allowing people to sin is different than normalizing sin
people should have the right to sin providing they're not sinning against
their neighbor and I think I did a good job explaining that but I can't
normalize sin because as soon as I normalized sin I take away the ability
to change remember people say all the time well
those people deserve mercy who doesn't deserve mercy in this room who doesn't
need mercy in this room I mean for most I do not have a pass to brag about it
but how many understand the only way I get mercy is to acknowledge I did
something wrong because mercy means the definition of
mercy is I did not get what I deserved meaning I deserve something grace means
I got what I didn't deserve I love this illustration someone
shared many years ago they said if your speeding and you going 50 miles over the
speed limit and a police officer pulls you over and he doesn't give you a ticket
you just received mercy you didn't get what you deserved but if that same
police officer pulls you over you're going 50 miles over speed limit and he
doesn't give you a ticket but he gives you a thousand dollars for speeding you
just received grace you got what you didn't deserve are you with me
the only way I get out of sin see sin is my master and it will overpowers my
human spirit but God overpowers sin the only way I get out of sin is to
acknowledge I sinned follow me as soon as I normalized sin as soon as I say no
I didn't sin that's normal my behaviors normal do you understand that I that is
not that is not mercy do you understand that I did not give grace to that person
I actually now took away their ability to get out of the place they're in as soon
as I said as soon as I say adultery is normal how many know if it's normal
I don't need mercy and I'm not going to get grace why I just normalize it mercy
means I did something wrong if I say didn't do anything wrong how many know I
don't get mercy and I certainly aren't going to get grace how am I going to get
out of the situation as soon as I normalise sin I've taken away the
ability for people to come out of it that is not called compassion that's
called stupidity listen if you want to be a homosexual and live a homosexual
lifestyle earnestly that's your business I wouldn't want to be in a Muslim
country that makes it illegal but if you want to teach in this school that
homosexuality is normal I'm sorry I can't normalized it as soon
as I normalized it I take away your ability my children's ability and
everyone else's ability to flying Grace in a time of need if I don't need I
don't find grace I'm not mad at anybody but I refuse to create a culture in
which people can't come out of being stuck because I was stuck and I needed
to get out of being stuck if someone would have normalized my sins I would
have never reached out to Jesus I would well I'm not doing anything wrong I'm
not a sinner some of you guys need Jesus but I'm not I I might what I'm doing is
normal listen it may be common cancer is common but it ain't normal
it's not because I'm mad at anybody it's because I do love people so we were like
all you're making people feel bad I'm sorry if you're in sin you should feel
bad I can't tell you how many times I've been up here and Bill's preaching I love
being with Bill the guy is so noble and I'm being honest and probably one in
five times he's teaching up here and I am convicted I'm like did he just read
my mail and it's usually not something I did it's a thought I had or the way I
think and I'm like took my heart and just preached it go ahead I should have
a part of that intellectual property if you write a book about it I mean you
obviously looked into my heart and just preached about my problems I'm so
thankful to be in a place where I still feel bad when I do bad I don't want to
feel good about doing bad and I leave there and I'm so thankful to God corrects
our attitudes before they become actions and this is how Bill is and I and I love
being with him for this very for one of the reasons I'm sitting there listening
I'm like I know what's gonna happen I know where he's going and I do this all
the time that's me self-promotion Kris right
there self-promotion Kris and I leave there and I'm like Holy Spirit I need
help for that I can see it I don't like you preach the message against me I'm
never coming back I'm like so thankful I'm connected remember the difference
between sons and bastards so in 1st Corinthians I'm sorry it's in Hebrews 12 that
you if ill listen and that you receive discipline tells me your son and not a
bastard an illegitimate child the fact that I can receive correction if I'm
sitting there and I'm living with my girlfriend and for the first time I hear
the gospel I hear you're supposed to be married and I feel bad about it's like
thank God you're alive it's not bad that you feel bad it's good that you
feel bad it's good that you have conviction it's like that means you're
still alive means the Holy Spirit's in your life what do I do marry the girl
this isn't brain surgery or not but don't do what God says not to do because
he's been around for a long time and he's the inventor and you're the
invention when God says I wouldn't do it that way he's not giving you a
suggestion well I'm going to do what God said not to God's trying to kill my joy He's
the one who created orgasms He's the one who created sex God is in the good
feeling mood and the God that created all that says don't you gotta listen
that guy He invented fun He said taste and see you could have you know it be
fed intravenously or eat birdseed all your life but God said taste and see
that the Lord is good every time you eat something that tastes really good in
it's nourishing your body like that's a good God I like God he gave me ice cream
to nourish my body I love dairy products and I love steak too I'm simply saying
like you understand that when we normalize evil we are not doing people a
favor please stop telling me we're doing people a favor and aw they hate you for
it I'm sorry it hated Jesus too and how we share it matters
of course and of course we could be so self-righteous like like I'd ask for
self here I'm not like standing up for how we send the message I'm simply
saying the message needs to be said because it's a gospel I understand it's
been done wrong I understand it's been done the wrong way I understand that but
listen if you have true conviction it's kind of funny people can say it anyway
and you still walk out of there going I need to change and I propose we all need
to be in a culture where we get rebuked once in a while I will say I'll be the
first one with my hand up I need to be reviewed at least a couple times a month
my attitude gets wondering off just like yours does and it's good to be in a
place where people actually tell you the truth instead of pretending like you're
so holy or such a you know you write books you must be God's right head
whatever I am a son though and I am right about this message would you stand please