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Unlearned Wisdom by Johnny Chang

0:00Welcome back to another Mainstage. This 0:02is where I talk directly with my 0:04community. I tell personal stories, deep 0:06biblical learnings, and I answer 0:08questions directly from the chat. These 0:10episodes are audio only. So, thank you 0:12guys for listening and tuning in. And 0:14you can join my discord to catch the 0:15next main stage live. Okay, let's get 0:18started. You guys, it's morning here for 0:21us. So, I'm not sure if it's evening or 0:24afternoon.0:26Also, good to see you guys. Good 0:28morning. Good morning. Okay. So, here 0:30for you guys in the morning time 0:32obviously if you guys have any questions 0:34try to keep it you know short if you can 0:37to the point and please listen you know 0:40deeply. I mean if we spend a whole you 0:43know some sometimes we spend a lot of 0:46time answering a question but it's 0:48because I know that that question that 0:50answer will answer most people's 0:52questions right and so um 0:56yeah. All right. How do I know when I'm 0:58blurring the line between sinful nature 1:01and willfully going against God? Well,1:03willfully going against God is we all do 1:06it, right? I mean, we all know not to do 1:10certain things, follow our thoughts, you 1:12know, trust in ourselves, but we do that 1:15every day. You know what? Anything 1:17that's not of faith is sin is what the 1:19Bible says, right? So, what is faith?1:22It's Jesus Christ. It's the truth, the 1:24knowledge of truth, the gospel and 1:27everything that Jesus says because he 1:29is, you know, grace and truth, right? It 1:32says Moses gave the law, but grace and 1:34truth come by Jesus. So in in in in 1:38essence, the sinful nature is what 1:40allows us to continuously sin against 1:44God. But once we understand that 1:46everybody sins willfully 1:48but the only willful sin that's counted 1:51against us is blasphemy which is 1:53trusting the word trusting ourselves 1:56over the word of God about our 1:58salvation. That's really what's going to 2:00be the true sin sinning willfully. That 2:03scripture which you're talking about is 2:05Hebrews 10:26.2:08And then in Hebrews 10:26 it's 2:10addressing something greater. It is 2:12people who are going against God by 2:14trying to become their own gods, washing 2:16their own sins, using the old covenantal 2:18laws, the Mosaic laws, and basically 2:21trying to keep the commandments,2:23especially when Jesus came to not only 2:25fulfill but once he fulfilled abolish 2:27them. Right? So sinning willfully is 2:29not, oh, I lied today and I know I 2:31shouldn't be lying and I got to I I keep 2:33on lying. No, that's just the struggle 2:35of a believer. That's why you have to 2:37take every thought captive, bring it to 2:38the obedience of Christ. That's why you 2:40have to lean not on your own 2:42understanding and trust the word of God.2:44That's why your thoughts are not his 2:45thoughts and your ways are not his ways.2:47That's a normal thing. It's when we sit 2:50here and we go, you know what? I think I 2:52can live life without Jesus and God. And 2:55I think I can become my own god by 2:57washing my own sins, by doing ethical 2:59things, moral things, good quote unquote 3:02good things, and you know, just trying 3:04to be the best that I can be and try to 3:07get to heaven through works. That's 3:10actually sinning willfully against God 3:12and leaning more into your, how do I 3:16say, your your sinful nature, right? So,3:20all right. What's the meaning in Matthew 3:228 where the pigs ran off the steep place 3:24after Jesus allowed the demons to 3:25possess the pigs? What God is trying to 3:28teach us here is that the pigs were 3:31representative of fatty. They were 3:32representative of abundance. But because 3:35of those things, they were filthy.3:37Right? And so specifically in verse 3:4030-32, a lot of these, you know, these 3:44these these people at that time frame,3:48they really wanted pigs. They really 3:52loved and adorned abundance and you 3:54know, they wanted abundance basically,3:57right? So when obviously the pigs being 4:00abundant without God, you know, living 4:02however they want, you know, being 4:04filthy essentially, it represents 4:06unclean animals. Right. [snorts] In 4:07Leviticus 11, it talks about pigs being 4:10unclean and under the Mosaic laws. So 4:13the demons begging to enter that is 4:16demons only can go into the unclean.4:18Number one, meaning they can possess 4:20only, you know, sinners essentially,4:23right? Not people who are sanctified 4:25saints. And what God wants them to 4:29represent is that these pigs will go 4:32into the water or the sea, which 4:35represents death. and and and and and 4:38curse and even judgment. So, a person 4:41who is unclean will be casted into the 4:44judgment, the sea. Right. In Exodus 13 4:47and 14, God uses the the sea to swallow 4:51up Pharaoh's army, right? Right. Jonah 4:53was cast into the sea, right, for 4:56disobedience, right? And you know, in 4:58Revelation, it talks about the sea 5:00giving up the dead, right? So water and 5:02and you know obviously God sent the 5:04curse in Noah's Noah's time to with 5:06water not fire to drown everybody right 5:09and so what this symbolizes is wherever 5:12Jesus is everything that's demonic 5:13everything that's sinful has got to go 5:15right and because you know in Matthew 8 5:17I think it's verse 34 5:20they the town and the people of that 5:22town they asked Jesus to leave why 5:24though because again they valued the 5:26pigs they thought it was profitable they 5:28thought [snorts] it was good right but 5:30they had just witnessed witnessed him 5:31casting out a demon from these two men,5:34right? Why were they pissed off though?5:36Why did they tell him to leave? Because 5:38that's how some people are when they 5:40stand in front of the law. They don't 5:42want mercy and grace by Jesus. They want 5:44to do things out of abundance of 5:46themsel. It's self-reliance,5:48self-effort, right? So, they told him to 5:50leave after he casted out a demon and 5:53and or these demons because they didn't 5:56agree with that. They they it disrupted 5:59their lifestyle, right? There was 6:01straight up deliverance happening 6:02happening, but they're like, "Nah, I 6:04don't care about that." So, what God is 6:06showing us is that sometimes people 6:08don't want Jesus. They just want what 6:10Jesus has to offer, but they don't want 6:12Jesus himself. Right? Especially if it's 6:14going to cost their comfort, right?6:16Abundance represents comfort. Pigs 6:18represent doing whatever they want.6:20Represents comfort, represents what they 6:22think is freedom. And so, that's why 6:24they they did what they did. Right. And 6:25so, Right. Amen. Right. So yeah, it's 6:28it's salvation comes when the pigs die.6:32So the man was saved the same moment the 6:35pigs died. Does that make sense? Right?6:37That's that's what it comes down to at 6:39the end of the day. You know, when God 6:41is there, when Jesus speaks, the demons 6:43have to go. The sin has to go and it has 6:45to be cursed. Understand? Right. Okay.6:50Uh just got done watching the pond. I 6:51had a question because I have sex with 6:52my lady and we've been together for more 6:54than 3 years and I pray sex before and I 6:56pray before sex. Is that okay? And is it 6:58biblical? Probably not. If you're 7:00praying before sex, you're probably 7:03under a legalistic thought process and 7:06you're praying for comfort. Uh but you 7:07should pray for covenant, right? So love 7:10is a holy thing, especially when it's 7:12under covenant. But people try to weave 7:14it to feel comfortable, right? If you're 7:16being honest, you're praying because you 7:17don't want to feel bad. I mean, why else 7:18are you praying? So praying before sin 7:21doesn't sanctify the sin. Okay. So I'm 7:24going to pray before I murder somebody.7:26That's not going to right like it 7:28doesn't sanctify the sin. It just shows 7:30that your heart still understands 7:31actually that it's wrong. Right? So real 7:33grace leads to repentance, right? God 7:37created sex, right? He doesn't hate sex,7:40called sex good, told them to multiply,7:42right? But think about it like a fire,7:44right? A fireplace, a fire inside of a 7:46fireplace warms the house. A fire on the 7:49floor burns it down. Do you guys 7:51understand? Right. So, I mean, it's not 7:55like he's going to hurt you because you 7:56have sex, you know, outside of the 7:58marriage or whatever, but at the same 8:00time, you know, praying before sex 8:02doesn't make it holy, right? It actually 8:04shows in fact that you you understand 8:06that holiness matters, right? And and 8:09you're just trying to kind of weave it.8:11So, that the deeper issue is not the 8:13sex, by the way. It's your accessorizing 8:16of God's word to then make it fit in 8:18your box to then glorify the comfort 8:21inside of your heart. Understand what 8:23I'm saying? Right? So, of course, God 8:26doesn't restrict the sex, you know, to 8:28punish you and you still do it 8:29obviously, but he's doing it to protect 8:31you, right? So, again, prayers do not 8:34redeem disobedience. Praying before sin 8:37doesn't, you know, sanctify or make the 8:39sin sacred out of nowhere, right? I 8:42think what God wants you to see is, you 8:45know, um not to ask God to bless your 8:49rebellion, but ask him to realign your 8:51heart rather than praying, "Father God,8:54I have sex, you know, please let me have 8:55sex with this girl." Rather, it's Father 8:57God, please heal the thing that wants 9:00this counterfeit intimacy with this 9:02person when I want when I want the real 9:04intimacy with you. Right? I want to be 9:06intimate with you, God. I don't want to,9:09you know, create a counterfeit intimacy.9:13So, yeah, I I I would say you got to 9:15kind of think about that deeply. The 9:16issue of accessorizing God is is big in 9:21the church community. Right. Right. If 9:23[snorts and clears throat] you want God 9:24to bless anything, you have to build it 9:25according to his will. Right.9:27Understand? Right. So yeah, I I would 9:31say, you know, yeah, probably talk to 9:34God a little bit deeper about that or 9:36rectify it with the marriage if you want 9:37to. But again, even even if you have the 9:40mindset and you get married just to have 9:42sex, that's also accessorizing, right?9:44So again, heart posture here. Oh, I'm 9:46going to marry this person just so I 9:48could have sex. Like that's not No, no,9:50no, no. That's not okay either. Rather,9:52you should stay single if that's the 9:53case. Right? See, so it's not just, oh,9:55get married and then now I can I can 9:57you're you're living under the law 9:58basically. And and maybe you have to 10:00watch the salvation video, but salvation 10:02is not done by the law or through the 10:04law. It is who is surrendered to God.10:07Are you surrendered to God? And 10:08surrendering to God is, hey, God, your 10:10will, not my will. Of course, things are 10:12going to happen. You sleep around.10:13That's not an issue. But the problem is,10:16you know, oh, I can do X, Y, and Z, and 10:19then therefore I'll be validated by God 10:21is kind of the the the thing, right?10:24Right. Hey, if you're enjoying this 10:25episode, I have a whole other video 10:27episode on all platforms, YouTube,10:30Spotify, Instagram, all that. Every 10:32single Monday, each episode is a gospel-10:34centered lesson that you could apply to 10:36your life today. So, this is more 10:38conversational. You guys know my team,10:40Jeremy and Aaron. We just have a lot of 10:42fun. We joke around, but we get serious.10:44We get vulnerable. It's just very, very 10:47different and it's beautiful. I hope you 10:49guys can tune in. And we made this for 10:51you guys. So, please enjoy. How tested 10:54was your patience at the Dodger game you 10:56went to? It wasn't bad. I was crowded. I 10:58I don't I was shocked at how many people 11:00actually know who I am. I think for me,11:03like, it's just a big thing. Like, I 11:05don't I've never cared about fame and 11:07I've never really I I was always a 11:09person who was very reserved. I was 11:12never a loud person, right? And so it 11:15was difficult and it still is difficult 11:18when people come up to me. Like [snorts]11:20I don't I'm weird, you know? I honestly 11:22I don't look at people's face when I 11:24talk to them. And the only time I look 11:26at somebody is when I'm like going to 11:27hurt them physically. Like as a gang 11:30member, I'm very good at like looking 11:31people in their eyes and you know, but 11:34like as a as a regular person, I don't 11:36know how to look at a person in their 11:38face. I think it's actually 11:39disrespectful, at least from my culture,11:42to like stare at somebody and look them 11:43deep in the eyes. I just don't do that.11:46If I'm looking you in your eyes, I got a 11:47problem with you, like a heavy problem 11:49with you. And so, I've had to untrain 11:52that part of my flesh, right? So, when 11:54people come up to me and they're 11:56touching me and I don't like being 11:57touched either. So, like when they hug 12:00me or like they, you know, you know, do 12:02all that, it's just difficult for me.12:04So, you can say in a sense that it's 12:05tested, but it's not a bad thing. And 12:07I'm just like, okay, they love the Jesus 12:09inside of me, right? It's not like me,12:11per se, right? So, you know, it's it's 12:14it's it's very, how do I say, it's it's 12:18a little bit different. But yeah, I was 12:20just shocked even at SeaWorld. Went to 12:21SeaWorld and people like recognized me,12:25you know, and I'm like, "Wow, glory to 12:26God." You know, but that's all it is to 12:28me. I just,12:31you know, it's kind of an inconvenience 12:32at times to be honest, but it's okay.12:35question about Kings and Chronicles. Is 12:37the book of Kings a first person point 12:38of view whereas the book of Chronicles 12:39is like a third I I don't know and I'm 12:41not sure why that matters. The the the 12:44Bible is a heart point of view whether 12:48it's first, second or third person 12:49respectfully. It's always talking about 12:51the heart and it's always talking about 12:52Jesus's heart. So yeah, I think that's 12:54most important you know. Yeah. Right.12:57Can I join the army and be a soldier and 12:59still be biblically following Christ?13:01Again, legalistic question respectfully.13:03In all things, 1 Corinthians 10:31, you 13:06are to do things to glorify God. Whether 13:07you eat, whether you sleep, whether you 13:09Right, whatever you do, in all things 13:11you do, you're supposed to glorify him,13:13right? But again, there's a lot of 13:14mindsets here, guys, that you guys have 13:16to snap out of respectfully. It's it's 13:18the legalistic thing. If I do X, Y, and 13:21Z, is this what makes me a good 13:22Christian? No, you're you're being 13:24Christian is what makes you good. Not 13:26you doing good makes you a Christian.13:28You guys got that? Being Christian is 13:30what makes you sanctified and perfect.13:31Not you being perfect then you become 13:33Christian. No, God cleans you first and 13:37then calls you righteous. Right? He 13:38doesn't go clean yourself and then you 13:40become righteous. So in the same stroke,13:43you guys have to be very clear about 13:44what you're asking here. Okay. So 13:45Johnny, if I if I become, you know, a 13:48barber and or a tattoo artist, then can 13:50I still serve God by doing that? Of 13:51course. I mean, but if you're thinking,13:54"Oh, I shouldn't be doing this because 13:57this is what's going to actually be 13:59bad." Like, that's not I mean, you can 14:01do it if it's your own conviction, sure.14:03But if you're doing it as a worksbased 14:05thing, then don't do it. If you're 14:07convicted, like Halloween, you can 14:08either celebrate it and, you know,14:10redeem it like some of the brothers here 14:13and sisters here did, or you can just 14:15not do it. If you feel convicted, be 14:17like, "I don't feel comfortable." Then 14:18don't do it. But don't be like, "Oh,14:20tell me how I do something so I can look 14:22and feel better with God." Like, that's 14:24not I'm not going to give that. That's 14:25just not how it works, guys. Understand 14:27what I'm saying, right? All of these 14:29questions are kind of how do I say,14:31right? How do I say like a lot of us are 14:34very legalistic here? And we got to 14:35switch out of that mindset, right?14:37Listening to your podcast on substance 14:39use and I am doing and I'm not doing 14:41well in this department. Is there any 14:42advice to stopping fully? Yeah.14:43Distrusting your thoughts, right? uh you 14:46have to you have to right if you if you 14:50don't if you trust yourself then you 14:51will keep on using using because if you 14:55don't see something as evil according to 14:57the word of God then you'll continuously 14:59invite it into your your your life right 15:01so you have to be able to look at things 15:02as they're evil amen right 15:05[clears throat]15:05so right so yeah this anything with 15:08addiction anything with anything it 15:12stems from trusting and believing 15:13yourself guys I'm answering things 15:17positionally here, right? And 15:18foundationally here. Everything that you 15:22do, if you rebel against God, it's 99%15:26that you're trusting your thoughts. You 15:28can give me any example, any right? Like 15:31literally any anything it will it will 15:35tie all the way back to that, right?15:37Make sense? Understand? So, yeah. Right.15:40Amen. Right.15:42um would like some guidance. My friend 15:45and I were entertaining the idea of her 15:46living with me and helping me with my 15:48two kids while my husband deploys. I 15:50thought it was a lovely idea living with 15:52a good friend, but she is not a 15:53believer. I wasn't hesitant until this 15:55Saturday. She talked about how a lot of 15:58her friends are in the queer community.15:59Didn't care. She talked about it, but 16:01she asked my So, this type of stuff you 16:03have to take to the pastor before you 16:05even make a decision, right? So, so just 16:07just in in general and for future 16:09reference, you you you have to be 16:11cautious about opening up your home to 16:13people based off of your own feelings,16:15right? Because then this happens. So 16:17what what what we have to avoid is 16:19creating problems and then having other 16:21people solve them, right? Or 16:23potentially, right? Preventative measure 16:25is great was what you're doing, but I 16:27think that you have to before you seek 16:30any of these decisions, you have to and 16:31especially because you have the pastors 16:33in Kansas and you know all the different 16:35churches, right? like you can you can 16:37reach out to them and tell them first. I 16:40think genuinely that's not a good idea,16:42right? Personally, but I would have told 16:43you that prior to that no matter how 16:45good are they saved? No, they're not.16:46Okay, then probably not good to live 16:48with you because without even them 16:50trying to, it's just going to affect 16:52you, right? Right. Like I'm not I have I 16:54have an extra, you know, room, let's 16:56say, in my place. I'm not going to let 16:57my youngsters live with me because 16:59they're not saved and I know what they 17:00what they're about. They're going to 17:01bring cocaine to the house. They're 17:02going to bring Hennessy to the house.17:03They're going to bring Kasamigos to the 17:05house. They're going to bring women to 17:06the house. I would never do that. I just 17:08wouldn't. Even if they're my good 17:09friends, people I've known for 10, 20 17:11plus years. It doesn't matter. You're 17:13not staying here. Why though? Because 17:15it's not even about being unequally 17:17yolked. But if they're not saved, they 17:20without even trying to I mean, it's a 17:22it's a pretty right basic thing to 17:24understand. They're not going to live 17:26the way that you you live. In fact,17:29they're going to live the opposite. So,17:32I I think it would have I just draw the 17:34line. Amen. Right. So, yeah, anyone here 17:36who who isn't hasn't watched the 17:38salvation video as well, please please 17:40watch it, right? It really helps with 17:43kind of understanding because when you 17:45guys don't know salificically the issue,17:48you're not going to be able to solve any 17:50of your problems, right? I I know I 17:52understand that this is a discord for us 17:53to like solve problems and things like 17:55that and I get it, but if you guys 17:57haven't and and this is just for all the 17:59newcomers specifically who ask 18:00questions. I see these questions. You 18:03guys have to be very cautious about 18:05salvation, right? Because if you if you 18:08sit there and you don't understand what 18:11true biblical salvation is, then it's 18:14going to be very difficult to have a 18:16conversation on a at least a profound 18:19conversation on salvation. Understand 18:22what I'm saying, guys? So, a lot of us 18:24are not saved, right? Even in this 18:26discord, we just think we are. And if 18:28you're questioning your salvation, then 18:30that's proof of it. You guys understand 18:32what I'm saying, right? I'm not talking 18:33about the seasoned people. I'm not 18:35talking about I'm talking about people 18:36who genuinely just question it and don't 18:38really know. You guys have to be very 18:40very, you know, cautious about those 18:42things, right? And we have to be clear.18:46So salvation, if you're questioning it,18:48you should watch the salvation video,18:50guys. Right. Okay. All right. Let's see.18:53made a friend at [clears throat] a plant 18:55church service last night and they were 18:59more focused on how the worship made 19:00them feel more than the message of the 19:02service. Never got the chance to have a 19:04discussion with them about it 19:06afterwards, but wanted to ask if so, how 19:08would you help to point them uh point 19:10them towards the gospel? They don't have 19:12to feel anything. I mean, it's okay to 19:15like feel a specific way, you know, and 19:19and not understand and, you know, and 19:21and you know, care about, I guess, the 19:25worship more. That's okay. But again,19:27Satan is is there's a saying, it's 19:30called the devil is in the details. So,19:32Satan will use the little the devil will 19:35use the little details to kind of knock 19:36you off track. you guys will see how 19:38difficult it actually is as a minister 19:41and people who just preach the gospel.19:44How hard it is to connect with people 19:46when they're not saved. So, the number 19:48one main issue I want you guys to see is 19:50how do you look at people from a 19:54position of salvation, right? When you 19:56speak to people from a position of 19:57salvation, are they saved? Then it's 20:00much easier. But you have to find out 20:02whether or not they're saved, right,20:04guys? If they're not saved, then you 20:06have to lean everything into salvation.20:10Yesterday, I talked to this guy. You 20:11guys know what a quant is? A quant? It's 20:14like a person who's extremely smart at 20:18math. This guy at the age of 12 was 20:20already doing like calculus. This is 20:22what we call like a quant, right? And 20:26his name, it's funny, his name is Johnny 20:28Chang, too, which is hilarious, right?20:30He's from the Bay Area. He grew up in 20:32Silicon Valley. We went to go meet this 20:33person. He's a really really really 20:35awesome guy, right? And he's Chinese 20:38Asian dude, right? And you know, he's 20:41Jeremy's friend. And so he asked me a 20:43question, right? Um he said, you know,20:47why does God allow babies to die? And 20:49you know, when you're a quant, it means 20:52you need to find everything out, right?20:54You have to sniff out everything. Now a 20:57lot of you guys aren't quants but you 20:59have that brain where it's like I need I 21:02need God to make sense of everything to 21:04me before I believe him. So I explained 21:07the concept of understanding versus 21:10accepting. And it was very difficult for 21:12people to who understand a lot to then 21:15accept a lot. Do you guys understand 21:16what I'm saying? But of course the way I 21:18explained it in the end of it he was 21:20like wo that's crazy right? like you're 21:22right because he he's developing an app 21:25and the app is explaining every single 21:27Bible verse and you know Jeremy was kind 21:30of like like interesting and you know I 21:34I I expressed this concept of acceptance 21:38versus understanding how you can't 21:40understand everything because what it 21:41does is it kills faith and the very 21:44foundation of God in Hebrews 11 Hebrews 21:4612 as well is faith without faith it is 21:50impossible to please God Right? You 21:52understand? But a lot of us here, we 21:54don't even realize operationally 21:57we are moving with this position of I 22:00need to understand it before I can 22:03accept it. So then he he he threw out a 22:05very big brain question. Okay, I 22:08understand what you're saying. Amen. I 22:11agree. But isn't that blind faith 22:15though? We just sit here and accept. And 22:17what's to say that we accept, you know,22:20why why don't we just accept Muslims 22:22then if they're true and we're not 22:23trying to understand them and 22:24[clears throat] comprehend them? Why not 22:26why don't we accept, you know, Buddhism?22:28Why can't we just do universalism, which 22:29is take everything good from every 22:31single religion and, you know, make one 22:35big religion that just helps us, right?22:37So, how did you how would you guys 22:38answer something like that? I mean, it 22:40makes sense, right? It makes sense,22:41right? If I'm sitting here and 22:45you know thinking that it's blind faith 22:48right by my logic and God's logic then I 22:52can just accept everything by faith and 22:54it will somehow point us back to God 22:57right so how do you even respond to 22:59something like that that's a very heavy 23:02question and to just go yeah it's just 23:05Jesus or no we it has to point to Jesus 23:07then it then comes down to why though if 23:10according to I I need understand rather 23:12than I need to accept rather than 23:13understand then how is Allah not Jesus 23:16and how is Jesus in their religion the 23:19different like you see it now becomes 23:21muddied and convoluted you guys 23:22understand right so you guys can never 23:24go against a person's understanding 23:26right what what it comes down to is 23:30right and yeah and if you say that Aaron 23:32you close his heart right away do do you 23:34understand what I'm saying so again we 23:36have to learn how to preach the gospel 23:38we have to learn how to meet people in 23:39their heart posture make sense Like it's 23:42not just oh you accept it or you don't.23:44Like we're not gang banging on people.23:46We have to meet them where they are. We 23:47have to figure out why would they even 23:49ask this question. This is called heart 23:51posture. You guys understand? So when he 23:53said that right right I said there has 23:56to be a universal truth though like 23:59murder universally is evil. Right. And 24:02he's like true. Right. There's not 24:04there's not really a time where like you 24:06can commit the murder unless it's you 24:08know extensu extenduating circumstances 24:11like saving somebody but for the most 24:13part right murder is not a good thing 24:17would you agree right hurting children 24:19is another universal thing right it's 24:23again unless there's extenduating 24:25circumstances right extreme 24:26circumstances yeah there's a there's but 24:28for the most part there is a universal 24:30truth you understand what I'm saying 24:32Right? But see people their brain they 24:35can't understand and fathom even on this 24:38level. So when Jesus is the truth right 24:42in all religions they teach you to do 24:45well and this is what unlocked his mind 24:47right when I was Muslim for 3 years I it 24:50didn't teach me to do evil things but as 24:53I dug deeper into the truth that they 24:56claim is the truth the truth was 24:58worksbased and good deeds outweigh bad 25:01deeds. And he goes, "Yes." And he 25:02understood it. You know, he's very 25:03studied on a lot of religions. By the 25:05way, this is a very smart human being.25:07He's a quant meaning extremely smart.25:10Okay? Like he's up there with, you know,25:14you know, all the all the big people,25:15all the big brain people up there. And 25:17he works with, you know, a bunch of he 25:19was at Mara Lago, he was at, you know,25:21he knows Donald Trump. Like he knows 25:22this is a big big dog. Okay? So, you 25:25can't just be like, "Hey, bro, trust 25:27Jesus to people like this who literally 25:30have manufactured their own success." Do 25:32you guys understand what I'm saying?25:33Right? These This guy literally 25:35manufactured his own success. Do you 25:37know what that means? He's got buou 25:38money and he can just print money if he 25:40wants to. That's how smart people That's 25:42how they're different than us. They 25:44don't struggle. Understand? So, how do 25:47you meet a person like this then, right?25:49You have to build up their argument so 25:51hard, so strong and agree with them so 25:53much, but then through that if it's 25:57something that's so strong, meaning 25:58their thought process is so right, then 26:00how come it's leading them to X, Y, and 26:02Z? That was the whole point, right? So 26:04the angle here was, hey, yes, amen,26:07brother. Like you're right, it is sort 26:10of blind faith. However, right, if the 26:13Bible is, you know, spiritual and 26:17inspired by God, right, then it must 26:20have only one truth that's opposite from 26:22the enemy. And he's like, "Yes." So, I 26:25explained it. All religions teach you to 26:27do well. Christianity is the only 26:29religion that teaches you you can't do 26:31it without God. You don't do well.26:32Right? The one thing that Muslims don't 26:35believe is original sin. And he goes,26:37"True. They don't believe you're born a 26:39sinner. Only Christianity says that.26:42Buddhists don't believe that. Hindus do 26:44not believe that. They believe that 26:46somewhere along the line you failed and 26:48then you became evil, right? You became 26:50corrupted. No, the only religion that 26:53teaches you you're corrupted from birth 26:55is Christianity. I was like and I and I 26:57gave an a a honest example. I said in in 27:00prison, for example, when I was Muslim,27:03I had no problems. When I came in 27:04Buddhist, I had no problems. But as soon 27:06as I was kind of, you know, anyone in 27:10prison who was exploring Christianity,27:12somehow everyone started to attack it.27:14Why is that? Right? And he it led him to 27:17the conclusion of, oh my gosh, you're 27:20right. Understand what I'm saying,27:22right? But but what if I was to then not 27:25explain this to you? Then we would be 27:28under this thought process of like, make 27:31it make sense to me, then I'll believe.27:33Do you do you understand where where the 27:35issue is here? And he's like, and I 27:37could see him like, wow, that's true,27:40right? The issue is I have a checkbox 27:43and I think that I'm right. And if God 27:45doesn't mold to my checkbox and make me,27:47you know, match my right, then how like 27:52who am I actually following? Right? If I 27:54only agree and follow when I agree, then 27:57I'm my own god. And he agreed with that.27:59He's like, very true. Then what makes us 28:02different than atheists? He was a 28:03hardcore atheist. You didn't believe in 28:05God at that time because it didn't make 28:06sense to you. And he's like, "Right."28:08And in the same way, even as a 28:10Christian, we don't believe in him 28:11unless it makes sense to us. Then what's 28:13the difference? That's not living 28:14surrendered. We're accessorizing and 28:17then we're trying to conceptualize and 28:19we're trying to understand. And this is 28:20where I have the issue with 28:21understanding. And he goes, "Wow, okay.28:23I get it." Right? It was very barsy the 28:26conversation. Understand what I'm 28:27saying? Right? So when you guys try to 28:30understand something, what you're 28:33shifting from is taking the steering 28:35wheel back from God essentially.28:37Understand what I'm saying, right? You 28:39you're trying to like understand the 28:42logic and reasoning. And this is why 28:44it's so difficult, right? It's it's so 28:46difficult to explain to people like this 28:49in general. And I'm not just talking 28:52about this person specifically. We all 28:54have that type of mindset where we're 28:56like, we need to know at least a little 28:59bit. But when you look at King David and 29:02he was, you know, all his family was 29:04taken away and all the women of his camp 29:05was taken away and they wanted to kill 29:07him and he girded himself by his loins 29:09and said, "God is not finished with me."29:11He asked God one thing. Where do I go to 29:15pursue these people and overtake them 29:17cuz I know you're going to help me 29:18overtake these people who stole all of 29:20our families away. And then he you know 29:22what what God says to him just go. And 29:24as he goes boom he runs into them they 29:26overtake the camp bring all their family 29:28back not one person unharmed. Right? In 29:31the same way many of us are asking the 29:35you know how. How is God going to do it?29:38How is he going to do it? How? Okay. So 29:40so tell me how and then I'll have faith.29:42No, it's before you even understand the 29:44how. It's the will. Will God do it? Of 29:47course. Can God do it? Of course. Is he 29:50going to do it? Of course. You 29:52understand? And so if you believe that,29:55then you just move forward boldly. But 29:58people, they they want to sit there and 30:00try to understand God. They even think 30:02in their own heart that they understand 30:04God. If you come in here and you have 30:06that heart, you're a Pharisee flat out.30:09And if you think that you can debate 30:11with people to make them understand 30:13certain things or try to explain it so 30:15that they understand, you're also a 30:16Pharisee. Right? Pharisees were very 30:19good at bumping their gums. They were 30:21very good at looking submitted. Do you 30:23understand? But what they don't 30:25understand is they weren't submitted 30:28themselves. So I explained to him 30:30[clears throat] which really unlocked 30:31it. I said surren I said understanding 30:34only comes after surrender. And he's 30:36like whoa right understanding doesn't 30:39come when you're trying to surren. It's 30:41when you surrender then understanding 30:43flows through surrender 30:45submission. But people try to understand 30:48and then surrender. See, it's backwards.30:50Okay, I'll understand then I'll let it 30:51go. No, you have to let it go in order 30:53to understand. That's the difference 30:55here. Spiritual life is not I understand 30:58and then surrender and then I gain it.31:01Spiritual life is I surrender. Even if I 31:03don't understand and then I'm going to 31:05gain it. Gospel ad is officially live. I 31:07made an AI chatbot built from everything 31:09I've ever taught. every live stream,31:11sermon, mainstage message, Q&A, and 31:13daily devotion. All trained to give 31:16gospel- centered answers aligned with my 31:18teachings. For years, you all have asked 31:20for two things. Number one, how can I 31:22absorb the Bible faster and actually 31:24live it? 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So guys, when I answer and I'm 33:04talking about this, you guys have to 33:05think deeply as to why am I talking 33:08about this, right? Why am I talking 33:10about this? Because foundationally 33:14speaking, people [clears throat]33:15do not care about what God has to do and 33:19what God's will is. What they care about 33:21is what God does for them and only for 33:24them. In itself is not an issue, but 33:26then you can never grow with God if 33:28that's the case. Are you guys 33:30understanding what I'm saying here?33:31Right? If you want to grow with God and 33:33you want to have a relationship with 33:34God, don't you think that a relationship 33:36has to be both sides? It has to go both 33:39ways. Can any woman in here go, "I only 33:41want a man to do everything I want him 33:43to do, and I won't do anything he wants 33:45me to do." You think any relationship 33:47like that would suffice? If I sat here,33:49even in our business relationship, and I 33:51said, "Jeremy, I don't care about any of 33:52your guys' things. I don't care if you 33:54get paid. I don't care if you starve.33:56You do everything for me." Do you think 33:58that that business core of the heart 33:59would be able to float? Absolutely not.34:02Understand? Right. But there's a level 34:04of compromise and acceptance that has to 34:07this flowing that has to go between a 34:10relationship. Many of us don't realize 34:12we're we're very selfish with God. And 34:15so when we're like that, we we genuinely 34:17can't grow. You know, guys, this is for 34:19everybody here. This isn't just for the 34:21people who are commenting and leaking 34:23that I can see. It's for everybody here,34:26right? And we have to learn to listen a 34:29little bit because again I answer 34:31everything biblically but also 34:33foundationally. Okay? So reflect on what 34:36I'm saying here, right? And then see if 34:39you can answer your question with what 34:41I'm saying before you ask. Okay? Now I'm 34:43going to obviously open up the floor to 34:44like ask questions, but try to see if 34:46you can reflect on what I just said and 34:49everything that I said and see if you 34:51can answer it. Understand what I'm 34:53saying, right? Okay. Uh, Cth merch 34:57design ideas, I think you can go through 34:58the Discord here. Just hit up one of the 35:00mods or whatever, right? Okay. And under 35:03suggestions tab. All right. Why are you 35:05broke? Because you probably don't have 35:07any skills that you've learned to make 35:10money, right? I mean, right? So, it's 35:13it's not because of God. Making money is 35:16a skill, but also it's you need to 35:19receive grace for that, right? Can 35:21anyone pursue to become a pastor? Yes,35:23technically. But who would want to 35:25become a pastor? If anyone tries to 35:27become a pastor, nine times out of 10,35:29it's for self-exaltation, but it's 35:31masked as, you know, following a 35:34calling. Any every single person you saw 35:36in the Bible that was used higher and 35:39more mightier than a pastor, which is 35:41like an apostle, never wanted to be 35:43where they were. I'm a minister. I never 35:45thought of myself as being a minister,35:46though. I would never pursue that as a 35:48career. To me, that's that's crazy,35:51right? Um Moses never wanted to lead the 35:55the Israelites. He actually killed 35:56somebody and then hid for many many 35:59years and and he he was slow in tongue.36:01Abraham 36:03didn't believe in God's promise. Didn't 36:05believe that the Messiah would come from 36:07his bloodline. Paul was Saul. He was 36:10carrying the robes of the Pharisees and 36:12the Sanhedrin when they were killing an 36:15actual chosen disciple which was Stefan 36:20Steven. Right? So I mean I don't think 36:22these anyone in the Bible if you look at 36:24it biblically wants to pursue becoming a 36:27pastor. If you do I would check the 36:29motive. See that's the difference 36:31between us is we don't sit here and go 36:33yeah guys all of you become pastors.36:35Like we don't do that. Pastors are cut 36:37from a different cloth and they're 36:39kadosh which means set apart right. God 36:42has to ordain it. He really does. It's 36:45not anything that anyone can do. I don't 36:47care if you're fifth generation pastor.36:48We have pastors in here. But a pastor,36:51pastoral stuff is not a lineage, right?36:53It's not, oh, I, you know, it's it's not 36:55even genealogy. Oh, I passed down my 36:57father, his father, his doesn't matter.36:59Being a pastor is a heart posture of 37:01surrender. Is a person who's truly come 37:03to the end of themselves and they cannot 37:05do it anymore. And they need to, you 37:07know, pastor because that's the only 37:08thing they can do with God, right? It's 37:10not a career choice of, hm, you know 37:12what? I'm just like a firefighter, I'm 37:13going to be a firefighter. I'm going to 37:14be a pastor. Like, that's not how it 37:15works, right? [clears throat] Okay. So 37:17yeah, I had a difficult conversation 37:19with my mother today because she's 37:20holding on to resentment from the past.37:22She says that that's just how she is.37:24That's how she was raised and that she 37:25can't change. How can I help her? By 37:27accepting her and go, "Yes, amen, mom.37:30That's how you raised. That's how you 37:32were, you know, you can't change." And 37:33you know what? You're right. But that's 37:35why God can change us, though. And let's 37:37think about it from that perspective. Do 37:38you think, Mom, that God can't change 37:39us? Oh, yeah. God can change us. God 37:42changed me. God changed you in many 37:43ways, Mom. And thank you for thinking 37:45like that and being honest. But I also 37:47think that God, where is God in that 37:50equation? No, [clears throat] God can't 37:51change me. I'm too this. I'm too that.37:52Okay. And and a lot of people felt like 37:54that too, right? A lot of people in the 37:57Bible felt like, oh, you know, Lazarus 37:59is dead. [snorts] God, you can't 38:00resurrect them,38:01>> right? So, it's it's okay. How you help 38:05them is to point them back to God, but 38:07not in a malicious or Bible thumpy way.38:10I'm still stuck on how I can surrender,38:12right? So, you have to watch the 38:13salvation video. Number one, you can't 38:16surrender. If you could have done it,38:18you would have done it. So the idea of 38:21that Satan has planted inside of all of 38:23us, not just you, brother, is you can do 38:26it. Well, if you could, why do why 38:27wouldn't you? And then he tells you 38:29because you don't know how. You don't 38:31know the criteria. Well, here's the 38:33criteria. Come to the end of yourself.38:35Realize every decision that you made was 38:37horrible. Follow the ten commandments.38:40Keep the holy day Sabbath. Make sure 38:42you're continuously praying day and 38:44night and love God with all of your 38:46thoughts, all of your heart, all of your 38:48body. Also, love your neighbor as 38:50yourself. And that's how you surrender.38:53But if I tell you that, would you be 38:54able to do any of that? I don't think 38:55so. So surrender is, oh, I can't do it.39:00That's like that's like me standing here 39:01going, how do I get knocked out by Mike 39:03Tyson? Do I stand here? Do I do I do I 39:06lay this way? Do I tilt my head? No. No.39:08You just get knocked out. Like that's 39:09what surrender is. Oh, I can't do it.39:12So, so you reflect. You look at your 39:14life. Have I led my life? Well, no. Then 39:16what am I holding on to? That's why I 39:18have to surrender. Right? As you think 39:20and kind of reflect a little bit.39:21Surrender is a byproduct. I can never 39:23decipher the difference between sharing 39:25God with people when they are sharing 39:26their problems with me in conversation 39:28either with my testimony or what I've 39:30learned from the pastors or me thinking 39:32I'm helping them. God bless. I I I got 39:34to reread that. So, let me let me let me 39:36This question is a little bit confusing,39:39right? I can never decipher the 39:40difference between sharing God with 39:42people when they are sharing their 39:43problems with me in conversation. Okay?39:45Either with my testimony or whether I've 39:48learned and what I've learned from 39:49pastors or me thinking I'm helping them.39:52So I think you just share with your 39:54testimony and and sometimes it's not a 39:56one-sizefits-all.39:58Sometimes testimony, sometimes what 40:01you've learned from pastors, sometimes a 40:03mixture of both. Sometimes it's not even 40:05any of those. It's just being there for 40:07them. Right. Right. For my question 40:09where I asked if God allows a crash out 40:10to bring you back to him, I'd say yes.40:13God allows me one to crash out to show 40:15you that you can't do it without him.40:17[clears throat]40:18I mean, yeah, if you're here to answer 40:19your own question, Amen. I mean, I I I 40:22don't I don't know, right? 144,000. Can 40:25you explain what it means? Yes. It's the 40:2612 tribes of Israel returning back to 40:29God, which will show the end times, and 40:32then on top of that, it's more people.40:34It's not what this Calvinistic thinking 40:35is, is that only 144,000 people get to 40:38heaven. So, you just have to worry about 40:40that. It's It's everyone gets to heaven.40:42All right. Being a pastor is hard. My 40:43dad's a pastor. I've seen firsthand. Not 40:45easy. Mhm. Yep. Yep. Just broke up with 40:48my girl because of my retroactive 40:49jealousy. How can I best move forward 40:51from with the pain and feeling like I 40:53failed at overcoming the jealousy?40:55Accepting it. Yes, you failed and that's 40:58okay, right? Um yeah, I mean,41:00retroactive jealousy is a is a very 41:02difficult thing. And a lot of people 41:03cannot overcome that, right? But yeah,41:06if you can't overcome it, I mean, that's 41:08just a God-honest truth. It's not your 41:10assignment to overcome it. You know, you 41:12receive grace from God, but at the same 41:14time, if you can think a little bit, you 41:16know, we're we probably did a lot of 41:18stuff, too, right? It's sad that you had 41:20to break up with that person, of course,41:22you know, but at the same time, God will 41:24work, you know, and it's going to be 41:27difficult because I think everybody 41:28comes with some sort of baggage, but 41:30there's also God who can give you a 41:32person without baggage, though. That's 41:34also a powerful God, right? Um,41:37you know, it's it's it's understandable,41:40you know, why you would do that. But you 41:43know if you can believe that God has 41:46forgiven her as well then you can move 41:48forward right you don't have to be there 41:50with them. If it's too difficult for you 41:52then that's just also the truth right 41:54you can't lie and fake it obviously but 41:57you can explain you know and and explain 42:00the reason why I don't think you should 42:01hold it against your your ex but you 42:03have to you know apologize and be like 42:06hey I'm sorry but this is an assignment 42:07that I could have handled right now. I 42:08think in this point in life, you just 42:11have to acknowledge that you're not able 42:12to, you know, and and then you have to 42:14search internally.42:16Are you better than that person? You 42:18probably think you are, right? And and 42:21that's that's the thing that God has to 42:23work on inside of your life. I know a 42:25lot of people, most men to be honest,42:27and women too, struggle with retroactive 42:30jealousy. No man, no woman wants to, you 42:33know, know about their significant other 42:36like sleeping around with other people.42:38Like it just it just it doesn't matter 42:40how they try to, you know, make it make 42:43sense, right, Johnny? Like I understand 42:45like it's it's it's just going to it 42:47irks you every time you think about it,42:49you know? So obviously there's there's 42:51steps where you don't ask about the 42:52past, you don't talk about that, but it 42:54doesn't matter because the way that 42:55Satan works is he's going to 42:56continuously pester you and that's why 42:58you probably left. Okay. Rightfully so,43:01right? But that's what you have to 43:03communicate is, hey, I can't handle it.43:05I'm too weak for it, respectfully, you 43:08know, and and obviously you kind of have 43:10to come to that conclusion and and 43:12accept that about that even that nasty 43:14part about yourself to go, yeah, you 43:16know, but I mean, most people are not 43:19going to be okay with it, you know, with 43:21the past. Um, but also understand one 43:24thing. Most people have a past and most 43:26of that and all of that past was 43:28redeemed by God. But it is your choice 43:31to accept it or not. Sadly, right? God's 43:34not going to force you to be like, "Hey,43:36you need to accept it." But it is your 43:38choice to be like, "Hey, God accepted me 43:41for my past, but I can't accept that 43:43person for their past." And this is why 43:44you can't trust yourself anymore. It can 43:46actually help you and and spring you 43:48into something better, right? And make 43:50you realize, okay, maybe I need to be 43:51single for a little bit, you know? Uh or 43:54maybe God has to, you know, give you 43:56somebody who doesn't have a past. Make 43:57sense? Like those are the only two 43:59options, you know, either way. What I 44:02say is it's either a lesson or a 44:04blessing. Respectfully, it's it's you're 44:06either going to get a lesson out of it 44:07or you're going to get a blessing out of 44:08it. And that's okay. That's okay. You 44:11know, God will allow it and just be 44:13sorry, you know. And King David, for 44:15example, after he raped Bashibba, after 44:18he sent Uriah and murdered, you know,44:20him, of course, that's an evil thing,44:22guys, right? No man should ever do 44:24something like that and be that 44:26calculative. But when he did that,44:29right, the next step after that and the 44:31level up in his heart was he could never 44:33judge anyone else after that. And that's 44:35why he was such a good God, like a good 44:37a good God-fearing man. I'm sorry.44:39Right, is because he was like God. God 44:42doesn't judge people like that. He 44:44understands them. Jesus also understands 44:47them. Does that make sense? So he 44:49needed, believe it or not, to go through 44:52that to then be an amazing king to then,44:55you know, love on Abselum even though 44:57Abselam was doing him dirty. Like he had 44:59to actually go through those types of 45:00things just like I had to go through 45:02prison to understand what prison is and 45:05to not judge prisoners. Like it's the 45:07same thing, right? So you may be in a 45:10stage where, hey, God will be like,45:13yeah, Johnny, you you you can't take it 45:15and you're a piece of garbage for that,45:17let's say. But because you're a piece of 45:18garbage now, you can't judge other 45:20pieces of garbage. You get what I'm 45:22saying? It's always bigger than what you 45:24think it is. It's always grand on a 45:27grand scale of things. It's always 45:28deeper than what we see on a surface 45:30level and what's in front of us because 45:32we see on a linear plane, right? We see 45:34horizontally. God sees vertically 45:36though. He looks from a telescopic view 45:39that whatever this is, it's going to 45:42help you grow and it might also help her 45:45as well, your ex. You understand? So 45:48yeah. Yeah. Of course. You know, these 45:50are things that you have to go through.45:51None of us like it. But at the end of 45:54the day, we have to learn. You know, you 45:56have to learn, right? Should we share 45:58the gospel with our friends if we're 45:59unsure about our heart posture as a baby 46:01believer? As a baby believer, you should 46:03share your testimony. You should never 46:05talk about God to them cuz we're not 46:06qualified yet, 100%. But you should talk 46:09about what God has done for you. And 46:11then if you don't know something, just 46:12say, "I don't know." It's not that hard 46:14to be like, you know, you you have to 46:15you don't have to have a question for 46:17everything. They they respect 46:18transparency and authenticity, right?46:20They're not going to don't try to answer 46:22everything. I think that's where people 46:23embarrass themselves. You guys see it 46:24all the time. They come into my lives 46:26and I'll be like, "What's faith without 46:27works is dead?" And they'll just they'll 46:29try and they'll embarrass themselves.46:31I'll get secondhand embarrassment for 46:32them. All they have to do is go, "Hey, I 46:34don't know." And I even give them 46:35multiple chances. Guys, it's okay if you 46:37don't know. Just say you don't know. Who 46:39is he talking to? You don't have to say 46:41you don't you can say I think it's this 46:42even but they're so so you know bent and 46:46I play to that right they bent they're 46:47bent on I know everything and I know I 46:49can tell you stuff and I'm better than 46:51you and then we test that okay you could 46:53be better but are you scripturally there 46:55and if you're not then what are you 46:56talking about it could be potentially 46:58that you're wrong about what you're 46:59saying even about this right so it shows 47:02a lot it pokes a lot of holes and of 47:04course people won't like that but they 47:06will love it Andy if you are like hey 47:08honestly I don't Oh, I'm a baby 47:10Christian. But what I do know is this is 47:12what helped me. And a baby Christian 47:14like me was be was able to be freed from 47:15God. I don't even need to know about 47:17God. That could actually inspire people 47:19to be like, whoa, amazing. You know, hi 47:22guys. I want to throw a free event in 47:23your city, but I need your guys' help.47:26So, when you go to a Johnny Chang free 47:27live event, you can expect to see a 47:29sermon from Johnny, teachings from the 47:30Bible, a Q&A with the audience,47:32fellowship with our community, and even 47:34a meet and greet and pictures with 47:35Johnny. So, if those things sound 47:37interesting to you and you want that 47:38event to come to your city, make sure to 47:40send afters to the number on screen,47:42323-613-33577,47:45just text the word afters and that's how 47:46you can help. But in order to throw 47:48these free events, we also need space.47:50So, if you're a church that wants to 47:52partner with us and will allow us to use 47:54your building, please hit the form 47:56below. And what we're ultimately looking 47:58for is somebody that can house anywhere 47:59between 500 to 2,000 people depending on 48:02the city and how many people RSVP. But 48:04again, just hit the form in the bio,48:06fill that out, and we will reach out to 48:08you.48:08>> And guys, send that to your churches. If 48:10you want us to come, send the form to 48:12your church. Reach out to them for us.48:13And and genuinely tell your friends to 48:15text into cuz like when we pick which 48:17cities to go to, it's based off of phone 48:19number data. We see where are the most 48:20core of the heart community members. So,48:22if you're living in a random city and 48:24you're like, I don't know if he'll ever 48:25come, text in. You text in. Tell your 48:27family to text in. Tell your friends to 48:28text in because we see that and we say,48:30"Oh, there's a ton of people out in 48:31Florida. Let's let's figure it out.48:33Let's find churches. Let's figure it 48:34out. So, that's how you guys can help.48:35Seriously, text in, send the form to 48:38your churches. If you guys can basically 48:39set this all up, like Johnny will show 48:41up.48:42>> And the last thing is we'll give you 48:44some hints for upcoming cities. So,48:46we're trying to work on something in LA.48:49There may be something in New Orleans.48:52There may be something in Florida, maybe 48:54Chicago.48:55>> Oh, okay. Okay. You're linking to a lot 48:57of 48:57>> All right. Yeah. Info in the 49:00description. Info in the description.49:01>> A different city every month until the 49:02end of the year. So, make sure to text 49:04in if you want to be on that list.49:05>> Yep. Bye.49:07>> How do you deal with unsaved family 49:08members and remain faithful to God? I 49:10even have hated towards men. I even have 49:13hatred towards men. My heart posture is 49:14so affected. I've been treated badly 49:17being a female, abused, treated 49:18unfairly, sleeping on a couch. I've 49:20tried to end it before. But how does one 49:21remain positive? I feel like going down 49:23a dark dark path sometimes to earn cash.49:28Yeah. I mean, God allows these certain 49:30specific things to again break us,49:32right? the the the mindset should not be 49:34I'm going to go and solve and and and do 49:37better. The mindset is I've led my life 49:40this much that I'm in this position 49:41where I can't do anything. So this is 49:44where the surrender part comes. It's a 49:46reflective reflection. I chose men like 49:49this. I you know stayed when they abused 49:52me. I understand then I don't really 49:54deserve anything. Then that heart of 49:57pride and ego and standing up for 49:58yourself will die. and then God can 50:00finally stand up for you and make you 50:02stand. He's trying to kill all of that 50:04inside of us, but our mind goes the 50:07other way. Well, I'll just make money 50:08then. I'll just do it this way. I'll go 50:10do an Only Fans. I'll strip. I'll sleep 50:11around. I'll whatever. I'll trick. I'll 50:13do whatever. Like, I'll do it. But 50:15that's not the mindset you have to have.50:17It's, oh, that same mindset that I have 50:21has led me into abusive relationships,50:23into being treated unfairly, into being 50:25kicked out and sleeping on the couch 50:27and, you know, assaulted and all kinds 50:29of stuff. Why would I fall deeper into 50:31that? Oh, this is where I have to red 50:33light my thoughts. I have to break and 50:34go, "No, God. Okay, I'll leave. I'll go 50:37somewhere else, you know, I'll get a 50:39hotel, whatever it is, but you're going 50:40to help me, you know." And so, you you 50:43can't have hatred towards men. You have 50:44to have hatred towards yourself. You 50:46have to distrust self. Understand? You 50:49have to hate the thought that led you 50:51into even letting these men use you. You 50:53know, of course, the men are wrong. Of 50:56course, they shouldn't have done that.50:57But think about it though. If you were 51:00on your path with God, could they ever 51:02use you? Never. Could they even abuse 51:04you? Never. They wouldn't even be in 51:05your proximity. Do you understand what 51:07I'm saying? Right? Of course, you 51:08trusted, but God is showing you, hey,51:10you want love. It's not a problem. But 51:12look, there is no love in this world.51:14So, you have to run away from that. You 51:15have to come back to me which is truly 51:17love. That's what it is. Not go deeper 51:19down the path. Understand? And those 51:22thoughts are not from you. They're from 51:23the enemy. Understand? Right? When you 51:26said read to accept and see Jesus in 51:27every land, that's understandable for 51:28Old Testament. But how do we do that in 51:30the New Testament? Same thing.51:32Everything is about Jesus. Even in the 51:33New Testament, it's all of his works.51:36You just look forward to him. If I'm 51:38saved, will everyone around me be saved 51:40as well? Asking for the verse talking 51:42about how your whole household will be 51:44saved. I I understand the heart posture 51:46that you're asking. So, what I'm going 51:47to answer is your heart posture. Just 51:49preach the gospel. I know it's difficult 51:50and I know that you don't want to preach 51:52to them because there's people who are 51:53hardened and maybe you feel like you're 51:54unqualified. But the whole job of Acts 51:5716:31 is to read to verse 34 where Paul 52:00and Silas still goes and they pre they 52:02they still go and they preach. So, the 52:04whole point is to preach the gospel. You 52:06can't just sit there and go, "Oh, I'm 52:09tired and you know, they're not 52:10listening or oh, it's difficult. they I 52:12don't see them as you know so I'll just 52:14believe for them no if you believe in 52:16God then you know that he will use your 52:18mouth as a vessel and you as a vessel 52:20that you go you see what I'm saying like 52:22we read heart posture here pretty scary 52:24right because scripture comes up you 52:26know for for for people who sit there 52:28and do this I tell them preach the 52:30gospel for the ones who are trying to 52:32preach the gospel I tell them the 52:33opposite do you understand no it's okay 52:36leave for them you've tried already the 52:38whole point is to get you to get up to 52:39preach the gospel we cannot weave the 52:41Bible Bible to then plate to our 52:45comfortability to be comfortable.52:47Understand what I'm saying? We have to 52:49be uncomfortable even if we have to be 52:52uncomfortable in following God even if 52:54it is uncomfortable. Make sense, right?52:57Everything is rooted in the gospel.52:58Right? How do I change my heart and my 53:00mind? By listening to people who change 53:03your heart and your mind, which is the 53:04word of God. The Bible says, "Love your 53:07enemies." How does that look like? By 53:08giving them the gospel. Because 53:10everybody's an enemy to God. How do you 53:12deal with the pain of regret and the 53:14selfish thought process of being mad at 53:15God for letting it happen? By 53:17understanding that we're selfish. By 53:19understanding that that's not your 53:20thought process. And just by looking 53:22back at your life, right? You're mad at 53:23God because you feel like you wouldn't 53:25be able to you wouldn't allow that to 53:27happen. Well, let's let's test that,53:29right? Can you stop anything from 53:32happening? Probably not. Majority of 53:34things you have no control over, right?53:37Do you think that if you were God of 53:39this universe, you'd run it correctly 53:40with the all the flaws that you have?53:42Probably not. Understand what I'm 53:44saying, right? Make sense? Like Jonah,53:47for example, he was looking at Nineved 53:50and he was he had hatred towards 53:52Nineved. He's like, "Look at all these 53:54freaking people, man. They don't they go 53:56against you, God. They don't even care.53:57Why do you want me to go and save these 53:58idiots?" And then a hot sun came, right,54:01beating down on his head. But then God 54:03made a plant grow over him, a vine to 54:05give him shade. He was so happy. Then 54:07the next day he sent the worm. The worm 54:09came and ate off the plant and then the 54:11plant dropped and then he was baking and 54:13he was crushed. Right? But right there 54:15God said, "Did you make the plant? Do 54:17you understand? Did you make the worm?54:20Why are you judging? If I give what I 54:22give and I take away what I take away,54:24what's the issue? You don't know your 54:25right hand from your left hand, too.54:27You're talking about Nineved that they 54:29don't know the difference between the 54:29right and left hand. You also look at 54:31your heart. You think you're so good,54:33but yet if I take something away, you 54:35turn evil. He was showing him heart 54:37posture. In the same way, right? You 54:39have to think about it. How can I regret 54:42and you know be selfish and judge God 54:45when I myself can't even lead my own 54:47life. That's straight up foolishness.54:50But I don't sense that and I want a God 54:52to work with me. Would you work with 54:53someone like that? You created them and 54:55then you want and then you make 54:57decisions that you know is good for 54:58them, but they don't think so. And then 55:00they hate you. you would end up 55:01destroying them. Right. That's 55:03[clears throat] that's what the pro the 55:04heart posture is. Johnny, would you ever 55:06collaborate again with Of course. Of 55:08course. Collaborate with anybody. It's 55:09okay. Right. Make sense, right? Right. I 55:11wish God would force me to accept it,55:13but I do need this time solitude. Yeah.55:15You you I mean, you can't. You want to 55:17accept it, but that's how you know it's 55:19Satan, right? When you want to accept it 55:21and you can't, it's not him. It's it's 55:23it's not her, it's Satan. Understand?55:26And for anyone here who has that, just 55:28understand also, guys, that it's Satan.55:30Your your girl might have retroactive 55:31jealousy. Your guy might but it's all 55:33Satan. I'm I'm I'm speaking from 55:35experience. I'm speaking from, you know,55:36what the Bible says. It's all Satan at 55:39the end of the day, you know, right?55:40Make sense? Since the Bible doesn't 55:42promise earthly happiness, is it okay to 55:44give up on that idea? Probably. And I 55:46think during that time is when you start 55:48to become happy in all things, right? Is 55:50it selfish of me to take in to talk to 55:53in-laws to move out? I've been married 55:5423 years. We live with them or they live 55:57with us through those years. It led to 55:59chaos and craziness. Some good years,56:00some bad. We just bought a home 2 years 56:03ago. They moved in with us late last 56:05year cuz they had nowhere to go. But 56:07last night, I couldn't hold it in 56:08anymore. Had an argument with my husband 56:10and because it's time to stop trying to 56:12fix them but work on our marriage and 56:13our kids. But somehow in his brain,56:15having his having his family with us is 56:17a part of our marriage. No, that's Yeah,56:19that's incorrect. I think you should 56:21tell him hundlaws,56:25you know. I I think you can you can 56:27explain it. you know, you can explain it 56:29and and don't be angry, be executive 56:31about it. Don't be emotional about it.56:33Just sit there and be like, "Hey, this 56:35is not what we signed up for." And 56:37they've been doing it for 23 years. I 56:39think honestly, I've been pretty lenient 56:42for 23 years. Is it cool if maybe, just 56:46maybe, we spend a little bit of time on 56:49ourselves now and our marriage and our 56:51kids? Is that okay? Right. And and and 56:53ask them, right? So, yeah, makes sense.56:57Our church pastor resigned due to 56:58struggle in faith this past weekend. My 57:00kids and I are sad because we are close 57:01to him and his family. I had questions 57:02in the beginning, but you answered all 57:04questions that I had. Thank you. Amen.57:06Amen. Right. Right. Let's 57:08[clears throat] continue here. Why can 57:11Why can this tight feeling on my chest 57:13linger and feel so real? Because the 57:15enemy works through the flesh, too. Like 57:17when you feel lust, that's straight up 57:18the enemy attacking you. When you feel 57:20anger, that's also the enemy. When you 57:22feel jealousy, that's the enemy. Is it 57:23wrong to speak about the things we 57:25learned from you as a new believer to 57:26others? I I don't think it's wrong, but 57:28but read the room, right? If a person is 57:31super highly trusting in their thoughts,57:33you probably shouldn't say, "Hey, you 57:34know, it's really evil to trust your 57:35thoughts." Like, you guys have to have 57:38some type of thinking for others, right?57:40You have to think for other people. You 57:42read it really well. Yeah, of course.57:44Right. I understand, sister, because 57:45verses pop up, right? So, you want you 57:47want the easy route, and all of us do,57:50but that's that's why we're wicked. We 57:52don't believe that God will save our 57:53family members. That's true wickedness.57:55He can't save He can save anybody,57:56everybody in this world. He can save a 57:58gang member like Johnny Chang, but he 57:59can't save my my my husband, my wife, my 58:01kids, my do, whatever. You know, it's 58:03like that's it's it's kind of wild if 58:04you think about it. Have you ever 58:06struggled with loving or being kind to 58:07others? Are you kidding me? Do Asian 58:08people like rice? Does a bear poop in 58:11the woods? Of course. Are you kidding 58:13me? I didn't love anybody but myself.58:16And I didn't even love myself, to be 58:17honest. Being kind to others, I was 58:19always mean to everybody. I was a quiet 58:22babyfaced assassin, right? I was just 58:24really quiet and calm, did my own thing 58:26until somebody messed with me. I was 58:28never a person who was nice to others. I 58:30was actually always mean. And my mouth 58:33is like a knife. If I really want to get 58:35into it, I can be very very I can be 58:37very very bad. You can ask my brother.58:39I've made him cry multiple times just 58:40with words, you know. And so I'm I'm 58:44like that. I just can't help it. If I 58:46really want to and I really want to win 58:48an argument, I will win. It doesn't 58:50matter. I will attack [snorts] every 58:52single thing cuz I have a crazy memory 58:54too. Honestly, my memory is wild and I 58:58know exactly how to read heart posture.58:59So, I can weave it to break you a mill 59:01into a million pieces. Do you guys 59:03understand what I'm saying? Right. So, I 59:06of course like and I've always been like 59:07that. I've always picked up was always 59:09very observant, understood situationally 59:11what was going on and I knew what this 59:13person liked and this person I can go 59:14into a room and I could tell you who I 59:16can manipulate right away. I could tell 59:18this person I'm going to be able to use 59:20them. This person I'm be I'm not going 59:21to be able to. But I can gain them by 59:23doing this and then use other people to 59:24then use them. I could It was always 59:26like that. I was always like that,59:27right? Everything was always calculative 59:29for me. And of course after receiving 59:31salvation that's completely stopped. But 59:34I've realized that even in ways where 59:36I'm walking in a room and I go, "Okay,59:38this pastor believes in works. I can 59:39feel it. This person here believes in 59:41tongues and this and this." And we can,59:42you know, gain their hearts in many 59:44ways. So that's why on certain podcasts 59:46I'll be calmer. On certain podcasts I'll 59:49be amped. You'll see because I read the 59:51room and I understand what a person is 59:53actually doing through the Holy Spirit.59:54What they actually want, what they're 59:56focused on, and how to get to the main 59:58issue. And a lot of people don't have 1:00:00that. You guys understand what I'm 1:00:02saying? When it comes to kids, when it 1:00:03comes to everything, at the end of the 1:00:05day, like we can see it all. If a person 1:00:08was really discerned, we can see the 1:00:09heart posture of a kid just by the way 1:00:11they walk, right? and just by the way 1:00:13they talk and what they leak out, etc.,1:00:15etc., etc., right? So, it's pretty 1:00:17crazy. All right, let me keep going 1:00:19here. Uh, one of the deacons said 1:00:21something that stuck with me and it was,1:00:22"If God puts you in a hole, don't try to 1:00:24scratch and crawl your way out. Let God 1:00:26take you out of it. However, I need to 1:00:28wrestle with God. So, how can I apply 1:00:30both to my life?" No, we don't wrestle 1:00:31with God. [laughter]1:00:32We don't wrestle with God. Uh, we're not 1:00:34Israel, right? We're not Jacob. Allow 1:00:38allow God to work. That is the 1:00:39wrestling, right? That is the wrestling,1:00:42right? Make sense, right? How do you 1:00:44deal with someone who had a lot of 1:00:45pride? By recognizing that we also have 1:00:48a lot of pride, right? We also have a 1:00:49lot of pride, right? And once you 1:00:51understand that, then you're like,1:00:52"Okay, I get why they're mad. I mean, I 1:00:54would be mad, too, you know?" And and 1:00:57it's just it's more of empathetic 1:00:59towards people and compassionate, once 1:01:00you realize that they also don't want to 1:01:02be prideful because they know that 1:01:04they're pushing everybody away. So you 1:01:05can sit there and you know tell them how 1:01:07they how you feel. But sometimes even 1:01:08you telling them you know how you feel 1:01:11is probably going to push you push them 1:01:13away more and they get angry more. What 1:01:15is your advice on this? No marriage in 1:01:17heaven gives me anxiety because what if 1:01:18you build such a strong loving 1:01:19relationship with your partner and then 1:01:20in heaven you guys won't have that 1:01:22special unique relationship. That is 1:01:23true. You're not going to. You're not 1:01:25going to have a special unique 1:01:26relationship. You turn into angelic 1:01:28brothers and sisters. Makes me question 1:01:30if marriage is worth it if in the end 1:01:31the relationship with your partner might 1:01:33not be the same. You see, that's what 1:01:34I'm saying, B. John, I I addressed this 1:01:37and touched up on this early on.1:01:39Transactional mindset instead of 1:01:40relational mindset. Understand, right? I 1:01:43see you spam this multiple times, but 1:01:45you have to listen. As much as you put 1:01:47your effort into typing this out, put 1:01:48the same effort into listening and 1:01:50receiving what I'm saying, right? If 1:01:51we're taking a checkbox to God, and we 1:01:54only act and agree according to what we 1:01:56feel and think, then who's God? Number 1:01:58one. Number two, we have to think about 1:02:01deeper, right? what we're actually 1:02:03asking here. This is not a a question 1:02:06that is an issue, but it's a heart 1:02:08posture though. Make sense? How can we 1:02:10miss creator for creation? Oh, so if 1:02:13it's not worth something, I'm not going 1:02:14to even try and put my my heart into it.1:02:16Really?1:02:17That that in itself is a crooked 1:02:19mindset, respectfully. Understand? Then 1:02:21you can never be a mom cuz the kids are 1:02:24just it's not worth it. All the stress 1:02:25that they give you, all you have to 1:02:27share your food with them, your bed with 1:02:29them, like your, you know, your house 1:02:31with them. It's not worth it. What the 1:02:32heck? Like that that then applies to 1:02:34everything. Oh, spiritual life is really 1:02:37difficult, but like I'm not even going 1:02:38to get rewarded for that. Like why am I 1:02:40going to do that? Like it's it's Do you 1:02:42understand what I'm saying? It's kind of 1:02:44ridiculous, right? So this is what we 1:02:46have to see about ourselves. That's why 1:02:47I said guys, we are very very evil 1:02:50people, but we don't sense it. And and 1:02:53and and in fact, if we're told that, we 1:02:55get angry about it. You guys understand 1:02:57what I'm saying? But that's the 1:02:59difference here, right? That's the 1:03:00difference between our congregation and 1:03:02other people. Like we're not just going 1:03:03to like be nice to you if it causes you 1:03:06to live, you know, uh in a destructive 1:03:11path. We have to correct with love. So 1:03:13here's the right heart posture to have.1:03:16The right heart posture to have is if 1:03:18God gives me the grace to even have a 1:03:21husband or a wife, number one, that's 1:03:23amazing. Okay, that's amazing. Number 1:03:26two, if he doesn't give it to us, he 1:03:28already gave us a spiritual relationship 1:03:31that trumps, supersedes anything that 1:03:34we'll ever have, anything that we'll 1:03:36ever experience, which is Jesus Christ.1:03:38Jesus is way better than your husband or 1:03:40your wife will ever be times a million.1:03:42Just so you know, times infinity,1:03:44actually. But we don't know how to think 1:03:46this way. What we think is, "No, I like 1:03:49this and this is what I want. And if you 1:03:51don't give it to me, I'm not going to 1:03:52try." That's wickedness. But I gave you 1:03:55something better. I don't care about 1:03:56that. I want this though. That's that's 1:03:58straight up kind of very self-centered,1:04:01right? In the same way, when you get to 1:04:04heaven, God is so radiating and loving 1:04:07that he becomes everything for you. It's 1:04:10because you don't know about heaven or 1:04:12think about heaven that way, right?1:04:13Which is fine. But you have to 1:04:15understand something, right? Oh god,1:04:18you're like the Bugatti,1:04:21you know, and I want a Honda Civic. And 1:04:24I'm not saying your man or whoever it is 1:04:26that you're with this Honda Civic, okay?1:04:28I'm saying when you see the differences 1:04:30between a Bugatti and a Honda Civic,1:04:33there is no comparison. I'm sorry to 1:04:36say. No, shout out to everybody driving 1:04:37a Honda Civic, but I've seen a Bugatti,1:04:40right? It's It's not the same. It's just 1:04:44not the same. I'd be lying to you if I 1:04:46if I said it was. Understand? So, right.1:04:49I think I think at the end of the day,1:04:52when you think about God, right, I have 1:04:56BMW 6 series, I have a Audi R8. When a 1:04:59Lamborghini pulls up, a Bugatti pulls 1:05:01up, a McLaren pulls up, those cars 1:05:03become invisible. Even though it's a 1:05:04BMW, even though it's an Audi R8, right?1:05:07Uh at the end of the day, it's the same 1:05:10with God. Your husband is your husband,1:05:12but only because God allowed you to have 1:05:14that or allowed you to have your wife,1:05:16right? But when he pulls up, it's like,1:05:19whoa, this is on a whole another level.1:05:22Will you guys know each other in heaven?1:05:23Of course. Of course. But it won't the 1:05:26love is it's not the same, guys.1:05:29Understand what I'm saying? Right? So,1:05:32people don't they don't they have to 1:05:34break through this mindset of I need to 1:05:38have this, I need to have this. No, what 1:05:40you need to have is Jesus Christ. You 1:05:42can lose everything else. I'm sorry 1:05:44guys. I love you all, but I could lose 1:05:46all of you as long as I But I can't lose 1:05:48Jesus Christ. I just can't. And I'm sure 1:05:50that's the same with you guys too,1:05:52right? So, so if you have that mindset,1:05:54then everything becomes okay and 1:05:56understanding and then everything 1:05:57becomes grateful. It's like you you 1:06:00start to see it as wow, you know, God,1:06:02you're you're amazing, you know, right?1:06:06You're amazing. Like you give us 1:06:08everything, right? Understand? Make 1:06:10sense, right? But in general, why can't 1:06:12we have a Honda now? Meanwhile, instead 1:06:14of going some everywhere in a smelly 1:06:16metro or a bike under the rain or by 1:06:17foot, why do I have to wait for the 1:06:19Bugatti in heaven? Again, very, very 1:06:21evil heart posture. I'm sorry to say,1:06:24but you have the Bugatti right now. If 1:06:28you're comparing it to Jesus Christ, is 1:06:30he not with you? I mean, is he not with 1:06:33you right now? Right? You don't have a 1:06:35man right now. But do you think Ladies,1:06:37are you guys single here? Anyone single 1:06:39here? Yes. Yes. Yes. You're all liars.1:06:41You're single? You sure? Yes, I am. I am 1:06:45single. You are got them. You see why it 1:06:47says, "Let all men be liars. Let God be 1:06:49true." You see how quick I can test 1:06:51whether you trust your thoughts or you 1:06:52trust the word? Easy, right? So, how you 1:06:54going to tell me, "Oh, you know, God 1:06:57said, I'm with you to the ends of the 1:06:59earth." God says, "I have espoused you 1:07:01to me." Espouse means already. presented 1:07:04you as a virgin already done past tense.1:07:07But what do we say? Well, I don't have a 1:07:09but I don't have a Bugatti though. I 1:07:10don't have you, Jesus. I don't feel you.1:07:12Okay, then who are you trusting then?1:07:15Your thoughts, your feelings, your 1:07:17emotions. Something I just told you not 1:07:20to trust. The whole my whole ministry,1:07:23guys, has always been stop trusting your 1:07:25thoughts and feelings. But what do we 1:07:27keep doing? Trusting our thoughts and 1:07:29feelings and then going, "How come God 1:07:30isn't blessing me?" Uh hello. Hello. Why 1:07:34don't you try to stop trusting your 1:07:36thoughts and feelings and see if God 1:07:37will bless you or not? No. Is that too 1:07:40hard to ask? It's difficult. That's also 1:07:43trusting your thoughts and feelings.1:07:44It's difficult. Well, let's think about 1:07:46it. Is God a liar or not? No, he doesn't 1:07:49lie. So then if he says in 2 Corinthians 1:07:5211:2, "I've espoused you to one 1:07:54husband." A spouse means you're a spouse 1:07:57already done. Why? Why do you not 1:08:00believe in him? because you're better 1:08:02than him. Do you understand? You're 1:08:04better than him. No, it's not fair 1:08:05enough. Understand? It's not, oh, I just 1:08:09have a very ungrateful heart. You're 1:08:10going to come back again. You're going 1:08:11to ask the same thing. Australia, you 1:08:13always do this respectfully, sister.1:08:15Why? Because you think you're good.1:08:17Understand what I'm saying, right?1:08:18That's what it comes down to. Remember,1:08:20guys, no, you can never ever accept 1:08:24God's word if you think you're good 1:08:27because your good will always trump his 1:08:29word. We don't even know how to think.1:08:31We think we're better than God. Crazy.1:08:33We don't even lead our lives well. We 1:08:35think we're better than God, though. We 1:08:37think our thoughts are greater than 1:08:38God's word. Now, obviously, you guys 1:08:40don't say you're better than God, but 1:08:42your actions do, though. If my actions 1:08:45do, for sure, your actions do. You guys 1:08:47aren't living as spiritual to be honest.1:08:50Okay? If my even my own action, I'm 1:08:52talking about myself here, Johnny Chang.1:08:53If my own actions show me sometimes that 1:08:55I think I'm better than God, you guys 1:08:57for sure is what I'm saying. for sure do 1:08:59that. Understand? So don't get offended.1:09:02I'm talking about everybody here, myself 1:09:04included, right? But then where do we 1:09:07draw the line though? The line is the 1:09:09Bible. The line is the gospel. You guys 1:09:11understand what I'm saying, right? Make 1:09:14sense? Okay, you guys got that? Okay.1:09:17All righty. I hope you guys can 1:09:18understand that once you recognize, oh,1:09:22how did I lead my life? How did I raise 1:09:24my kids? Horribly. My kids are throwing 1:09:27temper tantrums. They're manipulative.1:09:29They do everything that they want to do.1:09:31They don't respect me. They talk to me a 1:09:33specific way. I can't even get them to 1:09:34do certain things. Number one, how did I 1:09:37choose my husband? Well, I had a 1:09:39husband, not with him anymore. How did 1:09:42that work out? Right? I didn't want to 1:09:44get abused. Didn't want to get used. Got 1:09:46used and abused. I didn't I couldn't do 1:09:48anything. Understand? I can't do 1:09:50anything. Then, right then and there,1:09:51you will immediately stop trusting your 1:09:54thoughts and stop trusting yourself at 1:09:55least for that in that predicament. And 1:09:57then little by little you'll grow. It's 1:09:59not to harden during this time. It's to 1:10:01realize it's to heal. Different ages.1:10:04Don't harden today. Heal. Heal today.1:10:06Ah, I can't do it. Understand? And then 1:10:09preach the gospel and grow. But what do 1:10:10we do? We go crazy when we're told 1:10:13something that's not that we don't like.1:10:16Don't go crazy, right? Go towards God,1:10:19you know? Right. Amen. Right. So all of 1:10:21this again is is should answer 1:10:24everything. If you feel shameful, it's 1:10:26because you're good. I'm sorry to say.1:10:29Conviction is different. If you feel,1:10:31you know, bad, guilty, it's because 1:10:34you're good. You trust the guilt that's 1:10:37from the enemy so much because you think 1:10:40it's good. Otherwise, it wouldn't affect 1:10:42you, right? People who you think is are 1:10:45good, you accept what they say, right?1:10:48In the same way, because you're good,1:10:51you also accept your depression. You 1:10:53also accept your loneliness. Guys, let 1:10:57me ask you something. Are you guys 1:10:58lonely? Anyone here? Honestly, lonely?1:11:01Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.1:11:04Yes. Yes. Yes. No. Yes. No. No. No. Yes.1:11:07But why are you lonely though? Why are 1:11:09you lonely sometimes? Okay. I have no 1:11:12idea. You do have an idea. I just told 1:11:14you why. You're lonely because you're 1:11:16good. And when you're good, you trust 1:11:18yourself and your thoughts and your 1:11:19feelings of loneliness and even your 1:11:21situation. But the word of God is pretty 1:11:24clear. I am with you till the ends of 1:11:26the earth. Hebrews 13:5. I will never 1:11:28leave you nor forsake you. I'm never 1:11:31going to leave you. I'm never going to 1:11:32forsake you. Never. So, is he with us 1:11:35right now? Even in this room right now,1:11:36even next to me right now, even when 1:11:38you're clicking no websites and watching 1:11:40your pornography, isn't he with you?1:11:43Okay, then what's the issue? You 1:11:45understand? People don't care, though.1:11:47What they care about is, well, you're 1:11:49not here and I can't see you, so what 1:11:51the heck? Do you understand what I'm 1:11:53saying? Right. And then big brain,1:11:55right? Feeling lonely and being alone 1:11:57are different though. Right. Right. But 1:11:58in both situations, it's not true. Are 1:12:01you Are you alone? Oh my gosh. I'm going 1:12:04kill myself right now. I'm going to 1:12:05literally shoot myself. Stab me with the 1:12:08spoon. Understand? Gosh, man. Are we 1:12:11trying to out big like we trying to big 1:12:13brain the big brain,1:12:16right? Oh my goodness, man. Right. I'm 1:12:19in a season of loneliness. Not biblical.1:12:22I'm in a season of solitude. Not 1:12:24biblical. God is with you always. Oh my 1:12:28God. Men. Say it. Man is with you 1:12:31always. Men. Men. Men and women. No. But 1:12:36that's not how I feel though. And you 1:12:38can't tell me that cuz you're It's easy 1:12:39for you to say, Johnny, because you have 1:12:41people around you all the time. What do 1:12:43you mean? like blah blah blah blah blah 1:12:45yada yada yada la starts speaking in 1:12:48tongues. Who cares? What does the Bible 1:12:51say? The Bible says that God is with 1:12:53you. Oh, amen. God is with me then. God 1:12:56is with me. Right? He is with us. So you 1:12:59talk to him. Many times they get angry.1:13:01God, I'm angry right now. Many times I'm 1:13:03frustrated. God, I'm frustrated right 1:13:04now. I mean, who am I talking to?1:13:06Myself? Seems like it, but I'm talking 1:13:08to God. Ah, Jesus. How come these core 1:13:10of the heart members all think that 1:13:11they're good? Lord, please break them. I 1:13:14pray for their destruction for real. But 1:13:16be gentle with them, but destroy them.1:13:18Gently destroy them cuz you know they 1:13:20can't take anything, right? They can't 1:13:22take anything. Say one little thing and 1:13:25you know what?1:13:27He's not talking about me. You know, I 1:13:30was just asking a question. Isn't this 1:13:32Q& A?1:13:34I don't like him. He put me on Front 1:13:36Street. I put everybody on Front Street.1:13:38Myself included. Right. Who cares,1:13:40right? Again, a lot of people, what are 1:13:43they focused on? Self. What do they care 1:13:46about? Self. Amen. Okay. Right. We We 1:13:49have to believe that God has made us 1:13:51righteous. Yes. And that he's always 1:13:53with us. So, just like you believe 1:13:55you're perfected, believe that he's with 1:13:57you. Just like you believe that you're 1:13:59perfected, believe you have no anxiety.1:14:01Just like you believe that you're 1:14:03perfected, righteous, and holy, believe 1:14:06that God is always with you and he's not 1:14:08going to stop being with you. Even if 1:14:10you tell him to go away, Jesus, go away.1:14:11You think he's going to go away?1:14:14Pretty wild, huh? Okay. All right, guys.1:14:17Appreciate you guys. Talk to you guys 1:14:19later. Take care of yourselves. Bye,1:14:22everybody. All right. Bye.

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