I have seen my faith or wisdom in the Lord grow each trial I get and I'm so great full to he loves me enough to teach me how to become ever closer to him. May he refine us like gold brothers and sisters.
If you truly consider precious, Christ, you will pursue righteousness, love , and self-control. This is a daily struggle and sometimes we fail therefore pray continually for more faith. Sometimes we start with, I believe, Lord help me with my unbelief. There is no need to fear the threat of being legalistic. Ask, is Christ most precious to you, if not then let’s pray for God’s help. We must by the grace of God become mature or we will be deceived.
John 6:29: The only work the God requires is that you believe on the one whom He has sent, The speaker is talking about the perfecting of the saints. "Believe on Him" john 3:16 (trust Jesus for His finished work). Not what you have done but what He has done. Who do you trust for salvation is the key to salvation.
This section of scripture is huge and so relates with 1peter and key and the essince of Christianity in a whole . Jesus sed it in a few words unless you forsake all you cannot be his disciple
I see it a little bit differently. I think the phrase, “This is the evidence of the righteous judgement of God” refers to those who are the _persecutors_ here (rather than the persecuted). I think of Philippians 1:28 (Without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is _a sign to them_ that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved - and that by God.).. but less dramatically about phrases like ‘winning over without words’ or in 1 Peter, “keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.”. Suffering unjustly without complaining makes us “shine like stars” and I think has the opposite effect to ‘suppressing the truth in unrighteousness’. There is something shaming, and convicting (of our opponents) about wordlessly receiving unjust suffering without complaining while we pray for our enemies - committing ourselves to a faithful creator and continuing to do good. I think it is somehow disclosing of God’s righteous judgement (not on us, but on all unrighteousness and especially in relation to the behaviour of our persecutors). May God in His justice repay those who trouble us and grant us relief while he cultivates in us the Spirit of that first martyr who said, like Christ, “Do not hold this sin against them”.
I don't think there are any scales involved; Jesus' blood has tipped them so far our way that our pain isn't going to tip them any further! But it's more like cleansing the tarnish of our shame the same way Jesus bore the shame of the cross by showing our faith in God through the way we carry our own cross in the fires of our trials. The more our faith is tested and proven true and not an act, the more glory God receives, and we see often in the Bible that even though God knows something to be true, He will still demonstrate it for all of creation to witness and marvel at. We are already saved, but we must still show the world and all the angels, even the fallen ones, that God is righteous and Jesus is King.
@@leebard9335 ... Colossians 1:24 ..... Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church .......... 🧐🤔
@@leebard9335 How is God glorified by our suffering? When I see a Christian suffer it does not make me want to say, "Glory to God!". It makes me want to ask, "Why, God, of all the ways that You could have chosen to train Your children, have You chosen suffering?" If you saw human parents devising various agonizing and devastating trials for their children to struggle their way through, you would call the police and have them arrested for child abuse. What makes it good for God, but evil for everybody else? I see Christians suffer, and I find myself wrestling with the ideas that God is either a cruel sadomasochist, or he is mostly distant and disinterested. The most faithful Christians I know have experienced crushing despair, calamity, and heart-wrenching pain. It seems almost as if life is a torture test and God wants us to prove our loyalty by seeing how much torture we will endure with a good Christian smile. Those who suffer the worst bring him the most pleasure, like I said, sadistic. I don't want to see things this way, but I don't know how else to see it. God, please help me understand.
John 6:29: The only work the God requires is that you believe on the one whom He has sent, The speaker is talking about the perfecting of the saints. "Believe on Him" john 3:16 (trust Jesus for His finished work). Not what you have done but what He has done. Who do you trust for salvation is the key to salvation.
First of all, I will say this because it's possible that no one else will. It takes guts for someone who wants or wishes to be saved, and who has knowledge of judgement and hell, to even consider that he may not be saved yet as he currently is. This kind of consideration is where true repentance and salvation comes from. Most people will shame you for being weak in faith, or stubbornly quote to you their favourite verses that they use to affirm themselves, presuming that you must not have come across them yet, even though you've clearly stated that your conclusion is based on your understanding of the Scriptures. But as someone who has been in your position many times in the past, I know that your desire is not to be consoled or to have verses quoted at you, but that your desire is for someone to either convincingly confirm your words or disprove them, ideally through a careful study of the Scriptures. Basically what you're saying is this: "I don't think I'm saved because of x, y or z; prove me wrong (or right)". My next comment will attempt to do just that, though I don't know exactly what made you convinced that you're not saved. So I'll just make a few general observations concerning the nature of salvation.
So here's a few facts about salvation that may have slipped your mind: 1. You're not supposed to save yourself - that's the entire point behind "being saved" (passive tense). You're not supposed to offer a sacrifice to God for salvation; you're not supposed to figure out how to be saved; you're not supposed to forgive yourself; you're not supposed to acquit yourself of judgement; you're not supposed to free yourself from sin. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but judging from the tone in your comment, you think that there's something you haven't done yet, or done right in order to be saved. But you're not supposed to save yourself. Therefore, know that when you doubt the salvation of God, you don't doubt yourself but God. 2. Salvation is a future event. You often hear of people saying that they have been saved. But technically, the right way to say it is: "I will be saved". Why? Because we are saved, not from something in our past, but something that is yet to come - the wrath of God on unrepentant sinners on the final judgement day. So it's not as if you've already missed some kind of single opportunity to get saved in the past. Unless you can say "I will not/never be saved", you shouldn't be looking at your past to determine whether you're saved/will be saved or not. Instead, as Peter said, you should be looking to "confirm your calling". If there are things which are lacking in you, then strengthen those things, asking for help from God through His grace. Don't be someone who quits before they've even began. But as long as it is called "Today", strive to enter the rest of God. 3. Salvation is God's idea, not yours. Many people think, speak and act as if they are the ones who thought to plead and strive with God to convince Him that they're worthy of His salvation. That's utter rubbish and a gross misrepresentation of reality, and quite frankly an insult to the goodwill and righteousness and might of God, who paid a dear price in giving His only Son precisely for the salvation of the world. If a loved one told you that he was going to give you a gift for Christmas, after having sold his most prized possession to buy you that gift, would you say, "looking at myself, I don't think that I'm going to get that gift"? Not only does that insult the integrity of the gift-giver, but it is a very presumptuous and arrogant statement which implies that you have power over his ability and desire to give you the gift through changing your personal opinions of yourself. For if God desires to give you a gift, and you yourself want the gift, then how can you say, "I don't think I'll get it", or "I don't think I've got it", and especially when Jesus Christ has already died on the cross? So then, the only question for you is how much you want the gift that God has given. For God has already shown His intentions quite clearly through the sacrifice of His only Son.
So to summarize, I empathize with you, having been where you are multiple times, but I'm also kicking you on the proverbial butt and telling you to stop self-pitying and start addressing what needs to be addressed. If it is the Holy Spirit that you feel is missing, ask from God and you will receive the Holy Spirit. If it is your life that is sinful, ask for forgiveness, and start actually resisting sin and not just letting it walk all over you however it pleases. And get up each time you fall; don't remain lying on the ground when you should be fighting. Don't allow yourself to be counted out when you still have enough strength to stand and to fight. You've done well in trying to honestly evaluate yourself according to the Scriptures. Now is the time to strengthen what is lacking, and not the time to make premature judgements concerning the fate of your soul. Leave the judging (sentencing) to God. Evaluating yourself is not bad, but you are not the one who judges (declares the final verdict), just as you are not the one who saves or punishes. Evaluation is for purposes of improvement or change, and not judgement.
And as a parting comment, what do you think Peter felt about his salvation after denying Jesus three times? Do you think that he considered himself the best example of a saved person? Is that why he wept after the rooster crowed? And for that matter, when exactly do you think Peter was saved? Was it when Jesus called and chose him? Was it when he confessed Jesus as the Christ? Was it when Jesus said that He would build the church on that rock (Peter)? Was it when Peter received the Holy Spirit the first time when the twelve were sent two by two to perform miracles and preach the Gospel? Was it when Jesus washed his feet, after having told him that he would have no part in Him otherwise? Was it when Jesus breathed on the disciples and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit"? Was it when Peter and the apostles received the Holy Spirit on Pentecost? Was it after Paul had rebuked him for acting hypocritically in Galatians 2, after having said that Peter "stood condemned" because of said hypocrisy? My point is this: you worry about increasing your faith in God and being more and more faithful to Jesus, and let God work out the details of your salvation. For if you cannot tell exactly when Peter was saved by observing his actions, how will you ever be able to get to a place where you are satisfied that you are saved by observing your own actions? The greatest evidence for Peter's salvation is not one thing that happened at a specific time, or his flawlessness at living a Christian life, but in the fact that he just wouldn't stay down no matter what he did, or no matter how often he was rebuked, or no matter what happened to him. He kept reaching for that which he was called for. Do the same.
I think that most of us (Christians) are more invested in this world than we are think - I’m often unaware of what my hopes, plans and ambitions say about where my heart lies (especially those nicely wrapped up in the garb of “holiness” and “service”). These exhortations in Scripture (2 Thessalonians 1:5-8; 1 Peter 1:5-7; 2 Corinthians 4:17-18) show that for the Christian, suffering comes (amongst other things) to kill our love for (attachment to) this world and fix our gaze on Jesus; to draw our eyes to the city whose builder and maker is God (Hebrews 11:10, 13-16).
I don't disagree with anything John said, I think it can be very dangerous though to start focusing on (yourself) persevering instead of (God) preserving us, I know part of how God preserves us is by exorting us to persevere but still the Bible makes it very clear In hundreds and hundreds of verses to trust him alone and that salvation belongs to him alone 1 example Hebrews 12:1-2. You can preservere all you want but if your not believing alone on Jesus for everlasting life your not one of the elect and it will do you no good and you will eventually apostatize from the faith. John 5:24 Truly,truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me (has) eternal life. He does not come into judgement but has passed from death unto life. Revelation 3:1-2The words of him who has the 7spirits of God and the 7stars "I know your works.You have the (reputation of being alive) but you are (dead). Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. John 6:29 Jesus answered them,"This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."
I just finished listening to "John Piper's Favorite Things." Quite the little personality cult you've got going on. So happy to know you're happy with either Diet Dr Pepper or Diet Coke. And did you know the DC airport was bereft of Coke products? Let me cut to the chase. Open letter to John Piper: “Piper, if you really want a belly laugh re-read your piece on “How to Live Under an Unqualified President.” Jan 20, 2017. You had it in for him right from the beginning. But what cracks me up is the title. How to live? Tell that to the babies currently being slaughtered worldwide. How to live? Tell that to the church being slaughtered in Afghanistan. How to live? Tell that to the victims of a crime rate spiraling out of control. How to live? Tell that to the 1,000 Americans abandoned in Afghanistan. How to live? Tell that to the millions of families being beggared by inflation. How to live? Tell that to the families of the one hundred thousand Americans killed by fentanyl last year. How to live? Tell that to the children who are being hyper-sexualized by perverted teachers and "drag queen" story hour. Are you getting my drift? What do you see when you look in the mirror? I will tell you what you should be seeing: a hyper judgmental, confused old man with NO sense of proportion.”
Amen🙏아멘 HalleluJah✝️할렐루야
Praying that God's amazing grace will flood you as you turn accept and receive Jesus Christ in all His fullness.
I have seen my faith or wisdom in the Lord grow each trial I get and I'm so great full to he loves me enough to teach me how to become ever closer to him. May he refine us like gold brothers and sisters.
This word was so enriching. Gave me a new set of eyes on life. Thank you Lord
help us Lord with our light and momentary affliction give us the strength to endure
Please pray for me
What a blessing, God bless brother, John.
Thank you Lord for John Piper, and Teaching of your 'Truths' 😇
This is what I’m seeing in my life currently. Praise the Lord!
If you truly consider precious, Christ, you will pursue righteousness, love , and self-control. This is a daily struggle and sometimes we fail therefore pray continually for more faith. Sometimes we start with, I believe, Lord help me with my unbelief. There is no need to fear the threat of being legalistic. Ask, is Christ most precious to you, if not then let’s pray for God’s help. We must by the grace of God become mature or we will be deceived.
John 6:29: The only work the God requires is that you believe on the one whom He has sent, The speaker is talking about the perfecting of the saints. "Believe on Him" john 3:16 (trust Jesus for His finished work). Not what you have done but what He has done. Who do you trust for salvation is the key to salvation.
I will be watching these videos all week. I look forward to the next. Thank you John. Sincerely.
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Great teaching on these verses of scripture, very clear indeed!
how hard it is for the wealthy to
enter the gate to the KINGDOM be save and a good Stewart of HIS property
This section of scripture is huge and so relates with 1peter and key and the essince of Christianity in a whole . Jesus sed it in a few words unless you forsake all you cannot be his disciple
What is your name, sir? You are a very good teacher and enjoy all your posts!
This is John Piper God bless ❤️
@@jesusistheanswer2074 Thank you sir!!! God bless you!!!
I see it a little bit differently. I think the phrase, “This is the evidence of the righteous judgement of God” refers to those who are the _persecutors_ here (rather than the persecuted). I think of Philippians 1:28 (Without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is _a sign to them_ that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved - and that by God.).. but less dramatically about phrases like ‘winning over without words’ or in 1 Peter, “keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.”. Suffering unjustly without complaining makes us “shine like stars” and I think has the opposite effect to ‘suppressing the truth in unrighteousness’. There is something shaming, and convicting (of our opponents) about wordlessly receiving unjust suffering without complaining while we pray for our enemies - committing ourselves to a faithful creator and continuing to do good. I think it is somehow disclosing of God’s righteous judgement (not on us, but on all unrighteousness and especially in relation to the behaviour of our persecutors).
May God in His justice repay those who trouble us and grant us relief while he cultivates in us the Spirit of that first martyr who said, like Christ, “Do not hold this sin against them”.
So you're suggesting that people who are unjustly persecuted are somehow exempt from God's righteous judgment?
Psalms 9:5 psalms 7:11 psalms 37:17 Romans 8:1
I agree with you , Fear itself Pinball
What version of Bible is this taught out of? Asking to learn more.
Thank you ❤
Tipping the scale in our favor by pain
I don't think there are any scales involved; Jesus' blood has tipped them so far our way that our pain isn't going to tip them any further! But it's more like cleansing the tarnish of our shame the same way Jesus bore the shame of the cross by showing our faith in God through the way we carry our own cross in the fires of our trials. The more our faith is tested and proven true and not an act, the more glory God receives, and we see often in the Bible that even though God knows something to be true, He will still demonstrate it for all of creation to witness and marvel at. We are already saved, but we must still show the world and all the angels, even the fallen ones, that God is righteous and Jesus is King.
@@leebard9335 ... Bleeding the desire out of us to be a part of the world ... Discipline to purge us
@@leebard9335 ... Colossians 1:24
..... Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church
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@@leebard9335 ..... Daniel 5:27
TEKEL: You've been weighed on the scales and you don't measure up
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@@leebard9335 How is God glorified by our suffering? When I see a Christian suffer it does not make me want to say, "Glory to God!". It makes me want to ask, "Why, God, of all the ways that You could have chosen to train Your children, have You chosen suffering?"
If you saw human parents devising various agonizing and devastating trials for their children to struggle their way through, you would call the police and have them arrested for child abuse. What makes it good for God, but evil for everybody else?
I see Christians suffer, and I find myself wrestling with the ideas that God is either a cruel sadomasochist, or he is mostly distant and disinterested.
The most faithful Christians I know have experienced crushing despair, calamity, and heart-wrenching pain. It seems almost as if life is a torture test and God wants us to prove our loyalty by seeing how much torture we will endure with a good Christian smile. Those who suffer the worst bring him the most pleasure, like I said, sadistic.
I don't want to see things this way, but I don't know how else to see it. God, please help me understand.
the longer I study the word the more I'm convinced that I am not saved
John 6:29: The only work the God requires is that you believe on the one whom He has sent, The speaker is talking about the perfecting of the saints. "Believe on Him" john 3:16 (trust Jesus for His finished work). Not what you have done but what He has done. Who do you trust for salvation is the key to salvation.
First of all, I will say this because it's possible that no one else will. It takes guts for someone who wants or wishes to be saved, and who has knowledge of judgement and hell, to even consider that he may not be saved yet as he currently is. This kind of consideration is where true repentance and salvation comes from.
Most people will shame you for being weak in faith, or stubbornly quote to you their favourite verses that they use to affirm themselves, presuming that you must not have come across them yet, even though you've clearly stated that your conclusion is based on your understanding of the Scriptures. But as someone who has been in your position many times in the past, I know that your desire is not to be consoled or to have verses quoted at you, but that your desire is for someone to either convincingly confirm your words or disprove them, ideally through a careful study of the Scriptures.
Basically what you're saying is this: "I don't think I'm saved because of x, y or z; prove me wrong (or right)". My next comment will attempt to do just that, though I don't know exactly what made you convinced that you're not saved. So I'll just make a few general observations concerning the nature of salvation.
So here's a few facts about salvation that may have slipped your mind:
1. You're not supposed to save yourself - that's the entire point behind "being saved" (passive tense). You're not supposed to offer a sacrifice to God for salvation; you're not supposed to figure out how to be saved; you're not supposed to forgive yourself; you're not supposed to acquit yourself of judgement; you're not supposed to free yourself from sin. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but judging from the tone in your comment, you think that there's something you haven't done yet, or done right in order to be saved. But you're not supposed to save yourself. Therefore, know that when you doubt the salvation of God, you don't doubt yourself but God.
2. Salvation is a future event. You often hear of people saying that they have been saved. But technically, the right way to say it is: "I will be saved". Why? Because we are saved, not from something in our past, but something that is yet to come - the wrath of God on unrepentant sinners on the final judgement day. So it's not as if you've already missed some kind of single opportunity to get saved in the past. Unless you can say "I will not/never be saved", you shouldn't be looking at your past to determine whether you're saved/will be saved or not. Instead, as Peter said, you should be looking to "confirm your calling". If there are things which are lacking in you, then strengthen those things, asking for help from God through His grace. Don't be someone who quits before they've even began. But as long as it is called "Today", strive to enter the rest of God.
3. Salvation is God's idea, not yours. Many people think, speak and act as if they are the ones who thought to plead and strive with God to convince Him that they're worthy of His salvation. That's utter rubbish and a gross misrepresentation of reality, and quite frankly an insult to the goodwill and righteousness and might of God, who paid a dear price in giving His only Son precisely for the salvation of the world.
If a loved one told you that he was going to give you a gift for Christmas, after having sold his most prized possession to buy you that gift, would you say, "looking at myself, I don't think that I'm going to get that gift"? Not only does that insult the integrity of the gift-giver, but it is a very presumptuous and arrogant statement which implies that you have power over his ability and desire to give you the gift through changing your personal opinions of yourself. For if God desires to give you a gift, and you yourself want the gift, then how can you say, "I don't think I'll get it", or "I don't think I've got it", and especially when Jesus Christ has already died on the cross? So then, the only question for you is how much you want the gift that God has given. For God has already shown His intentions quite clearly through the sacrifice of His only Son.
So to summarize, I empathize with you, having been where you are multiple times, but I'm also kicking you on the proverbial butt and telling you to stop self-pitying and start addressing what needs to be addressed. If it is the Holy Spirit that you feel is missing, ask from God and you will receive the Holy Spirit. If it is your life that is sinful, ask for forgiveness, and start actually resisting sin and not just letting it walk all over you however it pleases. And get up each time you fall; don't remain lying on the ground when you should be fighting. Don't allow yourself to be counted out when you still have enough strength to stand and to fight.
You've done well in trying to honestly evaluate yourself according to the Scriptures. Now is the time to strengthen what is lacking, and not the time to make premature judgements concerning the fate of your soul. Leave the judging (sentencing) to God. Evaluating yourself is not bad, but you are not the one who judges (declares the final verdict), just as you are not the one who saves or punishes. Evaluation is for purposes of improvement or change, and not judgement.
And as a parting comment, what do you think Peter felt about his salvation after denying Jesus three times? Do you think that he considered himself the best example of a saved person? Is that why he wept after the rooster crowed?
And for that matter, when exactly do you think Peter was saved? Was it when Jesus called and chose him? Was it when he confessed Jesus as the Christ? Was it when Jesus said that He would build the church on that rock (Peter)? Was it when Peter received the Holy Spirit the first time when the twelve were sent two by two to perform miracles and preach the Gospel? Was it when Jesus washed his feet, after having told him that he would have no part in Him otherwise? Was it when Jesus breathed on the disciples and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit"? Was it when Peter and the apostles received the Holy Spirit on Pentecost? Was it after Paul had rebuked him for acting hypocritically in Galatians 2, after having said that Peter "stood condemned" because of said hypocrisy?
My point is this: you worry about increasing your faith in God and being more and more faithful to Jesus, and let God work out the details of your salvation. For if you cannot tell exactly when Peter was saved by observing his actions, how will you ever be able to get to a place where you are satisfied that you are saved by observing your own actions? The greatest evidence for Peter's salvation is not one thing that happened at a specific time, or his flawlessness at living a Christian life, but in the fact that he just wouldn't stay down no matter what he did, or no matter how often he was rebuked, or no matter what happened to him. He kept reaching for that which he was called for. Do the same.
1 Cor11:31,32 \o/
How do sufferings make us holy?
See Hebr 12
It makes us legitimate children of God, we share in Christ's sufferings
I think that most of us (Christians) are more invested in this world than we are think - I’m often unaware of what my hopes, plans and ambitions say about where my heart lies (especially those nicely wrapped up in the garb of “holiness” and “service”).
These exhortations in Scripture (2 Thessalonians 1:5-8; 1 Peter 1:5-7; 2 Corinthians 4:17-18) show that for the Christian, suffering comes (amongst other things) to kill our love for (attachment to) this world and fix our gaze on Jesus; to draw our eyes to the city whose builder and maker is God (Hebrews 11:10, 13-16).
I don't disagree with anything John said, I think it can be very dangerous though to start focusing on (yourself) persevering instead of (God) preserving us, I know part of how God preserves us is by exorting us to persevere but still the Bible makes it very clear In hundreds and hundreds of verses to trust him alone and that salvation belongs to him alone 1 example Hebrews 12:1-2. You can preservere all you want but if your not believing alone on Jesus for everlasting life your not one of the elect and it will do you no good and you will eventually apostatize from the faith. John 5:24 Truly,truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me (has) eternal life. He does not come into judgement but has passed from death unto life. Revelation 3:1-2The words of him who has the 7spirits of God and the 7stars "I know your works.You have the (reputation of being alive) but you are (dead). Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. John 6:29 Jesus answered them,"This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."
What is the software used for editing passages ?
I just finished listening to "John Piper's Favorite Things." Quite the little personality cult you've got going on. So happy to know you're happy with either Diet Dr Pepper or Diet Coke. And did you know the DC airport was bereft of Coke products? Let me cut to the chase. Open letter to John Piper: “Piper, if you really want a belly laugh re-read your piece on “How to Live Under an Unqualified President.” Jan 20, 2017. You had it in for him right from the beginning. But what cracks me up is the title. How to live? Tell that to the babies currently being slaughtered worldwide. How to live? Tell that to the church being slaughtered in Afghanistan. How to live? Tell that to the victims of a crime rate spiraling out of control. How to live? Tell that to the 1,000 Americans abandoned in Afghanistan. How to live? Tell that to the millions of families being beggared by inflation. How to live? Tell that to the families of the one hundred thousand Americans killed by fentanyl last year. How to live? Tell that to the children who are being hyper-sexualized by perverted teachers and "drag queen" story hour. Are you getting my drift? What do you see when you look in the mirror? I will tell you what you should be seeing: a hyper judgmental, confused old man with NO sense of proportion.”