All right, it's the top of the hour. I'm going to go ahead and get started. Welcome everyone to the first UX Functional Group Update of 2018. So just a quick look at the agenda. I'm going to go over a little bit of the year in review for 2017, talk about 2018 goals, go into challenges, everyone can contribute, and questions. So in 2017, we made a huge change to our navigation. And we did a redesign. It was a bit challenging because that redesign was based on really anecdotal evidence. We didn't have quantitative research going into that decision. And the decision was not received very well. So the changes that were made didn't address underlying information architecture problems. And really, the solution that we came up with only made the problem worse. But out of that, we were forced to take a step back and conduct several runs of research to really look at what the problem was and why the solution we came up with wasn't working. And in the end, it really gave us an opportunity to refine our process and really define how we can conduct proper research when necessary, while still shipping improvements every release. So research isn't always necessary. You don't always have to go in and do this epic amount of digging and interviewing and prototyping. But sometimes you do. And so understanding when that's necessary and when that needs to be done is huge. So in the end, it was a huge collaborative effort. The community was heavily involved in the research and decision-making process. And I think that we normally engaged them but made them feel empowered that they can contribute to GitLab. It also forced product management, front and back end, and UX to all pull together to make iterative improvements over three release cycles. So this obviously had a huge impact on UX research and how we were conducting UX research. I think one of the challenges that the team had was that prior to the navigation redesign and the changes that brought about, we were largely reactive, more being proactive. So by the time research was called for, the problem was already being fixed, the solution was in, it was being implemented. It wasn't efficient. It really put us at a disadvantage to properly measure results. And we had no data to measure against. So a solution was put in and there was no way to measure whether or not it was better other than qualitative data of I like it or I don't like it. And it was also some fear, I think, and rightly so that research could slow things down and keep us from iterating quickly. So there was a little bit of reticence to kind of jump in and really create a UX process. But we established a user research panel made up of real world users. So actual everyday GitLab users, people using projects, using it for projects, people using it for work. And we took the proactive step to start conducting research on major features to establish baseline metrics on usability, to really understand what were the major areas that had usability issues within GitLab. And then that way what we could do is start digging into those problems, coming up with solutions and actually measuring whether or not we made it better or we made it worse. So getting things wrong was really frustrating for users and caused a lot of extra work. Having this proper UX research process in this panel is ensuring that we are solving the right problems. So another big focus for us, particularly at the end of 2017, was UX standards. So a lack of defined usability standards really led to a lot of inconsistency and poor user experience across the application. Design didn't have a central pattern library to use as a starting point for each issue. So we relied on going into the app and seeing what was already there, maybe looking through some old designs to really get that starting point. And that's obviously a problem that leads to inconsistency in itself. So we did the action of recording all the existing usability standards, even though it was not yet implemented in the app. And so what that allowed us to do is establish a kind of single source of truth for the design team to use when designing. And one of the really nice side effects of that was gathering the solutions that we already had designed but weren't implemented, kind of highlighted how much we needed to do to get these into the app, brought them back around, reminded us of issues that maybe were six months old that didn't get scheduled and to go back and get those scheduled. So the result is much more efficiency and transparency. Documenting solutions to common usability issues allows us to work faster and to provide a more consistent user experience. It also empowers front-end and product management to make smaller UX decisions because we've already come up with those solutions. There's no need to go into back and forth between UX and product management on what the solution is. We've already created the solution and used it elsewhere. Let's reuse it here. So just a quick example of what we're talking about. These are all the different banners. So we've established the usage for these banners, when they should be used, when they shouldn't be used, how they need to be implemented, how they need to be styled. Kind of really the styling and that are the last things we consider when we look at this. We're really looking at how to create these reusable usability solutions. So these patterns will live in that master library and we can quickly grab them and use them when we need to work on an issue.  The existing UX guide has been really difficult to maintain and update. Things change every release. So every time there's a change, someone needs to remember to go back in and update that guide. And it just isn't very efficient. And it also was missing clear guidelines and code examples for front-end to follow. So while it was giving UX some idea and maybe product management some idea of the way things should look, it wasn't giving front-end any guide in terms of how to componentize it, how to implement it, what code to use. So this UI repository is really kind of the missing link between UX and front-end. It's a central location to view UI components and standards. And efforts that we're putting forth in defining our usability standards and our patterns is being reused to establish this UI repository of reusable scalable components. So it results in a lot of efficiency and collaboration. Really, we're working smarter, we're working drier, we're working alongside front-end to implement these solutions inside of the repository. The end goal really is to have this single source of truth for front-end to come in use when they're implementing issues. And this is just an example, kind of show you the difference. I think it's really easy to confuse or think that they're the same thing, this pattern library and this UI repository, but they are very different. The pattern library is for designers, it's for us. The UI repository is for everyone. It's for front-end product management and UX. And this is actually just a screenshot of Carbon Design Systems. We're still working on this into 2018, but this is the end goal for us is to have a place where front-end can just come and grab this code and go. So that brings me into 2018 goals. So obviously, we wanna complete this library and this UI repository. Most of the work on the pattern library is complete. We've recorded it all, we've implemented it in our sketch files. So the main focus now is getting all of that information into the UI repository. So again, we'll work in tandem with front-end to do that. They'll be using those patterns that we established to create their view components and the code for the components as they go forward with that effort. So another big focus for 2018 is gonna be accessibility and usability, particularly for non-technical users. So in practice, basic accessibility is a prerequisite for usability. So there's a lot of overlap between accessibility with other best practices, such as mobile design, device independence, multimodal interaction, just general usability. If you don't have good accessibility, you're probably gonna have problems with your usability. So we're gonna have the UX research team conduct a comprehensive accessibility evaluation to identify the major problem areas. While they're doing that, the rest of the team is gonna go through the backlog and prioritize the existing issues and really push for improvements, those improvements that we think are vital and important to product to get those scheduled every release. The plan is to use EPICS to help prioritize this. So I'm really excited to get to play around with EPICS and see how we can use that to work more efficiently. And the second part of this is really prioritizing that UX backlog and maintaining a roadmap. Roadmap, I think the backlog has kind of been where issues go to die, unfortunately. We create these solutions. We put the force to be implemented and then they just don't get scheduled for one reason or another. And there's a lot of factors that can win to that. So we wanna create a hit list of sorts for the areas with most usability problems. So we'll start by going through that backlog and identifying those target areas. And if there's research needed, we'll go ahead and do that. Otherwise we'll push to get those scheduled. There's a lot of UX writing issues that really could be scheduled pretty quickly and get into the app. So that's another area that we'll focus on is how to really get these solutions that are already there into the application. And so this really kind of ties into the challenge, this extensive backlog. It's large and we have to balance these fixes with other features that are on the roadmap. So as you can see, there are quite a few unscheduled solutions. There's 76 UX ready solutions. So they're already done, they're ready to go in, we just need to get them scheduled. UX debt and UI polish really represent the bulk of the current inconsistency sitting in the app today. A UX debt is often gonna be something that we did the first iteration and we planned on improving it in the next one and it just didn't happen for one reason or the other. So this is a challenge. It's something we're gonna be evaluating and looking at how we can improve this and stop this from happening moving forward. And so with that, did put together a very, very quick survey. I promise it's quick, it's two questions. I really want to know what GitLabbers think is the area of the app that needs the most work. Is it the merge request? Is that something that just irritates you every time you come in? Is it something on the issue boards? What is it that you think is the area that needs the most attention? Obviously we're gonna be going through the issues and prioritizing and looking at that and looking at what the most popular are. What we feel really represent the largest areas of usability problems. But I'm really curious to hear what you think. You use it every day, you're in there. It's how you do your job. So there's gotta be something that just gets you every time you're in there. So take a minute to fill it out and let us know. And thanks, Chris, appreciate that. So questions. Sorry if I ran through that. It's my first time. I'm trying to make sure I do it in the 15 minutes. I don't wanna waste anyone's time. Any thoughts, comments? Vice. Alrighty then. Well, thank you everyone so much. I really appreciate you coming out. And please fill out my survey. Let me know what you think. All right, see you in the team call. Bye everybody.


Welcome back to another Rig Review and today I'm going to take a look at Apollo. You can see Apollo here and you can find it on Ramon's Gumroad page. You have more images here and it's also part of the Artemis and Apollo bundle. Artemis is going to be a rig that I will review later on but for now let's take a look at Apollo. It's 20 pounds full disclosure. I got this for free to test out and speaking of which I'm going to post this on animation buffet as well where I post all kinds of rigs and reviews so if you do have a rig you want me to take a look at let me know and I will post it there and review it for my channel. Alright, this is the rig. As you can see it's kind of like a mannequin thing. It is not clothed but you can see here as it has an option here to turn on something a bit more anatomically correct. Now this is blurred out but just in case you care there are controls to animate this the longer part and the hanging testes as well. They have controls so you can offset them so they are anatomically correct but for now I will turn that off. Now the model itself is super super cool. It has really cool deformations. It's very light. I'm very excited to show you this so let's go as always at the bottom here. Main control. So you have here options to turn on spine controls in the back here and here as well. Uniform scale. It's just very important. Always good to know and that's it for that. These are separate controllers here so as always for anybody that wants to do this I don't know why but maybe you want to you can bring it down and then the other controller gives you then a pivot through here and then the character can fly through the world. Let's go to the feet here. You have your main controller with a ball roll as such and you got toe heel roll in and out. Nice information there on the back and on the front there. Toes up and down. Nothing single just yet toes left and right to wiggle them like that just in case you do a push off like that to the side and that will give you some more options there which is neat. I think that's a first. You have ball swivel heel swivel toe foot squash. It's nice. Look at that. Very cool. And toe squash as well. Very cool. Being separate. There's also stretchy limb so as I have this now this is a stretchy limb and you can turn this on off of course. Going back you have this one which gives you bendies and bows there as always like these and you can do that and here all very fast and going back you have the auto volume so what that means is that when you do let's say take the leg here and you move a little bit more into that but then you select this and you have auto volume it will change the volume there. Now going back as I said for now you can select this and say toe controls and the toe controls are on. Now a lot of weeks do this with the auto volume on this controller sometimes it would be kind of neat to just have this on here as well might as well I mean you have stretchy limbs on on you might have as well have the auto volume there and as well as the toe controls I would probably put the toe control here so everything foot wise is back there. Perfect preference but I think that would be neat now you can go in here you can see whoops you can see that you can rotate these you can't scale but you can translate these out you also have one here and that gives you that type of control all kind of rotations no scale the foot itself has a scale option and then as you move the foot as always as I test this you have this version where the knee follows but if you want to have a knee follow like that you can do this. Now the awesome part too is that you have a pin a lot of weeks are doing this now and I love this and you have a space switch for the foot again bamboos as here then up here you have your controller here so you have to move this out for reshaping then we get to the controller root so as you move this around like that you have again auto volume you have offset so you can see this here you have an extra control which is cool again I like this trend that rigs are adding offsets I'm a big fan of secondary multiple controls in the outliner or at least have an offset here you also have an IK FK on your roots so when you do this it actually switches to want want to FK now for IK I'm a big fan of this I'm a big fan of that control that is simplified basically have a box here that you can rotate around and influence your chest like this bit more accurate given that you have massive rib cage but you animate a lot like this at work within IK control for that's very cool global space offset control again multiple ones offset top control on top of that and rotation pivot height so lots of options in there which is super cool then as we get to this we have the hip control now there's a lot of deformation in the upper body which is neat and you can see how it really nicely deforms just there just overall the information on this rig are very very nice you can not scale this but you can move it around and you can see again really nice deformations in the squash and stretch now again this has the global space which you have an offset control and a pivot height change so a ton of options as we get closer here you can see like I said before for the nether regions you got a change there which I shall not show you but feel free to check it out then you have your stomach but you can see this around including here you can it's just nice how it just goes down to the rib cage there that's really nicely done and let me just go quickly go back if you do this here and you select your FK controls for the chest there's nothing else in the channel control just to show you that as we go up here now we have here shoulder control so you can move this around like that you can also translate this and you can scale if you want to then it gives you controls here so if I do this nothing happens it's because we are in IK so you have that option and you have also there's a scale option this way but you have that hand so again you have a stretchiness so stretch your limb on off on that but you can move this around and what I love about this here which not enough rigs have this so this is a full IK hands you can see this with the sticky IK wrist but I'm not a big fan because you got to counter all that stuff and it's a big flag for IK arms a lot of students you got to point that out what I love is you can change things about this is the overall switcher here but if you go to your wrist control you have the switcher here bam that switches it to an FK hand so you move the IK around but the hand is still there now you want to move it you can still go up here and move your wrist around I think that is super cool and I would love every rig to do just that you have your elbow I mean if you obviously bend in like this you can do it like that what this also gives you is the pin of course I love and then back here don't forget you have an elbow control so that is for your movement like that because as you look here on this control there's no emboes or no bendy so this is your option for that elbow right there now as you go here you have your bendy's there so just make sure that you check out all the controls and now you have the bendy's for the in-between and the changes but if you ever have to do anything more with the elbow that is the controller there so that's that on that again you have FK hands and then if you go back here you have the IK switcher here so now we're turning into into the FK which then gives you the scale so just so we know like all those options sometimes they have no function unless the arm is selected to be in a certain way and you have that including the scale on this direction as well like I said auto volume in all the space switchers now let's get closer to here and you have the finger visibility on off this is for your base control for the extra fingers of course fingers you can move separately like this you can also scale them in this direction that is that and then when you go this way you can see that you also have that type of curving which is really good for specific tempos and fists and all kinds of stuff and the FK wrist that you can also scale if you want it's very very cool now as you go to here again you got your controllers there this is really neat because you have you can move this around like this where it's kind of has like an overall breathing and again it's really nice how the rib cage expands it's really well done and you want to do this separately you can just have a chest breathing like this full like that then you have a shoulder breathing like this and you have a belly breathing it's very very cool now if you go back to the FK arms when you select that arm and you move it up it's just going to be that there's nothing in terms of like an auto follow of the clavicle or anything so you're going to do it with that but again really nicely deformed with the wrinkles there I'm just really impressed by all of that now you go to the neck now this is the thing here when you move your neck around like this and I tried this before with all kinds of space switchers the top part of the neck that you move like this will not follow like an FK that's something that I would love to see change so if you do this right and you switch between body and global on itself that will be dependent on how you move this here you would think that if you change this to maybe either body or chest that potentially would change anything in terms of how your orientation is so I would love that when you move the lower part that then the upper part kind of goes with it like this now you can do whatever I just did I mean I'm selecting both at the same time but sometimes I also like just have a complete control of the rig in terms of FK they not have everything the IK and there's also something for students where students do a lot of IK heads or head align or whatever you want to call that and it just it just makes it very strange because as you move things around you can see how there's almost like a gimbal on the head and that students don't always put enough time in it to counter that so just as a as an FYI but you have that option here you also have options to do this which to be honest I think is a first I talk about this every now and then I have never seen a free rig or paid rig do that I'm not saying that I reviewed every rig but this is really cool to get that kind of a it's almost like a Kardashian neck we'd almost have a bit more here on the side but it's really cool given that he is you know mostly all about no shirts on that you can have that detail in the body I think that's super super cool you can also scale so if you feel like this is a bit too long you can reduce that neck if you want to now if that's in the middle you do have that and also because you have that you can see that like say if you rotate this around it just only moves this which again to me it's just weird there's going to be a lot of countering I mean this would be actually really fun for an alien type of rig but again it would be really neat to get more like an ik but some control terms of fk in there now because I'm here because it's awesome you also have this if you want to do any type of swallowing I mentioned in the copper rigs that most rigs don't have if any rigs have any swallow controls and this is super cool to see that's there now I'm very good with their face again go back here to the head this is the head where you have all of this and again it would be cool to get also kind of a translate to kind of just ikish move that head around like that so I would love to be a bit more involved in terms of ik fk options that being said here to select this again you do have a squash and stretch just like that with this and a size option that's weird like that little bobblehead there but you can also go up here in that little one and that one will give you the top squash and stretch and again really nice deformations and you can see this when you go down to this one you have this but you can see how far the deformations go whoops you can see the top of the head even parts of the hair so it's all this is going to allow for a lot of very organic looking deformations and movements in the mouth which is really really cool now let's go back in here because you have a lot of controls you can select this main one here and that will give you that type of deformation you can see where that pivot is so it pivots fairly far from the back with a bit of a rotation there but you can see all the stretchiness and you can see the compression as it starts to have some folds in there but it's very interesting i'll leave it like that now it looks like there's a separate control in here so watch out for that and that gives you a bit of curvature in the chin but you can also translate this around and you can also scale if you want to very cool it's all very very fast then you have an option here that you can move around just for this section let's pretend you do something with the tongue and the tongue just pushes out that shape or someone is eating that's pretty neat and you can scale this and of course you can rotate this as well as you go to the back you have an option here you can see this is kind of a mover of the jaw as well this is your secondary control with all the rotations of course all that stuff but i'm a big fan of secondary options which is really cool you have here your top lip here and again you can see how much the nose gets influenced which is really cool it gives you the lip roll through that it gives you the puff and it gives you a press as well in a scratch as well you might also have something where if you do this and i translate this off this is not going to break the rake but maybe have more influence on the fall off so if i do the upper lip that i actually i don't want to change the nose so if i have a certain shape and i want to really push this yes technically the nose goes with it but maybe i just want to have a specific accents in the in the lip that does not influence that so i wish there would be an option there to maybe control the fall off now this is top and bottom you got the same options for that then you got the main controls for the corners you can see and go back here or go up no rotations and no scale so you can just move this around but you can see i love this here if you look at this side of that right as you go back here you have really nice deformations with my scribbles here but it's very nice it's very nice how that pushes the folds back you can go pretty far until you break it but that's pretty impressive i gotta say it's very cool very clean very clean curves and you got the throughout you got the bigger shapes through there if you want something with smaller you got those smaller shapes here to completely re-sculpt the form and lines of the mouth it's very cool as you go in here so let me just go back and grab that jaw open this here you have your this here to show you but you know as you open them up of course it's going to show the sections with teeth but it's pretty cool and you have also teeth follow yes or no so that type of following where the teeth are not influenced that i would love to have that for the nose by opening this here you can see the teeth so you have moving teeth around as separate blocks here you can see to kind of repose certain lines if you go back here this is your main one for the tongue and you have all those options of course to move the tongue around now looking at this here you can see that's the lines somewhat hidden here to move whoops to move all of the teeth so just that you see that now let me do this and I'll grab the mouth again so it's not so open you can see it's really neat how it turns around it's not a flat move it's kind of you can talk out of the side of your mouth it's very cool again beautiful deformations there now you have cheeks as well you move this around here that was the jaw here on the side you have that section through there that you can also scale to something real a bit and rotate and same thing for the upper part move this around but as you go down here you can see here you got separate sections for nose just to move that around and there and it looks like two but it is one that's one section through there gives you lots of options on the nose so you have here and again nice wrinkles there on that you can scale everything you also have an option here to flare these in the channel as you go out you do have options you can see the last folding for this is very detailed you have a bigger part of that and again you can see how it where it stops where you're going to have that crease here which is neat and you can go inside more control then you go up and then we get closer to the eye that has all those controls here but let's continue with the nose you have the overall nose here where the tip stays put right so you have this one then you have this that grabs both you have this for that side here but you do have that middle one that grabs everything and then watch out this is the front part that is the the middle sketch nothing with the nose so it's not that this is part of moving the head like this it's punch in the face leaning against something or just kind of moving it around for a ton of options look at that beautiful information there so cool absolutely love this let's go to the eyes so you have your overall blink and you have a crease follow so as you do this here go into the channel so you can see how much you want to crease the follow you get the same thing with the tops you can do your blinks like this links of course are like that there but let me continue you got lots of shape controls for bigger sections smaller sections on the lower part here you have here closest section again to move all kinds of stuff in the skin so as I showed this before you have many many options to make this very nice and squishy and organic movement for here you have your overall brow here and again look at that look at really nice i love this here when you have the folds and the forehead love this you just want to go in there and animate with that character so cool you got smaller ones mid ones and a bigger one on the side now going here you do have eyes where you move this around so this moves the whole eye socket including scale and you have a blink blink option and then the blink height which usually just shows you in the middle or top or bottom whatever you want to do with these are the options going to the back you have separate tiny controls on the ears up down and up and the overall ear here and you can also scale if you want someone's going to listen or and as we go up here showed you that was the head control with all of this on the side on the channel and your overall squatch like i showed then you got your eyes so you got your eye mover like this and then you can turn the aim off so as you move this around nothing is moving which means that you're going to go in here select this and move eyes around like that it's not a rotation it's a translate you can scale if you want because it's your eye iris and in here again you've moved this around and that's the pupil so you can change this around but that's for your aim you do have fleshy eyes this is interesting too so as you move this around right you can see how the lids are following and there's deformation but if i do that you can see it's off so you want no influence you just want to look out like that you definitely have the option you got all your space switches for your head you got your eye constraint option there as well and separate eyes of course you can move this all separate you can see how the controls move on the rig everything is there so you have all those options here you can see the tooth options the tongue in the back you got the jaw it's your body head and maybe that's one way to show it if you decide to turn on the anatomically correct version then there you go this is an overall mover this would be if someone is somewhat excited or not with scaling options and the two to move around so maybe that's one way to show you this love that it's called Jurgen that is the name now that being said you do have those options and you can move this around mannequin style to whatever you want to do i would love to see this for a debauchees as well given that this is a naked somewhat you know mannequin type model and you showing off all that cool stuff with all the nice deformations i would love personally something where you can scale this where you can have a bit more muscle play i know this is a bit more you know elaborate but maybe an option that for bicep for triceps or deltoid or something where you can push some of the muscles was there some really nice information like i showed here when you do the breathing so maybe that could be something that could be pushed further in terms of tensing of muscles right so you got for your legs maybe calves so you do have squash and stretch there so anything maybe like that could be neat and again because it is not closed and you want to maybe sit the character down maybe a flattening of the butt cheeks like a squash and stretch i think that could be kind of neat since many other areas have really nice options now you can also create your your clothes whatever do a raptor former feel free to add that so it's not just like this but it could be good athletes or something i'm very curious to see what people do if you do use this rig and you are creating costumes and clothing and pants and and whatever you have we kind of need let me know you can post that in the comments of the animation if you post or maybe it could be a separate post with just clothing for apollo that we kind of need to get kind of like a clothing collection there for this rig as always comments are open if there's anything that's immediate i will post that in my comment section for immediate updates and if you want me to review your rig as well as always feel free to email me your rig and i will check it out so very easy to pose and model the only thing would be if you do something like that again i would love to have some more muscle control over there that's not to be an automatic flexing but something where you can kind of push some of these areas there's a bit more it'll be kind of neat you kind of just push all of that just a tad more but very cool very neat model i'm a big fan of this and as you go into the face and you want to model some of those things in there you also have a studio library option there so you got your facial options that are you know again from angry to all kind of squishiness but you can see the really nice deformations and expressions that you can get that you can get out of this model so you have disgust you have fear gas you can see you can really push the squash and stretch option options surprise so i'm going to go for maybe that's a lot of stuff down in here look at that you have hands you have lots of hand options as well and in here in the mouth you have mouth options as well now i do have the other model as well and you can see all the changes for that they're for both rigs so very cool and that's it for my test and i'll try out here for a pose feel free to download and check it out let me know what you think let Ramon know of anything you wanted to change or not he's going to be very active in terms of updates for this rig if you don't want to miss any of those 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Some a little bit late to the party on this particular issue, but nonetheless, I still think it's really important and I want to talk about this So last Thursday on the show we talked about how Donald Trump's administration is choosing to indict Julian Assange under the espionage act and Basically the next day we got some more responses from politicians who matter who are running for president Tulsi has been a leader on this issue. She's been talking about Julian Assange and how this is You know, it's more important than just Julian Assange. It's really not about him. This is about a broader issue That's more important. It's about press freedom So I've really given her a lot of praise and I made another video about a month or so ago Where I talked about how I wish Bernie Sanders would speak up So on Friday the day after we posted that video turns out not only Bernie Sanders Release the comment but Elizabeth Warren did as well to their credit So I want to share what they had to say. So Akilah Lacy of the Intercept writes Let me be clear It is a disturbing attack on the first amendment for the Trump administration to decide who is or is not a reporter For the purposes of a criminal prosecution Sanders wrote in a tweet Friday afternoon after the Intercept contacted his office for comment Donald Trump must obey the Constitution which protects the publication of news about our government Warren distanced herself from Assange but condemned the Justice Department's move to curtail press freedom Assange is a bad actor who has harmed US national security and he should be held accountable Warren said in a statement But Trump should not be using this case as a pretext to wage war on the first amendment and go after the free press Who hold the powerful accountable every day. So when it comes to Bernie Sanders, I'm glad he spoke out I really don't have any problem with what he said there when it comes to Elizabeth Warren I take issue with what she said here. This is deeply deeply mixed on one hand. She's doing what she needs to do in Saying that this is not the right move Donald Trump's administration Should not be indicting someone because they don't like the information that was leaked But then again, she adds the caveat here Assange is a bad actor who has harmed US national security and he should be held accountable So we'll take this in two parts because really there's two claims being made here one is that Assange is a bad actor and two is that this Threatens national security what he did in releasing the manning leaks That posed a threat to national security. First of all when it comes to Assange being a bad actor I think that you can Make a pretty reasonable case that that is true because there were leaked Dms that disclose. He did in fact support Donald Trump They created this imbalance of information where they released dirt on the dnc, which they were right to do But at the same time they withheld information that was also in the public's interest Which made it seem like, you know, democrats were more corrupt than republicans Whereas if we saw the rnc emails, you know, we likely would have seen them plotting against Donald Trump. So you can make that case however That's if you consider 2016 when this isn't actually about 2016 It's about 2010 and the 2010 manning leaks So in that instance, if you're going to say that Julian Assange was a bad actor to release what chelsea manning Gave to him that exposed our war crimes how we bombed first responders in foreign countries You cannot make the case that he was being a bad actor in that instance But with that being said to even dwell on his character I think you miss the point So, you know, it's iffy that portion of her response is iffy But when we get into the second portion of her argument, she says that what he did was harm us national security now again, maybe she's talking about 2016 but this entire thing is about 2010 So I have to assume that she's referring to the release of the manning leak And that supposedly harmed national security by exposing our government's war crimes. And my question is how How does that harm national security Have you ever heard the story the boy who cried wolf? Because that's what's going on when it comes to the United States invoking National security Anything that they don't want us to know they say, oh well You can't you can't have that information because it poses a threat to our national security And we have to withhold that information that may or may not be in the public's interest because You know, we don't want to jeopardize national security It's the ultimate trump card, you know Donald trump says the same thing about articles.  No, usually not. Is it biased? Sure. You can make that case But he says it If he's trying to deflect so whenever the us doesn't want us to know something they'll say, you know national security So elizabeth warren, you can't just say, you know, what he did in releasing Those leaks posed a threat to national security You can't just say that without making the case for it like we need evidence You need to make an argument as to why that harms national security because thinking about this logically I can't see how that would harm national security. How? Now one of the arguments that they made was oh, well, you know The reason why it harms national security is because it makes our veterans abroad vulnerable because If other people who are enemy combatants who we are fighting against and people in these other countries that we're occupying Know that we're committing these war crimes and that may make them feel hostile towards the united states First of all, there's no evidence that that's true. And I think that's what they really tried to say about the uh, chelsea manning leaks But second of all Then you need to be a lot more cautious About conducting affairs have more accountability and stop doing war crimes most importantly so What she said here what elizabeth warren said here? Absurd completely absurd on one hand. I'm glad and I give her credit for you know Saying that donald trump should not pursue Julian Assange. He shouldn't prosecute julian assange She's essentially taking obama stance But in saying that the manning leaks posed a threat to national security That's a really weak response. So lately elizabeth warren There's peaks and valleys with her right at time She'll go up in my book because she'll Introduce a lot of great policies But then she'll go down because she'll say something that doesn't even make sense. It's not progressive And the biggest thing is she's against medic air for all But then she also came out, you know against fundraisers and then she said on the young turks But if I win in the general it's you know all hands on deck. We're gonna go and do these fundraisers So she's just she's hot. She's cold. She's there's no consistency What it comes to whether or not she's progressive. It's clear to me that she is someone Who has progressive instincts But she's always going to be more than willing to put the establishment first And that's why a lot of people don't even have her as their number two It's because of things like this. So look strong response from bernie. It's It's better late than never you should have spoke out sooner, but nonetheless But warren's head here is deeply troubling But the point is that this is about press freedom So they both at least got that right and also ron wyden spoke out about this too But I focused on warren and bernie because they're running for president, but look You can't mess up on this issue. You cannot mess up on this issue We are losing our civil liberties The constitution is being eroded and it's incumbent on you as an elected member of the senate To stand up for our freedoms. So I mean I feel mixed on this on one hand I'm glad they spoke out and they're technically on the right side here But what elizabeth warren said it it just leaves a really bad taste in my mouth You could support the humanist report at patreon.com Slashed humanist report But trust me I'd have way more supporters at patreon if that was my podcast Sad


Do you guys remember last pack and play episode one with Josh Dobbs where I pulled three Limitids in the same pack just for the record guys. It was this pack This is not a good pack warriors of the week you get your choice of an 88 plus and then two 84 pluses or something I have absolutely no idea how it happened, but there's no way I'm stopping there So we're gonna try and run this back. There is a limited Mike Evans. There's a David and Joku angry runs There's a 91 overall deck and I do apologize harvest comes out tomorrow, but I have a flight tonight So this is the best I could do for you guys until I get back I'll definitely get you a massive harvest opening But hey if I want to just get a nice little 91 overall limited Mike Evans right now, you know I swear team of the week though. Oh, oh He's been ball was this the really good pack or is this like the not so good one? Oh, I really hope that's not the 88 pluses. Yeah, like somebody just absolutely with I might have just with Jalen Warren's been good though No, no animation lightning does not strike twice what I did in that pack with that many limits It shouldn't even be allowed. I have two Jalen Warrens a cream hot and a sam la porta though So I guess I'm not gonna be also a huge thank you to IP vanish for sponsoring today's video IP vanishes VPN offers Unrestricted internet access so that you can privately and securely browse your favorite websites IP vanishes available on Windows Mac OS iOS Android even the Amazon fire stick so you can always have secure access to the internet and my absolute favorite part about IP vanish is Accessing content that I couldn't otherwise access. 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I have kiddo in joku's faster with better catching stats, but doesn't block the way kiddo does In joku or Rankin's let's go with this in joku. Let's get weird. Let's try out David in joku I'm excited about that in the toxic Madden spammer video. I dropped we opened all Madden and it was so trash I did not I wasn't able to pull a single 91. I'd like to run it back Justin Reed Boyd Gibson Warner. I think 91 Marvin Harrison would be really sick addition to this team actually Ricky Williams That's how I want Ricky Williams. Oh, this is 88 plus William Perry. No, no, not again Not again one of these is gonna be one of these is gonna be the big boy, right? There's the first part of Ricky Williams. There's the first part of Ricky Williams.  Oh my god. No 91 they burnt me twice bro. 85 plus has 85 Derek Thomas. It has 85 John Runyon. Oh my goodness. We're doing this again. We're doing this again. The plus is is silent. It's a myth Dude, it really is that's crazy. Don't you do it? Clutch up clutch up clutch up clutch up you want to you so badly want to clutch up right now Yeah, we really couldn't even use my Kevin's where I got Michael Thomas de hop DK Metcalfs now Oh, and that's true. I didn't pull Josh Dobb. So I'm not actually allowed to use Josh Dobb So Gino's staying that quarterback until we figure something else out there in Joku is the upgrade today And then George Kittle is gonna be the backup here I wouldn't hate putting double me on in joke this in Joku angry runs is overrated Just get unstoppable tight in apprentice. Dude. I'm gonna run that unstoppable tight in apprentice. That sounds fun Oh, what are we? What are we whipping up Schler? I'll say hi Slur in the Chicago Bulls gear name one Chicago Bulls player ever You're you're so technically right, but you don't know that you think you're thinking of Miami Heat But it still works because he did play That's so lucky or wait did he you're thinking of the Miami Heat though.  That's so fraudulent Wow Hell's friend is over they had combined girl power in the kitchen.  We need to get Richard Sherman out of there Do I have enough to complete a I'm pretty close on Dak that wouldn't be a bad upgrade on Gino There's an 88 overall fantasy pack though low-key getting like getting 88 champ Bailey is gonna be better than Richard Sherman So I guess that might as well. Yeah, so if I have a choice of the 88's I just take champ Bailey champ Bailey is definitely an upgrade on Richard Sherman that works All right y'all Robbers Milan would have been nice for sure But I think when the harvest promo drops this team is gonna go crazy when we're opening packs there either way simple upgrades today Let's have David and Jocu go off. Let's have a good game. Kurt Warner Randy Moss DRC. Oh, all right first in 10 Let's ball Michael Thomas. Let's start with you buddy. Ooh That was good defense just a better catch Dude, this is quickly become one of my favorite run plans half back off Let's see how she looks right here You know what that's three yards, baby. Oh PA scissor is here. I'm gonna bring in Jocu down across the middle Will he be there? Oh, he's there and he is fast Okay, Jocu person 10. Let's see what we can do here. That was pretty well defended Oh, I didn't really see much there gonna send Tyreek across this got de hop on the corner out Is he home? He's Scott the angle good ball Gino de hop still up third and four. What do we got? What do we got? Metcalfe. Oh, he sees it, but he doesn't snow. That's pass That's a touchdown. He's getting mugged actually literally pass interference.  Adrian Peterson was so open.  That was like a touchdown AP though I'm a little sad about it. I don't really know what I want here In Jocu that's what I want We said in Jocu is gonna have a big day. Let's keep this simple. See if we can find something. All right, let's do it boys hold Ooh, ooh, where are you? Oh my god?  That's really frustrating. That was so unbelievably open. Oh Gino Smith, I missed Josh Dobbs, bro. I missed Josh Dobbs He's gonna start with a run Derek Henry Max Crosby. Nice play. What a bummer of a throw dude Okay, we're here third and seven swallowing up the run right now. Oh Fourth and seven he's going for it Shit That's no good. Oh It worked out that could have been a touchdown. Does he go back to the run? He does go back to the run Derek Henry Has a nice run. Does he go back to the same thing? It looks like he does. Wow.  I can't guard both of these. Oh Jerry Jacob steps up and takes that away from Randy Moss, but it's first and 10 and I'm in Very much safety territory. I wonder if like Michael Thomas or de hop could just cook their man What do I do here? I'm just gonna try this Shit that was supposed to be a pass to Adrian Peterson much earlier, but I still got ten yards out of it So whatever a zero to zero at the end of the first quarter. That's a wild game right now Gino, I just need you to not sell does he have under pressure or something like why did Gino throw such a bad ball? No, he doesn't have his two inside stuffs. That's so weird I'm gonna put Michael Thomas on a slant and in joku underneath In joku is So fast great move right there a huge joke This in joku is crazy. Let me see if I can hit this corner out now. This is play action I'm a little nervous about play action in this game. Oh My god, I maybe could have thrown that to de hop, but I just don't have the balls for it I'm gonna set my feet and throw it Adrian Peterson. We're gonna pick up first. All right first and ten. What about Hopkins? Corner out he sees it Could go drag just throw this one away. All right second and ten in Joku is wide open this guy.  Maybe I was down already when that happened I am looking directly at Michael Thomas. I'm actually gonna block in joku. See if he has time Michael Thomas Hey, they don't call it flood for no reason man. We are flooding him right now. This is beautiful offense run Joku on the seam. Is he there? It's a lot of pressure real fast second and 13 Whoo, Jeno Jeno's gonna take 10 11 yards there. It's third and three. Can we pick this up? Let's find out Jeno Oh Fourth and three coach wants me to go for I don't know. This is too good of a game This is too good of a game. I gotta take my points good defense I think I gotta find a way to run the ball in a scenario like that All right, y'all we got the lead right now 3-0. Let's see what he responds with definitely a few good opportunities to stop him though So who's in here really cooker Derwin Anthony Walker? Left side stretch to Derek Henry. That's pretty covered though. Nice work second and eight.  Oh That's really nice.  I respect probably the right call Throws Derek Henry tackled in bounds nice work. If he just gets a field go out of this. I mean nice Shading outside.  He might want to throw half back I hope he does. Oh, no, that's bad. Oh nice nice nice Quinn and Williams saves that right there I'm gonna shade ince. I'm a shade outside. He's going for a corner out. Oh I'm there. I'm there. I knew it. I knew it. Let's go. I could see him hot route that tight end Let's go. Wow, and he still threw it. I'm shocked. He still tried to throw that. All right first and 10 Can we get all the way down this field? I feel like DK might. Oh, no, that's such a bad ball.  I didn't see that. I thought I had my man beat But I didn't really see the safety.  Probably somebody catch it. Oh, this is such a defensive game. I'm shocked.  He's getting in range here.  He's forced to take a time out on that Does he even run another player? Does he just feel go here? I would just feel go here because he has no time Outslap got Graham. No, does he have a good leg? What card is that? He drills it. There is no momentum on either side. Looks like he has one tiny sliver of momentum actually take it back This is wild.  I almost got zero yards against prevent on a run Hey, it's three to three boys.  I just stay away from that we can still win this ball game You are not gonna see a lot of mad in 24 games like this though, bro three to three is crazy I think my last game on here was 45 to 39 Hands off Henry. We've done a good job containing Henry Those are decent yards, but nothing to be really worried about. Uh-oh Why did he just air truck? What? He was stuck in the stiff arm animation which made him untacklable. I had an extra guy right there I cut stick him it just it warped through him because he was in the middle of a stiff arm animation All that defense just for a 75-yard run. Oh now we got to respond with a touchdown. All right first in 10 in Joku clears easily on that side the big Juke Why not take another clock's kind of against me right now. Let's pick up the pace D-hop Absolutely torched him and we're gonna go all the way on that first half had zero touchdowns the first minute of the second Half has to let's play ball. I don't know what happened there, but I'm excited about it. Where is his user? He's been using so well. Yeah, I might have I might have caught him lacking He might have got stuck on a D lineman. See if he does the same thing. I'm gonna boot a baker ready for the run. Oh Yeah, he's still got good yards on that. He's in Chu clock right now ladies and gentlemen He's running Chu clock in the third quarter. That's a little early.  This is an actual pass. Oh nice play. I didn't see that. Oh big hit big hit Ronnie lot full speed after a Juke. We might cough that ball up. So probably back to the run now. Yep There's a little telegraphed Mmm, you don't even get the pass off third and 12. He's already got two interceptions. Can we get this ball back? Okay, I'm gonna guess pass on my play outside Wow Well, I guess that's because I do have Kalil Mack in coverage I think I just got a blitz in there rather than trying to get cute with the with the zone I'm gonna bring Clomac over for this very obvious run I Gotta turn him over again my shade inside here inside shade was not the move But he misses the pass ends up on third and 12. I wonder he wants a corner out or an out route So bad, I'm gonna go Anthony walk over to this corner out. There it is. But Derek Henry. We're there Ronnie lot puts it up I'm gonna lose this game.  You just don't have a chance I'm really gonna lose this game.  I guess It is what it is third and one. I think he runs this No, it's gonna check down Derek Henry. I was gonna play Basic tackle angles fly the opposite way dude.  All right first and 10. It's the same one. We scored on last time See how it looks here. I think in jokers. Oh, no See, that's where he caught it with Randy Moss So if they wanted to give me that with DK, I would not have been mad I still like Michael Thomas a lot on this corner route. Oh He really got him nice work Michael Thomas cooked him.  He got out of that so late third and 17 He's got sacked again. I don't know how we get out of this one at this point. I don't know if he's in is he still in man I'm barely even open on this. She's gonna pick up what I can. Oh my god.  Oh my god. That's crazy. Okay, if we can get de hop to clear this would be nice First in ten I send Michael Thomas inside my block asian Peterson It's just in just in joku Michael Thomas against the main coverage He elects to take in joku, which means I'll elect to take Michael Thomas Very clutch very clutch touchdown 17 17 Yeah, the worst case scenario with three minutes left three timeouts in the two minutes worst case scenario is he moves That ball so efficiently in the run game that I just lose like to the clock and then he kicks field What's up? Okay, so he's been starting the game with a ton of run and we've been bottling up the run Ooh, that might be a stretch and go on lot. Yep All over it nice work second and eight can we turn him over? Jacobs was close to that. It's not two-minute warning not unless he takes a penalty Huge second and 13. I'm gonna make this look like it's the blitz, but it's not Out of bounds though, that's huge for me. I really are no that was two-minute warning anyway It didn't matter might flip sides on this. I don't know what he's doing here Second and eight. He's in field go range right now. So I don't really know what to do here This was the worst case scenario this this right here. I almost need to let him score. I don't I think he's a little Why didn't Anthony Walker just freeze? I say I gotta get running That was super lagging fourth and two he ends so he gets the first down he ends the game It's gonna go five. Why I think I'm gonna go dime Tampa, too. This is one of my favorite plays Oh my god, it's lagging. Please not right now.  Okay, Michael Thomas is the clear out. It's Metcalford e-hop. Oh My god, am I really gonna win this game? I Have two timeouts me use one. I've got a field goal kicker who can kick from deep I don't think he's in range right now though sacked That would he ran zone. I thought he was in man still ah Ha ha second and ten. I think I can hit Adrian Peterson quick He caught it third and eight. I'm in range. Am I not coach wants to see one more play I don't know if I'm in range honestly Get down Three seconds on the clock 55 yard field goal Harrison bunker.  I don't have anything to stop it I don't have any abilities that stop it.  He sold it so hard geno's 90 for 27 to touchdowns to interceptions Kurt one touchdown to interceptions Derek Henry 19 carries 105 He tried his hardest to chew that clock milk it and ended but I turned him over an additional time I got that nub and joku almost had a hundred de hop at 130 continues to be the MVP of pack-and-play and Michael Thomas had a touchdown as Well, oh my god, dude, I cannot express I cannot express enough how hard he sold that Oh, it's not even gonna show it is it?  That was so sketchy You know what was probably our biggest play the game was the DK Metcalfe first down I think it's this one where I threw underneath the DK nobody's open. Look at this man coverage, dude Nobody is open. Maybe Adrian Peterson.  He doesn't switch on so CPU makes a bad angle tackle DK one juke DK two juke's DK three juke's and that's the first time I tell you what boys honestly today's back way probably had some of those mid-packs We ever had but definitely one of the best games. I thought when that Randy Moss ball got tipped up and he caught that I thought his PGs dude. I thought it was over over. All right y'all. I appreciate you guys amazing game I love y'all and I see in the next one. Hey


The title of our sermon this morning is Jealous and Zealous Love. This is part two in 2 Corinthians chapter 11, verses one through six. This passage is absolutely packed with truth, I believe, that we need to hear, that we can certainly benefit from. So this is part two. I anticipate a part three of Jealous and Zealous Love, 2 Corinthians chapter 11, verses one through six. Our first encounter with the Apostle Paul in the New Testament is Saul as a prideful, arrogant, angry man from Tarsus. We find Saul in Acts chapter 8, verse one, consenting to the murder of Stephen as the Jewish leaders drug Stephen out of the temple, out of the city to stone him to death. In Acts chapter 8, verse three, it was Saul who was then wreaking havoc on the new church, entering every house, dragging off men and women, committing them to prison, consenting to their death. Speaking to King Agrippa in Acts chapter 26, Paul says that many of the saints he shut up in prison. Having received authority from the chief priests and when they were put to death, he cast his vote against them and he punished them often and every synagogue compelled them to blaspheme. How did he do that? Through torture, through abuse. He compelled them to blaspheme and being exceedingly enraged against them. He persecuted them even to foreign cities. In his own words, in 1 Timothy chapter 1, verse 13, Paul said that he was a blasphemer, a persecutor of the church and an insolent man, the chief of sinners. This essentially rabid lust for his religious tradition and the self-righteousness that fueled his pride and zeal, that rabid lust was carefully cultivated from the beginning of Saul's life. In Philippians chapter 3, verse 5, he said, if anyone thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I more so circumcised the eighth day, the stock of Israel, the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews, concerning the law of Pharisee, concerning zeal, persecuting the church, concerning righteousness, which is in the law, Paul thought that he was blameless. But Saul was clearly a man who would have boasted in his accomplishments, boasted in his credentials, boasted in his education, boasted in his worldly privilege, boasted in his knowledge, boasted in his associations, boasted in his own righteousness, which he presumed to have attained through the law. But for that man, something dramatic happened on the road to Damascus in Acts chapter 9. The scales came off Saul's eyes. He had an encounter with the risen Lord Jesus Christ, and it changed him to his core, changed his very being, changed his heart, changed his mind, changed who he was. In Acts chapter 9, verse 20, immediately Saul began preaching that the Lord Jesus Christ was the Christ in the synagogues, preaching that he is the Son of God. All who heard him were amazed. Is this not he who destroyed those who called on his name in Jerusalem? And as Saul increased in strength, he confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that Jesus is the Christ. Paul realized just how long he had been. His mind was changed, his thinking was different, his heart was transformed. The light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ had shown in the heart of Paul, and Paul had been changed. All that Paul had once boasted in, now Paul saw as empty, vain, shallow. Philippians chapter 3, verse 7, what things were gained to me, Paul says, these I have counted lost for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things lost for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish that I may gain Christ. Gone was that former arrogance, right, gone was that former self-righteousness, gone was all of Paul's self-reliance, gone was that pride, gone was that former self-reliant zeal and in its place by the grace of God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, in its place was a determined faith, a determined love, the love of one who was blood bought by the Lord Jesus Christ, one who could stay in 2 Corinthians chapter 1, verse 12, that our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and in godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God. That was Paul's boast, the arrogance, self-invulgence, self-reliance, self-righteousness, replaced with simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God. In 2 Corinthians chapter 2, verse 14, Paul says, thanks be to God who always leads us and triumph in Christ and through us diffuses the fragrance of his knowledge in every place for we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing and in amazement of that fact Paul says and who is sufficient for such things. He once would have thought himself as the fragrance of life to anyone he was around. He once would have thought of himself that he was the fragrance of awesomeness to anybody he encountered. He took great pride in himself. Here Paul says, who is sufficient for these things? 2 Corinthians chapter 3, verse 4, we have such trust through Christ toward God not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of ourselves as being anything but our sufficiency is from God. Even Paul's words in 2 Corinthians, we can see that he's a changed man, isn't he? This is what the Lord Jesus Christ does through the gospel. What you once were, you are no longer when the Lord gets ahold of you, amen? When the Lord changes your heart, when the Lord changes your mind, when he endures you with his spirit, you become a changed person. 2 Corinthians chapter 4, verse 7, Paul says, we have this treasure in earthen vessels. The treasure of the gospel, Paul says, are in weak, frail, clay, worthless, valueless, pulse away pots so that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. All things are for your sakes, Paul says, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to a bound to the glory of God. Paul no longer commends himself the way that he once did. He no longer commends himself for his education, boasting of his heritage, boasting of his accomplishments. Rather, when Paul now intends to highlight the commendation that he has from God as a minister of the gospel, he says in 2 Corinthians chapter 6, verse 3, that his commendation is seen in this, his perseverance, his tribulations. Not in his education, not in his accomplishments, not in his heritage, in needs, in distresses, not in his eloquence of speech, not in his wit, not in how good he is, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tummels, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings, by purity, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love, by the word of the truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report, Paul says, as deceivers yet true, as unknown and yet well known, as dying, behold we live, as chastened yet not killed, as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things. That's what Paul commends himself in now. Matter of fact, that's what the Lord commends Paul by. Do you see? Paul is an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ. And the Lord Jesus Christ said to Annanias, behold, I'm going to show him how many things he must suffer for my namesake. It's in that that God is glorified, right? The boasting that Paul does now is about the Corinthians to Titus in chapter seven verse 14. The boasting that Paul does now is about the Macedonians to the Corinthians in chapter eight verse one. The boasting that Paul does now is about the Corinthians to the Macedonians in chapter nine verse two. In other words, the boasting that Paul does now is about the work of God, the work of God's spirit, the glory of God. He's not boasting about himself. In fact, he told the Corinthians, I'm determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. Sounds like a different man, doesn't it? And my speech, my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the spirit and of power so that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. Paul is not the man that he used to be. Paul's deep love for the Lord Jesus Christ is abundantly evident. Paul's sacrificial love for this church at Corinth is beyond question. Unless you think that this transformation is exclusive to Paul, this transformation takes place in the heart of everyone who's been transformed by the grace of God in Christ. This is true of every Christian. But how is it in Corinth that they repay his love? How is it in Corinth that they repay his sacrifice? They allow enemies of the cross to gain a foothold in their affections. They allow error to enter in. They compromise their affections, cool. They allow their hearts and minds to be swayed away from the Lord Jesus Christ and away from his apostle. What a testimony it is of our depravity, isn't it?  What an evidence of inward rebellion, inward corruption when we sin against rebell against, love less those who love us the most? When we despise those who labor for our true good? That's exactly what's going on in Corinth. What do these false teachers do to so easily win over so many in this immature church and be careful, lest we think that we're mature? What do these false teachers do to so easily win them over? They slandered Paul, they boasted in themselves, and they taught error. They taught heresy. They slandered Paul, they boasted in themselves, and they taught heresy. They boasted in the flesh the way that Paul did before his conversion. That's the way that they boasted. They boasted in appearance, the way that Paul did when he was a Pharisee, and the perceived success of this satanic scheme has Paul rightly concerned. Thinking about these things out of love for the church at Corinth, out of love for these people, Paul now feels drafted into a fool's errand. He feels compelled to answer their boasting with boasting of his own for the sake of these weak and troubled believers in the church at Corinth. He feels like he has no other choice. He's drawn in to this absurd game that the false teachers in Corinth are playing. Paul's willing. Why is Paul willing? Because he loves them. He cares about them. He doesn't want to see them swayed. He doesn't want to see them go astray. He knows that if they stop listening to him, if they won't hear him, they're not hearing the word of God. They're not hearing the Lord. And so he is willing to go to great lengths to see them safe in the arms of their bridegroom, including his own boasting, his own moment of foolishness. He calls it in 2 Corinthians chapter 11 verse one.  Yes, bear with me, bear with me in my boasting for your sake. Why would I do this? Paul asks rhetorically. Why would I stoop to such a level? Verse two, because I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. Because I have betrothed you to one husband that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. I'm for your good, Paul says. But I fear verse three, lest somehow just like that wicked serpent in the garden deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. It's for your sake that I do this. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit, which you've not received, or a different gospel, which you've not accepted, you may well put up with it. I fear, Paul says, that you are being seduced. I fear that you are losing a single-minded, whole-sold devotion to that one husband you have been betrothed to. I fear that you are losing a single-minded loyalty to the Lord Jesus Christ. You're likely to entertain an adulterer and become an adulterous yourself. Paul says, I fear for you. I consider verse five, I'm not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles, even though I am untrained in speech. He didn't go to all their eloquent schools. Didn't take their public speaking courses, wasn't preeminent member of the Toastmasters Club in Corinth. Paul says, I may be untrained in speech, but I'm not in knowledge. I would venture to say there's probably no one on the planet at this time who could have gone up against the apostle Paul when it comes to knowledge. Paul says, we have been thoroughly manifested among you in all things. Verse six, Paul is labored among them with the gospel and he well understands his responsibility for them. In the preaching of the gospel, when Paul showed up in Corinth, Paul arrived in Corinth, many were saved and that church was planted under the preaching through the work of the apostle Paul and those who were with him. Chapter 10, verse 13, Paul was given a ministry by God, which specifically includes them. They are within his sphere of responsibility, so to speak. And so Paul then rightly sees himself as their spiritual father. He told them in 1st Corinthians, chapter 4, verse 15, for though you might have 10,000 instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I have begotten you through the gospel. Paul senses a personal responsibility for these brothers and sisters. That personal responsibility is one that should be spent by every minister of the gospel, by every pastor in every church. Men of God have been given responsibility as undershippers for the flock of the Lord Jesus Christ. They have responsibility for them. So when a man of God, quote unquote, packs up his gear and leaves them, he's like the hireling who not only flees when he sees the wolf coming, maybe he flees when he sees the bigger bank account. Maybe he flees when he sees greener pastors and he leaves the flock behind, right? That responsibility should be forefront on the mind of every pastor in every church of God. But also that responsibility should be understood, should be sensed, should be taken up by every single church member in every single godly biblical church for the sake of their brothers and sisters in Christ. When you come, when you come, you come to serve the Lord Jesus Christ. You don't just come to hear a clanging symbol. You don't come just to hear a gong. You come to serve the Lord Jesus Christ.  We need to have a sense of that responsibility. The responsibility here that Paul feels, that Paul understands as his responsibility for this church in Corinth. Here it says, though Paul is the father of the bride, verse 2, I have betrothed you to one husband for the purpose that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. Paul loved them with a jealous, and therefore it's a jealous love. It's a lesson that should hit home for anyone who serves the Lord's church. Now as we continue to work through the text, notice this jealous and jealous love that the father of the bride has for her. It's a jealous and jealous love that prospers her in verse 2. The purpose is her good. Paul's purpose, Paul's aim in all of this is her good. It's a love that prospers her in verse 2. It's a love that protects her in verses 3 and 4. There are enemies afoot. We live in a dangerous context, a dangerous set of circumstances. We are in a spiritual war, a spiritual battle, and this is a love that is jealous for her and so jealous for her protection, verses 3 and 4. And it's a love that provides for her in verses 5 and 6. It's a jealous and jealous love that prospers her, protects her, and provides for her. And I want you to see this from the text. Now notice how this love is given for the purpose of doing her good in verse 2. His intention is to see her prosper in verse 2. Paul says, I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy, a jealousy that is from God. For I have betrothed you to one husband with the purpose that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. Essentially, why? Why am I jealous for you with the jealousy of God? Why do I have a godly jealousy for you? Paul asks, because I have begotten you through the gospel, because I'm responsible for you. I have betrothed you to Jesus Christ through the gospel, and I intend to see you with him in glory. That's what he's saying, right? I intend to see you, brother. I intend to see you, sister, in glory. We need to say that to one another here all the time. I intend to worship with you in glory. I intend to see you worshiping Lord Jesus Christ in heaven. I want to see you there, amen? I don't want to not see you there. I want to see you with him in glory. It will bring joy to my heart to see you with him in glory. It'll bring joy to your heart to see me there. Thank you, brother. I love you guys. It'll bring joy to your heart to see your brothers and sisters there, right? We come here on a Sunday morning to worship, and it's joy. Sit in the back and watch us worship the Lord and singing hymns, songs, spiritual songs to his name. It's a joy. Paul intends that to be his joy. He fears, as he does with others, that he might have run, might have labored in vain. So there's a concern on the part of Paul. He intends to see them in glory. To see them in glory, Paul is jealous for them, zealous for their highest possible spiritual good. Zealous for their sanctification. In part one, last week, last Lord's Day, we talked about how godly jealousy is a zealous jealousy that fights for undivided devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ. Fighting for undivided devotion. That's the Christian life. Fighting for uncompromising devotion to the Lord. Fighting to preserve or maintain full commitment to Jesus Christ. When Paul preached the gospel and the Corinthians responded in repentant faith, they were betrothed to the heavenly bridegroom, so to speak. Now, as the father of the bride, his heart, Paul's heart and soul is committed to guarding her virginity. Virginity, here, a picture of their commitment, their faithfulness, their undivided loyalty to the bridegroom. We can make the connection, can't we? Virginity, a metaphor for their uncompromising faithfulness to the one to whom they are betrothed. Virginity, a picture of their uncompromised loyalty, their undivided devotion to their one husband, the Lord Jesus Christ. And he's going to guard her virginity until her wedding day when the bridegroom comes for her. His intention, his aim in this is to see her prosper, to see her persevere until that day. And listen, he's doing this in the context of those who would violate her. He's doing this in the context of those who would seduce her away from her one husband, who would seduce her away from her undivided loyalty to her bridegroom. That's the context in which Paul labors, do you see? Our context is no different. You walk out the doors of this building, you don't have to walk out the doors of this building. You have your phone in your lap. We serve and live in a context of wicked adulterers, wicked seducers, wicked and deplorable paramours who would seek to seduce us away from our undivided loyalty to the Lord Jesus Christ. And if you're in Christ, you feel the pull of that, don't you? By our three enemies, the world, the flesh and the devil. You don't have to say the devil made me do it. You have enough within you to persuade you away from the simplicity that is in Christ. His intention is to protect her. He's committed to her spiritual purity. Paul is committed to her sanctification ultimately so that she will be presented to Christ as a chaste virgin. This intention isn't motivated by self-serving or self-indulgent jealousy, but by a God-word jealousy. The jealousy of God is the jealousy, a godly jealousy that fuels him. It's a righteous zeal that drives him. And Paul is concerned for the purity of the church. Paul is concerned for the purity of the church just as a godly husband would be concerned for the chastity of his own wife. The word chaste refers to pure or innocent. There's an innocence about her. She is chaste. There's a purity about her. Having no faults. Essentially it means free, unspotted, unstained by adultery, which often in Scripture is code for idolatry. Those things that draw our attention away from God, those things that we have as priorities above God. The context of the metaphor is extremely important because the Bible frequently refers to false religion or idolatry as adultery. The prophet Hosea is an object lesson. If you read that book, he's to display the sin of God's people. So God tells Hosea in chapter 3 verse 1, go again, Hosea.  Hosea is to go to get for himself an adulterous woman to display for God's people their sin against God. Go, love a woman who is loved by a lover in his committing adultery. Just like the love of the Lord for the children of Israel who look to other gods and love the raisin cakes of the pagans. Not only do they look to other gods, they love the things that the pagans love. Do you see? They are idolaters and they love the things that the pagans love. James calls those who are at enmity with God, those who want to be a friend of this world. He calls them adulterers and adulteresses. Unfaithful. So when Paul says that he intends to present this bride as a chaste virgin to her bridegroom, Paul is referring to laboring for her preservation, laboring for her purity, laboring for her undivided full devotion to her bridegroom. He intends to do her great good. He intends to do her great good. He wants to prosper her. However, however. As we think about the context in which this work takes place, our own context in which our work of ministry takes place. And we easily make the connection that Paul's jealous and zealous love for this church not only serves to prosper her, but must also serve to protect her. We must prosper one another. We must protect one another. We serve in a context of spiritual warfare and spiritual danger. So Paul understands this reality in Corinth. We can see that by a statement in verses three and four. This is what his jealousy has aroused in Paul verse three, fear. His jealousy for them, his zeal for them, which is a godly jealousy, a righteous zeal, has aroused within Paul fear and concern concerning their context. I fear, Paul says, less somehow as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, by his deceitfulness, by his wicked trickery. In such a way, I fear that your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we've not preached, he who comes and gives a different spirit which you've not received or different gospel which you've not accepted, you may very well put up with it. I want you to see from verses three and four. Paul's fear here, his concern is their departure from a single-minded, whole-sold devotion and uncompromising loyalty to the Lord Jesus Christ. He fears their departure from that. In other words, to depart, I'm going to repeat this frequently, to depart from a single-minded, undivided devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ alone is to become an adulterer, is to become seduced by this world. This departure begins in the mind, so your minds, Paul fears, may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. The departure begins in the mind, that departure in the mind poisons the heart and then destroys your life. In Corinth, it was a group of false teachers from Jerusalem that were working to deceive them. Judiizers, we've discussed that. For you, it may be any number of false teachers today. It may be any number of compromises with the wicked and foolish philosophies of this world. Those that profess to speak for Christ and they sound good, they tickle your ears, they scratch where it itches, and so you enjoy listening to them. You keep up teachers for yourselves. It may be from any number of false teachers. Don't compromise with error. When someone who professes to speak for Christ takes a hard, fast step into error, put them in the circular file for good. It may be a divisive person, a divisive influence, maybe the influence of someone you think is your friend, someone that comes and speaks to you smooth and enticing words, someone that speaks to you and you say to yourself, that sounds right. I think that's right. I agree now with you. Someone that you think is your friend. What's the effect of that teaching? What's the effect of that influence? It's divisive. What are they dividing you from? They're dividing you not from merely from a brother, a sister, a church. They're dividing you from your bridegroom. In the garden with Eve, it was Satan as the serpent. Turn with me to Genesis chapter 3 verse 1. Genesis chapter 3 verse 1. This divisive, seducing influence may come from any number of sources. In Corinth, with those false teaching, false apostles from Jerusalem, those Judaizers that were deceiving them, false wicked evils, seducing influences, or a dime a dozen in our day, but it all begins with Satan in the garden and Eve in Genesis chapter 3 beginning in verse 1. Now the serpent, this wicked serpent, was more cunning, more conniving, more deceitful than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, has God indeed said, you shall not eat of every tree in the garden? So from his first words to Eve, from the time that he opens his mouth, the strategy of the deceiver is clear. Do you see it? He sets out to undermine not only the word of God, not only the word of God, but the very character of God. In the mind of Eve, this begins. It begins in her mind. Rather than good and loving and gracious, freely giving Adam and Eve all good things to enjoy, God is painted in Eve's mind by the serpent and then in her heart as withholding good from her. God is tight-fisted, he's oppressive. God himself isn't the source of all good to me because here's something good that God has withheld from me. Do you see? I can find something good in the fruit of that tree and I don't need God to get it. I've found something good apart from God. I'm autonomous. I have free will. I can do as I please. I can find good for myself. Thank you very much. We look for good apart from God who is the source of all good to us. Today it may not be the fruit of that tree. It may be the adultery that you find on the Internet. Today it may be that anger that you hold on to because it just makes you feel powerful and good to have that kind of influence over somebody else. Today it may be that harsh tongue. Today it may be lying to get your way, cheating to get out of the sin, out of the effects of sin that you've sinned your way into. Whatever it is, whatever that fruit is to you, the woman said to the serpent in verse 2, we may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, you shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die. God is an oppressive killjoy. So the serpent said to the woman in verse 4, you will not surely die, undermining not only the words of God in the mind of Eve, but the character of God in the mind and heart of Eve. Verse 5, for God knows that in the day that you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. Not just attacking the word of God, attacking the very character of God. The deception takes root in the mind, grounded in and supported by a false view of God himself. Eve believes that she can obtain something good and pleasing on her own. In her mind, she questions truth. In her mind, she doubts truth. In her mind, she questions reality. In her mind, she becomes corrupted from the simple, single-minded devotion and loyalty and commitment that she had to God Almighty, the one who created her. False contemplation regarding the character and nature of God poisons Eve's heart and Eve becomes a spiritual adulteress. You see, a perfect world, unhindered fellowship with God, abundant provision and Adam and Eve for safe devotion to the one who made them. All begins in the mind. So when the woman saw verse 6, that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, that she would make one wise. She took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her and he ate. Incidentally, this is why theology is important. Theology is important. Out of your knowledge of God will flow the issues of life, so to speak.  If you have none, then you say, well, this feels good to me or that feels good to me, this feels good to me or that doesn't feel good to me. I think that this is right or I believe that that is right and you don't know. Theology, the truth about God doesn't come from your feelings. It doesn't originate from within you. God has given it to us in his word. Theology can't be divorced from life. You'll be known by your Christian character. You'll be known by the way in which you love one another and your Christian character and the way that you love one another will be fueled, driven, informed, motivated by your theology, by your theological acumen, by your understanding of these things. Theology is directly tied to life. You must know and worship and believe, trust God. Our theology is incredibly important and we should be living, breathing, walking, talking, theologians. Know your Bible. And listen, the more that you know the Bible the more that you love the one who wrote the Bible. The more that you love the one who created you. The more if you have the Spirit of God and he's opened your heart and ears and eyes to understand what he's written the more that you become devoted to him who gave all to redeem you. That's theology. And the more that you take in theology the more that you crave meat and not just milk the more that you crave to know him the more that you crave to understand these things the more that you want to know him. What God has done is staggering, is astonishing, it fills, fills, fills the heart and mind with wonder and with love and with gratitude and sometimes we have a tendency to put our head and our eyes down on mundane things on this earth and think that the purpose of our existence terminates in them. It doesn't terminate in them, it terminates with God. We're to love him and that comes through, listen, that comes through theology. Theology. In 2nd Corinthians chapter 11 verse 3 Paul is concerned that many there in Corinth may fall into this same deceptive trap that Eve fell into. It's the same deceptive, wicked hole in the ground that many a professing Christian has fallen into. Paul is concerned that it's wreaking havoc in the church in Corinth. He says in verse 3, I fear let somehow just like that serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your mind may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. It begins in the mind, it poisons the heart and destroys your life. If you don't have, if you don't have a rich, meaningful mind relationship with the Word of God, you walk in danger. Do you see? You are easy pickings for seduction because you don't know any better. Easily seduced. It begins in the mind, then it poisons your heart and it destroys your life.  You're already an adulterer. Turn. Warn. I can't resist it. Or burn. It begins in the mind, poisons the heart and destroys your life. Paul says in like manner, like Eve, as much that we can learn from Genesis 3, in like manner, so your minds may be corrupted. The word means ruined. That's what the word means. It means destroyed by deviation. Destroyed through deviation. I'm going to deviate off course and to my ruin. Deviating from that which is moral and good and right and true. What is their mind being turned from? What is their mind deviating from? Deviating from the simplicity that is in Christ. Simplicity here is not referring to simple as opposed to complicated, but simple as opposed to duplicitous.  Simple as opposed to divided. Makes sense? Simplicity that is in Christ. Simplicity refers to undivided devotion. Single-minded commitment. Whole, sold devotion to Christ. In Christ, there is this simplicity. We are to be simple people in that sense. Like Eve, we are concerned that they may be deceived into desiring a life apart from undivided devotion to Christ. Notice the connection to verse 2. Notice the connection. To do so, to deviate would be spiritual adultery. He wants to present them as a chaste virgin because he fears they may be deviating off course from the simplicity that is in Christ. In other words, they are easily seduced by adultery. We are to be given heart, soul, mind, and strength to living for him. You, as a Christian, are to be given heart, soul, mind, and strength to pleasing him, obeying him. Commands aren't burdensome. They are delight. You rejoice if you are a Christian to obey the law of God. We are to be given heart, soul, mind, and strength pursuing our joy in him. We are to be given heart, soul, mind, and strength to thinking rightly about who he is and what he has done to worshiping him in spirit and in truth. That's what the Christian life is all about. Single minded devotion, whole soul commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ. With Paul then, with Paul then we must be able to say with an earnestness what things once were gained to me these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet, yes indeed, I count all things lost for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, rubbish that I may gain Christ. Now listen, that's not hyperbole. Comparatively, all the trappings, enticements, allurements of this world are rubbish. To live is Christ. To die is gain. That's what motivated Paul to say such things. A genuine Christian life is one of undivided devotion to the Lord. A simple single minded loyalty to the one who loved you and gave himself for you. If you're a Christian born again of God's Spirit, then he has your heart. He has your heart. All of it.   But he preserves you. And even though we with Paul might look at ourselves and say, oh this wretched man, we look to the Lord and say, praise God. And thank you, Lord. And please help me. If you're a Christian born again of God's Spirit, he has your affections. He has your love. He has your devotion. He then is the treasure which is hidden in the field. Which for joy over having that treasure, a man would give up all that he has to go and to purchase that field so he could have the treasure for himself. He is the pearl of great price. And for the yet inestimable worth of that treasure, for the matchless value of that pearl, the Christian joyfully parts with all that he has to lay hold of that which he treasures most in his life. In fact, it's that treasure on which he fixes his gaze that motivates, drives, directs all of life the way that he works, the way that he studies, the way that he interrelates, the way that he spends his time, the way that he spends his money, the way that he thinks all of those things, everything to do with life is motivated set within the context of that love, that devotion, what he treasures most in this life. Is this the longing of your heart this morning? Is the cry, the ache, the hunger, the thirst of your heart to be so loyal, so committed to the Lord Jesus Christ that consumes your mind, your heart, your actions, your thoughts. How can you be satisfied in anything else? Are you? Easy to say, could you? What is it that satisfies you now? What is it in your life? What are you doing?  What is your devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ look like? Devotion isn't a nebulous thing. It's objective and definable. Devotion, your commitment look like if I were a committed engineer. What would it look to me to be a committed engineer? I would be doing engineering stuff I would do it all the time and I would be doing it well. If I were a committed baseball player what would it look like to be a committed baseball player?  What would it look like to be a committed, All that we do by the way for the Lord's glory for the Lord's sake right committed to him our devotion to him drives all of those things What is it that drives you? Are you satisfied in anything else brother sister? Let me ask you this. Have you lost your first love? Do you believe that you have turned from your first love? If so your mind is corrupted And we need to think about that in terms of the language that Paul uses here. What would keep us from being devoted to him Who is worthy of supreme devotion? What would keep us from thinking believing rightly about him who is The most glorious object of faith right of our faith what would keep us from this kind of Undivided devotion if not with some inward corruption in our hearts and in our minds When we don't see him that way when we don't live that way we are in some way corrupted our minds Have turned they have deviated from the simplicity that is in Christ that turn that Deviation in our mind has poisoned our hearts. Is it not true that your affections cool when that's the case?  Amen So we work through the text. We'll look at specifically what those Seduces are doing who they are and what impact that has on us We'll see that as we get to part three next Lord's day