The Discipline of Dependence - 7 — Jack Hibbs

You guys are right. Let's pray father. We ask Lord that you would cause your word tonight To absolutely conquer us Lord to rule over us to reign over us Father we pray that your very Bible the eternal Word of God that we have Lord before us Invincible forever so much so the Word became flesh and dwelt among us and Father as we look around at this world and we see all that's going on father we just ask you to pull us in a little closer pull us in a little tighter and Lord just remind us again remind us afresh even tonight in this gathering together of your people father.

May there be a renewal of Our relationship with you Lord just as it were with a husband and a wife and a Look, maybe it's flowers. Maybe it's a date. It's something that invests in their lives in their relationship to draw closer.

We pray now that Lord that by the power of your Holy Spirit. You would woo our hearts you would date our souls tonight and so father we pray that You would not only go before us now and the acquisition of your word that it would become Applicable Lord down to the soles of our feet that where we go tonight tomorrow.

It would be Strength to us. It would be activity that the word would be not just heard but it would be done and Lord, we just we're committed to you Lord. We're gonna keep doing this until you come again.

Or we go see you one or the other either way we win but father tonight we pray that you would just Inhabit the praises of your people as we look Lord now to you in the word. We ask it in Jesus name and all God's people said Amen.

Well church. Listen grab your Bibles tonight and turn as you know by now as we are in this series turn to Matthew chapter 28. Matthew chapter 28 you come on Wednesday nights. You mark chapter 28 Matthew 28 and I'll read that portion of Scripture to you and then we'll go tonight over to first Peter 220.

Tonight's message is the disciplines of dependence being dependent upon God and that is a discipline that you and I need to work on in our series of the disciplines of life a discipline of being dependent upon God.

It's all part of being a disciple being a follower of Jesus. Matthew chapter 28 verse 18 and Jesus came and spoke to them. Saying all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations Baptizing them in name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit verse 20 teaching them to observe all things That I have commanded you and Behold or be very wide-eyed.

I am with you always even to the end of the world and Then first Peter turned to the right and go to first Peter chapter 2 verse 20 about being dependent upon God first Peter 220. Peter says for what credit is it if when you are beaten for your faults.

You take it patiently. But when you do good and suffer if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. For to this you were called listen church because Christ also suffered for us leaving us an example.

That you should follow in his footsteps now. I got to tell you right now There's a high probability that if you go down to the Bible bookstore someplace and you buy, you know the little memory packet of verses the memory verses and they're great verses and if you don't own them go buy them if.

They're great to have but usually you don't get those kinds of verses where it says. Hey cheer up. You're gonna have a rough life. It's going to be difficult people are gonna spit on you and hate you and shake their fist at you and they're gonna wish you To be dead.

That's not the most encouraging memory verse to maybe Memorize, but I got to tell you this it sure is practical. It sure is real. And so as we look at our study tonight, we are looking at in the disciplines of life series this Discipline of dependence upon God and nothing reveals for you and I our sonship in Jesus Christ.

Then how dependent we are upon God how dependent are you upon? God is a very very important question to ask yourself. Can you do that? Can you ask yourself and the recesses of your heart of your mind?

Be honest Lord. Am I very very dependent upon you and Here's the tremendous thing about Christianity. The weaker we are in self-strength the stronger we become. The less dependent we are upon self the greater dependent we are upon God.

It is a kingdom that is upside down. According to the way the world thinks if you were to look at a business chart or a flow chart of a corporation you've got the president of the corporation at the top and then you've got all the people that make all the money for the President of the corporation down at the bottom.

You take that pyramid and turn it what we would say as Christians right side up. It's all about God's people all Resting upon the focal point of one set of shoulders and you know whose shoulders those are.

Those are Jesus's shoulders. It's a kingdom that is in reverse than what we know from this world. And when we just sang the song a moment ago when we're weak, then we're strong by the way. We did not rehearse that that's very cool that they sang that song when I'm threatened to be Panicking about something it's that moment where God's peace and strength and comfort is most available if I Discipline myself to recognize that.

Oh My goodness, what news have you heard this week? What is going on in your life? Stop? What is it record it? It's this pastor Jack. It's the other thing. It's finances or its health or its relational.

What is it? Whatever it is that thing that troubles your heart is an Absolute open door to drawing closer to God. It's the way his kingdom works and It's a discipline that you and I need to understand as believers as we go through this series some verses for introduction very important.

Again, the more that we are weak the better off we are. 2nd Corinthians 12 verse 8 says and this is again by introduction. Mark it down. Concerning these things Paul the Apostle said he's talking about his physical ailments in that 2nd Corinthians chapter 12 verse.

He says these things I pleaded with the Lord three times three times. I asked the Lord that it might depart from me and He said to me market church 2nd Corinthians 12 9. My grace is sufficient for you.

Have you ever heard from God and he says I'm not going to take that thing away from you. I have. My grace will be sufficient. My grace will be enough. All you need is me in this situation Jack for my strength is made perfect in weakness.

Paul then says therefore most gladly will I rather Boast in my infirmities. The world wants to cover up their infirmities. Paul says no the believer. We rejoice in those because look what he says that the power of Christ may rest upon Me therefore I take pleasure in my infirmities in reproaches that is being rejected in needs persecutions Distresses for Christ's sake he says for when I am weak Then I'm strong and this is a tremendous discipline for us as Christians to learn tonight that those areas that We think we want to cover up those areas that we think we want to hide.

Are those areas that God says move over. I'm gonna use this and let me tell you by personal experience those weaknesses Will be things that you dare not take glory for whatsoever it will be incredibly obvious that he'll get all the glory and he will constantly remind you of those weaknesses and Rather than that pull you down.

It actually lifts you up because he speaks instantly and says I'll be stronger in that thing. For me to stand in front of you publicly to be speaking as many of you know. Three years into my Christianity Jesus radically healed me.

I stuttered so bad all my life. I couldn't even get through the vows on our wedding without stuttering and I always wanted to be able to tell somebody about God. I always want to tell somebody about the Word of God, but I dare not.

But the Lord touched my life he takes those weak things and he makes them his strengths in you and There's a great difference and So we revel as Paul says I revel. I take pleasure in those Infirmities think about it physically.

Well, what about emotionally thinks of think about that emotionally that's in 2nd Corinthians 10 verse 5. Our dependence upon God is an indicator. It's a barometer and in 2nd Corinthians 10 5 it says that we're to be casting down arguments in every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.

Let me tell you that is emotional stability. Are you stressed about your thoughts? Are you being tempted? Do you hear this? Song or do you hear that thing and it puts this image in your mind or when you hear that name?

Does this happen on in your head or? Emotionally, how are you affected the Bible says that you can bring every thought under the captivity of Christ again, I remember being so Convicted of my lost condition.

That for so many years in my life. That verse 2nd Corinthians 10 5 was the only thing that I could hang on to you guys. They didn't have Bible. Bible programs in computers back then. I don't even I'm not sure if they had computers back then when I got saved I think we had smoke signals and those little uh, but I took my Bible and I made photocopies of that verse in 2nd Corinthians 10 verse 5 and I Put them in my bathroom in the mirror where I shaved.

I put them on my dash of my car because of my thought life because your thought life affects your emotions and Then your emotions if they're not Reigned in they'll affect your entire life. Physically emotionally what about spiritually.

Proverbs 3 verse 5 to 7 is a great verse regarding the Spirit of God at work in us spiritually. Proverbs 3 5 says trust in the Lord with all of your heart and Lean not on your own understanding in all your ways acknowledge him and he shall direct your paths.

Do not be wise in your own eyes. Fear the Lord notice fear the Lord be in awe of him is what that word means and depart from evil. So we've got a physical aspect of the disciplines of life and our dependence upon God.

We've got an emotional Understanding and we've got a spiritual Power to apply to our lives that we're to be fearing God and let me tell you if the fear of the Lord is upon You and I that is if we love God listen, we could post up a bunch of rules thou shalt not thou shalt not.

Some years ago. I went to a church and they had red curbs. Of course every building does by law. There's red curbs painted for places that you cannot park and what they did was they painted the curbs red and then in white lettering.

It's it said thou shalt not park here and I thought that was kind of cool but we could have a list of things that say thou shalt not and You know what that does. That winds up breeding within you either a a wall of separation between you and God that you can never scale.

Instantly you're you're defeated or if somebody can at least in their minds begin to think that they're keeping some of the rules. Their head begins to get as puffed up as a cream puff as they think boy.

Look how good I'm doing and That's equally as dangerous. We are to fear the Lord meaning we are to love him. That sin and the things of this life will cause us To be so sickened and terrified of it that we will depart from evil evil will come up and go hey, look take a bite of me or take a drink of this or come run do the other and you will run from it because you love God more a Dependence upon God so church mark it down as we go through this Discipline tonight of dependence upon God number one is wake up write that down.

Wake up. Your life is too big. Can you write that down? Wake up your life's too big. See what I mean? Your life's too big. Your life is too big this way church mark it down. Our life is too big in this sense That for you and I to wake up and be dependent upon God is to face the facts that life In and of itself is too big for you and I.

We need to understand that There is no way that mankind was created To deal with this life's situations. Let's be honest You and I were designed to live in the Garden of Eden until Adam and Eve blew it.

You and I were designed to live in perfection. You and I were designed to live in fellowship with God. And now we find ourselves in a fallen world and we find ourselves Trying to cope with this age in which you and I live in and this flesh that you and I live inside of and In the beginning it was not what God intended life.

You need to wake up to this fact is just too big for you to do it on your own. You can't do it. That's why there's drugs Alcohol all the stuff that people Invest their time into trying to find meaning or trying to fill a void in their life.

Trying to somehow be somebody else or somebody more because life's too big and then if that weren't enough life throws its curveballs at you difficulty challenges. And I need not even talk about things like that in this world today, you know all about them they're even on the headlines of the papers as the world is in In such a terrible condition life and At times can be completely overwhelming even too big as I say in John chapter 6 verse 67.

John 6 67. It says then Jesus said to the 12 disciples. Do you also want to go away? This is when the ministry was heating up and Jesus said to them. Do you guys want to leave too? You want to quit? But Simon Peter answered Jesus and said Lord to whom shall we go?

You have the words of eternal life. Also, we have come to believe and know that you are the Christ the Son of the Living God. Man, that's a great word the temptation today church. Listen, it's huge. The world is pressuring against the church and that's okay.

That's what I'm here to tell you about the discipline of being dependent upon God. It's okay for the world to hit us and come against us. It's okay. That's what we expect from the world. But why do Christians cave in because they have failed to remember That Jesus Christ is the Lord the Son of the Living God the absolute power in your life.

We don't have to do this on our own life is too big and God steps in and says I'll tell you what I Want my life to flow out of your life in abundance. Can somebody say amen to that more? That is absolutely true.

Jesus said in John chapter 7 that the Holy Spirit is To as it were gush out of your innermost being Torrents of living water. He said that's the work of the Holy Spirit coming out of the life of the believer.

That's what he wants in our lives, but we need to wake up to the fact listen. So many people today are trying to hold up life and they can't do it. This great discipline of dependence is not something to run away from it's something to embrace.

People will say I can't take life. I can't put up with it anymore. Good. You've come To the right moment in time of your life. It's time to quit this world and Join his world. It's time to absolutely give up in your own strength.

And I don't know why I don't know where we get this idea that we're so strong. Anyway, our world is broken. Sin is rampant. We are fallen creatures, but Jesus Christ came Died on the cross rose again from the grave to give you and I eternal life and Strength and then if that weren't enough he gave the Holy Spirit to empower the believer until he comes again.

All of us Are gonna go through life. You're going through life right now. Look you're sitting down. But man, you're flying through life right now. You're going through life and the question is how am I gonna go through life and to whom and with whom am I gonna Go through life and they'll always be the God factor in the life that we live.

You may be here tonight and you may be kicking against God. I don't want anything to do with God. I don't like God. But you find yourself here. Well, that's because my friend invited me but you're here and God is speaking.

He'll speak to your heart. He'll say who you're running from you don't believe in me. So then why are you running from me? You don't believe in me. So why are you so angry at me? Friend of mine was telling me the other day about his friend.

He's an older man, and he said I will not accept Jesus Christ into my life until God accepts certain things according to my rules. Isn't that something. Wow, but you know, there's people like that. Best thing to do is to wake up and realize how big life is.

That it was never intended for you and I to live it alone in our own strength. Psalm 55 verse 4. Psalm 55 4 says my heart is severely pained within me. Do you find yourself ever in that place and the terrors of death have fallen upon me?

Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me and horror has overwhelmed me. Boys not a commentary in our age so I said listen to verse 6. Psalm 55 verse 6 so I Said oh that I had wings like a dove. I would fly away and be at rest.

Is that not the cry of the world and even the life of the believer? We might want to cry that cry. But as we'll see in a moment, the Lord comes in and says I'm here. I'm with you. But the world tonight wants to snap their fingers as it were, by the way I just think it's actually beautiful and you you do too.

Actually, you know the answer when people come to that moment and they say yes, you know what? I'm not a Christian, but I like what that just said there in those screens. I Want to sprout wings and fly away like a dove and get away from everything people.

That's what you do when you don't have God you run. That's okay you just keep running and Eventually you're gonna get tired and You're going to poop out. Poop out in Hebrew is a word for to be come very tired and you surrender and Think it was a singer many years ago.

Even when I was a little kid. He was a famous guy BJ Thomas. Remember that guy raindrops keep falling on my head and in his testimony He gave it Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa one year. He said And this is way back in like 1869 or something like that when he was he said back then I remember it.

He said I had a $5 ,000 a week cocaine habit back then that was back then. And he said I couldn't hear from God. I couldn't think about God. Until I was flat on my back and I could look any direction.

He said but straight up. And maybe you're in that place tonight. Wake up to the fact that life is too big the disciplines of dependence is coming to that point of saying God I can't do this. Psalm 61 verse 1 says hear my cry.

Oh God. The psalmist says attend to my prayer. You ever cry that cry. From the end of the earth I will cry to you when my heart is Overwhelmed lead me to the rock that is higher than I for you have been a shelter for me a strong tower from the enemy.

Nobody cares about that verse until you need a strong tower. Until you have an enemy. Oh, I pray enemies upon all of you tonight. You see you got to be kidding me. No, man, when you've got enemies you run you run and run and run to that strong tower.

God help us if our life is comfortable. That's a dangerous place to be. We need him. Overwhelmed the crushing when my heart is overwhelmed. Where listen the spiritual situation upon your soul is so intense because of the physical Setting around you that there is a crushing That will either destroy you or Bring you to Christ.

You'll either throw your arms up and surrender and worship and praise to him or You'll shake your fist at him. Isn't that what we see in the book of Revelation? We see a great number of people in a numeral host of people accepting Christ during the tribulation period and then at the same time.

You read in the book of Revelation that there are those who will not repent and what do they do? They shake their fist at the great God that dwells in heaven. Remarkable, but we need to wake up regarding our body our physical Strength and say Lord, I can't do it.

We need to wake up in our soul. That is our emotions and say Lord. I can't make it and Wake up in spirit. To be awake to the things of God. We need to wake up your life my life. It's too big. I'm gonna give you this.

It just pops into my head. I remember it from yesteryear. It's good stuff. Chuck, mr. Said this 30 years ago. He said when we worry we are assuming a responsibility. That was never intended to be ours.

Charles Spurgeon says that when we worry we are putting faith in the devil. But when we give up and say Lord you take control of my life. He does that thing number two the disciplines of dependency upon God is this to identify?

The second thing you want to do is identify these things in your life identify your situation in light of Scripture. I'm gonna assume tonight. We're all Christians in here tonight. Just make this assumption and What you want to do regarding your life is identify?

What is happening or what the issue is in your life and you want to identify that situation in light of the Bible? In other words we put it this way, what does the Bible say more affectionately? We used to have the bracelets or the t-shirts that used to say what would Jesus do remember that?

What would Jesus do? Well, we're really saying what does God's Word say about the situation that I'm in. Are you dating somebody? Yeah, how'd you know. I don't but it's springtime. Is he a Christian. If you have to think about it.

Lose his number now. Forget her email if she's not. That's a direct command of the Scripture identify the situation of your life now in light of the Scripture. Are you having a trouble? Yeah, are you having a relationship trouble with your mom?

The Bible's got the answer. Is it a friend the Bible's got the answer. Are you have a situation at work with your boss and a co-worker? The Bible's got the answer. You should know where to find it and apply that answer.

Search the Scriptures. The Scriptures say why in Romans 15 verse 4 it says whatever things were written before time were written for our learning. That's the Old Testament that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

Isn't that a great word? Identify those who have gone on before us and have taught us is what Paul is saying in Romans 15 verse 4. Think about Adam. Listen. Identify yourself in light of Scripture. Think about Adam.

God said Adam don't do this and Adam did that and I'm telling you that's a painful yet real Identification of what he did versus what God's Word says. What about Job? Wow, have you ever suffered now? There's a great Great chance here in this room tonight that none of us combined have suffered like Job has suffered.

But if you find yourself suffering I don't care if you have a hangnail or you got cancer. If you feel like you're suffering go to the Word of God is your number two discipline identify your life Situation with the Bible and this is gonna keep the Word of God relevant in your life every day every day.

By the way for those of us who are going through the daily Bible reading man I tell you these last few days Lisa and I are Reading the Word of God together the one-year Bible together and man those Things are applying to our lives and or giving us counsel for the lives of others.

Powerful stuff. Great stuff. Wow, there's great wisdom there. Identifying your life in light of Scripture. Psalm 142 verse 3 says for I am overwhelmed the crushing. There's the force of all these things coming upon me.

He says for I am overwhelmed and you alone know the way that I should turn. What a great prayer. Oh Lord, we are overwhelmed as Americans. We're overwhelmed at times as Christians, but you alone God know the way that I should turn.

Wherever I go, my enemies have set traps for me. I Look for someone to come and help me, but no one gives me a passing thought. No one will help me. No one cares a bit what happens to me verse 5 Psalm 142 then I prayed to you Lord notice that and then he prays and he says you are my place of refuge.

You are all I really want in life. The name of the Lord is a strong tower and the righteous run into it and they are safe. Wow so these three things We identify with Scripture regarding our physical body.

We need physical healing identify with that. Do you need a physical healing? What does the Bible say about that cry out to God? You want to identify with Scripture regarding your soul? That is your emotions.

The Sukkot is the Greek word for your mind. The seat of your emotions and do you need mental or emotional stability you go to God? You should cry out to him Lord. I need stability to my heart. In my mind and then identify with Scripture regarding your spiritual life.

Do you and I need strength tonight spiritually? I'll answer for you. Yes, we do. And we say Lord give me strength. Remember back in Exodus 3 14 when Moses says, okay, I'll go I'll do everything you say God.

But who do I tell the children of Israel sent me and God says you tell them I am that I am sent you. And you look that up in the Hebrew and let me tell you if you have socks on your feet. They will come off.

It is awesome. You want to know why? The word that God gives as his name is not only his name. But he's the conforming one. He is the becoming one. When he says I am that I am this is what he is announcing.

Regarding the deep inner meaning of Yahweh the name of God I am the one that becomes what you need or whom you need. Do you need protection? He's the Lord who will protect you. Do you need peace. He's Yahweh Shalom.

Are you sick and tired of trying to Walk in this life in your own strength of trying to keep yourself pure yourself. Tell him I can't do it. And he says, all right Yahweh to sit canoe. I'll be your righteousness the Lord your righteousness.

That's why Peter said as I the Lord says I'm righteous so you'd be righteous and you say I can't do that and the Lord says scoot over and I will be your righteousness. And then he says to us be holy for I am holy.

How can we do that because we are in Christ now and he becomes our righteousness Yahweh to sit canoe. Is that the name one of the great names of God? What about? Yahweh or Jehovah. Jireh Yahweh Jireh Yahweh Jireh the Lord our provider.

I Heard on the news today foreclosures hit a all-time record this week in America. Foreclosures they're saying there's no end in sight people losing their homes and God says I will provide for you. See, what does that mean?

Does he mean he's gonna make my house payment? I Don't know what that means. He can he can do it if he wants to but this He's committed to he said in the word the righteous shall never be seen baking bread.

He has committed himself to the righteous. I like the old saying do your best and Commit the rest. Number three the disciplines of dependence upon God is this measure measure your situation To God or in light of God or measure your life situation against God.

The magnitude of the things of your life measure them. How great is the problem that is facing your life. Measure that against the stature of God. Now watch this. Oh Please if you need to be offended be please offended with this.

It's a good Shot In the arm if you and I are freaking out about stuff. Then we have a very small view of our God. Think about it. You know this when David saw Goliath did David run away from Goliath or did he run toward Goliath?

He was just a punk kid probably a teenager with a sling and some stones. He ran toward him he took off toward him. Can you imagine what Goliath must have thought this is this kids on crack or something.

What is he doing he must think I'm a toy to be played with David if you look at it, right and measure the situation against God. David was running right toward his Lord. Because there is nowhere that Goliath could have gone to have been safe from the eternal God and David knew from being a young shepherd boy that wherever he went God was so put that together.

Come on think for a minute. Pinch yourself if you have to get this down if David runs toward Goliath. And then What is this kid doing? I'm running toward the situation. Because I know my God in the past has delivered me from everything I've ever been involved in and so here Lord take this rock and Let it sink right into the big fat forehead of that uncircumcised Philistine.

Hey, I didn't make that up. That's what it says. And when the Bible says that that rock sunk into his forehead. Can you imagine the thump that must have made you ever heard somebody's head hit the ground.

It's a sickening feeling in it. Unless it's Goliath getting a rock in his head and then it's like, yeah. Can you imagine the angel that was behind that rock? That was a jet-propelled turbo boosted egg.

I mean egg. I mean rock an egg. It could have been an egg. It wouldn't have mattered that giant was going down. I Don't know. I must be hungry where the egg came from. I don't know. Oh Man oh. But life is just so overwhelming Jack.

I don't think I can make it. Listen, you need to measure that situation in the light of God and all of a sudden though, it may be Unmanageable to us. It certainly is very manageable to him and he gets all the glory.

Did I tell you guys last Sunday it was after one of the services so you may have missed this. A woman came up to me last Sunday in between services and we had prayed for her son Dylan as a church a couple months ago.

The little guy had tumors all over the inside of his body cancerous tumors. She came up to me. She's crying. I go. What's the matter? And she said my my son they did the test they did they took another look and there's not one tumor.

There's no cancer. It's gone. And I said listen, you got to write that down. You got to write that down and we got to give God praise because if we don't we'll be robbing God because here is this life.

Overwhelming situation measured up to the power of our God. It's our God who suspended the universe out there in space. It's our God that holds those constellations in order and we panic about this or about that.

He's got the rings around Saturn. He's doing it all. And we don't think he's gonna come through for us. Or that he's gonna get us into heaven. Proverbs 34 verse 18 says this the Lord is near to those who have a broken heart.

Is your heart broken tonight? Is your heart weeping? Are you a broken of heart? The Lord says I'm near you and Listen, your emotions are screaming right now. There's no hope it's out of control. There's there's no sign of life and God says hey, hey.

That's why the Lord is in the Bible. You see it many times. Martha Martha. Abraham. Abraham, right. Sarah. Sarah, he has to repeat himself. Cuz I'm freaking out. We're freaking out Martha. What Martha and he's saying to you tonight broken-hearted.

Hey broken-hearted wake up. Hey you I'm near to you. It may feel like a giant but God is there. The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart and he saves such as have a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

Wow now here's the here's the cool thing. Okay, Jack, so I measure up the situation and I my God's bigger and I understand all that but you know what? How does that work? He delivers us out of them all.

See here's the part that you and I often want to fight with God about. We want and back in the recesses of our mind. We have the description of what being delivered looks like. Let's be honest. We're dictating to him though.

We don't say it. Lord deliver me deliver me from my situation and God goes to deliver us and we don't like his plan of deliverance and. So we either fight him or we argue about it or when he does his thing.

We don't like it and I don't know what to say to you about that other than get over it. He's God we're not and he knows what's best. Matthew 5 verse 43 says Jesus said it you have heard that it was said of those.

You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. That was one of the Proverbs going around in Jesus's day. Now that's kind of stupid you. That goes without saying. Really it's well love those who love you and hate those who hate you.

Well, no kidding. Jesus said verse 44, but I say to you love your enemies bless those who curse you. Do good to those who hate you. Pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you that you may be sons of your father in heaven.

You think that's easy? I'll tell you how easy it is. It's impossible. But not with God. For he makes his son or the son his son s-u-n. The rise on the evil and the good that means God's good even to the bad people every day.

And he sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? What is that? Do not even the tax collectors do the same. It's easy to love people that love you.

I mean, how do you know if you even love them if they love you? That's so scary about rich people. Q people and talented people, how do they know if the people around them love them? None of us have that problem in this room.

So we'll just move on then. I guess apparently. We need to see him for what he is and for the truly the fact for what they are. If they are our enemies and he is God and he says hey listen. Love him. In fact, he would be saying to us be like me to them in Psalm 92 verse 5.