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[471.34 --> 472.26] check it out for yourself, |
[472.40 --> 474.18] or dig into this yourself. |
[474.34 --> 475.06] Follow up on it. |
[475.06 --> 475.78] And if you disagree, |
[476.04 --> 476.64] email me, |
[476.74 --> 477.18] call me. |
[477.40 --> 478.70] Let's have coffee together. |
[479.02 --> 480.32] Because I need you, |
[480.40 --> 481.90] and we need you, |
[481.94 --> 483.22] and we all need each other |
[483.22 --> 485.52] in the mix of this discernment |
[485.52 --> 486.66] of the Word |
[486.66 --> 488.36] and application of the Word. |
[488.48 --> 490.46] That's how we grow together. |
[492.06 --> 494.22] I need you to hold me accountable |
[494.22 --> 496.66] because of what James says, |
[496.66 --> 500.84] but not because I'm afraid of judgment, |
[502.20 --> 504.86] but because the gospel really is |
[504.86 --> 506.80] the power of God unto salvation |
[506.80 --> 508.04] for all who believe, |
[508.10 --> 509.80] and I am not ashamed of that. |
[510.00 --> 511.10] And you better believe, |
[511.20 --> 512.16] because that is true, |
[512.30 --> 513.52] that I want to get it right, |
[514.00 --> 515.28] and that we want to get it right. |
[516.86 --> 517.88] My words, |
[518.04 --> 519.06] as a preacher and teacher, |
[519.26 --> 520.92] are only effective, |
[521.60 --> 524.46] are only applicable in your life, |
[524.46 --> 527.20] insofar as they are the voice of Jesus |
[527.20 --> 528.26] to your heart. |
[529.40 --> 530.68] I must decrease, |
[531.18 --> 532.28] and He must increase. |
[533.28 --> 535.86] I hold out the Word of life |
[535.86 --> 537.78] so that you can shine like stars |
[537.78 --> 541.54] in this present darkness of the universe. |
[542.80 --> 545.14] And that God will judge me as a teacher |
[545.14 --> 548.00] inspires me to faithfulness, |
[548.14 --> 551.18] and I hope that He and we do the same, right? |
[551.18 --> 553.10] I hope that my preaching and teaching, |
[553.22 --> 554.20] that Pastor Kevin's, |
[554.28 --> 555.10] that Josh, |
[555.18 --> 556.46] as he was up here last week, |
[556.48 --> 558.58] whoever stands here, right, |
[558.62 --> 559.62] and brings the Word to you, |
[559.64 --> 560.08] or Nikki, |
[560.24 --> 560.70] or Mike, |
[560.80 --> 561.26] or Eric, |
[561.38 --> 563.26] or Hank the Hound in Kids Corner, |
[563.64 --> 565.28] that the kids worship volunteers, |
[565.48 --> 566.58] that Bible study leaders, |
[566.94 --> 568.40] whomever it may be, |
[568.62 --> 572.24] our job is to inspire faithfulness |
[572.24 --> 573.32] in each other. |
[575.46 --> 577.36] I think that's a really interesting question |
[577.36 --> 579.24] for us to consider. |
[579.24 --> 581.80] Let me put it in a way |
[581.80 --> 582.58] that I think James |
[582.58 --> 584.96] wants us to apply this verse. |
[587.10 --> 588.06] Are your words, |
[588.60 --> 589.24] is your speech, |
[590.36 --> 592.94] inspiring faithfulness to Jesus |
[592.94 --> 595.12] in the people who hear you? |
[597.20 --> 597.82] So mom, |
[598.70 --> 599.78] do your words |
[599.78 --> 602.32] draw faithfulness to Jesus |
[602.32 --> 603.30] out of your daughter? |
[604.68 --> 606.28] Maybe you're an aspiring |
[606.28 --> 607.24] social media influencer. |
[607.24 --> 609.26] Do your words |
[609.26 --> 611.10] inspire faithfulness to God |
[611.10 --> 612.00] in your followers, |
[612.12 --> 613.22] whether that's five |
[613.22 --> 614.08] or five million? |
[615.66 --> 616.42] I think about it. |
[616.72 --> 617.94] We may not all be teachers |
[617.94 --> 618.82] in the church, |
[619.28 --> 620.10] but all of us |
[620.10 --> 622.08] have a sphere of influence |
[622.08 --> 623.76] over which we speak words. |
[624.38 --> 626.56] And is your sphere of influence |
[626.56 --> 628.68] inspired to faithfulness |
[628.68 --> 630.64] by the way you talk to them, |
[630.80 --> 632.58] by the very words you use? |
[632.58 --> 634.94] I really believe |
[634.94 --> 636.14] that that's a good measure |
[636.14 --> 638.56] with which to check ourselves |
[638.56 --> 641.60] in this conversation. |
[645.44 --> 647.56] But there's another way |
[647.56 --> 650.78] in which this is also applicable, |
[651.10 --> 653.50] and a way that I was really struck by, |
[653.58 --> 655.20] and it's a more immediate way |
[655.20 --> 656.58] and perhaps probably actually |
[656.58 --> 658.10] a negative way, right, |
[658.14 --> 659.94] in which this verse is also true. |
[659.94 --> 661.54] Because in our world, |
[661.64 --> 663.44] especially in this digital age |
[663.44 --> 664.62] where most of what we do |
[664.62 --> 666.08] is online forever, |
[666.48 --> 666.68] right, |
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