1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:05,960 S1: Broadcasting from Chicago, across North America and beyond its cast 2 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:10,680 S1: and crew. Come as you are an experienced guide. Overcome 3 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:15,440 S1: what seems impossible and live. As you never imagined. Start 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:16,880 S1: your morning with a laugh. 5 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:22,119 S2: Practical from the Bible. Tips and tricks to kill. Not tricks, 6 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:23,600 S2: but tips and tricks. 7 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,400 S3: Tips and tricks to kill. Tips and tricks. 8 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:30,400 S1: Delivering the truth daily. 9 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,280 S4: All of my attempts to, you know, prop myself up 10 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,760 S4: with achievement in good works. Well, God wasn't impressed by that. 11 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:38,239 S4: Even if other people were. 12 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,080 S2: The gospel changes everything. 13 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,519 S5: Freedom in Christ. Man, it's like that backpack of cement 14 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,559 S5: just falling to the ground. 15 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,920 S1: Now, from the call of Hope Studios, this is Carl 16 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:52,479 S1: and crew the whole week. 17 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,600 S6: Ask the experts what a week this has been, Ali. 18 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:57,440 S4: It has been an incredible week. I mean, I feel 19 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,910 S4: like we've been able to benefit from the godly wisdom 20 00:01:00,910 --> 00:01:04,830 S4: of so many different people who have God's gifted in 21 00:01:04,830 --> 00:01:07,830 S4: individual areas, and that's been such a blessing. 22 00:01:08,510 --> 00:01:12,030 S6: Yeah, it really has been. We've got a really great 23 00:01:12,030 --> 00:01:15,310 S6: man of God with us here today with his bride, Sue. 24 00:01:15,670 --> 00:01:19,030 S6: He's Doctor Ronald Sauer, and I'm going to bring him 25 00:01:19,030 --> 00:01:20,990 S6: in in just a little bit here. But I kind 26 00:01:21,030 --> 00:01:23,309 S6: of want to set this up. You know, the Lord 27 00:01:23,310 --> 00:01:25,310 S6: hit me with a reminder. I mentioned this a couple 28 00:01:25,350 --> 00:01:28,830 S6: of weeks ago. I've got this new Alaskan husky. His 29 00:01:28,830 --> 00:01:32,270 S6: name's blaze. He's quite a guy. Love him. Boy, I 30 00:01:32,270 --> 00:01:36,550 S6: love this guy. And the story that I shared a 31 00:01:36,550 --> 00:01:43,309 S6: couple of weeks ago, um, was about this Rottweiler that 32 00:01:43,470 --> 00:01:46,630 S6: tried to bust through. He was body slamming a bay window, 33 00:01:46,630 --> 00:01:50,230 S6: trying to get at blaze while we're walking just down 34 00:01:50,230 --> 00:01:56,550 S6: a quiet path. And it's it's a powerful metaphor because 35 00:01:57,190 --> 00:02:00,500 S6: he got off that leash straight out and instead of 36 00:02:00,500 --> 00:02:04,140 S6: running away, he actually looped back around, got in behind 37 00:02:04,140 --> 00:02:08,540 S6: my legs and got me between that Rottweiler that's trying 38 00:02:08,540 --> 00:02:12,140 S6: to bust through a bay window and himself. No, which 39 00:02:12,139 --> 00:02:18,220 S6: was a beautiful picture. But what's really amazing is that 40 00:02:18,220 --> 00:02:22,899 S6: that wasn't when that bond with blaze was formed. I 41 00:02:22,900 --> 00:02:25,820 S6: want to remind you of when it was formed. So 42 00:02:25,820 --> 00:02:27,940 S6: I went and got him in Alaska when he's eight 43 00:02:27,980 --> 00:02:31,220 S6: weeks old and he's a precious guy. He could fit 44 00:02:31,220 --> 00:02:34,540 S6: in the underneath the seat in front of me. Kind 45 00:02:34,540 --> 00:02:38,180 S6: of a thing. Just a little guy. So I'm starting 46 00:02:38,220 --> 00:02:41,100 S6: to train him. I'm out of my own bed. I'm 47 00:02:41,100 --> 00:02:45,020 S6: down in the basement bed beside a dog kennel. Imagine that. Right. 48 00:02:45,460 --> 00:02:49,140 S6: So here I am, hunkered down in a dog kennel, uh, 49 00:02:49,340 --> 00:02:53,300 S6: beside my dog. And. And the goal is hear him stirring, 50 00:02:53,300 --> 00:02:55,220 S6: and I wake up and get him out and start 51 00:02:55,220 --> 00:02:59,329 S6: to train him to pee and poop outside. That's the goal. 52 00:03:00,810 --> 00:03:04,770 S6: One morning I woke up to not a sound, but 53 00:03:04,770 --> 00:03:07,010 S6: I woke up to a smell. 54 00:03:07,530 --> 00:03:07,770 S4: Oh. 55 00:03:08,130 --> 00:03:10,930 S6: And it was something else. I didn't have to see 56 00:03:10,930 --> 00:03:14,090 S6: it to know what was going on. Pulled back the sheets, 57 00:03:14,130 --> 00:03:17,730 S6: got out of bed, walked up to his kennel, looked 58 00:03:17,730 --> 00:03:21,970 S6: in the door and I saw it. He had gone 59 00:03:21,970 --> 00:03:25,130 S6: all over the place and those little paws had it 60 00:03:25,169 --> 00:03:26,050 S6: mashed in. 61 00:03:26,130 --> 00:03:28,410 S7: Oh, okay. Okay, okay. Thank you. 62 00:03:28,450 --> 00:03:30,650 S6: Hang, hang with me here, guys. It was. It was 63 00:03:30,650 --> 00:03:34,690 S6: worse than that because he thought, well, I, I pooped. 64 00:03:34,970 --> 00:03:38,810 S6: Might as well pee. And it was a mess. It 65 00:03:38,810 --> 00:03:42,250 S6: was a mess. I don't know why I did this, 66 00:03:42,650 --> 00:03:47,410 S6: but this is the part of the story that really matters. 67 00:03:49,330 --> 00:03:52,010 S6: As I looked at him, even that little guy now 68 00:03:52,010 --> 00:03:54,810 S6: just a few months old, hung down his head like 69 00:03:54,810 --> 00:04:00,360 S6: I screwed up. Dad. I opened up that kennel door 70 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:02,640 S6: and I don't know what he was expecting some kind 71 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,760 S6: of punishment, but I knew that's not what he needed 72 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,760 S6: in that moment. And I said, come here, blaze. And 73 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,960 S6: I sat cross-legged on the floor. It's going to make 74 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,120 S6: me cry just thinking about it, guys. Yeah. I sat 75 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,839 S6: cross-legged on the floor and he crawled up into my 76 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:21,760 S6: lap with. Yep, all that stuff all over him. Yep. 77 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:28,600 S6: So I knew I was maybe ruining some pants and 78 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:33,640 S6: a shirt, but it was worth it. And he slowly 79 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,360 S6: stepped into my lap and he craned his head and 80 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,080 S6: he looked up into my eyes and I said, I 81 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,840 S6: love you, buddy. It's okay. We're going to get this 82 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:48,760 S6: worked out. You know, it might be odd. It's very 83 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,919 S6: small compared to what Jesus has done for us through 84 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,760 S6: the love of God. But that's the love of God, 85 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,909 S6: isn't it? We don't need to get cleaned up, do we? Ali? 86 00:04:58,950 --> 00:05:02,310 S4: No. And we can't. And we usually make more of 87 00:05:02,310 --> 00:05:04,750 S4: a mess trying to clean ourselves up. 88 00:05:05,950 --> 00:05:08,589 S6: There's so many of you that I think you underestimate 89 00:05:08,589 --> 00:05:10,870 S6: the love of God and the power of God to 90 00:05:10,910 --> 00:05:14,789 S6: take you just as you are. Uh, conventional wisdom is 91 00:05:14,790 --> 00:05:16,550 S6: I gotta get cleaned up. And those of you that 92 00:05:16,550 --> 00:05:19,750 S6: are truly born again, you. You've made a mess a 93 00:05:19,750 --> 00:05:22,030 S6: time or two and you're like, oh my goodness, I 94 00:05:22,029 --> 00:05:24,190 S6: don't even want to get out of the kennel, let 95 00:05:24,190 --> 00:05:26,390 S6: alone crawl up into his lap. And you know what? 96 00:05:26,430 --> 00:05:30,229 S6: Jesus says, come on over here. We're still working on you. 97 00:05:31,510 --> 00:05:35,710 S1: Standing on the rock each and every day. You're listening 98 00:05:35,750 --> 00:05:36,990 S1: to Carl and crew. 99 00:05:37,310 --> 00:05:41,190 S6: So blaze walks out of that little kennel and a 100 00:05:41,190 --> 00:05:46,229 S6: few months old, having a mess all over him. He 101 00:05:46,230 --> 00:05:50,150 S6: knew that we were trying to get him trained up 102 00:05:50,150 --> 00:05:53,310 S6: to pee and poop outside, and he couldn't hold it. 103 00:05:53,790 --> 00:05:57,339 S6: So what did he think? He probably thought there was 104 00:05:57,339 --> 00:06:00,860 S6: scolding coming his way, and he hung his head in 105 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:03,500 S6: shame and took a couple of steps out of that kennel, 106 00:06:03,500 --> 00:06:07,300 S6: and I sat cross-legged. He crawled up into my lap 107 00:06:07,740 --> 00:06:14,540 S6: with stuff all over him. And I said, you're a 108 00:06:14,540 --> 00:06:17,700 S6: good boy, blaze, I love you. And he looked up 109 00:06:17,700 --> 00:06:22,060 S6: at me and his little puppy eyes at three months, 110 00:06:22,060 --> 00:06:25,940 S6: couldn't hardly believe it. You love me? You gotta be 111 00:06:25,940 --> 00:06:31,220 S6: kidding me, dad. It's a beautiful picture. Ron Sauer with 112 00:06:31,220 --> 00:06:34,140 S6: us right now, doctor Ron Sauer. We'll give an ID 113 00:06:34,220 --> 00:06:37,340 S6: here in a moment. But, Ron, God's love, man, we 114 00:06:37,380 --> 00:06:39,659 S6: we have this notion that we got to clean ourselves 115 00:06:39,660 --> 00:06:43,460 S6: up to come to him for salvation and even for sanctification. 116 00:06:43,460 --> 00:06:46,020 S6: And the amazing thing of God's love is he says, 117 00:06:46,020 --> 00:06:48,820 S6: come to me even though you're a mess. Right, Ron? 118 00:06:48,980 --> 00:06:51,979 S8: You're correct about that. I'm thinking about Mark chapter five 119 00:06:52,020 --> 00:06:54,420 S8: with that woman with a hemorrhage of blood for 12 120 00:06:54,420 --> 00:06:58,890 S8: years was prohibited by the Mosaic law from touching anybody. 121 00:06:59,170 --> 00:07:01,930 S8: She was so desperate to be healed, she came up 122 00:07:01,930 --> 00:07:05,409 S8: behind Jesus and touched his cloak, saying, if I touch 123 00:07:05,450 --> 00:07:09,130 S8: his cloak, I'll be healed. Yeah. She was half right. 124 00:07:09,250 --> 00:07:11,610 S8: She was correct in thinking, here's somebody can help me. 125 00:07:11,930 --> 00:07:15,610 S8: But her faith was theologically incorrect in thinking she had 126 00:07:15,610 --> 00:07:18,650 S8: to touch him. She wasn't supposed to touch him. And 127 00:07:18,650 --> 00:07:21,330 S8: when she was touched, Jesus knew that power had gone 128 00:07:21,330 --> 00:07:24,850 S8: out from him into her. And he didn't rebuke her. 129 00:07:25,090 --> 00:07:29,050 S8: In fact, he called her daughter. Daughter, your faith has 130 00:07:29,050 --> 00:07:32,370 S8: healed you. That is, your faith touched, appropriated my power. 131 00:07:32,410 --> 00:07:36,450 S8: My power cleansed you. And Jesus showed us that he 132 00:07:36,490 --> 00:07:42,570 S8: welcomes ill, sick, sinful people to come to him. In fact, 133 00:07:42,570 --> 00:07:46,850 S8: I really appreciate Jesus remark in Matthew 11. Come to me. 134 00:07:46,890 --> 00:07:47,450 S6: Yes. 135 00:07:47,650 --> 00:07:51,810 S8: And he demonstrates that he is the Lord over our impurity, 136 00:07:51,810 --> 00:07:55,560 S8: as sinful as we are, and we are sinful, his grace, 137 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,720 S8: his power to forgive are greater. 138 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,560 S4: Doctor Ronald Sauer with us this morning. He's a retired 139 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,240 S4: professor of Bible and Greek from the Moody Bible Institute, 140 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:08,280 S4: currently an adjunct professor. He's been at Moody for quite 141 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:11,200 S4: some time. He was on with us recently, and so 142 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,640 S4: many of you had such great feedback and enjoyed hearing 143 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:16,440 S4: from him. We heard about his podcast, Quiet Time with 144 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:19,920 S4: Doctor Ron Sauer. If you have a question, this can 145 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,880 S4: be on a lot of different issues. Maybe it's an 146 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:26,440 S4: assurance of salvation question, maybe it's a question about shame, 147 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,800 S4: or you're facing a decision and trying to get some 148 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,040 S4: godly discernment. Give us your questions. You can call open 149 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,120 S4: phone lines up for you. You can also text 800 150 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:42,160 S4: 555 7898 800 555 7898. 151 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:46,600 S6: Understanding the love of God, Ron, is, um, it's it's 152 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:51,959 S6: more than knowledge. Um, as in, uh, knowledge brokering? There's 153 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:55,670 S6: an experiential ness to it. How do people take hold 154 00:08:55,670 --> 00:08:57,070 S6: of that love, Ron. 155 00:08:58,030 --> 00:09:03,310 S8: By accepting in faith the declarations of scripture. My favorite 156 00:09:03,309 --> 00:09:06,390 S8: verse is first John 410. This is sort of my 157 00:09:06,390 --> 00:09:10,949 S8: translation from the Greek. This is the epitome of love. 158 00:09:11,190 --> 00:09:14,469 S8: Not that we have loved God, but that He himself 159 00:09:14,470 --> 00:09:18,750 S8: loved us and sent His Son Jesus to be the satisfaction, 160 00:09:18,790 --> 00:09:21,350 S8: the payment for our sins. Love it. 161 00:09:23,070 --> 00:09:27,390 S6: There's a lot of you listening today that you feel like, ah, 162 00:09:27,630 --> 00:09:31,350 S6: I've messed up again. The beautiful thing about the love 163 00:09:31,350 --> 00:09:36,469 S6: of God is that it leads us into this discipleship 164 00:09:36,470 --> 00:09:41,189 S6: relationship with the Savior, that he can square away what 165 00:09:41,230 --> 00:09:43,550 S6: seems unsolvable. Right, Ron? 166 00:09:43,550 --> 00:09:44,470 S8: That's correct. 167 00:09:44,510 --> 00:09:47,710 S6: Explain that for us. How does that process work? 168 00:09:48,790 --> 00:09:57,300 S8: I like, uh, Psalm 103. I'm turning to it now. Uh, 169 00:09:57,300 --> 00:10:05,700 S8: Psalm 103, which says, and I'm looking for my verse here, uh, 170 00:10:05,700 --> 00:10:08,300 S8: Psalm 103 and verse 13, just as a father has 171 00:10:08,300 --> 00:10:12,059 S8: compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on 172 00:10:12,059 --> 00:10:17,179 S8: those who fear him. He himself knows our frame. The 173 00:10:17,340 --> 00:10:21,859 S8: Hebrew word frame refers to our bones. That is the hardest, 174 00:10:22,260 --> 00:10:26,740 S8: most enduring part of our physical makeup. He is mindful 175 00:10:26,740 --> 00:10:31,980 S8: that we are but dust. So God knows that physically 176 00:10:32,260 --> 00:10:37,980 S8: we are very weak. Morally. We are even weaker. And 177 00:10:37,980 --> 00:10:41,140 S8: what this passage is saying is that God is very 178 00:10:41,140 --> 00:10:44,980 S8: aware of our infirmities, our weaknesses, our failures, and that 179 00:10:45,179 --> 00:10:48,780 S8: those those mistakes that we make and we all make 180 00:10:48,780 --> 00:10:52,540 S8: them do not cause God to be disgusted with us. 181 00:10:52,540 --> 00:10:55,530 S8: He never turns his back on us. Washes his hand 182 00:10:55,530 --> 00:11:00,370 S8: and walks away. Just the opposite. Our weaknesses bring out 183 00:11:00,410 --> 00:11:05,570 S8: God's compassion for us. As a father has compassion on 184 00:11:05,570 --> 00:11:10,929 S8: his weak child. Yeah. Our son Joseph. When he was 185 00:11:10,929 --> 00:11:14,170 S8: a little boy, he had trouble, uh, overcoming, wetting the 186 00:11:14,210 --> 00:11:15,929 S8: bed at night. And I spoke to him a couple 187 00:11:15,970 --> 00:11:19,890 S8: of times, and I said, Joseph, your older sister has 188 00:11:19,890 --> 00:11:22,929 S8: already conquered this challenge. Your younger brother has conquered it, 189 00:11:22,929 --> 00:11:24,970 S8: and you need to conquer it. So I want you 190 00:11:24,970 --> 00:11:26,890 S8: to try real hard. And he said, okay, dad, I will. 191 00:11:27,130 --> 00:11:30,330 S8: He went three weeks without reading the bed. And then 192 00:11:30,330 --> 00:11:33,689 S8: in week four, he woke up in a wet puddle, 193 00:11:33,690 --> 00:11:36,610 S8: called his mother, and Sue went in there to change 194 00:11:36,610 --> 00:11:39,450 S8: his sheets and pajamas and rinse him off. And I 195 00:11:39,450 --> 00:11:41,370 S8: went in there and at first I was very upset 196 00:11:41,370 --> 00:11:44,530 S8: with him until I saw his face. He looked so 197 00:11:44,570 --> 00:11:49,970 S8: disappointed in himself that touched my heart. And I said, Joseph, 198 00:11:50,210 --> 00:11:55,200 S8: that's okay, son, you did so well For three weeks now. Tonight. 199 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,360 S8: You messed up. You're. You're making progress. You just keep 200 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,000 S8: trying and you're going to come out of this. My 201 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:05,840 S8: point is, when I saw his disappointment in himself, my 202 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:11,160 S8: fatherly heart was touched with compassion. That's God. I was 203 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:13,600 S8: that way because I made in the image of God. 204 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:17,280 S8: And God sees our failures. He knows we're trying. We 205 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:19,880 S8: want to do better in the Christian life, and we 206 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,520 S8: will if we just continue to walk with the Lord. 207 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,760 S8: The Holy Spirit grows us, matures us. He helps us 208 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:31,040 S8: learn how to overcome sin. Resist it better. But God's 209 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:35,360 S8: heart is full of compassion for us. Our mistakes bring 210 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:37,760 S8: out his compassion for us. 211 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,200 S4: We are taking your questions this hour. Our guest, expert 212 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,160 S4: Doctor Ron Sauer. And coming up, we're going to introduce 213 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:47,160 S4: you to his bride, who's accompanied him in this morning. 214 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,640 S4: Sue Sauer, you're going to hear from both of them 215 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:53,270 S4: coming up. Get your questions in. Then 805, five, five, 216 00:12:53,309 --> 00:12:57,510 S4: 7898 (800) 555-7898. 217 00:12:58,070 --> 00:13:01,150 S1: Get your info from a source you can trust. It's 218 00:13:01,190 --> 00:13:03,670 S1: Ask the Experts week with Carl and crew. 219 00:13:03,910 --> 00:13:07,309 S6: Oh, have we got experts in here? Doctor Ron Sauer 220 00:13:07,309 --> 00:13:09,910 S6: and his wife Sue are with us this morning. We 221 00:13:09,950 --> 00:13:13,310 S6: are opening lines wide open right now. Call in or 222 00:13:13,309 --> 00:13:19,750 S6: text your question. 800 555. 78. 98. You might say, well, 223 00:13:19,750 --> 00:13:22,470 S6: what are the boundaries around it? Pretty wide open here. 224 00:13:23,110 --> 00:13:27,270 S6: 805 five five 7898. I think the best thing when 225 00:13:27,270 --> 00:13:30,069 S6: you've got someone like Ron and his wife Sue with us, 226 00:13:30,110 --> 00:13:34,110 S6: is that we've got a lot of years of sacred scars, 227 00:13:34,150 --> 00:13:36,510 S6: a lot of learning, a lot of bumping, a lot 228 00:13:36,510 --> 00:13:39,830 S6: of growing, a lot of learning about God's goodness. I 229 00:13:39,830 --> 00:13:41,830 S6: don't know what you're up against today, but get your 230 00:13:41,830 --> 00:13:48,150 S6: question in right now. 800 555 7898. You know, Ron, 231 00:13:48,150 --> 00:13:51,740 S6: I was struck a number of years ago. Oh, probably 232 00:13:51,740 --> 00:13:56,540 S6: 30 now. I heard little Piper ism on John Piper 233 00:13:56,540 --> 00:13:59,300 S6: speaking about the will of God. Somebody asked, how in 234 00:13:59,300 --> 00:14:02,100 S6: the world do I know the will of God? I 235 00:14:02,100 --> 00:14:04,260 S6: think it's first Thessalonians four three. This is the will 236 00:14:04,300 --> 00:14:08,100 S6: of God, your sanctification, the context. There is sexual issues 237 00:14:08,100 --> 00:14:10,820 S6: that were going on, but it suffices to say that 238 00:14:10,820 --> 00:14:12,860 S6: is the will of God, that we would grow up 239 00:14:12,860 --> 00:14:16,300 S6: in him. And then we find in Romans 12 two 240 00:14:17,179 --> 00:14:21,260 S6: that we can approve of God's will by having our 241 00:14:21,260 --> 00:14:26,940 S6: minds renewed. Uh, speak to the sanctification process and the 242 00:14:26,940 --> 00:14:30,300 S6: renewal of the mind to discern how we go and 243 00:14:30,300 --> 00:14:32,260 S6: how we move in life. Ron. 244 00:14:33,700 --> 00:14:40,380 S8: Well, as Romans 12 one and two say, um, do 245 00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:42,820 S8: not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by 246 00:14:42,820 --> 00:14:45,500 S8: the renewing of your mind. And how is our mind 247 00:14:45,540 --> 00:14:49,540 S8: renewed by the by the Holy Spirit through the Word 248 00:14:49,540 --> 00:14:53,770 S8: of God? but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Why? 249 00:14:54,010 --> 00:14:56,810 S8: Here's the purpose for it, so that you may prove 250 00:14:56,970 --> 00:14:59,890 S8: what the will of God is, that which is good 251 00:15:00,090 --> 00:15:05,890 S8: and acceptable and perfect complete. So God has. I believe 252 00:15:05,890 --> 00:15:09,450 S8: the Scripture teaches that God has a plan, a specific 253 00:15:09,450 --> 00:15:13,330 S8: plan and purpose for every Christian. I see in the 254 00:15:13,330 --> 00:15:17,610 S8: Bible that God had a plan for Abraham, for Moses, uh, 255 00:15:17,730 --> 00:15:23,250 S8: for Paul, for the disciples. And sometimes people say, yes, 256 00:15:23,250 --> 00:15:25,410 S8: he did have a specific plan for them, but they 257 00:15:25,410 --> 00:15:28,610 S8: were special. I agree they were special. But you and 258 00:15:28,610 --> 00:15:32,170 S8: I are just as special on the end of your 259 00:15:32,210 --> 00:15:36,250 S8: fingers or prints. Nobody else in the world has. God's 260 00:15:36,250 --> 00:15:39,050 S8: going to a lot of trouble to give us fingerprints 261 00:15:39,050 --> 00:15:41,970 S8: that are unique just to ourselves. If he does something 262 00:15:41,970 --> 00:15:46,530 S8: like that, surely God goes a step further and designs 263 00:15:46,530 --> 00:15:51,120 S8: a plan, a purpose, a specific task for us to 264 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:54,160 S8: perform in life. And you remember Jesus said, I have 265 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,200 S8: finished the work you gave me to do. Paul said 266 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,240 S8: a similar thing. I have finished the course that was 267 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,000 S8: laid out before me. And how do we find it? 268 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:05,160 S8: By the Word of God. By being submissive to the 269 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:10,320 S8: Holy Spirit. By seeking God's will. By getting good advice 270 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:14,320 S8: from the godly men and women around us. 271 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:18,640 S4: Doctor Ron Sauer, our guest this morning, taking your questions. 272 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:20,520 S4: If you'd like to get a question, you can call 273 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:29,640 S4: or you can text us (800) 555-7898. (800) 555-7898. Also in studio 274 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,640 S4: with us this morning is his bride, Sue Sauer. Now, 275 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,960 S4: the cool thing, although she did not work here at 276 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:38,480 S4: Moody for 25 years, she would come here on her 277 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:42,520 S4: day off and she would disciple women here, women students 278 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,280 S4: at Moody Bible Institute. So they would do this tag 279 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:49,350 S4: team for many, many years, her background in education and music. 280 00:16:49,390 --> 00:16:52,470 S4: She taught a couple of years in the public school system. Carl, 281 00:16:52,470 --> 00:16:56,310 S4: they've been married this June. They will celebrate 55. 282 00:16:56,350 --> 00:16:59,230 S6: Oh, they got me by 20 years. They're about. 283 00:17:00,150 --> 00:17:02,270 S4: So if you are a young woman and you have 284 00:17:02,270 --> 00:17:06,110 S4: a question. Uh, doctor, doctor Sauer and his bride, Sue 285 00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:10,830 S4: are ready to take your calls. 800 555 7898. I 286 00:17:10,830 --> 00:17:13,629 S4: had a question that came in, um, from. Oh, I 287 00:17:13,670 --> 00:17:17,590 S4: just lost it. Okay. Someone I would like to ask 288 00:17:17,630 --> 00:17:20,830 S4: the doctor, what is the best way to start a 289 00:17:20,830 --> 00:17:22,510 S4: 40 day fast? 290 00:17:24,390 --> 00:17:27,870 S8: Oh, um, if if that person will allow me, I 291 00:17:27,869 --> 00:17:30,869 S8: will defer that to my wife because she's much more 292 00:17:30,869 --> 00:17:33,350 S8: skilled and knowledgeable in fasting than I am. 293 00:17:34,030 --> 00:17:35,110 S6: That's a good man. 294 00:17:35,150 --> 00:17:35,790 S3: Okay, Sue. 295 00:17:35,830 --> 00:17:37,670 S4: What do you say to someone who's maybe new to 296 00:17:37,710 --> 00:17:39,470 S4: fasting and wants to get a start? 297 00:17:39,710 --> 00:17:44,310 S9: Well, a 40 day fast is an extraordinary thing. You 298 00:17:44,310 --> 00:17:49,020 S9: need to start out with smaller days of fasting just 299 00:17:49,020 --> 00:17:54,619 S9: to see how your body responds. And, um, by the 300 00:17:54,619 --> 00:17:59,460 S9: third day you will feel at least I always feel, um, 301 00:17:59,940 --> 00:18:03,380 S9: throbbing through the stomach because the blood and everything is 302 00:18:03,380 --> 00:18:07,100 S9: looking for food there. And when it doesn't find food 303 00:18:07,100 --> 00:18:10,780 S9: after the third day, then it goes to your fat cells, 304 00:18:10,780 --> 00:18:15,740 S9: which is great. And you never want to fast without 305 00:18:15,900 --> 00:18:21,020 S9: pure water. Um, drinking not too much of it, but 306 00:18:21,060 --> 00:18:25,060 S9: a good amount through the day. I serve notice on 307 00:18:25,060 --> 00:18:30,540 S9: my body every morning with about three cups of pure water. 308 00:18:30,940 --> 00:18:35,100 S9: And then, um, you know, then your body knows it's 309 00:18:35,380 --> 00:18:38,700 S9: ready for the day or something. I, I have not 310 00:18:38,700 --> 00:18:44,540 S9: been able to fast past ten days, just water fast, and, um, I, 311 00:18:44,660 --> 00:18:47,580 S9: I think it's a supernatural thing to do. 40 days. 312 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:51,960 S9: There are partial fasts where you can eat one meal 313 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:56,040 S9: a day and make sure it's the right kind of 314 00:18:56,040 --> 00:19:00,200 S9: fuel for your body. You need to know your body 315 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:07,159 S9: whether you you can take oils or not. You know, um, um, 316 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:11,960 S9: some people like me don't have a gallbladder, so you 317 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,560 S9: don't have what you need to take care of oils. 318 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:19,360 S9: Or some people have more of an acidic stomach, so 319 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:25,440 S9: they need to, um, add some. Um, uh, let's see. 320 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:26,120 S9: What is it? 321 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,000 S4: You know what? You've given us a good start, so 322 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:33,080 S4: no worries. I'm not grabbing that word, but you've given 323 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:34,960 S4: us a great start. Thank you for that question. If 324 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:38,119 S4: you have one for Doctor Sour or for Sue, just 325 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:46,400 S4: give us a text or call (800) 555-7898. (800) 555-7898. 326 00:19:47,430 --> 00:19:51,629 S1: You've got questions. They've got answers. It's Ask the Experts 327 00:19:51,670 --> 00:19:53,150 S1: week with Carl and crew. 328 00:19:53,310 --> 00:19:56,150 S6: What a week. Ask the experts. And we've got Doctor 329 00:19:56,150 --> 00:19:58,550 S6: Ron Sauer and his wife Sue with us right now. 330 00:19:58,670 --> 00:20:07,350 S6: Phone lines, text lines wide open. 855 five 7898 (800) 555-7898. 331 00:20:07,350 --> 00:20:09,470 S6: Wealth of wisdom here with these two. And we're so 332 00:20:09,470 --> 00:20:12,150 S6: grateful that you're with us today. Got a question here 333 00:20:12,590 --> 00:20:15,390 S6: that oh, boy, does this capture a ton of folks 334 00:20:15,390 --> 00:20:18,710 S6: where they are today? My 35 year old son is 335 00:20:18,710 --> 00:20:22,310 S6: a believer, comma. Not walking with the Lord as closely 336 00:20:22,310 --> 00:20:26,470 S6: as he should. A lot spoken right there, by the way. Um, 337 00:20:26,630 --> 00:20:32,550 S6: he's upset about some geopolitical things that are going on. Um, 338 00:20:33,350 --> 00:20:36,550 S6: in this case, Iran. But I want to broaden this out. 339 00:20:36,590 --> 00:20:40,230 S6: We've got a whole generation that was raised in church. 340 00:20:40,230 --> 00:20:42,429 S6: They may have never been in Christ. I'm going to 341 00:20:42,430 --> 00:20:45,750 S6: go to you first, Ron, when we hit these things, 342 00:20:45,990 --> 00:20:49,340 S6: a lot of parents that are in Christ Jesus don't 343 00:20:49,340 --> 00:20:52,260 S6: know how to wrestle with them, and they find themselves 344 00:20:52,260 --> 00:20:55,980 S6: alienating their children. What's your wisdom on this friend? 345 00:20:56,859 --> 00:21:00,460 S8: I really appreciate what the Lord said in Isaiah one. 346 00:21:00,859 --> 00:21:04,220 S8: The ox knows its owner and the donkey its manger. 347 00:21:04,220 --> 00:21:08,380 S8: But my people don't know me. The Holy One of Israel, 348 00:21:08,380 --> 00:21:11,700 S8: in fact, they despise me. Go back to the Garden 349 00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:13,740 S8: of Eden. God created a perfect son, gave him a 350 00:21:13,740 --> 00:21:16,060 S8: perfect wife, put him in a perfect home. And they 351 00:21:16,100 --> 00:21:21,100 S8: still rebelled against God. Do we blame God for that rebellion? No. 352 00:21:21,100 --> 00:21:25,460 S8: He's the perfect father. He did everything right. God, when 353 00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:29,659 S8: a couple does a commendable job raising their child, that's 354 00:21:29,660 --> 00:21:32,900 S8: no guarantee that that child is going to walk with 355 00:21:32,900 --> 00:21:36,500 S8: the Lord. It makes it more likely they will. Now 356 00:21:36,500 --> 00:21:39,619 S8: we sue. And I had our own prodigal. In fact, 357 00:21:39,780 --> 00:21:44,060 S8: Jeffrey is 42 years old now. He calls himself an 358 00:21:44,060 --> 00:21:47,250 S8: ex prodigal, and he was raised right. He was raised 359 00:21:47,250 --> 00:21:49,730 S8: in the church. We took him all over the world 360 00:21:49,730 --> 00:21:55,090 S8: doing Christian ministry, um, with him. And, um, yet he 361 00:21:55,130 --> 00:21:58,090 S8: he was influenced by the world and lived and walked 362 00:21:58,090 --> 00:22:01,609 S8: away from God for some years. For our part, we 363 00:22:01,650 --> 00:22:05,650 S8: kept loving him, uh, living out the Christian life before him. 364 00:22:05,650 --> 00:22:08,650 S8: So he saw our sincerity and integrity. And the best 365 00:22:08,650 --> 00:22:11,770 S8: thing we did for Jeff was pray, pray, pray. God 366 00:22:11,770 --> 00:22:14,690 S8: heard those prayers. And in the back of a police 367 00:22:14,690 --> 00:22:19,210 S8: car being arrested, Jeffrey found Christ. Or rather, he puts it, 368 00:22:19,250 --> 00:22:21,689 S8: Christ found me in the back of a police car. 369 00:22:21,930 --> 00:22:25,290 S8: So don't give up. God remembers our prayers for our 370 00:22:25,290 --> 00:22:27,410 S8: prodigals and he responds to them. 371 00:22:29,530 --> 00:22:32,610 S4: Doctors Ron Sauer and his wife Sue in studio with 372 00:22:32,609 --> 00:22:35,010 S4: us this morning. And I want to ask you, uh, 373 00:22:35,010 --> 00:22:37,929 S4: you both spent a lot of time discipling and mentoring 374 00:22:37,930 --> 00:22:41,570 S4: students here at Moody Bible Institute. Uh, what were some 375 00:22:41,570 --> 00:22:45,600 S4: of the biggest things that came up consistently in those 376 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:50,760 S4: conversations patterns. Obviously, every story is unique, but I'll go 377 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:54,280 S4: to you, Sue. What were some of the main buckets 378 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:56,879 S4: that the questions that the women would come to you 379 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:57,760 S4: fell in? 380 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:01,240 S9: Um, I think one of them is how will I 381 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:07,280 S9: know when the right man comes? And I always encouraged 382 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:12,920 S9: them to to, uh, develop their own list of negotiables 383 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:17,160 S9: and non-negotiables. Take a good look at their parents, what 384 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,760 S9: they want to repeat, what they don't want to repeat. 385 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:25,240 S9: Look at, um, couples. Look at. Look at guys. I 386 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:30,359 S9: think the, the big problem is that they, they focus 387 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,600 S9: in on one guy, and they, they think they've got 388 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,680 S9: to be faithful to him, just like they're married to him, 389 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:39,480 S9: but they're not. So this is the only time before 390 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:43,200 S9: marriage that you can really look at your brothers. So 391 00:23:43,790 --> 00:23:48,830 S9: Spend brother time. Find out what they're like. Um, you know, 392 00:23:48,869 --> 00:23:52,710 S9: don't don't just go surface level, uh, and put all 393 00:23:52,710 --> 00:23:58,030 S9: your hopes on one guy. Um, you need that experience. 394 00:23:58,030 --> 00:24:00,710 S9: You need. You need to focus on the Lord. 395 00:24:02,270 --> 00:24:03,790 S4: What about you, Doctor Ron? 396 00:24:04,109 --> 00:24:06,429 S8: Well, here are my list of the of the things 397 00:24:06,430 --> 00:24:09,550 S8: that people brought to me. Number one, how to walk 398 00:24:09,550 --> 00:24:13,510 S8: with God. How to better live the Christian life. Number two, temptations. 399 00:24:13,510 --> 00:24:17,070 S8: How to overcome them. How, how to not fall into 400 00:24:17,109 --> 00:24:20,510 S8: them so often. Number three romance and marriage. Number four, 401 00:24:20,550 --> 00:24:22,270 S8: the will of God. How can I know God's will 402 00:24:22,270 --> 00:24:25,430 S8: for my life? Number five what I call quiet times 403 00:24:25,430 --> 00:24:30,310 S8: in Bible study. Uh sixthly. When dealing with moody students, uh, 404 00:24:30,310 --> 00:24:35,510 S8: trouble with my parents? Seventhly doubt about the validity of Christianity. 405 00:24:35,710 --> 00:24:38,389 S8: And then, number eight, assurance of salvation. Those are the 406 00:24:38,390 --> 00:24:41,389 S8: top topics that students brought to me, Ron. 407 00:24:41,390 --> 00:24:43,189 S6: Those are right on the top of your head. So 408 00:24:43,190 --> 00:24:46,340 S6: I want to go with door number two. Let's tackle temptation. 409 00:24:46,340 --> 00:24:48,780 S6: I think that was number two because we get people 410 00:24:48,780 --> 00:24:53,380 S6: here constantly feeling like I'm on this sin, shame, repent, 411 00:24:53,420 --> 00:24:58,780 S6: repeat cycle. And they are frustrated beyond belief with how 412 00:24:58,780 --> 00:25:01,260 S6: to break that cycle. What do you say, Ron? 413 00:25:01,619 --> 00:25:06,340 S8: I just appreciate the godly men who wrote Psalm 119. Um, 414 00:25:06,700 --> 00:25:09,220 S8: he's quite honest now. He has a passion for the Bible. 415 00:25:09,220 --> 00:25:11,860 S8: He knows the Word of God, and yet he says, 416 00:25:11,859 --> 00:25:15,580 S8: oh Lord, please don't let me stray from you. He 417 00:25:15,940 --> 00:25:20,060 S8: had a sinful heart, as we all do, and I 418 00:25:20,100 --> 00:25:25,980 S8: find temptations very attractive and appealing. And I find myself 419 00:25:26,020 --> 00:25:30,820 S8: wanting to indulge in those temptations and remember what Jesus said, 420 00:25:30,820 --> 00:25:34,859 S8: pray that you do not fall into temptation. Now. He 421 00:25:34,859 --> 00:25:36,740 S8: said that on the day that he was going to 422 00:25:36,740 --> 00:25:39,100 S8: be arrested, he was telling his disciples, you have a 423 00:25:39,100 --> 00:25:41,780 S8: test coming, a temptation. You're going to be tempted to 424 00:25:41,780 --> 00:25:45,169 S8: abandon me now. The way to avoid falling into that 425 00:25:45,170 --> 00:25:47,730 S8: and abandon me is spend time in prayer. They didn't. 426 00:25:47,730 --> 00:25:51,090 S8: They spent time sleeping in Gethsemane. So when the test came, 427 00:25:51,130 --> 00:25:55,290 S8: they folded like a house of cards. Um, and so 428 00:25:55,570 --> 00:25:58,250 S8: we're going to be tempted now as we grow in 429 00:25:58,250 --> 00:26:04,490 S8: the Christian life. God sharpens our skills. He increases our moral, uh, power. 430 00:26:04,690 --> 00:26:08,370 S8: And so we we fall into temptation less and we 431 00:26:08,369 --> 00:26:09,370 S8: overcome it more. 432 00:26:09,810 --> 00:26:12,370 S4: Doctor Ron Sauer and Sue Sauer in studio with us 433 00:26:12,369 --> 00:26:15,770 S4: this morning. Let's go to another one that caught my 434 00:26:15,770 --> 00:26:18,929 S4: ear assurance of salvation. Uh, you know, for a student 435 00:26:18,930 --> 00:26:22,850 S4: at Moody Bible Institute to come to you and utter 436 00:26:22,850 --> 00:26:25,530 S4: those words, I'm not really sure where I'm at with God. 437 00:26:25,530 --> 00:26:27,649 S4: I don't know if I'm saved. That probably had to 438 00:26:27,650 --> 00:26:31,570 S4: be maybe kind of a scary conversation to start. What 439 00:26:31,570 --> 00:26:34,130 S4: did you what did you say to some students who 440 00:26:34,170 --> 00:26:38,770 S4: I'm sure were genuinely saved but struggling, and then others 441 00:26:38,770 --> 00:26:41,610 S4: who maybe never really known Christ at all? 442 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,639 S8: One of the first things I say to them is 443 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:51,240 S8: it is normal to doubt our salvation. I suspect most 444 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:55,400 S8: Christians at some point wonder whether or not they're saved. 445 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:59,479 S8: Our 12 year old son Joseph said when he was 446 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:01,760 S8: 12 years old, dad, how can I be sure I'm saved? 447 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,000 S8: And I said, why are you why are you asking 448 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,800 S8: that question? And he said, because salvation is so important, 449 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:08,680 S8: I can't afford to make a mistake. Now he was 450 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:12,080 S8: right at 12 years of age. So in my time, 451 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,760 S8: 35 years here at Moody, I have seen not a 452 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:19,320 S8: few students doubt their salvation. And so they come to 453 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:21,719 S8: me and pour out their heart about it. And I'll 454 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,840 S8: let them know there are. The New Testament has given 455 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:28,320 S8: us a number of means by which we can know 456 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:31,160 S8: whether or not we're saved. One is the Word of God. 457 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:38,360 S8: John 318 he who believes in Christ shall not be condemned. 458 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,200 S8: Now who's saying that God is? We need to take 459 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:45,670 S8: him at His Word. The Holy Spirit will will witness 460 00:27:45,670 --> 00:27:50,350 S8: with our spirit and assure us that we're safe. Also perseverance. 461 00:27:50,710 --> 00:27:54,910 S8: Continuing to walk with the Lord. Not even when we backslide, 462 00:27:54,910 --> 00:27:57,270 S8: we repent and come back to the Lord is a 463 00:27:57,270 --> 00:28:00,510 S8: sign of salvation. And what I've seen is this, that 464 00:28:00,510 --> 00:28:04,909 S8: there are there are times when I have seen, uh, students, uh, 465 00:28:04,910 --> 00:28:09,429 S8: just struggle intensely with it. And at some point God 466 00:28:09,430 --> 00:28:13,710 S8: steps in and he says enough, and he begins to 467 00:28:13,750 --> 00:28:17,630 S8: assure them of their salvation and bring them out of 468 00:28:17,670 --> 00:28:18,470 S8: that doubt. 469 00:28:18,869 --> 00:28:21,389 S4: Doctor Ron Sauer and Sue Sauer are with us this morning. 470 00:28:21,390 --> 00:28:24,550 S4: If you have a question that you would like to ask, 471 00:28:24,750 --> 00:28:30,070 S4: just text us or call us (800) 555-7898. Just text us 472 00:28:30,070 --> 00:28:37,550 S4: or call us with your question. 805 578 98 (800) 555-7898. 473 00:28:38,270 --> 00:28:41,900 S1: When you don't know who's better to ask than an expert. 474 00:28:42,100 --> 00:28:43,900 S1: You're listening to Carl and crew. 475 00:28:44,060 --> 00:28:46,540 S6: I've got some great questions coming in here. I want 476 00:28:46,580 --> 00:28:49,220 S6: to tackle this one first. Doctor Ron Sauer with us 477 00:28:49,220 --> 00:28:52,219 S6: all week long. Ask the experts. We're going to have 478 00:28:52,220 --> 00:28:54,060 S6: a link to a podcast here in just a moment. 479 00:28:54,060 --> 00:28:59,060 S6: That is going to put you into a wealth of wisdom. Uh, Ron, 480 00:28:59,060 --> 00:29:02,580 S6: let's go to you first. What do you do if 481 00:29:02,580 --> 00:29:04,500 S6: you want to be discipled, how do you find a 482 00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:07,500 S6: discipler and how do you find someone to disciple? What 483 00:29:07,500 --> 00:29:09,460 S6: a good middle ground there on here, Ron. 484 00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:13,380 S8: Okay, here's what I would say. Uh, it's a healthy 485 00:29:13,420 --> 00:29:16,420 S8: sign when a person wants to be discipled, we, I 486 00:29:16,420 --> 00:29:20,140 S8: tell students, do not invent the wheel. It's already been invented. 487 00:29:20,180 --> 00:29:22,820 S8: Stand on the shoulders of others and learn from them. 488 00:29:22,820 --> 00:29:25,180 S8: What's taken them decades to find out. And if you 489 00:29:25,180 --> 00:29:27,140 S8: don't stand on those shoulders, it's going to take you 490 00:29:27,180 --> 00:29:29,740 S8: 40 years to find out. And as you're learning, you're 491 00:29:29,740 --> 00:29:32,060 S8: going to make unnecessary mistakes. So how do I find 492 00:29:32,060 --> 00:29:35,780 S8: somebody to disciple me? Four things. First of all, pray God, 493 00:29:35,780 --> 00:29:38,980 S8: I need some help. I don't want to invent the wheel. 494 00:29:39,260 --> 00:29:43,770 S8: Please bring me that older, that older person to disciple me. Secondly, 495 00:29:43,770 --> 00:29:47,170 S8: look around. Look at the people that you know, uh, 496 00:29:47,290 --> 00:29:50,210 S8: that you respect who seem to be healthy in their 497 00:29:50,210 --> 00:29:53,490 S8: Christian life. Number three, if you don't know anybody, go 498 00:29:53,490 --> 00:29:56,770 S8: ask your pastor. Pastor, I'm a young man. I really 499 00:29:56,770 --> 00:29:59,570 S8: need the input of an older Christian man in my life. 500 00:29:59,610 --> 00:30:03,330 S8: Can you suggest, uh, three men in your church that 501 00:30:03,330 --> 00:30:07,810 S8: you know are mature Christians, have a good Christian life 502 00:30:07,810 --> 00:30:10,370 S8: that I could go to and ask for help. And 503 00:30:10,370 --> 00:30:12,690 S8: so when you ask those people, number three, don't take 504 00:30:12,690 --> 00:30:15,890 S8: no for an answer. Some people, um, they're going to 505 00:30:15,890 --> 00:30:18,930 S8: be older people who have never done this before and 506 00:30:18,930 --> 00:30:20,650 S8: they don't know how to go about it. They think, 507 00:30:20,690 --> 00:30:23,810 S8: and they may feel, you've got me overrated. I'm not 508 00:30:23,810 --> 00:30:26,210 S8: the great Christian man you think I am. And some 509 00:30:26,210 --> 00:30:29,850 S8: people are afraid to disciple younger people because if I 510 00:30:29,850 --> 00:30:31,450 S8: let people get close to me, they're going to see 511 00:30:31,450 --> 00:30:34,050 S8: my warts and blemishes. Well, they need to see your 512 00:30:34,050 --> 00:30:37,410 S8: warts and blemishes. They're not perfect. You're not perfect, and 513 00:30:37,410 --> 00:30:42,280 S8: they never will be perfect either. Um, and I like, um, 514 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:46,320 S8: Titus two three. Let the older women teach the younger 515 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:51,040 S8: women how to love their husbands, how to love their children. So, um, 516 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:54,400 S8: and then how do I find somebody to disciple? First 517 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:58,720 S8: of all, uh. Look around. Do you see people, younger Christians, 518 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,800 S8: less mature Christians, less knowledgeable than you that are struggling? 519 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,560 S8: Draw near and offer a helping hand. Look for three 520 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:09,960 S8: things in a in a potential disciple. He's hungry. He 521 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:14,200 S8: wants help. Secondly, he's teachable. And thirdly, he will be 522 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:17,560 S8: faithful with what you with what you pour into him. 523 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,400 S4: Doctor Ron Sauer and Sue Sauer with us this morning 524 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,160 S4: taking your questions. We had someone call in with this one. 525 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,600 S4: Can you give me some pointers on how to dive 526 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:29,680 S4: into the word more deeply and to take away something? 527 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:35,360 S8: Okay. Um, if if you don't know how to swim, uh, 528 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,480 S8: go to a swimming instructor. If you don't know how 529 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:41,510 S8: to study the Bible, ask for help. Maybe begin with 530 00:31:41,510 --> 00:31:45,470 S8: your pastor. Ask him. Uh, can you give me some 531 00:31:45,470 --> 00:31:48,670 S8: pointers in Bible study? There are good books that you 532 00:31:48,670 --> 00:31:53,430 S8: can get that will teach you how to do Bible study. Secondly, 533 00:31:53,470 --> 00:31:57,510 S8: be faithful to read and study God's Word as best 534 00:31:57,510 --> 00:32:01,550 S8: you know how right now. Uh, and then be faithful 535 00:32:01,550 --> 00:32:03,950 S8: in doing so. Uh, the more we play the piano, 536 00:32:03,990 --> 00:32:06,030 S8: the better we get. The more we shoot basketball, the 537 00:32:06,070 --> 00:32:07,910 S8: better we get. The more we study the Bible, the 538 00:32:07,910 --> 00:32:11,190 S8: better we get. But I would suggest if you don't 539 00:32:11,230 --> 00:32:13,830 S8: know how to study the Bible, there are courses to 540 00:32:13,870 --> 00:32:18,350 S8: be had. Moody offers courses in Bible study, correspondence courses, 541 00:32:18,350 --> 00:32:22,350 S8: courses online in Bible study. We have no excuse for 542 00:32:22,350 --> 00:32:24,990 S8: not knowing how to study the Bible better. 543 00:32:25,510 --> 00:32:28,030 S4: I want to take this one. Uh, Sue, you might 544 00:32:28,030 --> 00:32:30,070 S4: be the best one to answer this one. As a 545 00:32:30,070 --> 00:32:33,110 S4: single mother of teenage children, how can I guard my 546 00:32:33,110 --> 00:32:37,190 S4: heart but also recognize the true pursuit of a Christian man? 547 00:32:37,230 --> 00:32:39,860 S4: So this is a single mom wanting to honor God 548 00:32:39,860 --> 00:32:43,020 S4: as she considers if maybe there's a man for her. 549 00:32:44,460 --> 00:32:49,540 S9: Well, first of all is to, um, hold this desire 550 00:32:49,540 --> 00:32:52,860 S9: in an open palm to the Lord. He's God. He 551 00:32:52,860 --> 00:32:55,020 S9: has the right to bring people into our life. He 552 00:32:55,060 --> 00:32:58,740 S9: has the right to take him out. Same way with, um. 553 00:32:59,060 --> 00:33:02,100 S9: She needs to hold her teenagers in an open palm 554 00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:07,500 S9: to God as well. And, um. Not worry, but to 555 00:33:07,540 --> 00:33:12,900 S9: trust God and pray into that particular man. All of 556 00:33:12,900 --> 00:33:19,980 S9: your non-negotiables. Um, ask the Lord to bless that person. 557 00:33:20,140 --> 00:33:25,180 S9: The Lord knows who that person is. And so if 558 00:33:25,220 --> 00:33:28,460 S9: you have your faith and your your sight on him, 559 00:33:28,460 --> 00:33:32,260 S9: on the Lord, he will bring that man. If he 560 00:33:32,300 --> 00:33:35,220 S9: wants you to have that man and and he will 561 00:33:35,220 --> 00:33:38,570 S9: give you eyes to recognize who that is. And then 562 00:33:38,570 --> 00:33:39,570 S9: take your time. 563 00:33:39,730 --> 00:33:43,090 S8: Let me piggyback on something she said. Parenthood is the 564 00:33:43,090 --> 00:33:45,610 S8: hardest thing I've ever tried to do in the Christian life. 565 00:33:45,730 --> 00:33:50,290 S8: Be a good dad. It's unusually challenging. But let's remember, 566 00:33:50,290 --> 00:33:53,290 S8: we don't do this by ourselves. It's God who formed 567 00:33:53,290 --> 00:33:57,050 S8: that child of ours in the womb. He is our co-parent. 568 00:33:57,090 --> 00:34:01,690 S8: He stands beside us and assist us in rearing our children. 569 00:34:02,970 --> 00:34:05,290 S8: So let's count on him. Depend on him. 570 00:34:05,330 --> 00:34:07,650 S6: Love it. Doctor Ron and his wife Sue are with 571 00:34:07,650 --> 00:34:10,130 S6: us right now on Ask the Experts. We're going to 572 00:34:10,130 --> 00:34:13,370 S6: have a link for a podcast. That is amazing. I 573 00:34:13,370 --> 00:34:16,410 S6: keep hearing over and over again how impactful this is, 574 00:34:16,450 --> 00:34:18,529 S6: and we want to get a link to you. Got 575 00:34:18,530 --> 00:34:23,130 S6: a question here that I asked ten days into my marriage, 576 00:34:23,130 --> 00:34:27,250 S6: and my wife probably asked it five days in. It's 577 00:34:27,250 --> 00:34:31,290 S6: a tough question, Ron. They say, what do you do 578 00:34:31,290 --> 00:34:34,850 S6: if you know you married the wrong person? What do 579 00:34:34,850 --> 00:34:36,050 S6: you say to that friend? 580 00:34:36,290 --> 00:34:41,880 S8: Um, Okay. You made a mistake. God is the Lord 581 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:47,160 S8: over our mistakes. He's greater than our mistakes. So you 582 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:52,560 S8: ask God God's help to do to make the best 583 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:55,759 S8: that you can out of that marriage. Now, that's not 584 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:59,400 S8: just theory. Uh, I just came back from, uh, spending 585 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,360 S8: time with one of our graduates in Maryland. He's pastoring 586 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:06,480 S8: a church, and, uh, he tells me that he and 587 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:09,200 S8: his wife were told by God before they married. Do 588 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,160 S8: not marry each other. You got the wrong one. But 589 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:13,520 S8: they went ahead and did it. And they had struggles 590 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:18,319 S8: in marriage. But they God healed their marriage. I was 591 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:22,160 S8: in their home, in their church, uh, decades ago. And 592 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:24,840 S8: I saw the good marriage. They had, the fruitful ministry 593 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:28,520 S8: they had. And so, uh, they made a mistake there. 594 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,080 S8: They admitted it. They cried out to God for help. 595 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:35,560 S8: And God gave them a wonderful marriage of fruitful ministry. 596 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:37,110 S8: Two fine sons. 597 00:35:37,750 --> 00:35:40,629 S4: Ron Sauer and Sue Sauer, with us this morning. And 598 00:35:40,630 --> 00:35:43,629 S4: just just have about a minute left. Doctor Sauer, you know, 599 00:35:43,670 --> 00:35:46,989 S4: we're going into share and our listeners have an opportunity 600 00:35:46,989 --> 00:35:49,509 S4: to jump in and be a part of it. Give 601 00:35:49,510 --> 00:35:52,230 S4: us your best 30s I know that's tight, but best 602 00:35:52,230 --> 00:35:54,510 S4: 30s on why is it a good investment to invest 603 00:35:54,510 --> 00:35:55,390 S4: in Moody Radio? 604 00:35:56,070 --> 00:35:59,270 S8: Uh, I would begin to answer that question by saying 605 00:35:59,270 --> 00:36:05,590 S8: it is wise, wise, wise to be generous with the Lord. 606 00:36:06,550 --> 00:36:08,270 S8: The world wants to hold on to its money to 607 00:36:08,310 --> 00:36:10,350 S8: ensure they have all their future needs met. That's a 608 00:36:10,350 --> 00:36:12,910 S8: good way to be needy and without what you need. 609 00:36:13,390 --> 00:36:17,069 S8: But to to give to the Lord to invest in 610 00:36:17,070 --> 00:36:20,390 S8: his work is the surest thing that we can do 611 00:36:20,950 --> 00:36:24,590 S8: that to have all that we need in the future. 612 00:36:24,910 --> 00:36:28,150 S8: Moody is a wonderful place. It's a unique school. We 613 00:36:28,150 --> 00:36:31,670 S8: train young people here how to better walk with God, 614 00:36:31,670 --> 00:36:33,830 S8: how to serve God, and then we send them out 615 00:36:33,830 --> 00:36:36,540 S8: all over the world to preach the good news about 616 00:36:36,540 --> 00:36:41,620 S8: Jesus Christ. When you support Moody, you are investing in 617 00:36:41,660 --> 00:36:44,500 S8: heaven and in the work of heaven, and the Lord 618 00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:48,380 S8: will wonderfully recompense you for doing so in this life 619 00:36:48,380 --> 00:36:49,420 S8: and in the next life. 620 00:36:49,980 --> 00:36:52,740 S6: So grateful for the experts that we've had in this week, 621 00:36:52,739 --> 00:36:57,180 S6: and we have got a phenomenal link for you guys. 622 00:36:57,219 --> 00:36:59,859 S6: And this. We're not joking here, young Thunder. You can 623 00:36:59,860 --> 00:37:00,820 S6: echo that, my man. 624 00:37:00,860 --> 00:37:03,580 S2: Yeah, I've been listening to this podcast every week and 625 00:37:03,620 --> 00:37:06,339 S2: it has helped grow me in my faith walk in 626 00:37:06,340 --> 00:37:08,900 S2: discipleship journey. So much so I'm grateful for it. And 627 00:37:08,900 --> 00:37:10,300 S2: I want you to listen to it. 628 00:37:10,300 --> 00:37:12,500 S6: All right, Ali, let's give the details here. 629 00:37:12,540 --> 00:37:15,060 S4: Yeah, it's the podcast. Moody radio has put it together 630 00:37:15,060 --> 00:37:17,940 S4: with Doctor Sauer. It's quiet time with Doctor Ron Sauer. 631 00:37:17,980 --> 00:37:24,060 S4: Just text quiet to 800 555 7898. Text quiet to 632 00:37:24,100 --> 00:37:28,540 S4: 800 555 7898. As you will see, it is available 633 00:37:28,540 --> 00:37:32,140 S4: on the podcast platforms, but also YouTube as well. 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