Knowledge “More Than Information” (2 Peter 2)

If you don't use a tool correctly, it can destroy the very thing you're trying to build. That goes with the word of God as well. There's a lot of people that have used the word of God to justify atrocities in our world. Mhmm. And they've done it in the name of Jesus, in the name of God. Because in their mind, they were following the right thing. The the point in case, the man who we're going to talk about today in some of his scriptures named Paul. Paul hunted down Christians. He chased them down [00:05:13] (38 seconds)  #MisusingScripture

It is one thing to add to your life. It cannot be everything. Because when it's everything, you become like the Pharisees. The Pharisees knew everything. They knew the law down to the slightest detail. And they stood before the God of false prophet. And Jesus looked them square in the face and said with the authority of God and the truth of God, you den of vipers, you will die in your sins, and you will never enter eternal life. Church, listen to me very carefully. Knowledge is a powerful tool that can build a house before it can tear a house down. Let's make sure that we're adding to our faith the right knowledge. [00:43:11] (64 seconds)  #AddTheRightKnowledge

Somebody comes in and says, pastor, I don't understand why things are going the way they're going. Okay. Where do you stand in your walk with Jesus? Are you reading his word? Are you praying faithfully? Are you trusting others to walk with you? Are you doing the core values, the reasonable expectation that God expects his followers to do? Oh, no. Well, then duh. Let's start doing that first, and let's see how life might change. Too many times we stray from God, the shepherd, and wonder why the wolves attack us. Stay the course with the shepherd. [00:22:35] (41 seconds)  #WalkWithTheShepherd

But don't give up because you keep falling on your face. Keep striving. Keep trying. Now if you don't care, don't you dare come to me and expect me to justify your sin. Well, pastor, I get that the Bible says this, but I I'm doing this. This is how I grew up. I don't care how you grew up. I didn't grow up this way. God changed me. Mhmm. Bible tells us that we have to start our journey in the beginning. In fact, it uses the terminology that we need milk, not meat. So start with milk. [00:12:32] (40 seconds)  #StartWithMilk

Does that mean he always solves it the way I want? No. I know that. Makes it even easier to deal with because I know his way is better than my way, so I don't even think about how I want it solved. I just simply say, God, I'm in trouble. I need your help. And then when God solves it, in whatever manner he does, I receive it because I know God's got a purpose even when it means that it's gonna be hard. [00:20:45] (27 seconds)  #TrustGodsWay

I'm gonna tell you right now, there are things in my life that when they come into my life, I laugh at them. I used to stress out about it. I used to freak out about it. I used to get overwhelmed and anxiety and the whole nine yards. Why don't I anymore? Because I put into practice the process of trusting God. He's demonstrated his faithfulness. I now know he's got it. And so when I look at the problem, I go, what's there to worry about? God's gonna take care of it. [00:20:16] (28 seconds)  #TrustOverAnxiety

I'm gonna prevent that, and I'm gonna push my children to be the best version of themselves that they can be, and sometimes that means I'm a have to let them fall on their face 20 times till they finally go, I wanna stop falling on my face. You know, I don't know if you ever get a chance to look back at your life and you see how God's pushed you, how God's put you in circumstances that caused you to trust him in a way you would have never trust him otherwise. [00:16:32] (30 seconds)  #AllowFailureToGrow

Because it is easy for me to give advice telling a soldier to run towards the enemy and battle me when I don't have to. Because I'm not the one getting shot at. I'm not the one that's gonna die. I'm not the one that's gonna suffer. So it's easy for me to suggest to you. It's easy for people to give good financial advice when it's not their money. The reality is a fool thinks he's right, but a wise man listens to advice. [00:39:19] (35 seconds)  #WiseListenNotAssume