he's talking about people on creep, 491 00:37:27.445 --> 00:37:30.245 but he's actually quoting, um, a Crete 492 00:37:30.245 --> 00:37:31.925 and poet by the name of Epi amenities 493 00:37:32.905 --> 00:37:34.845 who basically roast his own people. 494 00:37:35.105 --> 00:37:36.365 And he's saying, Titus, 495 00:37:36.365 --> 00:37:38.165 you gotta look at the culture around you. 496 00:37:38.875 --> 00:37:40.605 They are known for dishonesty. 497 00:37:40.605 --> 00:37:42.125 They're known for indulgence, 498 00:37:42.655 --> 00:37:45.205 which I think if we were smart right now, we would kind 499 00:37:45.205 --> 00:37:46.525 of look around our world 500 00:37:46.525 --> 00:37:50.565 and recognize we might be in a culture that is also known 501 00:37:50.665 --> 00:37:53.165 for being a bit dishonest and indulgent. 502 00:37:53.345 --> 00:37:56.405 But what he's saying is, this culture, this environment 503 00:37:56.405 --> 00:37:57.685 that you're in, it's a culture where 504 00:37:57.685 --> 00:37:59.285 false teaching will thrive. 505 00:37:59.745 --> 00:38:02.885 We gotta pay attention. And so what does Titus need to do? 506 00:38:03.265 --> 00:38:05.805 Uh, you get to verse 13, and he says, 507 00:38:05.955 --> 00:38:08.565 therefore rebuke them sharply 508 00:38:09.515 --> 00:38:11.685 that they may be sound in the faith. 509 00:38:12.225 --> 00:38:13.525 So he says, rebuke sharply. 510 00:38:13.635 --> 00:38:17.605 Okay, this is, um, this is not to shame, uh, this is 511 00:38:17.905 --> 00:38:18.845 to restore like 512 00:38:18.845 --> 00:38:20.165 Robert's orders that we talked about earlier. 513 00:38:20.165 --> 00:38:23.165 They're meant to, to protect, to show care for people. 514 00:38:23.195 --> 00:38:25.445 When he says, sound in the faith, you know, we, 515 00:38:25.505 --> 00:38:28.245 we wanna rebuke sharply so there may be sound in the faith. 516 00:38:28.685 --> 00:38:30.005 A translation of that is healthy. 517 00:38:30.345 --> 00:38:32.045 We rebuke sharply so 518 00:38:32.045 --> 00:38:34.445 that they will be healthy in their faith. 519 00:38:35.425 --> 00:38:37.365 Um, about six years ago, I had 520 00:38:38.005 --> 00:38:39.965 terrible tendonitis on my elbow, like so bad. 521 00:38:40.045 --> 00:38:41.605 I could barely hold up a coffee cup, 522 00:38:41.605 --> 00:38:43.805 much less do a pull up or a bicep curl. 523 00:38:44.345 --> 00:38:45.725 And my doctor said, yeah, 524 00:38:46.335 --> 00:38:47.885 truthfully, you got a couple options. 525 00:38:48.065 --> 00:38:49.885 You can deal with the pain, uh, 526 00:38:50.225 --> 00:38:52.285 or maybe you can wait until it gets bad enough. 527 00:38:52.285 --> 00:38:53.205 Something really breaks, 528 00:38:53.265 --> 00:38:54.445 and then you end up getting surgery. 529 00:38:55.045 --> 00:38:56.285 I said, well, that doesn't sound good. 530 00:38:56.345 --> 00:38:57.445 Uh, what are the other options? 531 00:38:57.785 --> 00:39:00.085 He said, well, there is this procedure that some people do. 532 00:39:00.245 --> 00:39:02.725 I don't do it, but it's called PRP, uh, 533 00:39:02.725 --> 00:39:03.805 platelet rich plasma. 534 00:39:03.945 --> 00:39:06.045 And so I went to the elbow doctor, uh, 535 00:39:06.045 --> 00:39:07.325 here in town who does this. 536 00:39:07.425 --> 00:39:09.045 And I said, Hey, tell me about this procedure. 537 00:39:09.225 --> 00:39:10.565 He said, yeah, it works great. 538 00:39:10.595 --> 00:39:13.125 What we do is we draw a lot of blood 539 00:39:14.025 --> 00:39:15.605 and then we put it in a centrifuge 540 00:39:15.745 --> 00:39:18.205 and we spin it around really, really fast. 541 00:39:18.265 --> 00:39:21.525 And then it separates the red blood cells from the platelets 542 00:39:21.525 --> 00:39:23.445 and the blood, the platelets like are the, is the part 543 00:39:23.445 --> 00:39:25.125 of your blood that has all the healing properties. 544 00:39:25.385 --> 00:39:28.085 And then we take out the platelets. 545 00:39:28.345 --> 00:39:31.525 And then under ultrasound, uh, we find your tendon, 546 00:39:31.525 --> 00:39:32.645 you can like see it up on the screen, 547 00:39:32.645 --> 00:39:33.765 and then we take a big needle 548 00:39:33.985 --> 00:39:36.725 and we inject it in your arm straight to the tendon, 549 00:39:36.725 --> 00:39:39.325 and we inject the platelets right where the injury is. 550 00:39:40.605 --> 00:39:42.165 I said, well, does it hurt? 551 00:39:44.185 --> 00:39:46.285 He said, oh yeah, it hurts terribly. 552 00:39:46.585 --> 00:39:47.845 Um, what we're actually trying 553 00:39:47.845 --> 00:39:50.045 to do is create the same environment 554 00:39:50.045 --> 00:39:51.765 that would be there if you like, had a broken bone. 555 00:39:52.405 --> 00:39:54.925 I was like, oh, sure, sign me up, let's do it. 556 00:39:55.145 --> 00:39:59.045 Um, and uh, here's the, the truth is he did not lie to me. 557 00:39:59.225 --> 00:40:01.805 Uh, it was very painful, like my hand is shaking. 558 00:40:02.145 --> 00:40:05.005 And for about two weeks it was very, very painful. 559 00:40:06.225 --> 00:40:08.965 But over time, um, it healed. 560 00:40:09.115 --> 00:40:12.485 Like I have not had an issue with my elbow in six years. 561 00:40:13.025 --> 00:40:14.725 And in the moment it's painful, 562 00:40:14.825 --> 00:40:15.965 but it promotes deep healing. 563 00:40:16.025 --> 00:40:18.765 That's what loving correction does, okay? 564 00:40:19.155 --> 00:40:21.765 It's not always convenient, it's not always comfortable, 565 00:40:21.945 --> 00:40:24.205 but it moves us towards sound doctrine. 566 00:40:24.205 --> 00:40:25.885 It moves us towards healthy doctrine 567 00:40:25.885 --> 00:40:26.965 towards a healthy faith. 568 00:40:28.015 --> 00:40:30.165 Verse 14, Paul clarifies like, 569 00:40:30.165 --> 00:40:31.685 what's really feeding the problem? 570 00:40:32.785 --> 00:40:35.805 He says, not devoting themselves to Jewish myths 571 00:40:36.665 --> 00:40:39.845 and the commands of people who turn away from the truth. 572 00:40:40.865 --> 00:40:44.045 So especially these false, uh, these false teachers, 573 00:40:44.045 --> 00:40:46.925 what they were doing is, uh, they were elevating 574 00:40:46.925 --> 00:40:48.925 and following manmade myths. 575 00:40:49.065 --> 00:40:51.485 Um, legalism, uh, we talked about 576 00:40:51.485 --> 00:40:54.845 that Jesus plus the law speculation, um, the elders 577 00:40:54.845 --> 00:40:57.405 of within the Jewish church, like they had specific, uh, 578 00:40:57.415 --> 00:40:59.085 traditions they were calling people into. 579 00:40:59.085 --> 00:41:01.925 And Paul says, don't let fake spirituality, 580 00:41:02.075 --> 00:41:03.165 okay, fake spirituality. 581 00:41:03.165 --> 00:41:05.805 Again, people who can use the name of Jesus they can, 582 00:41:05.805 --> 00:41:08.645 whether it's talking about grace upon grace, upon grace 583 00:41:08.875 --> 00:41:11.565 with no truth, uh, which we gotta be careful of, 584 00:41:11.705 --> 00:41:14.525 or Jesus plus the law, he saying, you gotta be aware of that 585 00:41:14.865 --> 00:41:16.525 or preferences of the culture. 586 00:41:17.065 --> 00:41:18.965 You've gotta be careful. We don't let preferences 587 00:41:18.965 --> 00:41:21.845 of the culture replace sound doctrine. 588 00:41:23.725 --> 00:41:27.045 I think we'd be very smart to recognize that there are, um, 589 00:41:27.945 --> 00:41:30.685 modern myths that we can fall prey 590 00:41:30.685 --> 00:41:32.005 to in our current society. 591 00:41:32.005 --> 00:41:33.445 And so I just wanna, very quickly, 592 00:41:33.555 --> 00:41:35.165 this is not a lecture on these items, 593 00:41:35.365 --> 00:41:37.805 I just wanna quickly just kind of raise our eyebrows 594 00:41:37.865 --> 00:41:39.565 to some things that we see around us right now. 595 00:41:39.565 --> 00:41:40.805 And so we're gonna walk through a few of them. 596 00:41:41.105 --> 00:41:44.685 Uh, one is the buffet Bible. Okay? 597 00:41:44.685 --> 00:41:46.525 The buffet Bible says, I can read through this 598 00:41:46.525 --> 00:41:47.965 and I can pick and choose whatever I want. 599 00:41:48.085 --> 00:41:49.525 I like that. I like that. I don't like that. 600 00:41:49.665 --> 00:41:51.685 I'm not gonna live by that. I'm not gonna stand on that. 601 00:41:52.105 --> 00:41:53.965 Um, that's not how it works. 602 00:41:54.625 --> 00:41:57.685 Um, we, we either believe this is the inherent, an iner, 603 00:41:57.685 --> 00:41:59.645 authoritative word of God, or we don't. 604 00:42:00.665 --> 00:42:02.765 And so we stand on what scripture says. 605 00:42:03.025 --> 00:42:04.805 Uh, you've got universalism, this idea 606 00:42:04.805 --> 00:42:06.405 of everybody goes to heaven no matter what. 607 00:42:06.585 --> 00:42:08.765 You can't say that you follow Jesus. 608 00:42:08.905 --> 00:42:10.165 And then believe this principle, 609 00:42:10.285 --> 00:42:13.285 I I just being a Jesus said, I'm the way, I'm the truth. 610 00:42:13.425 --> 00:42:16.725 I'm the life. No one gets to the Father except through me. 611 00:42:17.825 --> 00:42:20.085 And so you either believe in Jesus and follow Jesus, 612 00:42:20.145 --> 00:42:21.765 or you believe that he was a crazy person, 613 00:42:21.825 --> 00:42:23.205 but you can't really mix the two. 614 00:42:24.355 --> 00:42:25.765 There's the prosperity gospel. 615 00:42:26.705 --> 00:42:29.925 It says that faith in God equals success is 616 00:42:29.925 --> 00:42:30.965 defined by the world. 617 00:42:31.265 --> 00:42:33.725 I'm gonna tell you right now, that's a crock, okay? 618 00:42:33.985 --> 00:42:35.685 It, it, it doesn't work that way. 619 00:42:36.065 --> 00:42:37.765 Yes, we can make certain decisions 620 00:42:37.765 --> 00:42:40.325 and we follow in the ways that God has for us in our lives, 621 00:42:40.545 --> 00:42:43.325 and it puts us in a position to be blessed by God. 622 00:42:43.325 --> 00:42:46.245 But that blessing is probably better described 623 00:42:46.245 --> 00:42:48.685 as experiencing the love and the peace 624 00:42:48.785 --> 00:42:51.405 and the hope that is available to us in our lives 625 00:42:51.505 --> 00:42:52.565 by saying, you are God. 626 00:42:52.785 --> 00:42:56.605 And I'm not. But I also know that when you read scripture, 627 00:42:56.665 --> 00:42:59.285 if you stand on scripture as your foundation, 628 00:42:59.305 --> 00:43:01.005 it will tell you that God will allow you to go 629 00:43:01.005 --> 00:43:04.645 through some really difficult things to drive you to a place 630 00:43:04.665 --> 00:43:05.765 of dependence on him. 631 00:43:08.305 --> 00:43:11.845 Uh, this is a big one. Um, love equals affirmation. 632 00:43:12.985 --> 00:43:15.095 Um, that's simply not true. 633 00:43:15.915 --> 00:43:18.175 Um, yes, as as followers of Christ, 634 00:43:18.235 --> 00:43:19.495 we are called to love everyone. 635 00:43:20.395 --> 00:43:21.815 Uh, as followers of Christ. 636 00:43:22.155 --> 00:43:23.455 Uh, we are called to care 637 00:43:23.795 --> 00:43:25.175 for everyone as followers of Christ. 638 00:43:25.335 --> 00:43:27.575 I would even say we're called to accept everyone, 639 00:43:28.155 --> 00:43:29.255 but that word affirm 640 00:43:29.355 --> 00:43:31.495 and saying, no, no, no, I, I agree with you. 641 00:43:31.515 --> 00:43:33.175 Or I can say, okay, if it's true 642 00:43:33.395 --> 00:43:34.615 for you, then it's true for you. 643 00:43:34.675 --> 00:43:37.575 It just doesn't work that way to, to have a mindset 644 00:43:37.575 --> 00:43:39.495 that says, Hey, there's no correction allowed. 645 00:43:39.495 --> 00:43:41.615 There's, there's no repentance required. 646 00:43:41.915 --> 00:43:43.775 That's not what scripture calls us into. 647 00:43:44.115 --> 00:43:46.095 And to be honest, if we really believe that, 648 00:43:46.155 --> 00:43:47.655 we don't need a God anyway. 649 00:43:48.995 --> 00:43:51.535 So we gotta be careful. A couple others, I might 650 00:43:51.535 --> 00:43:53.535 as well just step on everybody's toes here. 651 00:43:53.595 --> 00:43:57.735 Um, um, Christian nationalism, um, 652 00:43:57.785 --> 00:44:00.335 there is no political party, Republican 653 00:44:00.515 --> 00:44:03.455 or Democrat that is going to usher in the kingdom 654 00:44:03.555 --> 00:44:04.655 of God there. 655 00:44:04.915 --> 00:44:06.695 And you can hold a sign that says, no king 656 00:44:06.715 --> 00:44:09.215 or not do whatever you want to do, but there is one king. 657 00:44:09.215 --> 00:44:11.455 There's only one king, and it's Jesus Christ. 658 00:44:12.195 --> 00:44:13.335 And so we gotta be, yeah. 659 00:44:17.475 --> 00:44:20.815 And cultural Christianity and say, well, I go to church. 660 00:44:20.915 --> 00:44:21.975 I'm in a small group. I serve 661 00:44:22.055 --> 00:44:23.175 a little bit, so I must be good. 662 00:44:23.315 --> 00:44:25.575 Yes, we gotta be careful. There's so much that's a part of 663 00:44:25.575 --> 00:44:26.775 how we do church in the West. 664 00:44:26.775 --> 00:44:29.215 And if I'm honest, even here at hope, that it's like, 665 00:44:29.365 --> 00:44:33.165 it's not necessarily prescribed in scripture, okay? 666 00:44:33.545 --> 00:44:36.365 And so that's why we've gotta be rooted in sound doctrine. 667 00:44:36.365 --> 00:44:37.965 Like this is what's gonna point us towards 668 00:44:37.985 --> 00:44:39.045 how we need to live our lives. 669 00:44:39.105 --> 00:44:41.685 And so, um, I was talking to Aaron Nelson this week. 670 00:44:41.715 --> 00:44:43.925 I'll hit one more. Uh, he said, maybe you ought 671 00:44:43.925 --> 00:44:45.285 to mention, uh, like self-help. 672 00:44:45.285 --> 00:44:47.045 There's a big self-help movement right now. 673 00:44:47.385 --> 00:44:48.405 And he mentioned one book. 674 00:44:48.445 --> 00:44:50.005 I haven't read it yet, so I didn't feel 675 00:44:50.005 --> 00:44:51.445 comfortable talking about it. 676 00:44:51.545 --> 00:44:54.845 Um, but I know for me a couple years ago, uh, 677 00:44:55.245 --> 00:44:58.485 I was on vacation and I took a couple of books by a guy 678 00:44:58.505 --> 00:44:59.925 by the name of David Goggins. 679 00:45:00.745 --> 00:45:03.765 Um, if you don't know, David goin, David Goggins, 680 00:45:03.805 --> 00:45:07.285 a former seal team member, um, very driven guy. 681 00:45:07.475 --> 00:45:09.565 It's like, Hey, you gotta man up. You gotta be tough. 682 00:45:09.665 --> 00:45:12.325 You could push through, um, says a lot of other words 683 00:45:12.325 --> 00:45:13.845 that I could never repeat up here 684 00:45:15.145 --> 00:45:17.165 and read a couple of other books by some other guys 685 00:45:17.165 --> 00:45:19.405 that were like the athletic trainer for Kobe Bryant 686 00:45:19.405 --> 00:45:20.405 and Michael Jordan. 687 00:45:20.785 --> 00:45:23.605 But like, I came out of that vacation time, like, 688 00:45:24.635 --> 00:45:25.845 yeah, I'm ready to go. 689 00:45:25.915 --> 00:45:28.205 Like I, and truthfully, in the months following, 690 00:45:28.205 --> 00:45:29.205 there were some people that said, 691 00:45:29.225 --> 00:45:31.005 two people specifically said, man, 692 00:45:31.005 --> 00:45:32.485 it seems like there's something different about you. 693 00:45:32.485 --> 00:45:34.285 Like you were really driven right now. 694 00:45:34.305 --> 00:45:35.805 And I was like, yeah, yeah. 695 00:45:36.665 --> 00:45:37.685 But they both looked at me 696 00:45:37.685 --> 00:45:38.965 and said, it kind 697 00:45:38.965 --> 00:45:40.645 of seems like you're hurting some people around you. 698 00:45:42.615 --> 00:45:45.595 And I thought, man, I may, maybe I need 699 00:45:45.875 --> 00:45:47.675 to be careful which books I'm reading 700 00:45:47.785 --> 00:45:49.555 outside of the right context. 701 00:45:50.535 --> 00:45:51.955 So we just gotta be careful, man, 702 00:45:51.955 --> 00:45:53.075 that stuff gets inside of us. 703 00:45:53.095 --> 00:45:55.155 It can shape us. And Paul's saying, there's some things 704 00:45:55.155 --> 00:45:56.555 that are floating around in your churches 705 00:45:56.655 --> 00:45:59.195 and in your communities, and it's wrecking families. 706 00:45:59.195 --> 00:46:00.595 You gotta be on guard. You gotta speak 707 00:46:00.595 --> 00:46:01.995 truth, you gotta bring clarity. 708 00:46:02.015 --> 00:46:04.835 So our second field note is this correction without 709 00:46:04.905 --> 00:46:06.275 love is cruel. 710 00:46:07.335 --> 00:46:10.595 It is. But love without correction is counterfeit. 711 00:46:11.435 --> 00:46:13.205 It's fake. A loving father, 712 00:46:13.355 --> 00:46:14.925 does it not correct his children? 713 00:46:14.985 --> 00:46:17.085 If I go to my doctor and he knows I've got an issue 714 00:46:17.085 --> 00:46:18.085 and he doesn't tell me the truth, 715 00:46:18.275 --> 00:46:21.405 it's not loving church family. 716 00:46:21.425 --> 00:46:23.045 We gotta be careful. We, we, there's folks 717 00:46:23.045 --> 00:46:24.325 around us in our lives 718 00:46:24.425 --> 00:46:25.485 or for ourselves that 719 00:46:25.485 --> 00:46:29.205 that will drift towards a trendy spirituality, um, 720 00:46:29.205 --> 00:46:31.565 or even towards a Christian sounding legalism. 721 00:46:31.715 --> 00:46:33.085 Like we wanna prove ourselves. 722 00:46:33.585 --> 00:46:35.725 And if we're not careful, we'll fall in that trap. 723 00:46:36.265 --> 00:46:38.525 But we speak the truth in love so that others around us 724 00:46:38.585 --> 00:46:41.405 and ourselves, our families can be found in, 725 00:46:41.425 --> 00:46:43.645 in sound healthy faith. 726 00:46:44.585 --> 00:46:46.405 Um, the truth is, our families 727 00:46:46.405 --> 00:46:48.005 and our children pay the price when we don't. 728 00:46:48.425 --> 00:46:51.245 And so, dad's, uh, I, I've got a note here for us, and, 729 00:46:51.265 --> 00:46:52.285 and I wrote it in my notes. 730 00:46:52.305 --> 00:46:54.125 It says, you don't have to be a theologian, 731 00:46:54.585 --> 00:46:57.525 but the reality is, we're all theologians. 732 00:46:57.725 --> 00:47:00.645 Theology is just the study of God or, or so. 733 00:47:00.865 --> 00:47:02.885 We are all theologians of what we believe 734 00:47:02.885 --> 00:47:03.965 to be true about God. 735 00:47:03.965 --> 00:47:05.085 So you are a theologian. 736 00:47:05.085 --> 00:47:06.365 I don't know if you're a good one or not, 737 00:47:07.265 --> 00:47:09.325 but, um, you are a theologian. 738 00:47:09.825 --> 00:47:12.445 And so we've gotta, again, I say it over 739 00:47:12.445 --> 00:47:14.085 and over, we've gotta be rooted in scripture. 740 00:47:14.175 --> 00:47:16.765 Sound doctrine is important, but we must be a truth teller. 741 00:47:16.765 --> 00:47:18.525 We've gotta know what's going on in the world around us. 742 00:47:18.655 --> 00:47:20.045 We've gotta know what's going on 743 00:47:20.045 --> 00:47:21.165 in the lives of our families. 744 00:47:21.265 --> 00:47:22.965 That's what love and protection looks like. 745 00:47:22.965 --> 00:47:25.565 Correction without love is cruel, 746 00:47:25.905 --> 00:47:28.765 but love without correction is counterfeit. 747 00:47:29.265 --> 00:47:31.205 Uh, okay, two more verses here. 748 00:47:31.205 --> 00:47:34.525 Verse 15, he says, to the pure, all things are pure, 749 00:47:34.625 --> 00:47:38.525 but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, 750 00:47:39.145 --> 00:47:42.485 but both their minds and their consciences are defiled. 751 00:47:42.865 --> 00:47:47.285 Um, when Paul says pure, he's talking about, um, uh, moral 752 00:47:47.505 --> 00:47:48.525 and spiritual clarity. 753 00:47:49.185 --> 00:47:50.965 You understand when you look at things like when your 754 00:47:51.245 --> 00:47:53.165 doctrine is off, we lack clarity, 755 00:47:53.225 --> 00:47:55.405 and then everything around us becomes distorted. 756 00:47:56.065 --> 00:47:58.765 Uh, you remember that quote Tozier quote from week one. 757 00:47:58.905 --> 00:48:02.205 Uh, he said, what someone believes about God is the most 758 00:48:02.205 --> 00:48:04.285 important thing about them and their life. 759 00:48:05.275 --> 00:48:08.165 When our doctrine's off, we're following the wrong map. 760 00:48:08.695 --> 00:48:10.165 We're not gonna end up in the right place. 761 00:48:10.215 --> 00:48:13.045 We've gotta know that when you distort the truth, everything 762 00:48:13.045 --> 00:48:14.485 around you can be twisted. 763 00:48:14.665 --> 00:48:16.805 But when we hold tightly to the word, 764 00:48:17.335 --> 00:48:18.525 we'll see the world rightly. 765 00:48:18.695 --> 00:48:20.085 We've gotta recognize that we gotta 766 00:48:20.085 --> 00:48:21.245 keep it on in the front of our minds. 767 00:48:21.245 --> 00:48:22.485 And then we get to verse 16, 768 00:48:23.025 --> 00:48:25.725 and, um, he, he throws a knockout punch here. 769 00:48:26.505 --> 00:48:28.845 He says, they profess to know God, 770 00:48:30.615 --> 00:48:32.275 but they deny him by their works. 771 00:48:33.625 --> 00:48:36.195 They're detestable, disobedient, 772 00:48:37.405 --> 00:48:38.875 unfit for any good work. 773 00:48:40.815 --> 00:48:42.075 You could hear that and be like, you know, 774 00:48:42.755 --> 00:48:45.235 I feel like the red letters in my Bible when Jesus talks, 775 00:48:45.235 --> 00:48:47.115 it seems like he's a little nice and uh, 776 00:48:47.815 --> 00:48:50.635 or very nice, not so much with Paul. 777 00:48:51.775 --> 00:48:54.555 And, uh, I'm gonna speak to that, uh, at the end 778 00:48:54.575 --> 00:48:56.355 of this message if I remember. 779 00:48:56.415 --> 00:48:57.915 But he lands this truth. 780 00:48:57.915 --> 00:48:59.915 He says they know God, but their lives say otherwise. 781 00:49:00.215 --> 00:49:03.755 And he's not talking about just about this ancient group 782 00:49:03.775 --> 00:49:06.235 of people, uh, that were in creed anymore. 783 00:49:06.265 --> 00:49:09.395 He's talking to anyone then or now who claims to follow God, 784 00:49:09.735 --> 00:49:11.355 but their life doesn't match up. 785 00:49:12.375 --> 00:49:13.835 And, uh, the truth is, 786 00:49:15.695 --> 00:49:17.555 and you gotta, you've gotta watch for people. 787 00:49:17.555 --> 00:49:19.435 Like I want you to see this in your own life, 788 00:49:19.455 --> 00:49:21.755 but we've also, what he's talking about is being mindful 789 00:49:21.855 --> 00:49:22.915 of people in your community. 790 00:49:23.685 --> 00:49:27.035 There are those who will say Jesus is Lord okay. 791 00:49:27.815 --> 00:49:29.755 But at the end of the day, um, 792 00:49:30.615 --> 00:49:34.115 if Jesus doesn't get the final say in our marriage, 793 00:49:35.535 --> 00:49:36.595 in our finances, 794 00:49:37.495 --> 00:49:41.035 and, uh, in our purity, in our priorities, 795 00:49:41.255 --> 00:49:43.635 we gotta ask the question, is he really Lord of our lives? 796 00:49:44.495 --> 00:49:46.635 It is possible to show up and sing on Sunday 797 00:49:46.855 --> 00:49:48.635 and not follow Jesus on Monday. 798 00:49:49.455 --> 00:49:50.915 And we gotta be mindful of this 799 00:49:50.915 --> 00:49:52.315 because at the end of the day, 800 00:49:52.695 --> 00:49:54.755 our life will preach the real sermon. 801 00:49:55.625 --> 00:49:59.635 Your loudest sermon is the life that you live. Amen. 802 00:50:00.335 --> 00:50:01.395 And people are watching, 803 00:50:01.615 --> 00:50:03.355 our kids are watching people hear your 804 00:50:03.355 --> 00:50:04.635 actions louder than your words. 805 00:50:04.695 --> 00:50:07.475 We know if you have children, more is caught than taught. 806 00:50:07.615 --> 00:50:08.835 You can tell 'em anything in the world 807 00:50:08.835 --> 00:50:09.955 that you wanna tell 'em. 808 00:50:10.025 --> 00:50:12.795 They are watching the decisions that you make in your life. 809 00:50:12.975 --> 00:50:15.755 And so the world needs a church, uh, 810 00:50:15.755 --> 00:50:17.675 that practices what the Bible teaches. 811 00:50:18.135 --> 00:50:19.555 That's what the world needs to see. 812 00:50:19.555 --> 00:50:20.715 And if we claim to know God, 813 00:50:20.735 --> 00:50:22.875 but live no differently, we are unfit 814 00:50:23.055 --> 00:50:24.715 to share the hope that we have in Jesus. 815 00:50:24.815 --> 00:50:26.875 We say as a church, at hope, we're a family. 816 00:50:26.935 --> 00:50:28.605 We're the family of God who loves God, 817 00:50:28.635 --> 00:50:30.285 follows Jesus and shares hope. 818 00:50:30.305 --> 00:50:32.085 We can't love God if we don't know God. 819 00:50:32.085 --> 00:50:34.685 But as we begin to know him, we can love him 820 00:50:34.685 --> 00:50:36.205 that looks like following Jesus. 821 00:50:36.345 --> 00:50:39.485 And then, and only then are we really in a place to be able 822 00:50:39.485 --> 00:50:43.525 to point people to the hope that we have in Jesus Dads 823 00:50:44.385 --> 00:50:45.485 the greatest gift. 824 00:50:46.145 --> 00:50:49.525 Um, my notes here say, the greatest gift that you can give 825 00:50:49.545 --> 00:50:52.685 to your family, um, is a life that matches your message. 826 00:50:53.425 --> 00:50:56.085 Um, again, I would change that the greatest gift 827 00:50:56.085 --> 00:50:58.165 that you can give to your family is, is a life 828 00:50:58.235 --> 00:50:59.765 that matches this message 829 00:51:00.835 --> 00:51:02.725 that matches the gospel of Jesus Christ. 830 00:51:02.795 --> 00:51:05.965 It's not perfection, but it's a life of integrity. 831 00:51:06.465 --> 00:51:08.325 Um, let your kids see you pray. 832 00:51:09.265 --> 00:51:11.485 Uh, let your see your, let your kids see you. 833 00:51:11.485 --> 00:51:14.685 Study and value the word of God to, to the point to 834 00:51:14.685 --> 00:51:15.925 where you get to a place where you say, you know what? 835 00:51:16.125 --> 00:51:18.005 I, I I need to confess this sin 836 00:51:18.005 --> 00:51:19.205 against you, against my family. 837 00:51:19.295 --> 00:51:21.365 There is something strong about a man 838 00:51:21.385 --> 00:51:22.485 and a family, about a mother 839 00:51:22.525 --> 00:51:23.925 and a family that says, Hey, you know what? 840 00:51:24.445 --> 00:51:26.965 I slipped up. Um, let them see. 841 00:51:27.065 --> 00:51:28.565 Let your family see you worship. 842 00:51:28.765 --> 00:51:30.405 I love, I was over here worshiping on the side. 843 00:51:30.405 --> 00:51:32.365 And there's some men down here in this front row 844 00:51:32.515 --> 00:51:34.405 that were like just laying it all out 845 00:51:34.405 --> 00:51:35.565 on the line before their God. 846 00:51:35.625 --> 00:51:37.245 That's what our families need to see. 847 00:51:38.905 --> 00:51:40.805 Let them see you serve. Let them see you give, 848 00:51:40.825 --> 00:51:42.485 let them see you care for other people. 849 00:51:42.545 --> 00:51:45.645 Let them see you. Lay down your life for your wife 850 00:51:45.785 --> 00:51:48.925 and stand strong on the truth of God's word In this world, 851 00:51:48.945 --> 00:51:52.845 the loudest sermon is the life that you live. 852 00:51:53.945 --> 00:51:56.605 Uh, I read, how much time do I got? Alright, we doing okay? 853 00:51:56.655 --> 00:52:00.605 We're doing all right. Um, I know you could hear this, uh, 854 00:52:00.745 --> 00:52:03.285 as a guy, uh, or, or as a woman, to be honest 855 00:52:03.425 --> 00:52:07.255 and think I am, I am not equipped, uh, 856 00:52:07.435 --> 00:52:08.455 to be able to do that. 857 00:52:09.035 --> 00:52:13.195 Um, we have a responsibility as a church to equip you. 858 00:52:13.395 --> 00:52:18.195 I, um, in, in the fall of this coming year, uh, 859 00:52:18.925 --> 00:52:22.435 there is a, an organization called the Fourth Musketeer. 860 00:52:22.895 --> 00:52:26.155 And, uh, they take these, uh, they take like four days 861 00:52:26.155 --> 00:52:28.395 and they take a group of about 50 guys, um, 862 00:52:28.575 --> 00:52:31.315 out into the wilderness, out camping for like four days. 863 00:52:31.315 --> 00:52:32.915 It's called the Extreme Character Challenge. 864 00:52:33.335 --> 00:52:35.555 And, uh, and they just invest in you 865 00:52:35.555 --> 00:52:37.835 and call you into the deep truths of scripture of 866 00:52:37.835 --> 00:52:39.595 what your life should be about as a man. 867 00:52:39.595 --> 00:52:42.275 Like the whole thing is about awakening the hearts of men. 868 00:52:42.435 --> 00:52:44.755 I have this conviction that what the world needs right now, 869 00:52:44.935 --> 00:52:46.915 and this is not shorting anything about women, 870 00:52:46.975 --> 00:52:48.915 but like we need men to understand that Paul, 871 00:52:48.915 --> 00:52:50.595 that God has placed on their lives. 872 00:52:50.975 --> 00:52:53.355 And so I've had some conversations with their leadership, 873 00:52:53.655 --> 00:52:56.635 um, myself, uh, Sam Cannoli, uh, 874 00:52:56.815 --> 00:52:59.235 the worship pastor here at the Raleigh campus, uh, 875 00:52:59.265 --> 00:53:00.955 Matt Curtis, our Fuqua campus pastor, 876 00:53:00.975 --> 00:53:02.755 and then Jason Collier, one of our elders. 877 00:53:02.975 --> 00:53:04.955 Uh, this Thursday we're gonna jump on a plane 878 00:53:05.175 --> 00:53:07.395 and we're gonna head out to, uh, Colorado. 879 00:53:08.215 --> 00:53:09.395 I'm gonna go up in the Rocky Mountains. 880 00:53:09.395 --> 00:53:11.355 We're gonna be there for four days. If you heard, uh, 881 00:53:11.355 --> 00:53:13.635 the first sermon in this series, um, 882 00:53:13.745 --> 00:53:15.435 I've got some pretty crazy camping trips. 883 00:53:15.495 --> 00:53:16.715 And so I'm believing 884 00:53:16.715 --> 00:53:18.595 that this one's gonna be a little bit better than that one. 885 00:53:19.935 --> 00:53:22.875 But then the goal is for us to kinda catch a vision for this 886 00:53:22.875 --> 00:53:25.325 and then come back and then we're gonna be calling all the 887 00:53:25.325 --> 00:53:26.805 men in our church that want to go 888 00:53:26.805 --> 00:53:28.965 and be a part of this thing, uh, in the fall, 889 00:53:29.065 --> 00:53:30.445 in the mountains of North Carolina. 890 00:53:30.745 --> 00:53:34.605 And so, uh, if you are interested in that, uh, 891 00:53:34.825 --> 00:53:36.765 we wanna go ahead and start collecting some info. 892 00:53:36.825 --> 00:53:38.445 I'm telling you the spots are gonna fill up quickly. 893 00:53:38.705 --> 00:53:40.845 Uh, but you can text the word mountain 894 00:53:41.465 --> 00:53:46.445 to 7 2 9 8 9 mountain, M-O-U-N-T-A-I-N, 895 00:53:46.945 --> 00:53:48.325 uh, to 7 2 9 8 9. 896 00:53:48.325 --> 00:53:49.485 You'll get a link sent to your phone. 897 00:53:49.585 --> 00:53:51.805 You can, uh, you know, put the information in there 898 00:53:51.805 --> 00:53:53.365 and you're gonna be like, am I gonna get all the details? 899 00:53:53.425 --> 00:53:54.565 No, no, not right now. 900 00:53:54.565 --> 00:53:55.885 That's a bunch of guys leading this thing. 901 00:53:55.905 --> 00:53:59.525 But, um, we will follow up with you, uh, this week, okay? 902 00:53:59.665 --> 00:54:02.245 And then you're gonna hear more about what's coming up. 903 00:54:02.245 --> 00:54:03.845 But look, don't wait till the fall either. 904 00:54:03.875 --> 00:54:06.605 I've told you last week, go to your campus pastor, go 905 00:54:06.605 --> 00:54:08.525 to the men's events that are a part of your campus. 906 00:54:09.785 --> 00:54:12.565 Um, we need other folks in our lives, okay? 907 00:54:13.565 --> 00:54:14.965 I want to end where I began. 908 00:54:15.265 --> 00:54:18.325 Uh, if someone showed up at your house to wreck your family, 909 00:54:19.865 --> 00:54:21.005 you would do something about it. 910 00:54:21.705 --> 00:54:25.165 Uh, I know for me, part of the reason that I work out is 911 00:54:25.165 --> 00:54:26.645 to be strong, uh, 912 00:54:26.865 --> 00:54:30.525 and to be in a good position that if someone did try 913 00:54:30.525 --> 00:54:31.685 to take advantage of my wife 914 00:54:31.685 --> 00:54:34.125 and kids, um, I'd be in a better place to defend 'em. 915 00:54:34.125 --> 00:54:35.245 It just would. That doesn't mean 916 00:54:35.245 --> 00:54:37.325 that like it definitely would work out that way. 917 00:54:37.425 --> 00:54:38.925 It doesn't mean that I don't depend on 918 00:54:38.925 --> 00:54:40.005 God's help to protect our family. 919 00:54:40.305 --> 00:54:42.245 It does mean that I think if somebody had to choose 920 00:54:42.245 --> 00:54:43.685 between my family or another family, 921 00:54:44.015 --> 00:54:45.405 maybe you would realize it might be 922 00:54:45.405 --> 00:54:46.485 an easier target over here. 923 00:54:46.665 --> 00:54:50.005 And it would be. Um, I also have a 16-year-old daughter, 924 00:54:50.105 --> 00:54:52.285 and I need every young man in that school to know, you know 925 00:54:52.285 --> 00:54:54.645 what, her dad's a little different. 926 00:54:55.745 --> 00:54:58.085 So, so far it's, uh, it's working. 927 00:54:58.665 --> 00:55:00.325 But I know a lot of you are the same way. 928 00:55:00.465 --> 00:55:02.885 He would lay down your life in a heartbeat 929 00:55:02.885 --> 00:55:03.965 to protect your family. 930 00:55:04.305 --> 00:55:06.365 But here's what Paul's saying in Titus chapter one. 931 00:55:06.365 --> 00:55:08.205 And I want every dad and every man in this room 932 00:55:08.265 --> 00:55:10.285 to feel it down in your bones. 933 00:55:10.705 --> 00:55:14.685 The most dangerous threat to your family is not physical. 934 00:55:15.225 --> 00:55:16.445 It is spiritual. 935 00:55:18.825 --> 00:55:21.445 And as dads, as fathers, 936 00:55:21.445 --> 00:55:23.245 we've got a responsibility to step up. 937 00:55:23.305 --> 00:55:24.965 And we hear the voices 938 00:55:25.075 --> 00:55:26.845 that tell us like, no, it's no big deal. 939 00:55:27.305 --> 00:55:29.165 Uh, who are you to speak up? 940 00:55:29.285 --> 00:55:30.805 I mean, look, your own life as a wreck. 941 00:55:31.665 --> 00:55:34.685 Hey, culture's changing. Maybe we just need to adapt. 942 00:55:35.025 --> 00:55:37.245 But make no mistake, the enemy would love nothing better 943 00:55:37.245 --> 00:55:39.805 than, as Paul said, to get inside, to get a foothold 944 00:55:39.805 --> 00:55:42.645 and to flip your family upside down. 945 00:55:42.825 --> 00:55:46.325 And so men, the question is this, will you stand guard? 946 00:55:48.135 --> 00:55:49.145 Will you stand guard? 947 00:55:49.405 --> 00:55:51.345 Not with fist clenched like in anger, 948 00:55:51.345 --> 00:55:52.985 but with heart sitter grounded in truth? 949 00:55:53.225 --> 00:55:55.425 Will you lead with grace and courage? 950 00:55:55.425 --> 00:55:57.745 Will you let your family see a heart of faith? 951 00:56:00.185 --> 00:56:04.105 'cause the world is watching, your family's watching. 952 00:56:04.205 --> 00:56:07.025 God has placed you where he has, he has placed you 953 00:56:07.025 --> 00:56:08.345 where he has with the purpose. 954 00:56:09.605 --> 00:56:10.865 And I had this thought this week, 955 00:56:12.195 --> 00:56:14.025 could you imagine if thousands 956 00:56:14.125 --> 00:56:16.545 of men at hope said, you know what? 957 00:56:18.205 --> 00:56:21.825 We will stand guard. I I believe our 958 00:56:21.825 --> 00:56:22.985 communities would be transformed. 959 00:56:23.165 --> 00:56:24.765 I believe our schools would be transformed. 960 00:56:24.765 --> 00:56:27.485 And so on this Father's Day weekend, if you were a man, 961 00:56:27.825 --> 00:56:30.205 if you're a dad, a mentor, a leader, 962 00:56:30.465 --> 00:56:32.045 if you're a spiritual protector, 963 00:56:32.045 --> 00:56:33.605 you can be in high school and say, you know what? 964 00:56:33.985 --> 00:56:36.245 I'm going to be one who sets a, a, a culture 965 00:56:36.385 --> 00:56:39.245 of spiritual protection over those around me in my school. 966 00:56:39.745 --> 00:56:43.125 If that is you, I i across all of our campuses right now, 967 00:56:43.245 --> 00:56:44.925 I just would invite you just to stand to your feet. 968 00:56:44.965 --> 00:56:48.165 I would love to pray for you. And it's not 969 00:56:48.165 --> 00:56:49.525 because you have it all figured out. 970 00:56:50.475 --> 00:56:52.525 It's because you're stepping in the fight to say, 971 00:56:52.605 --> 00:56:54.165 I will stand between my family. 972 00:56:54.405 --> 00:56:56.805 I will stand between my community and the enemy. 973 00:56:57.045 --> 00:57:00.925 I will not be silent in the face of lies. I won't do it. 974 00:57:01.245 --> 00:57:02.965 I will love with grace, and I'll lead with truth. 975 00:57:02.965 --> 00:57:04.285 And so, if you're willing to join me, 976 00:57:04.665 --> 00:57:06.845 and I know there's hundreds already standing up in this 977 00:57:06.845 --> 00:57:09.245 room, I just wanna invite you to stand to your feet. 978 00:57:10.105 --> 00:57:13.125 And then, um, before I pray for us, um, 979 00:57:14.105 --> 00:57:15.245 And this is beautiful by the way. 980 00:57:15.325 --> 00:57:18.285 I mean, could you imagine if we really took this seriously? 981 00:57:22.075 --> 00:57:24.355 I know there's probably some men that are standing right now 982 00:57:24.355 --> 00:57:27.235 and maybe, um, some that, that, that aren't. 983 00:57:28.815 --> 00:57:30.115 But if you're standing right now 984 00:57:30.115 --> 00:57:31.995 and you've actually never made the decision 985 00:57:32.175 --> 00:57:33.875 to trust in Jesus as your Lord 986 00:57:33.875 --> 00:57:37.395 and Savior, um, that's the starting line. 987 00:57:38.495 --> 00:57:40.635 That's where we start. And the reality is we're celebrating 988 00:57:40.635 --> 00:57:42.555 Father's Day and we would protect our children. 989 00:57:42.575 --> 00:57:44.675 But you know what God did to protect all of his children? 990 00:57:45.095 --> 00:57:47.395 He allowed his one and only son to go to a cross 991 00:57:47.415 --> 00:57:48.835 to pay the penalty for your sins. 992 00:57:48.835 --> 00:57:50.995 Amen. And so I'm just gonna give you an opportunity 993 00:57:51.055 --> 00:57:55.915 as a man already standing if you're in that place 994 00:57:55.915 --> 00:57:57.555 and you've never made that decision, 995 00:57:57.615 --> 00:57:58.675 but you wanna make a decision. 996 00:57:58.705 --> 00:57:59.995 I've tried to do it on my own. 997 00:58:00.185 --> 00:58:01.715 I've tried to do it outta my own strength, 998 00:58:01.715 --> 00:58:03.715 and I know no longer do I wanna do that. 999 00:58:03.715 --> 00:58:06.395 I wanna turn to Jesus. Would you be so bold as to just, just 1000 00:58:06.395 --> 00:58:07.435 to raise your hand in here? 1001 00:58:09.985 --> 00:58:11.755 Yeah, I see you. Thank you. Yeah, 1002 00:58:13.195 --> 00:58:14.195 I see you right here. 1003 00:58:14.335 --> 00:58:15.335 Yep. 1004 00:58:19.265 --> 00:58:21.835 It's the best decision you'll ever make. Amen. 1005 00:58:22.455 --> 00:58:24.155 Um, I'm gonna pray now. 1006 00:58:24.155 --> 00:58:25.515 I'm just gonna have everybody, by your heads 1007 00:58:25.515 --> 00:58:26.595 with you, men still standing. 1008 00:58:26.615 --> 00:58:28.395 And for those who just raise their hand in this room, 1009 00:58:28.475 --> 00:58:30.355 I just want you to, there's no magic in a prayer. 1010 00:58:30.455 --> 00:58:31.835 You can put your own words to it. 1011 00:58:31.915 --> 00:58:33.115 I just want you to pray after me. 1012 00:58:34.335 --> 00:58:38.155 Father in heaven, I know that I'm a sinner. 1013 00:58:39.915 --> 00:58:43.915 I know I've gone my own way and tried to do it myself. 1014 00:58:45.555 --> 00:58:47.235 I thank you for sending your son Jesus 1015 00:58:50.565 --> 00:58:52.385 to live the life I could have never lived 1016 00:58:53.965 --> 00:58:56.385 and to pay the penalty for my sins on a cross. 1017 00:58:58.685 --> 00:59:01.345 And I recognize that he rose again three days later, 1018 00:59:01.345 --> 00:59:04.105 overcoming sin and death so 1019 00:59:04.105 --> 00:59:06.145 that I could have a restored relationship with you. 1020 00:59:08.145 --> 00:59:09.235 I Trust 1021 00:59:09.255 --> 00:59:11.875 and believe in Jesus as the Lord and Savior of my life. 1022 00:59:14.175 --> 00:59:16.235 And now I just wanna pray for the rest of those standing. 1023 00:59:16.235 --> 00:59:18.395 Father, I, I want to thank you for the men who have said, 1024 00:59:18.395 --> 00:59:19.515 yes, I will stand guard. 1025 00:59:20.095 --> 00:59:22.725 Um, we live in a day and age that that doctrine 1026 00:59:22.745 --> 00:59:24.565 and in truth is just getting twisted. 1027 00:59:25.025 --> 00:59:27.245 And Lord, you call us as your church family, 1028 00:59:27.345 --> 00:59:29.165 as your followers to dig deep down 1029 00:59:29.385 --> 00:59:31.485 and as truths of scripture, not so 1030 00:59:31.485 --> 00:59:34.325 that we can fight physically against other people, Lord, 1031 00:59:34.325 --> 00:59:36.645 but so that we can stand strong and to be able to correct 1032 00:59:36.945 --> 00:59:39.765 and to ultimately point people back to the gospel. 1033 00:59:41.265 --> 00:59:44.485 And so, Lord, I pray right now for every man 1034 00:59:44.485 --> 00:59:45.925 that's standing, and I know 1035 00:59:45.925 --> 00:59:48.885 because I live it myself, there's this fear of inadequacy. 1036 00:59:48.925 --> 00:59:50.085 I pray that you would strengthen them 1037 00:59:50.085 --> 00:59:51.205 through the power of your spirit. 1038 00:59:51.365 --> 00:59:52.565 I pray you would give them boldness. 1039 00:59:52.765 --> 00:59:55.125 I pray you would give them humility to be able to say, Hey, 1040 00:59:55.125 --> 00:59:56.405 I don't have it figured out all the time. 1041 00:59:56.405 --> 00:59:58.245 But as a family, we need to go on a journey. 1042 00:59:58.255 --> 01:00:00.725 We've been going in one direction. We need to go in another. 1043 01:00:03.195 --> 01:00:05.565 Lord, I pray for the, for the women, 1044 01:00:05.665 --> 01:00:09.925 for the wives in this group, Lord, that provide so much 1045 01:00:11.035 --> 01:00:13.885 consistency and steadiness and love. 1046 01:00:15.675 --> 01:00:17.365 Amen. For our family. Lord, I pray 1047 01:00:17.365 --> 01:00:19.605 that they would experience a blessing from you as well. 1048 01:00:19.825 --> 01:00:23.485 Yes, Lord. Would we be a church that is about your business, 1049 01:00:23.485 --> 01:00:27.085 about expanding your kingdom, about helping the world come 1050 01:00:27.305 --> 01:00:29.005 to know and experience the love of God 1051 01:00:29.005 --> 01:00:30.605 and the life that Jesus came to make available? 1052 01:00:30.665 --> 01:00:32.085 We love you Lord. And we pray these things 1053 01:00:32.305 --> 01:00:34.925 and the name of Jesus and everyone said, amen. 1054 01:00:36.155 --> 01:00:37.645 Okay, I wanna say one other thing. 1055 01:00:37.665 --> 01:00:40.565 You guys can have a seat, um, really quickly. 1056 01:00:41.065 --> 01:00:44.085 Um, uh, I mentioned that thing about Paul, 1057 01:00:44.085 --> 01:00:47.205 like I know he can be kind of aggressive if you hear this 1058 01:00:47.205 --> 01:00:48.485 and you're like, man, I don't know about that guy. 1059 01:00:48.805 --> 01:00:50.525 I want you to know what if, like 1060 01:00:50.525 --> 01:00:51.885 what we just talked about was true. 1061 01:00:51.995 --> 01:00:53.965 What if there really was some things going on 1062 01:00:53.965 --> 01:00:55.485 that could tear apart families? 1063 01:00:55.905 --> 01:00:58.485 You would want somebody to stand on guard 1064 01:00:58.505 --> 01:01:00.245 and to speak directly to those things. 1065 01:01:00.545 --> 01:01:03.045 And so my hope and my prayer is that you will see Paul for 1066 01:01:03.045 --> 01:01:05.605 who he is and see his words for what they are is meant 1067 01:01:05.785 --> 01:01:08.205 to protect the family of God. 1068 01:01:08.505 --> 01:01:10.125 And my hope, like when you guys, 1069 01:01:10.255 --> 01:01:11.485 there might be people in here right now 1070 01:01:11.485 --> 01:01:14.765 that like one day I might be on the other side of eternity. 1071 01:01:15.025 --> 01:01:16.325 And my hope and prayer is 1072 01:01:16.325 --> 01:01:18.325 that if you called Hope Community Church, um, 1073 01:01:18.505 --> 01:01:19.885 you might not say that Jason 1074 01:01:19.985 --> 01:01:21.165 and the teaching pastor team 1075 01:01:21.165 --> 01:01:22.365 there at Hope were the funniest. 1076 01:01:22.785 --> 01:01:24.245 Uh, you might not say that. 1077 01:01:24.285 --> 01:01:25.165 I don't even care if you say 1078 01:01:25.165 --> 01:01:26.285 he's he's not the best preacher. 1079 01:01:26.345 --> 01:01:28.085 I'm okay with that. But, but my hope 1080 01:01:28.085 --> 01:01:29.725 and my prayers, you say, but you know what he did do? 1081 01:01:29.795 --> 01:01:33.325 They, they unashamedly pointed at us to this truths 1082 01:01:33.325 --> 01:01:35.605 of scripture and it provided protection 1083 01:01:35.605 --> 01:01:37.125 and shepherding for my life. 1084 01:01:37.465 --> 01:01:39.365 So that's what we're about here at heart. 1085 01:01:43.205 --> 01:01:45.385 And uh, lastly, I'll just say this, 1086 01:01:45.385 --> 01:01:46.625 happy Father's Day, guys. 1087 01:01:46.885 --> 01:01:48.825 It, it, it ain't a tough, it ain't an easy job. 1088 01:01:49.605 --> 01:01:53.385 And, um, keep the faith, um, surround yourself with people 1089 01:01:53.385 --> 01:01:54.825 that can come alongside of you 1090 01:01:54.965 --> 01:01:57.025 and know that you've got a loving father that loves you 1091 01:01:57.025 --> 01:01:58.345 and is walking alongside with you. 1092 01:01:58.345 --> 01:01:59.865 Love you guys. Happy Father's Day. 1093 01:02:01.815 --> 01:02:03.665 Well, as we close out our time, uh, 1094 01:02:03.665 --> 01:02:07.345 first I wanna remind you, um, uh, to take the steps 1095 01:02:07.365 --> 01:02:10.545 of faith necessary as you have heard the word of the Lord. 1096 01:02:10.845 --> 01:02:13.185 And, uh, whatever response God is prompting your 1097 01:02:13.185 --> 01:02:14.505 heart, we want to help you with that. 1098 01:02:14.565 --> 01:02:16.545 So make sure that you stop at next steps. 1099 01:02:16.565 --> 01:02:18.185 And if you're watching online, uh, 1100 01:02:18.185 --> 01:02:19.605 let us know how we can serve you. 1101 01:02:19.605 --> 01:02:20.925 And that's exactly what we'll do. 1102 01:02:21.425 --> 01:02:23.125 But I also wanna take this opportunity 1103 01:02:23.145 --> 01:02:24.325 to close out our time together. 1104 01:02:24.345 --> 01:02:26.645 You've heard Jason talk a little bit about Father's Day, 1105 01:02:27.025 --> 01:02:28.085 and so I wanna take a moment 1106 01:02:28.105 --> 01:02:29.805 to celebrate all of the Fathers. 1107 01:02:30.105 --> 01:02:33.165 Um, there is so much that our fathers do for us, 1108 01:02:33.275 --> 01:02:35.725 whether it's discipling us and the family 1109 01:02:35.825 --> 01:02:39.005 or other men, whether it's fixing our bike 1110 01:02:39.345 --> 01:02:41.365 or telling us to push just a little bit more. 1111 01:02:41.985 --> 01:02:43.365 Uh, fathers just have a way 1112 01:02:43.585 --> 01:02:45.725 of hitting a special place in our hearts. 1113 01:02:46.305 --> 01:02:48.525 And so, um, we wanna take a moment 1114 01:02:48.585 --> 01:02:50.765 to celebrate every father in the room. 1115 01:02:50.825 --> 01:02:53.325 So would you join me in just a rousing round of applause 1116 01:02:53.785 --> 01:02:55.965 for every father here? 1117 01:02:57.345 --> 01:02:59.525 Not, Come on. Let him hear. 1118 01:03:06.145 --> 01:03:08.645 And fathers, I know that the journey can be difficult 1119 01:03:08.645 --> 01:03:10.645 and be quite the challenge to walk this out. 1120 01:03:11.105 --> 01:03:14.005 And so I want you to know that your whole church is 1121 01:03:14.005 --> 01:03:16.925 with you, that we love you, that we support you, 1122 01:03:17.115 --> 01:03:19.005 that we don't want you in any way 1123 01:03:19.025 --> 01:03:20.485 to grow weary and well-doing. 1124 01:03:20.865 --> 01:03:22.965 As a matter of fact, you got a whole host of brothers 1125 01:03:22.965 --> 01:03:25.085 who are cheering you on. 1126 01:03:25.865 --> 01:03:28.525 Uh, and our little bit of a way for us to say thank you 1127 01:03:28.525 --> 01:03:30.485 for all that you do, we created these little journals. 1128 01:03:30.485 --> 01:03:31.805 We are in a series called Field Notes. 1129 01:03:32.105 --> 01:03:35.005 And so we got some very, some field notes for you 1130 01:03:35.005 --> 01:03:36.085 to have of your very own. 1131 01:03:36.505 --> 01:03:38.325 And maybe you can mark just a little bit of 1132 01:03:38.325 --> 01:03:39.965 what God's been teaching you through this series. 1133 01:03:40.215 --> 01:03:42.805 Maybe one day you can share it with your children, 1134 01:03:43.095 --> 01:03:45.445 maybe your son who will potentially be a father. 1135 01:03:46.145 --> 01:03:48.245 You. We love you. This is an honor to worship 1136 01:03:48.245 --> 01:03:49.285 with you every single week 1137 01:03:49.285 --> 01:03:51.165 and we do hope to see you back here next week. 1138 01:03:51.705 --> 01:03:53.965 So as we head out, let's all do our best 1139 01:03:53.965 --> 01:03:55.365 to go out and be hope. 1140 01:03:55.785 --> 01:03:56.325 God bless you.