>> COMING UP NEXT ON
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"AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS--"
>> CAN YOU HAVE DISAGREEMENTS IN
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A HOME BETWEEN THE MOTHER AND
THE FATHER AND STILL HAVE LOVE?
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YOU'VE GOTTA KNOW HOW TO
TALK ABOUT THESE DISAGREEMENTS
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IN AN AGREEABLE WAY.
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YOU CAN DISAGREE WITHOUT
BEING DISAGREEABLE, RIGHT?
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>> FOR OVER 40 YEARS,
AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED
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BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
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"AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS."
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TODAY'S
PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM
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THE "EVERLASTING
GOSPEL" VIDEO SERIES.
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>> THE MESSAGE TODAY IS DEALING
WITH VERY SIMPLE PRINCIPLES,
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GONNA LOOK AT A NUMBER OF
SCRIPTURES ON THIS DEALING WITH
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THE SUBJECT OF DIVIDED OR UNITED
TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT KIND OF
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UNITY, THE WRONG KIND OF UNITY
AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR
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US TO BE TOGETHER TO BE ONE
AS FAMILIES, AS COMMUNITIES,
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AS A CHURCH.
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FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S A
PRINCIPLE THAT THE DEVIL
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OPERATES UNDER AND IT'S
CALLED DIVIDE AND CONQUER.
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EVERY MILITARY GENERAL HAS
ALWAYS KNOWN THAT THE WAY THAT
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YOU CONQUER AN OPPOSING FORCE
IS YOU FLANK THEM, YOU DO THIS
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PINCER MOVEMENT, YOU GET IN, YOU
SEPARATE THEIR FORCES, YOU BREAK
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THEM UP AND THEN IT'S A
LOT EASIER TO OVERCOME THEM.
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YOU READ ABOUT THIS IN ACTS 20.
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PAUL REALIZING THE DEVIL WAS
GOING TO USE THESE TACTICS ON
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GOD'S CHURCH, HE WARNED THEM.
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HE SAID, "FOR I KNOW THIS
THAT AFTER MY DEPARTURE, SAVAGE
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WOLVES WILL COME IN AMONG
YOU NOT SPARING THE FLOCK.
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ALSO FROM AMONG YOUR OWN SELVES,
MEN WILL RISE UP SPEAKING
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PERVERSE THINGS TO DRAW AWAY
DISCIPLES AFTER THEMSELVES."
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THE DEVIL WILL SEND IN
SOME, THEY WILL BE COUNTERFEIT
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CHRISTIANS AND THEY
WILL BRING IN DIVISION.
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THEY'LL TRY AND SPLIT YOU UP.
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I ORDERED THIS RECENT
DVD SERIES, THIS SPECTACULAR
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PHOTOGRAPHY, IT WAS
CALLED "PLANET EARTH."
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SOME OF YOU PROBABLY SAW IT
PRODUCED BY BBC AND YOU SORT OF
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HAVE TO HOLD YOUR NOSE A
LITTLE BIT WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT
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EVOLUTION, BUT THE
NATURAL PHOTOGRAPHY WAS JUST
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OUTSTANDING.
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AND THEY SHOWED ONE SCENE UP IN
THE ARCTIC REGIONS OF THE NORTH
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WHERE THIS PACK OF WOLVES WERE
HUNTING REINDEER, AND THEY HAD
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A HELICOPTER THAT WAS ABLE TO
VIDEOTAPE THEM IN THEIR NATURAL
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ENVIRONMENT.
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THEY HAD THIS CAMERA WHERE
THE LENS WAS ENORMOUS AND THEY
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HAD A GYRO THAT
ELIMINATED ANY VIBRATION.
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THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE
LONG-DISTANCE, HIGH-RESOLUTION
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PHOTOGRAPHY SUCH AS
THEY'VE NEVER TAKEN BEFORE.
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THE TECHNOLOGY HAD BEEN
DEVELOPED BY THE MILITARY.
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AND SO THE HELICOPTER WAS NOT
INTERRUPTING THE HUNT THAT IT
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WAS OBSERVING, ALMOST A MILE
AWAY AND YET IT WAS ABLE TO TAKE
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THIS CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPHY
OF THESE WOLVES CHASING THESE
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REINDEER.
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AND THE WAY THAT THEY WORKED
AS A PACK IN AN ORGANIZED WAY TO
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GET ONE OF THEM SEPARATED FROM
THE FLOCK, IF THEY COULD GET ONE
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SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF
THE HERD, THEN PRETTY SOON THEY
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RAN IT DOWN, THEY WORE IT
OUT AND THEY HAD IT FOR DINNER.
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LIONS DO THE SAME THING.
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MATTER OF FACT, PETER
TALKS ABOUT THIS, BE SOBER, BE
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VIGILANT BECAUSE YOUR ADVERSARY,
THE DEVIL, HE GOES ABOUT LIKE
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A ROARING LION
SEEKING WHOM HE MIGHT DEVOUR.
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RESIST HIM
STEADFAST IN THE FAITH.
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BUT THIS IS THE DEVIL'S PLAN IS
TO SEPARATE THE LAMBS FROM THE
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FLOCK AND THEN BRING THEM DOWN.
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IT'S A DIVIDE AND CONQUER.
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HE DOES IT IN THE CHURCH.
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HE DOES IT IN COMMUNITIES.
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HE DOES IT IN FAMILIES AND MAYBE
THAT'S WHERE WE OUGHT TO BEGIN.
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THE DEVIL TRIES TO
BRING DIVISION INTO FAMILIES.
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NOW I'M STARTING HERE
BECAUSE FAMILIES ARE REALLY THE
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FOUNDATION BLOCK OF COMMUNITIES
AND NATIONS AND CHURCHES.
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AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT
WE LEARN TO HAVE HARMONY THERE
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IN THE HOME.
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I KNOW WE OFTEN SAY AT OUR
WEDDING CEREMONIES HOW MARRIAGES
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ARE MADE IN HEAVEN, BUT LET'S
NOT FORGET THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
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IS MADE IN HEAVEN TOO.
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AND IN MANY OF THE FAMILIES
THERE IS DIVISION AND IT'S
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THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF
THE LORD THAT THIS HARMONY
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CAN BE BROUGHT BACK IN.
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1 CORINTHIANS 10 HAS A PRINCIPLE
FOR US TO REMEMBER TO HAVE UNITY
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AND HARMONY IN THESE
FAMILIES RATHER THAN DIVISION.
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IT SAYS, "LET NO ONE
SEEK HIS OWN BUT EACH ONE
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THE OTHER'S WELL-BEING."
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NOW I'M COMING TO YOU FROM
THE PERSPECTIVE OF BOTH SOMEONE
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WHO IS MARRIED, THOUGH I
AM A BATCHELOR, I AM A MARRIED
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BATCHELOR, AND ALSO SOMEONE
WHO IS A PASTOR THAT HAS DONE
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A LOT OF MARRIAGE COUNSELING.
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I HAVE NO REAL QUALIFICATIONS IN
MARRIAGE COUNSELING OTHER THAN
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I'VE JUST DONE A LOT OF IT.
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IT'S NOT MY FAVORITE THING TO
DO, BUT ONE THING I'VE OBSERVED
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BOTH IN MY FAMILY AND IN THE
COUNSELING I'VE DONE AND ALMOST
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EVERY EXAMPLE WHERE THERE
IS STRIFE AND DIVISION IN THE
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FAMILY IT'S BECAUSE SOMEONE
IS SEEKING AFTER THEIR OWN
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RATHER THAN THE OTHER'S.
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IT'S USUALLY PRIDE AND
SELFISHNESS AT THE HEART OF IT,
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MOST OF THE TIME ON BOTH PARTIES
AND IT COULD BE THE CHILDREN AND
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THE PARENTS, IT COULD BE
MULTIPLE PARTIES, IT JUST COULD
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BE THE HUSBAND AND WIFE.
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VERY RARELY IS IT
ONE, BUT IT'S SELFISHNESS,
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PEOPLE SEEKING THEIR OWN.
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THE PRINCIPLE FOR DEVELOPING
UNITY IN THESE RELATIONSHIPS.
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"LET NO ONE SEEK HIS OWN BUT
EACH ONE THE OTHER'S WELL-BEING.
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AND AGAIN, WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE BEGINNING?
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HOW DID THE DEVIL
OPERATE WITH ADAM AND EVE?
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AFTER SIN, THEY RAN FROM
GOD, THEY TRIED TO COVER THEIR
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OWN NAKEDNESS.
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LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED,
THE MAN SAID TO THE LORD, GOD
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SAID, "YOU KNOW, WHAT
IS THIS THAT YOU'VE DONE?
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WHO TOLD YOU YOU WERE NAKED?"
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MAN SAID, "THE WOMAN, IT'S
HER FAULT, YOU GAVE HER TO BE
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WITH ME.
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SHE GAVE ME OF
THE TREE AND I ATE."
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THERE WERE
CRIMINATIONS AND BLAME AND FEAR.
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AND THE LORD SAID TO THE WOMAN,
"WHAT IS THIS YOU HAVE DONE?"
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SHE SAID, "IT'S THE SERPENT
THAT DECEIVED ME AND I ATE."
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THEY STARTED BLAMING OTHERS
FOR WHAT THEY HAD DONE WRONG
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INSTEAD OF SAYING, "I'M
GONNA TAKE RESPONSIBILITY."
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THEN, OF COURSE, THE LORD SPOKE
TO THE SERPENT AND THE SERPENT
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DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING 'CAUSE HE
DIDN'T HAVE A LEG TO STAND ON,
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RIGHT?
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MARK 10:7-9.
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JESUS SAID, "FOR THIS REASON,
A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND
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MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE
AND THEY TOO SHALL BECOME ONE
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FLESH.
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THERE ARE NO LONGER TWO BUT ONE
FLESH, THEREFORE WHAT GOD HAS
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JOINED TOGETHER,
LET NOT MAN SEPARATE."
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MARRIAGE IS A METAPHOR FOR
THE CHURCH IN THE BIBLE AND
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THE CHURCH IS A METAPHOR
FOR MARRIAGE, THAT'S WHY IT'S
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IMPORTANT FOR US TO
UNDERSTAND UNITY IN THE CHURCH
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AND HAVE UNITY IN OUR HOMES.
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AND THE BIBLE TELLS US IN
THE SAME WAY THAT CHRIST LOVES
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THE CHURCH AND GAVE HIMSELF
FOR THE CHURCH, A HUSBAND SHOULD
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LOVE HIS WIFE AND WIVES
SHOULD LOVE THEIR HUSBANDS.
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THERE SHOULD BE
THIS-- THIS ONENESS.
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AND THE SAME TERMINOLOGY THAT
JESUS USES IN IDENTIFYING HIS
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RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER,
HIS LOVE FOR THE CHURCH THAT
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THERE SHOULD BE THIS--THIS
UNITY, THIS ONENESS IS WHAT
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WE SHOULD
EXPERIENCE IN OUR FAMILIES.
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SOME OF THESE DIFFERENCES COME
INTO THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIPS
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BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S A
DIFFERENCE, ONE IS A BELIEVER,
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ONE IS NOT AND YOU'VE
GOT A BUILT-IN DIVISION.
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SO WHAT DO YOU DO?
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WELL, OBVIOUSLY GET DIVORCED
AND MARRY A BELIEVER, RIGHT?
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WRONG.
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YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF
IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE
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TWO UNBELIEVERS ARE
MARRIED, ONE BECOMES A BELIEVER.
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NOW WHAT DO THEY DO?
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THE SPOUSE, THE HUSBAND OR
THE WIFE JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN
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TO BELIEVE, FOR WHATEVER REASON.
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DO YOU SEPARATE OR
ARE YOU STILL MARRIED?
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THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE
UNBELIEVING HUSBAND CAN BE
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CONVERTED BY BEHOLDING.
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THIS IS--IS IT 1 PETER 3?
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THE CONVERSATION, THE BEHAVIOR
OF THE WIFE HAS A SANCTIFYING
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CONVERTING INFLUENCE.
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YOU STAY TOGETHER AND YOUR
NUMBER-ONE MISSIONARY FIELD
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IS YOUR UNCONVERTED SPOUSE.
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AND BEFORE YOU THINK "WELL, I'M
GONNA GO DIVORCE HER, DIVORCE
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HIM AND MARRY A BELIEVER, WE'LL
GO DO MISSION WORK OVERSEAS,
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IT'D BE SO WONDERFUL TO BE ONE."
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GOD HAS GIVEN YOU A MISSION
PROJECT, THEY'RE IN YOUR HOUSE.
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TRY AND REACH YOUR UNCONVERTED
SPOUSE, NOT BY BADGERING THEM OR
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PRESSURING THEM OR NAGGING THEM
INTO THE CHURCH, BUT AS THEY
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BEHOLD YOUR CONVERSATION, LET
THEM SEE THAT THE JOY AND THE
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LOVE, THE--HOW SUPERIOR
YOUR LIFE IS BECAUSE OF YOUR
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RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS.
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LET ME READ THIS TO YOU FROM
1 CORINTHIANS 7:13, "AND A WOMAN
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WHO HAS A HUSBAND THAT DOES
NOT BELIEVE, IF HE IS WILLING TO
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LIVE WITH HER, LET HIM NOT
DIVORCE HIM--LET HER NOT DIVORCE
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HIM FOR THE UNBELIEVING HUSBAND
IS SANCTIFIED BY THE WIFE AND
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THE UNBELIEVING WIFE IS
SANCTIFIED BY THE BELIEVING
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HUSBAND.
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OTHERWISE YOUR CHILDREN WOULD BE
UNCLEAN, BUT NOW THEY ARE HOLY."
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THIS IS SOMETHING I DON'T EVEN
COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND BUT IT
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SEEMS TO BE SAYING THAT IN
THE SAME WAY JOSEPH'S BELIEVING
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INFLUENCE SANCTIFIED THE
HOUSE OF POTIPHAR, THERE WAS
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A BLESSING THERE.
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AND THE BIBLE TELLS THE
DISCIPLES WHEN THEY WENT OUT
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PREACHING, HE SAYS, "WHEN YOU
ENTER INTO A HOUSE SAY, PEACE OR
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SHALOM TO THIS HOUSE AND THE SON
OF PEACE WILL BE THERE," THAT
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THE BELIEVING SPOUSE IN THIS
HOUSEHOLD INVITES THE PRESENCE
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OF THE SPIRIT, THE SON OF
GOD INTO THAT HOME AND IT HAS
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A SANCTIFYING
INFLUENCE ON YOUR CHILDREN.
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DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE THE
CHILDREN OF BELIEVERS IF THEY
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ARE NOT YET AT THE
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY?
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CAN YOU EXPECT TO SEE THEM IN
THE KINGDOM IF THEY DIE BEFORE
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THEY REACH THAT AGE?
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YEAH, THERE'S SOMETHING
THERE AND I DON'T EVEN CLAIM TO
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UNDERSTAND IT ALL BUT BY ALL
MEANS, IF YOU CAN STAY TOGETHER,
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STAY TOGETHER.
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AND THEN PAUL SAYS, "YOU
KNOW IF THE UNBELIEVER DEPARTS,
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LET HIM DEPART."
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YOU'RE NOT UNDER BONDAGE IN SUCH
CASES, BUT DON'T DRIVE THEM AWAY
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AND SAY, "WELL, THEY LEFT."
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I'VE SEEN THAT GAME BEFORE.
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GOD KNOWS YOUR HEART, YOU
WANT TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN
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TO MAKE IT WORK, AMEN?
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AND IF THERE IS DIVISION,
IF THERE ARE DISAGREEMENTS AND
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IF THERE ARE CHILDREN,
HAVE ENOUGH SENSE NOT TO BICKER
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IN FRONT OF THE CHILDREN.
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NOTHING CREATES MORE INSECURITY,
ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
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WHEN THEY SEE MOM AND
DAD GOING AT IT LIKE WOLVES.
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IT JUST CREATES A FEAR AND
AN INSECURITY AND ALL KINDS OF
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OTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
START TO BUBBLE UP IN THEIR
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LIVES WHEN THEY DON'T
SEE LOVE BETWEEN MOM AND DAD.
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CAN YOU HAVE DISAGREEMENTS
IN A HOME BETWEEN THE MOTHER AND
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THE FATHER AND STILL HAVE LOVE?
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YOU'VE GOTTA KNOW HOW TO
TALK ABOUT THESE DISAGREEMENTS
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IN AN AGREEABLE WAY.
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YOU CAN DISAGREE WITHOUT
BEING DISAGREEABLE, RIGHT?
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AND YOU'VE GOTTA DEVELOP BETTER
AND IF SOMETHING POPS UP AND
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THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE CHILDREN
ARE IN THE ROOM AND THERE'S
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THIS DISAGREEMENT, SAY, "MOM,
COULD WE GO INTO THE ROOM FOR
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A MINUTE AND TALK A LITTLE BIT?"
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AND EXCUSE YOURSELVES, SHUT
THE DOOR AND THEN THE KIDS WILL
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HEAR THE PLATES BREAKING
IN THE OTHER ROOM AND STUFF.
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BUT AT LEAST, YOU KNOW,
THEY THINK YOU'RE JUST PLAYING
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IN THERE.
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HAVING HARMONY IN YOUR HOMES
REQUIRES WORK, HAVING HARMONY
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IN OUR CHURCH REQUIRES WORK.
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BY THE WAY JUST IN CASE YOU'RE
WONDERING, I'M NOT PREACHING
00:12:09.66\00:12:12.73
THIS MESSAGE ABOUT UNITY AND
DIVISION BECAUSE THERE'S SOME
00:12:12.73\00:12:15.50
GREAT SCHISM IN THE
CHURCH, THERE'S NOT.
00:12:15.50\00:12:18.26
THIS IS A PREEMPTIVE STRIKE.
00:12:18.26\00:12:21.16
THERE'S GREAT HARMONY IN THIS
CHURCH, AND I WANT TO KEEP IT.
00:12:21.16\00:12:23.40
ALL RIGHT, WE NEED
UNITY IN OUR FAMILIES, AMEN?
00:12:23.40\00:12:27.16
IT TAKES WORK, TAKES INVESTMENT.
00:12:27.16\00:12:29.33
HAVE REGULAR
DEVOTIONS IN YOUR FAMILY.
00:12:29.33\00:12:32.46
YOU'VE HEARD IT SAID MANY TIMES,
THE FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER,
00:12:32.46\00:12:35.93
STAYS TOGETHER.
00:12:35.93\00:12:37.40
IT'S ALSO TRUE THE FAMILY THAT
PLAYS TOGETHER, STAYS TOGETHER.
00:12:37.40\00:12:40.16
DO THINGS TOGETHER.
00:12:40.16\00:12:42.33
WELL, THIS WHOLE MESSAGE
IS NOT JUST ABOUT FAMILIES.
00:12:42.33\00:12:45.10
THERE'S ALSO DIVISION IN
COUNTRIES AND COMMUNITIES
00:12:45.10\00:12:50.80
AND RACIAL
DIVISION, CULTURAL DIVISION.
00:12:50.80\00:12:56.40
NOW I LUMPED THAT ALL TOGETHER
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S INTERESTING
00:12:56.40\00:12:59.13
RIGHT NOW ESPECIALLY IN A
POLITICAL SEASON, AND THIS IS
00:12:59.13\00:13:03.10
A UNIQUE POLITICAL SEASON WHERE
YOU HAVE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT
00:13:03.10\00:13:09.00
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES AND DIFFERENT
00:13:09.00\00:13:10.93
BACKGROUNDS AND DIFFERENT
GENDERS AND DIFFERENT RACES
00:13:10.93\00:13:13.16
ALL RUNNING.
00:13:13.16\00:13:14.70
AND YOU KNOW IT HAS A
TENDENCY TO POLARIZE A NATION.
00:13:14.70\00:13:19.30
AS CHRISTIANS, I'M NOT TAKING
A POLITICAL POSITION HERE, BUT
00:13:19.30\00:13:22.40
I WILL TELL YOU WHAT THE BIBLE
SAYS ABOUT UNITY THAT WE ARE
00:13:22.40\00:13:26.40
ALL ONE PEOPLE.
00:13:26.40\00:13:28.66
ACTS 17:26, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR
RACISM IN THE CHRISTIAN BELIEF,
00:13:28.66\00:13:32.50
AMEN?
00:13:32.50\00:13:34.80
"AND HE HAS MADE FROM ONE BLOOD,
EVERY NATION OF MEN TO DWELL
00:13:34.80\00:13:39.23
ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH,
AND HE HAS DETERMINED THEIR
00:13:39.23\00:13:42.53
PREAPPOINTED TIMES AND THE
BOUNDARIES OF THEIR DWELLINGS."
00:13:42.53\00:13:45.63
WE ARE ALL MADE OF ONE BLOOD
AND, YOU KNOW, THE DEBATE ON
00:13:45.63\00:13:50.80
IMMIGRATION IS HEATING UP
AND THERE ARE--THERE'S FEAR
00:13:50.80\00:13:57.13
AND FRUSTRATION AND
IT CREATES DIVISION.
00:13:57.13\00:14:00.26
BUT AS A PEOPLE, AS A COUNTRY,
WE OUGHT TO LOVE EACH OTHER,
00:14:00.26\00:14:04.70
AS CHRISTIANS, WE
OUGHT TO UNDERSTAND LOVE.
00:14:04.70\00:14:06.56
IT DOESN'T MATTER, IF I'M ON MY
WAY HOME FROM CHURCH AND I GET
00:14:06.56\00:14:12.26
HIT BY A MACK TRUCK AND I
GET CUT AND I START TO BLEED AND
00:14:12.26\00:14:17.00
THEY TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL AND
THEY SAY THEY'RE OUT OF BLOOD
00:14:17.00\00:14:19.60
AND THEY ASK FOR DONORS,
IF AN ILLEGAL MEXICAN ALIEN
00:14:19.60\00:14:22.76
WITH THE SAME BLOOD TYPE AS
ME SHOWS UP, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
00:14:22.76\00:14:26.20
I'LL PRAISE THE LORD.
00:14:26.20\00:14:26.86
WE ARE ALL MADE
OF THAT ONE BLOOD.
00:14:26.86\00:14:28.76
IT'LL SAVE MY LIFE, RIGHT?
00:14:28.76\00:14:31.16
AND WE SOMETIMES FORGET THAT.
00:14:31.16\00:14:33.40
AND EVEN THOUGH I SPEAK A LITTLE
SPANISH, I DON'T EVEN NEED TO BE
00:14:33.40\00:14:35.80
ABLE TO SPEAK THAT LANGUAGE
FOR THAT BLOOD TO SAVE MY LIFE.
00:14:35.80\00:14:42.10
GALATIANS 3:27-28, "AS MANY OF
YOU AS WERE BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST
00:14:42.10\00:14:49.33
HAVE PUT ON CHRIST,
THERE IS NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK,
00:14:49.33\00:14:52.16
THERE IS NEITHER SLAVE NOR FREE,
THERE'S NEITHER MALE NOR FEMALE,
00:14:52.16\00:14:56.36
YOU ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST."
00:14:56.36\00:14:58.30
WE DO ALL HAVE
DIFFERENCE, DON'T WE?
00:14:58.30\00:15:00.83
MAKES IT INTERESTING BUT THOSE
DIFFERENCES SHOULD NOT SEPARATE
00:15:00.83\00:15:03.90
US, THEY SHOULD UNITE US
BUT THERE'S CERTAIN FOUNDATIONAL
00:15:03.90\00:15:07.63
THINGS THAT IF A PERSON IS WRONG
ON THOSE, THE WHOLE TRAIN STARTS
00:15:07.63\00:15:11.46
JUMPIN' TRACK AND THOSE--THOSE
TRUTHS SHOULD BE VIGOROUSLY
00:15:11.46\00:15:16.86
DEFENDED AND WE
SHOULD SPEAK THE SAME THING.
00:15:16.86\00:15:20.30
YOU KNOW WHAT'S WONDERFUL FOR ME
IS I GET TO TRAVEL AND I'LL GO
00:15:20.30\00:15:24.46
TO ANOTHER COUNTRY THAT
HAS VERY DIFFERENT CUSTOMS.
00:15:24.46\00:15:28.20
AND I REMEMBER BEING IN JAPAN
AND, YOU KNOW, THE SERVICE WAS
00:15:28.20\00:15:31.63
A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
00:15:31.63\00:15:32.43
YOU TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES AND BUT
THEY BELIEVE THE SAME THING FROM
00:15:32.43\00:15:35.76
THE BIBLE I BELIEVE.
00:15:35.76\00:15:36.73
WE SPOKE THE SAME THING, AND YOU
COULD GO TO CHINA, YOU CAN GO TO
00:15:36.73\00:15:41.23
NEW GUINEA AND IT'S WONDERFUL
GETTING TOGETHER WITH THESE
00:15:41.23\00:15:44.70
BIBLE CHRISTIANS IN THEIR HUTS.
00:15:44.70\00:15:46.76
THEY SPOKE THE SAME THING.
00:15:46.76\00:15:48.26
HOW DO WE GET
THAT KIND OF UNITY?
00:15:48.26\00:15:51.23
IF WE'RE ALL READING THE SAME
BOOK, WE'RE GONNA SPEAK THE SAME
00:15:51.23\00:15:53.40
THING, THAT'S THE KEY TO
HAVING THAT KIND OF UNITY.
00:15:53.40\00:15:58.63
UNFORTUNATELY, DO YOU KNOW ONE
REASON THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF
00:15:58.63\00:16:02.90
DIFFERENT
CHURCHES IN COMMUNITIES?
00:16:02.90\00:16:07.33
BECAUSE THERE'S A
SPLIT IN THE CHURCH.
00:16:07.33\00:16:10.26
I CAN'T TELL YA HOW MANY TIMES
A CHURCH HAS GONE THROUGH A
00:16:10.26\00:16:13.10
BUILDING PROGRAM OR DECORATING
PROGRAM AND THE CONTENTION IS SO
00:16:13.10\00:16:16.60
SHARP OVER SOMETHING THAT
THEY SAY, "WELL, WE'LL JUST GO
00:16:16.60\00:16:20.56
AND BUILD OUR OWN CHURCH."
00:16:20.56\00:16:22.93
AND SO BECAUSE OF THE DIVISION,
A CHURCH SPLITS INTO TWO AND
00:16:22.93\00:16:27.00
A FEW YEARS LATER NOW THERE'S
TWO OPTIONS WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO,
00:16:27.00\00:16:30.00
AND IT ENDS UP WORKING OUT
AS A BLESSING BUT IT WASN'T
00:16:30.00\00:16:32.10
HEALTHY RIGHT WHEN IT HAPPENED.
00:16:32.10\00:16:34.06
IF OUR UNITY ADVERTISES--IF OUR
LOVE AND UNITY ADVERTISES FOR
00:16:34.06\00:16:38.40
CHRIST, OR DIVISION
ADVERTISES FOR THE DEVIL, RIGHT?
00:16:38.40\00:16:44.33
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD
SOMEONE SAY, "OH, MAN THEY'RE
00:16:44.33\00:16:46.46
ALL AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS.
00:16:46.46\00:16:48.40
I MEAN LOOK AT THE CHRISTIANS IN
IRELAND, PROTESTANTS, CATHOLICS,
00:16:48.40\00:16:51.50
KILLING EACH OTHER,
CHRISTIANS, HA, HA, HA."
00:16:51.50\00:16:54.10
SO THE DIVISION, IT
EVANGELIZES FOR THE DEVIL.
00:16:54.10\00:16:59.36
THE UNITY EVANGELIZES FOR JESUS.
00:16:59.36\00:17:04.20
THE LORD SAYS SO
MUCH ABOUT ONENESS.
00:17:04.20\00:17:07.33
NOW WHEN I SAY THAT, I'M TALKING
ABOUT GOD SAYS, "HEAR, O ISRAEL,
00:17:07.33\00:17:12.60
THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE."
00:17:12.60\00:17:15.63
BUT THEN HE SAYS GOD SAID, "LET
US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, GOD,
00:17:15.63\00:17:18.73
THAT ONE GOD IS GOD
THE FATHER, SON AND SPIRIT.
00:17:18.73\00:17:21.76
YOU GOT ONE FAMILY, TWO PEOPLE,
MAYBE THE CHILDREN, THEY BECOME
00:17:21.76\00:17:26.33
ONE FLESH THROUGH LOVE.
00:17:26.33\00:17:28.63
THERE NEEDS TO BE A
ONENESS IN OUR HEARTS, A ONENESS
00:17:28.63\00:17:31.66
IN OUR PURPOSE.
00:17:31.66\00:17:32.86
YOU KNOW, IT'S A MARVEL TO
ME, YOU EVER WATCH THESE BIRDS,
00:17:32.86\00:17:35.80
THESE FLOCKS THAT ARE FLYING
THROUGH THE SKY AND YOU WONDER,
00:17:35.80\00:17:39.63
WHO'S IN CHARGE?
00:17:39.63\00:17:41.30
AND YOU KNOW THEY JUST
KIND OF TURN IN A CLOUD AND IT'S
00:17:41.30\00:17:46.46
AMAZING TO ME IT'S LIKE THEY'VE
ALL GOT ONE PART OF THEIR BRAIN.
00:17:46.46\00:17:49.73
THEY'RE ALL IN TOUCH WITH
THE OTHER, AND I'VE DONE A LOT
00:17:49.73\00:17:52.13
OF SCUBA DIVING AND
YOU'RE DOWN IN THE OCEAN.
00:17:52.13\00:17:54.73
YOU SEE THESE BEAUTIFUL MASSIVE
SCHOOLS OF SILVERLY FISH,
00:17:54.73\00:17:58.86
AND THEY SWIM AROUND SOME BUOY
OR OBSTACLE AND THEY PARK JUST
00:17:58.86\00:18:02.36
LONG ENOUGH TO GET AROUND IT
AND THEY'RE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.
00:18:02.36\00:18:04.76
IT'S LIKE THEY'RE JUST--THERE'S
A ONENESS TO THEIR MOVEMENT AND
00:18:04.76\00:18:08.16
GOD IS INVITING US TO BE ONE.
00:18:08.16\00:18:10.16
THERE'S A NUMBER OF VERSES
ON THIS THAT I'M SURE YOU KNOW.
00:18:10.16\00:18:12.70
IN OUR MEMORY VERSE, WE TALKED
ABOUT JOHN 17 BUT WE DID NOT
00:18:12.70\00:18:15.83
READ VERSE 11.
00:18:15.83\00:18:17.76
JESUS SAID, "NOW I AM
NO LONGER IN THE WORLD,
00:18:17.76\00:18:21.83
BUT THESE ARE IN THE WORLD."
00:18:21.83\00:18:23.56
JESUS IS PRAYING.
00:18:23.56\00:18:24.83
"AND I COME TO YOU, HOLY FATHER,
KEEP THROUGH YOUR NAME THOSE
00:18:24.83\00:18:28.70
WHOM YOU HAVE GIVEN ME
THAT THEY MAY BE ONE AS WE ARE."
00:18:28.70\00:18:35.50
WHAT KIND OF ONENESS DOES THE
LORD WANT US TO HAVE WITH EACH
00:18:35.50\00:18:37.83
OTHER?
00:18:37.83\00:18:38.76
CAN YOU THINK OF HIGHER EXAMPLE
OF ONENESS THAN THE ONENESS
00:18:38.76\00:18:41.83
OF JESUS AND THE FATHER?
00:18:41.83\00:18:44.30
HE SAID THAT THEY
MAY BE ONE AS WE ARE ONE.
00:18:44.30\00:18:48.53
THAT'S A PRETTY
TALL ORDER, ONE MIND.
00:18:48.53\00:18:54.56
PHILIPPIANS 2:2, NOTICE HOW
OFTEN IT SAYS THIS IN THE BIBLE,
00:18:54.56\00:19:00.13
"FULFILL MY JOY BY
BEING LIKE-MINDED."
00:19:00.13\00:19:04.66
DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE ALL
CLONED AND WE ALL THINK EXACTLY
00:19:04.66\00:19:07.56
THE SAME, BUT WHEN IT
COMES TO LOVING EACH OTHER,
00:19:07.56\00:19:10.46
WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST.
00:19:10.46\00:19:11.96
"THAT WE MIGHT BE LIKE-MINDED
HAVING THE SAME LOVE, BEING OF
00:19:11.96\00:19:14.66
ONE ACCORD, OF ONE MIND.
00:19:14.66\00:19:17.93
IF WE ALLOW THE
SAME--" I'M SORRY.
00:19:17.93\00:19:20.43
"IF WE ALL FOLLOW THE
SAME WORD," THESE ARE MY NOTES
00:19:20.43\00:19:23.16
IN HERE, "IF WE ALL FOLLOW
THE SAME WORD, WE WILL HAVE
00:19:23.16\00:19:25.80
THE SAME MIND."
00:19:25.80\00:19:26.93
IF WE HAVE THE WORD IN OUR
MIND, WE'LL BE OF THE SAME MIND.
00:19:26.93\00:19:30.23
PHILIPPIANS 4:2, "I IMPLORE
EUODIA AND I IMPLORE SYNTYCHE
00:19:30.23\00:19:35.86
TO BE OF THE SAME
MIND IN THE LORD."
00:19:35.86\00:19:39.86
1 PETER 3:8, "FINALLY ALL OF YOU
BE OF ONE MIND HAVING COMPASSION
00:19:39.86\00:19:45.00
FOR ONE ANOTHER.
00:19:45.00\00:19:46.13
LOVE AS BROTHERS, BE
TENDER-HEARTED, BE COURTEOUS."
00:19:46.13\00:19:50.26
YOU KNOW CHURCH MEMBERS ARE
SOMETHING LIKE COALS IN A FIRE
00:19:50.26\00:19:54.10
THAT WE JUST DON'T BURN WHEN
WE'RE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER.
00:19:54.10\00:19:59.13
TWO PIECES OF WOOD KEEP BURNING
A LOT BETTER THAN IF YOU HAVE
00:19:59.13\00:20:03.10
ONE WOOD, ONE PIECE OF WOOD
AND YOU PLOP IT ON THE FIRE.
00:20:03.10\00:20:06.10
WE WARM EACH OTHER, AS
SHARPEN--AS IRON SHARPENS
00:20:06.10\00:20:10.30
IRON THROUGH OUR STAYING
TOGETHER, WE DEVELOP THIS
00:20:10.30\00:20:13.20
ONENESS, THIS UNITY.
00:20:13.20\00:20:16.36
AND THEN WE WANT TO
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BEING
00:20:16.36\00:20:18.83
ONE FLOCK.
00:20:18.83\00:20:21.20
JESUS SAID IN JOHN 10:16, "OTHER
SHEEP I HAVE THAT ARE NOT OF
00:20:21.20\00:20:26.20
THIS FOLD, THEM ALSO I MUST
BRING AND THEY'LL HEAR MY VOICE
00:20:26.20\00:20:30.40
AND THERE WILL BE ONE
FLOCK AND ONE SHEPHERD."
00:20:30.40\00:20:35.16
THE LORD WANTS US TO
HAVE THIS UNITY IN OUR MIDST.
00:20:35.16\00:20:38.13
NOW WHEN I STARTED
TALKING ABOUT FLOCK THERE,
00:20:38.13\00:20:41.53
NOT ONLY AM I THINKING OF SHEEP.
00:20:41.53\00:20:43.13
I REMEMBER READING SOMETHING.
00:20:43.13\00:20:44.50
I MAY HAVE SHARED WITH YOU
YEARS AGO ABOUT SOME LESSONS
00:20:44.50\00:20:47.23
FROM GEESE.
00:20:47.23\00:20:48.63
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE
FLYING NORTH RIGHT NOW, BUT
00:20:48.63\00:20:51.50
SOMEONE OBSERVED IN THE FALL
WHEN YOU SEE GEESE HEADING SOUTH
00:20:51.50\00:20:55.40
FOR THE WINTER THAT YOU MIGHT BE
INTERESTED IN WHAT SCIENCE HAS
00:20:55.40\00:20:58.56
LEARNED ABOUT THE WAY THEY
COOPERATE TO GET WHERE THEY'RE
00:20:58.56\00:21:01.60
GOING AND WHY THEY FLY
IN THESE "V" FORMATIONS.
00:21:01.60\00:21:05.86
AS EACH BIRD FLAPS ITS WING,
IT CREATES UPLIFT FOR THE BIRD
00:21:05.86\00:21:09.83
IMMEDIATELY BEHIND IT.
00:21:09.83\00:21:12.00
FLYING IN A "V" FORMATION,
THE WHOLE FLOCK ADDS 71% GREATER
00:21:12.00\00:21:16.66
FLYING RANGE THAN IF
ANY BIRD IS FLYING ALONE.
00:21:16.66\00:21:20.83
HOW MANY OF YOU DRIVING DOWN
THE ROAD HAVE GOTTEN IN THE BACK
00:21:20.83\00:21:23.00
DRAFT OF A TRUCK BEFORE?
00:21:23.00\00:21:25.03
YOU GET UP THERE, YOU KNOW, JUST
ONE OR TWO CAR LENGHTS BEHIND A
00:21:25.03\00:21:28.53
LARGE SEMI, YOU CAN LET OFF YOUR
GAS AND YOU CAN MAINTAIN YOUR
00:21:28.53\00:21:32.03
SAME SPEED BECAUSE YOU'RE CAUGHT
IN THE BACK DRAFT OF THAT TRUCK.
00:21:32.03\00:21:35.30
NOW HE'S PAYING FOR IT.
00:21:35.30\00:21:37.23
THE ONE, THE LEAD GOOSE IS
REALLY HAVING TO FLAP, BUT ALL
00:21:37.23\00:21:40.13
THE OTHERS BENEFIT BY STAYING IN
A FORMATION AND GOING THE SAME
00:21:40.13\00:21:43.96
DIRECTION.
00:21:43.96\00:21:45.13
AS OPPOSED TO WHEN
THEY GO OFF ON THEIR OWN,
00:21:45.13\00:21:47.03
IT CREATES DRAG FOR EVERYBODY.
00:21:47.03\00:21:49.80
IF WE ALL MOVE TOGETHER, EVEN IF
YOU MIGHT DISAGREE WITH THE LEAD
00:21:49.80\00:21:53.10
GOOSE, IF WE ALL MOVE
IN THE SAME DIRECTION,
00:21:53.10\00:21:57.66
IT IS SO MUCH EASIER.
00:21:57.66\00:22:00.26
WHEN A GOOSE GETS SICK OR
IS WOUNDED AND FALLS OUT OF
00:22:00.26\00:22:02.70
FORMATION, TWO GEESE FOLLOW IT
DOWN TO THE GROUND AND THEY HELP
00:22:02.70\00:22:06.80
AND PROTECT HIM.
00:22:06.80\00:22:08.53
THEY STAY WITH HIM UNTIL
HE'S EITHER ABLE TO FLY AGAIN
00:22:08.53\00:22:11.63
OR UNTIL HE'S DEAD.
00:22:11.63\00:22:14.23
WHEN ONE OF US--AND THEN
THEY JOIN ANOTHER FORMATION
00:22:14.23\00:22:17.20
AND CATCH UP WITH THEIR GROUP.
00:22:17.20\00:22:18.73
WHEN ONE OF US IS DOWN OR
OUT, IT'S UP TO THE OTHERS
00:22:18.73\00:22:21.90
TO STAND BY THEM.
00:22:21.90\00:22:23.23
FOR ONE THING, THE
LORD HATES DIVIDERS.
00:22:23.23\00:22:28.96
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT FILE
DIVIDERS THAT ARE IN YOUR FILE
00:22:28.96\00:22:31.23
CABINET, I'M TALKING
ABOUT PEOPLE DIVIDERS.
00:22:31.23\00:22:34.13
SOME PEOPLE ARE INSECURE AND
THEY SEEM TO FIND SOME KIND OF
00:22:34.13\00:22:36.46
HELLISH SATISFACTION BY
GOING AROUND DIVIDING OTHERS.
00:22:36.46\00:22:40.43
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE
ANY FRIENDS OR THEY'RE INSECURE
00:22:40.43\00:22:42.46
ABOUT THEIR FRIENDSHIPS, SO THEY
DON'T WANT ANYONE TO BE ANYONE'S
00:22:42.46\00:22:45.40
FRIEND EXCEPT THEM.
00:22:45.40\00:22:47.13
AND SO THEY--THEY GO AROUND
AND THEY GOSSIP AND THEY DIVIDE
00:22:47.13\00:22:49.86
AND THEY--THEY SPREAD THINGS
THAT THEY SHOULDN'T SPREAD.
00:22:49.86\00:22:52.53
PROVERBS 6:14-15, "PERVERSITY
IS IN HIS HEART, HE DEVISES EVIL
00:22:52.53\00:22:58.90
CONTINUALLY, HE SOWS DISCORD."
00:22:58.90\00:23:02.73
CAN YOU PICTURE A PERSON
GOING AROUND THROWING SEED?
00:23:02.73\00:23:05.56
THESE PEOPLE ARE THROWING
OUT WEEDS, WEEDS OF DIVISION.
00:23:05.56\00:23:10.23
"THEY SOW DISCORD, THEREFORE
HIS CALAMITY WILL COME SUDDENLY.
00:23:10.23\00:23:13.86
SUDDENLY HE'LL BE
BROKEN WITHOUT REMEDY."
00:23:13.86\00:23:15.73
PROVERBS 6:16,
THIS IS REALLY HEAVY.
00:23:15.73\00:23:18.43
"THESE SIX THINGS THE
LORD HATES, YEA SEVEN ARE
00:23:18.43\00:23:24.60
AN ABOMINATION TO HIM.
00:23:24.60\00:23:25.83
A PROUD LOOK, A LYING TONGUE,
HANDS THAT SHED INNOCENT BLOOD,
00:23:25.83\00:23:30.76
A HEART THAT DEVISES WICKED
PLANS, FEET THAT ARE SWIFT TO
00:23:30.76\00:23:34.03
RUNNING TO EVIL, A FALSE
WITNESS WHO SPEAKS LIES--"
00:23:34.03\00:23:37.43
NOTICE THIS LAST ONE,
"AND ONE WHO SOWS DISCORD
00:23:37.43\00:23:41.76
AMONG BRETHREN."
00:23:41.76\00:23:43.16
ONE WHO SPREADS
DIVISION AMONG BRETHREN.
00:23:43.16\00:23:46.46
JESUS IS THE GREAT UNITER.
00:23:46.46\00:23:49.96
CHRIST AND HIS CROSS IS
THE COST OF OUR DIVISION.
00:23:49.96\00:23:55.36
SIN SEPARATED US FROM GOD.
00:23:55.36\00:23:58.50
JESUS CAME TO EARTH TO
CREATE A BRIDGE ONCE AGAIN,
00:23:58.50\00:24:02.10
TO UNITE HEAVEN AND EARTH.
00:24:02.10\00:24:03.86
NOT ONLY DOES THE CROSS CREATE
THIS KIND OF UNITY, THE CROSS
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CREATES THIS KIND OF UNITY.
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YOU'VE HEARD IT SAID THE CLOSER
WE COME TO JESUS, THE CLOSER
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WE WILL COME TO ONE ANOTHER.
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SO WHAT'S THE KEY FOR US TO
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MORE UNITY IN OUR
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IF WE KEEP OUR EYES ON JESUS
AND WE MOVE TOWARDS HIM AS THE
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INVARIABLY COME CLOSER TOGETHER.
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IF WE SAY, "LORD, YOU'VE
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TO FORGIVE OTHERS," IF
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AS OUR OWN AND WE PASS IT
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