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the question is over time am I changing
something happening different because if
you aren’t changing you aren’t growing
the proof of growth is change so no
change no growth but Christ inside as
the word is being heard understood and
applied begins to rev up the engine
that’s in your soul for the
transformation of life and he says you
do it with all wisdom
notice what he says in in Colossians
he says
that is verse 26 the mystery which has
been hidden from past ages
he says in verse 27 to whom God willed
to make known that is the riches of the
glory of this mystery
so
taking a secret
it’s a mystery
in the Bible
a mystery was something unknown in the
Old Testament that God explained in the
New Testament
so if you said it was unknown in ages
past but now I’m making it known it’s a
secret it was a secret back then but
he’s exposing it now what is this
mystery what is this Secret Sauce that
he wants that is the key to your
Spiritual Development to your growth
from infancy to maturity where you and I
are consistently making decisions based
on God’s word as we are activating it in
the various scenarios of Our Lives he
actually tells you at the end of verse
27 he says which is Christ in you the
hope of glory he says the mystery is
Christ in you the hope of glory that was
unknown in the Old Testament Christ in
you the hope of glory so the question is
what in the world does that mean and why
in the world does that matter and what
in the world does it have to do with
your my hour role of a church and being
able to present at the Judgment seat of
Christ every single member of this
church every single member of of your
youth of your children to present you
and us
before the Judgment seat of Christ as
Victors on your day in court well first
of all let me review who Christ is from
chapter one of Colossians notice what he
says in verse 15 about Jesus he is the
image of the invisible God the firstborn
of all creation for by him by Christ all
things were created both in the heavens
and on Earth visible and invisible
whether Thrones or minions rulers
authorities all things have been created
through him and for him he is before all
things and in him Christ all things hold
together it says in verse 19 for it was
the father’s good pleasure for all the
fullness to dwell in him Christ so Jesus
Christ is God In the Flesh and all the
fullness of deity is resident in Christ
and the secret sauce is Christ in you
the hope of God way so all that Christ
is is in you
there was no understanding
what you are looking for out there is in
you you’re looking for something there
that’s already been planted if you’ve
accepted Christ inside of you Christ in
you which is the hope of glory in other
words you don’t now need a road boat a
robo because you got a speedboat a robo
depends on your ability to go from point
A to point B by your odd effort a
speedboat is determined by another power
source that propels you it doesn’t mean
you don’t do anything it means you’re
not the source of the power to arrive at
the thing you’re trying to do
many of you great your grandparents my
great-grandparents had a washing board
and they would you know do the washing
board to clean the clothes right then
the washing boy until
the washing machine
all right so she’s doing washing board
and now we have a washing machine
what would you think about the
grandmother who is still doing the
washing machine who’s washing board who
owned the washing machine
you say grandma you don’t have to
operate that way anymore because
something new has arrived and this new
thing still is going to do what you’re
trying to do with the old thing but it’s
going to do it so much better because
it’s got so much more power so it is
understanding that what Christ in you
means is that he has taken residence in
your life to move from the inside out to
bring about his purpose his power his
presence in your decisions as you make
decisions consistent with his word he
won’t make the decision for you but he
will empower the righteous decision if
you decide to make it because it’s in
you it’s like having a new motor in an
old car I like the way Paul said it Paul
says while my awkward man decays he says
my inward man is renewed day by day so
while you getting older you supposed to
be getting younger
he says I’m getting older on the outside
and younger on the inside because this
this new life is expanding and expanding
and expanding and unable to do things I
wasn’t able to do before because of
Christ in me the hope of glory what you
have when a woman gets pregnant
this new life is in her and as the new
life starting in seed form begins to
expand changes take place in her in the
life because of the life that is
expanding inside of her Christ has
entered you in seed form once you accept
Christ but as he expands that Christ
might be formed in you the Bible says as
he expands you change so you don’t have
to try to change the change is going to
happen because of the expansion on the
inside as you apply biblical truth to
life situations so in God’s perspective
is applied it I it drives me crazy when
people hear God’s perspective and then
say but I think
wait a minute not when it’s clear when
God’s perspective is clear you don’t get
to think well you get the faith how am I
going to apply it what you don’t get to
do is Judge it
because he can’t be wrong on anything he
speaks and by the way he speaks on
everything in principle or in some
concept it is Christ in you the Old
Testament was do do the Ten Commandments
you got to do this do this do this Ten
Commandments 613 statues and ordinances
you got to do you got to do you got to
do in the New Testament with Christ in
you it’s done done done because Jesus
Christ is going to fulfill his word and
his will as you apply his truth based on
his word in your decisions when that
happens you are now using the word of
righteousness that’s why in school they
give you homework because they want you
to use it that’s why when you are
ministering to somebody else based on
the word you’re using it which means
it’s sticking with you so that you’re
growing while you’re helping somebody
else to grow he says by this time you
ought to be helping somebody else
counseling somebody else encouraging
somebody else having your own smart
group you ought to be doing something
other than sitting soaking and Sorrowing
he says because I want to present you
perfect or complete in Christ Jesus he
says in Chapter 2 Verse 3 in Christ are
hidden all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge
in other words he will blow your mind
when his truth is applied in your
decisions but not until then if his
truth is not investigated because you
can’t apply what you don’t know
or apply because if you investigate it
know it but don’t apply it it’s still
not going to work
then he says then the transformation
will begin and you will be changing from
the inside out
and it will become a visible reality he
says the job of the church is not just
to have an hour and a half an hour and
40 minute sermon so people can feel good
going home the idea is to infuse and
affect their Spiritual Development so
that on the day they stand at the
Judgment seat of Christ we present every
man woman perfect that is spiritually
mature now how are we going to do that
he tells you in verse
29.
we Proclaim him he says
Proclamation is preaching
it is the Declaration
of spiritual truth
preaching is designed to not only
declare God’s word but to call for a
response to it
preaching is the Declaration
and calling people to respond
but then he says and teaching
preaching is the Declaration
teaching is the understanding
because you can preach and not get it
you can preach and don’t know what to do
with it so he brings in teaching because
teaching is giving clarity
okay now
everybody who comes to church wants
preaching
we get calls all the time are you
preaching
okay
that’s why I don’t like to tell people
when I’m not preaching because I don’t
want people to come here for a name I
want them to come here for the Lord okay
so everybody wants preaching
but now it gets smaller with teaching
because a lot of people who want a good
sermon don’t care about going deeper in
understanding
okay so you’ve got this big swath for
the preaching but it gets narrower when
it gets down to wanting to go deeper to
understand so I can apply it better okay
it’s teaching but then he gives a third
one he says in verse 29
and 28 I’m admonishing every man
please notice how many times we said
every man which means you are not an
exception
you don’t get to be this exception
person he says we want to present every
man every person
admonishing so let me tell you what
admonishing is admonishing is counseling
and correcting
it’s counseling and correcting
in other words it’s
personalizing what was preached and what
was taught
to you amen
amen admonishing means
that
somebody may have to get into your life
to help you deal with what you cannot
deal with on your own now if you could
deal with it on your own that’s fine
but if you can’t deal with it on your
own then that means that being part of
the family of God we’re not talking
about things that are that God hasn’t
spoken on but where God is clearly
spoken
I mean when a husband is is beating his
wife
we tell her to call the church so we can
confront the husband
a husband told me well who’s a member of
the church well this is my home
well it is your home
but that’s God’s daughter
and you don’t get to treat God’s
daughter any way you want to just
because it’s your home
okay and because they’re part of the
church we confront them to correct them
or counseling people helping them to
work through it that’s where Ministry
comes in that’s where involvement in
people’s lives come in
that’s where the one anothers of
scripture come in that you’re not just
here to come to church you’re here to
help correct or help somebody else or be
corrected be helped by somebody else or
some Ministry of the church because we
are to admonish you not just preach to
you not just teach to you but to be
available to admonish you to move you so
we can present you perfect at the
Judgment seat of Christ
you don’t just teach your children you
admonish them you encourage them you
correct them based on an objective
standard not personal opinion that’s
when you go too far when you get into
personal opinion but based on the
objective standard of God’s word you are
supposed to be able to be confronted and
corrected and helped and and clarified
so that you can make The Godly decision
so that you can get the experience of
maturity he says admonish them so the
question is over time am I changing
do I still cuss like I used to cuss
do I still act the fool like I used to
act a fool
do I still do I do I still take drugs
like I used to take drug or am I
changing
is something happening different because
if you aren’t changing you’re on growing
the proof of growth is change
okay so no change no growth but Christ
inside as the word is being heard
understood and applied begins to rev up
the engine that’s in your soul for the
transformation of life and he says you
do it with all wisdom that’s a great
great friend wisdom
is the relevant application of God’s
word
okay on your iPhone
you get
notifications
they pop up and they tell you the latest
news that they want you to see
or you get these iOS updates so y’all
didn’t think I knew that did you you’re
good
I ask in the first service and they told
me
you get these iOS updates okay so
they’re gonna update your phone until
they make you buy a new one they they
gonna update your phone okay so you get
this update why because what they are
doing is keeping things relevant
to what’s happening now or to something
new that is developed so while the word
of God was written
over 1500 years by 40 different authors
it’s still relevant that’s why it’s got
to be taught with all wisdom because
it’s got to be applied to what’s
happening today because we’re facing
things today your grandmother didn’t
face we dealing with things today your
granddaddy did everything people are
confused about their identity people are
confused about marriage people are
confused about Evolution people are
people are confused about confusion I
mean it’s it’s just a hot mess out there
today okay so what we need is preaching
and teaching that is has a update to it
so it stays relevant to what’s happening
in the world today so he says we preach
and we teach and we admonish with all
wisdom that is how to use it now in what
you’re going through that’s why the
church has to adjust coming out of covet
things are different we’ve had to make
some adjustments why because Kobe
changed things it affected things so we
had to preach the word for my living
room and then I had to come here with
nobody in the audience and then we came
with the lead so we had to make
adjustments we didn’t change the word
but we had a new reality that we had to
deal with all wisdom that’s why the
prayer is for Wisdom God how you want us
to use this truth that does not change
in a world that’s regularly changing
and he says that is the ministry of the
church in order to present every person
every person completing Christ