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and speaker Paul Tripp on the Ask Pastor John podcast. 00:00:10.020 |
He is the author of the outstanding book, Sex and Money. 00:00:17.480 |
"Run from the pride that says you are stronger 00:00:30.540 |
- Wow, wow, wow, I think this is so important. 00:00:36.900 |
Generally, it's not my weakness that gets me in trouble. 00:00:53.100 |
In fact, you could argue that there is no such thing 00:00:57.940 |
ever considered in scripture as human autonomy 00:01:11.160 |
Adam and Eve were not so powerful as to not need God. 00:01:22.980 |
If you're a parent, those arguments your children have 00:01:25.540 |
with you about what to eat and about what to wear 00:01:28.620 |
and about when to go to sleep are not about those issues. 00:01:31.260 |
That's that child saying, "You will not rule me. 00:01:37.640 |
"I'm strong enough and I'm wise enough to do that." 00:01:47.340 |
that we're wiser, stronger, and more righteous 00:01:53.540 |
And that really makes us susceptible to temptation 00:02:07.060 |
I think this is a practical way of talking about this. 00:02:16.220 |
What that means is I don't know the temptations 00:02:19.000 |
I'm gonna face today because I'm not sovereign. 00:02:33.580 |
So I prepare myself for what I don't know is coming 00:02:48.780 |
of spiritual weakness coupled with a positive theology 00:02:55.760 |
And you never stop preaching that to yourself. 00:03:01.420 |
No one's more influential in your life than you are 00:03:05.580 |
You're in a constant conversation with yourself. 00:03:07.780 |
And that's either a gospel-driven conversation 00:03:15.240 |
or it's a delusional, self-swindling conversation 00:03:32.160 |
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who will explain why God sometimes takes away things