WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:01.760 Well, today we're going to look at how the apostle 2 00:00:01.800 --> 00:00:05.360 Paul like he man says I have the power. 3 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:08.599 We're talking about freedom and Christ and bearing much fruit. 4 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:22.839 He's Chris, I'm Jeff, and we're the Bible guys. Okay, Chris. 5 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:23.719 Yeah. 6 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:29.039 So of all the segments we've done yes over the 7 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:33.719 last few weeks, by far, the biggest response was the 8 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:36.479 segment that we did what made Chris Mad this week? 9 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:40.799 People loved it. You have big opinions, big feelings, big emotions. 10 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:43.679 You respond to things in big ways, and so people 11 00:00:43.759 --> 00:00:47.159 just really enjoy hearing and they resonate. They resonate with 12 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:51.960 last time you talked about somebody leaving a shopping car. 13 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:53.799 Yeah, it was the top. 14 00:00:53.880 --> 00:00:53.960 Ye. 15 00:00:54.119 --> 00:00:55.880 Yeah, everybody's passionate about that time. 16 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:59.679 Oh, you're particularly passionate about everything. And so then this 17 00:00:59.679 --> 00:01:02.759 this is we love what made Chris mad this week? 18 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:05.879 So I'm gonna ask you the same question, Chris and 19 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:08.959 just Enlightness. What made Chris mad this week? 20 00:01:09.079 --> 00:01:14.879 Well, it actually happened today. Yeah. On the way here. Okay, 21 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:17.560 So on the way here, I'm driving and I'm in 22 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:21.239 the right lane and there was a car in front 23 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:23.599 of me that didn't pull up, and yet all he 24 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:25.920 had to do was inch up about I'm not even kidding, 25 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:28.040 like six inches, and then I would be able to 26 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:31.719 move to the right and go into the empty turning lane. Yes, 27 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:34.359 so I could turn right right, But instead he makes 28 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:37.079 me wait, or she whoever it was made me wait, 29 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:39.079 Actually it was it was it was a she. I looked. 30 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:41.239 I looked. I looked a him when I passed him, but. 31 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:45.079 With a mean look, just to say, like, like seriously, 32 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:46.239 because here's what happens. 33 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:48.519 We pull up to the red light, and this person 34 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:52.519 has almost almost an entire car lank, an entire carling. 35 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:54.280 So it wasn't as if like, hey, let me get 36 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:56.599 a little closer to this bumper. Which, by the way, 37 00:01:56.760 --> 00:01:59.239 I'm not against people who say I don't want to 38 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:01.159 get too close to this car. Listen, you have the 39 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:04.640 prerogative to leave an entire car length every time you 40 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:06.359 stop read light. 41 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:07.879 That's just be considerate. 42 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:10.680 It's not the issue like, however you want to stay 43 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:12.919 far back, That's not the issue. The issue is this. 44 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:17.159 Here's here, here's here's a clue for people. Okay, driving 45 00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:20.039 is a communal thing. It is you have to consider 46 00:02:20.039 --> 00:02:23.680 other people. It's not about you, there's other people, everybody together. 47 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:26.280 It's a thing that we all do together. 48 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:28.199 There's kind of unspoken rules. It's a dance. 49 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:31.360 Yes, right, it's a dance. So so here I'm thinking 50 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:33.919 to myself and I almost want to use the word never, 51 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:35.639 but but let's. 52 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:38.879 Just say go ahead, just go ahead. We love the passion, okay, never? 53 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:41.639 Okay, Well, then I will say this. I will. I 54 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:46.280 would never be in a turning lane and see the 55 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:49.719 guy behind me super close to me without thinking to myself, oh, 56 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:52.960 I need to inch op six inches, especially since I'm 57 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:55.560 actually turned that way, but my whole front of my 58 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:57.919 car is turned that way, where it's pretty obvious that 59 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:00.360 if I'm going to go just around him, I write, 60 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:03.520 tires going to go over the bumper. Right, But this 61 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:08.000 guy or girl, it was a girl, she decides. I 62 00:03:08.039 --> 00:03:10.759 hesitan say girl because it doesn't matter, right, but I 63 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:12.639 know who it was. It was a girl. So she 64 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:15.599 decides to look in the mirror see me, and not 65 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:17.680 to pull up. And let me just tell you something. Man, 66 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:21.639 I got so infuriated, so I had to sit through 67 00:03:21.639 --> 00:03:25.319 this entire light when I didn't have to. Okay, and 68 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:29.039 so listen, just consider this, just be just. 69 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:30.719 Be considerate drivers out there. People. 70 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:31.800 It doesn't take a lot of effort. 71 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:32.360 It doesn't. 72 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:33.639 Just be aware of what's around you. 73 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:36.479 Put your carts away, yes, and pay attention to the 74 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:38.000 turn lanes and make enough room for. 75 00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:40.599 People, and be nice to the waitress and be nice. 76 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:43.439 Oh that's right, because you said that, yes, yeah, okay, 77 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:46.520 well just be kind. Well, Chris, I think most of 78 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:49.080 us resonate with with that. I do think it's funny 79 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:50.680 that you were rate up on our bumper. What were 80 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:52.240 you going to intimidate her into moving forward? 81 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:55.759 I was trying to send the message because I want 82 00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:58.120 to give people the benefit of the doubt. So benefit 83 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:01.520 of the doubt is she's just dominant, doesn't She's not 84 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:05.680 being inconsiderate. It could be right, she's just a person's 85 00:04:05.919 --> 00:04:08.360 answering text whatever. But when you look up in your 86 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:10.879 rearview mirror and you see somebody is pulled to the 87 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:14.199 right and his in the corner of his cars at 88 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:16.519 your bumper, and you know there's a turning land on 89 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:18.839 the right hand side, and all you have to do 90 00:04:18.879 --> 00:04:21.879 is move up six inches, she knew. She just decided, 91 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:23.639 you know what, He's not going to intimidate me to 92 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:24.519 move up six inches. 93 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:28.480 Wow. So she's a strong woman girl. 94 00:04:28.600 --> 00:04:29.920 It made Chris mad this week? 95 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:34.560 Yeah, okay, actually that's what made Chris mad this week? Today? Today, 96 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:40.160 we should change his segment. What made Chris mad today? 97 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:42.399 What made Chris mad this morning? We could do that 98 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:43.759 every day. What made Chris? 99 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:46.959 We start filming at nine a m. So I'm not 100 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:47.639 sure there'll be too. 101 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:50.879 I'm sure. So that's great, man. 102 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:53.720 Hey, I think everybody agrees with me. 103 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:54.120 I do. 104 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:57.959 Hey, you know what, comment? Please comment about your driving 105 00:04:57.959 --> 00:05:01.279 frustrations and put them in or email us at info 106 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:04.279 at bible guys dot com, because I think that can 107 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:08.000 you know, driving responsibility and being aware. Yeah, it's something 108 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:08.759 that we all. 109 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:13.240 Need to Yeah. So I realized that driving is a 110 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:17.839 community thing and a dance thing. In Cairo, Egypt, everybody's 111 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:20.279 honking be beat beat, beat, beep, and I'm thinking why 112 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:23.439 and nobody is honking because they're mad. It's like it's 113 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:26.040 they're they're like geese, just saying I'm here, I'm here, 114 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:28.800 I'm on your right, I'm on your left. Just dbbbt 115 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:31.600 beep and everybody just kind of moving through like this. 116 00:05:31.920 --> 00:05:32.959 Same same in India. 117 00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:34.399 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, same thing. 118 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:37.800 And even though India is horrific in terms of people 119 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:40.839 and traffic and everything else, and there's no rules, there's 120 00:05:40.839 --> 00:05:41.120 no right. 121 00:05:41.240 --> 00:05:43.800 The people aren't horrible, it's just there's so many people. 122 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:46.759 I was about to say, it's like the safest and 123 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:50.079 most pleasant, even though it's so frustrating in terms of 124 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:54.439 the quantity of people. It's everybody is super polite. They 125 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:57.600 let everybody in, and I'm thinking, well, this is amazing. 126 00:05:57.639 --> 00:06:02.399 Nobody's mad, right, Although I was in one cab ribe 127 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:04.600 one time and in the course of one mile, we 128 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:08.079 hit another cab, we hit a bicyclist, and we hit 129 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:11.439 a pedestrian. Oh and our cab just kept yelling out 130 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:13.680 the window. We never stopped, so we're only doing like 131 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:15.720 fifteen miles an hour. But you know how it is. 132 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:18.600 You get in there and there's just NonStop, just bumper 133 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:21.279 to bumper traffic. But we hit another cab, a guy 134 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:23.639 on a bicycle, and a pedestrian and we never stopped, 135 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:26.639 just yelled. He just yelled at people. So he might 136 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:31.079 be the only angry cab driver in Cairo. But wow, 137 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:31.800 it's crazy. 138 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:32.959 Maybe India is better. 139 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:38.199 Yeah. Anyways, we said all that to say bad drivers 140 00:06:38.199 --> 00:06:42.160 make Chris mad today. Yes, that's it. Okay, well good, 141 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:44.199 let's move on. We're going to we're coming close to 142 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:46.600 wrapping up Galatians. Galatians is kind of like James. It's 143 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:48.480 a short little book. He gets right to the point, 144 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:52.199 he goes right after it. Yesterday is his main theological argument, 145 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:57.079 right of comparing or making it clear that the promise 146 00:06:57.079 --> 00:06:59.839 of Abraham was not a law. The promise of Abraham 147 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:04.399 as a savior. That's the whole idea behind Isaac. Isaac 148 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:08.160 represented the sun that was going to be sacrificed, right, 149 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:11.360 all those things. So he ties the whole argument into 150 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:14.360 the promise of Abraham was the fact that a Messiah 151 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:16.639 was coming and that we can be free from the 152 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:21.199 law by faith. Then now we're getting into the practical 153 00:07:21.279 --> 00:07:24.000 application of it, the everyday thing. These are the things 154 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:27.560 that for you and me in particular, we're not maybe 155 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:30.319 struggling with Judaizers coming in trying to get us to 156 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:33.319 become Jews before we become Christians, although we do sometimes 157 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:36.959 struggle with trying to apply old religious norms and old 158 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:41.639 religious rules and forms into our Christianity. Now this becomes 159 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:44.480 the very practical application of how to live it out. 160 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:46.040 The freedom that we have in Christ. 161 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:48.920 So freedom in Christ, living by the power of the Spirit. 162 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:51.199 For the Spirit that's right. So here we go. We're 163 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:53.759 just going to read this chapter chapter five. So so 164 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:57.600 Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that 165 00:07:57.639 --> 00:07:59.480 you stay free and don't get tied up again in 166 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:03.079 slavery law. Listen, I Paul tell you this. If you 167 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:05.480 are counting on circumcision to make you right with God, 168 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:08.079 then Christ will be of no benefit to you. I'll 169 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:10.240 say it again. If you're trying to find favor with 170 00:08:10.279 --> 00:08:13.800 God by being circumcised, you must obey every regulation and 171 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:16.000 the whole law Moses. For if you're trying to make 172 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:18.279 yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you've been 173 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:22.240 caught off from Christ. You've fallen away from God's grace. 174 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:25.399 But we who live by the Spirit eagerly want to 175 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:28.519 receive by faith the righteousness God has promised to us. 176 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:30.959 For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there 177 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:34.000 is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What 178 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:37.559 is important is faith expressing itself in love. You are 179 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:40.679 running the race so well. Who has held you back 180 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:43.600 from following the truth? It certainly isn't God, for he's 181 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:46.240 the one who called you to freedom. This false teaching 182 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:48.200 is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole 183 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:51.000 batch of dough. I'm trusting the Lord to keep you 184 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:54.200 from believing false teachings. God will judge that person, whoever 185 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:57.399 he is, who's been confusing you. Dear brothers and sisters. 186 00:08:57.399 --> 00:09:00.000 If I were still preaching that you must be circumis 187 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:02.360 size as some say I do, why am I still 188 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:05.559 being persecuted. If I were no longer preaching salvations through 189 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:07.840 the Cross of Christ, no one be offended. I just 190 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:10.159 wish that those troublemakers who want to mutilate you by 191 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:14.759 circumcision would mutilate themselves. Oh that's rough statement. For you 192 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:17.840 have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters, 193 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:21.159 But don't use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, 194 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:23.679 use your freedom to serve one another in love. For 195 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:26.159 the whole law can be summed up in this one command. 196 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:29.600 Love your neighbor as yourself. But if you are always 197 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:32.799 biting and devouring one another, watch out, beware of destroying 198 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:35.679 one another. So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide 199 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:37.639 your lives. Then you won't be doing what your sinful 200 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:40.200 nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which 201 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:42.200 is just the opposite of what the spirit wants, and 202 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:44.720 the Spirit gives us desires that are opposite of what 203 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:48.919 the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting 204 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:51.120 each other, so you're not free to carry out your 205 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:54.200 good intentions. But when you are directed by the Spirit, 206 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:57.320 you're not under obligation to the law of Moses. When 207 00:09:57.360 --> 00:09:59.919 you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the result 208 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:08.480 are very clear. Sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, 209 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:15.000 outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, 210 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:17.360 and other sins like these. Let me tell you again 211 00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:19.600 as I had before, that anyone living that sort of 212 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:22.440 life will not inherit the Kingdom of God. But the 213 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:31.600 Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, 214 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:34.200 and self control. There is no law against these things. 215 00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:37.440 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions 216 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:40.240 and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and 217 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:43.200 crucified him there, since we are living by the spirit, 218 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:46.080 let us also follow the spirits leading in every part 219 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:49.600 of our lives. Let us not become conceited or provoke 220 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:51.679 one another or be jealous of one another. 221 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:53.559 Yeah, there it is. 222 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:56.440 Yeah. So he finishes his argument, and then he says, 223 00:10:56.440 --> 00:10:58.440 here's what it looks like to really live in freedom 224 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:01.559 and walk in the spirit. He says, you walk in 225 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:03.600 the spirit, you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh. 226 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:07.320 You know, I know that, I know that I'm sort 227 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:09.519 of jumping right to the end there. But let me 228 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:16.279 talk about this sort of statement where he says, anyone 229 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:19.879 living that sort of life will not inherit the kingdom 230 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:20.679 of God. 231 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:22.600 It's a strong statement. 232 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:26.279 It's a strong statement because if not careful, you could 233 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:30.440 misconstrue that and say, oh, so then you can do 234 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:34.840 bad things and therefore not go to heaven because of them. Right. 235 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:37.720 So it appears on the surface that this is a 236 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:40.639 statement about works gets you to heaven. 237 00:11:40.960 --> 00:11:43.720 Right, which is exactly the opposite of what he's trying 238 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:44.080 to say. 239 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:46.919 It is it is, But I think I think what 240 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:51.200 he's obviously because here's what happens when when a verse 241 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:54.519 is written this way. What you have to do is 242 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:56.720 It's this is why it's so important to take the 243 00:11:56.759 --> 00:12:00.399 context right, the context around it, and not only that, 244 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:03.799 but also to measure it versus every other promise and 245 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:07.000 truth that is given in the scripture. Because if this 246 00:12:07.080 --> 00:12:09.840 were true and taken by itself, just you know, this 247 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:13.399 one verse quoted, you know, and not given in context, 248 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:16.720 you could make it to say that if you're a 249 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:19.840 person who has wild parties and who gets drunk, you're 250 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:22.879 going to hell. You can totally make it to say that, right. 251 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:28.080 But yet it's interesting because Paul's message is quite literally 252 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:31.559 the opposite. So if you take Galatians chapter one all 253 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:35.120 the way through Galatians chapter six, the message is clearly 254 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:39.519 the opposite, over and over and over again. Not that 255 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:41.799 you know, these things are good things, That's not what 256 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:44.440 I'm saying. I'm talking about getting to heaven. Yeah right, 257 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:47.799 how good deeds cannot get you to heaven and bad 258 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:51.679 deeds cannot keep you from heaven. That's the message. So 259 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:54.480 what Paul is saying here clearly is he's talking about 260 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:58.279 a person who never comes to God, a person who 261 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:02.559 has their life sweat away and they spend their entire 262 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:06.440 life living this way. Meaning they're the people who don't, 263 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:09.679 you know, see the truth. They're the people who don't 264 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:11.799 ever come to God or accept the truth of the 265 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:17.080 Gospel of Christ. He's talking in generalities because otherwise you're 266 00:13:17.120 --> 00:13:20.080 forced to believe that you know your works can send 267 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:20.440 you out. 268 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:25.600 So sin does lead to death, and all of us, 269 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:29.399 even those are Christians, our bodies will die. So what 270 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:31.919 he's doing here is he's talking about the lusts of 271 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:36.720 the flesh versus the fruit of the spirit. So the 272 00:13:36.799 --> 00:13:39.000 lust of the flesh will always lead to death. And 273 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:42.039 there's condemnation in that right judgment in that the judgment 274 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:45.320 is physical death. So all of those things, none of 275 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:47.919 those things are good. All of them are the results 276 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:50.320 of our sinful nature, all of them. So he's not 277 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:53.320 endorsing saying, now that you've got grace, go ahead with 278 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:58.000 all your sexual improprieties or immoralities or impurities or idolatry 279 00:13:58.080 --> 00:14:01.799 or sorcery or coraling or parties. He's not saying it's 280 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:04.279 okay now that you have grace. Sure it's still going 281 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:06.600 to lead to the destruction of your life. It'll ruin 282 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:11.440 your life. And he said, those are the lifestyles of 283 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:15.720 people who are far from God, right, So don't live 284 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:17.840 that life. People that are far from God, those that 285 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:20.320 are under the judgment of God live those lives. And 286 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:23.519 why would you let your flesh do the same. So 287 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:27.440 he's there, he said, Instead this battle, this physical battle 288 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:30.480 versus the spiritual battle, those two things are butting heads 289 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:35.519 and fighting. So he says, but the Holy Spirit produces 290 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:37.559 this kind of fruit. And you know, by the way, 291 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:41.000 the law can kind of be thought of as a factory. 292 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:46.000 It just keeps turning out a certain product. But fruit 293 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:48.919 cannot be turned out of a factory. Fruit has to 294 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:52.080 be nurtured over time. And it's real life. It's not 295 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:55.919 just some plastic product. It's real life. And so he says, 296 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:59.200 the fruit of the spirit is love and joy and 297 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:02.480 peace and pat and kindness and goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and 298 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:05.080 self control. When you and I think of the very 299 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:10.159 best of humanity, that list covers it. Yeah, when we 300 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:14.159 think of the worst of humanity, the other list covers it. 301 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:17.440 Me at my best is when I'm walking in the spirit. 302 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:19.879 Me at my worst is when I'm living in the flesh. 303 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:23.159 So he says, there's no law against those things. So 304 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:25.080 he said, since we are living in the Spirit. Let 305 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:27.639 us follow the spirits leading in every way. What he's 306 00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:31.320 saying is, let's walk in the spirit. There's another phrase 307 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:35.480 in here where he says verse sixteen, So I say, 308 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:37.879 let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won't 309 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:40.919 be doing what your sinful nature craves. So your sinful 310 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:43.240 nature will lead to death and destruction every time, it'll 311 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:46.159 ruin your life. But if you walk in the spirit, 312 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:49.600 then you won't give into those cravings because the Holy 313 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:52.159 Spirit's producing a different kind of fruit in it. For sure, 314 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:55.320 that's what he's saying. Yeah, and in my opinion. 315 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:58.360 Well I'm just talking about that one phrase. Yeah, those 316 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:00.600 will not inherit. The Kingdom of God sounds sometimes. 317 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:02.600 He uses that statement multiple times. 318 00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:05.960 Right, it sounds like what you're saying, that's not a 319 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:08.919 statement about getting into heaven. No, right, that's what you're saying. 320 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:12.159 So you're saying, the Kingdom of God can be the 321 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:15.600 Kingdom of God on earth, meaning blessings, the movement of God, 322 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:17.960 right of God. 323 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:20.240 I think what he's saying here the way that it's 324 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:24.279 translated into English versus the way that he's actually saying 325 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:27.039 it in Greek. I think what he's personally I think 326 00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:30.080 what he's saying there is that's the lifestyle of the 327 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:33.679 people who are not getting into heaven, right, So why 328 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:35.919 would you live that life? That's what he's saying. 329 00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:39.519 Yeah, well, it's interesting because my life application study Bible 330 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:42.440 says those who ignore such sins or refuse to deal 331 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:46.360 with them reveal that they have not received the gift 332 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:49.480 of the spirit that leads to a transformed life, which 333 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:51.759 is what I was saying earlier, which is he's referring 334 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:54.960 to that type of person because you can tell that 335 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:59.639 a person does not know Jesus because of what's coming 336 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:01.559 out of them. It's not the fruits of the Spirit, 337 00:17:01.559 --> 00:17:04.599 it's this right. So in other words, I'm addressing it 338 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:08.480 because I've heard this statement before. I remember being at 339 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:11.759 a kid's camp and we partner with another church, and 340 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:14.119 this guy was quoting Fruits of the Spirit, and he 341 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:16.720 was actually saying, if you don't live these things out 342 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:19.160 and you live poorly, you're going to go to hell. 343 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:22.519 And he was actually using this verse to support that. 344 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:25.559 And the statement that he clung to was if you 345 00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:28.319 do these things, you'll not inherit the Kingdom of God. Right, 346 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:30.000 In other words, you're not going to have it. The 347 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:30.799 Bible's really clear. 348 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:33.240 Yeah, I've seen, which is taking out the whole rest 349 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:36.200 of the book. The whole restalation is out of context. 350 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:38.319 It's taking everything out of contact. 351 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:43.839 He does use that phrase with various lists in Corinthians 352 00:17:43.880 --> 00:17:47.279 and in other passages where he does say these kinds 353 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:49.599 of people are not the kind of people that are 354 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:52.440 going to inherit the kingdom of God. And then he 355 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:56.400 always pushes you to grace in faith. Right, so if 356 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:58.640 you're relying on the law. Earlier it says that if 357 00:17:58.640 --> 00:17:59.839 you're lying on the law, then you have to keep 358 00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:03.519 the whole law and you can never break it. The 359 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:05.640 Book of James says that if you've broken any part 360 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:07.640 of the law, you've broken the whole law. It's like 361 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:10.200 breaking a glass window. You break a part of the window, 362 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:12.559 the whole window has spirit placed. It's not like, oh, 363 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:14.960 I just broke that little corner. So you know you 364 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:17.079 mentioned the ten Commandments the other day, well, as long 365 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:19.960 as I get a passing grade. That's a false statement 366 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:22.079 in a misunderstanding of the law. What he's saying is 367 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:23.880 if you're trying to earn your way to heaven by 368 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:27.759 the law, you can't have one error in your entire life. 369 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:30.559 And Paul, who is trying to be at the beginning 370 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:33.759 of this book, he gives his credibility, saying, I was 371 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:37.880 a fabulous pharisee. I lived a holier life than anybody 372 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:41.039 reading this, as far as just not breaking any of 373 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:43.680 the laws. And I was desperate because I was still 374 00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:46.799 a sinner, right. And so the only hope that any 375 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:50.200 of us have for salvation is by faith in Christ. Now, 376 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:54.119 if we really have the Holy Spirit, it's going to 377 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:57.480 be less and less wild parties, less and less drunkenness, 378 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:00.480 less and less right. The stronger the spirit gets in 379 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:02.559 our life, the weaker the flesh gets in our life. 380 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:05.200 The weaker the spirit is in our life, the stronger 381 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:07.279 the flesh is in our life. This is the battle 382 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:09.160 he talks about in Romans eight, that the things I 383 00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:10.440 want to do I don't do. The things I don't 384 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:12.680 want to do, I do. And you know he's battling 385 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:14.119 this is kind of the same thing. So he says, 386 00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:17.440 feed the spirit. And you know, we've told that story before, 387 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:20.400 and it's been many times. You know, the man who 388 00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:23.119 has the two dogs, the white dog and the black dog, 389 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:26.240 and sometimes they'll fight over food, and the other guy goes, well, 390 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:28.000 which one wins? And he said, whichever one I feed 391 00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:32.440 the most? And that concept is true. Which one wins 392 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:34.400 in my life, the spirit of the flesh, whichever one 393 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:36.960 I'm feeding the most. This is why having daily devotions, 394 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:39.200 spending a little bit of time every day in God's word, 395 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:41.599 you're feeding the spirit. For a few minutes. Now the 396 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:43.279 Holy Spirit has something to bring back up in your 397 00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:46.519 mind again. Can we pivot just a moment. Yeah, how 398 00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:49.039 do you feel about him saying I wish they'd cut 399 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:53.920 themselves off Earlier he says they're cursed with the word 400 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:57.200 anathema means I wish they'd go to hell. So he says, 401 00:19:57.279 --> 00:20:00.359