Trust Fall

When we come out of hiding, we are able to receive Jesus' covering. Genesis three twenty one, and the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skin, and he covered them. We can stop trying to cover all these things and hide them and allow Jesus to cover them so that we actually can walk in freedom and wholeness and healing and right restored relationships with God and other people. Our obedience is unfinished. But what we leave unfinished, thank God, Jesus finishes. [00:22:54] (29 seconds)  #CoveredByGrace

Here's something else about what temptation is not. Temptation is not just about wanting something bad. Actually, can be about wanting something good, but in the wrong way. Can be about wanting something good, but in the wrong way. Adam wanted wisdom. That was the promise. Right? There's wisdom here, but he wanted it apart from trust. That's temptation. Temptation is taking a shortcut to get something that God already intended to give you. [00:18:07] (33 seconds)  #NoShortcutsToGod

If there's an area of your life where you're tempted to hide, bring it out into the open. That's what confession does. We see it in the garden. Confession, when we come to Jesus and say, yeah, this is the truth. Here's what happened. I agree with you. It was wrong. And here's here's the truth about it. It brings us out of hiding and it allows Jesus to cover our sin. [00:22:35] (19 seconds)  #BringItIntoTheLight

We incline our heart. Resistance isn't just saying no to sin, it's saying yes to God. So in James James four verse seven and eight, actually says to resist Satan and he will flee. And then what comes right after that is draw near to God on the other hand. So it's not just, I resist you, Satan. It's no. I resist you. I'm gonna run over here to God because the closer I get to God, the further Satan has to go. [00:40:33] (31 seconds)  #ResistAndDrawNear

Which begs this question, there's a little bit of attention here. How can broken people who have a tendency towards sin and temptation and hiding actually be called righteous? Well, this is what Jesus finished. Where we were unfinished, Jesus finishes this. Because where Adam lost this battle in Genesis three, Jesus won it. Adam lost the the battle of trust and obedience. Jesus won the battle for us of trust and obedience, and that finished victory changes everything about how we fight today. [00:11:58] (32 seconds)  #RighteousThroughChrist

many of us have a temptation to think of sin as a legal issue only. K? I broke the law and my fine was paid. We even talk about that sometimes in in this way. It's just that it's so much more. It's relational. It's relational. Trust is so difficult to build and rebuild. It's one of the last things. I can replace the broken lamp, but what can't as easily be replaced is the trust, the relationship that is there. [00:29:19] (34 seconds)  #SinIsRelational

This is where we say the victory is finished. That's what Romans five says. We're justified. Hebrews 12 says though that we're being continually disciplined and shaped. If the victory is finished, the formation is not. Philippians two says that Jesus humbled himself, gave himself, and it's a servant for us to finish his work in us. But then verses twelve and thirteen, we're supposed to work out that salvation. [00:29:53] (27 seconds)  #FormationContinues

We're to expose the lie. This is what Jesus does when when when the tempter comes in and says, hey, why don't you do this? Jesus says, no. I'm gonna expose you're a liar. You're saying that what's gonna happen is that I'm gonna be full and I'm gonna be popular. I'm gonna be powerful. Everybody's gonna worship me, but that is a lie. Temptation always carries distortion. Maybe it's an identity attack. Maybe it's the truth twisted. Maybe it's a false promise. [00:35:54] (29 seconds)  #ExposeTheLie