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The Call for Men to Rise 0:00 Why is this meeting relevant? I just wanna go there for a 2nd because if you're here and you don't know why this is meaningful, I'm gonna tell you. It's relevant for a watching culture.0:13 You know, the Atlantic Monthly had the audacity to declare just a year ago, the end of men. The New York Times had the audacity to print an article just this year called men0:25 are the new women.0:39 CNN ran a big news story. Why men are in trouble? Why is this meeting relevant? It's relevant because a watching culture0:51 is wondering if men will rise again. Billion Christian men, and you know what has1:03 them really, really confused.1:07 Where are you?1:19 Fatherlessness is rampant. And they're wondering because Gotham's in trouble, will the night rise? They're wondering men because when God's men1:31 don't rise, then evil triumphs because evil triumphs when good men do nothing. Congo. I see it in the1:43 Joshua generation. I see it in this church. I see it in my own church where 8000 men meet weekly in small groups. The kingdom of God is advancing.1:57 And God's spirit is saying all across the world, we are not planting matriarchies full of women anymore. I am calling my men to rise and deliver2:08 justice. The same justice you wanted to deliver when you were 6 or 5 or 7 years old. When you wore the Batman outfit, the Superman outfit, the Spiderman outfit, maybe you're a little older or younger, the2:20 mutant ninja turtles. I don't know who your superhero was. But here's some I'll tell you what you wanted to do. You wanted to give the bully his. Amen? Amen. You wanted to deliver justice.2:32 You wanted to defend the weak, and you wanted special power. Can I just tell you right now that the same power that my brother Saran was talking about is available to you? There is a mission of justice in2:44 this world that God wants you to deliver, and you can give the bully his. And God's calling his men right now, the sleeping giant in the world today are men of2:56 God. Men who go from being just affiliated to activated. Men of God who are being called from the audience to the army. The mission and vision3:08 of every local church in the world is going to advance because God's men are gonna rise. That's a big picture. I'm just I'm just kinda taking you on the elevator ride. I'm showing you what's happening. And if you're3:18 here, you're not here by mistake. This is not a meeting. It's a movement. Say movement. Movement. This is not a meeting. This is a movement. Forces are marshaling. God's calling his men back3:30 to form ranks around their pastor to support the mission and vision of the church to advance the kingdom of God, the great commission, and the great commandment. Everywhere where there's a local pastor, there's gonna be3:41 a local advance of the kingdom of God, and it's going to come in and through men. Romans 5 19 says, just as through the disobedience of the 1 man, many were made sinners, so also through the obedience3:53 of the 1 man, many will be made righteous. Say blast zone. Blast zone. That is a blast zone. 1 man, 1 choice, 1 set of consequences, another man, another choice, another set of4:05 consequences. Every 1 of you the reason why I'm excited to be here today is because every single 1 of you is a stick of dynamite. Either you're an Adam or you're in Christ. Either you're creating death or you're creating4:16 life. Jesus said, good things come out of the good man because of the good that is stored up in him. Evil things come out of the evil man because of the evil that is stored in him.4:28 Men are like enriched uranium. You put them into the wrong hands with the wrong identity, and they exploded, and they kill, and they maim.4:41 That's why this meeting is important. Because in the hands of the flesh, in the hands of the devil, in the hands of the world, men are exploding all over the place. But in the4:53 hands of God, they can explode life beginning in their heart and then with their wives and then with their families and then in their communities. Let me tell you why else I'm excited to be here. Your5:05 conscience and the Holy Spirit is not failing. Many of you came here, and as Saran has called you out to focus on that 1 thing5:17 that God wants to remove from your life that keeps you from loving him more powerfully and loving those around you more powerfully, that's the thing. Say the thing. The thing. K. That's what God5:28 wants to remove during our time together. Now why talk about risk? If you have your notes, just pull out your little workbook. I want you to pull out your notes. It's in this little risk workbook. You got it in5:40 your, little thing. That's the theme we're gonna talk about. I get the privilege of talking to you about that, on 4 different occasions. And I wanna just talk about why the meeting's5:52 relevant, why God's men need to be taking new risks. You see, if you're a man and you're in this room, a life of meaning is synonymous with a life6:04 of risk. And there's 2 ways that you can risk. You can risk culture's way, or you can risk God's way. If you decide to risk the6:16 way culture trains men, I like to call it broken male culture, indulge, impress, increase, you'll produce pain and stay a boy. But if you begin to6:27 explore how to take big risks God's way, you receive the power that Saran talked about to rise above and transcend. That's what we all6:39 want to do. We want to transcend. We want to rise above. We want to live in a different dimension and achieve maturity. And so that's what we're going to talk about tonight. I want you to take6:51 notes. I want you to turn to page 3 Let's talk about the life of risk. Let's talk about the 4 keys to living a life of risk. Here's what you need to know.Keys to a Life of Risk 7:03 Number 1, fill this in. A life of risk on page 3 is a life of intentional abandon. It's a life of intentional demand. It's not I don't take risks for risk sakes.7:15 Say it has purpose. Say purpose. Purpose. Yeah. When you decide to take a risk, you're not just taking it to take it. There's something on the other side. Then secondly, the life of risk is a life of intelligence7:27 aggression. What does that mean? Not only are my risks purposeful, my risks are planned. I'm thinking about it. I'm thinking about what's gonna happen on the other side, just like, just like Amnon7:39 planned that whole thing out. He took a big risk and lied and manipulated to get Tamar into the same bedroom with him. It was intentional and it was intelligent.7:52 And then the life of risk, number 3 is a life of immense anticipation for better or for worse. So risking in a life of risk is purposeful, it's planned, and there's a payoff. And guys, we see8:03 this dynamic at work all the time. How many of you are married? Raise your hand. How many of you wanna be married? That's the that's everybody. Come on. Alright. Alright. Maybe not everybody, you know?8:15 But most every guy. Now guys that were married, do you do you realize how awfully you transformed to win your woman? You guys started writing notes, poetry, you know,8:27 you pretended to listen into all hours of the night. You were you were you were risking non masculine behavior to win. Amen? And many of you did. Then the8:39 ring came on and she goes, what happened? We know it in business, right? Why do you think we smile and dial to get the deal? We take risks. We show up. We make the calls. Why?8:51 Because our hope is a paycheck. We took risks to win the girl to win the girl. We took risks in business to win the paycheck. We take risks in9:03 sport. We go for it. We dive. We jump. Why? Because we want the glory of the zone. Whatever zone that is. The end zone, the goal, the basket,9:15 the 3, whatever it is, we risk. So men know this dynamic. And let me say this, the risks you take reflect the object of your hope. And reflect the object of your hope.9:28 Did you hear me? The risks you're taking reflect the object of your hope. So be careful where you're putting your hope because risky behavior is sure to follow.9:43 Now, how do you take the risks that are right? Write this down in your notes on page 3. How do we know as men, what are the right risks to take? Here it is. Here's how you know. I risk in the direction9:55 of my hope without, here it is, regret. How many of you would like a little rest regret in your lives? Come on. That's a nasty10:07 emotion. Now Jesus said, I got the deal of the century, and I want us to read it together. It's Mark 8 35, and he's talking about taking a risk10:19 in the direction of a specific hope. Let's read it together. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the sake of the gospel10:31 will save it. Circle, save his life. It's a compare contrast. Jesus is saying, you can take risks for yourself or you can take risks for me. Now, what does Jesus10:43 mean when he says, for whoever wants to save his life? Well, when you're trying to save your life, who are you looking out for? Yourself. Right. So when a man tries to save his life,10:55 that means that he is all about self preservation and self importance and self gratification. That's a man who's trying to get his, protect his,11:07 preserve his. That's what Jesus means. It's it's having a life for yourself and having control of your own life. And then there is this transition in the verse. He says,11:19 But Ready? Here's your other choice. Let's read it again together. But whoever loses his life for me and for the sake of the gospel will save it.11:31 Now why does Jesus say, you can go that way, but then he says, but whoever loses his life because you gotta lose 1 life to get another11:43 life. You have to nay say no to self to say yes to God and other people. Jesus is saying something else here. I want you to write it down. It's a big point. He's saying that if you're a11:54 believer, the safe life is a wasted life. The safe life for Jesus is a wasted life. Jesus talks about letting go and letting12:07 God. But whoever loses it You know the feeling when you're losing something? When you have to let go of something? When you gotta say, oh my goodness. I'm gonna leave that safe, comfortable, predictable thing that I've12:18 created, and God's calling me over here. And how am I oh my goodness. This looks so traffic. That's what he's talking about. There's attention. There's God in your gut. And that's what he's doing right now in the12:29 room. He's going, I want you to let go of this and say yes to this. Now, because there's no such thing as the safe12:41 Christian life. You know, the safe Christian life is an oxymoron. Keyword, moron. Only a moron would live small for himself12:53 when he could live large for God. Only a moron would do that. So let's look at 4 keys to living this life. How do we lose our life for Jesus?13:06 How do we live for him? How do we take the right risk? How do we intentionally abandon ourselves for him? How are we intelligently aggressive? How do we have this live with this immense anticipation of what's13:18 gonna happen? 4 keys. And the 1st key begins with the letter r. Write this down. 1st key to living a life of risk is a right view of God.13:30 A right view of God. In the bible, we get God's mind on this whole point. It says in Jeremiah,13:41 thus says the Lord, let not a wise man boast of his wisdom. Let not the mighty man boast of his might. Let not a rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast of this.13:54 You know what he just did? He's clarifying. Let him boast of this, that he understands and knows me. I want you to underline that because there's another compare andIdentity and Sacrifice 14:06 contrast. There's 2 other paths that God is laying out for us during this weekend. That I am the Lord who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness on earth for I delight in these14:18 things, says who? The Lord. So there's another compare contrast. Jesus says the man who seeks to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses it for me will save14:30 it. In other words, he's saying, bet it all on me. Then there's God saying, you can get smart, get rich, get strong, or you can get to know God as the number 1 focus of your life.14:42 The Hebrew word for know is yada, and it means intimate close knowledge. Now why does God put knowing who he is at14:54 the top of the list? You can get strong, get rich, get wise, or you can understand and know me. If If I were to go to coffee with you and take15:06 you out, 1st question out of my mouth just to get to know you at a deep level very fast is, what pops into your mind when you think of God? Is he omnipotent or15:17 is he impotent? Is he loving or is he judgmental? Can you count on him or is he flaky? Is he aloof or has he involved?15:30 Does he care or does he have your best interest in mind? Because I could tell the spiritual trajectory of your life, the relational trajectory of your life, the successful trajectory of your life by you describing15:42 to me what comes into your head when you think about God. And I could tell you what kind of spiritual risks that you would take. You see,15:54 big God, big ability, big heart for you, big risks. If you do not know16:06 him for who he truly is, then he's not big. He doesn't have a big heart for you. He doesn't have big capacity. He doesn't have big care and concern. He doesn't know your best interest.16:19 Take risks for him. Little God, little risks. Let's say that together. Big God. Big risks. Big risks. Little God. Little God. Little risks. Now why is this16:31 important? Because your love and actions for God will never outperform your view of God. That's why this is the 1st16:43 key. Now here's 2 examples of what happens when you have a right view of God, and the 1st example is Jesus in Mark 12 14. Let's read this together. Teacher, we16:54 know you are a man of integrity. You aren't swayed by men because you pay no attention to who they are and you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Circle man of integrity.17:08 See, because Jesus had an accurate view of God, he was undivided between how he lived and how he actually thought. He was undivided.17:23 The 2nd thing in this verse is you stop caring about what other men think. In other words, you start living for an audience of 1. They say, teacher, we know you are a man of integrity. What does that look like? Well,17:34 they tell him what it looks like. You aren't swayed by who? Right. You stop caring about what other people think. Say audience of 1. Audience of17:45 1. That's true freedom, man. It's true freedom when you stop caring about what other men think and you live for an audience of 1. I call my brother17:57 up all the time, say, how's it going? Oh, this is this is happening. This is happening. Well, Chris, what are you gonna do about it? I'm gonna live to please him. That's what he says after everything. I'm gonna live to18:08 please him. Audience of 1. He fears no man. But why is it that the church is full of a bunch of Christian Ken dolls? You know what you18:20 see when you pull the pants down on a Ken doll? Nothing. Because God has gotten18:32 small, man has gotten big, and when the kingdom of God is supposed to go forward and God's men are supposed to redeem, their view of God is small, and then they experience spiritual shrinkage. And you know what18:44 I'm talking about. So what happens when you have a right view of God? You start living undivided. You stop caring about what men think. And then the verse goes on. It says, and18:56 you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. When you live for an audience of 1 and you have a right view of God, you stop retreating and you start advancing the purposes of God. He didn't19:07 stop. Did you notice? He didn't stop touching the ethnically unacceptable. He didn't stop touching the racially unacceptable. He didn't stop touching the morally unacceptable. Nothing could stop him. He19:19 was unstoppable. Why? Because he had the right view of God the father, and he knew that in God the father, that that was his purpose and that God loved him, which made him secure so he didn't have to worry about being19:31 approved of by men, so he could love people. That's what's missing in this world. Men who are strong and unstoppable19:43 and men who know how to love. And that is what the world is waiting for. That is what the world is dying for. And against the dark black velvet of all the injustice, justices19:55 connected to us will come the shining stars against the black backdrop of evil and death and destruction20:08 and devastation. I bought my wife, Chrissy, a diamond. I was 23. I borrowed 1000 bucks from my dad. And the guy came in and he had a briefcase and he laid down this black20:20 velvet. And then he took out this little bag and he went, all for effect. I could see every facet, every cut. Can I just say something? The world is in a20:31 very dark place right now, but God is allowing that darkness so that he can spread and sprinkle men of God all into the20:43 ingestion. And they're gonna sparkle and they're gonna shine and God's gonna get the glory and people are gonna come to Christ. That's what happens when men have a right view of God.20:57 The 2nd example I wanna give20:59 to you is is our friend, Caleb. I want you to meet Caleb. You remember Caleb. Right? Promise of the land, promise of the presence, promise of the power. They gotta go order. 12 go in. They comeKingdom Advance 21:10 back. It is what God says it is, except for there's some opposition in the land. There's some giants. And 10 of the guys think they all are Shaquille O'Neal. And the other 2, Joshua and21:22 Caleb, because their focus is on God, men aren't big, men are small. Men are just men. So the 10 who got their eyes off of God and onto the21:33 obstacles, they experienced shrinkage. The other 2, with their eyes on God, they experience increased courage. So they're going like this. Now, what did God think21:46 of a man who was ready to risk based on a right view of God? Let's read numbers 14 24 together. But because my servant Caleb has a different21:58 spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to and his descendants will inherit it. What do we learn about risk? That Caleb was a22:10 man who was willing to risk it all on the purposes of God because he had a true understanding of who God's person was. Say this with me. I risk more22:22 for God. I risk more for God. When I have a right view of God. The I in risk. Write this down. Identity settled. How many of you guys seen The Lion King?22:34 A form of The Lion King. I saw it 757237 times when my daughter Caro was growing up. In the in the story, there's Mufasa. He's the dad.22:46 So cool. James Earl Jones. Then he's got this little cub. That's Simba. And then the the devil in the story remember his name? Scar. Scar. That's Scar. And Scar is a jealous22:58 guy who doesn't like Mufasa getting all the glory. Sound familiar? So he wants to attack and frame the sun unjustly, which he23:10 does. Scar sets up a death trap for Mufasa, blames the son. He's young. He's scared. What do boys do when they're overwhelmed? They run. So23:21 Simba runs away from his identity over to this place where they sing a a song, and it's called what? Hakuna Matata. And you guys watch way too much Dizzy in there way making way too much23:33 money. Hakuna Matata. So he leaves this identity, the son of the king, to go over to this little place, and he lives with a meerkat and a warthog who23:45 farts. Sort of like a razorback. But I'm not gonna talk about that right now. So he looks like a razorback. But anyway, they're over here, and here's what happens. He goes23:57 from being a little boy, and then there's as they're singing this song, you know how Disney can do it. He goes from being little to being bigger, to being bigger, to being a full adult grown lion who's acting like a24:08 little boy. Until the police come. And the police is a baboon named Rafiki. And he had he I don't know how they24:20 get Jamaica to Africa, but he's got a Jamaican accent. So he hunts him down. Why? To remind him who he really24:32 is. And he whacks him on the head. And he goes, why'd you do that? And he goes, I know who you are. And Simba hangs his head, the boy lying in an adult24:44 body. Yeah. I thought I used to know too. You're Mufasa's boy. And now confronted with his identity, he runs again like a boy. But24:55 Rafiki chases him down and through the brush and right to the river where Simba's looking into the river. And as he looks into the river, he sees the reflection of his father. And25:08 then Rafiki the baboon whispers in his ears, says, look closer. And then we have this dialogue, father and son. You are my son. You are the future king. Remember25:21 who you are. You gotta push him to make decisions consistent with your identity. Why?25:32 Because if Simba doesn't get back to the pride, then the evil dude makes people suffer. And if he25:38 doesn't go back and give the bully his in a righteous, good, and manly way, they're gonna keep suffering. So then all of a sudden, after he ran away, once he gets confronted with his identity,25:50 then comes another song, and he's running back for battle. Listen to the word of God. Let's read 1st Timothy 6 11 and 12. But26:02 you, man of God, flee from all this and pursue righteousness, godliness, love, endurance, gentleness, Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold26:14 of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. Say these 3 words with me. Identity. Energy. Energy.26:26 Expression. Expression. Now why do I make you say those 3 words? Because whatever wins your identity, wins your energy and wins your expression. Whatever your26:38 primary identity is. So Timothy, the man of God in Ephesus, a commercial hub, is like the like 1 of the Las Vegas's of the Greek world. He's got to26:49 remind him of who he really is. Circle man of God. Now pastor Chris, some of the staff out here, you know, you you come here26:59 and all of a sudden,27:00 hey, man of God. Anybody ever called you that in this place? Man of God? Okay. That's why he does it. Why does he do it? He doesn't do it because it's a cheesy way of just kinda connecting with you.27:12 He does it because that's who you are. You are a man of God. I say that to my guys ad infinitum. Man of God. Man of God. Man of God. Why?27:24 Because I want them to remember that that's their primary identity to which they are to give their energy and their expression. Now you don't say that to somebody in the bible, but you.27:37 See the urgency, but you, man of God, flee from all this. Why? Because a man of God says no to say yes. Say no to the world to say yes to God. Say no to the flesh to say27:49 yes to the spirit. Say no to the world's purposes to say yes to God's purposes. It's called discipline. Discipline is saying no to something to say yesShow more In this video 0:00 The Call for Men to Rise7:00 Keys to a Life of Risk14:00 Identity and Sacrifice21:00 Kingdom Advance28:00 Altar Call and Commitment
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