1 00:00:00,409 --> 00:00:00,410 Dr. Gregg Marutzky: 2 00:00:00,410 --> 00:00:03,099 Turn your Bibles over to Colossians chapter 1. 3 00:00:03,099 --> 00:00:03,309 Yeah. 4 00:00:04,590 --> 00:00:08,210 Title of the sermon this morning is Life Hacks. 5 00:00:08,789 --> 00:00:08,960 Mm. 6 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:09,380 All right? 7 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:14,760 I don't know how many of you know what a life hack is, but it's 8 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:16,739 a better way of doing things. 9 00:00:16,819 --> 00:00:18,360 It's a new way of doing things. 10 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:20,479 It's an innovative way of doing things. 11 00:00:20,870 --> 00:00:27,100 It's, uh, not doing just what you've always done, but, uh, trying to improve 12 00:00:27,309 --> 00:00:30,399 upon the past and changing for the future. 13 00:00:30,870 --> 00:00:36,549 In Colossians, this first chapter tells us what the ultimate life hack 14 00:00:37,220 --> 00:00:39,450 for each and every one of us is. 15 00:00:41,180 --> 00:00:41,630 Amen. 16 00:00:41,630 --> 00:00:43,349 And I'm excited to share that with you. 17 00:00:43,349 --> 00:00:43,549 Yeah. 18 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,520 I want every sermon to be eternally impacting. 19 00:00:48,909 --> 00:00:48,970 Right. 20 00:00:48,970 --> 00:00:49,090 Amen. 21 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:50,810 That's a pretty high bar, right? 22 00:00:50,810 --> 00:00:50,900 Yes. 23 00:00:51,990 --> 00:00:58,459 But why spend our time coming to church, why go to all the trouble if 24 00:00:58,669 --> 00:01:02,310 it cannot be eternally beneficial? 25 00:01:02,459 --> 00:01:02,549 Yes. 26 00:01:02,549 --> 00:01:02,669 Amen. 27 00:01:03,529 --> 00:01:09,769 And so I hope today, for all of us, but especially for those of it n- 28 00:01:09,860 --> 00:01:13,180 that need it most, I pray that today could be spiritually benefiting. 29 00:01:13,279 --> 00:01:13,400 Amen. 30 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:18,930 I pray that you could think of a new life hack for yourself that makes 31 00:01:18,980 --> 00:01:20,389 all the difference in the world. 32 00:01:20,889 --> 00:01:25,379 Every appointment I have, I wanna be able to impact the person, 33 00:01:25,379 --> 00:01:30,699 encourage the person, have our time fruitful, and I pray about that. 34 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:34,709 And so I, I'm excited about this series. 35 00:01:34,709 --> 00:01:37,339 Now, you're thinking, "Well, what happened to Nehemiah? 36 00:01:38,539 --> 00:01:40,370 I was just starting to understand it." 37 00:01:41,389 --> 00:01:42,720 "I was really getting into it." 38 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:42,779 Wow. 39 00:01:43,489 --> 00:01:48,569 Well, the last couple of chapters are sort of a repeat of other things 40 00:01:48,569 --> 00:01:52,900 that have already been preached and said, and so we're not finishing the 41 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:55,269 book, but I did prepare that sermon. 42 00:01:56,039 --> 00:02:00,139 I prepared a sermon for every chapter, and so if you'd like the, the, the 43 00:02:00,139 --> 00:02:01,730 PowerPoint, I'll send it to you. 44 00:02:01,730 --> 00:02:04,080 Email me or text me and I'll send it to you. 45 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,180 But I didn't wanna just say the same thing again. 46 00:02:08,100 --> 00:02:08,300 That's right. 47 00:02:08,619 --> 00:02:08,710 Yes. 48 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,429 Because- Agreed ... there's just so much to say from the scripture, so 49 00:02:13,429 --> 00:02:15,820 I wanted to move on this morning. 50 00:02:16,509 --> 00:02:23,449 So the theme of Colossians is here in verse 27, 1:27. 51 00:02:23,449 --> 00:02:29,949 It says, "To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the 52 00:02:29,949 --> 00:02:37,550 glorious riches of his mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." 53 00:02:38,399 --> 00:02:38,490 Yes. 54 00:02:39,130 --> 00:02:44,550 So for all the millennia, all the time leading up to the 1st century, leading 55 00:02:44,550 --> 00:02:51,339 up to the coming of Jesus into the world, there was a mystery that God hinted 56 00:02:51,339 --> 00:02:57,094 about- That he suggested in scripture, that he per, per, he prophesied about, 57 00:02:57,255 --> 00:03:02,405 but wasn't clear, and it was that the Holy Spirit would come within us. 58 00:03:02,954 --> 00:03:03,054 Yes. 59 00:03:03,084 --> 00:03:06,004 That it wouldn't just be with us, and it wouldn't just be on us, and 60 00:03:06,004 --> 00:03:07,704 it wouldn't just be moving among us. 61 00:03:07,704 --> 00:03:12,075 It wouldn't just be a cloud in the sky or fire in the sky, but 62 00:03:12,075 --> 00:03:13,853 it would be indwelling in us. 63 00:03:13,934 --> 00:03:14,175 Yes. 64 00:03:15,804 --> 00:03:19,794 And that, that concept, now as we look back at scripture in the Old 65 00:03:19,794 --> 00:03:22,954 Testament, we see, oh yeah, it was there all along, but they didn't get it. 66 00:03:23,895 --> 00:03:24,815 It was a mystery. 67 00:03:25,434 --> 00:03:28,144 But now, Christ is in you. 68 00:03:28,144 --> 00:03:28,294 Amen. 69 00:03:29,965 --> 00:03:36,125 And you, you did one of the major Christian life hacks just a moment ago. 70 00:03:37,565 --> 00:03:38,105 Did you know it? 71 00:03:38,715 --> 00:03:38,925 Yeah. 72 00:03:39,984 --> 00:03:41,065 When you took of communion. 73 00:03:41,065 --> 00:03:41,335 Yes, we did. 74 00:03:42,585 --> 00:03:48,864 When you opened up the little container and took out the representation, the 75 00:03:48,864 --> 00:03:51,745 symbol of the body of Jesus Christ. 76 00:03:51,745 --> 00:03:51,844 Yeah. 77 00:03:53,144 --> 00:03:56,695 That's an incredible life hack right there. 78 00:03:56,695 --> 00:03:56,885 That's good. 79 00:03:56,885 --> 00:04:03,475 As we take it into our- ourselves, that tells us to embody Jesus, to 80 00:04:03,475 --> 00:04:08,564 be Christian, to be like Jesus, to imitate Jesus, to do what Jesus did. 81 00:04:09,025 --> 00:04:10,485 WWJD, all right? 82 00:04:10,485 --> 00:04:10,824 That's right. 83 00:04:11,915 --> 00:04:13,103 Just do what Jesus did. 84 00:04:13,103 --> 00:04:13,225 Yeah. 85 00:04:13,305 --> 00:04:13,424 Amen. 86 00:04:14,284 --> 00:04:16,644 You know, for some of us, keep it simple. 87 00:04:17,695 --> 00:04:17,774 Yeah. 88 00:04:17,774 --> 00:04:18,165 You know? 89 00:04:18,214 --> 00:04:20,504 When you're faced with a decision, where you're faced with a 90 00:04:20,504 --> 00:04:23,695 temptation, when you're faced with something, just keep it simple. 91 00:04:23,725 --> 00:04:24,644 What would Jesus do? 92 00:04:24,695 --> 00:04:25,824 Yeah. 93 00:04:26,244 --> 00:04:26,364 Amen. 94 00:04:26,364 --> 00:04:30,114 And don't let your s- your mind say, "Well, that's not me." 95 00:04:31,595 --> 00:04:33,864 Well, that's why we need to be like Jesus, right? 96 00:04:34,585 --> 00:04:34,683 Yes. 97 00:04:35,205 --> 00:04:39,135 'Cause you might get angry, you might get impatient, you might be your old man, 98 00:04:39,964 --> 00:04:42,025 but you'll be your best self- Come on. 99 00:04:42,025 --> 00:04:44,183 Amen ... if you do what Jesus did. 100 00:04:44,765 --> 00:04:44,885 Amen. 101 00:04:45,174 --> 00:04:48,735 And then you took of the other side of the capsule, didn't you? 102 00:04:49,814 --> 00:04:50,885 You opened it up. 103 00:04:51,534 --> 00:04:52,805 See, I'm doing it twice. 104 00:04:53,835 --> 00:04:56,165 Maybe I need it- All right ... a double take. 105 00:04:57,244 --> 00:04:58,775 Double take. 106 00:04:59,394 --> 00:05:04,525 But I always say the blood of Jesus- Yes ... shed on the cross 107 00:05:04,525 --> 00:05:06,314 for the forgiveness of my sins. 108 00:05:06,314 --> 00:05:06,404 Yes. 109 00:05:08,805 --> 00:05:17,545 Glory Week after week, month after month, year after year, we keep doing this. 110 00:05:18,575 --> 00:05:24,564 We're gonna change for, s- 1 Corinthians tells us, 2 Corinthians tells us, 111 00:05:24,965 --> 00:05:30,555 chapter 3, that we'll change from one degree of glory to another. 112 00:05:30,555 --> 00:05:30,674 Amen. 113 00:05:31,864 --> 00:05:31,924 Wow. 114 00:05:31,924 --> 00:05:32,045 Amen. 115 00:05:33,605 --> 00:05:37,764 You don't see yourself change just by a degree- Right ... in 116 00:05:37,764 --> 00:05:39,445 a week, in a month, in a year. 117 00:05:40,564 --> 00:05:45,945 But over several years, people will say, "Sam's different." 118 00:05:46,764 --> 00:05:46,885 Amen. 119 00:05:47,545 --> 00:05:48,525 "Maurice is different." 120 00:05:50,355 --> 00:05:52,385 Monica's different 121 00:05:54,794 --> 00:05:55,194 Monica's different. 122 00:05:55,194 --> 00:05:55,355 Greg's different. 123 00:05:55,355 --> 00:05:55,683 Greg's different. 124 00:05:57,415 --> 00:05:58,435 That's what you're really... 125 00:05:58,435 --> 00:06:01,584 You were waiting for me to say your name- ... 'cause you wanna be 126 00:06:01,584 --> 00:06:02,954 the one that's different, right? 127 00:06:03,855 --> 00:06:04,695 Yes, we all do. 128 00:06:04,695 --> 00:06:04,895 Amen. 129 00:06:06,105 --> 00:06:10,104 And we need spiritual life hacks to do it. 130 00:06:10,104 --> 00:06:11,335 We can't do it ourselves. 131 00:06:11,485 --> 00:06:11,614 Nope. 132 00:06:12,114 --> 00:06:12,235 Amen. 133 00:06:12,495 --> 00:06:12,805 Yeah. 134 00:06:13,135 --> 00:06:16,294 I did a funeral yesterday for one of my dear, dear friends. 135 00:06:17,274 --> 00:06:20,934 So if I get a little emotional, it's not I'm unstable or my 136 00:06:20,934 --> 00:06:22,635 medication isn't balanced. 137 00:06:24,094 --> 00:06:26,094 It's because I got a lot going on. 138 00:06:26,605 --> 00:06:27,094 Come on. 139 00:06:27,094 --> 00:06:27,234 Amen. 140 00:06:27,234 --> 00:06:28,105 You got a lot going on. 141 00:06:28,105 --> 00:06:28,225 Amen. 142 00:06:28,225 --> 00:06:28,355 All right? 143 00:06:28,355 --> 00:06:30,835 Yeah. 144 00:06:31,885 --> 00:06:34,425 And I had to wrestle with a passage this week. 145 00:06:34,425 --> 00:06:35,725 I'm gonna keep it real here. 146 00:06:36,655 --> 00:06:41,414 In Psalms 116 verse 15 it says, "Precious in the sight of the 147 00:06:41,414 --> 00:06:44,324 Lord is the death of his saints." 148 00:06:46,204 --> 00:06:48,114 And I had to talk to God this week. 149 00:06:48,114 --> 00:06:51,175 I said, "God, what's precious about Manny's death?" 150 00:06:51,385 --> 00:06:51,445 Yeah. 151 00:06:52,425 --> 00:06:53,933 His daughter's getting married next month. 152 00:06:56,394 --> 00:06:56,454 Wow. 153 00:06:56,495 --> 00:06:56,594 Yeah. 154 00:06:56,594 --> 00:06:57,885 She's wanting him to walk down the aisle. 155 00:06:57,885 --> 00:06:58,014 Yeah. 156 00:06:59,605 --> 00:07:02,005 This is the, the second of their two children. 157 00:07:02,005 --> 00:07:06,645 They're, she's moving out, and now Manny and Erica are gonna be empty nesters, 158 00:07:06,645 --> 00:07:08,385 and they had all these plans, Lord. 159 00:07:09,675 --> 00:07:11,995 And they're almost 20 years younger than me. 160 00:07:12,465 --> 00:07:13,454 That makes sense, Lord. 161 00:07:15,575 --> 00:07:18,664 And why do I have to talk at his funeral? 162 00:07:18,664 --> 00:07:19,954 I'd rather go and just grieve. 163 00:07:19,954 --> 00:07:20,075 Come on. 164 00:07:22,575 --> 00:07:27,925 But it was good for me to realize all the ways that his death was precious. 165 00:07:27,925 --> 00:07:28,045 Amen. 166 00:07:29,895 --> 00:07:33,954 Yesterday we celebrated the death of a saint right here. 167 00:07:33,954 --> 00:07:34,145 Yeah. 168 00:07:34,885 --> 00:07:35,425 Rigo, right? 169 00:07:35,425 --> 00:07:35,724 Yeah. 170 00:07:36,435 --> 00:07:36,675 Diaz. 171 00:07:38,825 --> 00:07:41,605 It's precious because they leave a legacy. 172 00:07:42,084 --> 00:07:43,474 They leave their example. 173 00:07:43,694 --> 00:07:43,755 Yeah. 174 00:07:43,855 --> 00:07:47,954 They leave the way that they lived their best life and their best self. 175 00:07:49,685 --> 00:07:54,005 And so Manny had the ultimate life hack. 176 00:07:55,215 --> 00:07:57,764 And if you ever study the Bible with someone and they're very 177 00:07:57,764 --> 00:08:01,674 vulnerable, you, you learn more about them than you wanna know. 178 00:08:03,414 --> 00:08:03,474 Yeah. 179 00:08:03,625 --> 00:08:05,804 His confession was shocking to me. 180 00:08:05,804 --> 00:08:08,745 I've heard hundreds, thousands of confessions. 181 00:08:08,745 --> 00:08:08,834 Right. 182 00:08:10,424 --> 00:08:11,394 It was shocking to me. 183 00:08:11,394 --> 00:08:13,534 I'd heard some things I'd, I'd never heard before. 184 00:08:15,054 --> 00:08:18,814 But then to see now in the last 10 years how he's changed, 185 00:08:18,814 --> 00:08:20,444 I was like, oh, my goodness. 186 00:08:21,745 --> 00:08:26,314 And there was, there was an auditorium this size up in Antelope Valley that was 187 00:08:26,314 --> 00:08:29,564 filled to capacity, over 1,000 people. 188 00:08:30,314 --> 00:08:35,735 He worked for the city of LA for 25 years, and so there was just so many people. 189 00:08:36,224 --> 00:08:41,215 The parking lot was almost full when I got there 30 minutes ahead, 190 00:08:42,184 --> 00:08:43,914 and it went to over capacity. 191 00:08:45,534 --> 00:08:45,924 Wow. 192 00:08:46,574 --> 00:08:48,545 Why we need Christ in us. 193 00:08:48,545 --> 00:08:48,664 Amen? 194 00:08:48,664 --> 00:08:48,944 Amen. 195 00:08:50,085 --> 00:08:52,834 And then his wife and his son and his daughter got up and 196 00:08:52,834 --> 00:08:55,425 testified how much he had changed. 197 00:08:55,984 --> 00:08:58,255 See, some funerals are a little bit exaggerated. 198 00:08:58,255 --> 00:08:59,795 We just talk about the good stuff. 199 00:08:59,835 --> 00:08:59,894 Yeah. 200 00:09:00,865 --> 00:09:04,325 Please talk about the good stuff when I go, all right? 201 00:09:04,935 --> 00:09:06,204 But we know there's more. 202 00:09:06,984 --> 00:09:11,534 There's more to the story, but it was so nice that the, the good so 203 00:09:11,534 --> 00:09:13,915 outweighed the bad that it was just good. 204 00:09:13,915 --> 00:09:14,105 Yeah. 205 00:09:15,525 --> 00:09:17,835 And that's what I want for myself. 206 00:09:17,835 --> 00:09:22,064 That's what I want for you, and that is, according to this 207 00:09:22,064 --> 00:09:24,945 scripture, Christ in you, the hope. 208 00:09:26,175 --> 00:09:27,634 The hope of glory. 209 00:09:27,634 --> 00:09:28,745 Are we there right now? 210 00:09:28,844 --> 00:09:29,085 No. 211 00:09:30,355 --> 00:09:32,335 No, but we're gonna get there. 212 00:09:32,875 --> 00:09:32,965 Yes. 213 00:09:33,614 --> 00:09:36,574 Let's keep r- let's read another encouraging passage. 214 00:09:37,414 --> 00:09:41,704 Matthew 11:28-30 says, "Come to me," this is Jesus. 215 00:09:41,704 --> 00:09:45,134 Come to Jesus, "all of you who are weary and burdened." 216 00:09:45,134 --> 00:09:47,645 Anybody weary and burdened in here? 217 00:09:48,175 --> 00:09:48,324 Yes. 218 00:09:49,064 --> 00:09:50,345 I didn't say that very well. 219 00:09:50,534 --> 00:09:52,135 Weary and burdened. 220 00:09:52,135 --> 00:09:52,714 Yeah. 221 00:09:52,784 --> 00:09:53,784 I'll enunciate. 222 00:09:53,955 --> 00:09:54,044 Yes. 223 00:09:55,875 --> 00:09:57,705 "And I will give you rest. 224 00:09:58,315 --> 00:10:02,205 Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am gentle and humble in 225 00:10:02,205 --> 00:10:10,434 heart, and you will find rest for your soul," which most people don't have. 226 00:10:11,885 --> 00:10:15,544 Anybody not Christian, I haven't seen that rest. 227 00:10:16,114 --> 00:10:16,174 Yeah. 228 00:10:17,214 --> 00:10:22,305 "For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." 229 00:10:22,305 --> 00:10:24,924 That's another one of those verses I wrestle with sometimes. 230 00:10:25,695 --> 00:10:29,174 Lord, your yoke is easy? 231 00:10:31,494 --> 00:10:33,114 Life seems pretty hard to me. 232 00:10:33,114 --> 00:10:33,555 Amen. 233 00:10:34,525 --> 00:10:36,694 Yeah, it's 'cause you're trying to do it on your own, Greg. 234 00:10:38,214 --> 00:10:38,305 Yeah. 235 00:10:38,305 --> 00:10:41,115 You do it with the Lord, and things work out. 236 00:10:42,395 --> 00:10:42,994 That's right. 237 00:10:42,994 --> 00:10:47,414 I've been under a high-stress situation this last couple of weeks. 238 00:10:48,025 --> 00:10:49,894 James and Vicky know what I'm talking about. 239 00:10:50,095 --> 00:10:50,154 Yeah. 240 00:10:50,924 --> 00:10:52,545 They just bought a house and moved in. 241 00:10:53,545 --> 00:10:55,375 I just bought a house and moved in. 242 00:10:55,605 --> 00:10:55,724 Wow. 243 00:10:56,154 --> 00:10:57,394 I really can't say moved in. 244 00:10:57,394 --> 00:10:59,554 I'm moving in, okay? 245 00:10:59,554 --> 00:10:59,744 Yes. 246 00:11:00,504 --> 00:11:01,545 I'm taking my time. 247 00:11:01,715 --> 00:11:03,245 I'm pacing myself. 248 00:11:03,725 --> 00:11:09,234 When you're downsizing from way too big a house to a more normal 249 00:11:09,234 --> 00:11:12,435 Orange County affordable house- 250 00:11:14,465 --> 00:11:15,264 then you downsize. 251 00:11:15,305 --> 00:11:15,584 Yes. 252 00:11:16,715 --> 00:11:18,565 And we're having to get rid of a lot of stuff. 253 00:11:18,665 --> 00:11:20,264 Help, and you'll get free stuff. 254 00:11:21,034 --> 00:11:21,214 All right? 255 00:11:22,554 --> 00:11:26,764 Some brothers from Inland Empire helped me move it out of Rocky's warehouse, and 256 00:11:26,985 --> 00:11:29,004 they just left with truckloads of stuff. 257 00:11:29,735 --> 00:11:31,694 I, I'm serious, you know. 258 00:11:31,995 --> 00:11:33,495 It, that's what you have to do. 259 00:11:33,825 --> 00:11:38,704 When you've been living, you know, in a place for 10 years, you accumulate stuff. 260 00:11:38,854 --> 00:11:39,184 Yeah. 261 00:11:39,444 --> 00:11:42,815 And my son-in-law, he's so smart, he said, "Greg, don't move all that stuff. 262 00:11:42,815 --> 00:11:44,524 Get rid of all that stuff before you move." 263 00:11:44,524 --> 00:11:47,689 I'm like- I'm not getting rid of all my stuff. 264 00:11:48,739 --> 00:11:49,730 It's good stuff. 265 00:11:50,949 --> 00:11:52,379 Had it for a long time. 266 00:11:53,419 --> 00:11:54,350 Yeah, too long. 267 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:56,909 My wife told me to get rid of stuff. 268 00:11:57,089 --> 00:11:58,610 We got rid of a lot. 269 00:11:59,060 --> 00:12:03,790 I thought we really pruned, but now I'm finding that isn't 270 00:12:03,850 --> 00:12:06,339 Orange County pruning, all right? 271 00:12:08,830 --> 00:12:12,839 But just to be real, my yoke's been pretty heavy lately. 272 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:14,069 Yeah. 273 00:12:14,409 --> 00:12:14,440 Uh-huh. 274 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:15,509 That's right. 275 00:12:16,379 --> 00:12:17,990 I love this man that died. 276 00:12:19,389 --> 00:12:19,749 Oh. 277 00:12:21,809 --> 00:12:24,620 I looked at my new ceiling fans in my house. 278 00:12:24,729 --> 00:12:26,440 I don't have to re- put any in. 279 00:12:27,739 --> 00:12:30,529 Manny put most of them in in my last house. 280 00:12:31,340 --> 00:12:33,180 Praise God I don't have to, 'cause he's gone. 281 00:12:34,349 --> 00:12:36,010 But lots of good memories. 282 00:12:36,949 --> 00:12:40,310 Climbing the ladder, me handing him the tools. 283 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:43,429 So helpful, I'm so helpful. 284 00:12:44,349 --> 00:12:45,330 I held that ladder. 285 00:12:45,330 --> 00:12:47,629 He wasn't gonna fall off on my watch. 286 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:48,839 All right? 287 00:12:52,830 --> 00:12:56,759 This is what God wants for me and wants for you, even in 288 00:12:56,759 --> 00:12:58,690 those high-stress situations. 289 00:12:58,690 --> 00:12:59,000 Amen? 290 00:12:59,000 --> 00:12:59,150 Amen. 291 00:13:00,119 --> 00:13:05,619 A life hack is gaining a better understanding through brainstorming 292 00:13:05,619 --> 00:13:07,500 or collaboration with others. 293 00:13:08,059 --> 00:13:12,239 A hack figures out a better, more productive way to do something, 294 00:13:12,799 --> 00:13:15,100 possibly a backdoor to a program. 295 00:13:15,799 --> 00:13:19,489 A hack is a clever solution to a tricky problem. 296 00:13:20,270 --> 00:13:26,879 To hack is to modify or to change something in an extraordinary way. 297 00:13:28,359 --> 00:13:33,260 If you wanna change something in a spiritual, eternal way, then you 298 00:13:33,260 --> 00:13:37,320 need a Christian Holy Spirit hack. 299 00:13:37,420 --> 00:13:37,510 Yes. 300 00:13:37,510 --> 00:13:37,629 Amen. 301 00:13:37,629 --> 00:13:37,809 Yep. 302 00:13:39,690 --> 00:13:45,730 You know, I may not be a smart man, but I'm not a dumb man. 303 00:13:45,730 --> 00:13:45,800 Mm. 304 00:13:46,879 --> 00:13:47,080 Amen. 305 00:13:47,609 --> 00:13:47,989 All right? 306 00:13:49,039 --> 00:13:53,390 Because I learned at 19 I can't keep living the way I'm living. 307 00:13:53,390 --> 00:13:53,449 Yeah. 308 00:13:53,449 --> 00:13:53,570 Amen. 309 00:13:54,839 --> 00:13:55,940 I need some help. 310 00:13:57,039 --> 00:13:57,179 Amen. 311 00:13:58,060 --> 00:14:02,230 I went from a place, a little bitty town called Fruita, where 312 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:04,810 I thought I was one of the best. 313 00:14:06,469 --> 00:14:08,010 Maybe one of the top gun. 314 00:14:09,639 --> 00:14:11,520 Maybe one of the best of the best. 315 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:21,959 Then you go to a big, huge university, and you realize you're not that high up. 316 00:14:24,209 --> 00:14:26,419 There's a lot of people a lot smarter than you. 317 00:14:27,260 --> 00:14:30,830 A lot more athletic than you, a lot more handsome than you. 318 00:14:31,359 --> 00:14:31,730 Yeah. 319 00:14:32,179 --> 00:14:32,569 You know? 320 00:14:33,660 --> 00:14:36,240 You get sort of a reality check. 321 00:14:36,590 --> 00:14:36,649 Yeah. 322 00:14:38,060 --> 00:14:39,080 And then you 323 00:14:41,170 --> 00:14:42,439 get more reality check. 324 00:14:43,270 --> 00:14:44,879 I'm not gonna get too specific. 325 00:14:45,180 --> 00:14:47,930 Nobody wants to join my pity party, right? 326 00:14:49,450 --> 00:14:52,120 And you know you need a hack. 327 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:53,950 You need Jesus. 328 00:14:53,950 --> 00:14:54,069 Amen. 329 00:14:54,689 --> 00:15:00,030 We're gonna talk about five hacks this morning, all right? 330 00:15:02,229 --> 00:15:03,030 Five hacks. 331 00:15:04,099 --> 00:15:05,220 Create new habits. 332 00:15:05,890 --> 00:15:06,979 Sounds simple, doesn't it? 333 00:15:07,569 --> 00:15:09,359 Every therapist is gonna tell you this. 334 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,599 You know, develop some new people, places, and things. 335 00:15:14,580 --> 00:15:15,740 Make some new friends. 336 00:15:16,059 --> 00:15:20,380 Go to different places with different people and do different things, 'cause 337 00:15:20,380 --> 00:15:21,890 what you're doing isn't working. 338 00:15:21,890 --> 00:15:23,380 You need to do something different. 339 00:15:23,579 --> 00:15:27,109 Every therapist is gonna tell you to do that, but can you do it? 340 00:15:28,620 --> 00:15:33,870 Can you give up those things that are familiar, those things that help give 341 00:15:33,870 --> 00:15:37,739 you some security, even if they're bad for you, even if they're terrible for 342 00:15:37,739 --> 00:15:39,879 you, even if they're destroying you? 343 00:15:39,879 --> 00:15:40,180 Come on. 344 00:15:41,020 --> 00:15:42,210 It's hard to give them up. 345 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:42,419 Yeah. 346 00:15:43,250 --> 00:15:44,219 It's hard to give them up. 347 00:15:45,219 --> 00:15:48,320 Change your view and your vision and your values. 348 00:15:48,410 --> 00:15:50,219 Get on Instagram this morning. 349 00:15:50,489 --> 00:15:51,460 Get on the internet. 350 00:15:51,460 --> 00:15:52,550 Get on social media. 351 00:15:52,550 --> 00:15:56,680 It's gonna just feed you with these thoughts of newness and different and 352 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:58,669 how great you can be and how awesome. 353 00:15:59,689 --> 00:16:00,430 But can you do it? 354 00:16:01,530 --> 00:16:02,449 Do you have the power? 355 00:16:03,079 --> 00:16:04,110 Do you have the talents? 356 00:16:04,689 --> 00:16:06,129 Do you have the gifts to do that? 357 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,189 Overcome self-limiting beliefs. 358 00:16:11,189 --> 00:16:12,770 This is why we can't do it, right here. 359 00:16:13,989 --> 00:16:20,320 'Cause what you learned as a child may hold you back, may tether you- 360 00:16:20,599 --> 00:16:25,770 Yeah ... may hold you in place, may paralyze you from doing what you'd 361 00:16:25,770 --> 00:16:27,780 wanna do, your good intentions. 362 00:16:27,780 --> 00:16:33,599 The Apostle Paul said it, "I do what I do not wanna do, though I keep doing it. 363 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:36,679 And that which I don't wanna do, I do. 364 00:16:37,710 --> 00:16:42,269 And there's this rule, this law that I'm living by that's just so frustrating. 365 00:16:42,300 --> 00:16:45,690 I do what I don't wanna do, and I intend to do what I need 366 00:16:45,690 --> 00:16:46,789 to do, but I don't do it." 367 00:16:47,140 --> 00:16:47,609 Yeah. 368 00:16:48,210 --> 00:16:48,280 Yeah. 369 00:16:48,340 --> 00:16:49,699 And that's almost everybody. 370 00:16:49,699 --> 00:16:49,759 Yeah. 371 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:50,820 Yeah. 372 00:16:51,750 --> 00:16:53,989 He was one of the most brilliant people of his day. 373 00:16:54,870 --> 00:16:58,190 Studied at the top school, the school of Gamaliel. 374 00:16:59,399 --> 00:17:01,230 Self-limiting beliefs. 375 00:17:01,930 --> 00:17:08,050 When you're from a little town of Fruita, you get a lot of self-limiting beliefs. 376 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:12,839 People in the big city are bigger, better, s- smarter than you. 377 00:17:13,930 --> 00:17:14,819 They're not really. 378 00:17:14,819 --> 00:17:14,939 No. 379 00:17:15,739 --> 00:17:18,019 But you don't know that when you're from a little town. 380 00:17:18,909 --> 00:17:21,549 And then when you're from a big town, you're thinking, "You 381 00:17:21,549 --> 00:17:23,378 know, those people have roots. 382 00:17:23,769 --> 00:17:26,720 Those little town people, they've got good morals and all." 383 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:26,868 They... 384 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:28,970 We compare ourselves, don't we? 385 00:17:29,549 --> 00:17:29,610 Yeah. 386 00:17:29,799 --> 00:17:29,860 Yeah. 387 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:32,159 And it's a self-limiting belief. 388 00:17:32,199 --> 00:17:34,010 Anybody from a perfect family? 389 00:17:34,159 --> 00:17:37,139 I'm gonna give you the mic if you are. 390 00:17:37,139 --> 00:17:38,569 Nobody. 391 00:17:39,740 --> 00:17:42,790 Now, if I'd have said, "Are, are you from a dysfunctional family?" 392 00:17:43,140 --> 00:17:47,399 You'd have thought, "Well, yeah, but I don't wanna admit it. 393 00:17:48,719 --> 00:17:51,630 I love my mommy and daddy, but boy, they were screwed up." 394 00:17:54,419 --> 00:17:56,850 "And my brothers, they screwed me up." 395 00:17:59,739 --> 00:18:01,659 All of us have things, don't we? 396 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:02,409 Yes. 397 00:18:02,459 --> 00:18:08,029 All of us- Yep ... have stuff, and we need to reframe and rewrite our story. 398 00:18:08,029 --> 00:18:09,180 Your story's not done. 399 00:18:10,289 --> 00:18:15,159 I don't know how many times in my life I needed resurrection. 400 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:15,319 Amen. 401 00:18:16,590 --> 00:18:17,159 I blew it. 402 00:18:18,569 --> 00:18:19,210 I failed. 403 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:22,569 I said something I shouldn't have said. 404 00:18:25,260 --> 00:18:29,220 I didn't actually get fired, I got moved. 405 00:18:31,540 --> 00:18:36,239 It's what happens sometimes when you mess up. 406 00:18:39,980 --> 00:18:41,150 But my story isn't over. 407 00:18:42,099 --> 00:18:45,939 I've been encouraging a brother that for many years he encouraged me, 408 00:18:45,939 --> 00:18:47,670 "Greg, your best days are ahead of me." 409 00:18:47,670 --> 00:18:48,729 I said, "No, they're not. 410 00:18:49,389 --> 00:18:50,819 They're in the rear view mirror. 411 00:18:51,750 --> 00:18:56,110 I'm just out here in the Midwest, taking it easy, you know?" 412 00:18:57,719 --> 00:18:59,149 But God had bigger plans for me. 413 00:18:59,149 --> 00:18:59,490 Come on. 414 00:19:00,039 --> 00:19:00,240 Yeah. 415 00:19:00,479 --> 00:19:00,619 Right. 416 00:19:00,869 --> 00:19:03,420 And then I'm up in Antelope Valley and I'm loving life. 417 00:19:03,420 --> 00:19:04,410 I think, "Man, I'm... 418 00:19:05,350 --> 00:19:05,969 Life's good." 419 00:19:06,729 --> 00:19:09,369 But God had something better, a new challenge. 420 00:19:10,199 --> 00:19:14,620 Not that I'm calling you a challenge, all right? 421 00:19:16,789 --> 00:19:17,960 Not that I'm calling you a challenge, all right? 422 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:18,089 We are. 423 00:19:18,089 --> 00:19:22,289 But something to help me grow- Come on ... and keep growing. 424 00:19:22,289 --> 00:19:22,820 My story's not over. 425 00:19:22,820 --> 00:19:25,659 Your story's not over, not by a long shot. 426 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,280 I got another 20 years, all right? 427 00:19:29,629 --> 00:19:31,030 Believe in a better day. 428 00:19:32,070 --> 00:19:35,870 Greg, this sounds like a lot of positive mental attitude stuff. 429 00:19:35,870 --> 00:19:36,780 Yeah, I've read all that. 430 00:19:36,780 --> 00:19:37,510 It's good stuff. 431 00:19:37,609 --> 00:19:41,519 You need to fill your mind with good self-talk and not the negative stuff. 432 00:19:42,339 --> 00:19:42,549 Amen. 433 00:19:42,549 --> 00:19:42,699 All right? 434 00:19:43,189 --> 00:19:49,110 But you can only do it with God's life hack- Yeah ... with Christ in 435 00:19:49,110 --> 00:19:51,430 you- Amen ... tapping into His power. 436 00:19:51,430 --> 00:19:53,710 I challenge any of you to try to do it on your own. 437 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:59,119 I don't care how talented you are, how gifted you are, how smart you are, 438 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:01,210 how good-looking, how hardworking. 439 00:20:01,490 --> 00:20:06,729 All, you can have it all, but without Christ in you- Amen ... you hit walls. 440 00:20:07,689 --> 00:20:07,750 Yeah. 441 00:20:07,750 --> 00:20:09,809 Right You, you get to the end of your rope. 442 00:20:09,809 --> 00:20:09,869 Yeah. 443 00:20:09,869 --> 00:20:10,079 Come on. 444 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:12,350 You get overwhelmed. 445 00:20:12,650 --> 00:20:13,100 Amen? 446 00:20:13,100 --> 00:20:13,229 Amen. 447 00:20:13,900 --> 00:20:15,949 Yeah, I know I'm talking to you. 448 00:20:16,470 --> 00:20:17,710 Let's say amen, choir. 449 00:20:17,710 --> 00:20:17,860 All right. 450 00:20:17,990 --> 00:20:18,439 Amen. 451 00:20:18,439 --> 00:20:25,720 It says, "The theme of this book is Christ Jesus Christ is supreme." 452 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:27,000 I believe that with all my heart. 453 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:27,890 I hope you do, too. 454 00:20:27,890 --> 00:20:28,659 Can I get an amen? 455 00:20:28,659 --> 00:20:28,850 Amen. 456 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:34,100 He says, "The gospel is a revelation of salvation through Jesus because 457 00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:38,009 He is supreme and always above every philosophy, knowledge, pagan 458 00:20:38,009 --> 00:20:40,020 religion- science or practice. 459 00:20:40,020 --> 00:20:40,629 I believe that. 460 00:20:40,629 --> 00:20:40,720 Right. 461 00:20:41,500 --> 00:20:45,650 If you don't believe that, you're gonna be s- tossed to and fro by all 462 00:20:45,650 --> 00:20:49,600 the worldviews, all the philosophies, all the different ways of thinking, 463 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:51,119 all the different perspectives. 464 00:20:51,500 --> 00:20:56,190 You're gonna just be tossed around until you learn where those 465 00:20:56,190 --> 00:20:58,489 philosophies, worldviews came from. 466 00:20:58,489 --> 00:20:58,639 Yeah. 467 00:20:58,940 --> 00:20:59,059 Amen. 468 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:00,340 Yeah. 469 00:21:00,639 --> 00:21:06,340 You know, one of the premier theologians of the 20th century, amen, we're in the 470 00:21:06,340 --> 00:21:12,160 21st century, but in the 20th century was a man by the name of Rudolf Bultmann. 471 00:21:12,899 --> 00:21:13,989 Lived in New York City. 472 00:21:13,989 --> 00:21:14,789 He was a German. 473 00:21:15,629 --> 00:21:23,449 He wrote, and his theology was taken up by every major denominational church 474 00:21:25,589 --> 00:21:26,220 in America. 475 00:21:27,820 --> 00:21:32,020 He was the premier, and he was one of the worst people in New York City. 476 00:21:33,039 --> 00:21:33,280 Wow. 477 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:35,650 Womanizing, drunkard, alcoholic. 478 00:21:37,150 --> 00:21:44,189 And his theology led almost every major denomination to its death. 479 00:21:46,289 --> 00:21:46,369 Wow. 480 00:21:46,369 --> 00:21:51,900 Almost every major denom- Christian denomination in America started dying 481 00:21:51,939 --> 00:21:54,029 when they accepted his liberal theology. 482 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:57,369 Look at the stats. 483 00:21:58,989 --> 00:22:01,279 I'm trying to just be factual, not judgmental. 484 00:22:01,790 --> 00:22:02,000 Wow. 485 00:22:02,829 --> 00:22:05,239 But when I was reading this stuff, I'm like, "Something 486 00:22:05,239 --> 00:22:06,369 doesn't sound right about that. 487 00:22:08,209 --> 00:22:08,919 Something doesn't sound..." 488 00:22:08,950 --> 00:22:13,480 I, so I started doing biographies of these guys I was reading, and 489 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:15,709 I'm like, "This guy is a jerk." 490 00:22:16,020 --> 00:22:20,889 This guy, the, uh, uh, it sure isn't helping him. 491 00:22:22,220 --> 00:22:24,750 He didn't have Christ in him, I don't think. 492 00:22:24,989 --> 00:22:25,049 No. 493 00:22:25,189 --> 00:22:25,689 I don't know. 494 00:22:25,770 --> 00:22:29,650 I'm gonna leave it to God, and his grace may be sufficient, 495 00:22:29,650 --> 00:22:30,610 so I'll leave it to that. 496 00:22:30,610 --> 00:22:30,729 Amen. 497 00:22:31,629 --> 00:22:35,400 But I believe with all my heart Jesus Christ is supreme. 498 00:22:35,860 --> 00:22:35,979 Amen. 499 00:22:36,620 --> 00:22:37,339 Supreme. 500 00:22:38,129 --> 00:22:39,709 Colossians 1:1-2. 501 00:22:39,909 --> 00:22:43,760 "Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy 502 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:45,779 our brother, to God's holy people." 503 00:22:45,779 --> 00:22:47,500 That's what I believe about you guys. 504 00:22:48,180 --> 00:22:51,150 I'm not gonna be yelling at you and down on you. 505 00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:56,250 I'm not gonna, gonna give you your lashing, tongue-lashing 506 00:22:56,250 --> 00:22:59,479 when you come to church because I believe you're holy people. 507 00:22:59,760 --> 00:22:59,879 Amen. 508 00:23:00,449 --> 00:23:04,229 Because I believe, yes, you're fallen, and you're a sinner, and you needed to 509 00:23:04,229 --> 00:23:08,519 repent, but now you have the Holy Spirit, and so the potential in you is unlimited. 510 00:23:08,519 --> 00:23:09,489 Yeah. 511 00:23:10,300 --> 00:23:11,589 Nothing can stop you. 512 00:23:11,589 --> 00:23:14,750 Nothing can stop this church because we're God's saints. 513 00:23:14,750 --> 00:23:17,279 We're God's holy people. 514 00:23:17,519 --> 00:23:17,680 That's it. 515 00:23:18,370 --> 00:23:18,470 Yes. 516 00:23:18,669 --> 00:23:19,639 Holy people. 517 00:23:20,409 --> 00:23:20,510 Yes. 518 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:21,650 Amen. 519 00:23:21,650 --> 00:23:26,470 In Colossae, in Orange County, the faithful brothers and sisters 520 00:23:26,470 --> 00:23:31,570 in Christ, grace and peace to you from God our Father. 521 00:23:31,570 --> 00:23:33,210 Not from Greg, from God our Father. 522 00:23:33,500 --> 00:23:36,434 Grace to you and peace to you. 523 00:23:37,584 --> 00:23:39,214 That's what God's saying to you this morning. 524 00:23:40,004 --> 00:23:40,155 Come on. 525 00:23:40,435 --> 00:23:41,174 Take my yoke. 526 00:23:42,454 --> 00:23:43,054 Rest. 527 00:23:43,244 --> 00:23:46,065 Let your soul have peace, have rest. 528 00:23:46,705 --> 00:23:47,685 How'd you sleep last night? 529 00:23:47,685 --> 00:23:47,775 Good. 530 00:23:49,554 --> 00:23:50,214 Worried? 531 00:23:50,474 --> 00:23:51,035 Upset? 532 00:23:51,914 --> 00:23:53,654 Oh, don't we need peace? 533 00:23:53,744 --> 00:23:54,225 Yes, we do. 534 00:23:54,225 --> 00:23:54,394 Amen. 535 00:23:54,844 --> 00:23:56,344 That's why he starts off that way. 536 00:23:56,824 --> 00:24:02,344 Verses one and two, he says, "Change your view, vision, and values. 537 00:24:02,705 --> 00:24:03,814 Embrace grace. 538 00:24:04,435 --> 00:24:05,564 Give grace to yourself. 539 00:24:05,564 --> 00:24:06,715 Give grace to other people." 540 00:24:06,775 --> 00:24:06,834 Yeah. 541 00:24:07,994 --> 00:24:10,955 Are you still be- not sure about that grace stuff? 542 00:24:12,554 --> 00:24:12,705 Yes. 543 00:24:12,705 --> 00:24:12,944 Amen. 544 00:24:13,484 --> 00:24:13,655 You know? 545 00:24:13,655 --> 00:24:17,304 You're more into conviction- Conviction 546 00:24:18,495 --> 00:24:20,374 condemnation- Yeah ... guilt. 547 00:24:21,944 --> 00:24:22,004 Yeah. 548 00:24:22,004 --> 00:24:23,565 That's how I've changed in the past. 549 00:24:23,795 --> 00:24:23,894 Well. 550 00:24:24,495 --> 00:24:26,835 That's probably how I need to change in the future, 'cause I'm 551 00:24:26,835 --> 00:24:28,315 just so stubborn and hard-headed. 552 00:24:28,315 --> 00:24:29,414 Just beat me up, Greg. 553 00:24:30,615 --> 00:24:35,135 Not gonna do it, 'cause love is the greatest motivation. 554 00:24:36,225 --> 00:24:36,435 Right. 555 00:24:36,435 --> 00:24:40,924 I've changed for Cathy out of love, not because I signed a marriage license. 556 00:24:42,095 --> 00:24:42,384 You know? 557 00:24:43,504 --> 00:24:45,475 I don't even know where our marriage license is. 558 00:24:45,475 --> 00:24:47,354 We've moved so many times, you know? 559 00:24:47,744 --> 00:24:49,685 It's probably gone, disintegrated. 560 00:24:49,685 --> 00:24:50,845 It's so old, it's... 561 00:24:50,845 --> 00:24:52,805 I'm sure it's faded. 562 00:24:54,845 --> 00:24:56,524 No, you change for love. 563 00:24:57,375 --> 00:24:57,464 Yes. 564 00:24:57,644 --> 00:24:57,814 Amen. 565 00:24:57,814 --> 00:24:57,924 Right? 566 00:24:58,615 --> 00:24:59,704 You change for love. 567 00:25:00,195 --> 00:25:05,655 We think in pictures, so we must do vision boards in our heads and our minds. 568 00:25:05,655 --> 00:25:06,685 Get a different picture. 569 00:25:06,685 --> 00:25:07,375 Reframe. 570 00:25:07,765 --> 00:25:10,564 Being focused on Christ changes our viewpoint. 571 00:25:10,564 --> 00:25:14,655 Most of Paul's letters begin with the same greeting, and 572 00:25:14,655 --> 00:25:19,305 God wants us to focus on Jesus. 573 00:25:19,865 --> 00:25:19,985 Amen. 574 00:25:20,305 --> 00:25:23,004 That's why every service you come here, you're gonna get communion. 575 00:25:24,265 --> 00:25:25,534 Well, I've heard all that before. 576 00:25:25,695 --> 00:25:27,185 And you need to hear it again. 577 00:25:27,214 --> 00:25:27,305 Yes. 578 00:25:27,394 --> 00:25:28,634 That's right. 579 00:25:29,644 --> 00:25:31,235 I mean, why do we do it every week? 580 00:25:31,265 --> 00:25:33,335 Because we wanna focus on Jesus. 581 00:25:33,335 --> 00:25:34,945 Yeah. 582 00:25:34,994 --> 00:25:35,115 Amen. 583 00:25:35,884 --> 00:25:38,935 Why do we need to say Jesus Christ is the Son of God? 584 00:25:38,964 --> 00:25:39,494 That's good. 585 00:25:40,015 --> 00:25:41,975 Why do we need to say Jesus is Lord? 586 00:25:42,165 --> 00:25:45,005 Because we need to always be focused on Jesus. 587 00:25:45,035 --> 00:25:45,205 Yes. 588 00:25:47,985 --> 00:25:48,114 Amen. 589 00:25:48,114 --> 00:25:51,545 If you start drifting from that, folks, you're not gonna be your best self. 590 00:25:52,384 --> 00:25:52,515 Correct. 591 00:25:52,515 --> 00:25:54,054 You're gonna be your old self. 592 00:25:54,795 --> 00:25:54,884 Yes. 593 00:25:54,884 --> 00:25:55,065 Amen? 594 00:25:55,065 --> 00:25:55,364 Amen. 595 00:25:56,214 --> 00:26:01,955 He says in Colossians 1:3 through 8, "We always thank God, the Father of 596 00:26:01,955 --> 00:26:08,015 our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your 597 00:26:08,015 --> 00:26:11,834 faith in J- Christ Jesus and the love you have for all of God's people." 598 00:26:11,834 --> 00:26:13,895 Sounds like he really likes these folks. 599 00:26:14,714 --> 00:26:17,455 "The faith and love that spring from," what? 600 00:26:17,455 --> 00:26:22,914 "The hope stored up in you in Heaven about which you have already heard 601 00:26:23,164 --> 00:26:25,714 in the true message of the gospel." 602 00:26:26,274 --> 00:26:29,444 See, the m- message of the gospel is always good news. 603 00:26:29,515 --> 00:26:29,625 Yep. 604 00:26:29,744 --> 00:26:29,864 Amen. 605 00:26:30,345 --> 00:26:32,405 I want you to always leave here feeling better. 606 00:26:33,675 --> 00:26:33,765 Yes. 607 00:26:33,895 --> 00:26:38,144 I want you to come to this church because- This church, you know, I 608 00:26:38,144 --> 00:26:39,394 tell you, it makes me feel good. 609 00:26:39,394 --> 00:26:42,574 Sometimes I know I need to feel bad, but it, I don't feel bad for very 610 00:26:42,574 --> 00:26:45,885 long 'cause then I start feeling good- Yeah ... 'cause I have hope. 611 00:26:47,005 --> 00:26:47,064 Yeah. 612 00:26:47,064 --> 00:26:47,984 'Cause I have a future. 613 00:26:48,545 --> 00:26:48,605 Yeah. 614 00:26:48,635 --> 00:26:49,704 Because God is good. 615 00:26:50,055 --> 00:26:50,295 Yeah. 616 00:26:50,335 --> 00:26:51,475 Because God is faithful. 617 00:26:51,894 --> 00:26:53,105 Because God loves me. 618 00:26:53,544 --> 00:26:54,935 Because God cares about me. 619 00:26:55,314 --> 00:26:59,285 Because he goes on to say, "The gospel that has come to you, in the same 620 00:26:59,285 --> 00:27:00,974 way the gospel has bearing fruit." 621 00:27:01,025 --> 00:27:01,845 What kind of fruit? 622 00:27:01,845 --> 00:27:05,044 The fruit of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, 623 00:27:05,044 --> 00:27:07,695 gentleness, faithfulness and self-control. 624 00:27:08,004 --> 00:27:13,594 That's what's growing up in you- Yeah ... just from the life act. 625 00:27:14,105 --> 00:27:14,515 Yeah. 626 00:27:14,704 --> 00:27:14,825 Amen. 627 00:27:15,035 --> 00:27:15,994 From Christ in you. 628 00:27:15,994 --> 00:27:16,105 Yeah. 629 00:27:17,294 --> 00:27:17,415 Amen. 630 00:27:17,535 --> 00:27:22,154 He goes on, "And it's growing throughout the whole world, just as it has been 631 00:27:22,154 --> 00:27:27,625 doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God's wrath." 632 00:27:27,695 --> 00:27:28,384 Wow. 633 00:27:29,695 --> 00:27:30,605 That's not what it says. 634 00:27:30,704 --> 00:27:30,765 No. 635 00:27:32,254 --> 00:27:33,075 God's grace. 636 00:27:33,105 --> 00:27:33,294 Yes. 637 00:27:33,294 --> 00:27:33,415 Amen. 638 00:27:34,515 --> 00:27:38,224 But somewhere along the line in my early Christian life, I 639 00:27:38,224 --> 00:27:39,715 think I read it God's wrath. 640 00:27:41,034 --> 00:27:43,245 I was afraid of God 'cause I was afraid of my dad. 641 00:27:43,245 --> 00:27:43,394 Yeah. 642 00:27:45,235 --> 00:27:49,695 It wasn't until I had my own kids and I started feeling that fatherly love. 643 00:27:50,945 --> 00:27:52,125 And my dad became a Christian. 644 00:27:52,125 --> 00:27:53,055 I don't wanna put him down. 645 00:27:53,055 --> 00:27:56,875 He became a Christian at 77 years old, and he died at 80. 646 00:27:57,604 --> 00:27:59,114 So it's not over till it's over. 647 00:27:59,315 --> 00:27:59,654 Yeah. 648 00:28:00,135 --> 00:28:00,485 All right? 649 00:28:02,265 --> 00:28:08,974 But when I was a kid, those guys that lived through the Depression and World War 650 00:28:09,184 --> 00:28:11,724 II and Korean War, they're tough dudes. 651 00:28:11,945 --> 00:28:12,004 Yeah. 652 00:28:12,245 --> 00:28:12,474 Yeah. 653 00:28:13,074 --> 00:28:14,585 And they didn't believe in encouragement. 654 00:28:15,794 --> 00:28:18,165 They believed in suck it up. 655 00:28:18,754 --> 00:28:19,784 Yeah. 656 00:28:20,864 --> 00:28:22,815 And they didn't believe in boys crying. 657 00:28:23,544 --> 00:28:25,235 I'll give you something to cry about. 658 00:28:26,135 --> 00:28:26,854 And he did. 659 00:28:31,065 --> 00:28:35,134 Now, I don't imitate my father's parenting, but I 660 00:28:35,134 --> 00:28:36,984 do imitate his work ethic. 661 00:28:38,004 --> 00:28:40,374 There's good things about every generation, and there's 662 00:28:40,374 --> 00:28:42,244 weaknesses about every generation. 663 00:28:44,044 --> 00:28:44,155 Yeah. 664 00:28:44,155 --> 00:28:47,984 "You learned it from Epaphras, our dear brother, fellow servant, a faithful 665 00:28:47,984 --> 00:28:53,855 minister of Christ on our behalf, and also told us of your love in the Spirit." 666 00:28:56,195 --> 00:28:56,914 Here's the outline. 667 00:28:56,914 --> 00:29:01,445 Take a picture of this if you want to, 'cause I'm not gonna hit all this 'cause 668 00:29:01,865 --> 00:29:05,615 of time, and you can read your Bible, and you're smart, and you can figure 669 00:29:05,615 --> 00:29:07,175 this out, but here's your outline. 670 00:29:08,085 --> 00:29:10,554 Christ in you produces fruit in the world. 671 00:29:11,554 --> 00:29:15,824 Christ in you produces fruit in yourself and in this church. 672 00:29:16,464 --> 00:29:20,865 Christ in you is shown by God in Christ. 673 00:29:21,214 --> 00:29:21,335 Amen. 674 00:29:21,374 --> 00:29:23,394 Jesus is who we become like. 675 00:29:23,854 --> 00:29:27,925 Christ in you reconciles us, always makes us at peace with God. 676 00:29:27,925 --> 00:29:28,074 Amen. 677 00:29:29,004 --> 00:29:31,435 And Christ in us changes us. 678 00:29:32,074 --> 00:29:33,944 It's not as hard as we make it, guys. 679 00:29:35,584 --> 00:29:37,024 It's not as hard as we make it. 680 00:29:37,024 --> 00:29:41,644 In fact, the more spiritual you become, it becomes intuition to change. 681 00:29:43,255 --> 00:29:48,844 You know, I know now that if you're riding a motorcycle and you're going into a 682 00:29:48,844 --> 00:29:53,184 curve, you need to brake before you get to the c- the curve, 'cause it's gonna 683 00:29:53,184 --> 00:29:55,094 be too late if you brake in the curve. 684 00:29:55,674 --> 00:29:56,615 You're gonna slide out. 685 00:29:57,594 --> 00:30:00,404 Slide into the other lane or off the cliff. 686 00:30:01,834 --> 00:30:06,145 And then as you come out of the curve, you need to accelerate it 'cause vector 687 00:30:06,145 --> 00:30:10,735 analysis is always true, and force is gonna take you in the other direction 688 00:30:10,735 --> 00:30:12,185 so you're gonna get around that curve. 689 00:30:12,525 --> 00:30:12,674 Yeah. 690 00:30:12,895 --> 00:30:14,294 And that centrifugal force. 691 00:30:14,715 --> 00:30:14,845 Right. 692 00:30:14,924 --> 00:30:16,114 And I've studied all of it. 693 00:30:16,114 --> 00:30:20,674 I've studied physics in college, and now it all makes sense, but you know what? 694 00:30:21,845 --> 00:30:26,514 When I was just a 12-year-old riding my motorcycle, intuitively I knew that. 695 00:30:28,195 --> 00:30:28,255 Yeah. 696 00:30:28,364 --> 00:30:31,095 See, God's truth is true whether you know it or not. 697 00:30:31,095 --> 00:30:31,195 Yeah. 698 00:30:32,145 --> 00:30:35,805 And it's good to learn and to grow and to get more knowledge, but all 699 00:30:35,805 --> 00:30:39,065 it does is confirm God's truth. 700 00:30:39,245 --> 00:30:39,364 Amen. 701 00:30:40,034 --> 00:30:40,235 Yeah. 702 00:30:40,364 --> 00:30:40,555 All right? 703 00:30:40,555 --> 00:30:40,794 Beautifully. 704 00:30:43,464 --> 00:30:46,894 And stop boring us with vector analysis, Greg. 705 00:30:46,894 --> 00:30:49,324 Nice and warm out. 706 00:30:49,355 --> 00:30:51,294 I think about it every time I turn. 707 00:30:52,105 --> 00:30:55,684 I was driving a big truck, you know, and coming down the hill I 708 00:30:55,684 --> 00:30:57,245 was thinking about vector analysis. 709 00:30:58,684 --> 00:31:00,235 Tapping on my brakes and how... 710 00:31:00,474 --> 00:31:01,574 Anyway, all right. 711 00:31:02,284 --> 00:31:02,654 Going on. 712 00:31:02,654 --> 00:31:03,464 Verses three. 713 00:31:03,745 --> 00:31:03,805 Wow. 714 00:31:04,355 --> 00:31:05,034 Three through eight. 715 00:31:05,334 --> 00:31:05,815 Good stuff. 716 00:31:06,894 --> 00:31:08,205 Create new habits. 717 00:31:08,885 --> 00:31:12,894 Brothers and sisters, let the Holy Spirit guide you into new ways of doing things. 718 00:31:12,894 --> 00:31:13,845 You can change. 719 00:31:14,404 --> 00:31:15,404 You can change. 720 00:31:15,665 --> 00:31:17,654 Don't let anybody tell you you can't. 721 00:31:18,805 --> 00:31:23,305 But you do need to set some boundaries and, and make sure who 722 00:31:23,305 --> 00:31:25,815 you hang out with- Amen ... is good. 723 00:31:26,264 --> 00:31:28,455 Takes 28 days to change. 724 00:31:28,784 --> 00:31:31,934 Let's read a little more scripture, 'cause I believe in the power of the word. 725 00:31:31,934 --> 00:31:32,055 Amen. 726 00:31:32,514 --> 00:31:35,904 And if I just read enough scripture up here, you're gonna leave here changed- 727 00:31:36,014 --> 00:31:37,205 Yeah ... if you have an open heart. 728 00:31:37,205 --> 00:31:37,324 Amen. 729 00:31:38,105 --> 00:31:43,314 Verse nine says, "For this reason, since the day we heard about you, 730 00:31:43,614 --> 00:31:45,344 we have not stopped praying for you. 731 00:31:45,344 --> 00:31:47,355 We continually ask God," what? 732 00:31:47,614 --> 00:31:52,084 "To fill you with the knowledge of His will through all wisdom and 733 00:31:52,084 --> 00:31:54,364 understanding that the Spirit gives." 734 00:31:54,364 --> 00:31:57,055 That's why we tell you, "Read your Bible, read your Bible, read your Bible." 735 00:31:57,245 --> 00:31:58,015 I've heard it before. 736 00:31:58,015 --> 00:31:59,745 Quit telling me to do the same thing. 737 00:32:00,124 --> 00:32:00,905 It's not working. 738 00:32:00,995 --> 00:32:03,234 Well, open up your heart when you read your Bible. 739 00:32:03,334 --> 00:32:03,894 Yeah. 740 00:32:04,445 --> 00:32:05,545 Open up your mind. 741 00:32:05,545 --> 00:32:06,715 Stop challenging it. 742 00:32:06,715 --> 00:32:08,114 Stop disagreeing with it. 743 00:32:08,355 --> 00:32:11,474 Start just accepting God and His Spirit. 744 00:32:11,775 --> 00:32:15,525 "So that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every 745 00:32:15,525 --> 00:32:19,364 way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God," 746 00:32:19,765 --> 00:32:21,385 just from reading your Bible, guys. 747 00:32:22,045 --> 00:32:27,075 "Being strengthened with all power according to the glorious might that 748 00:32:27,075 --> 00:32:33,860 you have That you may have endurance and patience and w- and giving joyful 749 00:32:33,889 --> 00:32:39,150 thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the inheritance as His 750 00:32:39,150 --> 00:32:41,959 holy people in the kingdom of light. 751 00:32:42,860 --> 00:32:45,190 It sounds like he's telling us l- to do a lot. 752 00:32:45,190 --> 00:32:47,390 No, he's just let the Word change you. 753 00:32:47,390 --> 00:32:47,509 Amen. 754 00:32:48,919 --> 00:32:51,540 And focus on the glorious light. 755 00:32:52,530 --> 00:32:52,620 Yes. 756 00:32:52,860 --> 00:32:53,919 Focus on the good. 757 00:32:54,860 --> 00:32:58,509 I don't know about you, but I tend towards the bad- Amen ... in 758 00:32:58,509 --> 00:33:00,089 myself and in other people. 759 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:01,729 Don't you see it? 760 00:33:02,909 --> 00:33:03,189 Yeah. 761 00:33:04,689 --> 00:33:06,619 And we see it too much in our kids. 762 00:33:06,619 --> 00:33:09,060 We see, see it too much in our coworkers. 763 00:33:09,689 --> 00:33:13,089 We see it sometimes too much in our brothers and sisters, instead, instead 764 00:33:13,089 --> 00:33:15,209 of seeing the potential and the good. 765 00:33:15,209 --> 00:33:15,929 Yeah. 766 00:33:16,889 --> 00:33:17,130 Right. 767 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:21,100 But when you really believe in the power of Christ in you, you 768 00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:23,330 start seeing everybody like Jesus. 769 00:33:24,319 --> 00:33:24,459 Amen. 770 00:33:24,610 --> 00:33:26,260 I see how they're like Jesus. 771 00:33:26,819 --> 00:33:27,040 Amen. 772 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:30,330 And they're g- they're growing, and they, they're gonna become more like Jesus. 773 00:33:30,830 --> 00:33:33,500 So the stuff that bugs me about them right now, I don't need to worry 774 00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:34,539 about it, 'cause they're gonna change. 775 00:33:34,539 --> 00:33:34,659 Amen. 776 00:33:36,380 --> 00:33:38,270 I think that's what happened in my marriage. 777 00:33:38,570 --> 00:33:38,700 Glory. 778 00:33:39,219 --> 00:33:40,740 I was a terrible husband at first. 779 00:33:41,719 --> 00:33:42,820 How about some of you? 780 00:33:42,850 --> 00:33:43,460 Anybody else? 781 00:33:44,729 --> 00:33:46,079 No, you don't have to say it. 782 00:33:46,450 --> 00:33:50,189 Your wife may wish you did, but- That's terrible. 783 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:53,829 'Cause I'd only lived with boys. 784 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:56,979 I didn't know girls were sensitive. 785 00:33:59,829 --> 00:34:00,110 You know? 786 00:34:00,809 --> 00:34:01,629 I'm, I'm serious. 787 00:34:01,629 --> 00:34:02,070 I didn't. 788 00:34:03,619 --> 00:34:05,970 I didn't know I needed to change my tone. 789 00:34:06,229 --> 00:34:06,320 Yes. 790 00:34:06,789 --> 00:34:10,400 So God gave me two more, so I'd change more. 791 00:34:12,339 --> 00:34:14,830 And my kids would probably say, "He didn't change enough." 792 00:34:16,429 --> 00:34:19,289 He, he started really changing about the time I was leaving. 793 00:34:19,289 --> 00:34:20,429 I wish he'd have changed more. 794 00:34:20,429 --> 00:34:20,679 Amen. 795 00:34:23,159 --> 00:34:24,929 But we're still changing, all of us, right? 796 00:34:25,020 --> 00:34:25,139 Amen. 797 00:34:26,340 --> 00:34:31,969 From one degree of glory because of God's holiness. 798 00:34:32,130 --> 00:34:32,259 Yes. 799 00:34:32,699 --> 00:34:35,259 I'm gonna wrap up here, 'cause this is just so good. 800 00:34:36,018 --> 00:34:39,730 Verse 9, a- and I want you to be wanting more. 801 00:34:40,469 --> 00:34:42,659 Overcome self-limiting beliefs. 802 00:34:42,699 --> 00:34:45,560 Christ in us produces fruit in us. 803 00:34:45,978 --> 00:34:46,409 Why? 804 00:34:46,739 --> 00:34:52,139 That endurance, that patience, that joy, that thankfulness, he gets ready 805 00:34:52,139 --> 00:34:56,030 to say at the end of the chapter it's because of Christ in you. 806 00:34:57,260 --> 00:34:59,710 You know, I read that chapter for so many years thinking, 807 00:34:59,710 --> 00:35:01,089 "Oh, okay, I gotta persevere. 808 00:35:01,089 --> 00:35:02,019 I gotta be strong. 809 00:35:02,019 --> 00:35:05,049 I gotta, gotta do all these things it's telling me to do. 810 00:35:05,449 --> 00:35:06,429 I gotta endure. 811 00:35:07,260 --> 00:35:08,190 Gotta suck it up." 812 00:35:08,190 --> 00:35:10,580 'Cause see, that's dad's tape playing in my head. 813 00:35:10,630 --> 00:35:10,929 Yeah. 814 00:35:11,650 --> 00:35:12,880 The Armstrong method. 815 00:35:13,210 --> 00:35:13,280 Yeah. 816 00:35:13,749 --> 00:35:14,010 Right? 817 00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:16,850 And I didn't read the whole chapter. 818 00:35:18,339 --> 00:35:21,439 I didn't read to the end where the mystery is revealed. 819 00:35:22,570 --> 00:35:25,930 When you're in the middle of the book or the chapter, you 820 00:35:25,930 --> 00:35:27,585 don't get the whole story. 821 00:35:28,484 --> 00:35:29,325 You're just confused. 822 00:35:29,325 --> 00:35:32,135 You're going in the wrong direction. 823 00:35:32,135 --> 00:35:33,715 It could even be a dead end. 824 00:35:34,565 --> 00:35:36,234 So let's get to the end, Greg. 825 00:35:36,234 --> 00:35:36,355 Amen. 826 00:35:37,645 --> 00:35:40,465 He prays for all these things, all right? 827 00:35:41,374 --> 00:35:45,144 You can get the notes, but let's just wrap it, all right? 828 00:35:46,054 --> 00:35:49,365 Christ in us, the hope of glory. 829 00:35:50,275 --> 00:35:54,714 Oh, yeah, I prepared too much. 830 00:35:56,835 --> 00:35:58,265 Are you seeing a pattern here? 831 00:35:58,944 --> 00:35:59,085 Yes. 832 00:35:59,124 --> 00:35:59,895 Yeah, sorry. 833 00:36:00,774 --> 00:36:02,875 But you got your own Bible. 834 00:36:02,875 --> 00:36:04,354 You can follow up on this. 835 00:36:04,354 --> 00:36:04,944 All right? 836 00:36:04,974 --> 00:36:05,325 Amen. 837 00:36:06,635 --> 00:36:08,154 Christ in us. 838 00:36:08,865 --> 00:36:08,925 Wow. 839 00:36:09,304 --> 00:36:10,545 Believe in a better day. 840 00:36:11,375 --> 00:36:12,924 We're reconciled to God. 841 00:36:13,584 --> 00:36:14,535 We're changed. 842 00:36:15,574 --> 00:36:15,645 Yeah. 843 00:36:15,744 --> 00:36:17,354 And we get to rewrite our story. 844 00:36:17,385 --> 00:36:17,504 Amen. 845 00:36:18,414 --> 00:36:20,334 We get to rewrite our story. 846 00:36:21,934 --> 00:36:24,875 You know, the world tells us... 847 00:36:25,024 --> 00:36:26,254 Here's some quotes. 848 00:36:26,754 --> 00:36:32,644 The world tells us, "Remember, your destiny has been foretold long ago. 849 00:36:33,034 --> 00:36:35,464 You just have to stand up and seize it." 850 00:36:36,515 --> 00:36:39,065 Yeah, but what if I'm trying and it doesn't do it? 851 00:36:40,945 --> 00:36:45,094 "A great quote can illuminate the infrastructure of life." 852 00:36:47,285 --> 00:36:50,484 But then you try and you fail, it doesn't continue to illuminate. 853 00:36:52,404 --> 00:36:54,454 "Knowledge is knowing many things. 854 00:36:54,494 --> 00:37:00,735 Wisdom is applying that knowledge to life as logical solutions and new perspectives, 855 00:37:01,275 --> 00:37:03,325 but you still need the inner power." 856 00:37:03,434 --> 00:37:03,524 Yes. 857 00:37:03,524 --> 00:37:03,645 Amen. 858 00:37:04,384 --> 00:37:05,274 The inner power. 859 00:37:06,005 --> 00:37:06,884 Christ in you. 860 00:37:07,864 --> 00:37:12,565 I'm trying to just wrap up and focus all of us, me included. 861 00:37:13,444 --> 00:37:15,315 Christ is in me already. 862 00:37:15,915 --> 00:37:17,065 I already have the power. 863 00:37:17,065 --> 00:37:18,005 I already have the strength. 864 00:37:18,005 --> 00:37:18,924 I can do this. 865 00:37:19,295 --> 00:37:20,205 I can do this. 866 00:37:21,084 --> 00:37:23,575 The beginning of this last week, I thought, "I can't do this. 867 00:37:24,915 --> 00:37:26,034 I can't move. 868 00:37:26,034 --> 00:37:27,185 I can't do a funeral. 869 00:37:27,185 --> 00:37:28,464 I can't prepare a sermon. 870 00:37:28,464 --> 00:37:30,385 I can't do all the things." 871 00:37:30,674 --> 00:37:33,924 And I did fail some, but I don't feel bad about it. 872 00:37:34,485 --> 00:37:37,275 I stood up the Korean young marriage yesterday morning. 873 00:37:38,244 --> 00:37:40,444 I put on my calendar it was at 5:00. 874 00:37:41,104 --> 00:37:43,224 They called me at 10:00 in the morning, "Greg, where are you? 875 00:37:43,224 --> 00:37:43,974 Are you on your way?" 876 00:37:45,575 --> 00:37:49,615 "Uh, I'm in North LA doing a funeral. 877 00:37:51,194 --> 00:37:52,084 I thought it was at 5:00." 878 00:37:52,084 --> 00:37:52,525 It wasn't. 879 00:37:54,345 --> 00:37:56,434 It was at 10:00. 880 00:37:57,514 --> 00:37:59,345 I went back and looked at my text notes. 881 00:37:59,944 --> 00:38:00,815 I thought I was right. 882 00:38:00,815 --> 00:38:01,785 I thought he was wrong. 883 00:38:02,605 --> 00:38:03,095 He was right. 884 00:38:03,095 --> 00:38:03,275 What grace. 885 00:38:05,694 --> 00:38:06,374 We all fail. 886 00:38:07,504 --> 00:38:08,055 We all fail. 887 00:38:08,055 --> 00:38:08,175 Amen. 888 00:38:09,474 --> 00:38:11,635 And then y- I start beating myself up. 889 00:38:12,555 --> 00:38:14,014 "I don't even know these people. 890 00:38:14,055 --> 00:38:15,705 They're gonna think the worst of me. 891 00:38:15,894 --> 00:38:18,165 First impressions are so powerful. 892 00:38:18,525 --> 00:38:19,915 I'll never overcome it." 893 00:38:21,065 --> 00:38:24,014 Yeah, they'll give me grace- That's right ... 'cause they have to. 894 00:38:26,434 --> 00:38:27,935 No, I apologized. 895 00:38:28,024 --> 00:38:28,824 I apo- I'm not... 896 00:38:29,665 --> 00:38:31,275 That's up to them to give it to me. 897 00:38:31,534 --> 00:38:32,255 It's up to them. 898 00:38:33,575 --> 00:38:35,105 But I do believe in a better day. 899 00:38:35,775 --> 00:38:36,414 God bless you. 900 00:38:36,414 --> 00:38:38,155 Christ in you, the hope of glory. 901 00:38:38,445 --> 00:38:39,018 Amen.