Set Christ Apart as Lord: Devotion, Community, Transformation

See, one of the reasons that you're still bound in some of the stuff that you're bound in is you haven't engaged the truth at a level to set you free yet. See, because when you hear the truth, the next step is to apply the truth to your life. Because once you apply the truth to your life, then transformation begins to happen. And until you apply truth to your life, you just know stuff. And see, we're drowning in information right now. Amen? I mean, we we were run over with so much information today. Some of it might be true, but the only way that we're gonna know if it's true or not is is is it does if can we lay the Bible over the top of that and is it transparent? Because the Bible is consistently telling the truth every time you enter its pages. [00:54:49] (53 seconds)  #ApplyTruthTransform

One of the saddest things that you can run into in this world is a biblically illiterate Christian. I have no idea why I believe what I believe. Somebody told me to believe it and so I'm just believing it, but I have no foundation for it. You need to open your Bible and you need to read it for yourself. And when you open the Bible, need to open its pages and you need to say, spirit, teach me. Holy spirit, help me. And he will come into your life and he will help you go through the pages of the bible and he will help you to understand what that truth means. He's been teaching people since Jesus Christ sent him to us. I will lead you into all truth. The Holy Spirit shows up, he'll help you. He's your empowerment. [00:55:57] (65 seconds)  #ReadBibleDaily

The same spirit that raised Jesus Christ from the dead lives in you and just as God raised Christ from the dead, he will give life to your mortal body by the same spirit living within you. And see, when you tell me I'm a Christian and I can't, I'm like, so you're telling me the Holy Spirit doesn't have the power anymore. So the Holy Spirit can't lead you because that's really what we're saying. I I can't, but I I have God's power. His life's in me. I have the transformation of the Holy Spirit in me, but I can't do anything different. I don't believe that. I'm gonna tell you right now, if the Holy Spirit can take me and use me and transform me, he can do it with anybody. Because I did not start well. I struggled. [01:08:32] (62 seconds)  #SpiritEmpowersYou

See, the early church was bold and they were powerful. Not that they had all the strength in themselves, it's just they just believed that God was who he says he is. They're the first generation after the cross. They seen it. They they knew the eyewitnesses. They heard the stories, and they just gave their life. Lord, we don't want any we don't want anything but you, Lord. Nothing but you. We wanna we we wanna live for you. See, the world may question what we say, but it can never deny a changed life. See who we are, we are people that walk with people who believe. All the believers were together. They did not do life alone. [01:11:16] (65 seconds)  #FaithInCommunity

I've had people argue with me on this point many times. And I will tell you, can I be a Christian by myself? Yes. But you will never be an effective one. Right. Because this faith is not designed to be lived out by itself. It's designed to be lived out in community. And there's a lot of reasons for that. But the primary reason for that is that we need each other. I need your strength. You need my strength. I need your faith. You need my faith. You need my grace. I need your grace. You need my forgiveness. I need your forgiveness. We work this thing out together as a group of people going in the same direction that we love God and we love each other, and and we we come together with the sole purpose of worshiping God and building each other up. [01:12:21] (65 seconds)  #NotAloneInFaith

some of us think that truth is a concept. The truth is Jesus Christ. It's not an idea. It's a person. Jesus Christ is the truth. What did he call the enemy? I believe he called him a liar. And he said he'd been lying from the beginning. And so if any of you are entertaining any conversations with the enemy, I would just want you to know something, you're being lied to because it will promise you everything you want to hear. Jesus Christ is the truth. Nothing but truth comes out of it says in the in in the in the great prophet's words in Isaiah 53, no deceit was found in his mouth. The most honest person that ever walked on this earth was Jesus Christ. [00:53:18] (68 seconds)  #JesusIsTheTruth

the reality is is it doesn't matter how value you are or how moral you are. You're all going to the same place if you don't know Jesus. And to me, I'm just be honest because people get all excited. We have a meeting, people come in and they tell you about this incredible testimony about how they were in such a place of sin and blah blah blah, and it goes on and and everybody's oh and on. And then some guy sitting on the things, I really haven't done anything much in my life. And somehow, they don't think that it's just as miraculous. But it's absolutely the same thing. Heaven says that when a sinner comes home and repents that the entire place breaks open and prays. It doesn't say the sinner that was the worst. It just says, a sinner repented and heaven rejoices. You don't have to be a criminal to come to faith. [01:06:38] (65 seconds)  #EveryRepentanceMatters

I had questions. When I first started out, the the biggest thing in my life was why. I wanted to know why about everything. It was why why why why all the time. And and one of the dearest saints I've ever met in my life, her name was Joanne Bling. She used to grab me by the face. Why does it matter, Mark? It's about the who. It's who that matters. The why doesn't matter. And when you figure out who he is, you won't forget about the why. Hallelujah. And she was right. [00:40:26] (43 seconds)  #ItsAboutTheWho