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[440.26 --> 442.86] And he reminds us that actually our deepest need
[442.86 --> 445.16] is for us to hear from God,
[446.08 --> 449.04] well done, you good and faithful servant.
[452.08 --> 454.06] Approval from God, Paul says,
[454.12 --> 457.20] is our deepest need, whether we know it or not.
[458.78 --> 461.82] And because when we don't have that,
[461.82 --> 464.18] we then turn away from God.
[464.44 --> 465.48] We fall again.
[465.74 --> 468.84] We desperately try to fill that emptiness in other ways.
[469.20 --> 470.52] Ways that can't work,
[470.88 --> 473.28] and then create biting and devouring
[473.28 --> 475.00] and all kinds of other evil.
[475.64 --> 477.76] And then we miss out on what we read
[477.76 --> 480.56] in Galatians 5.13,
[481.76 --> 484.04] which was Dave preached on last week,
[484.50 --> 485.72] when the key verse, he said,
[485.72 --> 486.90] for you, my brothers and sisters,
[486.98 --> 487.92] were called to be free.
[488.30 --> 490.80] Do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh.
[491.10 --> 492.76] Indulging the flesh is this devouring,
[492.90 --> 494.54] this biting, and all that's part of that.
[495.10 --> 499.24] But rather serve one another humbly in love.
[501.64 --> 503.92] And then instead of serving in love,
[504.58 --> 506.38] yeah, we do that biting and that devouring
[506.38 --> 508.32] and that provoking and envy,
[508.52 --> 509.64] and we get conceited.
[509.64 --> 514.02] And then all the relationships are all about
[514.02 --> 517.48] what can I get out of this relationship?
[517.88 --> 520.02] Am I getting affirmed?
[521.80 --> 524.74] Am I feeling my self-centered emptiness?
[528.36 --> 528.88] Envying.
[529.78 --> 532.22] We could call that inferiority complex, right?
[532.24 --> 533.22] You're always comparing.
[533.72 --> 535.04] Maybe you feel this way sometimes,
[535.18 --> 535.90] maybe you know people like that.
[536.14 --> 537.98] You're always comparing all the time,
[537.98 --> 540.06] and then you're angry that you don't measure up,
[540.40 --> 541.62] whatever that standard might be.
[542.60 --> 543.98] Or else you're provoking.
[544.40 --> 545.74] You're always competing.
[546.10 --> 547.84] You have a superiority complex.
[548.26 --> 549.32] You know you're right.
[549.56 --> 550.88] You're smarter than everybody else.
[551.32 --> 552.30] You can beat anyone.
[555.38 --> 558.98] And neither one of those leads to service or love.
[560.82 --> 563.20] And then when you read in verses 6, 1, 5,
[563.20 --> 565.48] Paul says this is then how we work
[565.48 --> 566.78] against self-centered living.
[566.78 --> 570.56] We do things like we restore someone gently.
[570.96 --> 571.58] What are we doing?
[571.66 --> 573.86] We're paying attention to each other's lives.
[573.98 --> 576.94] Not to judge, just to pay attention.
[577.54 --> 579.00] Because love pays attention.
[579.54 --> 582.22] And then when we see something that's not working,
[582.42 --> 583.44] you know it's harmful,
[583.78 --> 587.12] you look at them to restore gently.
[588.82 --> 591.94] Not to punch them in the face with your brilliance.
[591.94 --> 597.06] And Paul warns right away here.
[597.06 --> 599.84] He says, before you restore gently,
[600.42 --> 602.06] keep an eye on yourself.
[602.22 --> 604.52] Watch yourself, lest you be tempted.
[604.78 --> 608.12] In other words, you might fall just like that person fell
[608.12 --> 609.66] into whatever that might be.
[609.92 --> 612.10] So you could fall in the same way.
[612.36 --> 612.98] So watch it.
[613.22 --> 614.86] You could be tempted too.
[614.86 --> 619.24] And then you go to restore on equal ground.
[619.64 --> 620.84] You're not better.
[624.48 --> 626.34] And then when you look at that person,
[626.50 --> 628.96] this example, you know somebody who's abrasive.
[629.28 --> 631.92] Somebody who doesn't build relationships particularly well.
[632.14 --> 634.28] Maybe someone who even has a hard time keeping a job.
[634.28 --> 636.04] Or you see someone else who's stuck
[636.04 --> 637.62] in some kind of harmful behaviors.
[637.98 --> 638.92] They've got addiction.
[639.10 --> 640.72] They've got behavioral problems.
[640.82 --> 641.54] They make trouble.
[641.92 --> 642.78] They're in trouble.
[643.06 --> 645.20] Maybe they've been caught doing something wrong.
[645.50 --> 647.60] Some kind of character flaw or flaws.
[647.96 --> 648.90] And you see that.
[649.24 --> 652.12] And then Paul says, yeah, before you go to all that,
[652.46 --> 653.54] check yourself.
[655.32 --> 656.72] Check where you're at.
[659.16 --> 661.14] Make sure you're going at this humbly.
[661.14 --> 664.92] Then you can serve that person.
[665.48 --> 668.18] The vainglory person will figure,
[668.84 --> 671.94] how can I look good in this serving thing?
[672.96 --> 675.78] I sure hope people notice me when I'm serving.
[676.82 --> 679.80] And they're using that to look good.
[680.36 --> 682.02] They're not serving you.
[682.36 --> 683.50] They're using you.
[684.56 --> 687.02] It's not about helping to restore gently.
[687.30 --> 689.12] It's about improving their image.
[689.12 --> 690.38] Look at me.
[691.80 --> 692.96] That person, by the way,
[693.06 --> 695.06] when things start to get too much,
[695.68 --> 696.48] and I don't know about you,
[696.56 --> 697.56] but if you've helped people
[697.56 --> 698.72] and walked alongside people