1 00:00:00,050 --> 00:00:01,730 Speaker: something that you might not know about me. 2 00:00:02,359 --> 00:00:05,240 Is that I, I love kids movies. 3 00:00:05,359 --> 00:00:06,469 I love kids movies. 4 00:00:06,859 --> 00:00:12,799 My favorite movie is Penga I Madagascar, um, Tanga Madagascar. 5 00:00:13,759 --> 00:00:17,509 Um, and so knowing that I love kids movies, my, my wife, my 6 00:00:17,509 --> 00:00:20,900 lovely wife was like, we need to watch how to train your dragon. 7 00:00:21,049 --> 00:00:22,070 It's awesome. 8 00:00:22,250 --> 00:00:23,330 It's so good. 9 00:00:23,570 --> 00:00:24,260 It's the best. 10 00:00:24,260 --> 00:00:26,989 So, so we sat down and we're gonna watch how to Train Your Dragon, 11 00:00:26,989 --> 00:00:31,340 but one thing that you also might not know about me is that. 12 00:00:31,685 --> 00:00:35,315 I hate dumb protagonists. 13 00:00:35,705 --> 00:00:37,685 Like when the, when the main character in the movie. 14 00:00:38,435 --> 00:00:40,265 Is just like they don't know what they're doing. 15 00:00:40,385 --> 00:00:40,685 Right. 16 00:00:40,685 --> 00:00:45,185 When they're like making bad decisions, they're, they're just really cringey. 17 00:00:45,185 --> 00:00:46,595 Like, I, I, I hate it. 18 00:00:46,595 --> 00:00:47,375 I can't stand it. 19 00:00:47,375 --> 00:00:49,025 That's like my least favorite part of any movie. 20 00:00:49,325 --> 00:00:53,375 So naturally, when I, when I watched this movie for the first like 70% of the 21 00:00:53,375 --> 00:00:55,445 movie, I was just like, this is terrible. 22 00:00:55,709 --> 00:00:57,989 This dude has no clue what he's doing. 23 00:00:58,170 --> 00:00:59,310 Like, what? 24 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:01,320 Why, why did you keep the dragon? 25 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,480 Why, why, why did you, why didn't you get rid of the dragon? 26 00:01:03,599 --> 00:01:04,800 Why are you trying to hide the dragon? 27 00:01:04,860 --> 00:01:06,420 Why aren't you doing a better job of hiding the dragon? 28 00:01:06,510 --> 00:01:09,510 Why don't you make a better wing for your dragon? 29 00:01:09,510 --> 00:01:12,030 Because you decide to make this wing that's super flimsy 30 00:01:12,030 --> 00:01:13,230 and falls off and what? 31 00:01:13,230 --> 00:01:14,460 Anyway, I was like, this is terrible. 32 00:01:14,460 --> 00:01:15,030 What are you doing? 33 00:01:15,450 --> 00:01:16,800 It, it just, it bothers me. 34 00:01:17,070 --> 00:01:17,850 I get upset about it. 35 00:01:17,850 --> 00:01:18,660 You can even tell right now. 36 00:01:18,660 --> 00:01:20,160 I'm, I'm like, this is, this is a bad idea. 37 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:21,120 But the rest movie was great. 38 00:01:21,510 --> 00:01:23,130 The like last 20 minutes were awesome. 39 00:01:23,429 --> 00:01:23,850 Um. 40 00:01:24,755 --> 00:01:27,995 Anyway, I, I hate dumb movie protagonist. 41 00:01:27,995 --> 00:01:28,175 Right? 42 00:01:28,865 --> 00:01:33,485 And see what you get mad at says a lot about you, right? 43 00:01:33,485 --> 00:01:38,015 What, what you get upset at says a lot about who you are, the kind of person you 44 00:01:38,015 --> 00:01:39,575 are, the kind of things you like, right? 45 00:01:39,575 --> 00:01:43,505 It's, you can learn a lot about someone by what makes them mad. 46 00:01:44,914 --> 00:01:52,325 And see when we see what makes God mad, what God directs his anger, his wrath. 47 00:01:52,910 --> 00:01:58,340 At, it tells us a lot about him and what we're gonna learn tonight in Romans 48 00:01:58,340 --> 00:02:07,040 chapter one is that God's anger, God's wrath, shows that he is a good judge. 49 00:02:07,100 --> 00:02:07,910 He's righteous. 50 00:02:08,239 --> 00:02:10,880 God's wrath reveals his righteousness. 51 00:02:11,899 --> 00:02:14,959 See God, he gets angry at the right things. 52 00:02:15,470 --> 00:02:18,530 God gets angry at the things that you're supposed to get angry at. 53 00:02:18,590 --> 00:02:19,910 He gets angry at. 54 00:02:20,030 --> 00:02:23,150 Unrighteousness and see that there's a problem there. 55 00:02:23,270 --> 00:02:26,450 And that's because God gets angry justifiably. 56 00:02:26,450 --> 00:02:30,050 So God should get angry at you and me. 57 00:02:30,859 --> 00:02:36,050 God should direct all of his holy fury at you and me because we are 58 00:02:36,050 --> 00:02:38,810 unrighteous and that's what we're gonna see tonight, is that everyone 59 00:02:38,870 --> 00:02:43,400 deserves God's wrath, everyone. 60 00:02:45,710 --> 00:02:46,250 You do. 61 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:47,180 I do. 62 00:02:47,704 --> 00:02:48,575 Pastor Rod does. 63 00:02:48,875 --> 00:02:52,114 Everyone deserves God's wrath. 64 00:02:53,555 --> 00:02:54,245 So turn with me. 65 00:02:54,484 --> 00:03:00,905 Romans one 18 to 23, we're gonna see that everyone deserves God wrath. 66 00:03:01,114 --> 00:03:03,575 God's wrath, but good judges hate sin. 67 00:03:03,665 --> 00:03:06,695 But before we get there, remember, remember this slide from like. 68 00:03:07,295 --> 00:03:11,525 Three or four weeks ago about how the gospel is all about God's righteousness. 69 00:03:11,525 --> 00:03:13,295 This is like kind of our roadmap for Romans, right? 70 00:03:13,295 --> 00:03:16,115 So last week, remember that thesis statement we talked about, like when 71 00:03:16,115 --> 00:03:19,025 you're writing essay, you have to write your thesis and it has to have everything. 72 00:03:19,025 --> 00:03:20,315 And you got your whole diagram, right? 73 00:03:20,345 --> 00:03:21,005 Your thesis. 74 00:03:21,065 --> 00:03:24,215 So Romans one, 16 to 17 is like Paul's thesis for Romans. 75 00:03:24,365 --> 00:03:26,255 So then we're, we just finished that. 76 00:03:26,255 --> 00:03:27,215 So we read the thesis. 77 00:03:27,275 --> 00:03:29,225 Now we're in like the first paragraph, right? 78 00:03:29,285 --> 00:03:32,734 The first, the first body paragraph that he's gonna talk about. 79 00:03:33,005 --> 00:03:34,234 So that's gonna be. 80 00:03:34,595 --> 00:03:38,554 Chapter one 18, all the way to three 20. 81 00:03:38,674 --> 00:03:41,554 So what we're gonna be learning about is that the gospel shows that 82 00:03:41,554 --> 00:03:44,075 God's wrath against sin is righteous. 83 00:03:44,345 --> 00:03:47,375 It's the right thing, it's the right response from God. 84 00:03:47,375 --> 00:03:50,105 God should show his wrath towards sin. 85 00:03:50,765 --> 00:03:51,484 It's a good thing. 86 00:03:51,815 --> 00:03:54,454 And if you wanna put that into a question, this is what your question would be. 87 00:03:54,635 --> 00:03:55,834 Why does God send people to hell? 88 00:03:55,984 --> 00:03:57,484 So this is what we're gonna be covering for a while. 89 00:03:57,785 --> 00:04:01,834 The gospel shows that God's wrath against sin is righteous. 90 00:04:01,834 --> 00:04:02,015 Okay? 91 00:04:02,015 --> 00:04:03,994 So grab your Bible, read along with me. 92 00:04:04,730 --> 00:04:12,559 In verse 18 of Romans one, for the wrath of God is revealed from 93 00:04:12,559 --> 00:04:18,649 heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who by their 94 00:04:18,649 --> 00:04:21,079 unrighteousness, suppress the truth. 95 00:04:21,950 --> 00:04:23,930 So we talked about God's righteousness a lot, right? 96 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:25,130 And now what do you see? 97 00:04:25,670 --> 00:04:26,660 Unrighteousness. 98 00:04:26,990 --> 00:04:28,310 Unrighteousness, right? 99 00:04:28,790 --> 00:04:30,560 God's wrath is revealed. 100 00:04:31,100 --> 00:04:34,340 It's shown from heaven against unrighteousness. 101 00:04:34,340 --> 00:04:34,940 The opposite. 102 00:04:35,659 --> 00:04:38,630 And that's why we see that God is righteous because 103 00:04:38,630 --> 00:04:41,000 God hates unrighteousness. 104 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,190 And that's how we see that he's righteous. 105 00:04:43,940 --> 00:04:44,750 You see the opposite? 106 00:04:44,990 --> 00:04:47,480 God, it, it's like a, it's like clarity, right? 107 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:51,110 Like you know how when you see like a diamond ring, it's always on like a black 108 00:04:51,110 --> 00:04:55,010 background 'cause it makes it pop, it make it, it helps you see it clearer. 109 00:04:55,940 --> 00:04:59,870 God's wrath shows his righteousness 'cause he directs his wrath at. 110 00:05:00,740 --> 00:05:02,090 Unrighteousness at the opposite. 111 00:05:02,630 --> 00:05:04,580 And then verse 19, four. 112 00:05:04,580 --> 00:05:06,349 Remember when you see four, it means because. 113 00:05:06,830 --> 00:05:09,560 So how come God does that? 114 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:09,800 How? 115 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,770 Why does God show his wrath against unrighteousness? 116 00:05:12,830 --> 00:05:16,550 Well, what can be known about God is playing to all 117 00:05:16,550 --> 00:05:17,690 of these unrighteous people. 118 00:05:17,900 --> 00:05:20,990 It's obvious because God has shown it to them. 119 00:05:22,219 --> 00:05:22,700 Why? 120 00:05:22,820 --> 00:05:23,300 How? 121 00:05:23,675 --> 00:05:27,455 Verse 20 for his invisible attributes, namely his eternal 122 00:05:27,455 --> 00:05:28,805 power and divine nature. 123 00:05:28,805 --> 00:05:33,635 So the fact that God is powerful and he's God, they've been clearly perceived 124 00:05:33,815 --> 00:05:38,195 ever since the creation of the world in the things that have been made. 125 00:05:39,275 --> 00:05:46,055 So God made a bunch of stuff and that shows us that God, who, God 126 00:05:46,055 --> 00:05:48,575 is, he's God and he's powerful. 127 00:05:49,175 --> 00:05:51,755 So God made a bunch of stuff right, the things that he made, creation. 128 00:05:53,180 --> 00:05:55,370 Shows us something about God, what does it show us? 129 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,850 His invisible attributes, his namely, his E, eternal, his eternal 130 00:05:58,850 --> 00:06:01,250 power, and his divine nature. 131 00:06:01,910 --> 00:06:04,340 And the conclusion is that no excuses. 132 00:06:05,060 --> 00:06:08,630 Everyone can see that God is God. 133 00:06:09,590 --> 00:06:10,640 Everyone can see that. 134 00:06:12,350 --> 00:06:15,680 So that leaves us without excuses. 135 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,960 What this verse is saying is that everyone, and we'll, we'll see you later. 136 00:06:21,845 --> 00:06:25,325 Suppresses the truth of God's existence. 137 00:06:25,655 --> 00:06:28,625 Everyone tries to ignore God. 138 00:06:29,345 --> 00:06:30,005 Everyone does it. 139 00:06:30,605 --> 00:06:34,205 That's what Paul is trying to establish, that God shows himself to 140 00:06:34,205 --> 00:06:36,665 everyone, but everyone ignores it. 141 00:06:36,845 --> 00:06:43,775 So our first point tonight is abandon your excuses for ignoring God. 142 00:06:45,245 --> 00:06:46,805 Abandon your excuses for knowing God. 143 00:06:47,645 --> 00:06:48,365 Leave him behind. 144 00:06:50,690 --> 00:06:54,740 Paul is saying that we don't have any excuses because it's 145 00:06:54,740 --> 00:06:57,740 obvious who God is is obvious. 146 00:06:57,740 --> 00:06:58,400 It's plain. 147 00:07:01,340 --> 00:07:02,600 Now, maybe you've been wondering, 148 00:07:05,540 --> 00:07:09,650 well, everyone deserves God's wrath. 149 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,170 Like everyone, like every single person. 150 00:07:12,170 --> 00:07:12,860 Are you sure? 151 00:07:13,010 --> 00:07:15,110 Like that was your main point, Louis, everyone really. 152 00:07:15,380 --> 00:07:18,300 What about someone who maybe doesn't have the Bible? 153 00:07:19,995 --> 00:07:21,470 Uh, do they deserve God's wrath? 154 00:07:23,090 --> 00:07:23,540 Well, 155 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:33,050 does this say that you need the Bible to know about God? 156 00:07:33,830 --> 00:07:36,020 His invisible attributes, his eternal power, his divine nature? 157 00:07:36,830 --> 00:07:40,640 Where does it say that God shows who he is 158 00:07:43,190 --> 00:07:44,750 in the things that have been made? 159 00:07:46,730 --> 00:07:47,960 That's how people know. 160 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,540 That's how everyone knows that God is God. 161 00:07:51,860 --> 00:07:54,950 The fancy word for that that you can use to impress your 162 00:07:54,950 --> 00:07:57,290 parents is general revelation. 163 00:07:57,830 --> 00:07:58,490 It's everywhere. 164 00:07:58,909 --> 00:07:59,659 General revelation. 165 00:07:59,659 --> 00:08:03,440 If you, if you're reading a, a, a Christian book, you might find 166 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:04,940 that word, general revelation. 167 00:08:05,660 --> 00:08:08,810 The things that have made creation, and the reason it's called general is not 168 00:08:08,810 --> 00:08:13,400 because it's a high ranking officer in the Army, but because it's for everyone. 169 00:08:13,460 --> 00:08:14,090 It's obvious. 170 00:08:14,705 --> 00:08:15,545 General revelation. 171 00:08:15,755 --> 00:08:22,295 So the way we know that God is, God is because we look at creation, 172 00:08:23,104 --> 00:08:27,094 we look at things that like, oh wow, you couldn't just randomly 173 00:08:27,305 --> 00:08:32,104 by chance come up with something so complicated like a human being. 174 00:08:33,395 --> 00:08:34,990 Or why do humans have consciences? 175 00:08:34,990 --> 00:08:36,485 Why do you feel bad when you lie? 176 00:08:37,235 --> 00:08:39,424 That's not because you evolved from a monkey. 177 00:08:39,995 --> 00:08:40,895 That's 'cause someone made you. 178 00:08:41,674 --> 00:08:43,834 There's no reason for you to feel bad if you've just evolved. 179 00:08:44,764 --> 00:08:50,764 So things like that, they show us that God is God or how 180 00:08:50,764 --> 00:08:51,814 did, how did we even get here? 181 00:08:51,814 --> 00:08:55,775 Why, why is the earth so specifically designed so that it's not too close 182 00:08:55,775 --> 00:08:57,994 to, the sun will re burnt up, but it's not too far from the sun. 183 00:08:57,994 --> 00:08:58,594 Will we freeze? 184 00:08:58,714 --> 00:09:01,894 And the tilt of the earth is at the exact angle where the, the sun comes and we 185 00:09:01,894 --> 00:09:06,425 get seasons and things grow and the the moon protects us from asteroids and it 186 00:09:06,425 --> 00:09:08,494 helps the tides do all this cool stuff. 187 00:09:08,494 --> 00:09:11,014 And how does that so perfectly designed? 188 00:09:11,869 --> 00:09:12,709 How does that happen? 189 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:15,949 It can't just be, oh, well, you know, a bunch of stuff flew around and hit 190 00:09:15,949 --> 00:09:17,780 each other and then boom, here we go. 191 00:09:17,900 --> 00:09:18,290 Right? 192 00:09:18,349 --> 00:09:19,160 That's where we came from. 193 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:26,599 I'm oversimplifying it, but creation shows us that God exists, and so we have 194 00:09:26,599 --> 00:09:34,405 no excuse to ignore him because anyone who's living in the world who's created. 195 00:09:36,515 --> 00:09:38,555 God has shown them that He exists. 196 00:09:38,555 --> 00:09:38,735 Right? 197 00:09:38,735 --> 00:09:40,295 Not just, oh, you figure it out. 198 00:09:40,564 --> 00:09:42,300 No, God has shown them this. 199 00:09:42,305 --> 00:09:43,055 This is active. 200 00:09:43,084 --> 00:09:43,954 This is something God did. 201 00:09:43,985 --> 00:09:47,645 God made the world so that you could see that he exists. 202 00:09:48,365 --> 00:09:50,375 You don't need the Bible to know that God exists. 203 00:09:51,245 --> 00:09:54,185 That's what, that's what Paul is saying here in these verse few verses. 204 00:09:54,665 --> 00:09:58,415 It's obvious that God exists and what we do instead, and what he's 205 00:09:58,415 --> 00:10:01,775 gonna say later is that we suppress the truth, that word suppress. 206 00:10:03,140 --> 00:10:05,300 I always think of this, the best way I've ever heard it explained is he's like, 207 00:10:05,300 --> 00:10:06,560 you know when your trash can's too full? 208 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,599 And you're like, I don't wanna take that out right now. 209 00:10:09,170 --> 00:10:11,629 So you suppress it, you push it down. 210 00:10:11,959 --> 00:10:13,400 That's what people do with the truth. 211 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:18,829 That's what you and I do with the truth of who God is, is we suppress it, we 212 00:10:18,829 --> 00:10:20,629 push it down, we try to ignore God. 213 00:10:20,629 --> 00:10:21,410 We plug our ears. 214 00:10:22,099 --> 00:10:24,800 We say, I right that, and you see this all around us, right? 215 00:10:24,949 --> 00:10:28,699 People come up with all sorts of creative ways to ignore God. 216 00:10:29,150 --> 00:10:29,869 Maybe you have. 217 00:10:30,695 --> 00:10:35,045 Friends who, who tell you, well, you know, we know that that God doesn't exist 218 00:10:35,045 --> 00:10:39,665 because of evolution or because of the Big Bang, or because of the fossil record. 219 00:10:39,815 --> 00:10:43,565 Or we know that God doesn't exist because actually he spoke 220 00:10:43,565 --> 00:10:45,125 to a man named Joseph Smith. 221 00:10:45,485 --> 00:10:48,545 Or maybe you hear that, oh God, doesn't we know, or things like that. 222 00:10:48,545 --> 00:10:51,245 Maybe you say, well, we know that the Bible isn't true because of this. 223 00:10:51,245 --> 00:10:56,615 So people come up with all sorts of ways to ignore God, but God 224 00:10:56,615 --> 00:10:58,205 has come, has revealed himself. 225 00:10:58,205 --> 00:10:59,225 He's shown who he is. 226 00:10:59,690 --> 00:11:02,630 Through creation and through your conscience, right? 227 00:11:02,810 --> 00:11:03,890 You feel bad for stuff. 228 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:05,570 There's no reason for you to feel bad for stuff. 229 00:11:05,810 --> 00:11:11,270 If you're just a smart monkey, there's no reason for you to feel bad about 230 00:11:11,270 --> 00:11:13,910 anything because you're living for you. 231 00:11:14,270 --> 00:11:15,230 But why do you feel bad? 232 00:11:15,860 --> 00:11:19,220 Because it's pointing you to something that, that God wants to show you. 233 00:11:19,850 --> 00:11:26,750 So many of you maybe are, you actually have been shown more 234 00:11:26,750 --> 00:11:27,915 things about God than just creation. 235 00:11:28,504 --> 00:11:32,104 Because you've grown up in a church or in a home where you hear about 236 00:11:32,104 --> 00:11:35,045 God through his word, and maybe you're still suppressing the truth. 237 00:11:35,824 --> 00:11:37,714 You even have more evidence for God. 238 00:11:38,614 --> 00:11:40,145 You have parents who've taught you the Bible. 239 00:11:40,175 --> 00:11:43,954 You've, you've heard about arguments like apologetics and things like that 240 00:11:43,954 --> 00:11:48,574 for the existence of God or for the, the reality of the Bible, and many 241 00:11:48,574 --> 00:11:50,614 of you are still trying to ignore it. 242 00:11:50,645 --> 00:11:52,624 You're still trying to say, well, I don't really know if that's true. 243 00:11:53,300 --> 00:11:54,920 Or I don't really know if the Bible's true. 244 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:59,270 I don't really know if, um, Christianity's the only way, or I don't really think this 245 00:11:59,270 --> 00:12:00,980 is, you come up with all these excuses. 246 00:12:01,010 --> 00:12:02,780 Or when I'm older, then I'll do it. 247 00:12:03,530 --> 00:12:05,420 Or, uh, when I learn a bit more, then I'll do it. 248 00:12:05,420 --> 00:12:07,670 Or when I stop sinning this much, then I'll do it. 249 00:12:07,910 --> 00:12:15,225 We come up with all sorts of excuses for ignoring God, but also as a Christian, if, 250 00:12:15,230 --> 00:12:19,250 if, if you're a Christian in this room, this was you, before you came a Christian, 251 00:12:19,430 --> 00:12:22,285 you were unrighteous, you weren't just. 252 00:12:22,939 --> 00:12:23,689 Okay. 253 00:12:23,750 --> 00:12:24,800 And then God saved you. 254 00:12:25,819 --> 00:12:29,689 You weren't just, well, I, I wasn't a terrible person. 255 00:12:29,780 --> 00:12:31,580 Maybe I was a sinner, but everyone's a sinner. 256 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,910 No, you were unrighteous not righteous at all. 257 00:12:35,780 --> 00:12:36,620 And God saved you. 258 00:12:37,010 --> 00:12:37,220 Right. 259 00:12:37,220 --> 00:12:39,680 We're, if you're a Christian, maybe you're gonna be like, why are we learning 260 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:41,870 about God's wrath for two months? 261 00:12:42,590 --> 00:12:45,020 Well, because it tells us who we were before we were saved. 262 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,030 And we need to be honest about that. 263 00:12:47,270 --> 00:12:49,699 'cause it helps us appreciate God's grace more. 264 00:12:49,699 --> 00:12:50,360 It helps us. 265 00:12:51,365 --> 00:12:53,105 Have more compassion for unbelievers. 266 00:12:54,185 --> 00:12:59,195 So Christian, this was you before Christ, you were ignoring God, and then you 267 00:12:59,195 --> 00:13:02,105 said, oh, God got your attention, right? 268 00:13:02,105 --> 00:13:02,885 The gospel came to you. 269 00:13:02,885 --> 00:13:06,485 God revealed himself to you through the gospel, through His word, and you, 270 00:13:06,665 --> 00:13:07,835 he gave you the faith to trust him. 271 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:07,900 So 272 00:13:10,745 --> 00:13:14,195 we all come up with reasons to ignore God, right? 273 00:13:14,195 --> 00:13:16,325 And and you often hear the argument, right? 274 00:13:16,325 --> 00:13:19,670 Like, well, if Jesus just appeared to me, then I would believe. 275 00:13:19,985 --> 00:13:20,075 Him. 276 00:13:20,855 --> 00:13:21,185 Right? 277 00:13:21,215 --> 00:13:21,965 Maybe you've heard that before. 278 00:13:21,965 --> 00:13:25,745 Maybe you've said that If I had a vision of God or if I lived when 279 00:13:25,745 --> 00:13:28,535 Jesus lived, I would definitely be a Christian, but I just can't really 280 00:13:28,535 --> 00:13:31,685 know for sure anymore 'cause I, I didn't see God, I didn't live with him. 281 00:13:34,145 --> 00:13:39,335 What this passage is saying is that the problem is not evidence. 282 00:13:40,865 --> 00:13:43,025 The problem is your heart. 283 00:13:44,225 --> 00:13:47,315 The problem is not the amount of evidence you'd get because. 284 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:54,260 It's already clear and you just come up with reasons to ignore it. 285 00:13:55,070 --> 00:13:58,670 So I had a friend in second grade or third grade, I can't remember, and 286 00:13:58,670 --> 00:14:02,630 he, I remember we were talking about Christmas and Santa came up and I was 287 00:14:02,630 --> 00:14:05,030 like, oh yeah, you know, my parents pretended to be Santa, whatever. 288 00:14:05,030 --> 00:14:05,570 He's like, no, no, no. 289 00:14:05,570 --> 00:14:06,110 Santa's real. 290 00:14:08,165 --> 00:14:10,235 He's like, no, like Santa's definitely real. 291 00:14:10,535 --> 00:14:13,055 And I was like, wait, you really think he like comes down people's chimneys. 292 00:14:13,265 --> 00:14:15,095 He's like, well, who says he comes down chimneys anymore? 293 00:14:16,055 --> 00:14:18,125 And I was like, whoa, okay. 294 00:14:18,125 --> 00:14:19,295 Like you are committed to this. 295 00:14:19,505 --> 00:14:22,085 You really, you really believe in this Santa guy? 296 00:14:22,115 --> 00:14:24,935 Like, and here's the thing, right? 297 00:14:25,355 --> 00:14:26,615 I could give him all the evidence. 298 00:14:27,199 --> 00:14:29,870 You know, well, well, Santa didn't come to my house because I knew 299 00:14:29,900 --> 00:14:30,770 'cause I stayed up all night. 300 00:14:30,770 --> 00:14:32,270 Or because our fireplace is boarded up. 301 00:14:32,270 --> 00:14:33,620 Or what about places that don't have fireplaces? 302 00:14:33,620 --> 00:14:34,579 What about apartment complexes? 303 00:14:34,579 --> 00:14:36,500 I, you know, you could give him all the evidence, right? 304 00:14:38,329 --> 00:14:40,520 But he wouldn't, he, he would still believe that Santa existed. 305 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:40,819 Why? 306 00:14:41,689 --> 00:14:42,829 Because of his heart, right? 307 00:14:42,859 --> 00:14:44,150 He, he loves Santa. 308 00:14:44,180 --> 00:14:46,550 He wants Santa to exist, right? 309 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:48,620 So whatever evidence you give him. 310 00:14:49,025 --> 00:14:50,314 He's gonna suppress the truth. 311 00:14:50,314 --> 00:14:53,704 He maybe he could even stay up all night and be like, well, maybe 312 00:14:53,704 --> 00:14:55,115 Santa just didn't come this year. 313 00:14:55,775 --> 00:14:56,255 Right. 314 00:14:56,464 --> 00:14:58,084 Or, or maybe Santa, you know, whatever. 315 00:14:58,084 --> 00:14:58,385 Right. 316 00:14:58,985 --> 00:15:01,265 He could come up with any argument. 317 00:15:01,505 --> 00:15:04,324 He could come up with any excuse to ignore the evidence that I gave him. 318 00:15:04,505 --> 00:15:04,714 Right. 319 00:15:04,714 --> 00:15:09,995 And that's a funny example, but that's what happens to a lot of unbelievers 320 00:15:10,055 --> 00:15:13,625 and maybe to some of you, is, is people give you evidence for why the Bible's 321 00:15:13,625 --> 00:15:18,245 true or why God existed, or how we know that God made the world and. 322 00:15:18,665 --> 00:15:21,064 The more evidence you hear, you just, you just keep pushing it down. 323 00:15:21,064 --> 00:15:21,994 You keep pushing it down. 324 00:15:23,134 --> 00:15:24,814 And that's because the evidence isn't the issue. 325 00:15:24,964 --> 00:15:25,984 Your heart's the issue. 326 00:15:27,334 --> 00:15:29,374 You don't want God to exist. 327 00:15:29,405 --> 00:15:31,114 You want to be in charge of your life. 328 00:15:31,474 --> 00:15:33,454 And so you say, I don't care about the evidence. 329 00:15:33,574 --> 00:15:35,795 So you ignore that. 330 00:15:37,055 --> 00:15:39,604 What you, you don't need better information. 331 00:15:39,935 --> 00:15:40,775 It's already clear. 332 00:15:40,775 --> 00:15:41,405 That's what Paul's saying. 333 00:15:41,555 --> 00:15:42,994 So you don't have any excuse, 334 00:15:45,454 --> 00:15:46,295 and that's what. 335 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,120 That's the condition of everyone. 336 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:57,800 Before salvation, every single person is naturally bent to ignore God. 337 00:15:59,330 --> 00:16:03,319 And so even for you Christians in the room, you need to be careful 338 00:16:03,319 --> 00:16:07,670 that you're not just stacking up information because the information 339 00:16:09,319 --> 00:16:13,189 only helps you if, if it changes you. 340 00:16:15,530 --> 00:16:20,030 That's the problem with, with the people that Paul's talking about here is, is 341 00:16:20,030 --> 00:16:23,810 they, they have all the evidence they need and they, they don't want it. 342 00:16:24,319 --> 00:16:24,920 They ignore it. 343 00:16:26,089 --> 00:16:30,709 And so even if you're a Christian, you still have this tendency to hear 344 00:16:30,709 --> 00:16:32,209 information and not be changed by it. 345 00:16:32,269 --> 00:16:35,780 To hear sermons and not do anything about them, to read your Bible and 346 00:16:35,780 --> 00:16:38,989 not forget all about it, you still have this tendency to accumulate 347 00:16:38,989 --> 00:16:42,170 information and, and ignore it. 348 00:16:43,910 --> 00:16:45,979 So it's not enough just to seek out information. 349 00:16:45,979 --> 00:16:49,790 You must also be changed by the information, because what Paul is 350 00:16:49,790 --> 00:16:51,170 saying is, is it's a heart issue. 351 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:52,610 It's not an evidence issue. 352 00:16:52,610 --> 00:16:53,779 It's not a, it's not a head issue. 353 00:16:53,779 --> 00:16:54,650 It's a heart issue. 354 00:16:55,640 --> 00:17:00,080 But the main thing he's saying is that this is why God can judge people. 355 00:17:00,110 --> 00:17:03,469 This is why God can send people to Hell because there's no excuse. 356 00:17:03,499 --> 00:17:04,400 They should know better. 357 00:17:06,349 --> 00:17:07,730 They should know that he exists. 358 00:17:08,210 --> 00:17:09,050 It's obvious. 359 00:17:09,980 --> 00:17:11,510 It's okay for God to do that, right? 360 00:17:11,510 --> 00:17:12,950 Maybe you've had that question come up. 361 00:17:13,220 --> 00:17:13,550 Why? 362 00:17:13,550 --> 00:17:15,200 How can a loving God send people to hell? 363 00:17:15,290 --> 00:17:16,339 He's a good judge. 364 00:17:17,210 --> 00:17:19,490 If you're guilty, a judge should punish you. 365 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:24,050 And what Paul is saying is that everyone's guilty, no excuses. 366 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:25,520 It's obvious. 367 00:17:25,910 --> 00:17:27,589 No one's gonna be in hell and be like, you know what? 368 00:17:27,589 --> 00:17:30,560 God, I would've believed you if fill in the blank. 369 00:17:32,660 --> 00:17:33,380 No excuses. 370 00:17:34,130 --> 00:17:35,300 That's what God is saying. 371 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:36,560 It's. 372 00:17:37,130 --> 00:17:43,610 I, God has done everything he needs to show his existence to people, 373 00:17:47,690 --> 00:17:49,670 so everyone should know better. 374 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,065 But also the reason everyone should know better is because everyone's in this. 375 00:17:53,810 --> 00:17:58,220 In this camp of not worshiping God, if you wanna, this whole passage, 376 00:17:58,220 --> 00:18:01,490 1823 in one sentence is everyone worships something instead of God, 377 00:18:01,610 --> 00:18:02,900 and everyone should know better. 378 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:03,980 That's the whole passage. 379 00:18:03,980 --> 00:18:06,350 In one sentence, everyone worships something instead of God, and 380 00:18:06,350 --> 00:18:07,460 everyone should know better. 381 00:18:07,460 --> 00:18:09,140 So this was the everyone should know better part. 382 00:18:09,260 --> 00:18:11,990 And then now we're gonna, we're gonna look at the, everyone 383 00:18:12,290 --> 00:18:13,760 fails to worship God part. 384 00:18:14,060 --> 00:18:19,250 Everyone has enough evidence to worship and thank God, but instead we turn away. 385 00:18:19,625 --> 00:18:20,495 From God. 386 00:18:20,525 --> 00:18:23,795 So that is, we're gonna see right here in verses 21, 23, read 387 00:18:23,795 --> 00:18:26,315 along with me, 21 through 23. 388 00:18:27,215 --> 00:18:29,435 So Paul just said, people are without excuse. 389 00:18:30,035 --> 00:18:30,395 Why? 390 00:18:30,455 --> 00:18:31,835 So then he, he keeps going. 391 00:18:31,835 --> 00:18:32,975 Verse 21, 4. 392 00:18:32,975 --> 00:18:37,055 Although they knew God, so everyone, he's saying all these people, 393 00:18:37,655 --> 00:18:39,065 they knew God through creation. 394 00:18:39,185 --> 00:18:41,945 They, they saw his work in creation. 395 00:18:42,485 --> 00:18:43,295 They knew God. 396 00:18:43,415 --> 00:18:46,475 They did not honor him as God, or give thanks to them 397 00:18:46,595 --> 00:18:48,995 Him, but they became futile. 398 00:18:49,715 --> 00:18:52,205 That means like kind of useless, futile. 399 00:18:52,445 --> 00:18:54,965 Think about like trying to grab smoke, right? 400 00:18:54,965 --> 00:18:56,075 You try to grab it and it's just gone. 401 00:18:56,675 --> 00:19:00,455 They became futile in their thinking and their foolish hearts were darkened. 402 00:19:01,415 --> 00:19:06,515 Verse 22, claiming to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the 403 00:19:06,515 --> 00:19:11,735 glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds 404 00:19:11,735 --> 00:19:13,835 and animals and creeping things. 405 00:19:14,765 --> 00:19:18,755 Now, all this part, you notice there's like a, a descent here. 406 00:19:19,625 --> 00:19:25,505 We start with God, and then we go down to, to people, and then we go 407 00:19:25,505 --> 00:19:28,535 even lower to, it's like there's the reverse order of creation. 408 00:19:28,535 --> 00:19:31,985 You see that birds, animals, and then you get like the, this is sometimes 409 00:19:31,985 --> 00:19:36,065 translated like reptiles, like the, the, the ugliest animals, right? 410 00:19:36,065 --> 00:19:36,725 The worst ones. 411 00:19:37,475 --> 00:19:40,355 Um, so it's like a downward spiral. 412 00:19:40,385 --> 00:19:43,895 And in the rest of this chapter, we're gonna see the downward spiral more. 413 00:19:44,315 --> 00:19:48,125 We're gonna see more, more and more sin that happens from rejecting God. 414 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:55,580 When you know God and reject him, then it creates this downward spiral of sin. 415 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:58,820 But remember how we talked about the issue is your heart, right? 416 00:19:58,820 --> 00:19:59,780 The issue's not your head. 417 00:20:00,170 --> 00:20:01,070 The issue is your heart. 418 00:20:02,660 --> 00:20:06,110 This is why God punishes sinners. 419 00:20:06,140 --> 00:20:10,340 This is why God sends people to hell, not because they murder people, or they're 420 00:20:10,340 --> 00:20:15,590 un or they're, um, atheist or whatever the reason that God sends people to hell. 421 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:19,520 Is because they don't honor him and they don't give thanks to them. 422 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:23,810 You see that the problem is not just, oh, well, you did bad things. 423 00:20:25,730 --> 00:20:32,690 Sin at its root is saying something else is better than God. 424 00:20:34,250 --> 00:20:36,620 Something else is better than God. 425 00:20:38,210 --> 00:20:40,430 Everyone worships things besides God. 426 00:20:40,670 --> 00:20:41,420 That's what sin is. 427 00:20:43,895 --> 00:20:44,615 You see that right here? 428 00:20:44,975 --> 00:20:46,655 They didn't honor God or give thanks to him. 429 00:20:46,745 --> 00:20:47,855 And instead what did they do? 430 00:20:47,855 --> 00:20:48,815 They wanted something else. 431 00:20:49,085 --> 00:20:50,465 They exchanged God. 432 00:20:50,735 --> 00:20:51,905 They said, God, I don't want you. 433 00:20:51,905 --> 00:20:53,495 I want these things. 434 00:20:54,665 --> 00:20:57,515 And this is, this is an allusion to Exodus. 435 00:20:57,515 --> 00:20:59,375 You know when the Israelites made the golden Cavs? 436 00:20:59,975 --> 00:21:02,975 After they came out of Egypt and then Moses went up on the mountain, 437 00:21:02,975 --> 00:21:04,055 they're like, oh, Moses probably dead. 438 00:21:04,055 --> 00:21:04,925 We haven't heard from him in a while. 439 00:21:05,045 --> 00:21:06,455 Let's make some bulls and worship them. 440 00:21:06,455 --> 00:21:06,725 Right? 441 00:21:06,905 --> 00:21:07,505 That's what happened. 442 00:21:07,505 --> 00:21:09,785 So that's what this is an illusion to is they, they said, 443 00:21:09,785 --> 00:21:11,195 we don't want Yahweh anymore. 444 00:21:11,195 --> 00:21:12,485 We want Golden Bull. 445 00:21:13,895 --> 00:21:17,915 So that's what we do, except we don't worship golden Bulls. 446 00:21:18,605 --> 00:21:25,895 We worship things like money or power or pleasure or myself, or autonomy, right. 447 00:21:25,895 --> 00:21:26,585 Doing whatever I want. 448 00:21:27,425 --> 00:21:30,785 We worship those things instead of God and what we're doing. 449 00:21:30,785 --> 00:21:35,015 What, what really the, the problem here is, is we're saying that 450 00:21:35,015 --> 00:21:36,425 those things are better than God. 451 00:21:37,145 --> 00:21:40,295 So the reason sin is sin is because it devalues God. 452 00:21:41,345 --> 00:21:46,715 The reason sin is sin is because it says God, you're not very important. 453 00:21:47,615 --> 00:21:48,425 You're not worth it. 454 00:21:48,845 --> 00:21:51,365 You're not worthy of worshiping, you're not worthy of living 455 00:21:51,365 --> 00:21:53,045 for you won't satisfy me. 456 00:21:53,045 --> 00:21:54,185 You can't make me happy. 457 00:21:54,275 --> 00:21:55,325 You're not trustworthy. 458 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:59,000 That's what sin says because you say, I want that instead of God. 459 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:00,860 And that's what makes it. 460 00:22:00,860 --> 00:22:04,640 Sin is not the, is not necessarily the the thing you want, but the 461 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:05,840 fact that you don't want God. 462 00:22:06,710 --> 00:22:08,330 You're saying, God, you're not important. 463 00:22:09,110 --> 00:22:09,980 You're not valuable. 464 00:22:10,130 --> 00:22:14,630 So point number two, admit you're devaluing of God, 465 00:22:22,430 --> 00:22:22,610 right? 466 00:22:22,610 --> 00:22:24,950 Be honest that when you sin. 467 00:22:25,925 --> 00:22:31,505 You are saying, God, you're not important, or God, you're not 468 00:22:31,505 --> 00:22:33,485 trustworthy, or God, you're not good. 469 00:22:37,925 --> 00:22:39,665 So Right. 470 00:22:39,665 --> 00:22:43,685 You can tell how much someone values something by seeing how much 471 00:22:43,685 --> 00:22:45,695 they'll give up to get it right. 472 00:22:45,695 --> 00:22:46,625 What they'll trade for it. 473 00:22:46,625 --> 00:22:49,565 That's, that's how you see how much someone values something, right? 474 00:22:49,565 --> 00:22:50,765 Like if I stole your phone. 475 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:53,930 You'd be like, here, take everything. 476 00:22:53,930 --> 00:22:54,710 I want my phone back. 477 00:22:54,710 --> 00:22:55,010 Right? 478 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:56,840 Give me, like, you would, you'd be offering everything. 479 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:58,460 You'd be being like, oh, here's my younger sibling. 480 00:22:58,610 --> 00:22:59,210 Here's here. 481 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:00,170 You'd gimme everything. 482 00:23:00,500 --> 00:23:01,490 You'd be like, gimme my phone back. 483 00:23:01,490 --> 00:23:02,270 I need that right now. 484 00:23:02,900 --> 00:23:05,000 Because you really value your phone, right? 485 00:23:05,090 --> 00:23:09,350 So what that says is that your phone's really important to you, right? 486 00:23:09,650 --> 00:23:11,180 Because you're willing to give up anything to get it. 487 00:23:12,889 --> 00:23:16,460 But imagine if I took something that wasn't that important to you, right? 488 00:23:17,030 --> 00:23:18,050 Let's say I, I took. 489 00:23:19,025 --> 00:23:24,485 Your younger sibling and you were like, yeah, that's fine. 490 00:23:25,055 --> 00:23:25,565 You can keep 'em. 491 00:23:26,255 --> 00:23:27,725 What does that say about your younger sibling? 492 00:23:29,195 --> 00:23:31,655 You're devaluing them, right? 493 00:23:31,775 --> 00:23:33,935 You're like, well, I'd rather have all this stuff than my younger sibling. 494 00:23:34,625 --> 00:23:35,375 That's what you're saying. 495 00:23:36,785 --> 00:23:37,985 That's what happens when you sin. 496 00:23:39,185 --> 00:23:40,890 You're saying, I'd rather have this than God. 497 00:23:42,530 --> 00:23:43,790 You're devaluing God. 498 00:23:43,790 --> 00:23:44,870 You're saying God's not important. 499 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:46,010 God's not worth it. 500 00:23:46,070 --> 00:23:47,090 God's not good. 501 00:23:47,090 --> 00:23:47,900 God's not beautiful. 502 00:23:47,900 --> 00:23:50,840 God's not something that I treasure and I cherish. 503 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:54,410 That's what you say when you sin. 504 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,680 What makes sin wrong is what it says about God. 505 00:23:58,910 --> 00:24:00,350 It's what it says about God. 506 00:24:00,350 --> 00:24:06,260 Is that not worth my time, not worth my energy, not worth my self-control. 507 00:24:07,610 --> 00:24:09,410 Not worth my morning. 508 00:24:10,790 --> 00:24:11,750 Not worth my thoughts. 509 00:24:12,500 --> 00:24:14,540 That's what sin says about God. 510 00:24:14,540 --> 00:24:17,180 The root of sin is preferring other things to God. 511 00:24:19,220 --> 00:24:24,080 So I want you to think about what your sin says to God, what 512 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,290 your sin says to God, right? 513 00:24:27,290 --> 00:24:31,670 Like, um, when you're, when you're anxious, when you're saying to 514 00:24:31,670 --> 00:24:33,170 God is God, I don't trust you. 515 00:24:34,730 --> 00:24:35,930 You can't take care of me. 516 00:24:37,790 --> 00:24:39,200 You can't keep your promises. 517 00:24:41,060 --> 00:24:41,750 I don't believe you. 518 00:24:41,900 --> 00:24:44,630 That's what you're saying to God when you're anxious. 519 00:24:46,100 --> 00:24:46,250 Right? 520 00:24:46,250 --> 00:24:46,880 And that changes it. 521 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:47,060 Right? 522 00:24:47,060 --> 00:24:49,190 That makes you not wanna be anxious because you're like, 523 00:24:49,190 --> 00:24:51,260 man, I if, especially if you're a Christian, you're like, I love God. 524 00:24:51,260 --> 00:24:52,010 I don't wanna tell God. 525 00:24:52,010 --> 00:24:52,640 I don't trust him. 526 00:24:53,270 --> 00:24:54,440 I wanna tell him I do trust him. 527 00:24:55,310 --> 00:24:56,960 And that's how you fight anxieties. 528 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:57,590 You live that way. 529 00:24:57,590 --> 00:24:58,400 You say, okay, yeah. 530 00:24:58,460 --> 00:24:59,090 Like, I don't wanna do that. 531 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:00,530 Or maybe. 532 00:25:01,925 --> 00:25:03,365 Take discontent, right? 533 00:25:03,365 --> 00:25:06,095 Maybe you're, you're not happy with something, you're, you're 534 00:25:06,095 --> 00:25:07,415 discontent with your life stage. 535 00:25:07,415 --> 00:25:08,825 You're discontent with your class schedule. 536 00:25:08,825 --> 00:25:10,325 You're discontent with your family. 537 00:25:10,325 --> 00:25:13,535 You're discontent with, with how talented you are, the way you look 538 00:25:13,535 --> 00:25:18,935 or the clothes you have that says, God, you're not enough for me. 539 00:25:19,085 --> 00:25:19,685 I need more. 540 00:25:21,095 --> 00:25:23,315 God, I need you to give me more stuff to make me happy. 541 00:25:24,125 --> 00:25:26,435 And it says that, God, you've given me everything. 542 00:25:26,435 --> 00:25:29,855 You've given me your son, but that's not enough to make me happy. 543 00:25:29,915 --> 00:25:30,255 I need that. 544 00:25:31,940 --> 00:25:33,770 I need to be dating someone to be happy. 545 00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:36,770 I need to have these clothes to be happy. 546 00:25:37,070 --> 00:25:39,890 I need to make this team or get these grades to be happy. 547 00:25:40,670 --> 00:25:42,020 And you're saying, God, you're not enough. 548 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:43,730 I need more. 549 00:25:45,140 --> 00:25:47,600 So see how that changes what sin really is. 550 00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:50,270 'cause it makes it personal because it is personal. 551 00:25:50,270 --> 00:25:52,220 Sin is a personal offense to God. 552 00:25:52,495 --> 00:25:52,715 So 553 00:25:56,780 --> 00:25:58,370 think about what your sin says to God. 554 00:25:58,370 --> 00:26:00,290 Take any sin that you struggle with. 555 00:26:01,490 --> 00:26:03,680 Just think about what does this say to God 556 00:26:07,460 --> 00:26:10,520 that is really gonna change your view of that sin. 557 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:13,430 And also that shows you that you know what? 558 00:26:13,430 --> 00:26:20,960 God is righteous to punish sin because this sin is terrible to God, right? 559 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:22,040 This sin is disgusting. 560 00:26:22,220 --> 00:26:23,960 This sin is gross. 561 00:26:23,990 --> 00:26:28,700 This sin is really, really, really offensive to God. 562 00:26:29,510 --> 00:26:33,620 It makes sense that God would, would punish sin, that God would 563 00:26:33,620 --> 00:26:35,150 show his wrath towards sin. 564 00:26:38,150 --> 00:26:43,100 Something else our verse said though, was that your sin tricks you, 565 00:26:43,220 --> 00:26:45,350 that your sinful heart tricks you. 566 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,530 You see that right here, claiming verse 22, claiming 567 00:26:51,530 --> 00:26:54,140 to be wise, they became fools. 568 00:26:55,130 --> 00:26:55,310 Right? 569 00:26:55,310 --> 00:26:58,010 When you sin, it's not like, oh, it's a terrible idea, but I'm gonna sin anyway. 570 00:26:59,120 --> 00:27:00,110 That's not how sin works. 571 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,649 You think you are smart when you're sinning, you're think, you 572 00:27:03,649 --> 00:27:05,360 think you're making a good idea, otherwise you wouldn't do it. 573 00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:08,450 If you didn't think your sin was a good idea, you wouldn't do it. 574 00:27:08,690 --> 00:27:10,670 You'd be like, oh, well I don't need to do that. 575 00:27:11,270 --> 00:27:12,980 But you think it's wise, right? 576 00:27:12,980 --> 00:27:13,670 You think it's helpful. 577 00:27:13,670 --> 00:27:14,360 You think it's important. 578 00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:15,350 You think you need to do it. 579 00:27:15,350 --> 00:27:20,149 You think it's good for you, and so you do it, but really you're being foolish. 580 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:21,830 Isn't that crazy? 581 00:27:22,639 --> 00:27:27,320 You're, you're being a fool when you sin because you're making a bad trade. 582 00:27:28,250 --> 00:27:32,870 That's what's happening is you're saying, I'm trading God, right? 583 00:27:32,900 --> 00:27:34,340 God, he's beautiful. 584 00:27:34,340 --> 00:27:35,030 He's glorious. 585 00:27:35,030 --> 00:27:36,170 He's all satisfying. 586 00:27:36,260 --> 00:27:37,280 He keeps his promises. 587 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:38,240 He's faithful. 588 00:27:38,450 --> 00:27:39,470 He's wise. 589 00:27:39,860 --> 00:27:41,600 He's always who he says he is. 590 00:27:41,750 --> 00:27:45,500 I'm trading him for whatever, for sin. 591 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:52,280 You're making a bad trade, and so you're being a fool, but you, what 592 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,655 happens is, is you, you trick yourself into thinking it's a good idea. 593 00:27:57,275 --> 00:27:59,705 And that's what, that's what happens when you're tempted, is you have, you 594 00:27:59,705 --> 00:28:02,015 have to decide, what am I gonna do here? 595 00:28:03,275 --> 00:28:07,085 And you have to, that's why God gives you promises, right? 596 00:28:08,735 --> 00:28:13,745 So your, your sinful heart tricks you into to thinking you're making 597 00:28:13,745 --> 00:28:16,025 a good decision when you sin, right? 598 00:28:16,025 --> 00:28:18,815 You're, you're making a bad trade. 599 00:28:19,670 --> 00:28:22,010 And speaking of, of bad trades, right? 600 00:28:22,790 --> 00:28:23,510 This happened. 601 00:28:24,140 --> 00:28:24,530 Um, 602 00:28:27,260 --> 00:28:32,450 and sorry, Josh, I had to, um, it's too, too good to pass up, right? 603 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:39,530 But apparently, apparently someone thought this was a good idea, right? 604 00:28:41,390 --> 00:28:46,435 Someone, at least one person in the world thought that this was a good idea. 605 00:28:47,135 --> 00:28:47,615 Right. 606 00:28:47,795 --> 00:28:49,235 Because otherwise they wouldn't have done it. 607 00:28:50,435 --> 00:28:52,535 If they didn't think it was a good idea, they wouldn't have done it. 608 00:28:52,595 --> 00:28:54,875 And when you're on the outside of it, you're like, oh, that's, 609 00:28:54,935 --> 00:28:56,075 that's a terrible decision. 610 00:28:56,075 --> 00:28:57,305 I can't believe that they did that. 611 00:28:57,815 --> 00:29:02,015 I can't believe that, that they would trade this guy for whatever. 612 00:29:02,285 --> 00:29:02,645 Right. 613 00:29:02,765 --> 00:29:04,925 Two first round picks, Kenny Clark, whatever. 614 00:29:04,925 --> 00:29:05,645 I don't even care. 615 00:29:05,885 --> 00:29:06,245 Right. 616 00:29:06,725 --> 00:29:12,245 Bad decision because you, you think about how valuable this guy is, right? 617 00:29:12,245 --> 00:29:13,955 That this is what they named the awards after, right? 618 00:29:13,955 --> 00:29:15,575 MVP most valuable player. 619 00:29:17,855 --> 00:29:18,365 So 620 00:29:20,705 --> 00:29:27,545 what's happening is when you are, when you're, when you're devaluing God in your 621 00:29:27,545 --> 00:29:33,605 sin, is is you're saying that I, when you step outside of it, it's like, oh yeah, 622 00:29:33,635 --> 00:29:35,765 well, duh, I wouldn't choose God over sin. 623 00:29:35,825 --> 00:29:38,615 Like, and everyone here would be like, oh yeah, that makes sense. 624 00:29:38,615 --> 00:29:41,195 I'm not gonna sin because I'd rather have God. 625 00:29:41,495 --> 00:29:42,545 But in the moment. 626 00:29:43,580 --> 00:29:44,600 It's different, right? 627 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,960 Because like this moment, allegedly, this is personal. 628 00:29:49,070 --> 00:29:54,620 Allegedly this is personal because his agent was offended by the owner, right? 629 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:55,610 This was personal. 630 00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:00,710 And see that's what happens with our sin, is it, it's, it gets, it 631 00:30:00,710 --> 00:30:02,060 gets complicated, it gets personal. 632 00:30:02,060 --> 00:30:04,730 Our, our desires, they blind us. 633 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,180 And so you have to fight to see things the right way. 634 00:30:09,305 --> 00:30:12,635 Because the reason that trade was made is because someone probably didn't see 635 00:30:12,635 --> 00:30:13,835 things the way they should have seen 'em. 636 00:30:14,765 --> 00:30:18,185 Someone was like, well, my ego is more important than my team. 637 00:30:18,905 --> 00:30:22,835 That's basically what happened with this trade, and that's what happens 638 00:30:23,225 --> 00:30:27,605 when you sin is something happens and you're blinded to something. 639 00:30:27,635 --> 00:30:31,865 That's true when you're, well, I'm, I'm gonna use anxiety 'cause it's so 640 00:30:31,865 --> 00:30:36,185 easy to to see this, but when you're anxious, you're blinded to the fact 641 00:30:36,185 --> 00:30:37,295 that God's gonna take care of you. 642 00:30:38,300 --> 00:30:40,070 Because now there's all these things coming at you and you're 643 00:30:40,070 --> 00:30:41,180 like, well, what about this? 644 00:30:41,180 --> 00:30:41,840 What if this happens? 645 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:42,860 How, what, what about this? 646 00:30:43,070 --> 00:30:45,380 Uh, I don't know how this is gonna work out, or This person might do 647 00:30:45,380 --> 00:30:46,850 this, or, or this could happen. 648 00:30:47,900 --> 00:30:52,520 And so you're blinded, and that gets in the way of seeing how things really are. 649 00:30:53,690 --> 00:30:55,520 You're blinded to reality, right? 650 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,640 Your heart, and as the pastors say, is being darkened. 651 00:30:59,450 --> 00:31:01,790 You, you're not seeing things the way you're supposed to see 'em. 652 00:31:04,100 --> 00:31:04,610 And so. 653 00:31:05,915 --> 00:31:08,915 On the outside it might look foolish, but when you're in it, it seems 654 00:31:09,004 --> 00:31:10,445 like, whoa, that's really hard. 655 00:31:12,185 --> 00:31:17,705 So in the moment you have to fight to see what your sin really is, right? 656 00:31:17,705 --> 00:31:20,825 Your, your sin is essentially is making you a really bad trade offer. 657 00:31:21,815 --> 00:31:25,895 And you have to see through the, the promises, the the fake promises 658 00:31:25,895 --> 00:31:27,514 of sin to say, you know what? 659 00:31:27,514 --> 00:31:28,595 That's not a good trade. 660 00:31:29,795 --> 00:31:32,345 And then not trade your two first round picks or not trade your best 661 00:31:32,345 --> 00:31:33,815 player for two first round picks and. 662 00:31:34,445 --> 00:31:35,975 Some random guy no one's ever heard of, right? 663 00:31:37,010 --> 00:31:38,435 Not that bad. 664 00:31:40,655 --> 00:31:42,425 But, so I want you to think about that. 665 00:31:42,425 --> 00:31:44,015 When, when you, when you're tempted to sin, right? 666 00:31:44,015 --> 00:31:45,425 Think about your temptations to sin this week. 667 00:31:45,695 --> 00:31:48,635 You, you're gonna be tempted to, to watch that video or, or make 668 00:31:48,635 --> 00:31:55,325 that joke or be lazy or to dis be disrespectful when, when your parents 669 00:31:55,325 --> 00:31:56,375 tell you something you don't wanna do. 670 00:31:57,485 --> 00:32:00,425 And, and think about it in advance when you can see clearly. 671 00:32:02,345 --> 00:32:05,015 So that you can say, oh, you know, in the moment, right? 672 00:32:05,015 --> 00:32:09,395 I, I start feeling the pressure, but I, I've, I've prepared myself, I've, 673 00:32:09,665 --> 00:32:12,425 I've prepared myself for battle, right? 674 00:32:12,430 --> 00:32:15,815 I've, I've thought this through, so when the trade offer comes, 675 00:32:15,815 --> 00:32:16,805 I can just say, no, I'm good. 676 00:32:17,885 --> 00:32:20,885 I know what I already have, right? 677 00:32:20,885 --> 00:32:22,475 I know that, that God is better. 678 00:32:22,475 --> 00:32:25,655 I know that the promises of my God are better than the promise 679 00:32:25,655 --> 00:32:27,005 that this sin is offering me. 680 00:32:29,585 --> 00:32:34,775 Don't fall for the, the foolish trait of exchanging the glory of God, right? 681 00:32:35,615 --> 00:32:37,865 'cause sin separates you from God, right? 682 00:32:37,865 --> 00:32:40,625 Sin, even if you're a Christian, it hinders your relationship with God. 683 00:32:40,625 --> 00:32:45,695 You're not as close with him as you could be because His holiness it. 684 00:32:45,695 --> 00:32:49,145 It makes you feel uncomfortable when you're in living in sin. 685 00:32:49,535 --> 00:32:50,045 And so 686 00:32:52,385 --> 00:32:55,775 don't fall for the, the bad, the bad trade offer. 687 00:32:56,120 --> 00:33:01,370 And fight to see clearly fight to see, oh God is, is really the 688 00:33:01,370 --> 00:33:02,600 one in control in this situation. 689 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,820 God is really worth my time. 690 00:33:05,270 --> 00:33:11,810 God can really make me happy, happier than this thing or obeying God is better for me 691 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:18,860 than following after the world than what my friends do, or using my words to build 692 00:33:18,860 --> 00:33:24,050 someone up is better than gossiping or. 693 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:29,750 Sharing the gospel with that friend is better than, than 694 00:33:29,810 --> 00:33:31,580 never telling them about Jesus. 695 00:33:33,230 --> 00:33:38,720 So fight through those temptations to see the, what's really happening, 696 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:43,070 to see who God really is and what he really says, and ultimately even 697 00:33:43,070 --> 00:33:44,330 play out the situation in your head. 698 00:33:44,390 --> 00:33:46,970 Okay, if I do give into the sin, what's gonna happen? 699 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:47,990 Right? 700 00:33:47,990 --> 00:33:50,570 If I, if I, okay, if I do go to this party and hang out with 701 00:33:50,570 --> 00:33:51,980 these people, what's gonna happen? 702 00:33:53,659 --> 00:33:59,090 If I do say these words and respond in anger, what's gonna happen and, and 703 00:33:59,090 --> 00:34:02,570 see what, what it really is, because in, in the moment it's gonna look good. 704 00:34:03,770 --> 00:34:07,250 But that's where you use God's promises and who God is to, to 705 00:34:07,250 --> 00:34:08,600 fight back against those things. 706 00:34:10,130 --> 00:34:16,190 So think about about how your sin impacts God, right? 707 00:34:16,190 --> 00:34:19,580 The reason sin is sinful is 'cause what it says about God. 708 00:34:20,705 --> 00:34:23,405 That's why God is right to show his wrath. 709 00:34:23,554 --> 00:34:26,525 So we saw that everyone should know better. 710 00:34:27,455 --> 00:34:28,745 Everyone should know that God exists. 711 00:34:29,405 --> 00:34:31,955 But the problem is that everyone worships something else instead. 712 00:34:32,405 --> 00:34:37,655 And so if that's, if that's you tonight, if you are currently suppressing 713 00:34:37,655 --> 00:34:40,054 the truth, you know, just another sermon that you've, you've heard 714 00:34:40,054 --> 00:34:43,835 about, or you know God's real and you keep pushing it down, you keep, I'm 715 00:34:43,835 --> 00:34:44,975 not gonna talk to my leader at all. 716 00:34:44,975 --> 00:34:46,505 I'm not gonna turn from my sin. 717 00:34:46,505 --> 00:34:48,695 I'm not gonna confess that I've been doing this. 718 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:59,750 Don't keep pushing it down because God's wrath is being stored up against you and 719 00:34:59,750 --> 00:35:04,190 your sin, and one day you're not gonna be able to suppress the truth anymore. 720 00:35:04,190 --> 00:35:07,100 It's gonna be obvious and clear, and you're gonna stand before God 721 00:35:07,970 --> 00:35:11,720 and you're gonna see, you know what? 722 00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:13,550 I tried to ignore it and it, and it's real. 723 00:35:13,700 --> 00:35:14,690 It's, it's, it's real. 724 00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:15,350 God is real. 725 00:35:15,830 --> 00:35:16,520 Heaven is real. 726 00:35:16,820 --> 00:35:17,240 Hell is. 727 00:35:18,545 --> 00:35:21,305 So don't push it back anymore if that's you tonight. 728 00:35:22,835 --> 00:35:24,485 Alright, let's pray and we'll go to small groups. 729 00:35:29,105 --> 00:35:32,585 God thank you that you have given us a way to escape your wrath. 730 00:35:33,515 --> 00:35:37,325 That we don't have to suffer the punishment for our 731 00:35:37,325 --> 00:35:38,855 sin because you love us. 732 00:35:38,945 --> 00:35:43,415 And so you have sent Jesus to die on the cross for our sin so 733 00:35:43,415 --> 00:35:46,475 that he could absorb your wrath. 734 00:35:47,150 --> 00:35:51,320 For us and that we could get his righteousness so that we could 735 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:53,750 be good enough to go to heaven. 736 00:35:53,750 --> 00:35:55,880 Not because of what we do, but because of what he does. 737 00:35:56,450 --> 00:36:00,680 So I pray right now, God, that you would help us to, um, not suppress 738 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,440 the truth, even if we are Christians and we're convicted about something. 739 00:36:03,710 --> 00:36:06,320 I pray that we wouldn't suppress that conviction, but we would rather 740 00:36:06,590 --> 00:36:11,815 respond to that conviction by coming to you with confession and repentance. 741 00:36:12,770 --> 00:36:15,380 Trusting that killing sin is better than hiding it. 742 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:17,005 Pray all these things in Jesus name. 743 00:36:17,395 --> 00:36:17,685 Amen.