Class 4 from this series was used for GCT Episode 252<\/p>\n
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\npeople and especially those who
\nare watching in online, Father <\/p>\n
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\nColin and and the Jeffress
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\nSo we’ve come to.
\nWe’re up to our study five, so <\/p>\n
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\nI’m sure we’ve all thoroughly
\nenjoyed the study so far and <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re all looking forward to
\nthis talk which is going to be <\/p>\n
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\non the practice of having the
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\nSo especially important part of
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\nbelt and now we come to the real
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\nWe’ll introduce Brother Nathan’s
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\nWe’ll ask Brother Andy to come
\nup and read Second Corinthians <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 10, verses 1:00 to 5:00.
\nReading with your brethren and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters and young people from
\nthe 2nd Epistle to the <\/p>\n
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\nCorinthians, I pull chapters 10
\nverses one to five. <\/p>\n
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\nNow I pull myself beseech you.
\nBy the meekness and gentleness <\/p>\n
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\nof Christ, who in presence and
\nbase among you, but being absent<\/p>\n
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\nand bold towards you.
\nBut I beseech you that I may not<\/p>\n
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\nhold, be bold when I am presence
\nwith that confidence, wherewith <\/p>\n
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\nI think to be bold against some
\nwhich think of us as if we <\/p>\n
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\nwalked according to the flesh.
\nAlthough we walk in the flesh, <\/p>\n
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\nwe do not war after the flesh,
\nfor the weapons of our warfare <\/p>\n
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\nare not carnal, but mighty
\nthrough God to the pulling down <\/p>\n
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\nof strongholds, casting down
\nimaginations, and every high <\/p>\n
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\nthing that exalteth itself
\nagainst the knowledge of God, <\/p>\n
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\nand bringing into captivity
\nevery, every thought. <\/p>\n
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\nTo the obedience of Christ.
\nThanks, Brother Andy. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I’d now like to ask our
\nbrother Nathan to come forward <\/p>\n
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\nand to give us his talk.
\nThe mind of Christ, the <\/p>\n
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\npractice.
\nThank you. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, thanks brother Luke, and
\ngood evening brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters and young people and
\nwelcome back tonight I suppose <\/p>\n
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\nis a little less expositional
\nand hopefully a little more <\/p>\n
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\npractical and exhortational.
\nAs we look at the subject of <\/p>\n
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\nputting these things into
\npractice now, you remember from <\/p>\n
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\nour last class that we looked at
\nthe central governing principle <\/p>\n
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\nthat really defined, we said,
\nthe essence of the mind of <\/p>\n
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\nChrist.
\nAnd I hope that last time you <\/p>\n
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\nwere a little affronted by the
\nhigh calling that is the mind of<\/p>\n
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\nChrist, death to self, if you
\nwere. <\/p>\n
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\nIt is a completely natural
\nfeeling. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you had, you probably had
\ninstinctive feelings, a bit like<\/p>\n
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\nthe Apostle Peter, where he
\nrebelled against the enormity of<\/p>\n
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\nthis idea.
\nIt doesn’t need to be so <\/p>\n
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\nradical, Lord be it far from
\nthee. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd instinctively our carnal
\nminds recoil at the thought of <\/p>\n
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\ndeath to self.
\nIntuitively it feels so wrong. <\/p>\n
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\nOur reptilian, instinctive
\nnatural minds feel threatened. <\/p>\n
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\nYou mean death to self?
\nIt seems so complete, so final. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd naturally we want to reserve
\njust a little something for <\/p>\n
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\nself, don’t we?
\nA way back we say things like <\/p>\n
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\nbut.
\nI’m of no use to anybody else if<\/p>\n
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\nI don’t take care of myself.
\nI need time for myself. <\/p>\n
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\nMe time, like giving the carnal
\nmind me time, won’t be addictive<\/p>\n
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\nat all, like it’ll be satisfied
\nwith just a little bit of me <\/p>\n
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\ntime and then it will be
\ncontent. <\/p>\n
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\nProbably these natural feelings
\nthat we all have that arise in <\/p>\n
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\nus, the fact that our natural
\nminds rebel so readily, so <\/p>\n
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\nstrongly against this idea of
\ndeath to self, is really, I <\/p>\n
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\nsuppose, the ultimate proof of
\nits essential truth. <\/p>\n
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\nDeath to self is so unnatural it
\ncan only be God’s solution. <\/p>\n
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\nSo tonight we want to move from.
\nThe principle to the practice We<\/p>\n
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\nwant to look at the practical
\nways in which this new way of <\/p>\n
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\nthinking can really
\nrevolutionize our lives, change <\/p>\n
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\nus forever.
\nAnd then on Sunday morning, God <\/p>\n
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\nwilling, we want to.
\nWe want to look at a couple of a<\/p>\n
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\ncouple of life transforming
\nideas that we haven’t really <\/p>\n
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\nmentioned yet, but are
\ndefinitely part of the picture. <\/p>\n
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\nThe power.
\nOf the mind of Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we’re keeping a little bit of
\nthat powder dry for Sunday <\/p>\n
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\nmorning.
\nSo if you’re sitting there <\/p>\n
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\ntonight thinking this just feels
\nlike there’s a little more to <\/p>\n
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\nthis story of having the mind of
\nChrist in us, hopefully, God <\/p>\n
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\nwilling, will get there on
\nSunday morning. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, the practice.
\nI want to start tonight with a <\/p>\n
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\ncouple of quotations.
\nThe first one’s from brother <\/p>\n
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\nDennis Gillett.
\nGenius of discipleship. <\/p>\n
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\nThe theory.
\nIs that the truth has top <\/p>\n
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\npriority.
\nBut every disciple knows that <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent. <\/p>\n
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\nYou remember, he said in another
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\nTo talk of it is not to realize
\nit. <\/p>\n
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\nThe theory is that we are living
\nabove the snow line, where the <\/p>\n
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\nair is pure, the vision is
\nclear, the spirit is <\/p>\n
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\nexhilarated.
\nThe practice is that more likely<\/p>\n
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\nwe are living in the valley.
\nWhere the atmosphere is <\/p>\n
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\nsometimes murky, the children
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\nThe bank manager is not as
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\nin Too often we are tired and
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\nThere’s a difference, isn’t
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\nthe practice.
\nBut the LG Sergeant says in his <\/p>\n
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\nbook a Sound Mind.
\nIf life and the truth were easy,<\/p>\n
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\nit would not be true.
\nHow can we make this this? <\/p>\n
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\nHigh calling and a little easier
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\nHow can we stop that will that
\nwe crucified today from <\/p>\n
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\nresurrecting itself back to life
\nduring the night and re <\/p>\n
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\nenthroning itself as the master
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\nwake up tomorrow morning?
\nWell, I want to start back where<\/p>\n
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\nwe were in our last session in
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\nMatthew chapter 16 in the words
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\nBecause if what we are saying is
\ntrue, that there is <\/p>\n
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\nextraordinary power in this idea
\nof putting self to death, that <\/p>\n
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\nkilling self can be an immensely
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\nthen this.
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\nspecial in our lives.
\nIn fact, our Lord tells us <\/p>\n
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\nexactly that in Matthew chapter
\n16 And look at verse 25. <\/p>\n
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\nFor whosoever will save his life
\nshall lose it, and whosoever <\/p>\n
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\nwill lose his life for my sake
\nshall find it. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen we are truly prepared to
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\nsomething.
\nSomething truly special, <\/p>\n
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\nSomething amazing.
\nA new life. <\/p>\n
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\nChrist’s life in us.
\nNow you notice that the first <\/p>\n
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\nhalf of verse 25 seems to be a
\nsimple opposite to the <\/p>\n
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\nsecond-half.
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\ndifference in the second part of
\nthe verse is only when we lose <\/p>\n
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\nour life for his sake that we
\nfind it. <\/p>\n
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\nSelf denial is not the same as
\ndenial of self. <\/p>\n
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\nWe can practice self denial to
\nsimply lose weight. <\/p>\n
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\nWe can lose our lives for all of
\nthe wrong reasons. <\/p>\n
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\nBut when we deny ourselves to
\nthe point that we put ourselves <\/p>\n
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\nto death for his sake, we gain a
\nnew life, his life. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a truly liberating thing.
\nChrist lives in us. <\/p>\n
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\nThe new creature formed in us is
\nHim, and it can change our <\/p>\n
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\nperspective about everything.
\nBecause this simple truth is <\/p>\n
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\nrevolutionary in a world that’s
\nall about me, me, me. <\/p>\n
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\nChrist is not telling us to just
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\nHe’s not telling us to imprison
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\nTo banish self, to punish it or
\nto rehabilitate self. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s not even telling us to have
\nfreedom from self, to rise above<\/p>\n
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\nself, or even to be empty of
\nself. <\/p>\n
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\nThese are all euphemisms.
\nNice. <\/p>\n
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\nWays of saying things that get
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\nreality.
\nHe is teaching something much <\/p>\n
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\nhigher, much harder.
\nDeath to self, brother Denis <\/p>\n
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\nGillett said.
\nYou’ll remember denial of self <\/p>\n
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\nis the central thing, but I
\nbelieve that what he meant by <\/p>\n
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\nthat was death to self.
\nJust think how radically <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent this idea practically
\nis in our lives. <\/p>\n
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\nThere is no captive self
\nimprisoned but scheming to get <\/p>\n
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\nfree.
\nThere is no self consigned to <\/p>\n
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\nrehabilitation, waiting for
\nimprovements before release. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s no fugitive self
\nbanished but plotting to <\/p>\n
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\noverthrow the new government and
\nreturn to power. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s no abandoned self
\nbitterly designing revenge. <\/p>\n
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\nThere is no self.
\nThat can seize control again. <\/p>\n
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\nEver.
\nIt is deed. <\/p>\n
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\nNow just think about how this
\nchanges our lives and just think<\/p>\n
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\nabout a subject we all struggle
\nwith a lot, forgiveness. <\/p>\n
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\nI’d like you to come to 1st of
\nCorinthians 13 and see if this <\/p>\n
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\ndoesn’t touch your life just a
\nlittle bit in a practical way. <\/p>\n
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\nFirst of Corinthians in chapter
\n13. <\/p>\n
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\nIn this seminal chapter on love,
\nPaul is going to describe is an <\/p>\n
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\nE, the 8 positive and the eight
\nnegative characteristics of <\/p>\n
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\nlove.
\nAnd we know God is love. <\/p>\n
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\nSo First of Corinthians 13 is
\nreally a description of the mind<\/p>\n
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\nof God and by extension the mind
\nof Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we read in first of
\nCorinthians 13 these words in <\/p>\n
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\nverse 4.
\nLove suffereth long and is kind.<\/p>\n
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\nLove envieth not love, vaunteth
\nnot itself is not puffed up. <\/p>\n
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\nThese are descriptions really of
\nthe mind of Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nIt does not behave itself
\nunseemly, seeketh not her own, <\/p>\n
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\nis not easily provoked, thinketh
\nno evil. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd one of the characteristics
\nof this new liberated mind in <\/p>\n
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\nChrist is that it thinks no
\nevil. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, the Revised Standard
\nVersion translates that as love <\/p>\n
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\nis not irritable or resentful.
\nAnd this word thinks is actually<\/p>\n
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\nthe Greek word logismi, and it
\nactually means to count. <\/p>\n
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\nMeans to count or to calculate.
\nYou know, it’s the same word <\/p>\n
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\ntranslated in Romans chapter 4
\nverse three to describe <\/p>\n
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\nAbraham’s faith that was counted
\nunto him as righteousness. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the New International version
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\nexcellent way.
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\nexample of the forgotten
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\nIt starts with what Galatians <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s never been complicated or <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:42,690 –> 00:25:45,730
\nmuddy.
\nAnd that thing is, what does <\/p>\n
342
\n00:25:45,770 –> 00:25:52,520
\nNathan Lewis want to do?
\nWhat does self want to do? <\/p>\n
343
\n00:25:52,680 –> 00:25:58,120
\nI have never ever once had a
\nmoment’s indecision or confusion<\/p>\n
344
\n00:25:58,120 –> 00:26:02,480
\nabout what I want to do.
\nIt comes so naturally and so <\/p>\n
345
\n00:26:02,480 –> 00:26:04,840
\nswiftly.
\nAs we saw in our first study on <\/p>\n
346
\n00:26:04,840 –> 00:26:08,960
\nthe can of mine, 2 milliseconds,
\nwe are hardwired to think only <\/p>\n
347
\n00:26:08,960 –> 00:26:14,400
\nabout ourselves, so to clear
\naway all the murkiness and to <\/p>\n
348
\n00:26:14,400 –> 00:26:17,680
\nclear away all the self
\ndeception. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:26:18,210 –> 00:26:26,050
\nAll I need to do is simply ask
\nwhat does self want to do and <\/p>\n
350
\n00:26:26,050 –> 00:26:30,330
\nthen put self to death.
\nLet me give you an example. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:26:31,530 –> 00:26:35,290
\nWe went on holiday at the end or
\nthe start of this year and we <\/p>\n
352
\n00:26:35,290 –> 00:26:42,850
\nthought providentially that we
\nhad stumbled across a property <\/p>\n
353
\n00:26:42,850 –> 00:26:47,330
\nfor sale which we really wanted
\nto buy a holiday home. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:26:48,110 –> 00:26:50,990
\nThat we, well, we really wanted
\nto purchase this property. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:26:52,110 –> 00:26:55,270
\nDo you know, it’s amazing how
\neasy it is for us to convince <\/p>\n
356
\n00:26:55,270 –> 00:27:00,270
\nourselves that if we owned that
\nholiday home that would be so <\/p>\n
357
\n00:27:00,270 –> 00:27:02,670
\ngreat for our family.
\nI mean, think of all the <\/p>\n
358
\n00:27:02,670 –> 00:27:05,310
\nwonderful family memories we
\ncould create at this wonderful <\/p>\n
359
\n00:27:05,310 –> 00:27:07,710
\nplace.
\nIt would be perfect for <\/p>\n
360
\n00:27:07,710 –> 00:27:09,870
\nvisitors.
\nWe could extend hospitality. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:27:09,990 –> 00:27:12,790
\nWe could be so loving and caring
\nin the Ecclesia. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:27:13,110 –> 00:27:14,830
\nAnd do you know what?
\nWe could probably have School of<\/p>\n
363
\n00:27:14,830 –> 00:27:24,610
\nthe Prophets at this place.
\nWhen the reality was, well, our <\/p>\n
364
\n00:27:24,610 –> 00:27:28,210
\nmotivation was probably almost
\nentirely selfish. <\/p>\n
365
\n00:27:28,290 –> 00:27:31,850
\nIt’s a holiday home for us.
\nAnd do you know what the kicker <\/p>\n
366
\n00:27:31,850 –> 00:27:34,330
\nis?
\nWe don’t have any money. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:27:36,530 –> 00:27:38,050
\nWe can’t buy the property
\nanyway. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:27:38,490 –> 00:27:43,410
\nBut do you know how many hours I
\nlay awake at night wondering how<\/p>\n
369
\n00:27:43,650 –> 00:27:47,340
\nI could manage?
\nTo maybe get to a situation <\/p>\n
370
\n00:27:47,340 –> 00:27:50,860
\nwhere I could have a go at
\npurchasing this property because<\/p>\n
371
\n00:27:50,980 –> 00:27:52,460
\nit would be so great for the
\ntruth. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:27:53,540 –> 00:27:58,900
\nHer mind is so capable of
\ndeceiving ourselves. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:27:59,460 –> 00:28:02,900
\nI don’t even have the money and
\nI still am thinking about it. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:28:04,540 –> 00:28:09,540
\nLet me give you another example.
\nThis time it’s purely <\/p>\n
375
\n00:28:09,540 –> 00:28:13,620
\nhypothetical.
\nImagine you have a wife who is. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:28:13,900 –> 00:28:15,660
\nHome schooling.
\nTwo children. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:28:16,700 –> 00:28:21,780
\nAnd she has another small
\ntoddler who’s running around the<\/p>\n
378
\n00:28:21,780 –> 00:28:26,100
\nhouse to boot.
\nAnd you are clearing away the <\/p>\n
379
\n00:28:26,100 –> 00:28:30,220
\ndishes after dinner.
\nAnd I know what you’re thinking.<\/p>\n
380
\n00:28:30,220 –> 00:28:32,140
\nYou can’t imagine my me doing
\nthat. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:28:32,140 –> 00:28:33,380
\nBut just imagine that for a
\nmoment. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:28:34,540 –> 00:28:39,220
\nYou get to the dishwasher and
\nyou open the dishwasher and it’s<\/p>\n
383
\n00:28:39,220 –> 00:28:48,390
\nfull and.
\nIt’s it’s clean, full of clean <\/p>\n
384
\n00:28:48,430 –> 00:28:50,070
\ndishes.
\nWe all know that feeling. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:28:50,070 –> 00:28:52,710
\nNow I’m just going to share with
\nyou what happens in my mind. <\/p>\n
386
\n00:28:54,590 –> 00:29:00,430
\nMy first thought is I’m going to
\nput the dishes on the bench. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:29:01,350 –> 00:29:05,830
\nI’ve already done a good deed
\nand I’m going to walk away and <\/p>\n
388
\n00:29:05,830 –> 00:29:11,610
\npretend that I never noticed.
\nMy second thought, which comes <\/p>\n
389
\n00:29:11,610 –> 00:29:15,290
\nin pretty quick, is this.
\nShe’s been home all day. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:29:16,170 –> 00:29:19,410
\nWhat has she been doing?
\nWhy hasn’t the dishwasher been <\/p>\n
391
\n00:29:19,410 –> 00:29:25,930
\nemptied?
\nThen I suppose if I allowed my <\/p>\n
392
\n00:29:26,370 –> 00:29:30,890
\nthinking brain a little bit of
\ntime, I asked myself this simple<\/p>\n
393
\n00:29:30,890 –> 00:29:34,930
\nquestion.
\nWhat does self want to do? <\/p>\n
394
\n00:29:34,930 –> 00:29:38,330
\nDo you know what?
\nThat’s a very easy question to <\/p>\n
395
\n00:29:38,330 –> 00:29:42,510
\nanswer.
\nI want to blame Sues for not <\/p>\n
396
\n00:29:42,510 –> 00:29:47,670
\nemptying the dishwasher and make
\nher feel guilty, lazy, And then <\/p>\n
397
\n00:29:47,670 –> 00:29:52,310
\nI want to be unhelpful, selfish,
\nlazy myself and sit on the <\/p>\n
398
\n00:29:52,310 –> 00:29:54,190
\ncouch.
\nIt’s easy. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:29:54,190 –> 00:29:55,710
\nI can answer that in a blink of
\nan eye. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:29:56,750 –> 00:30:01,390
\nThen I Simply put self to death.
\nI empty the clean dishes, put <\/p>\n
401
\n00:30:01,390 –> 00:30:03,190
\nthem away, and restate the
\ndishwasher. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:30:03,830 –> 00:30:08,630
\nI don’t try to be spiritual
\nenough. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:30:09,440 –> 00:30:14,080
\nOr Christ.
\nLike enough to magnanimously <\/p>\n
404
\n00:30:14,080 –> 00:30:18,160
\nempty the dishwasher out of pure
\ngoodness. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:30:18,920 –> 00:30:23,440
\nYou might all be virtuous enough
\nto do such a thing, but I just <\/p>\n
406
\n00:30:23,440 –> 00:30:28,120
\nhave to identify what self wants
\nto do and then put it to death. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:30:28,160 –> 00:30:31,200
\nI’ve found this to be a life
\nchanging idea. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:30:32,240 –> 00:30:37,960
\nMy decisions are often simple.
\nIt doesn’t make life easier, so <\/p>\n
409
\n00:30:37,960 –> 00:30:40,620
\nI’m not promising that.
\nHaving the mind of Christ is <\/p>\n
410
\n00:30:40,620 –> 00:30:44,100
\nenormously difficult because we
\nhave to struggle so much against<\/p>\n
411
\n00:30:44,100 –> 00:30:48,220
\ntheir natural minds that rebel
\nso strongly against the mind of <\/p>\n
412
\n00:30:48,220 –> 00:30:51,260
\nChrist, death to self.
\nBut it does make our decisions a<\/p>\n
413
\n00:30:51,260 –> 00:30:56,300
\nlot less complicated.
\nAnd whilst this might not be the<\/p>\n
414
\n00:30:56,300 –> 00:31:01,780
\nfull picture, I understand that
\ndeath to the flesh also requires<\/p>\n
415
\n00:31:01,780 –> 00:31:03,980
\nliving to the Spirit.
\nI think most of the time, <\/p>\n
416
\n00:31:03,980 –> 00:31:05,780
\nbrothers and sisters, if you
\nwere like me. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:31:06,250 –> 00:31:09,170
\nWhen it comes to serving God, we
\nactually want to, don’t we? <\/p>\n
418
\n00:31:09,530 –> 00:31:12,770
\nWe want to live in the spirit.
\nIt’s just that there’s this <\/p>\n
419
\n00:31:12,770 –> 00:31:16,450
\ndirty, great, big, hulking thing
\ncalled self that keeps getting <\/p>\n
420
\n00:31:16,450 –> 00:31:18,290
\nin the way.
\nAnd if I just stick to this <\/p>\n
421
\n00:31:18,290 –> 00:31:21,530
\nsimple question, what does self
\nwant to do? <\/p>\n
422
\n00:31:22,330 –> 00:31:26,490
\nAnd then put self to death, I
\nhave yet to go wrong. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:31:28,130 –> 00:31:31,210
\nBy the way, I hope you’re
\ngetting very strongly the <\/p>\n
424
\n00:31:31,210 –> 00:31:35,130
\nimpression that I am definitely
\na novice at this. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:31:36,220 –> 00:31:39,340
\nFloundering around, making so
\nmany mistakes in these things, <\/p>\n
426
\n00:31:39,340 –> 00:31:43,380
\ntrying to figure it out.
\nI am so far from being exemplary<\/p>\n
427
\n00:31:43,380 –> 00:31:47,060
\nin this, so please, whatever
\nyou’re thinking, do not think <\/p>\n
428
\n00:31:47,300 –> 00:31:49,940
\nhe’s got it all sewn up.
\nI am so far from that. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:31:49,940 –> 00:31:53,220
\nBut we’re all trying, aren’t we?
\nWe’re all trying. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:31:54,820 –> 00:31:57,580
\nHe’s something else that I find
\nhelpful to me when it comes to <\/p>\n
431
\n00:31:57,580 –> 00:31:59,940
\ndecisions and perspective and
\npractical. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:31:59,940 –> 00:32:01,700
\nHelps to have the mind of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:32:01,700 –> 00:32:08,630
\nDo you remember this slide?
\nSound mind in the middle, death <\/p>\n
434
\n00:32:08,630 –> 00:32:15,870
\nto self with the two thieves on
\neither side, the high minded and<\/p>\n
435
\n00:32:15,870 –> 00:32:19,630
\nthe feeble minded, Self
\nrighteousness and self pity. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:32:19,870 –> 00:32:24,670
\nNo prizes for guessing that this
\nis a reminder, isn’t it, of the <\/p>\n
437
\n00:32:24,670 –> 00:32:28,110
\ncrucifixion.
\nThis picture begs me to think <\/p>\n
438
\n00:32:28,110 –> 00:32:31,550
\nabout where Christ is to be
\nfound and when I ask this <\/p>\n
439
\n00:32:31,550 –> 00:32:34,350
\nquestion of myself, the answer
\nalways is. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:32:35,130 –> 00:32:38,730
\nIn the middle, in the middle,
\nbetween the two thieves, who are<\/p>\n
441
\n00:32:39,410 –> 00:32:44,690
\nthe extremes on any subject.
\nSo if we rearrange things a <\/p>\n
442
\n00:32:44,690 –> 00:32:48,730
\nlittle and just think about it
\nlike this, in the middle, we <\/p>\n
443
\n00:32:48,730 –> 00:32:52,610
\nhave the mind of Christ.
\nIt is the truth being sound <\/p>\n
444
\n00:32:52,610 –> 00:32:57,410
\nminded, but on either side if we
\nreplace high mindedness. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:32:58,120 –> 00:33:02,280
\nAnd feeble mindedness, those two
\nextremes with other extremes, <\/p>\n
446
\n00:33:02,280 –> 00:33:04,640
\nAny extremes.
\nI think we’ll find that this is <\/p>\n
447
\n00:33:04,640 –> 00:33:09,480
\nalso true for life.
\nAnd if we were to ask ourselves,<\/p>\n
448
\n00:33:09,640 –> 00:33:13,120
\nwhere is Christ?
\nHe will always be in the middle.<\/p>\n
449
\n00:33:13,840 –> 00:33:20,960
\nWhether we talk about Gnostics
\nand the and their immorality or <\/p>\n
450
\n00:33:21,120 –> 00:33:25,320
\nJudaizes living after the works
\nof the Lord, these two extremes <\/p>\n
451
\n00:33:25,320 –> 00:33:28,950
\nwill always.
\nFind that Christ is in the <\/p>\n
452
\n00:33:28,950 –> 00:33:33,030
\nmiddle.
\nOr if we were to say liberalism <\/p>\n
453
\n00:33:33,110 –> 00:33:40,270
\nand conservatism, or if we said
\nlegalism and salvation by works <\/p>\n
454
\n00:33:41,430 –> 00:33:44,750
\nor unconditional grace, we don’t
\nneed to do anything. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:33:45,190 –> 00:33:48,910
\nOur our, the truth.
\nOur lives in Christ will be in <\/p>\n
456
\n00:33:48,910 –> 00:33:51,310
\nthe middle.
\nWe are saved by our faith. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:33:52,340 –> 00:33:54,540
\nAnd our faith will produce
\nworks. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:33:54,540 –> 00:33:56,820
\nWe’re not saved by works in and
\nof themselves. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:33:56,980 –> 00:34:01,300
\nNeither are they unnecessary.
\nOr if we were to put up <\/p>\n
460
\n00:34:01,300 –> 00:34:05,340
\nsomething like this, these two
\nideas on the atonement. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:34:05,340 –> 00:34:08,580
\nWithout even knowing the
\ntechnicalities of the arguments <\/p>\n
462
\n00:34:08,620 –> 00:34:13,380
\non the atonement, for instance,
\nI think this is a very helpful <\/p>\n
463
\n00:34:13,380 –> 00:34:16,900
\npicture in my mind.
\nTo think about where Christ is, <\/p>\n
464
\n00:34:17,100 –> 00:34:20,219
\nwe just need to draw a line that
\nrepresents. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:34:20,699 –> 00:34:26,020
\nThe spectrum of ideas on any
\nsubject with the extremes on <\/p>\n
466
\n00:34:26,020 –> 00:34:28,380
\neach end.
\nAnd then ask ourselves where <\/p>\n
467
\n00:34:28,380 –> 00:34:33,500
\nwill the truth lie.
\nAnd the answer is in the middle.<\/p>\n
468
\n00:34:33,500 –> 00:34:38,659
\nChrist is always in the middle.
\nThe extremes are thieves of the <\/p>\n
469
\n00:34:38,659 –> 00:34:42,219
\ntruth.
\nSome, some people might abandon <\/p>\n
470
\n00:34:42,219 –> 00:34:47,620
\npeace to vociferously pursue
\ntruth. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:34:48,860 –> 00:34:54,860
\nOthers might hide truth for the
\nsake of peace, but our Lord <\/p>\n
472
\n00:34:54,860 –> 00:34:57,139
\nJesus Christ will always be in
\nthe middle. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:34:57,860 –> 00:35:02,740
\nHe will balance truth and peace.
\nIt’s not that Christ is just a <\/p>\n
474
\n00:35:02,740 –> 00:35:06,540
\ncompromise between the extremes.
\nHe’s the center. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:35:06,540 –> 00:35:10,020
\nHe’s the truth.
\nThe extremes are a deviation <\/p>\n
476
\n00:35:10,300 –> 00:35:13,260
\nfrom the center.
\nAnd just as we need balance so <\/p>\n
477
\n00:35:13,260 –> 00:35:16,060
\nwe don’t fall over, we need
\nspiritual balance. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:35:16,680 –> 00:35:19,480
\nSo coming back to our point, I
\nfind this picture very helpful. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:35:19,480 –> 00:35:24,640
\nChrist is not one of the extreme
\nviews on anything. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:35:24,640 –> 00:35:31,080
\nIf we are in an extreme camp we
\nprobably need to re examine the <\/p>\n
481
\n00:35:31,080 –> 00:35:34,200
\nspectrum because the extremes
\nare self. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:35:34,200 –> 00:35:37,760
\nThey are falling away from the
\ncenter. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:35:38,480 –> 00:35:41,840
\nIf we put ourselves to death, if
\nwe have the mind of Christ <\/p>\n
484
\n00:35:42,120 –> 00:35:44,920
\noccupying the middle, If we put
\nourselves to death. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:35:45,390 –> 00:35:48,430
\nWe will be much more likely,
\nwon’t we brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
486
\n00:35:48,430 –> 00:35:53,790
\nto be balanced, to not swing to
\nextreme positions. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:35:55,590 –> 00:35:59,390
\nNow we know that this is all a
\nprocess, a journey, the renewing<\/p>\n
488
\n00:35:59,390 –> 00:36:02,150
\nof our minds.
\nThis metamorphosis or <\/p>\n
489
\n00:36:02,150 –> 00:36:05,070
\ntransformation of our thinking
\nis not just something that <\/p>\n
490
\n00:36:05,070 –> 00:36:10,790
\nhappens to us with us being
\ntotally passive, uninvolved, <\/p>\n
491
\n00:36:10,790 –> 00:36:13,750
\nalmost against our will.
\nThis is something that. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:36:14,290 –> 00:36:17,330
\nWell, if we’re willing to be
\npart of the gift of renewal, <\/p>\n
493
\n00:36:18,090 –> 00:36:20,890
\nthen there are some things we
\nhave to do, some things we have <\/p>\n
494
\n00:36:20,890 –> 00:36:24,730
\nto practice.
\nIt’s a daily task. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:36:24,730 –> 00:36:28,090
\nWe are renewed day by day in the
\ninward man. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:36:28,090 –> 00:36:30,850
\nSecond of Corinthians foreign
\nverse 16. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:36:30,850 –> 00:36:33,610
\nDo you remember?
\nIt was Jonathan who said to his <\/p>\n
498
\n00:36:33,610 –> 00:36:35,610
\narmor beer.
\nI think we looked at this on <\/p>\n
499
\n00:36:35,610 –> 00:36:39,370
\nTuesday night.
\nThere is no restraint to Yahweh <\/p>\n
500
\n00:36:39,370 –> 00:36:47,460
\nto save by many or by few.
\nBut just not with none. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:36:49,020 –> 00:36:53,820
\nWe need to do our part.
\nWe are in partnership with God. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:36:54,660 –> 00:36:56,420
\nNow.
\nI find the words of Philippians <\/p>\n
503
\n00:36:56,420 –> 00:36:59,060
\n2 very helpful in explaining
\nthis idea. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:36:59,460 –> 00:37:03,580
\nIn Philippians 2 and verse 12
\nPaul says workout your own <\/p>\n
505
\n00:37:03,580 –> 00:37:08,820
\nsalvation and then in the very
\nnext verse he says it is God <\/p>\n
506
\n00:37:08,820 –> 00:37:13,340
\nwhich worketh in you.
\nWe both have to do our part. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:37:13,620 –> 00:37:21,020
\nWe can’t do it without God, and
\nhe won’t do it without us. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:37:21,020 –> 00:37:25,020
\nThe mind of Christ is something,
\ntherefore, that we can learn <\/p>\n
509
\n00:37:25,660 –> 00:37:30,540
\nsomething we can practice a
\nhabit we form by reason of of <\/p>\n
510
\n00:37:30,540 –> 00:37:36,060
\nuse, while it’s God in us
\nworking the miracle, slowly, <\/p>\n
511
\n00:37:36,340 –> 00:37:40,050
\nimperceptibly changing us.
\nInto a butterfly. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:37:40,210 –> 00:37:46,370
\nWe are willing participants,
\npartners in his work, and so <\/p>\n
513
\n00:37:46,370 –> 00:37:52,010
\nit’s the practice of a lifetime.
\nNo sane person would expect any <\/p>\n
514
\n00:37:52,010 –> 00:37:55,610
\nof us in one single bound to
\nsuddenly become a doctor or a <\/p>\n
515
\n00:37:55,610 –> 00:38:00,490
\nscientist, and neither does our
\nHeavenly Father expect us to <\/p>\n
516
\n00:38:00,490 –> 00:38:04,010
\nsuddenly, in a single leap,
\nachieve the mind of Christ. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:38:04,770 –> 00:38:08,050
\nIt takes training.
\nIt takes effort. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:38:08,790 –> 00:38:12,750
\nTakes practice.
\nIf I want to be physically fit, <\/p>\n
519
\n00:38:13,670 –> 00:38:16,230
\nnone of us expect to achieve
\nthat, do we in a single day? <\/p>\n
520
\n00:38:16,230 –> 00:38:18,950
\nBut we do know what to do.
\nWe know what to do. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:38:18,950 –> 00:38:22,550
\nAnd it’s just the same for the
\nfitness of our minds. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:38:22,750 –> 00:38:27,390
\nThe exercise of thought.
\nIf a man makes no effort to <\/p>\n
523
\n00:38:27,510 –> 00:38:33,190
\novercome evil by the exercise of
\nstrengthening thought, it <\/p>\n
524
\n00:38:33,230 –> 00:38:37,750
\nindicates that his desire to
\navoid the evil is not. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:38:38,280 –> 00:38:42,920
\nVery sincere.
\nWe have ample opportunities to <\/p>\n
526
\n00:38:42,920 –> 00:38:46,840
\npractice this every day, and to
\nour shame, we often fall into <\/p>\n
527
\n00:38:46,840 –> 00:38:49,520
\nthis category like we get a
\nreport card from school. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:38:50,120 –> 00:38:54,840
\nMakes no effort.
\nHow often is that ourselves? <\/p>\n
529
\n00:38:55,680 –> 00:38:57,320
\nWell, here’s what the scriptures
\nhave to say. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:38:58,400 –> 00:39:00,520
\nEphesians 4 Just listen to these
\nwords. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:39:00,880 –> 00:39:05,160
\nBut ye have not so learned
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:39:05,890 –> 00:39:08,770
\nIf so be that ye have heard him
\nand have been taught by him, as <\/p>\n
533
\n00:39:08,770 –> 00:39:12,410
\nthe truth is in Jesus that you
\nbe renewed in the spirit of your<\/p>\n
534
\n00:39:12,410 –> 00:39:15,130
\nmind.
\nRenewal is something we learn. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:39:16,170 –> 00:39:19,970
\nColossians chapter 3 and verse
\ntwo, set your affection on <\/p>\n
536
\n00:39:19,970 –> 00:39:23,570
\nthings above.
\nLiterally, we should translate <\/p>\n
537
\n00:39:23,570 –> 00:39:27,490
\nthat practice occupying our
\nminds. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:39:27,570 –> 00:39:31,810
\nIt’s a practice of having the
\nmind of Christ in us. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:39:32,320 –> 00:39:35,960
\nFor Hebrews 5 and Hebrews 12.
\nBut strong meat belongs to them <\/p>\n
540
\n00:39:35,960 –> 00:39:39,320
\nthat are of full age.
\nEven those who by reason of use <\/p>\n
541
\n00:39:39,320 –> 00:39:43,680
\nthe margin has habit have their
\nsenses exercised. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:39:43,920 –> 00:39:50,200
\nTo discern both good and evil,
\nwe have to practice these <\/p>\n
543
\n00:39:50,200 –> 00:39:51,480
\nthings.
\nWe’re not going to be <\/p>\n
544
\n00:39:51,480 –> 00:39:54,800
\ntransformed unless our minds are
\nopen to transformation. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:39:55,600 –> 00:39:58,520
\nWe need to exercise our minds
\nlike our muscles, and like our <\/p>\n
546
\n00:39:58,520 –> 00:40:03,600
\nmuscles they will grow.
\nTo grow anything in a natural <\/p>\n
547
\n00:40:03,600 –> 00:40:07,280
\nsense, we have to establish
\nconditions of growth. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:40:07,360 –> 00:40:08,960
\nIt’s just a natural law, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n
549
\n00:40:09,480 –> 00:40:13,000
\nIf you think about gardening,
\nwhen we get rid of the rocks, <\/p>\n
550
\n00:40:13,000 –> 00:40:15,400
\nwhen we get rid of the weeds, we
\nget rid of the pests. <\/p>\n
551
\n00:40:15,800 –> 00:40:18,560
\nWell, who would have guessed a
\ngarden blossoms. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:40:19,720 –> 00:40:23,080
\nNothing will grow where it’s not
\nallowed to flourish. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:40:23,880 –> 00:40:29,960
\nAnd the conditions of growth are
\nnourishment and use. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:40:30,890 –> 00:40:35,490
\nWe have to nourish and use our
\nminds for Christ. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:40:36,330 –> 00:40:41,370
\nIf our mind is a garden, what
\ntype of garden do we want it to <\/p>\n
556
\n00:40:41,370 –> 00:40:45,170
\nbe?
\nHere’s what Brother Collier says<\/p>\n
557
\n00:40:45,930 –> 00:40:51,930
\nin his book, The Guiding Light.
\nWe are aware that many thoughts <\/p>\n
558
\n00:40:51,930 –> 00:40:57,090
\nflit into the conscious mind,
\nunbidden and perhaps even <\/p>\n
559
\n00:40:57,090 –> 00:40:59,980
\nundesired.
\nThey may be presented to us <\/p>\n
560
\n00:40:59,980 –> 00:41:02,580
\nthrough the senses, or they may
\nbe thrown up from the great <\/p>\n
561
\n00:41:02,580 –> 00:41:06,900
\nstore of memory.
\nWe cannot prevent this fleeting <\/p>\n
562
\n00:41:06,900 –> 00:41:09,260
\npresentation even of evil
\nthoughts. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:41:09,580 –> 00:41:13,060
\nBut we are perfectly conscious
\nthat we are able to make our <\/p>\n
564
\n00:41:13,060 –> 00:41:19,900
\nselection of which thoughts to
\nencourage and which to reject. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:41:21,260 –> 00:41:26,180
\nThe tragic truth is that most of
\nus fail to realize properly that<\/p>\n
566
\n00:41:26,180 –> 00:41:31,790
\nthought.
\nIs real, yet in one sense it is <\/p>\n
567
\n00:41:31,790 –> 00:41:36,990
\nthe only reality.
\nIt precedes and causes action, <\/p>\n
568
\n00:41:37,070 –> 00:41:39,150
\nand it remains after the action
\nis over. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:41:39,430 –> 00:41:41,990
\nA man may indulge in evil
\nthought, supposing that it is <\/p>\n
570
\n00:41:41,990 –> 00:41:43,830
\nonly a thought and of no
\nimportance. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:41:45,190 –> 00:41:52,670
\nIt may be only a thought, but in
\nthe final issue it is the man <\/p>\n
572
\n00:41:52,670 –> 00:41:57,370
\nhimself.
\nOr as Proverbs chapter 23 and <\/p>\n
573
\n00:41:57,370 –> 00:42:02,010
\nverse 7 puts it in Rotherham’s
\nversion, for just as he had <\/p>\n
574
\n00:42:02,010 –> 00:42:06,610
\nthought in his own mind, so he
\nis. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:42:07,530 –> 00:42:13,130
\nOur thinking defines who we are.
\nThat’s why it’s so important <\/p>\n
576
\n00:42:13,130 –> 00:42:17,250
\nthat we practice these things.
\nJust think about that for a <\/p>\n
577
\n00:42:17,250 –> 00:42:19,810
\nmoment, brothers and sisters,
\nand especially young people, <\/p>\n
578
\n00:42:21,330 –> 00:42:23,010
\nwhen we get to the judgment
\nseat. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:42:25,010 –> 00:42:28,850
\nIt will be totally, totally
\nfair. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:42:30,450 –> 00:42:34,890
\nIt’s just a simple assessment of
\nwhat we have thought about the <\/p>\n
581
\n00:42:34,890 –> 00:42:39,450
\nmost.
\nWe are what we think about the <\/p>\n
582
\n00:42:39,450 –> 00:42:43,410
\nmost.
\nAnd minds will be opened up in <\/p>\n
583
\n00:42:43,410 –> 00:42:47,890
\nthe in the millions of neural
\nconnections that we have made. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:42:48,810 –> 00:42:50,690
\nOur Lord Jesus Christ will
\ndetermine. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:42:50,690 –> 00:42:54,290
\nHave we thought about Him
\nenough? <\/p>\n
586
\n00:42:55,530 –> 00:42:59,490
\nWell, are there billions of
\nneural pathways that we’ve <\/p>\n
587
\n00:42:59,490 –> 00:43:03,970
\nformed in our minds for sports
\nand for many, many, many other <\/p>\n
588
\n00:43:03,970 –> 00:43:07,770
\nthings, and he has to search
\nhard to find himself. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:43:08,450 –> 00:43:12,050
\nWhat fruits are brought forth in
\nthe garden of our minds? <\/p>\n
590
\n00:43:13,330 –> 00:43:18,170
\nFruits to self, as Hozier Teen
\nsays, or fruits of the spirit? <\/p>\n
591
\n00:43:19,610 –> 00:43:21,610
\nWell, what are some things that
\nwe can try and remember? <\/p>\n
592
\n00:43:21,610 –> 00:43:25,910
\nSome tips, if you will.
\nTo practically allow the mind of<\/p>\n
593
\n00:43:25,910 –> 00:43:30,790
\nChrist to be formed in us as we
\ntry to put ourselves to death, <\/p>\n
594
\n00:43:30,990 –> 00:43:33,550
\nwhat little things can we do
\nthat might be helpful? <\/p>\n
595
\n00:43:33,870 –> 00:43:37,230
\nTo put the carnal mind, our
\nreptilian way of thinking, to <\/p>\n
596
\n00:43:37,230 –> 00:43:40,350
\ndeath and allow the mind of
\nChrist to flourish? <\/p>\n
597
\n00:43:41,430 –> 00:43:44,470
\nHow can we practice what Peter
\ncalls in first of Peter one <\/p>\n
598
\n00:43:44,470 –> 00:43:47,790
\nverse 13, girding up the loins
\nof our minds? <\/p>\n
599
\n00:43:47,790 –> 00:43:51,310
\nNow, this is not an exhaustive
\nlist, but just some thoughts. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:43:52,310 –> 00:43:53,670
\nHopefully some of them are
\nhelpful. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:43:56,510 –> 00:44:00,550
\nThe first one is very, very
\nsimple and very practical one. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:44:01,350 –> 00:44:05,470
\nWhen we’re stressed, control our
\nbreathing. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:44:05,470 –> 00:44:08,390
\nDo you know that controlling our
\nbreathing is the only part of <\/p>\n
604
\n00:44:08,390 –> 00:44:13,030
\nthe autonomic automatic nervous
\nsystem that we can have any <\/p>\n
605
\n00:44:13,030 –> 00:44:15,110
\ncontrol over?
\nWe can’t control our heart rate.<\/p>\n
606
\n00:44:15,550 –> 00:44:18,730
\nWe can’t control our blood flow.
\nVascularity. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:44:18,730 –> 00:44:21,130
\nAnything like that.
\nBut we can control our <\/p>\n
608
\n00:44:21,130 –> 00:44:24,810
\nbreathing.
\nAnd when we do, we know that it <\/p>\n
609
\n00:44:24,810 –> 00:44:27,610
\nsettles our minds.
\nRemember our thinking. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:44:27,610 –> 00:44:30,810
\nBrains need oxygen.
\nThink of Soil of Tarsus. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:44:30,850 –> 00:44:34,370
\nRemember that picture of the
\nwild bull in Acts Chapter 9, <\/p>\n
612
\n00:44:34,370 –> 00:44:36,130
\nVerse one?
\nHe’s breathing and threatening <\/p>\n
613
\n00:44:36,130 –> 00:44:39,410
\nsome slaughter.
\nHe’s tearing around in a foaming<\/p>\n
614
\n00:44:39,410 –> 00:44:41,690
\nfury so that he didn’t have to
\nthink. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:44:42,090 –> 00:44:45,730
\nThere was number pausing, No
\nthinking going on. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:44:46,700 –> 00:44:49,180
\nWe’ve got to breathe a couple of
\ntimes when things are hectic or <\/p>\n
617
\n00:44:49,180 –> 00:44:53,140
\nrushed.
\nNothing’s so important in life <\/p>\n
618
\n00:44:53,980 –> 00:44:57,380
\nthat it can’t wait just a few
\nseconds so we can gather our <\/p>\n
619
\n00:44:57,380 –> 00:45:02,660
\nthoughts and let our thinking
\nbrain catch up with the game. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:45:02,940 –> 00:45:07,420
\nHere’s just an example.
\nAnd and if you are a parent or I<\/p>\n
621
\n00:45:07,420 –> 00:45:11,660
\nsuppose particularly a father, I
\nshould say maybe you might know <\/p>\n
622
\n00:45:11,660 –> 00:45:14,280
\nthis feeling.
\nI know it says in Matthew 7 that<\/p>\n
623
\n00:45:14,280 –> 00:45:17,920
\nfathers know how to give good
\ngifts unto their children. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:45:17,920 –> 00:45:19,760
\nAnd it’s true, isn’t it?
\nWe all love to give little <\/p>\n
625
\n00:45:19,760 –> 00:45:24,280
\ntreats to our kids, and I’ve got
\nlittle girls and I just love to <\/p>\n
626
\n00:45:24,280 –> 00:45:26,440
\ngive them treats.
\nBut you know what? <\/p>\n
627
\n00:45:26,440 –> 00:45:31,120
\nWe’re not irritating and
\nfrustrating, which happens a <\/p>\n
628
\n00:45:31,120 –> 00:45:34,200
\nfair bit, and I’m tired, which
\nalso happens a fair bit. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:45:35,480 –> 00:45:39,240
\nIt’s very easy instinctively,
\nimmediately, isn’t it, to just <\/p>\n
630
\n00:45:39,240 –> 00:45:43,270
\nsay no to the kids?
\nWe have some more water, Dad, <\/p>\n
631
\n00:45:43,270 –> 00:45:50,590
\nNo, but but if I give it a few
\nseconds thought and actually <\/p>\n
632
\n00:45:50,590 –> 00:45:55,230
\nprobably I’ll find I could
\nprobably easily say yes to that,<\/p>\n
633
\n00:45:55,990 –> 00:46:00,830
\na little bit more water, sure,
\nthat will be fine, no harm would<\/p>\n
634
\n00:46:00,830 –> 00:46:03,590
\nbe done.
\nAnd actually being a parent who <\/p>\n
635
\n00:46:03,590 –> 00:46:11,230
\nstops, thinks and then says yes
\nor no and sticks to it. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:46:12,070 –> 00:46:16,190
\nIs much better than one who says
\nno and then the child says oh, <\/p>\n
637
\n00:46:16,230 –> 00:46:22,070
\nbut why not dead?
\nAll right, And we give way where<\/p>\n
638
\n00:46:22,070 –> 00:46:25,350
\nour word is meaningless and
\nevery no just invites A whinge <\/p>\n
639
\n00:46:25,350 –> 00:46:27,590
\nto change our mind.
\nAre you sensing experiential <\/p>\n
640
\n00:46:27,590 –> 00:46:32,990
\nknowledge?
\nMaybe if we just pause and just <\/p>\n
641
\n00:46:32,990 –> 00:46:36,950
\nthink for a second or two
\nbreathe, we can make a better <\/p>\n
642
\n00:46:36,950 –> 00:46:41,110
\ndecision on a similar note, but
\non maybe a slightly longer time <\/p>\n
643
\n00:46:41,110 –> 00:46:43,200
\nscale.
\nIs this thought here? <\/p>\n
644
\n00:46:43,280 –> 00:46:48,320
\nAlways slow down and wait till
\nthe emotions pass to make the <\/p>\n
645
\n00:46:48,320 –> 00:46:52,280
\nbest decision.
\nRemember, the reptilian brain <\/p>\n
646
\n00:46:52,280 –> 00:46:56,920
\nreacts in two milliseconds and
\nit will quickly shut down the <\/p>\n
647
\n00:46:56,920 –> 00:47:00,640
\nthinking analytical brain and
\nstarve it of oxygen and <\/p>\n
648
\n00:47:00,640 –> 00:47:04,200
\nnutrients.
\nOur thinking brains take a <\/p>\n
649
\n00:47:04,200 –> 00:47:08,520
\nsecond or two to start up and
\nthey react 100 times slower. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:47:08,520 –> 00:47:13,220
\nSo slow down.
\nProverbs 14 verse 29 says he <\/p>\n
651
\n00:47:13,220 –> 00:47:17,700
\nthat is hasty of spirit, exotis
\nfolly. <\/p>\n
652
\n00:47:18,940 –> 00:47:21,660
\nYou know, there’s an excellent
\nreference in Nehemiah chapter 5 <\/p>\n
653
\n00:47:21,660 –> 00:47:24,300
\nand I’d like you to come here
\nbecause I really find it. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:47:26,260 –> 00:47:29,220
\nWhilst this might not be what
\nyou might call a golden thread <\/p>\n
655
\n00:47:29,220 –> 00:47:32,180
\nthat runs through the
\nscriptures, it’s certainly here <\/p>\n
656
\n00:47:32,380 –> 00:47:36,180
\nas a practical aid to us
\ndeveloping the mind of Christ. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:47:36,540 –> 00:47:42,880
\nNehemiah and chapter 5.
\nAnd verse 7. <\/p>\n
658
\n00:47:44,200 –> 00:47:46,360
\nNehemiah is in the middle of
\nbuilding the wall and he’s got <\/p>\n
659
\n00:47:46,400 –> 00:47:49,360
\nenemies on every hand.
\nAnd now he finds out in chapter <\/p>\n
660
\n00:47:49,360 –> 00:47:54,840
\n5 that the Jews, amongst all of
\nthe other problems he’s got, are<\/p>\n
661
\n00:47:54,840 –> 00:47:58,560
\nextorting their own brethren of
\ntheir livelihood. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:47:58,800 –> 00:48:02,120
\nIn a Nehemiah chapter 5 and
\nverses 6 and seven, he was <\/p>\n
663
\n00:48:02,120 –> 00:48:07,120
\nfurious and I was very angry
\nwhen I heard their cry in these <\/p>\n
664
\n00:48:07,120 –> 00:48:15,200
\nwords then.
\nI consulted with myself, and I <\/p>\n
665
\n00:48:15,200 –> 00:48:18,080
\nrebuked the nobles and the
\nrulers, and said unto them, Ye <\/p>\n
666
\n00:48:18,080 –> 00:48:20,360
\nexact usury everyone of your
\nbrother. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:48:20,520 –> 00:48:23,200
\nAnd I said a great assembly
\nagainst them. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:48:23,200 –> 00:48:26,080
\nDo you know literally that
\nphrase? <\/p>\n
669
\n00:48:26,080 –> 00:48:30,840
\nI consulted with myself.
\nLiterally, that should be I <\/p>\n
670
\n00:48:31,080 –> 00:48:38,880
\nascended the throne to reign.
\nIn other words, he slowed down. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:48:40,080 –> 00:48:43,200
\nAnd he took control of his
\nemotions. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:48:43,960 –> 00:48:47,720
\nRather than react in white hot
\nanger and frustration, he took <\/p>\n
673
\n00:48:47,720 –> 00:48:52,000
\nthe time, as it sees in the
\nmargin, to consult with his <\/p>\n
674
\n00:48:52,000 –> 00:48:58,200
\nheart.
\nAnd then he responded rather <\/p>\n
675
\n00:48:58,200 –> 00:49:02,600
\nthan reacted.
\nAnd there is a huge, huge, huge <\/p>\n
676
\n00:49:02,600 –> 00:49:08,880
\ndifference between reaction and
\nresponse. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:49:10,070 –> 00:49:13,870
\nThere is always an interval
\nbetween the first contemplation <\/p>\n
678
\n00:49:13,870 –> 00:49:17,110
\nof the problem and the final
\ntime for action. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:49:17,270 –> 00:49:21,630
\nSo when a crisis moment suddenly
\nappears, don’t react, breathe, <\/p>\n
680
\n00:49:22,870 –> 00:49:31,550
\nthink, pause, consider, ascend
\nthe throne to consult and then <\/p>\n
681
\n00:49:32,750 –> 00:49:36,670
\nrespond.
\nAs James puts it, be swift to <\/p>\n
682
\n00:49:36,670 –> 00:49:42,490
\nhear.
\nSlow to speak, Slow to Roth. <\/p>\n
683
\n00:49:42,490 –> 00:49:44,530
\nThere’s great wisdom in these
\nthings. <\/p>\n
684
\n00:49:44,610 –> 00:49:48,090
\nWe take this time.
\nWe will undoubtedly make better <\/p>\n
685
\n00:49:48,090 –> 00:49:53,890
\ndecisions, and we might even
\nchoose to do what is right when <\/p>\n
686
\n00:49:53,890 –> 00:49:58,970
\nit feels bad.
\nThat is completely contrary to <\/p>\n
687
\n00:49:59,130 –> 00:50:04,500
\nour instinctive brains.
\nAnd don’t forget, our emotions <\/p>\n
688
\n00:50:04,500 –> 00:50:09,100
\ncan either be controlled by our
\nbasic instincts or the moral <\/p>\n
689
\n00:50:09,100 –> 00:50:11,380
\nsentiments.
\nEmotions are not bad in and of <\/p>\n
690
\n00:50:11,380 –> 00:50:13,300
\nthemselves.
\nWe need to make that clear, <\/p>\n
691
\n00:50:13,300 –> 00:50:17,980
\ndon’t we?
\nThey just need time for the mind<\/p>\n
692
\n00:50:17,980 –> 00:50:20,940
\nof Christ to regulate those
\nemotions rather than our <\/p>\n
693
\n00:50:20,940 –> 00:50:22,300
\ninstincts.
\nSo what’s the lesson? <\/p>\n
694
\n00:50:23,220 –> 00:50:25,180
\nDelay.
\nOur actions. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:50:25,340 –> 00:50:29,580
\nDon’t make decisions when we’re
\neither happy or sad. <\/p>\n
696
\n00:50:30,490 –> 00:50:33,610
\nOur emotions are able to sway
\nour thinking brain. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:50:33,810 –> 00:50:37,850
\nWait until the emotions have
\npassed and we will almost always<\/p>\n
698
\n00:50:37,850 –> 00:50:41,090
\nmake a better decision.
\nDo you know one of the things <\/p>\n
699
\n00:50:41,090 –> 00:50:45,250
\nI’ve tried to do, which may
\nsound very much like <\/p>\n
700
\n00:50:45,250 –> 00:50:52,250
\nprocrastination, but it is Ask
\nmyself when’s the last time I <\/p>\n
701
\n00:50:52,250 –> 00:50:58,250
\nneed to make the decision by?
\nBecause if I do that then. <\/p>\n
702
\n00:50:58,780 –> 00:51:02,060
\nI let my mind Mull over these
\nthings and usually you come to a<\/p>\n
703
\n00:51:02,060 –> 00:51:04,980
\nbetter outcome.
\nIt’s amazing how 3 days and <\/p>\n
704
\n00:51:04,980 –> 00:51:06,860
\nthree nights can change your
\nthinking. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:51:07,140 –> 00:51:11,820
\nWho would have thought?
\nHow about writing down your <\/p>\n
706
\n00:51:11,820 –> 00:51:17,620
\nfeelings, Getting them on paper?
\nDo you know Abraham Lincoln used<\/p>\n
707
\n00:51:17,620 –> 00:51:21,460
\nto control his anger?
\nHe’s a president of the United <\/p>\n
708
\n00:51:21,460 –> 00:51:24,180
\nStates, by the way.
\nAbraham Lincoln used to control <\/p>\n
709
\n00:51:24,180 –> 00:51:28,060
\nhis anger by writing letters
\nthat he would never post. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:51:28,710 –> 00:51:30,830
\nHe would vent his feelings on
\npaper. <\/p>\n
711
\n00:51:31,350 –> 00:51:33,830
\nThat would satisfy the reptilian
\nbrain. <\/p>\n
712
\n00:51:33,830 –> 00:51:39,030
\nAnd then he’d review it in a
\nweek’s time later with the <\/p>\n
713
\n00:51:39,030 –> 00:51:42,910
\nthinking brain.
\nAnd then he’d screw it up and <\/p>\n
714
\n00:51:42,990 –> 00:51:46,870
\npop it in the trash.
\nWise counsel, you know, Second <\/p>\n
715
\n00:51:46,870 –> 00:51:49,070
\nof Corinthians 13 and verse 10
\nsays. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:51:49,390 –> 00:51:53,030
\nTherefore I write these things
\nbeing absent. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:51:53,770 –> 00:51:55,850
\nBeing present, I should use
\nsharpness. <\/p>\n
718
\n00:51:56,050 –> 00:51:59,970
\nPaul knew, didn’t he, that
\nwriting things down would would <\/p>\n
719
\n00:51:59,970 –> 00:52:03,890
\nslow himself down and temper his
\nfeelings and give him better <\/p>\n
720
\n00:52:03,890 –> 00:52:06,410
\nperspective.
\nIf he was present he would use <\/p>\n
721
\n00:52:06,410 –> 00:52:09,450
\nsharpness.
\nHe’d be angry and frustrated. <\/p>\n
722
\n00:52:09,450 –> 00:52:12,890
\nBut if he wrote it down he would
\nbe able to respond in a much <\/p>\n
723
\n00:52:12,890 –> 00:52:17,610
\nmore Christ like way.
\nSo if you were this way inclined<\/p>\n
724
\n00:52:18,210 –> 00:52:20,970
\nthen get yourself a journal and
\nstart writing down some <\/p>\n
725
\n00:52:20,970 –> 00:52:24,180
\nthoughts.
\nHere’s another obvious one. <\/p>\n
726
\n00:52:24,620 –> 00:52:30,260
\nPray and meditate, and peace
\nwill follow you. <\/p>\n
727
\n00:52:30,260 –> 00:52:33,860
\nRemember what Philippians says,
\nand they they really are <\/p>\n
728
\n00:52:33,860 –> 00:52:38,740
\nwonderful, wonderful words.
\nBe careful for nothing and <\/p>\n
729
\n00:52:38,740 –> 00:52:41,700
\neverything.
\nBy prayer and supplications with<\/p>\n
730
\n00:52:41,700 –> 00:52:45,020
\nThanksgiving, let your request
\nbe made known unto God, and the <\/p>\n
731
\n00:52:45,020 –> 00:52:51,060
\npeace of God which passes all
\nunderstanding, shall keep your <\/p>\n
732
\n00:52:51,060 –> 00:52:55,990
\nhearts and minds.
\nThrough Christ Jesus giving <\/p>\n
733
\n00:52:56,070 –> 00:52:59,350
\neverything into God’s hands.
\nRemember what Wahtherms says <\/p>\n
734
\n00:52:59,670 –> 00:53:04,390
\nabout Philippians chapter 4 and
\nverse 7. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:53:04,910 –> 00:53:10,350
\nThe peace of God which rises
\nabove every mind shall guard <\/p>\n
736
\n00:53:10,350 –> 00:53:12,510
\nyour hearts and thoughts in
\nChrist Jesus. <\/p>\n
737
\n00:53:12,670 –> 00:53:14,390
\nJust think about those words,
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:53:14,390 –> 00:53:17,230
\nThat’s a promise from our
\nHeavenly Father. <\/p>\n
739
\n00:53:17,230 –> 00:53:21,870
\nHe promises us.
\nHe guarantees that if we pray. <\/p>\n
740
\n00:53:22,450 –> 00:53:25,410
\nWe meditate.
\nHe will give us peace. <\/p>\n
741
\n00:53:25,530 –> 00:53:29,130
\nWe just don’t do it.
\nBut that’s his promise. <\/p>\n
742
\n00:53:30,610 –> 00:53:34,090
\nAnother obvious one.
\nKeep reading and being renewed <\/p>\n
743
\n00:53:34,090 –> 00:53:36,930
\nin knowledge.
\nIt’s the lesson of the <\/p>\n
744
\n00:53:36,930 –> 00:53:38,730
\nCaterpillar.
\nDo you know what if you feel <\/p>\n
745
\n00:53:38,730 –> 00:53:46,130
\nspiritless or weary?
\nIt says in Hebrews 12, lest you <\/p>\n
746
\n00:53:46,130 –> 00:53:52,760
\nbe weary in your minds.
\nIf we feel spiritless and weary,<\/p>\n
747
\n00:53:53,000 –> 00:53:56,560
\nis it because we’ve stopped
\ndevouring the Spirit word? <\/p>\n
748
\n00:53:57,720 –> 00:54:02,280
\nActually, probably yes.
\nRemember Hebrews 5, verse 14 <\/p>\n
749
\n00:54:02,280 –> 00:54:07,120
\nspeaks of those who by reason of
\nuse, have their senses exercised<\/p>\n
750
\n00:54:07,400 –> 00:54:14,520
\nto discern both good and evil.
\nWe saw on Sunday why reading is <\/p>\n
751
\n00:54:14,520 –> 00:54:17,760
\nso important.
\nWe don’t know, do we brothers <\/p>\n
752
\n00:54:17,760 –> 00:54:22,400
\nand sisters, how Providence
\nworks, how the angels work, how <\/p>\n
753
\n00:54:22,400 –> 00:54:26,360
\nsometimes just the right quote
\njust pops into our minds that’s <\/p>\n
754
\n00:54:26,480 –> 00:54:32,800
\nthat answers our question.
\nOr we think my mind’s just all, <\/p>\n
755
\n00:54:32,800 –> 00:54:37,480
\nlet’s see, I’ll do a Bible
\nreading, and right there in the <\/p>\n
756
\n00:54:37,480 –> 00:54:39,920
\ndaily Bible readings is the
\nanswer to our problem. <\/p>\n
757
\n00:54:40,080 –> 00:54:43,560
\nThis has happened to us probably
\nmany times, for sure. <\/p>\n
758
\n00:54:43,920 –> 00:54:47,330
\nIs this providential?
\nWe might never know. <\/p>\n
759
\n00:54:48,450 –> 00:54:51,530
\nBut I tell you what, brother and
\nsisters, we can be absolutely <\/p>\n
760
\n00:54:51,530 –> 00:54:57,090
\nsure about this.
\nWe will never be able to recall <\/p>\n
761
\n00:54:57,090 –> 00:55:03,090
\na verse we’ve never read.
\nThink about the power of that. <\/p>\n
762
\n00:55:03,570 –> 00:55:08,570
\nWe will never be able to recall
\na verse to mind at a time of <\/p>\n
763
\n00:55:08,570 –> 00:55:14,020
\nneed if we’ve never read it.
\nOur minds are insensibly or <\/p>\n
764
\n00:55:14,140 –> 00:55:18,060
\nunconsciously affected.
\nKeep reading, and young people <\/p>\n
765
\n00:55:18,060 –> 00:55:21,340
\nespecially.
\nI’m almost your generation, so I<\/p>\n
766
\n00:55:21,340 –> 00:55:27,020
\ninclude myself.
\nLet’s not fall into the trap of <\/p>\n
767
\n00:55:27,020 –> 00:55:33,940
\nthinking it’s all on my device,
\nit’s all on my phone, or it’s <\/p>\n
768
\n00:55:33,980 –> 00:55:37,740
\nall on livoniatapes.com.
\nI can access the information <\/p>\n
769
\n00:55:37,740 –> 00:55:45,260
\nwhenever I want.
\nInstead, ask Can God access his <\/p>\n
770
\n00:55:45,260 –> 00:55:48,420
\ninformation in our minds
\nwhenever He wants? <\/p>\n
771
\n00:55:49,820 –> 00:55:53,980
\nWhat are we giving the angels to
\nwork with in our minds? <\/p>\n
772
\n00:55:54,540 –> 00:55:57,340
\nThis is a powerful reason to
\nkeep reading. <\/p>\n
773
\n00:55:58,260 –> 00:56:00,900
\nWe can’t expect to be
\ntransformed unless we give the <\/p>\n
774
\n00:56:00,900 –> 00:56:04,260
\nangels something to work with,
\nbecause we’ve put the Word of <\/p>\n
775
\n00:56:04,260 –> 00:56:07,700
\nGod in and we’ve read with
\nunderstanding. <\/p>\n
776
\n00:56:11,560 –> 00:56:13,240
\nHere’s a thought that I find
\nvery helpful. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:56:15,880 –> 00:56:19,280
\nAlways remember that while we
\ncan’t control the first thought,<\/p>\n
778
\n00:56:20,080 –> 00:56:24,200
\nwe can control the second.
\nDo you know that’s extremely <\/p>\n
779
\n00:56:24,200 –> 00:56:29,200
\ncomforting to me?
\nChrist had a mind just like <\/p>\n
780
\n00:56:29,360 –> 00:56:33,120
\nours.
\nIf it wasn’t just like ours, his<\/p>\n
781
\n00:56:33,120 –> 00:56:35,400
\nvictory over our mind is
\nmeaningless. <\/p>\n
782
\n00:56:36,750 –> 00:56:39,550
\nHe’s susceptible in just the
\nsame ways we are. <\/p>\n
783
\n00:56:39,670 –> 00:56:41,910
\nHe’s tempted in all points as we
\nare. <\/p>\n
784
\n00:56:42,110 –> 00:56:45,230
\nHe had those first thoughts too.
\nPride. <\/p>\n
785
\n00:56:45,910 –> 00:56:47,830
\nResentment.
\nAnger. <\/p>\n
786
\n00:56:48,550 –> 00:56:56,550
\nFrustration, Lust, envy.
\nBut never once did he allow the <\/p>\n
787
\n00:56:56,550 –> 00:57:04,350
\nsecond thought to linger on.
\nNever once did he dally with <\/p>\n
788
\n00:57:04,350 –> 00:57:07,550
\nsin.
\nWas always death to self. <\/p>\n
789
\n00:57:07,590 –> 00:57:11,670
\nI find this extremely helpful.
\nI can’t stop the first thought <\/p>\n
790
\n00:57:12,150 –> 00:57:15,230
\ncoming into my mind this side of
\nthe Kingdom, and neither can <\/p>\n
791
\n00:57:15,230 –> 00:57:18,590
\nyou, brothers and sisters.
\nIt’s part of a brain that needs <\/p>\n
792
\n00:57:18,590 –> 00:57:21,510
\nreplacing.
\nBut I can. <\/p>\n
793
\n00:57:22,350 –> 00:57:28,350
\nI should, I must take
\nresponsibility for the second <\/p>\n
794
\n00:57:28,350 –> 00:57:32,610
\nthought that follows.
\nAnd not allow that first thought<\/p>\n
795
\n00:57:32,610 –> 00:57:36,250
\nto dwell in my mind.
\nI’ve got to choose, as we saw a <\/p>\n
796
\n00:57:36,570 –> 00:57:41,130
\nlittle earlier, which thoughts
\nto think on and which to <\/p>\n
797
\n00:57:41,170 –> 00:57:44,290
\nabandon.
\nIt’s fighting the battle in the <\/p>\n
798
\n00:57:44,290 –> 00:57:48,530
\nlittle things that connects us
\nto the sacrifice of Christ every<\/p>\n
799
\n00:57:48,530 –> 00:57:53,850
\nday.
\nWhen we feel wronged, don’t keep<\/p>\n
800
\n00:57:53,850 –> 00:57:58,490
\nrecord, but pray for other
\npeople’s welfare and seek to <\/p>\n
801
\n00:57:58,490 –> 00:58:02,310
\ncover their sins.
\nInstead of falling back on our <\/p>\n
802
\n00:58:02,310 –> 00:58:06,190
\nchildlike thinking where we
\ncompile a Ledger of hurts and we<\/p>\n
803
\n00:58:06,190 –> 00:58:10,430
\nkeep a record of wrongs, pray
\nfor those people that have hurt <\/p>\n
804
\n00:58:10,430 –> 00:58:13,030
\nus.
\nPray for those who despitefully <\/p>\n
805
\n00:58:13,030 –> 00:58:16,670
\nuse us.
\nPray that they are just as <\/p>\n
806
\n00:58:16,830 –> 00:58:22,070
\nblessed as we are, as we would
\nlike to be ourselves. <\/p>\n
807
\n00:58:22,870 –> 00:58:26,870
\nAnd then, And here’s the hard
\npart, and I’d like you to listen<\/p>\n
808
\n00:58:26,870 –> 00:58:33,320
\ncarefully.
\nIf it just concerns us and no <\/p>\n
809
\n00:58:33,320 –> 00:58:37,680
\none else is going to be injured
\nby the hurt that’s happened to <\/p>\n
810
\n00:58:37,680 –> 00:58:47,080
\nus in the future, then make sure
\nthat nobody else ever finds out <\/p>\n
811
\n00:58:47,080 –> 00:58:52,120
\nabout that other person’s sin.
\nThat’s a high calling. <\/p>\n
812
\n00:58:52,560 –> 00:58:57,720
\nAll we want to do is sneakily
\nsurreptitiously. <\/p>\n
813
\n00:58:58,340 –> 00:59:03,300
\nQuietly mention it to someone
\nelse so that we feel a little <\/p>\n
814
\n00:59:03,300 –> 00:59:06,540
\nbit better ourselves.
\nThat is not the mind of Christ. <\/p>\n
815
\n00:59:07,420 –> 00:59:12,420
\nIf we have been sinned against
\nand that sin is not going to <\/p>\n
816
\n00:59:12,420 –> 00:59:16,740
\nharm anybody else, then let’s
\nmake sure that nobody else ever <\/p>\n
817
\n00:59:16,740 –> 00:59:19,340
\nfinds out about that brother or
\nsister’s sin. <\/p>\n
818
\n00:59:21,420 –> 00:59:27,550
\nLove covers a multitude of sins.
\nLet’s not keep a lidger of <\/p>\n
819
\n00:59:27,550 –> 00:59:30,710
\nwrongs.
\nBut you know, making a lidger is<\/p>\n
820
\n00:59:30,710 –> 00:59:33,590
\nnot all bad.
\nWe just have to make one about <\/p>\n
821
\n00:59:33,590 –> 00:59:36,670
\nourselves, about our own defects
\nof character. <\/p>\n
822
\n00:59:37,230 –> 00:59:42,270
\nI’ve found this extremely
\nhelpful thinking about how I can<\/p>\n
823
\n00:59:42,270 –> 00:59:50,030
\nput myself to death.
\nDo you know I was 33 or 34 <\/p>\n
824
\n00:59:50,750 –> 00:59:56,360
\nbefore I ever sat down?
\nAnd wrote a list of my defects <\/p>\n
825
\n00:59:56,360 –> 00:59:57,760
\nof character.
\nCan you believe that? <\/p>\n
826
\n00:59:59,280 –> 01:00:04,480
\nThat’s how self obsessed I was.
\nI was pretending, I suppose, <\/p>\n
827
\n01:00:04,480 –> 01:00:06,320
\nthat I wanted to follow Christ,
\nbut never had. <\/p>\n
828
\n01:00:06,320 –> 01:00:08,880
\nI examined myself where I wrote
\ndown. <\/p>\n
829
\n01:00:09,080 –> 01:00:10,960
\nWell, how fast short am I
\nfalling? <\/p>\n
830
\n01:00:11,360 –> 01:00:16,640
\nAm I guilty of these things?
\nLet’s pray for others, but judge<\/p>\n
831
\n01:00:16,720 –> 01:00:18,760
\nourselves.
\nMy job, brothers and sisters, is<\/p>\n
832
\n01:00:18,760 –> 01:00:21,760
\nnot to point out the carnal mind
\nin each of you. <\/p>\n
833
\n01:00:21,760 –> 01:00:26,890
\nI know it’s there.
\nMy job is to identify it in <\/p>\n
834
\n01:00:26,890 –> 01:00:31,090
\nmyself and then put it to death.
\nMake a list of our own character<\/p>\n
835
\n01:00:31,090 –> 01:00:36,170
\nflaws, judge ourselves, and then
\nactively seek to do the <\/p>\n
836
\n01:00:36,170 –> 01:00:38,410
\nopposite.
\nIf you are a spiteful person, <\/p>\n
837
\n01:00:39,090 –> 01:00:43,170
\ndeliberately do acts of
\nkindness, thoughtfulness, and <\/p>\n
838
\n01:00:43,170 –> 01:00:47,770
\nsee how God can slowly transform
\nus if we put our feet on the <\/p>\n
839
\n01:00:47,770 –> 01:00:54,950
\nright path if we act first.
\nThen the feelings of wanting to <\/p>\n
840
\n01:00:55,150 –> 01:01:00,510
\nwill follow.
\nBe quick to apologize when we <\/p>\n
841
\n01:01:00,510 –> 01:01:05,550
\nfall short and be willing to
\ntake the blame when we do fall. <\/p>\n
842
\n01:01:06,390 –> 01:01:09,870
\nSuffer ourselves to be defrauded
\neven when it’s not fear. <\/p>\n
843
\n01:01:10,070 –> 01:01:13,510
\nDo you know our Lord died on the
\ncross like a criminal when he <\/p>\n
844
\n01:01:13,510 –> 01:01:17,350
\nwas the farthest from a criminal
\nthat a man could ever be but <\/p>\n
845
\n01:01:17,350 –> 01:01:23,420
\nself importance and self?
\nHis own reputation was dead <\/p>\n
846
\n01:01:23,500 –> 01:01:25,500
\nalready.
\nLet it be the same with us. <\/p>\n
847
\n01:01:26,860 –> 01:01:31,740
\nLet us make the first moves
\ntowards healing and <\/p>\n
848
\n01:01:31,740 –> 01:01:37,860
\nreconciliation and forgiveness.
\nIf we’ve put ourselves to death,<\/p>\n
849
\n01:01:38,060 –> 01:01:40,180
\nthen we have the most room to
\nmove. <\/p>\n
850
\n01:01:40,460 –> 01:01:45,100
\nLet us celebrate this freedom by
\nbeing the 1st to take the blame,<\/p>\n
851
\n01:01:45,820 –> 01:01:49,860
\nthe first to seek healing, the
\nfirst to forgive. <\/p>\n
852
\n01:01:50,780 –> 01:01:56,300
\nThat’s the mind of Christ.
\nAnd lastly, at least in this <\/p>\n
853
\n01:01:56,340 –> 01:02:00,860
\nvery short list, let’s forget
\nthe mistakes and successes of <\/p>\n
854
\n01:02:00,860 –> 01:02:04,980
\nthe past and strive only on
\nrunning towards Christ. <\/p>\n
855
\n01:02:06,380 –> 01:02:09,260
\nLet’s touchdown in the Gospels,
\nbrothers and sisters, before we <\/p>\n
856
\n01:02:09,700 –> 01:02:16,060
\ngo to Philippines 3 and come to
\nLuke Chapter 9 just very quickly<\/p>\n
857
\n01:02:16,060 –> 01:02:19,700
\nand see how this principle is
\nseen. <\/p>\n
858
\n01:02:21,120 –> 01:02:27,840
\nIn the in the presence of
\nChrist, he’s how the practice of<\/p>\n
859
\n01:02:27,840 –> 01:02:31,680
\nfollowing Christ is always
\nharder than the principle. <\/p>\n
860
\n01:02:32,600 –> 01:02:36,480
\nLuke, Chapter 9 and verse 23.
\nAnd he said to them all, if any <\/p>\n
861
\n01:02:36,480 –> 01:02:40,880
\nman will come after me, let him
\ndeny himself, take up his cross <\/p>\n
862
\n01:02:41,280 –> 01:02:45,080
\ndaily, and follow me.
\nThat’s the principle. <\/p>\n
863
\n01:02:45,950 –> 01:02:48,750
\nDeath to self daily.
\nEvery day is a new day. <\/p>\n
864
\n01:02:48,910 –> 01:02:51,230
\nHere’s the practice.
\nVerse 57. <\/p>\n
865
\n01:02:51,230 –> 01:02:56,070
\nAnd it came to pass that as they
\nwent in the way, certain man <\/p>\n
866
\n01:02:56,070 –> 01:02:59,510
\nsaid unto him, Lord, I will
\nfollow thee with us, whoever <\/p>\n
867
\n01:02:59,510 –> 01:03:03,510
\nthou goest.
\nAnd Jesus said unto him, Foxes <\/p>\n
868
\n01:03:03,510 –> 01:03:06,630
\nhave holes, and birds of the air
\nhave nests. <\/p>\n
869
\n01:03:07,550 –> 01:03:11,510
\nBut the Son of man hath not
\nwhere to lay his head. <\/p>\n
870
\n01:03:12,450 –> 01:03:15,770
\nIf the principal might have
\nseemed appealing in verse 23, <\/p>\n
871
\n01:03:16,010 –> 01:03:22,290
\nthe practice was appalling.
\nWhat have no comforts? <\/p>\n
872
\n01:03:22,570 –> 01:03:24,970
\nIsn’t that taking death to self
\na little far? <\/p>\n
873
\n01:03:26,570 –> 01:03:29,730
\nAnd then follows 2 incidents
\nconcerning people trying to <\/p>\n
874
\n01:03:29,730 –> 01:03:33,290
\nfollow Christ, trying to take up
\ntheir crosses and follow him? <\/p>\n
875
\n01:03:33,610 –> 01:03:36,930
\nVerse 59 And he said unto
\nanother follow me. <\/p>\n
876
\n01:03:37,690 –> 01:03:41,190
\nBut he said.
\nLord, suffer me first to go and <\/p>\n
877
\n01:03:41,190 –> 01:03:45,510
\nbury my father, Jesus said unto
\nhim, Let the dead bury thee <\/p>\n
878
\n01:03:45,510 –> 01:03:49,030
\ndead, but go there and preach
\nthe Kingdom of God. <\/p>\n
879
\n01:03:49,030 –> 01:03:52,910
\nAnd another also said, Lord, I
\nwill follow thee, but let me <\/p>\n
880
\n01:03:52,910 –> 01:03:56,350
\nfirst go bid them farewell,
\nwhich are at home at my house. <\/p>\n
881
\n01:03:56,630 –> 01:04:00,030
\nAnd Jesus said unto him, No man,
\nhaving put his hand to the <\/p>\n
882
\n01:04:00,030 –> 01:04:05,990
\nplough and looking back, is fit
\nfor the Kingdom of God. <\/p>\n
883
\n01:04:07,200 –> 01:04:13,960
\nFocus on the present.
\nForget the future and forget the<\/p>\n
884
\n01:04:13,960 –> 01:04:17,680
\npast.
\nDiscipleship, Death to self is <\/p>\n
885
\n01:04:17,680 –> 01:04:22,200
\nabout taking up our cross, not
\nyesterday or tomorrow. <\/p>\n
886
\n01:04:23,120 –> 01:04:27,920
\nIt’s verse 23 daily.
\nIt’s all about today, One day at<\/p>\n
887
\n01:04:27,920 –> 01:04:30,200
\na time.
\nThere’s immense power in this <\/p>\n
888
\n01:04:30,200 –> 01:04:32,650
\nthought.
\nSufficient unto the day is the <\/p>\n
889
\n01:04:32,650 –> 01:04:34,890
\nevil thereof.
\nWe don’t have to put self to <\/p>\n
890
\n01:04:34,890 –> 01:04:38,890
\ndeath for the rest of our lives
\nall at once, brothers and <\/p>\n
891
\n01:04:38,890 –> 01:04:41,770
\nsisters.
\nWe just have to do it today, <\/p>\n
892
\n01:04:43,170 –> 01:04:46,650
\njust for today, one day at a
\ntime. <\/p>\n
893
\n01:04:47,490 –> 01:04:49,490
\nBut notice the problem with
\nthese two disciples. <\/p>\n
894
\n01:04:49,490 –> 01:04:51,130
\nThey both have the same problem,
\ndon’t they? <\/p>\n
895
\n01:04:51,410 –> 01:04:56,130
\nBut me first.
\nBut. <\/p>\n
896
\n01:04:57,520 –> 01:05:00,080
\nMe first.
\nThat’s about as opposite to <\/p>\n
897
\n01:05:00,080 –> 01:05:05,400
\ndeath to self as you can get me
\nfirst. <\/p>\n
898
\n01:05:05,680 –> 01:05:08,240
\nThey’d missed the central
\nprinciple. <\/p>\n
899
\n01:05:08,600 –> 01:05:15,200
\nA big part of dying to self is
\ndying to self’s future and to <\/p>\n
900
\n01:05:15,200 –> 01:05:19,040
\nself’s past.
\nIt has to be abandoned. <\/p>\n
901
\n01:05:20,200 –> 01:05:22,880
\nI’d like you to come to
\nPhilippians in chapter 3 because<\/p>\n
902
\n01:05:22,880 –> 01:05:26,840
\nthe Apostle Paul learned all
\nabout abandoning his past. <\/p>\n
903
\n01:05:28,520 –> 01:05:32,480
\nHis fleshly credentials that are
\nlisted here in Philippians 3 <\/p>\n
904
\n01:05:32,480 –> 01:05:39,360
\nversus 4 to 9 circumcised the
\n8th day Hebrew of the Hebrews, A<\/p>\n
905
\n01:05:39,360 –> 01:05:44,800
\nPharisee, blameless.
\nAll of these things were <\/p>\n
906
\n01:05:45,760 –> 01:05:49,960
\nabandoned in the past.
\nHis past life was irreparable. <\/p>\n
907
\n01:05:50,040 –> 01:05:52,280
\nHe couldn’t alter it, he
\ncouldn’t change it. <\/p>\n
908
\n01:05:52,600 –> 01:05:54,120
\nAnd look what he says in verse
\n13. <\/p>\n
909
\n01:05:54,450 –> 01:05:56,970
\nBrethren, and I count not myself
\nto have apprehended, but this <\/p>\n
910
\n01:05:56,970 –> 01:06:01,450
\none thing I do, forgetting those
\nthings that are behind, and <\/p>\n
911
\n01:06:01,450 –> 01:06:05,610
\nreaching forth unto those things
\nwhich are before. <\/p>\n
912
\n01:06:06,450 –> 01:06:09,970
\nDo you know when you’re running
\na race, the past, the past is <\/p>\n
913
\n01:06:10,010 –> 01:06:13,370
\neither full of failures that
\nmight discourage us, or <\/p>\n
914
\n01:06:13,370 –> 01:06:18,010
\nsuccesses that might breed
\ncomplacency, and both endanger <\/p>\n
915
\n01:06:18,010 –> 01:06:21,050
\nthe present moment.
\nAnd Paul’s race was about each <\/p>\n
916
\n01:06:21,050 –> 01:06:24,600
\nday.
\nEach moment, one day at a time, <\/p>\n
917
\n01:06:24,600 –> 01:06:29,720
\nrenewed day by day, straining to
\nbe an exact replica of Christ, <\/p>\n
918
\n01:06:30,440 –> 01:06:32,680
\nthe past, brothers and sisters,
\nis gone. <\/p>\n
919
\n01:06:33,520 –> 01:06:36,160
\nEven our Heavenly Father can’t
\nchange the past. <\/p>\n
920
\n01:06:37,120 –> 01:06:42,440
\nWe need to inquire whether the
\nthings that lie behind can shed <\/p>\n
921
\n01:06:42,440 –> 01:06:45,000
\nlight on the path that lies
\nahead. <\/p>\n
922
\n01:06:46,040 –> 01:06:51,560
\nLearn from it, and let it go.
\nLet’s not waste time in our <\/p>\n
923
\n01:06:51,640 –> 01:06:54,920
\nlives of discipleship, obsessing
\nabout our failures and <\/p>\n
924
\n01:06:54,920 –> 01:06:58,200
\nshortcomings in the past.
\nThey’re like rungs on a ladder, <\/p>\n
925
\n01:06:58,360 –> 01:07:04,080
\nhitting upwards, step up, cast
\naway, all thought of the making <\/p>\n
926
\n01:07:04,080 –> 01:07:06,080
\nof the rung.
\nWhether it was made of failure <\/p>\n
927
\n01:07:06,080 –> 01:07:11,480
\nor success, joy or heartbreak,
\nthat matters only that we climb.<\/p>\n
928
\n01:07:12,320 –> 01:07:15,920
\nI reach forward.
\nThe revised standard vergencies.<\/p>\n
929
\n01:07:15,920 –> 01:07:18,400
\nI strain forward to that which
\nlies ahead. <\/p>\n
930
\n01:07:18,810 –> 01:07:23,890
\nEvery fiber of every muscle must
\nbe strained to win the prize. <\/p>\n
931
\n01:07:23,890 –> 01:07:27,090
\nDo you know that word?
\nWell, let’s read verse 14. <\/p>\n
932
\n01:07:27,210 –> 01:07:32,850
\nI press toward the mark for the
\nprize of the high calling of God<\/p>\n
933
\n01:07:33,330 –> 01:07:36,450
\nin Christ Jesus.
\nDo you know that word high means<\/p>\n
934
\n01:07:36,730 –> 01:07:40,850
\nactually it means upward.
\nIt’s an uphill race. <\/p>\n
935
\n01:07:41,170 –> 01:07:44,010
\nIt’s tough if the law was tough
\nto follow. <\/p>\n
936
\n01:07:44,760 –> 01:07:47,760
\nTry following Christ.
\nTry cultivating his mind. <\/p>\n
937
\n01:07:47,880 –> 01:07:51,000
\nI mean, the law was negative and
\nrestrictive. <\/p>\n
938
\n01:07:51,000 –> 01:07:52,840
\nDon’t do this.
\nDon’t do that. <\/p>\n
939
\n01:07:53,120 –> 01:08:00,040
\nChrist is positive and
\nunrestricted love with no <\/p>\n
940
\n01:08:00,040 –> 01:08:04,280
\nbounds, even your enemies.
\nIt’s an uphill race, isn’t it, <\/p>\n
941
\n01:08:04,280 –> 01:08:07,560
\nbrothers and sisters?
\nBut we don’t look back down the <\/p>\n
942
\n01:08:07,560 –> 01:08:13,200
\nhill towards the law and works.
\nWe strain forwards uphill <\/p>\n
943
\n01:08:13,320 –> 01:08:15,690
\ntowards faith.
\nAnd grace. <\/p>\n
944
\n01:08:16,330 –> 01:08:18,450
\nAnd you know, Paul knew
\nintimately, didn’t he? <\/p>\n
945
\n01:08:18,450 –> 01:08:22,370
\nThe power of this idea of not
\nlooking back down the hill in <\/p>\n
946
\n01:08:22,370 –> 01:08:29,210
\nthe past was only blind self
\nrighteousness, misguided zeal, <\/p>\n
947
\n01:08:29,410 –> 01:08:34,850
\nterrible mistakes, haunting
\nsins, bitter regrets, <\/p>\n
948
\n01:08:35,410 –> 01:08:41,290
\nhumiliation, and a ridiculous
\nreliance on self, in fact, <\/p>\n
949
\n01:08:41,290 –> 01:08:44,359
\nbehind him.
\nLittered down the hill lay <\/p>\n
950
\n01:08:44,399 –> 01:08:48,800
\neverything about himself.
\nA ruinous history, the wreckage <\/p>\n
951
\n01:08:48,800 –> 01:08:55,200
\nof his past and a head lay only
\nChrist victory, a crown of life,<\/p>\n
952
\n01:08:55,200 –> 01:08:58,279
\ndo you know, Brother Dennis?
\nGillett said. <\/p>\n
953
\n01:08:58,560 –> 01:09:03,720
\nKeep her broad back to the years
\nthe locusts have eaten and a <\/p>\n
954
\n01:09:03,720 –> 01:09:09,720
\nfull face to the appointed goal.
\nThis needs to be us at some <\/p>\n
955
\n01:09:09,720 –> 01:09:12,439
\npoint in our race, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n
956
\n01:09:12,930 –> 01:09:19,050
\nWe need to stop running away
\nfrom the past, running away from<\/p>\n
957
\n01:09:19,050 –> 01:09:23,130
\nour sins, stop looking back at
\nour failures, and start running <\/p>\n
958
\n01:09:23,130 –> 01:09:28,330
\ntowards Christ.
\nThere’s a huge difference of us <\/p>\n
959
\n01:09:29,010 –> 01:09:33,490
\nrunning away from the past,
\nthinking about things we can’t <\/p>\n
960
\n01:09:33,490 –> 01:09:35,850
\nchange and running towards
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
961
\n01:09:35,850 –> 01:09:40,689
\nThis is spiritual maturity.
\nIt’s not about us anymore. <\/p>\n
962
\n01:09:41,720 –> 01:09:44,640
\nIt’s all about him following
\nhim. <\/p>\n
963
\n01:09:45,600 –> 01:09:50,080
\nLet us therefore, verse 15 as
\nmany as be perfect, be thus <\/p>\n
964
\n01:09:50,080 –> 01:09:54,120
\nminded, and if in anything ye be
\notherwise minded, God shall <\/p>\n
965
\n01:09:54,120 –> 01:09:59,880
\nreveal this even unto you.
\nWe need to be perfect and <\/p>\n
966
\n01:09:59,880 –> 01:10:04,400
\nmature.
\nIt’s a much more mature attitude<\/p>\n
967
\n01:10:04,400 –> 01:10:08,240
\nto forget ourselves and to focus
\non him at the top. <\/p>\n
968
\n01:10:08,240 –> 01:10:11,360
\nHe the top of the hill, He’s
\naware of that imperfections. <\/p>\n
969
\n01:10:12,100 –> 01:10:14,580
\nBut it isn’t our righteousness
\nthat will gain the crown. <\/p>\n
970
\n01:10:14,580 –> 01:10:17,060
\nIt’s him.
\nIt’s his righteousness. <\/p>\n
971
\n01:10:18,260 –> 01:10:23,060
\nDon’t ever say, brothers and
\nsisters, that it’s too hard or <\/p>\n
972
\n01:10:23,060 –> 01:10:25,980
\nthat Christ’s example is
\nunattainable. <\/p>\n
973
\n01:10:27,340 –> 01:10:31,540
\nBecause even though it’s an
\nuphill race towards Christ, we <\/p>\n
974
\n01:10:31,540 –> 01:10:37,380
\ndon’t have to finish the race.
\nOnly he has actually finished <\/p>\n
975
\n01:10:37,380 –> 01:10:39,230
\nthe race.
\nHebrews 12. <\/p>\n
976
\n01:10:39,310 –> 01:10:42,630
\nWe should run with patients the
\nrace set before us, but to never<\/p>\n
977
\n01:10:42,630 –> 01:10:45,070
\nforget that he’s the author and
\nfinisher. <\/p>\n
978
\n01:10:45,430 –> 01:10:50,790
\nWe just have to make progress,
\njust day by day progress. <\/p>\n
979
\n01:10:51,550 –> 01:10:54,950
\nAll we have to do is be running
\nuphill, even if we’re chasing <\/p>\n
980
\n01:10:54,950 –> 01:11:00,430
\nsomeone else’s example in Christ
\nwho’s already won the race and <\/p>\n
981
\n01:11:00,430 –> 01:11:03,910
\nthe crown and the victory will
\nbe running back down the hill <\/p>\n
982
\n01:11:03,910 –> 01:11:06,550
\ntowards us.
\nWith the finishing tape, it <\/p>\n
983
\n01:11:06,550 –> 01:11:09,670
\nwould be a disgrace, brothers
\nand sisters, not to finish this <\/p>\n
984
\n01:11:09,670 –> 01:11:11,230
\nrace.
\nThat’s what Paul’s saying. <\/p>\n
985
\n01:11:11,870 –> 01:11:14,750
\nIt would be a disgrace, this
\nrace, to be like him. <\/p>\n
986
\n01:11:15,710 –> 01:11:19,230
\nRemember what he said at the
\nvery start of Philippians tipped<\/p>\n
987
\n01:11:19,230 –> 01:11:23,350
\nto one and verse six?
\nWhat God has begun in us, he <\/p>\n
988
\n01:11:23,350 –> 01:11:29,070
\nwill finish.
\nHe will finish this job of <\/p>\n
989
\n01:11:29,070 –> 01:11:33,430
\ncompleting the mind of Christ in
\nus. <\/p>\n
990
\n01:11:34,900 –> 01:11:36,900
\nI’d like you to come in
\nconclusion to our reading Second<\/p>\n
991
\n01:11:36,900 –> 01:11:40,820
\nof Corinthians 10, and just for
\none or two minutes let’s just <\/p>\n
992
\n01:11:40,820 –> 01:11:48,540
\nclose with the thoughts here in
\nthese remarkable verses, Second <\/p>\n
993
\n01:11:48,540 –> 01:11:57,700
\nof Corinthians 10 and verse one.
\nNow I pull myself beseech you by<\/p>\n
994
\n01:11:57,700 –> 01:12:03,540
\nthe meekness and gentleness of
\nChrist, who in presence and base<\/p>\n
995
\n01:12:03,540 –> 01:12:06,630
\namong you.
\nNot being absent and bold <\/p>\n
996
\n01:12:06,630 –> 01:12:09,790
\ntowards you, but I beseech you
\nthat I may not be bold when I’m <\/p>\n
997
\n01:12:09,790 –> 01:12:12,670
\npresent with that confidence
\nwe’re with, I think, to be bold <\/p>\n
998
\n01:12:12,670 –> 01:12:16,070
\nagainst some which think of us
\nas if we walked according to the<\/p>\n
999
\n01:12:16,070 –> 01:12:18,670
\nflesh.
\nFor though we walk in the flesh,<\/p>\n
1000
\n01:12:18,670 –> 01:12:22,470
\nwe do not war after the flesh,
\nfor the weapons of our warfare <\/p>\n
1001
\n01:12:22,470 –> 01:12:26,790
\nare not carnal, but mighty
\nthrough God to the pulling down <\/p>\n
1002
\n01:12:26,790 –> 01:12:31,180
\nof strongholds.
\nCasting down imaginations, <\/p>\n
1003
\n01:12:31,500 –> 01:12:36,780
\nreasonings, thoughts, every high
\nthing that exalteth itself <\/p>\n
1004
\n01:12:37,300 –> 01:12:41,420
\nagainst the knowledge of God.
\nThat’s our own minds, brothers <\/p>\n
1005
\n01:12:41,420 –> 01:12:44,660
\nand sisters.
\nAnd bringing into captivity <\/p>\n
1006
\n01:12:44,660 –> 01:12:48,340
\nevery thought to the obedience
\nof Christ. <\/p>\n
1007
\n01:12:48,460 –> 01:12:54,420
\nIncredible words, Paul says.
\nWe are to be gentle, verse one. <\/p>\n
1008
\n01:12:55,530 –> 01:13:01,050
\nGentle warriors, verse four Why
\ndo we have to be gentle <\/p>\n
1009
\n01:13:01,050 –> 01:13:04,010
\nwarriors?
\nBecause we’re actually fighting <\/p>\n
1010
\n01:13:04,010 –> 01:13:08,010
\nourselves.
\nOur Calling is to be freedom <\/p>\n
1011
\n01:13:08,010 –> 01:13:11,890
\nfighters, abolishing pride and
\nambition and greed and taking <\/p>\n
1012
\n01:13:11,890 –> 01:13:15,810
\ncaptive every thought for our
\nnew master, Christ. <\/p>\n
1013
\n01:13:16,330 –> 01:13:18,890
\nThis is our goal.
\nWe’ll never reach perfection. <\/p>\n
1014
\n01:13:19,450 –> 01:13:23,250
\nOur Heavenly Father knows that.
\nBut we strive for progress. <\/p>\n
1015
\n01:13:24,080 –> 01:13:29,320
\nDay by day we move slowly
\ntowards the light, slowly but <\/p>\n
1016
\n01:13:29,320 –> 01:13:33,880
\nsurely having a little more
\nsuccess at bringing every <\/p>\n
1017
\n01:13:33,880 –> 01:13:37,920
\nthought, with his help, into
\nsubjection to our new master. <\/p>\n
1018
\n01:13:39,440 –> 01:13:41,920
\nThis is what Brother Dennis
\nGillett says about spiritual <\/p>\n
1019
\n01:13:41,920 –> 01:13:45,320
\nprogress.
\nIn conclusion, every disciple <\/p>\n
1020
\n01:13:45,320 –> 01:13:49,960
\ntherefore ought to be concerned
\nabout making spiritual progress.<\/p>\n
1021
\n01:13:51,040 –> 01:13:54,040
\nSometimes the progress is
\nimperceptible, but that is not <\/p>\n
1022
\n01:13:54,040 –> 01:13:57,600
\nfailure.
\nTo fall is not to surrender. <\/p>\n
1023
\n01:13:58,320 –> 01:14:00,720
\nIf soldiers abandoned the fight
\nbecause sometimes they were <\/p>\n
1024
\n01:14:00,720 –> 01:14:02,480
\nhalted, no battle would ever be
\nwon. <\/p>\n
1025
\n01:14:02,680 –> 01:14:06,400
\nFrom the new position they take
\nstock and plan the next advance,<\/p>\n
1026
\n01:14:06,400 –> 01:14:09,080
\nsometimes forward, sometimes
\nbackward. <\/p>\n
1027
\n01:14:10,000 –> 01:14:13,800
\nBut as the sun westers, they are
\nforward from where it dawned be <\/p>\n
1028
\n01:14:13,800 –> 01:14:18,400
\nthe advance ever so small, so it
\nis with the life of <\/p>\n
1029
\n01:14:18,400 –> 01:14:21,450
\ndiscipleship.
\nLet’s be ever so grateful, <\/p>\n
1030
\n01:14:21,450 –> 01:14:24,250
\nbrothers and sisters, that our
\nfather has a solution to our <\/p>\n
1031
\n01:14:24,250 –> 01:14:27,770
\ncarnal mind.
\nLet’s be ever so grateful for <\/p>\n
1032
\n01:14:27,770 –> 01:14:33,170
\nthe partnership he has offered
\nus, that he cares about us <\/p>\n
1033
\n01:14:33,170 –> 01:14:37,530
\nenough to work together to
\ntransform our minds. <\/p>\n
1034
\n01:14:38,650 –> 01:14:44,930
\nThat if we conform our thinking,
\nhe will one day conform our vile<\/p>\n
1035
\n01:14:44,930 –> 01:14:47,570
\nbodies to be like his glorious
\nbody. <\/p>\n
1036
\n01:14:48,040 –> 01:14:52,600
\nLet’s do our part, brothers and
\nsisters, be it ever so small to,<\/p>\n
1037
\n01:14:52,600 –> 01:14:58,080
\nas the Apostle Paul says, learn
\nChrist, to practice putting <\/p>\n
1038
\n01:14:58,080 –> 01:15:03,600
\ndeath to self, to practice
\noccupying our minds on things <\/p>\n
1039
\n01:15:03,600 –> 01:15:06,840
\nabove and not on things on the
\nearth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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