Al Robertson
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Appearances Over Time
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And those phones are just designed to disciple you now through algorithms and all that, which is in contrast to what Jesus said, go make disciples of all nations.
And so you just think, oh, I'm just sitting here hanging out with my phone.
Yeah, you're being discipled by a phone.
Because it's just catering to your desires.
And so I really think we're at a point here where you got to roll up your sleeves, look at the next generation and say, I need to have these conversations with them, you know, in the consistency of it all.
So it seems like all our worlds are
And it's a process, you know.
I mean, his whole theme of the sermon, which I thought was really good, the youth director, was he probably said it two dozen times.
And he went through that cycle of knowing God, obeying his commands, abiding in him.
And it produces love, which then comes full circle.
And then you know him better as you're loving the end result.
You're doing things with your body that are acts of love.
And I thought it was just a real simple thing.
of what 1 John is all about, which is why the last verse, which I want to, before we move on to 3 John, is in there when it says, keep yourself from idols.
Because when you're creating something or you're being discipled by something that is not the creator, that cycle is interrupted.
And then you're just a restless wanderer
not knowing where you came from, even getting back to that conversation with your son.
It's like all of a sudden, you know, you just see these light bulb moments come on.
Like, oh, this God is knowable in an intimate way, so intimate that he will move in and you will house the creative force of God, you know, through his spirit.
as you're becoming like Jesus on the earth, I mean, it's just light bulb moments that when you see in a young person, because they have the energy to,