WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.840 Real life presents the Jack Hibb's podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim 2 00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:12.800 truth, equip the saints and impact our culture. Our mouth, what we speak, comes out of our hearts. 3 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:24.000 And our hearts will use our mouth and it will either do surgery to heal or it will cut to slay. 4 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:32.720 You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackhibbs.com slash podcast. 5 00:00:33.360 --> 00:00:39.200 Today, if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled life in Christ, 6 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:45.920 then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings. To us, that's like saying amen or yes. 7 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:51.360 Then that rating will encourage others to listen. Now open your hearts to what God's word has 8 00:00:51.360 --> 00:00:57.520 to say to you. Here is Jack Hibb's. And as we look at this, I'm going to do something a little bit 9 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:03.680 backward here, folks. Look at verse five. It says that down at the latter end of verse five, 10 00:01:03.680 --> 00:01:07.120 you see the word according, we're going to break down these Greek words really quick, but we have to 11 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:14.320 start with the word according to Christ Jesus. This is where we begin. Write down this meaning. 12 00:01:14.320 --> 00:01:20.160 When it says, now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one 13 00:01:20.160 --> 00:01:25.680 another. Here's the point. According to Christ Jesus, that is the standard. Mark the word 14 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:32.720 according. The word means in proportion to. You see what? I can't do that to the scale of or in 15 00:01:32.720 --> 00:01:40.800 the volume of. Really? I cannot do that. The word means harmony as pertaining to oneness in Christ. 16 00:01:41.600 --> 00:01:46.960 The first overwhelming thought is this. Wow. Awesome. Great words to say goodbye. Love the 17 00:01:46.960 --> 00:01:53.040 farewell address, Paul. But how can I do this? And the answer is you cannot do this. I cannot do 18 00:01:53.040 --> 00:02:01.200 this. It's according to Christ. That means he does it. Take a deep breath and relax, folks. This is 19 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:07.440 the ease. Don't you need some ease in your Christian life for a moment? Think about it. We are 20 00:02:07.440 --> 00:02:14.960 contending against hell. You and I are living in this physical realm all the while dealing with 21 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:23.200 invisible beings. And how do I mean jelly? I mean demon spirits. Did you get that jelly beings? 22 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:35.760 It's early, I know. We do not live this life apart from the spirit realm as a believer. And 23 00:02:35.760 --> 00:02:42.400 that being the case, we can only survive it and we can only be victorious in it by the very 24 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:48.160 workings of Christ and by the Holy Spirit. The scripture on this is clear. But listen, 25 00:02:48.160 --> 00:02:54.480 accordion. So it's all based upon Christ. So listen, you almost want to read verse 5 backwards 26 00:02:55.200 --> 00:03:02.000 that it's according to Christ Jesus that we were able to have patience and comfort and to be 27 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:07.920 like-minded toward one another. Does that make sense? When you read it like that? Because it says 28 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:14.320 the same thing. Philippians chapter 2 verse 5 tells us, a very important statement, of course, 29 00:03:14.320 --> 00:03:22.400 let this mind think about the ease. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. 30 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:30.080 Does that even possible? Of course it's possible. Put the Word of God in you. Here's what happens. 31 00:03:30.160 --> 00:03:38.000 You'll start thinking Bible thoughts. More Bible, more Bible thoughts coming out of you. 32 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:45.920 And when it says let this mind be in you, let this way of thinking be in you which was also in 33 00:03:45.920 --> 00:03:54.960 Christ Jesus. Wow, we pray this. Lord, I'm asking you to cause your way of thinking to be in me. 34 00:03:54.960 --> 00:04:05.840 Can you- listen, I don't need your answer. Just listen. Can we pray to him and ask him, 35 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:13.760 will you make me, Lord, like you? That prayer request that you and I can offer up can be offered 36 00:04:13.760 --> 00:04:21.040 up by any one of us. Doesn't the Bible say we do not have because we do not ask? We better start 37 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:30.000 asking God for these things. Lord, I need to know this. And what is it that we need to know? 38 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:36.400 Well, look at the word patience. Patience. We don't like to hear the word. It's too bad. We get 39 00:04:36.400 --> 00:04:42.400 very impatient about the word patient. It means to remain behind, interesting Greek word, 40 00:04:42.400 --> 00:04:52.880 to remain behind a patient enduring endurance, perseverance, steadfastness. So may the God 41 00:04:53.920 --> 00:05:00.400 watch this. May the God of patience. He didn't say, now may all of you who are patient. 42 00:05:01.760 --> 00:05:06.320 Oh, that's encouraging. Now all of you who are patient get on this side of the room. 43 00:05:07.280 --> 00:05:14.080 Nobody would get up. If you got up, we would say that person's not thinking straight. 44 00:05:15.840 --> 00:05:22.240 We all battle with impatience. The strength of being patient comes from the God of all patience. 45 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:34.560 It's from him. The next word that God might grant unto us comfort. This is that word by the way, 46 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:40.160 which is also referenced to the person of the Holy Spirit is called the paracletos, 47 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:47.040 or the paracletus coming alongside to aid us and to comfort us. Isn't that beautiful? God says, 48 00:05:47.040 --> 00:05:52.320 I want to come alongside you to aid you and to comfort you. I want to be an encouragement to you. 49 00:05:52.320 --> 00:06:03.280 I want to exhort you. That's a good word, exhort. And then the word may God grant unto you. This is 50 00:06:03.280 --> 00:06:08.960 a beautiful word. It means pour out. Now I don't know if you think, think about this. This is God. 51 00:06:09.520 --> 00:06:15.600 How does God pour stuff out? How does God produce? How does God produce a yield? How does God usher 52 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:23.040 forth as a spring of water? You think God works? You think God gives grace, mercy, comfort, 53 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:30.880 impatience to you with an eyedropper? Isn't it awesome in the Old Testament when the King 54 00:06:30.880 --> 00:06:38.400 was being anointed? The prophet came and took a bucket of oil and poured it all over his head 55 00:06:38.400 --> 00:06:45.040 and it covered him completely. The Bible says, all over his beard down his garments to his feet. 56 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:50.000 That's how the King was anointed to be King of Israel, meaning the Holy Spirit is covering your 57 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:57.520 life. That's the symbol of all that. How does God distribute grace to you? Is it in drops? 58 00:06:58.400 --> 00:07:05.280 You know what? I'm convinced if we only knew how much grace God uses to get us through one day, 59 00:07:06.880 --> 00:07:13.760 we'd be shocked. And then we go, you know, nighttime comes and you think, that's pretty good a day. 60 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:22.640 I was pretty good. I only had a couple of bad thoughts. Better than the other day. Didn't lose 61 00:07:22.640 --> 00:07:29.760 my temper once. I didn't do that. Didn't do the other thing. Didn't do this. And even if it's true, 62 00:07:29.760 --> 00:07:35.600 you didn't do any of that stuff, then God comes back and says, well, okay, what about the sins of 63 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:45.680 omission? This is what I told you to do. Did you go, did you find orphans? Did you find 64 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:51.280 shut-ins in widows who need love and care and concern? Did you go to those who are in prison or 65 00:07:51.280 --> 00:07:57.040 in the hospital who need prayer? See, we get so focused because we trend, we trend legalistic. 66 00:07:57.040 --> 00:08:04.560 I didn't do that. Thou shalt not and I did not. Thou shalt not and I did not. And we go down 67 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:10.240 this list and then God says, that's all taken care of. It's this. Now you get to do this. You get to 68 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:15.600 do the other thing and you get to do all that stuff. And we play it safe. God says, no, come on. 69 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:22.000 No, I'm convinced that God pours out patience. He pours out comfort. 70 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:29.200 And then this word like-minded. It's God's will that we be like-minded. Isn't this amazing? 71 00:08:30.640 --> 00:08:41.520 In a world of absolute collision and division, the church should be the most united force on earth. 72 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:50.160 You don't know why? The Bible should be our anchor and glue. Well, this is what I think it says. 73 00:08:50.160 --> 00:08:56.800 Stop. And listen, there's a lot of that junk out there today. A lot of people are getting 74 00:08:56.800 --> 00:09:01.440 deceived. Again, I again, Pastor Jackie, I need to talk to this person because they started listening 75 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:05.760 to that person and now they're going on little weeds and they say this now and that and the other 76 00:09:05.760 --> 00:09:09.600 thing and they don't believe in this anymore. No, no, no. I am not going to go rescue them. 77 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:20.000 I'm not going to do it. They're following a stranger's voice. If they knew the voice of Jesus, 78 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:27.920 they wouldn't go get into the weeds. And that sounds harsh. Well, what about Jesus in the parable 79 00:09:27.920 --> 00:09:32.800 when he went out? He left the hundred or the ninety-nine and went after the one. He went after 80 00:09:32.800 --> 00:09:41.920 the one that was one of his. And when he spoke to it, it heard his voice. But we live in a time 81 00:09:41.920 --> 00:09:46.880 right now, church where don't be surprised. I mean, I'm not a prophet and I don't see, I don't 82 00:09:46.880 --> 00:09:53.680 have a crystal ball. But it is theoretically possible that this church which currently holds three 83 00:09:53.680 --> 00:10:01.360 services on Sunday with thousands of people per service could go down to 800 people in one service. 84 00:10:02.160 --> 00:10:10.080 Why? Because the Bible speaks about days coming when there'll be few of us. Did you know that? 85 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:23.040 To be biblically based, to be like-minded. You and I should all speak the same thing. We should 86 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:33.200 say the same thing when it comes to Bible doctrine. It's funny. Lisa, I've been married so in June, 87 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:45.200 it'll be 47 years in June. So watch this. So her and I will often either, if somebody asks 88 00:10:45.520 --> 00:10:49.680 a question, both of us will answer at the same time. It's the exact same answer. 89 00:10:53.520 --> 00:11:00.800 It's the same. We think the same. We have our independent personalities, but the answer is the same. 90 00:11:01.440 --> 00:11:05.280 Think about the church. We will have our independent personalities, but the answer is the same. 91 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:10.960 So we'll go to a restaurant like you'll go to the restaurant. Oh man, not at all. I'm going to 92 00:11:10.960 --> 00:11:15.440 try something different. Yeah, me too. And oh man, it's great. And we're looking. What do you think 93 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:20.080 about? I don't know. I might do this. I might do that. Yeah, that sounds kind of good. Anyway, so yeah, 94 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:26.320 and then the food server comes and what would you like? And I'll say, or she'll say, yeah, you know 95 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:38.880 what? I'd like to have this, this Cajun jambalaya. And I'll say, yeah, me too. Have you noticed that? 96 00:11:39.520 --> 00:11:45.680 We'll shop the whole menu. And we'll wind up agreeing with one or the other. Yeah, make that too. 97 00:11:47.120 --> 00:11:52.640 Now you guys need to stop us when we're wearing the same color clothes. That's when you send 98 00:11:52.640 --> 00:12:02.240 this off into retirement. We also know this. There's a great unity that is miraculous. In verse 6, 99 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:09.120 that you may with one mind and what is implied by the way, watch me read it differently, 100 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:17.200 but it's implied in the Greek language. Watch carefully that you may with one mind and with. See, 101 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:25.200 the word is not in the English, with one mind and with one mouth. Glorify the God and Father of our 102 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:32.000 Lord Jesus Christ. Wow, there's only one thing that brings us together, folks, and that is the 103 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:40.800 word of God in that power and that remarkable declaration. In the word, by the way, this is very 104 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:49.920 powerful, the word mind is important enough that is interesting impulse. Listen, it means to have 105 00:12:49.920 --> 00:12:56.320 the same impulse, the same thought, the same intent. How in the world are you and I going to think like 106 00:12:56.320 --> 00:13:01.840 Jesus? So you can never think like that. You can never think like that apart from the Bible. 107 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:12.400 That's why Jesus Christ is called the word of God. Okay? That said, when you and I have more of the 108 00:13:12.400 --> 00:13:18.400 word in us, when we go out and live our life, more of Jesus comes out of us. We may not even be 109 00:13:18.400 --> 00:13:23.600 aware of it and it affects other people and we're not, we may not even be aware of it. That's okay 110 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:29.920 for not. And then when he says one mouth, this is amazing. I have to hurry, but this is awesome. The 111 00:13:29.920 --> 00:13:39.840 word mouth, get a load of this. The word stoma in Greek for mouth means the edge. Do you ever think of 112 00:13:39.920 --> 00:13:50.320 this? The edge. What? The face or the edge of the lip? Words from the heart. It means, listen, 113 00:13:50.320 --> 00:14:01.120 words spoken and the voice heard to cut a slice or to cut the real. Wow, wow, wow, the mouth. 114 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:13.200 Be of the same thoughts, intent and be of the same mouth. Why? Because our mouth, what we speak 115 00:14:14.640 --> 00:14:23.200 comes out of our hearts and our hearts will use our mouth and it will either do surgery to heal 116 00:14:24.160 --> 00:14:33.840 or it will cut to slay. Hebrews 4 verse 12, for the word of God is living in powerful 117 00:14:34.800 --> 00:14:42.880 and sharper than any two-edged sword. Here you go. Piercing even to the division of soul and spirit 118 00:14:42.880 --> 00:14:50.000 and of the joints and marrow and is a discernor of the thoughts and the intents of the heart. 119 00:14:50.640 --> 00:14:55.920 The words we use, folks, Proverbs 18 verse 21 tells us this, 120 00:14:57.680 --> 00:15:03.760 death and life are in the power of the tongue and those who love it will eat its fruit. James 121 00:15:03.760 --> 00:15:11.440 chapter 3 verses 1 to 10, James warns us that with our mouth we can bless God and with our mouth turn 122 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:17.600 and destroy our brother, our sister with criticism. He says, how is this even possible? 123 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:24.480 The power of a spoken blessing, church family, is what's implied here. When we speak to our brothers 124 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:28.960 and sisters to our husbands and our wives, we need to get into this practice. We need to just 125 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:35.040 make a deal with God today. God hold me accountable to start speaking of blessing to those that 126 00:15:35.040 --> 00:15:41.600 are near and dear to us. Speak it, start saying it. See, oh, that's not my personality. Stop it, 127 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:49.520 repent of it. Don't say it's your personality to not do that. That's not your personality. 128 00:15:50.640 --> 00:15:56.560 As believers, we are to obey him and throughout scripture. Again, I'm sorry, I don't have the 129 00:15:56.560 --> 00:16:03.280 time to get through it all. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob spoke blessings upon their sons and daughters. 130 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:15.360 Imagine just if one man in the life of a teen could be an uncle, could be a grandfather, 131 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:22.480 could be the father, began to say, listen, I see great things in your life. If you keep your eyes on 132 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:28.080 God, there's character traits about you that God wants to develop. And I want you to know, 133 00:16:28.160 --> 00:16:35.840 I'm going to be praying for you every day of your life. And I'm for you. 134 00:16:37.920 --> 00:16:47.760 Imagine if a husband said, honey, before I leave, listen, Lord God, watch over my precious bride, 135 00:16:47.760 --> 00:16:53.520 bride, cover her with your grace and mercy. Keep her safe all day and give her great thoughts and 136 00:16:53.520 --> 00:16:58.160 protect her from this world. And Lord, buy your mercy, buy your goodness, buy your grace. 137 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:04.240 May she grow closer to you than ever before. In Jesus' name, amen. Have a good day, babe. God 138 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:11.200 bless you, sweetheart. Oh my goodness, 30 seconds can change both lives, the life of the house, 139 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:20.480 forever. Just do it. Just do it. Imagine a woman who, for whatever criticism, she believes 140 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:25.360 are justifiable. Maybe they all are. But she turns to her husband and says, you know, down deep 141 00:17:25.360 --> 00:17:31.200 inside of you, there's a good man. And I want to help him to come out. I just want you to know, 142 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:40.080 I'm on your side. Have a good day. That will change a life. We need to speak to our teens 143 00:17:41.840 --> 00:17:46.160 and announce to them. And speaking of announcement, it ends here in verse six. 144 00:17:46.800 --> 00:17:56.800 There's a unity that is loud. I just added that one. There's a unity that's loud. You say, 145 00:17:56.800 --> 00:18:03.120 what made you think of that? Revelation chapter 14. And another angel came out of the temple, 146 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:09.840 crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, thrust in your sickle and reap for the 147 00:18:09.840 --> 00:18:15.920 time has come for you to reap for the harvest of the earth is ripe. Wow, loud. Did you know heaven's 148 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:22.080 loud? You guys don't know that? It's loud. So I don't like loud things. That's going to change. 149 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:29.920 Next verse, next verse, Revelation 14. Then I looked and behold the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, 150 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:35.040 verse six. Then I saw another angel find in the midst of heaven, heaven, the everlasting gospel 151 00:18:35.120 --> 00:18:39.840 to preach to those who dwell on the earth to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people, verse seven, 152 00:18:39.840 --> 00:18:46.000 saying with a loud voice, fear God and give glory to him for the hour of his judgment has come, 153 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:53.280 and worship him who made heaven on earth the sea and the springs of water. Wow. Wow. Listen to this. 154 00:18:54.960 --> 00:19:04.720 Next verse would be John 17. Jesus spoke these words. He lifted up his eyes to heaven. By the 155 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:10.320 way, this is known as the high priestly prayer of Christ and said, Father, the hour has come. 156 00:19:10.320 --> 00:19:15.840 Glorify your son that your son may glorify you. Down to verse 21, he's speaking about you 157 00:19:16.560 --> 00:19:27.200 that they all may be one as you. Father are in me and I in you that they also may be one in us 158 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:35.360 that the world may believe that you sent me and the glory which you gave me I have given them. 159 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:42.320 Folks, that is a prayer of Jesus to the Father about you that they may be one just as we are one. 160 00:19:42.320 --> 00:19:49.440 I in them you in me that they may be made complete or perfect in one and that the world may know 161 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:57.760 that you have sent me and I have loved them as you have loved me. Jesus said, I, listen, 162 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:04.640 the same way Father you love me, they are loved too. 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