¶ Examining True Christian Identity
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I went from kind of a and I'm still going to do some . I have a . First of all , I'll tell you a little bit of stuff that's coming up on the schedule . I got a couple of things in the next couple of months and maybe even one larger fish to start off the year .
I'm not sure yet how it's going to work out , but I got a friend of mine that has been on Fox . He's written blogs for Fox . He's a well-known , well-traveled , he's done years and years of ministry , and I asked him if he would be willing to come on and talk about a leadership , talk about pastoral mental health .
I think that is something that , as far as I've seen , we kind of gets shuffled and put to the wayside . So I want to talk a little bit about that . So I will be putting out little teasers and let y'all know when that's going to happen as well . As another person reached out to me on TikTok .
They said that through one of my videos they were encouraged One of the little TikToks on there and they mentioned and kind of shared a little bit with me about their , I think , their loss of a child and there was some serious stuff going on and I said , hey , you know you're a Christian woman , do you mind coming on the podcast ? She said yes .
She said this month is full , so stay tuned for that . Just want to let you know we got some cool things coming up as well as continuing to do this Bible teaching type podcast Like I . I like doing where I was , live streaming and doing , you know , going on the rabbit trails of different topics and things like that .
But I'm really I love teaching and so I want to kind of get back . I'm going to do some some of that every now and then . But to me , if I'm going to have limited amount of time , I want my , my time is valuable . So I'm trying to teach my teenager this to value your time so that you don't waste it .
And for me , my value and my priority is to get the gospel of Jesus Christ to study and dive into scripture and to help you as a believer or as a non-believer , whichever the case may be , to want to dive into scripture and get to know the word better , get to know the word better , get to know God better , and so that's kind of my heart .
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There's a question that most of the time , when you ask people who have been going to church for a while they've been a part of the Christian ecosystem you ask them this question and what is one of the things that they start doing ? They start naming off things they do instead of fruit of who they are . Now , what does that mean ? What's the question ?
So you can tell by the title are you a Christian ? And most people will be like oh yeah , man , I go to church here , my parents went to this church , my dad's a pastor , my this and that you know I was born and raised Baptist , blah , blah , blah , whatever you know . Or I'm a Catholic , I say my Hail Marys , or whatever they do .
Okay , that's not making fun , that's a legitimate answer that I have received . Oh yeah , I go to to this this St Mary's , blah , blah , blah . And they start like telling me all the things they do to be a Christian , when in reality , uh , it's the opposite .
So you don't do things to be a Christian , you actually give your life to Christ and therefore it produces good works out of you . Because you cannot and this is biblical For those of you who say different you pray to a saint or you whatever to help you and blah , blah , blah . They're not God .
And so when you pray to a God , pray to a person who has passed on , you are , in essence , instead of the veil being torn and you coming before the father and praying to Jesus , praying to the Holy spirit , you have , in essence , made an idol out of that person .
I'm not talking about , you know , statues and reverence and and and remembering them , but I mean , peter even said when he was with Jesus I think it was Moses and Elijah , I think , if I'm remembering correctly if not correct me in the comments , I know probably some of you will anyways but he didn't know what to do .
So he's like oh , let's build , let's build monuments . And Jesus shut it down . Right then , because it was not something right to do . Read that story . I don't know what you take away from it , but I think sometimes we push to idolize people and it's wrong , it's not the right thing to do . So , that being said , so that being said , are you saved ?
So let's look at this verse . So Matthew , chapter seven , verse 21 . And this is , to me , the scariest verse in the Bible . Now , why is it the scariest verse ? Because this is a direct word for church people . Not everyone who calls out to me , lord , lord , will enter the kingdom of heaven .
Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter . So I want you to ask yourself a simple question . This should be a question . If you say you know God , this should be a pretty easy answer .
But I believe and this is something that I've been for years now saying to my church Part of the mission and vision that I have for the church that I feel God put on my heart was spiritual maturity , spiritual maturity , because spiritual maturity , spiritual maturity , spiritual maturity leads to other places in your life to become mature , because you're aligning your
spirit with God's spirit and you are submitting yourself to a holy God . And when you submit yourself to a holy God , you become a holy people .
And when you become a holy people , you are aligned with what he desires to happen in your life , and when you are aligned with what he wants to happen in your life , and when you are aligned with what he wants to happen in your life , things go better . That isn't . That isn't .
It's not to say things are perfect or things are magically good and great and perfect and nobody ever comes against you in this , and that we're actually promised the opposite . So when we say , are you saved , what does that mean ? True salvation is not merely about external actions , but about a deep , authentic relationship with God that should transform our lives .
Now the question , are you saved ? Isn't about a one-time decision . I had a friend in high school . Him and I would have this , I guess you called it argument him , and I would have this back and forth , and he was a what is a common word or phrase ? Once saved , always saved .
Apparently , if you're a denomination of Baptist , sometimes that seems to be tethered to that denomination . I'm not sure exactly why , but like because you once accepted Christ , now you're good and you can do anything , and this was his attitude . And then some will say , well then you were never saved . That's just semantics .
We're not going to dive into that , that's not today's topic but are you saved ? Should be a to ask themselves to prompt an internal examination of what am I doing in my day-to-day life , every single day . What am I doing to externally show what God has done internally ? Now remember this . I said this before and it can get very muddy and confusing .
I said this before and it can get very muddy and confusing . External actions will not produce an internal salvation , but internal salvation will produce external actions . Even in the word it says faith without works is dead , like it's not going to be . You getting saved and then you're just good to go and you never do anything .
Holy , you never correct anything , you never change anything in your life . The word of God . Okay , let's go back to the old Testament . And then you're just good to go and you never do anything . Holy , you never correct anything , you never change anything in your life . The word of God . Okay , let's go back to the old Testament .
Then we'll go to the new Testament . Old Testament Moses comes out of the mountain and he has the tablets . Okay , the first tablet download . He has 10 commandments . Okay , he breaks and he gets mad . Let's go back or let's scoot forward a little bit . Comes back down . Now he's got the new version . He's got the 2.0 . All right , he's got the tablets .
10 commandments what was the reason for the 10 commandments ? It was because a holy people , a set apart people , was so damaged , so sinful , that they had to have some sort of regulation and parameters to live their life . So the 10 commandments was given , god tried , he even wiped out the earth , started over again .
And because we are sinful creatures , we are inherently sinful . It's like you don't have to teach a child to be disobedient . You don't have to teach a child to lie they can lie better but you don't teach a child to lie . You don't teach a child to not do what they are told not to do . It's just my little daughter .
Right now she's a year and a little bit over a month . She does not have to be taught that when I say no to put there's a , can you see it on the screen ? Yeah , right here . Right there , there is a router that is wired into the wall and it's plugged in right there . She comes in my office Sometimes she has some toys .
There's not any in here at the moment . Well , there's a block over there , but I cleaned some of them out because I was feeling cluttered . As you can see , I have a clutter problem . I lay things down . Actually , that's my wife's work right there . She did that . Uh , shout out , shout out , jesse Tillman .
And she reaches for that because it's got wires hanging and it's just right at her eye level . So , yeah , she's going to reach for it . Well , I told her no and guess what happened ? She reached for it again . So I went over there and I smacked her hand . Some of you may be like well , it's your fault for having it that low .
She needs to learn what no means . Some adults , a lot of adults , need to learn what no means it's okay to be told no . So are you saved ? Are you saved ? Not a one-time decision , it is an ongoing and this is what we call in my denomination and from biblical texts , as far as where we get our theology and all of our key beliefs .
We call it sanctification . So an ongoing process of every single day dedicating , saying yes , I will live for Christ today . It's an ongoing journey of faith . It's an everyday decision of obedience and an internal transformation that then produces external works . Faith without works is dead .
So you having faith , you really have faith , you really believe , you are really trusting God , then it should produce in you external results , but external results doing all this stuff , and you know what's up , and it just it doesn't do anything for you as far as Christ is concerned . It doesn't automatically mean you get into heaven . It's just not how it works .
I wish that it did . That would make , probably things a lot easier .
¶ Eternal Salvation Through Spiritual Rebirth
But this is why Jesus looked to the Pharisees and said they were whitewashed tombs .
He said live like them , but don't be like them , because they had the law down , they had what they were supposed to do down to the T , but it meant nothing , because inside of their hearts there was no relationship , there was no depth to their relationship with God , there was no actual substance .
And this is what I believe is one of the biggest problems with the church today Is we're walking around as malnourished zombies claiming Christ and we have no clue who God really is , because we're living off of our parents' beliefs , parents' relationships with God and we don't have any truly ourselves .
And so then we become malnourished because there's no actual substance that we've been consuming ourselves . And we have to do that .
When you stand before God , every person will and we will be held accountable for the good , the bad , the ugly , everything we say , everything we do be held accountable for the good , the bad , the ugly , everything we say , everything we do , everything we think . It is being recorded , written down .
The only thing that can make all that go away and to be made righteous and be made whole and holy before a holy God is the blood of Jesus , is the receiving Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior . That is the only way to be saved . So what is salvation ? So salvation is being born again .
Let's look in John , chapter three , verse three and seven through seven says Jesus replied I tell you the truth unless you are born again , you cannot see the kingdom of God . What do you mean , exclaimed Nicodemus . How can an old man he's asking , I mean , it's a very .
I mean if someone's telling you this and you're like that doesn't make any sense , if you don't understand what the word is saying , if you don't understand , ask a question just like Nicodemus . Some may look at him and be like dude , that was a dumb question . But if he doesn't get it , I'd rather ask and look dumb than think I have it and I ain't got it .
How can an old man go back into his mother's womb and be born again . Jesus replied I assure you , no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the spirit . Humans can reproduce only human life , but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life . So don't be surprised when I say you must be born again .
So Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus in John , chapter 3 , it clarifies that salvation involves being born again . So you have to let your flesh die and let the new spirit , man or spirit woman , be born again so that you can be a new creation , a spiritual rebirth that the Holy Spirit can bring about , that only the Holy Spirit can bring about .
It's not about human effort okay , said this since we started . It's not about human effort Okay , said this since we started . It's not about human effort . It's about divine transformation that redefines our identity and our relationship with God .
Now , being born again is the starting point of true salvation and it marks the beginning of life in the spirit , reflecting the character of God . So this is the starting point receiving Jesus as your Lord and Savior . So a few weeks ago I felt not convicted , but maybe just like moved in a way .
I would always say stuff like give your heart to Jesus , things like that , and I feel that God kind of pushed me in a direction of not just your heart , give your life to Jesus , like he don't just want this , he wants all that you have , and giving your heart to Jesus .
So this is and I say this to my people because it's so so , so true and it's so vital for us to understand whether new or old believers it's so , so , so true and it's so vital for us to understand whether , new or old believers , you can receive salvation free of charge . What does that mean ? Jesus came , he lived and he died . He lived us in this life .
He died as the perfect sacrifice for all eternity . So , hey , even if there's aliens , they got to know Jesus too , to make it to heaven . That's so weird . I'm going to get on that topic one day . But Jesus came , lived , died , perfect one and done .
But after you receive that now , there is an ongoing effort that must happen every single day in your life to maintain and retain that relationship with God . You can't just come to Jesus and even in the moment really mean it , but then go back out and be with your same friends , be with your you know all the same atmosphere , be the same person . It doesn't .
There should be a shift Now . I'm not saying that you're going to be perfect . God's not expecting perfection , but he does desire for us to grow in maturity , which means , just as we were children and we began to grow , we begin to change , both physically , mentally , emotionally and spiritually .
There should be , after we become , we pass that new birth canal in Christ , in the spirit . We should begin to grow , we should begin to mature . We should begin to grow . We should begin to mature , we should begin to change . That's what we need to try to work on , that right there . Salvation is free , but remaining in Christ will cost you .
It should cost you everything , everything that you were , and then allow God to give you back what he desires for you to have back . That makes sense . I hope it does . So
¶ The Challenge of True Discipleship
. Look over in Matthew , chapter 19 . Probably going to be a little full for the screen , but that'll be alright . Let me change this up just a tad for my reels . I want it to be able to fit . That'll be all right . Do it right there , all right . Matthew 19 , 16 through 22 .
Someone came to Jesus with this question Teacher , what good deed must I do to have eternal life ? Now , that seems like a pretty pretty . I mean common sense question . Why ask me what is good ? Jesus replied there is only one about what is good . There's only one that is good .
But to answer your question , if you want to receive eternal life , keep the commandments . Which ones ? The man asked ? And Jesus replied you must not murder , you must not commit adultery , you must not steal , you must not testify falsely , honor your father and mother , love your neighbor as yourself . I've obeyed all of these commandments . The young man replied .
What else must I do ? Jesus told him if you want to be perfect , go and sell your possessions and give the money to the poor and you will have treasures in heaven . Now , if you recall , when Jesus started picking up his posse and the disciples , they literally left their jobs , their families and they followed Jesus .
He was not asking this guy to do anything other than what he had already asked others to do , but this is why he wouldn't do it . Think about this . But the young man heard this . He went away sad , for he had many possessions . I think sometimes it's easier for those that don't have much to continue to follow the will of God .
It's easier for those who don't know a lot to study the word and be used by God , to pray and see miracles happen , because they don't overthink , they don't overcomplicate , they just believe that God is who he says he is . And it's very simple . I think sometimes we overcomplicate I'm sorry I forgot to move it down to the next one for you .
They overcomplicate the walk with Christ and it ends up making us fall away because we can't adhere to what we think God desires , when really he just wants us . It's a lot more simple than I believe we make it so . In this passage , jesus challenges the rich ruler to look beyond mere rule keeping and consider the condition of his heart .
A true salvation requires more than external obedience . It demands a heart fully surrendered to God . And listen to me , people , whoever watches . I know we got people from all over the world that tune in , but I'm here in East Texas and here in East Texas everybody thinks they're going to heaven .
Everybody thinks , because they're going to their mom and dad's church , they've got a ticket into heaven , that is , they're good . And that's not true at all . When we stand before God , we will be by ourselves .
There will be no family , there will be no church , there'll be no pastor , There'll be no deacons , board members , worship leaders anything , it will be just you and it will be just God . And I'm telling you straight up that God does not play games when it comes to salvation and serving him . And that means even in your finances .
People get so upset when you talk about their money in church and honestly , I think they get upset because the money that they have doesn't belong to God . Because if it did and someone is literally quoting scripture and sticking to what the word says there should not be any animosity in their heart , like for me .
I'm going to give you a little bit inside of me and believe and trust me when I say this . I'm not bragging . I'm telling you I make a certain amount of money from the church , that from tithes . That pays me . That's how . If you don't know , that's how church works People on staff , the lights , the renovations , the , the , the , the supplies .
If you don't , if you never ran a business , you don't understand it . But that's when you pay ties , that's what it goes towards to keep the lights on . For leadership . Um , and some people don't think pastors should get paid . Some people don't think worship leaders should get paid .
But those are people who have never done the position and really don't have the information to make that call . So if you feel that way , shut up because you don't have a clue what it is . Any other business model , so let's use my church Any other business model . You have someone who is in charge .
I have 22 leaders and those leaders have volunteers underneath them . I have five board members I have , and that five is also included in that 22 , maybe more than that now , but then I have about 100 to 120 people , depending on the Sunday , every single Sunday that I have to be in contact with . That , I have to counsel with that .
I have to every single day be doing something with somebody . Every Tuesday night , wednesday night and Thursday night I have something going on at the church and then anything we have going on on Saturday . I have something going on at the church and then anything we have going on on Saturday .
Now you take pastor out of the equation and you have CEO or business owner or manager or whatever and you would be willing to pay them 70 to 100 , maybe even over that , depending on the job thousand dollars a year .
But people get all weird when you talk about paying a pastor or paying a worship leader and all this other stuff when they have a lot of responsibility , that we actually have to care for people . We don't get to just make hard decisions and cut people , and who cares about the repercussions ? Cause that's the decision .
You have to actually care about them , so that stacks even more . So it's like it's really weird dynamic of this person who's in charge but yet has to actually care about everyone's opinion and love on them . It's pretty heavy sometimes . What I'm saying is when I pay my tithes and I do pay tithes I pay mine .
When I have a company as well , everything I get , if somebody gives me a gift , if somebody gives me anything , it doesn't matter what it is I immediately pay my tithes on it . Now , why do I do that ? Am I trying to pay myself through the church ?
No , I have this rule at my church If God doesn't have your money right now and that's honestly the truth if you won't pay tithes or give gifts or whatever , give it somewhere else for three months and watch God be true to his word . Now people get all uncomfortable talking about money . So I say listen , we don't need your money here .
Give it somewhere else . Prove God right , that he is who he says he is , that his word says what it says and that he will always come through . I've never had a person come back to me and say , man , I just it's not working . Never , because I don't ask anybody , just like Jesus here .
I don't ask anybody to do anything that I don't do myself For my business . I don't pay after taxes For my tithes , I pay on the gross , and then when I get a tax return if I do last year I didn't I pay off of that too . Some people , why would you do that ?
Why after if you've done it before taxes , then when you get your return back , that should all be yours . False . Everything that comes to me is his . So that means to me , from what I see in scripture , that not only does my mind belong to God I don't curse anymore not only does my mouth belong to God I don't watch porn anymore .
Not only does my eyes belong to God I don't listen to anything but worship music anymore . Not only do my ears belong to God . Some of you may think this is extreme , but I'm telling you what , what my convictions are , because I've asked God to show me , teach me , lead me and guide me , because that is my level of dedication to him .
And so if we say we're saved , what level of dedication are we really giving everything over to God , like we say we are ? I mean , this question should not tick you off . It should actually . If you desire to please a loving , holy God , you should want to live your life as such . There should be no question .
So then you get to finances and all of a sudden we clam up and we're like man , I don't know , this just wasn't my money . No , we don't want anything . God wants you to give , and I tell people this too if you're , if you're giving and you're mad about it , I don't want that curse .
The bible tells us to be a cheerful giver , to give because we love to give , because we want to see things taken care of , we love the people that come there , and so we're able to finance and fund things back to the people because everybody's giving in together .
In Acts I don't remember what chapter it is you see this same type of thing where everybody is giving into the church body and the church body helps , takes care of everybody else . We are very , very generous in what we do . If we have something and another church needs it , we immediately give it . There's no holding back at all .
We fund outreach things where we go hand food out once a month to people who need food . We also give food into the church , into a freezer , so if there's a family that has an issue or someone's in the hospital , we can give them meals throughout the week and take care of them .
This is what the body should look like , but this can only happen whatever church you go to . If you've been holding on to your money because you're like well , I don't know what they're going to do with it . If you don't trust them , you shouldn't be going there . Bottom line .
If you don't trust your church , you should not be in that church , because they should be doing it the way God's word designed for us to do it , and that is giving in so we can give out . That's the way it's set up . So does God have all of you ?
Finances is a very sticky situation and in my personal opinion and from what I see in the scripture , it shouldn't be , because a lot of us will fall in this category where we're like oh , jesus , I want to follow you , jesus , I want everything you have , and he's like okay , well , then here , show me with your monetary gain that you really want what you say
you want that , you really want to follow me . Do this and give it to the poor . Do this and donate and blah , blah , blah . You know , whatever the lord leads you to do , I'm not telling you what he's leading you to do , I'm just this is an example from the word , because it's scripture .
You have to stop , assess and be like am I really , am I outlandishly like , outrageously , being generous , or am I being stingy with what God has blessed me with ? Because I know this from firsthand experience you're stingy with what God has blessed you with . He eventually will dry up that blessing and there will be no more fruit of that labor .
And so I have made it in my mind , in my heart , that my house , everything we earn , even though we're not giving it all away , everything we earn belongs to God and if he lays on our
¶ Living Out True Christian Faith
heart . I was with some ministers actually at the time of recording this yesterday , and I was with some ministers actually as the time of recording this yesterday and I was invited . They said hey , we go out to a restaurant . Our waitress or waiter , each one of us , brings $100 to the table and we give that as a tip and we pray with them .
So we did that yesterday . That's the first time I was invited to do this . I'm like Lord , I'm not really , I'm not rich , I ain't got $ hundred dollars , you know . But they don't do it all the time , but it's just kind of an every now and then thing to to bless somebody else . And so I was like , all right , I'll go , lord out of faith , I'll go .
So I did it , and today I've had three or four invoices that finally got paid , and today I've had three or four invoices that finally got paid . God knows what he's doing . When we're faithful , sometimes we wait for God to do something before we're faithful , and God is actually waiting for us to be faithful so that he can really do something .
Think about it . Your blessing could be right around the corner , but you've been holding on to what you have so tight that your hand couldn't receive it if he threw it your way . Think about it . Look over in James . Let's look in James . Guys , has a modern church forgot about the ingredients of true salvation ? As we read this look at this .
What good is it , dear brothers and sisters , if you say you have faith but don't show it by your actions ? He's saying your faith is pointless if you're not showing it by how you live . Can that kind of faith save anyone ?
Question mark Is anybody going to come to church if you've got an attitude all the time and you're always bitter and griping and complaining ? Absolutely not . You'll be the reason they never come to church .
Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food , clothing and you say goodbye and have a good day , stay warm and eat well , but then you don't give that person any food or clothing . What does that do ? So you see , faith by itself isn't enough . Unless it produces good deeds it is dead and useless .
James is trying to tell us listen , just every once in a while , take an internal self inventory and say am I doing what I'm supposed to be doing Like , what am I here for ? A lot of us walk around without aim , without intention , and at the end of the day we got to ask ourselves what am I here for ?
A lot of us walk around without aim , without intention , and at the end of the day we got to ask ourselves what am I here for ? What am I doing here ? If you start asking these types of questions , I guarantee you it'll prompt something in you , internally , in your heart , in your mind , with your spouse , say what are we doing here ?
What's the reason for this ? And when you start trying to unearth those roots , you can see what the reason for either bad fruit or fruit that's not producing . Well , sometimes you have to go through a pruning process to actually get good product . That was a lot of peas . That was a lot of peas .
So the modern church often emphasizes grace and faith , but James reminds us that true faith is the evidence , produces evidence out of our actions . Salvation isn't just about the moment of belief . It's about a lifetime of demonstrating the belief through the way we live . Now here's a question .
If you are a believer , or maybe if you're not , hopefully me even talking like this will interest you in diving deeper into what the church is actually supposed to be , so that you can find a church that you can get fed . And if you're at a church right now , listen . Church that you can get fed . And if you're at a church right now , listen .
I was a pastor's child my entire life . Okay , I understand . When your parents go somewhere . If it's your family church , you will go there and spiritually starve for your entire life because somebody that means something to you goes there but you never get anything out of it .
That is dangerous , and I understand it's very difficult to make these types of decisions when people you love and care about are in the middle of it . But at the end of the day , at the end of the day , you are responsible for you . You are responsible for your family inside of your house .
You need to be spiritually healthy and a lot of times that comes from being able to prune . So look over at Philippians . Work hard to show the results of your salvation . Obeying God with deep reverence and fear for God is working in you , giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him . Now ask yourself is your life pleasing to God ?
Have you gotten stale ? Have you gotten boring in your walk ? Are you saved ? Is your life producing the fruit that proves that you are , or are you a dying branch ?
¶ Lifelong Pursuit of Faith
Being saved is not about a one-time decision . It is that moment , that pivot moment , that can change your life forever . But every day after that , there has to be pursuit , there has to be . There is life in Christ . It's not meant for you to just be yeah , I'm saved . God desires for us to be so much more than that .
He desires for our lives to be so much more full than that . So ask yourself are you living a life of saved ? Are you living a life full of faith ? Are you living a life that is pleasing to God ? Are you living a life that , if God came down right now and he was doing the rapture and snatching people up , he's coming back for his holy , spotless bride ?
Would he have to dig and find you because you're blending in with everybody else ? Or are you actually set apart , as the Bible tells us to be ? I can't answer that for you , but I can tell you it is a question that you must answer because one day there's going to be a deciding factor and there's going to be a massive fracture in who is and who is not .
There's no middle gray ground and I hope this inspires you to a deeper walk with Christ . And if you don't know him , I hope it makes you incredibly curious to where . You may not fully understand what I'm talking about , but you want to learn . I love you , I'm praying for you and I hope you have an amazing rest of your week . Faith and Failures Podcast .