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Life isn’t meant to be lived alone. Relationships are messy, but God made us for real community that heals and strengthens. Join us as we explore how to carry each other’s burdens and belong.
Series Set Free - A Study In The Book Of Galatians May 4, 2026 · 38 min · Set Free - A Study In The Book Of Galatians
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Embracing Community in the Family of God 0:00 Today, I wanna talk to you in the final message entitled set free. Everybody say set free. We've been set free by Christ, watch this, to live in community.0:16 A neighborhood or a city or a suburb, but today, I'm not talking about community relative to geography. Relationships.0:29 And specifically, as Paul is teaching us in his final chapter, relationships in the family of God. Now relationships can be fun, exciting, and0:41 messy. Those of you, that grew up with siblings, I have an older brother, that's 2 years older than me, then I have a younger sister who's 11 years younger than me. And my brother and I, we would cut up and kinda fight0:52 and go back and forth all the time. And it's really hard to be mad at somebody that you share a room with in 2 twin beds. How many know what I'm talking about? I'm not gonna talk to you for 5 years. That's hard.1:05 They're right there. So our parents, you know, they'd make us resolve conflict, you know, you'd be like upset with 1 another, you know, and it's just hard. And what you learn about in family, right, you you learn1:16 about in family that that you've gotta learn to forgive. Everybody say forgive. You gotta learn to forgive and serve and love. It's amazing, you know. You can you know, somebody come against1:28 me or my brother, you know, we defend 1 another. And yet, the very way we would defend 1 another, you could also attack 1 another. Everybody say family. Family. Paul, the first 51:40 chapters of Galatians, he's talking about, watch this, our vertical relationship with God. What it means to trust Christ, not Christ plus works, but it's it's our faith in Christ, his work that we1:52 trust. Chapter 6, it almost feels like a kind of like a turn, a sharp turn because now it's not about this way, but it's about this way. It's about relationships2:04 with 1 another. If you have your Bible, I'm gonna ask you to open to Galatians chapter 6. Galatians chapter 6. The Bible talks a lot about family. Everybody say family. Now let me say this, that may2:16 be a painful word for some of you, and I mean that because maybe you said, pastor, I, you know, I didn't I didn't grow up in a good family. I felt like, man, there's a lot of hurt there. There's a lot of pain there. And2:26 yet the Bible talks about family. What I find is that though if you've been hurt in natural family, how many know you can find healing in the family of God? How many are grateful for kingdom relationships? Come on. How2:38 many are grateful for that? Doesn't mean they're perfect? Of course not. But but the family of God, a healthy church, a healthy family, you should be able to receive healing. Now the2:50 Bible talks about the church in different terms. A lot of times people think the church is a building. Of course, the church we meet in a building. Right? We have campuses and locations and buildings, but but the church3:00 is much more than that. The church, the Bible actually has different images. It's really interesting. 1 of the images of quote the church is, watch this, the bride of Christ. Ain't that interesting? The Bible talks3:12 about Jesus is coming back for a for a spotless bride, the bride of Christ. Now here's here's it. Right. He he's the groom. Right? The church collectively, we we are the bride. That's an image in the New Testament3:24 of the church. Here's another 1, the body of Christ. Can y'all say that with me? Say it. The Body. Right. He's the head. Right? We're the body. We're the body of Christ. So so there's the bride of Christ. There's3:35 the, watch this, the body of Christ. But there's another word related. Peter talks about it. Really cool. Here's what he says here, and he gives the image of family living in a house. Watch this. First Peter3:47 2 verse 5, you also like living stones are being built into a spiritual, what? Come on, say it, house. So the church is much more than programs3:59 and great worship, love all of our worship at all of our locations. It's it's more than just sermons and it's more than that. Jesus talks about building his church, his4:11 family in the earth. Matter of fact, it's what Jesus said. I will build my church. That's his bride. That's his body. That's his house.4:23 Galatians chapter 6, Paul talks about, watch this, the importance of relationships in the church, the family of God. And it takes humility. It takes grace.4:35 It takes forgiveness. It takes a lot of I'm sorry. It's it takes a lot of working through things. Paul, listen, he was concerned because false teachers, number 1, were corrupting the purity of the gospel4:47 in the beginning of Galatians. Remember, we talked about that. How they were adding things on what it means to to be a Christian. Well, it's not just just faith in Jesus, but it's faith in Jesus and honoring holy days.4:58 Faith in Jesus. Paul was dealing with that, the Judaizers. He was rebuking them. He said, don't corrupt the gospel. To become a Christian, it's trusting Christ as your savior. That's it. But now, he's5:10 also concerned because these same Judaizers also are fragmenting Christ's body. And so he talks about relationships in the family of God. He5:22 talks about what it means to walk with 1 another. And by the way, there is no perfect church. Years ago somebody came to me and they said, you know, we're looking for a good church, solid church. I was at a newcomers5:32 dinner. And they said, we're looking for a good church, a solid church, real healthy church, strong church, good people, solid people. They came right up to the line of saying perfect people. I had to stop and say, man,5:44 I I'm not sure we're gonna meet up to your expectations. Because we're a bunch of imperfect people serving a perfect God. We're pretty messed up, but we're getting better. Are you with me?5:56 Remember the church is not an organization. There's organizational components. It's a living organism. And Christ died for the church, so be careful hating on God's church. Come on somebody. Be6:07 really careful. Paul talks about this Galatians chapter 6 verse 10. Here's what he says. And this kinda sums up how we're called Watch this. All of our locations, we are called to walk together6:20 as the church. But notice the actions attached to that. Galatians chapter 6 verse 10, therefore Paul writes, as we have opportunity, let us do good. Everybody say, do good. Do6:32 good. Now notice there's a distinction here. We talk a lot about the world. Well there's the culture, the world around us, but he's talking about the church here. Notice, let us do good to all people,6:44 all people. We love our neighbor. But then he locates, watch this, primary passion. He locates an emphasis here where we should look out for. This is interesting. Paul gives6:56 us a location. We love our neighbor, but he says, hey, hey, let me help you with something. Do good to all people especially to those who7:07 belong to the family of believers. In other words, you you're a Christian, you say, well, you know, we gotta love everybody. Absolutely. We wanna love our neighbor, but but he But there's there's a certain sense where7:19 you you you really better take care of the household of God. You you really better emphasize sharing and caring and taking care of in God's house. That's his7:31 church. The church of Jesus Christ. By the way, there is no plan b. God's church is his plan a in the earth. And and we are part of that. The Bible talks about the mystical body of7:43 Christ. We have the moment you trust Christ as your savior, he places you, watch this, as part of his body, and that's expressed as you and I walk this out in what's called local churches.7:55 The church is Galatia. There were churches. They were part of churches. Well, all I need is me and Jesus, not according to the Bible. Matter of fact, there's only 2 times it's you and Jesus.8:07 When you get saved, it's you and Jesus. And when you stand before Christ 1 day, it's you and Jesus. But between you meeting Christ and standing before Christ, it's you, Jesus, and a whole bunch of people walking together8:17 called his church. You better learn how to get along with his body. So I wanna answer this as we finish. By the way, I'm kicking offPractical Ways to Walk in Freedom Together 8:30 a new series next week. I'm really excited about that. I'm gonna be teaching the messages. And, before I do that though, I wanna finish chapter 6. Do y'all enjoy studying books of the Bible? Come on. Every8:41 fall we do 1. I hope all of our location you can go back, listen to all those on podcast. But how do we here it is. I'm finishing up the chapter, the last chapter of Galatians, And I wanna answer this question.8:54 How do we seize every opportunity? If we're supposed to do good to those of the household of faith, how do I do that? How do we seize every opportunity to do good9:06 in our church family? Paul gives us several clear examples in chapter 6. Practical Here it is. Practical ways to live out the Christian life in the9:17 context of family. Number 1, restore 1 another, don't judge them. Galatians chapter 6 verse 1. I'm9:29 just gonna go verse by verse. Watch this. Paul says it like this, brothers and sisters, there's the family language. You see it? Brothers and sisters. Can y'all say that with me? Come on, say it. Brothers and9:41 sisters. This is family language. I know it may be painful some people because it may have been painful in natural family, but God gives you spiritual brothers and sisters.9:53 Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the spirit, some of your translations say, you who are spiritual, you live by the10:05 spirit should restore that person gently. Woah. Gently. But watch out for yourselves or you10:17 also may be tempted. Paul says if someone is caught, everyone say caught. The language implies it's not you kinda catch somebody in sin, you're walking, gotcha.10:29 This is not the language. The language is not you catch somebody, it's somebody that is caught because they are caught in that sin. The sin is caught up. You didn't catch them, the sin is caught. That's called an10:40 addiction. It's called a bad habit. It's called a hang up. And the Bible is clear. Paul's clear. He says, when you see somebody that is caught, everybody say caught, by the way, not those10:52 outside the church. This letter is not written to the culture who culture's bad. Of course, they don't know Christ. But those that are in the house of God that are caught, everyone say caught. What do you11:04 do with them? Do you judge them? Do you ridicule them? Do you criticize them? Paul gives a strategy of restoration here. He says he says when you see somebody that's caught in sin,11:16 restore that person. Restore them how? By a spirit of gentleness. Those who are spiritual, those who watch it. Mary, last week I talked about works of the flesh and fruit of the spirit. Those11:28 that walk in the fruit of the spirit. I wonder how many people are hiding in their sin in the house of God because because they don't trust, they don't feel safe to be11:40 able to be honest about the sin issues that they're dealing with. This is not taking sin lightly. It's taking sin soberly. But how many people are still caught in sin because they can't find anybody around them that11:51 could actually walk with them? Jesus sets us free from sin. How many know God raised Lazarus from the dead, but it still took some people to take the grave clothes off. We need people to walk with us as we walk out of12:02 sin into what God has in our lives. He said those that are spiritual, are you spiritual, Is the first instinct that you have when somebody's in sin.12:14 This isn't taking sin lightly. It's taking sin soberly, but it's how how how the strategy of helping somebody live free. Paul says this person is caught. They're in a habit. They're in a12:26 pattern of sin. Or do we say it this way, well I'd never do that. Do we judge them? Paul says be careful. Be careful. Number 1, we should be gentle. Everybody say gentle.12:39 Lest we ourselves find ourselves prey to that. I like what my mentor John Maxwell says, every single 1 of us is 1 step away from stupid. That's good12:51 theology by the way. Really good theology. Be careful. Be careful judging. Be careful. Restore. Those that are spiritual. Everybody say spiritual.13:03 Spiritual. Through gentleness, restore that brother. Restore that sister. Walk with them. This is the family of God. I mean, how many people are still bound in sin because they they they13:15 I I want it to be said of Church of the King that people can come here messed up, addicted, bound by sin, and they can be set free by Christ and walk with brothers and sisters in Christ.13:27 That that we don't have to play a game, that we can be open, that we can be honest, that we feel safe in God's house. This is a safe place. That's what Paul says. I know immediately people are, well, you13:39 know, we we kinda we kinda judge people based upon the big sins. You ever share Christ with somebody? It's like, man, you need Jesus. You know, why do I need Christ because you're a sinner? And immediately, this is kind13:51 of a cultural phenomenon. Right? But it really is in the house of God too. It's like, well, you know, I mean, I'm never I mean, you're a sinner. No. We're all sinners short of the glory. I mean, we've all well, you know,14:00 I mean, I've never and immediately people locate kind of the level of where their quote sin is and they go, well, I've never what? Come on. Say that loud because all of us have said it. So, well, I've never what?14:12 Killed it. So you said that. See it? We've all said that. So what we do is we evaluate ourselves. Right? I've never killed anybody. Well, good. You're not a murderer. Right? We start we started the big14:24 ones like murder, lying, stealing. Well, how about this 1? Gossip. Oh, it got close to home. Bitterness.14:36 How about that 1? I mean, we we deal with a big sin. How many know there's no Look, there's not a categorization in God's economy. There there's not.14:48 I say this respectfully. I know some people. I know some people that literally can't have a conversation without literally without them being critical and gossiping. You know what? They're caught.15:01 They're caught by that sin. Those who are spiritual, everyone say spiritual. Those that walk in the spirit, restore. The word restore. You ever maybe broken a bone or seen somebody who's had a15:13 broken bone and they go to a doctor and they have to reset that. They have to reset it and then they put the cast on. To restore literally means it it literally means to reset. To reset it in order. People's lives, their15:25 souls, at times they can get out of order. There's a hurt in their life. There's a disappointment that then becomes a pain and a hurt, and then they they have these views of what happened to me, and then the enemy lies15:34 and all that. Maybe it's pain and trauma from the past and they've got pain in their souls so they they develop negative pathologies to meet needs in their heart out of kind of the works of the flesh. It takes15:46 somebody that's spiritual sin and the fracture. It's out of whack. It needs to be15:58 reset. That's what Paul says. Restore. I'm going to say restore. This this takes spiritual surgeons where where men and women of God can be in God's house and we can walk16:10 with people and reset their soul in the right way to to love them and and and care for them. Well, pastor, my gosh, I I You know, I've not been trained. I've16:22 not been to seminary. It's not about being trained. It's about being Christ like. It's about being a safe person, a supportive person, somebody that you can walk with, somebody that can You just listen. That you can see16:32 them and hear them and love them. That's it. Now let me give you a couple principles in restoring people in the spirit of gentleness. Number 1, be careful. You gotta have relationship to the degree that you speak into16:43 somebody's life. I think that's why it's so important to walk with people. I thank God And I wanna say this, I was privileged. I was privileged when I gave my heart to Christ to be discipled well in small groups.16:55 I had great men around me. Brother Doug was 1 of those principal guys. I had people around me that walked with me. So I wanna say this to those of you, maybe you got you gave your heart to17:07 Christ and you were living in a different city and you moved to 1 of our campuses or whatever, and maybe you weren't discipled well. You can be re discipled and supported in the house of God. You don't have to give up on17:17 church. You can be supported and built up and restored in God's house. How many of y'all believe that's possible in God's house? I know church17:29 hurt is real. I know it's real people, but you know what? We can't give up on God's plan. There's no plan b. It's 1 plan. It's Christ dying for the sins of humanity. You17:40 trust Christ. You gotta walk with people in God's church. So you need to have relationship to speak into people's life. By the way, you need to exercise what I call the grace truth, the grace17:52 truth barometer. It's grace and Everybody say grace. Everybody say truth. And I say this as a pastor, sometimes churches, sometimes movements, sometimes denomination. They're grace, grace, grace, grace, grace, grace,18:03 grace, grace, grace, But there's gotta be some truth in there. There's gotta be repentance of sin. There's gotta be ownership of sin. There's gotta be an acknowledgement of sin. You gotta, like, own the thing. But but18:12 then but then you got the truth group over here. I mean, the sword of the Lord, they got truth. I mean they're like Peter in the garden against somebody cutting everybody's ears off with a sword. That was a good analogy.18:23 If you don't know what that is, that's in the bible. So you got the truth group, the grace group. How many of you know Jesus didn't call it a truth group or a grace group? He said they should be together. Everybody say18:32 grace and everybody say truth. You need truth, but you need to do it in the context of grace. So when you're walking with people Let me give you another principle. When you're restoring people, you need a group. By the18:43 way, it's you start off in 1 on 1 in relationship, but you need to I I call it multiple anchors. You need people because you're not always available, you're not always accessible. So you need to build other people into18:54 relationship when you're walking with people. That's why the power of small groups. Well, all y'all do is talk about small groups. We talk about relationships. Small groups is not like a a contemporary management19:05 construct. It's called in the Bible people got together and they grew in Jesus together. And can I tell you this? Well, pastor, if I go there and they find out my stuff, we already know your stuff19:18 because we've all got stuff. By the way, that guy that came to Bible study, I'll never forget 1 of the classic couples. I was really pushing him, man. Y'all need to get in a group, man. Walk with some people. And this19:28 guy goes and he told me the story. He goes, I went to the group and we kinda all started opening up, and then we realized they got issues, they got issues, they got issues. And we left and my wife and I go, we feel19:39 better about ourselves. Now I'm not sure that was good that you're comparing yourself. Okay. But everybody's got a hope, everybody's got a dream, everybody's got a hurt, everybody's got a pain.19:52 How many of y'all grateful that we can come together and we can grow and we can heal and we can mature in Christ? Number 1, first characteristic of a healthy life giving Christian and healthy life giving churches20:04 is we need skilled men and women of God that can walk with people, watch us, And we can restore those that are caught in sin. Habits, hang ups that are damaging their20:16 souls. Number 2, the second thing that Paul would say is not only are we to restore those that are caught in sin, but we're also to, number 2, carry 1 another's burdens,20:28 don't overlook 1 another. I wanna help everybody all of our locations. This is important. Every sin is a burden but not every burden is a sin. So we20:39 restore those that are caught in sin but we carry those that have heavy burdens. Look at verse 2 here. Carry each other's burdens.20:52 Doesn't God know how busy I am? Carry each other's burdens. And in this way you fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks there's something when they're not,21:04 they deceive themselves. I know we live in a fast paced, overworked, overcharged, busy, busy, busy. I get21:16 it. In the Bible, that God gets it, he understands it. But can I tell you, nobody's exempt from this? I know what some people, that's not my issue, that's their problem. Well, let me just help everybody.21:28 Everybody's problems are not your problems, but somebody's problem needs to be your problem. Let me say that again. Everybody's problems are not your problems, but21:39 somebody's problem needs to be your problem so you can help them. Does that make sense? So fulfill the law of Christ. The Bible says so fulfill the law of Christ. Well, I wanna be a Christian. Jesus, do a21:51 work in me. Light revival fire in me. And Jesus goes, alright, go help somebody. I didn't wanna do that. Paul22:03 says carry 1 another's burdens. Every single person, every location we have, there are people right next to you or down the road. They got financial issues, parenting issues, marriage22:15 issues, they're struggling with anxiety, they're struggling with depression, and they need somebody to help lift them in life. The question is, is it gonna be you? No. You don't have to solve everybody's problem. But is22:25 there somebody and some problem that you can help somebody with? It's gotta be somebody. Paul says, so fulfill the law of Christ. I know what we do. Right? We all do this. Right? Somebody's going through it. And and22:37 it's proper to offer sentiments and support. Right? Here's a classic 1, and this is this is a good first step. It's first step. It shouldn't be home run. It's first step. Here's the first step. Man, I'm so sorry22:49 about that. Good empathy skills. I'll pray for you. Great. Anything else? Is there anything else? Can you do any Can you23:00 add action to your empathy strategy? How about I'll show up and help you? How about I'll sit with you in that nursing home? How about I'll go visit? How about I'll get you groceries? How about I'll do something for you23:11 practically besides just saying I'm sorry? And you should say you're sorry, you should empathize, you should identify, but compassion puts feet to the action.23:25 It's like a lady, she's got 2 kids in her arms, she's got a stroller, she's got a couple bags around her, She's at the airport. She's trying to get a bag.23:37 I mean, if you're a human you're made in the image of God. That should move you, and it does, right, to what? Go and say, hold on. Let me help everybody say23:49 help. Bag and you give it to her. Right? In other words, in other words, we've got to put legs and feet to our empathy and our compassion. Whatever words24:01 you want to use. Our Paul said, so fulfill the law of Christ. Carry Everybody say carry. Carry. Now I know we don't like to be inconvenienced. I don't. I24:13 remember pastor Randy Craighead and I, he reminded me of of this in our message last night. By the way, we have Saturday night church most most of our locations. And I and and he reminded me of the story he had I lost24:24 left out 1 part. We were in California at a conference. It's a 4 hour flight and I just wanted to rest. Like just go to sleep.24:36 And I just couldn't wait. I was like, yes. I'm not like gonna witness on the plane. Do you know Jesus? Are you gonna go to hell? I'm like, this is about 4 hours of rest. And so And24:48 I do believe in witnessing and I share my faith all over the place. But I just thought, you know what? Jesus, you take care of whoever's next to me. I'm a rest. Is that alright? Can I just say that in the house of God? I24:58 thought, you'll save them. Somebody help them. So we happen to get the last 2 seats on the plane on the very last row. He's by the window,25:10 I'm on the end, and the seat's open. And I'm just like and you know this, you know this, don't act so holy in church. If there's a seat next to you, you're praying that God make sure nobody gets that.25:22 You're putting your bag there, your book there, you're you know, just anything there. Right? You're laying on the seat, you're drooling, you may even look a little crazy so people go, ah. You know, I don't know.25:35 And so and so we're about to close the door, and this lady walks on. And she's got a baby. She's got bags like she just25:46 came out of a store. She's got food. There's things happening. She's walking, and I'm like, maybe there's another seat. Maybe. Maybe. She's walking25:58 all the way down, and she's walking all and she gets right to the end, and it's I'm right there. And she looks at me, I'm thinking she's gonna ask for help with the bags. Instead she26:10 goes, would you hold my baby for a second? She gives me her baby. I'm thinking, is this legal? Can I do this? Can you sign an affidavit? Does anybody have a witness? I mean, are y'all with me? I'm26:22 holding her baby. That went throughout the flight. Pastor Randy's over there laughing, sleeping. I'm looking at him sending bad thoughts toward him.26:34 I'm thinking, Jaime, God has a way of teaching us when we wanna live by ourselves and not carry others burdens? Paul says, carry. Everybody say carry.26:47 So you restore people in sin, but you carry people's burdens. Maybe it's bringing dinner to26:59 someone who didn't ask you. Maybe it's showing up to sit with a friend who's hurting. Maybe it's praying and checking in after somebody's gone through a crisis or an illness. There's so many27:10 ways. So many ways. Paul said, so fulfill the law of Christ. This is how we do church. You can't meet everybody's needs, but is there27:22 somebody that you can help? Number 3, we boast in Jesus, not ourselves. Look at verse 4.27:35 Each 1 should test their own actions, Then they can take pride in themselves alone. That's not about being arrogant. It's about examining yourself and considering what you are doing and where you27:46 are without huge comparing. Boy, we do that all the time, isn't it? Without comparing themselves to someone else for each 1 should carry their own. In other words, in other words, I'm27:58 not comparing myself with this person over here and over there. I'm not doing that. Paul says when you do that, you're unwise. Don't compare. How many times can churches get ripped apart because28:10 of comparison? Pastor Steve, do you not learn from other people? Of course I do. I look at other churches, I look at other leaders and I'm inspired by them, but I don't compare my life with them. My race is not against28:21 their race. My race is against my own potential, my own potential. By the way, so is your race. Your race in life is against your own potential. Paul said, don't compare. Everybody say, don't compare.28:34 If you do, you may be comparing your chapter 2 with somebody else's chapter 20. Be careful. Paul said, be careful. Look at Galatians chapter 6 verse 7, he goes28:46 on. Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whosoever sows to please the flesh from the flesh will reap destruction. Whoever sows to the spirit from the28:57 spirit will reap eternal life. Remember last week, works of the flesh, fruit of the spirit. Everybody say works of the flesh. Are you sowing to the flesh, to selfishness, to an inordinate need for recognition, for29:09 approval, for attention? Or are you are you are you sowing to the spirit? Love, joy, peace, self control, meekness, which is strength under the And then29:25 he goes on and says this, because you're gonna reap By the way, nobody plants apple seeds and reaps Well, Pastor Steve, Church of King's a big church, they're not friendly. Well, the Bible says if you want29:36 friends, you've gotta sow friendship. Wait a minute, I didn't know that was like something I had to do. So Pastor Steve, where's all the friends? Well, you gotta sow friendship. But if you walk in a church29:48 going, are you with me? We may call security. We're not sure what you're doing at that point in time. I'm sorry. In other30:00 words, you gotta smile to somebody. You know how that is. You're walking down the street, New York City, and somebody, and you're and you're hyper vigilant, you're a little bit like, what's going on? What's going on?30:10 What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? They smile at you, boom, you smile back. You wanna know why? Because of what's called mirror neurons. Neurologically it fires something in your brain. You're gonna30:21 respond to people the way they respond to you. Pastor Steve, I didn't realize it's called sow. Everybody say sow to the spirit. Man, I want friends, pastor. Sow friendship.30:33 I want support. Sow support. Whoever sows of the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption. Whoever sows of the spirit of the spirit shall reap eternal life. Look at verse 12. Galatians chapter 6 verse 12. Those who30:45 wanna impress people by means of the flesh, he goes and takes But here it is. Don't miss. Paul takes 1 last swipe at the Judaizers who were all about the external, not the internal.30:59 The Judaizers, remember who they were? They corrupted the church, they were trying to add things to the gospel. Those who wanna impress people by means of the flesh are trying to compel you to31:10 to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ. Let me tell you something, the cross there's a cost. There is a cost. Yes, Jesus forgives31:22 your sins. Yes, he cleanses you. Yes, he gives you eternal life. Yes, he fills you with righteousness and peace and joy, but there is a cost to following Jesus. Everybody say cost. There's a cost.31:35 There's a cost, it's called surrender, it's called yielding, it's called serving, it's called caring, it's called sharing. That's a cost. That's a cost. Not everybody's gonna like you, not everybody's gonna shout up,31:45 Yeah, you're a Christian, you're awesome. No. And Paul said that, if you are addicted to the approval of man, guess what? It's gonna be a rocky road with you following Jesus.31:59 Galatians chapter 6 verse 14, may I never boast except in the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ through which the world has been crucified in me and I to the world. Paul's saying this, if you're gonna boast, boast in Jesus.32:10 Pastor Steve, why do you share your testimony so much? Because I know what my life was like. It was a wreck. It was a disaster. Even though my mom would say, You're a great kid, that's not what you told me32:21 then. Are y'all with me? You wanna know why I tell my testimony to people? I want you to hear it and I need to hear it. You know what I need to hear? I need to hear what32:33 Christ did in my life. I need to know I was once lost but now I'm found. I was addicted to sin, I was enslaved to sin. But Jesus, everybody say but Jesus. If you're gonna boast, don't boast in your acumen, your32:45 intellectual prowess, your skills, your abilities, your accolades. Boast in Christ. Your marriage was messed up. God restored it. Look what God did. Your financial life was messed up. God restored it. Look what God did.32:55 You were addicted. God restored. Look what God did. Everybody say, look what God did. Look what God did. That puts faith in our hearts. Well, I did it because I'm a self made person.33:07 That's not true. We were all a disaster. We were all a wreck, but Christ saved us, redeemed us, healed us, and restored. We boast in Christ. How many of y'all boast in Christ?33:19 In Christ. A lot of boasting about Jesus in this church. I'm so grateful for God's grace. I'm grateful for God's grace in your life and inBoasting in Christ and the Grace of Freedom 33:31 my life. Alright. Here it is. Last verse and he finishes. Remember what this book whole book's about? It's about grace. Everybody say grace. Yes. Truth. Truth. Grace. It's what God is What is33:43 grace? God doing for you what you can't do for yourself. Watch how he ends it. Here it is. Here it is. He's writing, he goes,33:55 verse 18. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Now watch this. Watch. You gotta get this. You gotta get this.34:06 Brothers and sisters. Amen. What is he doing? He's saying it's the grace of God. Oh, but don't forget, you have to walk this out in the context34:18 of relationship. That means forgive, love, care, share, stick together as the family of God. Come on. Do y'all receive that message? Do y'all receive that message? I wanna pray. I'm gonna ask34:30 everybody to bow their heads. If you do not know Christ, you're not sure about your relationship with God, I finish this service every week this way. Whatever location you're at, whatever correctional facility you may be34:40 watching right now, those of you that are watching online, the Bible says, whoever calls upon the name of Jesus shall be saved. Do you know Christ? Do you know that you know if you die today, you're ready to stand before34:50 God? With everybody's heads bowed and eyes closed, if you say pastor, pray for me. I can't save you. Jesus can save you. I can point you to the 1 who says, well, what do I need to believe? You first need to confess35:02 all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. We've all sinned. We all need Christ. Number 2, you need to believe that the payment of sin is death. Either you pay for your sins or you receive the gift of Christ,35:13 and you allow Jesus to pay for your sins by receiving Christ. And number 3, you must confess. I can pray the prayer with you, but I can't pray the prayer for you. Count of 3, I'm gonna ask for a show of hands and say,35:24 Pastor, pray for me. The blood of Christ washes and cleanses and sets you free. Wherever you are, whatever location you're watching, those that are online, watching by TV, wherever,35:40 count of 3. I want you to quickly put your hand up. Don't look to the right or the left. Jesus wants to save you right now. Say, pastor, pray for me. I need Christ. 1, 2, 3. Quickly, hold your hand up high. God bless35:51 you, sir. God bless you. God bless you. God bless you. God bless you, ma'am. God bless you as well. God bless you, sir. God bless you right there. Anybody else? Pastor, pray for me. God bless you guys. God bless you way36:01 up top. God bless you, sir. God bless you. God bless you. God bless you, ma'am. God bless you, sir, right there. God bless you, sir. God bless you, sir. Praise God. God bless you, ma'am, right there. God sees you.36:14 Anybody else? Pastor, pray with me. Church, can we pray with those that are trusting Christ right now? The Holy Spirit is moving right now all across every 1 of our locations. Come on, let's pray with those that are36:26 trusting Christ. Say, Dear Jesus, come on. Dear Jesus, I come to you today, a sinner in need of a savior. Say, Jesus, I repent of my sin.36:38 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, a new life, a new reason to36:50 live. I want you to say this. Say, Jesus, I take my life and I put it in your hands. From this day forward, I belong to you. Let me pray for you. Father, I thank you for the sealing work of the Holy37:01 Spirit and the word of the living God taking root deep in the hearts of your people.37:09 If you're making a decision to commit your life 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 we37:20 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 transformed37:32 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.37:45 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 some37:56 amazing messages to encourage us and equip us as we seek to continue to grow in our relationship with God together. He will see you very soon.In this video 0:00 Embracing Community in the Family of God8:26 Practical Ways to Walk in Freedom Together33:25 Boasting in Christ and the Grace of Freedom
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