WEBVTT - Where Do You Stand With God? 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:04.360 Coming to you from the Morning Star Mission sponsored studio. 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:08.080 This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:00:08.360 --> 0:00:12.039 It's Carl and crew. Mornings on this Freedom Friday. Having 0:00:12.039 --> 0:00:14.400 some fun to kick off this hour here. I want 0:00:14.440 --> 0:00:17.880 to tell you that, uh, self-deprecating humor is the best humor, 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:19.919 for sure, when you take shots at yourself. That's a 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:24.480 good thing. Uh, you know, I'm always taking shots at 0:00:24.480 --> 0:00:29.440 myself about my hair color. It's not as take shot 0:00:29.480 --> 0:00:31.400 a bull as it used to be. My wife said 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:33.400 that my red hair jokes need to stop. She told 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:35.840 me that about 20 years ago. She said it's not 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:37.880 like it was. I mean, when I was a when 0:00:37.920 --> 0:00:40.520 when I was young and our kids were young, my 0:00:40.520 --> 0:00:45.879 precious daughter, who's now an adult and provided us a 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:48.760 grandchild here recently. And I was able to hug her 0:00:48.800 --> 0:00:53.479 yesterday and hold her. Oh, I love that little girl. Um, she. 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:57.440 My daughter. Um. Oh, funny. These kids, what comes out 0:00:57.480 --> 0:01:01.610 of kids mouths sometimes it'll it'll flat out you're like, okay, 0:01:01.650 --> 0:01:03.610 you can say that stuff to me, but don't say 0:01:03.610 --> 0:01:07.410 it out in public. Don't do that. But it wasn't 0:01:07.410 --> 0:01:09.690 really bad. But she just came up to me one day, 0:01:09.730 --> 0:01:13.570 little tyke, and she says, dad, dad, I need to 0:01:13.569 --> 0:01:17.970 talk to you. I said, what's up, Muriel? She said, 0:01:18.770 --> 0:01:20.770 you just can't go around the rest of your life 0:01:20.770 --> 0:01:22.009 with that hair color. 0:01:26.530 --> 0:01:28.650 The best thing ever. Talk about bold. 0:01:29.770 --> 0:01:31.090 Dad, you just can't. 0:01:31.130 --> 0:01:32.490 Out of the mouth. Okay. 0:01:32.770 --> 0:01:36.649 Dad. And you know, her perspective is ain't nobody got 0:01:36.650 --> 0:01:37.690 that hair color. 0:01:37.810 --> 0:01:39.970 I've never seen hair like that before. And we're. 0:01:40.170 --> 0:01:42.770 You know why my dad? Why can't my dad just 0:01:42.770 --> 0:01:45.170 have hair like everyone else? Or no hair like half 0:01:45.170 --> 0:01:46.009 the dudes out there? 0:01:46.330 --> 0:01:46.890 Too late now. 0:01:46.930 --> 0:01:52.730 Because what's really funny is I see a hint of 0:01:53.170 --> 0:01:55.130 she's not going to have electric red hair. We can't 0:01:55.130 --> 0:01:57.730 tell these babies. You can't tell. One day she looks brunette. 0:01:57.810 --> 0:01:59.210 The next day She looks like. 0:01:59.250 --> 0:02:01.130 She looks strawberry to me a little bit. 0:02:01.170 --> 0:02:03.330 Little bit. Something maybe. 0:02:03.330 --> 0:02:04.610 There a little baby fuzz. 0:02:04.650 --> 0:02:07.850 Yeah. Oh, it's just great. Um, but taking shots at 0:02:07.850 --> 0:02:11.169 people is fun. My son yesterday. So the Masters is 0:02:11.169 --> 0:02:15.970 going right, guys, right. Yeah. And Bryson DeChambeau is, uh, 0:02:16.010 --> 0:02:18.130 he plays on the live tour normally. And by the way, 0:02:18.130 --> 0:02:20.650 there's a big dust up about that. Oh, yeah. But 0:02:20.650 --> 0:02:23.210 he's doing he's in really good position. And when you 0:02:23.210 --> 0:02:25.450 get like I think he's in third place or something, 0:02:25.490 --> 0:02:29.570 he's three under I think uh, Justin Rhodes is seven 0:02:29.570 --> 0:02:32.889 under and I can't watch a bunch of golf, but I, 0:02:32.889 --> 0:02:35.610 I beat feet at home because I heard that DeChambeau 0:02:35.650 --> 0:02:40.090 was doing pretty good. And I saw I saw my 0:02:40.130 --> 0:02:43.650 one of my son's best buddies, and he was in 0:02:43.650 --> 0:02:47.049 his wedding, and he's a great kid. And, uh, they 0:02:47.050 --> 0:02:51.130 call him bone. He's Greg Bodine, and, uh, he's the 0:02:51.130 --> 0:02:56.690 caddie for Bryson DeChambeau. And DeChambeau is just tearing it up, 0:02:57.460 --> 0:03:00.419 So my son, I said, hey, Kevin, you better take 0:03:00.419 --> 0:03:02.900 some shots at your. Have you seen Greg? He goes, dad, 0:03:02.900 --> 0:03:04.740 I'm running out of business. I haven't watched any of 0:03:04.740 --> 0:03:07.780 the masters down here. I said, well, you need to 0:03:07.820 --> 0:03:12.540 know he's getting a lot of a lot of air time. And, uh, 0:03:13.300 --> 0:03:15.620 so Kevin, not even seeing him, said, oh, I'm going 0:03:15.620 --> 0:03:17.020 to send him a text right now. I said, what 0:03:17.020 --> 0:03:20.260 are you sending him? He says, I just sent him. Boy, 0:03:20.260 --> 0:03:22.060 you need to get to the gym. People are saying, 0:03:22.060 --> 0:03:23.700 you don't look as jacked as you did when you 0:03:23.740 --> 0:03:24.419 were younger. 0:03:26.180 --> 0:03:26.780 Kidding me? 0:03:26.820 --> 0:03:28.620 Everyone's talking about you. That's what. 0:03:28.780 --> 0:03:30.100 Everybody. Everybody's. 0:03:30.340 --> 0:03:32.380 He said everybody from Biola is talking about. 0:03:32.380 --> 0:03:32.500 You. 0:03:32.500 --> 0:03:35.380 Man. That's where he met him. At every from everybody 0:03:35.420 --> 0:03:36.980 from Biola was talking about you. 0:03:37.020 --> 0:03:37.980 That's awesome. 0:03:38.020 --> 0:03:42.460 And, uh, Greg Bodine takes it back. He says, oh, 0:03:42.500 --> 0:03:45.180 shut up, man, and call me sometime. We got to 0:03:45.180 --> 0:03:49.700 catch up. Pretty funny stuff. Um, you know, life is 0:03:49.700 --> 0:03:53.020 filled with just. Isn't life funny? 0:03:54.780 --> 0:03:55.780 Oh, yeah. I mean. 0:03:55.980 --> 0:03:56.180 Life. 0:03:56.220 --> 0:03:59.740 Funny life. Life has to be laughed at. You have 0:03:59.740 --> 0:04:01.780 to find those moments to laugh because there's a lot 0:04:01.780 --> 0:04:04.300 of things to not laugh about. But let's find the 0:04:04.300 --> 0:04:05.540 moments where we can. 0:04:06.500 --> 0:04:12.620 Yeah. So what do you find just really funny about life? 0:04:12.860 --> 0:04:17.700 It's just like. Huh? Things that make you go, huh? 0:04:18.220 --> 0:04:22.260 That's really funny. Things we do. Things we don't do. 0:04:22.460 --> 0:04:25.420 What motivates us? Uh, give me a call. I might 0:04:25.420 --> 0:04:27.340 have a Carl and crew prize pack on the line. 0:04:27.339 --> 0:04:29.659 You say? Well, what's this got to do? Got a 0:04:29.700 --> 0:04:31.340 lot to do with everything, because we're going to break 0:04:31.339 --> 0:04:34.300 into some passages of scripture today. Everyone okay in there? 0:04:34.300 --> 0:04:36.540 I'm hearing stuff getting knocked around. 0:04:36.700 --> 0:04:38.099 Savannah, would you go answer phones? 0:04:38.100 --> 0:04:41.500 Oh, okay. Yes. Um, so what is it? What is 0:04:41.500 --> 0:04:48.260 it that just makes you laugh about life? 855 five 0:04:48.300 --> 0:04:56.070 7898 855 five 7898. Comedians are invited in here today. 0:04:56.550 --> 0:05:01.110 She's a choreographer extraordinaire and everything is Greek to her. 0:05:01.550 --> 0:05:05.270 Super di is in the crew. It's Carl and crew 0:05:05.270 --> 0:05:06.670 on Moody Radio. 0:05:06.710 --> 0:05:09.430 Well, we're having a good old time in here laughing 0:05:09.430 --> 0:05:11.830 our heads off. Have you ever done role playing before? 0:05:11.830 --> 0:05:13.510 Where it's like, imagine this. 0:05:15.790 --> 0:05:18.550 Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Of course. Especially stuff that's, like, out 0:05:18.589 --> 0:05:22.070 of character. I love imagining people doing things that are 0:05:22.070 --> 0:05:24.750 just so out of their character. Well, it's like yesterday. 0:05:24.790 --> 0:05:27.590 Yesterday we were talking about stress dreams, and I said 0:05:27.589 --> 0:05:31.150 I had a really bad stress dream that Ali started 0:05:31.150 --> 0:05:33.870 yelling at me at work. And that's just the funniest 0:05:33.870 --> 0:05:35.430 thing I can think of in my head now. Because 0:05:35.470 --> 0:05:37.070 Ali doesn't yell at anybody. 0:05:37.110 --> 0:05:37.950 She. No, she. 0:05:37.990 --> 0:05:41.150 She. One time back in the old building, she raised 0:05:41.150 --> 0:05:44.910 her voice at me. She did one time, but one time. One. 0:05:44.910 --> 0:05:45.909 That's it. One time. 0:05:45.950 --> 0:05:47.750 Yeah. And you're like, that's out of character for her. 0:05:47.750 --> 0:05:49.110 And it's the most hilarious thing in the entire. 0:05:49.150 --> 0:05:50.990 The interesting thing about the way God's wired me is 0:05:50.990 --> 0:05:54.599 my voice is raised all the time. So I don't 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:58.920 know if. You guys are so full of grace. You 0:05:58.920 --> 0:05:59.719 love me still. 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:02.120 Oh, goodness. Who doesn't need a lot of grace in 0:06:02.120 --> 0:06:03.839 the positions they work? I do too. 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:06.080 Are you implying I do need a lot for that? 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:07.360 I said, who doesn't? 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:15.440 That's what. Lord help us. Okay. 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:16.240 Okay. 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:16.640 Yeah. 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:18.880 Coming up here, I think the reason I needed some 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:21.240 levity is I got to get into a weighty, not heavy, 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:28.080 but a weighty topic here. And it's so important. Presumption 0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:33.720 is one of the most deadly devices of Satan. He 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:36.400 can plant in our mind. And I'm going to break 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:38.760 it down from you. For you. I got up super 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:41.560 early this morning, and this is what's on my heart. 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:43.200 We'll give it to you. Coming up. 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:48.159 A basketball mom who's mastered the dad joke. Ali is 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:51.800 in the crew. It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:55.320 I feel a certain weight of responsibility here that I 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:59.120 think is spot on. I mean, we're not to be 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:01.279 under a heavy yoke. I don't feel that. But I 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:05.560 feel a certain weight of responsibility here that we take 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:10.880 on topics and that we tackle issues that are challenges 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:14.320 that you need to overcome, battles that you need to fight. 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:17.040 We really do want you to take your next step 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:21.000 with Jesus. I mean, that's our heart, man. And part 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:24.200 and parcel of this is understanding that first step and 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:27.600 being super clear about what that first step is and 0:07:27.600 --> 0:07:32.640 what it isn't. I was on a great interview yesterday. 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:35.840 I was filling in for Chris Brooks and I had 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:39.640 on Doctor Sean McDowell, and we were talking about this 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:42.280 crazy thing that we're seeing in the church right now, 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:46.360 which is kids that are just leaving the church. Post Covid, 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:49.680 I mean, there's a lot of reasons for why that is, but. 0:07:51.450 --> 0:07:55.210 I was discussing with Sean what's what's really going on 0:07:55.210 --> 0:07:58.210 with these kids, because a lot of people are just 0:07:58.250 --> 0:08:02.090 really wanting their kids to get back to church. And 0:08:02.090 --> 0:08:05.650 my supposition has been largely due to my own story, 0:08:05.650 --> 0:08:09.330 is that the big problem isn't that they aren't in church, 0:08:09.370 --> 0:08:12.690 is that they aren't in Christ. And Sean picked up 0:08:12.690 --> 0:08:14.730 on that, and he said, Karl, let me tell you 0:08:14.730 --> 0:08:17.730 my experience. He said, I've talked to at least 30 0:08:17.770 --> 0:08:21.730 adult kids that were raised in church with imperfect but 0:08:21.770 --> 0:08:27.250 great parents. And he said, I've asked them all of 0:08:27.250 --> 0:08:31.330 these 30 the same question. Have you ever come to 0:08:31.370 --> 0:08:34.930 a point in your life when you were utterly at 0:08:34.929 --> 0:08:38.010 the end of yourself, and you saw your sin and 0:08:38.010 --> 0:08:41.770 your need for a Savior so clearly that you surrendered 0:08:41.770 --> 0:08:46.530 your life to Jesus Christ? Only one of those 30 said, yes, 0:08:46.530 --> 0:08:50.580 that was me. His point is that a lot of 0:08:50.580 --> 0:08:54.500 these kids that have walked away from the church have 0:08:54.500 --> 0:08:58.220 not walked away from Christ because they were never in Christ. 0:08:58.660 --> 0:09:03.459 You see, that's the point. So I really I got 0:09:03.460 --> 0:09:07.020 up early this morning and I'm like, man, I, I 0:09:07.020 --> 0:09:09.900 know you hear me talk about this here often, but 0:09:10.260 --> 0:09:12.980 today I want to even take a deeper dive on 0:09:12.980 --> 0:09:15.860 this thing, even go deeper. And I want to begin 0:09:15.860 --> 0:09:18.620 with Matthew seven. So Jesus is in the sermon on 0:09:18.620 --> 0:09:20.780 the Mount and he's preaching and he says, many will 0:09:20.780 --> 0:09:25.300 say to me on that day, Lord, Lord. And he says, 0:09:25.300 --> 0:09:27.380 I'm going to have to say to you, I never 0:09:27.380 --> 0:09:33.420 knew you didn't know him personally. And the three characteristics 0:09:33.420 --> 0:09:37.860 of these people that he did not know personally are astonishing, 0:09:38.220 --> 0:09:41.700 because this is what they say. We preached in your name. 0:09:42.179 --> 0:09:45.620 We baptized in your name. We did mighty works in 0:09:45.620 --> 0:09:49.900 your name. And he says, depart from me. I never 0:09:49.900 --> 0:09:54.260 knew you. Now you hear that? And you think, my goodness. 0:09:54.260 --> 0:09:59.260 So what does it what does it reveal? That there 0:09:59.260 --> 0:10:03.700 are people that are presuming something about their relationship with 0:10:03.700 --> 0:10:08.380 God that isn't true? It's just not true. It's a 0:10:08.460 --> 0:10:14.059 flat out lie. And they're not trying to be nefarious, necessarily, 0:10:14.059 --> 0:10:18.540 but there's something deep within us that hasn't been altered. 0:10:18.540 --> 0:10:23.220 We've not been born again. That's what Jesus said had 0:10:23.220 --> 0:10:26.940 to happen to Nicodemus. And he uses a lot of 0:10:26.940 --> 0:10:31.820 stories to illustrate this. Now, before I go any further, 0:10:31.820 --> 0:10:35.180 I just want to tell you I don't have any 0:10:35.179 --> 0:10:38.740 jollies by trying to put people on tilt. That's never 0:10:38.740 --> 0:10:42.020 my goal here. I don't want to be a provocateur, 0:10:42.700 --> 0:10:45.580 but I do want to probe, just as Jesus did, 0:10:45.580 --> 0:10:51.230 with questions that have eternal consequences that I will do. 0:10:52.510 --> 0:10:58.070 And this is eternal consequences. And so I give out 0:10:58.070 --> 0:11:00.830 a blog here often nine ways to know You stand 0:11:00.830 --> 0:11:03.429 with God. And he stands with you because the greatest 0:11:03.429 --> 0:11:06.270 evidence of where you really stand with God. And I 0:11:06.270 --> 0:11:09.110 just want you to get this link and then stick 0:11:09.110 --> 0:11:10.990 with me here, because I'm going to ride this for 0:11:10.990 --> 0:11:14.470 a little bit here. But if you want to know 0:11:15.030 --> 0:11:17.069 whether or not you stand with God and he stands 0:11:17.070 --> 0:11:19.469 with you, that's a great question to ask. And this 0:11:19.470 --> 0:11:21.110 is a great way you look at this. And now 0:11:21.110 --> 0:11:23.550 you can begin to pray for people, maybe a wayward 0:11:23.550 --> 0:11:26.150 kid or a spouse or someone, and you can go, whoa, 0:11:26.190 --> 0:11:28.630 this isn't about them getting into church. This is about 0:11:28.630 --> 0:11:33.870 them getting in with Christ. And it requires you peeling 0:11:33.870 --> 0:11:38.870 away all of the funky motivations for validating your parenting, 0:11:38.870 --> 0:11:41.630 or something weird thing like that. It's weird what we 0:11:41.630 --> 0:11:44.030 can do to try to prop ourselves up. We've got 0:11:44.030 --> 0:11:47.070 to have our kids be okay, because if they aren't okay, 0:11:47.070 --> 0:11:50.910 then I'm not okay. Well, you know what? It's better 0:11:50.910 --> 0:11:53.870 off to be okay with what's really going on, rather 0:11:53.870 --> 0:11:58.270 than to try to be okay with yourself just cutting 0:11:58.270 --> 0:12:02.630 it to you straight. So text the word stand right 0:12:02.630 --> 0:12:06.950 now to 805, 55, 78, 98. That's one resource I 0:12:06.950 --> 0:12:09.590 want to give you right now. Stand nine ways to know. 0:12:09.590 --> 0:12:11.590 You stand with God and he stands with you. Text 0:12:11.590 --> 0:12:17.710 stand to 800 555 7898. So the Lord's been doing 0:12:17.710 --> 0:12:20.270 something in my life that I have to believe. It's 0:12:20.270 --> 0:12:23.670 got a direct link to you. And let me just 0:12:23.670 --> 0:12:26.190 go through a couple of things here that we find 0:12:26.190 --> 0:12:29.990 in Scripture that are very important. In the book of Luke, 0:12:29.990 --> 0:12:34.110 we find this parable of the wayward sons or the 0:12:34.110 --> 0:12:38.750 prodigal sons. And one thing I want to note here 0:12:38.750 --> 0:12:41.990 is a lot of us assign our kids are prodigals 0:12:41.990 --> 0:12:46.679 or someone's a prodigal, when really what's being spoken of 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:49.640 here is not a kid that was in Christ and 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:52.600 then walked away. This is someone who was never actually 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:57.360 two people who were never in Christ. Prodigal means never in, 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:01.080 but far away. So we got to get that straight. 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:03.120 And I'm going to I'm going to explain this. So 0:13:03.120 --> 0:13:06.920 the first son he's took his takes his father's inheritance. 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:09.680 And it's a great story that Jesus tells. He takes 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:12.280 his father's inheritance and he goes and he squanders it 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:14.480 in a far off land. And those guys are easily 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:18.439 visible because they're like me. And I was a cocaine 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:21.720 addict for three and a half years, something like that. 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:23.800 The whole three and a half years was a fog. 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:27.000 Here I am leading construction crews high as a kite 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:30.439 on cocaine. Amazing. I didn't cut off fingers or cause 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:32.720 more injury to someone else. But we were all like that. 0:13:32.720 --> 0:13:34.839 We were all loaded on the site. It was crazy. 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:40.000 So I was. I was far away from God, raised 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:45.450 in the church, Baptized. Never knew Jesus personally. Truth. Fact. 0:13:47.050 --> 0:13:49.770 So that's that one son. But the other son is 0:13:49.770 --> 0:13:55.490 far more dangerous. And I used to always say, and 0:13:55.490 --> 0:13:57.809 this morning I'm altering it a little bit. I always 0:13:57.809 --> 0:13:59.810 used to say the first son is a victim of 0:13:59.809 --> 0:14:02.050 his passion, and the second son is a victim of 0:14:02.050 --> 0:14:05.250 his pride. I think it's more accurate to the text 0:14:05.290 --> 0:14:08.490 to say the second son is a victim of presumption. 0:14:09.610 --> 0:14:12.809 He's thinking that he's got something that he doesn't have, 0:14:13.370 --> 0:14:15.890 and he hears word of his brother that's come back. 0:14:15.929 --> 0:14:21.130 And he's like, man, can't believe it. They're throwing a 0:14:21.130 --> 0:14:24.250 party for him. And what does the older son say? 0:14:24.290 --> 0:14:26.210 He says, man, everything that you've told me to do, 0:14:26.210 --> 0:14:30.130 I've done. You've never given me a goat to have, 0:14:30.330 --> 0:14:34.489 you know, barbecue with my friends and all this. Here's 0:14:34.490 --> 0:14:38.530 what Tim Keller says about these two prodigals. Two of them. 0:14:39.690 --> 0:14:44.570 There are two ways to be your own savior by 0:14:44.570 --> 0:14:48.290 breaking all the rules, younger son, or by keeping all 0:14:48.330 --> 0:14:56.090 the rules older son. Both of them aim to control God. Whoa! 0:14:59.970 --> 0:15:02.850 Jonathan Edwards says that the younger son is blind to 0:15:02.890 --> 0:15:06.810 God's holiness. And the older son is blind to his 0:15:06.810 --> 0:15:13.810 own need for mercy. I want to shoot it to 0:15:13.810 --> 0:15:16.970 you straight today. God got me up early for you. 0:15:18.250 --> 0:15:20.090 And I need you to know from the bottom of 0:15:20.090 --> 0:15:23.610 my heart that many will say on that day, Lord, Lord. 0:15:23.610 --> 0:15:28.730 And he's going to say, I never knew you. And 0:15:28.730 --> 0:15:35.530 this is an epidemic in American Christianity, Canadian Christianity, Western Christian. 0:15:35.530 --> 0:15:41.660 It's an epidemic in Europe. It's interesting. Young Thunder was 0:15:41.660 --> 0:15:46.180 reading some stats to me. Give us the quick one. 0:15:46.220 --> 0:15:48.940 The quick version of these stats. This is staggering here bro. 0:15:48.980 --> 0:15:53.780 So so basically the study was done on American faith practices. 0:15:53.780 --> 0:15:56.420 And they a large group of the people studied were 0:15:56.580 --> 0:16:00.260 identified as Christians. Now they had a way of figuring 0:16:00.260 --> 0:16:03.540 out or identifying as practicing or nominal Christians. The first 0:16:03.540 --> 0:16:05.860 was if they attended church once a week, the second 0:16:05.860 --> 0:16:08.340 was if they said their faith had high or utmost 0:16:08.340 --> 0:16:11.020 significance in their lives. Those were the two criteria. 0:16:11.060 --> 0:16:12.660 Pretty low bar, low bar. 0:16:12.660 --> 0:16:18.940 With those criteria, 33.3 of the self-identified Christians were counted 0:16:18.940 --> 0:16:22.620 as practicing. 66 were counted as nominal, which means that 0:16:22.620 --> 0:16:25.340 means they said it doesn't have utmost significance in their 0:16:25.340 --> 0:16:27.220 life and they don't attend church. 0:16:27.500 --> 0:16:30.740 So what I would say, tell me what you think, 0:16:30.780 --> 0:16:33.500 Young Thunder. I'd say that the older son who was 0:16:33.500 --> 0:16:36.620 saying to the father, hey, I've been I've all I've done. 0:16:36.700 --> 0:16:39.700 I mean, he'd be in the 33%. He was a practicing. 0:16:39.700 --> 0:16:42.220 He would. He's not even in that nominal. No. Right. 0:16:42.260 --> 0:16:45.420 He's in the practice. And so even with the practicing, 0:16:45.420 --> 0:16:48.620 you've got to go. Whoa whoa whoa. In the practicing, 0:16:48.620 --> 0:16:51.060 there are many who are going to say, Lord, Lord. 0:16:51.060 --> 0:16:52.460 And he's going to say, I never knew you. 0:16:52.500 --> 0:16:54.460 Yeah. If you look at those numbers, it shows the 0:16:54.460 --> 0:16:58.020 vast majority of people who call themselves Christians. Even in 0:16:58.020 --> 0:17:02.220 that 33%, it's lower than that who have that genuine 0:17:02.220 --> 0:17:03.580 relationship with him. 0:17:05.220 --> 0:17:08.500 Then there's a story that Jesus tells in Matthew 25 0:17:08.540 --> 0:17:13.100 that is a boy. This is heavy. He says there 0:17:13.140 --> 0:17:18.340 are ten virgins or bridesmaids that are waiting for the bridegroom. Okay. 0:17:18.900 --> 0:17:23.220 And they're all dressed up the same. They all are 0:17:23.220 --> 0:17:27.940 the same. And they all have lamps. But five have 0:17:27.940 --> 0:17:32.060 oil in the lamp and they're ready for the return 0:17:32.060 --> 0:17:36.060 of the bridegroom. And five are all dressed up, but 0:17:36.060 --> 0:17:39.469 they don't have oil in the lamp and last minute 0:17:39.470 --> 0:17:43.149 they're scrambling. But there's not time because the door is shut. 0:17:45.109 --> 0:17:51.550 So they look identical. Their aspirations are the same. Some 0:17:51.550 --> 0:17:54.670 are ready, some are not. And so let me just 0:17:54.670 --> 0:17:58.310 boil it down for you here. Look, I'm going to 0:17:58.310 --> 0:18:06.150 tell you straight up truth here. Presumption is a horrific 0:18:06.150 --> 0:18:10.270 spiritual toxin. And it will take you all the way 0:18:11.390 --> 0:18:18.310 to an eternity separated from God. And this is an 0:18:18.310 --> 0:18:24.070 epidemic in our country. This changes the way we pray 0:18:24.070 --> 0:18:27.470 for wayward kids. Sean McDowell's right. One out of 30. 0:18:27.510 --> 0:18:31.949 Just his anecdotal evidence. Ever said I plead for the 0:18:31.950 --> 0:18:35.520 mercy of God. I'm a sinner. I'm a person with 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:39.760 unclean lips, unclean heart. I need a Savior and cry 0:18:39.760 --> 0:18:44.720 out with tears. Give me your life, Jesus. And he said, 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:46.840 one out of 30 of those wayward kids that were 0:18:46.840 --> 0:18:51.280 raised in churches, went to youth group, went to Sunday school. 0:18:51.280 --> 0:18:53.280 And so and here's what I want to say. There's 0:18:53.280 --> 0:18:57.280 a lot of you listening right now that are in 0:18:57.280 --> 0:19:00.200 church but are not in Christ in the Spirit of 0:19:00.200 --> 0:19:03.200 God may be convicting you today. Now, I already gave 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:06.560 you a resource so that you can know because again, 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:10.040 I want to state this. I'm not messing around with you. 0:19:10.880 --> 0:19:14.600 I get no kicks out of freaking anyone out. I 0:19:14.640 --> 0:19:18.480 get greatest joy of watching people in relationship with Jesus 0:19:18.800 --> 0:19:22.520 and then having seen that repentance undergirding for them their 0:19:22.520 --> 0:19:25.240 identity in Jesus Christ and how much they're loved, and 0:19:25.240 --> 0:19:27.840 that he he cares for you and that even when 0:19:27.840 --> 0:19:34.119 you screw up, he's still loving you. But have you 0:19:34.119 --> 0:19:40.840 ever truly been born again? Deep burden I have for you, man. 0:19:43.160 --> 0:19:45.919 And there's ample evidence to say that I'm going to 0:19:45.920 --> 0:19:47.840 be called to account for what I say or don't 0:19:47.840 --> 0:19:53.040 say on air here. And I want to be able 0:19:53.040 --> 0:19:55.320 to tell God I handled your word as rightly as 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:57.040 I could. And I looked at the culture that we 0:19:57.040 --> 0:19:59.800 live in, and I was as honest to I was 0:19:59.800 --> 0:20:01.879 as honest to you and to them as I could be. 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:08.480 And I want to tell you, Jesus loves you and 0:20:08.480 --> 0:20:12.480 he died for you. And if you have a moment 0:20:12.480 --> 0:20:15.520 of Holy Spirit sobriety where you recognize I'm a sinner, 0:20:15.520 --> 0:20:18.640 I need a Savior. I need God's mercy. Praise be 0:20:18.640 --> 0:20:23.440 to God. I want to go back to Tim Keller's quote. 0:20:23.480 --> 0:20:26.560 And this is this is so beautiful. He says there 0:20:26.600 --> 0:20:30.280 are two ways to be your own savior by breaking 0:20:30.280 --> 0:20:33.330 all the rules, younger son, or by keeping all the rules. 0:20:33.369 --> 0:20:37.250 Older son to get control of God. And I just 0:20:37.250 --> 0:20:40.330 want to ask you today, have you found God to 0:20:40.330 --> 0:20:43.530 be uncontrollable? And he's knocking at your heart's door and 0:20:43.530 --> 0:20:51.969 he's wanting in. Totally. And if that's you. You're at 0:20:51.970 --> 0:20:54.770 the end of yourself. You're broken. You're pleading for mercy. 0:20:55.690 --> 0:20:58.129 For the first time in your life. You're being so 0:20:58.130 --> 0:21:02.610 honest to God going. There's nothing good that dwells inside me. Nothing. 0:21:03.450 --> 0:21:08.650 I see my sin for what it is. I want 0:21:08.650 --> 0:21:13.330 you to come into Jesus today. I want him to 0:21:13.330 --> 0:21:15.850 fill your lamp so that you're ready when he returns. 0:21:18.250 --> 0:21:21.889 And I want you to pray with me these words 0:21:21.890 --> 0:21:25.250 right now. I'm going to tell you what they are 0:21:25.250 --> 0:21:28.850 before you say them. Jesus. I repent and I turn 0:21:28.850 --> 0:21:31.940 around and I'm going your way Away for the first 0:21:31.940 --> 0:21:35.140 time in my life. Just tell him that I turn around. 0:21:35.180 --> 0:21:41.419 I'm going your way. You say that you are the truth. 0:21:41.420 --> 0:21:44.260 Not only the way, but you are the truth. Today 0:21:44.260 --> 0:21:48.020 I'm willing to face the truth. I'm a sinner in 0:21:48.020 --> 0:21:54.980 need of mercy. And I plead save my soul. Save 0:21:54.980 --> 0:22:00.740 me from me. I have no ands and no buts 0:22:00.740 --> 0:22:08.860 attached to this. I'm just saying. Save me. And will 0:22:08.859 --> 0:22:11.780 you acknowledge today that Jesus is the way, the truth 0:22:11.780 --> 0:22:15.940 and the life? Will you say that, my friend? And 0:22:15.940 --> 0:22:18.460 that the Holy Spirit at work in you right now 0:22:18.619 --> 0:22:22.300 is convicting you of this? You know you didn't dream 0:22:22.300 --> 0:22:25.820 this up. This is the mercy of God reaching into 0:22:25.820 --> 0:22:35.060 your heart today. Jesus died for your sins. Your sins. 0:22:35.100 --> 0:22:40.060 Own in that deeply. I miss the mark. I can't 0:22:40.060 --> 0:22:43.659 do it. And even the rules I've been trying to 0:22:43.660 --> 0:22:47.580 keep have been controlling God. Because I've been trying to 0:22:47.580 --> 0:22:50.940 be in control of my life. And today I'm saying 0:22:50.940 --> 0:23:01.980 I'm giving you control of me completely. Praise God. And 0:23:01.980 --> 0:23:05.380 if this is you, Jesus said, I am the way, 0:23:05.380 --> 0:23:08.540 I am the truth. I am the life. And it's 0:23:08.540 --> 0:23:15.860 the word Zoe that means life abundant. And there is hope, possibility, 0:23:16.260 --> 0:23:20.500 new beginnings welling up inside of you. Because that's what 0:23:20.540 --> 0:23:26.100 Jesus promised. And if that's you, I want to help 0:23:26.100 --> 0:23:29.149 you in your first step with Jesus, not your second, 0:23:29.150 --> 0:23:33.310 your first. Because today is the beginning of a brand 0:23:33.310 --> 0:23:37.110 new life in Christ, and Jesus makes all things new. 0:23:38.190 --> 0:23:40.270 I want you to just text me right now if 0:23:40.270 --> 0:23:43.429 today is your day. I'm going to send you a 0:23:43.430 --> 0:23:46.350 resource back. Get your phone. I don't care where you 0:23:46.350 --> 0:23:47.990 are in this world today. I don't care if you're 0:23:47.990 --> 0:23:50.109 in the UK. We had a caller from the UK earlier. 0:23:50.109 --> 0:23:51.510 I don't care where you are. I want you to 0:23:51.510 --> 0:23:58.070 text the word new. Right now. New to 800 555 7898. 0:23:58.390 --> 0:23:59.869 And let me tell you what I'm going to send you. 0:23:59.869 --> 0:24:01.830 It's going to be a link with three embedded links. 0:24:01.830 --> 0:24:03.709 It's going to tell you how to find a good Bible, 0:24:03.710 --> 0:24:06.590 how to find a good church. People that are, are, 0:24:06.710 --> 0:24:09.350 are with you. It's going to we're going to ask 0:24:09.350 --> 0:24:11.710 for your snail mail and we're going to pay for postage. 0:24:11.710 --> 0:24:13.870 And we don't want anything in return, and we're not 0:24:13.869 --> 0:24:16.109 going to hound you. We're just going to send you 0:24:17.590 --> 0:24:20.430 a resource that's going to help you now in your 0:24:20.430 --> 0:24:24.670 next steps. Live in God's power, not your own. So 0:24:24.670 --> 0:24:29.230 just text the word new. One word. N-e-w. Right now 0:24:29.550 --> 0:24:40.030 to 800 555 7898 800 555 7898. Today's your day. 0:24:41.109 --> 0:24:44.510 There's nothing holding you back any longer. You know that 0:24:44.510 --> 0:24:48.390 God is doing a powerful work of mercy. He's shown 0:24:48.390 --> 0:24:52.109 mercy to you. He's wiping up tears. He's changing everything. 0:24:52.109 --> 0:24:58.190 Just text the word new right now to 805, five, five, 78, 98. 0:24:58.230 --> 0:25:00.109 I'm going to get a resource out to you right 0:25:00.109 --> 0:25:09.470 away instantly. And you just walk through that 800 555 7898. 0:25:09.510 --> 0:25:12.870 Today is your day of salvation. Today is your day. 0:25:14.510 --> 0:25:31.359 Today is your day. 75, oh eight, 77, 43, 25, 21, 58, 58, 8660677109151. 0:25:33.280 --> 0:25:45.400 2878 7189 0721. Come on in. Jesus is inviting you 0:25:45.400 --> 0:25:51.359 in today. 0720. Welcome to the family. To all of you. 0:25:52.520 --> 0:25:54.880 Just when you can, you grab that phone and you 0:25:54.880 --> 0:26:02.000 text new to 800 555 7898. What a beautiful thing 0:26:02.040 --> 0:26:10.000 to be broken free from. Presumption from recklessness into freedom 0:26:10.000 --> 0:26:12.520 found in Jesus Christ. We praise God. They keep pouring 0:26:12.520 --> 0:26:27.129 in here. 9975, 72, oh three, 36, oh two, 64, 31, 82, 55, 66.95. 22. 72. 0:26:27.170 --> 0:26:29.810 Welcome to the family. To all of you. Praise God, 0:26:31.290 --> 0:26:33.650 praise God for what he's doing in your life today. 0:26:37.130 --> 0:26:42.530 We've got we've gone long today. Uh, it's because the 0:26:42.530 --> 0:26:46.850 Lord had me get up early because he loves you 0:26:46.850 --> 0:26:54.290 that much. 72, 91, 49. 73. Welcome to the family, guys. 0:26:58.050 --> 0:27:11.570 Welcome to the family. 63. 99. 74. 13. Father, I 0:27:11.570 --> 0:27:13.649 thank you for all of these that are responding to 0:27:13.650 --> 0:27:17.210 you right now. Surrendering their life to Jesus Christ, acknowledging 0:27:17.210 --> 0:27:21.370 their a sinner, that they need mercy and crying out 0:27:21.369 --> 0:27:25.250 to you today and God, I praise your name. It's 0:27:25.250 --> 0:27:29.250 a beautiful thing, Lord. It's. I seem so incapable of 0:27:29.250 --> 0:27:34.010 communicating the truth sometimes. But your spirit translates right over 0:27:34.010 --> 0:27:38.970 the airwaves and it's awesome. And it's also amazing to 0:27:38.970 --> 0:27:42.210 me that you can use an imperfect guide to be 0:27:42.210 --> 0:27:45.490 a spokesperson for you. But it proves even your mercy 0:27:45.490 --> 0:27:48.050 in my own life. And I praise you for that. 0:27:49.690 --> 0:27:53.530 Thank you, Lord, for these coming to you today. And 0:27:53.930 --> 0:27:57.930 oh God, let them experience the joy of their salvation 0:27:57.930 --> 0:28:01.650 in profound ways today. And I give you thanks in 0:28:01.650 --> 0:28:06.330 Jesus name. Amen. I want to be real clear here. 0:28:06.330 --> 0:28:08.649 Somebody sent me the last four numbers of your number. 0:28:08.650 --> 0:28:11.050 Here's what you do. If today is your day of salvation, 0:28:11.050 --> 0:28:16.370 you're surrendering your life to Christ, begging the mercy of Jesus, 0:28:16.609 --> 0:28:20.050 unwilling to keep God in your box of rules any longer. 0:28:20.570 --> 0:28:27.100 Admitting pride. Admitting recklessness. Admitting presumption. Admitting being a victim 0:28:27.100 --> 0:28:31.140 of your passion. Just text the word new to 800 0:28:31.140 --> 0:28:39.060 555 7898. That's all you do. New to 800 555 7898. 0:28:39.860 --> 0:28:53.020 There's many more coming in here. 49, 73, 63, 99, 74, 13, 33, 93, 20, 22, 44, 77. 0:28:53.020 --> 0:28:56.140 Welcome to the family, to all of you. We're going 0:28:56.180 --> 0:28:58.100 to play a song here for you because this is 0:28:58.100 --> 0:29:00.260 so true. Big Daddy Weave sings about it. It's called 0:29:00.260 --> 0:29:03.260 All Things New. This is for you. This is for 0:29:03.260 --> 0:29:07.459 you today. And there's still time grabbing your phone. Get 0:29:07.460 --> 0:29:12.260 into a safe place on the side of the road. Father, 0:29:12.260 --> 0:29:16.660 make your work complete. Thank you for the work that 0:29:16.660 --> 0:29:19.340 you're doing here. And thank you that you who begin 0:29:19.340 --> 0:29:23.060 it We'll carry it on to completion until the day 0:29:23.060 --> 0:29:26.580 of Christ Jesus. Amen. And let it be. 0:29:26.900 --> 0:29:30.700 He was running from God, but God's love brought him home. 0:29:30.900 --> 0:29:34.780 Carl is in the crew. It's Carl and crew on 0:29:34.820 --> 0:29:35.900 Moody Radio. 0:29:36.100 --> 0:29:38.940 Those of you that are in Christ Jesus. And it's 0:29:38.940 --> 0:29:42.580 really funny. Um, before I tell you what God's doing 0:29:42.580 --> 0:29:46.780 here this morning, which is really cool. Um, young Thunder, explain. 0:29:46.820 --> 0:29:50.740 Because what you said about reading the blog stand. Because 0:29:50.740 --> 0:29:54.500 this is so cool. Because young Thunder, your experiences is 0:29:54.540 --> 0:29:56.780 should be all of ours. So take it away. 0:29:56.820 --> 0:30:00.180 Yeah. So the The Stand article is, is a link 0:30:00.180 --> 0:30:02.180 that we give out for when you text the word 0:30:02.220 --> 0:30:04.460 stand to our number here. And I'll say that more, 0:30:04.660 --> 0:30:08.300 you know, with more detail in a second. But the 0:30:08.300 --> 0:30:10.860 stand article is nine ways to know you stand with God, 0:30:10.860 --> 0:30:13.660 and God stands with you. And it's nine, uh, Scripture 0:30:13.700 --> 0:30:18.420 based criteria as to as to being assured of your salvation. 0:30:18.460 --> 0:30:21.870 Things that things that Christians do experience and taste and 0:30:21.870 --> 0:30:22.790 feel and all that stuff. 0:30:22.830 --> 0:30:25.030 Right? Absolutely. And so you can look at these things 0:30:25.030 --> 0:30:28.230 and say, hey, maybe I'm not completely 100% perfect in 0:30:28.230 --> 0:30:30.150 all these things, but I'm growing. I can identify these 0:30:30.150 --> 0:30:33.190 things within myself because God's confirming that in me. So 0:30:33.190 --> 0:30:34.910 you look at these things and it's really helpful. I've 0:30:34.950 --> 0:30:37.030 used it multiple times, but I was just telling Carl 0:30:37.030 --> 0:30:40.350 in the break, I said, it's so insane how often 0:30:40.350 --> 0:30:42.750 I have to go back and look at those nine 0:30:42.750 --> 0:30:46.709 things to ground myself because I, you know, I had 0:30:46.710 --> 0:30:49.150 the illusion of salvation. And so something Satan can use 0:30:49.150 --> 0:30:52.190 sometimes in my head is trying to convince me that 0:30:52.190 --> 0:30:54.190 I'm still not there yet. You know that I'm wrong, 0:30:54.190 --> 0:30:56.070 I'm wrong, I'm wrong. And it's like. And the more 0:30:56.070 --> 0:30:59.870 I get lost in that, stuck in that I, you know, 0:30:59.910 --> 0:31:02.070 I'm going off on my own thoughts, trying to self 0:31:02.070 --> 0:31:05.070 identify my own stuff. And I'm like, no, I need 0:31:05.070 --> 0:31:07.390 to go back to scripture on this. So I just 0:31:07.390 --> 0:31:10.110 pulled up the article again. I looked at it and 0:31:10.110 --> 0:31:12.910 I said, okay, I identify these things within myself. This 0:31:12.910 --> 0:31:15.030 is scripture based. This is what God says and I 0:31:15.030 --> 0:31:17.800 believe it. And I go, okay, I'm good. And then I, 0:31:17.840 --> 0:31:20.360 you know, all that anxiety and stuff washed off of 0:31:20.360 --> 0:31:21.560 me and I can just continue. 0:31:21.600 --> 0:31:25.000 But the bigger thing that is the punchline here is 0:31:25.000 --> 0:31:27.480 what this does to bolster us. 0:31:27.520 --> 0:31:28.280 Absolutely. 0:31:28.520 --> 0:31:32.800 It actually, when you read truth of what Christians do, 0:31:32.840 --> 0:31:36.880 how they act, how they function, how they respond to situations, 0:31:36.880 --> 0:31:40.480 you go, yeah, that is me. And I can still 0:31:40.480 --> 0:31:43.320 grow in that. Yes. And how cool is that? 0:31:43.360 --> 0:31:46.000 Oh, it's confidence building. It's so amazing. And the, the 0:31:46.000 --> 0:31:48.440 articles good for two things, because if you're a Christian 0:31:48.440 --> 0:31:50.520 and you're wondering and you feel scared, you can go, 0:31:50.560 --> 0:31:52.720 you can look at it and it bolsters you up 0:31:52.720 --> 0:31:55.320 to walk in confidence in God. And if you look 0:31:55.320 --> 0:31:57.280 at those things and you say, I can't identify with 0:31:57.280 --> 0:32:00.479 those things, I don't believe those things, but I want to. 0:32:00.640 --> 0:32:02.600 Then you can fall on your knees right then and 0:32:02.600 --> 0:32:05.120 there and come to Jesus. And and then those things 0:32:05.120 --> 0:32:06.360 will be true about you. 0:32:06.440 --> 0:32:11.640 Yeah. Confess your sin, by the way, 89, 73. And, uh, 0:32:11.640 --> 0:32:18.160 1119 and 5782 and 1867. More of more people following 0:32:18.160 --> 0:32:21.120 Jesus that are just getting the resource here today. But yeah, 0:32:21.120 --> 0:32:24.479 this stand resource. You know, we don't talk about this much, 0:32:24.480 --> 0:32:29.360 but this is when you look at this is a 0:32:29.360 --> 0:32:31.680 template to know you stand with God, and God stands 0:32:31.680 --> 0:32:35.160 with you when you look at it, you go, all right. 0:32:35.480 --> 0:32:39.080 And I got some good growing to do inside. 0:32:39.080 --> 0:32:39.480 Of this. 0:32:39.800 --> 0:32:42.560 Because I don't look at all I wrote this stupid thing, 0:32:42.600 --> 0:32:44.240 and I, and I don't look at all of them 0:32:44.240 --> 0:32:46.400 and go, oh yeah. 0:32:47.040 --> 0:32:48.360 I'm a plus. 0:32:49.880 --> 0:32:53.720 Carl. And he choose something, man. I don't ever do that. 0:32:53.720 --> 0:32:57.120 I look at that and go, yeah, that's true of me. 0:32:58.800 --> 0:33:02.360 And I got some growing to do in that. 0:33:02.920 --> 0:33:03.520 That's right. 0:33:03.560 --> 0:33:07.920 So it's it's, it's it's both and and so you 0:33:07.920 --> 0:33:11.040 want to grow up on Freedom Friday. You know, you're 0:33:11.040 --> 0:33:16.090 secure in Christ but you're like you got some discipleship material? Yeah. 0:33:16.130 --> 0:33:17.930 Nine ways to know you stand with God. And he 0:33:17.930 --> 0:33:20.530 stands with you because you might go, well, I'm a 0:33:20.530 --> 0:33:24.250 little weak in the knees over here. I'm standing with God. But, boy, 0:33:24.610 --> 0:33:27.250 and I need to get to the spiritual gym. And 0:33:27.250 --> 0:33:29.690 if that's what it does, like it does for Young 0:33:29.730 --> 0:33:31.370 Thunder and Super dying for me. 0:33:31.410 --> 0:33:32.970 Amen. Yes. Right on. 0:33:33.010 --> 0:33:34.050 Yes, please. 0:33:34.250 --> 0:33:35.650 All right. How do they get it? 0:33:35.650 --> 0:33:40.770 Just text the word stand to 800 555 7898. Text 0:33:40.810 --> 0:33:46.090 the word stand to 800 555, 7898. Again, we cannot 0:33:46.130 --> 0:33:48.690 endorse it enough. We go back to it and look 0:33:48.690 --> 0:33:51.130 at it for ourselves and our own personal benefit. 0:33:51.170 --> 0:33:52.610 Sometimes when no one's watching, when. 0:33:52.610 --> 0:33:54.450 No one's watching, most of the time when no one's. 0:33:54.450 --> 0:33:55.010 Watching. 0:33:57.010 --> 0:34:02.130 Oh, text the word stand to 800 555, 7898. Oh, 0:34:02.170 --> 0:34:04.410 one more added value with this thing. I'll tell you 0:34:04.410 --> 0:34:05.290 in three minutes. 0:34:05.850 --> 0:34:08.890 He was sharing the gospel on the radio and then 0:34:08.890 --> 0:34:13.250 he got saved. Young thunders in the crew. It's Carl 0:34:13.250 --> 0:34:14.980 and crew on Moody Radio. 0:34:16.860 --> 0:34:20.940 Oh, that one always. That one always gets me. That 0:34:20.940 --> 0:34:24.060 one always. That's Young Thunder's story. You've heard it before. 0:34:24.060 --> 0:34:25.780 We're not going to break it all down right now. 0:34:25.780 --> 0:34:28.020 But we are going to break down something here. I 0:34:28.020 --> 0:34:33.460 just read it. So what is it? It's a blog 0:34:33.460 --> 0:34:38.540 that we that I made up, and it's called Nine 0:34:38.540 --> 0:34:40.580 Ways to Know You stand with God and He stands 0:34:40.580 --> 0:34:43.259 with you. Now there's a double edged win on this 0:34:43.260 --> 0:34:47.420 thing number one. Well, really a three fold approach. If 0:34:47.460 --> 0:34:50.900 you're uncertain of where you stand with God and you 0:34:50.900 --> 0:34:53.020 read it and you're going, man, these are not characteristic 0:34:53.020 --> 0:34:57.140 of me. You can fall on your face, receive mercy 0:34:57.140 --> 0:35:00.859 in your time of need, like right now. And if 0:35:00.860 --> 0:35:04.500 you're born again and you want assurance of salvation, you 0:35:04.500 --> 0:35:09.460 can read this. And it will then further motivate you 0:35:09.460 --> 0:35:13.819 to go, wow, okay. There's some This is characteristic of 0:35:13.820 --> 0:35:15.819 the way I'm bent, for sure, but I got some 0:35:15.820 --> 0:35:19.060 growing to do in this area, and so it's really 0:35:19.060 --> 0:35:21.420 a cool resource. That way you can just text stand 0:35:21.420 --> 0:35:26.100 by the way and get this resource to 800 555 7898. 0:35:26.380 --> 0:35:29.420 But I think one of the hidden benefits of this 0:35:29.420 --> 0:35:33.739 blog and all it is, is Scripture. Excuse me, nine 0:35:33.739 --> 0:35:35.380 ways to know You stand with God and He stands 0:35:35.380 --> 0:35:41.819 with you. It will allow you to have insight crystal 0:35:41.820 --> 0:35:50.100 clear about how to pray for a lost spouse. A relative, 0:35:50.219 --> 0:35:52.860 a neighbor. Someone that goes to church with you. But 0:35:52.860 --> 0:35:55.819 it seems like the true lights are on, but no 0:35:55.820 --> 0:35:59.660 one's Jesus isn't in there. That's not the light of Christ, 0:36:00.820 --> 0:36:04.060 and it will really sober you up about how to 0:36:04.060 --> 0:36:08.380 pray for your children. And it's going to require a 0:36:08.380 --> 0:36:11.870 little bit of fortitude, because one of the great dangers. 0:36:11.870 --> 0:36:14.950 Since we're being brutally honest here today, one of the 0:36:14.950 --> 0:36:18.830 great dangers for Christian, I'm using that in air quotes, parents, 0:36:18.870 --> 0:36:26.229 is that we oftentimes attach so much to how we 0:36:26.230 --> 0:36:29.190 brought up our kids and a threat to. Did I 0:36:29.230 --> 0:36:33.750 screw it up that we we try to talk ourselves 0:36:34.070 --> 0:36:36.990 into a place where our kids are that they, in fact, 0:36:36.989 --> 0:36:42.190 aren't there? And that is dangerous because you want to 0:36:42.190 --> 0:36:45.790 be praying rightly for your kid. And one of the 0:36:45.790 --> 0:36:48.750 coolest things that I've ever seen is this movement that's 0:36:48.750 --> 0:36:52.629 afoot right now, where people are sobered up about where 0:36:52.630 --> 0:36:55.830 their kids are at, and more and more are saying, yeah, 0:36:55.830 --> 0:36:58.230 I'm no longer praying that my kids get back to 0:36:58.270 --> 0:37:01.589 church because they were raised in church, but they were 0:37:01.590 --> 0:37:08.270 never in Christ. And that that's freedom. That's not condemnation, 0:37:08.270 --> 0:37:11.230 that's freedom. And can I remind you, it's the Holy 0:37:11.230 --> 0:37:18.070 Spirit that saves. Not their upbringing. It is their transforming 0:37:18.230 --> 0:37:23.589 that saves. And that's the Holy Spirit's work. I've seen 0:37:23.590 --> 0:37:26.229 kids talking to Sean McDowell yesterday when I was guest 0:37:26.230 --> 0:37:30.350 hosting for Chris Brooks. I've seen kids and this is 0:37:30.350 --> 0:37:32.390 what he said, and I've seen it, too, that were 0:37:32.390 --> 0:37:35.670 raised in lousy homes that surrendered to Jesus. And I've 0:37:35.670 --> 0:37:39.510 seen kids raised in awesome homes that walk their own way. 0:37:40.590 --> 0:37:44.430 This is about them and God. You are off the hook. 0:37:44.469 --> 0:37:47.550 This is God's work. But how you pray for him. 0:37:48.350 --> 0:37:53.670 Text the word stand to 800 555 7898. Text the 0:37:53.670 --> 0:37:56.910 word stand. Get this resource. Hold on to it. Read it. 0:37:57.430 --> 0:38:00.469 Let it motivate you spiritually, and let it allow you 0:38:00.469 --> 0:38:09.109 to pray for others more accurately. Stand to 805, 55, 7898.