Turn Up The Volume

Real life presents the Jack Hibb's podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim truth, equip the saints and impact our culture. Our mouth, what we speak, comes out of our hearts. And our hearts will use our mouth and it will either do surgery to heal or it will cut to slay. You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackhibbs.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 Hibb's. And as we look at this, I'm going to do something a little bit backward here, folks. Look at verse five. It says that down at the latter end of verse five, you see the word according, we're going to break down these Greek words really quick, but we have to start with the word according to Christ Jesus. This is where we begin. Write down this meaning. When it says, now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another. Here's the point. According to Christ Jesus, that is the standard. Mark the word according. The word means in proportion to. You see what? I can't do that to the scale of or in the volume of. Really? I cannot do that. The word means harmony as pertaining to oneness in Christ. The first overwhelming thought is this. Wow. Awesome. Great words to say goodbye. Love the farewell address, Paul. But how can I do this? And the answer is you cannot do this. I cannot do this. It's according to Christ. That means he does it. Take a deep breath and relax, folks. This is the ease. Don't you need some ease in your Christian life for a moment? Think about it. We are contending against hell. You and I are living in this physical realm all the while dealing with invisible beings. And how do I mean jelly? I mean demon spirits. Did you get that jelly beings? It's early, I know. We do not live this life apart from the spirit realm as a believer. And that being the case, we can only survive it and we can only be victorious in it by the very workings of Christ and by the Holy Spirit. The scripture on this is clear. But listen, accordion. So it's all based upon Christ. So listen, you almost want to read verse 5 backwards that it's according to Christ Jesus that we were able to have patience and comfort and to be like-minded toward one another. Does that make sense? When you read it like that? Because it says the same thing. Philippians chapter 2 verse 5 tells us, a very important statement, of course, let this mind think about the ease. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. Does that even possible? Of course it's possible. Put the Word of God in you. Here's what happens. You'll start thinking Bible thoughts. More Bible, more Bible thoughts coming out of you. And when it says let this mind be in you, let this way of thinking be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. Wow, we pray this. Lord, I'm asking you to cause your way of thinking to be in me. Can you- listen, I don't need your answer. Just listen. Can we pray to him and ask him, will you make me, Lord, like you? That prayer request that you and I can offer up can be offered up by any one of us. Doesn't the Bible say we do not have because we do not ask? We better start asking God for these things. Lord, I need to know this. And what is it that we need to know? Well, look at the word patience. Patience. We don't like to hear the word. It's too bad. We get very impatient about the word patient. It means to remain behind, interesting Greek word, to remain behind a patient enduring endurance, perseverance, steadfastness. So may the God watch this. May the God of patience. He didn't say, now may all of you who are patient. Oh, that's encouraging. Now all of you who are patient get on this side of the room. Nobody would get up. If you got up, we would say that person's not thinking straight. We all battle with impatience. The strength of being patient comes from the God of all patience. It's from him. The next word that God might grant unto us comfort. This is that word by the way, which is also referenced to the person of the Holy Spirit is called the paracletos, or the paracletus coming alongside to aid us and to comfort us. Isn't that beautiful? God says, I want to come alongside you to aid you and to comfort you. I want to be an encouragement to you. I want to exhort you. That's a good word, exhort. And then the word may God grant unto you. This is a beautiful word. It means pour out. Now I don't know if you think, think about this. This is God. How does God pour stuff out? How does God produce? How does God produce a yield? How does God usher forth as a spring of water? You think God works? You think God gives grace, mercy, comfort, impatience to you with an eyedropper? Isn't it awesome in the Old Testament when the King was being anointed? The prophet came and took a bucket of oil and poured it all over his head and it covered him completely. The Bible says, all over his beard down his garments to his feet. That's how the King was anointed to be King of Israel, meaning the Holy Spirit is covering your life. That's the symbol of all that. How does God distribute grace to you? Is it in drops? You know what? I'm convinced if we only knew how much grace God uses to get us through one day, we'd be shocked. And then we go, you know, nighttime comes and you think, that's pretty good a day. I was pretty good. I only had a couple of bad thoughts. Better than the other day. Didn't lose my temper once. I didn't do that. Didn't do the other thing. Didn't do this. And even if it's true, you didn't do any of that stuff, then God comes back and says, well, okay, what about the sins of omission? This is what I told you to do. Did you go, did you find orphans? Did you find shut-ins in widows who need love and care and concern? Did you go to those who are in prison or in the hospital who need prayer? See, we get so focused because we trend, we trend legalistic. I didn't do that. Thou shalt not and I did not. Thou shalt not and I did not. And we go down this list and then God says, that's all taken care of. It's this. Now you get to do this. You get to do the other thing and you get to do all that stuff. And we play it safe. God says, no, come on. No, I'm convinced that God pours out patience. He pours out comfort. And then this word like-minded. It's God's will that we be like-minded. Isn't this amazing? In a world of absolute collision and division, the church should be the most united force on earth. You don't know why? The Bible should be our anchor and glue. Well, this is what I think it says. Stop. And listen, there's a lot of that junk out there today. A lot of people are getting deceived. Again, I again, Pastor Jackie, I need to talk to this person because they started listening to that person and now they're going on little weeds and they say this now and that and the other thing and they don't believe in this anymore. No, no, no. I am not going to go rescue them. I'm not going to do it. They're following a stranger's voice. If they knew the voice of Jesus, they wouldn't go get into the weeds. And that sounds harsh. Well, what about Jesus in the parable when he went out? He left the hundred or the ninety-nine and went after the one. He went after the one that was one of his. And when he spoke to it, it heard his voice. But we live in a time right now, church where don't be surprised. I mean, I'm not a prophet and I don't see, I don't have a crystal ball. But it is theoretically possible that this church which currently holds three services on Sunday with thousands of people per service could go down to 800 people in one service. Why? Because the Bible speaks about days coming when there'll be few of us. Did you know that? To be biblically based, to be like-minded. You and I should all speak the same thing. We should say the same thing when it comes to Bible doctrine. It's funny. Lisa, I've been married so in June, it'll be 47 years in June. So watch this. So her and I will often either, if somebody asks a question, both of us will answer at the same time. It's the exact same answer. It's the same. We think the same. We have our independent personalities, but the answer is the same. Think about the church. We will have our independent personalities, but the answer is the same. So we'll go to a restaurant like you'll go to the restaurant. Oh man, not at all. I'm going to try something different. Yeah, me too. And oh man, it's great. And we're looking. What do you think about? I don't know. I might do this. I might do that. Yeah, that sounds kind of good. Anyway, so yeah, and then the food server comes and what would you like? And I'll say, or she'll say, yeah, you know what? I'd like to have this, this Cajun jambalaya. And I'll say, yeah, me too. Have you noticed that? We'll shop the whole menu. And we'll wind up agreeing with one or the other. Yeah, make that too. Now you guys need to stop us when we're wearing the same color clothes. That's when you send this off into retirement. We also know this. There's a great unity that is miraculous. In verse 6, that you may with one mind and what is implied by the way, watch me read it differently, but it's implied in the Greek language. Watch carefully that you may with one mind and with. See, the word is not in the English, with one mind and with one mouth. Glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Wow, there's only one thing that brings us together, folks, and that is the word of God in that power and that remarkable declaration. In the word, by the way, this is very powerful, the word mind is important enough that is interesting impulse. Listen, it means to have the same impulse, the same thought, the same intent. How in the world are you and I going to think like Jesus? So you can never think like that. You can never think like that apart from the Bible. That's why Jesus Christ is called the word of God. Okay? That said, when you and I have more of the word in us, when we go out and live our life, more of Jesus comes out of us. We may not even be aware of it and it affects other people and we're not, we may not even be aware of it. That's okay for not. And then when he says one mouth, this is amazing. I have to hurry, but this is awesome. The word mouth, get a load of this. The word stoma in Greek for mouth means the edge. Do you ever think of this? The edge. What? The face or the edge of the lip? Words from the heart. It means, listen, words spoken and the voice heard to cut a slice or to cut the real. Wow, wow, wow, the mouth. Be of the same thoughts, intent and be of the same mouth. Why? Because our mouth, what we speak comes out of our hearts and our hearts will use our mouth and it will either do surgery to heal or it will cut to slay. Hebrews 4 verse 12, for the word of God is living in powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword. Here you go. Piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of the joints and marrow and is a discernor of the thoughts and the intents of the heart. The words we use, folks, Proverbs 18 verse 21 tells us this, death and life are in the power of the tongue and those who love it will eat its fruit. James chapter 3 verses 1 to 10, James warns us that with our mouth we can bless God and with our mouth turn and destroy our brother, our sister with criticism. He says, how is this even possible? The power of a spoken blessing, church family, is what's implied here. When we speak to our brothers and sisters to our husbands and our wives, we need to get into this practice. We need to just make a deal with God today. God hold me accountable to start speaking of blessing to those that are near and dear to us. Speak it, start saying it. See, oh, that's not my personality. Stop it, repent of it. Don't say it's your personality to not do that. That's not your personality. As believers, we are to obey him and throughout scripture. Again, I'm sorry, I don't have the time to get through it all. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob spoke blessings upon their sons and daughters. Imagine just if one man in the life of a teen could be an uncle, could be a grandfather, could be the father, began to say, listen, I see great things in your life. If you keep your eyes on God, there's character traits about you that God wants to develop. And I want you to know, I'm going to be praying for you every day of your life. And I'm for you. Imagine if a husband said, honey, before I leave, listen, Lord God, watch over my precious bride, bride, cover her with your grace and mercy. Keep her safe all day and give her great thoughts and protect her from this world. And Lord, buy your mercy, buy your goodness, buy your grace. May she grow closer to you than ever before. In Jesus' name, amen. Have a good day, babe. God bless you, sweetheart. Oh my goodness, 30 seconds can change both lives, the life of the house, forever. Just do it. Just do it. Imagine a woman who, for whatever criticism, she believes are justifiable. Maybe they all are. But she turns to her husband and says, you know, down deep inside of you, there's a good man. And I want to help him to come out. I just want you to know, I'm on your side. Have a good day. That will change a life. We need to speak to our teens and announce to them. And speaking of announcement, it ends here in verse six. There's a unity that is loud. I just added that one. There's a unity that's loud. You say, what made you think of that? Revelation chapter 14. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, thrust in your sickle and reap for the time has come for you to reap for the harvest of the earth is ripe. Wow, loud. Did you know heaven's loud? You guys don't know that? It's loud. So I don't like loud things. That's going to change. Next verse, next verse, Revelation 14. Then I looked and behold the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, verse six. Then I saw another angel find in the midst of heaven, heaven, the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people, verse seven, saying with a loud voice, fear God and give glory to him for the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven on earth the sea and the springs of water. Wow. Wow. Listen to this. Next verse would be John 17. Jesus spoke these words. He lifted up his eyes to heaven. By the way, this is known as the high priestly prayer of Christ and said, Father, the hour has come. Glorify your son that your son may glorify you. Down to verse 21, he's speaking about you that they all may be one as you. Father are in me and I in you that they also may be one in us that the world may believe that you sent me and the glory which you gave me I have given them. Folks, that is a prayer of Jesus to the Father about you that they may be one just as we are one. I in them you in me that they may be made complete or perfect in one and that the world may know that you have sent me and I have loved them as you have loved me. Jesus said, I, listen, the same way Father you love me, they are loved too. I love them like you love me. This Jack Kibb's podcast as well as all the broadcast outreach opportunities are listener supported. 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