Aug 17, 2026 · 35 min · 11 segments
Highland Christian Church - Asheville, NC Communicator - Jason Garris Luke 6:37-42 - "The amount you give out will determine what you get back... judgment or mercy?" The mercy you give reveals the…
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[camera clicking] Do you hear it? [camera clicking] Do you hear it? [camera clicking] Specific sound effect that I think is defining us as a society, and it's a strange thing about our society, is that did you know you can be defined by a screenshot? Do you know that? Teenagers, are you aware that if you send something to somebody, you better be ready for it to live forever? Teenagers, did you know that if you upload something on the internet, you better be ready for it to live forever? And if you're not okay with it living forever, I would recommend not sending it, because even your closest friends will screenshot you.
And even if you only sent it to one person, you know it's gonna make its way around.
And because a screenshot can freeze one moment, one comment, one bad decision, like I'm dead serious about this, it's defining us.
One stupid thing that you said, one angry response via text, and it doesn't matter that that single moment may have something that happened before or after defining it, that screenshot has begun defining you.
It may not matter that you apologized or maybe that you changed direction or there's more to the story.
We find the worst thing someone has done or said, we freeze it in time, and we decide that's who they are.
I mean, I cannot emphasize this enough about the condition of the ugliness of the human heart today.
Social media has certainly made this easier, but social media didn't create this issue.
And you know what we do? We go, "You really need to hear this," rather than looking at our own hearts.
See, it's how we escape from actually dealing with what Jesus is gonna point us to this morning.
[camera clicking] Do you hear it? [camera clicking] Do you hear it? [camera clicking] Specific sound effect that I think is defining us as a society, and it's a strange thing about our society, is that did you know you can be defined by a screenshot? Do you know that? Teenagers, are you aware that if you send something to somebody, you better be ready for it to live forever? Teenagers, did you know that if you upload something on the internet, you better be ready for it to live forever? And if you're not okay with it living forever, I would recommend not sending it, because even your closest friends will screenshot you.
And even if you only sent it to one person, you know it's gonna make its way around.
And because a screenshot can freeze one moment, one comment, one bad decision, like I'm dead serious about this, it's defining us.
One stupid thing that you said, one angry response via text, and it doesn't matter that that single moment may have something that happened before or after defining it, that screenshot has begun defining you.
It may not matter that you apologized or maybe that you changed direction or there's more to the story.
We find the worst thing someone has done or said, we freeze it in time, and we decide that's who they are.
I mean, I cannot emphasize this enough about the condition of the ugliness of the human heart today.
Social media has certainly made this easier, but social media didn't create this issue.
And you know what we do? We go, "You really need to hear this," rather than looking at our own hearts.
See, it's how we escape from actually dealing with what Jesus is gonna point us to this morning.
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