We Know: Abide in Christ, Guard Against Idols

I'm reminded here when he says, guard yourself against idols. This is what he tells me all the time. I've mentioned this before. He says, pay attention to what you're paying attention to. David, pay attention to what you're paying attention to. Watch out those idols will overtake your life. [01:12:54] (17 seconds)  #GuardAgainstIdols

The further we run away, the further we go away from what we really need and that's what Satan wants to happen. Don't run away from him. I'm reminded of this over and over again. Bible tells us, you know, talks about shadows and light and come to the light and the bottom line is the only way I can have a walk into a shadow is to walk away from the light because I'll make a shadow wherever I go. If I turn around and I walk into the light, I'll never walk in a shadow, walk towards the light. [01:23:32] (30 seconds)  #WalkTowardsTheLight

The bottom line here is that cannot become our identity. We cannot rest in that and go, well, I'm just a lost person. I mean, you know, none of us are ever gonna be perfect. No. Again, we're never gonna be perfect, but we should shoot for perfection. We should shoot for We If we're continuing in sin, something in us should tell us that no, this is wrong. We should not continue habitually into that. And by the way, if you're continuing in sin and you're not feeling the conviction of the Holy Spirit, then I would be scared because something's spiritually wrong there. [00:52:39] (33 seconds)  #SinIsNotYourIdentity

Even though the world lies within his grip and evil in this world, we are protected by him if we are truly in him. The imagery here, I love this, the imagery here is that of a child on a parent's lap, that God holds us like a good parent would hold their child, That when the Satan is assaulting us, he holds us and loves us and cares for us and will not let us go if we will trust him. Ain't that a beautiful picture? [00:58:44] (33 seconds)  #CradledByGod

He's telling us we're in spiritual battle, but we need to choose whose side we're on. And if we're on his side, he's inside of us, he will hold us, he will protect us, he will love us. This is what he's saying. John is telling those people, as you're coming back to Jesus, he will never let you go. No one can pluck him out of his hand. We're sealed up to the day of redemption. [01:02:29] (24 seconds)  #ChooseHisSide

Yes. Theology is important. Please hear me. I'm saying theology is important. But when when we argue theology to the to the extinction of it sounds or things of me when when we're really not thinking about the relationship. In other words, we filled our mind, but we've not engaged our heart or our hands, something's wrong. Relationship makes me do things I would not normally do. [01:10:36] (24 seconds)  #TheologyAndRelationship

Nobody's telling us that when you're angry and bitter that you're gonna have to you're gonna have to spend Christmas with that person who made you angry or hurt, but at the same time, when you hold on to that bitterness, that bitterness will hold on to you. I have a right no. Our only right is to love our God with all of our heart, mind, soul, and body, and to love our neighbor as ourself. [01:17:43] (24 seconds)  #ReleaseBitterness

When he says that we know we are of God, that is the source it literally means the source of our life is found in him. You know, that's what it means. Yet, he's says, yet as we saw earlier, he talks about of the world, he declares the whole world is in the grasp of evil. That is it remains in Satan's power and under his influence. Yet as we saw earlier, Satan can't touch us. He can't touch us. He can't grasp us. [00:58:16] (27 seconds)  #UntouchableInChrist