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And right now we're talking about Galatians.

I've got a really good friend who's brilliant. I mean, literally a rocket scientist, super talented,

really good at the things he does. And I suppose what comes with the territory being that smart

and that good at things is that you'd be tempted to believe your own hype and get real cocky.

And to my dear friend's credit, he really pushes back on that. He's built things into his life to avoid believing his own hype,

including seeking out negative feedback. He's always talking about that. I want people to tell

me what I'm doing wrong. I want people to find the flaw in this

thing I'm building or find the flaw even in my character or my habits. And that is scary. I don't

like the way that feels, but dang it, he's right. It's true. You get in your own little thought bubble.

You get in your own little mental bubble. You get in your own little mental,

ethical, critical ecosystem. And things get safer and safer. And the more you live in that

little bubble, the more you just tend to look right in all your decisions. And people who want to

keep you happy, just tell you how good you're doing it things and all of that. And every now

and then, you know what? It's pretty helpful to have that disrupted. And for somebody to say,

hey, little miniature wannabe emperor, you have no clothes in this area. And it hurts and it's not

fun. But my buddy is right. That negative feedback is really important and knowing which negative

feedback to listen to is really important I mean you got to consider the quality of the people

who are giving it to you because somebody could give you a negative feedback for all kinds of

compromised reasons and it wouldn't be good negative feedback it would be false negative

feedback so he's also very thoughtful about who he solicits that negative feedback from. And just in general, if you can't tell, I really admire these things about my buddy. Well, likewise, there's a negative feedback loop that is built into the Bible, built into the relationship between God and man. And Paul is talking about that in the book of

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