(JC 045) Rise Up! A Form of Godliness But Denying The Holy Spirit’s Power
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3 May 2023
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welcome back Kingdom Living Community to rise up it’s the Wednesday equipping
show and as you all know we’ve got the Sunday show riding the storms we are learning to overcome and use biblical
application to stay victorious in the Lord and handle all the challenges that life tries to throw at you and uh
tonight this is super exciting before we get going the topic of tonight’s show is
a form of godliness but denying the holy spirit’s power and if you’ve hung around
for any length of time around Jesse then you know that this is one of those areas
that she definitely goes after which is amazing and this is where we all need to be is looking at this topic in
particular because that’s the issue in general with the body of Christ today but keep your eyes peeled on Kingdom
living with jesse.com because the new courses for Rise of the righteous are available
and also we are high highlighting Jesse’s book his kingdom comes in power
the battle so you’re gonna want to get that in your tool belt and read through
you’re going to see such practical application you’re going to see miraculous things happening I love that
book that was just an amazing book and it made it made me when I read through
it it made me feel like oh I can do this like I can do like God is God is working
with you doing things and he can work with me doing things because he’s no
respecter person so if he can do it for Jesse Z he can do it for me too you know
so that’s how I solve it okay
oh my goodness yes yes so we’ll have that in the description box below for
all of you and then also all of the merchandise is also in the description box we don’t mention it too frequently
and but probably we should but but the teaching is what’s most important the
gospel is what’s most important and that’s what Jesse wants you all to have however just know that there are other
links like if you want to give that’s what the links are and if you want to get your the bigger fish to fry then the
Antichrist hoodies that’s where you find them so just go make sure that you’re checking those links okay I don’t say
that enough so anyway okay cover that for a long time so well today we’re
What is Perfectionism
gonna start you know like we’re gonna look at in scripture you know and start defining
like what are some things that kind of stick out about you know that form of
godliness and you know what really is behind it is
perfectionism so as I was reading some of these verses this week like they kind of stuck out in
my mind like oh my gosh like that’s an aspect of perfectionism yet it’s really
not a good thing like so you know as I started looking at that it was like okay Lord like I’m seeing you know that form
of godliness very strongly and how do we then teach people to walk
in the Lord’s way so what was great about these verses was that it gives you kind of that definition the two things
that you’re looking for so um let’s start with psalm 144.
um I want to look that up and I’m going to look that one up in the passion
translation very good okay let me see I messed with a seven I’m still making my
way over there
oh I guess I got NIV instead okay so Psalm 4 144 is there which verse am I
heading to uh verse four verse 4. man is like vanity and a breath his days
are as a shadow that passes away okay Psalm 140 verse 4 keep me O Lord
from the hands of the wicked preserve me from the violent men who have purposed
to thrust aside my steps oof yes so that you know that’s a really
good verse to look at um you know that you’ve got this contrast
of you know Wicked and violent men but the part that caught my attention
was you know the second part of that verse where it says God
um they have plotted evil schemes against me and you know when we think about that
you know what happens with that form of godliness um you know what I experienced a lot as
a child with that especially with those religious Spirits is that literally like they plot they
plot things that are you know that are wicked schemes against you uh
whether it’s it’s catching you in what you say catching you and what you do so
they can point out you know your imperfections uh point out where you fall short
um that is applauding an evil scheme like there you know when
I thought about that it’s like what is God’s way God’s way is that if we’re in
sin or we’re doing something wrong that you know the Holy Spirit or someone
else you know maybe it’s you know a parent a spouse brings it to our attention and says hey
um you know this is off you this is wrong this is not the way God wants you
to be doing that so they point it out in a gentle way and then you know you’re
given that time for confession and repentance where you turn away from that
sin but in that form of godliness there isn’t that you know that’s not the end
goal is to get you into a place of confession they want to get you into a place where you’re condemned you you’re
guilty they put shame on you and really there’s just that continual drive that
you know you’re not enough and you never get to that place of right restoration
so that was the first one that the Lord showed me in this
um let’s go to the next one if you want to look up Proverbs 28 verse 26.
he who leans on trusts in and is confident of his own mind and heart is a
self-confident fool but He Who Walks In skillful and godly wisdom shall be
delivered oh what like so you can that one you can clearly see the contrast so what do we
The Form of Godliness
have you know in that form of godliness what are the characteristics
oh yes leaning on their own understanding of things and not put not
putting that to the Lord um and just having that I see that a lot with with that religious spirit of
there’s there’s that self-confidence in just spitting out the word but it’s kind
of like um like the wrong kind of slap like it’s kind of like a very a very
condemning slap like how dare you very looking down the nose with the glasses yeah because we’re so spiritual like
what is your problem you don’t know what the word of God says and it’s like you know
okay so what was the contrast then what’s the way that the Lord would have us to walk
the contrast is that we would be walking in the in Godly wisdom that we would
walk in his wisdom and because we’re walking in his wisdom then we’re
delivered from the situation yeah that’s powerful especially when you
think about you know the holy spirit that you know it says that the spirit of
God is a spirit of wisdom counsel understanding knowledge you know fear of
the Lord so you know it’s implying that when
you’re walking with the Holy Spirit you’ll be delivered out of the situations that you’re in
because you’re you know you’ve got the power of God standing with you all right let’s look at Proverbs
29 25. 29.25 the fear of man brings a snare but
whoever leans on trusts it and puts his confidence in the Lord is safe and set
on high these are great verses Jesse oh my goodness aren’t they all right so okay
so what is the form of godliness what do they walk in they’re walking in the fear of man
and that’s bringing a snare to them what do other people think
and it actually says it’s a snare like that means it’s a trap you’re gonna get
caught up in it you’re not gonna be able to get out yeah it’s like that’s that’s that’s
that’s no good but you see it happen all the time um but those who put their confidence in
the Lord they’re safe and they’re set on high so
if there’s some nasty um swampy whatever going on down there
like those ones that are leading in reliable War to get plunked up on high
so dookie free areas for beautiful so I think of two like some other words
Fear of Men
like you know that fear of men um scripture also uses a term called the
wisdom of men um you know so when we think about that you know maybe it’s the Specialists it’s
the professionals it’s you know those who are well trained in things and I’m not saying that everybody who you know
would apply that to their title or their job or their position is bad or or not
of God that’s not what I’m saying at all but what I’m saying is sometimes instead of even seeking the Lord or asking the
Lord for counsel we’d automatically you know have been trained to turn to those
things you know what do the professionals say what did the Specialists say in this area what do I
need to do and we use them like an oracle almost to get directions and then
we expect that if we follow those directions things are going to turn out well for us
but maybe they won’t because what does Scripture say you know the fear of men is a snare
and you know those who get caught in it are caught in a trap and you know what does God want he wants
us to trust in him that he will keep us safe that he will deliver us in our time
of trouble that he will answer our prayers and provide what we need so
that’s where the the Catch-22 is is um
you know you know when you’re pay attention to your thoughts like you know
what do you turn to what’s your first go-to is it to call everybody
you know in your list your prayer list your prayer warriors
it is so true like we turn we will tell the situation to everybody under the sun
and we still haven’t even talked to God about it and we will you know I mean it’s not
saying that seeking a lot of counsel is is bad it’s good you know we’re supposed
to seek a lot of counsel but is that all we turn to do we just turn to men and
never you know look it up spend time in the word about it wrestling with it with
the Lord asking what should we do wow
on point so in that
um you know was that that’s the one I was trying to see which verse it was
um uh one of the ones that talked about oh this next one okay so read Proverbs 28
- 28 18 He Who Walks uprightly shall be
safe but he who willfully goes in double and wrong ways shall fall in one of them
that’s pretty sure that’s really clear
Form of godliness
yeah so what’s the you know the the form of godliness what does it say
about that that if you’re going in willfully in double
in wrong ways you’re gonna fall in one of the one of those options one of those
pits if you’re if you’re if you’re gonna lead with wrong ways you’re gonna fall into your own pit and um but those that walk yeah so let’s
really you know go there like what you know it doesn’t exactly use the words you know form of godliness but when we
think about that perfectionism really we are going in double ways you
know we’re looking towards the specialists even if it’s you know let’s say it’s seminarians or Scholars or what
do all the other pastors say we’re looking at that you know that
they’re the standard and if we you know basically it’s a double standard because we’re not
trusting in the Lord we’re looking at other things we’re fearing men more than
we fear the lord and what does it say will happen what what’s the outcome of that I’ve fallen right into it you’re
gonna fall right into it into that trap
at the enemy sets for you and there you’re gonna sit
in that trap um that verse also uses another word in
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Blameless
it’s the word blameless he whose walk is blameless
and that really is a powerful word and you know especially when we’re thinking of that form of godliness and
perfectionism uh blameless is so much different than
perfectionism um with perfectionism you know it’s
almost like we we put on this mask this posture this
form that we take and that’s what we display to the world even though
in reality it may not be true you know the truth is is that none of us are
perfect the truth is that no matter how hard we try we’re going to make mistakes we’re gonna mess up you know we’re gonna
fall short we’re gonna foul it up you know we’re gonna hurt people we’re gonna
hurt the Lord and you know the solution is easy and that’s confession
but here’s where the difference is is that imperfectionism um instead of just acknowledging and
being who you are that hey I’m human I made a mistake I need to confess I need
to repent and I need to be restored in that right relationship with God instead
of doing that um your go-to is is works to be better to to do more you know if
only I did it differently and there’s in that there’s no acknowledgment of
the failure you know you in your pride it’s like you
literally do not believe that you have done anything wrong and you just keep
plowing forward and you know how many times have I seen that
where people won’t even you know they hurt people and what they do and instead of saying you know what
I was wrong uh you know I’m sorry I hurt you instead of Simply doing that you know
even if it’s you sinned against somebody let’s say you were mean you yelled you lashed out as my you know kids say you
know sometimes people just are like ornery Bears you know and and they’re
rude to one another and instead of saying you know what I’m sorry that that was rude of me and it was wrong for me
to talk to you that way instead of admitting that they they don’t
you know they treat the other person like they that they were the person in the wrong you know
how many of us have had that happen where you know these individuals will say things to us like well you know if
you were better if you you know had paid attention if you had done this or done
that that wouldn’t have happened and they put the blame in the fault even if
the fault was not yours or the responsibility was not yours
so you know that perfectionism is different but
here’s what else I want to bring out about blameless this blameless really is kind of like a legal term
you know if you have blame that means there is an accusation there’s something
against you but to be blameless means that literally it’s been wiped away
it’s no longer there you you’re not held that whatever it was isn’t held over
your head which means that there’s been a restoration that you know when God looks
at you after you’ve confessed your sins he doesn’t say oh there she is you know
she used to prostitute herself out all over the the country you know the Lord
doesn’t look at that the Lord says wow there she is you know beautiful perfect and I’m preparing that
one for an amazing marriage and she’s going to know love and she’s gonna love
you know within that marriage as I’ve prepared you know or there you know he doesn’t
say oh there’s that druggie that alcoholic you know
the Lord doesn’t see that anymore he doesn’t Define Us by our past sins he
looks at you know our hearts and you know simply says here’s the good
works that I have for you you’re my son you’re my daughter um I’ve you know I love being in this
relationship that’s what the Lord says he loves to be in relationship with us
you know with perfectionism when you hang on to that you you cannot hang on to it and fully
know blameless you have to give it up to know what it
is to experience to feel what it feels like to be blameless
before the Lord so I encourage you lay it down
all right here’s another one um or I wanted to bring it to you that perfectionism so again it’s based on
those who say they have no sin they you know it’s based and rooted in
the belief that they have no sin they’ve done no wrong
um whereas blameless is quick to repent and turn from sin
um all right let’s read John 5 18 and as we
get to these next ones I want to look at what is the Lord
say about us and where does our security come from
John 5 18. this made the Jews
more determined than ever to kill him because not only was
okay let me start that over because I just completely my eyes skip this made the Jews more determined than ever to
kill him because not only was he breaking the Sabbath but he actually was
speaking of God as being his own father making himself equal with God
so the the relationship the being one with God and again that’s not saying
we’re God but we are connected to Jesus who is one with God
uh let’s look at John 17 12.
while I was with them I kept and preserved them in your name
those you have given me I guarded and protected and not one of them has
perished or is lost except the Son of Perdition Judas Iscariot the one who is
now doomed to destruction destined to be lost that the scripture might be
fulfilled yeah powerful and again when we’re thinking of this you know we’re thinking
Relationship with God
of that that relationship with the fullness of of God that you have the
father you have the son and you have the Holy Spirit and
you know how do we relate to God what is his ideal is that we would be one and
what does that look like you know what does it really look like to be one with him one heart one Mind
One Soul you know and together we’re one body in Christ
um let’s look at Proverbs 18 verse 10.
the name of the Lord is a strong tower the righteous man runs into it and is
saved high above evil and strong
yeah and that’s where you know the power is in his name it’s it’s all his works
Power of the Holy Spirit
that he has done uh that you know that he’s laid down his
life he’s purchased us with his blood to be a kingdom of priests he’s raised us up you know as we
have died with Christ we’ve been raised to New Life That’s What Romans 6 says
um so in that you know there’s that concept of of death to self
that As We Lay Down everything that’s of that form of
godliness you know we stop um devising ways to trip others up
we stop trusting in ourselves we stop having a fear of men you know and
falling into a snare in a trap we stop walking
um in ways that are prefers to God which includes you know the thought that we have no sin
um and when we stop those things and we put them to death
we’re raised into that place of new life where we’re in that right relationship
with God um we’re in that state of righteousness meaning that you know we confess we
repent we teach others to walk in his ways
you know which teaching is different than you know judgment it’s different than you’re not sitting there pointing
out every sin um you know ask the Lord if you don’t know how to teach another person how to
walk in his ways ask the Lord to show you how to do that
um you know it includes that cleansing process it includes being vulnerable
and in that you know there’s something that really we don’t
often do I’ve seen it done once or twice um but you know really when kind of
what’s been going through the mainstream churches is you know is very
individualistic versus um being Collective and in that you know
process of of restoration we really have gotten very individualistic where you know I
pray I you know I’m restored to that right place with God good now I go fellowship with the body
but in that in doing that when we keep it to ourselves we miss out and others
miss out as well because you know what I found is that we’re really lacking in public
restoration and in that we lack humbleness you know not many people display that
humbleness before one another where you know they’re willing to say hey I’ve messed up I’ve done wrong
and you know some of the first things that I saw with that you know was a couple elderly men
that were in our church they had done or said some things to one another that had
caused her and you know they could have just gone to each other they could have just gone
Public Restoration
before the Lord but instead they chose to make it public where they went before
the body of Christ and you know the one who had or well both of them kind of had said
things that hurt each other and they said you know we said these things to each other and
and we you know we hurt one another we did it in front of other people we did
it in front of kids and now we want to you know publicly acknowledge that we
were wrong that we should not have treated each other that way and they walked through that restoration
they forgave each other and what a you know amazing example that was of
restoration and um you know I would encourage people
I know I’ve I do have people who will reach out to me who at times will
confess things um what do we do if somebody confesses stuff to us
um I you know I think because of that example I saw as a kid
to me it’s something that’s very precious like if somebody comes to me and they confess something I
try to pause I try to take a moment to just like you know let it sink in
and then you know meaningfully receive that confession
and you know acknowledge that you know saying I
I hear you I appreciate that you have confided that I received that confession
before the Lord and I bear witness that you have confessed that and that you’re
turning away from that sin and and that’s really powerful to hear is somebody you know who’s standing with
you saying I bear witness to that confession that you’ve made and you know
if others accuse you of that again or accuse you of wrongdoing I can say no
you know that has been confessed and you know we bear witness we bear
testimony of that so you know taking that time to you know
extend that vulnerability with each other um
you know can be very powerful and humbling
um and when I was thinking about that it led me and I gotta look up where it is
real quick um but there’s a verse that God brought to my mind with that
um just one second here is it on the confession like
to confess your sins one to another so you maybe yeah but yeah that’s one uh
the James 5 16 is another one where you know through that confession it brings
healing um but this one is
Romans 2 4. where it says um but the kindness of God the kindness
Conclusion
of God leads to repentance amen and you know really what’s behind you know that
power of the holy spirit is you know the heart of God that that he’s kind he’s he
really loves us he really intends for everything to be for our good
and in our relationships you know where is our mindset our you
know is our Focus really for the good of others or are we trying
to you know trip them up trying to do something that you know brings them down
are we trying to you know make them go in a way that maybe seems right but maybe it’s not
what God has called them to are we discouraging them are we
overwhelming them in that perfectionism where you know with our children we’re we’re expecting
performance all the time you know you have to be the best it has to be perfect do it again do it again until you know
practice makes perfect right um so are we overwhelming
our relationships um with that perfectionism
or are we really walking out you know that kindness of God with a
demonstration of the holy spirit’s power you know
wow I’m thinking so many thoughts even looking back at my own life and
relationships and circumstances and just different different behaviors just based
on how situations were handled if it was handled like that very in a very critical way versus you know a loving
way and um and how that really does bring about the transformation
um whereas you know the the condemnation that can come from from things is just
such a detriment it’s like it blocks um a person from really receiving the
restoration that they need and the healing that they need and oh my goodness and just destroys fellowship if
it’s not present you know so yeah wow very important stuff
very good so in that you know this week
um let’s continue to work to be in prayer about our relationships about you
know with god with one another and you know I just want to take a moment to
focus on that last verse the Romans 2 4 that we looked at and to just kind of
pray that through in our after this discussion we’ve had so
Heavenly Father we just thank you for your word we thank you for the examples that you lay out for us that you show us
um the ways that we have been walking in that that don’t bring you pleasure that really
um are that form of perfectionism and and our sinful Lord
um it does not give you pleasure it does not lead to good things or Abundant Life when we walk in that
and Lord our desire is to do your will so help us to see where we’re wrong help
us to lay down and to put to death those things that are not of you
and Lord we want to walk in that new life that you’ve given us we want to walk in a way that is pleasing to you we
want to teach our children our grandchildren the children in our community how to walk in your ways
um with that Lord we acknowledge that it may come with having to be humble it may
come with having to Bear our sins before others or our confessions but Lord give
us willing Hearts let us not think about only ourselves or doing things for our
good or or just to get through everything that we do let it be for the
building up of your body for the building up of one another and for the
spurring of one another on in this race so that they may not just finish the race but
that each of us may finish that race with eternal glory Lord
let us strive to help one another finish that race with eternal glory we
ask for this in your powerful name Jesus amen amen amen
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welcome back Kingdom Living Community to rise up it’s the Wednesday equipping
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show and as you all know we’ve got the Sunday show riding the storms we are learning to overcome and use biblical
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application to stay victorious in the Lord and handle all the challenges that life tries to throw at you and uh
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tonight this is super exciting before we get going the topic of tonight’s show is
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a form of godliness but denying the holy spirit’s power and if you’ve hung around
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for any length of time around Jesse then you know that this is one of those areas
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that she definitely goes after which is amazing and this is where we all need to be is looking at this topic in
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particular because that’s the issue in general with the body of Christ today but keep your eyes peeled on Kingdom
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living with jesse.com because the new courses for Rise of the righteous are available
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and also we are high highlighting Jesse’s book his kingdom comes in power
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the battle so you’re gonna want to get that in your tool belt and read through
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you’re going to see such practical application you’re going to see miraculous things happening I love that
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book that was just an amazing book and it made it made me when I read through
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it it made me feel like oh I can do this like I can do like God is God is working
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with you doing things and he can work with me doing things because he’s no
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respecter person so if he can do it for Jesse Z he can do it for me too you know
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so that’s how I solve it okay
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oh my goodness yes yes so we’ll have that in the description box below for
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all of you and then also all of the merchandise is also in the description box we don’t mention it too frequently
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and but probably we should but but the teaching is what’s most important the
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gospel is what’s most important and that’s what Jesse wants you all to have however just know that there are other
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links like if you want to give that’s what the links are and if you want to get your the bigger fish to fry then the
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Antichrist hoodies that’s where you find them so just go make sure that you’re checking those links okay I don’t say
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that enough so anyway okay cover that for a long time so well today we’re
What is Perfectionism
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gonna start you know like we’re gonna look at in scripture you know and start defining
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like what are some things that kind of stick out about you know that form of
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godliness and you know what really is behind it is
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perfectionism so as I was reading some of these verses this week like they kind of stuck out in
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my mind like oh my gosh like that’s an aspect of perfectionism yet it’s really
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not a good thing like so you know as I started looking at that it was like okay Lord like I’m seeing you know that form
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of godliness very strongly and how do we then teach people to walk
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in the Lord’s way so what was great about these verses was that it gives you kind of that definition the two things
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that you’re looking for so um let’s start with psalm 144.
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um I want to look that up and I’m going to look that one up in the passion
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translation very good okay let me see I messed with a seven I’m still making my
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way over there
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oh I guess I got NIV instead okay so Psalm 4 144 is there which verse am I
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heading to uh verse four verse 4. man is like vanity and a breath his days
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are as a shadow that passes away okay Psalm 140 verse 4 keep me O Lord
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from the hands of the wicked preserve me from the violent men who have purposed
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to thrust aside my steps oof yes so that you know that’s a really
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good verse to look at um you know that you’ve got this contrast
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of you know Wicked and violent men but the part that caught my attention
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was you know the second part of that verse where it says God
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um they have plotted evil schemes against me and you know when we think about that
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you know what happens with that form of godliness um you know what I experienced a lot as
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a child with that especially with those religious Spirits is that literally like they plot they
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plot things that are you know that are wicked schemes against you uh
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whether it’s it’s catching you in what you say catching you and what you do so
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they can point out you know your imperfections uh point out where you fall short
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um that is applauding an evil scheme like there you know when
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I thought about that it’s like what is God’s way God’s way is that if we’re in
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sin or we’re doing something wrong that you know the Holy Spirit or someone
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else you know maybe it’s you know a parent a spouse brings it to our attention and says hey
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um you know this is off you this is wrong this is not the way God wants you
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to be doing that so they point it out in a gentle way and then you know you’re
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given that time for confession and repentance where you turn away from that
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sin but in that form of godliness there isn’t that you know that’s not the end
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goal is to get you into a place of confession they want to get you into a place where you’re condemned you you’re
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guilty they put shame on you and really there’s just that continual drive that
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you know you’re not enough and you never get to that place of right restoration
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so that was the first one that the Lord showed me in this
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um let’s go to the next one if you want to look up Proverbs 28 verse 26.
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he who leans on trusts in and is confident of his own mind and heart is a
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self-confident fool but He Who Walks In skillful and godly wisdom shall be
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delivered oh what like so you can that one you can clearly see the contrast so what do we
The Form of Godliness
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have you know in that form of godliness what are the characteristics
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oh yes leaning on their own understanding of things and not put not
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putting that to the Lord um and just having that I see that a lot with with that religious spirit of
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there’s there’s that self-confidence in just spitting out the word but it’s kind
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of like um like the wrong kind of slap like it’s kind of like a very a very
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condemning slap like how dare you very looking down the nose with the glasses yeah because we’re so spiritual like
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what is your problem you don’t know what the word of God says and it’s like you know
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okay so what was the contrast then what’s the way that the Lord would have us to walk
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the contrast is that we would be walking in the in Godly wisdom that we would
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walk in his wisdom and because we’re walking in his wisdom then we’re
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delivered from the situation yeah that’s powerful especially when you
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think about you know the holy spirit that you know it says that the spirit of
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God is a spirit of wisdom counsel understanding knowledge you know fear of
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the Lord so you know it’s implying that when
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you’re walking with the Holy Spirit you’ll be delivered out of the situations that you’re in
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because you’re you know you’ve got the power of God standing with you all right let’s look at Proverbs
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29 25. 29.25 the fear of man brings a snare but
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whoever leans on trusts it and puts his confidence in the Lord is safe and set
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on high these are great verses Jesse oh my goodness aren’t they all right so okay
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so what is the form of godliness what do they walk in they’re walking in the fear of man
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and that’s bringing a snare to them what do other people think
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and it actually says it’s a snare like that means it’s a trap you’re gonna get
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caught up in it you’re not gonna be able to get out yeah it’s like that’s that’s that’s
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that’s no good but you see it happen all the time um but those who put their confidence in
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the Lord they’re safe and they’re set on high so
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if there’s some nasty um swampy whatever going on down there
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like those ones that are leading in reliable War to get plunked up on high
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so dookie free areas for beautiful so I think of two like some other words
Fear of Men
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like you know that fear of men um scripture also uses a term called the
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wisdom of men um you know so when we think about that you know maybe it’s the Specialists it’s
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the professionals it’s you know those who are well trained in things and I’m not saying that everybody who you know
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would apply that to their title or their job or their position is bad or or not
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of God that’s not what I’m saying at all but what I’m saying is sometimes instead of even seeking the Lord or asking the
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Lord for counsel we’d automatically you know have been trained to turn to those
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things you know what do the professionals say what did the Specialists say in this area what do I
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need to do and we use them like an oracle almost to get directions and then
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we expect that if we follow those directions things are going to turn out well for us
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but maybe they won’t because what does Scripture say you know the fear of men is a snare
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and you know those who get caught in it are caught in a trap and you know what does God want he wants
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us to trust in him that he will keep us safe that he will deliver us in our time
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of trouble that he will answer our prayers and provide what we need so
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that’s where the the Catch-22 is is um
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you know you know when you’re pay attention to your thoughts like you know
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what do you turn to what’s your first go-to is it to call everybody
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you know in your list your prayer list your prayer warriors
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it is so true like we turn we will tell the situation to everybody under the sun
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and we still haven’t even talked to God about it and we will you know I mean it’s not
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saying that seeking a lot of counsel is is bad it’s good you know we’re supposed
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to seek a lot of counsel but is that all we turn to do we just turn to men and
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never you know look it up spend time in the word about it wrestling with it with
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the Lord asking what should we do wow
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on point so in that
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um you know was that that’s the one I was trying to see which verse it was
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um uh one of the ones that talked about oh this next one okay so read Proverbs 28
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28 18 He Who Walks uprightly shall be
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safe but he who willfully goes in double and wrong ways shall fall in one of them
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that’s pretty sure that’s really clear
Form of godliness
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yeah so what’s the you know the the form of godliness what does it say
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about that that if you’re going in willfully in double
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in wrong ways you’re gonna fall in one of the one of those options one of those
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pits if you’re if you’re if you’re gonna lead with wrong ways you’re gonna fall into your own pit and um but those that walk yeah so let’s
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really you know go there like what you know it doesn’t exactly use the words you know form of godliness but when we
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think about that perfectionism really we are going in double ways you
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know we’re looking towards the specialists even if it’s you know let’s say it’s seminarians or Scholars or what
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do all the other pastors say we’re looking at that you know that
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they’re the standard and if we you know basically it’s a double standard because we’re not
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trusting in the Lord we’re looking at other things we’re fearing men more than
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we fear the lord and what does it say will happen what what’s the outcome of that I’ve fallen right into it you’re
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gonna fall right into it into that trap
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at the enemy sets for you and there you’re gonna sit
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in that trap um that verse also uses another word in
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Blameless
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it’s the word blameless he whose walk is blameless
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and that really is a powerful word and you know especially when we’re thinking of that form of godliness and
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perfectionism uh blameless is so much different than
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perfectionism um with perfectionism you know it’s
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almost like we we put on this mask this posture this
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form that we take and that’s what we display to the world even though
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in reality it may not be true you know the truth is is that none of us are
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perfect the truth is that no matter how hard we try we’re going to make mistakes we’re gonna mess up you know we’re gonna
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fall short we’re gonna foul it up you know we’re gonna hurt people we’re gonna
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hurt the Lord and you know the solution is easy and that’s confession
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but here’s where the difference is is that imperfectionism um instead of just acknowledging and
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being who you are that hey I’m human I made a mistake I need to confess I need
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to repent and I need to be restored in that right relationship with God instead
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of doing that um your go-to is is works to be better to to do more you know if
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only I did it differently and there’s in that there’s no acknowledgment of
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the failure you know you in your pride it’s like you
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literally do not believe that you have done anything wrong and you just keep
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plowing forward and you know how many times have I seen that
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where people won’t even you know they hurt people and what they do and instead of saying you know what
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I was wrong uh you know I’m sorry I hurt you instead of Simply doing that you know
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even if it’s you sinned against somebody let’s say you were mean you yelled you lashed out as my you know kids say you
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know sometimes people just are like ornery Bears you know and and they’re
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rude to one another and instead of saying you know what I’m sorry that that was rude of me and it was wrong for me
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to talk to you that way instead of admitting that they they don’t
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you know they treat the other person like they that they were the person in the wrong you know
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how many of us have had that happen where you know these individuals will say things to us like well you know if
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you were better if you you know had paid attention if you had done this or done
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that that wouldn’t have happened and they put the blame in the fault even if
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the fault was not yours or the responsibility was not yours
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so you know that perfectionism is different but
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here’s what else I want to bring out about blameless this blameless really is kind of like a legal term
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you know if you have blame that means there is an accusation there’s something
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against you but to be blameless means that literally it’s been wiped away
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it’s no longer there you you’re not held that whatever it was isn’t held over
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your head which means that there’s been a restoration that you know when God looks
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at you after you’ve confessed your sins he doesn’t say oh there she is you know
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she used to prostitute herself out all over the the country you know the Lord
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doesn’t look at that the Lord says wow there she is you know beautiful perfect and I’m preparing that
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one for an amazing marriage and she’s going to know love and she’s gonna love
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you know within that marriage as I’ve prepared you know or there you know he doesn’t
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say oh there’s that druggie that alcoholic you know
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the Lord doesn’t see that anymore he doesn’t Define Us by our past sins he
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looks at you know our hearts and you know simply says here’s the good
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works that I have for you you’re my son you’re my daughter um I’ve you know I love being in this
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relationship that’s what the Lord says he loves to be in relationship with us
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you know with perfectionism when you hang on to that you you cannot hang on to it and fully
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know blameless you have to give it up to know what it
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is to experience to feel what it feels like to be blameless
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before the Lord so I encourage you lay it down
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all right here’s another one um or I wanted to bring it to you that perfectionism so again it’s based on
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those who say they have no sin they you know it’s based and rooted in
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the belief that they have no sin they’ve done no wrong
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um whereas blameless is quick to repent and turn from sin
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um all right let’s read John 5 18 and as we
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get to these next ones I want to look at what is the Lord
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say about us and where does our security come from
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John 5 18. this made the Jews
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more determined than ever to kill him because not only was
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okay let me start that over because I just completely my eyes skip this made the Jews more determined than ever to
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kill him because not only was he breaking the Sabbath but he actually was
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speaking of God as being his own father making himself equal with God
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so the the relationship the being one with God and again that’s not saying
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we’re God but we are connected to Jesus who is one with God
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uh let’s look at John 17 12.
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while I was with them I kept and preserved them in your name
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those you have given me I guarded and protected and not one of them has
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perished or is lost except the Son of Perdition Judas Iscariot the one who is
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now doomed to destruction destined to be lost that the scripture might be
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fulfilled yeah powerful and again when we’re thinking of this you know we’re thinking
Relationship with God
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of that that relationship with the fullness of of God that you have the
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father you have the son and you have the Holy Spirit and
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you know how do we relate to God what is his ideal is that we would be one and
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what does that look like you know what does it really look like to be one with him one heart one Mind
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One Soul you know and together we’re one body in Christ
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um let’s look at Proverbs 18 verse 10.
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the name of the Lord is a strong tower the righteous man runs into it and is
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saved high above evil and strong
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yeah and that’s where you know the power is in his name it’s it’s all his works
Power of the Holy Spirit
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that he has done uh that you know that he’s laid down his
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life he’s purchased us with his blood to be a kingdom of priests he’s raised us up you know as we
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have died with Christ we’ve been raised to New Life That’s What Romans 6 says
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um so in that you know there’s that concept of of death to self
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that As We Lay Down everything that’s of that form of
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godliness you know we stop um devising ways to trip others up
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we stop trusting in ourselves we stop having a fear of men you know and
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falling into a snare in a trap we stop walking
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um in ways that are prefers to God which includes you know the thought that we have no sin
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um and when we stop those things and we put them to death
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we’re raised into that place of new life where we’re in that right relationship
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with God um we’re in that state of righteousness meaning that you know we confess we
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repent we teach others to walk in his ways
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you know which teaching is different than you know judgment it’s different than you’re not sitting there pointing
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out every sin um you know ask the Lord if you don’t know how to teach another person how to
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walk in his ways ask the Lord to show you how to do that
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um you know it includes that cleansing process it includes being vulnerable
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and in that you know there’s something that really we don’t
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often do I’ve seen it done once or twice um but you know really when kind of
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what’s been going through the mainstream churches is you know is very
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individualistic versus um being Collective and in that you know
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process of of restoration we really have gotten very individualistic where you know I
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pray I you know I’m restored to that right place with God good now I go fellowship with the body
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but in that in doing that when we keep it to ourselves we miss out and others
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miss out as well because you know what I found is that we’re really lacking in public
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restoration and in that we lack humbleness you know not many people display that
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humbleness before one another where you know they’re willing to say hey I’ve messed up I’ve done wrong
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and you know some of the first things that I saw with that you know was a couple elderly men
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that were in our church they had done or said some things to one another that had
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caused her and you know they could have just gone to each other they could have just gone
Public Restoration
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before the Lord but instead they chose to make it public where they went before
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the body of Christ and you know the one who had or well both of them kind of had said
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things that hurt each other and they said you know we said these things to each other and
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and we you know we hurt one another we did it in front of other people we did
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it in front of kids and now we want to you know publicly acknowledge that we
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were wrong that we should not have treated each other that way and they walked through that restoration
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they forgave each other and what a you know amazing example that was of
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restoration and um you know I would encourage people
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I know I’ve I do have people who will reach out to me who at times will
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confess things um what do we do if somebody confesses stuff to us
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um I you know I think because of that example I saw as a kid
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to me it’s something that’s very precious like if somebody comes to me and they confess something I
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try to pause I try to take a moment to just like you know let it sink in
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and then you know meaningfully receive that confession
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and you know acknowledge that you know saying I
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I hear you I appreciate that you have confided that I received that confession
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before the Lord and I bear witness that you have confessed that and that you’re
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turning away from that sin and and that’s really powerful to hear is somebody you know who’s standing with
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you saying I bear witness to that confession that you’ve made and you know
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if others accuse you of that again or accuse you of wrongdoing I can say no
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you know that has been confessed and you know we bear witness we bear
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testimony of that so you know taking that time to you know
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extend that vulnerability with each other um
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you know can be very powerful and humbling
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um and when I was thinking about that it led me and I gotta look up where it is
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real quick um but there’s a verse that God brought to my mind with that
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um just one second here is it on the confession like
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to confess your sins one to another so you maybe yeah but yeah that’s one uh
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the James 5 16 is another one where you know through that confession it brings
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healing um but this one is
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Romans 2 4. where it says um but the kindness of God the kindness
Conclusion
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of God leads to repentance amen and you know really what’s behind you know that
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power of the holy spirit is you know the heart of God that that he’s kind he’s he
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really loves us he really intends for everything to be for our good
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and in our relationships you know where is our mindset our you
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know is our Focus really for the good of others or are we trying
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to you know trip them up trying to do something that you know brings them down
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are we trying to you know make them go in a way that maybe seems right but maybe it’s not
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what God has called them to are we discouraging them are we
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overwhelming them in that perfectionism where you know with our children we’re we’re expecting
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performance all the time you know you have to be the best it has to be perfect do it again do it again until you know
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practice makes perfect right um so are we overwhelming
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our relationships um with that perfectionism
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or are we really walking out you know that kindness of God with a
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demonstration of the holy spirit’s power you know
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wow I’m thinking so many thoughts even looking back at my own life and
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relationships and circumstances and just different different behaviors just based
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on how situations were handled if it was handled like that very in a very critical way versus you know a loving
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way and um and how that really does bring about the transformation
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um whereas you know the the condemnation that can come from from things is just
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such a detriment it’s like it blocks um a person from really receiving the
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restoration that they need and the healing that they need and oh my goodness and just destroys fellowship if
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it’s not present you know so yeah wow very important stuff
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very good so in that you know this week
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um let’s continue to work to be in prayer about our relationships about you
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know with god with one another and you know I just want to take a moment to
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focus on that last verse the Romans 2 4 that we looked at and to just kind of
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pray that through in our after this discussion we’ve had so
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Heavenly Father we just thank you for your word we thank you for the examples that you lay out for us that you show us
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um the ways that we have been walking in that that don’t bring you pleasure that really
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um are that form of perfectionism and and our sinful Lord
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um it does not give you pleasure it does not lead to good things or Abundant Life when we walk in that
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and Lord our desire is to do your will so help us to see where we’re wrong help
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us to lay down and to put to death those things that are not of you
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and Lord we want to walk in that new life that you’ve given us we want to walk in a way that is pleasing to you we
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want to teach our children our grandchildren the children in our community how to walk in your ways
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um with that Lord we acknowledge that it may come with having to be humble it may
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come with having to Bear our sins before others or our confessions but Lord give
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us willing Hearts let us not think about only ourselves or doing things for our
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good or or just to get through everything that we do let it be for the
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building up of your body for the building up of one another and for the
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spurring of one another on in this race so that they may not just finish the race but
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that each of us may finish that race with eternal glory Lord
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let us strive to help one another finish that race with eternal glory we
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ask for this in your powerful name Jesus amen amen amen
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