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 --> 00:00:09.120 truth, equip the saints, and impact our culture. 3 00:00:09.120 --> 00:00:14.360 What if God should offend me, if I'm walking with Him what blesses Him should 4 00:00:14.360 --> 00:00:20.080 bless me? If God's happy about this I should be happy about it. I may not even 5 00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:27.920 understand it, but God says this is my will. This is what my word is and I must 6 00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:32.520 come to the conclusion. I don't understand how this is going to turn out. I don't 7 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:40.880 see it, but God knows all. And I'm going to trust Him and wait for the end. 8 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:47.640 You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackhibbs.com slash podcast. 9 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:53.040 Today, if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled 10 00:00:53.040 --> 00:00:57.880 life in Christ, then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings. To us, 11 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:03.040 that's like saying amen or yes, then that rating will encourage others to 12 00:01:03.040 --> 00:01:09.800 listen. Now open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you. Here is Jack Hibbs. 13 00:01:09.800 --> 00:01:13.880 The pathology of sin in this day and age in which we live and it's a very 14 00:01:13.880 --> 00:01:17.760 strange thing and what we see what's going on in our world around us. And that is 15 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:22.120 that in the ancient time, first century church, there were the no sticks. Watch 16 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:27.640 this. The no sticks were a group of people who embraced heresy and the heresy was 17 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:36.120 a lot many heresies, but one of them was this. Hey, listen, I believe in God, but 18 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:42.200 here's the cool thing about it. Because I believe in God, I'm good. My body, my 19 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:47.040 physical body, it's just physical and everything physical is bad. Are you listening? 20 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:51.560 This is for real. I can do anything I want with my physical body. It doesn't matter 21 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:58.680 because my it's all sin. But the inside of me says, I'm good. That's called 22 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:05.800 nusticism. Physical is bad. Spiritual is good. I'm a spiritual creature housed 23 00:02:05.800 --> 00:02:15.720 in a physical body. So I can do what I want. And then on Sunday, as forgiveness. And 24 00:02:15.720 --> 00:02:23.080 then started all over again on Monday. That's a form of nusticism. You've divided 25 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:28.640 two things. Listen, no, there are no two things divided. You are literally one in the 26 00:02:28.640 --> 00:02:36.120 same individual. The thing is that this body is now loyal to whatever I yielded to. This 27 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:44.360 makes sense. It's crystal clear. And so we want to make sure that we mark this well 28 00:02:44.360 --> 00:02:50.000 in our lives and understand this well in our lives. Hebrews chapter five, verse 14 says, 29 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:55.600 but solid food belongs to those who are full age or mature. That is, those who by reason 30 00:02:55.600 --> 00:03:02.720 of use have their senses exercised, here it is, to discern both good and evil. God has 31 00:03:02.720 --> 00:03:09.440 called us to discern what is right, what is wrong, what is good, and what is evil. This 32 00:03:09.440 --> 00:03:14.880 is an important thing. The second thing is this church families that we are to stand 33 00:03:14.880 --> 00:03:20.880 in his life. When verse 13 says at the latter end, but if by the spirit, that is the Holy 34 00:03:20.880 --> 00:03:26.360 Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body you will live. And the putting to death of 35 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:30.360 the deeds of our body, church family, is something that you and I as a Christian do with 36 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:40.440 every day of our lives. Every day I get up and I meet me at the mirror or down the hallway 37 00:03:40.440 --> 00:03:46.200 or whatever it is. And what am I supposed to do with me? According to Jesus, I am to present 38 00:03:46.200 --> 00:03:54.200 myself to Him and have that attitude of crucifying my flesh every day. Now I understand that 39 00:03:54.200 --> 00:03:59.080 kind of scripture quote doesn't cause people to come to church next week, but the truth 40 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:03.680 of the matter is, if you want to live a victorious Christian life, we learn this that when 41 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:08.720 you and I have appetites that are offensive to God, whatever those things are, we simply 42 00:04:08.720 --> 00:04:15.960 do this. Lord God, I know that what I tend to do either by desire or by habit is an 43 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:23.320 offense to you. It's sin. It's sin. Lord, I'm asking you to change that in my life. So 44 00:04:23.320 --> 00:04:29.000 hypothetically, are you doing or are you living in a way right now and you claim to know Jesus 45 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:35.120 and maybe you do. But you're allowing this this idol that you've carved and polished and 46 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:43.520 sanded in your life and it's right there and you tend to go to it, especially when the 47 00:04:43.520 --> 00:04:50.960 temptation rises for whatever that might be and you go to it. Do you understand that 48 00:04:50.960 --> 00:04:58.200 he's asking you, give that to me. Many Christians suffer from spiritual development because they 49 00:04:58.200 --> 00:05:02.960 act as though they don't have that issue so they don't talk to God about it like we're 50 00:05:02.960 --> 00:05:12.160 fully in them. If you have a temper problem or maybe it's possessions, bring that issue 51 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:20.280 before you and God and say, God, here it is. It's right there. A woman told me before service, 52 00:05:20.280 --> 00:05:27.560 she says, I'm very prone to being anxious, anxiety. And I said, were you here last Wednesday 53 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:40.240 nights? Wow. She said yes. And I said, remember what Barry McGuire said, no more anxiety. It's 54 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:50.600 to sin. We're not to worry as believers. We're assuming the Godhead, when we worry. Some 55 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:57.080 people think worry some sort of a virtue. No, seriously, I said, well, I'm done if you care. 56 00:05:57.080 --> 00:06:01.320 I'm the only one. I have to carry all of this all by myself. Have you ever heard it? You've 57 00:06:02.320 --> 00:06:10.160 said, come on. What are you doing? You know the old joke. I can't tell a joke. I'm going to miss 58 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:17.520 this one up. But there's a guy who was very, very prone to worry. He went to a psychologist. The 59 00:06:17.520 --> 00:06:21.240 psychologist said, listen, you got to get over this. He gave them all the steps to get over 60 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:26.000 worrying and he just couldn't make it. The guy would come in. His fingernails are almost bloody, 61 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:30.800 bite his stomach sick all the time. The guy's messed up. Visit after. Visit the psychologist. 62 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:35.560 Man, we're just going backwards. You're not getting any better. And then one day he comes in. He's 63 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:40.520 like, he comes in. He sits down. He puts his feet up. Hey, how you doing, doctor? And he says, 64 00:06:40.520 --> 00:06:48.520 what's what's gotten into you? And he goes, well, he goes, I finally clicked. He said, I found 65 00:06:48.520 --> 00:06:53.960 a guy, a neighbor down the street. We're talking. And I told him about seeing you and that I've 66 00:06:53.960 --> 00:06:58.960 been worrying a lot and stuff. And he said, boy, I wish I could help you with that. And he goes, 67 00:06:58.960 --> 00:07:08.600 a thought under my head. He said, if I pay you 50 bucks a week, will you worry for me? And the guy 68 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:18.840 goes, 50 bucks a week? I'll worry for you. And the psychologist said, well, you know, can you 69 00:07:18.840 --> 00:07:24.520 afford that? He goes, no. He goes, what's going to happen when you can't pay the guy? He goes, 70 00:07:24.520 --> 00:07:37.800 I don't know. Let him worry about it. That's good. In a spiritual note, first Peter 5.7 says, cast 71 00:07:37.800 --> 00:07:47.800 all your care upon God because he cares for you. To stand in life. That's the life of God. And 72 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:55.880 there's life in that. The Holy Spirit will not possess you and allow you to live a life that 73 00:07:55.880 --> 00:08:03.560 is not living. He's the life-giving spirit. William Barkley puts it this way. There is a kind of 74 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:09.960 life which leads to death. And there's the kind of death that leads to life. That's a very simple 75 00:08:09.960 --> 00:08:16.040 biblical truth. But the putting to death of these things of our lives, we put them behind. That is 76 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:22.200 by the Holy Spirit. We don't do that. We yield to him and he does it. But we must recognize that. 77 00:08:22.200 --> 00:08:31.000 We must bring it before him. We must bring it out and present it. Whenever, listen, whenever a man 78 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:39.800 is in control, whenever a man is the one calling the shots, man will always frame himself in the 79 00:08:39.800 --> 00:08:48.120 place of God. And when that happens, there's a trail of crimes that are left behind. When man 80 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:55.240 controls, James puts it this way, chapter 4, verse 1, James says, where do wars and fights come 81 00:08:55.240 --> 00:09:00.840 from among you? Think about that. What was the last argument you had? Think about what transpired? 82 00:09:01.560 --> 00:09:08.120 What was going on? Most arguments are absolutely silly. They're not even the point. It's like a 83 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:14.360 spark that lights a fire. And the fire is more of ego in the individuals than it is the actual 84 00:09:14.360 --> 00:09:20.920 issue. I've seen people getting fights over the stupidest things because they want to win. 85 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:26.440 They'll almost create the argument so they can win it. That's the sickness. 86 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:34.200 He says, where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for 87 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:39.720 pleasure that war in your members? You lust and you do not have. You murder and covenant cannot 88 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:46.760 obtain. You fight and war, yet you do not have. James is talking about doing the things that man 89 00:09:46.760 --> 00:09:51.960 seeks to do in his own power. Jesus is inviting you to come and enjoy his life, which is a full 90 00:09:51.960 --> 00:10:00.200 surrender of just quitting and letting him live his life through you. It's very, very powerful. 91 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:06.440 I want to read something to you. I wrote it. If it stinks, I wrote it. If it busses you, then it was from 92 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:15.480 God. There are fools today who seek to separate the life-giving Holy Spirit from their day-to-day 93 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:22.040 thoughts and actions and yet claim to know God. As an example, it is the life-giving Holy Spirit 94 00:10:22.680 --> 00:10:27.560 that is the genesis of the human being. Remember, we're the image bearers of God. Are we not? We've 95 00:10:27.560 --> 00:10:34.840 been creating the image of God. But what has man done with that priority of God? Somebody might say 96 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:42.440 but Pastor Jack, that's offensive to the fool. True. Because the man or woman who sees themselves 97 00:10:42.440 --> 00:10:50.120 as the authority will always leave a wake of destruction and death. May him always follows 98 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:57.240 the absence of God. Destruction, death and mayhem are the fingerprints that Satan leaves behind 99 00:10:57.240 --> 00:11:05.400 at the scene of the crime. The same fool who says, I believe in God, but as an example supports 100 00:11:05.400 --> 00:11:11.560 abortion, has been fully deceived. You think about this for a moment. This is a perfect example. I'm 101 00:11:11.560 --> 00:11:16.200 not making a political statement. You want to frame it as a political statement to make you feel 102 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:22.840 better. I'm not going to let you do that. God, the Holy Spirit, is the God of life. The Christian 103 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:31.960 should be the most lively person in the world. Always, seriously. Don't raise your hand, 104 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:38.120 but let me test you for a second. Don't raise your hand. How many of you believe in God? If you believe 105 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:45.720 in God and the Bible and Christ and what the entire scripture tells us, you should be completely 106 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:55.960 thrilled. That said, when issues about parental authority, freedom, abortion, when those issues come 107 00:11:55.960 --> 00:12:01.960 up, you should be able to enter right into that issue with a biblical worldview. When you show up, 108 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:11.080 you light up the whole issue. And this political group is arguing about this political thing. 109 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:16.280 And when you look at it, it's like, okay, forget the groups. The issue is a God issue. 110 00:12:17.480 --> 00:12:21.960 Should parents have authority over their own children? Do you think for a moment that that's a 111 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:27.560 political issue? Come on, church. Wake up. Do you think that's political? No, you don't, but guess 112 00:12:27.560 --> 00:12:33.880 what? It's too late. It's already been taken from you. Do you hear me? If you like it or not, 113 00:12:33.880 --> 00:12:41.000 if you understand it or not, it's already been taken from you. They've made decisions 114 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:48.200 in the halls of power to redefine parental authority. That should offend you. I tell you what, 115 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:55.960 it offends God. What offends God should offend me? If I'm walking with him, what blesses him should 116 00:12:55.960 --> 00:13:02.440 bless me? If God's happy about this, I should be happy about it. I may not even understand it, 117 00:13:03.400 --> 00:13:10.600 but God says, this is my will. This is what my word is. And I must come to the conclusion. 118 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:16.680 I don't understand how this is going to turn out. I don't see it, but God knows all. 119 00:13:17.560 --> 00:13:23.080 And I'm going to trust him and wait for the end. That's the best part about getting older. 120 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:30.040 Seriously, no joke. You become a Christian and you get older? It's awesome. Listen, 121 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:36.520 it's not that true. It's truer. True is true. But you get to experience more truth. 122 00:13:38.040 --> 00:13:46.120 And you see God move more. Incredible. To live his life. That's his desire for you and I. 123 00:13:46.680 --> 00:13:52.840 And when he says, put the death. Isn't that violent? It is violent. The word put the death in 124 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:58.920 Greek. It's three words in English put to death, but it's one. It's that to mortify, to cause 125 00:13:58.920 --> 00:14:04.600 death to occur. Listen, the Bible says about how you should treat you and I should treat me 126 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:11.400 is to cause death to occur. That sounds kind of final. That's the point. Yes. 127 00:14:12.520 --> 00:14:17.480 To have put something to death or someone to death, but the thing is me. 128 00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:24.840 I'm to read the word and say, God, your word is speaking to me. I need to mark this verse and 129 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:30.040 then I pray. You know, you guys listen, I know, listen, we're all the same. We're the same 130 00:14:30.040 --> 00:14:35.720 in this way. You say, you say, I'm going to get up tomorrow morning. I'm going to pray. 131 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:40.600 And then you get up and you go to pray and you're like, it's like a block wall. You notice that? 132 00:14:41.160 --> 00:14:46.120 It's just like, it's tough. Hey, here's how you break that. Dive into chapter one 133 00:14:48.040 --> 00:14:53.400 of any book of the Bible seriously and start reading and there's going to be a verse that 134 00:14:53.400 --> 00:15:03.480 stops you. Circle it. Pray it. Pray that scripture. Think about it. Meditate on it. Watch the prayer 135 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:11.560 start and you'll be shocked to see how in the world can Genesis, you know, 118 apply to my life 136 00:15:11.560 --> 00:15:20.760 today and it will. Pray the word of God and that word that gets in us, transforms us from the 137 00:15:20.760 --> 00:15:26.920 inside out. You already know all this. In John chapter 1, verse 12, John chapter 1, verse 12, 138 00:15:26.920 --> 00:15:32.760 the Bible says, but as many as receive him to them gave he the right. Some of your 139 00:15:32.760 --> 00:15:39.720 Bible say the word power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, who were 140 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:46.040 born not of blood. Well, we're all born of blood, but he's saying that's not the point. 141 00:15:46.520 --> 00:15:54.680 You're not going to go to heaven by being a blue blood, a royal. It's not your DNA. 142 00:15:57.880 --> 00:16:04.600 Nor the will of the flesh. That's man's decision-making. Nope. Nor the will of man, but of God. 143 00:16:05.640 --> 00:16:12.360 That verse 12 says that God has given you and I the power to become children of God, the right, 144 00:16:13.160 --> 00:16:18.200 to become children of God. That's a strong statement, church, but to as many as received him, 145 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:23.160 do you guys see that on the wall on the screen? Have you ever received Christ for real? Have you 146 00:16:23.160 --> 00:16:29.640 ever done that? Have you ever said, God, I'm receiving you now into my life. I'm going to ask you 147 00:16:29.640 --> 00:16:33.880 to bow your head all of this now. Nobody moves. I know I'm ending early, but that doesn't give you 148 00:16:34.680 --> 00:16:43.160 parking lot privileges. Don't move. Escher's locked the doors. I want those of you who are 149 00:16:43.160 --> 00:16:47.880 believers to be praying. There may be a man or woman boy or girl around you who may not know the 150 00:16:47.880 --> 00:16:52.200 Lord. Don't interrupt them. They may be thinking right now and you step right on their toe. I'm 151 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:59.160 serious. It's happened. Don't move. Pray. We need you. But if right now you're saying, 152 00:16:59.400 --> 00:17:07.720 Jack in my life, I think I'm more of a religionist than I am one of a relationship with the Almighty God. 153 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:16.200 And I want to know Jesus Christ personally. I want to know about this power to stand in his debt 154 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:28.600 and to be freed by that debt, to live the rest of my life indebted to his love, 155 00:17:28.600 --> 00:17:37.720 indebted to his care. And I also want to know real life. I have pursued men, women, 156 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:47.160 money, drugs, power, position, place. I've acquired this or that. And I have no life. 157 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:56.680 I keep going for the next golden ring. And now I've got bags of them. 158 00:17:59.320 --> 00:18:08.680 And I have nothing. But today, maybe today that's you in some way, shape or form, that's you today. 159 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:13.320 I'm going to ask you as we sing this song. I'm going to ask you to come forward and I'm going to pray 160 00:18:13.320 --> 00:18:19.000 for you. I know that's terrifying, but it's only you and Jesus right now. 161 00:18:21.800 --> 00:18:28.280 If you want today to receive Christ as Lord and Savior and or rededicate your life to him now, 162 00:18:28.280 --> 00:18:34.040 as we sing this song, you come and stand in front of the stage on the floor and I'll lead 163 00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:37.640 you in a prayer, but you come right now. 164 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:46.840 This Jack Hibbs podcast as well as all the broadcast outreach opportunities are 165 00:18:46.840 --> 00:18:54.520 listener supported. Will you consider partnering with us through a special gift? Go to jackhibbs.com 166 00:18:54.520 --> 00:18:57.720 to learn more and stay connected.