WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.840 Real life presents the Jack Hibbs podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim 2 00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:09.320 truth, equip the saints, and impact our culture. 3 00:00:09.320 --> 00:00:14.780 Every day you get up and you reckon yourself crucified with Christ and the 4 00:00:14.780 --> 00:00:19.180 moment your thought begins to wonder, grab hold of that thought, give it back to 5 00:00:19.180 --> 00:00:23.100 God and say, Lord, that was crucified at the cross. That's not me anymore. 6 00:00:23.100 --> 00:00:26.900 I don't want anything to do with it. The life that I now live, I live by faith in 7 00:00:26.900 --> 00:00:33.620 the Son of God who died, gave him so for me. And that's how you live. 8 00:00:35.020 --> 00:00:41.380 You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackhibbs.com slash podcast. 9 00:00:41.380 --> 00:00:46.780 Today, if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled 10 00:00:46.780 --> 00:00:51.660 life in Christ, then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings. To us, 11 00:00:51.660 --> 00:00:57.180 that's like saying, amen or yes, then that rating will encourage others to listen. 12 00:00:57.180 --> 00:01:02.780 Now, open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you. Here is Jack Hibbs. 13 00:01:02.780 --> 00:01:07.740 The Bible here goes on to tell us that who is he who condemns it is Christ who died. 14 00:01:07.740 --> 00:01:14.140 Absolutely incredible. This is deep stuff. So when it mentions to us about being 15 00:01:14.140 --> 00:01:19.580 charged with some wrong or being condemned by somebody, the answer that it's 16 00:01:19.660 --> 00:01:26.860 all in Christ, it's all in him. But touched on this two weeks ago, one more time again, 17 00:01:26.860 --> 00:01:33.340 in an eschatological or prophetic sense church, remember this. This is going to become 18 00:01:33.340 --> 00:01:40.860 very relevant and very, very encouraging to those of the future. And when I think about that, 19 00:01:40.860 --> 00:01:45.340 I think about the seven year tribulation period that according to the book of Revelation and the 20 00:01:45.340 --> 00:01:52.620 book of Daniel and the book of Matthew and the book of Mark and the book of Luke is still yet 21 00:01:52.620 --> 00:02:01.900 coming. It's still in the future. That during that period of time, remember, God is going to call 22 00:02:01.900 --> 00:02:11.020 out of the world. He's going to awaken 12,000 Jewish men who speak Hebrew who are virgins 23 00:02:11.100 --> 00:02:20.700 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel. Now, nobody knows where the 12 tribes of Israel are at. 24 00:02:20.700 --> 00:02:25.660 Nobody. So I just read a guy's book, he knows. No, he just sold you a book and snuckered you. 25 00:02:26.860 --> 00:02:37.820 Nobody knows but God. Where's the lost tribes? They're not lost. God knows exactly where they are. 26 00:02:38.780 --> 00:02:45.260 And the Bible says that he's going to call 12,000 from each tribe, 144,000, 27 00:02:46.940 --> 00:02:55.020 Jewish males, Hebrew speaking, evangelists who are virgins. Can you imagine? You think Billy 28 00:02:55.020 --> 00:03:02.620 Graham reached billions of people? Can you imagine having 144,000? Billy grams are better than that. 29 00:03:02.620 --> 00:03:07.820 Can you imagine 144,000 Paul the Apostles turned loose and maybe they even have the internet 30 00:03:07.820 --> 00:03:13.580 at their disposal? Imagine that. They preached the gospel during the Tribulation period and John 31 00:03:13.580 --> 00:03:19.340 said the magnitude and multitude of people who get saved from their preaching, nobody could number 32 00:03:19.340 --> 00:03:28.380 them. Wow, that's awesome. And those two, as we've mentioned before, they will be part of God's 33 00:03:28.380 --> 00:03:34.300 elect, your God's elect. We talked about this before, Daniel and David is of God's elect. 34 00:03:36.860 --> 00:03:44.300 God's chosen. But God's chosen will always be attacked. It's okay, everybody. 35 00:03:46.620 --> 00:03:53.180 We need to get Spurgeon said in agreement with Jesus when Jesus says I need you to be as gentlest 36 00:03:53.260 --> 00:04:00.220 doves, right? Be as gentle as the doves, but as wise as a serpent. You know, that's a brilliant 37 00:04:00.220 --> 00:04:06.140 statement. Once the last time you stepped on a snake, they don't even have any legs. And they 38 00:04:06.140 --> 00:04:11.900 don't want to be seen. Now, don't walk around Chino Hills in the springtime or summer. We got some 39 00:04:11.900 --> 00:04:17.740 of the biggest rattlesnakes in the nation. I mean, they're huge, but they don't want you. 40 00:04:18.540 --> 00:04:25.100 No. And most of the time you walk around, you know, we'll see a couple each year, but we, 41 00:04:25.100 --> 00:04:32.860 well, you know, it was like, we act like they're going to jump, but it's like 20 feet away and it's 42 00:04:32.860 --> 00:04:39.180 like, there's one. But notice how smart they are. You rarely see them. They hide out. Again, 43 00:04:39.180 --> 00:04:47.260 once it was time you stepped on a snake. Jesus said and implies they're very wise to be able to 44 00:04:48.060 --> 00:04:54.220 stay out of the way like that. You need to be like that, Jesus said. Not stay out of the way in the 45 00:04:54.220 --> 00:05:04.220 sense of, we need to be wise and as harmless as a dove, Charles Spurgeon put it this way. You 46 00:05:04.220 --> 00:05:13.340 need to have the heart of a heart of a dove and Spurgeon said in the skin of a rhino. Isn't that great? 47 00:05:14.300 --> 00:05:20.380 We need to get our skin toughened up people in our, in our Christianity. Somebody criticizes us 48 00:05:20.380 --> 00:05:27.100 and we wither. Do you not know that you're a bloodbought child of the living God? You're on your way 49 00:05:27.100 --> 00:05:31.820 to heaven. God will see to it. You've been purchased by the blood of Jesus Christ and Jesus 50 00:05:31.820 --> 00:05:37.340 doesn't have any recalls. He doesn't have any, he doesn't have any, we've got to call that one 51 00:05:37.340 --> 00:05:43.100 back, this one broke. Listen, he purchased you at the cross. You've come to him. You've given 52 00:05:43.100 --> 00:05:49.660 your life to him and it's up to him to get you into heaven. Guess what? He's going to do it. 53 00:05:50.460 --> 00:05:55.740 So we need to get toughened up a little bit and not be so sensitive that when the world says something 54 00:05:56.700 --> 00:06:02.540 because they're going to be really, really getting loud. Little do they know we love them. They just 55 00:06:02.540 --> 00:06:08.300 don't understand real love. We want them with us in heaven if they would only listen. 56 00:06:10.220 --> 00:06:17.740 But we're under attack and in Revelation chapter 12 verse 10, Revelation 12 10 begins by saying, 57 00:06:17.740 --> 00:06:22.940 John says, I heard a voice, a loud voice saying in heaven, now salvation and strength 58 00:06:23.740 --> 00:06:33.820 and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ have come. For the accuser, I've always 59 00:06:33.820 --> 00:06:40.460 argued in my mind, the accuser, A, should be capitalized. It's speaking about a person, 60 00:06:41.340 --> 00:06:49.100 the accuser of our brethren who accused them before our God day and night. How many of you are 61 00:06:49.180 --> 00:06:55.820 of the brethren? How many of you are a child of God? Raise your hand. How many of you know that you're 62 00:06:55.820 --> 00:07:00.940 going to, you're going, you're born again. You're going to have it. Then why, why did it take you so 63 00:07:00.940 --> 00:07:12.300 long to answer the first two questions? Satan is accusing always accusing. Look, 64 00:07:13.020 --> 00:07:22.300 for the accuser of our brethren who accuses them before our God day and night, he has been cast 65 00:07:22.300 --> 00:07:28.940 down. And they, listen to this, these are the saints on the earth at the time of the tribulation 66 00:07:28.940 --> 00:07:38.140 period. So Satan is booted out of having the ability, this may shock some of you, but according 67 00:07:38.140 --> 00:07:45.180 to the Bible, God allows Lucifer to have access to the throne of God even to this moment. 68 00:07:46.380 --> 00:07:50.940 And yet it's, I hope he can't hear this next part, I tell you guys. 69 00:07:52.860 --> 00:07:56.060 You know everything that you, you did wrong yesterday? 70 00:07:56.220 --> 00:08:00.700 Haven't already knows about it. Did you know that? 71 00:08:04.940 --> 00:08:14.700 Louis, Louis Lucifer already ratted you out. God, did you see what Susan did? Did you see what Mike 72 00:08:14.700 --> 00:08:27.660 did? He's accusing the believer. The Bible tells us in the tribulation period he's going to get 73 00:08:27.660 --> 00:08:34.140 booted. God's going to punt and he's going to, and it's going to be a little red ball with horns on 74 00:08:34.140 --> 00:08:42.220 it. And he's, he gets ejected from accusing. And the Bible says that he's going to be cast to the 75 00:08:42.220 --> 00:08:48.220 earth. But look what happens. He accuses the brother and day and night, verse 11, and they 76 00:08:48.220 --> 00:08:56.460 overcame him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love 77 00:08:56.460 --> 00:09:01.740 their lives to the death. In other words, they followed Christ all the way through. These are the 78 00:09:01.740 --> 00:09:08.300 tribulation saints and certainly the 144,000. Therefore rejoice, oh heavens, and you who dwell in 79 00:09:08.300 --> 00:09:14.700 them, woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea for the devil has come down to you having 80 00:09:14.700 --> 00:09:24.300 great wrath because he knows that he has a short time. Accuser, accuser, accuser. Just a side note, 81 00:09:24.300 --> 00:09:30.460 we need to be careful as brothers and sisters, we better be careful that we don't get into that habit 82 00:09:30.460 --> 00:09:36.860 of accusing our brothers and sisters of things. If we love them, we'll call them out on something. 83 00:09:36.860 --> 00:09:43.580 And we don't have to call them out on Facebook. That's a sin. And by the way, don't, 84 00:09:43.580 --> 00:09:48.940 don't do this either because you're a coward and you won't go talk to the person. Don't go tell 85 00:09:48.940 --> 00:09:55.260 three of your best friend, Christians. You know, you know what what Karen did. She said this and 86 00:09:55.260 --> 00:10:03.100 it was really bad. So you know, we need to pray for her. Stop. You just did something worse than 87 00:10:03.180 --> 00:10:10.940 Karen did. Did you know that what you just sinned a royal sin? You took something that you knew 88 00:10:10.940 --> 00:10:19.420 and only you knew about Karen. Then you went over here and you defiled three people who didn't know 89 00:10:19.420 --> 00:10:27.260 a thing about it. And the Bible says that you are a tail bearer. It's another word for gossip or 90 00:10:27.260 --> 00:10:37.740 a slander. Did you know that one of Satan's names is the slander? Don't fall for that. Don't 91 00:10:37.740 --> 00:10:43.500 accuse your brothers and sisters. If you see them in a sin, what does the Bible say? Go along to them. 92 00:10:44.460 --> 00:10:46.460 Love them and say, you ought not to be doing that. 93 00:10:46.700 --> 00:10:57.900 Satan's great at accusing us. Colossians 1, verse 21. Colossians 1, 21 says, 94 00:10:59.580 --> 00:11:08.380 and you who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now he has reconciled 95 00:11:08.940 --> 00:11:13.740 in the body of his flesh through the through death to present you holy. Look at this. 96 00:11:14.300 --> 00:11:21.740 To present you and I holy and blameless and above reproach where it matters in his sight. 97 00:11:22.940 --> 00:11:33.100 Wow. Good news. Thank God. Ephesians 2 1, and you he made alive who were dead and trespasses and 98 00:11:33.100 --> 00:11:38.460 sins in which you once walked according to the course of this world. Remember that old life of 99 00:11:38.540 --> 00:11:44.300 yours according to the prince of the power of the air. That's another title of Satan. The spirit 100 00:11:44.300 --> 00:11:50.700 who now works in the sons of disobedience among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the 101 00:11:50.700 --> 00:11:57.900 lust of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind and whereby nature children 102 00:11:57.900 --> 00:12:04.300 of wrath just as the others. Wow. Church, can you handle that? That the Bible says apart from 103 00:12:04.300 --> 00:12:11.580 Christ we are children of wrath. That's what the Bible says. This is truth. We need him. Isaiah 104 00:12:11.580 --> 00:12:21.820 chapter 50 verse 8, Isaiah 50 verse 8 says, he is near who justifies me. Wow. Who will contend with me? 105 00:12:22.860 --> 00:12:29.900 Let us stand together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near me. Surely the Lord God will help me. 106 00:12:30.540 --> 00:12:37.980 Who is he who will condemn me? What do you hear the confidence in that? The boldness in that, 107 00:12:37.980 --> 00:12:43.260 the beauty in that. And here's how. You might say, Jack, all this is great, but how does it happen? 108 00:12:43.980 --> 00:12:49.420 This is how it happens. Galatians chapter 2 verse 20, you all know this. People have this on 109 00:12:49.420 --> 00:12:55.100 their Bibles. People have this everywhere and it's awesome. Galatians 2 verse 20. This is how you 110 00:12:55.660 --> 00:13:01.340 do this. So God declares you and I righteous. He declares you and I innocent. He declares you and I 111 00:13:01.340 --> 00:13:08.220 dead to our past. He declares you and I alive in his son Jesus now. So how do I live? I'm going to 112 00:13:08.220 --> 00:13:17.260 act it out for you. First of all, it says Galatians 2 20, I have been crucified with Christ. It is 113 00:13:17.260 --> 00:13:23.740 no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by 114 00:13:23.740 --> 00:13:30.300 faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. One of the greatest passages of 115 00:13:30.300 --> 00:13:40.380 Scripture. Incredible doctrine here, but watch this. How has that lived out like this? I'm walking 116 00:13:40.380 --> 00:13:47.820 along and I trip over this thing that you left there. I thought you picked it up. I just told you, 117 00:13:47.820 --> 00:13:53.180 can you pick that thing up before we go? Yeah, I'll get it. And so I'm getting the keys and I got my 118 00:13:53.180 --> 00:14:00.620 coffee. We're all heading out and I'm going like this and boom. Everything goes everywhere. I look 119 00:14:00.620 --> 00:14:14.620 at it. I look at you and I tell you various weaknesses that you have. And I critique your 120 00:14:15.420 --> 00:14:28.700 listening and follow through abilities. And then I get up and I realize, listen, I shouldn't have 121 00:14:28.700 --> 00:14:38.380 said that to you. That was wrong of me. I ask you to forgive me. And whoever that person is in 122 00:14:39.100 --> 00:14:45.180 your imagination right now, your kid, your wife, your husband, the dog, whoever it is, and they say 123 00:14:45.180 --> 00:14:52.060 up, no, I'm sorry for not picking it up. You're right. No, no, for what I said, I'm sorry for that. 124 00:14:53.660 --> 00:15:04.540 Please forgive me. I forgive you. Awesome. Let's go. No watch. See, watch my face. Awesome. Great. 125 00:15:04.540 --> 00:15:10.700 Okay, let's go. Let's go. Wait, get the car. I'm going to get another cup of coffee. But let's go. 126 00:15:10.700 --> 00:15:17.900 Let's go have a great time. You know, that's what that verse means. You know what you and I do? 127 00:15:17.900 --> 00:15:26.460 We don't apply that verse. We read it. But here's what we do. We fall over the thing. The coffee 128 00:15:26.460 --> 00:15:33.820 goes everywhere. We yell at the cat and bite the dog and ruin the whole thing. And then all day long, 129 00:15:33.820 --> 00:15:45.100 what do you want? I'm sure. What? No. Let's just go home. And you are you're you're all messed up. 130 00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:51.900 And what has happened? You have allowed life 131 00:15:54.940 --> 00:16:02.940 to seize the moment. You mishandled it. You sin in it. And then instead of recognizing that you've 132 00:16:02.940 --> 00:16:08.620 been crucified with Christ, but nevertheless, you live because Christ lives in you now. It means 133 00:16:09.420 --> 00:16:16.460 that what just happened needs to be forgiven. And when it's forgiven, you get up with joy and you move. 134 00:16:17.900 --> 00:16:23.020 I'm at put it this way. Imagine Peter and Paul. They're getting ready to preach the gospel. They're 135 00:16:23.020 --> 00:16:28.780 in Jerusalem. Paul, are you ready? I'm ready. What portion of scripture are you going to go to? 136 00:16:28.780 --> 00:16:32.700 Jeremiah? What do you think you're going to do? Is it going to be Zechial in this one? What? 137 00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:36.940 Peter, leave me alone. I don't know yet. I'm thinking about it. You know, Peter is just like, 138 00:16:36.940 --> 00:16:42.300 well, I need to know. No, you don't need to know. I'm thinking, will you pray? Come on. So Paul's 139 00:16:42.300 --> 00:16:48.380 thinking and Peter keeps poking and Paul turns to him and says, will you keep your mouth shot? 140 00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:51.660 You bid, dumb fisherman. You get out of the way. 141 00:16:56.540 --> 00:17:02.700 And the band stops playing and it's time for Paul to come out. 142 00:17:04.780 --> 00:17:08.780 And there's an awkward moment because Paul has to stop. 143 00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:16.540 Peter, come here. Peter, sorry. You know, Peter was huge. Peter. 144 00:17:18.700 --> 00:17:27.100 That was the old Paul that did that. That's how I used to be. Actually, I used to be worse than that. 145 00:17:27.100 --> 00:17:35.580 But anyway, that was the old Paul. And the new Paul is the one that's apologizing to you right now. 146 00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:39.580 And so I'm crucifying the old Paul. 147 00:17:40.540 --> 00:17:49.100 And you know about it, Peter, because I'm asking you to forgive me. And Peter says, I'll heck, 148 00:17:49.100 --> 00:17:55.980 I do that 100 times a day. And Peter turns to him and says, go out there and give him Jesus. 149 00:17:57.180 --> 00:18:01.420 And then listen, the curtain opens. Obviously, I'm exaggerating. I don't I'm sure Paul didn't have 150 00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:07.580 a curtain. But you see, I'm saying Paul goes out there and preaches an incredibly powerful 151 00:18:07.580 --> 00:18:13.580 anointed message. People get saved or a riot starts. You never know with Paul. Something happens 152 00:18:13.580 --> 00:18:22.380 and the power of God is there. And what just happened? The Christian life. That's what just happened. 153 00:18:23.580 --> 00:18:27.180 Every day you get up and you reckon yourself crucified with Christ. 154 00:18:28.780 --> 00:18:33.980 And the moment your thought begins to wonder, grab hold of that thought, give it back to God and say, 155 00:18:33.980 --> 00:18:38.140 Lord, that was crucified at the cross. That's not me anymore. I don't want anything to do with it. 156 00:18:39.020 --> 00:18:43.580 The life that I now live, I live by faith in the Son of God who died gave himself for me. 157 00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:45.900 And that's how you live. 158 00:18:48.300 --> 00:18:54.540 Crucified with Christ, radical statement, but a biblical truth. We've talked about the crucifixion, 159 00:18:54.540 --> 00:19:00.700 but listen, thank God it doesn't end there. 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