But God is good, and when he's on the throne, things get better. And especially when we recognize that he's on the throne. I entitled the message "dying to defend" for two reasons: Have you ever been accused falsely? Not very many of us, right? I mean, the honest truth is, we're usually accused of stuff we've done, not for stuff we haven't done. It's like it's a rare thing when I got accused of something I didn't do, you know? But most of the time it's like, I got accused. And we still try to defend ourselves. 

But there's this, there's something in us when we've done something wrong and we get accused. The first thing that happens, it's like, we want to defend ourselves. We're dying to defend ourselves. But interestingly in this text, though Paul is accused of so many things, outrageous things, he never defends himself. And I want to suggest to you that there's another meaning of dying to defend.

Enjoy the rest of the message, 

The Epic Life