I thought about our photographer tonight we’re going to talk about and start a brand new series called the real divine nine of the real good by the time now for some of us when you hear that that raised the divine nine immediately the first thing you think of is sororities
And fraternities more in particular the more popular and african-american sororities and fraternities of so we’re really going to talk about this 9oz what about encourage you guys to do one thing on any questions that you guys may have as a release to this series as I said
Earlier you can go to table you’re on a white piece of paper write your question and drop it in the box what I’m going to do is I’m going to actually answer some questions that you guys behalf I must still actually have a few questions that
But we have to answer cuz I’m really going to wait for the right time to answer then that’s release of some of the teaching series that we’re going to kind of bargain for the rest of the semester but as relates to this particular series write some questions
Down and what I’m going to every week as long as you’re in this series I’m going to release miss the time to answer these questions so that way you will devalue cables an insight or live it and also if you guys are just going through it you
Need somebody to bring with you there’s a piece of stable out here where you can write your prayer requests down and you don’t have to actually put your name that you can make an anonymous maybe you’re just saying hey obviously somebody to pray with me as release my
Family so I to pray with gas release my finances right now thing down at the table silverstein sees that I drop the device so that way we can at least be a prayer with so the real divine talk about night so one of the things
That I’ve had a few people ask me is um you know I wit you who on the start what are you going to do a series or when you want to teach on fraternities and sororities and I’ve had a few people like more than a three semesters kind of
Say that to me and my ass was always you know that’s one of those delicate topics and delicate things that you really have to make sure is one spirit that it’s not one of them Jason I just jump out just do it but you really got to make sure
That your spirit that in the whole issue as we talk about that we now to avoid sensations one of the main things you’ve got to do is you have to be pretty uh oh yeah the spirit day oh that’s what it may wait you over consultation so that’s
Not the approach that so even when handling this particular topic making sure that it was a spirited thing it wasn’t something that I was just saying or I was giving my opinion but I really talk about it from God’s perspective and things like that a lot of people have
Questions as to whether or not being in a fraternity or sorority as especially as a Christian isn’t something I should do is anything wrong with eternity or something where the obstruction or something but i believe the fraternities are the devil your demonic nature it’s stuff like that so this is why we’re
Talking about this series because I think there’s a lot of hot topics I love hot topics i love it really kind of dig into god’s word and really get some truth for life so that’s kind of what we’re going to be talking about all these next few weeks
Or so anything you may hear something that means Rick your sphere you may hear something that may trigger a lot as I said write that down so that may be really interested from God’s Word of that from anybody’s opinion not for which you may quote that from which
Basing on facebook not even from my own personal opinion but so we can hear what God has to say about that opens that are right that sounds cool awesome of the real divine nine special college campuses fraternities and sororities are books on the main page Steepleton
Forward to the most so that in fact some of us when we came to college when it may be the date of their consume the most of your mind was I’m gonna pledge I want to be in a sorority I want to be a brat only give a party huh don’t say I
Want a letterman jacket i want that i want to be brain you know it so i could be a part of something a lot of times I’ll typically when the interest is there to join a fraternity and to join a sorority and the reason why a lot of
People look forward to it is because it represents being connected to something that’s one of the biggest principles of a friend of a sorority is it represents being connected to a group of people I represent sometimes having close friends that you know that your frat brother or your Francisco your sorority sister
Rather would have your back in all things whether you’re an alpha kappa alpha whether you’re a I a whatever you want to classify that it’s all about necessarily having those relationships and that is what I found what I’m talking most people who want in fraternities that’s the one thing that
They consistently say when I asked the question hey what do you love the most about returning what do you look most about your sorority and one thing they always talk about is the quarter-boat love it’s all about the relationships that come with it and simply when it comes to
These groups there are hundreds if not thousands of active sororities and fraternities or surely even on this campus you’ve seen people idiots arms to a greek week or whatever the case may be you see people rocking their shirts with different colors out with different Greek letters and all these side of
Things it seems like all that group all the sororities or fraternities and the same name it just changed out one letter or something to that effect they’re different fraternities the different sororities they’re a very variety of 1 theta and it’s how do you have the alpha beta sigma beta Omega delta sigma nu
They all kind of sound like on the interest in returning is yeah christian sororities and then the one day that we will talk about the night or the one thing that we kind of connect this same suit is the group that is the more extremely popular one which is called
Divine nine and they make up the National pan-hellenic Council alpha by alpha 1906 alpha kappa alpha I snowy cabin outside max in 11 make us out by 1911 del square theta 1913 5 beta sigma 1914 say 25 million 1920 singing in a row 19 22 I 05 later 1963 the divine
Nine the purser sexy in it that counts out to be not for the online okay one two come on he’s got several heads happy online don’t miss it now i miss my drink um a ver different fraternities and different sororities but as I said the more widely
Popular ones already kind of all into the divine nine especially within the african-american context in the mission of the National pan-hellenic Council is the unanimity of thought and action as far as possible in the conduct of Greek letter collegiate fraternities and sororities and to consider problems of
Mutual interests to its members and its organizations other words is committed to seeing the well-being of people especially those who are of african-american descent so now we kind of understand you know you had to divine not at all these other variety of sororities and fraternities and trying
To get into a concept of trying to list out all and we’ll just be idiotic because they’re so mean go online because I’ve been list of attorneys of sororities it would just give you just this almost infinite type list I mean it’s almost like people just come up
Together works you know I’m saying no no new beta is this mini you don’t say like you and I oh what a sorority or fraternity right now who wants it but nonetheless there are such a plethora of fraternities and so that’s not the thing I really want to focus on the night the
Most I really want to raise or one of the questions on arrays is as a wood with some questions has released its showing a fracas or put some of the reasons why people feel strong some of the questions you ask is why do I want to be in fraternity disorder there’s a
Reason was my motivation what will I gain from being a part of Frank sorority what do I have to give up as a part of being in France you still got to give something up what doesn’t require of me what is looking to sacrifice no gravity
How does this going to throw me across we’re gonna ask well i cain’t the satisfaction or status i’m surely looking for this is some of the question if you’re thinking about protocol fledging or trying to be a part of one of these frats and sororities this is a
Question that you got a really kind of wrestle with it you’ve got a really grease here’s some reason why people join you may know some people who said this to make a part of something bigger than me so sounds good correct don’t have to be sometime tonight to have
Brothers or sisters and real relationships okay quite a my bed to have a jacket filled with letters to have a network for job purposes that’s the more popular one ought to be popular that’s more of a social one to go to parties I just wanted a you just want to
Be in a party to shut it down with a child really want to be a part you want to be able to know that feels like to be part of something oh for God’s that may be to eat groups as long as 10 it’s a body party hot during activity out
Nobody’s even you know I just roll them down sambal to learn how to step I don’t for me when I was younger I was the main reason barbara jordan right and so because you always honest episode you spoke to some things like stop the gun yeah I’m saying
Now you want this check go are you ready to think about knowledge United thinking about the bad guy mother born in do you know that part of the important part of eternity is they started pretty much for college campuses you gotta go to college almost in your bonnet is there anything
About Dodgers my actual sad okay there are so many different reasons some people just don’t need no but it is like I just seemed like respondo scourge over some people i don’t have anything else to do my son my brakes join the frat mature woman so they pressured me into
It right there a multitude of reasons as the why people join frats sorority but i would say number to argue another hate my hand on this that the reason why most people join frats and sororities most people it’s because they’re looking for something look up something you looking
For some type of satisfaction however what it also would really if they really assess it properly it would truly understand that crossing or pledging is not really was going to give me true satisfaction and in friend of mine he was he was always he makes I i if he
Receive me dudes of China um almost I could do and it was crazy because when we found out he was crossing what was it about it it was crazy because a few years later because I know a man crossover by the worst now now it is the give some context of
This this was really crazy this dude had a legitimate relationship with Jesus Christ I just do love God I’ll talk alike by we did concerts that we had shooting here a few years ago this dude was in the front swing I’m talking come what’s up like he got incredible Hawks
In your life admit you Jesus he’s bought many ripped his shirt off all talking like it was like that as I knew if I made it made me smile children’s because no idea what a try huh you know Sam I just thought it’d be cool with then you
Realize seems like there’s my hero economize so much about what with God because I did like I stuff that they had me doing which is come easy getting pounde nice you serious taking a whole series doing crazy stuff citizen I get any sleep because I man you know the
Stuff that i esteem so much the hip is that I have it before I got in it was completely different different than the image that I saw us I was actually in and the blessing is if that becomes blessing tremendously it wasn’t like one of the things where if you join Frank
God just games you first life because I think that’s the myth I think a lot of times the myth is that even if i’m a christian that I happen to join a friend then i’ll commit the hill let Oh explore you bust that myth right now however I
Will say this then if I do connect with a friend currently the head muscle buzz wears off but if I do sonic join a fraternity or sorority that is not accepted by price you’re going to have two worlds and working you there’s never going to be any continuity there’s never
Going to be any consistency as well as Jesus was saying you would hate you have to hate one and love the other there’s going to come a moment women and shoes just as each it’s going to come alone where you’re going to be put in some room tippmann
Situations it’s gonna be it’s going to come a time it’s going to my place we’re going to have to make some really tough decisions do I go home early so that way I can make sure i’m in placing on rested for worship in the morning do i hear on
Paying off allowed what’s my sisters because I’m say anything on the mansion but I do but I do brother for this time and unfortunately a lot of times because the urge and we talk about it sighs you how to avoid cetacean because their urges social all end up giving in to it
But the small goes back to the preliminary question what is my motivation for why do I feel as if I need a fraternity or sorority why do I feel like I’ve adjoining some people some people feel that he doing because of a family obligation my mama mochi a
Hand so I got to be a possible to alpha so I got to be offered when I first came to ODU back by 2003 that their graduate but cyber stuff I always kind of revisited by the whole principle of joining and I was so close to going
Alpha 5 i’m talking like his clothes freshman year and i don’t know how to do it now but freshman year by cancel i really they’re lobbying trying to get people started ever turn on this morning and so alpha alpha was that was it man obama’s an AKA you know i’m saying i had
My mentors it rifles i’m selling it thought the sign I mean that was how I wanted to be able to go to people I want to do that don’t have I was good there’s nothing like that joy it meals as if you’re gonna stick greens and when
You want to somebody else yes I know I was this close question Oh some of these atmospheric number Muslims cost me only be free don’t then another thing I had a bottle it was because it once again I’m not knocking and Norma bashing anybody who is in a fraternity it’s rather great
People who are in France and sororities i know people the lord who are in frats and sororities but even they would have to tell you that your shoes 14 river because even though i pledged even though i joined i find myself the boy Roman god I can’t get download this
Anymore this is complex yeah but even when I was kind of wrestling with it I realize that you know a lot of the things that then we’re kind of being lifted up in the the Greek world it didn’t really match up with a brown ones
And at the time because i was talking to grow my god a gun was really one scoring me and transforming me it was a conviction that mistake I can’t believe and when he’s gassed maan these are cast mate some of these people who are joining them is a people some some of
Some of some people on my hallway but that became two freshman year with the preview if that’s all I know you want to be a lot of it and in that be a part of it was kind of felt like there was a line being drawn between you and your homies
You and your girls you felt as if you are the outside you felt as if you would’ve let you because you weren’t a lot of it and so now the pressure builds up I’m really going to be with my friends not only not want to be a lot of
This it’s all the only reason you join that Mississippi with your friends but let me help you understand this if you can’t show me this to be what your president ever your friends from start when it comes down to having to make it a true decision it’s going to put some
Things in context for you it’s going to really give you some serious inside about something so what i realize is that everything that a fraternity and sorority promise as our God the more I realize everything that a promise I found in the body of Christ I said why
Do I need to join a fraternity when I got brothers and sisters in Christ why am i neither party hop going to be a part of our biggest ethics is not money to pay to be a part of something but all i gotta do is lift up my hand confessed
Mom comes confess one mile from alibaba Jesus Christ is Lord a nonpartisan for free rather eat that I’m debuts the demand that’s all now he’s kind of speaking out of my own life because these are some of the things that I kind of wrestle but
Not believe that a good portion of us in here you wrestled with this or maybe you’re wrestling with this right now where you know people who are given this so let me hope you understand this is that a time where I’m gonna sit here and bash fraternities and sororities as I
Said not a great one for people who are part of them I’m not gonna sit up here and talk about managed tickets demonic like a bug is stuff I got know what I want to put in context is why do you think you need to be a part of this is
Everything is you’re looking for is down the body of Christ now what I will say is this anything that I look through more than other the Christ that Jake is known about the mind I will see that anything that the enemy tries to get me
To do that is designed to take me my eyes on christ which is everything that he tries to do is demonic it comes from a anything that that is designed to put a wedge between me and God as the bike that’s not God sure what God takes you
To text sure God takes you through trials and tribulations yes definitely but they are not designed to cause river between you and separation between you and him they’re designed to draw me closer than and so this is the question I gotta deal with even though even if you’re crushing your software your
Junior super senior super senior no matter which rock and you’re wrestling with China join a fraternity sorority this thing is just to do I would ask you two questions why do you feel as if you need to be a part of that and the reason why I have to raise this question is
Because when we turn over to Galatians 5 verse 22 which is we’re going to spend our time for the next few weeks talking about halation stocks but it’s but I look at these particular things everything that I’m fraternity or sorority has to offer me I by the diwali
Of Christ funny honest people found about your products on your pain eleazer party on here’s the other good thing to benefit the major part of the by the price the value prices have cuts you’re not sorry that because you have to wait till next spring crisis come as you are
Yeah another perk to be a part of the body crisis as I said you wanna pay dues yes I understand why this one you about make you doing but should be convicted because in time you’re in a relationship in their expectations you’ll be convicted more fulfilling those
Expectations because it’ll cost a bit of alder body price over a fraternity or sorority is you will always have dependable faithful people around you always does this be that people will be perfect no no different than a friend sorority but I can tell you this that others who recognizes that Christ after
The vanilla they would be the same for you and you won’t have to get no imprint of your harness on that that’s when a true thing looks like so we go to Galatians chapter barbers way to but I think about divine nine I think about how all those fraternities and
Sororities fan it’s nothing new under slightly sketch by the job guy because he’s look at the latest 522 talks about these things called a Buddhist spirit love joy peace patience kindness goodness faithfulness gentleness and self-control how many those are I so it’s actually a relevant question
Where did the rear of the time it didn’t come from a counselor if they’d come from valued members a half an hour it didn’t come from founding members of sigma gamma rho as it came to drive from day one cancer than trying to job God
God says this is the river by now that’s going too bad it’s only divine if it comes from him so if it don’t come from him it can’t be denied it’s another thing what we call the bottom because anything that is not from God is in
Anything that is not of God it Santa so now when I begin to look at Galatians 5 20 through 22 through 25 I see the truth behind behind because it comes from the divine one who is God Jesus Christ whatever you want to classify that is
The father son Holy Spirit this is real 2 by 9 and as you begin to go down these particular things love joy peace it starts to really paint the picture of what each true body looks like in all contexts they’re called frats and sororities and God’s context is called
The body of Christ and so God says hey my body and my frat corner moment you were classified ad put in your in my group you’re my love what is love self-sacrificing and unchanging but one of 10 / says if you need scripture reference letters go to first Corinthians chapter thirteen talks about
Love is patient love I was gentle Doug keeps no record of wrongs that was not me to want to beat you down with a paddle just so you could cause of your part of something I send love to hate God disciplines stay about Jesus there’s a difference it’s good
Night you’re right it’s love and in the bottom price you will find an unconditional love so in other words it’s not going to be between you and your roommate who is the Turner who’s gonna cross know guys like you and your roommate want to come five tomorrow
Stone that’s the time you want to be a part of you don’t want to be the one who has to go to your your older brother your big brother and your big sister hey up I think they look good but you know what they don’t have with days so it’s
Either you within even else have any choice no when it comes to your elder brothers the Bible says in Jesus Christ elder brother Christ you’re going to crisis a to feel Jesus a roommate it’s not like they’re hurting I haven’t been wanting to be alone of the body he says
I want them to don’t you want to be a part of that that jank beats any brand any sorority that is unconditional love that is real the body love in the body of God’s body of I enjoy one author says interval joisting in spite of all out of
Circumstances of course you’re not going to find joy in fraternity or sorority if that’s what you were looking for ya you’ll find happiness but is there between happiness and joy happiness is based on circumstances happiness is based upon what you may have happiness is the feeling that you receive what you find
Out this crossbow your pledge sadness is what you receive when you find out that you didn’t cause a pledge but the difference between that joy joy says you know what even though you don’t have everything going on I still take you in joy says no matter what the
Circumstances look like around you it’s going to be all right that’s what’s your kid in the ribbon I not me and my 8 10 says the joint Lord is your strength other words but you go through when you are suffering what you’re dealing with Harding when you’re dealing with pain
God’s true your strength to get through in other words if you are in need of strength there’s God’s join if you are needed counsel God stroller be there and your need in direction God’s doing will be there his joy is your strengthen it God’s body of my niece what all this has
Pieces and inner quietness and trust in God’s sovereignty for the Peace of 17 says in the peace of God will guard your heart the peace of God which transcends all understanding which surpasses all understanding overs the peace of God looks like this piece of God is like
When I’m faced with opposition I still smile while everybody else around me is going crazy the peace of God says you know what it does not feel good or snowing I know everything’s will be all right you can get that from anywhere else what God modern-day people people
Put their interest in their hope and things to give them peace so I have raised on a piece and people like me now that peace and if your definition of peace is based upon those things is the thing that you’ve got to recognize people what I’ve always liked you you
Will not always have things your grace may not always be on time they may be flip topsy-turvy and if your definition of based on those things that what’s going to happen is gonna be robbed of it you’re going to be upset all the time going to be demoralized all the time God
Says if she says no part of our real divine nine is if you have some peace espace all understanding though we have be strapped patients one of us has patience is putting up with people constantly irritate us know people like that so many guys are roommates so we
Use your parents some of you wish your significant other than your boyfriend your girlfriend to boom some of you wish your boss in some is your car 10 minute yeah it’s your professor it’s the person has six next to you maybe the person Cygnus you right now
It’s patience you will buy this in God’s body patience the Bible says in Exodus 34 6 that God is slow to anger a slow to anger which means it takes a lot to make God upset some of us an able to fly off the handle you know people like that it
Gives you may be as others but God sees slow to anger the next one kind is what offices Congress takes the initiative in responding to others needs take the initiative so what does this look like not even to the frats roared across so sometimes some people say i want to be a
Part of attorney this morning because i want to do community service right i mean its proton and a lot of your goods sororities fraternities a lot of your ball one of the ones into a lot of return a lot of community service they go out they help build houses they raise
They do scholarships and things like that they give scholarships to people as member i was a recipient of a scholarship now file fraternity why do you think i was so tempted to be a part of their turn yeah like I obvious my brothers set the circle second saw what we wanted
No words and that I helped me to college coming into consciousness as a senior high school got a scholarship the world but then I quickly realized that no no no God use them to bless me but the kindness is not found in Turnitin kindnesses panel Jesus Christ God is not
A relationship of God God is kind other words God will look out for you when you don’t even have them doesn’t look out for yourself God will look out for you when nobody is there around the people that you trust and depend on the most the people that you think might have
Your back the most will be some of the people who will turn on their back on you the people that think will help you out when you’re in need but you are actually in need they are nowhere to be found they are skin as we say that one
Day God he’s kind but if I he takes the initiative and responding to your knees he doesn’t wait for you to ask him no he takes the initiative it doesn’t for you yourself that’s real talk goodness is the next one retching altitude put two others bathroom 1917 bob says that there
Is only one who is good that is God stop it hopefully you’re beginning to see this venture that a everything I’ve been looking for maybe in a fraternity maybe in a sorority know everything I’ve been looking forward to God faithfulness father says the reliable trust for the
Saltwater 45 verse 13 says the Lord is trustworthy in all his promises and faithful and all he does others you can always depend on God yes I know you may be in a fraternity yes I know you may be the sorority a beggar they got your back dog you have to come
Down to it we come down taking a bullet go pop it on the got my back no no no no no when the rubber hits the road everybody has organization everybody has a place that they this won’t go but but Jesus Christ this is baby so we’ll stop
The entitled did not will be the one that when you have a 1.6 GPA you’re asking your people to help you study and help you up help you get your grades up he’s not gonna be the one to help baby you like everybody else nobody’s what
I’m going to do a ride it out together man they’re gonna do whatever we do whatever it takes I’ll be with you every step of the way that statements that’s a matter of that because people are connecting the crisis and masters book about a seven-second where they inspire
Because then you’re connected to the body of Christ you meet other ambassadors so your brother in crisis this their Christ one was really rooted in a relationship Russell talk about a church person I’m talking about a religious person one who just comes here we have to leave but when you call up
When you need it there’s no one to be bound on they just give is from superficial scriptural answer but another national at the scripture in motion for the merciless relationship request was actually seen Christ was actually seen how much for the besties word how much God loved him in spite of
It has been transformed by His grace his mercy that person will be with you so when everybody else is sleeping Rogers made everybody else asleep in a bunch you are in the library with your brother and your sister in Christ and these cats got your back if they can take that
That’s what you may move it this is authentic relationship this is part of the grill de nada everybody else got camps you’re not ambrosial on systems I don’t know it would stay with you the whole time I don’t know it was study with you awful lot of course of the mountains of Sun
My freshman year we’re going back to what I was in Kim chemistry I hated chemistry sucked in i think it was in high school chemistry but when I got to college like they don’t know felt like a w-2 their talents in class did you just
Thought out to us and one of my homeboys who was taking a class the same time I’ve been in that freak you um to bona fide Christian above the Lord all that type of stuff we connect the guy just really intersected rob has a lot of ways
So freshman year he stated Rogers may not stay the Rogers east at d-minus in chemistry he had an eight plus the chemistry I saw it came down so while side yo dude I gotta really pass this test man and I don’t like blasting freshman year in chemistry I was the
Best sooner you know I’d especially the first semester fall semester freshman year some of you guys remember when she would or fall semester freshman year you weren’t thinking about grades I know some of you guys the most spirits with me so I just thought about myself so yes
I wasn’t even thinking about rates I was just wanting to chew knows I just wanted to enjoy having only two classes a day and being able to sit around just watch TV and go down to the cabin eat play fast forward about what its who played
Video games ps2 back then it was that before to do so I burned a whole lot of time play those type of things door goes up days my boy Randy had a plus class so I you’ll beat now I’m struggling minute even detail cuz I’ve been man homework
Simon this homework assignment was worth like twenty thirty percent of your grade some crazed like that I was I mean here’s the perfect opportunity for me to get back guys getting some grace thank the Lord and so what I quickly realized as we were studying eleven o’clock game
Wasn’t too late most guys would be around to talk with a cane first it was by eight of us decipher room everybody was trying to come together on together but an 8 10 and 7 12 57 turn into 51 at 15 turning three total three turning to
Me and him in the people that was supposed to be the earth or there but the one where a relationship with Christ just like me at the time instead of the one who love God state with me to an eight in the morning class was at nine
Harper was doing 859 you don’t a little bit over you guys turned in by a certain time yes got a B+ no more open grade up making best for instance at stake probably Christ now all I have to ask you ask me where for the brothers that
Were trying to get me to be a part of the fraternity where was such a such who’s banging down my door trying to recruit me where was the person who was up of flyers the webcam hosted by this fraternity or that sorority normies round inclined more they sleep it kind
Of women Brandon is on the ground with me trying to make sure I’m stream now that right there my friends and divide you may go find that no fraternity doses audio but money eventually interesting is rinse off this is what real relationships but like this is what real
Faithfulness looks like then as you go down we look at gentleness on all that says humble considers their or considerate of others second Corinthians chapter 10 verse 15 says this by the humility and gentleness know Christ the Lord Himself gentle with this and other words he’s not gonna be the one that a
Silly puts us on blast when we do something wrong but he will be the one who tells us what we need to hear even though it may make us feel although convenience he’s gentle he’s not the one who just here miss us down which is amy
Was a doomed an old message I said mine that’s divine some controls the last 11 office says his mastery over sinful human desires we talked about that bass back to chapter 4 how to avoid citations Jesus did dad he had self-control bob says even after 40 days he was hungry he
Could turn stalls and friends with it it wouldn’t put the devil they may be tempted with but he has something children to the spirit in the event this is true / and what I see that the body of Christ is still with these things there’s no need for anything else in
Life and so if you’re having a conversation with me I’ll just use my self and get my own testimony having a conversation with me and you’re like everyone trying to figure out by that I kind of want to join this fraternity I don’t wanna join a sorority first
Question I ask you why do you want to do this no matter what your response to me is will always be consistent again you find that in the body of Christ I want to be connected to a network of people as found by the price i want to have community service opportunities when
It’s something called missions it is plenty of hours learning more spotted the body parts but i want some authentic relationships have your InFocus down on the bottom price and you’re an initiative junior adventures battles but i was some letterman jackets and i want some conference of clothing you make you dance
And so you see how everything that you think you need in trying to pledge and trying to be a part of a frat or sorority everything you think needed that has already been in Christ so now it just comes down to whether you want Christ or you want eight that’s what it
Comes down to is that cut dry is that black and white now let me help you does this mean if I choose this that God does not love me not at all he loves me whether I choose him or not his love is unconditional does this mean that I made
This out of some opportunities yes it does go back to my friend regretted the fact that he pledged he miss that was so many opportunities he if he was here right I had like Monique will tell you exactly what he told me mr. I’m so many opportunities but because of the grace
Of God God was able and because God loves him rustoleum from that situation but does this mean that the same manner for you now can’t say the same bob says not to take advantage was gracious that because one of the grace that we keep on
Sending on that at all it’s based I hate when I see this grace I’ll respond to into obedience and so great a place right now and you’re convinced about the divine nine and I like the appropriate timing of this message in this series because this is the time where both
People are pledging and crossing around April time things get unveil your thoughts the Flyers all over campus and so I see Facebook invites you get text messages Twitter will be going up latest line of such a sub paternity latest not as such as a sorority what about the
Latest on such a such dividing crisis that’s what I’m interested in that’s not me see and everything I know about the Lord is this you don’t have to be in secrecy while you’re going through you can tell nobody joseph i dun know his boo gossips I want
You to go tell somebody please don’t can I come with you don’t tell somebody please share it with somebody tell everybody they can be a part of the same this is the best thing this is the best you can never be a part of and the great
Accomplishment is all you need is so open yourself and make yourself available to wait you don’t have to meet a certain criteria you I have a certain GPA you have to look a certain way you don’t have to have a certain type of pedigree your Paris will have to be a
Part of this group God says oh come as you are this is real why would I want to be a part of something as great it as mining as awesome as this this is the real divine but not be a part of love joy peace patience kindness goodness gentleness and self-control and I’m
Going to be a part of their and that’s what it’s all about for these next few weeks as you making the decision as Joshua gave the home at the ultimatum but he gave the choice to the children of Israel on Joshua 24 he says you guys
Can decide if you want to serve the gossip before bothers you already stand in this context and it s ways of this message you can decide if you want to join a graphic is your mom and dad did you decide to show the frat destroyed because of the family room is dead
Because this particle is going to be a part of something he says but then he he brings the juxtaposition along lines he says but they really haven’t done anything for you or you can choose the guy who saved you from a hand of a rover to simplify cannot contest you could be
A part of the one that’s the one who brought you on campus even though your graceful taro who deems you or who saves you from the car accident did not allow the worst to happen to you you can choose to serve him this is what Joshua said I love it
He says but you know what asks for me allows sorry Logan it’s on you it’s your choice it’s your decision and it’s all going to be on your shoulders and as I said I am done here to bash anybody who’s a part of a friend if you’re a
Part of a fraternity or supporting right now bless your heart here’s my what job did you do if in fact you are a Christian and you are fraternity and you’re in a sorority you have to understand what your purpose is for being there right now now that you have
This understanding you want to be in light in a dark place which means now I have in a dark place I can’t be doing dog things because my brother or a sister doing dumb things no I insertion rights I need to lead people to Christ
As I told you friend upon pledge that in a fraternity the many demons are understanding of really realizing that hey I really have no business being part of this in the first place babe I’m here and I realize that now God is kind of going to be a new purpose in a new
Understanding nice for me to go help some of these brothers that are connected to at least in the crisis it was the awesome thing about it I’m killed his non profits then give you mine to Christ because he begins aligned himself with the purpose which simply
Means this if not leads you to get out your fraternity please do so if he’s telling you you know what you did it but you know what you’re going to say you and doing at least some people to be do so it’s what I would also say if you’re
Wrestling right down but joining a frat or join a sorority make sure it’s the spirit of that decision three about that first of course don’t ask it’s not really leading you to do this or you just want to do you know one of the things that that really kind of basically
A lot of times because why would people come to me to ask your life about my took questions that I kind of I had conversation with people and everybody’ll the tough decision the first thing I asked me you know and pray about it was godly to do and your
Response thought was the same Oh think about that I promised you you thought about it and you spend some time thinking about it you want to have as much of a struggle with the decision that you’re trying to make like that as a matter of fact I would put one more
Record as saying is I know bus was anyone admitted the reason why you don’t want to go to god this because you already know this concept and so I eat the state practical you’re in a relationship or somebody write down here’s a standard go pray to God whether
That you should be with this person because you have a building a useful say in a great offer so you know I’m gonna go bring ponders take on an ego and I’m scared do you wanna know what’s gonna happen I believe the same is with every
Other area a lot our challenge you got a spirit that i’ll charge you to consult the Lord with this decision is it the end of the world because you decide to do with that at all but but it really messed up you weren’t a whole lot if
It’s not what I want you to do that’s the question is does these things lined up with who God is things that they stand on and they also give you some backdrop and we will talk about this the next few weeks in as I said if you got
Questions and you got things I spring with you maybe you did agree with something that’s great to Todd Lovins write it down all of these you got to say good under steady used to be talked about green and one of the things that Paul was always going is in apps with
Was the people to green thoughts because it’s a pride they were it’s a divine how much velocity a worship sex gods and wild parties samba major data rituals can see the time gotta see the connection and then we begin to see things for what they are
Is the question I asked you god is this really what you want to do and if it is something he wants you to do you got to understand it as a purposeful it’s not discussed for your own business it’s all for the kingdom purpose it’s not for you
It’s not for you so that way you can be a part of a network of people it’s not so that we could be a part of a group and have a jacket I want to say you know dashed well exit entering spring it’s not about that notice Troy specific
Purpose that you have to be able to find out what their purpose is that’s not much challenge you to do to be sicker than what you did with look at what it has to offer competitive what Christ has to offer and when you begin to look at
That and wait that list then this is nothing compared to work on access though and for me is a little brighter and I believe some of us in here you are hope you like you are super close like you really want a page I don’t talk about you don’t already wants a slow
Motion Street Village mashup stuff that’s what hats it actually a little you ready I would ask you halls were you on see God because this is not what I watching and I will probably or the belief that if they not painted your video you really damage your life as
With anything else into a relationship that is not go out of a project end up in the manger where is not without wishing to be it would check your pockets all end up doing some things going someplace that’s not a god there’s this is no difference of course you have
To ask yourself is but i believe the world the additional supply line or when I take the truth real / comes from which comes from the one that isn’t that tried its quad-core church she said of fortune sent to the target store search thurston Jordan is gone and his
Crossword through the cross my gospel is dropped in a heart first response birthday morning is law and God third or you won’t work modeling all of his laws virtues you saw person being corny jaw first move to put them throughout his love was enough to see them
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