>>THE FOLLOWING IS A PAID
PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY
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AMAZING FACTS, INCORPORATED.
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(MUSIC) >>THE HEART OF CHRIST IS
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LIKE THIS.
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IT'S, YOU KNOW, A RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD, A RELATIONSHIP WITH
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OTHERS - CHRIST WAS ALWAYS
THINKING OF OTHERS, GIVING TO
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OTHERS, FEEDING OTHERS, TEACHING
OTHERS - AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE
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TYPICAL HUMAN HEART.
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
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FACTS PRESENTS.
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>>IN THE BIBLE YOU FIND
A TENSION BETWEEN TWO GREAT
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MOTIVES.
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THE MOTIVE OF GOD - GOD'S
VERY CHARACTER IS ONE OF LOVE.
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ALL LIFE AND GOOD AND
BLESSING FLOWS OUT FROM GOD.
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SIN AND EVIL ENTERED OUR WORLD
- OUR UNIVERSE - BECAUSE OF A
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CREATURE CALLED LUCIFER
THAT DECIDED TO TURN THE COMPASS
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NEEDLE AROUND AND INSTEAD
OF LIVING A LIFE OF GIVING AND
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LOVE, HE DECIDED TO TAKE.
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AND HIS COMPASS
NEEDLE POINTED INWARD.
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I'VE TITLED THE MESSAGE PRIDE
BEFORE A FALL BECAUSE THROUGH
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THE BIBLE YOU SEE A NUMBER OF
EXAMPLES OF THIS BATTLE BETWEEN
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LOVE AND SELFISHNESS,
PRIDE AND HUMILITY ACTED OUT.
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NOW, IN THE BEATITUDES
THAT JESUS GIVES IN MATTHEW
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CHAPTER 5, HE
REALLY OUTLINES THE ESSENCE
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OF THIS SPIRIT OF HUMILITY.
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IF YOU WANT TO BE SAVED YOU'VE
GOT TO UNDERSTAND THIS SUBJECT.
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CAN I BE MORE PLAIN THAN THAT.
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IT'S ABOUT YOUR HEART.
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CHRIST SAID, 'BLESSED ARE
THE POOR IN SPIRIT' - THAT'S THE
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OPPOSITE OF BEING PROUD.
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- 'THEIRS IS THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.'
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THE NEXT BEATITUDE -
'BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO MOURN'
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- IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT
FUNERALS, IT'S TALKING ABOUT
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THOSE WHO MOURN
THEIR SELFISHNESS AND SIN
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- 'THEY WILL BE COMFORTED.
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BLESSED ARE THE MEEK,
THEY WILL INHERIT THE EARTH.'
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YOU NOTICE, RIGHT HERE AT THE
BEGINNING OF CHRIST'S TEACHING,
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HE'S EXPLAINING THAT IT'S
FOUNDATIONAL FOR YOU TO BE ABLE
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TO HAVE CHRIST LIVING WITHIN
- THAT YOU RECOGNIZE YOUR NEED.
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THAT YOU HUMBLE YOURSELF.
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YOU KNOW, IF FOR NO OTHER
REASON, IT'S PROBABLY GOOD
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ADVICE FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT
IF WE'RE NOT HUMBLE, WE FALL.
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THE DEVIL IS THE
BEST EXAMPLE OF THAT.
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ISAIAH CHAPTER 14, VERSE
12 - "HOW THOU ART FALLEN FROM
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HEAVEN, O LUCIFER,
SON OF THE MORNING!
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HOW YOU ARE CUT DOWN TO
THE GROUND, YOU WHO WEAKEN
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THE NATIONS.
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FOR YOU SAID IN YOUR HEART"
- NOTICE WHERE THE PROBLEM
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STARTED? IT WAS IN HIS HEART.
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"I WILL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN, I
WILL EXALT MY THRONE ABOVE THE
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STARS OF GOD: I WILL ALSO SIT ON
THE MOUNT OF THE CONGREGATION,
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ON THE FARTHEST
SIDES OF THE NORTH.
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I WILL ASCEND ABOVE
THE HEIGHTS OF THE CLOUDS;
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I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH.
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BUT YOU SHALL BE BROUGHT DOWN"
- NOW, A LOT OF RESEARCH AND
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DEVELOPMENT WENT INTO BATCHELOR
LABORATORIES TO PRODUCE THESE,
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BUT THIS REPRESENTS THE TWO
GREAT MOTIVES OF THE HEART AND
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HOW OUR HEARTS
THINK ALL THE TIME.
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THE HEART OF
CHRIST IS LIKE THIS.
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IT'S, YOU KNOW, A RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD, A RELATIONSHIP WITH
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OTHERS - CHRIST WAS ALWAYS
THINKING OF OTHERS, GIVING TO
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OTHERS, FEEDING OTHERS, TEACHING
OTHERS - AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE
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TYPICAL HUMAN HEART THAT
IS LIKE THIS. THIS IS REAL.
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I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU A
VISUAL TO HELP - ALL THROUGH THE
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DAY YOU'LL FIND THAT YOU'RE
EVALUATING EVERYTHING THAT'S
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COMING AND GOING IN
YOUR LIFE WITH THESE ARROWS.
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YOU KNOW, YOU MEET SOMEBODY ON
THE STREET AND YOU GO, 'HI, HOW
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ARE YOU DOING?' AND
THEY SAY, 'FINE, HOW ARE
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YOU DOING?' 'I'M
DOING PRETTY GOOD.
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I'M GLAD YOU ASKED.
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LET ME TELL YOU
ABOUT HOW I'M DOING.
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AND, SO, WHAT DID
YOU DO THIS WEEKEND?'
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YOU ASK THEM, YOU
KNOW, IT'S POLITE.
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'OH, I WENT TO THAT
PARTY.' 'PARTY? WHAT PARTY?
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HOW COME I WASN'T
INVITED TO THAT PARTY?'
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BUT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
EVER SENSE THIS IN YOUR HEART.
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AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IF
YOU'RE POLITE, YOU DO A LITTLE
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BIT OF THIS IN YOUR CONVERSATION
- IT'S A LITTLE GIVE AND TAKE.
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WE'VE ALL TALKED TO PEOPLE -
IT'S ALWAYS LIKE THIS, AND WE
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ALL LOVE TO TALK TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE ALWAYS LIKE THIS.
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THEY'RE ALWAYS ASKING
YOU HOW ARE YOU DOING?
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HOW'S IT GOING?
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AND THEY'RE GREAT LISTENERS.
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BUT, YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S
ALWAYS SOME OF THIS GOING ON.
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DID YOU NOTICE IN LUCIFER HE
WAS SAYING, 'I WILL ASCEND ABOVE
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THE STARS.
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I WILL EXALT MY THRONE.
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I' - SO WHAT WAS
LUCIFER'S PROBLEM?
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IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM.
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SO THERE YOU
HAVE THE BIRTH OF SIN.
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PROVERBS 18 - ANOTHER EXAMPLE -
"BEFORE DESTRUCTION THE HEART OF
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MAN IS HAUGHTY, AND
BEFORE HONOR IS HUMILITY."
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HE THAT EXALTS
HIMSELF WILL BE HUMBLED.
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HE THAT HUMBLES
HIMSELF WILL BE EXALTED.
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YOU'LL SEE THIS
PRINCIPLE ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE.
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PRIDE IS THE DRAGNET
IN WHICH THE DEVIL CATCHES
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THE MOST CHRISTIANS.
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AND IF THE DEVIL WAS KICKED OUT
OF HEAVEN BECAUSE OF PRIDE THEN
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WE PROBABLY AREN'T GOING IN
- IF THAT'S THE DRIVING FORCE
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- SELFISHNESS AND
PRIDE IN OUR LIVES.
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NOW I'M JUST TALKING TO MYSELF
RIGHT NOW AND I'M FIGURING
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YOU'RE ALL NOT THAT DIFFERENT.
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AND I THINK WE ALL
STRUGGLE WITH THESE ISSUES.
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ANOTHER CASE STUDY IN
THE BIBLE IS KING SAUL.
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CHOSEN TO BE THE FIRST KING OF
THE UNIFIED KINGDOM OF ISRAEL.
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EVEN THOUGH HE WAS PROBABLY AT
LEAST 6-FOOT 6 - IT SAYS HE WAS
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A HEAD AND SHOULDERS TALLER THAN
EVERYBODY ELSE - HE WAS A HUMBLE
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MAN WHEN HE STARTED.
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WHEN THEY WENT TO MAKE
HIM KING, HE RAN AND HID.
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THEN AFTER HE WAS ESTABLISHED
AS KING AND HE BEGAN TO GET THE
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ACCOLADES AND A FEW VICTORIES,
GOD GAVE HIM A JOB TO DO AND HE
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WAS TOLD TO GO ATTACK
THE AMALEKITES WHO HAD BEEN
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CONSTANTLY RAIDING AND ATTACKING
AND TERRORIZING THE CHILDREN
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OF ISRAEL.
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AND I KNOW THIS IS A WHOLE OTHER
STUDY, BUT THE LORD BASICALLY
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SAID TO VAPORIZE THE NATION.
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HE SAID, 'YOU GO AND YOU ATTACK
THEM AND NOBODY - NOT ONLY
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NOBODY - NOTHING IS TO LIVE.'
SO SAUL GOES ON THIS MISSION BUT
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HE THOUGHT, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, I
CAN SEE THAT THERE'S SOME CATTLE
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HERE AND SHEEP THAT ARE SICK AND
I DON'T WANT TO KILL THE KING -
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HEY, I'VE TAKEN THE KING, LET'S
AT LEAST PARADE HIM INTO TOWN SO
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I CAN SHOW EVERYBODY I'VE
TAKEN THE KING AND MAYBE WE CAN
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EXTRACT SOME KIND OF TRUCE
WHERE HE'LL TELL THE PEOPLE THAT
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ESCAPED NOT TO
ATTACK US ANYMORE.'
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AND SAUL DIDN'T DO
WHAT HE WAS COMMANDED TO DO.
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BUT HE HAD A VICTORY - KEPT ALL
THE BEST OF THE SHEEP AND THE
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CATTLE FOR THE PEOPLE.
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THEY SAID, 'OH, YOU KNOW,
LET'S DESTROY THE BAD ONES.
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LET'S KEEP THE GOOD ONES.'
AND SO HE FIGURED, YOU KNOW,
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GOD'S COMMANDS ARE
REALLY RECOMMENDATIONS.
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HE WASN'T GOING TO OBEY.
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SO YOU'LL READ IN CHAPTER 15,
YOU GET TO VERSE 12, HE'S COMING
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BACK FROM THE BATTLE.
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SAMUEL ROSE
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
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GOD TOLD SAMUEL 'SAUL CAN'T
BE KING ANYMORE, HE'S GOTTEN TOO
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BIG FOR HIS OWN BRITCHES.
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HE WON'T LISTEN TO
ME.' THAT'S A PARAPHRASE.
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"SAMUEL ROSE EARLY IN THE
MORNING AND HE WENT TO MEET
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SAUL, AND IT WAS TOLD SAMUEL,
SAYING, 'SAUL WENT TO CARMEL,
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AND INDEED, SAUL WENT AND
SET UP A MONUMENT FOR HIMSELF.'"
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NOW WHERE IS HIS HEART?
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SET UP A MONUMENT FOR HIMSELF.
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"AND HE HAS GONE DOWN AND PASSED
AROUND ON THE WAY TO GILGAL."
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FINALLY SAMUEL CONFRONTS SAUL
AND SAUL GOES, "'BLESSED ARE YOU
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OF THE LORD!
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I'VE PERFORMED THE
COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD.'
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SAMUEL SAYS, 'THEN WHAT IS
THE BLEATING OF THE SHEEP THAT I
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HEAR IN MY EARS AND
THE LOWING OF THE OXEN?'"
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AND SAUL SAID, 'OH WELL, YOU
KNOW, WE SPARED THE BEST FROM
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THE AMALEKITES FOR THE PEOPLE.
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THE PEOPLE. YEAH.
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THAT'S WHO DID IT.
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THEY SAID SPARE THE BEST OF THE
SHEEP AND THE OXEN TO SACRIFICE
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TO THE LORD YOUR GOD.'
- YEAH, IT'S FOR YOUR GOD.
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- "AND THE REST
WE'VE UTTERLY DESTROYED.
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SAMUEL SAID TO SAUL, 'BE QUIET!
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AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT
THE LORD SAID TO ME LAST NIGHT.'
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AND HE SAID, 'SPEAK ON.'"
NOTICE VERSE 17, "SAMUEL SAID,
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'WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE IN YOUR
OWN EYES, WERE YOU NOT THE HEAD
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OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL?"
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EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A HEAD AND
SHOULDERS TALLER THAN EVERYONE
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ELSE, HE HAD A HUMBLE ATTITUDE.
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GOD SAID, 'I CAN USE HIM BECAUSE
HE'S GOT A HUMBLE HEART.'
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BUT THEN, WHEN HE WAS GIVEN A
MEASURE OF SUCCESS, HE BEGAN TO
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THINK HE WAS REALLY SOMETHING.
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YOU'VE HEARD THE
EXPRESSION, 'POWER CORRUPTS.'
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WELL, THE KINGDOM WAS TORN AWAY
FROM SAUL AND GOD ACTUALLY SAID,
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'I'M GOING TO TEAR THE KINGDOM'
- VERSE 28 - 'AWAY FROM YOU AND
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GIVE IT TO A NEIGHBOR OF
YOURS WHO IS BETTER THAN YOU.'
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NOW, YOU'LL FIND FEW IN
THE BIBLE WHO HAD MORE HUMILITY
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THAN DAVID.
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DAVID WAS SO HUMBLE THAT HE HAD
AN ENEMY THROWING ROCKS AT HIM,
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HE HAD A WHOLE BODY GUARD THAT
COULD HAVE TAKEN HIM OUT AND
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DAVID SAID, 'I PROBABLY
DESERVE IT, LET HIM GO.'
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I MEAN, DAVID HAD A
PRETTY HUMBLE ATTITUDE.
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HE GOES AND HE KILLS A GIANT AND
THEN HE GOES BACK TO HIS TENT.
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AND SO DAVID, AS LONG AS HE
WAS HUMBLE, HE WAS DOING GREAT.
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BUT A HAUGHTY
SPIRIT GOES BEFORE A FALL.
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AFTER DAVID WAS CHOSEN AS
KING AND HE HAD A SERIES OF
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VICTORIES, HE FELT SO IMPORTANT
HE THOUGHT, 'I DON'T EVEN NEED
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TO GO TO BATTLE AGAINST THE
AMMONITES, I'LL LET JOAB AND THE
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ARMY TAKE CARE OF THAT.
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I'M GONG TO HANG OUT AND WALK
AROUND ON THE ROOF OF MY HOUSE.'
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AND WHEN HE WAS FEELING PRETTY
BIG ABOUT HIMSELF WALKING AROUND
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ON HIS BALCONY, HE SAW BATHSHEBA
AND HE THOUGHT 'I'M THE KING.
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I OUGHT TO JUST TAKE WHAT
I WANT LIKE OTHER KINGS DO.'
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AND HE FELL.
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HAUGHTY SPIRIT
GOES BEFORE A FALL.
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THEN YOU'VE GOT NEBUCHADNEZZAR -
POWERFUL KING, BABYLONIAN KING,
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HE'S A PAGAN KING - AND GOD
TRIED TO REACH NEBUCHADNEZZAR
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THERE WAS A LOT OF
GOOD THINGS ABOUT HIS HEART.
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HE SENT HIM DANIEL THE PROPHET
TO INTERPRET HIS DREAMS AND
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SAID, 'LOOK, YOUR KINGDOM -
GREAT KINGDOM - GOLDEN KINGDOM -
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NOT GOING TO LAST FOREVER.'
NEBUCHADNEZZAR SAID, 'MAYBE IF I
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MAKE AN ALL GOLD IMAGE LIKE THE
ONE IN MY DREAM, I CAN CONFOUND
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DANIEL'S PROPHECY AND MY
KINGDOM WILL LAST FOREVER.'
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SO HE MADE THAT GOLDEN IMAGE,
COMMANDED EVERYONE TO BOW DOWN
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AND WORSHIP HIS
NEW STATE RELIGION.
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AND, OF COURSE, YOU
KNOW HOW THAT ENDED.
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HE ENDED UP HAVING TO
EXALT THE GOD OF HEAVEN.
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BY THE TIME YOU GET TO
CHAPTER 4, HE NOW HAS A DREAM
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OF A TREE.
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HE WAS GETTING PROUD AGAIN.
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AND THAT TREE REPRESENTED HIM
THAT WAS GOING TO BE CUT DOWN.
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DANIEL GAVE HIM WARNING.
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HE SAID, 'IF YOU HUMBLE
YOURSELF. BREAK OFF YOUR SINS
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BY DOING RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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YOU'LL HAVE A LENGTHENING OF
YOUR TRANQUILITY, YOUR KINGDOM
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WILL LAST.' BUT IT
LASTED ABOUT A YEAR AND
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THEN HE GOT PROUD AND HE WAS
WALKING ON HIS BALCONY AGAIN -
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WATCH OUT FOR THOSE BALCONIES.
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AND HE SAID, "IS NOT THIS THE
GREAT BABYLON, THAT I HAVE BUILT
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FOR THE HOUSE OF THE KINGDOM BY
THE MIGHT OF MY POWER, FOR THE
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HONOR OF MY MAJESTY?' IT
SAYS, "WHILE THE WORD WAS
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STILL IN THE KING'S MOUTH, THERE
FELL A VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING,
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'O KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR, TO THEE
IT IS SPOKEN; THE KINGDOM IS
00:11:09.16\00:11:14.30
DEPARTED FROM THEE.'"
AND HE WENT MAD AND ANOTHER
00:11:14.30\00:11:17.36
PERSON TOOK HIS PLACE AS KING.
00:11:17.36\00:11:20.80
NOW, IF YOU DO SOMETHING GOOD
AND YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL, DON'T YOU
00:11:20.80\00:11:26.46
BE THE ONE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
00:11:26.46\00:11:27.86
NO ONE EVER
REALLY APPRECIATES THAT.
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IF YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL, THE BIBLE
SAYS, 'LET ANOTHER PRAISE THEE
00:11:30.56\00:11:35.76
AND NOT THINE OWN LIPS.'
AND I KNOW THAT'S HARD BECAUSE
00:11:35.76\00:11:38.73
YOU ARE WORRIED THEY
MIGHT FORGET TO PRAISE YOU.
00:11:38.73\00:11:41.63
WELL THAT MIGHT BE
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HANDLE IT.
00:11:41.63\00:11:44.86
THAT'S, BY THE
WAY, PROVERBS 27:2.
00:11:44.86\00:11:47.56
SOMEONE SAID, 'WHEN YOUR HEAD
SWELLS, YOUR BRAIN SHRINKS.'
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FINALLY, AT THE END OF
THOSE SEVEN YEARS OF INSANITY,
00:11:51.60\00:11:54.76
NEBUCHADNEZZAR
CAME TO HIS SENSES.
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HE PRAISED THE GOD OF HEAVEN.
00:11:56.26\00:11:57.70
HE ACCEPTED GOD AND HE REALIZED,
'I CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT THE
00:11:57.70\00:12:01.60
BLESSING OF GOD.'
WHY WOULD WE TAKE CREDIT
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FOR ANYTHING?
00:12:04.23\00:12:07.03
I MEAN, YOU COOPERATE WITH GOD
- MAYBE YOU CAN TAKE CREDIT FOR
00:12:07.03\00:12:11.06
THAT - BUT WITHOUT GOD'S
BLESSING, WE CAN'T SUCCEED
00:12:11.06\00:12:13.30
AT ANYTHING.
00:12:13.30\00:12:14.60
HE DESERVES THE GLORY.
00:12:14.60\00:12:16.50
HOW MANY OF YOU
BELIEVE YOU'RE HUMBLE?
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TRICK QUESTION, RIGHT?
00:12:20.56\00:12:22.03
ANYONE WANT TO BRAG
ABOUT THEIR HUMILITY RIGHT NOW?
00:12:22.03\00:12:25.36
YOU'RE SMART.
00:12:25.36\00:12:26.00
YOU DIDN'T FALL FOR THAT.
00:12:26.00\00:12:28.06
IT'S LIKE THAT MAN IN A VILLAGE
AND THEY GAVE HIM A MEDAL FOR
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BEING THE HUMBLEST
MAN IN THE VILLAGE.
00:12:31.06\00:12:33.10
BUT THEN HE WORE THE
MEDAL AND THEY TOOK IT AWAY.
00:12:33.10\00:12:38.73
SPIRITUAL PRIDE.
00:12:38.73\00:12:39.66
JESUS SAID, 'RELIGIOUS
LEADERS FAST TO BE SEEN OF MEN.
00:12:39.66\00:12:44.70
THEY GIVE TO BE SEEN OF MEN AND
THEY PRAY TO BE SEEN OF MEN.'
00:12:44.70\00:12:47.30
AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT DOING
IT FOR THE ATTENTION OF OTHERS
00:12:47.30\00:12:50.70
BECAUSE THE ARROWS
ARE POINTED AT SELF.
00:12:50.70\00:12:53.93
SO, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR A PERSON
TO DO A LOT OF RELIGIOUS THINGS
00:12:53.93\00:12:59.53
FOR THE ENTIRELY WRONG REASONS?
00:12:59.53\00:13:02.53
YOU CAN GO TO CHURCH AND
THE ARROWS ARE POINTING INWARD.
00:13:02.53\00:13:05.50
YOU CAN GIVE YOUR OFFERINGS AND
THE ARROWS - DO YOU NOTICE HOW
00:13:05.50\00:13:08.46
MUCH I'M GIVING?
00:13:08.46\00:13:10.56
AND YOU CAN DO ALL OF THESE
THINGS THAT WOULD OSTENSIBLY BE
00:13:10.56\00:13:13.80
GOOD THINGS BUT
IT'S REALLY SELF-WORSHIP.
00:13:13.80\00:13:20.13
AND THAT'S THE MOST
INSIDIOUS FORM OF PRIDE.
00:13:20.13\00:13:23.70
MATTHEW 23:5.
00:13:23.70\00:13:25.13
JESUS SAID, "BUT ALL THEIR
WORKS THEY DO TO BE SEEN OF MEN.
00:13:25.13\00:13:30.16
THEY MAKE THEIR PHYLACTERIES
BROAD AND ENLARGE THE BORDERS OF
00:13:30.16\00:13:32.66
THEIR GARMENTS.
00:13:32.66\00:13:33.36
THEY LOVE THE BEST PLACES AT THE
FEASTS, AND THE BEST SEATS IN
00:13:33.36\00:13:36.76
THE SYNAGOGUES, AND THE
GREETINGS IN THE MARKETPLACE,
00:13:36.76\00:13:39.76
AND THE TITLES, 'RABBI,
RABBI.'" - DOCTOR, DOCTOR.
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DO YOU REALIZE SPIRITUAL
PRIDE NAILED JESUS TO THE CROSS?
00:13:45.86\00:13:49.46
THEY WERE THREATENED BY HIS
SUCCESS - THAT IT WOULD TAKE
00:13:49.46\00:13:54.33
AWAY FROM THEIR SUCCESS.
00:13:54.33\00:13:58.43
WHEN JESUS WAS BEING
TRIED, HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS IN
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MARK 15, VERSE 9.
00:14:00.50\00:14:02.00
"PILATE ANSWERED THEM AND
SAID TO THEM, 'DO YOU WANT ME TO
00:14:02.00\00:14:05.33
RELEASE TO YOU
THE KING OF THE JEWS?'
00:14:05.33\00:14:07.16
FOR HE KNEW THAT THE CHIEF
PRIESTS HAD HANDED HIM OVER
00:14:07.16\00:14:11.96
BECAUSE OF ENVY."
00:14:11.96\00:14:15.00
THAT WAS BECAUSE OF
PRIDE THAT JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED.
00:14:15.00\00:14:19.00
NOTICE THIS FROM THE
BOOK 'CHRIST'S OBJECT LESSONS'
00:14:19.00\00:14:20.90
- THIS IS PAGE 154.
00:14:20.90\00:14:23.53
"THE EVIL THAT LED TO PETER'S
FALL THAT SHUT THE PHARISEE OUT
00:14:23.53\00:14:27.66
FROM COMMUNION WITH
GOD, IS PROVING THE RUIN OF
00:14:27.66\00:14:30.36
THOUSANDS TODAY.
00:14:30.36\00:14:31.90
THERE IS NOTHING SO OFFENSIVE TO
GOD, SO DANGEROUS TO THE HUMAN
00:14:31.90\00:14:36.10
SOUL AS PRIDE
AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
00:14:36.10\00:14:40.00
OF ALL THE SINS IT IS THE MOST
HOPELESS, THE MOST INCURABLE."
00:14:40.00\00:14:44.56
AND I MIGHT ADD,
THE MOST UNCHRIST-LIKE.
00:14:44.56\00:14:48.86
IF YOU JUST MAKE NO EFFORT TO
PRAY FOR HUMILITY - OR PRAY FOR
00:14:48.86\00:14:52.03
GRACE AND MEEKNESS TO TALK ABOUT
OTHERS, TO LOVE GOD, TO LOVE
00:14:52.03\00:14:54.83
OTHERS, THEY WILL
JUST START TO WHOOP.
00:14:54.83\00:14:58.26
AND AS SOON AS YOU'RE NOT
WATCHING THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE
00:14:58.26\00:15:01.00
GOING TO GO.
00:15:01.00\00:15:02.70
BACK TO SELF.
00:15:02.70\00:15:04.60
WHAT ABOUT PROUD
OF YOUR POSITION?
00:15:04.60\00:15:07.73
HAMAN, IN THE BOOK OF
ESTHER - HE WANTED EVERYONE TO
00:15:07.73\00:15:10.63
BOW DOWN TO HIM.
00:15:10.63\00:15:11.50
HE WAS SO GLAD THAT HE HAD BEEN
PROMOTED AS THE KING'S FRIEND.
00:15:11.50\00:15:15.40
HE WAS THE KING'S
ADVISOR IN THE PALACE.
00:15:15.40\00:15:18.00
HE'D GO HOME AND BRAG
TO HIS FRIENDS ABOUT IT.
00:15:18.00\00:15:19.96
DO YOU REMEMBER?
00:15:19.96\00:15:21.10
BUT HE COULD NOT TAKE THE FACT
THAT THERE WAS ONE JEW SITTING
00:15:21.10\00:15:24.96
IN THE GATE - MORDECAI HAD SOME
OFFICE WORKING FOR THE KING -
00:15:24.96\00:15:28.53
THAT WOULD NOT BOW DOWN TO
HIM AND RECOGNIZE HIS AUTHORITY.
00:15:28.53\00:15:32.50
AND IN SPITE OF ALL THE SUCCESS
HE HAD AND ALL THE WEALTH HE
00:15:32.50\00:15:35.86
HAD, HE WAS EATEN UP BY
THAT ONE PERSON THAT WOULDN'T
00:15:35.86\00:15:40.56
RECOGNIZE HIM.
00:15:40.56\00:15:43.53
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
ONE OF THE GREAT STORIES THAT
00:15:43.53\00:15:45.20
ILLUSTRATES THE KIND OF
DIABOLICAL PRIDE LEFT TO ITSELF
00:15:45.20\00:15:49.70
AND WHAT IT'LL DO.
00:15:49.70\00:15:52.40
HAMAN COMES TO THE KING OF
PERSIA EARLY IN THE MORNING
00:15:52.40\00:15:56.13
- HE'S GOING TO ASK FOR A
DEATH DECREE TO HANG THIS GUY.
00:15:56.13\00:16:00.43
HE'S ALREADY BUILT THE GALLOWS -
NAMED MORDECAI - AND ON HIS WAY
00:16:00.43\00:16:06.20
TO THE KING, THAT NIGHT THE KING
CAN'T SLEEP AND HE TOSSES AND
00:16:06.20\00:16:11.06
TURNS HE DOESN'T KNOW WHY -
SOMETHING HE ATE - BUT HE CAN'T
00:16:11.06\00:16:13.16
SLEEP AND FINALLY HE
TELLS ONE OF HIS SCRIBES,
00:16:13.16\00:16:15.23
'WAKE UP! COME IN HERE.
00:16:15.23\00:16:16.03
READ THE CHRONICLES TO ME.
00:16:16.03\00:16:17.60
THAT ALWAYS BORES ME TO TEARS.
00:16:17.60\00:16:18.86
READ THE CHRONICLES TO ME AND
READ THE BEGATS OR SOMETHING.'
00:16:18.86\00:16:23.43
SO HE'S READING AND THE KING'S
TRYING TO SLEEP AND THEY'RE
00:16:23.43\00:16:25.30
PLAYING THE HARP MUSIC IN
THE BACKGROUND AND WHILE THEY'RE
00:16:25.30\00:16:27.93
READING THEY SAY, 'AND BIGTHANA
AND TERESH TRIED TO ASSASSINATE
00:16:27.93\00:16:31.73
THE KING.' AND THE
KING GOES 'OH YEAH, I
00:16:31.73\00:16:34.30
REMEMBER THAT.' 'AND IT
WAS DIVULGED BY MORDECAI
00:16:34.30\00:16:37.66
WHO SAVED THE KING
FROM THE CONSPIRACY.'
00:16:37.66\00:16:40.63
THE KING SITS UP IN
BED AND HE GOES, 'MORDECAI.
00:16:40.63\00:16:44.43
DO WE HAVE ANY MINUTES OR NOTES?
00:16:44.43\00:16:46.90
DID WE EVER DO
ANYTHING FOR THAT GUY?
00:16:46.90\00:16:48.40
DID WE REWARD HIM OR
HONOR HIM IN ANY WAY?'
00:16:48.40\00:16:50.80
'NOPE. NOTHING.'
'WOW, THAT'S PRETTY BAD.
00:16:50.80\00:16:54.26
PRETTY UNKINGLY.
00:16:54.26\00:16:55.63
HE SAVED MY LIFE AND I
DIDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR HIM.
00:16:55.63\00:16:57.63
I'VE GOT TO DO
SOMETHING FOR HIM.'
00:16:57.63\00:16:59.33
WHILE THE KING IS THINKING THAT,
THERE'S A KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
00:16:59.33\00:17:02.93
THIS IS A GREAT STORY.
00:17:02.93\00:17:05.26
AND IN COMES HAMAN.
00:17:05.26\00:17:08.50
AND BEFORE HAMAN CAN SAY, 'I'D
LIKE TO GET THIS DEATH DECREE
00:17:08.50\00:17:10.73
SIGNED, TO HANG MORDECAI.'
THE KING SAYS, 'I GOT SOMETHING
00:17:10.73\00:17:16.00
ON MY MIND.' HE SAID,
'WHAT SHALL BE DONE FOR
00:17:16.00\00:17:20.36
THE ONE WHOM THE
KING DELIGHTS TO HONOR?'
00:17:20.36\00:17:23.80
AND WHAT DOES HAMAN THINK?
00:17:23.80\00:17:25.20
FIRST THING THAT
COMES TO HIS MIND.
00:17:25.20\00:17:27.26
THOSE ARROWS.
00:17:27.26\00:17:30.06
AND HE SAYS - IT'S IN THE BIBLE
- I THINK THIS JUST CRACKS ME UP
00:17:30.06\00:17:33.06
- IT SAYS, 'WHOM WOULD THE KING
DELIGHT TO HONOR MORE THAN MOI?'
00:17:33.06\00:17:39.20
IT ACTUALLY SAYS
'ME' - IT'S NOT IN FRENCH.
00:17:39.20\00:17:43.46
AND THEN HE BEGINS
TO RECITE - HE SAYS
00:17:43.46\00:17:46.76
'WELL, PUT THIS PERSON IN THE
KING'S ROBES AND PUT THE KING'S
00:17:46.76\00:17:51.03
CROWN ON HIS HEAD AND
SET HIM ON THE KING'S HORSE.
00:17:51.03\00:17:56.03
AND GET THE MOST NOBLE OF THE
KING'S SERVANTS TO PARADE HIM
00:17:56.03\00:17:58.66
UP THE STREET AND ANNOUNCE
WITH A LOT OF FANFARE, 'THUS
00:17:58.66\00:18:02.33
SHALL IT BE DONE TO THE ONE WHOM
THE KING DELIGHTS TO HONOR.'
00:18:02.33\00:18:05.53
AND HE GOES LIKE THIS.
00:18:05.53\00:18:07.60
THERE'S MY IDEA.
00:18:07.60\00:18:09.80
AND THE KING SAYS,
'THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.' HE SAYS,
00:18:09.80\00:18:11.30
'I WANT YOU TO DO
EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAID,'
00:18:11.30\00:18:15.53
HE SAID, 'YEAH.' 'BUT I
WANT YOU TO DO IT FOR MORDECAI,
00:18:15.53\00:18:18.40
THE JEW THAT SITS IN THE GATE.'
AND HIS FACE DROPS AND THE KING
00:18:18.40\00:18:24.53
SAYS, 'NOW WHY DID YOU COME?
00:18:24.53\00:18:25.46
WHAT WAS IT YOU
WANTED?' 'OH, NOTHING.'
00:18:25.46\00:18:30.90
BOY, TALK ABOUT A
HAUGHTY SPIRIT BEFORE A FALL.
00:18:30.90\00:18:33.70
BUT YOU KNOW, HE HAD A CHANCE
TO REPENT THERE BUT HE WOULDN'T.
00:18:33.70\00:18:37.46
AND HE CONTINUED WITH HIS DESIGN
TO EXTERMINATE THE JEWISH PEOPLE
00:18:37.46\00:18:41.03
UNTIL FINALLY HE WAS HUNG ON
THE GALLOWS THAT HE HAD BUILT
00:18:41.03\00:18:45.76
FOR MORDECAI.
00:18:45.76\00:18:47.90
A HAUGHTY SPIRIT
GOES BEFORE A FALL.
00:18:47.90\00:18:51.90
SOME PEOPLE
ABUSE THEIR POSITION.
00:18:51.90\00:18:54.73
MAYBE YOU'VE GOT A BOSS
THAT BULLIES THEIR AUTHORITY OR
00:18:54.73\00:18:58.03
SOMEONE THAT LORDS
THEIR POSITION OVER YOU.
00:18:58.03\00:19:02.60
BE PATIENT.
00:19:02.60\00:19:04.10
WHEN PRIDE COMES, THEN COMES
SHAME, BUT WITH THE HUMBLE THERE
00:19:04.10\00:19:06.73
IS WISDOM.
00:19:06.73\00:19:08.50
MATTHEW 23, VERSES 11-12.
00:19:08.50\00:19:11.23
"HE THAT IS GREATEST
AMONG YOU SHALL BE YOUR SERVANT.
00:19:11.23\00:19:15.46
AND WHOEVER EXALTS HIMSELF WILL
BE HUMBLED, AND HE WHO HUMBLES
00:19:15.46\00:19:18.56
HIMSELF WILL BE EXALTED."
00:19:18.56\00:19:20.90
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT HEZEKIAH.
00:19:20.90\00:19:23.90
NOW WAS HEZEKIAH A
GOOD KING OR A BAD KING?
00:19:23.90\00:19:27.10
HE WAS A GOOD KING.
00:19:27.10\00:19:29.00
I THINK WE'D ALL LOVE TO
HAVE HEZEKIAH IN OUR CHURCH.
00:19:29.00\00:19:30.80
WE'D PROBABLY
MAKE HIM HEAD ELDER.
00:19:30.80\00:19:32.30
HE'D BE A PRAYER MINISTRY
LEADER - I MEAN, HE PRAYED AND
00:19:32.30\00:19:34.73
THE SUN WENT BACKWARDS.
00:19:34.73\00:19:35.53
HE WAS A GOOD KING, BUT HE ALSO
HAD HIS ISSUES WITH MATERIALISM.
00:19:35.53\00:19:42.30
AND WHEN AMBASSADORS CAME FROM
ANOTHER KINGDOM TO INQUIRE ABOUT
00:19:42.30\00:19:45.33
THE MIRACLE WHERE THE SUN WENT
BACKWARDS, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
00:19:45.33\00:19:50.56
INSTEAD OF TELLING THEM
ABOUT THE GOD THAT DID THIS HE
00:19:50.56\00:19:53.03
THOUGHT, 'AHH,
THEY'RE FROM BABYLON.
00:19:53.03\00:19:55.33
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT KINGDOM.
00:19:55.33\00:19:57.03
THEY'VE GOT THE
UNIVERSITY THERE OF MESOPOTAMIA.
00:19:57.03\00:20:01.16
THESE ARE REALLY
SOPHISTICATED PEOPLE.
00:20:01.16\00:20:03.00
I NEED TO SHOW
THEM I'M ALSO KING.'
00:20:03.00\00:20:04.50
AND MAYBE HE WAS INSECURE.
00:20:04.50\00:20:06.43
LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT IT
TELLS US ABOUT HEZEKIAH'S
00:20:06.43\00:20:09.40
EXPERIENCE HERE.
00:20:09.40\00:20:11.33
"AND HEZEKIAH WAS ATTENTIVE TO
THEM," - THEY'VE COME TO SEE ME
00:20:11.33\00:20:14.93
- "AND HE SHOWED THEM ALL
THE HOUSE OF HIS TREASURES, THE
00:20:14.93\00:20:19.03
SILVER, THE GOLD, THE SPICES,
THE OINTMENT, AND ALL HIS
00:20:19.03\00:20:22.06
ARMORY, AND ALL THAT WAS
FOUND AMONG HIS TREASURES.
00:20:22.06\00:20:25.86
THERE WAS NOTHING IN HIS
HOUSE, IN ALL HIS DOMINION THAT
00:20:25.86\00:20:30.16
HEZEKIAH DID NOT SHOW THEM."
00:20:30.16\00:20:31.63
EXCEPT THE LORD.
00:20:31.63\00:20:35.66
ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:20:35.66\00:20:37.43
IT WAS ALL ABOUT ME.
00:20:37.43\00:20:38.63
GOOD GUY.
00:20:38.63\00:20:41.46
BUT WHEN HE WAS PUT TO
THE TEST, HE FAILED MISERABLY.
00:20:41.46\00:20:48.60
BETTER TO BE OF A HUMBLE SPIRIT
WITH THE LOWLY THAN TO DIVIDE
00:20:48.60\00:20:52.03
THE SPOIL WITH THE PROUD.
00:20:52.03\00:20:54.93
IS GOD IMPRESSED WITH OUR CAR?
00:20:54.93\00:20:57.60
BUT IS IT A STATUS
SYMBOL IN OUR CULTURE?
00:20:57.60\00:21:00.90
WHAT ABOUT THE
SIZE OF OUR HOUSE?
00:21:00.90\00:21:04.50
THE CLOTHES WE WEAR?
00:21:04.50\00:21:07.10
ARE THOSE THE THINGS
THAT IMPRESS THE LORD? NO.
00:21:07.10\00:21:11.20
AND EVERYTHING THAT HEZEKIAH
WAS BRAGGING ABOUT, ISAIAH THE
00:21:11.20\00:21:13.80
PROPHET CAME AND HE SAID, 'THE
BABYLONIANS ARE GOING TO COME
00:21:13.80\00:21:16.96
NOW, THEY WANT YOUR TREASURE.
00:21:16.96\00:21:18.53
IF YOUR TREASURE WAS GOD THEY
WOULD HAVE WANTED YOUR GOD, BUT
00:21:18.53\00:21:20.66
YOUR TREASURE IS YOUR
STUFF, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE
00:21:20.66\00:21:22.43
YOUR STUFF.
00:21:22.43\00:21:23.63
ALL OF IT IS GOING TO BABYLON.'
HAUGHTY SPIRIT GOES BEFORE
00:21:23.63\00:21:28.90
A FALL.
00:21:28.90\00:21:32.30
THAT'S ONE REASON IT'S SO
HARD FOR A RICH MAN TO ENTER THE
00:21:32.30\00:21:34.16
KINGDOM OF GOD.
00:21:34.16\00:21:35.50
WE CAN BECOME
PROUD OF OUR STUFF.
00:21:35.50\00:21:38.73
1 CORINTHIANS 4, VERSE 7.
00:21:38.73\00:21:40.63
"THAT NONE OF YOU MIGHT
BE PUFFED UP ON BEHALF OF ONE
00:21:40.63\00:21:43.46
AGAINST ANOTHER.
00:21:43.46\00:21:44.60
FOR WHO MAKES YOU
DIFFER FROM ANOTHER?
00:21:44.60\00:21:47.00
AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE
THAT YOU DID NOT RECEIVE?
00:21:47.00\00:21:50.20
NOW, IF INDEED YOU DID RECEIVE
IT, WHY DO YOU BOAST AS THOUGH
00:21:50.20\00:21:53.30
YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE IT?"
00:21:53.30\00:21:54.36
EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT
IS A BLESSING OF GOD.
00:21:54.36\00:21:56.33
AND LIKE JOB, WE CAN LOSE
IT ALL IN ONE DAY SO WHY BE
00:21:56.33\00:21:58.83
PROUD OF IT?
00:21:58.83\00:22:01.20
THE THINGS THAT GOD GIVES US
IN THIS LIFE, THEY'RE BLESSINGS,
00:22:01.20\00:22:03.43
THEY'RE TO BE UTILIZED.
00:22:03.43\00:22:05.16
GOD WANTS US TO USE STUFF AND
LOVE PEOPLE, NOT LOVE STUFF AND
00:22:05.16\00:22:08.83
USE PEOPLE.
00:22:08.83\00:22:10.80
BUT THAT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD.
00:22:10.80\00:22:13.06
WE TAKE CREDIT FOR THINGS WE
REALLY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH.
00:22:13.06\00:22:16.16
JEREMIAH 9:23.
00:22:16.16\00:22:18.10
"THUS SAYS THE LORD: 'LET
NOT THE WISE MAN GLORY IN HIS
00:22:18.10\00:22:22.06
WISDOM, LET NOT THE MIGHTY MAN
GLORY IN HIS MIGHT, NOR LET THE
00:22:22.06\00:22:25.80
RICH MAN GLORY IN HIS RICHES;
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO GLORY,
00:22:25.80\00:22:29.76
LET HIM WHO GLORIES GLORY
IN THIS, THAT HE KNOWS AND
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UNDERSTANDS ME."
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1 KINGS 3, VERSE 6-9.
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REMEMBER GOD APPEARS
TO SOLOMON IN A DREAM.
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HE SAYS, 'ASK WHAT
I SHOULD GIVE YOU.'
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NOW THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A BLANK
CHECK WHEN GOD SAYS, 'WHAT DO
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YOU WANT?' ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
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I WANT YOU TO LOOK
HERE AT SOLOMON'S ANSWER.
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"YOU HAVE SHOWN GREAT MERCY
TO YOUR SERVANT DAVID MY FATHER,
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BECAUSE HE WALKED BEFORE YOU IN
TRUTH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND IN
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UPRIGHTNESS OF HEART WITH YOU;
YOU HAVE CONTINUED THIS GREAT
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KINDNESS FOR HIM AND YOU HAVE
GIVEN HIM A SON TO SIT ON HIS
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THRONE, AS IT IS THIS DAY.
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NOW, O LORD GOD, YOU HAVE MADE
YOUR SERVANT KING INSTEAD OF MY
00:23:08.96\00:23:13.26
FATHER DAVID, BUT I AM JUST A
LITTLE CHILD; I DO NOT KNOW HOW
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TO GO OUT OR COME IN."
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HUMBLE ATTITUDE.
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HE'S A KING.
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"AND YOUR SERVANT IS IN THE
MIDST OF YOUR PEOPLE" - NOT MY
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PEOPLE - "THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN,
A GREAT PEOPLE, TOO NUMEROUS TO
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BE NUMBERED OR COUNTED.
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THEREFORE, GIVE YOUR SERVANT
AN UNDERSTANDING HEART TO JUDGE
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YOUR PEOPLE THAT I MIGHT
KNOW BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL.
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FOR WHO IS ABLE TO JUDGE
THIS GREAT PEOPLE OF YOURS?"
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NOW DO YOU NOTICE THE
DIFFERENCE HERE BETWEEN HEZEKIAH
00:23:40.50\00:23:43.90
AND SOLOMON?
00:23:43.90\00:23:45.23
THOSE TWO ATTITUDES?
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WHAT WAS THE
PRAYER OF SOLOMON'S HEART?
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FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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THAT'S REALLY
WHAT HE WAS ASKING FOR.
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DO YOU NOTICE THAT IN HIS
RESPONSE IT BEGINS WITH 'YOU'
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AND IT ENDS WITH 'YOURS'?
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YOU KNOW, FOR THE BELIEVER,
THAT'S REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE THE
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ATTITUDE OF OUR HEART.
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IT'S ALL ABOUT GOD.
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WHO IS IT THAT
HUMBLED HIMSELF THE MOST?
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PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER 2, VERSE 5.
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"LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU
WHICH WAS IN CHRIST JESUS," - IT
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DOESN'T COME NATURALLY,
YOU'VE GOT TO LET IT BE IN YOU.
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- "WHO, BEING IN THE FORM OF
GOD, DID NOT CONSIDER IT ROBBERY
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TO BE EQUAL WITH GOD."
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HE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO
CLAIM EQUALITY WITH GOD,
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BUT HE DIDN'T.
00:24:29.13\00:24:31.20
HE HUMBLED HIMSELF.
00:24:31.20\00:24:32.23
HE "MADE HIMSELF OF NO
REPUTATION, TAKING THE FORM OF A
00:24:32.23\00:24:35.53
SERVANT, COMING IN
THE LIKENESS OF MEN.
00:24:35.53\00:24:38.86
BEING FOUND IN THE APPEARANCE
AS A MAN, HE HUMBLED HIMSELF AND
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BECAME OBEDIENT TO THE
POINT OF DEATH, EVEN THE DEATH
00:24:42.96\00:24:46.43
OF THE CROSS.
00:24:46.43\00:24:48.00
THEREFORE, GOD HAS ALSO HIGHLY
EXALTED HIM AND GIVEN HIM A NAME
00:24:48.00\00:24:52.83
THAT IS ABOVE EVERY NAME, THAT
AT THE NAME OF JESUS EVERY KNEE
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SHOULD BOW, OF THOSE IN HEAVEN,
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THOSE UNDER THE EARTH."
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THAT'S INCLUDING THE
DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS.
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"AND THAT EVERY TONGUE SHOULD
CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS
00:25:03.40\00:25:07.06
LORD TO THE GLORY OF THE FATHER.
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I WANT TO HAVE THE MIND
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00:27:08.06\00:27:10.66
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00:27:15.93\00:27:18.60
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