07072019 Jase Robertson 2

men amen amen in the back amen okay I'm Jace I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live but Christ lives in me the life I live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me I do not set aside the grace of God for if righteousness could be gained through my performance the law Christ died for nothing I come from a family who has trouble trouble communicating my dad doesn't own a cell phone he said you see that Apple I'm out he would say that and I couldn't figure out where he was getting that and I finally finally got it the garden it doesn't say an apple it just says fruit but the way he's made a connection there my dad's heart is right because he knows the instant access of what that brings but to be fair he'll go on a rant in the duck blind and then say somebody called miss Kay on a cell phone and tell her to get dinner and ready thought cellphones were out so my mom called on her I think she still has a flip phone she was having some problems with her leg she was at the doctor and she was checking in giving us reports and so I was the translator because Phil won't use a cell phone and so he's getting the report and so my mom said well it's looking good they did an autopsy and figured out that they're gonna treat it with nitroglycerin so I told my dad and he said so they're they're blowing up a dead body I'm not making this up this is what happened we went on so I quoted Galatians 2:20 for you because here I am my biggest fear is public speaking I was a real shy kid you know our beginning was bumpy my parents weren't Christians was I I was a little kid so I learned keep your mouth shut keep your head down don't say much so what am I doing here that's why I read that I have been crucified with Christ I no longer live he's gone the Christ lives in me the life I live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me so the question is is Jesus the one is Jesus the one that was a question asked in Matthew 11 you remember what Jesus said the question is Jesus the one here's what he said verse four go back and report to John what you hear and see the blind receive sight the lame walk those who have leprosy are cured the Deaf hear the dead are raised and the good news is preached to the poor blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me now Jesus came you would think if I was in charge I wouldn't send Jesus in a time where there was no technology it's no mass-media I mean he came I came here as a simple man a carpenter ran around with fishermen he hung out with the sketchy real sketchy those hated by the world he argued with religious people the government felt threatened by and thought he was a loose cannon and yet here he is God in human form he put his arms around people he had face-to-face conversations he went around in small groups kind of out beside the norms of society so why did he do that now here we are in the technology age the information age I just heard a cell phone call so I'm going to ask you to do something that's kind of crazy and I've broken down our technology age our cell phone age into two counts for the purpose of this short message the young people who is anyone under 40 now I hate it if you're over 40 and you just got offended but for the purpose of today's message the young people are 40 and younger 40 and above are all so I'm gonna ask you unless you're watching online turn your cell phone off for the next 20 minutes go ahead and turn it on I don't want to hear I'm I'm reading the Bible won't it turn it off this is not about information this is an introduction there's a difference you could go online and read about me and form an opinion most of it would be wrong what you read you could meet me and watch me and follow me around and have a better understanding of who I was no could we do this with Jesus yep I'm not going to tell you the story of Jesus cuz the story only means something if you know the person the story is about I really one of the craziest passages there is Matthew 11 he said are you the one and he's like what look at what I did you know what he went on to say in verse 18 for John the Baptist came neither eating nor drinking and they say he has a demon they formed an opinion based on information not an introduction the son of man came eating and drinking and they say here's a glutton and a drunkard this is Jesus talking issue it's read a friend of tax collectors and sinners but wisdom is proved right by our actions Romans 5:1 you said you made me turn my phone off so I can't follow you it's okay this is not about information today you'll get this as we go along therefore since we have been justified through faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom we've gained access we've gained access by faith into this grace and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God so what's the problem here it is we've got faith in Jesus I no longer live Jesus speaks through us we know Jesus my story means something we know him we have God as our Father Jesus is our Lord and Savior and brother and then in times when we don't know what to do we have the Holy Spirit as our counselor what's the problem two chapters later in chapter 7 in verse 21 it says I find this law at work thought we were saved by grace and not our performance you find the same law working that I do when I want to do good evil is right there with me what a wretched man I am verse 24 who will rescue me from this body of death thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord so Hebrews 13:8 says Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and forever I've thought about that since I was 14 when I got to know Jesus what does it mean what does it mean that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and forever can get it these withdrawals will last two weeks once you turn the cell phone off it will last weeks you're five minutes into this it's way harder I'm not picking on y'all I'm fix to pick on them what I realized that Romans five we've gained access to Jesus now because if you were the same yesterday today and forever that means you would be now uh-oh this is heavy maybe that's why he said I am they said were you easy I am are you I am you can't get quicker access then now that's why if you read 2nd Corinthians and we're gonna read this backwards chapter 6 and verse 2 then we're going to go backwards question is why why are we here why are you here I've already explained why I'm here I no longer live Christ lives in me my biggest fear has been overcome through the Holy Spirit of God thank you Jesus so why are we here 1st Corinthians 6:2 for he says in the time of my favor I heard you and in the day of salvation I helped you I tell you there's a word now is the time of God's favor now is the day of salvation I'm gonna back up this is this is weird you'll see verse 1 of chapter 6 as God's fellow workers we urge you not to receive God's grace in vain God's grace He loves you he came and lived a perfect life in Jesus he stretched his arms out on a cross he body was just butchered after he had gone face-to-face person-to-person putting his arm around people said yes taking the people who were guilty the worst of the worst saying I love you I'm taking up for you don't receive that grace in vain this he's talking about working in view of God's grace he's somebody doing it now let's back up here's the grace verse 21 in chapter 5 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us so that in him we might become the righteousness of God let's go to 20 we are therefore Christ's ambassadors as though God we're making his appeal through us we implore you on Christ's behalf be reconciled to God let God speak through you in view of his grace verse 18 all this is from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the Ministry of reconciliation that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ not counting men's sins against him I'll look back on this church I'm inspired by trailblazers Carl Allison was the Dean at the Bible School that was here he said I think it's a great idea for young people to learn the Bible and by learning the Bible it points them to the altar I spoke in Indiana last weekend it was an event for a community we were honoring the backbone of America our military our police officers our firemen our first responders they display a love that makes America great because they go into a burning house and they don't care what you did what you look like they try to save you they're doing their job they love people whether they're acknowledge it or not they're risking their life so they said come speak for us but don't talk about the Bible cuz this is a community event I was like perfect they were like yeah I thought you know problem that none so I got up I thanked him for what they do and then I talked about the author of the Bible I introduced Jesus and I got to the end and I said look if I was in your line of work and there was a way to live again I would want somebody to say check Jesus out cuz what you're doing is dangerous crowd got up they started clapping you know what it just makes sense I'll go around and I ask three questions some of you when you were in junior high you heard me passionately because I taught junior high for ten years here I passionately ask three questions right now those questions are going off in your head cuz I see some of you that were there well how did I get here on the planet it's a valid question what am I doing here that's a really good question I just asked it earlier now I read while we're here we represent Jesus we communicate as God's ambassadors to a world because of His grace we communicate that God is good he's for us he answered the first question cuz he made you your a masterpiece how are we leaving flying are sessile onehans for we talk about the author three sections Jesus is coming Genesis to Malachi you got that section this is an introduction Matthew to John he's here acts 2 the revelation come on he's coming back don't be surprised two kinds of people those that are surprised those are ready choose wisely so what's the problem why'd you ask his turn herself oh no what's the problem we're in a war the rules of engagement had changed if you hadn't noticed now I brought up Carl Allison visionary bill Smith a mom came she had been kicked out of her house had three kids came to West Monroe they helped her gave her a job this is my mom she hadn't figured that out they said what about this whole boy forget him Bill Smith said no let's fry it up and share Jesus with him at the bar he's leasing that's a radical that's a radical idea you know have we stopped doing that here I mean this is the story was the equivalent of something you'd see on Jerry Springer let's drive to Arkansas and share Jesus with this guy Alton Howard said you know what we're the most powerful people on the planet and we're gonna live forever when we worship God why don't we try to do something kind of exciting different let's move some of our people up to the front and turn them around and spice this thing up a little bit [Music] revolutionary those three guys they're not dead they're witnesses they'll be back what are we gonna do now we need some people to step up now I broke this place into two camps why are we here we got those under 40 there's where our energy our passion people are more open when they're under 40 that's just a fact there's a reason Jesus got to 33 and said you know what I'll do it you know what makes vibrant churches young people who are on fire for Jesus this crowd right here that are going out there and saying have you thought about Jesus people weren't impressionable but the people over 40 they should be encouraging the people that are under 40 to go out there and live for Jesus I saw a man right here Tommy Pham I'm glad you're still with us brother when I was 16 and of all things I'm gonna bring up a phone conversation I'm gonna get to the cell phones hang on all right when I was 14 I came to Jesus I got to see my dad transform my mom greatest sermon I saw was in actions Matthew 11 I tried to not do wrong I didn't understand Galatians 2:20 I was trying to achieve righteousness on my own I was shot I've already told you my biggest fear but I kept reading what I was supposed to be doing why am I here I'm here to represent Jesus how am I gonna do that quietly I'm in high school I'm hearing what they're fix to do and they said what about y'all say I'm out they say why I put my head down so I'll get a phone call one night hello they didn't say anything hello I didn't say anything this phone was mounted to a wall imagine if you're under 30 I said I'm glad you call cuz I got something I need to share with you you don't have to say anything I nervously got my Bible and I started introducing Jesus for the first time this is my biggest fear number two was death they sat there and they sat there but that silence was golden because the more they listened the more I realized this is the greatest news on earth this person sat here for three hours and just listened and I said you know what after three hours that's all I got call back tomorrow night and we'll continue click and they did we went another three hours I said you know what my rough upbringing might have been the reason I turned and got introverted but as Paul Stephens once shared him by the church his story it's not an excuse I'm gonna let Jesus move in and I'm gonna march back to this school I'm picked to tell them why that's why I'm here so thank you brother at 16 he said we got a little group of people you need to share your story to I was like no I'm out on that you remember that I said I'm out I don't do public speaking but I did and every time I turn the page in the Bible I'd rip it because I was nervous so what's that got to do with cellphones and Luke 15 Jesus was eating with tax collectors and sinners and they said you can't be God look at her you're hanging around this crowd is sketchy and he tells these parables about why he's here I'm here to rescue the one well guess what you're the one that story only means something when you'd say I'm the one he's after and he gets to what people incorrectly called the prodigal son there was two sons one of them represents the person the younger brother who is they don't want to miss out on what the world has to offer what y'all agree that's the young brother the older brother represent the Pharisees the religious is that right there all along and he missed out on a relationship with a loving father and his family so if you're under 40 you realize where we're at when you bring up the cell phone that's where we are you have the younger crowd who don't want to miss out talk to these young kids they get on there the older crowd has turned into mind-controlled robots zombies cell phone zombies you saw what cell phones are you say okay we're driving down the road and you look up traffic stop you're like well what happened something's wrong there's a person at a red light in a screen they're sitting there and then they look up you said their phone in your hand you're like Oh cellphone zombie they just have a weird look on their face no I don't like you hadn't seen this you can't drive 100 yards without right running in one I'm gonna give you the stats so you saw what what is this got to do with Luke 15 the older brother should have encouraged his younger brother not to make these decisions he should have gotten out of his room and came up with the idea of throwing a party years ago but he sat in his room with the equivalent of a cell phone and just let life pass him by some of you saw I'm not following you let me give you some some stats these are frightening 82% of our teenagers have a cell phone 82% that's a lot the number one cause of death last year in car accidents distracted drivers 11 teenagers a day died in a car cell phone related 1,600 toddlers and younger they just riding in in the car but their parents were boom you saw 1,600 that only means something if it was your kids tell you what they're not doing now you're six times more likely to be in a wreck with a cell phone than drunk driving what times have changed the average time of day that 13 to 18 years old spin on a cell phone is nine hours I said well that can't be right so I kept looking oh wait a minute you're mine almost came tell them that the average time eight to twelve year olds are on it is six course if you're wondering why in the world would they have a phone that's what I was wondering you know even the world I did the research even the world and the counselors thinks it's a bad idea for anybody under 14 to have one these are not Christian people they you the research and anybody here's what they said who spends over two hours a day here's what you see an increase in unhappiness depression cyberbullying hopelessness and suicide when you're connected online you're disconnected offline now you said well you're picking on cell phones where did this come from I noticed an attitude problem with my daughter and I knew 1st Corinthians 10 when you see a bad attitude you just back up you mean first Corinthians 10 later you're testing the Lord because you're doing sinful things you've rationalized it because you set your hearts on evil things I just went backwards you set your heart on evil things you don't want to miss out on what the world has to offer that's what this young man says well now we have instant access and there are three things that you'll find on the worldwide web first John 2 it says don't love anything in the worldwide will did you know it says that I added wide web because there's three things there in the world the cravings of sinful men the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has in does so the internet the phone has become the cell tower of Babel we've all come together we can do amazing things when we're speaking the same language God said that Genesis 11 but to be that young and not a quitter you need someone older saying this is a bad idea I stopped yesterday in the middle of the road ten-year-old kids I said hey boy how old are you 10 I said do not skate he was riding a skateboard down a road with a cell phone looking at it I had to stop me I said hey don't skate and sell he just looked at me like that's crazy you know okay why did you do that I don't want him to die that's dangerous skateboards dance alright so I gave you all the physical attributes all the stats physically you wouldn't give a kid a gun and say good luck won't wait a minute chase that's dangerous I'm not even talking about the spiritual just physically you don't think it cellphones dangerous I'm telling it it's instant porn you don't even pay for it so I notice this attitude told me go get the cellphone held the cellphone up I asked her if I could share this story she said I could is there anything on here that Jesus wouldn't approve uh no good make a long story short that wasn't true I was like where's the action on this phone let's look text you know no that found their snapchat snapchat did a quick tutorial called some of our Holly Hollywood geek buddies and I said I want to know how to find stuff that's been deleted it's all it's all I worry about he's like is there a way it like look if you put something on the computer we'll find it I said you're just the guy I need to know that's scary to some of y'all in well if we started digging around in your in your cell phone this morning that's why I want you to turn it off and then once you'd been nervous here's here's the deal I know what's there I got into the bowels of snapchat and boy did it stink whoo all bad so see some of you parents like my kids don't snapchat and there's not a problem haha here's the number one rule in dealing with cell phones the age below 40 are way smarter than you who are over 40 hello cell phone zombie [Music] the reason the parents are not doing anything about it because they're staring at their wall or Facebook and they become a zombie go to airport sit there and look to kids be on snapchat you'll see the flashes they get the street going you know but they always get their phone turn away from their parents the parents do sit there looking there I'm not there cut not right there beside you you tried to tell people not my kid I started finding all this information for all these kids seeing people and I've called people in this church because I was acting like my daughter on the cell phone I mean I became her I'm with the crowd we're talking I'm not using the four little words but you get it so finally I called a mom and I was like your daughter is having a party it's your health this weekend they're gonna get drunk that can't be right so I just read them on the cell phone didn't believe me I said there's a reason I've never called you before until right now your kid even though they're in the seventh grade is in trouble I just read nope didn't believe I took a picture of it and sent it he's like huh I'm shocked so we took the phone away they figured out after a while that it's not me on the phone so I formed a group chat and I said with her eight friends on there I said things have changed this is me as dad if you want to be her friend and help her make better decisions you will have to come to my house with your parents before this relationship continues because I've read everything that's been going on here for a year even the deleted stuff and it's all bad and some of these not my daughter but some of her friends they're having relationships with way older men own haircuts not real and it's that you know she'll be mine I'll show you yours type stuff only if you told that to a parent they take notice they're not noticing cuz the zombie they don't know they're a zombie so I took her phone away and I took my phone away where are we three months into this it's been awesome because six of those eight and we have number seven coming they've come to my house we've had a face-to-face conversation kind of like what Jesus did about real life they're kind you said what do you do we extend them grace they're our kids they made a bad choice as parents you wake up and a bad idea it's gonna take both age brackets working together these people down here on the front this we need their energy we need them going out sharing Jesus but as older people put down the cell phone go get your kid or a kid Tommy Powell did that me I wasn't his kid he said you need to go over and speak I was a great idea thank you brother I'm stopping on the road get off that cellphone love Jesus well crazy yeah when you walk into my house and I'm gonna close with this we have a no cell phone policy kids know it now they turn their cell phones in we're gonna talk to each other we're gonna play outside we're gonna play the piano we're gonna do something the benefits of it exercise social skills this is the war we live in this is it I'm sure that's one of the most bizarre messages you've ever heard in your life it's uncomfortable because what we need to do is March to our homes and realize we need to have a conversation this is not working we're wasting time all that Jesus stuff sounded good til we start talking about phones but that's where we are in our culture so let me give you a public service announcement if you continue to be led by that phone and you drive on Arkansas Road you will not be on this earth long so I'm gonna ask you today at this point look I'm gonna ask you number one you can respond to Jesus and will baptize you and if you want to bring your cell phone will baptize that too if we have to the the last person I baptized he came out of the water then I was like you know I gave him my phone number I saw I was like you had I hadn't gotten a text yet and he said oh I smashed that phone with a hammer I didn't tell him do that but you know what I knew right then he realized something I've been doing some things here that are wrong and I'm going with Jesus through faith so if you need to be one of those people that smashes your phone that's fine there's some good things about it you can listen to a podcast called unashamed with feeling Jase Robertson there are good things going on but if you're talking as a married person to an old girlfriend or boyfriend and you've justified that what you know that's wrong do I have to tell you that's wrong do I have to tell you that you're worse does it come from how many likes you have them on Facebook this drama this meaningless knowledge that you're reading you say oh yeah but I'm trying to share Jesus to the world I tried that guess what all these social media providers they started blocking me censor me so if that's your endgame that's not gonna work because they're gonna let's be like Jesus let's have real meaningful conversations face-to-face about life if you need to respond to that get up bring your cell phone and get out here and let's start now come on

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Published: Tue Jul 09 2019