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They had 0:01:45.880 --> 0:01:49.360 debated their whole life as to whether Jesus was white 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:53.279 or whether he was black. Archie was certain he was white. 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:56.520 Jack was just as sure he was black. As fate 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:59.000 would have it, they both died on the same day. 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:02.880 Rushed to the pearly gates, says Saint Peter. Please, we've 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:05.960 been debating our whole life. Tell Us, is Jesus white 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:09.560 or is he black? About that time Jesus stepped up 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:14.560 and said, Buenos dias, say it like you mean it. 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:18.480 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:21.360 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:24.000 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:27.959 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:31.280 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:36.400 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:40.040 to talk to you today about living guilt free. We 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:41.760 all make mistakes. 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:43.359 And do things we know we shouldn't. 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:46.200 See easy to go around with the heaviness feeling bad 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:51.360 about ourselves. But living guilty doesn't do anything productive. It 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:54.000 doesn't help you to do better. It causes you to 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:59.320 struggle more. Guilt drains you emotionally, physically, it will wear 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:03.320 you out. When we're guilty, we don't pursue dreams. We 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:05.440 don't believe to overcome challenges. 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:06.560 We get stuck. 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:10.960 This is why the enemy works over time in this area. 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:13.840 He knows guilt will keep. 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:15.000 You from your destiny. 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:19.040 There's nothing he would love anymore than for you to 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:24.600 go through life against yourself, focused on your failures, feeling unworthy. 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:29.600 He's called the accuser of the Brethren. He'll remind you 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:32.600 of everything you've done wrong for the last thirty years 0:03:33.280 --> 0:03:35.800 before you get out of bed in the morning, he'll 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:39.360 replay mistakes that you've made, how you weren't there for 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:42.600 your children, how you lost your temper, how you gave 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:43.560 into the temptation. 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:45.040 But here's the key. 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:48.440 The moment you ask God to forgive you, he not 0:03:48.560 --> 0:03:52.800 only forgave you, but he doesn't remember your sins anymore. 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:57.520 That means if someone is bringing up negative things from 0:03:57.520 --> 0:04:01.720 your past, that's not God. It's the accuser trying to 0:04:01.760 --> 0:04:04.440 deceive you into carrying the heavy. 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:04.960 Load of guilt. 0:04:05.600 --> 0:04:09.080 Do yourself a favor, say no thanks. I'm not perfect, 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:14.640 but I am forgiven. You can't drag yesterday's failures into 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:16.560 today and live in victory. 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:18.280 Let it go. 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:22.719 God's mercies are fresh every morning. Don't spend another minute 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:27.760 down on yourself, living in regrets. God has forgiven you. 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:31.960 Why don't you forgive yourself. God is not pushing you down. 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:34.480 Why don't you quit pushing yourself down? 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:38.640 The scripture talks about how God has made you righteous. 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:45.159 Righteous means holy, blameless, honorable. It doesn't say you're going 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:49.159 to be righteous one day when you perform better, when 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:53.000 you get your temper under control. You are righteous right now, 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:57.240 not because of what you've done, but because of what 0:04:57.360 --> 0:05:01.960 Christ has done, you can't do anything to make you 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:06.320 more righteous. In fact, the scripture says all of our 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:11.000 righteousness is as filthy rags, meaning we can never measure 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:13.919 up on our own. No matter how hard we try, 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:16.479 how disciplined we are, there will. 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:17.679 Be times that we fail. 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:22.719 Paul said in Romans, the gift of righteousness is for 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:27.720 all who will receive it. If you see yourself as unworthy, 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:32.920 not deserving, you don't measure up. The problem is you're 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:37.120 not receiving the gift. The accuser will tell you you've 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:40.640 made too many mistakes, You've failed too many times, You'll 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:48.280 never get it right. God says you are my holy, righteous, blameless, honorable, anointed, 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:49.640 amazing child. 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:51.360 Who are you going to believe? 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:55.160 Are you going to let the accuser deceive you into 0:05:55.200 --> 0:06:00.240 carrying the guilt going around against yourself? No, start receiving 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:05.159 the gift. When those voices remind you of everything you're not. 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:08.680 One of the best things you can say is I 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:13.720 am righteous, I am holy, I am blameless, I am honorable. 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:18.000 Everything in your mind will say no, you're not. You 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:21.240 have an addiction. You keep giving in to the temptation 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:26.120 you made those mistakes. But when you declare I am righteous, 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:31.039 you are announcing to every force that's trying to stop you. 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:35.120 You're announcing to the accuser, to the guilt, to the heaviness. 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:39.040 You don't control my life. You don't determine my destiny. 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:43.080 You can't stop my purpose. The creator of the universe 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:47.640 made me righteous, He made me holy, He made me blameless. 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:51.920 What are you doing. You're receiving the gift of righteousness. 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:56.200 Proverb says the righteous are as bold as a lion. 0:06:56.920 --> 0:06:59.800 When it comes to righteousness, you have to be bold. 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:04.120 Your own thoughts will tell you you're not blameless. God is 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.960 not pleased with you. Look what you've done, Look at 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:11.520 your mistakes. Guilt and condemnation will come knocking at the door. 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:16.680 And if you're unsure, doubtful, intimidated, guilt will take over. 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:19.280 This is where you have to be bold. 0:07:19.720 --> 0:07:22.680 I may not feel worthy, but I know God has 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:27.520 made me worthy. I don't feel righteous, but Father, by faith, 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:32.679 I receive your gift. I thank you that I am righteous. Well, Joel, 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:36.240 I'm just an old sinner saved by grace. Now, you 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:39.120 used to be an old sinner, but when you gave 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:40.320 your life to Christ. 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:42.360 You became a new creation. 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:46.040 Now you're not an old sinner. 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:47.240 You're a son. 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:51.520 You're a daughter of the Most High God. I'm looking 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:57.760 at holy people, righteous people, blameless people, honorable people. You 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:00.480 may have brought guilt in here with you today. You 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:03.080 might as well leave it at your seat. You might 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:08.520 have brought heaviness, regrets, unworthiness. You can unload all that 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:09.280 right now. 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:11.600 You can make an exchange. 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:16.960 If you'll give up your guilt, your regrets, your unworthiness, God. 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:18.720 Will give you his righteousness. 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:23.520 Sometimes it's like we're carrying all these bags with us 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:24.800 everywhere we go. 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:26.280 That weigh us down. 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:29.040 Before we leave the house. Let me get my bag 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:32.559 of guilt. Let me load up all the mistakes I've made, 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:35.640 everything I did wrong. Hang on, I need another bag. 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:38.840 Doesn't fit in one bag. Let me put my regrets 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:41.719 in there. Should have raised my children better, should have 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:45.560 finished school. Yelled at my coworker yesterday. Let me fit 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:48.760 that regret in there. I lost my temper in traffic 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:51.719 last week. God's so upset I spoke in tongues to 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:55.400 that driver. I need a whole new bag for that one. 0:08:56.040 --> 0:09:00.200 We go through life carrying around all these bags we 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:02.439 wonder why we walk with a limp. 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:04.199 We wonder why. 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:07.400 Life is a struggle while we're tired, why we can't 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:11.559 accomplish a dream. It's because we're carrying things we were 0:09:11.600 --> 0:09:12.920 never designed to carry. 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:16.280 You weren't created to live guilty. 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:19.880 To have that nagging voice always telling you there's something. 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:20.800 Wrong with you. 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:24.320 You don't deserve to be happy. Those are weights that 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:28.319 the accuser uses to try to keep you from your destiny. 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:31.680 If he can't get you off course, he'll at least 0:09:31.679 --> 0:09:34.439 try to weigh you down so you don't go as 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:38.320 far as you should. The scripture tells us to lay 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:40.000 aside the weights that. 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:43.800 Can easily beset us. It's easy to carry weights. 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:48.360 Are you carrying weights of guilt, weights of shame, weights 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:52.439 of regret? It's time to lay aside those weights. It's 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:56.600 time to get rid of that baggage. Most airlines tell 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:58.520 us two bags per customer. 0:09:58.840 --> 0:09:59.680 They have a limit. 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:03.800 We have a very strict rule around here, no bags 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:04.559 per customer. 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:07.720 You may have brought some, but you can leave them 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:10.520 where you are. This is a new day. 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:12.920 God wants you to go out. 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:13.560 Of here lighter. 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:18.520 The accuser has held you back long enough. Nothing you've 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:20.520 done in the past is too. 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:22.000 Much for the mercy of God. 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:25.840 Now I believe chains are being broken, strong holds are 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:29.880 coming down. You are redeemed, you are restored, You are holy, 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:33.920 you are blameless. Shake off the guilt, shake off the 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:39.120 accusing voices, and receive the gift of righteousness. When our 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:41.640 children were small, I would take them up to the 0:10:41.679 --> 0:10:44.880 toy store a lot. Didn't have to be a special occasion. 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:47.840 I just like to buy them things. Hey, come on, Jonathan, 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:51.319 come on, Alexandra, let's go to the toy store. Never 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:55.160 once did Jonathan say, no, Dad, I don't deserve to go. 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:59.560 I didn't clean my room yesterday. I threw food at 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:03.839 my baby. None of that came to mind. He simply said, yes, Dad, 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:05.160 I'm ready, let's go. 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:06.480 See. 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:10.200 Children know how to receive a gift. They don't start 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:13.640 debating whether or not they deserve it, have they earned it, 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:17.440 have they been good enough? They just receive it Like 0:11:17.480 --> 0:11:21.520 a child. You have to receive the gift of righteousness. 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:25.280 Don't start thinking about all you did or didn't do, 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:28.079 trying to figure out if you really deserve it, if 0:11:28.080 --> 0:11:30.720 you're good enough, you can't earn it. 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:32.760 It's a gift, just receive it. 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:37.040 See, sometimes we think we have to pay God back 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:41.400 for our mistakes by living down and discouraged, to show 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:45.680 him that we're sorry, that we're remorseful. And yes, there 0:11:45.720 --> 0:11:49.440 should be a conviction when we do something wrong. I'm 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:51.960 not saying just do whatever you want, never feel bad 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:56.160 about it. My point is, once you ask for forgiveness, 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:57.440 you don't have. 0:11:57.360 --> 0:11:58.480 To pay God back. 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:02.440 The price has all already been paid. But when you 0:12:02.520 --> 0:12:07.960 live guilty, you're saying, in effect, the sacrifice Christ made 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:12.200 wasn't enough. Let me add something to it. Let me 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:15.200 do my part by paying some kind of penalty for 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:20.080 this wrong that I've done. Living guilty and condemned doesn't 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:24.160 bring any honor to God, after all, Christ did to 0:12:24.240 --> 0:12:27.360 pay the prist. If you want to honor God, get 0:12:27.440 --> 0:12:31.000 rid of the guilt, quit listening to the accusing voices, 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:36.080 and move forward with your life. Isaiah said, God remembers 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:40.240 our sins no more. God is an all knowing God. 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:44.800 He knows everything that's going to happen, past, present, and future. 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:49.520 Yet when we ask God to forgive us this all powerful, 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:54.280 all knowing God, in a sense steps out of character 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:58.040 and says, I'm going to delete that event. I'm not 0:12:58.120 --> 0:13:01.440 going to keep any record of it. He chooses not 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:06.040 to remember. If God forgets it, why don't you forget it? 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:07.640 If God let it. 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:09.040 Go, why don't you let it go? 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:13.200 I know people that ask God to forgive them for 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:16.360 the same thing year after year, something they did twenty 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:20.679 years ago. They don't realize the first time. They ask 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:25.319 God not only forgave them, but he doesn't remember it anymore. 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.360 When you bring it up, it's as if God is saying, 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:30.280 what are. 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:30.960 You talking about. 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:32.959 I don't remember that mistake. 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:34.800 I don't remember the failure. 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:37.679 I don't remember the time you gave in to temptation. 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:43.040 Quit remembering what God has forgotten. Quit telling him how 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:46.319 bad you are, how you messed up, how you lost 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:50.160 your temper. He forgave your way back when you ask 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:55.520 the first time, All that's doing is making you feel guilty, condemned, 0:13:55.840 --> 0:14:00.079 bad about yourself. Instead of asking for forgiveness for the 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:06.400 same thing, start receiving God's mercy. Mercy covers our mistakes. 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:11.040 Mercy gives you what you didn't deserve. You were guilty, 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:15.080 it was your fault, you deserved judgment, But mercy says 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:20.400 you're forgiven, you're redeemed, you're restored. When you're tempted to 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:24.240 ask for forgiveness for the same thing, just turn it around. Father, 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:28.160 Thank you for your mercy in my life. This is 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:31.040 what Jonah had to do. He had just made one 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:34.680 of the biggest mistakes of his life. God told him 0:14:34.720 --> 0:14:37.400 to go to the city of Nineveh and tell the 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:42.040 people to repent. Jonah went the other direction and almost 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:45.760 lost his life. He spent three days in the belly 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:49.160 of a fish. When that fish finally spit him out 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:50.200 on dry ground. 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:52.080 You would think. 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:54.480 God would say, Jonah, you need to sit on the 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:58.240 sidelines and think about your mistake. You need to pay 0:14:58.320 --> 0:15:01.880 some kind of penalty for that wrong. Maybe one day 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:04.920 I'll use you again. Maybe one day I'll give you 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:09.400 another chance. No, as soon as Jonah was on dry ground, 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:13.680 as soon as he was saying, the scripture says, the 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:17.600 word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:22.080 go to Nineveh and tell them to repent. God was saying, 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:26.280 in effect, Jonah, you made a mistake. You got off course, 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:30.800 but you repented, you asked for forgiveness. Now get back 0:15:30.840 --> 0:15:33.600 in the game. You don't have to sit around and 0:15:33.640 --> 0:15:35.880 defeated a week, a month. 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:36.280 A year. 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:40.240 I've forgiven you. Now do what I'm asking you to do. 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:45.280 A lot of times we categorize our mistakes. If it's 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:48.600 something small, we think we have to pay God back 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:51.560 by living down and discourage for a day or two. 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:54.840 If it's something medium, maybe a week or two. 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:59.120 But if it's something big, like Jonah, we really messed 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:03.000 up the trouble on ourselves. We think we have to 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:06.600 give up our joy, our peace, our dreams for at 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:09.880 least a year or two. After all, it was our fault. 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:13.880 Like with Jonah, God doesn't say, yeah, go sit on 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:14.720 the sidelines. 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:16.240 Man, you blew it. 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:18.840 You caused me a lot of trouble. I'm not gonna 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:19.600 have anything to. 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:20.680 Do with you for years. 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:24.880 That's not the way God is now. The accuser will 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:29.040 work over time, telling you God's not going to bless you. 0:16:29.040 --> 0:16:33.040 You can't expect his favor, You can't expect to accomplish dreams. 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:36.680 You owe God a whole lot for that mistake. No, 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:41.360 the price has been paid. Don't believe those lies. I'm 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:45.280 sure Jonah thought God, Did I hear you right? You 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:48.720 mean you still want me to go to Nineveh and 0:16:48.800 --> 0:16:52.800 tell them to repent. I just repented myself. I just 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:55.560 got out of the fish. Shouldn't I sit on the 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:58.800 sidelines for a month and show you that I'm sorry. 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:01.560 Shouldn't I say sit out at least a year and 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:05.560 prove to you that I'll do what's right. God said, no, Jonah, 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:08.840 I have something for you to do right now. I 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:11.840 have an assignment for you. But as long as you're 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:15.040 guilty and condemned, you are of no use to me. 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:19.400 Shake that off and go to Ninevah in the same way. 0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:23.440 God can't use you in the way he wants. When 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:28.439 you live guilty, feeling condemned, down on yourself, we're not 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:32.080 a good witness. We don't pursue dreams, we don't take 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:37.440 steps of faith. God needs you confident, secure, feeling good 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:38.399 about yourself. 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:40.160 He has an assignment for you. 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:44.000 Can you imagine when Jonah stood up in front of 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:47.400 the whole city of Nineveh and told them to repent. 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:52.280 Every voice whispered in his ear. Jonah, you're a hypocrite. 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:56.800 You just repented yesterday. You know better than these people. 0:17:57.000 --> 0:17:58.800 You have no right to be up here. 0:18:00.359 --> 0:18:02.320 Had to do what we all must do. 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:06.760 He ignored the accusing voices, He shook off the guilt 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:08.240 and received the. 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:09.760 Gift of righteousness. 0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:14.280 God was going to destroy the city of Nineveh, but 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:17.880 because Jonah asked them to repent, because he didn't sit 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:21.480 on the sidelines trying to pay God back for his mistake, 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:25.919 the whole city repented. God in his mercy, changed his 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:30.440 mind and spared their lives. Are you letting a mistake 0:18:30.520 --> 0:18:33.919 you made or some way you failed convince you that 0:18:34.400 --> 0:18:37.640 God won't have anything to do with you right now. 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:40.800 Maybe one day he'll use you, Maybe one day he'll 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:42.760 help you accomplish a dream. 0:18:43.080 --> 0:18:46.200 No, God is saying to you what he said to Jonah. 0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:47.919 Get back in the game. 0:18:48.400 --> 0:18:51.760 I have something for you to do right now. That 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:55.760 mistake didn't stop your destiny. You don't have to sit 0:18:55.800 --> 0:19:00.439 on the sidelines of life. Start moving forward. Times with 0:19:00.560 --> 0:19:04.280 little children, whether they or not behaving properly, the mother 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:07.239 will give them a timeout. They have to sit by 0:19:07.280 --> 0:19:10.440 themselves for a few minutes, not play, not have any fun. 0:19:10.880 --> 0:19:14.720 We think when we make mistakes, surely God must give 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:18.120 us a timeout, depending on how bad it was. That's 0:19:18.119 --> 0:19:21.040 how long we have to sit out. Jonah, that was 0:19:21.119 --> 0:19:24.080 a big mistake. You CAUs me a lot of trouble. 0:19:24.080 --> 0:19:27.240 That's a five year timeout. I'll see you weigh down 0:19:27.280 --> 0:19:29.720 the road. You didn't do what Jonah did, but you 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:33.760 lost your temper. That's a three week timeout. Feel guilty, condemned. 0:19:34.600 --> 0:19:38.080 He gave into the temptation again. That's the fourth time 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:42.280 in one month. That's a one year timeout. Like with Jonah, 0:19:42.520 --> 0:19:44.560 God doesn't have any timeouts. 0:19:45.000 --> 0:19:47.760 He corrects us, He gets us on the right. 0:19:47.640 --> 0:19:51.320 Course and says, move forward. Now here's where you have 0:19:51.400 --> 0:19:55.280 to be bold, because those thoughts will tell you you 0:19:55.359 --> 0:19:58.800 knew the right thing and you did the wrong thing. 0:19:58.960 --> 0:20:00.240 God's not going to blame you. 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:02.320 Just say no thanks. 0:20:02.640 --> 0:20:07.040 I've asked for forgiveness, I've received God's mercy. I'm not 0:20:07.119 --> 0:20:10.439 going to live condemned down on myself. I'm going to 0:20:10.560 --> 0:20:14.560 keep moving forward. I know I have a destiny to fulfill. 0:20:15.680 --> 0:20:19.320 In the scripture, Samson made a lot of mistakes. His 0:20:19.440 --> 0:20:23.240 birth was predicted by the prophets. An angel told his 0:20:23.359 --> 0:20:26.520 mother that she would have a son. He would be 0:20:26.560 --> 0:20:30.680 a deliverer and do great things. And Samson started off good. 0:20:31.280 --> 0:20:35.320 He had supernatural strength. He couldn't be defeated by his enemies, 0:20:35.880 --> 0:20:39.680 but he let his guard down. He started compromising. One 0:20:39.720 --> 0:20:45.440 thing led to another. This once powerful, influential man ended 0:20:45.520 --> 0:20:49.879 up captured by his enemies. They gouged out his eyes. 0:20:50.480 --> 0:20:52.960 They put him in prison. He spent his. 0:20:53.000 --> 0:20:57.600 Days grinding at the mill. I'm sure the accuser said 0:20:57.600 --> 0:21:00.840 to him, Boy, Samson, you blew it big time. 0:21:01.359 --> 0:21:04.639 Even the angel said you would do something great. But 0:21:04.720 --> 0:21:05.480 look at you. 0:21:05.480 --> 0:21:09.560 You're a slave. You're in chains, you're working like an animal. 0:21:09.720 --> 0:21:10.920 You should feel guilty. 0:21:12.080 --> 0:21:15.600 You would think with all of his poor choices, God 0:21:15.640 --> 0:21:18.879 would be done with him. After all. Sampson knew better. 0:21:19.200 --> 0:21:22.760 It was his fault. But God never gives up on us. 0:21:23.280 --> 0:21:27.439 That mistake doesn't have to cancel your destiny. Don't believe 0:21:27.480 --> 0:21:30.439 those lies that you've gone too far off course. 0:21:30.720 --> 0:21:32.200 You've made too many mistakes. 0:21:32.880 --> 0:21:37.199 One day, Sampson's captors were having a big reception in 0:21:37.280 --> 0:21:41.680 their temple, several thousand people there. They brought Samson out 0:21:41.760 --> 0:21:44.960 to make fun of him. As he was standing there, 0:21:45.240 --> 0:21:49.199 being mocked and ridiculed, he asked a young boy to 0:21:49.280 --> 0:21:52.560 place his hands on the big columns that held up 0:21:52.600 --> 0:21:56.320 the temple. The scripture says the spirit of the Lord 0:21:56.640 --> 0:22:00.520 came on Samson one more time. God gave him his 0:22:00.600 --> 0:22:04.760 strength back. He was able to push over the columns. 0:22:05.280 --> 0:22:06.840 The whole building collapsed. 0:22:07.480 --> 0:22:11.320 Samson defeated more enemies in his death than he did 0:22:11.359 --> 0:22:12.960 in all of his lifetime. 0:22:14.000 --> 0:22:15.399 You may have made mistakes. 0:22:15.960 --> 0:22:19.200 The accuser's telling you you're all washed up nor life 0:22:19.240 --> 0:22:23.640 with Sampson. God has a one more time for you. 0:22:23.640 --> 0:22:27.159 You have not seen your greatest victories. You have not 0:22:27.400 --> 0:22:30.840 sung your best song, you have not written your best book, 0:22:31.320 --> 0:22:34.159 you have not played your best play. You wouldn't be 0:22:34.200 --> 0:22:37.639 alive unless God had something amazing in front of you. 0:22:38.000 --> 0:22:41.359 Now. The question is will you get back in the game. 0:22:41.960 --> 0:22:42.800 Will you get your. 0:22:42.680 --> 0:22:47.320 Fire back, your passion back, your dreams back. Life is 0:22:47.400 --> 0:22:51.520 too short to go through it against yourself. You may 0:22:51.520 --> 0:22:55.520 have made mistakes, we all have. God is saying you're forgiven. 0:22:56.440 --> 0:22:58.720 Since he forgives you, why don't. 0:22:58.560 --> 0:22:59.639 You forgive yourself. 0:23:00.520 --> 0:23:04.800 As long as you're beating yourself up, reliving failures, dwelling 0:23:04.840 --> 0:23:08.120 on disappointments, that's going to keep you from your one 0:23:08.160 --> 0:23:08.680 more time. 0:23:09.400 --> 0:23:11.560 Shake that off. This is a new day. 0:23:11.840 --> 0:23:15.880 It's time to say goodbye to guilt, goodbye to condemnation, 0:23:16.320 --> 0:23:21.119 goodbye to heaviness. Romans eight says there is no condemnation 0:23:21.800 --> 0:23:24.560 to those that are in Christ. Jesus, here's the key 0:23:24.960 --> 0:23:28.520 who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit. 0:23:29.359 --> 0:23:32.040 When you make a mistake, if you're in the flesh, 0:23:32.520 --> 0:23:36.280 you beat yourself up, you feel unworthy. You try to 0:23:36.320 --> 0:23:39.560 pay God back by living down and discourage. When you 0:23:39.600 --> 0:23:43.480 do that, you'll feel guilty, you'll feel condemned. But when 0:23:43.520 --> 0:23:46.600 you walk in the spirit, you say, yes, I made 0:23:46.600 --> 0:23:50.120 a mistake. It was my fault, but I ask God 0:23:50.200 --> 0:23:53.960 for forgiveness. I know he not only forgave me, but 0:23:54.040 --> 0:23:56.800 he doesn't remember it. So I'm not going to sit 0:23:56.840 --> 0:24:01.400 around beating myself up. I'm saying goodbye to guilt. I'm 0:24:01.440 --> 0:24:07.240 saying adios to condemnation. I'm dismissing the accusing voices. I'm 0:24:07.280 --> 0:24:10.800 getting ready for my one more time. That's when there's 0:24:10.840 --> 0:24:16.120 no condemnation, when you don't walla around in defeat, when 0:24:16.160 --> 0:24:20.679 you don't believe the accuser's lies. You may have made mistakes, 0:24:21.000 --> 0:24:23.800 like Sampson, you got off course, but that is not 0:24:24.160 --> 0:24:27.800 how your story ends. If you'll shake off the guilt, 0:24:28.200 --> 0:24:31.240 God has a one more time come in your way. 0:24:31.320 --> 0:24:35.359 He has something bigger, more rewarding than you've ever imagined. 0:24:35.960 --> 0:24:39.560 Now I've learned just because you feel guilty doesn't mean 0:24:39.600 --> 0:24:43.680 you are guilty. You can't go by your feelings. Feelings 0:24:43.680 --> 0:24:47.480 don't always tell us the truth. I may not feel forgiven, 0:24:47.840 --> 0:24:51.719 but I know I am forgiven. I may not feel holy. 0:24:51.960 --> 0:24:54.640 I don't perform perfectly all the time, but I know 0:24:54.960 --> 0:24:58.600 I am holy, I am righteous, I am blameless, I 0:24:58.640 --> 0:25:02.240 am honorable. How can you say that? Because you have 0:25:02.359 --> 0:25:07.080 received the gift of righteousness. The Scripture tells us to 0:25:07.240 --> 0:25:11.960 resist the enemy. Resist means to not agree with what 0:25:12.080 --> 0:25:16.000 he's telling you. When you hear him whisper, you're all 0:25:16.160 --> 0:25:19.240 washed up. You've failed too many times, you made too 0:25:19.240 --> 0:25:22.600 many mistakes. The way you resist him is by saying 0:25:22.960 --> 0:25:25.639 no thanks. I know my best days are still in 0:25:25.680 --> 0:25:28.560 front of me. I know God's mercy is bigger than 0:25:28.600 --> 0:25:29.320 any mistake. 0:25:30.320 --> 0:25:33.080 Don't assist him. Resist him. 0:25:33.600 --> 0:25:36.840 He'll tell you don't deserve to be blessed. Look what 0:25:36.920 --> 0:25:39.560 you've done instead of assisting him. 0:25:39.680 --> 0:25:42.640 Yeah, you're right, what was I thinking? Resist him? 0:25:42.880 --> 0:25:46.080 I am the righteousness of God, I am forgiven, I 0:25:46.119 --> 0:25:50.040 am redeemed. Well, you failed, you blew it. You should 0:25:50.040 --> 0:25:54.080 have done better. He always talks to you about your past, 0:25:54.560 --> 0:25:58.679 talk to him about your future. God's plans for me 0:25:58.880 --> 0:26:02.160 are for good, the path of the righteous. My path 0:26:02.600 --> 0:26:06.280 keeps getting brighter and brighter. I know one more time 0:26:06.400 --> 0:26:10.280 is coming my way. Until then, I'm gonna live guilt free. 0:26:11.520 --> 0:26:13.920 We have these chips at home that I like to eat. 0:26:14.440 --> 0:26:17.720 On the bag, there's a sticker that says gluten free, 0:26:18.320 --> 0:26:20.680 means they don't have any gluten. You need to have 0:26:20.760 --> 0:26:25.800 an imaginary sticker on you that says guilt free, condemnation free, 0:26:25.920 --> 0:26:30.320 Heaven is free. When the accuser tries to dump that 0:26:30.400 --> 0:26:33.560 load of guilt on you, just show him your sign. Sorry, 0:26:33.840 --> 0:26:38.359 I'm guilt free. That's not acceptable here. When you came 0:26:38.400 --> 0:26:41.720 in this building today, you may not realize it, but 0:26:41.840 --> 0:26:45.200 you entered a guilt free zone. You might as well 0:26:45.280 --> 0:26:49.320 leave it outside. This is a righteous place, a holy place, 0:26:49.600 --> 0:26:53.520 an honorable place, a healing place, a hole filled place, 0:26:54.119 --> 0:26:59.120 or one more time place. Are you carrying something that's 0:26:59.119 --> 0:27:04.240 weighing you down? Are you assisting the accuser by believing 0:27:04.280 --> 0:27:09.160 his lies. It's time to start resisting him. Believe what 0:27:09.240 --> 0:27:13.360 God says about you. We've all made mistakes, but remember 0:27:13.640 --> 0:27:16.160 you don't have to pay God back. The price has 0:27:16.200 --> 0:27:20.360 already been paid. I'm asking you to receive his forgiveness, 0:27:20.680 --> 0:27:24.200 receive his mercy. You have enough against you in life 0:27:24.320 --> 0:27:28.080 as it is. Don't be against yourself. 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