Title: Emotions: Their Origination, Disruption and Restoration (Part 1) Meta: Emotions are an essential element of how God has created us. However, with the fall and sin entering the world, emotions have been disrupted and corrupted. Yet through Jesus Christ, there is restoration of our emotions and believers grow more and more into the likeness of Jesus Christ. Tags: emotions,men,attitude,christian,emoicons,Chuck Vuolo 1 00:00:03,523 --> 00:00:06,068 Brothers, it is a privilege just to be here, 2 00:00:06,068 --> 00:00:09,136 let alone to be speaking to you. 3 00:00:09,136 --> 00:00:10,313 And as Jeremy mentioned, 4 00:00:10,313 --> 00:00:12,037 I want to speak to you this weekend 5 00:00:12,037 --> 00:00:14,402 on the subject of emotions. 6 00:00:14,402 --> 00:00:16,331 And I've labeled these messages 7 00:00:16,331 --> 00:00:18,668 "Manly Emotions," 8 00:00:18,668 --> 00:00:21,766 but that requires a little bit of clarification. 9 00:00:21,766 --> 00:00:23,693 I don't intend to speak to you about 10 00:00:23,693 --> 00:00:27,578 male emotions vs. female emotions. 11 00:00:27,578 --> 00:00:29,403 Because the Bible doesn't really deal 12 00:00:29,403 --> 00:00:33,050 with male vs. female emotions. 13 00:00:33,050 --> 00:00:36,403 In fact, the Bible for the most part is generic. 14 00:00:36,403 --> 00:00:39,045 It doesn't talk about female fruit 15 00:00:39,045 --> 00:00:40,324 of the Holy Spirit 16 00:00:40,324 --> 00:00:42,206 and male fruit of the Holy Spirit. 17 00:00:42,206 --> 00:00:44,078 The fruit of the Spirit for all of us 18 00:00:44,078 --> 00:00:46,083 is love, joy, peace, patience... 19 00:00:46,083 --> 00:00:49,135 There's not a list of male sins and female sins. 20 00:00:49,135 --> 00:00:51,120 Right? The deeds of the flesh 21 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:53,183 are immorality, impurity, sensuality 22 00:00:53,183 --> 00:00:54,707 for all of us. 23 00:00:54,707 --> 00:00:56,733 I mean, it's true, the Bible does assign 24 00:00:56,733 --> 00:00:58,205 certain roles to men 25 00:00:58,205 --> 00:00:59,682 that do not belong to women 26 00:00:59,682 --> 00:01:01,139 and vice versa. 27 00:01:01,139 --> 00:01:03,017 Men are to be leaders in their home 28 00:01:03,017 --> 00:01:05,044 and in the church, and not women. 29 00:01:05,044 --> 00:01:06,175 Last time I checked, 30 00:01:06,175 --> 00:01:08,378 women alone can bear children 31 00:01:08,378 --> 00:01:10,430 and have responsibility for that. 32 00:01:10,430 --> 00:01:11,881 And there are some sins 33 00:01:11,881 --> 00:01:14,126 that are more peculiar to men 34 00:01:14,126 --> 00:01:15,758 than to women: 35 00:01:15,758 --> 00:01:18,603 sexual lust - you recognize that? 36 00:01:18,603 --> 00:01:21,396 Some sins more peculiar to women than men: 37 00:01:21,396 --> 00:01:22,591 perhaps gossip. 38 00:01:22,591 --> 00:01:23,658 But for the most part, 39 00:01:23,658 --> 00:01:25,085 the Bible is generic 40 00:01:25,085 --> 00:01:27,421 when it comes to ethics, morality, 41 00:01:27,421 --> 00:01:29,189 virtue, and conduct... 42 00:01:29,189 --> 00:01:31,595 it is not gender distinctive. 43 00:01:31,595 --> 00:01:33,132 It is generic. 44 00:01:33,132 --> 00:01:36,826 So why am I calling it "Manly Emotions?" 45 00:01:36,826 --> 00:01:38,055 Well, first of all, 46 00:01:38,055 --> 00:01:41,168 because it's a men's retreat. 47 00:01:41,168 --> 00:01:45,572 Secondly, because I'll be aiming my applications 48 00:01:45,572 --> 00:01:49,276 at you who are men and boys. 49 00:01:49,276 --> 00:01:52,778 And thirdly, because I think you as men 50 00:01:52,778 --> 00:01:54,822 are less likely than women 51 00:01:54,822 --> 00:01:58,642 to see yourself as emotional beings. 52 00:01:58,642 --> 00:02:00,182 In fact, when I was talking to 53 00:02:00,182 --> 00:02:02,541 one of the GCC at San Antonio elders 54 00:02:02,541 --> 00:02:04,996 about calling this "Manly Emotions," - 55 00:02:04,996 --> 00:02:06,660 I won't name who that was - 56 00:02:06,660 --> 00:02:08,171 he said to me, yeah, 57 00:02:08,171 --> 00:02:10,113 it's kind of like an oxymoron. 58 00:02:10,113 --> 00:02:12,263 You know what an oxymoron is, right? 59 00:02:12,263 --> 00:02:13,811 Words that seem to contradict, 60 00:02:13,811 --> 00:02:15,551 like jumbo shrimp. 61 00:02:15,551 --> 00:02:16,815 It's an oxymoron. 62 00:02:16,815 --> 00:02:18,413 And he said manly emotions, 63 00:02:18,413 --> 00:02:20,293 it's almost like an oxymoron. 64 00:02:20,293 --> 00:02:23,253 We don't think of manly and emotions 65 00:02:23,253 --> 00:02:25,754 as going together. 66 00:02:25,754 --> 00:02:27,623 But I'm here to tell you this weekend 67 00:02:27,623 --> 00:02:30,662 that they do go together - big time. 68 00:02:30,662 --> 00:02:32,447 And the final reason 69 00:02:32,447 --> 00:02:35,026 I'm comfortable calling this "Manly Emotions," 70 00:02:35,026 --> 00:02:36,858 is because what we will see 71 00:02:36,858 --> 00:02:41,552 is that our pattern for our emotional life 72 00:02:41,552 --> 00:02:45,574 is the God-man, Jesus Christ. 73 00:02:45,574 --> 00:02:49,898 And so, manly emotions. 74 00:02:49,898 --> 00:02:51,315 Let's begin by just asking 75 00:02:51,315 --> 00:02:53,461 some preliminary questions. 76 00:02:53,461 --> 00:02:56,169 What do we mean by emotions? 77 00:02:56,169 --> 00:02:58,040 Well, when we think of our souls 78 00:02:58,040 --> 00:02:59,393 or our hearts - 79 00:02:59,393 --> 00:03:01,601 biblical terms for the inner person - 80 00:03:01,601 --> 00:03:02,564 what do we think of? 81 00:03:02,564 --> 00:03:03,861 We think of our intellect, 82 00:03:03,861 --> 00:03:04,754 our minds. 83 00:03:04,754 --> 00:03:06,684 We have a rational faculty. 84 00:03:06,684 --> 00:03:08,100 We think of our wills, 85 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:09,502 our volition. 86 00:03:09,502 --> 00:03:11,923 We have this volitional faculty. 87 00:03:11,923 --> 00:03:15,378 And we think of our emotions. 88 00:03:15,378 --> 00:03:17,047 What are they? 89 00:03:17,047 --> 00:03:18,541 The Civil War era theologian 90 00:03:18,541 --> 00:03:19,937 Robert Dabney said 91 00:03:19,937 --> 00:03:23,069 that "emotions are the temperature of the soul." 92 00:03:23,069 --> 00:03:26,099 One pastor - Pastor Albert Martin - 93 00:03:26,099 --> 00:03:31,207 said "emotions are the felt sensibilities of the soul." 94 00:03:31,207 --> 00:03:33,993 And there's a connection between our emotions, 95 00:03:33,993 --> 00:03:36,886 our feelings and our thoughts. 96 00:03:36,886 --> 00:03:40,186 Octavius Winslow in his book 97 00:03:40,186 --> 00:03:41,416 "The Sympathy of Christ," 98 00:03:41,416 --> 00:03:43,383 says, "emotion is always attached 99 00:03:43,383 --> 00:03:44,974 to some conception 100 00:03:44,974 --> 00:03:47,727 formed by the intellectual faculties. 101 00:03:47,727 --> 00:03:49,413 Man is so constituted 102 00:03:49,413 --> 00:03:51,871 that the conception of certain objects 103 00:03:51,871 --> 00:03:53,260 is accompanied with emotion," 104 00:03:53,260 --> 00:03:54,754 or as we would say 105 00:03:54,754 --> 00:03:58,327 that certain conceptions are emotional. 106 00:03:58,327 --> 00:04:00,169 Certain thoughts, certain ideas 107 00:04:00,169 --> 00:04:02,768 evoke emotions. 108 00:04:02,768 --> 00:04:05,263 So if I mention certain words to you, 109 00:04:05,263 --> 00:04:06,546 or to other people, 110 00:04:06,546 --> 00:04:08,456 they will evoke some emotions. 111 00:04:08,456 --> 00:04:10,245 If I say in this day and age, 112 00:04:10,245 --> 00:04:11,737 "Donald Trump," 113 00:04:11,737 --> 00:04:13,368 it's going to evoke some emotions 114 00:04:13,368 --> 00:04:15,671 depending on which side of the aisle, right? 115 00:04:15,671 --> 00:04:17,257 Either disgust and anger 116 00:04:17,257 --> 00:04:19,369 or perhaps some sense of delight, 117 00:04:19,369 --> 00:04:21,526 finally somebody's going to drain the swamp 118 00:04:21,526 --> 00:04:22,951 or make America great. 119 00:04:22,951 --> 00:04:24,930 But Donald Trump will not register 120 00:04:24,930 --> 00:04:26,372 in a neutral way 121 00:04:26,372 --> 00:04:28,578 in many people's minds, right? 122 00:04:28,578 --> 00:04:30,384 And somebody taking a polygraph test 123 00:04:30,384 --> 00:04:33,050 would probably record the emotion. 124 00:04:33,050 --> 00:04:36,179 If I say "dentist" to some people, 125 00:04:36,179 --> 00:04:40,117 that's going to evoke some emotion, right? 126 00:04:40,117 --> 00:04:42,759 If I say to my son Jeremy, 127 00:04:42,759 --> 00:04:44,427 "Ginger," 128 00:04:44,427 --> 00:04:46,783 or if I say the name of your wife, 129 00:04:46,783 --> 00:04:49,479 it's going to evoke some feeling - 130 00:04:49,479 --> 00:04:51,734 hopefully good feelings. 131 00:04:51,734 --> 00:04:53,854 So emotions and thoughts are connected 132 00:04:53,854 --> 00:04:58,435 in that our thoughts evoke emotions. 133 00:04:58,435 --> 00:05:00,790 Why are emotions important? 134 00:05:00,790 --> 00:05:03,123 Emotions add enjoyment to life. 135 00:05:03,123 --> 00:05:04,501 Octavius Winslow says, 136 00:05:04,501 --> 00:05:06,016 "The Author of our nature, 137 00:05:06,016 --> 00:05:09,701 in making the conception of certain objects emotional 138 00:05:09,701 --> 00:05:12,087 has added vastly to man's capacity 139 00:05:12,087 --> 00:05:13,966 of enjoyment." 140 00:05:13,966 --> 00:05:16,116 Without feelings, life would be pretty dull, 141 00:05:16,116 --> 00:05:17,036 wouldn't it? 142 00:05:17,036 --> 00:05:18,637 We'd all be walking around like 143 00:05:18,637 --> 00:05:21,469 Mr. Spock's of Star Trek, 144 00:05:21,469 --> 00:05:23,952 and life would be very black and white. 145 00:05:23,952 --> 00:05:28,088 But emotions add color to life. 146 00:05:28,088 --> 00:05:32,849 One pastor - Albert Martin - 147 00:05:32,849 --> 00:05:35,413 looked at the Genesis account, 148 00:05:35,413 --> 00:05:38,495 and tried to read into it, 149 00:05:38,495 --> 00:05:39,904 probably accurately, 150 00:05:39,904 --> 00:05:41,790 the emotions that our first parents 151 00:05:41,790 --> 00:05:50,915 would have felt... (incomplete thought). 152 00:05:50,915 --> 00:05:53,520 Hold on, let me just back up. 153 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,482 Let's start with where did emotions begin. 154 00:05:56,482 --> 00:05:58,965 We're going to talk about the origination, 155 00:05:58,965 --> 00:06:02,631 the disruption, and the restoration 156 00:06:02,631 --> 00:06:04,690 of our emotions. 157 00:06:04,690 --> 00:06:07,887 Or, where did emotions begin? 158 00:06:07,887 --> 00:06:09,758 What messed them up? 159 00:06:09,758 --> 00:06:14,275 And what is the fix for our emotions? 160 00:06:14,275 --> 00:06:18,414 Our emotions began with creation. 161 00:06:18,414 --> 00:06:21,969 Emotions are hard-wired into us 162 00:06:21,969 --> 00:06:24,275 as men and women made 163 00:06:24,275 --> 00:06:25,755 in the image of God. 164 00:06:25,755 --> 00:06:27,425 They're part of our spiritual DNA 165 00:06:27,425 --> 00:06:31,418 as the creatures of God. 166 00:06:31,418 --> 00:06:34,002 Winslow says that, 167 00:06:34,002 --> 00:06:36,115 "emotions are an essential element 168 00:06:36,115 --> 00:06:38,831 of our humanity." 169 00:06:38,831 --> 00:06:41,134 And we might look at the Genesis account 170 00:06:41,134 --> 00:06:42,047 just in our minds - 171 00:06:42,047 --> 00:06:43,800 I'm not going to turn you there, 172 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:45,218 to consider the emotions that 173 00:06:45,218 --> 00:06:46,827 our first parents might have felt 174 00:06:46,827 --> 00:06:49,437 as they came forth from the hand of God. 175 00:06:49,437 --> 00:06:51,783 God creates Adam. 176 00:06:51,783 --> 00:06:53,334 And He says to him, 177 00:06:53,334 --> 00:06:57,756 you may eat freely from any tree of the garden. 178 00:06:57,756 --> 00:07:01,238 Imagine the emotion of wonderment, 179 00:07:01,238 --> 00:07:02,623 of delight, 180 00:07:02,623 --> 00:07:05,207 as Adam looked over that unfallen creation 181 00:07:05,207 --> 00:07:06,640 and it would have been like 182 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:08,281 a kid in a candy store, right? 183 00:07:08,281 --> 00:07:10,051 Have at it! Anything you want! 184 00:07:10,051 --> 00:07:11,724 He was free to enjoy. 185 00:07:11,724 --> 00:07:13,484 There would have been wonderment. 186 00:07:13,484 --> 00:07:15,437 There would have been delight. 187 00:07:15,437 --> 00:07:16,300 On the other hand, 188 00:07:16,300 --> 00:07:17,837 when God said, but of this tree 189 00:07:17,837 --> 00:07:18,657 you may not eat - 190 00:07:18,657 --> 00:07:20,716 the day you eat of the fruit of that tree, 191 00:07:20,716 --> 00:07:22,075 you will die. 192 00:07:22,075 --> 00:07:25,182 Imagine the emotion of fear, 193 00:07:25,182 --> 00:07:26,880 holy fear and trepidation 194 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:28,867 in Adam's heart. 195 00:07:28,867 --> 00:07:30,766 And then Adam is naming the animals, 196 00:07:30,766 --> 00:07:34,881 but he's not finding one suitable to him. 197 00:07:34,881 --> 00:07:36,056 There would have been 198 00:07:36,056 --> 00:07:37,388 a sense of incompleteness, 199 00:07:37,388 --> 00:07:38,809 a sense of loneliness. 200 00:07:38,809 --> 00:07:40,487 God knew that. 201 00:07:40,487 --> 00:07:42,455 The first thing He pronounced "not good" 202 00:07:42,455 --> 00:07:43,680 was it is not good that 203 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,224 the man should be alone. 204 00:07:45,224 --> 00:07:47,834 Well, you know God remedied that. 205 00:07:47,834 --> 00:07:51,200 He took his rib, made a woman. 206 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,320 We have recorded in Genesis the words, 207 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:56,081 "this is now bone of my bone..." 208 00:07:56,081 --> 00:07:59,216 How do you think Adam said that? 209 00:07:59,216 --> 00:08:00,867 This is now bone of my bones, 210 00:08:00,867 --> 00:08:02,202 flesh of my flesh... 211 00:08:02,202 --> 00:08:04,015 I think I'll call her woman - isha, 212 00:08:04,015 --> 00:08:06,165 because she's taken out of ish. 213 00:08:06,165 --> 00:08:08,354 I don't think so, right? 214 00:08:08,354 --> 00:08:10,018 When he set eyes on that woman, 215 00:08:10,018 --> 00:08:12,931 that creature, who was like him, 216 00:08:12,931 --> 00:08:16,150 but blessedly unlike him, 217 00:08:16,150 --> 00:08:18,977 he would have been filled with delight. 218 00:08:18,977 --> 00:08:21,269 She is now bone of my bones, 219 00:08:21,269 --> 00:08:24,078 flesh of my flesh. 220 00:08:24,078 --> 00:08:26,588 Imagine the delight when he saw that creature 221 00:08:26,588 --> 00:08:28,895 that had been made specifically for him. 222 00:08:28,895 --> 00:08:31,528 But the first actual mention of an emotion 223 00:08:31,528 --> 00:08:33,771 in Genesis prior to the fall 224 00:08:33,771 --> 00:08:36,199 is when Eve looked upon the forbidden tree 225 00:08:36,199 --> 00:08:37,588 and it says that it was 226 00:08:37,588 --> 00:08:40,472 "a delight to her eyes." 227 00:08:40,472 --> 00:08:44,008 But we are by nature emotional beings. 228 00:08:44,008 --> 00:08:46,578 It's part of the soul that God created. 229 00:08:46,578 --> 00:08:49,848 Rational, volitional, and emotional. 230 00:08:49,848 --> 00:08:52,286 We have feelings. 231 00:08:52,286 --> 00:08:54,160 To me, one of the modern proofs 232 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,261 that we are emotional beings 233 00:08:56,261 --> 00:08:58,419 is the invention of emoji's 234 00:08:58,419 --> 00:08:59,534 or emoticons. 235 00:08:59,534 --> 00:09:00,987 You know what the are, right? 236 00:09:00,987 --> 00:09:02,222 The little faces. 237 00:09:02,222 --> 00:09:04,727 We have moved away from face-to-face, 238 00:09:04,727 --> 00:09:06,926 voice-to-voice communication in our day, 239 00:09:06,926 --> 00:09:07,694 right? 240 00:09:07,694 --> 00:09:10,213 And we're communicating by text 241 00:09:10,213 --> 00:09:13,999 and by Facebook and by e-mail. 242 00:09:13,999 --> 00:09:16,330 But man is so unavoidably emotional 243 00:09:16,330 --> 00:09:18,020 that he's got to figure out a way 244 00:09:18,020 --> 00:09:19,474 to express emotions even when 245 00:09:19,474 --> 00:09:21,011 he's not doing it with his voice 246 00:09:21,011 --> 00:09:22,439 and with his face. 247 00:09:22,439 --> 00:09:24,874 And so we invent these little emoji's. 248 00:09:24,874 --> 00:09:26,349 These little smiling faces 249 00:09:26,349 --> 00:09:28,726 or different expressions 250 00:09:28,726 --> 00:09:30,878 or clapping hands 251 00:09:30,878 --> 00:09:32,288 or thumbs up. 252 00:09:32,288 --> 00:09:34,894 Because man wants to convey emotion 253 00:09:34,894 --> 00:09:37,384 to his thoughts. 254 00:09:37,384 --> 00:09:41,396 So, we are made as emotional beings. 255 00:09:41,396 --> 00:09:44,899 Emotions began with our creation. 256 00:09:44,899 --> 00:09:46,691 What went wrong? 257 00:09:46,691 --> 00:09:48,549 How did our emotions get messed up? 258 00:09:48,549 --> 00:09:50,886 Consider the disruption of our emotions 259 00:09:50,886 --> 00:09:53,176 in the fall. 260 00:09:53,176 --> 00:09:55,196 We know that tragically our first parents 261 00:09:55,196 --> 00:09:56,741 defected from God. 262 00:09:56,741 --> 00:09:59,430 They disobeyed God. 263 00:09:59,430 --> 00:10:02,400 And they took of that forbidden fruit. 264 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:04,369 They chose to believe another voice, 265 00:10:04,369 --> 00:10:06,257 another counselor, 266 00:10:06,257 --> 00:10:07,658 rather than the good Creator 267 00:10:07,658 --> 00:10:09,018 who had only done them good 268 00:10:09,018 --> 00:10:10,747 and given them good gifts. 269 00:10:10,747 --> 00:10:13,365 And that fall of man into sin 270 00:10:13,365 --> 00:10:16,140 affected us in the totality of our being. 271 00:10:16,140 --> 00:10:17,703 When we Calvinists talk about 272 00:10:17,703 --> 00:10:19,101 total depravity, 273 00:10:19,101 --> 00:10:22,995 we don't say that man is as bad as he can be, 274 00:10:22,995 --> 00:10:25,409 but that every part of man has been 275 00:10:25,409 --> 00:10:28,455 affected and infected by sin. 276 00:10:28,455 --> 00:10:30,272 Our minds have been infected. 277 00:10:30,272 --> 00:10:33,130 What theologians call the nouetic effects of sin, 278 00:10:33,130 --> 00:10:36,206 because of the Greek word for mind - nous. 279 00:10:36,206 --> 00:10:37,316 And so the Bible says 280 00:10:37,316 --> 00:10:39,624 we are darkened in our understanding. 281 00:10:39,624 --> 00:10:43,802 Romans 3 says there is none who understands. 282 00:10:43,802 --> 00:10:46,931 Our minds are affected by the fall. 283 00:10:46,931 --> 00:10:49,771 Our wills are affected by the fall. 284 00:10:49,771 --> 00:10:50,988 Romans 3 goes on to say 285 00:10:50,988 --> 00:10:53,385 there is none who seeks God. 286 00:10:53,385 --> 00:10:54,860 Of our own volition, 287 00:10:54,860 --> 00:10:58,469 we cannot seek and find God. 288 00:10:58,469 --> 00:11:00,417 As we're celebrating the 500th year 289 00:11:00,417 --> 00:11:02,538 of the Protestant Reformation, 290 00:11:02,538 --> 00:11:05,802 the two works that Luther esteemed most 291 00:11:05,802 --> 00:11:07,176 and wanted preserved: 292 00:11:07,176 --> 00:11:08,536 his shorter catechism 293 00:11:08,536 --> 00:11:10,555 and his "Bondage of the Will," 294 00:11:10,555 --> 00:11:12,020 in which he makes clear that 295 00:11:12,020 --> 00:11:14,386 our wills are in bondage to our sinful nature. 296 00:11:14,386 --> 00:11:15,765 We cannot choose God. 297 00:11:15,765 --> 00:11:17,357 Our wills are fallen. 298 00:11:17,357 --> 00:11:20,345 Apart from God's regenerating grace, 299 00:11:20,345 --> 00:11:22,158 we cannot choose God. 300 00:11:22,158 --> 00:11:23,718 But our emotions have been 301 00:11:23,718 --> 00:11:27,289 affected by the fall as well. 302 00:11:27,289 --> 00:11:28,643 Consider the Genesis account 303 00:11:28,643 --> 00:11:30,008 as you know it. 304 00:11:30,008 --> 00:11:32,692 What happened after Adam and Eve sinned? 305 00:11:32,692 --> 00:11:34,705 God comes looking for Adam in the garden. 306 00:11:34,705 --> 00:11:36,288 Where is Adam? 307 00:11:36,288 --> 00:11:38,141 He's hiding behind the bushes. 308 00:11:38,141 --> 00:11:40,518 He's trying to hide behind fig leaves. 309 00:11:40,518 --> 00:11:41,327 All of a sudden, 310 00:11:41,327 --> 00:11:42,623 instead of loving God 311 00:11:42,623 --> 00:11:43,766 and drawing near to God, 312 00:11:43,766 --> 00:11:46,182 he has an unholy fear of God. 313 00:11:46,182 --> 00:11:48,068 He has an aversion to God. 314 00:11:48,068 --> 00:11:50,329 He's trying to avoid God. Why? 315 00:11:50,329 --> 00:11:53,218 Because guilt and shame 316 00:11:53,218 --> 00:11:56,825 have encroached upon his soul. 317 00:11:56,825 --> 00:11:58,103 And then, when God says, 318 00:11:58,103 --> 00:11:59,349 have you eaten of the tree 319 00:11:59,349 --> 00:12:00,874 of which I told you not to eat? 320 00:12:00,874 --> 00:12:02,665 Remember what Adam does. 321 00:12:02,665 --> 00:12:05,102 The woman you gave me... 322 00:12:05,102 --> 00:12:06,910 what emotion is there? 323 00:12:06,910 --> 00:12:08,460 Resentment. 324 00:12:08,460 --> 00:12:10,209 It's not my fault - it's her fault! 325 00:12:10,209 --> 00:12:11,404 Really, it's Your fault, 326 00:12:11,404 --> 00:12:13,466 because You gave me the woman! 327 00:12:13,466 --> 00:12:15,586 And so we have this unholy emotion 328 00:12:15,586 --> 00:12:19,252 of resentment; blaming God. 329 00:12:19,252 --> 00:12:20,467 We come into chapter 4 330 00:12:20,467 --> 00:12:22,674 and you see Cain and Abel. 331 00:12:22,674 --> 00:12:24,837 And you see Cain making his sacrifice 332 00:12:24,837 --> 00:12:26,583 that God rejects, 333 00:12:26,583 --> 00:12:28,331 and his countenance is fallen. 334 00:12:28,331 --> 00:12:29,233 What emotion? 335 00:12:29,233 --> 00:12:31,390 You have anger. 336 00:12:31,390 --> 00:12:32,652 You have depression. 337 00:12:32,652 --> 00:12:34,857 You have jealousy of Abel. 338 00:12:34,857 --> 00:12:37,994 And then he rises up and kills Abel. 339 00:12:37,994 --> 00:12:40,125 And then you see him so stressed, 340 00:12:40,125 --> 00:12:42,486 and he says this punishment is too great 341 00:12:42,486 --> 00:12:43,910 for me to bear. 342 00:12:43,910 --> 00:12:46,222 You see the emotion of self-pity. 343 00:12:46,222 --> 00:12:49,900 And so sinful emotions enter the picture. 344 00:12:49,900 --> 00:12:52,641 I want to consider with you three ways 345 00:12:52,641 --> 00:12:55,895 that emotions have been affected 346 00:12:55,895 --> 00:12:57,705 by the fall. 347 00:12:57,705 --> 00:12:59,064 And they are these: 348 00:12:59,064 --> 00:13:02,323 Our emotions have been constricted. 349 00:13:02,323 --> 00:13:05,168 Our emotions have been corrupted. 350 00:13:05,168 --> 00:13:09,011 And our emotions often come to control us. 351 00:13:09,011 --> 00:13:10,970 Let's take up the first. 352 00:13:10,970 --> 00:13:12,657 Our emotions, as a result of sin, 353 00:13:12,657 --> 00:13:14,502 have become constricted, 354 00:13:14,502 --> 00:13:17,937 or restricted. 355 00:13:17,937 --> 00:13:19,767 They are stunted. 356 00:13:19,767 --> 00:13:21,533 They are underdeveloped. 357 00:13:21,533 --> 00:13:22,708 Underexpressed. 358 00:13:22,708 --> 00:13:26,326 Sometimes, cauterized like a nerve 359 00:13:26,326 --> 00:13:28,388 that doesn't feel anything 360 00:13:28,388 --> 00:13:31,174 because it's been burned at the nerve ending. 361 00:13:31,174 --> 00:13:33,588 Our cognitive faculties may sometimes 362 00:13:33,588 --> 00:13:35,357 be well developed, 363 00:13:35,357 --> 00:13:38,902 but our emotional faculties stunted. 364 00:13:38,902 --> 00:13:40,497 And as I thought about that, 365 00:13:40,497 --> 00:13:43,978 I thought of Mr. Incredible. 366 00:13:43,978 --> 00:13:46,303 Anybody ever see the movie "The Incredibles?" 367 00:13:46,303 --> 00:13:47,895 We don't go to many movies 368 00:13:47,895 --> 00:13:49,697 because there aren't a lot of movies 369 00:13:49,697 --> 00:13:50,486 worth going to, 370 00:13:50,486 --> 00:13:53,081 so I end up going to these cartoon movies 371 00:13:53,081 --> 00:13:54,676 that are at least innocent. 372 00:13:54,676 --> 00:13:55,634 So I confess, 373 00:13:55,634 --> 00:13:57,869 we went to see "The Incredibles." 374 00:13:57,869 --> 00:13:59,559 So we have Mr. Incredible. 375 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:01,812 And he's got this massive torso, 376 00:14:01,812 --> 00:14:03,161 this huge chest, 377 00:14:03,161 --> 00:14:04,395 big deltoids, 378 00:14:04,395 --> 00:14:05,601 huge biceps, 379 00:14:05,601 --> 00:14:08,571 and he's got these little spindly legs, right? 380 00:14:08,571 --> 00:14:11,673 And I think of that - our rational faculties 381 00:14:11,673 --> 00:14:14,747 can be well developed like his upper torso 382 00:14:14,747 --> 00:14:17,876 and our emotions underdeveloped, 383 00:14:17,876 --> 00:14:20,914 underexpressed like Mr. Incredible's 384 00:14:20,914 --> 00:14:22,894 little spindly legs. 385 00:14:22,894 --> 00:14:25,828 We might call it the Mr. Spock syndrome 386 00:14:25,828 --> 00:14:27,162 where certain emotions 387 00:14:27,162 --> 00:14:28,647 are just not expressed. 388 00:14:28,647 --> 00:14:29,829 They've been neutered. 389 00:14:29,829 --> 00:14:31,664 They've been neutralized. 390 00:14:31,664 --> 00:14:35,642 Like they've been given a shot of Novocaine. 391 00:14:35,642 --> 00:14:37,086 Octavius Winslow says, 392 00:14:37,086 --> 00:14:38,211 "Because of sin, 393 00:14:38,211 --> 00:14:39,955 we think less profoundly, 394 00:14:39,955 --> 00:14:42,436 reason the less accurately, 395 00:14:42,436 --> 00:14:47,040 feel the less intensely." 396 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,666 Our feelings are often diminished 397 00:14:49,666 --> 00:14:52,030 by the fall into sin. 398 00:14:52,030 --> 00:14:53,647 Consider with me some ways 399 00:14:53,647 --> 00:14:58,274 that our emotions are constricted or restricted. 400 00:14:58,274 --> 00:15:00,546 There are certain cultures 401 00:15:00,546 --> 00:15:03,650 that are restricted in their emotions; 402 00:15:03,650 --> 00:15:06,612 certain cultures that view the ideal 403 00:15:06,612 --> 00:15:09,320 as the stiff upper lip. 404 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:10,747 You know? 405 00:15:10,747 --> 00:15:13,092 We are to be rather restrained 406 00:15:13,092 --> 00:15:15,482 and stoical in our emotions. 407 00:15:15,482 --> 00:15:18,155 The stiff upper lip. 408 00:15:18,155 --> 00:15:21,933 Very common in American culture 409 00:15:21,933 --> 00:15:25,083 and some of your cultures 410 00:15:25,083 --> 00:15:28,306 is that the ideal man 411 00:15:28,306 --> 00:15:30,502 is a strong, silent type. 412 00:15:30,502 --> 00:15:32,654 The old Marlboro Man... 413 00:15:32,654 --> 00:15:34,337 cool, calm, and detached 414 00:15:34,337 --> 00:15:36,786 from his emotions. 415 00:15:36,786 --> 00:15:38,645 Emotions are effeminate. 416 00:15:38,645 --> 00:15:40,421 They're for women only. 417 00:15:40,421 --> 00:15:42,228 And so we need to maintain as men 418 00:15:42,228 --> 00:15:45,168 a stoical distance from any emotions. 419 00:15:45,168 --> 00:15:47,937 That's another way that certain emotions are restricted. 420 00:15:47,937 --> 00:15:50,054 It's not manly. 421 00:15:50,054 --> 00:15:51,659 It's not manly to cry. 422 00:15:51,659 --> 00:15:54,688 It's not manly to weep. 423 00:15:54,688 --> 00:15:57,925 And there's a restriction on certain emotions. 424 00:15:57,925 --> 00:16:00,296 In some cases, the constriction of our emotions 425 00:16:00,296 --> 00:16:03,407 is the result of certain church cultures. 426 00:16:03,407 --> 00:16:06,043 Maybe you've been exposed to them. 427 00:16:06,043 --> 00:16:08,692 I think of one circle of churches 428 00:16:08,692 --> 00:16:12,747 where you always have to be happy. 429 00:16:12,747 --> 00:16:14,232 You always have to flash, 430 00:16:14,232 --> 00:16:15,574 as someone said years ago, 431 00:16:15,574 --> 00:16:17,366 a 32 tooth salute. 432 00:16:17,366 --> 00:16:18,850 You always have to be smiling. 433 00:16:18,850 --> 00:16:21,912 How's everything? Everything's fine. 434 00:16:21,912 --> 00:16:24,174 And you can't share honestly 435 00:16:24,174 --> 00:16:27,565 about struggles in your life. 436 00:16:27,565 --> 00:16:29,935 Everything's got to be happy, happy, happy! 437 00:16:29,935 --> 00:16:33,662 And certain emotions are restricted. 438 00:16:33,662 --> 00:16:36,368 They're off limits in these church circles. 439 00:16:36,368 --> 00:16:39,108 I think of another circle of churches 440 00:16:39,108 --> 00:16:41,991 where you always have to be amped up. 441 00:16:41,991 --> 00:16:43,634 You always have to be bubbling 442 00:16:43,634 --> 00:16:46,620 with effervescence and ebullient joy. 443 00:16:46,620 --> 00:16:49,289 Otherwise, you're not filled with the Spirit. 444 00:16:49,289 --> 00:16:51,875 And certain emotions of sobriety 445 00:16:51,875 --> 00:16:53,722 and seriousness 446 00:16:53,722 --> 00:16:57,479 would render you not Spirit-filled. 447 00:16:57,479 --> 00:16:59,725 But let's go to the other end of the spectrum. 448 00:16:59,725 --> 00:17:01,459 There are certain church cultures 449 00:17:01,459 --> 00:17:03,381 where the height of spirituality 450 00:17:03,381 --> 00:17:07,534 is to be serious, somber, dour, 451 00:17:07,534 --> 00:17:09,181 almost morose. 452 00:17:09,181 --> 00:17:10,812 And any expression of exuberance 453 00:17:10,812 --> 00:17:12,904 and joy would label you 454 00:17:12,904 --> 00:17:17,168 irreverent and spiritually immature. 455 00:17:17,168 --> 00:17:19,356 Instead of emotions being amped, 456 00:17:19,356 --> 00:17:21,846 they're supposed to be damped. 457 00:17:21,846 --> 00:17:23,387 In all those church cultures, 458 00:17:23,387 --> 00:17:27,872 certain emotions are constricted. 459 00:17:27,872 --> 00:17:29,075 In some cases, brothers, 460 00:17:29,075 --> 00:17:30,431 the constriction of emotions 461 00:17:30,431 --> 00:17:32,185 is the result of a defiled 462 00:17:32,185 --> 00:17:34,347 or even seared conscience. 463 00:17:34,347 --> 00:17:36,195 You're aware that the Bible speaks 464 00:17:36,195 --> 00:17:38,053 in 1 Timothy 4 of the possibility 465 00:17:38,053 --> 00:17:40,868 of having one's conscience seared 466 00:17:40,868 --> 00:17:42,577 as with a branding iron, 467 00:17:42,577 --> 00:17:44,219 so that your conscience no longer 468 00:17:44,219 --> 00:17:46,714 responds to anything. 469 00:17:46,714 --> 00:17:49,787 And you think of certain criminals, 470 00:17:49,787 --> 00:17:50,755 certain murderers - 471 00:17:50,755 --> 00:17:52,120 maybe you've seen them on TV 472 00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:53,269 or heard about them. 473 00:17:53,269 --> 00:17:55,419 They've committed horrific crimes. 474 00:17:55,419 --> 00:17:56,286 Murder. 475 00:17:56,286 --> 00:17:57,497 Mass murder. 476 00:17:57,497 --> 00:17:59,026 And they sit there in the trial 477 00:17:59,026 --> 00:18:01,370 completely blank. 478 00:18:01,370 --> 00:18:03,138 Their horrific crimes are rehearsed 479 00:18:03,138 --> 00:18:04,726 and people are horrified, 480 00:18:04,726 --> 00:18:08,502 and they sit there completely expressionless. 481 00:18:08,502 --> 00:18:09,993 The sentence is given. 482 00:18:09,993 --> 00:18:11,575 Death - although rare, 483 00:18:11,575 --> 00:18:13,098 but maybe not so in Texas, 484 00:18:13,098 --> 00:18:14,305 or life in prison. 485 00:18:14,305 --> 00:18:16,404 Expressionless, emotionless. 486 00:18:16,404 --> 00:18:18,690 No sense of remorse. 487 00:18:18,690 --> 00:18:20,455 No sense of guilt. 488 00:18:20,455 --> 00:18:21,705 No sense of shame. 489 00:18:21,705 --> 00:18:22,640 What has happened? 490 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:24,555 They have trampled upon their conscience 491 00:18:24,555 --> 00:18:25,301 so many times, 492 00:18:25,301 --> 00:18:27,347 it has become seared with a branding iron. 493 00:18:27,347 --> 00:18:30,295 And they feel nothing. 494 00:18:30,295 --> 00:18:32,302 And then, finally, in some cases 495 00:18:32,302 --> 00:18:34,882 our emotions can be constricted 496 00:18:34,882 --> 00:18:38,661 as the result of terrible trauma. 497 00:18:38,661 --> 00:18:40,117 There are people who have been 498 00:18:40,117 --> 00:18:43,397 horribly abused, sexually, physically, 499 00:18:43,397 --> 00:18:45,839 psychologically... 500 00:18:45,839 --> 00:18:47,840 and as a defense mechanism, 501 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:51,715 have come to be emotionally numb. 502 00:18:51,715 --> 00:18:54,015 Diane Langburg, who wrote, 503 00:18:54,015 --> 00:18:56,273 "Counseling Survivors of Sexual Abuse," 504 00:18:56,273 --> 00:19:00,946 has counseled abused women for 40 years, 505 00:19:00,946 --> 00:19:02,259 says in her book, 506 00:19:02,259 --> 00:19:04,713 of one sexual abuse victim 507 00:19:04,713 --> 00:19:05,989 that she labels "Mika" 508 00:19:05,989 --> 00:19:09,857 and she profiles "Mika" throughout the book - 509 00:19:09,857 --> 00:19:12,395 not her real name I'm sure. 510 00:19:12,395 --> 00:19:14,313 But a real person. 511 00:19:14,313 --> 00:19:16,865 "Mika will find herself perpetually withdrawing 512 00:19:16,865 --> 00:19:20,458 from others despite a longing for intimacy. 513 00:19:20,458 --> 00:19:22,826 She will often feel detached from others - 514 00:19:22,826 --> 00:19:24,513 distant and different. 515 00:19:24,513 --> 00:19:26,374 Her range of emotions will be 516 00:19:26,374 --> 00:19:28,584 severely restricted. 517 00:19:28,584 --> 00:19:30,770 And when people ask her how she feels, 518 00:19:30,770 --> 00:19:32,208 she will often respond 519 00:19:32,208 --> 00:19:35,655 with a non-descriptive term such as upset. 520 00:19:35,655 --> 00:19:37,884 As a child who was repeatedly abused 521 00:19:37,884 --> 00:19:39,500 and helpless to stop it, 522 00:19:39,500 --> 00:19:41,128 she learned psychological ways 523 00:19:41,128 --> 00:19:42,935 of going away. 524 00:19:42,935 --> 00:19:44,783 Survivors speak of zoning out, 525 00:19:44,783 --> 00:19:46,220 going inside themselves, 526 00:19:46,220 --> 00:19:49,017 distancing or blanking out. 527 00:19:49,017 --> 00:19:51,171 Because nothing else worked, 528 00:19:51,171 --> 00:19:52,860 this defense often generalizes 529 00:19:52,860 --> 00:19:55,763 to all aversive and anxiety-provoking experiences 530 00:19:55,763 --> 00:19:57,359 later in life." 531 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:02,144 In other words, to feel would be overwhelming. 532 00:20:02,144 --> 00:20:04,290 So brothers, I ask you. 533 00:20:04,290 --> 00:20:07,252 How is your emotional life? 534 00:20:07,252 --> 00:20:10,070 Are you constricted and restricted 535 00:20:10,070 --> 00:20:12,669 in your emotions? 536 00:20:12,669 --> 00:20:15,585 Are you one who is able to show 537 00:20:15,585 --> 00:20:17,538 the full range of emotions 538 00:20:17,538 --> 00:20:19,430 as given to you by God? 539 00:20:19,430 --> 00:20:21,221 Or are there areas where 540 00:20:21,221 --> 00:20:24,167 your emotions are restricted? 541 00:20:24,167 --> 00:20:26,440 Has the world pressed you into its mold 542 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:28,434 so that your view of manhood 543 00:20:28,434 --> 00:20:31,897 is taken more from worldly society 544 00:20:31,897 --> 00:20:33,704 than from the Bible and Jesus? 545 00:20:33,704 --> 00:20:35,349 So certain emotions, you think, 546 00:20:35,349 --> 00:20:37,335 are off limit to you as a man. 547 00:20:37,335 --> 00:20:39,671 Hopefully, this weekend, we'll see differently 548 00:20:39,671 --> 00:20:42,656 as we study the Lord Jesus Christ. 549 00:20:42,656 --> 00:20:45,045 Are you constricted in certain emotions 550 00:20:45,045 --> 00:20:47,614 that you write off as effeminate 551 00:20:47,614 --> 00:20:50,453 because of the influence of the world 552 00:20:50,453 --> 00:20:52,127 over you? 553 00:20:52,127 --> 00:20:54,818 Or has a church culture pressed you 554 00:20:54,818 --> 00:20:58,367 into its mold 555 00:20:58,367 --> 00:21:00,119 where you've been in a church 556 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,336 where everything has to be happy, happy, happy, 557 00:21:02,336 --> 00:21:04,784 and you have to flash a phony smile all the time 558 00:21:04,784 --> 00:21:09,571 and certain other emotions are damped? 559 00:21:09,571 --> 00:21:12,359 Or, and some of you come from a background 560 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:16,781 probably where you were supposed to be 561 00:21:16,781 --> 00:21:18,501 frothy and giddy all the time, 562 00:21:18,501 --> 00:21:19,920 and this was a sign of being 563 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:22,313 filled with the Holy Spirit. 564 00:21:22,313 --> 00:21:30,611 And any somberness would be off limits. 565 00:21:30,611 --> 00:21:32,387 Or, have you been in an environment 566 00:21:32,387 --> 00:21:36,901 where the ideal is to be somber and morose? 567 00:21:36,901 --> 00:21:38,172 My wife calls that 568 00:21:38,172 --> 00:21:40,578 furrowed-brow Christianity. 569 00:21:40,578 --> 00:21:42,462 I come from that background. 570 00:21:42,462 --> 00:21:44,153 The furrowed brow. 571 00:21:44,153 --> 00:21:45,822 Where there's not a lot of joy, 572 00:21:45,822 --> 00:21:46,888 a lot of exuberance. 573 00:21:46,888 --> 00:21:48,016 Have you been pressed 574 00:21:48,016 --> 00:21:52,192 into a mold by some church culture? 575 00:21:52,192 --> 00:21:54,102 Or have you been deeply traumatized? 576 00:21:54,102 --> 00:21:56,186 I don't doubt in a group of men this size 577 00:21:56,186 --> 00:21:57,942 that some of you have been abused 578 00:21:57,942 --> 00:22:01,633 in your youth as boys, sexually, 579 00:22:01,633 --> 00:22:05,319 physically, psychologically. 580 00:22:05,319 --> 00:22:06,962 And as a defense mechanism 581 00:22:06,962 --> 00:22:08,565 you have shut down feeling 582 00:22:08,565 --> 00:22:10,863 because if you felt, 583 00:22:10,863 --> 00:22:12,551 it would overwhelm you. 584 00:22:12,551 --> 00:22:15,061 It would kill you. 585 00:22:15,061 --> 00:22:18,167 Or are there any of you here 586 00:22:18,167 --> 00:22:20,452 who are in danger of treading dangerously 587 00:22:20,452 --> 00:22:22,571 upon your conscience 588 00:22:22,571 --> 00:22:24,880 and heading in the direction 589 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:28,748 of numbing yourself to guilt and shame? 590 00:22:28,748 --> 00:22:30,532 Because you're running roughshod 591 00:22:30,532 --> 00:22:31,944 over your conscience. 592 00:22:31,944 --> 00:22:33,459 Please be aware - it's possible 593 00:22:33,459 --> 00:22:35,393 to so sin against conscience 594 00:22:35,393 --> 00:22:37,155 that you sear it with a branding iron 595 00:22:37,155 --> 00:22:38,417 and you will feel nothing, 596 00:22:38,417 --> 00:22:39,676 and you will be in a state 597 00:22:39,676 --> 00:22:42,971 of reprobation beyond recovery. 598 00:22:42,971 --> 00:22:44,428 And I think as we celebrate 599 00:22:44,428 --> 00:22:46,842 the 500th anniversary of the start 600 00:22:46,842 --> 00:22:48,471 of the Reformation, 601 00:22:48,471 --> 00:22:49,602 we do well to remember 602 00:22:49,602 --> 00:22:52,266 Luther's words, at the Diet of Worms, 603 00:22:52,266 --> 00:22:54,278 as he was defending his books 604 00:22:54,278 --> 00:22:56,808 before Charles the Fifth, 605 00:22:56,808 --> 00:22:58,903 and remember among other things, 606 00:22:58,903 --> 00:23:00,411 we're not sure if he said, 607 00:23:00,411 --> 00:23:02,416 "Here I stand. I can do no other. 608 00:23:02,416 --> 00:23:04,067 God help me, Amen." 609 00:23:04,067 --> 00:23:05,415 I hope he said that. 610 00:23:05,415 --> 00:23:07,384 But we don't know if he said that. 611 00:23:07,384 --> 00:23:08,547 They were not recorded. 612 00:23:08,547 --> 00:23:10,053 But these words were. 613 00:23:10,053 --> 00:23:12,127 He basically said that I can't deny 614 00:23:12,127 --> 00:23:13,018 what I've written. 615 00:23:13,018 --> 00:23:16,470 I can't recant unless you show me from the Scriptures that it's wrong, 616 00:23:16,470 --> 00:23:18,144 "For it is unsafe and dangerous 617 00:23:18,144 --> 00:23:21,875 to do anything against the conscience." 618 00:23:21,875 --> 00:23:24,673 Well, brothers, however your emotions 619 00:23:24,673 --> 00:23:27,442 may be constricted as a result of sin, 620 00:23:27,442 --> 00:23:28,980 I hope this weekend will bring 621 00:23:28,980 --> 00:23:30,986 some healing truth from God 622 00:23:30,986 --> 00:23:33,122 to your emotional life. 623 00:23:33,122 --> 00:23:34,692 But not only are our emotions 624 00:23:34,692 --> 00:23:36,728 constricted by the fall, 625 00:23:36,728 --> 00:23:39,260 they are corrupted by the fall. 626 00:23:39,260 --> 00:23:42,602 By the fall, we've turned to our own way. 627 00:23:42,602 --> 00:23:45,065 And we've turned away from God. 628 00:23:45,065 --> 00:23:46,949 And we've turned to a sinful way. 629 00:23:46,949 --> 00:23:48,047 And as you know, 630 00:23:48,047 --> 00:23:51,011 we turn to that way from birth. 631 00:23:51,011 --> 00:23:52,542 I was shaped in iniquity. 632 00:23:52,542 --> 00:23:54,425 In sin did my mother conceive me. 633 00:23:54,425 --> 00:23:56,245 They go astray from birth 634 00:23:56,245 --> 00:23:57,202 speaking lies. 635 00:23:57,202 --> 00:23:58,534 Foolishness is bound up 636 00:23:58,534 --> 00:23:59,904 in the heart of the child. 637 00:23:59,904 --> 00:24:03,339 The rod of correction will drive it far from him. 638 00:24:03,339 --> 00:24:04,844 We are corrupted. 639 00:24:04,844 --> 00:24:07,247 We are depraved from conception, 640 00:24:07,247 --> 00:24:10,853 let alone birth. 641 00:24:10,853 --> 00:24:12,569 And as I said before, 642 00:24:12,569 --> 00:24:14,058 total depravity doesn't mean 643 00:24:14,058 --> 00:24:15,972 we're as bad as we can be; 644 00:24:15,972 --> 00:24:17,884 but it does mean 645 00:24:17,884 --> 00:24:19,423 that the polluted water of sin 646 00:24:19,423 --> 00:24:21,492 has flooded into every compartment 647 00:24:21,492 --> 00:24:23,558 of our souls - 648 00:24:23,558 --> 00:24:26,794 and our thinking, our willing, 649 00:24:26,794 --> 00:24:29,546 and our emotions are perverted. 650 00:24:29,546 --> 00:24:30,844 They're corrupted. 651 00:24:30,844 --> 00:24:32,316 They're misguided. 652 00:24:32,316 --> 00:24:34,666 They're misaligned with God and with good, 653 00:24:34,666 --> 00:24:36,902 so that we often love what is evil 654 00:24:36,902 --> 00:24:38,301 and we hate what is good. 655 00:24:38,301 --> 00:24:39,795 Remember how Isaiah 5:20 says, 656 00:24:39,795 --> 00:24:41,304 Woe to those who call evil good 657 00:24:41,304 --> 00:24:43,054 and good evil. 658 00:24:43,054 --> 00:24:44,752 As a result of sin, 659 00:24:44,752 --> 00:24:46,719 we delight in evil 660 00:24:46,719 --> 00:24:48,985 and we despise good. 661 00:24:48,985 --> 00:24:50,657 Here are some biblical examples 662 00:24:50,657 --> 00:24:52,186 of loving evil. 663 00:24:52,186 --> 00:24:54,005 Proverbs 2:14 speaks of those 664 00:24:54,005 --> 00:24:56,268 who delight in doing evil 665 00:24:56,268 --> 00:24:59,265 and rejoice in the perversity of evil. 666 00:24:59,265 --> 00:25:01,607 That's corrupted emotion isn't it? 667 00:25:01,607 --> 00:25:03,784 Proverbs 10:23 - "Doing wickedness 668 00:25:03,784 --> 00:25:08,524 is like sport to a fool." 669 00:25:08,524 --> 00:25:11,859 We all enjoy sports of various kinds right? 670 00:25:11,859 --> 00:25:13,249 I love to fish. 671 00:25:13,249 --> 00:25:15,086 Oh, I enjoy fishing. 672 00:25:15,086 --> 00:25:17,045 Peter's here - he enjoys fishing. 673 00:25:17,045 --> 00:25:19,858 You guys enjoy hunting, shooting... 674 00:25:19,858 --> 00:25:22,900 Sport is something you delight in. 675 00:25:22,900 --> 00:25:24,156 Well, for some people, 676 00:25:24,156 --> 00:25:27,025 doing wickedness is like sport to a fool. 677 00:25:27,025 --> 00:25:28,257 They think about it. 678 00:25:28,257 --> 00:25:29,578 They plan better ways 679 00:25:29,578 --> 00:25:31,583 to do it and be successful in it. 680 00:25:31,583 --> 00:25:33,002 Wickedness. 681 00:25:33,002 --> 00:25:35,522 The man who killed 58 in Las Vegas 682 00:25:35,522 --> 00:25:36,965 and wounded over 500 - 683 00:25:36,965 --> 00:25:38,610 it was sport to him. 684 00:25:38,610 --> 00:25:39,859 He planned this thing out. 685 00:25:39,859 --> 00:25:41,632 He planned how to bring that arsenal 686 00:25:41,632 --> 00:25:43,296 of weapons into that hotel room. 687 00:25:43,296 --> 00:25:44,899 How to put the bump stock on 688 00:25:44,899 --> 00:25:46,150 and turn a semi-automatic 689 00:25:46,150 --> 00:25:48,070 into a virtual machine gun. 690 00:25:48,070 --> 00:25:49,624 He must have taken delight - 691 00:25:49,624 --> 00:25:52,719 it was sport to him to do that. 692 00:25:52,719 --> 00:25:54,895 So perverted are we in our emotions. 693 00:25:54,895 --> 00:25:56,389 Jesus speaks in John 3 694 00:25:56,389 --> 00:25:59,600 of men loving the darkness rather than the light. 695 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,695 And then there's examples of the converse. 696 00:26:02,695 --> 00:26:05,910 Hating good. 697 00:26:05,910 --> 00:26:07,305 In our emotional fallenness, 698 00:26:07,305 --> 00:26:08,792 we hate good. 699 00:26:08,792 --> 00:26:11,325 Jesus said the world hated Me 700 00:26:11,325 --> 00:26:12,330 before it hates you. 701 00:26:12,330 --> 00:26:14,309 God comes to earth - 702 00:26:14,309 --> 00:26:16,163 incarnate in Jesus Christ - 703 00:26:16,163 --> 00:26:18,048 perfect goodness, perfect purity, 704 00:26:18,048 --> 00:26:19,464 perfect love... 705 00:26:19,464 --> 00:26:22,362 and the world hates Him. 706 00:26:22,362 --> 00:26:23,656 When man gets a chance 707 00:26:23,656 --> 00:26:25,325 to get his hands on God, 708 00:26:25,325 --> 00:26:26,938 he kills Him. 709 00:26:26,938 --> 00:26:30,181 Talk about perverse emotions. 710 00:26:30,181 --> 00:26:31,494 Here are some examples 711 00:26:31,494 --> 00:26:34,076 of corrupted emotions. 712 00:26:34,076 --> 00:26:36,570 The book of James. 713 00:26:36,570 --> 00:26:38,371 He talks about certain ones 714 00:26:38,371 --> 00:26:40,639 being spiritual adulterers - 715 00:26:40,639 --> 00:26:42,260 friendship with the world. 716 00:26:42,260 --> 00:26:43,647 And then he says to these 717 00:26:43,647 --> 00:26:45,079 who are befriending the world, 718 00:26:45,079 --> 00:26:48,395 "be miserable and mourn and weep. 719 00:26:48,395 --> 00:26:50,640 Let your laughter be turned to mourning, 720 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,494 and your joy to gloom." 721 00:26:53,494 --> 00:26:54,758 What is he saying? 722 00:26:54,758 --> 00:26:56,280 You're rejoicing, you're happy, 723 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:58,617 but you ought to mourn. 724 00:26:58,617 --> 00:27:02,263 Again, misguided, corrupted emotions. 725 00:27:02,263 --> 00:27:04,082 They're taking delight in worldliness, 726 00:27:04,082 --> 00:27:06,726 and they really ought to mourn. 727 00:27:06,726 --> 00:27:08,835 In 1 Corinthians 5, 728 00:27:08,835 --> 00:27:11,138 there's a man living in immorality 729 00:27:11,138 --> 00:27:13,193 of such a king that it's not even practiced 730 00:27:13,193 --> 00:27:14,982 among the Gentiles. 731 00:27:14,982 --> 00:27:17,084 And what does Paul say to them? 732 00:27:17,084 --> 00:27:18,379 "You have become arrogant, 733 00:27:18,379 --> 00:27:20,951 and have not mourned instead." 734 00:27:20,951 --> 00:27:22,731 They're boasting of their tolerance - 735 00:27:22,731 --> 00:27:24,257 that we can tolerate such a man 736 00:27:24,257 --> 00:27:25,166 in our midst. 737 00:27:25,166 --> 00:27:27,296 And he says you are misguided. 738 00:27:27,296 --> 00:27:29,047 You need to mourn over the fact 739 00:27:29,047 --> 00:27:31,182 that this man is in your midst. 740 00:27:31,182 --> 00:27:33,210 Drive out the wicked man from among you. 741 00:27:33,210 --> 00:27:37,438 Misguided, corrupted, perverted emotions. 742 00:27:37,438 --> 00:27:39,437 But then, conversely, 743 00:27:39,437 --> 00:27:40,966 so we have people happy 744 00:27:40,966 --> 00:27:43,269 when they should be sad. 745 00:27:43,269 --> 00:27:44,930 Here's an example of somebody 746 00:27:44,930 --> 00:27:55,962 who is sad when he should be happy. 747 00:27:55,962 --> 00:27:57,854 The rich, young ruler comes to Jesus, 748 00:27:57,854 --> 00:28:00,428 and he says, "what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 749 00:28:00,428 --> 00:28:01,837 And Jesus tells him, 750 00:28:01,837 --> 00:28:03,956 "Go sell all that you have, 751 00:28:03,956 --> 00:28:05,988 give to the poor, 752 00:28:05,988 --> 00:28:08,196 and you will have treasure in heaven, 753 00:28:08,196 --> 00:28:10,742 and come follow Me." 754 00:28:10,742 --> 00:28:16,600 But the text says that he went away sorrowful. 755 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:17,688 He was saddened 756 00:28:17,688 --> 00:28:20,210 and he went away grieving. 757 00:28:20,210 --> 00:28:22,247 How should he have responded? 758 00:28:22,247 --> 00:28:23,403 Like the man who sees 759 00:28:23,403 --> 00:28:24,966 the treasure in the field, 760 00:28:24,966 --> 00:28:26,927 and he sells everything he has 761 00:28:26,927 --> 00:28:28,891 to buy the field to get the treasure. 762 00:28:28,891 --> 00:28:30,516 He should have rejoiced! 763 00:28:30,516 --> 00:28:32,505 I can get eternal life! 764 00:28:32,505 --> 00:28:34,285 Jesus just told me how. 765 00:28:34,285 --> 00:28:36,284 He should have rejoiced in that. 766 00:28:36,284 --> 00:28:37,994 But he went away sad 767 00:28:37,994 --> 00:28:41,135 when he should have been rejoicing. 768 00:28:41,135 --> 00:28:43,181 Brothers, our emotions are corrupted, 769 00:28:43,181 --> 00:28:45,321 perverted, turned upside down, 770 00:28:45,321 --> 00:28:46,737 because of sin. 771 00:28:46,737 --> 00:28:48,212 You look at the New Testament 772 00:28:48,212 --> 00:28:49,433 catalogs of sin, 773 00:28:49,433 --> 00:28:51,057 and they're filled with corrupted, 774 00:28:51,057 --> 00:28:52,510 perverted, sinful emotions. 775 00:28:52,510 --> 00:28:53,623 Romans 1:27 776 00:28:53,623 --> 00:28:55,335 "Men abandoned the natural function 777 00:28:55,335 --> 00:28:56,563 of the woman and burned 778 00:28:56,563 --> 00:28:58,668 in their desire toward one another." 779 00:28:58,668 --> 00:29:00,242 Homosexual lust. 780 00:29:00,242 --> 00:29:01,860 Romans 1:28 and following, 781 00:29:01,860 --> 00:29:04,871 haters of God, unloving, unmerciful... 782 00:29:04,871 --> 00:29:06,488 the deeds of the flesh, 783 00:29:06,488 --> 00:29:08,050 jealously, outbursts of anger, 784 00:29:08,050 --> 00:29:09,534 envying... 785 00:29:09,534 --> 00:29:11,800 Ephesians 4: deceitful lusts 786 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:13,998 2 Timothy 3: "In the last days, 787 00:29:13,998 --> 00:29:15,688 men will be lovers of self, 788 00:29:15,688 --> 00:29:16,724 lovers of money, 789 00:29:16,724 --> 00:29:18,089 unloving, lovers of pleasure 790 00:29:18,089 --> 00:29:19,430 rather than lovers of God." 791 00:29:19,430 --> 00:29:23,906 Perverted, corrupted emotions. 792 00:29:23,906 --> 00:29:26,874 How has sin corrupted your emotions? 793 00:29:26,874 --> 00:29:28,041 What do you love 794 00:29:28,041 --> 00:29:29,321 that you ought to hate? 795 00:29:29,321 --> 00:29:30,379 What do you delight in 796 00:29:30,379 --> 00:29:32,359 that you ought to despise? 797 00:29:32,359 --> 00:29:34,394 And are you despising something 798 00:29:34,394 --> 00:29:37,543 that you ought to delight in? 799 00:29:37,543 --> 00:29:38,757 But a third way that sin 800 00:29:38,757 --> 00:29:40,851 has affected our emotions 801 00:29:40,851 --> 00:29:45,889 is our emotions can become controlling; 802 00:29:45,889 --> 00:29:48,542 can come to control us. 803 00:29:48,542 --> 00:29:51,494 Emotions were never meant to control us. 804 00:29:51,494 --> 00:29:53,065 Emotions were intended to be 805 00:29:53,065 --> 00:29:56,964 the cart - not the horse. 806 00:29:56,964 --> 00:29:58,861 Your problem may not be 807 00:29:58,861 --> 00:30:00,936 that your emotions are stifled 808 00:30:00,936 --> 00:30:04,357 and cauterized in some area, 809 00:30:04,357 --> 00:30:06,074 but that your emotions are like 810 00:30:06,074 --> 00:30:07,355 a runaway train. 811 00:30:07,355 --> 00:30:08,649 They're out of control. 812 00:30:08,649 --> 00:30:12,034 Your emotions tend to control you. 813 00:30:12,034 --> 00:30:14,763 They're not intended to be the locomotive. 814 00:30:14,763 --> 00:30:17,599 They are to be pulled by our reasoning. 815 00:30:17,599 --> 00:30:19,499 Our emotions are to be subordinate 816 00:30:19,499 --> 00:30:21,299 to our rational faculty, 817 00:30:21,299 --> 00:30:23,020 to our thinking. 818 00:30:23,020 --> 00:30:24,792 Think of some biblical examples 819 00:30:24,792 --> 00:30:27,888 where emotions are on the throne. 820 00:30:27,888 --> 00:30:29,970 The book of Proverbs talks about 821 00:30:29,970 --> 00:30:32,520 passion, anger. 822 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:33,892 Proverbs 25:28 823 00:30:33,892 --> 00:30:35,601 "Like a city that is broken into 824 00:30:35,601 --> 00:30:36,811 and without walls, 825 00:30:36,811 --> 00:30:38,318 is a man who has no control 826 00:30:38,318 --> 00:30:40,258 over his spirit." 827 00:30:40,258 --> 00:30:41,592 Here is passion - 828 00:30:41,592 --> 00:30:43,856 the passion likely of anger 829 00:30:43,856 --> 00:30:47,641 run wild with no restraint. 830 00:30:47,641 --> 00:30:49,054 Proverbs 22:24 says, 831 00:30:49,054 --> 00:30:52,226 "Do not associate with a man given to anger." 832 00:30:52,226 --> 00:30:56,017 In Acts 7, the Jews were so incensed 833 00:30:56,017 --> 00:30:58,227 by Stephen's message, 834 00:30:58,227 --> 00:30:59,631 they cried with a loud voice, 835 00:30:59,631 --> 00:31:00,855 they covered their ears, 836 00:31:00,855 --> 00:31:03,008 they rushed at him with one impulse, 837 00:31:03,008 --> 00:31:04,532 drove him out of the city 838 00:31:04,532 --> 00:31:06,118 and stoned him to death. 839 00:31:06,118 --> 00:31:10,692 Uncontrolled emotional rage. 840 00:31:10,692 --> 00:31:12,408 An example of our day 841 00:31:12,408 --> 00:31:14,376 of controlling emotions 842 00:31:14,376 --> 00:31:16,181 is road rage. 843 00:31:16,181 --> 00:31:18,613 This past July, 844 00:31:18,613 --> 00:31:21,726 only about 25 miles or so from our home, 845 00:31:21,726 --> 00:31:24,583 a young woman just graduated from high school 846 00:31:24,583 --> 00:31:27,420 was merging from two lanes into one 847 00:31:27,420 --> 00:31:29,347 with a red pickup truck. 848 00:31:29,347 --> 00:31:31,539 Here's the news account: 849 00:31:31,539 --> 00:31:33,552 "'As Bianca was merging down 850 00:31:33,552 --> 00:31:35,145 from two lanes to one, 851 00:31:35,145 --> 00:31:37,194 there was a man in a red pickup truck 852 00:31:37,194 --> 00:31:38,780 also merging down, 853 00:31:38,780 --> 00:31:40,942 and they jockeyed for position, 854 00:31:40,942 --> 00:31:42,942 and he wasn't happy. 855 00:31:42,942 --> 00:31:44,455 So, he pulled out a gun 856 00:31:44,455 --> 00:31:46,887 and shot Bianca in the head,' 857 00:31:46,887 --> 00:31:49,510 Hogan, the district attorney said." 858 00:31:49,510 --> 00:31:52,119 Beautiful young high school graduate. 859 00:31:52,119 --> 00:31:54,535 A guy pulled out a shotgun and killed her 860 00:31:54,535 --> 00:31:55,432 on the spot. 861 00:31:55,432 --> 00:31:56,806 Because he wasn't happy 862 00:31:56,806 --> 00:31:58,162 with how things were going 863 00:31:58,162 --> 00:32:03,164 in merging into one lane. 864 00:32:03,164 --> 00:32:07,025 David was guilty of overwhelming grief 865 00:32:07,025 --> 00:32:10,584 when his son Absalom was killed. 866 00:32:10,584 --> 00:32:12,386 Absalom had rebelled against David, 867 00:32:12,386 --> 00:32:14,475 tried to overthrow the kingdom. 868 00:32:14,475 --> 00:32:16,475 It's proper that David grieved 869 00:32:16,475 --> 00:32:18,215 over the death of his son, 870 00:32:18,215 --> 00:32:20,724 but he was so overwhelmed with grief 871 00:32:20,724 --> 00:32:24,218 that even Joab had to come and rebuke him. 872 00:32:24,218 --> 00:32:25,546 David, you've got a kingdom 873 00:32:25,546 --> 00:32:27,005 to be concerned about. 874 00:32:27,005 --> 00:32:29,877 And you're too absorbed in your own grief. 875 00:32:29,877 --> 00:32:33,095 And Joab had to give David perspective. 876 00:32:33,095 --> 00:32:36,421 We see the Israelites overwhelmed with fear 877 00:32:36,421 --> 00:32:38,876 after the twelve spies are sent in to the land, 878 00:32:38,876 --> 00:32:40,558 and Joshua and Caleb come out 879 00:32:40,558 --> 00:32:42,190 and say we can take them; 880 00:32:42,190 --> 00:32:43,757 we can believe God, 881 00:32:43,757 --> 00:32:46,039 go in and conquer the land. 882 00:32:46,039 --> 00:32:49,216 But the 10 came out with a negative report. 883 00:32:49,216 --> 00:32:50,611 The people are strong, 884 00:32:50,611 --> 00:32:51,908 the cities are fortified. 885 00:32:51,908 --> 00:32:53,087 They're of great size. 886 00:32:53,087 --> 00:32:54,285 The Nephilim are there. 887 00:32:54,285 --> 00:32:56,176 We're like grasshoppers in their sight. 888 00:32:56,176 --> 00:32:58,503 And the people got so worked up with fear 889 00:32:58,503 --> 00:32:59,746 that God had to judge them 890 00:32:59,746 --> 00:33:01,174 by wandering for 40 years 891 00:33:01,174 --> 00:33:02,130 in the wilderness. 892 00:33:02,130 --> 00:33:05,577 The emotion of fear had overwhelmed them. 893 00:33:05,577 --> 00:33:06,850 You think of the Jews 894 00:33:06,850 --> 00:33:08,977 who plotted the death of Jesus. 895 00:33:08,977 --> 00:33:12,026 Controlled by the emotion of jealousy. 896 00:33:12,026 --> 00:33:14,550 They had proof positive that Lazarus 897 00:33:14,550 --> 00:33:16,967 had been raised from the dead. 898 00:33:16,967 --> 00:33:18,990 Rather than bowing down before the One 899 00:33:18,990 --> 00:33:20,419 Who raised him from the dead, 900 00:33:20,419 --> 00:33:21,772 they plotted the death 901 00:33:21,772 --> 00:33:23,530 of the One Who did it. 902 00:33:23,530 --> 00:33:25,317 So filled with jealousy they were. 903 00:33:25,317 --> 00:33:26,684 And they worked the crowd up 904 00:33:26,684 --> 00:33:28,813 into a lather and a frenzy 905 00:33:28,813 --> 00:33:30,292 to the point they cried out, 906 00:33:30,292 --> 00:33:32,667 "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" 907 00:33:32,667 --> 00:33:34,764 Overwhelmed, controlled 908 00:33:34,764 --> 00:33:37,335 by the emotion of jealousy. 909 00:33:37,335 --> 00:33:38,485 One counselor has said 910 00:33:38,485 --> 00:33:40,602 that our culture is obsessed with emotions 911 00:33:40,602 --> 00:33:42,506 to the point where feelings 912 00:33:42,506 --> 00:33:44,562 define us. 913 00:33:44,562 --> 00:33:47,943 Brothers, does this describe you? 914 00:33:47,943 --> 00:33:49,436 Is your issue not so much 915 00:33:49,436 --> 00:33:52,695 that your emotions are restricted and restrained, 916 00:33:52,695 --> 00:33:55,876 but that your emotions are too strong 917 00:33:55,876 --> 00:33:57,554 and they tend to control you. 918 00:33:57,554 --> 00:33:59,943 They run ahead of your reason. 919 00:33:59,943 --> 00:34:02,057 And they're pulling the train. 920 00:34:02,057 --> 00:34:04,120 They're pulling the cart. 921 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:05,613 They're in the driver's seat. 922 00:34:05,613 --> 00:34:09,156 They're on the throne. 923 00:34:09,156 --> 00:34:12,672 Hopefully, God will give you some balance 924 00:34:12,672 --> 00:34:15,508 this weekend. 925 00:34:15,508 --> 00:34:17,654 So we've talked about the origination 926 00:34:17,654 --> 00:34:18,928 of our emotions. 927 00:34:18,928 --> 00:34:20,066 They're built into us; 928 00:34:20,066 --> 00:34:22,429 hard-wired into us by creation. 929 00:34:22,429 --> 00:34:25,044 The disruption of our emotions. 930 00:34:25,044 --> 00:34:27,880 The fall has affected our emotions 931 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:29,774 in that they are constricted, 932 00:34:29,774 --> 00:34:31,610 restrained at times. 933 00:34:31,610 --> 00:34:33,003 And at other times, 934 00:34:33,003 --> 00:34:35,459 they are controlling us 935 00:34:35,459 --> 00:34:38,427 and they are corrupted. 936 00:34:38,427 --> 00:34:43,151 What is the restoration of our emotions? 937 00:34:43,151 --> 00:34:45,406 Jesus Christ came into the world 938 00:34:45,406 --> 00:34:47,191 as the second Adam 939 00:34:47,191 --> 00:34:49,993 to reverse the effects of the fall. 940 00:34:49,993 --> 00:34:52,336 And that saving work begins 941 00:34:52,336 --> 00:34:55,133 with the great exchange. 942 00:34:55,133 --> 00:34:57,058 Removing the problem of our guilt 943 00:34:57,058 --> 00:34:58,572 and the penalty of our sin 944 00:34:58,572 --> 00:35:00,542 in the great exchange. 945 00:35:00,542 --> 00:35:02,484 2 Corinthians 5:21 946 00:35:02,484 --> 00:35:04,369 He (God) made Him (Christ) 947 00:35:04,369 --> 00:35:06,183 to be sin for us, 948 00:35:06,183 --> 00:35:08,359 that in Him, we might become 949 00:35:08,359 --> 00:35:10,386 the righteousness of God. 950 00:35:10,386 --> 00:35:12,501 That's the great exchange, right? 951 00:35:12,501 --> 00:35:14,005 Where we trade in our sin 952 00:35:14,005 --> 00:35:15,687 for the righteousness of Christ. 953 00:35:15,687 --> 00:35:17,117 When you believe in Jesus, 954 00:35:17,117 --> 00:35:18,782 God takes all of your sin 955 00:35:18,782 --> 00:35:20,480 and dumps it upon Jesus. 956 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,043 He is punished for your sin, 957 00:35:22,043 --> 00:35:23,954 and then God takes the perfect record 958 00:35:23,954 --> 00:35:25,263 of Jesus' righteousness, 959 00:35:25,263 --> 00:35:26,920 and credits it to you 960 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,423 so that you are not merely not guilty, 961 00:35:29,423 --> 00:35:31,600 but positively righteous in the courtroom 962 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:33,100 of Heaven. 963 00:35:33,100 --> 00:35:34,836 That's the great exchange. 964 00:35:34,836 --> 00:35:37,967 But thankfully, God's salvation doesn't end there. 965 00:35:37,967 --> 00:35:40,108 It begins there, but it doesn't end there. 966 00:35:40,108 --> 00:35:42,322 There's not only a great exchange. 967 00:35:42,322 --> 00:35:44,514 There's a great change 968 00:35:44,514 --> 00:35:46,413 beginning with regeneration. 969 00:35:46,413 --> 00:35:48,562 God imparts a new heart, 970 00:35:48,562 --> 00:35:50,113 a new nature, 971 00:35:50,113 --> 00:35:51,333 in a new birth, 972 00:35:51,333 --> 00:35:54,303 that makes us new creations. 973 00:35:54,303 --> 00:35:56,740 And then he continues that work 974 00:35:56,740 --> 00:35:59,320 in the process of sanctification. 975 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,485 And what is the language of sanctification? 976 00:36:02,485 --> 00:36:04,381 "Therefore you are to be perfect 977 00:36:04,381 --> 00:36:06,153 as your heavenly Father is perfect." 978 00:36:06,153 --> 00:36:07,761 Matthew 5:48 979 00:36:07,761 --> 00:36:09,064 1 Peter 1:15 980 00:36:09,064 --> 00:36:11,002 "But like the Holy One Who called you, 981 00:36:11,002 --> 00:36:12,550 be holy yourselves, 982 00:36:12,550 --> 00:36:15,488 also in all your behavior." 983 00:36:15,488 --> 00:36:16,641 Hebrews 12:14 984 00:36:16,641 --> 00:36:18,152 "Pursue peace with all men 985 00:36:18,152 --> 00:36:19,727 and the sanctification 986 00:36:19,727 --> 00:36:22,132 without which no man will see the Lord." 987 00:36:22,132 --> 00:36:23,615 2 Corinthians 7:1 988 00:36:23,615 --> 00:36:25,305 "Therefore, having these promises, 989 00:36:25,305 --> 00:36:27,566 beloved, let us cleanse ourselves 990 00:36:27,566 --> 00:36:29,690 from all defilement of flesh and spirit, 991 00:36:29,690 --> 00:36:33,866 perfecting holiness in the fear of God." 992 00:36:33,866 --> 00:36:34,917 Hebrews 12:1 993 00:36:34,917 --> 00:36:37,248 "Therefore, since we have so great 994 00:36:37,248 --> 00:36:38,279 a cloud of witnesses, 995 00:36:38,279 --> 00:36:39,913 let us run with endurance the race 996 00:36:39,913 --> 00:36:42,650 that is set before us." 997 00:36:42,650 --> 00:36:43,658 Ephesians 2 998 00:36:43,658 --> 00:36:45,692 Having been saved by grace though faith, 999 00:36:45,692 --> 00:36:47,476 we're created in Christ Jesus 1000 00:36:47,476 --> 00:36:50,070 for good works. 1001 00:36:50,070 --> 00:36:52,585 These are all sanctification verses, 1002 00:36:52,585 --> 00:36:53,630 aren't they? 1003 00:36:53,630 --> 00:36:55,568 But let's look at each of those 1004 00:36:55,568 --> 00:36:59,113 through the lens of our Lord Jesus Christ 1005 00:36:59,113 --> 00:37:03,323 Who is perfect as the Father is perfect. 1006 00:37:03,323 --> 00:37:07,643 Who is holy as God is holy. 1007 00:37:07,643 --> 00:37:09,345 Who pursued sanctification 1008 00:37:09,345 --> 00:37:10,299 so perfectly, 1009 00:37:10,299 --> 00:37:11,452 that on His own merits, 1010 00:37:11,452 --> 00:37:12,799 He was restored to the glory 1011 00:37:12,799 --> 00:37:15,522 He had from eternity past. 1012 00:37:15,522 --> 00:37:17,578 Who ran with perfect endurance 1013 00:37:17,578 --> 00:37:19,448 the race set before Him. 1014 00:37:19,448 --> 00:37:21,216 And Who better than anyone else 1015 00:37:21,216 --> 00:37:24,698 lived a life of good works. 1016 00:37:24,698 --> 00:37:27,697 The perfect embodiment of a life of good works. 1017 00:37:27,697 --> 00:37:29,674 The Lord Jesus. 1018 00:37:29,674 --> 00:37:32,663 And so another way of describing sanctification 1019 00:37:32,663 --> 00:37:35,338 or holiness 1020 00:37:35,338 --> 00:37:38,465 is to speak of likeness to Christ. 1021 00:37:38,465 --> 00:37:40,111 God wants you to be sanctified. 1022 00:37:40,111 --> 00:37:41,810 God wants you to be holy. 1023 00:37:41,810 --> 00:37:43,195 That's tantamount to saying 1024 00:37:43,195 --> 00:37:47,387 God wants us to be like Jesus Christ. 1025 00:37:47,387 --> 00:37:50,049 The Apostle Paul said in Romans 8, 1026 00:37:50,049 --> 00:37:51,532 "For those whom He foreknew, 1027 00:37:51,532 --> 00:37:58,123 He predestined to be conformed 1028 00:37:58,123 --> 00:37:59,673 to the image of His Son." 1029 00:37:59,673 --> 00:38:00,809 He says in Ephesians 5 1030 00:38:00,809 --> 00:38:02,866 walk in love, as Christ also loved you 1031 00:38:02,866 --> 00:38:04,524 and gave Himself up for you. 1032 00:38:04,524 --> 00:38:06,794 Peter says you've been called for this purpose 1033 00:38:06,794 --> 00:38:08,557 since Christ also suffered for you 1034 00:38:08,557 --> 00:38:10,600 leaving you an example for you to follow 1035 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:11,740 in His steps. 1036 00:38:11,740 --> 00:38:14,370 And John tells us in 1 John 2:6, 1037 00:38:14,370 --> 00:38:18,333 "walk in the same manner as He walked." 1038 00:38:18,333 --> 00:38:19,337 To be holy, 1039 00:38:19,337 --> 00:38:20,586 to be sanctified, 1040 00:38:20,586 --> 00:38:24,507 is to be like Jesus. 1041 00:38:24,507 --> 00:38:27,444 In 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 1042 00:38:27,444 --> 00:38:29,414 the Apostle Paul says this, 1043 00:38:29,414 --> 00:38:31,832 "Now may the God of peace Himself 1044 00:38:31,832 --> 00:38:34,292 sanctify you entirely, 1045 00:38:34,292 --> 00:38:38,296 and may your spirit and soul and body 1046 00:38:38,296 --> 00:38:40,291 be preserved complete without blame 1047 00:38:40,291 --> 00:38:42,649 at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." 1048 00:38:42,649 --> 00:38:45,351 You are to be sanctified - made holy - 1049 00:38:45,351 --> 00:38:47,738 in the entirety of your soul. 1050 00:38:47,738 --> 00:38:49,071 In your minds, 1051 00:38:49,071 --> 00:38:50,814 in your will, 1052 00:38:50,814 --> 00:38:54,693 and in your emotions. 1053 00:38:54,693 --> 00:38:58,416 Jesus Christ, our Lord, 1054 00:38:58,416 --> 00:39:00,446 is the perfect pattern 1055 00:39:00,446 --> 00:39:03,441 for our emotional life. 1056 00:39:03,441 --> 00:39:05,298 And so in the remaining messages, 1057 00:39:05,298 --> 00:39:06,699 we're going to look at 1058 00:39:06,699 --> 00:39:09,613 the emotions of Jesus 1059 00:39:09,613 --> 00:39:13,672 as the pattern for us to follow. 1060 00:39:13,672 --> 00:39:15,900 What are manly emotions? 1061 00:39:15,900 --> 00:39:19,286 Whatever emotions Jesus displayed. 1062 00:39:19,286 --> 00:39:20,899 He is our model. 1063 00:39:20,899 --> 00:39:22,757 He is our pattern. 1064 00:39:22,757 --> 00:39:24,542 And so for the remainder of our time, 1065 00:39:24,542 --> 00:39:26,316 we're just going to focus our gaze 1066 00:39:26,316 --> 00:39:28,757 upon the beauty of Jesus Christ - 1067 00:39:28,757 --> 00:39:31,052 particularly His emotional life. 1068 00:39:31,052 --> 00:39:32,342 Our prayer being, 1069 00:39:32,342 --> 00:39:35,619 Lord Jesus, help me to be like You. 1070 00:39:35,619 --> 00:39:37,414 We want to think like Jesus. 1071 00:39:37,414 --> 00:39:39,388 We want to act like Jesus. 1072 00:39:39,388 --> 00:39:41,144 We want to react like Jesus. 1073 00:39:41,144 --> 00:39:44,120 We want to interact like Jesus. 1074 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:45,970 And as Christian men, 1075 00:39:45,970 --> 00:39:47,866 we ought to want to feel 1076 00:39:47,866 --> 00:39:49,444 as Jesus felt. 1077 00:39:49,444 --> 00:39:50,689 May God help us 1078 00:39:50,689 --> 00:39:52,186 to see Jesus 1079 00:39:52,186 --> 00:39:54,614 in the beauty, purity, 1080 00:39:54,614 --> 00:39:57,822 and full spectrum of His human emotions. 1081 00:39:57,822 --> 00:39:59,577 And by the grace and Spirit of God, 1082 00:39:59,577 --> 00:40:01,368 become more like Him. 1083 00:40:01,368 --> 00:40:04,195 Let's pray. 1084 00:40:04,195 --> 00:40:05,650 Lord Jesus, 1085 00:40:05,650 --> 00:40:09,174 thank You that You embody 1086 00:40:09,174 --> 00:40:10,871 perfect humanity, 1087 00:40:10,871 --> 00:40:14,201 everything that we are called to be. 1088 00:40:14,201 --> 00:40:16,509 We pray that in our remaining time, 1089 00:40:16,509 --> 00:40:18,691 You would help us to fix our eyes 1090 00:40:18,691 --> 00:40:20,452 upon You 1091 00:40:20,452 --> 00:40:21,793 and to learn of You 1092 00:40:21,793 --> 00:40:24,710 as You have invited us to do. 1093 00:40:24,710 --> 00:40:28,019 And as we behold You, 1094 00:40:28,019 --> 00:40:31,582 may we become like You. 1095 00:40:31,582 --> 00:40:33,179 We ask in Your name, 1096 00:40:33,179 --> 00:40:34,819 Amen.