All In

This generation put the light of the world to death on a cross. This generation despised the peace that God offered them through his son, Jesus Christ. And the summary of Peter's message here in verse 40 is not to follow the ways of this perverse generation in its spiritual rebellion and unmatched hostility toward God. No other generation in the history of the world has had the opportunity of such blasphemous rejection of God himself. They had the son of God incarnate, and they crucified him. This is a perverse generation. [00:42:57] (53 seconds)  #PerverseGeneration

I responded by saying that God has already proven himself 10,000 times over in his word and in his world, and you could be standing in the presence of the risen Christ and still not believe. What you need and Jesus tells this to the religious leaders that were asking for signs. He says, you I'm not gonna give you anymore. You already have 10,000 times over. What you need is the spirit of God to take your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. You don't need signs. You need God. You don't need more wonders. You need the holy spirit. [01:03:11] (47 seconds)  #NeedTheSpirit

And one of the speakers said, how often is it that that's us? We say, God, you can have all of me, but not my cell phone. Like, what I do on my cell phone, that's between me and me. You don't get my cell phone. You don't get my computer. I'll give you all of me, but my finances. I'll give you all of me, but, like, my family. You can't have my family. [00:46:23] (26 seconds)  #AllInNotHalfOut

Talking with, Tim yesterday afternoon, and we're talking about the song, I surrender all. And it's such a beautiful song, and it's so complicated, like, emotionally to sing it because in reality, we just struggle with giving God all. That's the picture in baptism. The person that emerges holy belonging to Christ. To be baptized as a believer is to say, I'm all in. And then number three, they become part of Christ's church. [00:47:48] (37 seconds)  #SurrenderAll