Faithfulness and Your Future

Real life presents the Jack Kibs podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim truth, equip the saints and impact our culture. Hey everybody's kind of freaking out. The government's gone nuts. The economy's gone crazy. There's UFO testimony. Should I get married? The answer is stay tuned. You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackkibs.com slash podcast. Today, if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled life in Christ, then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings. To us, that's like saying amen or yes, then that rating will encourage others to listen. Now open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you. Here is Jack Kibs. Hey everybody welcome to this podcast. We're going to be talking to those of you and there many of you and I get it. I used to be one of you both Lisa and I and that is the young family today or or the young believer today, the single believer today, the Christian who looks around and clearly discerns that the universe has lost its mind. There has been a mass infusion of of stupid that has gone into the veins of people just left and right seemingly losing their minds and of course the epicenter of that seems to be a San Francisco as an example of a place of lunacy and when you look at see what's happening that kind of insanity spreading and so you file that over here and obviously you make the conclusion we're not going to ever live in San Francisco nor any place near there nor are we ever going to go on vacation there and that would be exercising wisdom. Then you jump over to the topic of gosh I just you know should I go to college and get a degree so that I won't be employed because businesses now are saying we don't want a college degree individual. We want somebody who's teachable. We want somebody who we can train here at Ford or IBM or you know you name the place. We need to untie them to teach them what they need to know to do the job and so the education system is in mass confusion. Do I go to college or not? Well that leads to the question as a young individual should I care about somebody in a romantic way or not? Gosh I guess if it's the end of the world and all these things are going on let's just give up and I want to encourage you by saying don't do that. I'm going to tell you the reason why. Every generation of believers if they're paying attention should cope with these challenges. My dear friends listen especially young people don't think for a moment that this is unique with what you're thinking. I remember when I was young and rush the Soviet Union was going to nuke Florida and the southern states from Cuba. That was real. We had duck and cover drills in school where they told us we know what to do. If the sirens go off go on to your desk and cover your head because the Soviet Union the Russians are coming. I'm not joking some of your saying I remember that and then there are those times when when we had in California there was a prophecy given by some seer some profit that announced on such and such a day of such and such a year. California from the cententious fault over is going to fall into the ocean just going to cave over. It's the new shoreline is going to be the California desert because all of it LA everything Orange County San Diego all of it's going to fall into the Pacific Ocean. People were reporting on this people expected it and well if that's going to happen then why get married. There's always going to be something. Notice that in history Israel was almost perpetually being taken captive by enemy forces because they perpetually disobeyed God and threw themselves into captivity. But thank God they kept having kids. They kept getting married. They kept having kids. You see Jack yeah but that was way back then. This is now. This is the end of the page. I get it. Watch this. I want to lovingly challenge your logic. Should you get married? Absolutely. To the right person. Should you have babies? Have a ton. Should you book your next vacation somewhere? Book it. Should I go outside? Yes. Should I eat my next meal? Of course. Do you see the drift on being a little sarcastic? But watch this. As a believer we're called upon to be faithful. So go be faithful. Is there a young man? And you think oh he's he's handsome. I he's nice. He loves the Lord. So listen why not the two of you get married? Why not have children? Well the cost of homes are too expensive. Who cares? It's always been too expensive. Lisa and I when we bought our home in 1986 we couldn't afford it. We were in debt up to our neck. We literally not kidding. Scouts honor on the Bible here. We literally ate hot dogs. Sometimes they were Hebrew nationals but those were too expensive. So we had to downgrade to coffee and then downgrading from coffee. We got it got so tough we had to eat Oscar Meyer hot dogs which is pretty much the the the bottom of the hot dog chain with various things like hamburger helper lettuce beans. We survived because we we thought it would be smart to get a house. Now a lot of you guys are saying oh I'm not going to go to house. I understand but listen you need to plan and you need to be faithful and if you if you entertain roadblocks one after another boy really I think I really love her or I think I really love him by the way I'm talking about those of opposite sex he really loves her she really loves him Christians I'm talking to Christians then you should ask her out hey guys listen ask her out man she's so cute I see her it's a conserva I'm attracted to her hello boom flash that's how God made you and it's quite amazing we can't we don't have the time to go down this road right now but the reason why you can be sitting with your friend and say hey isn't she cute over there I think I'm gonna go talk to her and your friend says her you guys it's a whole it's a whole scheme legend of mathematical geometry you're actually attracted to somebody based on an internal desire that is placed there I believe by God and it's and it's really connected to geometry when you see someone their facial structure bone structure eyes placement forehead gin all of that stuff that's why somebody can say I don't think she's cute at all and your friend will say she's a knockout hey that's how the world goes around so go and ask her out ask her her number just tell her listen say hey you know what um would you like to have coffee because I've noticed you come to second service at church and why you serve in the usher's ministry would you be willing to go have a cup of coffee after service today that's how it starts well we'll pastor if I do that then we could get serious uh-huh do it but that could lead to engagement uh-huh do it that could lead to lead to premarital counseling at the church that's right bring it that could lead to us getting married awesome but isn't Jesus coming back any day now we don't know the time we don't know the day or the hour but listen it doesn't mean you stop living the scripture says that we are to occupy till he comes i'm looking at the bible on the on the monitor here in luke 1931 it says occupy till i come that means that we are to live our lives faithfully for Jesus and we don't sit it out listen for those of you guys hanging around in your mom's basement so to speak in your proverbial underwear wash him put him back on put a pair of pants on top of those things get a shirt on wash your armpits comb your hair brush your teeth get out and go make yourself available to meet someone to potentially get married guys take the lead i'm telling you from experience you know what one of the biggest things that Lisa and I are asked all the time by christian young women pester jack miss lisa where the christian men quoting i'm quoting somebody right now every guy in the world hits on us we're sick on it sick of it every guy hits on us hey babe want to go out hey you're hot hey you want to get together and they are disgusted by that because they're non-believers and these young women know that being unequally yoked is wrong you get interested in a non-believer and i don't know what to tell you but get ready for problems you better put a life jacket on mouthpiece in bubble wrap yourself because it's nuts enough out there in the world but to get involved with the non-believer you're asking for crazy so these women are saying pester jack miss lisa where in the world are the christian guys i see them at church why don't they ask us out and so a couple of times lisa and i got guys together and we said start asking people out will you it's ridiculous but anyway that's luke 1913 1913 which means occupy till i come just live your life stop being fearful guys and gals boys and girls start being faithful so watch this is cool we're going to be judged as believers on our faithfulness and um faithfulness means that you're involved in something to be faithful to and there's nothing more godlike than a relationship with somebody so that's uh something that we want to make sure that you understand don't sit it out oh it's the end of the world i guess we're going to break up because uh the jesus is coming back don't do that go for it and let god interrupt your life uh with his return could be next week could be next year could be ten years from now could be a hundred years from now nobody knows but you're supposed to be ready to meet him every day which leads to those who are currently married to a non-believer and you're like saying man did i make a mistake i know we hear this all the time um but uh you're married to them you see well where's that in the bible well first of all before god you said i do god was listening i don't care if you got married in front of the pope or a plumber it doesn't matter god was listening and god says keep the vows that you've made in your youth okay so you're married and either a you married a non-believer and he's still a non-believer or she's still a non-believer or as time has gone on you've been what we called defrauded where somebody told you they were a believer and now you find yourself in this unbelieving unequally yoked situation what are you supposed to do about it well number one Peter tells us that we we it says when the godly wife has her godly conduct uh before the lord um and she's a witness she may very well win her unsaved or ungodly husband to Christ by her witness she could win him to Christ now listen you're going to say oh i've been married for 11 years the bozo still hasn't come to Christ how long do i put up with this listen are you ready to hear this please you may be just on the brink of seeing his conversion maybe think of it like a gold miner a gold miner starts digging with a pick and an axe he's digging digging digging he's finding nothing he's looking at stuff he's he's digging and digging he finds ore which is a good indicator but he's digging and digging and then he starts to see some stuff that looks like gold but it turns out to be that fool's gold that's called in california fool's gold looks like gold but it's not gold but it travels in and around ore but ore is an indicator that gold could be present hitting chipping uh i'm done with this and this has happened many times in in california history the guy sells his claim to some other guy the guy buys the claim picks up with that guy left off and with three more pickaxe strikes he hits the mother load he hits the vein and becomes rich it becomes a millionaire with three hits okay that could be the same regarding your marriage or it might take five more years here's the point are you willing christian are you willing christian to maintain this relationship that god knows you're involved in to win this one to christ because that's your mission field i know down deep inside it sounds very romantic for you to get in an airplane with the rest of your friends at church and fly to believes and preach the gospel and see people get saved and then come back home to a non-believer i get it i understand that uh that's more of a a break and a relief from mundane but it's first peter chapter three versus one through six that gives you the strength that you ought to memorize and that you ought to lean on and write out and post and print and stick it on your mirror whatever that your godly conduct could very well win your lost spouse to christ but are you willing to accept this bit of of counsel from the word of god um what would it benefit you if you wound up leading the entire world to christ but wound up losing your own wife or your own husband that's that's by the way that's a pastor i would think also an evangelist nightmare is if you preach the word of god but your family doesn't wind up making it to heaven would that be horrific can you imagine being some noted evangelist can you imagine being Billy Graham for example and none of your kids make it to heaven yikes now Billy Graham's not responsible for his kids making it to heaven or not exactly but you want to make sure your home is reached first before you go outside the doors of your house so husbands wives i'm going to ask you to kind of sound like the the IMF leader giving tom crew's mission impossible your next assignment should you accept it and that is can you target your husband or your wife as your mission field and be faithful to that calling because in the end god's going to judge you on your faithfulness to reach the one that was closest to you in proximity is it your kids is it your husband did you show them a witness of christ did you did you lovingly show them a change of life did you honestly share with them Jesus if you were to die today can you honestly say that you have in fact given your family the gospel or have you asked them do you believe in god and they said no that's not giving them the gospel you need to pray ask the lord and then watch for the opportunities for you to respond to giving them the gospel i think it's saying Augustine who said basically this share christ with everybody and if needful if possible use words if you have to that's a great line another word show them by the way that you live and then when you open your mouth your conduct will back up the gospel so wives husbands if you're married to a non-believer that is exactly the plan of god for you you heard me right that's your mission field that is your calling don't think that your unbelieving husband is your ball and chain that's keeping you from ministry wake up he is your ministry get a couple of good faithful friends that know how to keep their mouth quiet and draft them into intercessory prayer for your husband or for your wife bombard them in prayer and then ask god open up opportunities lord for me to speak and i read it this morning and when i speak jesus you're the one that told me that in that very hour i don't need to think about it the holy spirit will fill my mouth to give me what it is i'm supposed to say don't give up on your wife or your husband that's not a Christian don't give up on them okay we're not talking about divorce that's another topic we're not talking about separation that's another topic we're not talking about any other any other thing except you living right now together with your unbelieving spouse it is god's will that you win them to christ be patient it could take a long time but that's your mission field and in the end Christian you're going to be i'm going to be judged on my faithfulness to that ministry that was placed directly in front of my nose and that person directly in front of your nose is the person you wake up within the morning you go to bed with that night right you might have kids with your husband and wife and one of them is outside the kingdom the lord is desirous he's not willing that any should perish but that all should come to eternal life right so listen i hope that this helps i hope that this is a blessing to you so recap super quick young people pursue someone get back we ought to have a podcast on how to pursue someone because a lot of people a lot of young people don't even know what i'm talking about learn how to pursue someone go after them and ask them out start to date them with the intent of possibly asking them to marry okay don't tell them by the way you love them don't tell them you love them until you until it goes like this watch me ready watch everybody don't do it except this way hi Susie good to hear from you or good to see you hey i love you will you marry me don't say i love you until you can say will you marry me if somebody says tell me you love me i can't do that right now because the day that i say that is the day i'm going to ask you to marry me if you want me to ask you or if you want me to tell you are you going to say yes this is very important stuff we throw it around like it's nothing young people get committed get faithful get babies get homes get a life build it people who are married to non-believers stay faithful win them to christ listen always hit the subscribe button to stay up today we got a lot of slot information coming your way if you're 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