Trust that you are ready to come into the Lord's presence with worship that is genuine, that you are ready to focus as we sing, as we come into the Lord's presence. You do have wild cymbals that are in front of you, I hope. Let's go ahead and stand to sing All I Need. So we'll be singing All I Need. This is hymn number 14 in your hymnals. So turn to 1414. There are some that don't have it back here. And that's why we have a screen. Mr. Ackley, if we can get the lights off there. Together. Jesus Christ is made to be. All I need, all I need. He alone is all I need. He is all I need. Lift your voices and sing. He is all I need. On the second. Jesus is my all in all. All I need, all I need. Nothing saves my faith but God. He is all I need. It's the fifth verse up on the screen, it's the fourth verse. So, glory, glory. With the righteousness and love, you'll lead us forevermore. By being as simple and sure, faith is all I need. Okay, you may be seated. We have a student body organist, a student body representative, Tim, who's going to come lead us. and then read to us Acts chapter 11. Please stand and recite with me the message of the Christian flag. I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for which it stands, one Savior, crucified, risen, and incarnate, with life and liberty, to all who believe. Pledge to the Bible. I pledge allegiance to the Bible, God's holy word. I will make it a reference to my feet and a life and to my path. I will lie as it were to my heart and I will die as it were to God. SES verse. Peter 619. We have this hope as anchor for the soul, a hope for sure and steadfast. Peter 619. SDS Mission Statement. SDS exists to glorify God in all that we think, all that we say, and all that we do. Creed. I believe in the inspiration of the Bible, the Holy Old and the New Testaments, the creation of man by the direct act of God, the incarnation of the Virgin of Earth, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, his identification as the Son of God, his bacterial atonement for the sins of mankind by the shedding of the blood of the cross, the resurrection of the body from the tomb, his power to save men from sin, for the new birth through regeneration by the Holy Spirit, and the gift of eternal life by the grace of God. Thank you. Please turn to Acts chapter 11. and we will be reading in turn. Now the apostles and brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him, saying, You went into uncircumcised men and ate with them. But Peter explained it to them in order from the beginning, saying, I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, an object descending like a great sheep, led down from heaven by four corners and came to me. When I observed it intently and considered, I saw four-footed animals on the earth, wild beasts creeping things, and birds in the air. And I heard a voice saying to me, rise, Peter, kill an eagle. But I said, Not so, Lord, for nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth. But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed you must not call common. Now this was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven. At that very moment, three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent to me from the Spirit. Then the Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing. Moreover, these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered the man's house. And he told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house, who said to him, Send men to Jonah, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter. Who will tell you words by which you and all your household will be saved. And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, as upon us at the beginning. Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, John indeed baptized with water, but he shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit. If therefore God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God? When they heard these things, they became silent, and they glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life. Now those who are scattered after the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but the Jews only. that some of them were men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to God. Then news of these things came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch. When he came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and encouraged them all that, with purpose of heart, they should continue with the Lord. For he was a believing man, full of the Holy Spirit, man of faith, and that great many people were attentive to the Lord. The Barnabas deported for Tarsus to seek Saul. And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. And in these days, prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch. Then one of them, named Abbas, stood up and showed by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine throughout all the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius Caesar. Then the disciples, each according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brethren dwelling in Judea. This they also did, and sent it to the others by the hands of Archbishop Saul. May God bless the reading of this Word this afternoon. Thank you, Peter. All right, our final song before we go to the message this afternoon. Turn back one page to hymn 13. For some of you, it's the wrong song. You will have to go and look at the screen. This is the song, Almighty Father, in the brown hymn notes. So, Almighty Father, this might be new to you, so I'm going to ask Mrs. Hendrickson to play it through once. And then we will sing these verses of Almighty Father. Alright, it's slow and steady, but a little bit different, so let's sing this together. That was different. Let's keep on going. God is the creator, finally, third. All right, three times. We have some almighty power. Thank you, Mrs. Henderson. You alone are holy. God is separate. God is distinct. After we magnify the thrice holy God, holy, holy, holy is what the seraphim sing. Almighty Father, you alone are holy. And so the first verse, you are my refuge. The second verse, you are my footsteps, you are my guide. Third verse, you are creator. And so here we see three things that God does. He protects us, so we trust Him. He guides us, so we follow Him. He is our maker, so we obey Him. A wonderful song here. You can see the copyright down there at the bottom, 1994. Older than any of you, but new to all of you. Go ahead and turn in your Bibles to 1 Corinthians. We have been trying to make our way through this book. this letter that Paul wrote to a church in Corinth. It is a wonderful letter, but a letter to a church that has some troubles. It is a church that knows God. It is a church of people who are saved, but they've got some problems. And so what we need to do is we're looking at the idea that as God's people, as God's saints, we have been born again. Wonderful. That is good. That's chapter one. We've been born again. Chapter two. We're learning. We're gaining God's wisdom from the scripture and from the Holy Spirit. Terrific. You've been born again. You're a student of God. God is your teacher. The Holy Spirit teaches you from his word. Terrific. Chapter three. You've been born again, so grow up. You can't be a baby forever. Stop drinking milk. Start eating meat. Stop, you're on the foundation. You've got a foundation, Jesus Christ. Now build on that foundation. Live for God. What's done for Christ will last. Nothing else will. That's where we're going. Let's pray. Father God, this afternoon, we have little time and much ground to cover. We are going to look at three chapters in the next few minutes. Help us, Lord, to see who we are as your children, as the saints of God. Help us to see the wisdom available from God, our wisdom, the wonderful counselor. Help us also, Lord, not only to see who we are in Christ, but also to see our responsibility to grow up. Help us to mature in Christ. Use your word this morning, this afternoon, this day, to glorify yourself, to encourage your children to step up, to stand up, to do what you have called them to do. In Jesus' name, amen. All right, so Christian, grow up. That's the title. You're a Christian. That's wonderful. Don't be a baby. Baby is for babies. Milk is for babies. Milk is good for babies. Milk is still good for you, too. But you need to add to your milk other elements of your diet. And so what we're going to do is we're going to briefly look at these three chapters just to get the logical sequence of what Paul is saying in three chapters. So Christian grew up. This is Secondary Chapel. Today is 10-11-2-4. 10-11-2-4, October 11. The text is 1 Corinthians 1 through 3. Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3. Then, what we're doing? We have this wonderful truth that we find throughout the chapter of 1 Corinthians 1. We see in verses one and two that Paul is called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God. He says, this is to the church of God, which is in Corinth. To those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord, both theirs and ours. He says in verse three, grace to you and peace. from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. He goes on to say, I thank my God always concerning me for the grace of God, which is given to you by Christ Jesus, that you were enriched in everything by him, in all utterance, all knowledge, even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you. Verse seven, so that you come short in no gift. eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. What do you see? What you see is that you are equipped to be God. You have been born again. You have received grace and peace through Jesus Christ. This is Paul's greeting in almost every letter. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. God has given you grace. He has gifted you, boom, eternal life. You believe in God Jesus. Grace. Great grace. Amazing grace. Grace and peace. You are no longer God's enemy. You are his child. And now, whatever bad thing goes on in your life, you can have, you will have, if you are right. You will have peace with God that passes understanding. You will seek to have peace with others as well. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. That's verse three. Verse four. And we see that as we receive grace and peace, God's gift of salvation, God's peace with himself, peace with one another, we have fellowship with God, we have fellowship with one another, that we, as God's people, the Church of God, those who have believed on Jesus Christ, God is at work in you and through you, and he is changing you to be like Jesus Christ. He is doing the work of making you a saint. So we have St. Sabine, we have St. Peter, we have St. Young here, because these have believed in Jesus Christ by their testimony, right? And God sanctifies, cutting away the sin. making us more like Jesus, giving us a mind of Christ. So we are the church. Everyone who believes in Jesus Christ is a part of this big church. And so God now has given you gifts, all the riches of Christ Jesus, all the blessings of being a Christian. And so Paul says to this church, you know what, you guys, you're so cool. You have all kinds of gifts, all kinds of equipment to serve God. It's just It's glorious. It's wonderful. You have all kinds of talents, all kinds of abilities. These gifts of the Holy Spirit, it's just what God wants you to have. It is wonderful. This is us. This is you. This is me. If you have believed in Jesus Christ. Not only that, we see that God is going to keep on sanctifying, keep on working. Keep us in His hands, not until we do something bad, but until we get to heaven. We will see Jesus. We will be like Him. We will be in His presence. God's not done with you yet. And so the wonderful thing is, verse 7 says that this has been confirmed to you. You are waiting for the, verse 7 says, revelation. You're waiting to see Jesus. face to face. This is going to be so important. So God is faithfully sustaining us. He's keeping us. We are in His hands. No one can take you. No one can pluck you from the Father's hand. And so the gospel now is doing a good work in us and through us and for us. And so what we see is that the gospel is the power of God to salvation. We didn't read this, but verse 17 says, Christ did not send me to baptize. Why? Why was that essential to get healed? The power of the gospel is the cross. It is the power of God to salvation to all those who need it. That's Romans 1, 16 and 17. Verse 25 tells us that the gospel, the message of the cross, is basically a stumbling block. People don't like it. Nevertheless, verse 25 says The cross. Jesus' death, buried on resurrection. This foolishness of God, verse 25, is wiser. The weakness of God. God becoming a man. Jesus Christ suffering and dying. That weakness achieves more than sensing everything. with all his might and all his strength. The weakness of God surpasses the greatest strength. Those people who saw the Olympics, the runners, the weightlifters, God is far stronger. We've seen some of his might with Hale. We've seen some of his might just recently with Milton in Florida. A greater might than Milton is the power of the gospel. Milton, Helene, can kill, but the gospel can bring spiritually dead souls alive. It's easy to kill, but it's much harder to give life. All right, so you as a Christian, this is what you what you have. This is your equipment. You look number one are equipped for guidance. We see this in chapter 1. Turn the page to chapter 2. Jesus Christ, as we sang today, is our wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. Verses 29 to 31, there's no flesh, glory in his presence. of the Father, you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us, what? The wisdom of God. And righteousness and sanctification and redemption. Sounds familiar. We just sang that, didn't we? Now you know where it came from. 1 Corinthians 1, verse 20. Not, verse 30. That as it is written, he who glories, let him glory in the Lord. So the last line there, if you're squinting and having a hard time reading it, Jesus Christ is our wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. Now, the number two. You, as a Christian, must be, should be, need to be wise in the ways of godliness. This is 1 Corinthians 2. This is our last sermon. You might remember some of this. And so what did we see there? is that Paul, as he brings the gospel, is not going to use rhetoric. He's not going to use eloquence. He's going to come and bring the simple truth. Jesus came to save sinners. That's very simple. And you can't get to heaven without that simple truth. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. But then, once you believe, you need to go on and to learn your Bible and to be taught by the Holy Spirit to please God. And so what we see in chapter 2 verses 1 through 5 is that the Holy Spirit powerfully, wonderfully uses this simple gospel message. Jesus Christ came into the world, lived a perfect, sinless life, fulfilled all righteousness, and died on the cross for our sins according to the scriptures. He was buried according to the scriptures. But praise God, on the third day, he rose again according to the scriptures. And as we realize Jesus died for our sins, And we believe that God raised Him for the dead to be the mediator, the bridge between God and man. The man Christ Jesus, the Son of God Christ Jesus, is the one way to know. He is the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through death. And so what we see is the Holy Spirit uses this gospel. You believe Jesus died. died for your sins. You believe that he is a Christ, the Son of God. You believe that God raised him from the dead, and you are born again. But then the Holy Spirit goes on and teaches you with wisdom that the world cannot receive. Wisdom that Solomon could not exceed or match. Wisdom that the Queen of Sheba would marvel at. Wisdom that is only available to the Christian. Because a natural man cannot receive it. How does the Holy Spirit teach it? He uses the Bible, the word that he's given. And so we see this in verses 6 through 13. And so we see, we speak with the wisdom of God in the mystery in verse 7. We see in verse 9 that the scripture is quoted, I hasn't seen, he or her, the things God prepared for those who love us. But, verse 10, God has revealed them by His Spirit. How did He reveal them? In the Word of God, in giving us the understanding. So the Spirit searches all things, the new things of God. And so the Holy Spirit teaches us the things of God, verse 11 there. And so we receive the Holy Spirit when we believe in Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit dwells in us. And so the good, powerful gospel, the gospel that changes us, the gospel that gives us new life, is useless to the person who has not believed. Because it's a gift, and gifts can be rejected. I can offer my son my coffee and say, Daniel, do you want some coffee? And he'll say, no, dad, you've been drinking from that, right? Maybe, depending on how thirsty he is. We can reject a gift any time. Many have rejected the gift of salvation. But the Holy Spirit calls, the Holy Spirit awakens the understanding and draws believers to salvation. Who has known the mind of the Lord? Verse 16 asks. No one knows this on their own. We need to learn to be taught by the Holy Spirit. All right, so number one, we've seen you're equipped. Number two, we've seen you're wise. If you've been born again and are learning from the scriptures and by the Holy Spirit. Number three, now the challenge. So what? You've got all these gifts. You've got all this equipment. You're smart. You're wise. So what? You want your name on a plaque? No. You've got to use your wisdom. You've got to use your gifts or you're just something to be dusted off on the shelf. Put your wisdom, put your gifts to work. Grow up. Don't just sit there in class. You get the knowledge, put the knowledge to work. Right? So this is the final point and the title of the sermon. Christian, you must grow up. You'll find this in 1 Corinthians 3. Notice first, you've got your Bibles out there, 1 Corinthians 3. I'm going to read to you the first four verses. You've got your Bibles, 1 Corinthians 3. 1 Corinthians chapter 3. I, brother, could not speak to you as to spiritual people, but as to karma. This is not good. As what? Babes. Not as in pretty girls, but as in babies. Right? I'm speaking to babies, not hot babes. The point is, you're immature. You're childish. You're fleshly. That's verse one. Verse two, I fed you with milk. Yummy yummy, right? Good for your teeth. Before you had teeth, you had milk. I fed you with milk, not with solid food, not with meat, not with steak, right? What happens if you give an infant steak? The baby chokes, right? It has nothing to chew with, no teeth. That's not cool. Milk is good for babies. It's not good as the only food for grown-ups or teenagers or eight-year-olds or seven-year-olds, right? Verse 2, I fed you with milk, not with solid food, for until now you were not able to receive it. You would choke on the good stuff, the steak, the veggies, the kimchi. Even now you're not it. After all this time, Joseph, after all this time, Jeremiah, are you still faithless? You're not able to receive it. You're still carnal. How do I know? Let's look at the symptoms. What does it look like? What does babyishness look like? A baby Christian is what? A carnal Christian is what? Here's a definition, verse three. Indy. Are you jealous of the person next to you? Their good looks, their athleticism, their whole arms. Are you jealous? Are you angry? Is there strife or disagreement? Is there divisions? You've got the boys against the girls, the 7th graders against the 12th. Well, that's not what we're talking about. That's sportsmanship. We're talking about cliques and other things here. Envy, strife, divisions. Aren't you got carnal and not behaving like me or men? One says I'm a Paul and another a Paulist. Aren't you not carnal? So Paul says, you know what? Carnal partisanship, right? I am a Paul. I'm a Jesus. I am a Paulist the eloquent. And Paul says, you are stupid. You're a baby. You're acting like babies. Paul, Apollos, hello, one family. Brothers, co-workers, working for God. They're not against each other. It's not Team Paul, Team Apollos, Team Baptist, Team President. No, we're Christians. You belong to Jesus. Your name is Christian, little Christ. It is not Sir James, or Saint James. That's not the point. Don't get behind a person, get behind Jesus. And this is the same exact thing. Paul's like repeating himself here. Because this is the same thing he said way back in chapter one. I didn't read it, but that's verses 10 through 15. I don't have much time, so we won't talk there. The idea is, You're fighting. You've got cliques. You're carnal. You're wrong. This is babyish. This is not the behavior of a mature grown man. The way you treated your brother or your sister when you were five should be much different than you treat your brother or sister now. Why? Your seniors, your secondary students, your brother, your sister, their blood. So you can't choke them. You can't step on them or kick them. You can do damage now. Don't do that. You can't pull out their hair. Don't do it. Don't slap them. Don't hit them. Don't try to stuff things in their mouths. Not that I know anyone who would do that. You don't do that. Why? We are family. So I treat Roosevelt just as nicely as I treat Sabine just as nicely as I treat Peter or Ian, right? You're all family, right Samuel? We're all family who believe in Christ. And so what we see is if we act stupidly or foolishly or the way other people do, That is foolish! Why? Remember, we are all the things of 1 Corinthians 1. Saints. God's church. Born again. Recipients of grace and peace. Therefore, change the metaphor or the simile. You are what? 11 verse 9. We are God's followed workers. This is Paul, Cephas, all those other guys, Paul. All right, we're God's fellow workers. Who are you? When you look in the mirror, what do you see? And Annabelle looks in the mirror and she says, ah, I see a beautiful field. Right? That's what verse nine says. So we are God's field. No, you don't look like dirt. What that means is you should be bringing forth fruit. It's a compliment. It's not an insult. You are God's field. God is at work bringing all the trees, bringing grapes, bringing fruit. The fruit of the Holy Spirit From this ground, you are God's field. God is your farmer at work, pruning, doing what needs to do to help you grow up. All right, move on. What else are you? You're not only God's field, you're God's building, verse nine says. I think that's even worse than being a field, right? Daniel Lee. Nice building there, right? How many stories are you in that? Right? Daniel the skyscraper, right? Someone in a small house. What? You're God's building. What? Look at this. This is a metaphor. What does that mean? Well, drop down to verse 16 and 17. We find out what kind of building you're supposed to be. First Corinthians 3. 16 and 17. Don't you know what kind of building are you? You are the temple. Ooh. Temple. Rachel, the temple. Young, the temple. You think temple, Solomon's temple? The beauty of the temple? A place of worship? a place where God was worshipped in spirit and truth with sacrifices, where sin was forgiven, where psalms were sung, where God's word was proclaimed. This is the temple and that is you. Right? Vivian the temple, the temple of Vivian, the temple of joy. Right? You are Verse 16, this is singular, this is not, we're not talking of the church as a temple, we're talking as individuals, one by one. 1 Corinthians 6 is the church as a temple. This is one by one, you're the temple of God. The spirit of God dwells in you. Do you remember how when the temple of Solomon was dedicated, what happened? The spirit of God descended and it was so awesome everyone was scared silly. It was glorious. Do you remember Mount Sinai where the mountains shook and there was thunder and lightning and everyone was going, oh no, can't go there. Too dangerous, we're going to die. But here we are, we're able to approach God confidently as our Father, as our God, as our Savior, and worship Him, not in a big fancy building, but worship Him in a prayer closet by yourself. In spirit, true. So notice, the spirit of God dwells. He lives in you. You are the house of God. God lives in you. That means if you sin, you're sinning with God. And the Holy Spirit says, EWWW! YUCK! I eat this. Nasty! I don't agree. I'm sad. But I promise never to leave. So here I am with this liar, and I'm contaminated, and I'm true. Doesn't that make you want to live right? If every time you sin, the Holy Spirit is along for the ride, shouldn't you be saying, You know, I've got somebody with me. The Holy Spirit is here. I want him happy. I want him filling me. I want him making fruit. Remember, I'm his fuel. I'm his temple. I need to be a nice place for my Lord, for the one who is in me, for my guest. Look at verse 17. If anyone defiles the temple of God, how do you defile your temple? Have sex with someone who's not your husband or wife. Lie, steal, hate. Or maybe do some of those things we've already seen in this chapter. Get jealous. Start fighting. You're defiling that temple. If anyone defiles the temple of God, what happens? God will destroy them. So that can be someone from outside trying to make you sin, or that can be you defiling the temple yourself. Right? So here at school, you're teachers. At church, you're pastors. At home, your parents. These are all, verse 9 tells us, God's co-workers. Christian teachers, Christian parents, Christian pastors are working with God to help you become what you should be. That's what the first part of verse 9 says. What do we do? We say, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. We call the lost to be saved. How else do we work with God? When you are divine in that temple, we say, clean up your bedroom. Stop lying. Stop fighting. Stop arguing. So we point you to Jesus. We point you to the Bible. And you know, as secondary students, it's time to stop, you know, Jesus loves me. Yes, that's true. Keep on drinking that milk. Keep on focusing on the gospel, but grow up. Stop dwelling with worldly sin. Stop loving the world. Stop being distracted by the garbage you came from. You were called from the world to God. If you were called from the world to God, go to God. Set your affections, set your mind on things above. Not focus on only the latest game. Not focus only on the latest, I don't know, fashion. Not focus only on... What is it that you love in this world? What is it that is keeping you from God? What is it that is grieving the Holy Spirit in your life? Stop! Get rid of it! It's garbage! Don't do that! Grow up! You know... The elementary school students have been learning about a missionary, John Song. John Song grew up in China. He was Chinese. His dad was a Chinese pastor. And as a child, he was actually like his dad. Because his dad was a pastor, but you know something else about his dad? His dad had a temple. Anyone else here know somebody who has a temper? Some of us have to raise our hands. I've got a temper, right? All right, so John Sung, his dad had a temper. He had a temper. He was a little squirt, younger than you guys. And he was one of six. He was number six, kid number six. All right? So he's this little squeaker. And, you know, like children do, brother and brother get angry. And they fight. And when they fight, they are mad. Right? And so John is mad at his brother. And the meal has been served. And mom, good mom, kind mom, loving mom, what does mom serve the kids for their meal? Come on, we're in China. You guys know this. What do they eat? What do you eat? Rice! We've got steaming, hot, fresh rice piled in a bowl. And John is mad. And the brother's near. And the bowl is nice. And the bowl is handy. And the bowl goes flying. And the rice goes flat. And the rider goes, ah, it's hot! Ow! It's hot! It's burning me! He was scalded. And the bowl broke. The man had it to him. The boy had it to him. This was a sin he struggled with for the rest of his life. John went on. 10 years old. And there was a mission. There was a church in America. They heard, pray for our church. Our church is so backslidden. It's really bad. People come to church, but they're in church, but they're there. They're not doing anything. It's dead. Kind of like some of you are now, just sleeping. And so, they're dead. Pray for a revival. Some Americans say, okay, we'll pray for this church in China. You, you, you, pray, pray, pray. What happens? There's a sermon. One Sunday, the pastor, the monks, I mean, gets up, shares the gospel. What happens? Then the church wakes up! What does that mean? This guy, is angry with the girl behind him. What happens? He says, I'm sorry. And she said, no, I'm sorry. I sinned against you. And he said, no, I'm sorry. I sinned against you first. No, we need to get right. And they're crying. And they're getting right. And revival sweeps. And the church grows. People come to Christ. Why? Because when the church loves one another, people see light. They see salt. And they say, I want this. And what happens next? Here's John, younger than you, younger than the seniors, maybe about the middle school age. What's he doing? He's going out there with his dad. And he is the boy preacher. He's out there. I've got some books to tell you about Jesus. You're blind? I can tell you about one who healed the blind. Oh, you're lame. Poor guy. You know, there was a lame guy here in John. Do you know who healed him? I can introduce you to him. Here, you can have this. I'll sell this to you, Charlie G. And he was selling Bibles. He was singing in the streets as he sang. He was preaching, singing, selling Bibles. His dad was a pastor, he was on the preaching circuit. These were Methodists. Preacher. But then, like some of you, he goes to America to get an education. Really quick, I know the bells are rung and you want to get to the E. All right. He goes to, let's see. to exchange the Bible for textbooks, right? He's a genius. He studies chemistry. So you know he's a genius, right? Four-year course, he finishes in three years. He goes on to his next degree, BA, or whatever it is. He has a doctor's degree by the time, you know, he's got this stack of papers. Diploma one, you know, top of the class, you know. And what happens? He goes from chemistry and he said, you know, I came here to be a pastor. I'll go to seminary. And he goes to seminary. Remember, we talked about the wisdom of the world, the philosophy of the world. He goes to a bad seminary. And what happens? He stops reading the Bible. He prays, but he prays the way you do. Our Father which art in heaven... The same way you recite this creed, he recites his prayers. It goes to the ceiling and bounces back down. Why? It's not to God. It's routine. It's the same old, same old. It's boring. He doesn't believe. He thinks the gospel is about doing good works, not about Jesus Christ. And he's wasting his time, listening to blasphemy. Jesus is a good teacher. Yes, he is. And so he loses, he comes close to losing his faith. And he loses his mind. Finally, God gets a hold of him. And he realizes his unbelief is a sin. The Bible is true. The Holy Spirit revives him again. And this crazy seminary thinks he's crazy because he's serious about sin. Thinks he's crazy because, you know, he does do some wild things. He takes the textbooks and he holds a fire-burning party. Teachers don't like that. Right? He tells Fosdick, the famous liberal theologian, that he's a heretic who's going to go to hell. You know, teachers don't generally accept that. And so he was right, but he was wrong in the way he did it. And so he goes to the loony bin, the crazy, the asylum. He thinks he's going to rest for six weeks. He spends, I think, a year or two there. He reads the Bible 40 times, each time studying the Bible a different way. Guys, when God gets a voice, things change. It may look crazy to the world, but the foolishness of God is better than the wisdom of man. The wisdom of man is foolish. Father in heaven, help us. Help us to trust you. Help us to live for you. Help us, Lord, to serve you enthusiastically with the wisdom of God. In Jesus' name.