Nothing Wrong, Something Missing
Brilliant Perspectives
Graham Cooke
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
What happens when we discover there's nothing wrong with the difficult person in our life—only something missing? Graham Cooke shares the story of completely losing his composure with an intensely negative person, and the stunning revelation that followed. When Graham demanded to know "What is wrong with that guy?" he heard a small voice say, "Absolutely nothing." Through Colossians 2:13-14, we discover what was nailed to the cross besides Jesus—the decrees we make against people because of their behavior. This teaching reveals why everyone wants to be better, how grace becomes a territory all by itself, and what happens when we speak to someone's identity in the face of bad behavior. Both the speaker and the hearer are transformed.
**Key Scriptures:**
+ Colossians 2:13-14. "Having canceled the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us..."
+ Romans 6:11. "Reckon yourselves dead to sin and alive to God..."
+ 2 Corinthians 5:16. "We regard no one according to the flesh..."
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| 0:00.0 | What if the most difficult person in your life isn't broken, just becoming? |
| 0:07.0 | Hello friends, welcome back to the Brilliant Perspectives podcast. |
| 0:12.0 | Today, Graham shares a story about completely losing his composure with someone he called Mr. Negative to the power of 5 million. |
| 0:22.2 | After slamming his door in frustration and demanding to know what was wrong with this guy, |
| 0:27.4 | Graham heard a stunning response from the Lord. |
| 0:30.7 | Absolutely nothing. |
| 0:33.1 | We'll discover what else was nailed to the cross besides Jesus, |
| 0:36.9 | and how seeing people through identity |
| 0:39.8 | instead of behaviour changes everything. For them and for us. Let's jump in with Graham. |
| 0:51.8 | We don't deal with our negatives. |
| 0:59.9 | We get to ignore them because God has already dealt with them through Christ. He took all those things away and nobody in the Godhead is minded to bring them back. |
| 1:08.0 | Right? |
| 1:08.9 | So what Jesus killed off, the Father will not resurrect, because that's insulting, |
| 1:16.8 | right? Come on. I can hear those cogs turning furiously. What Jesus killed off, |
| 1:25.3 | God is not going to raise from the dead. |
| 1:31.5 | When you rose from the dead, your old man did not rise with you. |
| 1:33.6 | Thank the living God, eh? |
| 1:35.1 | He's dead. |
| 1:42.2 | And for God to bring those back, that would be like digging up a corpse and giving it plastic surgery. |
| 1:45.0 | That's a really weird thought. |
| 1:50.7 | What we're learning is we're learning how to take advantage of a negative, |
| 1:56.3 | how to use it as a stepping stone into a different place. |
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