All Authority is Given to the Risen Christ, Immaturity is Now the Rage & Jenkins Piece on Sovereign

Well, greetings and welcome to the dividing line. My name is James White and I am coming to you as you can probably recognize if you're a long time dividing line Watcher viewer. Obviously if you're a listener probably isn't gonna make any difference, huh?

Anyways from my home away from home my home in July this year going into August a little bit In evergreen, Colorado. I have started. I started coming up here. I think in 2012 2011 2011 2012. That's why I try 11 and then I started coming here.

I think in 2012 and since about 2013. It's been pretty consistent. And no, I do not own two homes. But I do have two homes in the sense that the dear brother and sister that live here Put up with me and actually they profess anyways to enjoy having me here.

I'm not sure how that's possible. But I certainly enjoy being here and evergreens a beautiful beautiful town Colorado's tremendously beautiful beautiful state wackos involved, you know used to be used to be more conservative statement is now there was a bit of a takeover over the past few years and Not not an overly honestly done takeover to be honest with you, but that's not we're gonna get into today the state remains beautiful and Just posted a picture I took a couple hours ago three hours ago up at Echo Lake Got a 50 mile ride in got a big ride on Saturday.

And they'll be coming back up later in the month after we do some other stuff that we've got going on. So anyways we've done and I've Addressed a lot of topics from up here and we want to continue the program.

And so even while I'm away and I will be speaking by the way I'll be speaking in Parker this Sunday. I'm doing a two-session Presentation on The reliability of scripture, I believe we've put that in the banner ad rotation, I'm not sure I'll watch the group chat thing to find out if that's the case.

But yes, so it's up there and That's not the same presentation done twice. That's two different presentations. So we'll do half of it and then the second half so I'll be down in Parker for that on Sunday morning and Then I'm preaching an apology of the following Sunday.

We'll be doing Finishing up first Corinthians chapter 11 on the Lord's Supper and.

Then the.

28th.

I'm not sure if we posted the information on that either. Again, I've been pretty busy today, but I'll be preaching up here in Colorado and then at a Reformed Baptist Church down in Well here in the Denver area and then at a Reformed Baptist Church down in Colorado Springs.

Where.

We'll be doing a Friday night evangelism thing with Jason Lyle. I'm not gonna be able to stay because the next morning I've got a race three hours away. So I'm Gonna be having to jet real quick, but then I'll be back at that church for Sunday morning.

And that'll be in early August and I'll also be in Boulder. And I need to get that information. I know that's not posted anywhere yet, but I'll be in Boulder the Wednesday before that so yeah, I've got this is.

Most people have told me I don't know how to do the vacation thing or as those who oversees the holiday thing. And that's probably true. I'm not good at that. You're gonna know something. I'm gonna be trying to do this the whole program.

I'm getting old and old old guys Start slouching they start the this starts happening and I'm trying to fight it but it is not easy to do and You feel a whole lot better and your back does better too.

So yes aging with Uncle Jimmy. That's sort of what we'll be experiencing for the rest of our lives. I imagine Well aging is not gonna stop so anyways, that's what's coming up and that's why we're Have a different background than than normal.

I don't carry swords or Background but we do the program up here in in Colorado for a little while. There is a.

You know.

It.

The longer I live and the longer I Involved in ministry the more often I experience situations where you look at a text of scripture frequently a very well-known text description. And You've you've talked about it you've dealt with it you You've defended it.

You've looked at it textually as far as manuscripts you know this particular groups use of it and that particular groups use of it. And Then all of a sudden You get challenged to think about whether you actually really believe it.

Because the challenge comes from another direction that you and you know what when challenges come. From fellow believers that you honor and respect that changes everything. And It's one thing to be challenged when you're in defensive mode.

It's one thing to be challenged when someone's coming after you when you when you feel like you have to.

You know.

Take a particular position and defend a particular position.

Your.

Your insight into a text is going to be narrowed down to a defensive situation.

But.

When you're.

When you're interacting with other believers and you're in the mode of You know this this person or these people have done so much and they they have Credibility in my mind. They they live godly lives and You know what?

They've done study in areas that I've not done studying and I recognize that and that's one of the things that.

You.

You never want to get into being the Bible answer man because there's nobody smart enough to actually do that and Once you start trying to do that You will very frequently end up Taking positions that you wouldn't otherwise all of that to say.

That I have dealt with over the years many many times the famous conclusion of the Gospel of Matthew. And I've had to defend it Textually against one this Pentecostals who try to say it wasn't there. I've dealt with it with Jehovah's Witnesses I've pointed out for Jehovah's Witnesses.

They actually think that what that text is saying is Baptized them in the name of Jehovah God Michael the Archangel in an impersonal active force. It's not what it's. So I've had to deal with it from a lot of different perspectives and Sometimes sort of like James to you know.

Or the other one that immediately popped in my mind was dealing with Peter's words Always be ready to give a defense. The hope that's within you.

Okay.

As I've confessed many times before I love how many people say I've never heard James White say he was a wrong. What I think learned anything. I've actually confessed that many many times and we'll be doing more of that in the future.

I'm sure.

But.

I've confessed many times that. That particular text I had addressed it talked about it and it wasn't six seven years ago. But I actually heard what it was really saying. And applied it properly from that perspective.

And so.

The.

Ending of Matthew. Let's remind ourselves. Let's just not assume that we've got everything. Memorized or something like that. But the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee to the mountain which Jesus had designated when they saw they worshipped him, but some were doubtful and Jesus came up and spoke to them saying all authority has been given to me in heaven on earth.

Go therefore make disciples of all nations baptizing them the Father and the Son Holy Spirit teaching them to observe all that I commanded you and lo I am with you always even to the end of the age.

Now.

Most of us have at least Verses 19 and 20 memorized. Some might have even 18 memorized. Most people wouldn't have 17 members. Why. Well? When they saw him they worshipped him, but some were doubtful. But some were doubtful.

I love that. That's there when you read Fake texts we now everybody knows about fake news. Now when you read fake texts.

You.

Very quickly realize that there are certain things that authors that are trying to get you to believe something. It really isn't true. They're never gonna say. Because it would be against What they want you to do.

And in this situation When they saw him they worshiped him we would love that that would be the end. But some were doubtful some doubted and That tells us that even in the middle of this section where Jesus is about to say what he's about to say He knows that they are doubting.

He knows that there are doubters amongst them that doesn't stop him. He comes before them He comes up to them and speaks to them and says he doesn't start with some of your doubting. Let me let me meet your felt needs.

Then do a that. He says all Authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. That's a pretty effective argument against doubt. I Would argue that it would require the work of the Spirit for you to really fully comprehend that.

But it's a Astounding statement. And in far too many for far too many of us certainly I will admit in my.

Background.

There was a functional.

Disconnection.

Between verses 18 and 19. There shouldn't be. We know what the Great Commission is. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations baptized in the name of the Father Son Holy Spirit.

The foundation.

Upon which we are to do that is to be found in the fact that all Authority has been given to Jesus in heaven and on earth most of us Don't mind the heaven part. It's the earth part. That is very hard to believe.

When you think about the stuff that we have to talk about on this program all the time. Think about what's going on in our culture. They will be talking about some of the stuff later on. You look at this and Jesus has all authority on earth.

We're much more comfortable with a heaven and earth division and It's much more comfortable for us to say that Jesus has all authority in heaven, but that he's decided to Delegate things on earth. So things are a mess, but I've had to start taking seriously What this text actually says and I think it takes some real faith I Think takes some real faith.

Do we really believe this? I mean I've I have a sermon that I give in a lot of different contexts based on first Corinthians chapter 1 and it's the foolishness of the preaching of the cross and how Jews seek for signs and Greeks seek for wisdom.

But we preach Christ crucified and that's a stumbling block to the Jews and it's foolishness to the Greeks. And but to the elect those they're chosen Christ the wisdom of God the power of God and that's a fantastic passage.

But it's saying Something similar to what we have here. Do we really believe? What Jesus says here or Is it a stumbling block to us is it is it not easier for us to just spiritual eyes. The realm in which Jesus has power and authority.

Because things are such a mess down here. But he doesn't allow us do that all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Now that says a bunch of things about who he is. That says that says everything there is that needs to be said about the acceptance of Jesus's sacrifice upon the cross of Calvary his His reign in heaven.

The identity is the Messiah all of these things. All that's important but for us as believers for us as believers who are. We have brothers and sisters right now absolutely under the iron hand of communism in North Korea and in China under persecution Muslim lands.

We we know all that and we're starting to see How that's going to be happening in our own experience. We're being shoved off into the Christian ghettos. We know. We we are literally listening to major presidential candidates who if they were to Get their way with silence.

What would end programs like this we would not be allowed to discuss these things. We would we would be precluded from doing any of this. And we know that in light of that How can we then say? That all authority has been given to him.

That's going to impact how we view our mission as believers. When persecution comes when the state says to me you shall not Act as an ambassador for Christ. To bring his authority to bear in our culture.

You will not tell people What Jesus taught and you will not tell people that Jesus has the authority to tell them how they are to live. Because he left behind an empty tomb which verifies the fact that he actually made them.

You can't do that. What will we do in that situation what can we do. What must we do if we have accepted a Spiritualized bifurcation of Matthew 28 18. To where only the first part is Real and the second part is put off to some other day.

Right before the earth sort of just gets wiped out or whatever else it might be. That changes everything.

It changes everything.

And I really think that it is the Development the the coming forth of this Clear and obvious Anti-christian attitude You know on a radical level. I mean the Lord is really withdrawing his hand of restraint and You're really seeing now by the way It's not the first time God's done this.

I imagine my fellow pastor Jeff will be addressing some of this very soon. But if you do any historical reading on the character of Nero Roman Emperor Nero Caesar The the worst That we can think of today is Nothing compared to this guy.

I mean if that wasn't a demonized man I don't know what a demonized man look like the things that he did.

The level of.

Debauchery that that man represents. Wow, it is Astonishing it truly truly is.

So.

We've.

We've seen evil in the past. We're seeing it again. We tend to define our Situation as always the worst situation. Probably because we don't know a lot about history and don't care to know a lot about history.

But.

Just you and I as believers do we truly believe? That all authority has been given to him and what then does that mean? That's why we need Hebrews 11. That's why you need to have a solid understanding that Jesus is Yahweh in human flesh.

That.

What he did in the Old Testament is consistent with what he does in the New Testament so we don't end up being red-letter Christians or people like that. And Once we understand these things then we really need to consider The traditions we've been taught and we need to consider What this means as to how we are to live our lives and.

If.

Christ calls us to do these things. Will we be willing to do so? That is truly the question. So anyway. Just a little bit of thought from Matthew chapter 28. It's All authority has been given to me in heaven and earth When you know that.

It vindicates Jesus's Messiah ship son of God the doctrine of the Trinity. Everything it's it's vital. It's important. And. So I just remind you of that.

That importance.

Let me see here so Let me let me string together a couple things That you would never expect to be strung together because I think there is a connection between them. I Am along with all the rest of you who have seen this just thoroughly disgusted at the Videos that are appearing on the internet of people Contaminating food products.

I've you know stuff like this happens cyclically. Remember when people were eating Tide Pods I'd rather these morons ate Tide Pods personally. That's sort of a you know Survival of the fittest type thing there Natural selection if you want to eat Tide Pods.

Hostile Vista, baby but this is just so disgusting and So vile and so evil That in a healthy culture in a culture that is intent upon Actual progress not a progressive culture. We've redefined that word too but in a culture where there is respect and Where you you understand the responsibility you have toward other people the people around you.

These people do not want to have to be concerned about The purity of the food that they buy but they're willing to put other people in that situation. These types of people in a healthy culture would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of law.

This this would be absolute assault and you would lock these people up. Well, what you do actually what would be far better is To basically put them a situation where they have to make amends and.

You know.

So live on absolute minimum sustenance and all and work like anything and what they earn beyond their minimum sustenance goes to whoever's been hurt or if you can't identify a specific person then toward the society as a whole.

That's what would be going on and if someone is hurt or killed by something but then there you go. You've got murder and you do the right thing. The very fact that there are people For example stupid enough to eat Tide Pods or in this case Narcissistic enough.

Self-centered enough childish enough. Narcissism and childishness are they go together. We do we all understand that? I mean, is that pretty straightforward a child when they are born is the essence of selfishness, I Mean the baby cries because the baby wants.

You begin to see maturity when you start seeing people giving of themselves to others. Putting others in front of themselves. That used to be the case. We have an entire generation. We have we have multiple generations now In our culture where that's no longer the case.

It's all about your autonomy. It's all about you. It's all about remaining an infant well into your adult years, that's what we are facing today and There's a reason for it this stuff that these people are doing is.

Stupid and.

It's irresponsible and it's childish and calling someone childish is an Meaningful insult. It is an insult it and an appropriate one. It should shame someone. To be at a certain age in life and still acting like someone who's seven years old.

If you're 27. But you have the emotional maturity of a seven-year-old. There's something wrong with you and I'm not talking about something. You should go get drugs for. It's something you should go to the Marines for.

You need discipline not drugs.

So.

Let me connect that to something else.

I.

Posted a. I don't remember if it's a tweeter on Facebook or maybe both. I don't remember. But it's just a brief statement. On behalf of my fellow Americans, I would like to apologize to the rest of the world for the behavior for the behavior of the.

Women's.

Well in the rest of the world, it's football, okay, which is the proper description the American women's football or as we say in the United States soccer team that unfortunately won the World Cup yet again and Has been since then acting personal story here.

I played a little league Before we moved out to Arizona, so I don't know how old I was. But that was the big thing back then. Things have changed now. It's playing basketball, but especially in Pennsylvania.

There were ball fields everywhere and you know go to see the Orioles play, etc, etc. The first year we wore black shirts second year. We wore red shirts. I remember that It was the Allentown Little League.

This was a part of and that first year. I Was on a team that stunk. I Don't think we won a game. I don't. I think we went through the entire year and we did not win a game and Normally, we would lose it wasn't like we were close.

Normally, we would lose just really badly and today people will tell you all that we can't let people do that. They need to get a participation truck. No, you know what? I'm glad we lost over here again, because the next year I Went to the All-Star Game.

I got hit with a pitch they thought it was actually a hit. I actually hurt my thumb and pinched a nerve in my thumb and I was out of the game. But hey, I went to the All-Star Game and I was a pitcher and I was a catcher and and we won a bunch of games this is the second year and Those games meant so much more.

Because.

We had lost all the games in the previous year. I have been on the team that lost all games in previous year. It meant something. It was a part of growing up. Same thing with this bullying stuff. I'm sorry.

I was bullied all the time. I was a late bloomer. I Was stuck in. I remember being stuck in a trash can headfirst in high school as a freshman and I'm not sitting here going to. That was all my problems.

No, you grow up. You learn from it for crying out loud. You use it to become a better person. I learned how to.

Talk my way out of things.

Really did. Always just we have lost Basic how to grow up stuff. We've become snowflakes and It's destroying us. Well back to the literally there's a reason for all this.

When you won.

There was a specific protocol as to how you were to behave. You know the teams lined up shook hands with everybody shook hands with the coaches. You were supposed to behave in a particular fashion. You didn't go over and stand in front of the stands and strike poses and I'm so great.

I'm so good.

You you would have been kicked out.

And yet I was watching a video of this rap, you know woman with the purple hair. I've seen a bunch of videos of her just behaving like a five-year-old. She has the maturity of a five-year-old. She really does.

And then there was another one. I just saw today she has the trophy and she's standing there saying I deserve I Deserve nice, you know, she is a lesbian and she promotes lesbianism and What you see here is the basic reality that homosexuality male or female is Immature it is an immature behavior.

It's a narcissistic behavior. You are in love with a mirror image of yourself you desire a mirror image of yourself and What we are being told is you must celebrate this. Did y 'all see? Let me bring it up here.

There was an article That was posted A 100 easy, this is from vice .com. Okay, that's I'll tell you something right there 100 easy ways to make the world better for trans people. Now who wouldn't want to do that me.

Me I.

Do not believe it is loving. But by any definition of the Christian faith. To seek to make the world a better place for trans people. Because if you'll just stop for a second and.

Think.

Transsexuality.

Transgenderism Requires a fundamental rejection of the categories of creation that Jesus Operated upon and taught was the very will of God. Therefore it cannot lead to human flourishing and If you actually love people You will not be suckered into and that's where that's what's happening.

We are being suckered into this by the the abuse of language. You will not be suckered into Believing the world's hype on this type of a subject.

So.

Making the world a better place for trans people is not something that we've been called to do. We are to make the world a better place by proclaiming the kingdom of God. You make it a better place for yourself by submitting to the king of the kingdom of God and Obeying his commands which includes not being transgender.

Or homosexual or violating the concept of marriage as he laid it out. That's how you become a part of the kingdom of God. That's part of being the kingdom of God. Remember we were just looking at Matthew 28 Baptizing them teaching them whatever I commanded you.

That's what being a disciple is. So here's this article 100 easy ways to make the world better for trans people. Listen to listen to what this this says. This is number 17 of.

The 100.

If you are called out for being offensive. Do not argue. This is not a debate. Apologize. Take a moment to reflect. If necessary leave or give the space over to those you have offended or upset.

See.

The truth content of what you said is irrelevant. It doesn't matter whether you've spoken truth it doesn't matter whether you said something that is necessary for the advancement of the health and.

And.

Proper behavior of a society does not matter as long as a trans person says you have offended them. You've offended them and therefore you're wrong. Truth is irrelevant. Has no meaning.

No.

Society can exist in the world that God created on this foundation for very long. Before it will be conquered from the outside. Because it's collapsed from the inside. So listen that again, if you are called out for being offensive do not argue.

This is not a debate. Apologize. Take a moment to reflect. If necessary leave or give the space over those you have offended or upset. What's the next one? Never try to argue with a trans person that something isn't transphobic.

When I read these My honest reaction this was written by seven-year-old. This is how seven-year-olds reason. Because the world's still about them. Now if you're raising your seven-year-old, well there will be periods of time and they realize everything isn't about them, but.

That's still an act of maturity. It's coming down the line. This is the most childish.

Irresponsible.

There is no way to show respect towards someone would say, you know, what if a trans person says that's transphobic. Don't argue with them because they're always right and you're always wrong. How do you.

How do you build airplanes living in a world like this? I don't want to get down to an airplane. There's been designed by someone who would actually look at that and go.

Well.

No, there are certain rules this world operates by not only in the physical realm. But in every other realm too because well, it's been created by God. There's there's some others those two those two.

The it this is all part of a spectrum. This is this is all something that is connected together. Yes, believe it or not. This vice article is directly connected to people licking ice cream in stores.

And to.

Female football players who are promoting lesbianism. Demanding that everyone celebrate them. Everything's about them, by the way. The way that she has behaved I think is absolutely.

Reprehensible.

Reprehensible to her teammates. I mean just.

Wow, I.

Don't I feel sorry for them. I really really feel sorry for them, too. But it's all connected together. It is all this. We are autonomous creatures. We are not living in the sight of God God. There will be no judgment.

There is no objective truth. There is no revelation as to how we're to live. And so it's all about me me me. And therefore I can demand that anybody Celebrate me. That's just simply what they've got to do.

It's all there is to it.

And.

Once you embrace that. Once you embrace that that society is absolutely doing now.

My hope is.

That as it all starts coming apart because this is this is all meant to. This is Back in college when I was having to take chemistry, which I hated. Probably because my chemistry teacher was really bad.

I'm super smart, but it couldn't explain anything anybody. There were certain substances you could add other substances that would break down the bonds that held something else who just dissolved.

This.

Rebellious attitude which lies at the heart of everything we're seeing going on right now the whole if you watched the Socialist candidates and that's what they are the socialist candidates a couple weeks ago.

And if you if you do some as dr. Moeller puts it worldview analysis on.

Anything they said.

It is designed to dissolve the bonds that hold any healthy society together. So it's designed to do and we as Christians recognize why? You're living in God's world you're made in God's image. Look at all every element of these agendas.

This agenda, for example honoring language.

We're made in God.

God has spoken to us. So we are to honor his words. We are to honor language or to honor the meaning of words. What are we doing today? Redefine. We're redefining words so fast. I can't keep up with it.

No one can and the idea is to keep doing that long enough that the next generation and next generation next generation. Doesn't believe that there is any type of objective meaning to language. And so they will be able to be manipulated.

Anybody.

Once you control the language.

You've got to do it. It's theology theology matters and This is a theological issue that is taking place. It truly truly is. We need to do worldview analysis and that worldview analysis is It's very very important.

So let's do some some language and worldview analysis as well. I was asked Before I came up here. So a couple days ago I was asked about an article that appeared on Religion news .com RNS. It's not long it's about a 10-minute read and I was asked to comment about it because I was mentioned in it briefly.

And.

Yeah, it's still up there I'm just double-checking making sure that nothing is major has Changed and had been contacted by the Reporter writer author By name Jack Jenkins, I had not returned his call I was packing get ready to leave and I had already was already aware of the fact that This article was was in the works.

Basically what it is is it's a Sort of a you could do a study quite honestly in how the media today Utilizes language Utilizes what is and what is not said to communicate a message Without doing so overtly.

That's why I said if you if you have a society where people do not honor language do not are not Critical thinkers not critical in the sense of critical theory critical in the old sense. It's in the old sense of critical making proper category distinctions understanding logic.

You know the old stuff that believe it or not. We used to teach called rhetoric Which included debate When you live in a society where that is a good thing to do This kind of an article would be recognized very quickly by someone doing worldview analysis Because of how many times it utilized Language to try to communicate something Without just directly arguing the point.

So basically what the article wants to do is the article wants to continue. The hysteria that began to develop about two years ago on the term nationalism. I Remember that first started happening. I was like.

What?

There's something there's something wrong about thinking that Your country is a good country and you want to keep it that way. Yes, there is that's that's now now we have Christians. Saying the very same type of thing that yeah, that's that's a bad thing and so.

You know, I remember I Remember, I remember watching the Olympics that Bruce Jenner was a member. Bruce Jenner. He's still around.

And.

Everybody was like.

USA USA USA.

And then you know the hockey team beat the Russians and the Canadians. It was like awesome. That's wonderful. And now today it's like can't do that. Can't can't talk about nationalism. Now. You have to have open borders, which is insanity,.

I Have not yet talked to a person. I'll be honest with you I have not yet talked to a single person where I actually could do something more than the where you could actually sit down and talk for more than.

240 characters.

Who could even begin to make?

Either a cogent secular argument for open borders or especially to a Christian. I mean, let's look to the Word of God. Let's let's look to how the Word of God dealt with nations and let's let's deal with with judgment of nations and and God's setting borders up and stuff like this and what and and then just simply on a functional basis you.

You can't.

Every Single program that the socialists were promising to everybody during those debates requires You to have some idea who the citizens of your nation are so you can tax them out of their out of their shorts.

You get rid of borders and you can't do any of that. It is Insanity on the most basic level and I'm just telling you I try I've tried to talk to people who take that that that position and.