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Faith or Fear? The Choice Is Yours
May 4, 2026 · 37 min
What if freedom isn’t about striving harder, but trusting deeper? When faith shifts from ourselves to God, the chains of fear, shame, and performance start to fall.
Series Set Free - A Study In The Book Of Galatians May 4, 2026 · 37 min · Set Free - A Study In The Book Of Galatians
What if freedom isn’t about striving harder, but trusting deeper? When faith shifts from ourselves to God, the chains of fear, shame, and performance start to fall. ...more Show the full description Show less What if freedom isn’t about striving harder, but trusting deeper? When faith shifts from ourselves to God, the chains of fear, shame, and performance start to fall.
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Understanding Faith as Trust 0:00 Today I wanna talk to you, in a message I've entitled Set Free Through Faith. Set Free Through Faith. We are in a 6 week study, and we're looking0:12 at Paul's letter to the churches in Galatia, which would be around modern day Turkey today. And the book of Galatians, it's all about the gospel. It's all about grace. Everybody say0:23 grace. And it's all about receiving the gospel by faith. What is the gospel? It's the Jesus was born from a virgin. He lived a sinless life.0:35 He died on a cross to pay our debt. He was buried and rose again on the third day. And watch this. And when we put our trust in Jesus, Let me pause there for a moment. That's where0:47 a lot of people get hung up on this whole thing of faith. Faith to some people it's kind of like this philosophical concept, you know, faith, faith, it's ideological. No. Faith is trust.0:59 It's when we trust God. To have faith in God means we trust God. And by the way, when we trust God, everything changes. And we are grateful that Jesus changes our lives. I mean our whole lives.1:13 Trust is an interesting concept. By the way, it takes trust to do a lot of things. Number 1, it takes trust to go to a dentist. Come on, how many of you know what I'm talking about? Matter of fact, this week I went to1:23 the dentist, and and I have a great dentist, and and, I've go been going to him over 2 decades and he's amazing and we have a friendship. And he has different hygienists and and they're all very professional. They're1:35 all very good. This week when I went, it was a new hygienist I'd never worked with before, and so I was I was a little anxious. And so I kind of put my head back, and she had some new apparatuses, new machinery,1:48 new things happening, new sounds. So she opened it up, and you know, I'm used to it like kinda just kinda ease it in. It's like, know how's that feel? I said I felt like a construction site was being set up.2:01 And they ask questions. I don't know if like all the dental hygienists, I don't know if you all get these 5 questions that you go to school ask these 5 questions. Number 1, how was your family? Well you're drooling.2:12 Great. How's life? Good. I don't know. But the only reason you don't jump up and run out is because you2:24 trust. I trust the dentist. I trust that process. I I trust their competency. I'm grateful the fact that my tongue has never been cut out. In other words, I trust.2:38 It's amazing in our lives how often we don't realize God has actually designed us to trust, to have a certain level of faith. Now, specifically head faith, then God has also2:50 designed us to have what's called heart faith. And there is a difference between head faith. Everybody say head faith. Head faith and heart faith. The fact is is that if you didn't have some level of faith3:02 you wouldn't have gotten out of bed this morning. You wouldn't have gotten in your car. You're like, Oh my gosh. I don't know. I may have gotten in a wreck. I may not make it to church. So God has designed us, watch3:12 this, to believe. To have a certain level of faith. In this message, I'm gonna talk about the difference between head faith and heart faith. Heart faith is3:24 called trust. Trusting in God. If you weren't here the last couple weeks, we've been looking at again this letter that Paul wrote to the churches, not just 1 church, but the churches3:36 in a region called Galatia. And it's the letter to the Galatians that lived in Galatia, modern day Turkey today. And Paul was concerned because the truth is, they were actually3:47 These these early Christians were actually putting, watch this, their trust in the wrong group. Who What group? The Judaizers. Who were the Judaizers? Well the Judaizers was a group of3:59 false teachers, don't miss this, that had kind of infiltrated the church. And here's what they were saying. They were saying, yeah you can trust in Jesus, but you gotta trust in Jesus plus. Plus what? Well you gotta4:09 honor holy days. You gotta honor certain, you know, dietary laws. You gotta get circumcised. In other words, there's things that you've gotta do. It's not just trusting Christ, but it's trusting Christ plus4:21 plus plus plus plus. Paul was concerned. Matter of fact, if you weren't here last week in Galatians chapter 2, I'm just teaching each chapter each week. And chapter 2,4:32 Paul rebuked Peter. Because actually Peter got deceived. And he was he was causing people a little bit of confusion because when the Judaizers came, he backed off of the true4:44 gospel. Paul broadens his rebuke today beyond just Peter. He actually rebukes the whole church. Listen what he says, Galatians chapter 3 verse 1. You4:55 foolish Galatians. Can you imagine that as a pastor? You know I kind of come up here and I'm like, I want to welcome all of our locations so that Could you imagine I go, you guys are so foolish.5:08 I mean that's not a it's not a good entry point here. But Paul's concerned because they were backing off from the true gospel. Here's what he says. He says, you foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you? Who has5:20 deceived you? Woah. Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. I would like to5:31 learn just 1 thing from you. Did you receive the spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you heard? In other words, did you perform some ritual in order to receive the spirit? Remember what5:43 I said week 1, 50 percent of the gospel is you're forgiven of your sins. But Christians are not just forgiven of their sins, but they've also received the gift of the holy spirit that empowers you to live the Christian5:54 life. How many are grateful for the gift of the Holy Spirit on the inside of us? He said, did you receive the gift of the Holy Spirit because you performed certain rituals, or6:06 did you receive it by faith? Everyone say, by faith. We receive Christ by faith, and when we receive Christ by faith, we're forgiven of our sins and we're given the gift of the spirit. I'd like to learn just 16:18 thing. Did you receive the spirit by the works of law, by or by believing what you heard, by having faith? Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the spirit, are you now trying to finish by the means of the6:30 flesh? You began in the spirit by faith. You continue in the spirit by faith. Jump down to verse 5. So again I ask you, does God give you his spirit and work miracles among you6:42 by the works of the law, by your performance, by your good deeds, or by believing what you heard? So also Abraham, he introduces a patriarch6:54 of the faith. So even Abraham believed God, and it was a credit to him for righteousness. What's interesting is is that Galatians chapter 3, it's all about faith. This chapter is all7:06 about faith. Matter of fact, you can go and read it. 14 times Paul talks about faith. Everybody say faith. Faith. Believing, faith, believing. Again, let me kind of break this7:18 down for you. 1 of the main reasons that people have a problem about the concept of faith is that they kind of handle it, I would call it philosophically. Let me let me give you an example.7:30 What faith are you? Well what does that mean? What faith are you? Here's another 1 that is a faith based organization. Here's 1, that's a woman of faith, a man of faith. Paul was dealing with something much deeper.7:42 The the concept of faith can be lost because we conflate and confuse that term, but the reality is faith really means trust.7:54 It means trust. So it's not an ideological concept, it's actually an interactive dynamic in relationship. Can you imagine sitting down with somebody? Okay, those of8:06 you that are married and say, I'll just say this, I faith you. You're like, what? Almost like you're violated. Like what? But if you said this, I what's the8:18 t word? I what? Say it? Trust you. Do you see how we can lose that? We can lose the concept of faith in Christianity because we we locate it almost like ideological. Ideal Do8:30 you know it's from an idea? It's like it's an idea. Ideological. But it's it's not ideological. It's a dynamic where we trust someone. Let let me give you an example. I've got 48:42 children and they've all learned to swim and so my wife or myself were in the pool. Right? And you're looking at your kids. Come on, and you put your arms out, and what do you say?8:53 Jump. Jump to daddy. Ladies, jump to mommy. Why? And so that child, don't miss it, that child and they're kinda like on the edge of the pool, and then they run up, and they're like, oh. And finally, they9:05 jump because they they what? They trust you. Do you see it? Our relationship with God is based upon the t word, the what? We trust9:17 God. Now, theologically the word is used faith. Pistuo, it means to believe. But in our English understanding, I want you9:29 to make sure you understand, he's talking about trust. 14 times, trust God, trusting by faith, trusting, trusting over and over. Let me give you a definition.9:41 Actually the Bible gives a definition of faith. Hebrews chapter 11 verse 1, how now faith is, faith is, trust is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. In other9:53 words, faith is trust grounded in the unchanging character of God. You get saved by trusting Christ. You are sustained byAbraham: The Father of Faith 10:04 trusting Christ. Watch this. You you overcome adversity by trusting in Christ. It's faith or trust. Faith or trust. Faith or trust. There's a substance to it. You10:16 know, by the way, when you trust someone, and you know when that trust is broken. I am so grateful that God has never broken trust with10:28 us. How many are grateful that God is faithful? By the way, even when we are faithless, he remains faithful. Think about think about from the head faith standpoint. How again, you10:40 guys wouldn't have gotten up. You wouldn't have gone to work, you don't go to church. There's gotta be a certain level of head faith that we all have. Again, the Bible wants that faith to move from the head to the heart,10:50 where you deeply trust from the heart. But think about how you guys, those of you that have flown on airplanes, you get on the airplane. There's a certain there's a certain level of trust, head trust, head faith11:02 that you have. I mean you don't walk on that airplane and interview the pilot and his skills or her skills. You don't go, hey can you pull out your credentials? You don't inspect the engines, you don't inspect the wings.11:13 As a matter of fact, 1 time I was flying and a guy next to me is like an engineering, he's a real smart guy, and we were having a little turbulence and he kept reminding he kept commenting about he was concerned about11:23 the wing. I said, that's called TMI. I'm not concerned about the wing. We're flying. Your concern about the wing is causing great concern in my soul.11:35 Are you with me? I don't need that information. So we wouldn't have gotten on that plane unless there's a certain level, and yet Paul's talking about a deep heart level.11:47 Everybody say heart level. Where we trust God, again where we trust God at a deep level. To paint a picture, he starts talking about faith. Remember all of chapter 3, I'm setting the basis11:59 here. We're trusting Christ. We're putting our faith in Christ. We're trusting the power of the gospel message to transform our hearts. Listen to what Paul does. He goes a little bit further. Look at verse 6. So12:10 also Abraham, everybody say Abraham. Oh, he's introducing a patriarch of our faith. Father Abraham had many sons. Come on. Had many sons said12:22 father Abraham. Do you all remember that? Whenever I sing the worship team gets nervous. He's introducing the father of our what? Say it. Faith.12:35 Now interesting. So also Abraham believed God and it was credited him as righteousness. Understand then, those who have faith, those who have trust in God are12:47 children of Abraham. Scripture 4 saw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, by trust, and announce the gospel in advance to Abraham. The gospel was preached to Abraham. By12:59 the way, old testament, this important, If if the cross is right here, the cross is right here, old testament saints look to the cross. Us,13:11 here's where we live. We look back to the cross. Old testament saints lived by faith. Everybody say by faith. Abraham lived by faith. We live by what? Say13:23 it by faith. Paul is using this analogy here. He's talking about Abraham lived by faith. By faith, he's looking to, he's looking to God's promise. Understand then those who have faith are children of Abraham. Scripture13:35 foresaw that God would justify the gentiles by faith and announce the gospel in advance to Abraham. All nations will be blessed through you, Abraham. So those who rely on faith,13:48 it's not the works of the law, it's not the deeds of the law. Those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. Why do you think that Paul put this right here? Why why why was this again, we13:59 believe the Bible is inspired. The inspired word of God, but but why would the Holy Spirit move Paul to write this? Because he was trying to tell them the basis of our relationship with God didn't start with you.14:12 All the way back to Abraham, it was by faith. We trust the word of God. If a parent says jump, I'll catch you. We trust their word. We trust God's word. By faith.14:24 This is important. Everything that you have in God, it's by faith. You got saved by faith. You're sustained by faith. You're secure by faith. It's not your works, it's by faith. And God spoke to Abram and he said,14:36 I'm gonna call you. Do you know what's interesting? God called Abram, Abraham. Abraham means exalted father before he had any other children. He had no children. He says, you're a father.14:48 God called Abraham a father before he had kids. Woah. Abraham had to walk this out by faith. Are y'all with me? Why is that important pastor? God calls those things that are not as though15:00 they were. God calls you something that you don't even see in yourself. God calls you a man of God, a woman of God. God calls you into your purpose. God calls you. Pastor, you don't understand? You15:12 don't understand? I've just been broke down. No. No. No. No. God sees you washed by the blood of Christ. God sees the potential and the purpose. How many are grateful that God sees what we don't see? He15:24 called him the father of many nations. This is powerful. Genesis chapter 12, the Lord God said to Abraham, get out of your country, from your people to your father's house to a land that I will show you. I'll make you15:35 into a great nation. I'll bless you. I'll make your name great. You'll be a blessing. I'll bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I'll curse all the peoples of the earth will be blessed through your seed, and15:45 he had no kids. God reserves the right to call you what he wants to call you. What is my role pastor? Believe it. Receive15:57 it. Maybe you're struggling with something right now. Maybe it's healing, maybe it's restoration of a relationship, maybe you're believing God for a prodigal. Believe what God has said. God's given us 700016:09 promises in his word, and we receive every single 1 of them by faith. Everyone say, by faith. By faith, we stand on the word by faith. We receive it by faith.16:20 Abraham's an example of what it means to live by faith. So pastor, what are you saying? Well Paul is teaching us some things here, living by faith, we're saved by faith, we're secured, we're sustained by faith, we're16:31 We're secured by faith. I'm gonna give you 3 things if you're writing this down. I'm gonna give you 3 things that we can learn from Paul's challenge to the Galatians. Number 1, this is important.16:43 We begin our relationship with God by faith or by trust. Paul tells in Galatians to remember how you started your relationship with Jesus.16:55 Remember the miracles that you've seen in your life. It all begins by faith. To drive it home, here's what he says. Again, Galatians 3 verse 2. I'd like to learn just 1 thing from you. Did you receive the17:06 spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you've heard? Are you so foolish after beginning by means of the spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?17:18 How many Christians, you get saved, you give your heart to Christ, and then you think it's your job to perfect yourself after you get saved. By the way, you get saved by faith and sanctification is by faith.17:30 We cooperate with God. Now, I I like to I qualify a lot because I think it's important. I think a lot of preachers can can misspeak because not what they say but by what they don't say17:42 or how they don't call. So I qualify a lot. There's been a lot of questions. Well, pastor, what about works? Like like are works not important? Works are important. Christian works are important, but they don't save you.17:54 They're an evidence of your faith, but they're not a requirement for faith. In other words, and and so I want to answer this because I've had some people, well pastor, this is a lot about grace and the gospel, but18:06 but I mean I mean, Church of the King, don't don't y'all believe that we do good works? And and and what is the role of works? I'm glad you guys are asking that question. Absolutely works are important, but they're18:18 not important to get us saved. They are an evidence of our salvation. This is important, I'm gonna say some things. James chapter 2 verse 17. Here's what18:30 James says. He says, In the same way, faith by itself, if it's not accompanied by action or works, it's dead. James isn't saying works saves18:42 you, he's saying real spirit led faith produces good works. Let me give you an example. We live in the south, so a lot of you guys are probably18:54 not you've not lit your fireplace yet. And, some of most of you guys would have gas fireplaces. Some of y'all how many of y'all like y'all good just a good logs on the fire, real fire? I mean, just something powerful19:05 about I mean, just powerful. You may do it twice a year. Alright. You know, and it's just I I like a good fire. I mean, just powerful. I mean, just you can hear the crackling and the whole thing.19:17 It's just awesome. So question. Here it is. What comes first? Alright. What comes first? I'm giving you analogy between faith and works. Okay. What comes first? Alright.19:30 The fire or the heat? This is not an IQ test. You can shout out, all of our locations shout it out. What comes fire? What comes first?19:41 Fire or heat? Fire. The fire. The fire produces the heat. The heat is evidence of the fire.19:53 Alright? The heat doesn't produce the fire. The fire produces the what? Say it, heat. You know where I'm going with this. Right? Okay. What comes first? Your faithLiving Secured by Faith in Christ 20:05 or works? Your say it. Faith. Good Christian works are evidence of your faith. It's not the other way around.20:17 Does that help everybody? Okay. Okay. I'm gonna lean in on you a little bit. Here it is. You guys ready? Christian works are an evidence of your20:29 faith. If there's no good works, the question is, is there really faith in there? Oh. Mic20:41 drop even though I don't have 1. So works are important. People you know email, what about works? Works are important, but they don't save you. They're evidence that you are saved.20:54 How many are grateful for good Christian works? Oh, by the way, by the way, your good works don't save you, but it may set somebody else up to be saved. Number 1, we21:05 begin by faith. Everybody say by faith. Faith. We begin by faith. Number 2, we stand in faith. So we begin by faith,21:17 but we stand by What does it mean stand? We daily walk with Jesus, and we stand on the promises of God. And Paul says, it's by faith. It doesn't go from faith to now it's all about our strength.21:30 We get saved by faith, we stand by faith. This is what he's talking about right here. Galatians chapter 3 verse 16. Paul says to the churches in Galatians, he21:42 says the Christians there. He says the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Don't miss this. Scripture does not say and to seeds, meaning many people, but and21:54 to your seed, meaning 1 person who is Christ. What what I mean is this, the law introduced 4 30 years later. So the law came 4 30 years after Abraham. You22:05 gotta see this. The law coming does not set aside the covenant, that's called relationship, previously established by God, and thus do away with the promise. In other words, when the law came, it didn't do away with22:17 walking by faith. It didn't do away with Abraham's faith. I'm gonna talk about the purpose of the law. He talks about it. For if the inheritance depends upon the law, performance to the law, then it's no22:29 longer depends on the promise. But God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise. Hear what Paul is saying. The law didn't come till 4 30 years after Abraham. What's the purpose of the law,22:40 pastor? The purpose of the law was a tutor to bring us to Christ. It was to point out our need for Christ. It doesn't justify us, it points out our need to live by22:52 faith and trust Christ. Then we're forgiven by the blood of Christ, and then we'll receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Galatians chapter 3 verse 24. So the law was our guardian until Christ came, that we might be23:04 justified by faith. Everyone say, by faith. This is so hard for human beings to get. It shouldn't be, but it is. Why? Because we wanna earn it.23:17 Hard days work. I get it. You get you work a job, you get paid. I get it, but that's not how you get saved. You don't work it and then God goes, alright, you23:29 get in. It's not how it works. We're justified by faith. Everyone say faith. In his work on the cross. Somebody worked. Somebody worked, but it wasn't your work and my23:41 work. How many are grateful for the work of Jesus on the cross? It was his work. His work. Alright. Stay with me. Stay with me. Stay with me. Clearly, no 1 relies on23:53 the law to be justified. What does that mean? I taught you last week. To be justified means right with God. No 1 is right with God by works. The righteous live by faith. We talk a lot24:05 about faith and trust, but when it comes down to it, do we really trust God? I mean, you guys have heard this where the rubber meets the road. Do we really put our24:17 lives in the hands of God? The story is told of a famous high wire person. They they would walk across the high wire and they were incredible. They were world famous and24:29 the circus came to town and everybody's excited to go see this particular person and and he he was amazing. I mean he's way up there and so all these people gathered around and the show began and and he's24:41 got his balancing rod and and he's walking across like this and and and so he kinda would kinda provoke the crowd and be like, how many of y'all believe that I can walk across this and everybody's like, we believe.24:53 We believe. We believe in you. So he walks across and he's got the thing and he's just like, you know, just, you know, of course they know and then he just gets all the way across. You know? And then25:05 and then he then he then he looks at the crowd and he goes, how many y'all believe that that that I can do it backwards? Here he goes. He's got his thing. He's25:17 I gotta actually be careful doing this. But anyway, so let me kinda get a little space. Okay. Where'd pastor go? I'm not sure. Alright. So he goes back and he gets to the end and everybody's like, I mean,25:29 they're going crazy. We believe. He's awesome. So he gets to society. He's got a little curtain up there. It's got something behind the curtain. And he pulls the25:41 curtain and and he's got a wheelbarrow. And he goes, how many y'all believe that I could push this wheelbarrow across? And they're like, we believe. We25:53 believe. So here it is. He puts down his poles back and he grabs the wheelbarrow. He's like, Alright. Here I go. He's like and he goes and he gets in the middle and they're like26:05 and then he goes and he makes it to the end. I mean, the place goes crazy. And then it goes and then it goes26:16 with volunteer to get in the wheelbarrow, let me push him across. And everybody's like we say we believe until we've got to26:28 actually put our lives in the hands of Almighty God and trust him and really trust him.26:41 Everybody say, we begin by faith. We begin by faith. Everybody say, we stand by faith. We stand by faith. Everyday. Everyday, we we trust God. We trust God. We trust God. We26:53 believe God. Let me give the third and final thing and then we'll close. Y'all learn anything today that's helping anybody? All of our locations. By the way, read Galatians chapter 4 next week. I'm gonna be teaching all27:05 the messages 4, 5, and 6. We're doing 1 chapter a week. Let me give you the third and final thing. Here it is. By the way, if there's ever a point that's important for America, it's right now, this point.27:17 This point. Paul closes with this word of encouragement. Number number 3, here it is. We are secured. We begin by faith, we stand by faith, we're27:29 secured by faith. Galatians chapter 3 verse 26. This is so powerful. These are the words of Paul inspired by the Holy Spirit. We believe at Church of the King, the word of God is inspired by the27:41 Holy Spirit. Galatians chapter 3 verse 26, so in Christ Jesus Everybody say, in Christ. Please don't miss this. Do not miss this. So27:52 in Christ Jesus, you are all children of God through faith. What does that mean? When I put my faith in Christ, don't miss this. When I put28:04 my faith in Christ, I remember as a kid going to Pizza Hut. I don't even know if they have them around anymore, but I think so. So I remember as a kid doing the claw. How many of y'all remember the claw28:16 at Pizza Hut? Y'all remember the claw? I never won. And so the claw is you you you put your quarter in and then28:28 it would go and then the claw would come down and then you'd try to pick something up and you put it over here. Okay. Can I help somebody? This is important. When you trust Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior, I want28:38 every location you hear from. When you put your faith in Christ, you literally pick You're literally picked up by the hand of God and you are placed in Christ. Everybody say in28:50 Christ. So this is important. This is an issue of identity. Our whole culture is talking about identity. What is your identity? Well according to Paul, according to the word of29:02 God, God's word, he says when you are in Christ, everybody say in Christ. For all of you have been baptized, those that have trusted Christ, you've been29:14 baptized into Christ and you are clothed with Christ. So you're in Christ, you've been baptized into Christ, you've been clothed with Christ, your identity first, he says, is a29:26 Christian when you trust Christ. Now watch what he addresses. There is neither Jew nor Gentile. Why is he talking about that? Because that's exactly what they were dealing with. Well, I'm a29:38 Jewish believer in Jesus. Well, I'm a Gentile believer in Jesus. He says your ethnicity or whatever your background is, that doesn't come first. It's important, but that's number 2, that's number 3. Number29:50 1 is are you in Christ? Is your identity Everybody say in Christ. I was counseling a guy years ago and I don't do a lot of marriage counseling, but I was counseling this guy years ago and he was just mad and angry and I30:00 was like like and his wife I'm like, what is wrong? What is like, what's the deal? And and I said, you got an anger issue. He goes and and I just kept pressing him, and then finally he goes he goes, it's because I'm30:10 Italian. I mean, I like your food, but come on man, you're mean. So because you're Italian, that means you're No, no, no.30:22 How many know the blood of Christ washes and cleanses and makes you new? Paul's dealing with this is important. He's dealing with nationality. He's dealing30:34 with ethnicity. Those things are important. Don't get me wrong, but they're not the most important According to the Bible, it's are you washed by the blood of Christ? I'm leaning in because30:46 God's leaning in on us. There's neither Jew nor Gentile where Remember, Peter was separating? This is what he was dealing with. He was like, when the Jew Judaizers came, he he wasn't even hanging out with the Gentiles.30:56 And Paul goes, you bet Paul's plumb line. There's neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female, for you are all 1. Everybody say 1.31:08 You're 1 in Christ, you're 1 in Christ. And if you belong to Christ and you're Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise. I remember that my whole life I wanted to be I was a football31:20 player and I I wasn't the best football player in the whole world, but I was better than most of y'all. Anyways, I'm sorry that was prideful. My wife's gonna tell me something after service, but it's true.31:32 But anyway, so my my whole life, this is important, my whole life. It's like I wanted to so I was I played football, and then I wanted to play college football, and I got hurt my first game of my senior31:44 year, and I played hurt. And then I I had some offers in smaller schools and I ended up going to Tulane University to go walk on there. And I got saved my freshman year in college.31:56 My whole identity, listen to me, was I'm a football player. But when I became a Christian, I I realized my primary there's secondary identities, there's secondary identification32:08 points, and those are important. But your primary is I'm a follower of Jesus. I'm a Christian. And so there's nothing wrong with being a football player, but you're not a football player who's a Christian. You're a a32:19 Christian. Are y'all with me? You're a Christian football player. You're a Christian businessman. You're a Christian businesswoman. This is important. He's addressing identity. By the way, the whole question32:31 of feelings in our culture today, that's why people, the further you move away from the truth of God's word, the weirder culture gets. That's why people say today, well I am what I feel. No, you're not what you feel. If32:41 you are what you feel, I can wake up and feel I'm a martian. Why? Because I feel like a martian. You're not a martian, you are what the bible says you are. And if you're a Christian, you're washed by the blood of Christ,32:52 that's your identity. So I'm leaning in because the word is leaning in on everybody. It's not that nationality's not important. It's not33:04 that ethnicity's not important. It's not what you do is not important. It's not that but those are secondary. If you're a Christian, you are washed by the blood. Your primary identity is, I'm in Christ.33:16 Everybody say, in Christ. And then the secondary, but you're first in Christ. And by the way, that's why the church is the hope of a divided world is a united church. I'll say it again. The hope33:28 for a divided world is a united church washed by the blood of Jesus Christ. How many are grateful for the blood of Christ? I'm so grateful. So here's my question to you. Are you33:40 in Christ? Are you in Christ? I'm gonna ask everybody to bow their heads. Everybody all of our locations, those that are watching online, those that are in correctional facilities, those that are watching33:52 by way of TV right now, that's my question. Have you trusted Christ? The way to get quote in Christ, where your identity is rooted first in Christ, is you need to trust Jesus34:04 as your Lord and savior. Well pastor, what do I need to believe? Number 1, you've got to believe that all of us have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Number 2, you gotta believe that Christ Jesus paid for the34:13 penalty of your sin on the cross. And number 3, you personally must confess. I can pray with you, but I can't pray the prayer for you. You personally receive Jesus as your Lord and savior. Are you right with God? Do you34:25 know that you know if you die today that you're ready to stand before God? With everybody's heads bowed and eyes closed, I'm gonna ask you in just a moment. If you say, Pastor, pray pray with me. If you do that,34:39 blood of Christ to wash you, to cleanse you, and make you new. If that's you, I want you to lift your hand up at the count of 3. 1, 2, 3. Quickly, hold your hand up high. God bless you. God bless you. God bless you. God34:49 bless you. God bless you and you and you and every single 1 of you. That's awesome. God bless you. God bless you. God bless you up top. God bless you. God bless you, man. You need Christ. You're not sure about your God34:59 bless you. Way up top. I see your hand. That's awesome. God bless you right here. Church, let's pray with those that are trusting Christ across all of our locations right now. This is the most35:12 important prayer you'll ever pray right here. Can we pray this with them? Come on. Let's pray. Say, dear Jesus, I come to you today, a sinner in need of a savior. Say35:24 Jesus, I repent of my sin, I let go of my past, and I turn to you. I turn to the cross. Say, Jesus, wash with your blood. Give me a new heart,35:36 a new life, a new reason to live. I want you to say this, say, Jesus, I take my life and I put it in your hands. Let me pray for you. Father, thank you for the sealing work of the Holy Spirit and the word35:48 of the living God taking root deep in the hearts of your people.35:55 If you're making a decision to commit your life to to Christ in this very moment or if you want more information about what it means to follow Christ, click the link below or follow the instructions on the screen, and we36:06 would be honored to follow-up with you and help you in your new life with Christ. And if you wanna partner with us in our mission of reaching people and building lives to see people transformed36:18 by the hope and the power of the gospel of Jesus, you can always go online to church of the king dot com slash give, and we are so grateful for your generosity.36:31 And lastly, I wanna encourage you to subscribe to our YouTube channel to follow along with our Facebook page for all the awesome content that we're putting out there. Our senior pastor, pastor Steve, always has some36:41 amazing messages to encourage us and equip us as we seek to continue to grow in our relationship with God together. Hey, we'll see you very soon.In this video 0:00 Understanding Faith as Trust10:00 Abraham: The Father of Faith20:00 Living Secured by Faith in Christ
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