In Hot Pursuit

100:00:00.430 --> 00:00:03.750Real Life presents the Jack Hibbs Podcast, with200:00:03.750 --> 00:00:07.109intention and boldness to proclaim truth, equip the300:00:07.109 --> 00:00:09.030saints, and impact our culture.400:00:09.430 --> 00:00:12.170Jesus walks before us, and God says, walk500:00:12.170 --> 00:00:13.230where he walked.600:00:13.750 --> 00:00:16.870Didn't Jesus say, come and follow me?700:00:17.230 --> 00:00:20.590Put your foot in his footprints, is the800:00:20.590 --> 00:00:21.370command of God.900:00:21.610 --> 00:00:24.430And every true believer longs to live that1000:00:24.430 --> 00:00:27.690way, thus we are in hot pursuit of1100:00:27.690 --> 00:00:28.470Jesus Christ.1200:00:32.420 --> 00:00:34.520You can get the outlines of this podcast1300:00:34.520 --> 00:00:38.520by going to Jackhibbs.com slash podcast.1400:00:38.980 --> 00:00:41.800Today, if this podcast lifts you up and1500:00:41.800 --> 00:00:44.060encourages you to live a more fulfilled life1600:00:44.060 --> 00:00:46.160in Christ, then make sure you leave us1700:00:46.160 --> 00:00:47.820one of those five star ratings.1800:00:48.100 --> 00:00:51.400To us, that's like saying amen or yes,1900:00:51.740 --> 00:00:54.120then that rating will encourage others to listen.2000:00:54.500 --> 00:00:56.880Now open your hearts to what God's word2100:00:56.880 --> 00:00:57.860has to say to you.2200:00:58.180 --> 00:00:59.740Here is Jack Hibbs.2300:01:00.740 --> 00:01:04.980He says, therefore, let us not judge one2400:01:04.980 --> 00:01:06.040another anymore.2500:01:06.340 --> 00:01:09.780The word in Greek means stop it, but2600:01:09.780 --> 00:01:10.780rather resolve.2700:01:11.320 --> 00:01:12.800And we'll see what this means in a2800:01:12.800 --> 00:01:13.040moment.2900:01:13.660 --> 00:01:15.960Not to put a stumbling block or a3000:01:15.960 --> 00:01:18.520cause to fall in our brother's way.3100:01:18.620 --> 00:01:19.880And I'm not going to include this in3200:01:19.880 --> 00:01:22.040our point, because it's too important.3300:01:22.240 --> 00:01:26.040It is the presiding overriding factor in our3400:01:26.040 --> 00:01:28.900study, all the way to the closing of3500:01:28.900 --> 00:01:30.300the book of Romans itself.3600:01:30.520 --> 00:01:31.440Mark this down.3700:01:31.520 --> 00:01:33.720Three key words in our note-taking.3800:01:34.800 --> 00:01:35.240Resolve.3900:01:35.460 --> 00:01:36.620He says, resolve this.4000:01:37.480 --> 00:01:38.820No more judging each other.4100:01:39.260 --> 00:01:39.820Stop it.4200:01:40.360 --> 00:01:42.100Because we're prone to do that.4300:01:42.180 --> 00:01:42.880He says, stop it.4400:01:43.820 --> 00:01:44.640Just stop it now.4500:01:44.880 --> 00:01:46.700When the thought comes up in your mind4600:01:46.700 --> 00:01:49.100that you're judging your brother or sister, rebuke4700:01:49.100 --> 00:01:52.440that thought, hand it over to Christ, resist4800:01:52.440 --> 00:01:52.820that.4900:01:53.660 --> 00:01:59.140And do this with the same tenacity.5000:02:00.020 --> 00:02:00.460Resolve.5100:02:01.120 --> 00:02:03.620It means all the more to go beyond,5200:02:03.900 --> 00:02:05.560to be extravagant with this.5300:02:05.720 --> 00:02:06.800I love this.5400:02:07.320 --> 00:02:08.900Listen, in the Bible, we have what is5500:02:08.900 --> 00:02:15.860known as the parable or the illustration of5600:02:15.860 --> 00:02:16.720the prodigal son.5700:02:16.940 --> 00:02:17.140Right?5800:02:17.240 --> 00:02:17.980We all know this one?5900:02:18.540 --> 00:02:19.740The prodigal son.6000:02:20.360 --> 00:02:22.200And did you know, listen, it's pretty cool.6100:02:22.920 --> 00:02:26.360We call it the section of Scripture regarding6200:02:26.360 --> 00:02:27.180the prodigal son.6300:02:27.560 --> 00:02:29.860Even some Bibles will note it in the6400:02:29.860 --> 00:02:31.020footnotes.6500:02:31.100 --> 00:02:32.580This is about the prodigal son.6600:02:32.880 --> 00:02:34.300Did you know that's actually an error?6700:02:35.140 --> 00:02:36.240That's not in the Bible.6800:02:36.600 --> 00:02:37.800People put that in there.6900:02:38.560 --> 00:02:40.020Well, what are you saying that the prodigal7000:02:40.020 --> 00:02:40.920son is not in the Bible?7100:02:41.180 --> 00:02:43.400No, no, the prodigal son as you and7200:02:43.400 --> 00:02:45.040I know it is in the Bible.7300:02:45.700 --> 00:02:48.120Jesus spoke it himself, but it's not about7400:02:48.120 --> 00:02:49.460the prodigal son.7500:02:49.540 --> 00:02:50.800I hope some of you remember this from7600:02:50.800 --> 00:02:51.360yesteryear.7700:02:51.880 --> 00:02:53.880It's all about the prodigal.7800:02:54.840 --> 00:02:55.600Thank you.7900:02:55.860 --> 00:02:56.740You're exactly right.8000:02:56.840 --> 00:02:57.940She's got the answer, you guys.8100:02:58.040 --> 00:02:58.380Come on.8200:02:59.700 --> 00:03:01.700It's not about the prodigal son.8300:03:01.860 --> 00:03:03.180You say, no, no, it's about the son8400:03:03.180 --> 00:03:05.900who left his dad, took his inheritance early8500:03:05.900 --> 00:03:08.720and went and lived like a maniac on8600:03:08.720 --> 00:03:10.860all kinds of things and then ruined his8700:03:10.860 --> 00:03:12.840life and then crawled back home.8800:03:13.120 --> 00:03:15.620It's about the prodigal son because he went8900:03:15.620 --> 00:03:17.460out and he lived extravagantly.9000:03:19.840 --> 00:03:20.940That's what happened.9100:03:21.500 --> 00:03:24.580No, it's about the extravagance of the father's9200:03:24.580 --> 00:03:26.760love for his prodigal son.9300:03:26.840 --> 00:03:27.460That's what it's about.9400:03:27.820 --> 00:03:31.860The star of that illustration that Jesus gives9500:03:31.860 --> 00:03:32.940is not the son.9600:03:33.340 --> 00:03:34.980It's not even the older son.9700:03:35.040 --> 00:03:35.880Remember the older son?9800:03:36.020 --> 00:03:36.760He stayed home.9900:03:36.800 --> 00:03:37.580He was a good boy.10000:03:37.980 --> 00:03:39.880It's not about either one of the boys.10100:03:40.020 --> 00:03:43.380The boys are illustrations of how great the10200:03:43.380 --> 00:03:44.620father's love is.10300:03:46.080 --> 00:03:49.220He's the extravagant loving father.10400:03:49.220 --> 00:03:50.820And so is our father above.10500:03:51.160 --> 00:03:53.560That's what Jesus was communicating.10600:03:54.020 --> 00:03:56.700And when we talk about being resolved, it's10700:03:56.700 --> 00:03:58.980an extravagant decision.10800:03:59.420 --> 00:04:01.140I, as a believer in the Lord Jesus10900:04:01.140 --> 00:04:05.400Christ today, resolve to do this.11000:04:06.040 --> 00:04:08.560Our founding fathers, you can read those documents11100:04:08.560 --> 00:04:11.540where Patrick Henry, for example, very famously says,11200:04:11.660 --> 00:04:14.560resolved, we will do this.11300:04:15.220 --> 00:04:17.560Resolve, we will do the other.11400:04:18.120 --> 00:04:20.779It's a declaration and one powerful word.11500:04:20.880 --> 00:04:22.320And then the word is stumbling.11600:04:22.600 --> 00:04:24.680We make this resolute.11700:04:25.480 --> 00:04:26.480And that is this.11800:04:26.640 --> 00:04:28.380We will not stumble our brother and sister11900:04:28.380 --> 00:04:30.180any longer because we are Christians.12000:04:30.620 --> 00:04:32.820We care more about what Christ cares about12100:04:32.820 --> 00:04:34.300than what we care about.12200:04:34.780 --> 00:04:36.960We are followers and we are disciples of12300:04:36.960 --> 00:04:37.980the Lord Jesus Christ.12400:04:38.260 --> 00:04:39.420Now, I know what I just said a12500:04:39.420 --> 00:04:42.340moment ago flies in the face of the12600:04:42.340 --> 00:04:42.980modern day.12700:04:44.020 --> 00:04:45.160Please serve me.12800:04:45.300 --> 00:04:46.280Please make me happy.12900:04:46.280 --> 00:04:48.580Please give me a sermon that makes me13000:04:48.580 --> 00:04:50.380feel warm and fuzzy and do all the13100:04:50.380 --> 00:04:52.880worship songs that I like, kind of church,13200:04:53.320 --> 00:04:56.280kind of churchianity in America.13300:04:56.800 --> 00:04:58.000Why should I go to church?13400:04:58.360 --> 00:05:00.540I'm surprised, maybe, I don't know, maybe I'm13500:05:00.540 --> 00:05:00.940missing it.13600:05:01.580 --> 00:05:04.420Churches have gotten so carnal and so devoted13700:05:04.420 --> 00:05:08.700to pleasing carnality that the whole church experience,13800:05:08.900 --> 00:05:11.860they boast that it's come, come to our13900:05:11.860 --> 00:05:12.240church.14000:05:12.520 --> 00:05:14.240You'll be in and out in under 6014100:05:14.240 --> 00:05:14.620minutes.14200:05:16.630 --> 00:05:18.330Now somebody might say, oh, that sounds good14300:05:18.330 --> 00:05:18.790to me.14400:05:21.410 --> 00:05:22.210I mean, I gotta be honest.14500:05:22.310 --> 00:05:23.810It sounds good to you because you don't14600:05:23.810 --> 00:05:25.090care about the things of God.14700:05:25.750 --> 00:05:27.170Honestly, see what's kind of rude.14800:05:27.290 --> 00:05:28.710No, no, I'm just getting started.14900:05:30.110 --> 00:05:32.190No, are you gonna say, can you imagine15000:05:32.190 --> 00:05:33.670if God said that to you?15100:05:33.810 --> 00:05:35.270Can you imagine if you said, God, I15200:05:35.270 --> 00:05:36.850need you to protect me and watch over15300:05:36.850 --> 00:05:38.690me through this battle of cancer.15400:05:39.110 --> 00:05:41.310And God says, I will watch over you15500:05:41.310 --> 00:05:43.450and I will protect you through this battle15600:05:43.450 --> 00:05:45.590of cancer for 60 minutes.15700:05:51.620 --> 00:05:53.420No, the word stumbling doesn't mean, this is15800:05:53.420 --> 00:05:54.240what we do not do.15900:05:54.480 --> 00:05:56.020If we're doing it, we must stop now,16000:05:56.080 --> 00:05:56.360church.16100:05:56.660 --> 00:05:58.680And that is don't set up or create16200:05:58.680 --> 00:06:02.280a trip hazard to make an occasion of16300:06:02.280 --> 00:06:04.700stumbling, to put an obstacle on a path.16400:06:07.990 --> 00:06:09.410The Bible says, don't do this.16500:06:09.490 --> 00:06:11.050But how many times do you and I16600:06:11.050 --> 00:06:14.370spend on Instagram or YouTube laughing our heads16700:06:14.370 --> 00:06:17.110off at people who trip and fall over16800:06:17.110 --> 00:06:17.490stuff?16900:06:17.530 --> 00:06:18.250Have you noticed that?17000:06:18.430 --> 00:06:19.250Let's be honest.17100:06:19.510 --> 00:06:20.170I mean, come on.17200:06:20.170 --> 00:06:23.190We are so evil that we will laugh17300:06:23.190 --> 00:06:26.690when a 70-year-old man, wait, no,17400:06:26.870 --> 00:06:29.570a 90-year-old man, when a 9017500:06:29.570 --> 00:06:33.850-year-old man gets on a unicycle, not17600:06:33.850 --> 00:06:37.850a good combo, or some 80-year-old17700:06:37.850 --> 00:06:40.810decides to ride his grandkids skateboard.17800:06:42.250 --> 00:06:44.310And then the next thing you know, he's17900:06:44.310 --> 00:06:45.130flying in the air.18000:06:45.250 --> 00:06:46.810Everybody, why do we laugh at that?18100:06:46.850 --> 00:06:48.010Have you noticed the calamity?18200:06:48.310 --> 00:06:49.510Somebody falls down and we go, oh my18300:06:49.510 --> 00:06:50.390gosh, that was so funny.18400:06:51.550 --> 00:06:52.970There's some funny to it.18500:06:53.270 --> 00:06:55.470This is not funny because it has nothing18600:06:55.470 --> 00:06:57.110to do with falling down and getting a18700:06:57.110 --> 00:06:58.430bruise or a broken bone.18800:06:58.690 --> 00:07:00.230It's far worse than that.18900:07:00.510 --> 00:07:02.410It's doing something in your life and in19000:07:02.410 --> 00:07:04.370my life that me as a believer, I19100:07:04.370 --> 00:07:07.170think I'm so mature that I'm gonna die19200:07:07.170 --> 00:07:07.890on this hill.19300:07:09.650 --> 00:07:11.670And it might be that eating a bag19400:07:11.670 --> 00:07:13.790of potato chips is very offensive to some19500:07:13.790 --> 00:07:14.170people.19600:07:15.310 --> 00:07:17.670And that they can't handle that, but you19700:07:17.670 --> 00:07:18.050can.19800:07:18.610 --> 00:07:20.630But you know that they can't handle that.19900:07:21.290 --> 00:07:23.010So what you do is you go get20000:07:23.010 --> 00:07:25.870a bag of potato chips and you eat20100:07:25.870 --> 00:07:28.190it in front of them just to exercise20200:07:28.190 --> 00:07:29.610your Christian liberty.20300:07:31.290 --> 00:07:33.470And you might think it's funny and cool20400:07:33.470 --> 00:07:35.170and kind of laugh a little bit because20500:07:35.170 --> 00:07:36.350look at that, we should put it on20600:07:36.350 --> 00:07:36.650YouTube.20700:07:37.110 --> 00:07:39.150Look how offended he is for me eating20800:07:39.150 --> 00:07:40.270potato chips.20900:07:40.410 --> 00:07:43.970Not funny because it's not about bruising or21000:07:43.970 --> 00:07:44.730breaking bones.21100:07:44.930 --> 00:07:46.410It's about offending a soul.21200:07:46.550 --> 00:07:47.670It's about offending the spirit.21300:07:48.730 --> 00:07:50.490It's about the heart and the mind of21400:07:50.490 --> 00:07:53.490the individuals that you and I love in21500:07:53.490 --> 00:07:54.430the Lord Jesus Christ.21600:07:54.570 --> 00:07:56.250And then the next word, check this out21700:07:56.250 --> 00:07:57.010and then we'll move on.21800:07:57.070 --> 00:07:59.030The word fall, it means to bait a21900:07:59.030 --> 00:07:59.450trap.22000:08:00.410 --> 00:08:02.330To us, the word fall means something else.22100:08:02.430 --> 00:08:04.690In the Greek language, notice the word, I'm22200:08:04.690 --> 00:08:05.470not even gonna say it.22300:08:05.510 --> 00:08:06.890Do you guys recognize the Greek word?22400:08:07.430 --> 00:08:08.510What does it remind you of?22500:08:08.630 --> 00:08:10.190Say it, scandal.22600:08:10.830 --> 00:08:13.730Do not create a scandal in your brother's22700:08:13.730 --> 00:08:14.590heart or mind.22800:08:16.980 --> 00:08:18.320And this goes to all kinds of ways.22900:08:18.320 --> 00:08:21.060Listen, can I be direct?23000:08:23.560 --> 00:08:29.240In this day and age with our culture,23100:08:29.380 --> 00:08:31.900our nature being sexually charged, everything's sexual.23200:08:32.840 --> 00:08:36.080You can't even see a hamburger commercial with23300:08:36.080 --> 00:08:38.940some girl half naked eating and they're selling23400:08:38.940 --> 00:08:39.480a hamburger.23500:08:40.260 --> 00:08:42.760Listen, this goes both ways.23600:08:43.260 --> 00:08:45.840Guys, listen, you need to get control of23700:08:45.840 --> 00:08:46.360your eyeballs.23800:08:47.160 --> 00:08:49.120You need to control where your eyes look.23900:08:50.120 --> 00:08:51.600You say, well, Pastor Chuck, it's so hard24000:08:52.180 --> 00:08:54.420because she just showed up and everything's out24100:08:54.420 --> 00:08:54.760there.24200:08:56.000 --> 00:08:58.120Yes, ladies, don't put everything out there.24300:08:59.400 --> 00:09:04.360Number one, the man falls, he allows himself,24400:09:04.740 --> 00:09:06.980even though nobody may know, in his mind,24500:09:07.080 --> 00:09:09.900he falls into a scandalous situation before him24600:09:09.900 --> 00:09:10.380and God.24700:09:12.510 --> 00:09:12.790Why?24800:09:12.890 --> 00:09:15.350Because he trips, he's baited, but he trips24900:09:15.350 --> 00:09:16.030over the bait.25000:09:16.030 --> 00:09:18.370He doesn't say, watch, he doesn't say, oh25100:09:18.370 --> 00:09:20.590my gosh, there's bait there, I'm gonna walk25200:09:20.590 --> 00:09:20.870away.25300:09:20.990 --> 00:09:21.870Didn't Job do that?25400:09:22.170 --> 00:09:24.250Didn't Job say, I've made a covenant with25500:09:24.250 --> 00:09:26.910my eyes not to gaze upon a young25600:09:26.910 --> 00:09:27.210woman.25700:09:27.890 --> 00:09:29.050Job said that.25800:09:30.610 --> 00:09:32.370And then the young woman, she needs to25900:09:32.370 --> 00:09:37.010be careful how she dresses because listen, okay,26000:09:37.170 --> 00:09:37.930you're beautiful.26100:09:38.150 --> 00:09:40.610God made you that way, but you're not26200:09:40.610 --> 00:09:41.110on sale.26300:09:42.950 --> 00:09:45.810You are a daughter of the living God.26400:09:46.030 --> 00:09:48.990And listen, guys, control your eyes.26500:09:50.150 --> 00:09:51.130You gotta do that.26600:09:52.110 --> 00:09:55.110And women, control the way that you look.26700:09:55.410 --> 00:09:55.650Why?26800:09:55.870 --> 00:09:59.650Because guys are weak and women are weak.26900:10:00.730 --> 00:10:03.150Guys are looking, women know it.27000:10:03.250 --> 00:10:04.970Women wanna feel approved and accepted.27100:10:05.370 --> 00:10:08.190And so they bait just enough to think,27200:10:09.390 --> 00:10:10.370I'm pretty.27300:10:11.330 --> 00:10:13.310Let me tell you, I've never been a27400:10:13.310 --> 00:10:13.490woman.27500:10:13.670 --> 00:10:15.550I don't, even in California, I do not27600:10:15.550 --> 00:10:16.550plan on becoming one.27700:10:17.490 --> 00:10:19.730I know that's a heavy thought, but here's27800:10:19.730 --> 00:10:19.950the deal.27900:10:20.070 --> 00:10:21.390I've only been a guy, but I can28000:10:21.390 --> 00:10:21.970tell you this.28100:10:24.050 --> 00:10:26.530At some age of 12 or 13 years28200:10:26.530 --> 00:10:30.090of age, a young man's life changes and28300:10:30.090 --> 00:10:30.770it's not for the good.28400:10:33.400 --> 00:10:34.660He sees everything different.28500:10:36.480 --> 00:10:40.780He's got supernatural abilities like Superman to have28600:10:40.780 --> 00:10:41.560x-ray vision.28700:10:44.740 --> 00:10:46.280And anybody says, he doesn't know what he's28800:10:46.280 --> 00:10:47.840talking about, is lying to you.28900:10:48.380 --> 00:10:49.560I'm telling you right now.29000:10:49.680 --> 00:10:51.320And the men are gonna scold me after29100:10:51.320 --> 00:10:52.880service because they're gonna say, why did you29200:10:52.880 --> 00:10:53.980tell them our secret?29300:10:56.240 --> 00:10:58.480But women, listen, women are more innocent on29400:10:58.480 --> 00:10:58.940that end.29500:10:59.040 --> 00:11:02.160But it's like, oh, he thinks I'm nice.29600:11:04.320 --> 00:11:06.200He's thinking way more than that.29700:11:07.800 --> 00:11:09.220Don't create a scandal.29800:11:10.440 --> 00:11:11.580We need to be wise.29900:11:11.740 --> 00:11:13.280And I'm looking, oh, you guys are gonna30000:11:13.280 --> 00:11:15.780write me from both ends, both pendulums.30100:11:15.880 --> 00:11:17.180You were horrible today.30200:11:18.840 --> 00:11:22.320It means to pressure or to coerce someone30300:11:22.320 --> 00:11:24.960into doing what they believe to be wrong.30400:11:25.480 --> 00:11:27.120In other words, I knew I should not30500:11:27.120 --> 00:11:27.620have done that.30600:11:27.680 --> 00:11:28.320Have you ever heard that?30700:11:28.480 --> 00:11:29.540Have you ever said that?30800:11:29.620 --> 00:11:31.300I knew I shouldn't have done it.30900:11:32.140 --> 00:11:33.320Boy, I got in trouble.31000:11:34.940 --> 00:11:36.820People tell me this, they've stopped and they31100:11:36.820 --> 00:11:38.000say, we feel like we know you.31200:11:38.280 --> 00:11:40.100As far as I know, I've withheld nothing31300:11:40.100 --> 00:11:40.700from you.31400:11:41.540 --> 00:11:42.920And here goes another one.31500:11:43.780 --> 00:11:45.440Have you ever been at a stoplight when31600:11:45.440 --> 00:11:46.280there's no one around?31700:11:46.280 --> 00:11:49.860And there's no traffic any which way, and31800:11:49.860 --> 00:11:50.440you're waiting.31900:11:51.740 --> 00:11:53.760And then here's my, it's like, it's been32000:11:53.760 --> 00:11:54.720like five minutes.32100:11:56.480 --> 00:11:57.900And then here's what I do with my32200:11:57.900 --> 00:11:58.440justification.32300:11:58.620 --> 00:12:00.240I know this, it's very fresh in my32400:12:00.240 --> 00:12:00.420mind.32500:12:00.460 --> 00:12:01.160I just did this.32600:12:04.620 --> 00:12:11.860Any day now, any day, now, right now,32700:12:14.110 --> 00:12:14.610nothing.32800:12:17.710 --> 00:12:22.010So I looked left, I looked right, I32900:12:22.010 --> 00:12:24.010looked straight ahead, and I looked in my33000:12:24.010 --> 00:12:24.490rear view mirror.33100:12:25.810 --> 00:12:30.230And I concluded, the city doesn't know that33200:12:30.230 --> 00:12:35.200this light's broken, it's broke.33300:12:36.720 --> 00:12:40.160I safely, like pulling up to a stop33400:12:40.160 --> 00:12:44.370sign, just like that, hear my justification?33500:12:45.670 --> 00:12:47.650City needs to know, I should call them,33600:12:47.770 --> 00:12:48.270it's broken.33700:12:49.110 --> 00:12:50.810I'm doing like a stop sign when the33800:12:50.810 --> 00:12:52.610lights go out, but this light's on, I33900:12:52.610 --> 00:12:53.730know, but it's not moving, it's broken.34000:12:54.790 --> 00:12:58.910And so I go, forgetting that the Holy34100:12:58.910 --> 00:13:00.950Spirit, I mean, Lisa was sitting next to34200:13:00.950 --> 00:13:01.150me.34300:13:05.580 --> 00:13:08.080And she said, what are you doing?34400:13:11.090 --> 00:13:12.950I thought it was fine, but my liberty34500:13:12.950 --> 00:13:14.450in Christ stumbled my wife.34600:13:17.170 --> 00:13:19.230I throw myself under the bus for your34700:13:19.230 --> 00:13:19.730edification.34800:13:21.070 --> 00:13:22.910The same happens in your life.34900:13:23.750 --> 00:13:25.430Maybe not that, maybe something else.35000:13:27.170 --> 00:13:29.050And we need to be very careful about35100:13:29.050 --> 00:13:29.270this.35200:13:29.350 --> 00:13:30.910This is still the introduction we're in.35300:13:32.250 --> 00:13:33.290This is terrible.35400:13:35.420 --> 00:13:37.480The conclusion is this, that we need to35500:13:37.480 --> 00:13:40.500watch out where we step, where we're walking35600:13:40.500 --> 00:13:41.080with God.35700:13:41.680 --> 00:13:44.340Listen, the conclusion is this, watch out where35800:13:44.340 --> 00:13:47.120you step, make sure your foot is following35900:13:47.120 --> 00:13:51.060in his steps, put your foot down where36000:13:51.060 --> 00:13:53.560his was.36100:13:54.240 --> 00:13:56.240We are followers of the Lord Jesus.36200:13:56.240 --> 00:13:58.180Just like you go to the beach or36300:13:58.180 --> 00:14:00.980maybe on a trail, you see the footsteps36400:14:00.980 --> 00:14:01.980you follow in.36500:14:03.160 --> 00:14:05.020Did you know that today to this very36600:14:05.020 --> 00:14:09.120day, you can visit parts of Montana and36700:14:09.120 --> 00:14:11.060Nebraska and Wyoming.36800:14:11.660 --> 00:14:15.980And I believe it's still Eastern Oregon State36900:14:15.980 --> 00:14:19.000where the ruts are still in the ground37000:14:19.000 --> 00:14:24.480from the great migration when people migrated out37100:14:24.480 --> 00:14:25.960West from the East coast.37200:14:26.460 --> 00:14:30.540That the wheels so many, with so much37300:14:30.540 --> 00:14:32.440weight, with so much of their life, and37400:14:32.440 --> 00:14:35.120so many of them left a noble scar37500:14:35.120 --> 00:14:37.100upon the landscape of this nation.37600:14:37.420 --> 00:14:39.040And now it's a historical spot.37700:14:39.500 --> 00:14:42.040Listen, they followed one after another.37800:14:42.280 --> 00:14:44.900Jesus walks before us and God says, walk37900:14:44.900 --> 00:14:45.980where he walked.38000:14:46.800 --> 00:14:49.920Didn't Jesus say, come and follow me.38100:14:49.920 --> 00:14:53.640Put your foot in his footprints is the38200:14:53.640 --> 00:14:54.440command of God.38300:14:54.720 --> 00:14:57.500And every true believer longs to live that38400:14:57.500 --> 00:14:57.900way.38500:14:58.220 --> 00:15:01.080Thus we are in hot pursuit of Jesus38600:15:01.080 --> 00:15:01.660Christ.38700:15:02.360 --> 00:15:05.100Lord, we pray, put my foot where your38800:15:05.100 --> 00:15:06.100foot was.38900:15:06.720 --> 00:15:08.760So I please you and honor you in39000:15:08.760 --> 00:15:09.660all that I do.39100:15:09.780 --> 00:15:13.500Psalm 63 verse eight says, my soul follows39200:15:13.500 --> 00:15:14.660close behind you.39300:15:14.760 --> 00:15:16.120Your right hand upholds me.39400:15:16.460 --> 00:15:17.160I love that.39500:15:17.360 --> 00:15:18.540I love the old King James, by the39600:15:18.540 --> 00:15:20.360way, the old King James says, my soul39700:15:20.360 --> 00:15:22.020followeth hard after thee.39800:15:23.060 --> 00:15:23.900I love that.39900:15:23.980 --> 00:15:26.100Where you have this passion and a drive.40000:15:26.340 --> 00:15:27.460I wanna follow you God.40100:15:27.500 --> 00:15:29.200I don't want my foot to fall anywhere40200:15:29.200 --> 00:15:32.740else, but where Christ prints are laid out40300:15:32.740 --> 00:15:33.260before me.40400:15:33.380 --> 00:15:34.720This is being a Christian.40500:15:36.220 --> 00:15:37.220Did you know, I'd like to look at40600:15:37.220 --> 00:15:37.520it this way.40700:15:37.560 --> 00:15:38.720Did you know that when you leave this40800:15:38.720 --> 00:15:42.160building today, before you, Christ has his footprints40900:15:42.160 --> 00:15:43.080for you to follow in.41000:15:43.160 --> 00:15:47.500Tomorrow when you wake up, put your feet41100:15:47.500 --> 00:15:48.020down.41200:15:48.840 --> 00:15:53.330Every day, you think about that.41300:15:55.800 --> 00:15:57.420Lisa and I were on vacation some years41400:15:57.420 --> 00:15:57.680ago.41500:15:57.780 --> 00:15:59.780We're up in Northern California and we're in41600:15:59.780 --> 00:16:01.880the Redwoods and there was this little shack41700:16:01.880 --> 00:16:05.340and supposedly this guy has seen more Sasquatch41800:16:05.340 --> 00:16:07.540than anybody else, Bigfoot.41900:16:09.350 --> 00:16:12.210And he had these feet that had straps42000:16:12.210 --> 00:16:15.890on them and they were giant, supposedly Bigfoot42100:16:15.890 --> 00:16:17.190feet.42200:16:17.430 --> 00:16:19.110So if you believe in Bigfoot, so, you42300:16:19.110 --> 00:16:19.890know, okay.42400:16:20.570 --> 00:16:24.170Look, people, we didn't know gorillas existed until42500:16:24.170 --> 00:16:24.870like the fifties.42600:16:24.950 --> 00:16:25.570Did you know that?42700:16:25.930 --> 00:16:27.130Did you know that we did not know42800:16:27.130 --> 00:16:30.430that gorillas, the silverback gorilla did not exist42900:16:30.430 --> 00:16:32.230until the, I think 1950s.43000:16:32.430 --> 00:16:34.010I'm not saying Bigfoot exists.43100:16:34.170 --> 00:16:35.730I'm saying that there's people that have really43200:16:35.730 --> 00:16:39.070big feet that could run around the woods43300:16:39.070 --> 00:16:40.390unshaven.43400:16:42.890 --> 00:16:45.010I'm describing a lot of people out of43500:16:45.010 --> 00:16:46.810the sixties and seventies right now.43600:16:47.950 --> 00:16:51.090But this guy had these giant fake Sasquatch43700:16:51.090 --> 00:16:53.210feet that you could strap onto your own43800:16:53.210 --> 00:16:54.570feet and run around the woods.43900:16:54.930 --> 00:16:56.510And I just thought, I want to buy44000:16:56.510 --> 00:16:57.030those.44100:16:57.590 --> 00:16:58.750I mean, isn't it just kind of cool44200:16:58.750 --> 00:17:00.310to think you'd like to freak people out.44300:17:02.520 --> 00:17:05.220But the thing is, it's not your feet.44400:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.420It's fake.44500:17:09.430 --> 00:17:10.930His footsteps are real.44600:17:13.140 --> 00:17:14.619And he says, just come with me.44700:17:14.720 --> 00:17:15.160Let's go.44800:17:15.540 --> 00:17:16.280Let's walk.44900:17:16.859 --> 00:17:17.880And we walk with him.45000:17:19.180 --> 00:17:21.920Isaiah 41 verse 10 says, fear not for45100:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.599I am with you.45200:17:22.780 --> 00:17:24.500Be not dismayed for I am your God.45300:17:24.640 --> 00:17:25.819I will strengthen you.45400:17:26.760 --> 00:17:28.200Yes, I will help you.45500:17:28.780 --> 00:17:31.780I will uphold you with my righteous right45600:17:31.780 --> 00:17:32.200hand.45700:17:33.540 --> 00:17:34.900That's the promise of God.45800:17:37.520 --> 00:17:38.520And then I want to read this to45900:17:38.520 --> 00:17:38.800you.46000:17:41.450 --> 00:17:43.990As those who name the name of Jesus,46100:17:44.170 --> 00:17:48.770notice the name name here, the word name46200:17:48.770 --> 00:17:49.470is capitalized.46300:17:49.750 --> 00:17:50.970So it goes this way.46400:17:50.970 --> 00:17:54.230As those who name the authority of Jesus46500:17:54.230 --> 00:17:57.310Christ, that's what that means about his name.46600:17:58.310 --> 00:18:00.930We are very aware that how we step46700:18:00.930 --> 00:18:03.990and where we step leaves a trail of46800:18:03.990 --> 00:18:08.430footprints, footprints of evidence, evidence of faith that46900:18:08.430 --> 00:18:09.550others will follow.47000:18:09.710 --> 00:18:11.750Isn't that what we do as a family?47100:18:12.090 --> 00:18:13.830Isn't that what moms and dads are doing47200:18:13.830 --> 00:18:15.650and big brothers and big sisters are doing?47300:18:16.510 --> 00:18:18.110Isn't that what we're doing with one another?47400:18:18.110 --> 00:18:20.710We are leaving footsteps, what we hope to47500:18:20.710 --> 00:18:22.550be footsteps of faith.47600:18:24.400 --> 00:18:26.000Paul the apostle put it this way.47700:18:26.460 --> 00:18:28.460As I follow Christ, follow me.47800:18:29.340 --> 00:18:30.160Man, that's bold.47900:18:30.260 --> 00:18:30.740Is it not?48000:18:30.920 --> 00:18:31.860Can you imagine saying that?48100:18:31.980 --> 00:18:33.820As I follow Christ, follow me.48200:18:34.040 --> 00:18:34.720That's awesome.48300:18:35.300 --> 00:18:36.500We should all be able to say that,48400:18:36.580 --> 00:18:37.340but I don't know about you.48500:18:37.400 --> 00:18:38.960Sometimes you're a little insecure on saying something48600:18:38.960 --> 00:18:39.380like that.48700:18:40.120 --> 00:18:42.660I would just rather tell my kids, follow48800:18:42.660 --> 00:18:43.340Christ.48900:18:44.060 --> 00:18:45.740Cause I'm afraid I'm messing it up.49000:18:45.840 --> 00:18:46.860Mom and dad, you know what I'm talking49100:18:46.860 --> 00:18:47.140about?49200:18:47.580 --> 00:18:48.720We can live for Jesus.49300:18:49.200 --> 00:18:50.98099% of the time we make that49400:18:50.980 --> 00:18:53.520one goof up and oh my goodness, we49500:18:53.520 --> 00:18:54.140feel horrible.49600:18:54.340 --> 00:18:55.780And then we have to tell our kids,49700:18:55.840 --> 00:18:57.780which is still a powerful act of redemption.49800:18:58.220 --> 00:19:00.040Hey, that 1% thing I just did49900:19:00.040 --> 00:19:03.120by losing my temper or going across the50000:19:03.120 --> 00:19:05.100light when it didn't turn green yet.50100:19:06.020 --> 00:19:07.560Jesus is not like that.50200:19:09.750 --> 00:19:13.510We can even redeem those areas in our50300:19:13.510 --> 00:19:16.850life where we went south on the issue50400:19:16.850 --> 00:19:17.650or the moment.50500:19:17.830 --> 00:19:19.390And we can tell our kids or our50600:19:19.390 --> 00:19:21.590husbands or our wives, I did this and50700:19:21.590 --> 00:19:22.250it was wrong.50800:19:22.270 --> 00:19:23.270And I repented of it.50900:19:23.430 --> 00:19:25.210Just know this, that was not Jesus.51000:19:26.110 --> 00:19:27.410That's a very powerful church.51100:19:27.950 --> 00:19:30.710Romans chapter 12, verse four tells us, Romans51200:19:30.710 --> 00:19:33.17012, four says, for as we have many51300:19:33.170 --> 00:19:36.250members in one body, that's called the church,51400:19:36.670 --> 00:19:39.750but all the members do not have the51500:19:39.750 --> 00:19:40.570same function.51600:19:41.650 --> 00:19:44.370So we many being many members are one51700:19:44.370 --> 00:19:48.510body in Christ and individual members of one51800:19:48.510 --> 00:19:48.890another.51900:19:48.890 --> 00:19:53.360What an amazing statement of what the church52000:19:53.360 --> 00:19:53.740is.52100:19:54.900 --> 00:19:56.900And everything that we do should be led52200:19:56.900 --> 00:20:00.900by the, therefore, I will no longer live52300:20:00.900 --> 00:20:03.300my life in such a way that I52400:20:03.300 --> 00:20:04.780would be putting in front of you a52500:20:04.780 --> 00:20:07.760stumbling block by which you were put into52600:20:07.760 --> 00:20:09.740the place of a scandal in your mind52700:20:09.740 --> 00:20:13.640that you were so disillusioned by how I52800:20:13.640 --> 00:20:15.900lived or how I dressed or the words52900:20:15.900 --> 00:20:18.160I used or the things I invested in,53000:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.480my time or energies.53100:20:19.480 --> 00:20:21.460This is what being the disciple of Jesus53200:20:21.460 --> 00:20:24.880Christ looks like is that I'm going to53300:20:24.880 --> 00:20:27.640follow him because we want to bring with53400:20:27.640 --> 00:20:29.300us as many men and women and boys53500:20:29.300 --> 00:20:31.700and girls into the kingdom as we possibly53600:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.080can.53700:20:36.170 --> 00:20:38.750This Jack Hibbs podcast, as well as all53800:20:38.750 --> 00:20:41.810the broadcast outreach opportunities are listener supported.53900:20:42.290 --> 00:20:44.650Will you consider partnering with us through a54000:20:44.650 --> 00:20:45.330special gift?54100:20:45.710 --> 00:20:49.730Go to Jackhibbs.com to learn more and54200:20:49.730 --> 00:20:50.630stay connected.54300:20:52.470 --> 00:20:52.610Thank you.