>>THE FOLLOWING IS A PAID
PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY
AMAZING FACTS, INCORPORATED.
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>>THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT HUMAN
NATURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE BEEN
HURT WE PULL BACK AND SOME
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PEOPLE WHO ARE HURT IN THE
CHURCH - THEIR INSTINCT IS 'GET
OUT OF THERE QUICK. I DON'T
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WANT TO BE HURT ANYMORE.' >>FOR
OVER FORTY YEARS AMAZING FACTS
HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH
MEDIA. THIS PROGRAM FEATURES
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST
TELEVISION BROADCASTS. WE INVITE
YOU TO SIT BACK AND
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ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING
FACTS PRESENTS. >>HELLO FRIENDS.
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WELCOME TO AMAZING FACTS
PRESENTS. WE'RE VERY THANKFUL
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THAT YOU HAVE TUNED IN TODAY FOR
THIS CONTINUING SERIES THAT
WE'RE INVOLVED IN RIGHT NOW.
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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE
REASONS PEOPLE GET DISCOURAGED
AND STOP ATTENDING CHURCH.
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ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE REASONS
- SOMEBODY IN THE CHURCH HURT
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THEIR FEELINGS. THEY'VE BEEN
INVOLVED IN SOME CONFLICT. MAYBE
YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT'S
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GONE THROUGH THAT - THEY STOPPED
ATTENDING CHURCH BECAUSE
SOMEBODY HURT THEM.
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MAYBE YOU'RE IN THAT CATEGORY.
THAT'S WHY WE TRUST YOU'LL BE
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BLESSED BY THIS PRESENTATION
CALLED 'SURVIVING FRIENDLY
FIRE.' >>BY THE TIME I GOT TO
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HIGH SCHOOL ABUSE WAS JUST A WAY
OF LIFE FOR ME. I JUST THOUGHT
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THAT THAT WAS THE WAY IT WAS AND
THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE GOING
THROUGH THAT - AND I FOUND OUT
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THAT A LOT OF THE GIRLS WERE NOT
GOING THROUGH THE ABUSE THAT I
WAS GOING THROUGH. I STARTED
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ACTING OUT AND PLAYING UP AND
MISBEHAVING IN SCHOOL. I FELT
WHEN I SPOKE TO MOM SHE WAS TOO
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BUSY WORRYING ABOUT WHERE DAD
WAS - WHAT DAD WAS DOING. WHEN I
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SPOKE TO THE OLDER SIBLINGS THEY
COULDN'T BE BOTHERED - I HAD
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STUPID QUESTIONS. I SEEMED TO
FEEL VERY LONELY ALL THE TIME
AND I JUST FORGOT AT THAT POINT
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WHERE GOD WAS AND FELT THAT I
DIDN'T NEED HIM BECAUSE, ANYWAY,
WHEN I DID NEED HIM HE WAS NEVER
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AROUND FOR ME. I WAS LIVING A
VERY VERY BUSY LIFE WORKING
UNTIL 2:00, 3:00 IN THE MORNING
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AND THEN DRINKING ALCOHOL UNTIL
5:00 SO THAT I COULD GET TO
SLEEP FOR A FEW HOURS, WAKE UP,
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AND THEN GET BACK TO WORK AT
8:00 AT NIGHT. SO MY LIFE
CONTINUED AND SPIRALED UNTIL I
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DECIDED I NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT. SO I PACKED MY BAGS
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AND SPENT ELEVEN MONTHS CROSSING
AFRICA - FROM ZIMBABWE ALL THE
WAY THROUGH TO SWITZERLAND.
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MET A LADY, A MISSIONARY WHO
SPOKE TO ME ABOUT GOD AND GAVE
ME A BIBLE AND THAT WAS WHEN
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I STARTED THINKING AGAIN THAT
'GOD, MAYBE YOU LED ME ON THIS
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TRIP.' AND THAT WAS THE START OF
ME REALLY RETHINKING 'WHAT AM I
DOING WITH MY LIFE?'
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I'D MADE A DECISION THAT 'GOD,
THIS TIME I'M NEVER GOING TO LET
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YOU GO. I KNOW YOU'VE NEVER LET
ME GO - IT WAS ALWAYS ME WHO LET
GO.' MY RETURN TO JESUS WAS THE
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MOST AMAZING FEELING THAT I'D
EVER EXPERIENCED. I FELT AS IF
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THIS TIME I'D MADE A CONNECTION
WITH GOD. MY NAME IS AYOLANI
HILL AND I RECLAIMED MY FAITH.
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>>YOU KNOW MANY OF THESE
TESTIMONIES THAT YOU'RE HEARING
ARE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY
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WENT TO THE AFCOE PROGRAM.
THEY'RE PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND
THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD WHO
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CAME TO AMAZING FACTS AND THEY
TRAINED IN HOW TO SHARE THEIR
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FAITH WITH OTHERS. AND WE WERE
SURPRISED WHAT A LARGE
PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT WERE
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ALL OF A SUDDEN FILLED WITH A
BURNING DESIRE TO SHARE THEIR
FAITH WITH OTHERS - THEY HAD
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DRIFTED AWAY. WHEN THEY CAME
BACK THEY REALIZED THE KEY TO
LIFE IS RECEIVING CHRIST AND
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SHARING CHRIST AND THEIR WHOLE
PERSPECTIVE CHANGED. WELL, WE'D
LIKE TO WELCOME YOU
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ONCE AGAIN AND WE'RE VERY
THANKFUL, THAT YOU'VE TUNED IN.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE
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DIFFERENT REASONS THAT PEOPLE
BECOME DISCOURAGED AND STOP
GOING TO CHURCH AND WHAT THE
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SOLUTION TO THOSE THINGS IS. SO,
WHAT'S THE RIGHT VIEW THAT WE
SHOULD HAVE REGARDING SOME OF
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THE ISSUES THAT DISCOURAGE
PEOPLE AND GET THEM TO JUMP
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SHIP, SO TO SPEAK. ONE OF THE
PRINCIPLE THINGS WHEN WE
INTERVIEW PEOPLE IS DEALING WITH
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WHAT WE CALL FRIENDLY FIRE -
SOMEBODY IN THE CHURCH DID
SOMETHING TO HURT THEM - OR SOME
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GROUP - OR SOME CLIQUE IN THE
CHURCH HURT THEM. SOMETIMES
THEY'RE EVEN UPSET WITH GOD SO
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THEY'VE PULLED BACK BECAUSE
THEY'VE BEEN HURT. DO NOT GET
DISCOURAGED. DO NOT LEAVE CHURCH
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BECAUSE SOMEONE IN THE CHURCH
HURT YOU. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT
THE DEVIL WANTS TO DO.
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THINK IN THE BIBLE OF ALL THE
CHARACTERS THAT STRUGGLED WITH
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FRIENDLY FIRE. THE FIRST MURDER
IN THE BIBLE IS CAIN KILLING HIS
BROTHER ABEL. YOU'VE GOT THE
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STORY OF JOSEPH IN THE BIBLE -
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? HIS
BROTHERS JUST COULDN'T
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GET ALONG WITH HIM. DID HE
DO ANYTHING WRONG? IT WASN'T HIS
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FAULT. BY THE WAY, WITH ABEL,
CAIN WAS UPSET WITH NOT HIS
BADNESS BUT HIS GOODNESS.
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WITH JOSEPH HIS BROTHERS WERE
NOT UPSET AT HIS BADNESS - THEY
WERE UPSET AT HIS DREAMS
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AND HIS GOODNESS. YOU KNOW, I
THINK WHAT WILL HELP US - SOME
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OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING YOU SAY,
'OH PASTOR DOUG, YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEY DID TO ME.
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I KNOW GENERALLY THAT MIGHT BE
TRUE, BUT WHAT THEY DID TO ME.'
I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO REALIZE,
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THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE DEVIL
WANTS US TO DO. HE WANTS US TO
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BE HURT BY THIS FRIENDLY FIRE -
BY THE HORIZONTAL PROBLEMS THAT
WE HAVE SO WE TURN AWAY FROM HIM
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OR WE BLAME GOD. PICTURE, IF YOU
WILL, FOR A MOMENT SOME PEOPLE
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PAY TO GO ON A SAFARI THROUGH A
JUNGLE - SOUTH AMERICA OR AFRICA
- AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE
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RAINFOREST AND THEY'RE GOING
SINGLE FILE THROUGH THE JUNGLE
AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO THE RIGHT
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AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO THE LEFT
AND THERE ARE MONKEYS IN THE
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TREES. AND THESE ARE BAD
MONKEYS. AND THE MONKEYS ARE
THROWING NUTS AND BRANCHES AND
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FRUIT AT ONE OF THE MEN BUT HE
DOESN'T KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM
AND HE TURNS AROUND - HE THINKS
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IT'S THE PERSON IN LINE BEHIND
HIM. HE SAYS, 'WHY'D YOU DO
THAT?' 'I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.'
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'I KNOW YOU DID - YOU JUST
BONKED ME ON THE HEAD WITH A
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PIECE OF FRUIT.' 'I DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING.' AND SO THEY TURN
AROUND, THEY'RE WALKING DOWN THE
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TRAIL, THEY'RE BOTH LOOKING AT
THE FLOWERS AGAIN AND 'BING!'
'WHY WAS - WHAT DID I DO?'
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AND PRETTY SOON THEY'RE ALL
FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES AND
THE MONKEYS ARE LAUGHING
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IN THE TREES. ARE THERE
DEVILS AND DEMONS OUT THERE?
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DO THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN
TO ACCENT AND ACCENTUATE OUR
DISAGREEMENTS - MANUFACTURING
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THINGS THAT REALLY AREN'T REAL?
SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF OUR
SLIGHTED PRIDE - AND THEY GET
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MAGNIFIED - AND THE DEVIL IS
WORKING ALL THE TIME TO CREATE
THE VISION AND CAUSE
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FRIENDLY FIRE. THIS IS HIS PLAN.
HE IS TRYING TO CAUSE PROBLEMS.
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LIKE I SAID A MINUTE AGO - YOU
MIGHT BE THINKING, 'WELL PASTOR
DOUG, YEAH, BUT THIS PERSON -
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IT WASN'T IMAGINED - THEY REALLY
DID SOMETHING VERY MEAN TO ME.'
ALL RIGHT, ANOTHER SCENARIO:
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NICE FAMILY INVITES YOU OVER TO
THEIR HOUSE FOR DINNER SOME DAY
AFTER CHURCH AND YOU'VE NEVER
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BEEN THERE BEFORE, THEY SEEM
LIKE SWEET PEOPLE AND YOU SIT
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AROUND AS DINNER IS BEING
PREPARED. YOU VISIT, YOU'RE
HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME, AND
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THEY SAY 'WELL, WE'RE GOING TO
GO SIT DOWN AT THE DINING TABLE
AND WE'RE GOING TO EAT.'
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YOU SAY 'IS THERE SOMEWHERE I
CAN WASH MY HANDS?' 'SURE, THERE
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DOWN THE HALL TO THE RIGHT.' AND
SO YOU MEANDER THROUGH THEIR
HOUSE, YOU FIND THE RESTROOM AND
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YOU WASH YOUR HANDS AND AS YOU
COME OUT OF THE RESTROOM THERE
IS THIS GRUMPY OLD MAN THERE
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AND HE SAYS, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING
HERE? YOU'RE NOT - THIS IS MY
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BATHROOM. DON'T YOU USE MY
BATHROOM.' HE SAYS, 'BY THE WAY,
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YOU'RE UGLY. AND I DON'T LIKE
STRANGERS IN MY HOUSE AND I HAVE
NOTHING LEFT TO EAT WHEN ALL
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THESE STRANGE PEOPLE COME OVER
EATING MY FOOD AND I HOPE I
NEVER SEE YOU.' AND THEN THEY
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BEGIN TO HURL INSULTS AND CURSE
AT YOU - JUST AS MEAN AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE AND BOY, YOUR HEART
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STARTS TO RACE AND YOU GET ALL
UPSET AND PRETTY SOON YOU GO TO
THE HALL AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET
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YOUR COAT AND YOUR HOST SAYS,
'WHAT'S HAPPENING?' YOU SAY,
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'I'M LEAVING!' 'WHAT'S
HAPPENING?' 'THIS MAN - I'VE
NEVER BEEN SPOKEN TO LIKE THAT
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BEFORE IN MY LIFE!' THEY SAID,
'YOU DIDN'T RUN INTO GRANDPA DID
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YOU?' 'I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS.'
'YOU RAN INTO GRANDPA. PLEASE
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DON'T GET UPSET. GRANDPA'S NOT
WELL. GRANDPA HAS DEMENTIA. HE
USED TO BE THE NICEST GUY IN
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THE WORLD BUT JUST PART OF HIS
BRAIN ISN'T HEALTHY AND HE JUST
- NOW WE DON'T KNOW
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WHAT'S GOING ON.' AND AS SOON AS
YOU REALIZE THAT GRANDPA'S SICK
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YOU SAY, 'OH, I GUESS I
UNDERSTAND NOW. THEY CAN'T HELP
IT. THEY'RE NOT WELL.'
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THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH
WHO ARE SICK AND THEY DO MEAN
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THINGS. IF THEY ARE NOT FILLED
WITH GOD'S SPIRIT THEY'VE GOT A
DIABOLICAL DEMENTIA.
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AND THEY'RE DOING EXACTLY WHAT
YOU WOULD EXPECT THEM TO DO. AND
SO, DON'T TAKE IT OUT
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ON JESUS. DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON
THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH
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AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE CHURCH, JUST SAY, 'ALL RIGHT
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BROTHER/SISTER, SORRY YOU FEEL
THAT WAY.' AND THEN YOU CAN WALK
UP AND YOU CAN SAY TO YOURSELF,
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'SPIRITUAL DEMENTIA. THEY'RE -
THEY'RE JUST NOT WELL. THEY
DON'T HAVE THAT LOVE
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IN THEIR HEART.' WE ALL DO
SELFISH THINGS - EVEN IN JESUS'
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DAY. ONE MOMENT JESUS SAYS
TO THE APOSTLES 'WHO DO YOU SAY
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THAT I AM?' PETER JUMPS UP, HE
SAYS, 'YOU ARE THE CHRIST. THE
SON OF THE LIVING GOD.'
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AND JESUS GIVES PETER THE
GREATEST COMPLIMENT HE EVER HAD.
HE SAID, 'SIMON PETER, FLESH AND
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BLOOD DID NOT REVEAL THAT UNTO
YOU BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD
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SPOKE TO YOU.' BEFORE TWENTY
MINUTES GO BY JESUS SAYS, 'I'VE
GOT TO GO TO JERUSALEM.
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I'M GOING TO BE BETRAYED THERE.
I'LL BE CRUCIFIED. I'LL RISE THE
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THIRD DAY.' PETER COMES OVER, HE
SAYS, 'LORD, DON'T TALK LIKE
THAT. THIS IS NOT GOD'S PLAN FOR
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YOU.' THAT SAME JESUS TURNS TO
PETER AND HE SAYS, 'GET BEHIND
ME SATAN, YOU'VE GOT DEMENTIA.'
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JESUS LOOKED BEHIND HIS FRIEND
PETER TO WHO WAS OPERATING
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THROUGH PETER AND HE DIDN'T
BLAME PETER, HE BLAMED THE
DEVIL. PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH HURT
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EACH OTHER BECAUSE THE DEVIL
OFTEN SPEAKS SOMETIMES THROUGH
THOSE CLOSEST TO US.
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YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BEST
FIGHTS ON YOUR WAY TO CHURCH
WITH YOUR LOVED ONES.
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ISN'T THAT RIGHT? IT'S
INTERESTING, THE BIBLE TELLS US
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THAT WE'RE TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR
- NEIGHBOR IS A NIGH BROTHER.
NIGH BROTHERS ARE NOT ANY CLOSER
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THAN THOSE IN YOUR FAMILY AND
THOSE IN YOUR CHURCH. IT SAYS,
'LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR'
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AND THEN JESUS SAYS, 'AND LOVE
YOUR ENEMY.' I THINK IT'S
INTERESTING THAT HE
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SAYS WE SHOULD LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR
AND LOVE OUR ENEMY. IS IT
BECAUSE - IS IT POSSIBLE
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THAT OUR NEIGHBOR OFTEN BECOMES
OUR ENEMY? IT'S SOMETIMES OUR
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NIGH-BROTHER OR SISTER CAN
BECOME OUR GREATEST ADVERSARY.
KING DAVID COMES HOME FROM
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PRAISING THE LORD IN THE STREET
- THERE'S A PARADE WITH GOD AND
HIS ARK AND EVERYBODY'S SINGING
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- HE'S ON CLOUD NINE AND HE
WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR AND HIS
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WIFE SAID, 'BOY, YOU MADE SUCH A
SPECTACLE OUT OF YOURSELF
TODAY.' BRING HIM RIGHT BACK
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DOWN AGAIN. SOMETIMES IT'S THOSE
RIGHT IN THE FAMILY. DON'T BE
DISCOURAGED BY THAT.
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1 PETER, CHAPTER 5, VERSES 5
THROUGH 7, "LIKEWISE YOU YOUNGER
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PEOPLE, SUBMIT YOURSELVES TO
YOUR ELDERS. YES, ALL OF YOU BE
SUBMISSIVE TO ONE ANOTHER" - BE
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SUBMISSIVE TO ONE ANOTHER - "AND
BE CLOTHED WITH HUMILITY." I'VE
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DONE MORE MARRIAGE COUNSELING
THAN I'M QUALIFIED TO DO OR THAT
I WANT TO DO. BUT ONE THING I'VE
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FOUND IN MOST CASES - THERE IS
AN ELEMENT OF SELFISHNESS AND
PRIDE INVOLVED. SOMEBODY'S BEING
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- USUALLY BOTH - THERE'S SOME
SELFISHNESS AND PRIDE. AND WE'D
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HAVE A LOT FEWER CONFLICTS IN
THE CHURCH FAMILY IF WE WOULD
HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE THE LORD
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AND BEFORE EACH OTHER. SUBMIT
YOURSELVES - 'CLOTHED WITH
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HUMILITY, BECAUSE 'GOD RESISTS
THE PROUD, BUT HE GIVES GRACE TO
THE HUMBLE.'' SO DID YOU LEAVE?
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YOU WERE OUT WORKING FOR GOD.
YOU WERE DOING ALL THE RIGHT
THINGS AND THEN THEY STILL
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MISTREATED YOU. AFTER YEARS OF
PATIENCE ELIJAH TRIED TO BRING
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REVIVAL TO ISRAEL - PRAYING FOR
REVIVAL AND GOD EVEN ANSWERED
HIS PRAYER THROUGH - THE FAMINE
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WAS AN ANSWER TO PRAYER. AND
THEN LATER HE HAD THIS
INCREDIBLE MIRACULOUS EXPERIENCE
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ON MOUNT CARMEL - FIRE COMES
DOWN FROM HEAVEN. THEN HE PRAYS
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AGAIN AND RAIN COMES DOWN FROM
HEAVEN. AND AFTER THE RAIN FROM
GOD AND THE FIRE OF GOD, PEOPLE
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IN THE CHURCH STILL WANT TO KILL
HIM. AND ELIJAH SAYS, 'I'M OUTTA
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HERE.' I MEAN, YOU CAN ONLY TAKE
SO MUCH. AND HE GETS UP AND HE
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RUNS AND YOU CAN FIND THIS IN
YOUR BIBLE IF YOU LOOK IN THE
FIRST BOOK OF KINGS, CHAPTER 19,
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VERSE 4 - ELIJAH "HIMSELF WENT A
DAY'S JOURNEY INTO THE
WILDERNESS, - AND THEN HE
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PRAYED HE MIGHT DIE." HERE IS A
SERVANT OF GOD. HE LEAVES ISRAEL
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- STARTS HEADING AS FAR AWAY AS
HE CAN - YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF
HE KNOWS WHERE HE'S GOING AT
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FIRST - 'I'M NO BETTER THAN MY
FATHERS' - AND, YOU KNOW, GOD
STILL SPEAKS TO HIM THERE EVEN
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THOUGH HE'S RUNNING THE WRONG
WAY. DOES THE LORD STILL TRY TO
REACH US WHEN WE'RE RUNNING
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THE WRONG WAY? AN ANGEL APPEARS
TO HIM - GIVES HIM FOOD AND
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GIVES HIM WATER - AND IN THE
STRENGTH OF THE FOOD THE ANGEL
GAVE HIM HE TAKES THAT AND
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INSTEAD OF GOING BACK TO ISRAEL,
HE RUNS FURTHER IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION. IT SAYS IN VERSE 9 HE
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GOES TO MOUNT SINAI "AND HE WENT
TO A CAVE, AND HE SPENT A NIGHT
IN THAT PLACE" - I'VE DONE THAT
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BEFORE - "AND HE BEHELD THE WORD
OF THE LORD CAME TO HIM AND IT
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SAID TO HIM, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING
HERE, ELIJAH?'" - TRANSLATION:
'WHY DID YOU LEAVE?
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I TOLD YOU EVERYTHING YOU WERE
SUPPOSED TO DO. I ANSWERED YOUR
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PRAYERS. I'VE BEEN GUIDING YOU
BUT I DON'T REMEMBER TELLING YOU
'RUN FROM YOUR PEOPLE.'
00:14:07.28\00:14:11.98
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?' AND HE
THEN BEGAN TO GIVE THE LORD HIS
00:14:11.98\00:14:17.52
EXCUSES. YOU TALK TO A PERSON
THAT'S LEFT CHURCH AND THEY
USUALLY HAVE A LIST - BECAUSE
00:14:17.52\00:14:20.82
THE HOLY SPIRIT'S BOTHERING THEM
SO THEY'VE GOT TO GET A LIST TO
CALM THEIR CONSCIENCE - AND
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THEY'VE GOT ALL THESE
RATIONALIZATIONS FOR WHY THEY
DON'T GO TO CHURCH - IN SPITE OF
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THE FACT THAT JESUS TELLS US
THAT THIS IS HIS BODY. "HE SAID,
'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?'
00:14:29.90\00:14:35.37
HE SAID, 'I'VE BEEN ZEALOUS FOR
THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS.'" - I'VE
STILL GOT A RELATIONSHIP
00:14:35.37\00:14:38.84
WITH GOD - "AND FOR THE CHILDREN
OF ISRAEL BUT THEY'VE FORSAKEN
00:14:38.84\00:14:42.81
YOUR COVENANT" - THEY'VE
COMPROMISED - "THEY'VE TORN DOWN
YOUR ALTARS" - THEY'RE NOT
00:14:42.81\00:14:47.72
WORSHIPING RIGHT - "THEY'VE
KILLED YOUR PROPHETS" THEY DON'T
RESPECT THE TRUE PREACHERS AND
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THEY PERSECUTE THE TRUE ONES AND
INSTALL THE FALSE ONES - HAVE
YOU EVER HEARD PEOPLE
00:14:51.25\00:14:55.49
STOP GOING FOR THOSE REASONS?
"AND I'M THE ONLY LEFT; AND NOW
THEY TRIED TO TAKE MY LIFE SO
00:14:55.49\00:15:03.20
I'M OUT OF HERE" - I TRIED
TO STAND - I WAS THE ONLY PERSON
00:15:03.20\00:15:07.27
EXCITED ON FIRE IN THAT CHURCH
AND I LEFT. "AND THEN GOD SAID,
'GO OUT AND STAND ON THE
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MOUNTAIN'" AND ELIJAH WENT OUT
AND STOOD ON THE MOUNTAIN AND IT
SAYS, "THE LORD PASSED BY AND
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THERE WAS A GREAT AND STRONG
WIND AND IT TORE THE MOUNTAINS"
- IT TORE THE ROCKS - "BUT THE
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LORD WASN'T IN THE WIND; AND
AFTERWARD THERE WAS AN
EARTHQUAKE, AND THE LORD WAS NOT
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IN THE EARTHQUAKE;" AND IT SAYS
THERE WAS "A FIRE, AND THE LORD
WAS NOT IN THE FIRE." AND AFTER
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HE HEARD IT HE WENT AND STOOD IN
THE MOUTH OF THE CAVE AND GOD
SAYS TO ELIJAH, AFTER ALL OF
00:15:37.83\00:15:41.60
THIS, HE SAYS, "WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?" YOU CAN SEE ALL
KINDS OF POWERFUL THINGS THAT
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ARE HAPPENING BUT NONE OF THEM
MIGHT HAVE THE LORD IN IT.
SOMETIMES WE CAN CONFUSE
00:15:47.68\00:15:52.78
POWERFUL THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING FOR THE WILL OF GOD -
AND GOD WAS SAYING TO ELIJAH,
00:15:52.78\00:15:58.35
'JUST BECAUSE YOU SEE THE FIRE
AND THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE WIND
- I WASN'T IN THOSE THINGS.
00:15:58.35\00:16:03.49
I WAS BACK IN ISRAEL AND I
WANTED YOU BACK THERE. I BROUGHT
00:16:03.49\00:16:07.76
YOU IN TO BRING REVIVAL' - BY
THE WAY, HAVE YOU NOTICED IT'S
HARD TO CLEAN A HOUSE WHEN
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YOU'RE NOT IN THE HOUSE? IF
YOU'VE GOT A BOAT THAT'S FILLING
UP WITH WATER - YOU'RE
00:16:10.77\00:16:17.87
OUT IN THE OCEAN - A LITTLE SAIL
BOAT AND IT'S GOT A LITTLE HOLE
IN IT - IT'S HARD TO BAIL THE
00:16:17.87\00:16:21.71
BOAT WHEN YOU'RE IN THE WATER.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE IN THE BOAT.
AND SO AFTER ALL THIS HAPPENS
00:16:21.71\00:16:28.28
GOD SAYS TO ELIJAH ANOTHER TIME,
'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?'
FINALLY, VERSE 15, GOD SAYS,
00:16:28.28\00:16:36.93
"GO, RETURN." MATTER OF FACT,
WOULD YOU SAY THAT WITH ME?
00:16:36.93\00:16:43.33
GO, RETURN. SOME OF YOU WHO ARE
LISTENING OR WATCHING OUT THERE,
00:16:43.33\00:16:50.84
THAT'S THE WORD OF GOD WHEN HE
SAYS, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?'
00:16:50.84\00:16:54.68
'BUT LORD, AFTER ALL THEY'VE
DONE TO ME - I'M THE ONLY ONE
LEFT.' AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE
00:16:54.68\00:16:57.88
LORD SAID TO ELIJAH? 'I'VE GOT
7,000 KNEES THAT STILL HAVEN'T
BOWED TO BAAL, DON'T
00:16:57.88\00:17:01.92
THINK THAT YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE
THAT STILL LOVES ME OUT THERE -
THAT YOU'RE THE ONLY TRUE
00:17:01.92\00:17:05.99
BELIEVER STILL LEFT IN THE
CHURCH. YOU'RE NOT THE BEST
00:17:05.99\00:17:09.66
JUDGE OF PEOPLE'S HEARTS.
GO, RETURN. I WANT A REVIVAL AND
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IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IF
YOU'RE NOT THERE.' ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT'S GOING
00:17:14.83\00:17:18.30
TO BRING REVIVAL IS IF GOD'S
PEOPLE PULL TOGETHER. AND WE'VE
00:17:18.30\00:17:23.14
GOT TO STOP FRAGMENTING AND
RUNNING FOR THE HILLS LIKE
ELIJAH - ELIJAH WAS A GOOD MAN
00:17:23.14\00:17:28.11
OF GOD - SINCERE AND HONEST
- BUT HE WENT THE WRONG WAY. GO
00:17:28.11\00:17:34.38
AND RETURN. AND HE DID. YOU
KNOW, WE NEED TO BE SENSITIVE
00:17:34.38\00:17:39.69
TOO BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE
HURTING AND WE DON'T KNOW. WE'RE
ALWAYS GOING TO CHURCH
00:17:39.69\00:17:43.59
WONDERING HOW PEOPLE TREAT US.
WE OUGHT TO BE THINKING MORE
SELFLESSLY AND SAYING, 'LORD,
00:17:43.59\00:17:48.20
WHEN I GO TO CHURCH I WANT TO GO
AND MINISTER. GIVE ME THAT
SENSITIVITY TO ASK,
00:17:48.20\00:17:52.93
'HOW IS THIS PERSON FEELING? HOW
CAN I MINISTER TO THEM? WE'VE
00:17:52.93\00:17:57.31
GOT TO GET OUT OF OURSELVES AND
THINK ABOUT CARING FOR AND
CONSOLING AND COMFORTING ONE
00:17:57.31\00:18:02.34
ANOTHER. 1 THESSALONIANS 5:11,
"THEREFORE COMFORT EACH OTHER
00:18:02.34\00:18:09.05
EDIFY ONE ANOTHER, JUST AS YOU
ARE ALSO DOING." GALATIANS 6:2,
PAUL SAID, "BEAR ONE ANOTHER'S
00:18:09.05\00:18:16.32
BURDENS AND SO FULFILL THE LAW
OF CHRIST." 'CONFESS YOUR FAULTS
TO ONE ANOTHER AND PRAY FOR
00:18:16.32\00:18:21.93
ONE ANOTHER.' WE NEED TO
CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER'S HEALTH
00:18:21.93\00:18:26.63
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE DOING POORLY,
THE WHOLE CHURCH IS DOING
POORLY, AND THEN I'M DOING
00:18:26.63\00:18:31.21
POORLY. WE'RE PART OF AN ARMY,
GOD SAYS. AND IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE KNOW WE'VE GOT EACH
00:18:31.21\00:18:38.21
OTHER'S BACKS - AND WE'RE NOT
STABBING EACH OTHER IN THE BACK.
WE'VE GOT TO CARE FOR
00:18:38.21\00:18:41.45
ONE ANOTHER. WE ARE SUPPOSED
TO ALL BE PART OF THAT TEMPLE OF
00:18:41.45\00:18:46.35
GOD - WE ARE ALL PART OF THAT
HOUSEHOLD OF GOD. THE BIBLE SAYS
00:18:46.35\00:18:50.33
WE ARE LIVING STONES. HE WANTS
TO BUILD UP A CHURCH - WE ARE
00:18:50.33\00:18:55.96
HIS BODY. JESUS SAID, 'DESTROY
THIS TEMPLE THAT IS MADE WITH
HANDS AND IN THREE DAYS I WILL
00:18:55.96\00:19:01.00
MAKE A TEMPLE WITHOUT HANDS' -
AND HE LATER EXPLAINED HE WAS
SPEAKING OF HIS BODY.
00:19:01.00\00:19:05.91
AND WHAT IS THE CHURCH CALLED?
IT'S THE BODY OF CHRIST. YOU CAN
00:19:05.91\00:19:11.81
READ IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 2 -
THIS IS A GOOD VERSE - "NOW,
THEREFORE, YOU ARE NO LONGER
00:19:11.81\00:19:16.99
STRANGERS AND FOREIGNERS, BUT
FELLOW CITIZENS WITH THE
SAINTS..." WE'RE NOT STRANGERS,
00:19:16.99\00:19:21.19
WE'RE ALL PART OF THE SAME
COUNTRY NOW. FELLOW CITIZENS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS NICE WHEN
00:19:21.19\00:19:28.03
YOU'VE GOT SOME KIND OF AN
IDENTITY AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU
00:19:28.03\00:19:33.00
BELONG SOMEWHERE. WE'VE GOT THIS
IDEA THAT CHURCH IS SUPPOSED TO
BE A RESORT WHERE EVERYBODY'S
00:19:33.00\00:19:37.47
NICE. EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE
NICE AND LOVE ME. BUT THAT'S NOT
00:19:37.47\00:19:41.44
WHAT THE CHURCH IS. THE CHURCH
IS ACTUALLY A LABORATORY WHERE
00:19:41.44\00:19:45.85
GOD IS REFINING US THROUGH EX
- WE'RE BEING SANCTIFIED. WE ARE
00:19:45.85\00:19:51.85
BEING BUILT - WE'RE BEING
REFINED AND CHISELED AND
POLISHED. 1 CORINTHIANS 5:4,
00:19:51.85\00:19:57.73
"IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST, WHEN YOU ARE GATHERED
TOGETHER, ALONG WITH MY SPIRIT,
00:19:57.73\00:20:02.70
WITH THE POWER OF OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST..." WE'RE TO COME
TOGETHER IN HIS SPIRIT.
00:20:02.70\00:20:08.07
'OH, BUT PASTOR DOUG, THERE'S SO
MANY HYPOCRITES IN THE CHURCH -
I STOPPED GOING BECAUSE THERE
00:20:08.07\00:20:13.68
WERE ALL THESE HYPOCRITES IN THE
CHURCH. WERE THERE HYPOCRITES
00:20:13.68\00:20:18.68
IN THE EARLY CHURCH? EVEN AFTER
GOD POURED OUT HIS SPIRIT - AND
00:20:18.68\00:20:24.62
GOD IS WORKING IN MAGNIFICENT
WAYS AMONG THE DISCIPLES - YOU
HAD ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA.
00:20:24.62\00:20:29.76
ACTS CHAPTER 5 - YOU KNOW, PIUS
PROFESSION - THEY GO AND SAY,
'WE'RE MAKING THIS BIG OFFERING.
00:20:29.76\00:20:35.30
WE'VE SOLD ALL OUR PROPERTY -
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A HUNDRED
PERCENT' - LYING THROUGH THEIR
00:20:35.30\00:20:38.80
TEETH - AND DID GOD DEAL WITH
THE HYPOCRITES BACK THEN? CAN
GOD STILL DEAL WITH THEM?
00:20:38.80\00:20:47.71
SOME OF THEM ARE CONVERTED -
PETER WAS A HYPOCRITE WHEN HE
DENIED KNOWING CHRIST,
00:20:47.71\00:20:50.85
WASN'T HE? AND SOME WHO WON'T BE
CONVERTED - WELL THEY WERE - THE
00:20:50.85\00:20:58.52
LORD TOOK CARE OF ANANIAS AND
SAPPHIRA. THERE ARE ACHANS IN
THE CAMP AND GOD CAN TAKE CARE
00:20:58.52\00:21:03.76
OF THEM. GOD ALSO KNOWS HOW TO
SEPARATE THE WHEAT FROM THE
CHAFF. BUT NOT COMING TO CHURCH
00:21:03.76\00:21:08.10
BECAUSE THERE ARE HYPOCRITES IN
THE CHURCH - YOU NEVER WOULD
HAVE GONE TO THE CHURCH IN
00:21:08.10\00:21:12.70
JESUS' DAY IF THAT'S YOUR EXCUSE
FOR NOT GOING. HE WANTS US TO BE
00:21:12.70\00:21:17.14
TOGETHER - TO STAY TOGETHER.
'OH, BUT PASTOR, YOU DON'T KNOW
- THERE'S - THERE'S ACTUALLY
00:21:17.14\00:21:22.91
LEADERS IN OUR CHURCH THAT ARE
JUST UNCONVERTED. I CAN'T STAND
00:21:22.91\00:21:27.75
TO BE THERE. IT'S SO HARD TO SIT
THERE AND TO LISTEN TO THEM
PONTIFICATE AS THEY TEACH THE
00:21:27.75\00:21:32.49
LESSON OR AS THEY PREACH AND
THEY'RE JUST NOT CONVERTED. HOW
00:21:32.49\00:21:37.66
CAN I GO THERE?' WERE THERE
UNCONVERTED LEADERS IN BIBLE
HISTORY? WERE THEY STILL GOD'S
00:21:37.66\00:21:44.90
PEOPLE? I MEAN IN THE DAYS - DID
AARON - HE WAS THE HIGH PRIEST -
DID HE MAKE SOME BAD DECISIONS
00:21:44.90\00:21:49.37
AND START WORSHIPING WRONG? BUT
DID HE FINALLY COME AROUND? BE
CAREFUL NOT TO PRE-JUDGE
00:21:49.37\00:21:55.84
ANYBODY AND CONSIGN THEM TO
ETERNAL TORMENT - YOU DON'T KNOW
00:21:55.84\00:22:00.22
HOW THE LORD MIGHT CHANGE THEM
LATER. SOME PEOPLE WHO I THOUGHT
00:22:00.22\00:22:04.35
'THIS IS HOPELESS. NOBODY'S' -
YOU KNOW, YOU THINK THEY'VE
GRIEVED AWAY THE HOLY SPIRIT -
00:22:04.35\00:22:07.02
THE LORD'S NEVER GOING TO REACH
THEM. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY
GO THROUGH A RADICAL CONVERSION
00:22:07.02\00:22:11.09
AND THEY BECOME THE NICEST
PERSON YOU'VE EVER MET. SO,
DON'T WRITE ANYBODY OFF.
00:22:11.09\00:22:16.60
YOU'RE UNDERESTIMATING HOW GOD
CAN CHANGE PEOPLE. ALL OF US ARE
00:22:16.60\00:22:21.74
IN PROCESS - REMEMBER THAT -
THEY MAY BE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE
ALONG THE PROCESS THAN YOU'RE
00:22:21.74\00:22:27.18
IN. FURTHERMORE, GOD PREDICTED
THERE WOULD BE THESE PROBLEMS IN
00:22:27.18\00:22:32.11
THE CHURCH. HE WARNED AHEAD OF
TIME THAT IN THE CHURCH THERE
WERE GOING TO BE THE DEVIL'S
00:22:32.11\00:22:38.69
REPRESENTATIVES. WAS THAT A
REASON NOT TO GO? ACTS CHAPTER
20 - PAUL. PAUL KNOWS HE'S
00:22:38.69\00:22:44.79
GETTING READY TO GO TO PRISON
AND THE LORD GIVES HIM A
PROPHECY. HE SAID - ACTS 20,
00:22:44.79\00:22:51.37
VERSE 29 - "FOR THIS I KNOW,
THAT AFTER MY DEPARTURE SAVAGE
WOLVES WILL COME IN AMONG YOU,
00:22:51.37\00:23:00.38
NOT SPARING THE FLOCK." YOU
EVER SEEN WOLVES AMONG A FLOCK?
00:23:00.38\00:23:06.55
THEY DON'T JUST GO PICK OFF ONE
SHEEP AND DRAG THEM OFF, THEY
ALMOST SEEM TO REVEL IN BITING
00:23:06.55\00:23:11.55
AND TAKING DOWN - IT'S LIKE
ENTERTAINMENT - 'WELL, WE'VE GOT
00:23:11.55\00:23:14.56
THAT ONE DOWN AND WOUNDED, LET'S
GO GET ANOTHER ONE.' AND IF YOU
ASK A SHEPHERD THAT
00:23:14.56\00:23:17.63
HAS WOLVES RUNNING AMONG THEIR
SHEEP, THEY DON'T JUST KILL ONE
AND EAT IT, THEY'LL SOMETIMES
00:23:17.63\00:23:21.43
GO KILL SEVERAL AND EAT PARTS
OF SEVERAL. THEY'RE SAVAGE.
00:23:21.43\00:23:27.70
AND THE DEVIL SOMETIMES HAS HIS
REPRESENTATIVES - THEY GET INTO
00:23:27.70\00:23:31.47
THE CHURCH AND THEY GO CIRCULATE
AND THEY CAUSE PROBLEMS AND -
AND CARNAGE. GOD SAID THAT WOULD
00:23:31.47\00:23:36.98
HAPPEN. THE DEVIL WANTS TO
DESTROY THE CHURCH BECAUSE THE
CHURCH IS THE OBJECT ON EARTH
00:23:36.98\00:23:43.69
UPON WHICH GOD BESTOWS HIS
SUPREME REGARD. WHEN JESUS LOOKS
DOWN FROM HEAVEN, IF THERE IS A
00:23:43.69\00:23:50.59
GROUP OR A BODY ON THE PLANET
THAT HE IS INTENSELY INTERESTED
00:23:50.59\00:23:56.03
IN, WHO IS IT? IT'S HIS CHURCH -
IT'S HIS BRIDE. AND YOU KNOW HOW
00:23:56.03\00:24:01.67
HE CARES ABOUT HIS BRIDE. AND
THAT'S WHY HE WANTS US TO STAY -
STAY IN THE CHURCH.
00:24:01.67\00:24:06.81
HE SAID, "I KNOW SAVAGE WOLVES
WILL COME IN AMONG YOU, NOT
SPARING THE FLOCK."
00:24:06.81\00:24:10.95
NOTICE HE SAID, "ALSO FROM AMONG
YOURSELVES" - 'EVEN,' HE SAID,
'FROM AMONG SOME OF YOU.'
00:24:10.95\00:24:18.02
MEN ARE GOING TO RISE UP
SPEAKING PERVERSE THINGS, NOT TO
TEACH THE TRUTH OR BRING PEOPLE
00:24:18.02\00:24:23.49
TO JESUS, BUT TO DRAW AWAY
DISCIPLES FOR THEMSELVES. YOU
KNOW FRIENDS, WE'VE ALL BEEN
00:24:23.49\00:24:30.10
HURT, AND SOME OF US ARE MAD AT
SOMEBODY - SOME OF US ARE MAD AT
00:24:30.10\00:24:37.01
THE LORD. YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY
ONE THAT'S BEEN HURT. WAS JESUS
00:24:37.01\00:24:44.58
EVER HURT? WAS JESUS EVER HURT
BY A FRIEND? WHAT DID JUDAS DO?
BETRAYED HIS FRIEND.
00:24:44.58\00:24:54.76
DAVID, JOSEPH, MANY OTHERS
IN THE BIBLE - THEY WERE HURT BY
00:24:54.76\00:25:02.80
FRIENDLY FIRE. THERE'S A
PROPHECY THAT YOU CAN READ IN
ZECHARIAH 3:16 - SPEAKING OF
00:25:02.80\00:25:09.67
CHRIST - "AND THEY WILL SAY TO
HIM, 'WHAT ARE THESE WOUNDS THAT
YOU HAVE IN YOUR HANDS?'
00:25:09.67\00:25:15.81
AND HE WILL ANSWER AND SAY,
'THOSE WITH WHICH I WAS WOUNDED
IN THE HOUSE OF MY FRIENDS.'"
00:25:15.81\00:25:23.82
WOUNDED IN THE HOUSE OF HIS
FRIENDS. YOU KNOW, JESUS WAS
00:25:23.82\00:25:30.03
WOUNDED. HE TOLD US THAT WHEN
JUDAS CAME TO KISS HIM IN THE
GARDEN, JESUS SAID 'FRIEND,
00:25:30.03\00:25:37.37
DO YOU BETRAY - ARE YOU
BETRAYING THE SON OF MAN WITH A
00:25:37.37\00:25:40.44
KISS?' HE SAID, 'FRIEND.'
AND SOMETIMES FRIENDS HURT EACH
00:25:40.44\00:25:46.84
OTHER. YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE A RISK
WHENEVER YOU LOVE SOMEBODY -
WHENEVER YOU OPEN YOURSELF UP
00:25:46.84\00:25:49.88
AND YOU DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP
AND YOU CHOOSE TO TRUST SOMEBODY
AND YOU CHOOSE TO LOVE SOMEBODY
00:25:49.88\00:25:54.45
AND YOU SHARE WHO YOU ARE WITH
THAT PERSON, THERE'S ALWAYS THE
RISK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
00:25:54.45\00:25:58.42
BETRAY THAT CONFIDENCE - THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO SLIGHT YOUR
LOVE AND YOU'RE GOING TO
00:25:58.42\00:26:02.16
BE HURT. SO WHAT'S THE
ANSWER? RUN OFF TO SOUTH DAKOTA?
00:26:02.16\00:26:07.60
TO JUST GO TO MOUNT SINAI
AND HIDE IN A CAVE? MAYBE YOU'VE
00:26:07.60\00:26:12.57
BEEN RUNNING FROM GOD. JESUS IS
WANTING YOU TO KNOW, 'I AM YOUR
00:26:12.57\00:26:18.27
FRIEND AND I WILL NEVER LET YOU
DOWN. I WILL NEVER BETRAY YOU.'
00:26:18.27\00:26:22.98
>>STAY TUNED. WE'LL BE RIGHT
BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL
OFFER. >>YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
00:26:22.98\00:26:34.66
PEOPLE ARE WANDERING FROM JESUS
AND IT STARTS BY MAKING SMALL
00:26:34.66\00:26:42.50
COMPROMISES. GOD DOES NOT WANT
TO LOSE ONE. GOD IS NOT WILLING
THAT ANY SHOULD BE LOST - AND
00:26:42.50\00:26:49.97
THAT WOULD INCLUDE SOME OF YOU
WHO THINK THAT YOU'VE WANDERED
TOO FAR. HAVE WE SOMETIMES
00:26:49.97\00:26:56.21
FORGOTTEN THE VALUE OF ONE?
JESUS WOULD LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
00:26:56.21\00:27:07.96
FOR ONE. >>THIRTY-THREE MINERS
TRAPPED BENEATH THE CHILEAN
DESERT. IT WAS THE GREATEST MINE
00:27:07.96\00:27:15.16
RESCUE OF ALL TIME. WHAT DROVE
THESE PEOPLE TO DEFY FAILURE AND
00:27:15.16\00:27:21.10
PERSEVERE AGAINST ALL ODDS? WHAT
IMMPELLED THE MINERS TO FIND THE
00:27:21.10\00:27:27.44
COURAGE TO FIGHT AGAINST ALMOST
CERTAIN DEATH? PASTOR CARLOS
PARRA - KNOWN AS THE CHAPLAIN OF
00:27:27.44\00:27:36.79
CAMP HOPE - ANSWERS THESE
QUESTIONS WITH A PERSONAL
ACCOUNT IN HIS BOOK 'HOPE
00:27:36.79\00:27:44.36
UNDERGROUND.' 'HOPE UNDERGROUND'
IS A VIVID DESCRIPTION OF HOW
FAITH AND HOPE PLAYED A KEY ROLE
00:27:44.36\00:27:49.33
IN THE MINERS' SUCCESSFUL
RESCUE. 'HOPE UNDERGROUND' - A
TRUE STORY THAT HAS TOUCHED
00:27:49.33\00:27:55.74
MILLIONS AND THAT WILL INSPIRE
YOU TO SEE LIFE'S CRISES THROUGH
00:27:55.74\00:28:07.92
DIFFERENT EYES. >>THIS IS YOUR
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THIS WEEKS' SPECIAL FREE OFFER.
00:28:07.92\00:28:11.85
THERE IS NO COST OR OBLIGATION.
JUST CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER
ON YOUR SCREEN AND BE SURE TO
00:28:11.85\00:28:16.96
NOTE THE OFFER NUMBER WHEN YOU
MAKE YOUR REQUEST. >>THE
PRECEDING WAS A PAID
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