1 00:00:00.470 --> 00:00:02.830 Real Life presents the Jack Hibbs Podcast. 2 00:00:03.530 --> 00:00:06.850 With intention and boldness to proclaim truth, equip 3 00:00:06.850 --> 00:00:09.010 the saints, and impact our culture. 4 00:00:09.410 --> 00:00:10.930 The term Christian is an insult. 5 00:00:11.430 --> 00:00:12.030 You know what it means? 6 00:00:12.430 --> 00:00:13.930 They said, look at them. 7 00:00:14.410 --> 00:00:15.690 They're little Jesuses. 8 00:00:16.430 --> 00:00:20.430 They're little Christ walking around, loving one another, 9 00:00:20.850 --> 00:00:22.110 preaching the gospel. 10 00:00:22.650 --> 00:00:23.590 Oh, look at them. 11 00:00:24.230 --> 00:00:25.530 Let's call them Christians. 12 00:00:26.250 --> 00:00:27.230 But the term stuck. 13 00:00:27.230 --> 00:00:30.390 The believers went, that's exactly what we're trying 14 00:00:30.390 --> 00:00:30.730 to do. 15 00:00:31.430 --> 00:00:33.130 That's when people say, you guys are a 16 00:00:33.130 --> 00:00:34.070 bunch of Jesus freaks. 17 00:00:34.450 --> 00:00:34.930 Yep. 18 00:00:41.350 --> 00:00:43.670 You can get the outlines of this podcast 19 00:00:43.670 --> 00:00:47.630 by going to Jackhibbs.com slash podcast. 20 00:00:48.210 --> 00:00:50.930 Today, if this podcast lifts you up and 21 00:00:50.930 --> 00:00:53.190 encourages you to live a more fulfilled life 22 00:00:53.190 --> 00:00:55.290 in Christ, then make sure you leave us 23 00:00:55.290 --> 00:00:56.970 one of those five star ratings. 24 00:00:57.210 --> 00:01:00.530 To us, that's like saying amen or yes. 25 00:01:00.530 --> 00:01:03.310 Then that rating will encourage others to listen. 26 00:01:03.590 --> 00:01:06.010 Now open your hearts to what God's word 27 00:01:06.010 --> 00:01:07.070 has to say to you. 28 00:01:07.470 --> 00:01:08.930 Here is Jack Hibbs. 29 00:01:09.650 --> 00:01:12.890 The Bible tells us regarding this word convinced, 30 00:01:13.230 --> 00:01:16.010 a tremendously strong and powerful word. 31 00:01:16.090 --> 00:01:16.990 Look at the word convinced. 32 00:01:17.270 --> 00:01:17.810 It's beautiful. 33 00:01:17.970 --> 00:01:20.630 It means that this one who was once 34 00:01:20.630 --> 00:01:25.990 the killer of Christians encountered Christ on that 35 00:01:25.990 --> 00:01:31.620 road to Damascus, wound up becoming not only 36 00:01:31.620 --> 00:01:34.540 a lover of Jesus, but a lover of 37 00:01:34.540 --> 00:01:39.000 the church, the believers of Jesus. 38 00:01:39.140 --> 00:01:41.280 He began to love those Christians, which now 39 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:42.580 he became one of them. 40 00:01:43.460 --> 00:01:48.480 His conversion was so poignant and so powerful 41 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:52.400 that Paul is able to say these words. 42 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:54.980 And I say this, friends, because I believe 43 00:01:54.980 --> 00:01:57.300 God expects, He wants, He desires you and 44 00:01:57.300 --> 00:01:59.140 I to be able to not only say 45 00:01:59.140 --> 00:02:01.140 these words, but to say them with conviction 46 00:02:01.140 --> 00:02:03.540 because they're real in your life. 47 00:02:05.140 --> 00:02:09.880 And it's this confident, confident. 48 00:02:12.780 --> 00:02:14.300 I mean it when I tell you right 49 00:02:14.300 --> 00:02:15.620 now, there's a lot of things that I 50 00:02:15.620 --> 00:02:16.400 love to do. 51 00:02:18.260 --> 00:02:19.360 I love the ocean. 52 00:02:19.580 --> 00:02:21.100 I love being in the water. 53 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:25.280 But I'm not confident. 54 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:30.040 I'm not going to swim to Catalina. 55 00:02:36.600 --> 00:02:38.040 You pick your thing. 56 00:02:38.980 --> 00:02:40.300 I was talking to somebody the other day 57 00:02:40.300 --> 00:02:42.100 who races funny cars. 58 00:02:43.500 --> 00:02:44.680 They just love it. 59 00:02:45.040 --> 00:02:47.200 Now, in my mind, I'm thinking, I don't 60 00:02:47.200 --> 00:02:47.420 know. 61 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:49.360 I mean, I like to go fast, race 62 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:49.620 cars. 63 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:50.420 That's amazing. 64 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:53.800 But getting in something like that where you, 65 00:02:54.040 --> 00:02:55.660 you know, in three seconds, your guts are 66 00:02:55.660 --> 00:02:56.840 still back where you started. 67 00:02:57.400 --> 00:02:59.840 And your skeleton is, you know, a quarter 68 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:00.500 mile ahead. 69 00:03:00.620 --> 00:03:02.260 I don't know if that's really, that's fun, 70 00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:02.460 huh? 71 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:07.040 But how confident can you be in that 72 00:03:07.040 --> 00:03:09.180 when you're taking a car at 300 miles 73 00:03:09.180 --> 00:03:11.100 an hour and a quarter mile, and it's 74 00:03:11.100 --> 00:03:12.780 made out of fiberglass and metal? 75 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:14.100 Excuse me? 76 00:03:15.180 --> 00:03:16.440 I'm not in on that. 77 00:03:17.860 --> 00:03:20.360 But some people are kind of confident, but 78 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:20.960 they're not sure. 79 00:03:23.060 --> 00:03:25.480 God wants you confident in Him. 80 00:03:26.640 --> 00:03:27.660 Let's be honest. 81 00:03:28.420 --> 00:03:29.460 Look, I'm very biased. 82 00:03:29.460 --> 00:03:31.560 There's nothing in this world that you and 83 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:33.460 I can produce whereby which we can have 84 00:03:33.460 --> 00:03:35.160 absolute confidence in, period. 85 00:03:36.100 --> 00:03:36.480 Why? 86 00:03:36.740 --> 00:03:37.340 It's man-made. 87 00:03:38.160 --> 00:03:40.140 I saw a sticker the other day, made 88 00:03:40.140 --> 00:03:40.700 in America. 89 00:03:40.940 --> 00:03:41.760 And I had to pause. 90 00:03:42.300 --> 00:03:43.180 Honestly, I'm not joking. 91 00:03:43.260 --> 00:03:44.780 I had to pause and say, is that 92 00:03:44.780 --> 00:03:45.520 a good thing anymore? 93 00:03:47.540 --> 00:03:49.400 It used to be the standard. 94 00:03:50.340 --> 00:03:51.220 Now it's not. 95 00:03:53.220 --> 00:03:54.540 But we put this together. 96 00:03:54.660 --> 00:03:56.040 We did this thing or the other. 97 00:03:57.860 --> 00:03:59.200 It may be great. 98 00:04:01.390 --> 00:04:03.530 I have learned in my old age to 99 00:04:03.530 --> 00:04:05.410 be confident in one thing, and that one 100 00:04:05.410 --> 00:04:06.470 thing is not even a thing. 101 00:04:06.610 --> 00:04:07.070 It's a him. 102 00:04:08.430 --> 00:04:10.410 He's the only one I'm confident in. 103 00:04:11.390 --> 00:04:11.730 Why? 104 00:04:12.610 --> 00:04:14.310 It's not even my ability to have confidence 105 00:04:14.310 --> 00:04:14.730 in him. 106 00:04:14.850 --> 00:04:16.670 It's in his ability to perform what he 107 00:04:16.670 --> 00:04:18.910 says that wins you over. 108 00:04:19.649 --> 00:04:23.090 Paul says, confident, certain, made aware of, have 109 00:04:23.090 --> 00:04:25.270 come to know, fully persuaded. 110 00:04:25.790 --> 00:04:27.230 God wants you fully persuaded. 111 00:04:27.230 --> 00:04:28.830 And this is what he is saying to 112 00:04:28.830 --> 00:04:30.890 us right here in all of this, that 113 00:04:30.890 --> 00:04:33.130 we are to be fully persuaded and confident. 114 00:04:34.550 --> 00:04:36.370 How we live our lives, the things that 115 00:04:36.370 --> 00:04:38.790 we portray as brothers and sisters, having a 116 00:04:38.790 --> 00:04:40.510 clean conscience, that at the end of the 117 00:04:40.510 --> 00:04:41.950 day you've lived your life for God. 118 00:04:43.270 --> 00:04:44.690 There's no greater way to live. 119 00:04:45.550 --> 00:04:46.190 Can you lay down? 120 00:04:46.270 --> 00:04:47.970 When you lay down, you test yourself. 121 00:04:48.270 --> 00:04:50.150 When you lay your head down at night, 122 00:04:50.810 --> 00:04:51.970 are you free? 123 00:04:53.190 --> 00:04:55.550 When you're all alone with you and God 124 00:04:55.550 --> 00:04:56.930 and you put your head on your pillow, 125 00:04:57.110 --> 00:04:58.030 are you free? 126 00:04:59.350 --> 00:05:00.870 Oh, if you don't know what that is, 127 00:05:00.930 --> 00:05:03.230 friends, God wants you to live like that. 128 00:05:03.330 --> 00:05:07.550 So come on over to his side and 129 00:05:07.550 --> 00:05:10.850 find out what it's like to be, well, 130 00:05:10.930 --> 00:05:13.190 frankly, used by the Holy Spirit of God. 131 00:05:13.290 --> 00:05:13.730 Why not? 132 00:05:15.910 --> 00:05:17.450 And you can be confident in him. 133 00:05:17.990 --> 00:05:20.970 First Timothy chapter 4, verse 1, we'll start 134 00:05:20.970 --> 00:05:21.350 with this. 135 00:05:21.470 --> 00:05:22.610 First Timothy 4, 1. 136 00:05:24.170 --> 00:05:26.270 Now the Spirit, that is the Holy Spirit, 137 00:05:26.810 --> 00:05:29.190 expressly says that in latter times or the 138 00:05:29.190 --> 00:05:32.510 end times, end of days, last days, some 139 00:05:32.510 --> 00:05:33.570 will depart from the faith. 140 00:05:33.750 --> 00:05:34.590 It's happening now. 141 00:05:35.370 --> 00:05:36.050 What are they doing? 142 00:05:36.190 --> 00:05:39.150 Giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of 143 00:05:39.150 --> 00:05:39.450 demons. 144 00:05:40.310 --> 00:05:40.570 Wow. 145 00:05:41.930 --> 00:05:42.930 What do they do? 146 00:05:43.690 --> 00:05:46.070 Speak lies and hypocrisy, having their own conscience 147 00:05:46.070 --> 00:05:47.190 seared with a hot iron. 148 00:05:47.690 --> 00:05:50.330 In other words, they'll film a murder instead 149 00:05:50.330 --> 00:05:52.210 of trying to stop the murder. 150 00:05:53.490 --> 00:05:56.690 Forbidding to marry, they get cult-like. 151 00:05:57.490 --> 00:06:00.690 And commanding to abstain from foods which God 152 00:06:00.690 --> 00:06:03.510 created to be received with thanksgiving by those 153 00:06:03.510 --> 00:06:05.070 who believe and know the truth. 154 00:06:05.210 --> 00:06:06.050 Notice that, huh? 155 00:06:06.810 --> 00:06:08.910 Those who know the truth can eat anything 156 00:06:08.910 --> 00:06:09.590 or nothing. 157 00:06:09.590 --> 00:06:10.750 Doesn't matter. 158 00:06:10.950 --> 00:06:11.770 They give God thanks. 159 00:06:12.790 --> 00:06:15.770 These cult crazies, they can't do that because 160 00:06:15.770 --> 00:06:16.810 they're all about control. 161 00:06:19.730 --> 00:06:22.470 And so he goes on to say, verse 162 00:06:22.470 --> 00:06:25.410 4, For every creature of God is good, 163 00:06:26.270 --> 00:06:28.930 and nothing is to be refused if it 164 00:06:28.930 --> 00:06:30.290 is received with thanksgiving. 165 00:06:30.510 --> 00:06:32.770 Verse 5, For it is sanctified by the 166 00:06:32.770 --> 00:06:34.910 word of God and prayer. 167 00:06:36.170 --> 00:06:38.370 Every creature of God is good. 168 00:06:39.930 --> 00:06:42.030 Now, that's a statement by God himself in 169 00:06:42.030 --> 00:06:42.370 the Bible. 170 00:06:42.630 --> 00:06:43.210 Every creature. 171 00:06:43.430 --> 00:06:46.650 And what is the atmosphere? 172 00:06:46.790 --> 00:06:48.610 What's the theater by which this is being 173 00:06:48.610 --> 00:06:49.130 discussed? 174 00:06:50.070 --> 00:06:51.530 To eat or not to eat? 175 00:06:52.650 --> 00:06:54.970 He's not talking about what pets are available. 176 00:06:56.510 --> 00:06:59.790 I mean, to me, that is a liberty 177 00:06:59.790 --> 00:07:00.770 that I... 178 00:07:00.770 --> 00:07:01.650 It's beyond me. 179 00:07:01.790 --> 00:07:02.830 I don't have that much liberty. 180 00:07:03.610 --> 00:07:05.570 Look, this morning, every day, by the way, 181 00:07:05.570 --> 00:07:07.810 I should have you come over to the 182 00:07:07.810 --> 00:07:10.510 house from 2 a.m. to 7 a 183 00:07:10.510 --> 00:07:12.990 .m. It's like a circus or a zoo. 184 00:07:13.090 --> 00:07:15.450 My backyard, you can almost set a timer. 185 00:07:17.130 --> 00:07:18.450 So the raccoons, they come. 186 00:07:18.610 --> 00:07:19.370 They sit on the seat. 187 00:07:19.570 --> 00:07:21.850 They're washing themselves in the pool. 188 00:07:22.490 --> 00:07:23.770 It's the funniest thing. 189 00:07:24.710 --> 00:07:25.370 Then they go. 190 00:07:26.410 --> 00:07:27.770 And then the skunk comes. 191 00:07:28.590 --> 00:07:29.930 And the skunk is eating. 192 00:07:30.070 --> 00:07:32.810 And then his girlfriend or boyfriend comes. 193 00:07:32.810 --> 00:07:34.870 And then sometimes they get married. 194 00:07:35.030 --> 00:07:37.390 Because earlier this spring, we had baby skunk. 195 00:07:37.710 --> 00:07:39.390 And the cutest things in the world. 196 00:07:40.090 --> 00:07:42.010 And then after they leave, and I'm talking 197 00:07:42.010 --> 00:07:43.950 within minutes, they got it all down. 198 00:07:44.290 --> 00:07:45.230 Okay, next. 199 00:07:45.430 --> 00:07:46.790 Skunks, move in. 200 00:07:48.250 --> 00:07:50.390 And then comes the possum. 201 00:07:51.770 --> 00:07:54.350 And they're so ugly, they're cute. 202 00:07:55.450 --> 00:07:57.170 And I'm watching this stuff. 203 00:07:57.990 --> 00:07:59.010 And it's unbelievable. 204 00:08:00.110 --> 00:08:00.930 And then there's a... 205 00:08:01.350 --> 00:08:02.170 We don't. 206 00:08:02.170 --> 00:08:04.310 The neighborhood has a big feral cat. 207 00:08:04.990 --> 00:08:06.270 He's everybody's cat. 208 00:08:06.850 --> 00:08:08.190 You should see this guy. 209 00:08:08.610 --> 00:08:10.510 He walks right by the possum. 210 00:08:10.890 --> 00:08:12.210 He walks right by the possum. 211 00:08:12.230 --> 00:08:13.050 And he goes like this. 212 00:08:14.570 --> 00:08:16.090 Possum looks at him. 213 00:08:17.730 --> 00:08:19.670 The cat walks right by the skunk. 214 00:08:20.430 --> 00:08:22.210 The skunk doesn't even lift his head. 215 00:08:22.270 --> 00:08:22.810 He's eating. 216 00:08:23.150 --> 00:08:24.130 And the cat goes like this. 217 00:08:24.470 --> 00:08:25.430 But he walks right by him. 218 00:08:25.810 --> 00:08:27.150 They're all kind of... 219 00:08:27.150 --> 00:08:27.810 What's the word? 220 00:08:28.010 --> 00:08:28.490 Symbionic. 221 00:08:28.490 --> 00:08:28.650 Symbionic. 222 00:08:28.650 --> 00:08:31.650 They're kind of an orchestra working. 223 00:08:32.470 --> 00:08:32.950 Right? 224 00:08:33.710 --> 00:08:34.630 It's working. 225 00:08:36.429 --> 00:08:38.610 Completely different in every way, shape, or form. 226 00:08:38.970 --> 00:08:40.010 And yet they're getting along. 227 00:08:40.809 --> 00:08:42.090 They're making it work. 228 00:08:43.450 --> 00:08:44.710 And they got a schedule. 229 00:08:45.130 --> 00:08:46.930 They arrive in those orders. 230 00:08:49.930 --> 00:08:51.050 It's amazing to me. 231 00:08:52.170 --> 00:08:54.970 Having a clean conscience is knowing that you're 232 00:08:54.970 --> 00:08:56.970 living your life before God and you're free 233 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:03.780 to the point, seriously, if somebody... 234 00:09:03.780 --> 00:09:07.500 Do you realize if somebody at that farm 235 00:09:07.500 --> 00:09:08.180 that we were at... 236 00:09:08.180 --> 00:09:09.200 We were at a farm on a little 237 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:10.360 tour in Peru. 238 00:09:10.900 --> 00:09:13.780 What if somebody would have said, we'd like 239 00:09:13.780 --> 00:09:15.720 to have the two of you to our 240 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:16.280 home tonight. 241 00:09:16.500 --> 00:09:18.280 We've never had an American in our house 242 00:09:18.280 --> 00:09:18.660 before. 243 00:09:19.040 --> 00:09:20.460 We'd love to have you over tonight. 244 00:09:20.940 --> 00:09:21.800 You know, you're feeling it. 245 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:22.420 I can feel it. 246 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:22.700 You're here. 247 00:09:23.060 --> 00:09:25.360 It's like, hmm, what are we going to 248 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:25.760 have? 249 00:09:27.160 --> 00:09:27.560 Right? 250 00:09:28.220 --> 00:09:30.600 Have you ever traveled internationally in such settings? 251 00:09:31.100 --> 00:09:32.600 I have in numerous countries. 252 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:33.560 It's kind of terrifying. 253 00:09:34.800 --> 00:09:35.760 I'm telling you. 254 00:09:38.550 --> 00:09:41.350 And you sit down and they bring it 255 00:09:41.350 --> 00:09:41.630 out. 256 00:09:41.910 --> 00:09:44.170 And you're like, what is this? 257 00:09:46.940 --> 00:09:47.940 I'm telling you. 258 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:49.400 I'm speaking from experience. 259 00:09:49.640 --> 00:09:52.180 You can't say, what is it? 260 00:09:52.780 --> 00:09:57.900 And they say, like in Russia, oh, it's 261 00:09:57.900 --> 00:09:59.460 eel from the Bay of Finland. 262 00:09:59.880 --> 00:10:01.120 We got it ourselves. 263 00:10:02.800 --> 00:10:03.360 Really? 264 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:12.140 You honestly say, Lord, help me. 265 00:10:12.460 --> 00:10:13.640 I don't want to offend them. 266 00:10:14.740 --> 00:10:15.880 You got to help me now. 267 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:17.200 This is not going to work right, God. 268 00:10:17.860 --> 00:10:18.960 I need you now. 269 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:21.660 And you eat eel. 270 00:10:23.400 --> 00:10:25.540 If we sat down in Peru and the 271 00:10:25.540 --> 00:10:27.380 family would have been offended if we say 272 00:10:27.380 --> 00:10:29.820 to them, yeah, no. 273 00:10:30.920 --> 00:10:32.380 We can't do that. 274 00:10:33.660 --> 00:10:35.620 I could tell you right now the Holy 275 00:10:35.620 --> 00:10:38.380 Spirit will say to you, eat it. 276 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:42.780 Don't stumble them. 277 00:10:43.280 --> 00:10:46.000 Now use your Christian liberty as a great 278 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:46.680 strength. 279 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:51.700 And when you eat, you can make a 280 00:10:51.700 --> 00:10:52.300 true statement. 281 00:10:52.560 --> 00:10:56.000 This is the best guinea pig I've ever 282 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:58.440 had in my life. 283 00:10:59.160 --> 00:11:01.200 Maybe the only one, but it was the 284 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:02.580 best one you've ever had. 285 00:11:03.800 --> 00:11:06.080 But this is actual conduct. 286 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:10.920 We were in a Russian home, went on 287 00:11:10.920 --> 00:11:11.920 the streets in Russia. 288 00:11:12.040 --> 00:11:13.000 We even have it on film. 289 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:15.220 We were preaching Christ, and the man got 290 00:11:15.220 --> 00:11:15.540 saved. 291 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:16.880 The young man got saved. 292 00:11:17.860 --> 00:11:19.140 I remember his name. 293 00:11:19.500 --> 00:11:22.260 He was a Georgian living in Moscow. 294 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:24.440 And his name was Kaha. 295 00:11:25.620 --> 00:11:27.780 And he was walking by, and he stood 296 00:11:27.780 --> 00:11:28.880 out because he was so tall. 297 00:11:30.830 --> 00:11:32.270 And I said, hey, you. 298 00:11:35.350 --> 00:11:37.810 And he stopped, and he looked, and he 299 00:11:37.810 --> 00:11:38.430 just stood out. 300 00:11:38.510 --> 00:11:41.230 So I thought, I noticed him. 301 00:11:41.310 --> 00:11:41.790 He stood out. 302 00:11:41.930 --> 00:11:43.310 We're preaching Christ in the streets. 303 00:11:44.330 --> 00:11:45.390 This is a divine appointment. 304 00:11:45.630 --> 00:11:46.430 Can I talk to you? 305 00:11:46.770 --> 00:11:48.050 He spoke perfect English. 306 00:11:48.470 --> 00:11:50.290 Long story short, the guy prays right there 307 00:11:50.290 --> 00:11:51.370 on the spot and gets saved. 308 00:11:52.330 --> 00:11:53.850 And then I don't see him again that 309 00:11:53.850 --> 00:11:54.050 day. 310 00:11:54.090 --> 00:11:55.130 And then later on in the end of 311 00:11:55.130 --> 00:11:56.450 the day, he comes back, and he says, 312 00:11:56.610 --> 00:11:58.070 you guys are all coming to my house, 313 00:11:58.590 --> 00:11:59.570 to my dad's house. 314 00:11:59.910 --> 00:12:00.850 I went home. 315 00:12:00.850 --> 00:12:03.170 I told my family that I'm going to 316 00:12:03.170 --> 00:12:04.110 bring you home tonight. 317 00:12:05.510 --> 00:12:07.830 And you, he points to me, you are 318 00:12:07.830 --> 00:12:09.710 going to tell my entire family the gospel 319 00:12:09.710 --> 00:12:10.110 tonight. 320 00:12:10.850 --> 00:12:11.570 No, listen. 321 00:12:12.430 --> 00:12:13.950 And it's like, this is amazing. 322 00:12:14.070 --> 00:12:15.210 This is like the Book of Acts. 323 00:12:17.150 --> 00:12:21.690 And we went there, and the father opens 324 00:12:21.690 --> 00:12:22.110 the door. 325 00:12:22.630 --> 00:12:26.490 And they're all starstruck because they'd never had 326 00:12:26.490 --> 00:12:27.530 Americans in their home. 327 00:12:28.450 --> 00:12:29.610 They're touching us. 328 00:12:29.970 --> 00:12:31.230 No, no, no, no, like this. 329 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:36.600 And before we could go in the house, 330 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:38.300 the father gets cognac. 331 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:40.420 Anybody know what that is? 332 00:12:41.540 --> 00:12:42.800 I didn't know what it was. 333 00:12:42.880 --> 00:12:43.840 How do you know what it is? 334 00:12:52.520 --> 00:12:54.820 They use it to take paint off of 335 00:12:54.820 --> 00:12:55.500 cars. 336 00:12:58.160 --> 00:13:00.740 And my translator's with me, and the father, 337 00:13:01.260 --> 00:13:03.240 and she's telling me, you have to go 338 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:06.980 like this, and you have to, with what? 339 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:07.880 With the cognac. 340 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:09.400 And I said, yeah, yeah, no, it's not 341 00:13:09.400 --> 00:13:09.760 going to happen. 342 00:13:10.340 --> 00:13:11.940 And she goes, yeah, yeah, you are going 343 00:13:11.940 --> 00:13:12.560 to do this. 344 00:13:13.040 --> 00:13:14.720 She says, you have no idea what's happening 345 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:15.040 right now. 346 00:13:15.060 --> 00:13:16.340 She goes, I've heard of this. 347 00:13:16.880 --> 00:13:17.620 I'm a Russian. 348 00:13:17.740 --> 00:13:18.400 I've heard of this. 349 00:13:18.560 --> 00:13:19.900 I've never seen this done before. 350 00:13:21.020 --> 00:13:21.900 This is amazing. 351 00:13:22.020 --> 00:13:24.300 She goes, I'm dying to see this myself. 352 00:13:24.760 --> 00:13:26.400 But you will do this, because if you 353 00:13:26.400 --> 00:13:28.160 offend, this is the patriarch of the home. 354 00:13:28.900 --> 00:13:30.220 He's like 80 years old. 355 00:13:31.020 --> 00:13:34.020 And you go like this, and you put 356 00:13:34.020 --> 00:13:35.880 cognac like this. 357 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:38.580 And I'm thinking, Mark's gospel says, if we 358 00:13:38.580 --> 00:13:39.360 can take up poison. 359 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:42.540 And I told Lisa, God's got to protect 360 00:13:42.540 --> 00:13:42.840 us. 361 00:13:44.640 --> 00:13:46.720 There are four others with us, including my 362 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:47.120 translator. 363 00:13:47.500 --> 00:13:49.600 God's got to protect us. 364 00:13:49.680 --> 00:13:52.180 This is totally the Bible happening right now. 365 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:54.500 The Bible says we can take up poison 366 00:13:54.500 --> 00:13:56.020 and drink it, and it won't kill us. 367 00:13:58.460 --> 00:13:59.760 And we just went like this. 368 00:14:01.420 --> 00:14:01.780 Mm. 369 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:05.300 And then they bring the bottle, and they 370 00:14:05.300 --> 00:14:05.940 top it off. 371 00:14:07.060 --> 00:14:08.060 No, I'm kidding. 372 00:14:08.180 --> 00:14:08.400 Listen. 373 00:14:10.100 --> 00:14:11.320 Not 10 times. 374 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:14.940 During the night, not 20 times. 375 00:14:16.820 --> 00:14:19.140 Toast about everything, everything. 376 00:14:19.560 --> 00:14:22.260 And they had vodka and cognac, all this 377 00:14:22.260 --> 00:14:22.660 poison. 378 00:14:23.300 --> 00:14:24.500 And none of this. 379 00:14:24.800 --> 00:14:27.540 Listen, just the fumes alone would have killed 380 00:14:27.540 --> 00:14:27.680 you. 381 00:14:27.780 --> 00:14:29.480 But nothing happened to us. 382 00:14:29.820 --> 00:14:31.140 And nothing happened to them. 383 00:14:32.460 --> 00:14:35.500 When it all was done, the son stands 384 00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:37.140 up, and it was awesome. 385 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:39.880 Because there was no messing around with him. 386 00:14:40.640 --> 00:14:42.820 He said to his family, listen to what 387 00:14:42.820 --> 00:14:43.560 he has to say. 388 00:14:45.920 --> 00:14:49.320 And when he's done, I want all of 389 00:14:49.320 --> 00:14:50.220 you to become Christians. 390 00:14:50.780 --> 00:14:51.640 He did. 391 00:14:52.160 --> 00:14:53.040 It was amazing. 392 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:54.520 It's like, it doesn't work that way. 393 00:14:54.880 --> 00:14:56.860 But it was amazing. 394 00:14:57.080 --> 00:14:58.280 It was amazing. 395 00:14:58.660 --> 00:14:59.980 And I gave the gospel. 396 00:15:00.940 --> 00:15:02.900 And you leave this up to God. 397 00:15:03.620 --> 00:15:05.200 When it comes time, again, I'm speaking to 398 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:05.780 a translator. 399 00:15:06.400 --> 00:15:08.160 When it came time for them to receive 400 00:15:08.160 --> 00:15:09.820 Christ, all of them accepted Christ. 401 00:15:10.180 --> 00:15:12.400 But listen, you say, well, that's because the 402 00:15:12.400 --> 00:15:14.080 son made them do it. 403 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:16.180 I don't know. 404 00:15:16.540 --> 00:15:17.460 You don't know. 405 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:18.980 Only God knows. 406 00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:19.700 Right? 407 00:15:19.920 --> 00:15:20.700 Think about that. 408 00:15:20.780 --> 00:15:21.600 Only he knows. 409 00:15:22.580 --> 00:15:25.160 But when we walk with him in those 410 00:15:25.160 --> 00:15:29.080 steps, it's exciting. 411 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:29.840 It's thrilling. 412 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:33.600 And even in a world that's got all 413 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:36.200 of its things from cognac to guinea pigs, 414 00:15:38.860 --> 00:15:42.260 none of these things stop God, who announces 415 00:15:42.260 --> 00:15:45.440 to the world, my son, Jesus, is the 416 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:47.680 way, the truth, and the life. 417 00:15:47.860 --> 00:15:49.740 He's the only way to heaven. 418 00:15:50.420 --> 00:15:54.260 What you could not do of yourself because 419 00:15:54.260 --> 00:15:57.660 you're sinful, Christ did for you by having 420 00:15:57.660 --> 00:16:00.440 come into this world, living a perfect life 421 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:02.840 on your behalf. 422 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:04.300 Because you can't. 423 00:16:06.430 --> 00:16:08.710 God says, because I'm righteous and holy and 424 00:16:08.710 --> 00:16:12.750 I cannot change my word, my law is 425 00:16:12.750 --> 00:16:13.210 true. 426 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:17.580 But none of you could keep it. 427 00:16:17.680 --> 00:16:20.200 You broke it in thought and or deed. 428 00:16:21.160 --> 00:16:24.780 And so I sent my son to be 429 00:16:24.780 --> 00:16:27.680 the atonement for that sin of yours. 430 00:16:27.820 --> 00:16:28.960 He died in your place. 431 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:30.640 And not only did he die in your 432 00:16:30.640 --> 00:16:33.940 place, by taking upon himself your sins at 433 00:16:33.940 --> 00:16:36.980 the cross, but on the third day he 434 00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:39.520 rose again from the grave, guaranteeing your salvation. 435 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:41.360 That's called sanctification. 436 00:16:41.800 --> 00:16:43.680 Christ rose from the dead, that we might 437 00:16:43.680 --> 00:16:45.860 be justified and sanctified by the work of 438 00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:46.080 God. 439 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:47.360 It's all his work. 440 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:49.540 So what are we supposed to do? 441 00:16:49.800 --> 00:16:53.680 We're supposed to receive that gift out of 442 00:16:53.680 --> 00:16:55.660 a heart of great thankfulness, love, and joy. 443 00:16:56.100 --> 00:16:57.320 We'll talk about that next week. 444 00:16:57.320 --> 00:16:59.800 I really have big plans for that part 445 00:16:59.800 --> 00:17:02.460 about peace and joy and the Holy Spirit. 446 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:08.920 And we become free, no longer restricted by 447 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:11.520 the confines of man and man-made religion. 448 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:15.020 We become free to follow in Jesus' footsteps 449 00:17:15.020 --> 00:17:16.260 wherever he's going. 450 00:17:17.660 --> 00:17:19.280 Here's the beauty about all this. 451 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:21.619 If you follow him now, if you decide 452 00:17:21.619 --> 00:17:22.980 to follow him, you don't know where you're 453 00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.619 going to be tomorrow. 454 00:17:24.760 --> 00:17:26.960 You know, I'm pretty sure we've got these 455 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:27.400 plans. 456 00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:29.420 That's not what I mean. 457 00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:32.180 If you're going to go to work, or 458 00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:33.500 if you're going to go on a little 459 00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:36.940 Labor Day day trip, it doesn't matter. 460 00:17:38.520 --> 00:17:40.760 You think God says to heaven, God announces 461 00:17:40.760 --> 00:17:43.780 in heaven, Hey, everybody in America, it's Labor 462 00:17:43.780 --> 00:17:44.100 Day. 463 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:46.780 So there'll be no witnessing. 464 00:17:51.040 --> 00:17:51.920 He doesn't do that. 465 00:17:54.450 --> 00:17:56.630 Wherever you go tomorrow, and the day after, 466 00:17:56.810 --> 00:17:59.410 and the day after, until Christ comes for 467 00:17:59.410 --> 00:18:02.610 you, he actually has footsteps for you to 468 00:18:02.610 --> 00:18:03.090 follow in. 469 00:18:04.910 --> 00:18:08.230 He literally, Scripture says, that God knew us 470 00:18:08.230 --> 00:18:11.430 before we were ever created, and that he 471 00:18:11.430 --> 00:18:15.130 has created for us works that we should 472 00:18:15.130 --> 00:18:16.310 walk in them. 473 00:18:17.750 --> 00:18:22.810 So instead of strapping on Bigfoot feet, imagine 474 00:18:22.810 --> 00:18:26.010 in your mind, strapping on Jesus feet. 475 00:18:27.070 --> 00:18:29.310 Because if this world is going to experience 476 00:18:29.310 --> 00:18:34.570 any love, any forgiveness, any mercy, this is 477 00:18:34.570 --> 00:18:35.590 such a brutal world. 478 00:18:36.410 --> 00:18:37.070 Let's be honest. 479 00:18:38.270 --> 00:18:39.870 It's a hard world. 480 00:18:42.050 --> 00:18:44.390 If this world is going to experience anything 481 00:18:44.390 --> 00:18:46.850 good, it's going to come from you. 482 00:18:47.630 --> 00:18:49.170 It's going to come from us. 483 00:18:53.540 --> 00:18:56.240 This Jack Kemp's podcast, as well as all 484 00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:59.340 the broadcast outreach opportunities, are listener-supported. 485 00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:02.140 Will you consider partnering with us through a 486 00:19:02.140 --> 00:19:02.740 special gift? 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