Good evening everyone
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and welcome to our
Wednesday Night Bible Study here
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at the 3ABN Worship Center.
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We thank you for taking the time
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to tune in and join us,
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and we're gonna be
continuing our study tonight
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on "Stewardship,
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the Complete Truth
about Stewardship."
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And so all you need is a pen.
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We'll tell you in just a moment
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where to get a copy of
the lesson to follow along,
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you need a Bible and
you need an open heart
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as you invite the Spirit of
God to speak to you tonight.
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Before we do anything though,
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we always like
to begin with prayer
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and I'll invite you
to bow your heads with me
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as we open the Word of the Lord.
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Father in heaven,
we thank You tonight
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for the beauty of Your Word,
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for the strength and
clarity of Your Word,
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we do pray that as
we invite Your Spirit
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to come tonight
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that we will be taught,
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our minds will be
not only furnished
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with information
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but we will
experience transformation.
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Be our teacher
and what we learn,
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Lord, help us to apply
it to our Christian walk,
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we pray in Jesus' name, amen.
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Good evening,
everyone, can I say that?
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Good evening, everyone, okay.
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And if you'd like to
get a copy of the lesson,
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lesson number 43,
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go to this following website
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ASF.3ABN.org
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and download lesson number 43,
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ASF.3ABN.org.
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And at website there
are many other lessons
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and also lot of other videos
that you can follow along,
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and learn and
share with your friends
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and your family.
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But we also, before
we go to the lesson,
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we sing our theme song,
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and what is our theme song?
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What's the title
there? Victory in...?
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Jesus. Let's sing
the song together.
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I heard an old, old story
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How the Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sin
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And won the victory
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory
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Key change.
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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Amen? Amen.
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The topic is "The Truth
about Complete Stewardship,"
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say that with me, what is it?
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The Truth about
Complete Stewardship.
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Now last week we
learned a number of things
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about Stewardship and I wanna...
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When you think
about Stewardship,
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normally our
wheels begin to turn
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and in many cases
when churches talk
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about Stewardship,
they talk about money.
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They say well
tithe and offering,
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how to support certain
ministries financially,
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but when the Bible
talks about Stewardship,
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it addresses it in
at least five areas.
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Those five areas we
wrote them down last week
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and just to...
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If you download
question number 43,
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I'll just go ahead
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at the very beginning of
lesson number 43, thank you.
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At the very beginning,
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we have Stewardship is
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and there's one,
two, three, four, five,
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and I wanna give you a chance
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if you miss the last
one to write those down.
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So Stewardship is, here it is,
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look at this, together,
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Time, Temple,
Testimony, Talent, and Treasure.
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What are those again?
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Time, Temple,
Testimony, Talent, and Treasure.
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And you can find
other T's if you'd like
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but the five
general areas of Stewardship
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is Time, Temple,
Testimony, Talent, and Treasure
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and you'll discover
something very important
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because there's a phrase
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and we'll get into
this a little more tonight
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but there's a
phrase that's loosely used.
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Some people have
said time is money.
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Have you heard that before?
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Well, you know, that's not true.
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Time is not money
except if you have a job,
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but if you're
laying on your hospital bed
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and you're a millionaire,
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you can't buy time with money.
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Time is the most
important commodity
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we were ever given, time.
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And also I've
discovered something else,
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time is the greatest test.
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Now we often think it's money,
but it's easier to give money
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than it is to give time.
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Think about that for a moment.
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When you have projects,
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when you're
raising funds for projects,
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let's look at the comparison.
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If there are missionaries
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and those missionaries need
to be sponsored or supported,
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some people would rather
write a check for missions
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than become a
missionary themselves.
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Some people would say,
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"I'll be glad to buy materials."
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They'll give money to
purchase the materials
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rather than go out
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into the highways
and hedges, door to door,
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and give out the materials.
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So time is not money.
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Money can buy anything,
but money can't buy time.
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So we're gonna find out
tonight as we go forward
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how time is the
most important commodity
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we've been given
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because when you,
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when we visit
people in the hospital
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or when people are sick,
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I've never heard people say,
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"I wish I had more money,
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or more
materialistic, or possessions,
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or wish I had a bigger house
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or better car, or better job."
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They say, "I
wish I had more time."
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And so Stewardship
is widely important
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and it's
connected very much to time.
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Go with me to the
Book of Deuteronomy.
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We're gonna spend a little time
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and we ended on
question 12 last week,
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we're gonna begin on
question 12 this week.
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Talking about some
very important lessons
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that we could learn
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from the children of Israel,
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the children of
Israel, that's right,
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that's a very good point,
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we're gonna see
that in the lesson.
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Okay, we're
gonna talk about that,
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right?
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Deuteronomy Chapter 8,
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this is a...
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There are three
remembers in the Bible,
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but I'm gonna
introduce a fourth.
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There are three prominent
remembers in the Bible,
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but I'm gonna introduce a fourth
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because there
are many remembers,
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but this fourth one
I'm going to introduce
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is more important
than all the other three
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because if you
remember this one,
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then the other
three are no issue.
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Now one of the first ones is,
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it's talked about by man
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by the name of Dr. Luke or Luke,
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the writer of the Book of
Acts and the Book of Luke.
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He says, "Remember Lot's wife."
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So what that means is,
if you remember Lot's wife,
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what did she do
when the Lord told her
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to leave Sodom and Gomorrah.
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He said to her,
"Don't look back."
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So when the Lord calls
a person to follow Him,
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in truth, and in
light, in obedience,
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He says to that person,
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"Remember Lot's wife."
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She became the
first human salt shaker,
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a pillar of salt.
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Not to intend, not
to belittle that at all,
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but disobedience will make you
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what you never
thought you could become.
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Did you hear that?
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A person that
becomes disobedient will...
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If she could have
responded in her new condition,
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she would've said,
"I would never think
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that I would
become a pillar of salt."
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Disobedience
also sometimes put you
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in an irreversible circumstance.
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So remember Lot's
wife, that's the first one.
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Second one is
in Ecclesiastes 12,
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"Remember the Creator
in the days of your youth."
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How many of us
think it's important
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for young people
to remember the Lord?
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Can we say amen? Amen.
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This is what we know.
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So we say to young people today,
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remember the Creator
in the days of your youth,
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but Ecclesiastes
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takes that to another level,
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it's in essence
saying, "Remember the Creator
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before you get any older."
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That's really
the inference of that
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because as we get older,
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and that's where the
fourth one is gonna come in.
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And the third one is,
"Remember the Sabbath day
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to keep it holy."
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We're gonna see how that fits
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into the Stewardship of time.
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"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy."
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Is it important to
remember the Sabbath?
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Yes, it is.
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It's a sign
between God and His people
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to remember the
Sabbath to keep it holy.
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The fourth one is found
here in Deuteronomy Chapter 8.
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Now this, this leans in on,
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this leans in on the
second one I remembered,
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the second one that I
mentioned a moment ago
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and that is,
"Remember the Creator
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in the days of your youth."
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Young people ought
to remember the Creator.
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But the children of Israel,
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literally the sons of Jacob,
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as they were let out of Egypt,
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the Lord was
trying to retrain them
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in preparation to go
into the Promised Land,
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and as they got out of Egypt
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and they began
to surmount wealth
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and begin to get their own,
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something
happened, something happened.
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Okay, let's look at verse 2,
and I'm gonna work my way down
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to the question that
is question number 12.
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All right.
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Well, I'm gonna
start with verse 1,
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and I'm gonna very quickly.
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"Every commandment
which I command you today,
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you must be
careful to do," what?
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"To observe, that you
may live and multiply,
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and go in and possess the land
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of which the Lord
swore to your fathers."
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He says, "If you do
what I ask you to do,
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you're gonna possess that land.
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Be careful to do it."
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And verse 2, "And
you shall remember
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that the Lord, your
God led you" how far?
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"All the way these forty
years in the wilderness."
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It's important to see
that where we are today,
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we cannot get there
except the Lord let us.
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He goes on,
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"To humble you
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and test you."
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You ever see that test?
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You've experienced the test?
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Humble your intension,
notice what else He says.
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To humble you and test you,
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to know," and here's the key,
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"what was in your heart,
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whether you would keep
His commandments or not?"
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Now what a lot of
Christians don't understand
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is the Lord is leading
then and His leading is a test
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to see what, what
did the verse say?
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What does it say?
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To see whether we
keep what, Yannick?
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His commandments or not.
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So as the Lord is leading us
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from where He found us
to where we're gonna head,
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Christians of
every denomination,
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if you don't keep
the commandments of God,
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you fail the test.
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Because He said, "I
wanna see whether or not,
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I'm gonna test you
to see whether or not
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you're gonna
keep My commandments."
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He goes on further.
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Verse 3, "So he humbled
you, allowed you to" what?
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"Hunger and fed you with mannar
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which you did not know
nor did your fathers know,
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that he might make you know
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that man shall
not live by," what?
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See that's where it comes from.
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We thought it was Matthew
4:4, it starts right there,
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"Man shall not
live by bread alone,
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but man lives by every word
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that proceeds
from the mouth of God."
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That's where
Matthew got it from.
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And by the way Matthew
didn't have the New Testament,
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Matthew became a
part of the New Testament.
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Look at all the
blessings I wanna get this,
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look at all the blessings.
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"Your garments did
not wear out on you,
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nor did your foot
swell these 40 years,"
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'cause they didn't
have cars, they did what?
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Walked.
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They walked everywhere.
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He took care of them,
they didn't need doctors.
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Go on to verse 5,
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"So you should
know in your heart
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that as a man
chastens his own, his son,
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so the Lord your
God chastens you.
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Therefore you shall keep
the commandments of the Lord,
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your God, to walk in
His ways and to do," what?
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"Fear Him,"
that is to honor Him.
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"For the Lord your
God is bringing you
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into a," what kind of land?
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"Good land.
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A land of brooks of water,
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of fountains and springs
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that flow out of
the valleys and hills,
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a land of wheat
and barley, of vines
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and fig trees and
pomegranates, a land of olive,
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olive oil and honey,
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a land in which you'll eat bread
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without scarcity,
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in which you'll lack nothing.
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A land whose stones are
iron and out of whose hills
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you can dig copper."
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A rich, a mineral rich land.
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Good food but look at this,
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"When you have
eaten and are full,
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then you shall
bless the Lord, your God
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for the good land
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which He has given you."
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Look at verse 11,
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"Beware that you do not," what?
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"Forget the Lord your God
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by not keeping His commandments,
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His judgments, and His statutes
which I command you today."
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Look at question 12.
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This is the lead
right into question 12.
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Here it is, question 12.
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What have many
successful people forgotten?
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Look at verse 18.
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Actually I'm gonna go
to verse 18 in the moment.
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But I'm gonna go
all the way down, okay.
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So we're understanding
what the problem was here.
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I want to go to
verse 18 right now,
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and then we're gonna
come back to verse 12.
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Let's go to verse 18.
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Here it is.
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What have many
successful people forgotten?
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Here it is,
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"And you shall
remember the Lord your God,"
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read the yellow part
with me on the screen,
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"for it is He
who gives you power
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to get wealth,
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that He may
establish His covenant
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which He swore to your
fathers, as it is this day."
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What does the Lord give us?
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Power.
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What does the word power mean?
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Strength.
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Say it. Strength and what else?
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Health.
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Health, vigor, He said
your feet didn't swell,
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your clothes didn't rot,
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everything you
had I provided for you
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but He says don't forget,
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"I am the power."
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So think about it.
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You ever had a power outage?
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Do we have power
outages out here? Come on,
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we're in Southern
Illinois, we get power outages.
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And when we get power
outages, what do we wait?
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What do we say?
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When will the
power come back on?
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So many Christians
have had power outages
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and only when
the power goes off,
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do they realize
how badly they need it.
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What that means is,
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only when we lack
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and we realize, wait a minute,
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you know why, I know
I don't have anything
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because I don't
even thank the Lord.
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I don't remember Him,
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and this remember is gonna get
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into another area of Stewardship
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because remembering the Lord,
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when you return
tithes and offerings
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because you're saying,
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"Thank you Lord
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for giving me ten oranges
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and only asking for
me to give you back one."
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That's Stewardship.
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He's testing the heart.
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Where your treasure is,
there your heart will also be.
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So let's put the
answer down to question 12.
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What have many
successful people forgotten?
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The Lord.
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No, what have they forgotten?
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They did remember the Lord,
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but they forgot what?
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He's the one
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who gives you the
health which is the Lord,
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remember the Lord.
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He's the one that
gives you the health
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to get the wealth.
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Gives you the power
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and power there
is not the same word
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like in the New
Testament dunamis
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which talks about
the Holy Spirit's power.
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What that is in essence
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best described as
"He gives you the vigor,
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the energy, the vitality
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so that you
could go out and work
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because they didn't have,
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you know, they didn't
have computers back then.
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They had to
literally cut stuff down,
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and chop down trees, and
do all that stuff that...
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I think they were a lot stronger
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than we are today.
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Let's go to number 13,
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but I wanna go
back to Deuteronomy 8
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before we go to question 13
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because I want you
to see the trajectory,
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I want you to see
how they forgot the Lord.
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They forgot Him.
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Now we're gonna
go to verse what?
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Verse 12
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and it says, "Lest
when you have eaten
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and are full,"
that's Deuteronomy 8:12 "
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and have built beautiful
houses and dwell in them,
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and when your herds
and your flocks multiply,"
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that means you
have a lot of animals,
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lot of livestock,"
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and your silver and
your gold are multiplied,"
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meaning you got lot of cars, "
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and all you have is multiplied,
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when your heart is lifted up,
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if you're good and
you forget the Lord..."
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Notice how many
times he says forget.
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"You forget the
Lord who brought you out
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of the land of Egypt
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from the house of bondage."
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He said, "You don't remember,
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you used to be a slave,
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you had nothing
and I am blessing you."
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Look at verse 15,
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"Who led you through that
great and terrible wilderness"
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that means He protects us,
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"in which were fiery
serpents and scorpions
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and thirsty land
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where there was no water,
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who brought water for you
out of the rock of flint."
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That's not just a regular
rock, that's a hard rock.
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"Who fed you in the
wilderness with manna,
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which your fathers did not know,
00:18:54.73\00:18:56.06
that He might humble you
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and that He might test you,
00:18:57.57\00:18:59.37
to do you good in the end.
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Then you say in your heart,
00:19:02.74\00:19:06.68
'My power and
the might of my hand
00:19:06.71\00:19:09.78
have gained me this wealth.' "
00:19:09.81\00:19:12.55
Now let's go to question 13,
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arrogance,
arrogance, terrible thing.
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Question 13.
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What does the Bible contribute
to our needs not being met?
00:19:21.96\00:19:27.00
This is really
important, Deuteronomy 8:19.
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Here it is, here it is,
00:19:36.44\00:19:40.71
"Then it shall
be," and this is so,
00:19:40.74\00:19:44.08
if you could, then it
shall be, I'll say this,
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"If you by any means," together,
00:19:46.85\00:19:49.78
"forget the Lord your God,
00:19:49.82\00:19:52.02
and follow other gods,
00:19:52.05\00:19:54.22
and serve them,
and worship them,
00:19:54.26\00:19:57.26
I testify against you this day
00:19:57.29\00:20:00.80
that you shall," what?
00:20:00.83\00:20:02.40
"Surely perish."
00:20:02.43\00:20:04.33
Meaning your
livestock is gonna dry up,
00:20:04.37\00:20:07.10
your cattle is
not gonna produce,
00:20:07.14\00:20:09.07
your land is not gonna produce,
00:20:09.10\00:20:11.21
all your gold and
silver is gonna rot,
00:20:11.24\00:20:13.27
it's gonna
canker up against you.
00:20:13.31\00:20:14.81
You're not gonna
be in good health.
00:20:14.84\00:20:19.41
You're not gonna
have the strength you need
00:20:19.45\00:20:21.42
and you wonder,
where did that come from.
00:20:21.45\00:20:23.79
Remember I got you healthy.
00:20:23.82\00:20:26.19
You didn't get me healthy,
00:20:26.22\00:20:27.66
I have a great health plan.
00:20:27.69\00:20:29.26
Now, let me just
make a point right here.
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As conscious as
we are about health,
00:20:31.23\00:20:33.33
it's important, isn't it?
00:20:33.36\00:20:34.70
Yes.
00:20:34.73\00:20:36.06
The Lord gives
you a health plan.
00:20:36.10\00:20:37.43
If you follow that health plan,
00:20:37.47\00:20:38.80
that health plan
will keep you healthy.
00:20:38.83\00:20:40.17
But you can be healthy
and still forget the Lord.
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There are some
people that are healthy,
00:20:44.87\00:20:46.47
they are healthy
financially, physically,
00:20:46.51\00:20:48.91
but they are not
healthy spiritually.
00:20:48.94\00:20:51.01
He's talking
about a spiritual health
00:20:51.05\00:20:52.75
which gives God the
glory for all the provision
00:20:52.78\00:20:55.02
He provides for us.
00:20:55.05\00:20:56.75
Okay, so look at...
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So the answer to
question number 13.
00:20:58.15\00:21:00.02
What does the Bible contribute
to our needs not being met?
00:21:00.06\00:21:03.43
What happened?
00:21:03.46\00:21:05.09
Once again, forget the Lord
00:21:05.13\00:21:07.56
and the things we
do begin to show it.
00:21:07.60\00:21:09.73
We start serving other gods,
00:21:09.76\00:21:11.27
we worship other gods,
00:21:11.30\00:21:12.63
our worship is affected,
00:21:12.67\00:21:14.27
the way we serve is affected.
00:21:14.30\00:21:16.04
He says, "Worship other gods
00:21:16.07\00:21:17.41
and you serve them
00:21:17.44\00:21:18.77
and you worship them," He said.
00:21:18.81\00:21:20.18
All of a sudden,
00:21:20.21\00:21:21.68
here you are in
the groves worshipping
00:21:21.71\00:21:23.81
Ashtaroth and
Baal all these gods
00:21:23.85\00:21:27.18
that has nothing to do
with your freedom in Egypt
00:21:27.22\00:21:30.75
and you forget Me.
00:21:30.79\00:21:32.19
So vitally important
to remember the Lord.
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Can I get an amen? Amen!
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Now we're gonna
go back to the verses
00:21:36.52\00:21:37.86
we read just a moment ago.
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We're gonna go to
question number 14.
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Question number 14.
00:21:42.30\00:21:44.30
Here it is.
00:21:44.33\00:21:45.67
How did God...?
00:21:48.80\00:21:50.61
We're gonna go to
Deuteronomy 28 on this one.
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How did God honor Israel
00:21:52.84\00:21:55.41
when they were faithful to Him?
00:21:55.44\00:21:58.11
This is beautiful.
00:21:58.15\00:21:59.95
And this by the way
applies to every one of us.
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You all know today
00:22:03.69\00:22:05.02
that there are
certain principles
00:22:05.05\00:22:06.39
in the Bible today
00:22:06.42\00:22:07.82
about how to plant,
00:22:07.86\00:22:10.26
how to do gardening,
00:22:10.29\00:22:11.83
how to do agriculture
00:22:11.86\00:22:13.73
that the Lord established
among the Israelites.
00:22:13.76\00:22:16.03
And anybody from any nation,
if you follow those principles,
00:22:16.06\00:22:19.33
you'll have the
very same success.
00:22:19.37\00:22:21.20
How to allow the land to
rest once every seven years
00:22:21.24\00:22:24.41
for to replenish itself?
00:22:24.44\00:22:26.14
You'll have a lot of success.
00:22:26.17\00:22:27.71
But notice what?
00:22:27.74\00:22:29.21
The answer is, how
did God honor Israel
00:22:29.24\00:22:31.78
when they were faithful?
00:22:31.81\00:22:33.15
Deuteronomy 28, and here it is,
00:22:33.18\00:22:36.48
"The Lord will open,"
the Lord will do what?
00:22:36.52\00:22:40.02
"Open to you His good treasure,"
00:22:40.06\00:22:43.59
which is what?
00:22:43.63\00:22:44.96
"The heavens."
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Doesn't that sound
like Malachi Chapter 3?
00:22:46.36\00:22:47.70
Yes.
00:22:47.73\00:22:49.06
I will not open for
you the windows of heaven,
00:22:49.10\00:22:51.07
"To give the rain to your land
00:22:51.10\00:22:54.77
and its season, and to bless,
00:22:54.80\00:22:58.17
in its season," sorry,
00:22:58.21\00:22:59.54
"and to bless all
the work of your hand."
00:22:59.57\00:23:02.94
I love this,
00:23:02.98\00:23:04.71
"You shall lend to many nations,
00:23:04.75\00:23:06.68
but you shall not," what?"
00:23:06.72\00:23:08.58
"You shall not borrow."
You're gonna have money,
00:23:08.62\00:23:10.65
I'm not gonna, you don't
have to worry about finances,
00:23:10.69\00:23:12.55
I'll take care of you.
00:23:12.59\00:23:13.92
The Lord will make
sure that you have.
00:23:13.96\00:23:15.89
And by the way, let
me add this to this.
00:23:15.92\00:23:18.39
Some people are
blessed financially,
00:23:18.43\00:23:20.30
but how you handled your money
00:23:20.33\00:23:21.80
will determine whether or not
00:23:21.83\00:23:23.23
that money can serve you
for a long periods of time
00:23:23.26\00:23:25.67
because some people
have a lot of finances,
00:23:25.70\00:23:27.57
they're blessed financially,
00:23:27.60\00:23:28.94
but they don't lay
anything aside for those seasons
00:23:28.97\00:23:31.04
that we call the what day?
00:23:31.07\00:23:33.54
The rainy days.
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Lord is saying, "Be
mindful, be business minded."
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David the Psalmist says,
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"Don't be slothful in business."
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Be a person that's wise
00:23:41.65\00:23:42.98
and learn how to use
what God has given to you.
00:23:43.02\00:23:46.12
Put it here so that
when this pot is empty,
00:23:46.15\00:23:48.99
you ever heard the phrase,
00:23:49.02\00:23:50.69
the left and right
pocket, what do we call them?
00:23:50.73\00:23:52.73
They have two names.
00:23:52.76\00:23:54.60
We took from...
00:23:54.63\00:23:56.43
Okay, we rob Peter to pay Paul.
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We shouldn't have to do that.
00:24:00.04\00:24:01.67
I was reading
something earlier this week
00:24:01.70\00:24:03.61
from an old
motivational speaker.
00:24:03.64\00:24:06.01
He was a very
well-known in his day.
00:24:06.04\00:24:09.48
You young people
won't know who he is,
00:24:09.51\00:24:11.08
but a man by the
name of Zig Ziglar.
00:24:11.11\00:24:13.38
Anybody heard about Him?
00:24:13.42\00:24:14.75
Oh, you heard about Zig
Ziglar, man we've got a teenager
00:24:14.78\00:24:16.32
heard about Zig Ziglar.
00:24:16.35\00:24:18.22
And Zig Ziglar said,
00:24:18.25\00:24:19.89
"One of the
greatest challenges in life
00:24:19.92\00:24:21.82
is people steal
from themselves."
00:24:21.86\00:24:25.59
He addresses the chapter,
he says, "Stop being a thief."
00:24:25.63\00:24:28.90
And he addresses people
that steal from themselves.
00:24:28.93\00:24:31.97
He says, "When we don't follow
through on our commitments,
00:24:32.00\00:24:35.50
we steal our blessings.
00:24:35.54\00:24:37.64
When we don't follow
through, and he was a Christian,
00:24:37.67\00:24:39.44
he was a Baptist,
00:24:39.47\00:24:41.44
"When you don't follow through
00:24:41.48\00:24:42.81
on what you know is
right in God's Word,
00:24:42.84\00:24:44.18
you steal your blessings."
00:24:44.21\00:24:46.15
And he says, "Would you be upset
00:24:46.18\00:24:47.55
if somebody stole
something from you?"
00:24:47.58\00:24:48.98
Would you? Yeah.
00:24:49.02\00:24:50.35
He says, "Stop
stealing from yourself."
00:24:50.39\00:24:52.69
Your blessings,
00:24:52.72\00:24:54.56
all the things that
the Lord wants to do
00:24:54.59\00:24:55.92
in your life,
00:24:55.96\00:24:57.29
when we are not faithful,
00:24:57.33\00:24:58.66
we steal from ourselves.
00:24:58.69\00:25:00.13
Because the Lord
says, "I will open,"
00:25:00.16\00:25:03.73
open to you His good, what?
00:25:03.77\00:25:05.73
"Treasure, His good treasure."
00:25:05.77\00:25:07.54
And that's that window
that Malachi talks about,
00:25:07.57\00:25:10.14
"The Lord will pour into us."
00:25:10.17\00:25:11.61
And here's the principle,
00:25:11.64\00:25:13.17
He will not pour into you
00:25:13.21\00:25:14.81
if you waste what
He pours into you.
00:25:14.84\00:25:17.61
Do you think so?
00:25:17.65\00:25:19.11
Would you give
him a lot of money
00:25:19.15\00:25:20.48
if you know he
wastes it, Miss Frasier?
00:25:20.52\00:25:22.12
No.
00:25:22.15\00:25:23.49
But if you see him using wisely,
00:25:23.52\00:25:24.85
you say, "Okay, now
he'd be trusted with more.
00:25:24.89\00:25:27.32
Even Olive Garden is doing that.
00:25:27.36\00:25:28.76
I notice we
went to Olive Garden.
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We like Olive Garden.
00:25:30.63\00:25:31.96
My wife and I,
00:25:31.99\00:25:33.33
when we were coming
back from the airport,
00:25:33.36\00:25:34.70
we say, "Where we're gonna eat?
00:25:34.73\00:25:36.06
Well, we like to
get out of Missouri
00:25:36.10\00:25:37.43
and go into Illinois
00:25:37.47\00:25:38.80
and we say, "Let's
go to Olive Garden."
00:25:38.83\00:25:40.17
And there was a time
that they used to give you
00:25:40.20\00:25:41.77
more salad in
the very beginning.
00:25:41.80\00:25:45.14
They used to give you
like a full bowl of salad,
00:25:45.17\00:25:47.18
but now they
are doing something,
00:25:47.21\00:25:49.48
they give you a little bit.
00:25:49.51\00:25:50.85
Yeah.
00:25:50.88\00:25:52.21
You notice that?
00:25:52.25\00:25:53.58
And if you eat it,
00:25:53.62\00:25:54.95
they fill it up the second time.
00:25:54.98\00:25:56.32
They give you
only three breadsticks,
00:25:56.35\00:25:57.69
I like breadsticks.
00:25:57.72\00:25:59.79
But they only give you three
00:25:59.82\00:26:01.16
and sometimes they are
not the best breadsticks.
00:26:01.19\00:26:03.39
But if you get past
00:26:03.43\00:26:04.76
those first three
meager breadsticks
00:26:04.79\00:26:06.13
and that little bit of salad,
00:26:06.16\00:26:07.56
they'll say, "Do you
wanna eat more breadsticks?"
00:26:07.60\00:26:09.13
And then the second time
they give you the hot ones.
00:26:09.16\00:26:12.43
So they wanna
give you the better one
00:26:12.47\00:26:14.34
the second time around
if you endure the first set.
00:26:14.37\00:26:17.74
So I thought,
00:26:17.77\00:26:19.11
"Why are they giving us
such little bit of salad."
00:26:19.14\00:26:20.48
You know why?
00:26:20.51\00:26:21.84
Because many people
get salad and don't eat it.
00:26:21.88\00:26:24.05
And economically, do
you think that's an impact?
00:26:24.08\00:26:26.25
Think about your restaurant.
00:26:26.28\00:26:27.62
You got 300
people came in here today
00:26:27.65\00:26:29.48
and 300 of them wasted two
ounces of salad, add it up.
00:26:29.52\00:26:33.96
That's a lot of salad.
00:26:33.99\00:26:35.69
American Airlines years ago,
00:26:35.72\00:26:38.29
I forgot how many
millions they saved.
00:26:38.33\00:26:40.70
It was talked
about, it was on that,
00:26:40.73\00:26:42.43
you know and this is just
for people in first class,
00:26:42.46\00:26:45.07
they saved
millions by eliminating
00:26:45.10\00:26:47.44
one olive from their meals.
00:26:47.47\00:26:52.24
How many? One.
00:26:52.27\00:26:53.94
Now you think
about how many flights,
00:26:53.98\00:26:56.21
how many meals they serve,
00:26:56.24\00:26:58.28
they eliminated just one olive
00:26:58.31\00:27:01.02
and they saved millions.
00:27:01.05\00:27:03.08
Because that one olive,
00:27:03.12\00:27:04.45
all those
passengers, all those flights,
00:27:04.49\00:27:05.82
thousands of flights a
day, thousands of meals,
00:27:05.85\00:27:09.29
starts adding up really quickly.
00:27:09.32\00:27:11.66
So what I am talking about here
00:27:11.69\00:27:13.26
Stewardship, and
company executives,
00:27:13.29\00:27:15.66
they always try to
find ways to cut off the...
00:27:15.70\00:27:18.57
increase the bottom line,
00:27:18.60\00:27:20.17
and cut off the expenses.
00:27:20.20\00:27:22.10
How can we trim the fat?
00:27:22.14\00:27:23.64
How can we be more efficient?
00:27:23.67\00:27:25.37
Stewardship
00:27:25.41\00:27:26.74
is how can
Christians be more efficient?
00:27:26.78\00:27:29.88
And one of the greatest problems
00:27:29.91\00:27:31.68
in the church today
00:27:31.71\00:27:33.35
is we have the greatest product
00:27:33.38\00:27:38.15
we have the greatest product
00:27:38.19\00:27:42.12
and we treasure it so lightly.
00:27:42.16\00:27:46.53
Let me give you an example,
00:27:46.56\00:27:48.50
and I am teaching,
I am not preaching.
00:27:48.53\00:27:50.70
If you have...
00:27:50.73\00:27:52.07
If somebody says, you know what?
00:27:52.10\00:27:53.64
I have something
that I'd like to give you,
00:27:53.67\00:27:56.40
it's a retirement plan
00:27:56.44\00:27:58.37
and the benefits
are out of this world.
00:27:58.41\00:28:02.11
Did you get that?
00:28:02.14\00:28:05.31
And it's already paid for
00:28:05.35\00:28:08.68
and the second
benefit is you never die.
00:28:08.72\00:28:13.05
All your needs will be met,
00:28:13.09\00:28:15.59
you will never get sick,
00:28:15.62\00:28:18.56
but all you have to do
is sign the dotted line.
00:28:18.59\00:28:21.46
Where do I sign?
00:28:21.50\00:28:22.83
But you know what
people ask instead.
00:28:25.53\00:28:27.47
Oh, if they only going to...
00:28:27.50\00:28:29.27
They ask the...
00:28:29.30\00:28:30.91
I don't wanna use the word dumb.
00:28:30.94\00:28:32.27
Okay, I'll use the word dumb.
00:28:32.31\00:28:33.84
They ask the dumbest question,
00:28:33.88\00:28:36.14
"What do I have to give up?
00:28:36.18\00:28:38.35
It's like a little boy,
00:28:38.38\00:28:39.71
I saw a picture of a little boy,
00:28:39.75\00:28:41.82
sorry, it's little girl,
00:28:41.85\00:28:43.18
and...
00:28:43.22\00:28:44.55
the mother came
to the little kid
00:28:47.29\00:28:49.89
and was offering them a...
00:28:49.92\00:28:52.59
They said, "If you,
could I have your teddy bear?
00:28:52.63\00:28:55.63
That little teddy bear."
00:28:55.66\00:28:58.33
No, no.
00:28:58.37\00:29:01.17
If you give me your teddy bear,
I'll give you something better.
00:29:01.20\00:29:03.51
Well, that kid
loved that teddy bear.
00:29:03.54\00:29:05.77
They didn't wanna let it go.
00:29:05.81\00:29:09.24
Do you trust your mom?
00:29:09.28\00:29:10.61
Yes, mommy, but
I'm not giving you
00:29:10.65\00:29:11.98
my teddy bear.
00:29:12.01\00:29:13.72
And that kid had it all.
00:29:13.75\00:29:15.08
So finally after coaxing
and talking and convincing
00:29:15.12\00:29:19.69
and going through history,
00:29:19.72\00:29:21.92
finally says, "Okay,
here's the teddy bear."
00:29:21.96\00:29:25.03
And the mom said,
"Okay, now here's a teddy,
00:29:25.06\00:29:27.00
and gave her a huge teddy bear."
00:29:27.03\00:29:29.66
And she, her eye's like
00:29:29.70\00:29:33.54
and you know
what kids often say?
00:29:33.57\00:29:35.37
You know what they think,
00:29:35.40\00:29:36.74
If I knew that's what
you were gonna give me,
00:29:36.77\00:29:38.11
I'd have given you
this a long time ago.
00:29:38.14\00:29:39.51
Yeah.
00:29:39.54\00:29:41.78
We forget that
God wants to give us,
00:29:41.81\00:29:44.31
He wants to give
us reign on the land,
00:29:44.35\00:29:46.45
bless all the
works of our hands.
00:29:46.48\00:29:49.45
You won't lend,
you'll give money out,
00:29:49.48\00:29:51.99
you want to borrow any.
00:29:52.02\00:29:53.62
I'll make sure your
crops are taken care of,
00:29:53.66\00:29:55.52
I'll make sure
your clothes don't rot,
00:29:55.56\00:29:56.93
your feet wont swell,
00:29:56.96\00:29:58.29
you'll never have to
worry about your knees
00:29:58.33\00:30:00.60
and we say,
00:30:00.63\00:30:01.96
"But what do I have to give up?"
00:30:02.00\00:30:03.50
Your teddy bear.
00:30:03.53\00:30:05.47
And we have to settle
teddy bear called selfishness.
00:30:05.50\00:30:08.87
That robs us as Zig Ziglar said,
00:30:08.90\00:30:12.57
"Robs us of the blessings
that are just ahead of us."
00:30:12.61\00:30:16.34
Sad, but it's true, it's true.
00:30:16.38\00:30:18.21
So look at this.
00:30:18.25\00:30:19.58
How did God honor
Israel when they were faithful?
00:30:19.61\00:30:21.98
Man, He poured into the allies.
00:30:22.02\00:30:23.42
Write anything you like,
00:30:23.45\00:30:25.12
but the answer is
according to the way
00:30:25.15\00:30:26.92
you can best describe it.
00:30:26.96\00:30:28.62
Let's go to number 15.
00:30:28.66\00:30:30.23
The Lord wants to
bless us and as I go further,
00:30:30.26\00:30:34.63
you'll see that God
00:30:34.66\00:30:36.40
and I'll reiterate this later on
00:30:36.43\00:30:37.90
in the scripture on the screen,
00:30:37.93\00:30:39.37
but He is able to do
exceedingly, abundantly
00:30:39.40\00:30:44.81
above all that
you can ask or think
00:30:44.84\00:30:47.24
according to the
power that is at work in us.
00:30:47.28\00:30:50.55
But if there is no
power working in you,
00:30:50.58\00:30:52.65
then that will never
be a reality in your life.
00:30:52.68\00:30:55.08
Okay number 15, here it is.
00:30:55.12\00:30:56.99
In recognition of
God's total Ownership,
00:30:57.02\00:31:00.99
how should we approach Him?
00:31:01.02\00:31:03.22
How should we approach Him?
00:31:03.26\00:31:07.33
Psalm 116:12, here's the answer.
00:31:07.36\00:31:12.93
How should we approach Him?
00:31:12.97\00:31:16.07
And that question is
not a loaded question,
00:31:16.10\00:31:18.57
it's a fact.
00:31:18.61\00:31:19.94
How much do we
own? How much do we own?
00:31:19.97\00:31:24.21
Nothing. Nothing.
00:31:24.25\00:31:26.78
Last week we
discovered in our last study,
00:31:26.82\00:31:28.88
we discovered,
00:31:28.92\00:31:30.25
we brought
nothing into the world
00:31:30.29\00:31:32.85
and it's for certain
we take how much out?
00:31:32.89\00:31:34.62
Nothing.
00:31:34.66\00:31:36.32
We can't take anything with us.
00:31:36.36\00:31:38.43
So in honor of Gods,
00:31:38.46\00:31:40.30
in recognition of
God's total ownership,
00:31:40.33\00:31:42.13
look at Psalm 116:12.
00:31:42.16\00:31:44.67
Okay, here's the question
that David asked, look at it.
00:31:44.70\00:31:47.57
"What shall I
render to the Lord for,"
00:31:47.60\00:31:50.84
what?
00:31:50.87\00:31:52.21
"All His benefits toward me?"
00:31:52.24\00:31:55.44
One of the questions people ask
when they get a job, they ask,
00:31:55.48\00:31:58.38
"What are the benefits?"
00:31:58.41\00:32:02.05
Oh, you have
medical, you have dental,
00:32:02.08\00:32:04.09
you have six weeks
vacation in the first year?
00:32:04.12\00:32:06.86
Not in America,
that's in Australia.
00:32:06.89\00:32:10.59
In America, they
work you like a horse.
00:32:10.63\00:32:13.50
Please, Congress, do something.
00:32:13.53\00:32:15.63
You go to Australia,
00:32:15.66\00:32:17.13
they get six weeks
vacation the first year.
00:32:17.17\00:32:20.54
They don't take vacation days,
00:32:20.57\00:32:22.24
they take a sabbatical.
00:32:22.27\00:32:24.44
They travel around the world,
00:32:24.47\00:32:25.87
six weeks vacation.
00:32:25.91\00:32:28.21
But here's the key,
00:32:28.24\00:32:29.58
so when you have
a company like that,
00:32:29.61\00:32:30.95
would you wanna work?
00:32:30.98\00:32:32.31
Would you wanna work for them?
00:32:32.35\00:32:34.08
What shall I render
to the Lord for how much?
00:32:34.12\00:32:36.95
All His benefits towards me.
00:32:36.99\00:32:39.59
I play basketball
00:32:39.62\00:32:41.72
and I played
basketball last night.
00:32:41.76\00:32:44.39
My wife told me to
stop telling my age.
00:32:44.43\00:32:46.03
Okay, I won't tell you my age,
00:32:46.06\00:32:47.83
but I am one year past 59
00:32:47.86\00:32:50.90
Okay, okay.
00:32:50.93\00:32:53.77
And you know what?
00:32:53.80\00:32:55.20
I don't take medications
00:32:55.24\00:32:56.64
for rickets, crickets,
hydrophobia, claustrophobia,
00:32:56.67\00:33:00.74
my knees work very well
00:33:00.78\00:33:02.68
and the guys in
the gym still fear me.
00:33:02.71\00:33:07.55
Not honor me but they say,
00:33:07.58\00:33:10.25
"You better check Him up
00:33:10.29\00:33:12.02
'cause his shot is
deadly, he doesn't miss."
00:33:12.05\00:33:15.82
And I can't help but
when I leave the gym,
00:33:15.86\00:33:17.83
I say, "Guys,
that's 60 years old."
00:33:17.86\00:33:22.43
If you treat what
God has given you right,
00:33:22.46\00:33:24.77
it will treat you well.
00:33:24.80\00:33:26.20
Remember that, young man,
00:33:26.23\00:33:27.74
if you take care of yourself,
00:33:27.77\00:33:29.30
the Lord will show you
that your days will be long,
00:33:29.34\00:33:32.37
but you got to be a
steward of what God gives you.
00:33:32.41\00:33:34.64
Some people...
00:33:34.68\00:33:36.01
Would you treat your car?
00:33:36.04\00:33:38.05
Wow,
00:33:38.08\00:33:41.35
forget about the car.
00:33:41.38\00:33:43.12
If you had a
million dollar horse,
00:33:43.15\00:33:45.89
Angie knows where I am going,
00:33:45.92\00:33:48.49
and you expected him
to win the race tomorrow
00:33:48.52\00:33:50.63
at The Kentucky Derby.
00:33:50.66\00:33:53.06
I know, for you it's
Indiana, but Kentucky Derby.
00:33:53.09\00:33:55.93
We don't gamble by the
way just to make that clear.
00:33:55.96\00:33:58.93
And would you keep
him up late at night,
00:33:58.97\00:34:02.40
give him coca-cola,
give him a cigarette,
00:34:02.44\00:34:05.17
a box of donuts
00:34:05.21\00:34:07.18
and have him
watch TV for six hours.
00:34:07.21\00:34:10.05
Would you do that?
00:34:10.08\00:34:12.08
Why do we do that to ourselves?
00:34:12.11\00:34:15.78
We treat our bodies worse
00:34:15.82\00:34:17.15
than we will on
million dollar horse,
00:34:17.19\00:34:19.32
and there is not a second person
00:34:19.35\00:34:20.89
on earth like us.
00:34:20.92\00:34:22.52
We can't trade it in
to the Pontiac dealer
00:34:22.56\00:34:25.49
and get another us.
00:34:25.53\00:34:27.40
We gotta take care of ourselves.
00:34:27.43\00:34:29.06
So what shall I
render to the Lord
00:34:29.10\00:34:30.60
for all His benefits toward me?
00:34:30.63\00:34:32.23
Did you write that down?
00:34:32.27\00:34:33.80
Now, look at another one.
00:34:33.84\00:34:35.37
In other words, Lord,
I'll be willing to do anything,
00:34:35.40\00:34:38.17
tell me what?
00:34:38.21\00:34:39.74
What shall I render to
you for all Your benefits?
00:34:39.77\00:34:43.28
If somebody saves you
00:34:43.31\00:34:44.68
and blesses you
and provides for you,
00:34:44.71\00:34:47.28
you shouldn't have
any hesitation about.
00:34:47.32\00:34:49.35
That's why I've said, this topic
00:34:49.38\00:34:50.72
we're gonna get
into a moment here,
00:34:50.75\00:34:52.15
you shouldn't have any issue
00:34:52.19\00:34:54.16
about spending time
00:34:54.19\00:34:57.66
or working for Him
00:34:57.69\00:35:01.23
or laboring in His vineyard,
00:35:01.26\00:35:03.77
when you realize His benefits.
00:35:03.80\00:35:05.40
Let's look at number 16.
00:35:05.43\00:35:06.90
How does David the psalmist
describe our obligation to God?
00:35:06.94\00:35:13.84
How does he describe
our obligation to God?
00:35:13.88\00:35:16.95
Psalm 92:12,
00:35:16.98\00:35:19.85
sorry verse 2, Psalm 92,
00:35:19.88\00:35:22.25
Psalm 29,
00:35:22.28\00:35:23.95
I just all of a
sudden got dyslexic.
00:35:23.99\00:35:26.82
Psalm 29:2, and
I am not dyslexic
00:35:26.86\00:35:30.33
just to make the record clear
00:35:30.36\00:35:32.26
'cause somebody
will send me a letter,
00:35:32.29\00:35:33.63
here's what
medication you need to take.
00:35:33.66\00:35:35.86
No, I am okay.
00:35:35.90\00:35:37.73
Okay, look at Psalm 29:2,
here's what the Bible says.
00:35:37.77\00:35:42.54
Could we read this
together from the screen?
00:35:42.57\00:35:44.04
Let's put some
strength behind that.
00:35:44.07\00:35:45.77
Together, "Give
unto the Lord the glory
00:35:45.81\00:35:49.74
due His name,
00:35:49.78\00:35:51.41
Worship the Lord in
the beauty of holiness."
00:35:51.45\00:35:56.89
Is He worth it? Yes.
00:35:56.92\00:35:59.09
Wow,
00:35:59.12\00:36:01.39
give unto the Lord the glory,
00:36:01.42\00:36:04.56
the next word, due.
00:36:04.59\00:36:06.33
You know what happens
when you build this past due.
00:36:06.36\00:36:09.40
Now just picture
this, picture this,
00:36:09.43\00:36:11.93
are you ready?
00:36:11.97\00:36:13.50
What would happen
00:36:13.54\00:36:14.87
if you got a
letter from the Lord says,
00:36:14.90\00:36:17.04
"My glory is due and
it's, you've overlooked it."
00:36:17.07\00:36:19.81
What would you do?
00:36:23.24\00:36:25.15
My glory is past due,
00:36:25.18\00:36:27.52
you haven't given me glory
for anything for six months.
00:36:27.55\00:36:32.65
I am sending,
this is a final notice
00:36:32.69\00:36:37.26
and after this, I am
cutting off your lights,
00:36:37.29\00:36:40.43
I am cutting off your water,
00:36:40.46\00:36:43.06
your car is not gonna work.
00:36:43.10\00:36:45.47
My wife and I,
when we were dating,
00:36:45.50\00:36:47.07
she had an old Toyota,
00:36:47.10\00:36:49.74
what would we call it?
00:36:49.77\00:36:51.11
Struggle buggy.
A struggle buggy.
00:36:51.14\00:36:52.97
It only had a forward, it
didn't have a reverse gear.
00:36:53.01\00:36:56.24
Don't laugh,
00:36:56.28\00:36:58.18
it only went forward,
00:36:58.21\00:36:59.55
but then again the
Bible says go forward.
00:36:59.58\00:37:03.49
It was a small Toyota Corona,
00:37:03.52\00:37:05.69
that's when Toyotas were little,
00:37:05.72\00:37:07.52
well, you know,
they were little.
00:37:07.56\00:37:09.16
You got in it,
you close the door
00:37:09.19\00:37:10.79
and that was most of it.
00:37:10.83\00:37:14.53
Whenever we use that
car for prison ministry,
00:37:14.56\00:37:17.40
it worked all the time.
00:37:17.43\00:37:19.50
One Sunday we decided,
just before we got married,
00:37:19.53\00:37:22.50
we were living in New York,
00:37:22.54\00:37:24.14
we decided, this Sunday
we're gonna go to I think...
00:37:24.17\00:37:27.38
Great America.
00:37:27.41\00:37:28.74
Great America in New Jersey,
00:37:28.78\00:37:31.95
amusement park.
00:37:31.98\00:37:33.58
We got all the way there,
00:37:33.62\00:37:36.69
on the way back,
00:37:36.72\00:37:38.05
on the George
Washington Bridge, Larry,
00:37:38.09\00:37:40.36
when we got to the toll-booth,
00:37:40.39\00:37:41.72
we paid the toll and we
pressed the gas pedal...
00:37:41.76\00:37:46.80
And we heard...
00:37:46.83\00:37:48.16
The transmission fell
apart right at the tollbooth
00:37:51.77\00:37:57.54
and the toll person
is looking at me like,
00:37:57.57\00:38:00.14
"Are you gonna go?"
00:38:00.18\00:38:02.44
The car couldn't
move. "Are you gonna leave?"
00:38:02.48\00:38:06.01
So I went...
00:38:06.05\00:38:07.98
Just to get some kind of,
00:38:08.02\00:38:10.25
so you could hear
the gears crunching
00:38:10.29\00:38:11.85
and it just
started moving slowly
00:38:11.89\00:38:14.99
and thank God at that time,
00:38:15.02\00:38:17.03
the toll booth,
the bridge went up
00:38:17.06\00:38:18.99
and, the toll
booth was at the apex
00:38:19.03\00:38:21.63
the fulcrum point of the bridge,
00:38:21.66\00:38:23.00
so it's downhill from here,
00:38:23.03\00:38:24.97
Sister Frasier.
00:38:25.00\00:38:27.74
Cars were flying by us,
00:38:27.77\00:38:29.87
we were coasting about
15 to 20 miles downhill
00:38:29.90\00:38:33.61
praying that no one
will stop in front of us.
00:38:33.64\00:38:36.48
We coasted all the
way off the bridge,
00:38:36.51\00:38:38.21
all the way down, all the way
00:38:38.25\00:38:39.58
till we got to the side
street and called somebody,
00:38:39.61\00:38:41.98
"We're broken down
on the West Side Highway
00:38:42.02\00:38:44.05
in Manhattan."
00:38:44.09\00:38:45.65
And, you know, we traced it too.
00:38:45.69\00:38:47.59
We said, you know what?
00:38:47.62\00:38:48.96
We had dedicated
this car to ministry,
00:38:48.99\00:38:50.89
we decided to
use it for pleasure
00:38:50.93\00:38:53.29
and it stopped working.
00:38:53.33\00:38:54.66
When you dedicate
00:38:57.57\00:38:58.90
what God has given to you
00:38:58.93\00:39:01.67
for the glory due His name,
00:39:01.70\00:39:05.04
He will bless you.
00:39:05.07\00:39:06.47
Can I get an amen? Amen.
00:39:06.51\00:39:08.31
You got to make sure that
what God blesses you with,
00:39:08.34\00:39:10.31
you use it to bless others.
00:39:10.35\00:39:11.78
That car always worked, always,
00:39:11.81\00:39:15.22
every prison,
every jail we went to,
00:39:15.25\00:39:17.95
it always worked.
00:39:17.99\00:39:19.32
The moment we
used it for pleasure,
00:39:19.35\00:39:20.69
it broke down.
00:39:20.72\00:39:22.52
But praise the Lord.
00:39:22.56\00:39:25.16
That was our Christian car,
we went forward all the time.
00:39:25.19\00:39:27.93
Let's go to the next one.
00:39:27.96\00:39:29.63
So what is the
answer to number 16?
00:39:29.66\00:39:32.77
I mean to number 16 here,
00:39:32.80\00:39:34.54
how does David
describe our obligation?
00:39:34.57\00:39:37.07
What's the word?
00:39:37.11\00:39:38.77
Due His name.
00:39:38.81\00:39:40.98
Due, it's due.
00:39:41.01\00:39:42.81
He deserves it, He deserves it.
00:39:42.84\00:39:46.21
Now number 17, question 17.
00:39:46.25\00:39:49.42
Okay, very important.
00:39:49.45\00:39:52.72
In what way does
the Bible emphasize
00:39:52.75\00:39:55.32
the Stewardship of time?
00:39:55.36\00:40:00.00
Psalm 90:10, we
already in Psalm,
00:40:00.03\00:40:03.43
let's go to Psalm 90.
00:40:03.47\00:40:05.23
We're gonna spend
a little time there,
00:40:05.27\00:40:08.50
Psalm 90:10.
00:40:08.54\00:40:13.64
Look at it, Psalm 90:10.
00:40:13.68\00:40:18.81
Wow, what a humble passage.
00:40:18.85\00:40:21.12
What a humbling passage.
00:40:21.15\00:40:23.79
Man.
00:40:23.82\00:40:26.92
Okay, here it is.
00:40:26.96\00:40:28.29
Here it is, the day years ago,
00:40:31.83\00:40:35.50
"The days of our lives..."
00:40:35.53\00:40:36.97
That used to be
soap opera years ago.
00:40:37.00\00:40:40.64
"The days of our
lives are," how many years?
00:40:40.67\00:40:43.67
"Seventy years
00:40:43.71\00:40:46.04
and if by reason of strength,"
00:40:46.07\00:40:47.84
that word there means health,
00:40:47.88\00:40:50.15
"they are," what?"
00:40:50.18\00:40:51.51
Eighty years, yet
their boast is only," what?
00:40:51.55\00:40:55.55
"Labor and sorrow,
00:40:55.58\00:40:57.95
for it is soon cut off,"
00:40:57.99\00:40:59.59
and what happens?
00:40:59.62\00:41:00.96
We fly away.
00:41:00.99\00:41:02.36
"Fly away."
00:41:02.39\00:41:03.73
That's it.
00:41:03.76\00:41:05.76
What happened to them?
00:41:05.79\00:41:07.86
What have happened to them?
00:41:07.90\00:41:09.63
They are gone.
00:41:09.66\00:41:11.53
Don't know.
00:41:11.57\00:41:12.90
So when you hit 70, that's a...
00:41:15.94\00:41:18.77
Everybody should have
huge birthday party at 70.
00:41:18.81\00:41:22.18
When you hit 80,
00:41:22.21\00:41:23.55
you should have a banquet at 80.
00:41:23.58\00:41:27.45
If you go past that,
00:41:27.48\00:41:29.18
it's like you
check your time bank
00:41:29.22\00:41:34.36
and you don't say Lord,
00:41:34.39\00:41:36.02
next year you say,
00:41:36.06\00:41:37.39
"Father, just
give me one more day,
00:41:37.43\00:41:38.93
one more day, one more day."
00:41:38.96\00:41:41.00
Because you don't
realize how fragile life is,
00:41:41.03\00:41:43.40
and when I think about this,
00:41:43.43\00:41:45.67
70 years is not a long
time when you measure eternity.
00:41:45.70\00:41:49.07
Can I use an example here?
00:41:49.10\00:41:50.54
I expect to see that behind me.
00:41:50.57\00:41:52.17
Okay, behind me on the wall,
you could see it on television.
00:41:52.21\00:41:55.51
Now there's a
little green dot behind me,
00:41:55.54\00:41:57.38
I have done this intentionally
so on television you can see.
00:41:57.41\00:41:59.18
See a little green dot?
00:41:59.21\00:42:01.02
That little
green dot is very tiny
00:42:01.05\00:42:03.08
compared to the
size of this room.
00:42:03.12\00:42:05.05
That little
green dot is our life.
00:42:05.09\00:42:08.69
This room is eternity.
00:42:08.72\00:42:11.86
That little green dot
is all we have in our life.
00:42:11.89\00:42:16.00
This room is eternity.
00:42:16.03\00:42:19.77
I didn't mean to
misrepresent eternity,
00:42:19.80\00:42:22.47
the rest of this
planet is eternity.
00:42:22.50\00:42:26.01
Come back in, zoom
that again right on me,
00:42:26.04\00:42:28.38
tight shot, there you go.
00:42:28.41\00:42:29.78
Just bring it in.
00:42:29.81\00:42:31.15
I want them to see
that green dot behind me.
00:42:31.18\00:42:32.91
That little green dot
behind me represents our lives.
00:42:32.95\00:42:36.79
Every other space on this planet
00:42:36.82\00:42:38.45
where this green
dot is not touching
00:42:38.49\00:42:40.46
represents eternity.
00:42:40.49\00:42:42.99
That's what we have.
00:42:43.02\00:42:45.13
If you cover the
rest of this planet
00:42:45.16\00:42:46.56
with a green dot,
00:42:46.59\00:42:48.03
and the rest of
the other planets
00:42:48.06\00:42:49.40
with a green dot,
00:42:49.43\00:42:50.77
and rest of those other
worlds with the green dot,
00:42:50.80\00:42:52.23
that's eternity.
00:42:52.27\00:42:53.60
Some people fight and waste that
00:42:53.64\00:42:55.70
when God is saying,"
00:42:55.74\00:42:57.07
I wanna give you green
dots that cover everything
00:42:57.11\00:42:58.87
I've ever touched, eternity."
00:42:58.91\00:43:00.81
How many green dots
are there in eternity?
00:43:00.84\00:43:04.45
We don't have
enough laser pointers
00:43:04.48\00:43:05.81
to cover eternity,
00:43:05.85\00:43:08.18
but people waste that
00:43:08.22\00:43:09.78
and they don't use that
to prepare for eternity.
00:43:09.82\00:43:13.19
I didn't have that
written down on paper,
00:43:13.22\00:43:14.56
it just came to me.
00:43:14.59\00:43:15.92
It's good. Wow!
00:43:15.96\00:43:17.86
That's humbling,
the days of our lives.
00:43:17.89\00:43:22.53
In what way does
the Bible emphasize
00:43:22.56\00:43:24.27
the Stewardship of time?
00:43:24.30\00:43:25.93
Let's summarize it, we
don't have a lot of time,
00:43:25.97\00:43:29.14
and we are given that
time to prepare for eternity.
00:43:29.17\00:43:34.98
Thank the Lord.
00:43:35.01\00:43:36.85
When we go to bed at night,
00:43:36.88\00:43:38.65
my dear pastor Elder C.D Brooks
who is resting in the Lord now.
00:43:38.68\00:43:42.42
He would always
say, "When the day ends,
00:43:42.45\00:43:45.35
I confess my sins,
00:43:45.39\00:43:48.22
I make sure that
before I close my eyes,
00:43:48.26\00:43:51.09
I settle my count with God
00:43:51.13\00:43:54.03
just in case I don't wake up.
00:43:54.06\00:43:56.80
My sins are confessed,
00:43:56.83\00:43:58.40
I thank the Lord,
Father, cover me."
00:43:58.43\00:44:00.27
And we do the same thing,
00:44:00.30\00:44:01.64
Lord, if we've said
or done anything today,
00:44:01.67\00:44:04.37
please forgive us,
cover us with, say it again.
00:44:04.41\00:44:07.98
That's not
pleasing in Your sight.
00:44:08.01\00:44:09.61
Whatever we've done
that's not acceptable to You,
00:44:09.64\00:44:11.68
that's not
pleasing to You, Lord,
00:44:11.71\00:44:13.05
please forgive us of it,
00:44:13.08\00:44:14.42
cover us with
Your righteousness.
00:44:14.45\00:44:16.05
If we don't wake
up in the morning,
00:44:16.08\00:44:18.29
please help us to
wake up when You return.
00:44:18.32\00:44:21.99
'Cause you never know,
00:44:22.02\00:44:23.36
people have fallen
asleep all day long,
00:44:23.39\00:44:25.46
being buried all day long,
00:44:25.49\00:44:27.50
and the saddest reality of
all is to close your record
00:44:27.53\00:44:30.97
and have made no provision
00:44:31.00\00:44:33.44
for eternal life.
00:44:33.47\00:44:35.04
Let's go to the
next one, number 18.
00:44:35.07\00:44:38.34
Number 18, wow!
00:44:38.37\00:44:42.54
Now, we're gonna
get into time now.
00:44:42.58\00:44:44.58
Number 18.
00:44:44.61\00:44:47.18
What should we not forget to do
00:44:47.22\00:44:50.59
in the time that
the Lord gives us?
00:44:50.62\00:44:53.89
What should we not forget to do
00:44:53.92\00:44:56.09
in the time that
the Lord gives us?
00:44:56.12\00:44:59.29
Psalm 34:1.
00:44:59.33\00:45:03.43
Psalm 34:1...
00:45:03.47\00:45:04.83
as we read this,
00:45:09.27\00:45:10.61
there is a phrase that's
called delayed gratification.
00:45:10.64\00:45:15.24
The Christians should learn
about delayed gratification
00:45:15.28\00:45:18.15
because the world is enjoying,
00:45:18.18\00:45:19.51
the people of the
world are enjoying it now,
00:45:19.55\00:45:21.58
they call, does not
delay, they want it now,
00:45:21.62\00:45:24.29
you know, everything is fast,
they want it now, fast, fast,
00:45:24.32\00:45:27.06
they want everything,
they want joy now, peace.
00:45:27.09\00:45:29.19
They want joy,
they want pleasure,
00:45:29.22\00:45:30.56
they want
worldliness, they want alcohols,
00:45:30.59\00:45:32.43
smoke in the
back or the gambling,
00:45:32.46\00:45:35.13
they want everything now.
00:45:35.16\00:45:37.77
And delayed gratification says,
00:45:37.80\00:45:41.14
"I'm waiting for my blessing,
00:45:41.17\00:45:43.57
I'm waiting for
mine, it's coming,
00:45:43.61\00:45:45.71
and I'm making
all the preparations."
00:45:45.74\00:45:48.01
That's why the Bible,
00:45:48.04\00:45:49.38
that's why
Matthew the apostle said,
00:45:49.41\00:45:50.75
I mean the disciple says,
00:45:50.78\00:45:52.41
"Which of you
decided to build the house
00:45:52.45\00:45:55.65
and not count the cost
00:45:55.68\00:45:57.02
and you were not
able to finish it?"
00:45:57.05\00:45:58.45
And so many people,
00:45:58.49\00:45:59.82
they don't
understand the Stewardship
00:45:59.85\00:46:01.19
of understanding the
great cost of Christianity.
00:46:01.22\00:46:03.99
It's really not a
cost, it's a benefit.
00:46:04.03\00:46:05.99
You have to prepare
for this long team benefit
00:46:06.03\00:46:08.03
which is
eternity but look at this.
00:46:08.06\00:46:11.00
Let's answer the
question to number 18.
00:46:11.03\00:46:13.44
What should we not forget to do
00:46:13.47\00:46:14.80
in the time that the
Lord has given to us?
00:46:14.84\00:46:16.71
Look at the
answer, look at the answer,
00:46:16.74\00:46:18.81
"I will bless the
Lord," how frequently?
00:46:18.84\00:46:22.38
"At all times,
00:46:22.41\00:46:23.95
His praise shall
continually," be where?
00:46:23.98\00:46:27.62
"In my mouth."
00:46:27.65\00:46:28.98
Now that's a test,
does anybody know that?
00:46:29.02\00:46:31.29
That's a test.
00:46:35.19\00:46:36.86
Because when difficulty comes,
00:46:36.89\00:46:40.20
hardship comes...
00:46:40.23\00:46:41.60
no, we kind of,
00:46:45.83\00:46:48.60
in those tight moments
00:46:48.64\00:46:50.74
we clam up about
when it comes to praise.
00:46:50.77\00:46:53.98
But the reason
why the Lord said,
00:46:54.01\00:46:55.34
do this all the times
00:46:55.38\00:46:56.71
because praise
00:46:56.75\00:46:58.08
is the precursor to deliverance.
00:46:58.11\00:47:02.58
Okay, praise Him in the storm.
00:47:02.62\00:47:04.95
I think the
group casting comes up,
00:47:04.99\00:47:07.19
praise you in the storm.
00:47:07.22\00:47:09.19
When you praise
Him in the difficulty,
00:47:09.22\00:47:11.06
the difficulty
doesn't seem as difficult.
00:47:11.09\00:47:13.53
It's difficult,
00:47:13.56\00:47:15.43
fiery trial which is to try you.
00:47:15.46\00:47:17.27
We get fiery trials,
00:47:17.30\00:47:18.63
do we not get
fiery trials, everybody?
00:47:18.67\00:47:20.90
But when you praise Him in it,
00:47:20.94\00:47:22.47
like Paul and Silas,
00:47:22.50\00:47:24.14
they sang in prison at midnight.
00:47:24.17\00:47:27.24
Who is that?
00:47:27.28\00:47:29.54
Blessed assurance,
00:47:29.58\00:47:32.31
prisoners sing
blessed assurance at midnight?
00:47:32.35\00:47:34.85
Are they okay?
00:47:34.88\00:47:36.22
Do they not know
they are in prison?
00:47:36.25\00:47:38.12
Praise Him,
praise Him at all times.
00:47:38.15\00:47:40.72
The Hebrews,
00:47:40.76\00:47:42.16
guys, it's gonna be hot today,
00:47:42.19\00:47:44.63
but the Lord will be with us.
00:47:44.66\00:47:46.39
Daniel in the lions' den.
00:47:46.43\00:47:48.76
Boy, it's really
warm on this lion's coat.
00:47:48.80\00:47:52.73
If you praise God,
He will sustain you.
00:47:52.77\00:47:56.60
If you praise Him at all times,
00:47:56.64\00:47:58.27
He will sustain
you at all times.
00:47:58.31\00:48:00.51
One of my favorite
writers is Oswald Chambers.
00:48:00.54\00:48:02.84
Boy, I tell you,
00:48:02.88\00:48:05.38
his writings have
revolutionized the way I think
00:48:05.41\00:48:08.45
in a beautiful way.
00:48:08.48\00:48:09.82
Now let's look at
00:48:09.85\00:48:11.19
one of these
Stewardship aspects of time.
00:48:11.22\00:48:13.15
Number 19, look at number 19.
00:48:13.19\00:48:16.02
Learn what it means to
praise the Lord at all time,
00:48:16.06\00:48:18.39
bless Lord at all time.
00:48:18.43\00:48:20.86
Let me, as you go
into question number 19,
00:48:20.90\00:48:24.80
I wanna emphasize this.
00:48:24.83\00:48:26.20
Praising God and
blessing the Lord
00:48:26.23\00:48:28.00
is not
something that is natural.
00:48:28.04\00:48:30.21
It's not a natural thing.
00:48:30.24\00:48:33.51
Ellen White says,
00:48:33.54\00:48:34.88
"We must educate our
lips to praise the Lord,"
00:48:34.91\00:48:38.38
educate our lips.
00:48:38.41\00:48:40.98
You know, in
church we say amen, right?
00:48:41.02\00:48:44.35
But do we say praise the Lord?
00:48:44.39\00:48:45.72
Praise the
Lord, can we say that?
00:48:48.46\00:48:51.43
Praise the Lord.
00:48:51.46\00:48:53.46
And I just want you all to know
00:48:53.50\00:48:54.83
the board approve that phrase.
00:48:54.86\00:48:58.13
Right, Iris?
00:48:58.17\00:48:59.50
No, the board didn't approve it,
00:48:59.53\00:49:00.87
God approved it.
00:49:00.90\00:49:02.24
Praise the Lord,
00:49:02.27\00:49:03.94
bless the Lord.
00:49:03.97\00:49:05.31
His praise shall be
continually in my mouth
00:49:05.34\00:49:08.48
and sometimes we hear
people that do that and we say,
00:49:08.51\00:49:10.85
are they all right?
00:49:10.88\00:49:12.21
Every minute
they're praising Lord.
00:49:12.25\00:49:13.72
It's kind of
revolutionizing the way I think
00:49:13.75\00:49:15.48
about that individual.
00:49:15.52\00:49:17.15
Praise the Lord, look
at question number 19.
00:49:17.19\00:49:20.12
How has God
established a time temple for us
00:49:20.16\00:49:24.99
to recognize Him as Creator?
00:49:25.03\00:49:28.03
How has God
established a time temple for us
00:49:28.06\00:49:31.30
to recognize Him as Creator?
00:49:31.33\00:49:33.57
We're gonna go to Exodus 20:11,
00:49:33.60\00:49:39.31
we'll get to verse 11 eventually
00:49:39.34\00:49:40.68
but we will start at verse 8.
00:49:40.71\00:49:42.94
All right,
00:49:42.98\00:49:45.08
Exodus Chapter 20,
00:49:45.11\00:49:47.25
I'll start with verse
8 and when I get to 11
00:49:47.28\00:49:49.05
you bring the text up.
00:49:49.08\00:49:51.05
Exodus 20:8,
what's the first word?
00:49:51.09\00:49:53.02
Remember.
00:49:53.05\00:49:54.39
Remember,
"Remember the Sabbath day,
00:49:54.42\00:49:55.76
to keep it holy.
00:49:55.79\00:49:58.06
Six days you shall
labor and do all your work."
00:49:58.09\00:50:01.63
That's Stewardship of time,
00:50:01.66\00:50:03.37
that's
Stewardship of recognizing
00:50:03.40\00:50:05.07
who owns everything.
00:50:05.10\00:50:06.43
"But the seventh
day is the Sabbath
00:50:06.47\00:50:09.64
of the Lord your God."
00:50:09.67\00:50:12.31
If the Lord of
creation is your God,
00:50:12.34\00:50:14.34
then the Sabbath is
already been selected.
00:50:14.38\00:50:15.78
You can't pick a day,
00:50:15.81\00:50:17.21
because you don't
have that authority.
00:50:17.25\00:50:19.41
We can't pick a day
because we're not the creator
00:50:19.45\00:50:21.58
and then He says
what we shall do."
00:50:21.62\00:50:23.02
In it you shall do no work."
00:50:23.05\00:50:26.49
So if somebody says
you're keeping the Sabbath
00:50:26.52\00:50:28.39
and you're working
your way to salvation,
00:50:28.42\00:50:30.23
let me add a bulletin here.
00:50:30.26\00:50:31.59
When you read
the Ten Commandments,
00:50:31.63\00:50:33.36
the only place
you find the word work
00:50:33.40\00:50:35.03
is you shall not do any works.
00:50:35.06\00:50:37.33
It's not about works,
00:50:37.37\00:50:38.70
it's about
recognizing God's creatorship."
00:50:38.73\00:50:41.30
You, nor your
son, nor your daughter,
00:50:41.34\00:50:46.07
nor your manservant,
nor your maidservant,
00:50:46.11\00:50:48.68
nor your cattle,
00:50:48.71\00:50:50.05
nor your stranger who
is within your gates."
00:50:50.08\00:50:52.68
So when people come to visit us,
00:50:52.71\00:50:54.05
if they are not
a Sabbath keeper,
00:50:54.08\00:50:55.58
they don't, they are
not turning the TV on
00:50:55.62\00:50:57.22
in my house on the Sabbath.
00:50:57.25\00:50:59.09
They're not doing
00:50:59.12\00:51:00.46
what they want
to do on the Sabbath
00:51:00.49\00:51:01.82
because it's within our gates.
00:51:01.86\00:51:03.66
Because we honor the
Lord and as Joshua said,
00:51:03.69\00:51:06.03
"As for me and my house,
00:51:06.06\00:51:07.86
we will serve the Lord."
00:51:07.90\00:51:10.17
Right, well,
unless it's 3ABN bulletin.
00:51:10.20\00:51:13.94
Now verse 11,
00:51:13.97\00:51:16.60
how has God established
a time temple for us?
00:51:16.64\00:51:19.27
Here it is.
00:51:19.31\00:51:21.01
"For in six days the
Lord made the," what?
00:51:21.04\00:51:24.28
"Heavens and the earth, the sea,
00:51:24.31\00:51:26.95
and all that is in them,
00:51:26.98\00:51:29.38
and rested the seventh day.
00:51:29.42\00:51:31.95
Therefore the Lord," did what?
00:51:31.99\00:51:33.92
"Blessed the Sabbath
day and hallowed it."
00:51:33.96\00:51:37.39
I am amazed that
in our world today,
00:51:37.43\00:51:41.40
there's so much
effort being put forth
00:51:41.43\00:51:43.00
by religious people to
get rid of this blessing.
00:51:43.03\00:51:46.40
So much effort, the Lord said,"
00:51:46.43\00:51:48.04
I created the
world in six days."
00:51:48.07\00:51:50.64
If the Jews are the
only ones He created,
00:51:50.67\00:51:52.57
then the Jews are the only ones
that should keep the Sabbath.
00:51:52.61\00:51:55.21
Was Adam and Eve a Jew?
00:51:55.24\00:51:56.58
Somebody tell me.
00:51:56.61\00:51:57.95
No, they were not Jews.
00:51:57.98\00:52:00.65
This is about His
creatorship, His lordship.
00:52:00.68\00:52:03.52
"For in six days the Lord
made the heavens and the earth,
00:52:03.55\00:52:08.42
the sea, and all
that is in them."
00:52:08.46\00:52:10.13
He owns it all, that
great plan of Stewardship
00:52:10.16\00:52:12.73
and He says to
acknowledge My Stewardship,
00:52:12.76\00:52:15.63
just honor My Sabbath.
00:52:15.66\00:52:17.87
Look at Ezekiel very quickly,
00:52:17.90\00:52:20.50
Ezekiel Chapter 20,
00:52:20.54\00:52:22.40
wanna add a few dots on it,
00:52:22.44\00:52:25.24
Ezekiel, that's right,
00:52:25.27\00:52:26.64
before the Book of Daniel,
00:52:26.68\00:52:28.81
all right.
00:52:28.84\00:52:30.38
Ezekiel Chapter 20,
00:52:30.41\00:52:32.91
he says,
00:52:32.95\00:52:34.98
I am amazed, I just am amazed,
00:52:35.02\00:52:37.19
I have run into so many leaders,
00:52:37.22\00:52:38.62
so many pastors,
teachers, religious people
00:52:38.65\00:52:41.66
that say no, I'm
not keeping the Sabbath,
00:52:41.69\00:52:43.93
I have a different day.
00:52:43.96\00:52:45.53
I got Sunday, I'm
gonna keep that one instead.
00:52:45.56\00:52:48.13
And he says, wait, what,
the Lord blessed the Sabbath,
00:52:48.16\00:52:50.77
there is only one blessed day.
00:52:50.80\00:52:52.37
Now let me make a
point so that people can say
00:52:52.40\00:52:54.54
because I have heard
people try to modify this
00:52:54.57\00:52:56.07
with this phrase.
00:52:56.10\00:52:57.44
They say, I
worship the Lord how often?
00:52:57.47\00:52:59.47
Every day. Every day.
00:52:59.51\00:53:00.84
How often should
we worship the Lord?
00:53:00.88\00:53:02.38
Come on, every day.
00:53:02.41\00:53:04.28
Worship the Lord in
the beauty of holiness,
00:53:04.31\00:53:06.28
our lives should
be constant worship
00:53:06.31\00:53:08.12
by the way we live, every day.
00:53:08.15\00:53:10.15
But how many days did He bless?
00:53:10.19\00:53:12.42
He only blessed
one, He only blessed one.
00:53:12.45\00:53:14.96
So you can't,
00:53:14.99\00:53:16.32
if you believe
now this is amazing,
00:53:16.36\00:53:17.93
if you believe that
you can pick any day,
00:53:17.96\00:53:20.70
if you believe that
He blessed every day,
00:53:20.73\00:53:22.46
then you should never work,
and let me have a bulletin,
00:53:22.50\00:53:25.07
if you never
work, you'll never eat.
00:53:25.10\00:53:27.77
He only blessed one
00:53:27.80\00:53:29.14
and look what He
says for us to do.
00:53:29.17\00:53:30.57
Ezekiel 20:12,
00:53:30.61\00:53:32.77
and you're gonna
see a phrase here,
00:53:32.81\00:53:35.04
you'll see a phrase
here that's vitally important
00:53:35.08\00:53:37.81
because whenever I
referred to these ceremonies,
00:53:37.85\00:53:41.02
you know, the
Feast of Tabernacles,
00:53:41.05\00:53:43.99
all the things
that Israel observed
00:53:44.02\00:53:45.72
a part of the Book of the Law,
00:53:45.75\00:53:47.46
but when He referred
to the Ten Commandments,
00:53:47.49\00:53:49.02
notice what the Lord said,
00:53:49.06\00:53:50.39
verse 12,
00:53:50.43\00:53:52.59
Ezekiel 20:12,
00:53:52.63\00:53:55.00
"Moreover I also
gave them," what?
00:53:55.03\00:53:58.53
"My Sabbaths to be a
sign between Me and them,
00:53:58.57\00:54:04.11
that they might
know that I am the Lord,"
00:54:04.14\00:54:06.07
who does what?
00:54:06.11\00:54:07.44
"Sanctifies them."
00:54:07.48\00:54:08.81
He makes us holy.
00:54:08.84\00:54:10.18
When we honor His commandments,
00:54:10.21\00:54:11.55
when we honor the Sabbath,
00:54:11.58\00:54:12.91
it's an act of
He's sanctifying us,
00:54:12.95\00:54:16.42
He's making us holy
00:54:16.45\00:54:17.95
because the day is
holy and the Lord is holy.
00:54:17.99\00:54:20.62
Look at verse 20,
00:54:20.66\00:54:22.59
look at verse 20,
00:54:22.62\00:54:25.63
"Hallow My Sabbaths,
00:54:25.66\00:54:28.33
and they will be a," what?
00:54:28.36\00:54:30.10
"Sign between Me and you,
00:54:30.13\00:54:31.93
that you may know
that I am the Lord," what?
00:54:31.97\00:54:34.40
"Your God."
00:54:34.44\00:54:35.77
I go right back to that,
00:54:35.80\00:54:37.14
the Lord, the Lord.
00:54:37.17\00:54:39.07
I am the Lord, you're God,
00:54:39.11\00:54:41.01
you honor my day that
means I am your, Lord.
00:54:41.04\00:54:44.55
May 22nd,
00:54:44.58\00:54:46.11
it's our day, right, honey?
00:54:46.15\00:54:47.48
Yeah.
00:54:47.52\00:54:48.85
So it may mean
nothing to anybody else,
00:54:48.88\00:54:50.22
but what does it mean to us?
00:54:50.25\00:54:51.59
Our wedding anniversary.
00:54:51.62\00:54:53.05
It's a sign of
sanctity between us.
00:54:53.09\00:54:55.69
All right.
00:54:55.72\00:54:57.06
When you honor that,
00:54:57.09\00:54:58.43
we honor each other.
00:54:58.46\00:54:59.79
Praise God for that.
00:54:59.83\00:55:01.16
Look at number, can we
get another one in here?
00:55:01.20\00:55:03.33
Let's go to number
20. Let's go to number 20.
00:55:03.37\00:55:07.70
Oh, yes,
00:55:07.74\00:55:09.40
this is really about time.
00:55:09.44\00:55:11.91
Wow.
00:55:11.94\00:55:13.91
Since the lesson is
not totally on the Sabbath,
00:55:13.94\00:55:15.98
we're not
spending a ton of time,
00:55:16.01\00:55:17.35
we're talking about time here.
00:55:17.38\00:55:19.11
Question number 20,
00:55:19.15\00:55:20.85
here it is.
00:55:20.88\00:55:22.22
In what way does
the Bible express
00:55:22.25\00:55:25.45
the urgency of time?
00:55:25.49\00:55:29.26
Romans Chapter
13, Romans Chapter 13,
00:55:29.29\00:55:34.93
okay, here I am.
00:55:34.96\00:55:36.87
Romans 13:11,
00:55:36.90\00:55:39.30
here it is.
00:55:39.33\00:55:43.14
I love to hear those pages
turning in spite of the fact
00:55:43.17\00:55:45.27
that it's on the screen.
00:55:45.31\00:55:46.74
All right, Romans 13:11
00:55:46.78\00:55:48.44
and here's what
the Bible says to us,
00:55:48.48\00:55:50.35
"And do this,"
00:55:50.38\00:55:53.11
I always put this
on my CD'S when I sign,
00:55:53.15\00:55:55.52
"knowing the," what?
00:55:55.55\00:55:57.59
"Time, that now it is," what?
00:55:57.62\00:56:00.46
"High time to
awake out of sleep,
00:56:00.49\00:56:03.39
for now our salvation is nearer
than when we first believed."
00:56:03.43\00:56:07.80
So when you know the time,
00:56:07.83\00:56:09.23
you know that
something's happening.
00:56:09.26\00:56:10.97
Every night,
00:56:11.00\00:56:12.50
now on Sabbath mornings I
do something on Friday night
00:56:12.53\00:56:15.20
that I don't do any
other day of the week
00:56:15.24\00:56:18.24
and that is I set my own phone,
00:56:18.27\00:56:21.41
cell phone to wake
me up at a certain time
00:56:21.44\00:56:24.75
and because I know
00:56:24.78\00:56:26.11
that loud
alarm's frighten my wife,
00:56:26.15\00:56:29.12
some people have those...
00:56:29.15\00:56:31.75
Don't wake up with that
00:56:31.79\00:56:33.12
because it will
give you a headache.
00:56:33.15\00:56:34.52
So mine with a
little nice chimes...
00:56:34.56\00:56:37.03
And it increases in volume
00:56:37.06\00:56:38.53
and I hear it
before it gets too loud
00:56:38.56\00:56:40.10
and sometimes the phone says,
00:56:40.13\00:56:41.80
"It's 7:15."
00:56:41.83\00:56:44.93
But I am amazed that
when we go to bed late
00:56:44.97\00:56:46.74
during the week,
00:56:46.77\00:56:48.60
my wife has a clock by her side,
00:56:48.64\00:56:50.41
it starts really soft...
00:56:50.44\00:56:54.81
And I could tell
when she's in a deep sleep
00:56:54.84\00:56:56.38
because it takes a
while before she turns it off.
00:56:56.41\00:56:59.75
She turns it off
because she knows
00:56:59.78\00:57:01.88
it's high time to wake
00:57:01.92\00:57:04.19
and every night she says,
00:57:04.22\00:57:06.29
"Can we go to bed,"
and she said to me once,
00:57:06.32\00:57:08.12
"If you were not home,
00:57:08.16\00:57:09.56
I would be in bed at 8 o'clock.
00:57:09.59\00:57:13.46
Isn't it sweet to sleep?
00:57:13.50\00:57:14.83
Come on, isn't
it lovely to sleep?
00:57:14.86\00:57:19.63
And I said to her
number of occasions,
00:57:19.67\00:57:23.67
it seems like the
morning comes so fast.
00:57:23.71\00:57:27.21
Can we get testament to that?
00:57:27.24\00:57:28.94
It comes so fast but
I said that for a reason
00:57:28.98\00:57:32.28
because we don't know it,
00:57:32.31\00:57:33.82
the Lord is gonna
come faster than we think
00:57:33.85\00:57:37.99
and what is our responsibility?
00:57:38.02\00:57:40.36
To be awake out of sleep,
00:57:40.39\00:57:44.23
for now our salvation is what?
00:57:44.26\00:57:46.70
Nearer than when
we first believe.
00:57:46.73\00:57:49.96
We're gonna leave that
thought with you tonight,
00:57:50.00\00:57:51.93
the coming of the Lord is nearer
00:57:51.97\00:57:53.30
than when we first believe.
00:57:53.34\00:57:54.67
If you've been a
Christian for a long time,
00:57:54.70\00:57:57.11
it's time to wake
up and I consider this,
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keep studying because one day
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it will come
into A Sharper Focus.
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