WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.000 Welcome. Just hand Away Tagalog Sermon Podcast, your daily dose 2 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:12.919 of inspiring from heartfelt tagalog sermons from different pasters and 3 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:16.120 speakers all over the Philippines. We hope that this podcast 4 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:21.800 finds you in good shape. And now here's your message. 5 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:25.480 It's really something that I really want to share it 6 00:00:25.559 --> 00:00:28.440 every Thursday, and this is the second Sat Thursday that 7 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:32.320 we've done it. We've actually started our prayer and worship night. 8 00:00:32.679 --> 00:00:35.240 It was a powerful time to get equipped not only 9 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:38.240 worship and pray together, but it was a powerful time 10 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:41.719 to get equipped in how to pray. Last week, Pastor 11 00:00:41.799 --> 00:00:45.399 Edgar actually taught us how to discern the voice of 12 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:47.920 God and it was a powerful time. And I hope 13 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:51.039 you know that you are all invited and welcome to 14 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:53.960 go on our Thursday's worship night. We actually made it 15 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:57.200 into eight pm so that you could actually get here 16 00:00:57.439 --> 00:01:00.920 in time after dinner, more parking, so that we can 17 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:04.680 worship together and pray together. So please join our prayer 18 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:10.879 and worship night every Thursday. I'm done, Thank you Lord, 19 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:14.439 all right, And so now we get into the world. 20 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:18.439 We are still in our series called Amazing Grace, and 21 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:20.799 we talk about the amazing grace. We know that the 22 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:24.319 author of this grace is none other than our heavenly Father. 23 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:28.239 It's from God. And so whenever we talk about amazing grace, 24 00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:30.439 and this is not a trick question. And I hope 25 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:33.319 after two weeks talking about amazing grace, we know this 26 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:38.560 by now that grace is something we don't deserve. It's 27 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:42.079 something that we are not working for to get it. 28 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:45.519 Why because the sinful nature of who we are, we 29 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:49.400 will never deserve it. But God gives it to us 30 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:53.719 freely anyway. He extends his love to us, his grace 31 00:01:53.799 --> 00:01:55.959 to save us. And so if I ask you today, 32 00:01:56.319 --> 00:01:59.200 when have you experienced the grace of God in your life? 33 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:02.239 To you or all of you might say during the 34 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:05.760 time that I first encounter Jesus. Why because it's the 35 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:09.120 time that He has brought us from death to life. 36 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:11.919 It's something that only the grace of God can do 37 00:02:12.039 --> 00:02:15.039 in our lives. But the grace of God does not 38 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:18.439 end there five weeks we're gonna talk about this and 39 00:02:18.479 --> 00:02:21.000 we are on our third week. Why because the grace 40 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:25.360 of God is beyond our salvation. It's something that when 41 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:29.080 we talk about it, it's there's something more an you 42 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:34.039 Biani as a TV deba. Wait, there's something better, or 43 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:37.800 there's more to that, and there's more. Grace is a 44 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:40.240 concept that we can assume that we understand, but the 45 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:43.280 reality is it's so deep, it's so wide that it 46 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:46.639 can actually affect our entire lives. Let me illustrate that 47 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:49.919 to you. I realized this when I was preparing for 48 00:02:49.919 --> 00:02:52.599 this preaching. One of the things that I love doing 49 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:55.719 is actually go out of town. I love going out 50 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:58.000 of town. I love going to a place that is 51 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:00.680 a little bit far from here, regardless if it's traffic, 52 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:04.719 regardless of the driving. And so I realized that I 53 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:09.280 love to drive, mail drive. I don't know why. I'm 54 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:12.159 alma drive. I will drive no matter how far it is. 55 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:15.759 And the reason why I love to drive now better 56 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:19.199 is because of this feature in some of you familiar 57 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:25.599 with this? What is this? It's so not all are 58 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:30.520 familiar with it. Wife an end gas gauge in the 59 00:03:30.639 --> 00:03:34.360 end gas gauge, that's gasole gauge. No, it's different. It's 60 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:38.199 a feature of some cars, and it's actually cruise control. 61 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:41.159 What does it do? You actually set your car at 62 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:44.199 a certain speed when you're driving one hundred kilometers per hour, 63 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:47.080 which is that's the maximum. And as believers, we follow 64 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:55.639 this right Christian tile I. So we set the car 65 00:03:55.719 --> 00:03:57.680 and not not all cars have this. You set the 66 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:00.280 speed at a certain level when you're running, you turn 67 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:02.960 it on. For some cars it's below the steering some 68 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:05.199 it's in the steering wheel. You turn it on and 69 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:07.759 you take out your feet. It drives at the speed 70 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:10.840 of one hundred kilometers per hour. It will remain that 71 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:14.800 way unless you step on the brake. It disengages. Now 72 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:17.079 there are some features that you press it up, it 73 00:04:17.160 --> 00:04:20.879 speeds up a little. You press it down, it slows down. 74 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:23.720 And so when you're driving in teeplex and in n 75 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:27.480 legs and in sc texts, and you're driving at one 76 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:30.319 hundred kilometers per hour, because that's the prescribed by law, 77 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:37.360 and we do not over we're Christians, right, emphasis on Christians. 78 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:41.040 And so what happens is when you drive with cruise control, 79 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:43.680 if there's a car in front of you that's sneering, 80 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:45.800 all you have to do is press a little of 81 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:49.240 the brakes and it slows down, but it disengages you 82 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:52.800 and now you can turn it back on. Pagan rega. 83 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:57.160 What did I learn when I tried cruse control. It 84 00:04:57.240 --> 00:05:02.959 actually made me enjoy driving more. Nina as stress. I 85 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:05.720 remember when I was younger. I want to get ahead, 86 00:05:05.959 --> 00:05:09.920 so overtake the Diana. You know, we have this mindset 87 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:13.839 of conquering the world men, Pacina being puputambagio and in 88 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:18.240 If not, then I will take bag you in three 89 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:22.160 hours three hours and unpacked women and in easept we 90 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:26.720 will buy pass along the way. Anyway, what am I? 91 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:29.959 What am I? What's my point? I forgot? Okay, So 92 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:34.120 cruise control it's something that it's nice to know. The 93 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:37.199 purpose of it is to actually enjoy the drive. It's 94 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:40.680 something that you'll enjoy the experience of driving and without it, 95 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:44.360 after trying it out, you'll look for it. Why am 96 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:46.800 I saying this? You know, the grace of God in 97 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:50.120 our work with God is different. Unless we know all 98 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:53.319 the features, all the aspects of grace, it will be 99 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:56.680 useless in our lives if we don't know how to 100 00:05:56.879 --> 00:06:00.240 use it and how it applies in our lives, just 101 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:03.040 like cruise control. And so today we're going to talk 102 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:06.720 about a different aspect that it's beyond our salvation. It's 103 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:10.920 beyond what we know about the grace of God and 104 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:14.800 we're gonna look at Titus chapter two, verse eleven to fourteen. 105 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:16.519 So if you have your Bible's vide you I won't 106 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:19.319 flash the text so that we can read together. You 107 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:22.040 can actually get it through your phones or your hard 108 00:06:22.079 --> 00:06:26.399 copy Bible. So please go to chapter two of Titus 109 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:30.800 and we're gonna read verse eleven until fourteen. If you're there, 110 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:36.720 please say, Amen, Lord, thank You that people do not 111 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:40.639 lie verse eleven, for the grace of God has appeared, 112 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:44.279 bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce on 113 00:06:44.439 --> 00:06:48.439 godliness and worldly passions and to live self controlled, upright 114 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:52.839 and godly lives in the present age verse thirteen, waiting 115 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:55.120 for our blessed hope and the appearing of the glory 116 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:59.439 of our God and savior Jesus Christ verse fourteen, who 117 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:02.199 gave him sell for us to redeem us from all 118 00:07:02.279 --> 00:07:06.199 the lawlessness, and to purify for himself a people for 119 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:11.120 his own possession who are zealous for good works. This 120 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:14.759 is our word for today. Titus talks about how it 121 00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:18.000 is to live a life through the grace of God. 122 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:20.839 I mean, Paul talks to Titus about it, and so 123 00:07:20.879 --> 00:07:23.480 when we go through it very carefully, we start with 124 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:29.279 verse eleven, it says, for the grace of God has appeared, 125 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:34.040 bringing salvation for all people. We've learned this for the 126 00:07:34.079 --> 00:07:36.560 past two weeks. We know that the grace of God 127 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:39.879 leads to salvation. It's available for those who receive it. Right, 128 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:43.560 But today we will focus on verse twelve to fourteen. 129 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:46.319 It starts with this, for the grace of God has 130 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:50.000 appeared for salvation. But it's more than that. The Bible 131 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:53.639 says it trains us. Can you say that in me? 132 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:58.639 The grace of God trains. The grace of God not 133 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:02.839 only saves us, but it actually trains us. In other versions, 134 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:06.800 the grace of God is in the amplified version, they 135 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:10.480 use the word teach. It teaches us. The grace of God. 136 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:15.199 What else. In the nalty version it actually says instructs. 137 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:19.800 It's instructing, It teaches and it trains. How does the 138 00:08:19.839 --> 00:08:22.600 grace of God train us? How does the grace of 139 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:26.319 God teach us? I think the obvious answer starts with 140 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:29.879 this with the word of God. Right. You know, our 141 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:33.759 relationship with God is beyond just praying. I've talked to 142 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:37.960 a lot of people who are new in the church, 143 00:08:38.039 --> 00:08:40.039 and whenever it would ask him how do you know 144 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:46.279 if God answers and their answer would be but Gloma 145 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:51.080 make yes it no. And so the question is, if 146 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:55.279 signs are the answer to your inquiries to God? How 147 00:08:55.360 --> 00:09:00.279 sure are you if the signs are accurate? Lot of 148 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:04.679 us might find this funny, but the reality is all 149 00:09:04.720 --> 00:09:08.799 the answers to our prayers is already here. All the 150 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:12.759 answers to our prayers is already written in this book. 151 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:16.000 The promises of God, they're here, The warnings of God 152 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:19.080 are all here. And so what do we realize when 153 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:21.639 we say the grace of God trains us. Number one, 154 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:25.919 God's grace allows us to have the Word of God. 155 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:30.600 Everything that we need is in the Word of God. 156 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:37.039 The problem is how we treat the Word of God. 157 00:09:38.159 --> 00:09:41.360 I've heard this quote before, Sabinnah. I have no issue 158 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:44.000 with the truth that is written in this book. I 159 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:48.000 believe everything in it. The big issue for me is 160 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:51.679 when you ask me to apply it, is that hard? 161 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:54.320 Is it really hard to apply what the Word of 162 00:09:54.320 --> 00:10:00.960 God says? I would say yes, it's very hard. Why 163 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:03.440 because the Bible reminds us that the Word of God 164 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:06.120 is like a mirror that when you look at it, 165 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:10.159 it actually shows you what's wrong in your life that 166 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:12.639 whenever you read scripture, and I believe that the Word 167 00:10:12.679 --> 00:10:15.519 of God is alive and active, whenever you read it, 168 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:17.960 it will tell you why am I not like this? 169 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:22.279 It will tell you I'm far from where God wants 170 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:27.279 me to be. The Grace of God teaches us through 171 00:10:27.320 --> 00:10:31.919 his word. But there is a problem. It's more than 172 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:35.679 knowing the word. I like the reminder of my good 173 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:39.320 friend Flint. If you are a nineties kid, I does 174 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:42.960 have any flint of Jjo. What did he say? Knowing 175 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:48.919 is half the battle. It's knowing, but it's only half 176 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:52.960 of it. What's the other half? If you know the truth, 177 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:55.759 the Bible says, it will set you. What's the other half? 178 00:10:56.440 --> 00:11:01.200 We need to do the word. It's not just knowing 179 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:04.000 the word, but the Bible tells us we need to 180 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:09.799 do the word. The reality is we can actually read 181 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:13.679 the Bible from cover to cover every single year. But 182 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:17.639 unless we apply what it says, it will never change us. 183 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:21.200 Unless we do what it says, it will never change us. 184 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:24.600 I'm going to give you us an example in Titus too. 185 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:28.720 This is what it says you know in the Instructions 186 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:31.559 of Titus on how he will teach the church habinah. 187 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:36.799 Older men are to be sober minded, dignified, self controlled, 188 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:41.480 sound in faith, in love and its steadfastness. Older women likewise, 189 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:45.639 has to be reverent in behavior, not slanders or slaves. 190 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:48.639 It actually talks about the young people to be self 191 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:52.519 controlled and pure, submissive to their own husbands. For the 192 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:56.600 ones who are married, the Bible has instructions that are 193 00:11:56.919 --> 00:12:02.600 very difficult to apply and do. A lot of things 194 00:12:02.840 --> 00:12:05.360 needs to be worked on when we talk about the 195 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:10.240 Word of God. I remember the last training that I 196 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:13.159 attended care of my last company before I went into 197 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:18.240 full time was the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. 198 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:21.480 You know that training, right, It's based on a book 199 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:26.360 by Stephen Covey. It's a very expensive training. The company 200 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:29.080 decided to hand pick a few people every year, and 201 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:31.480 I was privileged enough to be part of that. They 202 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:38.919 actually booked us in Antipolo, in the Lopez Something. Yeah. Anyway, 203 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:41.360 we were there for a week or for four days. 204 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:46.559 We actually learned about the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. 205 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:51.600 It was a great seminar. I learned a lot, but 206 00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:57.759 I realized I didn't actually apply what I learned. My 207 00:12:57.879 --> 00:13:02.000 spirits A Barna Jannan may attend seminar, but it was 208 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:05.799 so good. You know it's gonna help your life, but 209 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:17.159 you did not apply it. Have you experienced that? And 210 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:19.600 so I was thinking about it. Why didn't I apply it? 211 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:23.000 Even though I liked everything, even though I know it's 212 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:26.759 gonna help me be effective in whatever I do. It 213 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:30.000 applies in all areas of my life, even in my spirituality. 214 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:33.639 But I didn't change anything. And it is what I realized. 215 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:39.840 I didn't change anything because I didn't want to change. 216 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:41.799 I didn't want to give up the way of life 217 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:44.559 that I had. I liked it, it was comfortable. I 218 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:48.480 know how to do my life. Yes, that's effective. But 219 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:51.519 what I'm doing anyway is good. What I'm doing anyway 220 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:57.159 is okay, it has results. You know. The reality is, 221 00:13:57.200 --> 00:14:02.559 sometimes the issue is not getting what we need, getting 222 00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:06.039 the instructions the right things to do. The issue is, really, 223 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:11.440 I'm gonna say it in behalf myself, I'm just stubborn. 224 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:16.039 We just don't want to change, even though we know 225 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:20.000 for a fact that everything that is written in this 226 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:24.399 book will actually make my life better. I just don't 227 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:27.720 want to change. I want to stick with what I know. 228 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:37.080 You know, maybe I've said this, and I also hear 229 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:42.200 this with some people. They say this, I've surrendered my 230 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:48.399 life to God anyway, isn't that enough? If God saved me, 231 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:51.639 isn't that enough? Why do I need to surrender everything? 232 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:57.639 Okay Na, God intervened in my situation. He promises me 233 00:14:57.679 --> 00:15:00.639 a good future and to spend eternity with him. Can 234 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:05.879 I just live my life on my own? Isn't that enough? 235 00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:09.960 Can I just embrace God for us my savior, but 236 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:14.000 not as a lord. The problem with this is in 237 00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:18.120 Titus chapter one, it actually gives us a hint of 238 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:22.279 people who just want God as a savior. We proclaim 239 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:25.399 God as our savior in nothing more. The Bible says 240 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:30.159 in Titus one. Such people claim they know God, but 241 00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:34.720 they deny him by the way they live. They're detestable 242 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:39.960 and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good. We feel like 243 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:43.000 being saved is enough, but we don't want to apply 244 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:49.159 the word of God. Some say, if mahlamnacani Lord, why 245 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:52.279 can't he accept me for who I am? Have you 246 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:55.799 heard that statement? If God loves me, then he should 247 00:15:55.840 --> 00:16:00.720 accept me for who I am. That's part true, But 248 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:03.720 you want to know what the half of it is 249 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:08.240 atpuyon sobra maltainy Lord, that he accepted us for who 250 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:10.559 we are. That's why the grace of God is God 251 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:14.279 extending to us right, we don't deserve it. But at 252 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:18.440 the same time, He loves us too much not to 253 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:21.960 change us. He loves us too much not to change 254 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:26.960 who we are. And we have to embrace God as 255 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:31.519 our Lord and savior. It's both. James Chapter one says, 256 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:35.879 can we read this together, but be doers of the 257 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:41.960 word and not hearers only deceiving yourselves. James very strong 258 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:44.759 with his statement in saying, if you read the word 259 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:48.080 and not apply it, you are just fooling yourselves. In 260 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:55.120 Tagalog and Nilo lo umulang am sarilimo, the Bible is 261 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:59.159 there for us to know the truth and apply the truth. 262 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:05.559 But there is good news. Doesn't mean that the Bible 263 00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:07.759 is just full of those and don'ts that our life 264 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:10.720 of Christianity is about rules. There is good news to 265 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:14.240 pay in good news. The word that is used as 266 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:19.240 trainer or learner or instructor in the Bible is found 267 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:26.400 is in the Greek word is by the greeksha. But 268 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:30.880 p a d p a I d e u oh 269 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:36.319 pay the greeksha and so what does it mean. It's 270 00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:39.519 more than an instructor. It refers to training that includes 271 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:47.200 what educating, instructing, disciplining, rebuking, correcting a child under development 272 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:50.599 through strict training. And there is a purpose that they 273 00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:55.599 do it. It's training a child too mature to realize 274 00:17:55.839 --> 00:18:01.400 it's full development. What am I saying? When God said 275 00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:05.279 God's grace, When the word said God's grace trains us, 276 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:09.359 it actually walks us through Hindi pusha oh yeah, go 277 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:13.319 in mulahat and then babaka exact. You know, the God's 278 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:16.599 grace when it deals with us, it's like dealing with 279 00:18:16.640 --> 00:18:22.240 the kid dahan dahan insuba maturegat elevating you learning. But 280 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:26.240 training is not just teaching. There is also rebuking. Have 281 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:38.400 you remembered the nine volts battery? Yes, Marapa bangandon mehrampah. Anyway, 282 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:43.319 nine votes battery is something that you should experience as 283 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:47.359 a kid. Have you experienced nine voltes battery personally in 284 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:53.279 your life? I've experienced it personally, young Hawak Modibata was 285 00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:02.720 the nine votes battery? You can't be complete without doing that. 286 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:08.160 And so my dad would say no, no, no, no, no. 287 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:16.160 What did you learn? Electricity is good? You know, the 288 00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:21.400 grace of God trains, it's patient, but there is a purpose. 289 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:25.640 What is the purpose for us to grow about the 290 00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:29.920 mature tile? You know when we see a baby that 291 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:34.400 is drooling and crying, acute and saying, oh, get cute, 292 00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:46.519 red piru and twenty. Let's question in your walk with God. 293 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:50.640 Ever since the time I've experienced God, you consider yourself 294 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:56.240 growing as a believer the experience being changed by God 295 00:19:56.920 --> 00:20:01.359 on a regular basis. Is He maturing you? Is He 296 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:07.039 bringing you to that potential or where He wants you 297 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:11.319 to be? Because the grace of God, when it trains us, 298 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:17.240 actually changes us as you continue. It says Proverbs three, 299 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:20.920 verse eleven to twelve, My child, don't reject the Lord's discipline, 300 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:23.680 and don't be upset when he corrects you. For the 301 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:28.440 Lord corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects 302 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:32.599 a child with whom he delights. God corrects us, and 303 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:36.319 God does something in us. He molds us. The Bible says, 304 00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:38.920 he prunes us. Why I hope you know, because He 305 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:44.480 loves you, He wants the best for you. And the 306 00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:50.000 last response for us is to feel bad badganon the discipline, 307 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:53.039 now on the Lord. You know, sometimes you just need 308 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:57.279 to realize that God wants the best for us. And 309 00:20:57.359 --> 00:21:07.160 so maya town and nine votes battery quantine Alam. Are 310 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:13.319 we maturing? Is God's grace training us? The purpose of 311 00:21:13.359 --> 00:21:17.440 God's grace dealing with us, training us, instructing us, is 312 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:22.039 this God wants to transform us. Why does he need 313 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:25.440 to transform us? You know, in life today we actually 314 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:30.119 like transformations. Now, we like shows that actually show transformation. 315 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:34.119 A house that's transformed, a fashion that is transformed. We 316 00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:37.440 like it, we enjoy it. But the reality is God 317 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:39.519 does not call us to transform the way we look. 318 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:43.480 The purpose of God in our lives is to transform 319 00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:49.000 what is inside the world. That is inside us needs 320 00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:53.160 to be transformed. You know, the world has so many 321 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:57.079 books to help us transform the things that we are 322 00:21:57.400 --> 00:22:00.759 known to do. We can actually transform it. Change it. 323 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:04.400 In the Internet how to stop smoking in three steps. 324 00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:09.759 I tried it. Some of you know this. I used 325 00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:19.319 to smoke. I've stopped last week. Then jog I used 326 00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:22.119 to smoke for years. I couldn't get out of it. 327 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:26.880 I tried all the help self help tips in the internet. 328 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:32.960 Ten ways to quit smoking. There's this study that says 329 00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:36.720 you just need to change the habit. So if you're smoking, 330 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:40.000 change it with something else. So I did. I started coffee, 331 00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:44.720 and so I realized coffee is best with cigarettes. And 332 00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:50.440 so what happens addiction go. But you know what I mean? 333 00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:55.039 When God revealed one truth in my life, and this 334 00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:59.440 was the truth that I realized that my body is 335 00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:03.799 the temp of the Holy Spirit. Sov God, Lord, come 336 00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:11.440 det oh suck. I wanted to change. I tried everything. 337 00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:14.880 I tried, getting rid of the cigarettes, throwing it away, 338 00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:18.000 and then going back to it and just straightening it out. 339 00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:23.880 I've tried everything to quit because I know it's bad. 340 00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:27.680 But when I realized that God wants me to live 341 00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:30.799 a healthy life. He has given me this body to 342 00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:35.799 take care of, I realized one more thing. I couldn't 343 00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:39.640 do it on my own. And so when I surrender it, 344 00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:43.559 and when the Lord, when God revealed to me his word, 345 00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:46.079 I began to surrender it and say, Lord, I can't 346 00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:51.839 do it on my own. Take this vice away from me, 347 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:57.880 Take it away. One of the best experiences of my 348 00:23:58.039 --> 00:24:01.319 life was this story, because the next day I prayed 349 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:05.680 when I woke up coughing hard, very hard. I thought 350 00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:09.519 I was gonna die when I was I didn't when 351 00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:13.759 I woke up to the wolf. But after a day 352 00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:15.480 of coughing, I didn't know what to do. You know 353 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:19.440 what happened the next day? I woke up as if 354 00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:24.400 I've never smoked, as if there was no craving. Well, 355 00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:30.119 I'm cold turkey, cold cheecken, cold cat. It was freedom 356 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:34.200 from addiction. Why? Because I knew it was only through him. 357 00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:38.519 You know, when God transforms us, it's long lasting. But 358 00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:41.400 if it's when, if it's about our efforts, what happens 359 00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:47.440 we fail Kiaganuzi Lord in Gristnia is part of our lives. 360 00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:51.880 Why because on our own the reality is think about it. 361 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:56.920 We can't actually do it. We can't only through the 362 00:24:56.960 --> 00:25:02.200 grace of God. Why does God to transform us? The 363 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:06.799 word is sictification. Do you know have you heard of 364 00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:13.880 the word sanctification? Sanctification means this the state of proper function. 365 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:16.279 What does that mean? God is actually bringing us back 366 00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:20.079 to the original design. When God transforms us to His 367 00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:22.799 image and likeness. When God changes us to His design, 368 00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:26.279 what does that mean? We're actually not learning something new? 369 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:30.720 What it means is we were actually designed by God 370 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:34.400 this way. The other definition of sanctification is this, to 371 00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:38.920 sanctify someone is to set that person apart for the 372 00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:43.119 use intended by its designer. And that's why a lot 373 00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:45.559 of people are trying to find their purpose in life, 374 00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:49.279 trying to find pursuits in money, in career. But at 375 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:52.559 the end of it all, what happens, they say parent 376 00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:55.839 in Deeper in Italy. Why am I not happy? Why 377 00:25:55.839 --> 00:26:00.400 am I not fulfilled? Why? Because only the purpose us 378 00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:05.400 from our creator will give us life. And so sanctification 379 00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:08.880 actually allows us to go back to the design of 380 00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:13.759 God being abil title original. Another definition of sanctification is 381 00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:19.279 to sanctify means to make holy because God is holy. 382 00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:27.319 Turn to the person to your right, do they look holy? Yes? Why? 383 00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:33.079 Because God is doing his work in us. He's sanctifying us, 384 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:37.720 He is changing us. Santiification means titles to As we 385 00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:43.400 continue our verse, it says renouncing ungodliness and worldly passions. 386 00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:46.720 Sanctification means whenever we read the Bible, we see what's 387 00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:49.839 wrong with us. It tells us what we should stop doing. 388 00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:57.160 I like that. Paul actually emphasized the second one, renounce ungodliness. 389 00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:59.839 We know this. We want to be good, right Latile. 390 00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:02.720 I think all of us in this room want to 391 00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:08.039 be good. But the reality is pero digma go it's 392 00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:12.599 so hard. In our efforts, we always go back to 393 00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:15.960 our sinful nature. But there's this sin that is different. 394 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:20.000 He says, renownce and godless, or turn your back from it. 395 00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:23.319 But there's also that worldly passions, the things that we 396 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:27.480 like to do that are unseen by everyone. We're not 397 00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:32.720 proud of it, worldly passions. And so to be sanctified 398 00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:35.160 is to know the truth. When we know the truth, 399 00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:37.880 what we do we repent. We turn our backs away 400 00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:42.759 from sin elen degrees and turn an three sixty parapabelic 401 00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:49.240