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 --> 00:00:10.600 truth, equip the saints, and impact our culture. When we are of the same mind, 3 00:00:10.600 --> 00:00:15.180 it means, for example, every single one of us have the same thought because we 4 00:00:15.180 --> 00:00:19.680 know the Bible that it is this. I need to have more compassion and I need to know 5 00:00:19.680 --> 00:00:23.640 how to weep with that person who's weeping. Why I need to know how to rejoice 6 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:27.840 properly when that person's rejoicing. Why do we all think that way? Because we're 7 00:00:27.840 --> 00:00:33.520 of the same mind. How do that happen? Because we read God's Word. 8 00:00:35.240 --> 00:00:41.640 You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackhibbs.com slash podcast. 9 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:47.040 Today, if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled 10 00:00:47.040 --> 00:00:51.920 life in Christ, then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings. To us, 11 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:57.480 that's like saying amen or yes. Then that rating will encourage others to listen. 12 00:00:58.040 --> 00:01:02.920 Now, open your hearts to what God's Word has to say to you. Here is Jack Hibbs. 13 00:01:04.120 --> 00:01:11.320 Self-focused destroys lives. Destroy friendships. Destroy marriages. Rejoice with 14 00:01:11.320 --> 00:01:16.040 those who rejoice. And the word says, and weep with those who weep. Now, some might say, 15 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:20.520 well, it's easier to weep with those who weep than to rejoice with those who rejoice. It just depends. 16 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:29.000 When it says weep here, it actually simply means exactly that, but it means to weep in the sense 17 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:34.840 of you have empathy for them. You have knowledge or you're understanding what they're going through. 18 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:39.560 And so it doesn't watch everyone. Listen, in the days of Jesus in the first century, 19 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:47.800 if you had a funeral going on and you really love that person, if you had the money, 20 00:01:47.800 --> 00:01:53.640 you could hire professional mourners. It was actually a real job. Can you imagine 21 00:01:55.160 --> 00:02:01.720 that somebody could cry loud enough and so fake enough that it looks so real. It's like AI 22 00:02:02.360 --> 00:02:09.160 2,000 years ago where, hey, yeah, listen, so my wife just died. I loved her immensely. She was 23 00:02:09.160 --> 00:02:15.080 amazing. So I'd like to buy, you know, I'd like to rent 200 mourners. Can you guys come and 24 00:02:15.160 --> 00:02:21.240 really, I mean, listen, I'll tip you extra big if you really, really cry loud. Yeah, you got it. 25 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:26.280 We'll be right there. Can you imagine? They pull up, you know, all these black donkeys pull up 26 00:02:27.480 --> 00:02:31.960 and they get out and they get out and they say, where do you want us to stand? No, just stand right 27 00:02:32.200 --> 00:02:47.400 here. Okay, you're on the clock now. Go. That's not the word. The word for the believer is to 28 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:54.600 weep with those who weep because we've stopped focusing on ourself enough to get inside their skin. 29 00:02:54.600 --> 00:03:12.280 And to be able to say meaning it, I feel, I feel this, I feel what you're going through. Sometimes 30 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:22.120 this doesn't be careful. When someone is mopping up the suicide of their teenager, don't show up 31 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:29.880 and say, I understand how you feel. Just don't do that. Just cry. You understand what I'm saying? 32 00:03:31.480 --> 00:03:37.000 Don't show up and say, you know, all of us go through difficulties in life. It'd be best for you 33 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:44.280 to stay home. There's a time when the grief reaches a point where there's only tears, there's only 34 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:51.160 weeping. You've been, you've been gutted. There's no more air left in your lungs and you don't want 35 00:03:51.160 --> 00:04:01.640 to hear a voice. You just have brothers or sisters in Christ that are weeping with you. 36 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:10.920 And the Bible says weep with those who weep. And I don't know about you, but maybe I'll confess it 37 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:17.480 for myself. There's times when I'm hearing what's going on and I have to ask God, Lord, you have to 38 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:22.120 soften my heart. This is the fourth time I've heard this this week. You hear what I'm saying, 39 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:26.520 everybody? I'm telling you right now. Don't raise your hand, but if you are a doctor or a nurse, 40 00:04:26.520 --> 00:04:35.480 if you're a caregiver, if you are a police officer or a judge, the danger is that or pastor in 41 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:43.160 ministry. The danger is that you can be tempted to treat every so to speak case the same. Then 42 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:49.560 none of them are the same. But when we live in a world where we begin to, well, I need to, I need 43 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:53.560 to protect myself so to speak in this situation. It's a fourth time I've heard it this week. I'm 44 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:58.840 not going to let it get into me. That's when it's time for you to retire. Time doesn't allow us to 45 00:04:58.840 --> 00:05:04.280 go through the scriptures on how many times the Bible tells us that Jesus wept. He wept at the 46 00:05:04.280 --> 00:05:11.160 tomb of Lazarus. He wept. The Bible tells us that Jesus seen the multitude, that they were tired 47 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:17.160 and hungry, was moved, the Bible says. And the word in Greek means that his bowels. He was, it 48 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:23.640 wasn't his heart. It wasn't in his thighs. The word used in the Greek languages, Jesus's bowels 49 00:05:23.640 --> 00:05:30.920 were grieved to wear his actual physical stomach was churning because he saw them hurting. 50 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:37.080 This is the Jesus of the Bible. When you're hurting, he wants to weep with you. Listen, 51 00:05:37.080 --> 00:05:42.760 there's a supernatural stupidity about us. We think when we're hurt or that when we're hurting that 52 00:05:42.760 --> 00:05:52.440 God doesn't care and he's far from us, the exact opposite is true. He's there. And when was the 53 00:05:52.440 --> 00:05:57.160 last time you thought that Jesus is weeping with you when you weep? And he weeps. 54 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:07.160 In the Bible goes on to tell us regarding self-focus. How do we heal that up? Verse 16 says that we 55 00:06:07.160 --> 00:06:12.840 be of the same mind toward one another. And now that's impossible unless we're all in the same book. 56 00:06:14.520 --> 00:06:19.320 The Bible says the Bible has been given for us for the renewing of our minds. 57 00:06:19.400 --> 00:06:29.080 The Christian community works the best when it's Bible saturated. We think Bible together. Isn't 58 00:06:29.080 --> 00:06:34.760 amazing. When we are of the same mind, it means, for example, every single one of us have the same 59 00:06:34.760 --> 00:06:40.120 thought because we know the Bible that it is this. I need to have more compassion and I need to 60 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:45.160 know how to weep with that person who's weeping. Why I need to know how to rejoice properly when 61 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:49.960 that person's rejoicing. Why do we all think that way? Because we're of the same mind. How do 62 00:06:49.960 --> 00:06:58.360 that happen? Because we read God's word. It's beautiful. And then that word say, my means exactly 63 00:06:58.360 --> 00:07:08.520 what it says to understand in such a way, to see things from the same angle. Imagine if, imagine if 64 00:07:08.520 --> 00:07:19.640 today the church in America alone began to think Bible thoughts of the same mind, the church would 65 00:07:19.640 --> 00:07:27.240 be instantly, instantly, a force to be reckoned with for good. And then when he says to be of the same 66 00:07:27.240 --> 00:07:33.960 mind toward one another, this is a beautiful word. The word toward, it's so cool. Have this mind 67 00:07:33.960 --> 00:07:39.240 toward your Christian brothers and sisters, which means listen, what if your daughter, what if 68 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:43.080 your sons are Christian, what if your mom and dad are Christians? They are your brothers and sisters 69 00:07:43.080 --> 00:07:49.000 in Christ. And it is this have your mind toward them, meaning the word means to have your mind 70 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:56.520 behind them on the side of them and ahead of them. You encompass them. Have this mind thinking 71 00:07:56.600 --> 00:08:05.160 about them, that Lord? I'm praying for them. I'm rejoicing with them. I'm weeping with them. 72 00:08:06.200 --> 00:08:12.200 And many times we have to say, Lord, bring me into that relationship. Bring me into that moment 73 00:08:12.200 --> 00:08:20.120 where I can live this out because this is your will. So you and I are to be witnesses in this day 74 00:08:20.120 --> 00:08:27.560 and age like never before. And James 4 verse 1 says, where do wars? Wow, he's speaking to believers. 75 00:08:28.200 --> 00:08:33.960 Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that 76 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:42.280 war and your members? Think of that alone. According to Bible, every single word battle angst issue 77 00:08:42.280 --> 00:08:49.560 in both brother, church, sister, Christian, home, life, family. The Bible says, where is this, 78 00:08:49.560 --> 00:08:56.200 why is this happening in your home? The Bible says, I'll tell you why because somebody, maybe all 79 00:08:56.200 --> 00:09:01.560 of them or someone has got this selfish desire for pleasure, whatever that pleasure might be, 80 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:13.480 to exhaust, spend, even destroy your neighbor, your family, the church so that you can have it your 81 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:20.680 way. This is powerful. And James says, where do these wars and fights come from? Do they not come 82 00:09:20.680 --> 00:09:26.760 from your desire for pleasure that war and your members? That is your body? You less than you do not 83 00:09:26.760 --> 00:09:35.000 have. You murder yikes and covet and cannot obtain you fight and war, remarkable. He's talking 84 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:44.920 to the church, yikes. Self. Scripture goes on also to say in 1 Corinthians 12 verse 26, if one 85 00:09:44.920 --> 00:09:50.760 member suffers, all the members suffer with it or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice 86 00:09:51.160 --> 00:09:58.280 with it. That's what we're to be like as brothers and sisters. You look at, I love the fact that this 87 00:09:58.280 --> 00:10:05.160 holds no bounds in the sense that with all the devastation that's happened in Southern California, 88 00:10:08.040 --> 00:10:12.680 when you go to these locations and when you meet up with people, how many times are you 89 00:10:13.400 --> 00:10:17.560 not even realizing until later that you're talking to a fellow brother or sister in Christ, 90 00:10:17.560 --> 00:10:21.880 Jesus, that just had their home burned to the ground or swept away. It's amazing. 91 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:29.800 And you connect with them and the things of the spirit and there's this unity, 92 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:37.000 because you're all feeding from the same book in the family of God and there's this 93 00:10:38.280 --> 00:10:44.600 focusing upon others. He goes on in verse 16, this is, do not set your mind on high things, 94 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:50.520 but associate with the humble. This is a beautiful statement, do not set, don't anchor your mind 95 00:10:50.520 --> 00:10:56.920 upon high things. The word high things means this, things that are lofty. Now, hang on to your seats, 96 00:10:56.920 --> 00:11:03.080 everybody. It's going to get tough. It means as a believer, do not set your mind on things that are 97 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:09.240 extravagant, lofty, high shelf. We would say things like this and maybe you can help me out, 98 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:15.480 things like we would say gourmet, things that are reserved. It's kind of funny, again, 99 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:21.320 because I'm traveling all these airport analogies are in my head. You're standing there, 100 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:27.800 everybody looks the same at the gate. And then the announcer, I mean the flight attendant says, 101 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:37.320 we're ready to board now for all of our platinum members. First class, basically they're saying 102 00:11:37.400 --> 00:11:44.120 all the people who have been successful in life, the awesome people can get on first. I get it. 103 00:11:45.880 --> 00:11:49.880 That's how they make their money to fly these planes. They're charging these people through the nose. 104 00:11:51.320 --> 00:12:02.440 And then they let us on. And that's just that's the way that it is. But if you're in my group, 105 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:08.680 in coach and you're looking ahead to the first class people and you're saying, wow, those people 106 00:12:08.680 --> 00:12:16.120 really, I mean those people, that's something. Okay, first of all, don't do that. You know what's 107 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:22.760 worse than that? To be those in the first class group saying, excuse me, please, excuse me. 108 00:12:23.400 --> 00:12:33.720 You know, excuse me, I'm coming. They've called all platinum members. First class, excuse me. 109 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:40.760 The Bible says you better not be thinking like that. Look, even if you're flying first class, 110 00:12:40.760 --> 00:12:47.720 you better not be thinking like that. Wow. In the church, and you know what's cool about this at 111 00:12:47.720 --> 00:12:55.160 the writing of this in the Roman Empire, slaves were the biggest number group in the church in the 112 00:12:55.160 --> 00:13:01.160 first century. But there were also middle class enriched people. Look, honestly, in the first 113 00:13:01.160 --> 00:13:07.800 century it was poor. And there was aristocracy or there was the high shelf. And they were getting saved. 114 00:13:07.800 --> 00:13:14.600 And they sat down and church together side by side. And listen, people, there was a big deal. 115 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:19.320 I don't want to get sidetracked by this, but this was a very big deal. And it was a problem in 116 00:13:19.320 --> 00:13:25.720 the early church, because how can I, you know, I work for the Senate, or I might even be a Roman 117 00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:30.760 senator, and you'd expect me to go to church on Sunday and sit next to one of my slaves? 118 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:39.640 Well, guess what the answer is. You're busted. Yes, because listen, you've been broken. Both 119 00:13:39.640 --> 00:13:43.960 of you were broken the same way by the blood of Jesus, and you're going to be in heaven, and no one's 120 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:48.280 going to be saying, listen, on the day when God opens up the kingdom, he's not going to say, 121 00:13:49.400 --> 00:13:57.560 platinum members, first class, all of you. Come on in. No, no, no, the first shall be last, 122 00:13:57.560 --> 00:14:06.600 the last shall be first. It's amazing. I need to, I need to speed this up. You're doing fine. 123 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:12.520 It's my fault right now. James chapter two, verse one, my brethren, do not hold the faith of 124 00:14:12.680 --> 00:14:17.560 or Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory with partiality. No clicks. 125 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:30.440 For if there should come in to your assembly, a man with gold rings and fine apparel, 126 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:36.760 and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes, and you pay attention to the one 127 00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:43.000 wearing the fine clothes and say to him, you sit here in a good place and say to the poor man, 128 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:50.360 you stand there or sit here at my footstool. Have you not shown partiality among yourselves and 129 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:59.480 become judges with evil thoughts? Can you imagine? The Bible says no way. How can this be true? If we 130 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:03.400 are really heavenly minded, we're going to see all of ourselves, though we're different in this 131 00:15:03.400 --> 00:15:09.480 world of status. There are wealthy middle class and poor in every church to whatever degree that 132 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:14.600 is, only God knows, but He sees to it. I don't care if the church's got 10 people in it. Someone's 133 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:19.640 going to have more nickels than the other guy, and someone's going to have hardly any nickels or none 134 00:15:19.640 --> 00:15:25.400 at all. God will see to it. That's how the church lives. And will those who have blessed those who 135 00:15:25.400 --> 00:15:33.240 don't and will those who don't bless those who have? It's amazing. And so the Bible warns us, 136 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:40.200 don't be partial. Avoid clicks. They're everywhere, wherever there's humans, there's going to be clicks, 137 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:47.240 but they need to be resisted lovingly. They need to be resisted lovingly. Most often pray, 138 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:53.080 ask God to break them up, because he's not into clicks. Isn't that going to be great? You think, 139 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:56.920 you see, you and I think in heaven, there's going to be a section up front near the throne, 140 00:15:56.920 --> 00:16:02.760 in this Daniel and Joseph and Jeremiah and Ezekiel, all those Bible stars. They're going to be up 141 00:16:02.760 --> 00:16:11.640 front. You know, we're in the back. That's not going to happen. Isn't that amazing to think? Well, 142 00:16:11.640 --> 00:16:16.840 Abraham's got to be up front. Abraham might be in the back. We don't know. We don't know. Will there 143 00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:24.120 be a front and back? We don't even know. But we know this. God hates clicks. He doesn't want 144 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:32.440 partiality. James 2, verse 9. But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the 145 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:38.680 law as a transgressure, 1 Timothy 5, verse 21. I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and 146 00:16:38.680 --> 00:16:44.680 the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudice. Doing nothing with partiality, 147 00:16:44.680 --> 00:16:52.920 Romans 211. There is no partiality with God. Acts chapter 10, verse 34, then Peter opened his 148 00:16:52.920 --> 00:17:02.120 mouth and said, in truth, I perceive that God shows no partiality. Wow. First Peter 1, 7, 149 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:10.200 or first Peter 1, 17. And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to 150 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:15.800 each one's works, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay. I love how he puts it. 151 00:17:15.800 --> 00:17:22.920 Conduct yourself throughout the time of your stay on earth. It's just a stay. I love that. 152 00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:29.960 Do so in fear or in reverential awe of God. And then finally, we end with this. It's in verse 16 153 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:35.800 and that is the end of self-aware. Coming to the end of ourselves is coming to the end of being 154 00:17:35.800 --> 00:17:41.400 self-aware. And again, this fixation upon self. He says, do not be wise in your own opinion. 155 00:17:42.040 --> 00:17:47.000 Don't do that. In the word wise, I'm going to bore you guys with some technicalities here before 156 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:52.680 we end. When he says, do not be wise, see those two English words do not. The great word is one 157 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:59.240 word. It means stop it. It means, listen, that God knows our hearts and He tells us, stop that. 158 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:06.040 It's not like we're like, oh, wow, God, those are sure terrible people. Whoever they might be, God is 159 00:18:06.040 --> 00:18:13.880 saying, will you stop it? I know it's you. It's all of you guys. You say it to all of us. You guys 160 00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:18.360 need to stop thinking this way. What is that way? That we're pretty wise. 161 00:18:22.600 --> 00:18:26.440 It means, listen, I've got to read it to you. I want you to see this wise. This is almost 162 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:32.120 funny if it wasn't so painful. It's in the negative sense, of course. Not to think of yourself 163 00:18:32.120 --> 00:18:38.520 above beyond better than others in rank, status or blood. Not to think of yourself as being 164 00:18:38.520 --> 00:18:44.600 wiser than others. Not more sensible than others. Not more reasonable than others. Doesn't that 165 00:18:44.600 --> 00:18:54.840 listen to that? I need to be broken about this because I'm busted. And so are you. We are in 166 00:18:54.840 --> 00:18:59.720 this together. Why? Do you have to some way shape or form? Do you have to get a word 167 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:07.160 into the argument? Do you have to be the last one with the final word in the argument? Is that your 168 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:13.800 mode of operation? You're thinking in your mind, let them spout off this blabber stuff. Boy, 169 00:19:13.800 --> 00:19:20.120 I'll act like I'm listening. Because why? I have great solace in thinking. I'm going to have the 170 00:19:20.120 --> 00:19:32.920 last word. That's that. You said, yeah, but you said, that's the word. 171 00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:45.320 Thanks. You busted? Yeah. It's okay to be busted. Just don't stay there. Go be broken about it. 172 00:19:50.120 --> 00:19:54.920 This Jack Kibb's podcast as well as all the broadcast outreach opportunities are listener 173 00:19:54.920 --> 00:20:02.040 supported. Will you consider partnering with us through a special gift? 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