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So any feeling that they have, right, anything that they look at with their own eyes observing, it causes them to live this rollercoaster lifestyle. And that's why they're saying, I can't be, I'm not worthy. Well, our job is not to look at ourselves, but to only be in the scripture, only look at what God is saying about us.
So any feeling that they have, right, anything that they look at with their own eyes observing, it causes them to live this rollercoaster lifestyle. And that's why they're saying, I can't be, I'm not worthy. Well, our job is not to look at ourselves, but to only be in the scripture, only look at what God is saying about us.
And he shows us beautifully in the first miracle with the wedding at Cana, right? When they look at it, it's water, right? Six water pots, touch it as water, taste it as water, smell it as water. But Jesus says it's wine. What he's teaching them is actively metanoia, which is repentance, distrusting your thoughts, going above your mind, transcending your mind, back to the word of God.
And he shows us beautifully in the first miracle with the wedding at Cana, right? When they look at it, it's water, right? Six water pots, touch it as water, taste it as water, smell it as water. But Jesus says it's wine. What he's teaching them is actively metanoia, which is repentance, distrusting your thoughts, going above your mind, transcending your mind, back to the word of God.
And he shows us beautifully in the first miracle with the wedding at Cana, right? When they look at it, it's water, right? Six water pots, touch it as water, taste it as water, smell it as water. But Jesus says it's wine. What he's teaching them is actively metanoia, which is repentance, distrusting your thoughts, going above your mind, transcending your mind, back to the word of God.
So Jesus says it's wine. We look at it, it's water. Likewise, Jesus says, I made you righteous. I died for everything. No, but I'm still a sinner. When we focus on ourselves in this way, that's when we're able to kind of really fall short and not experience the true love and the blessing from God. And this is what I notice with a lot of people who come and say, I got to stop my sins.
So Jesus says it's wine. We look at it, it's water. Likewise, Jesus says, I made you righteous. I died for everything. No, but I'm still a sinner. When we focus on ourselves in this way, that's when we're able to kind of really fall short and not experience the true love and the blessing from God. And this is what I notice with a lot of people who come and say, I got to stop my sins.
So Jesus says it's wine. We look at it, it's water. Likewise, Jesus says, I made you righteous. I died for everything. No, but I'm still a sinner. When we focus on ourselves in this way, that's when we're able to kind of really fall short and not experience the true love and the blessing from God. And this is what I notice with a lot of people who come and say, I got to stop my sins.
Well, God already crucified everything. 2 Corinthians 5.17 says you're a new creature. It doesn't say you're being made a new creature. You are. So either you're a new creature or you're going to trust your thoughts. And if you trust your thoughts and what you see, you will fail. But if you trust the word of God that never changes... And you can continuously move forward with that identity.
Well, God already crucified everything. 2 Corinthians 5.17 says you're a new creature. It doesn't say you're being made a new creature. You are. So either you're a new creature or you're going to trust your thoughts. And if you trust your thoughts and what you see, you will fail. But if you trust the word of God that never changes... And you can continuously move forward with that identity.
Well, God already crucified everything. 2 Corinthians 5.17 says you're a new creature. It doesn't say you're being made a new creature. You are. So either you're a new creature or you're going to trust your thoughts. And if you trust your thoughts and what you see, you will fail. But if you trust the word of God that never changes... And you can continuously move forward with that identity.
Oh, I'm perfected through Jesus. I don't have to trust my thoughts. The world tells me to trust my thoughts, follow my heart. God says, lean not on your own understanding. Your heart is deceitful above all things. So which one am I going to trust? Either trust the word of God or trust my feelings. And that's kind of.
Oh, I'm perfected through Jesus. I don't have to trust my thoughts. The world tells me to trust my thoughts, follow my heart. God says, lean not on your own understanding. Your heart is deceitful above all things. So which one am I going to trust? Either trust the word of God or trust my feelings. And that's kind of.
Oh, I'm perfected through Jesus. I don't have to trust my thoughts. The world tells me to trust my thoughts, follow my heart. God says, lean not on your own understanding. Your heart is deceitful above all things. So which one am I going to trust? Either trust the word of God or trust my feelings. And that's kind of.
What I've noticed, at least in my experience of why people continuously fall short, feel that condemnation, which they think is conviction. Two different things. Right.
What I've noticed, at least in my experience of why people continuously fall short, feel that condemnation, which they think is conviction. Two different things. Right.
What I've noticed, at least in my experience of why people continuously fall short, feel that condemnation, which they think is conviction. Two different things. Right.