How do you know God's will? Season 4 Episode 6

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Welcome to the point -taking podcast the only podcast where we make and take spiritual and biblical truths and we're doing it again here we go this is a point -taking podcast where we make and take spiritual and biblical truths and yes
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I'm Josiah this is Anna and this is Seth this is cameraman set now you guys know what his beautiful face looks like yeah now whenever y 'all think we're being mean to the camera people they actually exist yeah what what it is is you can't see the faces they're making at us but now you get to see how
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Seth really is and what he's like okay now Anna why is it the alphabet game no okay
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I was like here we go yeah we're doing the alphabet game and first to three points all righty
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Seth is gonna win what letter comes before V? U. Yes, that's correct, one to zero all right
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Anna what's after no I'm sorry whoever's first ready what is before E?
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Before D. Two to zero. What's after R?
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S. Three to zero, let's keep going. It was best out of three. What's before X?
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Y? A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V. No. W, X?
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Yes. One to three. One to three. Come on. One to three.
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Too much pressure. I've already won. What letter is before C? B. Oh, three to two.
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Okay. What letter is after H? I. Time doesn't count. What letter is before J? H.
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No. You said before J? I. I. No. She came back. She's right. Three to three. Here we go.
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We've got to get to five. Two more. She came back. Ready? What letter is before L? M. K.
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Yes. I'm just thinking of after. Oh lord. What letter is after O?
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P. Yes. Oh my god. Four to four. Four to four. This is great. Four to four.
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Oh man. What is two letters before H? F? F it is.
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Five to four. Okay. Good game. Lost to a better player. All right.
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That was fun. All right, Anna. By the way, our question today is how do you know
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God's will? And we will be answering that question immediately after we answer the questions from Anna's game that I'm about to beat
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Seth in. Well, they're technically not questions. Seth, do you want to be in the podcast today? Too late now.
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I already am. Yeah. So, I will play a few seconds of a theme song from a show in like the 90s through early 2000s.
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They have to guess but hold your answers. Just raise your hand. Once both of you have your answers, I'll let you go.
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Don't shout your answers. Don't shout your answers, Seth. So, raise your hand and once I know both of you don't have it. For those of you who don't know, I just asked him to sit down there and sound check with no intentions of him being in the podcast at all.
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Is that true? Lies. Go ahead. No, because I asked him before. I was like, you should be on here.
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Okay. So, the first one. He's already won a game. So, the first one. We'll do again because.
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You've been on the podcast for months and you've never won a game. He's been in for 5 minutes and he's won a game. Wow. Sometimes, I just say true things out loud.
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I'm sorry. Okay. So, this one, we're going to start. Bro. Okay.
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Technically, we already did this one in practice. You got it wrong by the way. So, Seth, I'll let you go. Yes, you did.
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What was it? The Simpsons. Simpsons. The Jetsons. No, I did not.
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I said the Simpsons. You're such a liar. Seth, one point. No. He was here for practice too.
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Practice round. That was okay. Seth, not a point and I said. Because you said the Jetsons.
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Jetsons. I promise you today, I've said Simpsons. Okay. Do you want to guess?
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Do you want to guess? You have 10 more seconds. Why are you letting him go first? Well, I'm just giving him the chance to guess in case you're wrong which
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I don't think he would be. Okay. Pastor.
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Justice League. No. I got this one right.
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It's a TV show, right? Yes. These are all TV shows. He already just answered. No, it's
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Batman. The animated series. I got this one right. I had this one right.
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I have a question. I have a question. You got it right. Could you name the members, the principal members of the Justice League, please?
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Please, go ahead. I'll help you. Batman. But this was the Batman show.
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Next round. No. Okay, sore loser. Oh my gosh. I don't know why that sounded like Star Wars to me.
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It kind of did. Put it in the comments. I got that. Camera guy.
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Everyone have their answers? I got this one right. Animaniacs.
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Okay. I don't know what that is. I'll show you. No. Yeah, the
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Animaniacs. Okay. I never watched Animaniacs. Maybe. But it's in it.
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Got it. Got it. Got it. Got it. Got it. Got it. Got it. Got it. Got it. Got it. and I said I'm not saying I'm not grateful I'm very appreciative of what you guys have offered me and I said but it used to be about the money for me but I said
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I could have all the money in the world and I still want to be at home with my baby and I said so that's how
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I know that like my desire has changed to stay instead of making all this money and doing all these things and getting like all this notoriety and you know like having all of these things of the world
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God's will is for me to stay at home. You've grown a lot haven't you? I have and I was about to say
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I'm not saying that to like I've grown so much but like no I and especially when I talk to other people about it
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God's like it's right in front of your face like you have grown you have been you know so.
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Good on you girl. Thank you. I'm proud of you. Thank you. Seth I'm coming to you you have first Thessalonians chapter 4 open and I'm coming to you and I said
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Seth I have no idea what God's will for my life is and then you read verse 3 and it says
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I'm gonna say perfect I got it right here for you. Come on with it. For this is the will of God. Whoa! This is the will of God whatever we're about to read is what it is everyone ready?
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Hold on to your seats your steering wheels whatever pay attention this is the part where you zoom in this is God's Word here first Thessalonians 4 3 says your sanctification.
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What is that? God's will is your sanctification. Mr. Mr. Pickler. Yes.
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Kosher dill like what type of pickle are we? Kosher. Chill pickle.
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Thank you. That's on his license plate. It is. I love that. I just identified you for the whole city they know now.
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Spelled incorrectly by the way that has not gotten noticed. That's not how you spell chill pickle. I'm only limited to seven letters.
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Yeah. I love that. So anyway this is the will of God your what was that word? Sanctification.
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For anyone that may not know what that means would you explain it for us there Seth? I got you sanctification is becoming more like God and it's not overnight it's a it's a walk every day.
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Like an overtime thing. Overtime. Becoming more like more obedient more informed to who he is.
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So God's will is that I obey him more tomorrow than I did today? Yes. What's his will gonna be for me tomorrow?
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The exact same thing. What about the next day? Same thing after that. In 15 years from now? The same.
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What's his will for a nine -year -old? His sanctification. And what about a 29 year old?
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Sanctification. And a 59 year old? So how he obeys in those different stages of life may differ but the fact that he obeys
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God does not differ. Is that what you're saying? Yes. Seth. Well said. But then he gives examples of your sanctification does he not?
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What does it say? The first one abstain from sexual immorality.
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I'm sorry did you say that was the first one listed? That's crazy how that was the first one listed. Yes. Abstaining from sexual immorality.
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I wonder what the Greek word for sexual immorality is? Is it pornea? P -O -R -N -E -A.
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Ladies and gentlemen we live in a culture at least ours not worldwide quite in fact there are pagan cultures who have this better than we do where sexual immorality is flaunted and applauded.
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Ladies and gentlemen there were 613 laws of the Old Testament.
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Only 16 of them did God say deserve capital punishment the death penalty. Five of those 16 were sexual sins.
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That is not something that God takes lightly. Ladies and gentlemen it can't become something what everyone struggles with so therefore
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I am not held to account. That can't be our mindset. Can you imagine can you imagine standing before the
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Roman God yes God I know they were doing child sacrifices but everyone was doing it. And then someone would say to me
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Josiah are you comparing child sacrifice to sexual sin? No God is and he just just one more thing anytime
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God wanted to describe a nation that had left him do you know the analogy he used?
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A wife. An unfaithful wife. In fact sometimes he even says a whorish wife.
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Do you know what he says of Israel and Jeremiah? Let this sink into my heart and all the hearts.
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He said and this is gonna get a little pg -13 and no I'm not apologizing because it's in the
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Bible but in case the kids listening hit the mute button for just a minute. He says in Jeremiah I believe it's
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Jeremiah chapter 3 of Israel you have acted you have played the whore against me and have left me and have whored yourself and lifted up your skirt to every idol under every tree in every nation but you are not like other whores who get paid for you doing it willingly and receive no money for it.
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Now that is how
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God defines unfaithfulness. He uses sexual terms and of course people can get weird with what
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God desire that's he uses that analogy as the most heinous analogy he can think of for turning your back on God.
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That is not something that any of us any of us should take lightly. So the first example was that you abstain from sexual morality.
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You'll find that in most of the list of the New Testament when describing ways of the world, ways of God, works of the flesh where you'll find that sexual morality is often one of the first ones lifted.
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Did we finish the verse or did I cut you off? You cut me off it's all good though. It was a quality stuff you're talking about that each of you know how to control his own body in holiness and in honor not in the passion of lust like the
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Gentiles who do not know God. He's writing a letter to the
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Thessalonians who used to be those Gentiles he's talking about. He doesn't refer to them that way. It's like remember? Because they're saved now but yeah.
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Exactly. What an amazing passage. As Seth turns to the other passage we want to share with you guys today
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Romans 12. By the way we're on God's will. Next time we're gonna talk about what does it mean to be a slave of Christ since we're running short on time because I talk too much.
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Mm -hmm. But. Facts. Okay. To sing true things out loud.
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Did you enjoy saying that? Yeah. Was that fun for you? Actually yeah it was a little fun. Did you enjoy that? Yeah. Okay. It was fun. Alright.
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Every time someone says that I think of the little fox from the car. Show me the car facts.
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Oh the car. That thing's creepy looking. Okay. So yeah. I mean not really.
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Do you think the gecko from Geico's the. Anyway. Gecko from Geico. Yeah. Anyway. Like. Thank you.
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We're short on time. Anyway. Well I'm 6 '3". Thank you for saying. You're not. With those lifts you are.
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Okay. Anyway. She said. Every time he wears these. You know what she said earlier? Say what you said earlier. Go ahead.
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Make fun of me. What? Oh you look like a scout leader. Because he's wearing his. Well my dad used to wear stuff like that.
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So it's like reminding me of my dad with the boots and the socks and then the cargo shorts. Like and they're green and Boy Scouts wear green shirts.
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I'm very glad I remind you of your father. Is that a compliment or. Physically like right there. Yeah. It was okay.
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Okay. So Anna. By the way you said anyway not anyways thank you.
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I've been trying to say that for two sentences. Oh you're welcome. How do we know God's will? The Bible says his will is your sanctification.
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Is it really that simple? Yeah. So. Because everything falls under sanctification.
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It's like a big umbrella. That's a process that should never stop or slow down but always speed up.
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In fact Jonathan Edwards. Far into his Christian life. I'm sorry it was
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Martin Luther. Said the more sanctified a man becomes the more disgusted he is with the fewer sins that remain.
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So he's removed so many of them but he hates more and more the ones that are still there.
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Rachel always tells people when they ask about motherhood. She says it is the opportunity to double down on your rebellion in your hardness of heart or it is an incredibly sanctifying thing because it is.
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People do it but it is so difficult to maintain. You have to work so hard to maintain your selflessness and be a mother.
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Now there's plenty of women that do it but it is an incredibly sanctifying process if your heart allows it to be because it teaches you and it's not just mothers.
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It teaches you that it's not. About you. That what you get up and eat for breakfast isn't about you.
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Right. What you're having. It's not about you. Now this is not a comment about your whole schedule should revolve around your kids.
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I'm not getting into that at all because that's just teaching them to be selfish. But the point is sometimes
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God uses life situations to teach us things and we can choose to double down on our rebellion or give in to what he's teaching us.
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And I thank God for those because as weird as it sounds even though they're hard it's constant reassurance that he's not done with me yet.
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Yeah. You know what I mean. Right. Thank you for sharing that. No problem. Romans 12 1 and 2.
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Our boy Paul here is about to go ballistic again. Do your thing there Seth. Got you. I appeal to you therefore brothers by the mercies of God to present your bodies as a living sacrifice.
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Holy and acceptable to God which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind that by testing you may discern what the will of God is and and what is good and acceptable and perfect.
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I had the opportunity three weeks ago to preach in Spanish in Puerto Rico. It's the first time
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I've done it. First time I've preached a full length sermon in Spanish.
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I'm not embarrassed to say that I practiced for 65 hours for that sermon. I was going to ask you if you like if it was easy for you if it was like no work.
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No it was to do that. Okay. Not at all. Probably. Well you speak Spanish. Here's the problem. There are certain words that I have learned in the past 5 or 10 years in adulthood.
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Words that are in the Bible. Propitiation. How do you translate that? Well I know how to translate it but I don't want to be able to translate it.
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I want to be able to describe it to people. To define it to people. You always know if you actually know something if you can teach it or define it to someone else.
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For sure. You know what I mean. That's when you know you actually know something. Not just you know how to replace a coupling on a pipe fitting but that you could teach someone else how to do it.
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That scripture I studied a lot in three different languages.
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I love that scripture but listen to what it says. All of Romans has been not
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Paul begging but Paul declaring. You are a slave. You are dead. You are damned.
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You are a child of the living king. You have been bought. When he gets to chapter 12 he starts begging.
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So he's speaking to Christians now and he's begging. I appeal to you brothers.
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I beseech you by the mercies of God that you present your bodies as a living sacrifice.
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Not a dead sacrifice. Old sacrifices used to be dead. How many times can you sacrifice a goat?
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Like one time. How many times can you sacrifice your body? Everyday. Because it's living. Holy and acceptable to God which is your spiritual worship.
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I just worship God this way and I just worship God this way. Well that's all fine but God says you worship him by sacrificing your body and your mind.
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That's how he wants to be worshipped. Holy and acceptable to God.
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Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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So that you can discern what is the good perfect pleasing will of God.
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So in our conversation earlier. So I have the big picture what's the will of God that I obey. Sanctification.
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But now I have the small picture. I will learn to discern the will of God in the little things.
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The more I'm sacrificing myself more and more I'll be able to discern the little things.
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That is so encouraging to me. Like big picture obey. Alright I got that but what about these little things.
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I will learn how to discern those the more I sacrifice my own mind and body.
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There's a song. I actually remember the artist. His name was Chris Sly.
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He was one of those Christian people on that show American Idol.
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Probably should have come up with a different name. That's a different topic for another day. Anyway he came up with a song called
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Empty Me. And the lyrics said. Empty me of the selfishness inside.
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Every vain ambition and the poison of my pride. And any foolish thing my heart holds to.
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Lord empty me of me so I can be filled with you.
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Empty me of me so I can be filled with you. Love that song.
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I need to redownload it on my Spotify playlist. I'll be able to discern the will of God the more
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I get out of the way. And refill myself back with like a sponge.
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I wring it out and then when I let it refill I let it refill with God's word. I'll be able to discern in the little things more and more.
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That's how I read that. And I guess it took me having to spend so much time in Spanish figuring that out to let that sink into my head.
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Because I memorized that when I was nine. What that's saying. So that you can discern.
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You. Not your pastor. So that you can discern what is the good, perfect, pleasing will of God.
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And last thing I'll say about that and then I'll shut up. You know what's most amazing about that verse to me?
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That I can do something that pleases God. He doesn't need us.
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But he could still be pleased by us. My four year old likes to please her daddy.
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Me. She likes to please me. She likes to make me happy. Daddy are you proud of me is what she'll say. I obey it.
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Are you proud of me? Or daddy are you disappointed in me? The fact that I can do something that not just appeases.
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That's not what the Bible says. Pleases the almighty sovereign of the universe.
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Who the Bible says is not made of hands nor needs anything made of hands.
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That I can do something that makes him happy. Smile. The Bible says makes him in a verb joy.
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Makes him spin around with excitement. That is awe inspiring to me.
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I mean that just that's kind of stuff that just makes me so grateful.
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So when someone asks me what's the will of God? The big picture is to obey.
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The little picture is that as you obey and sacrificing the Bible says your mind and body.
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As you do that more and more you will be able to discern in the little things what is a good perfect pleasing will of God.
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So there's that. I think that's a good thing to end on. That's pretty.
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I love that verse. Seth you got anything to add bro? I don't brother. They're clamoring for you to come back more and more so that's going to be happening.
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I think he did great. Hey do you want to be part of the podcast today? Did you notice the trick
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I did? I asked him and then I asked him another question before I gave him an answer. Like hey can you go to the verse? And then I can say that I asked him but he never gave an answer.
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He's a master manipulator. In a good way.
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A holy manipulator. Like a scout leader. Those aren't wool are they?
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I don't know. I was about to say if they are your feet would be like sweating. Yeah they look like a woolish blend.
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How would I know? The tag or feel on the label I don't know.
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Do you have anything else? No. I'm good. These were a gift given to me.
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The socks or the boots? Both. They gave me two pair of socks in the bag with it.
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Precious. So I put the oil on them last night.
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You see how they're darkened? Yeah so did you soak them in gasoline? We need to talk about it after.
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You can talk about it on the next podcast. I will answer on the next podcast. Like, share, subscribe, do all that stuff and hit the little buttons and all that stuff so that we can get this out to more people.
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Thank you Seth and Anna for doing your thing today. The next topic besides the
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Slave for Christ thing that we're going to talk about is obviously I've already said it before and then all that but then also and then don't forget prayer.
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What's it for? What should it look like? Prayers next. Love you guys very much.
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Until next time. Deuces. I mean
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I was up 1 -0 on our game and now we're having to start a new round. There's the explanation for you guys and watch him edit out that part.