1 00:00:00,049 --> 00:00:02,929 Speaker: most people would say, I'm a good person, right? 2 00:00:02,929 --> 00:00:04,340 Or, those people are worse than me. 3 00:00:04,340 --> 00:00:06,590 And maybe especially with what we talked about last week, right? 4 00:00:06,590 --> 00:00:09,620 Maybe you're thinking, well, I know that maybe I'm, I know I'm a sinner, but 5 00:00:09,620 --> 00:00:12,049 I'm not as bad as those people, right? 6 00:00:12,530 --> 00:00:15,799 Well, here in Romans two, Paul is gonna turn the tables. 7 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:18,920 He's gonna say, well, maybe you think those people over there deserve 8 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,320 God's wrath, but what about you? 9 00:00:21,695 --> 00:00:27,065 So our main point tonight is to take your own sin as seriously as God does. 10 00:00:28,025 --> 00:00:33,845 Take your own sin, as seriously as God does. 11 00:00:35,105 --> 00:00:39,365 When we look at other people and see their sin, what we're gonna find out 12 00:00:39,365 --> 00:00:44,165 tonight is that actually makes us just as guilty when we look at other people 13 00:00:44,165 --> 00:00:47,015 and see all their sin and say, oh, well, I can't believe they're doing that, 14 00:00:47,015 --> 00:00:47,975 or I can't believe they're doing that. 15 00:00:48,275 --> 00:00:52,775 It actually points the finger back at us because we expose our own sin because 16 00:00:52,775 --> 00:00:55,835 we are guilty of the exact same thing. 17 00:00:55,835 --> 00:00:59,255 So look up in your Bibles at Romans chapter two, verse one. 18 00:01:00,305 --> 00:01:04,354 Therefore, when you see it, therefore in the Bible, what do you ask? 19 00:01:05,013 --> 00:01:06,574 What's the therefore, therefore, right. 20 00:01:06,604 --> 00:01:10,354 Well, the thing that Paul just said in verse 32 of chapter one says these 21 00:01:10,354 --> 00:01:13,925 people, they know what God says, but. 22 00:01:14,914 --> 00:01:21,455 They don't just approve the people who sin or they don't just know what God says. 23 00:01:21,455 --> 00:01:22,685 They approve the people who sin. 24 00:01:22,805 --> 00:01:24,245 They celebrate people's sin. 25 00:01:24,425 --> 00:01:24,695 Right? 26 00:01:24,755 --> 00:01:26,345 It is like these are like the worst kind of people, right? 27 00:01:26,435 --> 00:01:27,275 They're not just sinning. 28 00:01:27,275 --> 00:01:27,905 They're proud of it. 29 00:01:28,145 --> 00:01:28,775 They're not just sinning. 30 00:01:28,775 --> 00:01:30,485 They're telling other people, Hey, you should go keep sinning. 31 00:01:30,515 --> 00:01:31,055 That's great. 32 00:01:32,225 --> 00:01:34,895 They have parades about how they should be proud of their sin. 33 00:01:35,015 --> 00:01:39,785 He's saying these people, maybe Paul, maybe you're thinking as you read this. 34 00:01:39,785 --> 00:01:41,645 Oh yeah, I'm not, I'm glad I'm not like those people. 35 00:01:42,139 --> 00:01:42,889 Then what does Paul do? 36 00:01:42,889 --> 00:01:44,179 Therefore, because of that, right? 37 00:01:44,179 --> 00:01:47,089 Or based on that, you have no excuse. 38 00:01:47,419 --> 00:01:50,089 Oh man, he's like talking to an imaginary person, right? 39 00:01:50,329 --> 00:01:51,529 You have no excuse. 40 00:01:51,679 --> 00:01:57,919 Every one of you who judges for in passing judgment on another. 41 00:01:58,070 --> 00:02:04,639 You condemn yourself because you, the judge, practice the very same things. 42 00:02:07,130 --> 00:02:10,940 Verse two, we know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those 43 00:02:10,940 --> 00:02:12,800 who practice such things, right? 44 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,850 So everyone knows that the, that sinners, these who do these things and, and 45 00:02:16,850 --> 00:02:19,010 live this way deserve God's judgment. 46 00:02:19,970 --> 00:02:26,540 But then he says by saying that you're actually condemning yourself because you. 47 00:02:27,260 --> 00:02:30,410 Do the same things as the people that you say deserve God's wrath. 48 00:02:30,739 --> 00:02:32,570 Verse three, do you suppose? 49 00:02:32,780 --> 00:02:37,910 Oh man, you who judge those who practice such things yet do them yourself, that 50 00:02:37,910 --> 00:02:41,299 you will escape the judgment of God. 51 00:02:41,810 --> 00:02:45,739 So what Paul's doing here in this letter, right, he's, he's establishing something. 52 00:02:45,739 --> 00:02:47,420 We talked about his thesis, right? 53 00:02:47,420 --> 00:02:50,900 Was that, that the gospel shows us God's righteousness. 54 00:02:51,230 --> 00:02:55,005 And the first thing about that is that God's wrath is righteous. 55 00:02:56,045 --> 00:02:59,075 These next few chapters, chapter one, chapter two, chapter three, 56 00:02:59,075 --> 00:03:02,345 are all about God's wrath and why God is righteous, why it's the right 57 00:03:02,345 --> 00:03:05,464 thing for God to show his wrath. 58 00:03:06,454 --> 00:03:08,915 And what Paul is saying is God's wrath isn't just right 59 00:03:08,915 --> 00:03:10,024 for those people over there. 60 00:03:10,325 --> 00:03:12,905 It's also right when it's directed at you. 61 00:03:13,954 --> 00:03:15,364 You deserve God's wrath too. 62 00:03:15,755 --> 00:03:19,174 Not just those people over there, not just those really bad sinners, not just people 63 00:03:19,174 --> 00:03:20,975 who say bad words at school, but you. 64 00:03:22,114 --> 00:03:25,834 You deserve God's wrath too, because you, by noticing that those 65 00:03:25,834 --> 00:03:28,894 people are sinners, you're noticing the things about yourself too. 66 00:03:30,005 --> 00:03:31,864 You are put, you are actually putting yourself in the 67 00:03:31,864 --> 00:03:34,624 same bucket as those people. 68 00:03:34,684 --> 00:03:38,045 But Paul's audience, they might not be thinking they're under God's wrath, right? 69 00:03:38,045 --> 00:03:42,035 They're saying, well, those gentiles who do those bad things, right? 70 00:03:42,035 --> 00:03:42,814 But we're Jews. 71 00:03:42,814 --> 00:03:44,614 We know about God. 72 00:03:44,644 --> 00:03:45,605 We're God's chosen people. 73 00:03:45,605 --> 00:03:46,595 We have God's promises. 74 00:03:47,614 --> 00:03:49,984 Heard all these things from God, and maybe you are thinking, 75 00:03:49,984 --> 00:03:51,755 well, I grew up in the church. 76 00:03:51,815 --> 00:03:53,375 I know all these things about God. 77 00:03:53,405 --> 00:03:56,734 I have, you know, liked church. 78 00:03:56,734 --> 00:03:59,524 I, I like God, I, I I do all these things for God. 79 00:03:59,524 --> 00:04:00,424 I serve in his ministry. 80 00:04:00,424 --> 00:04:01,234 Maybe that's what you're thinking. 81 00:04:01,234 --> 00:04:02,885 I, I grew up, my family's a Christian. 82 00:04:02,885 --> 00:04:04,505 We, we do the Christian things. 83 00:04:05,765 --> 00:04:08,465 What Paul would say to you is that it's not just those people out 84 00:04:08,465 --> 00:04:12,484 there that deserve God's wrath, it's the people in here too. 85 00:04:13,444 --> 00:04:18,964 Everyone deserves God's wrath just because you know more about 86 00:04:18,964 --> 00:04:23,135 God and more about his word, more about what he says is wrong, right? 87 00:04:23,165 --> 00:04:26,585 Verse one was talking about you can, you can tell when people sin, 88 00:04:26,615 --> 00:04:29,105 you know, oh, that's wrong, that's wrong, that's wrong, that's wrong. 89 00:04:29,975 --> 00:04:30,365 Oh, yeah. 90 00:04:30,365 --> 00:04:31,145 They shouldn't be doing that. 91 00:04:31,145 --> 00:04:32,225 They shouldn't talk like that. 92 00:04:32,405 --> 00:04:35,555 That person, you know, with really the, you know, sin is idolatry 93 00:04:35,555 --> 00:04:36,515 and, and it's really clear. 94 00:04:36,515 --> 00:04:37,565 They worship themselves. 95 00:04:38,165 --> 00:04:39,395 Maybe you can say all those things. 96 00:04:39,395 --> 00:04:41,135 You, you notice all these things about people at school. 97 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,480 In your family, you notice all the sin in your siblings and you're 98 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,150 like, yeah, I, I'm really good at noticing other people's sin. 99 00:04:47,630 --> 00:04:49,310 I'm really good at knowing what God says. 100 00:04:49,340 --> 00:04:50,840 I know a lot about the Bible. 101 00:04:52,220 --> 00:04:56,540 What Paul is saying is just because you know a lot doesn't mean that 102 00:04:56,540 --> 00:05:00,410 you can escape God's wrath just because you know the right thing. 103 00:05:00,410 --> 00:05:01,490 Just 'cause you know right from wrong. 104 00:05:01,490 --> 00:05:03,020 Just 'cause you notice other people's sin. 105 00:05:04,025 --> 00:05:07,835 Doesn't exempt you, doesn't set you apart from God's wrath. 106 00:05:07,835 --> 00:05:09,725 In fact, it actually makes you more guilty. 107 00:05:09,725 --> 00:05:15,125 So our first point tonight is don't assume that knowledge equals righteousness. 108 00:05:17,675 --> 00:05:24,365 Don't assume that knowing more makes you righteous, makes you holy. 109 00:05:25,265 --> 00:05:29,285 Don't assume that knowing more means that you don't deserve God's 110 00:05:29,285 --> 00:05:33,005 wrath as much as those people who don't know, who don't go to church. 111 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:39,950 Don't serve in kids' ministry who don't know right from wrong the way you do. 112 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,210 Don't assume that it's, it's really easy to assume that it, it's really easy to 113 00:05:47,210 --> 00:05:51,050 assume that because you're associated with church, because you, your parents 114 00:05:51,050 --> 00:05:55,610 are Christians because your dad's a pastor because your parents serve that. 115 00:05:55,670 --> 00:05:58,790 Oh, I, I must, I must be okay. 116 00:05:58,790 --> 00:06:00,050 I'm not as bad as those people. 117 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,110 I know God hates all sin, but he must hate their sin more. 118 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:06,380 And that's simply not true. 119 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,220 Don't assume that knowledge equals righteousness. 120 00:06:10,220 --> 00:06:13,460 And, and I think it's, it's funny 'cause we do this a lot with, with knowledge 121 00:06:13,460 --> 00:06:15,920 and, and a lot of other things, right? 122 00:06:15,950 --> 00:06:18,200 For example, I, I know a lot about sports. 123 00:06:19,700 --> 00:06:23,960 I know a lot about, I, I could tell you about the strengths of Cover two or 124 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,410 Cover four and why you should run, you know, why Peyton Manning hates Cover four 125 00:06:27,410 --> 00:06:28,610 and how it doesn't work and whatever. 126 00:06:28,610 --> 00:06:29,420 I could tell you all that stuff. 127 00:06:29,570 --> 00:06:33,530 I could tell you about random baseball players from the 2000 tens, and me 128 00:06:33,530 --> 00:06:36,680 and Matt were actually doing this quiz the other day on Sparkle, which was 129 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:40,640 naming like random baseball players from the 2000 tens, and we crushed it. 130 00:06:40,700 --> 00:06:41,420 We did great. 131 00:06:42,020 --> 00:06:43,400 I, I know a lot about sports. 132 00:06:44,695 --> 00:06:46,490 It doesn't mean I'm an athlete, right? 133 00:06:46,940 --> 00:06:53,060 Know a lot about sports doesn't mean I can swing a bat or throw a touchdown just 134 00:06:53,060 --> 00:06:54,230 because I know a lot about something. 135 00:06:54,260 --> 00:06:59,300 Actually, it actually makes me feel worse when I do play the sports, right? 136 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,690 Because I know how it's supposed to be and I'm like, yeah, it's not me. 137 00:07:02,750 --> 00:07:04,310 I'm not doing that right. 138 00:07:04,310 --> 00:07:05,630 I can't, I can't do that. 139 00:07:07,730 --> 00:07:10,430 Knowledge actually makes you more accountable. 140 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:11,690 It doesn't make you. 141 00:07:12,635 --> 00:07:18,665 More righteous, knowing what's wrong actually heightens 142 00:07:19,265 --> 00:07:20,225 what you should be doing. 143 00:07:21,545 --> 00:07:24,575 So just because you know more, just because you, you've heard all the right 144 00:07:24,575 --> 00:07:27,305 things and can regurgitate the right answers in small groups and impress 145 00:07:27,305 --> 00:07:30,845 your, your leaders and trick your parents into thinking you're a Christian, it 146 00:07:30,845 --> 00:07:32,885 doesn't make you any more righteous. 147 00:07:32,885 --> 00:07:38,165 It actually actually puts more responsibility on your plate. 148 00:07:38,795 --> 00:07:42,995 Just because you know a lot doesn't mean you are righteous. 149 00:07:44,045 --> 00:07:44,915 There's a few. 150 00:07:45,125 --> 00:07:47,135 What I'm gonna be doing with a lot of these points is, so 151 00:07:47,135 --> 00:07:48,335 every point is an assumption. 152 00:07:48,425 --> 00:07:52,895 Don't assume something, and I'm gonna give you some common lies that I think 153 00:07:52,955 --> 00:07:55,265 would be really easy for you to fall for. 154 00:07:55,295 --> 00:07:55,475 Okay? 155 00:07:55,475 --> 00:07:59,675 So our first lie, seeing other people sin means I'm holy. 156 00:08:00,725 --> 00:08:02,435 Seeing other people's sin means I'm holy. 157 00:08:02,465 --> 00:08:02,885 That's our first lie. 158 00:08:03,665 --> 00:08:08,945 That you are probably really tempted to buy is, oh, well, I notice all the things 159 00:08:08,945 --> 00:08:10,685 that my friends are doing wrong, right? 160 00:08:10,685 --> 00:08:13,925 I, I notice when they're just drawing on their worksheet and not taking notes. 161 00:08:14,165 --> 00:08:19,055 I notice when they're goofing off in small groups, I notice when they're 162 00:08:19,055 --> 00:08:21,485 disobeying their parents or they're gossiping at school or they're living a 163 00:08:21,485 --> 00:08:23,075 double life, I notice all those things. 164 00:08:23,195 --> 00:08:24,455 That means that I'm holy, 165 00:08:27,125 --> 00:08:27,784 not true. 166 00:08:28,145 --> 00:08:28,745 That's a lie. 167 00:08:29,285 --> 00:08:32,585 Just because you notice other people's sin does not mean you are righteous. 168 00:08:32,615 --> 00:08:35,225 Does not mean that you're a good Christian, does not mean 169 00:08:35,225 --> 00:08:36,455 that you are right with God. 170 00:08:38,195 --> 00:08:39,155 The Pharisees, right? 171 00:08:39,155 --> 00:08:43,625 They were really good at calling out other people's sin and then they did 172 00:08:43,625 --> 00:08:44,975 not get along with Jesus very well. 173 00:08:45,260 --> 00:08:49,085 So seeing other people's sin does not mean you are holy. 174 00:08:49,085 --> 00:08:54,005 Actually, it makes your sin worse because you should know better. 175 00:08:54,005 --> 00:08:55,985 If you're so good at calling out other people's sin, why 176 00:08:55,985 --> 00:08:56,915 don't you call out your own? 177 00:08:56,975 --> 00:08:57,755 That's what Paul is saying. 178 00:09:00,845 --> 00:09:03,965 Are you, is your knowledge really helping anyone? 179 00:09:04,415 --> 00:09:04,805 No. 180 00:09:04,805 --> 00:09:05,165 Right. 181 00:09:05,195 --> 00:09:07,415 You're just being prideful and looking down on people. 182 00:09:07,985 --> 00:09:08,975 You're not loving others. 183 00:09:08,975 --> 00:09:10,655 You're, you're pridefully comparing yourself. 184 00:09:10,655 --> 00:09:12,785 You're saying, well, I'm better than this person. 185 00:09:13,535 --> 00:09:13,835 Right? 186 00:09:13,835 --> 00:09:18,335 You, you, you know, all these things that people should be doing, and all your 187 00:09:18,335 --> 00:09:22,595 knowledge does is puff you up and make you prideful and put other people down. 188 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,040 It's not loving anyone, it's not helping anyone. 189 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:26,060 It's not good for anyone. 190 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:31,010 All it's really doing is making you more accountable to God because you're seeing 191 00:09:31,010 --> 00:09:36,920 all these bad things other people do, but maybe your heart is really prideful, 192 00:09:37,130 --> 00:09:38,750 just like the people you're calling out. 193 00:09:40,850 --> 00:09:45,410 Another lie that you might be tempted to buy is that knowing a lot about 194 00:09:45,410 --> 00:09:46,580 the Bible makes me a Christian. 195 00:09:48,050 --> 00:09:50,720 Knowing a lot about the Bible, makes me a Christian. 196 00:09:52,310 --> 00:09:52,970 That's not true. 197 00:09:54,470 --> 00:09:56,000 James two talks about this. 198 00:09:56,180 --> 00:09:58,819 He says, you know that God is one great. 199 00:09:58,850 --> 00:10:01,370 Even the demons know that, you know, God exists. 200 00:10:01,430 --> 00:10:04,010 You know, all the best arguments for, for why God exists. 201 00:10:04,010 --> 00:10:07,040 You, you know how to explain the Trinity to someone. 202 00:10:07,189 --> 00:10:11,209 You can, you can ace the, the gospel test and do the umbrella and all that stuff. 203 00:10:11,209 --> 00:10:11,600 Great. 204 00:10:13,310 --> 00:10:15,860 That doesn't save you, that doesn't make you a Christian. 205 00:10:15,860 --> 00:10:20,420 Knowing a lot of information is helpful, but it doesn't do anything for you. 206 00:10:21,470 --> 00:10:25,520 Unless you trust Jesus, unless you love Jesus, unless you love people. 207 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:30,650 So it's easy to buy the lie and to assume, oh, I know a lot about the Bible. 208 00:10:30,650 --> 00:10:31,760 That means I'm a Christian. 209 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:33,380 I grew up in church. 210 00:10:33,530 --> 00:10:34,820 I memorized verses. 211 00:10:35,060 --> 00:10:37,940 I am familiar with all these passages. 212 00:10:37,940 --> 00:10:38,750 That means I'm a Christian. 213 00:10:38,870 --> 00:10:39,470 That's not true. 214 00:10:39,980 --> 00:10:41,660 Knowledge doesn't make you a Christian. 215 00:10:43,310 --> 00:10:44,810 What's the result of your knowledge? 216 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:47,685 That's what I would ask you is the result of your knowledge worship. 217 00:10:48,890 --> 00:10:50,000 Love for God, right? 218 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,490 Is what you learn about God, what you learn from his word? 219 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:53,660 Does that make you worship God? 220 00:10:54,020 --> 00:10:56,660 Or does that make you look down on people because you're like, 221 00:10:56,660 --> 00:10:57,530 oh, I know more than them. 222 00:10:57,530 --> 00:11:01,370 I'm, I must be holier than that, that person, they don't know how 223 00:11:01,370 --> 00:11:05,570 to pronounce Habakkuk, but I do. 224 00:11:05,570 --> 00:11:06,980 I must be a great Christian. 225 00:11:08,510 --> 00:11:11,540 God doesn't really care whether you can pronounce Habakkuk. 226 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:17,540 God cares that you understand the message of Habakkuk and love him because of it. 227 00:11:18,290 --> 00:11:20,330 And trust him because of it. 228 00:11:21,770 --> 00:11:22,310 Similar. 229 00:11:22,370 --> 00:11:26,090 The third lie would be knowing that the gospel, knowing what the 230 00:11:26,090 --> 00:11:28,970 gospel is, means that I'm saved. 231 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:29,240 Right? 232 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:31,700 Knowing the gospel means I'm saved by the gospel. 233 00:11:32,270 --> 00:11:32,870 Not true. 234 00:11:34,490 --> 00:11:34,880 Not true. 235 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,190 There's a lot of people that know the gospel that aren't saved 236 00:11:39,500 --> 00:11:40,550 and similar, right? 237 00:11:40,790 --> 00:11:42,950 You're, you're equating knowing with trusting. 238 00:11:43,100 --> 00:11:44,540 You're equating knowing with loving. 239 00:11:44,540 --> 00:11:45,140 That's not true. 240 00:11:46,865 --> 00:11:51,215 So don't, don't make the mistake of assuming I know a lot, I know the gospel. 241 00:11:51,215 --> 00:11:51,965 I've heard it before. 242 00:11:52,655 --> 00:11:53,525 It doesn't mean you're a Christian, 243 00:11:55,805 --> 00:12:00,035 or maybe you even know that knowing the gospel doesn't save you, it still 244 00:12:00,035 --> 00:12:01,325 doesn't mean you're a Christian, right? 245 00:12:01,505 --> 00:12:03,065 Unless you believe the gospel. 246 00:12:03,065 --> 00:12:05,255 Unless you embrace Jesus, you say, Jesus, I trust you. 247 00:12:05,555 --> 00:12:07,235 I need you to give me righteousness. 248 00:12:07,235 --> 00:12:07,985 I don't have any. 249 00:12:08,105 --> 00:12:09,335 I need you to take away my sin. 250 00:12:09,335 --> 00:12:11,945 I can't do that, and I want to turn for my sin and live for you. 251 00:12:13,850 --> 00:12:16,550 That's what saves you not knowing that. 252 00:12:20,900 --> 00:12:27,590 So what Paul is saying here is that God's wrath rightly falls on 253 00:12:27,710 --> 00:12:29,689 everyone no matter how much you know. 254 00:12:30,439 --> 00:12:33,890 And in fact, his, his wrath, you could even argue, falls heavier 255 00:12:33,890 --> 00:12:38,240 on you because of what you know, because you should know better. 256 00:12:41,735 --> 00:12:46,985 So don't assume that knowing things means that you're righteous. 257 00:12:48,245 --> 00:12:49,955 So that phrase at the end, right? 258 00:12:49,955 --> 00:12:54,305 It's, it's easy to trick yourself that you will escape God's judgment, right? 259 00:12:54,305 --> 00:12:59,915 Well, I know that those people are gonna go to hell, but you can trick 260 00:12:59,915 --> 00:13:03,755 yourself into thinking, well, I probably won't because I know these things. 261 00:13:04,565 --> 00:13:05,405 Or, I'm good. 262 00:13:05,495 --> 00:13:05,885 I'm good enough. 263 00:13:07,415 --> 00:13:10,685 But it's also easy to trick yourself because you assume that you can. 264 00:13:10,835 --> 00:13:11,435 You can wait. 265 00:13:11,975 --> 00:13:13,055 You can become a Christian later. 266 00:13:13,505 --> 00:13:16,445 And that's exactly where Paul goes with our next verse. 267 00:13:16,445 --> 00:13:17,765 So look at verse four with me here. 268 00:13:20,105 --> 00:13:23,465 So we just talked about, Hey, do you think you can escape God's judgment 269 00:13:23,855 --> 00:13:30,515 verse four, or do you presume that means like to assume something to presume 270 00:13:30,755 --> 00:13:33,365 means like, oh, you think something's gonna happen and it really doesn't? 271 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:44,840 Like, maybe you presumed that the, um, that the Packers were gonna 272 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:48,890 destroy the Browns last week and then they actually lost to the Browns. 273 00:13:48,890 --> 00:13:51,980 You, you maybe presume that and you thought it was gonna 274 00:13:52,010 --> 00:13:53,090 go one way and it didn't. 275 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:53,480 Right. 276 00:13:53,540 --> 00:13:55,160 You think one thing's gonna happen and you don't. 277 00:13:55,189 --> 00:14:00,020 So, or do you presume on the riches of his kindness, God's kindness 278 00:14:00,020 --> 00:14:01,580 and forbearance, that means like. 279 00:14:02,150 --> 00:14:04,730 He's really good at putting up with you. 280 00:14:06,110 --> 00:14:10,130 You presume on his kindness, his forbearance, his patience, not knowing 281 00:14:10,130 --> 00:14:14,990 that God's kindness is actually meant to lead you to repentance. 282 00:14:15,860 --> 00:14:18,050 God's not just being patient with you so you can do whatever you want. 283 00:14:19,130 --> 00:14:24,560 The reason that God hasn't unloaded his dump truck of wrath on you that 284 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:28,790 you've been building up is not just because God's like, oh, well, it's fine. 285 00:14:28,820 --> 00:14:29,360 No big deal. 286 00:14:29,735 --> 00:14:30,725 Just keep living your way. 287 00:14:31,175 --> 00:14:34,745 It's 'cause he is being patient with you because he wants you to repent. 288 00:14:34,745 --> 00:14:39,245 So our second assumption that I don't want you to to fall for is don't assume 289 00:14:39,245 --> 00:14:41,944 that God will be patient forever. 290 00:14:43,834 --> 00:14:46,295 Don't assume that God will be patient forever. 291 00:14:52,865 --> 00:14:55,475 So I am younger sibling. 292 00:14:56,360 --> 00:15:00,080 And um, I'm very grateful that I have a very patient, older brother 293 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:04,670 because when I was growing up, I prided myself on being very annoying. 294 00:15:05,510 --> 00:15:07,580 Like if you told me I was annoying, I took it as a compliment. 295 00:15:07,670 --> 00:15:09,500 I was like, thanks. 296 00:15:09,590 --> 00:15:10,220 That's great. 297 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,400 So I was very annoying to my older brother and he was probably like, 298 00:15:13,550 --> 00:15:16,190 I don't even know how he was this patient, especially 'cause he wasn't 299 00:15:16,190 --> 00:15:17,690 even a believer for most of that. 300 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:18,980 And I don't know how he did it. 301 00:15:19,130 --> 00:15:22,700 He was super patient, but because I knew he was patient, it made me 302 00:15:22,700 --> 00:15:23,810 think I could get away with stuff. 303 00:15:24,380 --> 00:15:27,710 I would actually bother him more because I knew he was patient. 304 00:15:28,220 --> 00:15:30,680 'cause I knew my brother was really nice and I knew he wouldn't hit me back. 305 00:15:30,710 --> 00:15:32,000 I knew he wouldn't go tell my mom. 306 00:15:32,090 --> 00:15:34,880 I knew he wouldn't just knock me out. 307 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:35,300 Right. 308 00:15:35,420 --> 00:15:38,660 He could have, I knew he wouldn't do it, so it actually 309 00:15:38,660 --> 00:15:40,010 made me more annoying to him. 310 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:42,410 'cause I knew I could do whatever I wanted. 311 00:15:44,450 --> 00:15:46,670 I think some of you guys might be doing that with God, 312 00:15:49,130 --> 00:15:53,270 you know, God's patient and so you say I can become a Christian later. 313 00:15:55,700 --> 00:16:03,170 God's patience actually makes you less inclined to repent of your sin because 314 00:16:03,170 --> 00:16:04,250 you say, I can do that when I'm older. 315 00:16:04,940 --> 00:16:08,090 I know God's patient, I know God's kind, so I can wait. 316 00:16:08,090 --> 00:16:09,530 He'll, I'm sure he'll give me a chance. 317 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:10,850 I can just go through high school. 318 00:16:10,850 --> 00:16:13,310 And then when I get, uh, when I get to college, maybe I'll think about it. 319 00:16:13,460 --> 00:16:16,490 And then actually when I have a fun college experience and, and live it up 320 00:16:16,490 --> 00:16:20,180 in college, then I'll become a Christian when I settle down because you think, oh, 321 00:16:20,180 --> 00:16:21,530 God's patient, I can, I can just do that. 322 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,939 You're assuming that God will actually keep being patient. 323 00:16:26,990 --> 00:16:31,010 You don't know that God doesn't have to be patient. 324 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:32,000 You realize that, right? 325 00:16:33,439 --> 00:16:35,150 And even if you're a Christian in the room, right? 326 00:16:35,150 --> 00:16:37,490 I think it's easy for us to assume, oh, I'm a Christian. 327 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:39,079 I'm saved, I'm forgiven. 328 00:16:39,199 --> 00:16:40,280 God will be patient with me. 329 00:16:40,310 --> 00:16:40,760 I can. 330 00:16:40,850 --> 00:16:42,170 I can deal with this sin later. 331 00:16:42,890 --> 00:16:44,120 I can keep watching those videos. 332 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:45,230 I can keep saying these words. 333 00:16:45,380 --> 00:16:46,910 I can keep doing these things. 334 00:16:47,689 --> 00:16:50,780 I can keep thinking these thoughts because God's patient, he'll forgive me. 335 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:51,830 It's okay. 336 00:16:52,310 --> 00:16:52,850 There's not a lack. 337 00:16:52,850 --> 00:16:53,720 There's a lack of urgency there. 338 00:16:53,750 --> 00:16:54,530 'cause you're like, oh, I'm a Christian. 339 00:16:54,530 --> 00:16:54,890 I'm safe. 340 00:16:56,690 --> 00:16:57,500 So this goes both ways. 341 00:16:57,500 --> 00:17:00,949 Don't assume that God will always be patient with you. 342 00:17:01,790 --> 00:17:05,388 So our first lie that I want you to not buy is that one. 343 00:17:05,388 --> 00:17:06,378 You can become a Christian later. 344 00:17:06,409 --> 00:17:07,280 That's the first lie. 345 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,079 I can become a Christian later. 346 00:17:09,949 --> 00:17:13,189 Now the the truth I want you to replace that with is you might not have later. 347 00:17:15,409 --> 00:17:16,638 You might not have later. 348 00:17:16,638 --> 00:17:18,319 You could die in a car accident tonight. 349 00:17:20,030 --> 00:17:20,219 You could. 350 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:28,098 You might not have later, but also you might not want 351 00:17:28,098 --> 00:17:29,090 to become a Christian later. 352 00:17:29,120 --> 00:17:30,560 Remember what we talked about in chapter one? 353 00:17:30,710 --> 00:17:34,220 God might hand you over to your sin and let you, he says, fine, 354 00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:36,200 you don't want me Keep sinning. 355 00:17:37,429 --> 00:17:40,250 And he might hand you over to your sin and you'll never want to become 356 00:17:40,250 --> 00:17:43,159 a Christian in the first place and you'll, you'll never turn from your sin. 357 00:17:44,210 --> 00:17:45,980 You're presuming on God's patience. 358 00:17:45,980 --> 00:17:48,860 You're assuming that, oh, I can pick and choose whenever 359 00:17:48,860 --> 00:17:49,970 I want to become a Christian. 360 00:17:52,024 --> 00:17:54,094 You realize that becoming a Christian is a gift. 361 00:17:55,205 --> 00:17:56,824 God doesn't have to let you become a Christian. 362 00:17:59,044 --> 00:18:00,754 You have no right to become a Christian. 363 00:18:01,655 --> 00:18:03,754 You like maybe you've never thought about it before. 364 00:18:03,935 --> 00:18:05,615 You have no right to become a Christian. 365 00:18:06,064 --> 00:18:07,955 God doesn't have to let you into his family. 366 00:18:08,074 --> 00:18:11,314 God doesn't have to to let you get Jesus righteousness. 367 00:18:11,465 --> 00:18:13,745 God has every right to send you to hell. 368 00:18:15,304 --> 00:18:17,620 You have no right for even the chance to become a Christian. 369 00:18:21,620 --> 00:18:25,669 So don't assume that you can become a Christian later because 370 00:18:25,669 --> 00:18:26,629 you might not have later. 371 00:18:26,780 --> 00:18:29,120 You might not want to later and you won't even make it till later. 372 00:18:32,749 --> 00:18:34,310 God doesn't have to let you repent. 373 00:18:34,340 --> 00:18:36,290 He can hand you over to your sin and let you keep sinning. 374 00:18:36,590 --> 00:18:37,610 And I know that's intense. 375 00:18:37,610 --> 00:18:39,769 I know that's heavy, and I'm telling you this because I love you. 376 00:18:40,070 --> 00:18:41,840 That's the same reason God tells you this. 377 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:44,419 He's patient with you because he's kind. 378 00:18:45,350 --> 00:18:46,399 God is so kind. 379 00:18:47,899 --> 00:18:54,080 He lets you like my older brother, keep offending him so 380 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:55,399 that you might repent one day. 381 00:18:55,729 --> 00:18:58,610 Because if God wasn't patient with you, he would send you to hell and 382 00:18:58,610 --> 00:18:59,419 you wouldn't be able to repent. 383 00:19:00,590 --> 00:19:03,949 God is so patient with you and so kind. 384 00:19:03,979 --> 00:19:06,169 Even as Christian, right, as Christians, we still sin. 385 00:19:07,159 --> 00:19:09,110 And God doesn't say, well, too bad you're done. 386 00:19:09,169 --> 00:19:11,360 You're unadopted not part of my family anymore. 387 00:19:11,870 --> 00:19:13,159 I'm taking away Jesus righteousness. 388 00:19:13,159 --> 00:19:13,489 You're done. 389 00:19:13,489 --> 00:19:14,449 You're not justified anymore. 390 00:19:14,719 --> 00:19:15,199 God doesn't do that. 391 00:19:15,199 --> 00:19:16,134 He's so patient with us. 392 00:19:17,389 --> 00:19:18,350 He wants us to repent. 393 00:19:18,350 --> 00:19:21,889 That's the point of God's kindness is, is to lead us to repentance. 394 00:19:21,889 --> 00:19:27,620 The reason that God hasn't killed you yet is because he wants you to repent. 395 00:19:29,810 --> 00:19:32,570 So don't assume that you can become a Christian later. 396 00:19:33,830 --> 00:19:37,610 I also don't want you to assume another lie that you might believe is that nothing 397 00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:39,769 bad happens right away when I sin, right? 398 00:19:39,769 --> 00:19:41,389 And this goes for Christians and non-Christians. 399 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:43,969 If you're not a believer, you think nothing bad happens when 400 00:19:43,969 --> 00:19:45,050 I sin, I can get away with it. 401 00:19:45,844 --> 00:19:47,975 I know maybe God knows about it, but he's not gonna do anything about it. 402 00:19:47,975 --> 00:19:48,304 It's fine. 403 00:19:48,934 --> 00:19:49,715 Or I can get away with it. 404 00:19:49,715 --> 00:19:50,104 It's okay. 405 00:19:51,394 --> 00:19:52,924 Well, really, that's not true, right? 406 00:19:53,134 --> 00:19:56,674 You can't, you can't escape the consequences of your sin 407 00:19:56,945 --> 00:20:00,995 because one, every time you sin, if you're not an unbeliever, it 408 00:20:01,054 --> 00:20:02,374 hardens your heart towards God. 409 00:20:02,465 --> 00:20:05,374 You're saying you're, you're actively rejecting God. 410 00:20:06,455 --> 00:20:10,445 Or every time you hear a sermon like this and just ignore it 411 00:20:10,534 --> 00:20:11,610 and, and wait till next week. 412 00:20:12,499 --> 00:20:15,320 Wait till whenever or say, oh, well, not right now. 413 00:20:15,889 --> 00:20:18,350 You're actually making it harder for you to become a Christian because 414 00:20:18,350 --> 00:20:20,689 you're hardening your heart towards God. 415 00:20:20,719 --> 00:20:24,799 So bad things happen when you sin. 416 00:20:24,799 --> 00:20:27,979 Even if it's not like, oh, I sinned and then I got caught 417 00:20:27,979 --> 00:20:29,360 and I got consequences for it. 418 00:20:29,779 --> 00:20:30,590 That could happen. 419 00:20:30,590 --> 00:20:34,969 But also it impacts your heart and I think the Christians in the room, 420 00:20:34,969 --> 00:20:36,529 hopefully you, you feel this when you sin. 421 00:20:36,529 --> 00:20:39,320 You feel that that relational distance from God. 422 00:20:40,145 --> 00:20:42,485 You've offended God, it's harder for you to pray. 423 00:20:42,785 --> 00:20:44,255 It's harder for you to love people. 424 00:20:46,025 --> 00:20:48,305 Your sin always hurts you and God and others. 425 00:20:48,305 --> 00:20:50,885 We actually were talking about this with my community group last night. 426 00:20:51,095 --> 00:20:53,345 We were talking about how envy actually makes it hard for you to love 427 00:20:53,345 --> 00:20:54,905 people you don't really think about. 428 00:20:54,905 --> 00:20:56,795 Oh, envy, that's like a private sin. 429 00:20:56,795 --> 00:20:57,725 It doesn't impact other people. 430 00:20:58,265 --> 00:21:00,905 If you're envying someone, it's really hard for you to love that person, right? 431 00:21:00,905 --> 00:21:02,165 It's really hard for you to pray for that person. 432 00:21:02,435 --> 00:21:04,865 It's really hard for you to be rejoicing with that person. 433 00:21:05,195 --> 00:21:08,495 It's really hard for you to bless that person. 434 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,110 So your sin actually also impacts your relationship with others too. 435 00:21:15,379 --> 00:21:20,300 So actually there are consequences for sin even if you don't feel them in the moment. 436 00:21:21,770 --> 00:21:25,250 And then the third lie that you might believe is that my sin is okay 437 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:26,840 because God is patient and kind. 438 00:21:27,230 --> 00:21:28,490 So it's not a big deal, right? 439 00:21:28,490 --> 00:21:29,360 God will forgive me anyway. 440 00:21:30,139 --> 00:21:30,740 Not a big deal. 441 00:21:33,110 --> 00:21:35,930 Just because God is patient doesn't mean he's okay with your sin, right? 442 00:21:37,429 --> 00:21:40,399 Just because God doesn't do anything about your sin, doesn't mean it's okay. 443 00:21:40,759 --> 00:21:46,489 Just because I would poke my brother and annoy him and throw pillows at 444 00:21:46,489 --> 00:21:50,749 him and take away his blanket when we were sleeping and roll off the 445 00:21:50,749 --> 00:21:53,959 bed with it, doesn't mean that it's okay for me to do those things. 446 00:21:54,409 --> 00:21:54,620 Right. 447 00:21:58,069 --> 00:22:00,499 So just because God doesn't do anything about your sin in 448 00:22:00,499 --> 00:22:01,459 the moment doesn't, it's okay. 449 00:22:02,825 --> 00:22:04,970 It is so easy as a Christian to say, well, God will forgive me. 450 00:22:04,970 --> 00:22:05,300 It's okay. 451 00:22:05,300 --> 00:22:06,410 I can give into this temptation. 452 00:22:07,220 --> 00:22:07,790 Not a big deal. 453 00:22:08,810 --> 00:22:09,889 That's simply not true. 454 00:22:10,220 --> 00:22:14,570 You have to think about God is actively being patient. 455 00:22:15,590 --> 00:22:20,960 It's not like God's default is like to not feel anything about your sin. 456 00:22:22,460 --> 00:22:27,350 God's default is to be just to be righteous in wrath towards sin, and 457 00:22:27,350 --> 00:22:30,754 he is actively patient to say, I'm not going to pour my wrath out on you. 458 00:22:32,629 --> 00:22:36,379 I'm going to to be patient and withhold my wrath from you. 459 00:22:40,070 --> 00:22:42,980 So God's patience is meant to lead you to repentance, even for Christians. 460 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:47,300 Maybe it's an individual sin that you're, you're working through and 461 00:22:47,570 --> 00:22:48,980 you aren't taking it very seriously. 462 00:22:49,969 --> 00:22:53,510 And the reason God hasn't exposed you yet is because he 463 00:22:53,510 --> 00:22:54,800 wants you to repent on your own. 464 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,105 He doesn't wanna do it the hard way where he has to expose your sin to other people. 465 00:22:58,850 --> 00:23:02,150 He, he wants you to repent and, and not have to do it the hard way. 466 00:23:03,740 --> 00:23:07,490 So God's patience is meant to lead you to repentance, and it's because 467 00:23:07,490 --> 00:23:12,020 he's kind, he loves you and he doesn't want you to, to keep living in your 468 00:23:12,020 --> 00:23:13,010 sin, which will kill you, right? 469 00:23:13,010 --> 00:23:16,580 He doesn't want you to, to keep licking that knife and choking on your own blood. 470 00:23:16,910 --> 00:23:20,060 He wants you to, to turn from that and repent. 471 00:23:21,830 --> 00:23:25,520 So eventually what we're gonna see here is that Paul points out 472 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,980 that these people have the exact same problem as everyone else. 473 00:23:28,460 --> 00:23:28,730 Right. 474 00:23:28,790 --> 00:23:31,130 Even the self-righteous people, even the people who know a lot about God, 475 00:23:31,130 --> 00:23:35,000 even the, in this case, the Jews who were God's chosen people and had God's 476 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:39,770 promises and, and had this whole history of, of God associating himself with them. 477 00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:43,790 Even these people have the same problem as the people from chapter one. 478 00:23:43,790 --> 00:23:49,880 So look at verse five of chapter two, but because of your hard and imp 479 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:51,530 penitent, that means like unrepentant. 480 00:23:52,669 --> 00:23:57,169 Your heart and impendent heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself 481 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:02,060 on the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. 482 00:24:04,490 --> 00:24:11,419 So what Paul is saying here is that your, your unrepentant 483 00:24:11,419 --> 00:24:15,649 heart is piling up God's wrath. 484 00:24:17,090 --> 00:24:18,620 That's kind of crazy to think about it, right? 485 00:24:18,620 --> 00:24:20,629 Like imagine if every time you sin. 486 00:24:22,175 --> 00:24:27,814 You like put, imagine like you have this like big, this big like dump truck, 487 00:24:28,745 --> 00:24:33,185 like a dump, like, and every time you sin, you put a rock in it, and every 488 00:24:33,185 --> 00:24:34,415 time you sin, you put a rock in it. 489 00:24:36,004 --> 00:24:39,485 You're storing up wrath for yourself and one day God is 490 00:24:39,485 --> 00:24:41,824 gonna dump that avalanche on you 491 00:24:44,344 --> 00:24:45,995 if you're not covered by Jesus. 492 00:24:47,930 --> 00:24:49,610 Jesus didn't take God's wrath for you. 493 00:24:49,909 --> 00:24:55,129 One day you will suffer for all of your sins, every single one, 494 00:24:56,659 --> 00:24:57,950 and it's hanging over your head. 495 00:24:57,950 --> 00:24:58,970 You're storing it up. 496 00:24:59,180 --> 00:25:00,620 Maybe you think you're getting away with your sin. 497 00:25:00,620 --> 00:25:01,790 You think no one knows about it. 498 00:25:03,889 --> 00:25:07,790 You're storing it up and you're piling it up and it's a, at any 499 00:25:07,790 --> 00:25:10,250 moment it could avalanche down on you, 500 00:25:12,260 --> 00:25:14,085 and one day that will happen. 501 00:25:15,245 --> 00:25:18,935 And it's the right thing for God to do because you, we want people to do that. 502 00:25:19,235 --> 00:25:21,665 We, we want God to do that for, for bad people, right? 503 00:25:21,665 --> 00:25:22,955 We want God to do that for Hitler. 504 00:25:23,074 --> 00:25:24,905 We want God to do that for murderers. 505 00:25:24,905 --> 00:25:28,955 We want God to do that for pedophiles. 506 00:25:29,254 --> 00:25:31,804 But what about for me and you? 507 00:25:32,135 --> 00:25:36,695 We deserve the same thing because we have the same problem. 508 00:25:36,845 --> 00:25:38,074 You see that it's a heart problem. 509 00:25:39,124 --> 00:25:41,374 It's not a knowledge problem, it's a heart problem. 510 00:25:41,975 --> 00:25:47,134 So our third assumption is don't assume that your heart is in good condition. 511 00:25:49,235 --> 00:25:55,264 Don't assume that your heart is in good condition, that your heart is alive. 512 00:25:56,284 --> 00:26:02,254 The Bible says your heart starts off dead, your heart starts off hard, and God 513 00:26:02,584 --> 00:26:04,039 needs to do something to it to make you. 514 00:26:06,154 --> 00:26:10,714 Alive to, to give you a real true life. 515 00:26:10,864 --> 00:26:13,475 So don't assume your heart is in good condition. 516 00:26:13,475 --> 00:26:18,034 You might assume, for example, when you buy a car that the 517 00:26:18,034 --> 00:26:19,475 engine is in good condition. 518 00:26:19,864 --> 00:26:21,094 That might be an assumption you have. 519 00:26:21,094 --> 00:26:24,454 So I bought a car almost a year ago, actually more than a year ago. 520 00:26:24,874 --> 00:26:28,654 I bought a car and I was like, great, I got a car 'cause my 521 00:26:28,654 --> 00:26:29,674 other car got hit by a tornado. 522 00:26:29,975 --> 00:26:30,634 Long story. 523 00:26:31,054 --> 00:26:33,304 Um, and I was like, cool, I have a car. 524 00:26:33,304 --> 00:26:34,534 This is gonna be, this is awesome. 525 00:26:34,909 --> 00:26:36,050 And I made sure I got a white car. 526 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:38,030 'cause in Texas it's like a million degrees in the summer. 527 00:26:38,210 --> 00:26:40,490 So that way, you know, and not, not any black interiors. 528 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:42,379 'cause I was like, this is gonna, I don't want an oven for 529 00:26:42,379 --> 00:26:44,120 a car, I want a car for a car. 530 00:26:44,330 --> 00:26:44,990 So I was like, great. 531 00:26:45,050 --> 00:26:50,060 So I had this car and like a month later, um, uh, some, the check engine light comes 532 00:26:50,060 --> 00:26:53,870 on and I was like, that's super weird. 533 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,800 And I couldn't, my RPMs wouldn't go above two, like 2000. 534 00:26:58,729 --> 00:27:01,100 So I have like, I'm like, I driving on the freeway. 535 00:27:01,100 --> 00:27:05,479 My, my pedal's like on the floor and I'm going 60 miles an hour and 536 00:27:05,479 --> 00:27:07,070 my RPMs are not going above two. 537 00:27:07,100 --> 00:27:08,959 And I was like, okay, this is really bad. 538 00:27:09,469 --> 00:27:13,189 So I take it to this shop and I take it and they like said they fixed it 539 00:27:13,189 --> 00:27:14,209 and whatever, and I was like, great. 540 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:22,159 And I was driving, um, Ezekiel and Carson and Caleb to winter revival. 541 00:27:23,405 --> 00:27:24,784 Um, the same thing happens. 542 00:27:24,844 --> 00:27:27,364 We're getting on DNT, we're going south to to winter. 543 00:27:27,364 --> 00:27:29,614 Revival, same problem, exact same problem. 544 00:27:30,185 --> 00:27:33,695 Um, so I take it back and this is like in, this is like six months 545 00:27:33,695 --> 00:27:34,715 later, or no, four months later. 546 00:27:34,715 --> 00:27:37,054 So I took it back and they were like, oh, that's weird. 547 00:27:37,084 --> 00:27:39,635 I wonder what happened, you know, and they try to figure it out and all 548 00:27:39,635 --> 00:27:43,385 this stuff, and they say, well, we put more oil in the engine, just drive it 549 00:27:43,385 --> 00:27:45,004 around some more and see what happens. 550 00:27:45,304 --> 00:27:46,235 I was like, thanks guys. 551 00:27:46,864 --> 00:27:50,225 So I did that and I think I had to take it back one more time and then 552 00:27:50,225 --> 00:27:51,665 it seemed fine and it was great. 553 00:27:52,535 --> 00:27:58,175 Then on the way back from summer Revival, I was driving with you 554 00:27:58,175 --> 00:28:01,955 two and, and, uh, miss Allie. 555 00:28:02,585 --> 00:28:05,524 And, um, I literally turned to her and I was like, watch 556 00:28:05,524 --> 00:28:07,535 my, watch my car break down. 557 00:28:08,615 --> 00:28:12,125 And literally like 30 minutes later, same thing happens. 558 00:28:12,129 --> 00:28:14,075 Check engine lights on, pedals on the floor. 559 00:28:14,075 --> 00:28:15,004 I can't go above. 560 00:28:15,425 --> 00:28:17,915 And so this is a year later, same exact problem. 561 00:28:18,575 --> 00:28:21,425 So I, uh, took my car back. 562 00:28:21,784 --> 00:28:24,725 To this place, which praise the Lord for warranty. 563 00:28:25,084 --> 00:28:27,544 Um, 'cause I didn't have to pay for any of this. 564 00:28:27,725 --> 00:28:29,915 Um, so I took my car back. 565 00:28:29,915 --> 00:28:31,685 I didn't have my car for all of August. 566 00:28:32,465 --> 00:28:35,554 Um, they were trying to figure out what was wrong with it and all this stuff 567 00:28:36,334 --> 00:28:38,885 and they ended up replacing the engine. 568 00:28:39,635 --> 00:28:43,354 Like I got a new engine for my car for free. 569 00:28:43,415 --> 00:28:48,004 Uh, but I got a new engine for my car and so far it works great. 570 00:28:48,455 --> 00:28:50,435 Um, but allegedly it's fixed now. 571 00:28:51,365 --> 00:28:57,995 What I learned is not to assume that my engine was in good condition, 572 00:28:59,645 --> 00:29:01,175 just because they fixed it. 573 00:29:01,745 --> 00:29:02,705 I didn't assume. 574 00:29:02,705 --> 00:29:07,504 So now what I do is I try to break my car, um, because what happens is when 575 00:29:07,504 --> 00:29:10,595 my car, when I accelerate, like to get on the freeway, that's when it happens. 576 00:29:11,014 --> 00:29:14,854 So every time, actually, every time I, I'm at Ezekiel's house for partners. 577 00:29:15,214 --> 00:29:18,694 I accelerate really fast when I leave to see if it'll break the engine. 578 00:29:18,694 --> 00:29:19,684 And so far it hasn't done that. 579 00:29:20,019 --> 00:29:20,239 Um, 580 00:29:22,324 --> 00:29:25,414 um, anyway, but I, I assumed right? 581 00:29:25,414 --> 00:29:28,444 You would assume, oh, I, I got a new car, it should have a good engine. 582 00:29:28,624 --> 00:29:28,834 Right? 583 00:29:28,834 --> 00:29:31,774 Or you assume I took my car in the mechanic, it should have a good engine. 584 00:29:31,864 --> 00:29:32,044 Right? 585 00:29:32,044 --> 00:29:34,024 And I learned very quickly to not assume that. 586 00:29:36,004 --> 00:29:38,735 I think a lot of people assume that your heart. 587 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:45,680 Is in good condition that your heart is primarily oriented towards good things. 588 00:29:46,370 --> 00:29:48,320 You assume, oh, there's a country song about it. 589 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:49,190 Most people are good. 590 00:29:50,150 --> 00:29:54,620 You assume that, oh, my heart is, my heart likes God. 591 00:29:55,190 --> 00:29:56,510 My heart doesn't like sin. 592 00:29:57,230 --> 00:30:00,950 You assume that about yourself and that's actually not true. 593 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:02,690 'cause what do we just hear about our heart? 594 00:30:02,750 --> 00:30:05,210 Our heart is, is hard and unrepentant. 595 00:30:05,239 --> 00:30:09,649 Okay, so the first lie that I don't want you to believe is that good 596 00:30:09,649 --> 00:30:11,989 morals and what I call churchianity. 597 00:30:12,019 --> 00:30:13,759 Actually I didn't come up with that phrase, someone else did. 598 00:30:14,149 --> 00:30:17,360 Um, good morals and churchianity means you have a good heart. 599 00:30:18,409 --> 00:30:21,649 That is not true just because you have good morals. 600 00:30:21,649 --> 00:30:23,689 Just because you, you know right from wrong doesn't mean your 601 00:30:23,719 --> 00:30:24,799 heart is in good condition. 602 00:30:27,229 --> 00:30:29,600 'cause actually everyone has a hard heart, right? 603 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:31,699 A good outside doesn't mean you have a good inside. 604 00:30:32,735 --> 00:30:35,225 Just 'cause your car is clean doesn't mean the engine works. 605 00:30:37,385 --> 00:30:41,945 So don't assume that good morals and growing up at church means 606 00:30:41,945 --> 00:30:42,784 you have a good heart actually. 607 00:30:42,784 --> 00:30:44,345 Your heart loves sin. 608 00:30:45,635 --> 00:30:46,625 Your heart loves sin. 609 00:30:47,135 --> 00:30:48,605 Your heart looks for opportunities to sin. 610 00:30:48,935 --> 00:30:51,455 Your heart actually doesn't need even need to be taught how to sin. 611 00:30:51,455 --> 00:30:52,745 It figures out how to sin on its own. 612 00:30:55,985 --> 00:30:59,105 Another lie you might believe is that procrastinating. 613 00:31:00,004 --> 00:31:03,305 Repenting isn't being hardhearted because you think, well, I'm not 614 00:31:03,305 --> 00:31:05,645 rejecting God, I'm just putting him off. 615 00:31:05,975 --> 00:31:07,355 I'm just saying I'll do that later. 616 00:31:08,795 --> 00:31:13,715 Now, as you all know, procrastinating is still rejecting, right? 617 00:31:13,715 --> 00:31:17,735 Like if I, if I said, Hey, we talked about bad textures a couple weeks ago, right? 618 00:31:19,690 --> 00:31:20,735 A bad texture. 619 00:31:21,095 --> 00:31:23,735 Really what they're saying is, you're not important to me, right? 620 00:31:23,735 --> 00:31:26,945 Because we all know if you are really like super, super, super important to them. 621 00:31:27,455 --> 00:31:30,754 Like if they had a crush on you or you had a right, they would respond immediately. 622 00:31:30,784 --> 00:31:31,024 Right? 623 00:31:31,024 --> 00:31:34,475 You know that, you know that if, if, if the right person texts them, 624 00:31:34,475 --> 00:31:38,614 they'll respond, but you're not a priority, so you're not gonna 625 00:31:38,614 --> 00:31:40,205 get the immediate response right. 626 00:31:41,435 --> 00:31:45,185 When you're pushing off repenting, whether as a Christian or not, you're 627 00:31:45,185 --> 00:31:49,475 telling God, you're not important to me because I have better things to do. 628 00:31:49,475 --> 00:31:50,705 I have more important things to do. 629 00:31:51,245 --> 00:31:53,764 Procrastinating saying I'm, I'm gonna become a Christian later. 630 00:31:54,064 --> 00:31:56,415 What you're saying is, God, you're not worth my time right now. 631 00:31:56,915 --> 00:31:59,345 You're worth my time later, right? 632 00:31:59,345 --> 00:32:02,315 Like if for example, you're saying, well, you know, God, I'll 633 00:32:02,315 --> 00:32:04,625 become a Christian after college. 634 00:32:05,375 --> 00:32:08,135 What you're saying is, God, you're not worth living for in high school. 635 00:32:09,815 --> 00:32:10,534 You're not worth it. 636 00:32:11,435 --> 00:32:13,385 It's not very important for me to live for you. 637 00:32:14,855 --> 00:32:15,754 That's what you're telling God. 638 00:32:17,555 --> 00:32:20,885 So don't believe the lie that that procrastinating isn't being hardhearted. 639 00:32:22,205 --> 00:32:24,425 Don't believe this is, this is really the biggest one. 640 00:32:24,425 --> 00:32:27,034 Don't believe the lie that God's wrath isn't really for 641 00:32:27,034 --> 00:32:28,925 me, it's for everyone else. 642 00:32:30,125 --> 00:32:32,075 Because that's really what this all comes down to, right? 643 00:32:32,225 --> 00:32:34,504 Is we believe that God's wrath is for those people. 644 00:32:34,534 --> 00:32:36,635 Hell is for those people, but not for me. 645 00:32:36,905 --> 00:32:37,655 I don't deserve it. 646 00:32:38,795 --> 00:32:43,175 Sometimes even Christians, we become a Christian and then eventually 647 00:32:43,205 --> 00:32:46,745 after we grow in holiness and after we, we kill some sin, we think, oh, 648 00:32:46,774 --> 00:32:47,915 I'm really not that bad anymore. 649 00:32:49,729 --> 00:32:52,129 I don't really deserve God's wrath 'cause look how much I've grown. 650 00:32:53,059 --> 00:32:54,949 And that's dangerous even for us Christians, right? 651 00:32:55,279 --> 00:32:57,860 Because we can think, oh, well, look how good I am now. 652 00:32:58,850 --> 00:33:00,829 We're really taking credit for God's grace, right? 653 00:33:01,399 --> 00:33:03,439 What we're doing is saying, well, look, look how awesome I am. 654 00:33:03,439 --> 00:33:04,610 I don't deserve God's wrath anymore. 655 00:33:04,639 --> 00:33:07,669 'cause of all the good things I've done, that sounds like someone who's 656 00:33:07,669 --> 00:33:09,229 trusting their own righteousness, right? 657 00:33:10,009 --> 00:33:13,789 So if you're a Christian and, and you're saying, you know, what God's 658 00:33:13,789 --> 00:33:16,579 wrath is, is really for those people I know, like I used to deserve God's 659 00:33:16,579 --> 00:33:17,600 wrath, but now that I'm a Christian. 660 00:33:18,004 --> 00:33:19,685 You know, I'm, I'm a good person. 661 00:33:19,685 --> 00:33:24,035 Now that's kind of prideful 'cause the only reason is 'cause of God's grace. 662 00:33:24,035 --> 00:33:24,395 Right? 663 00:33:26,254 --> 00:33:33,425 So, God's wrath is, is really for you, specifically you, your sin, the things 664 00:33:33,425 --> 00:33:36,455 that you have done, the things that you have thought, the things that you have 665 00:33:36,455 --> 00:33:39,335 felt, the things that you've wanted, the things that you've prioritized. 666 00:33:39,995 --> 00:33:41,405 God's wrath is, is for you. 667 00:33:43,159 --> 00:33:45,469 And so when we confess our sin, right? 668 00:33:45,469 --> 00:33:48,409 As a Christian, when you confess your sin to God, or for the first 669 00:33:48,409 --> 00:33:51,320 time when you, you want to become a Christian and you turn from 670 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:52,610 your sin, you can't sugarcoat it. 671 00:33:53,179 --> 00:33:55,610 You can't make excuses for your sin, right? 672 00:33:55,610 --> 00:33:59,090 You can't say, well, um, that person made me do it, or they just made me so 673 00:33:59,090 --> 00:34:02,060 anxious, or I just can't, I'm, I just lost my patience 'cause they did this. 674 00:34:02,839 --> 00:34:04,670 That's, that's saying, that's sugarcoating your sin. 675 00:34:07,250 --> 00:34:07,550 Right. 676 00:34:07,730 --> 00:34:10,730 And becoming a Christian means getting a new heart, right? 677 00:34:10,730 --> 00:34:12,560 Not getting better, right? 678 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:16,070 Like with my car, they kept putting oil in the engine, but 679 00:34:16,070 --> 00:34:17,090 I really needed a new engine. 680 00:34:18,409 --> 00:34:22,130 And I, I hopefully for, for some of you who aren't saved in this room, I hope 681 00:34:22,130 --> 00:34:26,150 you're, you're realizing that you, your sin doesn't just need you to do better. 682 00:34:27,139 --> 00:34:29,389 You don't just need to, to start reading the Bible more. 683 00:34:29,779 --> 00:34:31,370 You don't just need to to pray more. 684 00:34:31,489 --> 00:34:34,520 You don't just need to, to stop saying those words or stop watching those 685 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:38,000 videos or stop playing those games or stop listening that music if, if you're 686 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,250 not a Christian, you need a new heart. 687 00:34:41,449 --> 00:34:45,830 You need God needs to, to make you a different person because the person 688 00:34:45,859 --> 00:34:52,310 that you are, the person that we all were before, Christ is under God's wrath 689 00:34:52,339 --> 00:34:55,100 opposed to God, hardhearted, unrepentant. 690 00:34:57,380 --> 00:34:58,670 If you're a Christian, that's who you used to be. 691 00:34:59,090 --> 00:35:01,190 Don't sugarcoat that, right? 692 00:35:01,190 --> 00:35:02,780 Don't, don't forget that. 693 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:06,950 And if you aren't a Christian, don't try to just put more oil in the engine. 694 00:35:07,370 --> 00:35:09,740 When you really need a new engine, you need a new heart. 695 00:35:09,740 --> 00:35:15,110 You need God to change you, and you need Jesus righteousness for 696 00:35:15,230 --> 00:35:19,620 everything, not just for your worst sins, but for all of your sins. 697 00:35:21,154 --> 00:35:23,225 Let's pray and we'll go to small groups. 698 00:35:26,254 --> 00:35:29,015 God, we are grateful that you are patient and kind. 699 00:35:29,075 --> 00:35:34,895 We're so thankful that you love to forgive and so I pray even after we 700 00:35:34,895 --> 00:35:38,240 talked about, uh, some hard things about sin and your wrath, I pray 701 00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:39,830 that we see that your wrath is. 702 00:35:40,924 --> 00:35:45,035 Is good because we want a God who is just, we want a God who punished his sin. 703 00:35:45,274 --> 00:35:47,254 But unfortunately, we are part of that problem. 704 00:35:47,254 --> 00:35:49,564 So I pray that we are more grateful for the gospel. 705 00:35:49,595 --> 00:35:53,555 I pray that we are more, um, thankful for your grace. 706 00:35:53,914 --> 00:35:57,274 And I pray for any students in this room who aren't saved, that they would not, 707 00:35:57,634 --> 00:36:04,265 um, keep rejecting you and keep putting off and believing lies about themselves 708 00:36:04,265 --> 00:36:07,834 or about you, but rather they would turn from their sin and put their trust in you. 709 00:36:07,984 --> 00:36:08,669 We pray this in Jesus' name. 710 00:36:09,275 --> 00:36:09,634 Amen.