The Spirit of Gluttony // MATTHEW 24:14 // Session 7

00:26:53
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摘要

TLDRJoel Sorgi's message focuses on the significance of obeying Christ's commands, highlighting self-control as a fundamental Christian virtue. Using Biblical scripture, he elaborates on how gluttony is not only about physical excess but also a spiritual greed that contradicts the fruits of the Spirit, especially self-control. Sorgi delves into how unchecked appetites can impede Christian maturity, urging believers to align their lives with the teachings and commands of Jesus, promoting a life of true discipleship and spiritual integrity.

心得

  • 📜 Obeying Christ's commands is crucial for believers.
  • 🍎 Self-control is a key fruit of the spirit, opposing gluttony.
  • 🔍 Gluttony goes beyond food to encompass spiritual greed.
  • 📖 Biblical passages underscore the importance of spiritual discipline.
  • 🧭 Spiritual maturity requires reflecting God’s lordship in life.
  • 🚫 Avoid the overconsumption that affects spiritual lives.
  • 🌿 Cultivate the fruit of the spirit for a faithful Christian life.
  • 🙏 Align personal desires with God’s will for true discipleship.

时间轴

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The speaker, Joel Sorgi, introduces his discussion on Matthew 24:14, focusing on the importance of obeying the commands of Christ. He emphasizes preaching the Gospel to all nations as part of this obedience, and highlights the role of self-control, a fruit of the spirit. The discussion will be more practical, focusing first on the topic of gluttony as opposed to self-control.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    Joel discusses spiritual consequences related to self-control and gluttony, drawing from Galatians and Corinthians. Linkages are made between the works of the flesh and the lack of self-control, leading to detrimental outcomes like corruption and death. He underscores the necessity of maturing in the fruits of the spirit, with a particular focus on self-control.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Joel expands on the notion of gluttony beyond physical indulgence, addressing its spiritual manifestations within the church, such as consumer-driven ministry models and prioritizing influence over spiritual integrity. He warns that neglecting key spiritual disciplines leads to compromised spiritual maturity.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    A focus on misconceptions within the church, where the desire for influence transforms genuine spiritual practices into human-centered pursuits. Joel critiques institutional changes that prioritize numerical growth over cultivating mature believers, ultimately leading to greater alignment with worldly values rather than spiritual ones.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:26:53

    Joel concludes by urging a reassessment of personal and collective desires, advocating for humble obedience and genuine spiritual maturity. He stresses the importance of aligning actions with true Christian values to witness effectively. Through prayer, he seeks divine guidance to cultivate self-control and correct gluttonous tendencies.

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  • What is the main message of Joel Sorgi's talk?

    Joel Sorgi emphasizes the importance of obeying Christ's commands, with a focus on self-control and overcoming gluttony.

  • Why does Joel Sorgi focus on gluttony in his message?

    He discusses gluttony as it opposes self-control, a fruit of the spirit, and illustrates how unchecked appetites can affect spiritual lives and Christian maturity.

  • What Biblical references does Joel use to support his message?

    He references Matthew 24:14, Matthew 28:18, Galatians 6:7-9, Galatians 5:19-24, and James 1:14-16 among others.

  • How does Joel define gluttony beyond food consumption?

    Joel describes gluttony as habitual greed, which extends beyond food to include any overconsumption that affects spiritual maturity.

  • What is the significance of self-control in Joel's message?

    Self-control is portrayed as evidence of God's lordship in one's life and is crucial for spiritual maturity and Christian obedience.

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  • 00:00:07
    [Music]
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    hey guys my name is Joel sorgi and it's
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    great to be with you again um I'm going
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    to be picking up where I left off in our
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    last Matthew 24:14 session together so
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    if you haven't watched that and you want
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    to get a little more context and kind of
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    add a little more color to the things
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    I'm going to be going into here in this
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    session uh go ahead and hit pause and
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    you can go find it on our YouTube
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    channel or on the app wherever you're
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    watching It's called The neglected
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    Cornerstone and it kind of lays a
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    framework that will make a little bit
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    more sense of this um I don't want to
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    spend too much time reviewing but at the
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    end of the day what that session was
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    really about was obeying the commands of
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    Christ this whole series is about the
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    proclamation of the Gospel that uh Jesus
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    tells us in Matthew 24:14 that hey when
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    this is preached in all the Earth then
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    the end will come and in Matthew
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    28:18 he adds a little more color to
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    that and defines what it really means to
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    preach the gospel and he says Go Make
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    Disciples of all the nations baptizing
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    them in the name of the father Son and
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    Holy Spirit teaching them to observe all
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    that I've commanded you and so this is
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    really about the commands of Christ it
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    is the litmus test for us as Believers
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    it is the measure of our Fidelity and of
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    our loyalty to him and so last week we
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    kind of were in the abstract we were
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    speaking a little more conceptually and
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    broadly and uh in this session I want to
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    get a little more zeroed in in Practical
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    and there when it comes to obeying the
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    commands of Christ there's so many there
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    there there's so don't mean that in a
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    negative way like oh there's so many
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    commands we have to obey um I'm just
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    saying you know where do you start um
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    and I figured what better place than
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    with our appetites what better place
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    than with gluttony and I know that seems
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    a little weird and a little strange but
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    hopefully you'll stick in there with me
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    and uh and stick it out here and and
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    this will make sense to you too um but
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    the reason I'm talking about gluttony in
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    this session is because it's the
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    antithetical expression of self-control
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    which is a fruit of the spirit and
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    naturally the fruit of the spirit is
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    something that comes from the spirit
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    it's the evidence of the holy spirit's
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    work in us as Believers and so if if
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    we're Believers if we're following
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    Christ and we Proclaim him as our Lord
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    then we ought to have the fruit of the
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    spirit visibly displayed and exercised
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    in our lives and so uh the reason I'm
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    I'm jumping on this one it's a little
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    obscure and it's it's a little it's a
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    little weird to to to come after a topic
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    like this but I feel like this I feel
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    like it's poignant for where we're at
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    and and uh hopefully you'll be open to
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    hearing what I have to say about it so
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    I'm going to pray and then I'm going to
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    jump in and um just to give you a little
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    warning uh last week I just turned the
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    camera on and talked and this week uh as
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    I was kind of thinking about this
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    session and praying and journaling um my
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    journal just kind of became a long kind
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    of just like an essay
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    and there's a lot to cover and a lot of
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    stuff I really want to make a point of
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    that I'm afraid my ADHD mind will not
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    stay on track if I'm just trying to go
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    off bullet point notes or memory so uh
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    this is going to be a little bit
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    different speed today it's going to be
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    more like Story Time with Joel I'm just
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    going to read you my journal entry um I
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    did a little bit of editing for your
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    sake so it's so it's uh hearable and
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    discernable uh but uh I may interject a
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    few things uh in between some of these
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    paragraphs uh and then we'll we'll kind
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    of wrap things up there after I'm done
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    and and yeah that's it so uh I'm going
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    to pray and then we'll Jump Right In
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    Lord I Thank you for this opportunity I
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    thank you that we get to examine your
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    word and then we get to open ourselves
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    up and have it examine us God I ask that
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    you would plant a good seed in the soil
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    of our hearts today that you would cause
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    your word to flourish within us
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    and that we would be responsive to what
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    your holy spirit is saying to each and
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    every one of us in the name of Jesus
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    Amen do not be deceived God is Not
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    mocked for whatever one SWS that will he
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    also reap for the one who SWS to his own
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    flesh Will from The Flesh reap
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    corruption but the one who SWS to the
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    spirit will from the spirit
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    reap eternal life and let us not grow
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    weary in doing good for in due season we
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    will reap if we do not give
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    up Galatians 6
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    7-9 each of us will reap the full
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    measure of what we've sown for those who
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    reject Christ the wages of sin is death
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    for the penitent the wages of obedience
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    to Jesus is eternal life
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    Paul is clear in Galatians 6 to believe
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    otherwise is not only deceit but active
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    mockery of God when a seed is sewn and
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    watered it takes root and when the seed
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    of the Gospel takes root in our heart it
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    grows and bears Godly fruit if it's
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    uprooted unfed or neglected in any way
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    it either produces bad fruit or none at
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    all Galatians 5:1 19-24 says now the
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    works of the flesh are evident sexual
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    immorality impurity sensuality idolatry
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    sorcery enmity Strife jealousy fits of
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    anger rivalries dissensions divisions
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    Envy drunkenness orgies and and things
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    like
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    these I warn you as I warned you before
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    that those who do such things will not
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    inherit the kingdom of God but the fruit
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    of the spirit is love joy peace patience
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    kindness goodness faithfulness
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    gentleness and
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    self-control against such things there
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    is no law and those who belong to Christ
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    Jesus have crucified the flesh with its
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    passions and
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    desires the fruit of the spirit is the
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    evidence of Christian
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    maturity and Christian maturity is the
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    evidence of obedience to God while not
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    all the fruits of this Spirit mature in
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    our lives at the same rate their
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    presence in the life of a sincere
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    believer is required you cannot exercise
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    one while neglecting the others without
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    suffering diminishment in them all while
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    some of the fruits of the spirit are
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    visible in the western church today some
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    of them have all but
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    disappeared our obedience and desire
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    have become selective and we are
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    suffering devastating consequences as a
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    result of our
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    neglect perhaps one of the most Gravely
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    neglected fruits of the spirit in the
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    church today is
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    self-control the presence or absence of
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    self-control reveals the same exact
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    thing about every one of us the true
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    desire of our
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    hearts James 1:1 14-16 says but each one
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    is tempted when he is drawn away by his
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    own desires and enticed then when desire
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    has conceived it gives birth to sin and
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    sin when it is fully grown brings forth
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    death
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    when sinful desire takes root in the
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    heart the Fulfillment of that desire
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    becomes our ultimate
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    Pursuit over time it grows and matures
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    eventually claiming preeminence in our
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    lives the dosage of Narcotics required
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    to get someone high in year one of their
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    addiction is not the same dosage that
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    will be required 5 years later in order
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    for the drug addict to satiate their
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    desire restraint must be cast off in
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    favor of overc consumption
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    in the end any fleshly desire becomes
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    like
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    saltwater the more you consume the more
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    you thirst and the more you thirst the
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    more you
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    consume self-control is the evidence of
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    God's lordship in your life gluttony is
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    the evidence of your own claim to
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    lordship over your life the common
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    understanding of gluttony is overc
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    consumption of food but the New Oxford
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    American Dictionary also defines
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    gluttony as habitual greed 1 Corinthians
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    6:9-11 says or do you not know that the
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    unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom
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    of God do not be deceived neither the
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    sexually immoral nor idolators nor
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    adulterers nor men who practice
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    homosexuality nor thieves nor the greedy
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    nor drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers
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    will inherit the kingdom of God and such
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    were some of you
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    but you were washed you were Sanctified
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    you were justified in the name of the
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    Lord Jesus Christ and by the spirit of
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    our
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    God Philippians 3:1 18-19 says for many
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    walk as enemies of the Cross of Christ
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    their end is destruction their God is
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    their belly and their glory is in their
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    shame with Minds set on Earthly
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    things greed is a manifestation of
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    gluttony and gluttony is the diametric
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    opposite of
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    self-control according to scripture if
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    you're greedy you will not inherit the
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    kingdom of God and if your God is your
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    belly you are an enemy of the
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    Cross it's easy to identify certain
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    forms of gluttony habitual overeating
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    which leads to obesity disease death
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    alcoholism and drug addiction which lead
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    not only to a Litany of health issues
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    and premature death but also destroy
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    relationships and potential achievements
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    workaholism pornography social media etc
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    etc etc the list goes on all of these
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    obvious vices are serious and we must
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    address them headon with humility Grace
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    conviction courage Clarity wisdom and
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    steadfastness but these are not the only
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    enemies of
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    self-control and gluttony doesn't
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    manifest exclusively in our physical
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    vices our spiritual appetites and greed
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    have given birth to things that we not
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    only tolerate in church but actively
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    celebrate things that may have started
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    as innocent aspirations intended for
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    good have matured into man-made
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    Ambitions whose fruit is at odds with
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    the fruit of the spirit our hunger for
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    Effectiveness and desire for impact have
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    given birth to the industry of
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    ministry it's not wrong to set goals and
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    cast a vision it's not wrong to work
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    hard and be excellent thinking
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    creatively and utilizing Innovation for
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    the sake of the kingdom is a good and
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    needed thing but when Good Things become
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    God things we lose our way when we let
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    the medium or cultural climate dictate
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    the clarity of our message we leave the
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    door cracked open for
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    apostasy for
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    example the church's sincere desire to
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    evangelize the lost and minister to
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    those in our community communities gave
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    birth to a consumer-driven model of
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    ministry and this was primarily in the
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    the 80s and 90s we really saw the secr
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    sensitive movement explode and in order
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    to sustain the fruit of that model we
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    have turned churches into organizations
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    led by CEOs instead of flocks led by
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    Shepherds we did this because we thought
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    it would be a good idea to make Church
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    approachable for Seekers we wanted to
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    make it entertaining for attendees we
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    wanted to make it comfortable for the
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    world and we've succeeded at a
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    cost instead of cultivating mature
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    Believers healthy families and faithful
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    Witnesses we've created donors members
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    shareholders and constituents our
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    appetite for numerical growth has left
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    no room for our god-given responsibility
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    to cultivate mature
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    Believers it's impossible to preach the
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    truth without prejudice when it
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    conflicts with organizational
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    interests another
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    example the church's sincere desire for
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    greater impact gave birth to the
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    prioritization of influence and reach we
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    focused on reach and influence because
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    we deduced that if there were more
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    eyeballs on us our Ministries would be
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    more
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    effective but instead of standing as
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    faithful witnesses to the world we
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    became more like it when you mistake
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    celebrity and popularity for Godly
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    influence and spiritual Effectiveness
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    it's proof that the praise and approval
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    of man is more precious to you than the
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    acceptance of God when the desire for
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    influence and popularity informs What
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    You Preach you're no longer declaring
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    truth to a fallen world you're
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    proclaiming yourself to your
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    friends James 4:4 makes it clear
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    friendship with the world is enmity with
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    God another
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    example the sincere desire to receive a
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    word from God faithfully and share it
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    with those who need to hear from him
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    gave birth to a pseudo prooptic culture
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    steeped in wishful thinking
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    self-gratification
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    elitism power and
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    manipulation and this one's really
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    nuanced so I'm going to hit pause on
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    reading for a moment and I just want to
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    be really clear I do not despise
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    prophecy scripture warns us against
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    despising prophecy
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    and the testimony of Jesus is the spirit
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    of Prophecy and so we should be eager to
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    hear his voice we should be eager to
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    communicate his heart um but I think
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    we've taken the gloves off a bit I can't
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    tell you how many thus saith the Lords I
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    have heard in my lifetime I I don't
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    think I could count it I grew up in a
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    very charismatic environment um kind of
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    I don't know I don't know if there is a
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    term for what I grew up and it was kind
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    of Pentecostal meets post Pentecostal
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    meets charismatic and there were all
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    sorts of characters around and um one of
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    the great things about the the
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    charismatic movement if we want to call
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    it that is that it created a sincere
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    Ardent hunger for the work of the Holy
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    Spirit to be manifest in our lives and
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    and I believe that that's a good thing
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    to reach for um but just like anything
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    else it can become a tool it can become
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    useful it can become convenient and and
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    it can become a pathway to what you want
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    uh and I've seen the prophetic abused
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    for many years I've experienced it
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    firsthand I've seen it in other people's
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    lives and man it is it's so
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    destructive the when it comes to
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    disillusionment I'm kind of of the
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    school of thought that God is not trying
  • 00:15:45
    to prevent your disillusionment he's
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    ensuring it uh he's committed to you
  • 00:15:51
    coming to your end because at our end we
  • 00:15:54
    find him um this is a part of our total
  • 00:15:57
    depravity we need him we need him and so
  • 00:16:00
    he wants us to come to the end of
  • 00:16:01
    ourselves and for us to realize we have
  • 00:16:04
    none of the answers and we don't have
  • 00:16:05
    anything and he has everything and he's
  • 00:16:07
    all we need um but I think when we move
  • 00:16:12
    that process Along on God's behalf and
  • 00:16:14
    other people's lives we do a lot of
  • 00:16:16
    damage I know a lot of people who have
  • 00:16:19
    turned their back on Christ because they
  • 00:16:21
    were wounded so deeply by abuse in this
  • 00:16:25
    category and that doesn't mean we should
  • 00:16:28
    throw the baby out with the bath water
  • 00:16:29
    I'm not I'm not trying to besmer
  • 00:16:32
    prophecy and uh discourage you from
  • 00:16:36
    trying to hear the voice of the Lord and
  • 00:16:38
    giving it to those who need it um but
  • 00:16:41
    when we mass-produce it uh we overc
  • 00:16:44
    consume it um when we over consume it
  • 00:16:48
    it's usually a sign that it's pretty
  • 00:16:50
    useful to our Pursuits and uh and I
  • 00:16:53
    think we need to exercise some restraint
  • 00:16:55
    we need the fear of the Lord um I think
  • 00:16:58
    if you really look back in scripture go
  • 00:17:00
    just go take a glance through the Old
  • 00:17:02
    Testament and see how God treats false
  • 00:17:03
    prophets go read uh go read the New
  • 00:17:07
    Testament and see how God deals with
  • 00:17:08
    false Shepherds and what he thinks and
  • 00:17:11
    when we tell lies out of wishful
  • 00:17:14
    thinking and good intentions God told me
  • 00:17:16
    thus sayith the Lord insert whatever
  • 00:17:18
    your favorite phrase is uh when we do
  • 00:17:21
    that we are participating in something
  • 00:17:23
    that God is vehemently against and and I
  • 00:17:27
    don't think all prophecy does that I
  • 00:17:29
    really really don't but when we open the
  • 00:17:31
    floodgates and we just say have at it
  • 00:17:34
    you know and we go Gang Busters with it
  • 00:17:37
    um there's a lot of collateral damage
  • 00:17:39
    and and that's fruit that we have to
  • 00:17:40
    reckon with and it's the opposite of the
  • 00:17:42
    fruit of the spirit because yes God
  • 00:17:45
    speaks to us but he also restrains
  • 00:17:47
    himself did you you ever think about
  • 00:17:49
    that God exercises restraint he
  • 00:17:52
    exercises restraint and it's beautiful
  • 00:17:54
    sometimes we want him not to be
  • 00:17:55
    restrained we want him to solve our
  • 00:17:57
    problems we want him to speak to us we
  • 00:17:59
    want him to do the thing we can't do
  • 00:18:01
    ourselves but in his sovereignty and in
  • 00:18:04
    his goodness he restrains himself so
  • 00:18:07
    that we do not get what we deserve so
  • 00:18:09
    that we might have what we don't deserve
  • 00:18:12
    we don't deserve salvation we don't
  • 00:18:14
    deserve Redemption we don't deserve to
  • 00:18:17
    sit at the right hand of Christ we don't
  • 00:18:21
    but he gives it to us anyway and part of
  • 00:18:23
    that is because he's restrained and
  • 00:18:25
    that's reflected in his holy spirit of
  • 00:18:27
    self-control
  • 00:18:29
    I'm going to do one more
  • 00:18:31
    example the sincere desire to spread the
  • 00:18:34
    love of Christ to the Lost gave birth to
  • 00:18:37
    an emphasis on Costless Redemption which
  • 00:18:41
    is completely
  • 00:18:42
    unbiblical we've attempted to lead
  • 00:18:45
    people to the Lord gently by telling
  • 00:18:47
    them that God loves them just the way
  • 00:18:49
    they are and the results have been
  • 00:18:52
    disastrous we offer salvation without
  • 00:18:55
    repentance we offer affirmation instead
  • 00:18:57
    of exhortation
  • 00:18:59
    we offer Christ without the
  • 00:19:03
    cross the Prophet Jeremiah had a very
  • 00:19:08
    thankless task um the lord gave him a
  • 00:19:10
    word of rebuke and correction for the
  • 00:19:12
    nation of Israel and they would not
  • 00:19:15
    listen to him um not going to go into
  • 00:19:18
    all the details of the drama of the
  • 00:19:20
    story but eventually God makes good on
  • 00:19:22
    his promise and when Israel would not
  • 00:19:24
    repent and turn to him uh one day
  • 00:19:27
    Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian Army
  • 00:19:29
    showed up on their doorstep and what
  • 00:19:31
    ensued was decades of War um of loss
  • 00:19:35
    tragedy Devastation eventual enslavement
  • 00:19:39
    of the vast majority of the nation and
  • 00:19:42
    in 605 BC Nebuchadnezzar did something
  • 00:19:45
    truly diabolical and heart-wrenching as
  • 00:19:48
    he tore the families of Israel apart uh
  • 00:19:51
    he decided he was going to abduct entire
  • 00:19:54
    generation of Israeli teenagers bring
  • 00:19:57
    them over to Babylon and reform them and
  • 00:20:02
    among them were four young men Daniel
  • 00:20:05
    Shadrach Meshach and Abednego and of
  • 00:20:09
    their entire generation of
  • 00:20:10
    contemporaries they are the only four
  • 00:20:13
    that didn't bow their knee in Babylon
  • 00:20:15
    who didn't get assimilated into the
  • 00:20:17
    culture and I've always wondered why
  • 00:20:20
    like why did it happen that way not why
  • 00:20:22
    did they resist the
  • 00:20:24
    temptation um because I think that's
  • 00:20:27
    pretty self-evident in the the story but
  • 00:20:30
    why did everyone else give
  • 00:20:32
    in what compelled them to look at their
  • 00:20:36
    captors their persecutors their
  • 00:20:38
    oppressors and go yep I want to be a
  • 00:20:40
    part of your team now and the reality is
  • 00:20:43
    that Nebuchadnezzar was a genius um he
  • 00:20:47
    won them over through their stomachs
  • 00:20:49
    through their
  • 00:20:51
    appetites um and when I look at Daniel's
  • 00:20:54
    generation and I look at our generation
  • 00:20:56
    in the church today I see a lot of
  • 00:20:58
    similarity
  • 00:20:59
    um I think we are by and large mostly
  • 00:21:03
    motivated and driven um by our
  • 00:21:06
    cravings and the reality is that
  • 00:21:10
    whatever you consume the most of will
  • 00:21:12
    consume most of you the only thing that
  • 00:21:15
    sustained Daniel shedrach mishan and
  • 00:21:18
    Abednego was their yes their loyalty to
  • 00:21:21
    God but what does that practically is
  • 00:21:23
    they had self-control they stealed their
  • 00:21:26
    minds they kept their hearts pure and
  • 00:21:29
    upright and they refuse to Bow their
  • 00:21:32
    knee to other gods they would not be one
  • 00:21:34
    over through their appetites and when I
  • 00:21:37
    look at the church today man and I've
  • 00:21:39
    participated in this guys like I I am
  • 00:21:42
    not a I'm not some sort of you know
  • 00:21:46
    infallible voice over here or or some
  • 00:21:48
    Prophet with a prophetic word for you um
  • 00:21:52
    I've I've I've participated in the overc
  • 00:21:54
    consumption of these things that we
  • 00:21:56
    think are good but underneath are
  • 00:21:58
    actually antithetical to the gospel and
  • 00:22:01
    the reason they're antithetical to the
  • 00:22:03
    gospel is because they don't produce the
  • 00:22:05
    fruit of the spirit
  • 00:22:08
    self-control and so my my charge to us
  • 00:22:11
    and this is to me too guys like I I need
  • 00:22:14
    this I am preaching to myself right now
  • 00:22:16
    and it's a hard word is that man I I
  • 00:22:20
    need to kill the idol of gluttony in my
  • 00:22:23
    life and so do you um I need to kill the
  • 00:22:27
    Cravings of the flesh and so do you and
  • 00:22:31
    if we want to fulfill the Great
  • 00:22:33
    Commission if we really want the gospel
  • 00:22:36
    of the Kingdom to be preached in every
  • 00:22:38
    corner of the Earth with faithfulness
  • 00:22:40
    with Integrity with
  • 00:22:42
    fruitfulness then we must first
  • 00:22:45
    ourselves be willing to submit our Wills
  • 00:22:48
    to his we must lay down the things that
  • 00:22:51
    we long for In the Flesh whether they
  • 00:22:54
    are physical vices of overt sin and
  • 00:22:57
    debauchery or whether they're our
  • 00:23:00
    favorite Idols that preach good and yeah
  • 00:23:06
    I I don't think I have anything much
  • 00:23:07
    more eloquent I I I think I just laid a
  • 00:23:09
    bunch of heavy stuff on you guys and uh
  • 00:23:12
    I don't apologize you know I'm not I'm
  • 00:23:14
    not sitting here going oh I'm sorry this
  • 00:23:16
    is heavy this was going to be heavy all
  • 00:23:18
    along and I knew it so I'm not really
  • 00:23:20
    sorry but I am sober and I feel the Lord
  • 00:23:24
    putting his finger on my gluttony big
  • 00:23:27
    time and we all do it this is America
  • 00:23:31
    it's the American dream it's this is why
  • 00:23:34
    the fruits of the spirit are
  • 00:23:35
    antithetical to American culture in a
  • 00:23:37
    lot of ways is
  • 00:23:39
    because this is America you can do
  • 00:23:41
    whatever you want you can have whatever
  • 00:23:43
    you want abundance is available all you
  • 00:23:45
    have to do is hustle and make it happen
  • 00:23:48
    um and I can't think of something that
  • 00:23:50
    is more dangerous to the beauty of the
  • 00:23:53
    or maybe dangerous isn't the right word
  • 00:23:56
    um because that's a little hyperbolic
  • 00:23:57
    but um it's extremely damaging to the
  • 00:24:00
    witness of the Gospel when we are fed a
  • 00:24:03
    steady diet of lies that say you can
  • 00:24:06
    achieve whatever you want and it's all
  • 00:24:07
    good because you want it and and I think
  • 00:24:10
    we need to get this under control in our
  • 00:24:12
    lives or else we're not doing service to
  • 00:24:15
    the gospel we're not being faithful
  • 00:24:17
    Witnesses and so my my encouragement to
  • 00:24:20
    us today is this let's obey the Lord
  • 00:24:23
    when it comes to our appetites let's
  • 00:24:26
    obey the Lord and Obey script rure when
  • 00:24:29
    it comes to the things we set our
  • 00:24:30
    affections upon and the things we
  • 00:24:32
    prioritize whether it's in Ministry or
  • 00:24:34
    in our personal lives and if we can do
  • 00:24:36
    that I think we're going to unlock a
  • 00:24:39
    special Grace in our families and our
  • 00:24:41
    relationships and our churches a special
  • 00:24:44
    Grace to walk in Humble obedience to God
  • 00:24:47
    um and man that's the Legacy I want for
  • 00:24:50
    me and my children for you and yours for
  • 00:24:53
    your family for your friends for your
  • 00:24:55
    community this is what I want for us
  • 00:24:57
    this is what I hope you want for you is
  • 00:24:59
    a legacy of humble Obedience of bonder
  • 00:25:03
    servanthood to Jesus Christ and if we do
  • 00:25:06
    that man we will be filled to
  • 00:25:09
    overflowing with abundance beyond our
  • 00:25:11
    wildest dreams it's and the reason it's
  • 00:25:14
    beyond our dreams is because our dreams
  • 00:25:16
    kind of suck our dreams are all about us
  • 00:25:19
    they're not that interesting um and
  • 00:25:23
    God's got some pretty interesting dreams
  • 00:25:24
    for the future of this planet for the
  • 00:25:27
    future of his
  • 00:25:28
    Church uh and man I want to be right in
  • 00:25:32
    the middle of it and I want to get this
  • 00:25:34
    right and I think uh if you made it this
  • 00:25:36
    far chances are you want to get it right
  • 00:25:38
    too so I'm just going to pray for us um
  • 00:25:41
    and then we'll be done Lord I Thank you
  • 00:25:44
    for my brothers and sisters God I ask
  • 00:25:46
    that you would give us Grace to walk in
  • 00:25:48
    obedience that we would submit our flesh
  • 00:25:50
    to your will that we would be obedient
  • 00:25:53
    in all things and that our affections
  • 00:25:55
    our desires the things we hunger and
  • 00:25:57
    long for Lord that they would be
  • 00:26:00
    submitted to you that they would come
  • 00:26:02
    under you that your priorities would be
  • 00:26:05
    our priorities the things that you
  • 00:26:07
    hunger and thirst for would be the
  • 00:26:09
    things that we hunger and thirst for
  • 00:26:12
    Lord let it be said of us that we are
  • 00:26:14
    the Blessed ones who hungered and
  • 00:26:16
    thirsted for righteousness and that we
  • 00:26:19
    were filled that we were satisfied that
  • 00:26:22
    we were content in
  • 00:26:24
    you Lord give us the grace to exercise
  • 00:26:28
    is nurture and protect self-control to
  • 00:26:32
    do war with gluttony and to put to death
  • 00:26:35
    the appetites of the flesh that are
  • 00:26:37
    antithetical to your will and your
  • 00:26:40
    desire Lord we thank you for your grace
  • 00:26:45
    amen maratha
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