Living Out Faith: Action, Speech, and Compassion
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "Some of you, I just want to shoot straight with you. Your relationships are a mess because your mouth is out of control. Your relationships, many of them are broken because I'm not saying you're the only one. All you can do is work on you though, right? But some of your relationships are so complicated. And complex because you're in control of your mouth. The spirit of God is not in control of your mouth. And, and, and the Lord wants to, the Lord wants to help us with this. Some of you have had friendships separated because you didn't think before you speak." [01:10:06]
2. "Too much talk leads to sin. Let me put it in our vernacular today. Today, too much posting leads to sin. I'm not saying you can't post too much texting leads to sin. Okay. Cause this isn't only just what I say, it's words, words going out too much emailing. I love what Emerson Egrich was saying in that book. He said, you've heard it said dance like nobody is watching. Yeah, that's good. Said email and text as if everyone is watching because once it's out there, you have no control over it. You're trying to save heartache. You're trying to save right. And prevent ruptured relationships, rupturing, um, others' reputations." [01:12:00]
3. "This is so critical. It's surrender, not strife. Oh, I'm going to be better with this. And you might for a little bit, but you're going to find that you're going to, you're going to grow weary and run out of steam. It's more about the surrender and the Holy Spirit equips us. That's when he begins to produce within us what is called the fruit of the Spirit. And what is it, friends? Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. I don't produce that. He produces that. And that fruit is not for my benefit. The fruit is for the benefit of those who are around me, right? That's, that's how my family benefits. So we start with surrender." [01:02:02]
4. "You can take in a lot of information and read a lot of books about running. But here's the deal. I was reading a lot of information about running. I was reading running, or now I love to lift weights, whatever, listen to podcasts about this. I can read books on it. I can watch YouTube videos. I can hear somebody that knows a lot about it talk about it. But the reality is the only thing that is going to get me to the end of a finish line of a marathon is actually doing what? Running. You got to do something with what you are learning, what you know. You have to be willing to take this good information, which there's a lot of good stuff about stretching and right kind of equipment. You know, you got to have a good pair of shoes, you know, and for the longest time I didn't know that because I'm cheap and I had cheap shoes and it would hurt myself, okay? You can take a lot of information, and the truth is, is that if you don't do something with that information, it's really kind of pointless, isn't it?" [42:06]
5. "What, what do I do with that now? How am I going to apply this today? Just very quick. Okay. Because I think pastor Randy is going to hit next week a little more as we get into chapter two, this next part really fits chapter two. Remember there's no chapters and verses. It was all one letter, but this second part of what James would say of how to know if you're really growing in the Lord, your mouth is under submission of the Holy spirit. And here's another way we begin to see this. Look at the verse 27, pure and genuine religion. I would say it like this. Okay. Authentic faith that we care about the real deal, being real, not a fake, not hypocritical, pure and genuine religion in the sight of God, the father, where God is looking and he sees our actions. It means, caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you." [01:16:44]
### Quotes for Members
1. "James says this, don't just listen to God's word. You got to do what it says. You got to do something with what you're taking in. Otherwise, what does he say? You are only, come on, help me out, church, fooling yourselves. It's like this self-deception that many of us are deceiving ourselves into thinking that we are spiritually fit when the truth is we're just taking in a lot of information, but we're not doing anything with the information that we are getting." [43:38]
2. "James is saying, I know that you know the word, I know that you have also, many of you have sat under Jesus, and you know that you know the word, and you know this is still first century. You even heard Jesus teaching that he was the fulfillment of all of this scripture. If maybe they didn't sit under Jesus, they certainly sat under his apostles and heard them teach the word of God. He's saying, you have a lot of information, but James is going to say, but if you're not doing something with that, James is saying, this isn't just a 21st century church problem. This is a church problem from the get-go. This is a church problem from the get-go. We can get a lot of stuff up here, but has it hit right here? Is it transforming us, spiritual transformation?" [46:22]
3. "If you talk a big talk about Jesus, but your mouth is out of control, he said, you're faking yourself out. Here's what he really would probably say. You think you're faking others out, but you're not. They see right through you, but you're faking yourself out. So here's a question I wanna ask myself. Do I manage my mouth? That's what James is getting at. Do I manage my mouth, or is my mouth, you know, cliche? Managing me. We're like, come on, man. It's just kind of a small, is this really that big of a deal?" [55:19]
4. "James would say it's a big deal because Jesus said it's a big deal. Remember, James is Jesus's little half brother who at one point, he did not believe in Jesus until the resurrection. And then he realized my brother is the savior. And James would have heard Jesus talk about the mouth at certain points. He's talking to a group of religious people who were, who were the religious leaders. And he's going to say some things about this outward appearance that you have, but there's a hypocrisy because your, your, your mouth doesn't match up with the way you're really living your life. Jesus says this, he talks about a tree being known by its fruit. And he says, Luke 6, 45, a good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart. And an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. And when you say the last sentence with me, come on, let's say it out loud. What you say flows from what is in your heart. I didn't say that, Jesus did. What is coming out of our mouths is indicative of what our heart actually looks like. We can't fake this. The mouth spills what is in the heart." [57:14]
5. "This is so awesome because of Jesus. I stand positionally righteous in the eyes of the Father. Amen, right? Not by the anything that I've done, but by his grace in my life. I have been saved, but I am also still being saved, and what that speaks of is sanctification. The Lord is refining me to look more like Jesus right now. So even in this, I'm still in process. I did not lose all of that weight overnight, just as I did not put it all on overnight. It's a process, and it will be a process till my last dying breath here. In this physical body, but it's surrender to the Lord. So James says to these believers, are you a hearer? Are you a doer? And then James is going to begin really kind of keying in on what spiritual maturity begins to really look like." [50:53]
6. "So sometimes we want to wait on the church, to put together a program of meeting needs. And we have some great programs. There's some great things that are going on. And you can plug into that. And we do a lot together. We can do a lot together, collectively. But I just want to kind of end with this. Don't wait on one of your pastors or the church leadership. Don't wait on us. Don't, if, here's, here's your point. If you see need, meet the need. You're the church. I'm just one of you. And I'm going to tell you, if you come to me and tell me about something, I'll be excited for you or whatever. Pastor Bart, we need to start this ministry. And I'll be like, that's awesome. You're probably going to be an awesome leader for that. If God's putting it on your heart, our job is to come along and help you every way we can with that. And we should. I just want you to know, can't we do way more if you're on your way? This week, as a believer, and you see a need this week, and you don't wait on me or Randy or someone else, you just be the church, meet the need. Go meet the need. And that's what he says is authentic faith looks like." [01:22:02]
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1. "Some of you, I just want to shoot straight with you. Your relationships are a mess because your mouth is out of control. Your relationships, many of them are broken because I'm not saying you're the only one. All you can do is work on you though, right? But some of your relationships are so complicated. And complex because you're in control of your mouth. The spirit of God is not in control of your mouth. And, and, and the Lord wants to, the Lord wants to help us with this. Some of you have had friendships separated because you didn't think before you speak." [01:10:06]
2. "Too much talk leads to sin. Let me put it in our vernacular today. Today, too much posting leads to sin. I'm not saying you can't post too much texting leads to sin. Okay. Cause this isn't only just what I say, it's words, words going out too much emailing. I love what Emerson Egrich was saying in that book. He said, you've heard it said dance like nobody is watching. Yeah, that's good. Said email and text as if everyone is watching because once it's out there, you have no control over it. You're trying to save heartache. You're trying to save right. And prevent ruptured relationships, rupturing, um, others' reputations." [01:12:00]
3. "This is so critical. It's surrender, not strife. Oh, I'm going to be better with this. And you might for a little bit, but you're going to find that you're going to, you're going to grow weary and run out of steam. It's more about the surrender and the Holy Spirit equips us. That's when he begins to produce within us what is called the fruit of the Spirit. And what is it, friends? Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. I don't produce that. He produces that. And that fruit is not for my benefit. The fruit is for the benefit of those who are around me, right? That's, that's how my family benefits. So we start with surrender." [01:02:02]
4. "You can take in a lot of information and read a lot of books about running. But here's the deal. I was reading a lot of information about running. I was reading running, or now I love to lift weights, whatever, listen to podcasts about this. I can read books on it. I can watch YouTube videos. I can hear somebody that knows a lot about it talk about it. But the reality is the only thing that is going to get me to the end of a finish line of a marathon is actually doing what? Running. You got to do something with what you are learning, what you know. You have to be willing to take this good information, which there's a lot of good stuff about stretching and right kind of equipment. You know, you got to have a good pair of shoes, you know, and for the longest time I didn't know that because I'm cheap and I had cheap shoes and it would hurt myself, okay? You can take a lot of information, and the truth is, is that if you don't do something with that information, it's really kind of pointless, isn't it?" [42:06]
5. "What, what do I do with that now? How am I going to apply this today? Just very quick. Okay. Because I think pastor Randy is going to hit next week a little more as we get into chapter two, this next part really fits chapter two. Remember there's no chapters and verses. It was all one letter, but this second part of what James would say of how to know if you're really growing in the Lord, your mouth is under submission of the Holy spirit. And here's another way we begin to see this. Look at the verse 27, pure and genuine religion. I would say it like this. Okay. Authentic faith that we care about the real deal, being real, not a fake, not hypocritical, pure and genuine religion in the sight of God, the father, where God is looking and he sees our actions. It means, caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you." [01:16:44]
### Quotes for Members
1. "James says this, don't just listen to God's word. You got to do what it says. You got to do something with what you're taking in. Otherwise, what does he say? You are only, come on, help me out, church, fooling yourselves. It's like this self-deception that many of us are deceiving ourselves into thinking that we are spiritually fit when the truth is we're just taking in a lot of information, but we're not doing anything with the information that we are getting." [43:38]
2. "James is saying, I know that you know the word, I know that you have also, many of you have sat under Jesus, and you know that you know the word, and you know this is still first century. You even heard Jesus teaching that he was the fulfillment of all of this scripture. If maybe they didn't sit under Jesus, they certainly sat under his apostles and heard them teach the word of God. He's saying, you have a lot of information, but James is going to say, but if you're not doing something with that, James is saying, this isn't just a 21st century church problem. This is a church problem from the get-go. This is a church problem from the get-go. We can get a lot of stuff up here, but has it hit right here? Is it transforming us, spiritual transformation?" [46:22]
3. "If you talk a big talk about Jesus, but your mouth is out of control, he said, you're faking yourself out. Here's what he really would probably say. You think you're faking others out, but you're not. They see right through you, but you're faking yourself out. So here's a question I wanna ask myself. Do I manage my mouth? That's what James is getting at. Do I manage my mouth, or is my mouth, you know, cliche? Managing me. We're like, come on, man. It's just kind of a small, is this really that big of a deal?" [55:19]
4. "James would say it's a big deal because Jesus said it's a big deal. Remember, James is Jesus's little half brother who at one point, he did not believe in Jesus until the resurrection. And then he realized my brother is the savior. And James would have heard Jesus talk about the mouth at certain points. He's talking to a group of religious people who were, who were the religious leaders. And he's going to say some things about this outward appearance that you have, but there's a hypocrisy because your, your, your mouth doesn't match up with the way you're really living your life. Jesus says this, he talks about a tree being known by its fruit. And he says, Luke 6, 45, a good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart. And an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. And when you say the last sentence with me, come on, let's say it out loud. What you say flows from what is in your heart. I didn't say that, Jesus did. What is coming out of our mouths is indicative of what our heart actually looks like. We can't fake this. The mouth spills what is in the heart." [57:14]
5. "This is so awesome because of Jesus. I stand positionally righteous in the eyes of the Father. Amen, right? Not by the anything that I've done, but by his grace in my life. I have been saved, but I am also still being saved, and what that speaks of is sanctification. The Lord is refining me to look more like Jesus right now. So even in this, I'm still in process. I did not lose all of that weight overnight, just as I did not put it all on overnight. It's a process, and it will be a process till my last dying breath here. In this physical body, but it's surrender to the Lord. So James says to these believers, are you a hearer? Are you a doer? And then James is going to begin really kind of keying in on what spiritual maturity begins to really look like." [50:53]
6. "So sometimes we want to wait on the church, to put together a program of meeting needs. And we have some great programs. There's some great things that are going on. And you can plug into that. And we do a lot together. We can do a lot together, collectively. But I just want to kind of end with this. Don't wait on one of your pastors or the church leadership. Don't wait on us. Don't, if, here's, here's your point. If you see need, meet the need. You're the church. I'm just one of you. And I'm going to tell you, if you come to me and tell me about something, I'll be excited for you or whatever. Pastor Bart, we need to start this ministry. And I'll be like, that's awesome. You're probably going to be an awesome leader for that. If God's putting it on your heart, our job is to come along and help you every way we can with that. And we should. I just want you to know, can't we do way more if you're on your way? This week, as a believer, and you see a need this week, and you don't wait on me or Randy or someone else, you just be the church, meet the need. Go meet the need. And that's what he says is authentic faith looks like." [01:22:02]
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