All The Feels | Week 3 | Bill Bush

The big idea

Disgust will either disciple you closer to God or destroy you — the difference lies in whether you diagnose it, trust God's justice, and pursue His goodness.

Feelings like disgust aren't good or bad — they're warning lights meant to be managed, not chased or ignored. When disgust hits, Pastor Bill shows from David's story in Psalm 52 that we can let it disciple us by first looking inward, trusting God's justice instead of forcing our own, and choosing to pursue God's goodness through love, even before we feel calm.

Point 1 of 7

Pastor Bill tells a long story about a teammate showing up late to a bowling playoff game and staying on his phone instead of bowling, which made him furious. He realized his anger kept building because he was actually disgusted by the teammate's disrespect, and defines disgust using words like disapproving, revolted, and appalled.

Point 2 of 7

This is stated as the big idea of the message: disgust can either move a person closer to Jesus or cause them to explode or implode. The rest of the message unpacks how to let it do the former using Psalm 52.

Point 3 of 7

Pastor Bill walks through 1 Samuel 21-22, showing David lying to Ahimelech the priest out of fear while on the run from Saul, and Doeg later reporting this to Saul, who orders the priests, their families, and even their animals killed. Unlike Saul, who made excuses when confronted with sin, David confessed and owned his failure immediately.

Point 4 of 7

Pastor Bill admits his rage at his late teammate was fueled partly by his own upbringing and by guilt over having been late himself and having harshly confronted someone else for it. He argues we must deal with our own disgust before we deal out our disgust, using the parenting example of being hardest on kids for the things we hate about ourselves.

Point 5 of 7

Working from Psalm 52:5, But God, Pastor Bill explains that our first response to disgust is usually but you or but me rather than but God. He teaches that God is patient, not unjust, and that no injustice will go unaccounted for in the end, illustrated by the analogy of waiting for a boat to fill before leaving a doomed island.

Point 6 of 7

Pastor Bill critiques how Christians across the political spectrum replace trust in God with trust in government, when Scripture shows government only checks evil, it doesn't correct it. He warns that fighting for laws without leading with love won't change hearts, and that the world should know Christians by their love, not their political battles.

Point 7 of 7

Using the image of the long-lived, fruitful olive tree from Psalm 52:8-9, Pastor Bill teaches that trusting God's unfailing love is what sustains a righteous response. He reminds listeners that God delights in those who trust Christ and is never disgusted with them, which should shape how they treat others.

Take it into your week

Pastor Bill frames the response as a three-step process: diagnose your disgust, trust God's justice, and pursue God's goodness.