WEBVTT - What Do You Smell Like? – Part 2 0:00:00.760 --> 0:00:04.440 Today on bold steps with Mark job. Once in Christ, 0:00:04.440 --> 0:00:06.840 we represent God to the world and we need to 0:00:06.840 --> 0:00:08.360 be a pleasing aroma. 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:12.720 Listen, when you preach about purity, you're not hearing pastors 0:00:12.720 --> 0:00:15.680 deal with things straight up upfront. But I'm I believe 0:00:15.720 --> 0:00:17.800 God has called us to be a holy people, a 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:20.800 people that has power, a people that has strength, a 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:23.959 people that changes our culture. And it's not going to 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:26.600 happen until we get a handle on this area. 0:00:39.400 --> 0:00:43.040 Welcome to Bold Steps with Mark Jobe, senior pastor of 0:00:43.040 --> 0:00:46.000 New Life Community Church and president of Moody Bible Institute 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:49.360 in Chicago. We're online 24 over seven, so if you 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:50.879 ever miss a message, you can hear it when you 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:54.760 visit us at Bold Steps. Today, as we move forward 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:57.720 with our brand new series called Bold Living, Mark will 0:00:57.720 --> 0:01:00.640 be asking us some tough questions like, are you living 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:04.160 out the new you? What are you hanging around and 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:07.080 what or who are you exposing to the light? We 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:09.240 need to live in such a way that we remember 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:13.160 purity is a priority with our message titled, what do 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:15.919 you smell like? Here's pastor Mark Jobe. 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:24.240 Your body belongs to God. And I know someone will say, well, 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:28.840 I'm not involved. I don't do anything physically, but I 0:01:28.880 --> 0:01:32.400 like to talk. I like to joke. I like to, 0:01:33.560 --> 0:01:36.880 you know, joke around with my buddies and we get 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:40.280 into some sort of nasty kind of conversation. But it's 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:42.920 all in fun, pastor. It's no big deal as long 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:46.280 as I'm not touching anything, right? Well, then it says 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:50.520 in verse four, nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:56.640 or coarse jesting which are out of place. Well, everybody's 0:01:56.640 --> 0:02:01.250 doing it. Yeah, but you're not everybody but rather giving thanks. 0:02:01.970 --> 0:02:05.330 In other words, what the Apostle Paul is telling us 0:02:05.690 --> 0:02:09.410 is that we live in a sex saturated society. We 0:02:09.410 --> 0:02:13.649 live in a society in which, by and large, to 0:02:14.090 --> 0:02:19.290 live chaste and pure and with self-control is something that 0:02:19.290 --> 0:02:22.890 no longer exists. By and large, we live in a 0:02:22.889 --> 0:02:28.810 society where marital marital infidelity is rampant. We live in 0:02:28.810 --> 0:02:32.489 a society where moving in with your girlfriend or boyfriend 0:02:32.530 --> 0:02:36.089 is normal. We live in a society where Netflix and 0:02:36.090 --> 0:02:39.530 chill are part of the common vernacular. And what happens 0:02:39.530 --> 0:02:42.330 around there. We live in a society where people give 0:02:42.370 --> 0:02:45.490 each other sexual favors and they feel like, hey, is 0:02:45.490 --> 0:02:47.090 that your boyfriend? No, no, no I'm not. That's not 0:02:47.090 --> 0:02:49.810 my boyfriend. Just, you know, we just went out. We 0:02:49.810 --> 0:02:52.970 live in a society, basically, that's come to a point 0:02:52.970 --> 0:02:57.210 where sexuality is not viewed as moral or immoral. Yet 0:02:57.250 --> 0:03:01.010 God says, hey, you may live in the world, but 0:03:01.010 --> 0:03:03.690 you are not of the world. I've called you to 0:03:03.730 --> 0:03:08.530 a different standard. I've pulled you out. Take off the old. 0:03:08.530 --> 0:03:11.770 Put on the new. You are called to live a 0:03:11.770 --> 0:03:15.169 different way. By the power of the Most High God. 0:03:19.889 --> 0:03:22.010 So you need to ask yourself this question. What am 0:03:22.010 --> 0:03:27.010 I tolerating in my life? Secondly, you need to ask 0:03:27.010 --> 0:03:33.890 yourself the question. What are you hanging around? So verse 0:03:33.889 --> 0:03:38.890 five says, for of this you can be sure no immoral, 0:03:38.890 --> 0:03:43.970 impure or greedy person. Such a person is an idolater, 0:03:44.490 --> 0:03:48.410 has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 0:03:49.930 --> 0:03:55.130 That's pretty strong. You say, pastor, what are you saying? 0:03:55.610 --> 0:04:00.250 That if I fell into immorality with my girlfriend that 0:04:01.180 --> 0:04:03.980 I'm not going to make it to heaven. No, that's 0:04:03.980 --> 0:04:08.260 not what this passage says. But this passage does say 0:04:08.260 --> 0:04:11.340 that if someone lives continually in a lifestyle that way, 0:04:11.340 --> 0:04:15.100 without being convicted, without repenting, without turning around, that you 0:04:15.100 --> 0:04:19.580 have made something in your life bigger than God? Yes. 0:04:20.460 --> 0:04:22.820 And if you've made something in your life bigger than God, 0:04:22.820 --> 0:04:26.460 then you are an idolater. Someone says, well, pastor, I 0:04:26.460 --> 0:04:30.859 thought an idolater was someone that worshiped an idol or 0:04:30.860 --> 0:04:33.740 bowed down to a tree. How many of you know 0:04:33.740 --> 0:04:37.580 that you can be an idolater to things that aren't physical? 0:04:38.380 --> 0:04:41.340 You can be an idolater to the lust of the flesh. 0:04:42.140 --> 0:04:46.860 You can have an idol of. Listen, if you are 0:04:46.860 --> 0:04:51.580 here today and you are a follower of Jesus and 0:04:51.580 --> 0:04:55.380 you are dating someone that's not a follower of Jesus, 0:04:55.860 --> 0:04:59.620 and that follower of Jesus expects that he's going to 0:04:59.620 --> 0:05:07.660 have his treat every weekend, and you're giving him his 0:05:07.700 --> 0:05:10.940 way every weekend, and you're coming to church and say, yeah, 0:05:10.940 --> 0:05:13.340 but I want to follow God. I want to love Jesus. 0:05:13.339 --> 0:05:16.340 And when? When the Word of God comes forward about 0:05:16.339 --> 0:05:19.100 breaking up with that boyfriend that wants to have sex 0:05:19.100 --> 0:05:21.339 every weekend, you say, you know, I want to, but I, 0:05:21.380 --> 0:05:24.740 I just, you know, ah, it's so hard. I don't 0:05:24.740 --> 0:05:26.660 want to be alone. I don't want to sit there 0:05:26.660 --> 0:05:29.779 on Friday night and not have anybody to hold me there. 0:05:29.820 --> 0:05:31.900 He meets a need in my life. He's really nice. 0:05:31.900 --> 0:05:36.380 He's nicer than a lot of Christians I know. How 0:05:36.380 --> 0:05:42.060 many times have I heard that? Listen, listen. If God, 0:05:43.620 --> 0:05:46.140 if you're not willing to give it up because of 0:05:46.140 --> 0:05:50.339 God and you're convicted about it, then you, my, my 0:05:50.380 --> 0:05:56.700 dear sister, you have an idol in your life. You 0:05:56.700 --> 0:05:59.220 have just put something above God because you know what 0:05:59.260 --> 0:06:01.469 God is asking you to do. to do, but you say, no, 0:06:01.510 --> 0:06:06.150 I'm hanging on to this. You cannot have both. You 0:06:06.150 --> 0:06:12.349 have to choose who you will follow and which way 0:06:12.350 --> 0:06:16.349 you will go. But you cannot have both. And that's 0:06:16.350 --> 0:06:19.950 exactly what he's saying here. He says, let no one 0:06:19.950 --> 0:06:23.550 deceive you with empty words. Because of such things, God's 0:06:23.550 --> 0:06:27.270 wrath comes upon the disobedient. Yea, there's wrath that comes. 0:06:27.270 --> 0:06:29.190 You don't want to be on that side of the 0:06:29.190 --> 0:06:31.550 wrath of God. You want to be on this side 0:06:31.550 --> 0:06:35.350 of the grace of God. And he says, because of 0:06:35.390 --> 0:06:38.870 such things, the wrath of God come upon the disobedient. 0:06:38.870 --> 0:06:44.230 Therefore do not be partakers with them. Let no one 0:06:44.230 --> 0:06:46.430 deceive you with empty words. How many of you know 0:06:46.430 --> 0:06:51.029 that it's easy to justify what we're doing? Yes. Oh, 0:06:51.029 --> 0:06:54.070 I've heard it all, by the way. I've been pastoring 0:06:54.070 --> 0:06:56.350 for a long time. I've heard every excuse under the 0:06:56.390 --> 0:07:01.550 under the sun, every excuse to Used to justify the 0:07:01.550 --> 0:07:03.910 fact that we're not living for God. Every excuse to 0:07:03.910 --> 0:07:06.229 justify the fact that we're giving in to our sexual 0:07:06.230 --> 0:07:12.670 desires without following God. Everybody's doing it as long as 0:07:12.670 --> 0:07:18.070 the two of us are consenting, it's okay. As long 0:07:18.070 --> 0:07:22.390 as no one gets hurt, it's all right. Hey, if 0:07:22.390 --> 0:07:25.989 God gave me these urges, it's to follow through on them. 0:07:27.430 --> 0:07:30.790 If it feels good, do it. Doesn't God want me 0:07:30.790 --> 0:07:35.950 to be happy? And this makes me happy? If we 0:07:35.950 --> 0:07:44.670 love each other and are planning on getting married, it's okay, right? Hey, 0:07:44.830 --> 0:07:47.350 I know we're living together, but we have a son. 0:07:47.350 --> 0:07:50.590 We've been married. We've been together for four years already. 0:07:50.590 --> 0:07:54.950 It's like we're married. Yeah, I know, I'm stepping on 0:07:54.950 --> 0:08:00.040 some toes here. Listen, when you preach about purity. Security 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:03.800 when you preach in this way. I may be a 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:06.160 solo voice because you're not hearing this from a lot 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:09.400 of churches, a lot of pulpits around this nation. You're 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:12.400 not hearing pastors deal with things straight up, up front. 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:14.560 But I'm I believe God has called us to be 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:17.320 a holy people, a people that has power, a people 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:21.000 that has strength, a people that changes our culture. And 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:23.280 it's not going to happen until we get a handle 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:29.400 on this area. And so he says, and listen, he says, 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:34.400 therefore do not partake with them. You know, I, I 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:38.760 remember talking to a young man that was really struggling 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:41.280 in this area, and I like this guy. He really 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:44.240 wanted to follow Jesus. He had a a heart of 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:46.480 telling other people about Christ. And so he came to 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:48.160 me one time and he says, I'm really broken. I'm 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:52.120 trying to overcome this. I can't seem to have victory 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:56.720 in this area of sexuality. I was very promiscuous before 0:08:56.880 --> 0:09:00.240 I came to Christ, but I keep falling over and over. 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:02.120 I don't know what to do. I feel like I 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:04.240 don't have power over it. I say, well, tell me 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:08.320 how you fall. Tell me what happens. And he said, well, 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:12.599 you know, on the weekends he said, I like to dance. 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:17.319 So I tell myself, you're going to go to the club, 0:09:18.520 --> 0:09:21.800 but you're not going to fall. So I get Spiffed up, 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:26.319 I go to the club with some friends, music starts going, 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:32.200 bodies start shaking. Suddenly my hormones start going up to 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:35.199 loosen up. I have one drink, sometimes more than one drink. 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:39.920 By the time the evening's over. I have a girl 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:42.280 in my bed that I just met and I, I, 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:48.119 I really am trying to overcome it. I said, bro, bro, bro. 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:53.360 You're like an alcoholic saying, I'm going to go to 0:09:53.400 --> 0:10:01.209 a wine tasting event and hope to do well If 0:10:01.250 --> 0:10:04.410 you struggle with fallen, the last place you need to 0:10:04.410 --> 0:10:09.010 be is in a club where women are dressed scantily 0:10:09.010 --> 0:10:12.810 and shaking everything and bumping and grinding and think that 0:10:12.809 --> 0:10:15.250 you're going to do okay. That's the last thing that 0:10:15.250 --> 0:10:17.330 you need to do. That's the last place you need 0:10:17.330 --> 0:10:23.130 to be. Hey, stay out of it. Run, run! Flee! 0:10:23.530 --> 0:10:28.090 Get out of there! Some of it's. Hey! Some of 0:10:28.090 --> 0:10:32.970 it's no big intellectual spiritual secret. Some of it's just 0:10:32.970 --> 0:10:34.609 plain old common sense. 0:10:40.929 --> 0:10:43.890 You're listening to Bold Steps with pastor Mark Jobe, and 0:10:43.890 --> 0:10:47.290 today's message is interestingly titled, what do you Smell Like? 0:10:47.490 --> 0:10:49.689 If you'd like to learn more about this daily program 0:10:49.690 --> 0:10:54.330 or Moody Bible Institute, visit us at boldsystems.org. You know, Mark, 0:10:54.330 --> 0:10:56.610 connecting with listeners and sharing the Word of God is 0:10:56.610 --> 0:10:58.650 what we're all about here, and it's exciting to hear 0:10:58.650 --> 0:11:01.170 how the program is having an impact. I have a 0:11:01.170 --> 0:11:03.570 few comments here printed out that we can share. Should 0:11:03.570 --> 0:11:04.890 we go through a couple of these? Let's do it. 0:11:04.890 --> 0:11:08.410 All right. This one comes from Sugar Grove, Illinois. I 0:11:08.410 --> 0:11:11.850 truly love and appreciate your programming. Listening to Mark Crawford 0:11:11.850 --> 0:11:14.970 Loritts Erwin Lutzer keeps me focused on God and helps 0:11:14.970 --> 0:11:18.650 keep my path straight. Thank you, gentlemen. That comes from Michael. 0:11:18.970 --> 0:11:19.730 That's great. 0:11:19.890 --> 0:11:22.250 Michael, thank you for that word of encouragement. 0:11:22.570 --> 0:11:25.930 And by the way, I also love listening to Crawford 0:11:25.970 --> 0:11:28.570 Loritts and Erwin Lutzer. They're just. 0:11:28.610 --> 0:11:29.690 Familiar voices on Moody. 0:11:29.690 --> 0:11:32.930 Radio. They are. And just just great teachers of the word. 0:11:32.970 --> 0:11:36.010 Another one from Lakeland, Florida. I listen to it all 0:11:36.010 --> 0:11:37.970 day while at work and it helps me get through 0:11:37.970 --> 0:11:38.530 the day. 0:11:38.570 --> 0:11:40.929 You know, we hear that from so many people, Wayne, 0:11:41.210 --> 0:11:44.890 that they have it on the dial, is constantly on 0:11:44.890 --> 0:11:50.010 Moody Radio, and it's just that spiritual background that's encouraging. 0:11:50.010 --> 0:11:53.730 So so thank you, Vince. Thank you for your encouragement. Yeah. 0:11:53.770 --> 0:11:55.890 All right. Let's look at this one from Jerry. You 0:11:55.890 --> 0:11:58.050 want to read this one from Pleasant Grove, Alabama? 0:11:58.290 --> 0:12:01.620 Yeah. This says Bold Steps is very informative to us. 0:12:01.620 --> 0:12:05.900 Things that are preached are very powerful, thought provoking topics 0:12:05.900 --> 0:12:09.020 that help us in our spiritual journey. And this is 0:12:09.059 --> 0:12:12.180 from Jerry. Jerry, thank you for your words of encouragement, 0:12:12.540 --> 0:12:16.020 and we're so grateful for all of those of you 0:12:16.020 --> 0:12:19.340 that take a moment to respond, ask a question, make 0:12:19.340 --> 0:12:22.339 a comment. And I think we've mentioned before, Wayne, that 0:12:22.340 --> 0:12:24.939 if people want to leave a comment or ask a question, 0:12:24.940 --> 0:12:30.179 they can just go to bold Steps and leave a message. 0:12:30.500 --> 0:12:35.980 And we're also always super encouraged when someone decides to 0:12:36.020 --> 0:12:39.060 make a commitment to be a monthly partner, right? And 0:12:39.059 --> 0:12:41.780 if you go to Bold Steps org, there's a link 0:12:41.780 --> 0:12:44.620 that says Monthly Partner. And I don't know if we've 0:12:44.620 --> 0:12:48.220 mentioned this before, Wayne, but if you give I believe 0:12:48.220 --> 0:12:52.580 it's $30 a month or more. You get a 50% 0:12:52.580 --> 0:12:56.100 discount on all of our moody books. 0:12:56.140 --> 0:12:58.940 Think about that. Think about the Moody catalog and all 0:12:58.940 --> 0:13:01.740 that's available there. You get a 50% discount when you 0:13:01.740 --> 0:13:04.339 become a bold partner at $30 a month or more. 0:13:04.380 --> 0:13:07.140 Yeah, and that in itself is worth it if you 0:13:07.140 --> 0:13:11.219 purchase Moody Books. So thank you partners, you are very encouraging. 0:13:11.260 --> 0:13:13.660 As Mark said, go to Bold steps.org and on the 0:13:13.660 --> 0:13:16.260 left side of the screen there look for become a 0:13:16.300 --> 0:13:18.380 bold partner and click on it there. It's very easy. 0:13:18.380 --> 0:13:21.060 Just takes a moment and it will be so encouraging. 0:13:21.420 --> 0:13:22.820 Now Mark will be back at the end of the 0:13:22.820 --> 0:13:25.100 program with some final words. But right now, let's get 0:13:25.100 --> 0:13:27.620 back into the second half of this message. Mark will 0:13:27.620 --> 0:13:31.380 be addressing the third point regarding purity and bold living. 0:13:38.620 --> 0:13:43.420 Number three. And lastly, so not only what are you tolerating, 0:13:44.059 --> 0:13:47.940 what are you hanging around? But lastly, what are you 0:13:47.940 --> 0:13:52.260 exposing to the light? Verse eight says, for you were 0:13:52.260 --> 0:13:55.780 once darkness. You know that's who you used to be. 0:13:56.620 --> 0:13:59.380 By the way, I think it helps us not to 0:13:59.420 --> 0:14:03.790 be judgmental and condemning because all of us used to 0:14:03.830 --> 0:14:08.150 be that way. Hey, we all were there, right? We 0:14:08.150 --> 0:14:11.030 all were darkness. We all didn't have the same sins, 0:14:11.030 --> 0:14:14.390 but we were all there. That's who you were. So 0:14:14.390 --> 0:14:17.790 when someone comes in and they're struggling, don't. Don't judge them. 0:14:17.830 --> 0:14:21.150 Pounce on them. Break them down. Beat them up. Remember, 0:14:21.150 --> 0:14:24.470 that's who you were. Maybe not too long ago. That's 0:14:24.470 --> 0:14:27.150 who we all were. That's what we all were. We 0:14:27.150 --> 0:14:32.350 were darkness. And that's the way that we lived. And 0:14:32.350 --> 0:14:36.790 he says, remember, that's who you once were. But now, 0:14:37.590 --> 0:14:43.070 thank God for now. But now, hey, now you are light. 0:14:43.110 --> 0:14:46.470 It doesn't say now. You walk in the light. It says, 0:14:46.470 --> 0:14:51.550 now you are light in the Lord. So if you 0:14:51.550 --> 0:14:57.070 are light, start living as children of the light. For 0:14:57.070 --> 0:15:00.960 the fruit of the light consists of all goodness, righteousness 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:05.760 and truth. And listen. Find out what pleases the Lord, 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:10.880 it says. You know, the more time you spend with God, 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:17.520 the more you start to realize what pleases God. Some 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:19.920 of us have engaged in what the culture's engaged in 0:15:19.920 --> 0:15:25.000 and God's like, not pleased with it. The more you 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:27.520 hang out with a person, the more you realize what 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:30.320 they like. I know, I know what my wife likes 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:33.160 really well because I've been married to her for a 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:37.360 long time. I know what she doesn't like. I know 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:40.840 the food she likes. I know the kind of movies 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:46.280 she likes. I know the kind of evening she likes. 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:49.080 And I know what she doesn't like. Why? Because I 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:52.360 hang out with her. Some of you need to start 0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:57.680 asking yourself not what do I want, but what pleases God. 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:03.560 Because ultimately, whatever pleases God, even though it may seem 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:06.320 hard at the time, ultimately that will bring you the 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:17.000 greatest fulfillment. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:22.120 of darkness, but rather expose them. It's shameful even to 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:27.200 mention what the disobedient do in secret. You know what 0:16:27.200 --> 0:16:31.240 it's telling us in this passage? It says in verse 13, 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:37.400 but everything exposed by the light becomes visible, and everything 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:41.360 that is illuminated becomes a light. Let me break that 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:46.680 down for you. Sometimes the enemy keeps us bound by 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:51.560 our dark secrets and our struggles. There are people in 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:55.080 this auditorium today that as I'm talking about this, you 0:16:55.080 --> 0:16:57.240 and your mind are kind of sinking back in your 0:16:57.240 --> 0:17:00.040 seat because you know that you struggle in an area 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:03.040 and the enemy beats you with it. He overcomes you 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:05.640 with it. He makes you feel guilty about it. You 0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:07.880 don't want it in your life, but you've never exposed 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:09.600 it to the light. How do you expose it to 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:12.240 the light? You confess it to God, but you confess 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:14.399 it to others. And you say, this is part of 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:19.640 my life. I don't want it in my life. So 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:24.040 it says it's gotta become visible. Listen, you can't heal 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:28.520 that which you conceal. You gotta bring it to the 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:31.520 light and say, yeah, I struggle with pornography. Yeah, I 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:35.080 struggle with fantasies in my mind. Yeah. As a single man, 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:37.520 you know, I've struggled and I've gone out. Yeah, I 0:17:37.560 --> 0:17:41.240 struggle in these areas. How can I overcome? I gotta 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:44.480 bring it to the light. I gotta admit that I struggle. 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:48.200 I gotta say, this is a problem. And then when 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:51.280 the light shines upon it, it becomes visible. It doesn't 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:54.640 solve the problem, but it exposes the problem. And as 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:57.359 I start walking in the spirit. Listen, you don't fight 0:17:57.359 --> 0:18:00.129 flesh with flesh. You fight flesh with the spirit. You 0:18:00.130 --> 0:18:03.169 can only overcome by the power of the Spirit of 0:18:03.170 --> 0:18:07.129 God that lives inside of you. And then listen to 0:18:07.130 --> 0:18:13.290 what it says. And when it becomes visible, then it 0:18:13.290 --> 0:18:17.650 becomes light. Let me tell you what that means. Some 0:18:17.650 --> 0:18:22.570 of you, as you begin to overcome that which has 0:18:22.570 --> 0:18:26.369 held you bound, not only do you see it, but 0:18:26.369 --> 0:18:30.930 that becomes a light and a testimony to others around 0:18:30.930 --> 0:18:34.649 you of how great God is, and how he can 0:18:34.650 --> 0:18:46.409 also break the chains of other people's lives. And he 0:18:46.410 --> 0:18:51.370 says that is why it said, wake up, sleeper, rise 0:18:51.369 --> 0:18:58.730 from the dead and Christ will shine upon you. There 0:18:58.770 --> 0:19:00.700 are some of you When I give this altar call, 0:19:00.700 --> 0:19:02.260 that you should come to the front and get on 0:19:02.260 --> 0:19:04.580 your knees and say, you know, God, I'm choosing to 0:19:04.580 --> 0:19:08.380 walk in purity, but the fact that you don't want 0:19:08.380 --> 0:19:09.860 to bring it to the light will keep you in 0:19:09.859 --> 0:19:16.140 your seat. That's what I know. I believe God is 0:19:16.140 --> 0:19:24.300 raising a generation of married men who stop excusing their 0:19:24.300 --> 0:19:31.380 wandering eyes and wandering mind and heart and say, By 0:19:31.380 --> 0:19:34.020 God's grace, I will be faithful to my wife until 0:19:34.020 --> 0:19:38.699 the day that we part only through death. And I'm 0:19:38.700 --> 0:19:42.420 not going to make excuses. I'm going to turn my 0:19:42.420 --> 0:19:44.860 affection to her. And you say, well, pastor man, my 0:19:44.859 --> 0:19:55.700 wife is like ice. I call her frozen. Come over here. Frozen, babe. 0:19:59.180 --> 0:20:02.659 You know, I'm guessing that I've had a chance to 0:20:02.660 --> 0:20:07.420 talk to your frozen wife. That there's probably some good 0:20:07.420 --> 0:20:16.379 reasons of neglect. Of issues that have caused her to 0:20:17.260 --> 0:20:21.780 freeze up. But I can't think of one woman that 0:20:21.820 --> 0:20:24.700 really wants to be married. That when she, her husband, 0:20:24.780 --> 0:20:27.500 humbles himself and is honest and deals with his issues 0:20:27.500 --> 0:20:31.020 and asks forgiveness and nurtures her and pursues her not 0:20:31.020 --> 0:20:33.860 just when he wants something but pursues her emotionally that 0:20:33.859 --> 0:20:45.340 that doesn't thaw out the most frozen person. So? So 0:20:45.340 --> 0:20:47.380 some of you may need to start working on that. 0:20:48.980 --> 0:20:51.540 I also believe that God is raising up a generation 0:20:51.540 --> 0:20:55.620 of young men and women that are saying to themselves, 0:20:55.619 --> 0:20:59.860 you know what? Everybody's doing it. But I'm not everybody. 0:21:00.980 --> 0:21:03.420 That's what I came from. But I'm going to break 0:21:03.420 --> 0:21:08.780 the cycle. God's raising up some 19, 20, 17, 25, 0:21:08.820 --> 0:21:11.500 24 year olds that are saying, you know what? It 0:21:11.500 --> 0:21:15.180 may seem crazy. My friends may seem what is wrong 0:21:15.180 --> 0:21:17.980 with you? They may be asking me when I start 0:21:17.980 --> 0:21:20.500 to date, what base I've gotten to. And I'm going 0:21:20.540 --> 0:21:22.260 to ask them, are you talking about baseball? Because that's 0:21:22.260 --> 0:21:25.340 the only base I get to in baseball. And I'm 0:21:25.340 --> 0:21:28.300 going to I'm going to choose, by the grace of 0:21:28.300 --> 0:21:33.020 God and the power of God, to live in celibacy 0:21:33.180 --> 0:21:37.060 and chastity until the day I marry. No matter what 0:21:37.060 --> 0:21:40.020 my background has been like, it may seem crazy, but 0:21:40.020 --> 0:21:43.620 I'm going to be one of those crazy Jesus followers 0:21:43.619 --> 0:21:46.060 that knows that my body is the temple of the 0:21:46.060 --> 0:21:50.340 Holy Spirit. And when I'm weak and when I'm feel 0:21:50.340 --> 0:21:52.899 like I'm missing out, I'm going to press into God 0:21:52.900 --> 0:21:55.140 and say, fill me God, because I can't do it 0:21:55.140 --> 0:21:58.140 on my own. Love me God because I feel unloved. 0:21:58.180 --> 0:22:01.070 Fill me God. embrace me because I feel lonely. I'm 0:22:01.070 --> 0:22:03.389 going to learn what it means to meet my needs 0:22:03.390 --> 0:22:06.150 in God. And when the right time comes, man, I'm 0:22:06.150 --> 0:22:11.110 going to let loose in marriage. Some of you need 0:22:11.109 --> 0:22:15.630 to make some of those decisions and live. Listen, you 0:22:15.630 --> 0:22:21.510 will definitely be living counterculture. Definitely. 0:22:32.030 --> 0:22:35.310 That's Mark Jobe on bold steps. Mark, I know this 0:22:35.310 --> 0:22:38.110 is one of your most urgent and critical messages for 0:22:38.109 --> 0:22:40.430 young people today. Really, for any of us who want 0:22:40.430 --> 0:22:41.310 to live boldly. 0:22:41.310 --> 0:22:44.310 Yes. And the call of Jesus is strong. It's a 0:22:44.310 --> 0:22:50.109 countercultural lifestyle, and I know messages that emphasize purity, and 0:22:50.109 --> 0:22:54.110 walking in a holy living before God are very challenging. 0:22:54.109 --> 0:22:55.550 And talk about countercultural. 0:22:55.750 --> 0:22:58.550 It really is. But I know so many young people, 0:22:58.590 --> 0:23:01.190 by the way, that have made the decision, I'm going 0:23:01.230 --> 0:23:02.910 to walk in the kind of purity that God has 0:23:02.910 --> 0:23:04.669 called me to. My body is the temple of the 0:23:04.670 --> 0:23:07.630 Holy Spirit. So if you're struggling with that, I want 0:23:07.710 --> 0:23:10.990 to just pray really quickly with you right now. Father, 0:23:10.990 --> 0:23:14.429 I pray for that. I pray for that young lady 0:23:14.750 --> 0:23:17.510 that has been sleeping with her boyfriend, but is a believer, 0:23:17.510 --> 0:23:21.470 but is convicted deeply over it. I pray for repentance 0:23:21.710 --> 0:23:23.710 and a new walk of purity. I pray for that 0:23:23.710 --> 0:23:28.989 young man that struggling with just walking in, in containment 0:23:28.990 --> 0:23:33.030 and and purity of body, that you would give him 0:23:33.030 --> 0:23:36.750 the perseverance and power to continue on. 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