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JACK: You know, the Bible over and over again mentions the word
"called." The "called" ones, the "called" of God. And the word in
its meaning, in the original Greek language, is even more
powerful. It's when God reaches out to your life and calls you,
and He does that not with your ears necessarily, right? Not
with physical ears. He calls you on the inside. And that's a
wonderful thing to think about because God who is all loving
and all kind is also all holy and all pure and He's the
eternal God. And the Bible tells us that His name is Yah. That's
right. The God of the Bible has a name. Y-A-H, Yah is the name
of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of the Bible. So
listen, when life gets tough and when life gets messy and
difficult and we suffer through things, God knows exactly what
we're going through because the Bible tells us He came to us in
Christ Jesus. When we're tempted, evil, when we have fear
surrounding us, God knows exactly what we're made of and
He's here to help us. Why? Because He knows that we are
just, as the Bible says, dust. And isn't that an amazing
proclamation? Because it is scientifically true. The same
elements that make up this universe makes up a very
physical existence. He knows that we're weak, but yet He's
called us into His presence to know Him and to get ready to
meet Him. And one day He's going to call us, either by death or
by the rapture of the church. He's going to call us unto
Himself. And so I want you to be very, very keenly aware of
something. You ought to be able to look inside yourself and ask
yourself, am I a cold one? Well, grab your bibles and
let's find out what the Word of God has to
say about you being called by God.
JACK: Galatians 4:19, he says, "My little children...," this is
Paul the Apostle speaking, "My little children..." Isn't that
not beautiful? "...For whom I labor and birth again until
Christ is formed in you." Christian, that is the salvation
life and then the sanctification life that follows. So Romans
8:28 says, "And we know that all things work together for good."
Work. It's the word er'gon. You can write it down. It's on the
screens. Actions, behaviors, deeds, the doings. An example of
the meaning of the word is as used described the work of a
designer or a craftsman using his tools to create or to finish
his thought or idea. I love that. By bringing into a
physical existence. I just love the fact that God made us
creative individuals. Now, some people are not so creative.
That's okay. You're not supposed to apologize for that. God died
for your sins. He didn't die for your personality. Do you know
that? Well, he's really loud and she's really quiet and I'm
somebody in between and this person's that way and they're
the other. God loves that. It's the sins that God hated enough
to go to the cross to die in our place. Okay? So if you're quiet,
be quiet unto God. If you're a big mouth, be a big mouth unto
God. But don't try to be somebody else. If He wanted you
to be somebody else, He would've made you that person. So stop
trying to be like them. Plus, they're probably trying to be
like you anyway. Now, the math of God is amazing. In fact,
listen to this. This word work implies that all things are
activated in the believer's life. In other words, all things
are online. Not online, online, but online in power. They're
working. See, you and I, we fail to recognize this because we get
bogged down in the mundane of life. See, we lose it because
it's the routine. This is what happens. Friends, listen. Please
listen carefully. The more predictable your life is in some
areas, fantastic. But also, the predictable things of your life
that are not effective, that's not good. God wants to take the
predictable things where you're seeking after Him with all of
your heart and you're loving on God, you're going after Him, and
then He takes your life and He transforms it into something
incredibly active. I don't mean busy. We need to get away from
busy. When I say active, I mean activated your life in the
spiritual realm. Well, now you're alert to things. You're
hearing from Him, He's leading you, and you don't want anything
else but Him to be speaking to you. And when that happens in
our lives and we can decide today to have it happen, that
the Word of God is going to be supreme, period. You make up
your mind, that's it. All things work together for good to those
who are called, to those who love God, according to the
purposes that God has engineered for my life. I'm going to go for
it. When that truth takes hold of your life, when verse 28
takes control of your life, everything changes. I'm going to
actually show you what happens when verse 28 takes control of
your life. So I don't know if you ever heard of the National
Bible Bee Championship. It's insane. I mean that in a good
way. I've learned that from young people. It's- it's fire.
Hang on. It's bussin'. That's something coming from somebody
that I came from. Groovy. This is amazing. What happens when
the Spirit of God takes the Word of God and gets ahold of your
heart and it becomes real? Put your eyes on the screen.
FEMALE: All right, here's your last passage. "Both riches and
honor come..." Madison.
MADISON: 1 Thessalonians 4, verses 13 through 18.
FEMALE: Sorry, that is incorrect. For the rest
of you. Bethany.
BETHANY: Oh, 1 Chronicles 29:10 through 13.
FEMALE: That is correct. Please recite it.
BETHANY: 1 Chronicles 29:10 through 13. "Wherefore David
blessed the Lord before all the congregation, and David said,
'Blessed be thou... Lord God of Israel, our Father, forever and
ever. O Lord, is the greatest and the power and the glory and
the victory and the majesty; for all that is in the heaven and in
the earth is thine. Thine is the kingdom, O Lord. And thou it
exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come of thee,
and now reigneth over all. And in thine hand is power and
might; and in thine hand it is to make great and to give
strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank
thee and praise thy glorious name,"
1 Chronicles 29:10-13.
MALE: Bethany, bring us into your heart and mind. What
was going on there?
BETHANY: I just realized how powerful and in control God is,
and how everything is just because of Him. And He's
so great and amazing.
MALE: That, ladies and gentlemen, is a way the Word
of God should impact us. Praise God.
MALE: That's awesome.
MALE: That's what this is all about.
JACK: Wow. Right? I mean, excuse me for a moment.
MALE: Horseradish. JACK: No, that's- No horseradish
here, not on that one. Wow. So when trouble- Yeah. When trouble
comes to her life, she knows that there's a great one that
she can go to. She doesn't have to have all the answers. He's
got the answers. She's got somewhere to go. So many in our
world today do not know. You and I know people, we have
relatives, we have friends, we have spouses, or we have
children or grandchildren, they don't know where to go. They
don't know that that kind of God is available, but He is.
I'm going to give you an equation. God gave it to me.
It's personal. I'm not going to make- Don't make a shirt. I'll
make a shirt. But God showed me some math this week preparing
for this message. One plus two equals one. You see, you need
to figure that out. Yep. Number one is, all the good things in
life are working out for my good. All the good things in
my life are working out for my good because I love God.
It might be a little bit of love, but I love God. And I do
know that I'm called because I can't walk away from Him,
and that He's bringing His
purposes about all the good
stuff. Number two is all the bad stuff. One, good stuff. Number
two, bad stuff. The bad stuff is working together for the good,
exactly as the good stuff. I don't see it. I don't understand
it. God says, "I got it. I'm doing something here." When one
plus two equals one, God says, "I'll take the bad, I'll take
the good. I'll take the good and I'll take the bad. And when I
get done, it's one and it's this way. I am in them all, to bring
you to one spot in one place, and that is the likeness of my
Son." If you're a believer here today, the only reason why
you're alive today... You may think that there's a thousand
reasons why you're alive. I get it, I understand that. But
according to God, there's one reason why you're breathing
right now as a believer, and that is to bring His Son glory,
says the Spirit of God, John 14, John 16. And all the good comes
out from that. What about the bad? God's going to work the bad
out too. Bible says in James chapter 1, verse 2, James 1:2,
it says, "My brother, count it all joy, when you'll fall into
various trials knowing that the testing of your faith produces
patience, but let patience have its perfect work that you may be
perfect and complete, lacking nothing." That means that that
perfection is not holiness perfection. It means that God's
got absolute Lordship over your life and you're yielded. It's
amazing. God says, "Come with me." "Where are we going?" we
ask. "Where are we going?" He says, "Come with me. You're
going to find out." You want an exciting life? Follow God. "I'd
rather jump off of a building." Yeah, well, I don't know.
Eventually you're going to get, you know, tired of doing that or
your parachute won't open. But if you want a thrilling life,
you ought to follow Jesus radically. It's funny, in this
world, everything's about extreme. "Join us for an extreme
adventure, this fall." You know? What? "Sign up on this tour and
it's an extreme- Get on your kayak and go down the Colorado
River. It's an extreme." Extreme? And than go, "Yeah,
let's sign up. It's extreme!" And then I show up and say,
"Hey, follow Jesus. It's totally extreme." And people are like,
"What? Be quiet." But listen, you start at one end of the
river, you end up- it's over. With Him, it never ends. Never
ends with Him. And when it says that all things are working
together... This is awesome. The word together in the Greek
language means it's coming from the outer limits to the center.
It's coming from what's outside to the middle. All that's going
on in life in the world around you. You name it. From what's
happening to the Middle East, outer space, on your street, in
your yard, at your dinner table, on your skin, the target is your
heart. What will you do with the information and how do you
process all that's going on in the world? Friends, listen.
People are losing their minds right now because of what's
going on in the world because they will not look at the Bible.
Seriously. People are all caught up in rioting and all kinds of
opinions and their protesting and violence. They don't even
know what they're doing. They don't understand. There's an
eternal plan at work. But listen, when there's no God in
your life, you're going to lose it. Listen, if there's no God,
then drink all you want. You need it. But if there is a God,
you need to know Him. And listen, just this is free. Young
people, stop with being offended what people are saying on your
TikTok or whatever your thing is. "Did somebody say something
to you and they didn't like you this week? And it hurt your
feelings? Yeah? Who said that?"
- "I don't know. It was starrypuffyfish13 said it."
- "Do you know starrypuffyfish13?"
- "No." - "Then what are you
upset about?" - "They said something."
Do you see how nuts our world is? First clue, kid.
Anybody who names themselves starrypuffyfish13 ain't worth a
minute conversation. And the other thing is, no matter what
you say to them, they're not going to be happy with your
answer. If you really want to get involved in something that
is social and extreme, follow Jesus. And instead of being a
victim to the internet, why don't you become a victor in the
internet? Why don't you- Why don't you throw some Bible
verses out there? See what happens. Give them John 3:16 all
the way to verse 21. Watch what happens. You'll have 50% people
loving you and 50% of the people will hate you. Go ahead. That's
John 3:16 to 21. When you follow Jesus, you're going to be
loving. When you follow Jesus, you're going to be hated. If
Christ came back today, do you know what the world would do to
Him? Crucify Him. They'd kill Him again. Don't think that
we've evolved into some more tolerant creature. No. If Jesus
showed up today, the only people who would love on Him would be
those who recognize that they were sinners. Did you know that?
Read your Bible. All those who wanted to kill Him did not
believe they were sinners. He's the friend of sinners, the Bible
says. So I want to be in the front of the line. That doesn't
mean I go out and sin. In fact, as I am now, I sin less than I
ever have, but I'm a sinner. I see my sin worse now than I ever
have. I'm getting closer to Jesus, but what still remains is
disgusting. Look at me. Look, I'm dressed up for you today.
See this? Inside. You don't know what this is right now. You
don't know where this is at. You know it's true about you. You
can be sitting right here and your mind be a thousand miles
from church, and God knows it all. But when the Holy Spirit
gets ahold of you, He goes to work and He does a beautiful
thing. And so, church, we revel in the fact that when it says,
"...to those who are the called." So it's the number one
prerequisite to the verse being applied to your life, is in the
first part of verse 28. Do you love God? We're called to love
Him. And you can't love someone unless you find out about them.
There's people who have fallen in love on online relationships,
or what are they called? Long distance relationships and
stuff? And it's kind of- From what I've heard, it's been kind
of cool for a lot of people because they lived so far away
that they couldn't cross any moral lines, so they converse
with one another. And he makes comments like this, "Wow, this
relationship's been amazing and we plan on getting married, but
I didn't realize I could talk so much." - "Well, why is that?"
-"Because all we do is talk online. She lives in another
country and our relationship came about this way." And it was
all- Listen, how did they get to know each other? Conversation.
And then listen, here's another tip. Boy, I'm just giving out
the relational tips here right now in this service. Girls, this
is especially applicable to you. If you're interested in the guy
and he says he is interested in you, ask him to pray for you.
And not like this. "So, hey, Rocky, will you pray for me?" -
"Yeah, sure, babe." - "No, I mean now." - "You mean like over
the phone?" - "Yeah." Hey, that's a warning. Don't get
messed up with some guy that you're not impressed with. I'm
not talking about his biceps. I don't care about His pocketbook.
Is he humble enough to pray for you and pray over you? That's
somebody to consider. Think about that. It's all free again.
It's all free. It wasn't even in my notes. Second prerequisite is
being called, called. Those who are the called, definite
article, the called. Meaning, those who have been invited into
the family of God. How does that happen? God invites you. Did you
know that, church? The Bible teaches that God will invite you
into His family to be one of the called ones.
JACK: Well, I don't know what comes to your mind about that
Word, "called ones," but listen, friends, it's beautiful. Called.
The Bible tells us in Jeremiah 33:3 that God says, "Call unto
me and I will hear you. Call unto me and I will save you."
Call. When God calls, you're going to know it this way, He's
going to be speaking to your heart. God's invitation to you
personally is to open up your heart, your life. To willfully
let Him into your life, into your world. But listen, friends,
this is very, very serious. Not as an add-on. God is not an
add-on. He's not a module that we plug in. God says that He's
to be number one on the list of one, not number one on a list of
10. He is your creator and He loves you and He built you for a
reason. And so when we talk about us being the called ones,
we should know it. The Bible says these things have been
written that you might know that you have eternal life. You have
been called. But somebody might be asking the question, "How do
I know for sure?" Well, let me give you this. Do you want God
in your life? Do you want your sins forgiven? Do you want your
conscience cleared? You've been called by God. If you're saying,
"I don't want anything to do with this, Jack. I don't really
care. People are making me watch this right now, and I'd rather
not even be listening to this." Then you're not called. It's
that simple. If you don't care about eternal things, if you
don't care about heaven, if you don't care about your sin and
your guilt, if you're just as cold as ice, you're not called.
But if you are touched in your conscience, if you do realize
that you've broken the 10 commandments, you did tell a
lie. Just one lie in your life qualifies you for not only hell,
it also qualifies you for salvation. That's right. Jesus
Christ came to save sinners, and Paul the apostle said He is the
chief of sinners. Wow. Well, I think I am. How about you? All
you need to do right now is to agree with God that He is the
Savior, you are the sinner. That if you call upon Him that He
will save you from your sins, but that all happens because
He's called you first. Do you want Jesus? Not religion. Jesus
Christ. Not rules and regulations. A personal
relationship with Almighty God. Pray to Him. Call out to Him.
And say that to Him. "Lord, I want you. Lord, I need you. I
give you my life. Jesus, take control" If you have prayed that
prayer in your own words, perhaps please let us know. We
want to hear from you. We want to send you a Bible, and we want
to make sure that you're well taken care of spiritually. No
matter where you are in the world, we'd love to hear from
you. JackHibbs.com. We'd love to hear from you and we look
forward to being back together with you again in the study of
the Word of God together. Until then, God bless you.
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to travel the world and swim with wild dolphins along the
coast of Ireland? Or walk the war torn beaches of Normandy
where so many lost their lives fighting for freedom? Or sailed
the ancient prophecy filled seas of Israel and Egypt? In "Now I
Sea," Jenny L. Cote takes you on an ocean voyage around the world
to discover life lessons that point to God's goodness and
grace. From smooth sailing to turbulent tides, her spiritual
insights will have you thinking about the sea in new and
inspiring ways. Learn to approach faith from a new
perspective and apply Jenny's biblical teachings to your life
when you order "Now I Sea." Jack Hibbs loves this book and
recommends you get a copy as well. One will be sent to you
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