Well hey podcast pals, it's Pastor Mark Triscoll here. Thank you for tuning in. I've had the

honor of teaching the Bible for around 30 years. Happy to report. I got my cancel card about a

decade ago. Nice to get that out of the way. And now I'm back in a zombie mode man, you can't kill

me. And if you would do me a solid, I could really use your help. Number one, rate this podcast.

Everybody gives me one in five star reviews. I need you to give me a five star. In addition,

I review the podcast. Tell them it's good. It's helpful. It's fun. It's authentic. It's

genuine. It's down the fairway. It's all about Jesus. And share it. Let your friends know. Let

your family know. And if you want to trigger your enemies, let them know too. I've been triggering

woke joke folks since the mid 90s. And glad to keep up the fight. All right, I'm in a good mood

and we're going to have a good time. Amen. That's just what I'm doing. So, hey, if you got a Bible,

we're in a book of the New Testament. It's called First Thessalonians. We're in chapter three.

If you want to find your place there and here's our big subject, more standing up, less bowing down.

Here's the big theme. It's a theme throughout your Bible, but it does appear in this section.

And that is when you're up against the world, when you're in the world, when you're going

against culture, should you bow to it or stand up against it? Stand up against it. If you said

bow, we love you, but you're new. You need to stand up against it. Now, when you come into the

presence of God, you should bow. We bow in the presence of God out of submission and surrendered him,

but we stand in the face of the world and the culture that is against God. This is a major theme

in the Bible and it's a major encouragement in our chapter that we're studying here today.

And we actually get this from the Lord Jesus. The Lord Jesus Christ is God. He came down from

heaven to earth and our God literally stood on the world and stood against the world.

And he stood against the political leaders who were corrupt. He stood against the religious leaders

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