Replay | The Maker (Summer Jams) with Chris Schlotterbeck

Welcome to Hub City Vineyard. To get connected or to give online, go to hcv.church or give.htv.church.

If at any point during this message you feel called to make a change in your life, text

change me to 970-00. Thank you and enjoy the message. And finally I have the lucky, lucky

honor of introducing our Hub City worship for the start of our June series which is Summer Jams.

And today's song is going to be The Maker by Daniel Lin-Wa.

I stand with arms wide open, I've run a twisted line,

I'm a stranger in the eyes of the maker.

Well I could not see, for the fog in my eyes,

And I could not feel, for the fear in my eyes.

From across the great divide, in the distance I saw a light,

John Baptiste walking to me with the maker.

My body, my body's been tampered with,

From alarm and dangerously.

I can't work with bills of paper, to turn my head away, I'm not a stranger in the hands of the maker.

Mother John, have you seen the homeless dog?

Standing there with broken bones, I have seen the flanking sun,

There are worries still beating, burning in the eyes of the maker.

I sit burning in the eyes of the maker.

I sit burning in the eyes of the maker.

Over and over again, from your sleep.

Over and over again, from your sleep.

Oh, river of rust, from your sleep, from your sleep.

Oh, river of rust, from your sleep.

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And the first one is this, we have to daily choose to put to death our old sin nature.

Now one of the most positive words in the Bible has a negative connotation within our society.

In fact, our society has actually made it a negative word.

Do you want to hear what it is?

It's the word repent.

See repent doesn't mean repent.

Turn or burn that you hear in a growl from the man standing on the street corner.

Or repent is not the words you read on a banner that a woman is walking through a large crowd

of people with on New Year's Eve saying, you sinner.

That's not repent.

That's not repent. And that's not what God is trying to communicate to us.

Let me define it for you.

Can I define it for you?

This is repent.

I'm walking in this direction and I choose to go the other way.

Now is that a negative word?

That's what repentance is.

I'm walking in one direction, suddenly realize there's a better way and turn and go that way.

How do I know that?

Well, look at Acts 3, 19 to 20.

Now, everyone say now.

That means daily.

Repent.

Repent means, oh my gosh, people.

You know I'm an educator, right?

Repent means, thank you.

Now daily repent or turn of your sins and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped away.

Then times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord and will,

he will again send you Jesus, your appointed Messiah.

I want you to hear this more than the very first time.

I want you to hear this more than the very air that I'm breathing this morning.

You can be refreshed today.

You are not a stranger in the eyes of the maker.

We can't control our circumstances but we can control what is happening inside of us.

And it all comes down to a choice.

See, David wrote these words after committing adultery and after having the husband of the woman

he committed adultery with, killed.

Not two of the best choices that he ever made in life but he wrote these words in Psalm 51.

Wash me clean of my guilt.

Curify me from my sin.

See, every single day I,

I, Chris needs to choose to put to death my sin nature.

Right?

I need to bury it.

For example, I have this tendency to be very impatient.

Very impatient.

And if I let that go in the wrong direction,

I suddenly can find myself becoming angry quickly.

See, I'm a leader and I like to take over things but the bad thing about that is

the bad thing about this quality that I have and that God has given me is that I tend to take on things

that I shouldn't take on because I want to or that others put on me.

For example, I could find myself driving to an appointment that I may be a few minutes late for

that I didn't really have time to schedule but I scheduled it anyway because I felt bad for this person

and I happen to get stuck behind a person that's not driving as fast as I need to be driving

and I get to that appointment and that can quickly lead me to sin because I'm impatient

and because that person is too old, shouldn't have a driver's license, is driving way too slow.

So that's anger, judgment.

Uh, let's see here what else.

Let's just say it's sin.

It's just sin.

It's a bad attitude.

It's just a lot of things rolled into one.

Amen? All right.

Now I know none of you have ever been there.

What we need to do though is we need to get rid of that old sin nature.

We got to give it to God.

Jesus, I'm giving you my day.

Lead me to take on what you have for me, not what someone else needs from me.

See, when you know your weakness,

when you know your struggle, whatever it is that's from the old sin nature,

you have to daily give it to God and you have to ask the Holy Spirit to control it.

Just let me, can I be honest with you?

See your sin nature, my sin nature, our sin nature, it's like a zombie.

For many of you, it's like a zombie apocalypse.

See, you bury it and then suddenly in the middle of the night,

it's right back there.

And God's saying, give it to me.

Romans 8, 12 to 13.

Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, and please be aware,

Paul is writing to you and me in this letter.

He's not writing to those outside of the church.

You have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do.

For if you live by its dictates, you will die.

And please understand, Paul's not talking about heaven or hell here.

When Jesus forgave your sins, he forgave all of them.

Past, present, and future.

I mean, think about it, the sins you haven't yet committed

are already paid for by Jesus' actions on the cross.

I don't know about you, but that's pretty good news.

Amen.

See, Paul is writing about the quality of life here on earth

and how we live in the present.

He's writing about the quality of life here on earth

and how we live our lives every day.

He continues, if through the power of the Spirit,

you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature,

you're gonna what?

You will live.

The daily choice.

God, I give you my anger.

God, I give you my lust.

God, I give you my impatience.

God, I give you my negativity.

Holy Spirit, overcome me with joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, and self-control.

See the difference?

Take it, God.

Fill me with your qualities.

Which leads us to our next step.

Friends, we have to daily choose to release our path

and take another step forward.

Again, listen to David here, Psalm 51, 7.

Purify me from my sins and I will be clean.

Wash me and I'll be whiter than snow.

See the first step, the first step that we did,

the old sin nature is about washing on the outside.

Getting rid of the outside.

David now references the inside.

He says cleanse me from the inside, God.

Cleanse me of those issues that I've been carrying around for way too long.

You know, those hurts, those pains, those addictions, that unforgiveness, those habits.

Oh, I need this.

Lies.

Because they're not God's best for your life.

See, in our daily time with God,

we have to not only ask God to help us with the issues that we know we have,

like we did in step one,

but we have to listen as well.

We have to ask, speak to God about the issues of the old nature.

We have to ask God and listen to the Holy Spirit about what he wants to change.

Holy Spirit, what do you want to change in me today?

And see, this is where the hard part is for many of you.

Because it's not just you and the Holy Spirit, it involves others.

See, look at James 5-16 from the message.

Make this your common practice.

Daily practice.

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other

so that you can live together whole and healed.

The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with.

Amen?

See, when we're honest with others,

when we open ourselves up to others,

then accountability happens, then cleansing happens, then change happens.

Now, next month we're going to do this really new, cool, interesting series called Grace Bomb.

And see, there's been a lot of bombs going off in our culture lately,

and those bombs are all negative derivatives of hate, death, and destruction.

But that's just not God's best.

See, we believe in living in God's best,

and we believe that if we bomb people with grace,

they'll be overwhelmed with this love and life change will happen. Amen?

So it's our goal next month, for the month of July,

to launch five Grace Bomb groups.

You say, what's that mean, Chris?

Well, we want five people or couples to host five groups in their house,

and this is how I saw it.

You know, I thought bigger.

I think backyard, barbecue, fire pit, hanging around,

talking about Jesus and how you can bomb people with grace.

Doesn't that sound like fun?

Like, who would go to that? I would go to that, wouldn't you?

Like, some of you wouldn't go to that?

Yeah, I feel bad for you.

You really don't want to have fun.

You need to go find one of those churches that don't have fun.

Like, I want to have fun in here.

So here's what it takes.

It takes five people to step up and say,

I want to be a Grace Bomb group leader.

Okay?

And I believe there's five people in here or couples that want to be a Grace Bomb.

Doesn't that just sound cool? Grace Bomb group leader.

Like, that just sounds cool.

And there's this guy over here on my left named Rudy.

Can you stand up, Rudy? Some people don't know you.

He's got these cool sunglasses on and an Elvis shirt.

I don't know why he likes Elvis because we're singing Daniel Lin-Wild today,

but we'll forgive him for that.

He wants to meet with you at the Welcome Hub right after this so that you can host a group.

Is that okay?

And see, some of you need to step out and be a host.

And you say, well, Chris, I've never did a group before.

I can't lead a group. Yes, you can.

We give you all the material.

Like, we put it in your hand. We say, okay, this is what you do.

Take this material.

Pray. Read it.

Pray for each other.

Pretty simple, right?

All right, so I need five of you to see Rudy right after this at the Welcome Hub.

And if there's ten of you, even better.

And if there's twenty, let's get it on, right?

Let's go after it because it's a part of living a life of abundance,

which leads us to our next step.

We have to daily choose to pursue God's plan.

Psalm 51, 10 through 11.

Create in me a clean heart, O God.

Renew a loyal spirit within me.

Do not banish me from your presence and don't take your Holy Spirit from me.

We have to daily learn to pray.

Jesus, lead me. Guide me.

Jesus, I want to be used by you today to share the good news.

Romans 12, 2 says, don't copy the behavior and customs of this world,

but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think

and you'll learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

And here's the problem with our society.

See, our society and many people within the church that live within our society

believe that our plans are better than God's.

Well, that's not what I want to do, God.

This is what I want to do.

And see, within our society, there's a spirit of just individualism.

And they want to do what they want to do whenever they want to do it.

And that's just not God's best.

In fact, it's a lie of the enemy.

God's plan is good and pleasing and perfect.

And we want to challenge you to walk in those plans for your life.

And this is one way we're going to do it, man.

This summer is going to be incredible.

I feel like God's going to explode in this place.

This is the first Sunday.

And typically, we had pray first on the first Sunday of every month.

Right?

When we started pray first, we'd come back here at 6 o'clock

and we'd pray for our community of faith, our community, our state,

our what country, the U.S. and the world.

I don't even know where we live.

Geez.

I live somewhere.

Don't know where.

Anyway, when we started pray first, we had 20, 30 people that would come.

Then it dwindled to 10.

Then it dwindled to 5.

And then the last time we did it was 2.

So in other words, a kind of lost team.

Like, I get it.

It's tough to come back on Sunday nights.

You've already been to church.

You check that box.

I'm good.

I'll pray, but I'm going to pray from home.

So I'm like, all right, cool.

We can do that.

So what we're going to do this summer is challenge you to take prayer walks.

So once a week, not once a month, we want to challenge you to go somewhere

and take a prayer walk.

And you say, well, Chris, what does that mean?

Well, you can go to Halfway Park, walk their beautiful natural trail over and back.

And the whole time you do it, pray.

Pray for yourself.

Pray for our community of faith.

Pray for our community.

And just take a walk and connect with God.

That's a good thing, right?

And see, it's also good you're connecting with God.

But we're also instilling in you healthy habits because what are you doing while you pray?

You're walking.

And guess what?

Someone you need to start walking.

OK?

All right.

There's no judgment here.

I'm just saying it's good for you.

It's good for you to walk.

And we need to get out there and walk.

And if you need a reason to start walking, why not pray and walk?

That's the best reason possible.

So I want to challenge you once a week to go into your neighborhood,

go to Fairgrounds Park, go to Robinwood Medical Center and walk their halls.

I don't really care where you go.

And spend time praying and walking.

Well, Chris, how long should I do that?

As long as the Holy Spirit tells you to.

Five minutes, ten minutes.

You can find yourself on the canal walking and praying at maybe an hour.

It's OK.

Prayer is a good thing that's going to impact and change your life.

Now, when it comes to purpose also, we believe that all of you have a role to play in our community faith.

You already heard me share today.

Start with why I would love to share with you about our church, why it began, where we're going, where God's leading us to.

I'll meet you in the family room right after this gathering so that you can plug in and become a part.

Remember, this is all about joy.

Right, David?

Wash me.

Clean me.

Create in me.

And finally, our final step, daily choose to live a life of impacting others.

Psalm 51, 12 to 13.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation.

Now, some of you are like, well, what is it?

What is joy to your salvation?

What does that even mean, Chris?

It's the next sentence.

Make me willing to obey you.

Then I will teach your ways to rebels and they will return to you.

See, my life begins to impact others when I reach out to those that are lonely, when I reach out to those that are poor and give to them,

when I grab a hold of the addicted and invite them in.

We make a difference when we reach out to people in need.

You will never experience the joy of your salvation until you do something for other people.

If you're not doing anything for other people, there's no joy of salvation because you're not sharing it.

Now, some of you are like, well, Chris, of course you're sharing the joy of your salvation.

You're a pastor.

You're on the stage.

It's your job.

You're supposed to write up these sermons that tell us about the joy of your salvation.

You know what I'm going to say to you?

Don't ask me.

Okay?

When you leave here, go find Mike Shriver.

He's out in the parking lot parking cars.

Say, Mike, why are you helping to park cars?

Go find Frank or Pete.

Pete gave you a bulletin or Frank held a door open for you and high-fived you on the way in.

Why are you giving me a bulletin?

Why are you holding doors?

How about Nikki?

She made you a cup of coffee and put it in your hand.

Go talk to Cheryl or John or Tim.

They're teaching your kids.

And say, why are you doing this?

And you know what they're going to say?

No, it's not service work.

It's to give back to God.

It's bigger than volunteerism.

It's about sharing the good news of the gospel with other people that want to hear it,

hoping that they can make a difference in the lives of others.

Amen?

And that's all good news.

It's our desire that you do the same.

You say, well, Chris, what does this have to do with the song that I heard this morning?

Well, Daniel Lemoy wrote about homeless daughters.

Right?

And those homeless daughters are referencing the prostitutes.

And notice they were standing with broken wings.

Church, don't forget about the people that are hurting in our world.

Don't walk away from them.

Don't turn your head.

Don't judge them.

Hebrews 13, 16 says, don't forget to do good and to share with those in need.

These are the sacrifices that please God.

Notice from the message, make sure you don't take things for granted and go slack in working for the common good.

Share what you have with others.

God takes particular pleasure in acts of worship, a different kind of sacrifice that takes place in the kitchen, the workplace, and on the streets.

See, none of this happens.

None of this happens unless you make and take these steps each and every day.

It's a daily choice.

See, my dream is not that you show up here on Sundays.

That's not my dream.

Now, do I want you to come here on Sundays?

Do I want to have sick services?

Do I want to have multiple places and plant churches?

I want to do that because I want to see God's kingdom invade this place.

But I don't want to see you just show up on Sundays and go through the motions.

I did that for 22 years of my life and it got me nowhere.

I want to see you show up, begin making the difference in the lives of others, and walking in God's plan for your life.

Because that's the good news.

See, joy is more than a feeling.

It's a way of living.

And so many of us aren't walking in it.

But God is inviting you into that encounter today.

Now, this past Wednesday, I checked off a bucket list item and I got to see one of my favorite bands live down at FedExField.

I got to go see Coldplay.

It was a really cool experience because all my kids went with me.

Not all of them, but my older kids went with me.

It was Zoe's graduation gift.

My wife was supposed to go with me, but we had an unfortunate accident at home and she had to take care of our Nolan.

And that's okay.

That's a part of being a mom or dad.

And it's funny, you go to these concerts, right?

A hundred thousand plus people fill in a stadium.

Probably one of the best shows, if not the best show I've ever been a part of in my life.

But more importantly, it drew me closer to God.

And you're like, what?

What do you mean it drew you closer to God?

I had encounters with Jesus at that concert that I've had nowhere else.

And you're like, really?

Yeah, this is the lyrics from one of their songs.

God gave you style and gave you grace and put a smile upon your face.

See, in so many people, they want to write off stuff.

Yet in reality, God wants to use everything.

God wants to use everything in your life to grow your relationship with Jesus.

But you just got to be open to receiving it.

You got to be open to growing in it.

You got to be open to changing.

And here's what I felt like the Holy Spirit whispered to me this morning to close this gathering.

God is inviting you to make a choice this morning.

Now, if you got a bulletin on your way in, open it up.

If you didn't get a bulletin, put your hand up.

Did anybody not get a bulletin? Put your hand up.

All right, Gary, can you get, is Gary in here?

Oh, he's not here. He left me.

Oh, he's got post-its. I was going to give him post-its.

Sorry, Gary bailed on us.

Geez.

Just judge him. It's okay.

Just judge him.

I'm just kidding. Don't judge him, please.

Anyway, in your bulletin, there's a post-it.

It's there for a purpose.

Okay?

I felt like God told me to put a post-it over your outline.

And that as I was sharing during this Sunday gathering,

he was going to be whispering in your ears that little area, not 10, 1,

that he desires for you to work on.

He desires for you to change.

He desires for you to give back to him.

So I'm going to invite the Holy Spirit to come.

All right?

We're going to listen to God for a minute or so.

After you listen to God, if he highlights something,

I want you to write it on that post-it.

And then I want you to look up here to this screen.

And I want you to take a look at that cross.

Okay?

All right?

I want you to look back down at your post-it.

I want you to look back up at that cross.

And then I'm going to have you ball it up

and throw it in the trash on your way out before you high-five me.

Because that's where it needs to be.

So Holy Spirit, come.

Speak to us this morning, God.

Whisper into our spirit, into our ears.

What is it that you desire for me to change this morning?

What is that one thing that you desire for me to focus on?

Habit, addiction, sin, an old nature, attitude.

God, give me the courage to write it down and give it to you, God.

And Holy Spirit, I invite, as this act of obedience happens, God,

that you literally, supernaturally remove it from my friends.

That you change us and you make us more like Jesus.

God, come now.

Come, Holy Spirit.

I want you to look up at the cross.

Look at what you wrote down.

Ball it up.

Ball it up.

That deserves to be in the trash as you leave this place.

Amen?

I said this during the first gathering, but this was a really good sermon.

And we needed to hear it.

Now if we could all go to that place of prayer.

There's some of you that have come in here that just, you're not in that relationship.

Maybe you've run away from God.

Maybe you've never started that journey.

Maybe you're just struggling.

You're sin.

God wants to set you free this morning.

Jesus is inviting you into that closeness.

So no one looking around, it's a private thing between individuals and God.

If there's anyone here like that, just flip your hand up.

Is there anyone here like that?

God.

We all just pray this prayer together.

Jesus, I'm broken.

I'm full of doubt.

Shame.

Regret.

Sin.

Change me.

I believe you're God's son.

I believe you died for me.

Fill me with the Holy Spirit.

And give me opportunities.

Back to others.

In Jesus' name.

Now listen, if you prayed that prayer, whether you raised your hand or not, text me, please.

Just put that number in, right change me.

I will follow up with you this week.

I'll be praying for you this week.

I'll give you next steps on how to grow this relationship with God.

If you're joining us from home, thank you for welcoming us into your home.

If you're here within our community of faith, I need you to do three things.

Okay, you ready?

Three things.

One, is God calling you to lead a grace bomb group.

If so, see Rudy at the welcome hub.

Okay.

Two, maybe you need to start this journey within our community of faith.

Because many of you are just, you show up, sit down, leave.

Show up, sit down, leave.

That's not growth.

God wants you plugged in and used to make a difference.

And three, okay, I need you to look at your neighbors.

Tell them how much God loves them and encourage them while I leave and get to the back door before you.

Can you do that?

All right. God bless you guys.

Thank you.