WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.640 real life presents the Jack Kibs podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim 2 00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:16.680 truth equip the saints and impact our culture there are sinners who are lost 3 00:00:16.680 --> 00:00:23.780 and there are sinners who are saved the sinners who are lost love their sin the 4 00:00:23.780 --> 00:00:33.260 sinners who are saved hate their sin but they both still sin think of it you can 5 00:00:33.260 --> 00:00:40.260 get the outlines of this podcast by going to Jack Kibs.com slash podcast today if 6 00:00:40.260 --> 00:00:44.540 this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled life in 7 00:00:44.540 --> 00:00:49.700 Christ then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings to us that's 8 00:00:49.700 --> 00:00:55.380 like saying amen or yes then that rating will encourage others to listen now 9 00:00:55.380 --> 00:01:02.300 open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you here is Jack Kibs and so as 10 00:01:02.300 --> 00:01:07.220 we look at our study church remember it's titled and the answer is we look at 11 00:01:07.220 --> 00:01:11.940 this number one the answer is just when you thought there was no hope just when 12 00:01:11.940 --> 00:01:15.900 you thought there was no hope the answer is can you write down your notes that 13 00:01:15.940 --> 00:01:23.380 way just when you thought there was no hope the answer is and the answer is that the 14 00:01:23.380 --> 00:01:29.300 Bible tells us what we already know let's be honest we need to take an honest 15 00:01:29.300 --> 00:01:37.740 pill right now the Bible tells us exactly what we already knew verse 9 says what 16 00:01:37.740 --> 00:01:42.380 then are we better than they pulses not at all he just got done arguing between 17 00:01:42.380 --> 00:01:48.140 the Gentile who doesn't know God but by nature within his heart does what is 18 00:01:48.140 --> 00:01:54.820 right versus the Jew who knows what to do and disobeys it and covers it up Paul's 19 00:01:54.820 --> 00:02:02.660 announcement is either watch there's two answers a the Jews are no better off 20 00:02:02.660 --> 00:02:08.660 than the Gentiles or the Gentiles are no better off than the Jews or collectively 21 00:02:08.660 --> 00:02:15.260 we no one's better off than the other that we've all been brought to this place 22 00:02:15.260 --> 00:02:21.940 of recognizing exactly what the Bible says and it is this that we already know 23 00:02:21.940 --> 00:02:29.500 this that according to God he doesn't have favorites there's there's no 24 00:02:29.500 --> 00:02:36.100 special group that's acceptable to God earlier the argument was I'm a Jew I'm 25 00:02:36.100 --> 00:02:41.900 acceptable to God based on what on my circumcision God says no you're not well 26 00:02:41.900 --> 00:02:47.420 I'm a Gentile and I'm a very moral person in fact my morality is even more 27 00:02:47.420 --> 00:02:54.180 moral than many of the Jews I know I'm accepted no you're not and then 28 00:02:54.180 --> 00:03:02.340 collectively as humanity we would say we're all good you know a lot of songs a 29 00:03:02.340 --> 00:03:07.180 lot of songwriters write songs like that about how great we are if we were so 30 00:03:07.180 --> 00:03:13.660 great why is the world in the condition that it is and there's this this 31 00:03:13.660 --> 00:03:18.740 philosophy that's out there it's humanism and it's wrapped in velvet and it 32 00:03:18.740 --> 00:03:25.660 sounds like this I believe humanity is good in the heart I believe that man is 33 00:03:25.660 --> 00:03:32.540 good at the core the Bible says the exact opposite did you know that so 34 00:03:32.540 --> 00:03:35.940 that's the first offense some of your offended that's number one we'll have 35 00:03:35.940 --> 00:03:42.460 many more to follow but it's from remarkable declaration according to the 36 00:03:42.460 --> 00:03:46.860 Bible there's this general operating procedure in the scripture and it's the 37 00:03:46.860 --> 00:03:54.180 uniformity or the mutual code of conduct that the Bible speaks is of man and 38 00:03:54.180 --> 00:03:59.660 that is a simple nature and so we're not better than anybody else and the 39 00:03:59.660 --> 00:04:03.980 moment you begin to think that you're better because of something you know 40 00:04:03.980 --> 00:04:06.660 there's people who think they're better because they're rich there's 41 00:04:06.660 --> 00:04:09.740 people who think they're better because they're cute there's people who think 42 00:04:09.740 --> 00:04:14.020 they're better because they're talented there's nothing worse there's nothing 43 00:04:14.020 --> 00:04:18.780 worse than all of that than somebody who thinks they're better because of 44 00:04:18.780 --> 00:04:24.380 their religion have you noticed that there's the snobbery that somebody has 45 00:04:24.380 --> 00:04:28.020 because they're a great singer hey you know what at least they're a great singer 46 00:04:28.020 --> 00:04:33.420 you know what or somebody's snooty because they're rich hey you know what they're 47 00:04:33.420 --> 00:04:41.520 rich I see why he's a snob but when somebody says I know God and you're a 48 00:04:41.520 --> 00:04:48.100 snob you are the ultimate weirdo how can you say that you know God and you have 49 00:04:48.100 --> 00:04:53.660 that level of arrogance within you I told you guys before years ago but I'll 50 00:04:53.660 --> 00:04:58.020 repeat it because Lisa and I will never forget it we actually saw a preacher very 51 00:04:58.020 --> 00:05:03.620 famous say make sure you tune in next week I'm gonna be given the best message I've 52 00:05:03.620 --> 00:05:08.700 ever heard on humility and you're not gonna want to miss it no I'm serious that 53 00:05:08.700 --> 00:05:13.740 was for real he's gonna teach us on humility next week so tune in it's the best 54 00:05:13.740 --> 00:05:21.900 message I've ever heard that is so bizarre I'm a Christian with a big head 55 00:05:21.900 --> 00:05:31.700 hi I'm I follow Jesus and I am I'm so amazing and you need to know me and boy 56 00:05:31.700 --> 00:05:37.340 aren't you glad for having me you know in your family or at your church how 57 00:05:37.340 --> 00:05:42.900 can that possibly be where a Christian's head is blown up in pride when God 58 00:05:42.900 --> 00:05:48.180 says I have no favorites and all have been found out to be guilty in front of 59 00:05:48.180 --> 00:05:52.740 me everyone needs salvation and you don't hide behind the fact that you go to 60 00:05:52.740 --> 00:05:57.540 Calvary Chapel or you go to first Baptist or you are assembly of God you're 61 00:05:57.540 --> 00:06:01.820 hearing me well that's okay Pastor you let him have it I'm a Catholic you need 62 00:06:01.820 --> 00:06:10.260 salvation if your relationship with Jesus is preempted by some sort of a 63 00:06:10.260 --> 00:06:20.380 title I'm a fill-in-the-blank Christian you're messed up you and I need him 64 00:06:20.380 --> 00:06:27.500 desperately the Bible tells us on Ecclesiastes chapter 7 verse 20 for there is 65 00:06:27.500 --> 00:06:40.260 not a just man on earth none are just wow who does good none do good and does 66 00:06:40.260 --> 00:06:45.140 not sin the Bible says there's nobody on earth who doesn't sin now you say 67 00:06:45.140 --> 00:06:50.460 pastor I thought you were gonna say something about hope here I am if you're 68 00:06:50.460 --> 00:06:58.380 listening carefully if we're all unable to muster up some form of acceptable 69 00:06:58.380 --> 00:07:04.340 religiosity before God and God's word announces to us that there are none that 70 00:07:04.340 --> 00:07:09.180 have advantage over the other that should cause hope to spring up within you if 71 00:07:09.180 --> 00:07:17.860 the entire world is condemned by God and his holiness but Jesus came to the 72 00:07:17.860 --> 00:07:24.300 cross to die there for us and rose again from the dead then I see hope on the 73 00:07:24.300 --> 00:07:33.220 horizon don't miss God's gospel Romans chapter 7 verse 18 for I know says Paul 74 00:07:33.220 --> 00:07:40.140 God bless Paul listen to him for I know that in me that is in my flesh nothing 75 00:07:40.140 --> 00:07:48.060 good dwells for to will is present with me he he knows what to do that's good 76 00:07:48.060 --> 00:07:51.820 and he wants to do good don't you want to do good every single one of us were 77 00:07:51.820 --> 00:07:57.100 believers we wake up in the morning wanting to be our best for Jesus Paul says amen I 78 00:07:57.100 --> 00:08:01.820 know exactly how that is that's exactly the life of the of the believer but he 79 00:08:01.820 --> 00:08:10.740 continues but how to perform what is good I do not find the struggle within the 80 00:08:10.740 --> 00:08:15.700 believer's life first John chapter one verses 8 through 10 first John watch 81 00:08:15.700 --> 00:08:21.460 this and mark this if we say that we have no sin if you think that you're 82 00:08:21.460 --> 00:08:25.420 sinless by the way first John's written to Christians only by the way first 83 00:08:25.420 --> 00:08:29.380 second and third John written to believers not nonbelievers very important you 84 00:08:29.380 --> 00:08:33.580 know that but people don't realize that if we say that we have no sin we 85 00:08:33.580 --> 00:08:39.940 deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us wow verse nine we all love 86 00:08:39.940 --> 00:08:43.780 verse nine if we confess our sins he's faithful and just to forgive us of our 87 00:08:43.780 --> 00:08:49.060 sins and the cleanse us from all unrighteousness verse 10 if we say that we 88 00:08:49.060 --> 00:08:57.060 have not sinned we make God a liar and his word is not in us now look at that 89 00:08:57.060 --> 00:09:04.020 verse everybody listen do you see hope in there those three verses are 90 00:09:04.020 --> 00:09:13.780 pregnant with hope number one I agree that I'm a sinner number two I rejoice in 91 00:09:13.780 --> 00:09:18.540 the fact that when I confess my sin to God at home a legato say the same thing 92 00:09:18.540 --> 00:09:25.260 about my sin that God says about it then he's gonna forgive me of my sin and I 93 00:09:25.260 --> 00:09:31.620 would be a fool to think that I have no sin because to say that I have no sin 94 00:09:31.620 --> 00:09:38.140 is to announce that God wasted his time on the cross that this entire Bible is 95 00:09:38.140 --> 00:09:44.460 a joke and no church the answer is to recognize hope in your life is to 96 00:09:44.460 --> 00:09:49.460 recognize that you and I need the saving power of God to rescue us from 97 00:09:49.500 --> 00:09:55.400 ourselves just when you and I thought that there was no hope the answer is 98 00:09:55.400 --> 00:10:01.900 number two if you look at this that the Bible tells us the honest truth look at 99 00:10:01.900 --> 00:10:07.220 this for we have verse nine continues previously charged both Jews and 100 00:10:07.220 --> 00:10:16.020 Greeks are Gentiles that they or we are all under sin the scriptures declare 101 00:10:16.020 --> 00:10:21.960 watch this the word charge it's a legal term literally a legal courtroom first 102 00:10:21.960 --> 00:10:27.060 century term and I'm going to show you it's a huge definition of this when 103 00:10:27.060 --> 00:10:32.940 God says we have been charged and Paul includes himself it means to stand accused 104 00:10:32.940 --> 00:10:37.500 beforehand in other words before you even before you and I even commit the 105 00:10:37.500 --> 00:10:42.980 crime God knows that we're gonna be charged with that crime because he knows 106 00:10:42.980 --> 00:10:51.500 what's in us before we even do it I'll keep reading in a moment in law a 107 00:10:51.500 --> 00:10:58.900 person becomes a horse thief when they steal the horse right you got to commit 108 00:10:58.900 --> 00:11:05.540 the crime before you can be charged God he doesn't wait for the crime to be 109 00:11:05.540 --> 00:11:11.260 committed you want to know why you know why right a horse thief does not 110 00:11:11.260 --> 00:11:17.420 become a horse thief when he commits the crime of stealing a horse a horse thief 111 00:11:17.420 --> 00:11:23.540 becomes a horse thief because he's a horse thief you but what if he didn't 112 00:11:23.540 --> 00:11:28.780 commit the crime that's in the human court in God's court you're already guilty 113 00:11:28.780 --> 00:11:36.220 people who take robars and break into Apple stores and and Nordstroms they 114 00:11:36.220 --> 00:11:41.140 listen according to God the crime was already in them the according to God 115 00:11:41.140 --> 00:11:45.300 the crime was already committed before they ever broke into the home depot and 116 00:11:45.300 --> 00:11:49.740 get the crowbar to go break into Nordstroms at what point are they criminals 117 00:11:49.740 --> 00:11:55.260 the the system says now wait get the camera going this is a sting operation 118 00:11:55.260 --> 00:11:59.260 they haven't crossed the line yet hang on oh we got so close he almost he 119 00:11:59.260 --> 00:12:04.780 almost committed a crime God says guilty God says guilty because it was in them 120 00:12:04.780 --> 00:12:11.740 right to stand accused beforehand to be charged with a crime before committing 121 00:12:11.740 --> 00:12:16.540 the crime the thought being what is hidden inside will come out the sin nature 122 00:12:16.540 --> 00:12:21.460 dwelling within humanity will come out we are charged as guilty because he knows 123 00:12:21.460 --> 00:12:28.620 God knows what we are and what we are going to do at the first opportunity 124 00:12:28.620 --> 00:12:38.580 meaning no one's looking question in the heart can I get away with this the 125 00:12:38.580 --> 00:12:43.500 human heart exactly both of you are right you said no and you said yes because in 126 00:12:43.500 --> 00:12:47.860 the human mind the mind is saying I can do this I can get away with this but God 127 00:12:47.860 --> 00:12:52.980 is saying no you're not but you can this is very important listen judge 128 00:12:52.980 --> 00:12:59.540 yourself judge yourself does God speak to you like this is he speaking to you 129 00:12:59.540 --> 00:13:05.820 when he speaks as he say I see what you're thinking see some of you might be 130 00:13:05.820 --> 00:13:10.060 thinking thoughts and you think you're the only one who knows this and there's no 131 00:13:10.060 --> 00:13:16.980 conviction your thoughts are yours you think they're their secret you think 132 00:13:16.980 --> 00:13:24.100 nobody knows and maybe on earth nobody does know but God knows you see listen 133 00:13:24.100 --> 00:13:29.660 there's no concept of God in your life because God doesn't live in your life 134 00:13:29.660 --> 00:13:35.340 and so you plot and plan sin and you doesn't it doesn't phase you one moment to 135 00:13:35.340 --> 00:13:42.540 the believer and to the person that is being drawn to the Lord there is that fear 136 00:13:42.540 --> 00:13:52.980 of sinning against God but the Bible tells us the honest truth when it says 137 00:13:52.980 --> 00:13:58.020 understand we'll combine these two words when the definition is that previously 138 00:13:58.020 --> 00:14:01.980 God has charged us both you and Gentile that we're all understand this is a 139 00:14:01.980 --> 00:14:05.940 remarkable statement again church I'm giving you pure truth I know all of you 140 00:14:05.940 --> 00:14:09.780 got up early to come today you pecked out the house and I'm not here to abuse 141 00:14:09.780 --> 00:14:15.820 you I'm here to tell you the God honest truth because that's what the Bible says 142 00:14:15.820 --> 00:14:22.700 to us and if we can take it then there's life on the other end of this okay to 143 00:14:22.700 --> 00:14:29.420 be under sin hoopo awesome word hoopo under you guys remember way back in some 144 00:14:29.420 --> 00:14:34.060 book we were studying some back I think it was in Peter the hoopo retes that 145 00:14:34.060 --> 00:14:41.420 the under rower a Roman ship had two sets of rowers they had the rowers on 146 00:14:41.420 --> 00:14:46.180 top and they had the rowers on the bottom and the rowers were slaves or 147 00:14:46.180 --> 00:14:51.100 criminals and wrong would take you if you were condemned if you had physical 148 00:14:51.100 --> 00:14:55.180 capabilities and they would if you didn't they would just kill you or in 149 00:14:55.180 --> 00:15:00.700 slave you to something if you if you had some form of physique they would put 150 00:15:00.700 --> 00:15:05.860 you on one of the Roman galleys and you would be either on the top or the 151 00:15:05.860 --> 00:15:10.940 bottom and you would row and let me tell you they they would sit you know you 152 00:15:10.940 --> 00:15:17.620 know you know two by fours are there are two two by fours spaced four inches 153 00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:25.660 apart and your cheeks your bum BUM would sit on two rails that rail would be 154 00:15:25.660 --> 00:15:33.180 75 feet long and you'd sit there on that and you would row and your naked 155 00:15:33.180 --> 00:15:41.920 below the waist and below you is the other set of rowers and the bottom row is 156 00:15:41.920 --> 00:15:46.580 called the hoopo radies and under rower by the way the Bible tells us that as 157 00:15:46.580 --> 00:15:54.740 this in church we on staff us on staff here to serve you Paul refers to us as 158 00:15:54.740 --> 00:16:00.140 hoopo radies we are under rowers we're not to have a reputation we are not to 159 00:16:00.140 --> 00:16:06.620 have specialties we are not supposed to be above you and you serve us we're 160 00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:14.420 supposed to be down below making sure that you stay afloat this word to be 161 00:16:14.420 --> 00:16:20.580 under meaning to be held under hoopo by hand or by the power of someone else or 162 00:16:20.580 --> 00:16:26.900 something to pin down to be in the grip of and then the word sin is to miss 163 00:16:26.900 --> 00:16:33.820 the mark or to be off course or to be in the wrong trajectory you're being held 164 00:16:33.820 --> 00:16:39.140 down listen sin will hold you down sin pins you down and you have to be 165 00:16:39.140 --> 00:16:44.340 honest the God honest truth is the Bible tells me the truth and whenever sin is 166 00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:47.100 allowed in our lives we have to agree with Paul that pins us down to the ground 167 00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:53.100 and I want to read this to you the imagery is that of someone striving to hit a 168 00:16:53.100 --> 00:17:00.140 target but everything about the effort is hindered and inadequate to fall or to 169 00:17:00.140 --> 00:17:06.100 come up short the lack or to lack the power to hit the target within the time 170 00:17:06.100 --> 00:17:12.700 allowed it thus every time missing the target altogether not even coming 171 00:17:12.700 --> 00:17:21.100 close to be under sin is to never be able to get up above sin apart from 172 00:17:21.100 --> 00:17:24.980 Jesus Christ I'm gonna tell you right now doesn't matter how religious you are 173 00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:28.780 it doesn't matter how many happy points you have it doesn't matter the 174 00:17:28.780 --> 00:17:34.860 heritage of your upbringing unless you're born again by the spirit of God you are 175 00:17:34.860 --> 00:17:43.660 being pinned down by sins in your life that hold you and its grip that's why 176 00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:49.700 Christians Christians air quotes need to wake up and ask this question why is it 177 00:17:49.700 --> 00:17:54.600 that I constantly fall to this sin is that an area of life that you're not 178 00:17:54.600 --> 00:18:00.620 letting Jesus in on if it is you need to let him have control of it or is it 179 00:18:00.620 --> 00:18:05.980 indication that you're not a Christian at all just a very religious person nobody 180 00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:10.780 can determine that but you before God but God wants you to know the truth 181 00:18:10.780 --> 00:18:17.620 Proverbs chapter 14 verse 12 Proverbs 14 verse 12 says there is a way that seems 182 00:18:17.620 --> 00:18:22.420 right to a man but it's end is the way of death see Jack you know wow this is 183 00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:29.900 very brutal this next verse will make you feel better next one Jeremiah 17 184 00:18:29.900 --> 00:18:36.140 Jeremiah 17 verses 9 and 10 the heart is deceitfully the heart is deceitful 185 00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:41.780 above all things God said so I'm just I'm just asking you know you're gonna be 186 00:18:41.780 --> 00:18:52.100 verbal about it just ask yourself is that sure and desperately wicked who could 187 00:18:52.100 --> 00:18:59.700 know it well of course the answer is nobody first tense is I the Lord search the 188 00:18:59.700 --> 00:19:04.260 heart I test the mind even to give to every man according to his ways according 189 00:19:04.260 --> 00:19:14.820 to the fruit of his doing wow so you see the answer is that there is hope when 190 00:19:14.820 --> 00:19:20.020 God's word speaks to us and says there's none that do good man's heart's 191 00:19:20.020 --> 00:19:31.140 wicked he's deceitfully corrupt within it answers truthfully who we are as 192 00:19:31.140 --> 00:19:39.500 humans because God's got the answer the answer to such a generation to such an 193 00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:49.700 individual is God this Jack Hibbs podcast as well as all the broadcasts out 194 00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:54.020 reach opportunities are listener supporting will you consider partnering with 195 00:19:54.020 --> 00:20:00.700 us through a special gift go to jackhibbs.com to learn more and stay connected