Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000041
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00:08 >> COMING UP NEXT ON "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS."
00:11 >> IF YOU'RE GOING TO ERR IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUR 00:14 FRIENDS AND YOUR FAMILY OR OTHERS THAT YOU MAY WORK WITH, 00:17 IF YOU ARE GOING TO ERR AND GO TOO FAR ON THE SIDE OF JUSTICE 00:22 OR TOO FAR ON THE SIDE OF MERCY, WHICH SIDE WOULD 00:26 GOD PREFER THAT YOU ERR ON? 00:31 >> FOR OVER 40 YEARS, "AMAZING FACTS" HAS BEEN 00:34 DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:38 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST 00:41 TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:44 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 00:47 "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:50 TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM 00:52 "THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL" VIDEO SERIES. 01:00 >> DOING JUSTLY. 01:02 YOU KNOW, WHEN RAISING CHILDREN, YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP THINGS 01:04 SIMPLE. 01:05 CHILDREN NEED SIMPLE RULES. 01:08 SOMETIMES, PARENTS AND I'VE DONE THIS, KAREN'S DONE THIS, 01:12 WHERE THE CHILD WILL DO SOMETHING WRONG AND THEN WE 01:15 BEGIN TO PONTIFICATE AND GIVE THEM ALL THE REASONS THAT THEY 01:18 SHOULDN'T DO THIS. 01:19 AND PRETTY SOON, THEIR EYES GLAZE OVER AND YOU'RE JUST--ALL 01:21 THEY DO IS THEY SEE MOM AND DAD GOING...THEY DON'T HEAR WHAT 01:26 YOU'RE SAYING ANYMORE, RIGHT? 01:27 YOU'RE LAUGHING BECAUSE TWO THINGS: ONE, YOU REMEMBER YOUR 01:30 PARENTS DOING THAT. 01:31 YOU'RE GETTING A TONGUE LASHING AND YOU'LL HEAR THE FIRST FEW 01:34 WORDS AND PRETTY SOON IT'S JUST...WITH NOISE. 01:38 AND ALSO, YOU'RE LAUGHING BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE THAT TOO. 01:42 YOU BEGIN TO LECTURE 'EM. 01:43 PRETTY SOON, IT'S JUST, WHOO! 01:45 YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP IT SIMPLE. 01:47 AND YOU START WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG. 01:50 AND I KNOW SOME PARENTS, THEY HAD SOME VERY SIMPLE RULES 01:52 FOR THEIR KIDS. 01:54 YOU MIGHT TRY THIS. 01:57 DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT WILL HURT SOMEONE, RULE NUMBER ONE. 02:01 DON'T DO ANYTHING--I SEE SOME OF YOU WRITING THESE DOWN. 02:04 YOU OUGHT TO PUT IT UP ON YOUR MIRROR. 02:06 IT'S GOOD FOR YOU TOO. 02:08 NOW, YOU'RE SOMEONE--THAT MEANS DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT'LL HURT 02:10 YOURSELF TOO. 02:12 AND THIS IS RULE ONE, CATEGORY A, DON'T DO ANYTHING TO HURT 02:17 SOMEONE. 02:19 THAT WOULD INCLUDE YOURSELF. 02:20 SO, YOU CAN ALWAYS ASK YOURSELF, WILL THIS HURT SOMEONE? 02:23 RULE NUMBER TWO, DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT WILL HURT 02:27 SOMETHING. 02:29 IF IT'S GOING TO DAMAGE SOMETHING OR BREAK SOMETHING 02:35 OR WEAR SOMETHING OUT, YOU'RE HURTING SOMETHING. 02:38 DON'T DO IT. 02:40 NOW, YOU MIGHT THINK COLORING ON THE WALLS IS AN IMPROVEMENT. 02:44 BUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR PARENTS THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY HURTING 02:47 THE WALLS. 02:49 NUMBER THREE, DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT'LL HURT JESUS. 02:53 NOW, I BET YOU CAN'T NAME SOME OFFENSE THAT WILL NOT FALL 02:57 SOMEWHERE IN THESE THREE CATEGORIES. 03:00 VERY SIMPLE RULES, DO WHAT'S JUST, IN OTHER WORDS. 03:04 DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO HURT SOMEBODY. 03:07 DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO HURT SOMETHING AND DON'T DO 03:10 ANYTHING THAT WILL HURT GOD. 03:12 SIMPLE RULES. 03:14 ALL RIGHT SO, NOW WE'RE GETTING TO POINT TWO. 03:18 REMEMBER THERE'S--HE'S SHOWN YOU WHAT IS GOOD. 03:20 WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE OF YOU? 03:22 HE'S GOT THREE THINGS HE MENTIONS THAT HE REQUIRES OF 03:24 YOU. 03:25 ONE IS WHAT? 03:26 DO JUSTLY. 03:28 WHAT'S NUMBER ONE? 03:29 DO WHAT'S JUST. 03:31 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. 03:33 YOUR SPIRIT'S GOING TO TELL YOU WHEN YOU'VE STOPPED DOING 03:36 WHAT'S JUST. 03:37 OR IF IT'S A GREY AREA, IT'S LIKE THE OLD SCOTSMAN THAT WAS 03:40 GETTING READY TO GET DRESSED IN THE MORNING. 03:43 HE WAS HOLDING UP YESTERDAY'S SHIRT BY THE WINDOW AND 03:45 SNIFFING IT. 03:47 AND HIS WIFE CALLED OVER HER SHOULDER, "IF IT'S DOUBTFUL, 03:49 IT'S DIRTY." 03:52 IF IT'S DOUBTFUL, IT'S DIRTY. 03:55 AND SO WHEN SOMETHING'S DOUBTFUL, IT'S PROBABLY DIRTY. 03:58 WHEN IN DOUBT, THROW IT IN THE LAUNDRY. 04:03 OH, WAIT A SECOND, I'VE GOT TO MAKE A CORRECTION HERE FOR KIDS 04:06 THAT ARE LISTENING. 04:07 A LOT OF KIDS THROW CLEAN CLOTHES IN THE LAUNDRY BECAUSE 04:09 THEY'RE TOO LAZY TO PUT 'EM AWAY, RIGHT? 04:12 YEAH SO, THAT'S NOT AN EXCUSE FOR THAT. 04:15 SO POINT NUMBER TWO, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DO JUSTLY, 04:18 LOVE MERCY. 04:22 NOW, I COULD BREAK THOSE TWO APART AND JUST SAY LOVE. 04:27 WE COULD SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING JUST ABOUT LOVE. 04:31 IN THIS GREAT VERSE, YOU'VE GOT LOVE. 04:35 BUT YOU NOTICE, IT'S SAYING LOVE MERCY. 04:40 DOING JUSTLY, CATCH THIS, THIS IS A GREAT VERSE. 04:45 DOING JUSTLY IS WHAT I DO TO OTHERS. 04:48 SHOWING MERCY--NO, I'M SAYING DOING JUSTLY IS WHAT I DO 04:52 WITH MYSELF. 04:53 I GOT THAT BACKWARDS. 04:53 DOING JUSTLY IS MY CHOICE ABOUT HOW I'M GOING TO CONDUCT MYSELF. 05:00 LOVING MERCY, I DON'T SHOW MERCY TO MYSELF, DO I? 05:05 I'VE DECIDED TO BE MERCIFUL TODAY TO MYSELF. 05:09 THAT'S NOT HOW YOU SHOW MERCY. 05:11 YOU'RE NOT REALLY BEING VERY MERCIFUL. 05:13 MERCY IS DONE WHERE? 05:15 THAT WAY. 05:17 IT'S DONE TO OTHERS. 05:18 AND SO WHEN YOU LOVE MERCY, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOVE TO 05:21 LOVE MERCY? 05:22 YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE OTHERS. 05:24 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 05:26 YOU STILL WITH ME? 05:27 SO, THE FIRST PART OF DOING JUSTLY IS HOW I WILL CONDUCT 05:30 MYSELF. 05:31 LOVING MERCY IS HOW I'M GOING TO TREAT OTHERS. 05:34 AND IT GOES BEYOND TREATING THEM WITH JUSTICE BECAUSE WHEN YOU 05:39 GIVE SOMEBODY MERCY, THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM JUSTICE. 05:43 YOU'RE GIVING THEM SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE YOUR GOING 05:45 BEYOND THE REQUIREMENT ON THE SIDE OF KINDNESS. 05:50 THAT'S ONE OF THE BOTTOM LINES IN THE CREED OF A CHRISTIAN. 05:54 DON'T JUST DO WHAT THE OBLIGATION IS. 05:57 GO BEYOND THE OBLIGATION AND DO WHAT'S KIND. 06:00 DO WHAT'S MERCIFUL. 06:01 A MOTHER CAME TO NAPOLEON ONE TIME, PLEADING FOR HER SON WHO 06:05 HAD SHOWN HIMSELF A COWARD ON THE BATTLEFIELD TWICE AND 06:10 THE PENALTY WAS DEATH. 06:13 AND SHE SAID, "YOUR MAJESTY PLEASE, SHOW MERCY TO MY SON." 06:19 HE SAID, "I CAN'T BECAUSE JUSTICE REQUIRES THAT HE DIES 06:23 FOR THIS OFFENSE." 06:25 SHE SAYS, "I'M NOT ASKING FOR JUSTICE. 06:27 I'M ASKING FOR MERCY." 06:29 HE SAID, "HE DOESN'T DESERVE MERCY." 06:31 SHE SAID, "IF HE DESERVED IT, IT WOULDN'T BE A MERCY. 06:34 MERCY IS SOMETHING YOU GIVE TO SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T DESERVE IT." 06:38 MOTHERS BECOME VERY ELOQUENT WHEN THEY'RE PLEADING FOR THEIR 06:40 CHILDREN. 06:41 HE SAID, "OKAY, YOU WIN. 06:44 I'LL SHOW HIM MERCY AND LET HIM LIVE." 06:47 IF IT WASN'T--IF IT WAS JUSTICE THAT WE WANT OR IF WE DESERVED 06:52 IT, IT WOULDN'T BE MERCY, RIGHT? 06:54 WHAT DO WE WANT FROM THE LORD? 06:55 YOU WANT JUSTICE FROM LORD? 06:57 OH NO. 07:01 PEOPLE ASK ME PERIODICALLY, "PASTOR DOUG, HOW IS LIFE 07:03 TREATING YOU?" 07:04 I SAID, "MUCH BETTER THAN I DESERVE." 07:08 I DON'T WANT WHAT I DESERVE. 07:10 AND IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW IT, YOU DON'T WANT WHAT I DESERVE. 07:15 YOU DON'T EVEN WANT WHAT YOU DESERVE, EVEN IF YOU THINK WHAT 07:18 YOU DESERVE IS BETTER THAN WHAT I DESERVE. 07:20 YOU DON'T WANT WHAT YOU DESERVE. 07:22 WHAT WE WANT IS MERCY. 07:24 NOW IF WE WANT MERCY, THEN WHAT SHOULD WE BE WILLING TO GIVE? 07:31 LIKE THAT MAN WHO--THE UNMERCIFUL DEBTOR, HE'S ASKING 07:35 THE KING TO FORGIVE HIM THIS TEN THOUSANDS TALENTS 07:37 THAT HE'S SQUANDERED. 07:39 THE KING SHOWS MERCY TO HIM, FORGIVES HIM. 07:42 HE GOES OUT AND FINDS A FELLOW SERVANT THAT OWES HIM 42 PENCE. 07:48 IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 52 MILLION DOLLARS 07:50 AND 42 DOLLARS. 07:53 HE ACCEPTS THE MERCY FOR THE 52 MILLION DOLLARS, BUT HE WON'T 07:56 PASS ON THE MERCY FOR THE 42. 08:00 PART OF OUR CHRISTIAN CREED IS THAT WE SHOW MERCY TO OTHERS. 08:09 I WENT TO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL PHOTO TAKEN AND AFTER I GOT DONE 08:14 LOOKING AT THE PICTURE, YOU KNOW PERIODICALLY IN "AMAZING FACTS," 08:16 I'VE GOT TO GO GET A SERIES OF PICTURES TAKEN. 08:18 FOR A WHILE THERE, I WAS SHOWING PICTURES THAT WERE SO OLD, 08:21 I STILL HAD HAIR. 08:23 AND PEOPLE SAID TO ME, "YOU KNOW, DOUG, THAT'S NOT HONEST. 08:24 YOU NEED TO GO GET SOME UPDATED PICTURES." 08:26 SO, YOU GO AND YOU SIT IN FOR A PHOTO SECTION. 08:28 I REMEMBER LOOKING ONE TIME AT THE PICTURE AND SAYING, "YOU 08:31 KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS REALLY DOES ME JUSTICE." 08:34 HE SAID, "DOUG, YOU DON'T WANT JUSTICE. 08:36 YOU WANT MERCY." 08:37 [LAUGHING] 08:48 ACTUALLY, I THINK HE SAID, "WITH A FACE LIKE YOURS, 08:50 YOU DON'T WANT JUSTICE. 08:51 YOU WANT MERCY." 08:54 HE WAS A FRIEND. 08:58 THEY WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU. 09:01 "BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL FOR THEY WILL OBTAIN MERCY." 09:06 MATTHEW 9:13, JESUS SAID, "BUT GO OUT AND LEARN WHAT THIS 09:10 MEANS, 'I DESIRE MERCY AND NOT SACRIFICE. 09:15 FOR I DID NOT COME TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS TO REPENTANCE, 09:18 BUT SINNERS.'" WHAT DOES GOD WANT FROM US? 09:24 MERCY. 09:25 A MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO ERR IN YOUR 09:28 RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR FAMILY OR OTHERS THAT 09:32 YOU MAY WORK WITH, IF YOU ARE GOING TO ERR AND GO TOO FAR ON 09:36 THE SIDE OF JUSTICE OR TOO FAR ON THE SIDE OF MERCY, WHICH SIDE 09:40 WOULD GOD PREFER THAT YOU ERR ON? 09:44 I THINK HE WOULD PREFER THAT YOU GO A LITTLE TOO FAR ON THE SIDE 09:47 OF MERCY. 09:49 YOU KNOW ONE REASON I BELIEVE THAT? 09:51 HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THE STORY OF KING DAVID, THAT MAN AFTER 09:54 GOD'S OWN HEART? 09:56 GOD HAD TOLD DAVID, "YOU'RE TO BE KING." 09:58 HE HAD BEEN ANOINTED AS KING. 10:00 HE HAD DONE NOTHING WRONG TO SAUL. 10:02 SAUL WAS JUST DEMON POSSESSED AND OUT OF HIS MIND AND HE WAS 10:05 HUNTING DOWN DAVID TO KILL HIM. 10:07 PROVIDENTIALLY, GOD PUT SAUL IN DAVID'S HANDS AT LEAST TWO TIMES 10:13 WHERE DAVID COULD KILL HIM. 10:15 AND ALL THE SOLDIERS AROUND HIM SAID, "THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN ACT 10:17 OF GOD. 10:18 NOW YOU CAN HAVE JUSTICE FOR WHAT HE'S DONE TO YOU, CHASING 10:21 YOU OUT OF YOUR LAND AND--" AND YOU KNOW WHAT DAVID SAID? 10:26 "NO, IF HE'S THE KING AND GOD'S CHOSEN HIM AS KING AND I'M GOING 10:32 TO LET GOD TAKE HIM OUT, I'M NOT GOING TO ASSUME THAT ROLE OF 10:34 BEING VENGEFUL. 10:37 VENGEANCE BELONGS TO THE LORD. 10:39 HE'LL EITHER GET OLD AND DIE OR HE'LL FALL IN BATTLE 10:42 OR HE'LL GET SICK. 10:43 BUT MY HAND WILL NOT BE AGAINST HIM. 10:46 I'M GOING TO SHOW HIM MERCY." 10:47 NOW, I'M PARAPHRASING. 10:49 AND YOU KNOW, GOD LOVED WHAT DAVID DID. 10:53 'CAUSE GOD COULD TAKE SAUL OUT ANY TIME HE WANTED. 10:55 DAVID SAID, "LOOK, I'M GOING TO TRY FIRST TO WIN SAUL THROUGH 10:58 MERCY." 11:00 AND AFTER DAVID HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KILL SAUL, TWICE 11:03 THIS HAPPENED, HE THEN SHOUTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND SAID, 11:05 "KING SAUL, MY LORD THE KING," HUMBLED HIMSELF BEFORE THE KING 11:09 AND SAID, "HERE, I'VE GOT A PIECE OF YOUR ROBE. 11:11 I'VE GOT YOUR SPEAR THAT WAS AT YOUR SIDE. 11:13 I HAD A CHANCE TO KILL YOU. 11:14 I WANT YOU TO KNOW I HAD A CHANCE TO KILL YOU, 11:16 BUT I'VE SHOWN YOU MERCY. 11:17 I HOPE YOU'LL HAVE MERCY ON ME. 11:18 WILL YOU STOP CHASING ME DOWN?" 11:20 AND GOD LOVED DAVID BECAUSE HE DID THAT. 11:25 I THINK GOD WOULD'VE UNDERSTOOD IF DAVID HAD KILLED SAUL 11:28 IN SELF-DEFENSE, "HE'S TRYING TO KILL ME." 11:31 BUT HE DIDN'T TAKE THAT APPROACH. 11:33 HE ERRED ON THE SIDE OF MERCY. 11:36 DID DAVID END UP GETTING THE THRONE? 11:38 DAVID DIDN'T NEED TO KILL SAUL. 11:40 HE KILLED HIMSELF. 11:41 SAUL KILLED HIMSELF. 11:43 SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A MISTAKE, SOMETIMES YOU SAY, 11:47 "LOOK, BOY, I BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO HELP THAT PERSON. 11:49 I'VE GONE THE SECOND MILE. 11:51 I'M NOT GOING ANY FURTHER." 11:53 WELL, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BE--GOD WILL NOT BE ANGRY AT YOU 11:58 IF YOU GO JUST A LITTLE FURTHER, WILL HE? 12:02 IF YOU ERR ON THE SIDE OF MERCY, FORGIVING HIM A LITTLE MORE, 12:06 BEING PATIENT A LITTLE MORE, HOW OFTEN DID JESUS SAY TO PETER, 12:10 "YOU SHOULD FORGIVE"? 12:12 SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN, WHICH IS SORT OF THE HEBREW EQUIVALENT 12:15 OF SEVEN WAS THE CYCLE OF TIME. 12:18 IT WAS A CIRCLE. 12:19 AND 70 TIMES 7 WHICH IS SAYING GOD'S MERCY ENDURES FOREVER AND 12:26 JUST GO AS FAR AS YOU CAN GO. 12:29 LOVE MERCY. 12:31 DON'T JUST TOLERATE IT BUT LIVE IT OUT. 12:36 2 SAMUEL 22, "WITH THE MERCIFUL, YOU WILL SHOW YOURSELF MERCIFUL. 12:44 WITH THE BLAMELESS MAN, YOU WILL SHOW YOURSELF BLAMELESS." 12:47 IF YOU EVER WANT TO REALLY APPRECIATE GOD'S MERCY, THEN LET 12:50 HIM PASS IT ON THROUGH YOU TO SOMEONE ELSE. 12:54 BE MERCIFUL TO OTHERS AND YOU'LL NEVER BETTER UNDERSTAND GOD'S 12:57 MERCY FOR YOU. 12:59 TO THE MERCIFUL, HE SHOWS HIMSELF MERCY. 13:02 BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL, THEY WILL OBTAIN MERCY. 13:06 MATTHEW 23:23, I THINK THIS IS A REFERENCE THAT JESUS IS MAKING 13:11 TO MICAH, TO OUR VERSE. 13:13 THIS IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES WHERE I THINK JESUS IS MAKING A 13:16 REFERENCE TO THIS OLD TESTAMENT PASSAGE, "WOE TO YOU, SCRIBES 13:20 AND PHARISEES, HYPOCRITES! 13:22 FOR YOU PAY TITHE OF YOUR MINT AND YOUR ANISE AND CUMMIN, 13:26 BUT YOU'VE NEGLECTED THE WEIGHTIER MATTERS." 13:29 CAN I TRANSLATE "WEIGHTIER MATTERS"? 13:31 YOU'RE NOT KEEPING THE MAIN THING THE MAIN THING. 13:33 IT'S GOOD TO PAY TITHE, AND IT'S WONDERFUL YOU'RE PAYING TITHE 13:35 ON YOUR HERB GARDEN. 13:37 THAT'S WONDERFUL. 13:39 I THINK YOU COULD PROBABLY TAKE CARE OF YOUR WHOLE HERB GARDEN. 13:41 JUST PUT ONE PUMPKIN IN THE PLATE WHEN IT GOES BY. 13:44 SAY HOPEFULLY THAT'LL COVER ALL THE HERBS. 13:46 I'M NOT COUNTING OUT MY PARSLEY AND CHIVES; "ROSEMARY, PARSLEY 13:52 AND THYME," TO QUOTE SIMON AND GARFUNKEL. 13:56 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS SORT OF EXTREME. 13:59 BUT HE'S NOT CONDEMNING THEM FOR BEING PRECISE IN THEIR TITHE. 14:02 BUT HE SAID, "YOU'RE FORGETTING THE WEIGHTIER MATTERS." 14:04 AND NOTICE WHAT JESUS SAID, "JUSTICE, MERCY AND FAITH." 14:10 THE FIRST TWO ARE THE VERY SAME TWO THAT YOU FIND IN MICAH: 14:14 DO JUSTLY, LOVE MERCY. 14:16 AND FAITH? 14:18 THAT MEANS FAITH IN GOD. 14:19 THAT WOULD BE THE LAST ONE. 14:21 SO, I THINK CHRIST IS QUOTING THAT THERE. 14:24 AND THEN WE GO TO POINT THREE. 14:26 FIRST OF ALL, DO JUSTLY. 14:28 LOVE AND LOVE MERCY, LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR. 14:33 AND THEN FINALLY, WALKING HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD. 14:37 NOW, I'M GOING TO BEAR THIS OUT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THERE'S 14:38 A LOT THERE. 14:40 FIRST OF ALL, WALKING WITH GOD, NOT EVEN TALKING YET ABOUT 14:45 WALKING HUMBLY. 14:46 JUST WALKING WITH GOD. 14:48 YOUR WALK REPRESENTS THE DIRECTION OF YOUR LIFE AND IT 14:51 REPRESENTS HOW YOU USE YOUR TIME FROM DAY TO DAY. 14:54 THAT'S YOUR WALK. 14:55 IF YOU LAY IN BED ALL DAY LONG, THAT'S YOUR WALK. 14:59 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK TO HAVE A WALK. 15:00 EVERYBODY'S GOT A WALK. 15:02 YOUR WALK IS HOW YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE. 15:05 IT'S AN ALLEGORY OR A METAPHOR FOR THAT. 15:10 I WANT TO WALK LIKE ENOCH WALKED. 15:13 HOW DID ENOCH WALK? 15:15 WELL, IT SAYS IN GENESIS CHAPTER 5, 15:17 "ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD: AND HE WAS NOT; FOR GOD TOOK HIM." 15:21 AND IT'S LIKE IT TELLS US THE 144,000; THEY FOLLOW THE LAMB 15:25 WHEREVER HE GOES. 15:26 ARE THEY IN THE KINGDOM? 15:28 YEAH. 15:30 WELL, I'M TAKING ABOUT REVELATION PLACES THEM THERE, 15:32 RIGHT? 15:34 SO, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SAVED. 15:35 AND THE 12 APOSTLES, THE ONES WHO WALKED WITH JESUS, THEY'RE 15:40 THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO BE AMONG THE REDEEMED. 15:45 ULTIMATELY, THEIR NAMES ARE GOING TO BE ON 15:47 THE 12 FOUNDATIONS IN THE NEW JERUSALEM. 15:51 SO, DO YOU WALK WITH HIM HERE? 15:54 THE BIBLE SAYS NOAH WALKED WITH GOD. 15:57 HE WAS JUST MAN. 15:58 GENESIS 6:9, "NOAH WAS A JUST MAN, PERFECT IN HIS GENERATIONS, 16:02 AND HE WALKED WITH GOD." 16:05 "BLESSED IS THE MAN," PSALMS 1, YOUR FIRST PSALM. 16:09 PSALM 1:1, "BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO WALKS NOT IN THE COUNSEL OF 16:14 THE UNGODLY." 16:15 WHAT DOES WALKING WITH GOD MEAN? 16:16 WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT DOESN'T MEAN. 16:19 YOU DON'T WALK WITH THE UNGODLY. 16:22 "NOR STANDS IN THE PATH OF SINNERS, NOR SITS IN THE SEAT OF 16:26 THE SCORNFUL. 16:27 BUT HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW OF THE LORD; AND IN HIS LAW HE 16:30 MEDITATES DAY AND NIGHT." 16:32 SO, WHAT DOES IT--WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WALK WITH GOD? 16:35 CAN TWO PEOPLE GO IN THE SAME DESTINATION IF THEY'RE--CAN THEY 16:39 WALK TOGETHER IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THE SAME DESTINATION? 16:43 DOES GOD KEEP HIS OWN LAW? 16:46 SO IF YOU'RE WALKING WITH JESUS AND IT SAYS, "ALL OF MY FATHER'S 16:49 COMMANDMENTS I HAVE KEPT," THAT MEANS YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE LORD. 16:55 AMOS 3:3, "CAN TWO WALK TOGETHER, EXCEPT THEY BE 16:59 AGREED?" 17:01 SO, THIS PERSON WHO'S KEEPING THE MAIN THING THE MAIN THING. 17:05 HE WALKS WITH GOD. 17:07 HE FINDS OUT, "LORD, WHAT DO YOU WANT? 17:09 WHAT'S YOUR WILL AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO." 17:11 I'VE KIND OF SUMMARIZED THIS IN FIVE OR SIX POINTS. 17:16 TO WALK WITH GOD, FIRST OF ALL, YOU'VE GOT TO BE GOING THE SAME 17:19 DIRECTION. 17:21 IF YOU'RE NOT GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, YOU MIGHT WALK WITH 17:23 HIM A LITTLE WAYS. 17:24 IF YOU'RE 45 DEGREES OFF, YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP GETTING FURTHER 17:27 AND FURTHER APART. 17:28 BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE SAME POINT ON THE HORIZON, YOU'RE 17:30 GOING TO STAY TOGETHER, RIGHT? 17:32 SO, YOU'VE GOT TO BE GOING TO THE SAME PLACE, IN THE SAME 17:35 DIRECTION. 17:36 B, YOU NEED TO BE GOING THE SAME PACE. 17:41 WHEN YOU'RE WALKING WITH GOD, HE'S GOT A SPEED AT WHICH HE'S 17:44 GOING TO LEAD YOU. 17:47 IF YOU RUN AHEAD, YOU'RE NOT TOGETHER ANYMORE. 17:50 IF YOU LAG BEHIND, YOU'RE NOT TOGETHER. 17:52 YOU MAY BE GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND STILL NOT BE 17:54 WALKING TOGETHER BECAUSE, WELL ONE'S A MILE AHEAD OF THE OTHER. 17:58 YOU CAN'T REALLY SAY YOU'RE WALKING TOGETHER ANYMORE, CAN 18:00 YOU? 18:01 SO, YOU NOT ONLY NEED TO BE GOING THE SAME DIRECTION. 18:03 YOU NEED TO BE GOING THE SAME PACE. 18:05 YOU NEED TO BE GOING TO THE SAME DESTINATION. 18:10 YOU NEED TO BE GOING WITH THE SAME PURPOSE. 18:14 WHY ARE YOU GOING? 18:16 HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT 18:18 TO GO TO HEAVEN AND THEY'RE WALKING WITH GOD WITH DIFFERENT 18:21 MOTIVES THAN JESUS HAS? 18:24 SHOULDN'T WE HAVE THE SAME MOTIVE FOR WALKING WITH GOD THAT 18:27 GOD HAS FOR WALKING WITH US? 18:32 HAVE YOU SEEN PEOPLE GET MARRIED BEFORE AND THEY'VE GOT DIFFERENT 18:36 ULTERIOR MOTIVES FOR THE MARRIAGE? 18:40 IF THEIR MARRIAGES ARE, "I LOVE THIS PERSON, I WANT TO MAKE THIS 18:43 PERSON HAPPY." 18:44 AND THEY BOTH HAVE THAT ONE GOAL, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE 18:47 A HAPPY MARRIAGE. 18:49 IF THERE ARE ULTERIOR MOTIVES OTHER THAN THAT, IF THEIR 18:52 PURPOSE IS NOT THE SAME, YOU'VE GOT PROBLEMS. 18:57 IN YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD, IF YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE OF 18:59 WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU, THAT'S NOT GOD'S MOTIVE. 19:03 LOVE MUST BE THE MOTIVE FOR OTHERS, A LOVE THAT GOES OUT. 19:09 SO, YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT WITH THE SAME PURPOSE. 19:12 AND FINALLY, YOU'VE GOT TO BE DOING IT UNDER THE SAME POWER, 19:15 THE POWER OF GOD'S SPIRIT. 19:17 THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE THE DRIVING DYNAMO OF THE LORD. 19:20 IT MUST BE THE SAME POWER THAT DRIVES YOU, SAME DIRECTION, SAME 19:24 PACE, SAME DESTINATION, SAME PURPOSE AND THE SAME POWER. 19:28 THAT'S HOW YOU DETERMINE IF YOU'RE WALKING WITH SOMEBODY. 19:31 NOW, IT DOESN'T JUST SAY WALK WITH GOD. 19:33 IT TELLS US HOW TO WALK WITH HIM. 19:35 WALK HUMBLY WITH THY GOD. 19:39 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN? 19:40 IN HEBREW, THE WORD "HUMBLE" THERE IN THIS VERSE, MICAH 6:8, 19:46 IT MEANS TO HUMBLE THYSELF TO WALK WITH GOD. 19:51 IN OTHER WORDS, WALKING HUMBLY WITH GOD MEANS YOU BEGIN THE 19:54 WALK BY A HUMBLING OF YOURSELF, REPENTING OF YOUR SINS. 19:59 YOU'RE NOT WALKING WITH GOD BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU'RE WORTHY. 20:02 YOU'RE WALKING WITH GOD BECAUSE YOU HUMBLED YOURSELF. 20:05 THAT'S WHAT MAKES US WORTHY TO WALK WITH GOD. 20:08 WE'RE NOT WALKING WITH GOD BECAUSE WE THINK WE'RE BETTER 20:11 THAN OTHERS WHO ARE WALKING WITH GOD. 20:14 WE WALK WITH HIM BECAUSE WE'RE THANKFUL THAT WE CAN BE FOUND 20:17 WORTHY BY CHRIST'S VIRTUE AND MERIT, NOT BY OUR OWN. 20:22 PSALMS 25:9, "THE MEEK HE WILL GUIDE IN JUDGMENT," THAT MEANS 20:28 IN RIGHTNESS, "AND THE MEEK HE WILL TEACH HIS WAY," THE HUMBLE 20:33 WILL LEARN. 20:34 I HEARD ABOUT THIS VILLAGE IN AFRICA WHERE A MAN WAS GIVEN 20:38 A MEDAL BECAUSE HE WAS CONSIDERED THE MOST HUMBLE MAN 20:41 IN THE VILLAGE. 20:42 BUT THEN, HE MADE THE MISTAKE OF WEARING THE MEDAL AND THEY TOOK 20:44 IT AWAY FROM HIM. 20:49 THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT CHRISTIAN HUMILITY IS ONCE YOU 20:53 THINK YOU'VE ACHIEVED IT, YOU PROBABLY LOST IT AT THAT MOMENT. 20:57 "PRAISE THE LORD, I'M NOW HUMBLE!" 21:00 I MEAN AS SOON AS YOU SAY THAT, YOU'RE PROUD OF YOUR HUMILITY, 21:02 RIGHT? 21:03 AND YOU'VE LOST IT. 21:05 1 PETER 5:5, "GOD RESISTS THE PROUD BUT HE GIVES GRACE 21:10 TO THE HUMBLE." 21:11 OOH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I NEED GRACE. 21:14 DO YOU NEED GRACE? 21:16 WHO GETS THE GRACE? 21:19 THE HUMBLE. 21:20 IN YOUR WALK WITH GOD, ARE YOU GOING TO FALL DOWN? 21:23 YEAH, BUT IF YOU'RE WALKING HUMBLY, HE'LL PICK YOU BACK UP. 21:27 YOU GET GRACE. 21:29 IF YOU'RE WALKING WITH ARROGANCE WITH GOD, YOU'RE GOING TO FALL A 21:33 LOT AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN UP YET. 21:37 BUT IF YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WALKING WITH GOD, YOU 21:39 NEED TO DO IT HUMBLY. 21:43 AND THEN ESPECIALLY BEAUTIFUL IS THE PART THAT SAYS, FINALLY, 21:49 PSALMS 51:17, "THE SACRIFICES OF GOD ARE A BROKEN SPIRIT, 21:57 A BROKEN AND CONTRITE HEART, THESE, O GOD, YOU WILL NOT 22:01 DESPISE." 22:02 IF YOU'RE WALKING WITH GOD HUMBLY, THAT MEANS YOU'RE 22:05 WALKING BECAUSE YOUR HEART'S BEEN BROKEN. 22:08 YOU HAVE BEEN BROKEN AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS. 22:12 AND YOU ARE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU HAVE ANY--THE PRIVILEGE TO WALK 22:15 WITH GOD THAT YOU'RE DOING IT HUMBLY. 22:19 NOW WOVEN INTO THAT LAST VERSE, THE LAST PART OF THE VERSE, DO 22:25 JUSTLY, LOVE MERCY, WALK HUMBLY WITH THY GOD. 22:31 YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 22:33 IT. 22:35 THE VERY FACT IT SAYS "WITH GOD," WHAT? 22:37 WE GET TO BE WITH GOD. 22:39 WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN OF SALVATION? 22:41 WE'VE BEEN SEPARATED FROM GOD BY OUR SINS. 22:43 HE WANTS TO BE WITH US. 22:46 ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL TO THINK ABOUT? 22:48 REVELATION 21:3, "AND I HEARD A LOUD VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING, 22:53 'BEHOLD THE TABERNACLE OF GOD IS WITH MEN, AND HE WILL DWELL 22:58 WITH THEM. 23:00 THEY SHALL BE HIS PEOPLE, AND GOD HIMSELF WILL BE WITH THEM.'" 23:04 WOW, WHAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN? 23:08 THAT WE'RE WITH EACH OTHER. 23:10 SO IF YOU WANT TO BE WITH HIM THEN, THERE, WE MUST BE WILLING 23:14 TO WALK WITH HIM HERE NOW; THAT WE WALK HUMBLY WITH OUR GOD. 23:19 LIVING--YOU GOT TWO CHOICES: YOU CAN LIVE A LIFE 23:22 WITH GOD OR WITHOUT HIM. 23:23 I'VE ALREADY TRIED LIVING WITHOUT HIM AND IT GOES NOWHERE. 23:26 WELL, IT GOES DOWN. 23:28 SO, I'M GOING TO LIVE WITH HIM AND THAT MEANS WALKING WITH HIM. 23:32 WALK HUMBLY WITH THY GOD. 23:36 NOW, IN SUMMARY, NOTICE WHAT'S IN THESE VERSES. 23:40 THE THREE MAIN POINTS ARE, SAY 'EM WITH ME: DO JUSTLY, 23:46 LOVE MERCY, WALK HUMBLY. 23:50 THE DO IS WHAT YOU DO. 23:54 THE LOVE IS WHAT YOU DO WITH OTHERS. 23:58 THE WALK IS WITH GOD. 24:01 THE GREAT COMMANDMENT, "LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD, LOVE YOUR 24:05 NEIGHBOR AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF." 24:07 YOU HEARD ME SAY BEFORE THE KEY TO JOY IS JESUS, OTHERS, YOU. 24:14 IT'S THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS ARE IN THE KEY VISION STATEMENT FOR 24:17 THE CHRISTIAN. 24:18 IT'S IN THIS VERSE: YOU LIVE JUSTLY. 24:22 FOR OTHERS, LOVE MERCY. 24:26 AND THEN, HAVE GOD YOUR FOCUS, WALK WITH GOD. 24:31 LIVE FOR HIS GLORY. 24:32 WORSHIP HIM. 24:34 YOU, YOUR NEIGHBOR AND GOD. 24:35 IT'S ALL SUMMED UP IN THIS. 24:37 YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS VERSE. 24:39 IT SAYS, "FOR GOD SEEKS NOT WHAT YOU HAVE BUT WHO YOU ARE," NOT 24:46 YOUR SUBSTANCE BUT YOUR SPIRIT. 24:50 HE'S NOT LOOKING FOR YOUR HOUSE BUT HE WANTS YOUR HEART. 24:54 THIS WONDERFUL VERSE ENCAPSULATES WHAT DOES THE LORD 24:58 WANT FROM US. 24:59 HE WANTS YOU. 25:01 HE WANTS YOUR HEART. 25:03 AND IF HE HAS YOUR HEART, YOU'LL SAY, "LORD, BY YOUR 25:06 GRACE, I'M GOING TO SEEK FIRST YOUR KINGDOM. 25:09 I'M GOING TO DO JUSTLY. 25:10 I'M GOING TO LOVE MY NEIGHBOR. 25:12 I'M GOING TO SHOW MERCY AND KINDNESS. 25:15 AND I'M GOING TO LIVE A LIFE THAT'S NOT SEPARATED FROM YOU. 25:18 I'M GOING TO WALK WITH YOU LIKE ENOCH," AND ENOCH MUST'VE HAD 25:20 SOME KIND OF WALK BECAUSE HE NEVER EVEN DIED. 25:23 ENOCH IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE, AMEN? 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