I want to welcome you again
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to another Bible Alive program.
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And as always, I
think we have something
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very exciting but very serious.
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And it's about Holiness.
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And before we
get started though,
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I want to introduce you to
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Pastor Mark Howard, my Co-Host.
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Pastor, it's good to
have you here today, again.
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Yeah.
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You know this- this- this is a
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These topics, we-
we're just talking about
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Ahh
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They're so- when we
have such a limited time,
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there's so much to cover
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That's right.
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in such a short time so
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I guess we better get in
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We'd better- we better get into
it. We talked off the air and
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we say, how are we
going to explain this
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in- in less than a half an hour
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but you know,
that's why we pray.
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The Holy Spirit can
work upon your hearts
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and we- we're not going
to give you all the answers.
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But you know what?
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If you get in and you
read this Word of God,
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a little here, a little there,
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and you pray that
your heart would be open,
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God will lead
you into all truth.
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He's not just
allowing us to know the truth
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and give it to you.
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We can share with you,
you need to dig for that truth
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like that buried treasure
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Yeah
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we talked about.
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That's right.
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We're going to talk about
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Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
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and you know, they
said they were Holy
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as much as Moses and
we want to get into that,
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and find- and kind
of flush that story out.
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It's Numbers Chapter
16. OK, Numbers Chapter 16.
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and ahh
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and see if we can get there and
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Starting right there
in the beginning of it.
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And I think that's on page, like
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For those that have
the- or The Study Bible
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that we have been
selling, it's on Page 176.
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Uhh hmm
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So if you have that, you
can just look up Page 176.
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Otherwise, Numbers Chapter 16.
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and it's called,
in my Bible here,
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the rebellion
against Moses and Aaron.
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Really, I think it- it
would be better saying,
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a rebellion against God.
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But on the Earth it was
against Moses and Aaron.
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Yeah.
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Well, listen, before we start,
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I hope you've got your
Bibles and you're open now.
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Let's have a Word of Prayer.
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If you would bow your
heads right where you're at,
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I'll- I'll have Word of Prayer.
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Father in Heaven,
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Dear Heavenly
Father, in the Name of Jesus
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we come to You.
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Because we don't know
how to go in or go out.
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Father, we don't want
our words to be spoken
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and we want
them to be Your Words
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that we would
just be the channel.
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A workman rightly
dividing the Word of Truth.
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So Father, I just
pray that You be with us.
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Then I pray that You'll
especially be with the Viewers
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today, that You
would guide their hearts
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and that they
would be open to chose
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what You have for them.
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Father, I thank You
for hearing this prayer
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because I pray it
in the Name of Jesus
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and in Faith.
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Amen.
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Amen
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OK. Numbers Chapter 16.
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Now, what are we
going to get out of this?
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Because it is so long.
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A whole lot.
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I mean, we were
going to get one thing,
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we want to let people know that
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as you read this, I
want- as you're reading this
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we can all know the Word of God.
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We have maybe duties but
God has chosen certain people
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That's right.
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to do certain things.
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It's not that one
person is smarter by brains.
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Maybe they don't
even have more experience.
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What is that saying?
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You might know it and- and some
of you- maybe many of you know
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this saying, something about
God does not call the qualified
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but qualifies the called.
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That's right
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In other words,
when God is calling you,
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he qualifies you but
there are certain things
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he- he might qualify
you or talents He gives you
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that He doesn't
give other people,
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it doesn't make
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That's right
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that other person bad
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and that's what
the happened here.
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The Bible says in- in
1st Corinthians, Chapter 12,
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that the- the
Church of God is a body
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made up of many parts.
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Yes
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Every part, just like
every part of our body
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is useful and it
can't do the same function
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so it is with God's people
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Absolutely
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and something you mentioned
before we got into this was
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that this story
really is a picture
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into the rebellion in Heaven.
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It's rebellion of- of
Korah against Moses and Aaron
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but ultimately against God
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and it
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Yes
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really helps us
to see a lot of what
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not only started
Lucifer's rebellion
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but what really prompts
rebellion in our own hearts.
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That's right.
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Maybe we ought to start
there in the first verse
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and see what's happening.
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OK
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Numbers 16, verse 1
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Incidentally, he
was a Cousin of Moses
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Yes
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These were
upstanding Leaders of Israel
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so there was a lot of
influence they carried.
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Supposed to be
Spiritual Leaders.
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That's right
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I mean, it- they were
renowned. I mean, they were
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Yeah, and it says,
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You know, you go back
to the "You take too much,"
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again, the- the
definition or the translation of
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"You take too much"
is you assume too much.
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In other words,
you're doing things
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You- you're not giving
us a chance, so as to speak.
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You're- you're
doing all this Holy stuff
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we should be able
to be just like you.
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But even more than
that, what's interesting
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is, who was it that
raised up Moses, as a Leader?
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They say he assumed it himself.
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"You and Aaron, you
assumed this and- and
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That's right
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they're picking
on him as though-
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as though Moses
has- has basically
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put himself in
the position he is in.
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They're not willing to recognize
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that God has placed him in
that position of leadership.
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And so notice Verse 4,
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mean he, in other words, Moses
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It really bugged him.
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understood
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it- what was going on here
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You know, notice
he didn't retaliate.
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He didn't get defensive.
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He fell on his face and began
to intercede for the people.
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He spoke to Korah and
his company now on his face.
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You know, down on the-
you know on all fours saying,
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Wow! With an exclamation mark.
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With an exclamation mark.
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So he- he brings it
back to them and says,
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basically, if you think
you're Holy enough to carry the
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Priesthood, you take golden
censers like the Priest carry,
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and you put
incense and fire on it,
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and you go before the Lord, and
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If- if I put
myself in this position,
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then surely the
Lord will accept you.
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Yes.
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You'll find out when you go
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before the Lord, if the
Lord has really accepted you
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in the position that you
are putting yourselves in
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and that's what he is
saying, "You take too much upon
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yourselves, you Sons of Levi"
and then Moses says to Korah,
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verse 8
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See, that's the key and
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I mean, Moses,
that's why he fell down
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because he's saying, "Are you
seeking the Priesthood also?"
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In other words, it's
a mini great controversy
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Well
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between good and evil.
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I mean, Satan
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Just to interject
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Go ahead, go
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for our Viewers.
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The- the- God had
appointed the work of the Temple
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Yes.
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to the Levites
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but only the Sons of
Aaron had the Priesthood.
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Yes.
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So the work of the temple was
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an exalted position
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Korah and all his, you
know, these people with him,
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they had that
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That's right
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privilege
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but it wasn't enough for them.
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They got dissatisfied.
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because they
couldn't be Priests also.
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And- and- and just to
pause a minute on that.
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I think it's a very
important part is that
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so often we get a position
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and- and I've
hired a lot of people,
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I've had to get rid of a
few people in my lifetime.
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I- I've had businesses
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and people will start to say,
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"I will do anything for you. "
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"I'll work for you,
I'll sweep the floors. "
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"I just need the job. "
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Well, like a month later,
they want to run the business.
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Yeah
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In other words,
that wasn't good enough
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and I'm not saying you shouldn't
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have high aspirations,
I think we all should
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but they were given an exalted
position of the- of the- of-
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as the Levites to
take care of that Temple
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and yet, they were not-
they became dissatisfied
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because they probably
saw Aaron made some mistakes,
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Moses made some mistakes.
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It wasn't that these
people never made mistakes,
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they think, "Well, we
could do better than they could"
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and that's
exactly what Lucifer did.
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His name, Lucifer,
as Satan before he fell.
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Listen, why do you exalt Jesus?
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I mean, I do all these stuff too
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and I think that's the thing
that we ought to understand
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that the
jealousy, the evil surmising
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and the thinking that you're
better than somebody else.
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Yeah. The Bible
says in Hebrews 13,
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"Be content with
such things as you have. "
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Yes.
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In Philippians,
it says, Chapter 2,
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"Esteem others
better than yourselves. "
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It's the exact opposite.
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Even Christ himself came
in a position of humility
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Yes.
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and it was the exact opposite
of the character of Satan
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in the beginning,
the character of Korah
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and so often, the
character of us, where we get
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You know, we may have
all kinds of privileges,
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Yes
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distinctions, above
others, but we're not happy
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because we want to
be the Head Hunter.
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We figure success is, is
being the King of the Hill.
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That's it. That's it
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and I've seen that all over.
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Well, we got to- we got to
get ready to take a break here
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but hopefully
you're into it now.
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You're understanding
that there is appointed things
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and appointed
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distuingishments and roles
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that God would have
each one of us to do.
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What is that in your life?
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And we'll get into that
next after this short break.
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So, what? Don't go away.
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We'll be right back.
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I love using the Pentel Pencil
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but I also love
using it for my school work
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and as I study and I
highlight the things that
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I need to remember
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but if there's a
special word that I need,
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I go back and I
change the color,
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highlight it, and it's
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For me, the pencil comes
in handy when I'm studying
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my Sabbath School lesson.
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This week's lesson
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As I'm studying, I use
the pencil to highlight things
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that I want to share on Sabbath.
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Another simple and practical way
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to use my
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It helps me prioritize
things on my To Do List.
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The things that have
to be done right away
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I underline in red
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I love when I'm having
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I love to be able to
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by the different Bible texts.
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Yes
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It just makes my
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Will you accept the
challenge to become part of
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God's Last Day Army?
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Equip yourself today.
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Have you ever wondered why
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some married
couples seem to look alike?
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Especially when they have
been together for a long time?
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Studies have shown
that there is real evidence
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as to why couples
who have been married
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for a long time tend to
look similar to each other.
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According to research, the
increase in facial similarity
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results from
decades of shared emotions.
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This happens because of
something called mimicry.
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When couples have
spent many years together
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and they've shared
thousands of smiles and frowns,
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their facial muscles start
to take on similar patterns
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to each other.
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If we make the Bible our guide,
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we will be the person
God has designed us to be.
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Russian Officials
accepted the Vatican credentials
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of Archbishop Antonio Mennini
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as the first ever
Papal Nuncio to Russia.
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The event ushers in new era
of full diplomatic relations
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between the Holy See
and the Russian Federation.
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Pope Benedict The 16th
and President Dmitry Medvedev
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had agreed to establish
full diplomatic relations
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in December of 2009,
after they met at the Vatican.
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"The purpose of this
diplomatic cooperation
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is for the moral growth
of the people of Russia,"
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said Mennini.
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That would certainly include
enforcement of Sunday worship
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eventually.
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In Revelation 13:3,
the Bible says that,
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"All the World
wondered after the beast. "
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All the Nations
will support and worship
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the Papal Religious Power
that will dominate the World
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in the last days.
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I'm Hal Mayer
reminding you to keep the faith.
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Welcome back.
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I'm glad that
you stayed with us.
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Let's get right
back into the Scriptures
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because we were
talking Pastor, about
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Uhh hmm
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the roles of
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
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How they were
basically jealous in saying
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that Moses assumed too much
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and then Moses,
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Right
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what I want to get-
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go back and start in this
because I want to make this
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applicable
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So in other
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to today
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words, their roles were,
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they worked in the Temple.
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It was an exalting position.
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It was a great role!
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But they- they
couldn't be Priests
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Yes.
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and that- and that
was too much for them.
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They weren't content with
the role God had given them
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but they wanted
something, what they perceived
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was a greater
role or responsibility.
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And- and so it
says that in Verse 10,
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Chapter 16 of Numbers,
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Chapter 16, Verse 10.
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That's Page 176 in
the Remnant Study Bible.
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Yep, 176 in the
Remnant Study Bible.
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It says,
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Moses knew what was going on.
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They were jealous and they
wouldn't even have been happy
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with the
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There's something else
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priesthood.
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to bring up, Dwight.
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OK
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"It brought them
near to himself. "
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Our Viewers may not understand
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that when they went up- when-
they went up into the mountain
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before God gave
the Ten Commandments
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Moses went up
with the 70 Elders,
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Yeah
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these men were among them
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and so, that's what
he's- that's what he's saying
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Yes.
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"He brought them near. "
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They actually were able to
come up into the presence of-
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I mean, they were
very highly privileged
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Right
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in what God did give them
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but they were seeking
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Well then, they
probably took that
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you know, kind of
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got more prideful, took-
took advantage or whatever
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and- and what- what
gets me here is that,
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if they would have been
able to have the Priesthood
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Yeah.
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They wouldn't stopped there.
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Then they
would've wanted Moses' job.
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Because- because
too often we can see
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the defects of people.
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You know, weaknesses
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Uhh hmm
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are like magnifying glasses
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and I've always said that
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you cannot take
people by the slice.
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Now, you know, if you
have a rotten or an apple
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but it's got a
little rotten spot,
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you can cut that out
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Yeah
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and then you eat the-
the good part of the apple
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but a human being,
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you know, people like my Wife.
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She knows me thoroughly
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after 33 years, she knows me.
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So there's some rotten spots
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still in Dwight
Hall that the Lord
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is working to heal
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but Deb has to take all of me.
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Uhh hmm
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She can't just
cut part of me out
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like you do a piece of fruit
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and so we all,
you know, fall short
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of the Glory of God
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and Moses, Aaron, you know,
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these people were human beings.
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But Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
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thought themselves so Holy
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Yeah
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that they shouldn't
just be people of the Temple.
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I mean, who!
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Yeah
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I mean, let
somebody else's do that job.
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"We are more Holy. We need
to be part of the Priesthood. "
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So the Bible says basically
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we go through a lot of different
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interchange here.
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We don't have time
to go through all of it.
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But basically, what happens is,
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Moses had told them to,
"Gather all your men and...
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Yeah
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Get your golden censers,
put the incense in them like a
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Priest would and appear
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Yeah
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before the Lord "
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and so the next
day, Verse 17, it says
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Now, this is God speaking.
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Yeah
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Now, and the other thing is,
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why did he tell
them to get censers?
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Those censers with
the- with the incense
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represented
basically the prayers
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Yeah
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of the people.
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In other words,
it was a God thing.
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Yeah
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This had nothing to do
with men with those censers
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That's right.
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and yet when that or the
fire consume, which we'll
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find out, the- the fire
did not consume the censers.
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That's right.
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I mean it's-
it's- it's pretty neat
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and we don't have
time to get into it
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but the thing is with it
is, that the men were consumed
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but the censers weren't
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and those censers,
that's why Moses said,
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"You go and you
get those censers,"
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because it's like
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Take them up
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is God with you or not,
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with those censers.
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That was another test, really.
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Yeah. Now it's interesting
you bring up the prayer
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because the censer was
something the Priest used
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and it was symbolic of the
prayer, the inner accessory
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Yes
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prayer for God, for the people.
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Yes
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Well, all of these
alleged Priests, you know,
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"We're Holy Men too. "
They weren't interceding for
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anybody
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That's right.
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but who do you see
interceding immediately?
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Moses and Aaron. They go down
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Moses and Aaron.
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and begin to pray.
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Yeah
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God speaks to them
and says, you know,
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basically separate
yourselves from among the people
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and it says in Verse 22,
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So immediately,
they began to interceding
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Wow!
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for the people and
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the Bible says in essence,
00:20:05.35\00:20:06.40
if- if you jump
ahead, God told them to
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verse 26
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and the Bible says basically,
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the earth opens up, swallows up
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram first
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Yes.
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as to give everybody
else a fair warning to see
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And their women and children.
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and their women and children.
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Their whole family.
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The whole Family swallowed up.
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Yep
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In the earth, I
mean, you- you can imagine
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how devastating
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Boy!
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and terrifying that would be
00:21:04.37\00:21:05.34
and then- and then the men with
the- with the golden censers
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were- were
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What a deal!
00:21:09.21\00:21:10.18
still continuing to
stand there defiantly
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and the pray- fire comes
to the presence of the Lord
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and consumes the 250 men.
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Still you have rest of the camp
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that has an opportunity.
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You know, in fact, they-
they wait until the next day
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before God brings judgment
on the rest of the camp,
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hoping that some of
the people would say,
00:21:26.35\00:21:27.85
"You know what? Maybe we
were wrong in following Korah. "
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But the Bible says,
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What verse is that?
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Verse 41
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41. Notice!
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I mean
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Like they opened it up.
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the earth opens up, fire
comes in presence of God,
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and "You have killed. "
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That's how deluded they were
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Yes
00:21:46.57\00:21:47.54
and- and really drunk
with pride and wanting more-
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a higher
position or a leadership
00:21:50.65\00:21:52.92
that basically told them
what they wanted to hear.
00:21:52.95\00:21:54.86
Yeah.
00:21:54.89\00:21:55.86
You know, something we have
00:21:55.87\00:21:56.84
to remember is, this
is right after Israel
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is told they're going
to wander the wilderness
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for 40 years
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Yes
00:22:01.10\00:22:02.07
and Korah did not
want to have to go back
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and wander in the wilderness.
00:22:04.00\00:22:05.27
He was among the
faithfullest people
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To begin with.
00:22:07.65\00:22:08.62
To begin with, who-
who wouldn't believe.
00:22:08.63\00:22:10.84
Caleb and Joshua were faithful.
00:22:10.87\00:22:12.05
The rest of the camp
said, "No, no, no, we can't go
00:22:12.08\00:22:13.84
into the land as God promised "
00:22:13.87\00:22:15.20
and they were faithless and they
had to wander the wilderness.
00:22:15.23\00:22:18.10
Korah didn't want that so he
00:22:18.13\00:22:19.66
gathered and led a little revolt
00:22:19.69\00:22:22.02
and basically
said, "You know what?"
00:22:22.05\00:22:23.71
"It's not God who told us
we can't wander" you know, "we
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have to wander
in the wilderness. "
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It's Moses
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It's Moses and Aaron's idea
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Yeah
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"We're Holy people
and God accepts us"
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and so they didn't want
to do what God had basically
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told them and so this
whole rebellion was, they-
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they gathered
Leaders who would preach
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to their itchy ears
what they wanted to hear.
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And think of this, there
were 250 people that died.
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Those were Leaders of renown.
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You know, not counting
Korah, Dathan and Abiram
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with their Families
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and then down in Verse 41-42,
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Uhh hmm
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goes on
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that they were complaining
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and it says here that
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In verse 49, it says,
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Uhh hmm
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So if you take
700 plus 250 is 950,
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so it's basically about 15,000
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because you have Korah,
Dathan, and Abiram's family.
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So you know, there could be
50 there, 20 there, whatever
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but it's close to
15,000 people died
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and they wouldn't have
had to die all because-
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all because they
weren't willing to trust
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you know, what does it
say in Proverbs 3, 5, 7, 11,
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You know
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Yeah
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"Trust the Lord
with all your heart
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and not to your
own understanding. "
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Yeah, "in all thy
ways acknowledge Him
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and He will direct thy path"
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and- and what gets me is that,
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I want to trust the Lord
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and- and as I'm
thinking about this,
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even in our Churches today,
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we have people I believe
taking Offices that shouldn't.
00:23:44.67\00:23:49.86
People say, "What's
wrong with me? I'm Holy. "
00:23:49.89\00:23:51.25
Yeah
00:23:51.28\00:23:52.25
I mean, "I'm
better than Pastor. "
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We have, you know, we have this
fight in all Churches, even our
00:23:53.24\00:23:56.58
own.
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Yeah
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I- I think about
Women's Ordination.
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Yeah
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and that, you know, to
me, sometimes we're so shallow
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in our thinking, that we're-
that we're arguing, you know
00:24:01.60\00:24:04.50
Paul said when there's
contentions we're still carnal.
00:24:04.53\00:24:07.50
Uhh hmm
00:24:07.53\00:24:08.50
Because I think that we're still
on the milk and not on the meat.
00:24:08.51\00:24:10.05
Yeah
00:24:10.08\00:24:11.05
You know sometimes I've- I've
00:24:11.06\00:24:12.03
there's been women and
they'd come up to me and say,
00:24:12.04\00:24:14.19
"Well, Dwight, what do you
think about me being an Ordained
00:24:14.22\00:24:16.49
Pastor?"
00:24:16.52\00:24:17.49
Yeah
00:24:17.50\00:24:18.47
And I'll say, "Well,
what does the Bible say?"
00:24:18.48\00:24:19.45
Because really, it
doesn't matter what I think
00:24:19.46\00:24:20.43
That's right.
00:24:20.45\00:24:21.42
and- and the- here's
what many of them say,
00:24:21.43\00:24:23.01
Well-
00:24:23.04\00:24:24.01
"I mean, I've heard
Pastors- I've studied.
00:24:24.02\00:24:26.49
My- my sermons are-are probably
better than most Pastors. "
00:24:26.52\00:24:30.73
And I'll say, "You
know what? I believe you.
00:24:30.76\00:24:32.54
You're probably right.
00:24:32.57\00:24:34.11
I believe that probably you- you
may be- you- you might be the
00:24:34.14\00:24:37.22
best Pastor or
Speaker in the World
00:24:37.25\00:24:39.16
but it doesn't make it right. "
00:24:39.19\00:24:40.88
That's right
00:24:40.91\00:24:41.88
I mean, that
sometimes we- we get this,
00:24:41.89\00:24:44.02
"I can do better than they can"
00:24:44.05\00:24:45.13
and that's what
Korah had a problem with.
00:24:45.16\00:24:46.44
Absolutely
00:24:46.47\00:24:47.44
We can do better than Aaron.
00:24:47.45\00:24:48.42
We can do better
than those Guys. We-
00:24:48.43\00:24:49.69
Moses, you give me a
chance, I'll do better than you.
00:24:49.72\00:24:52.48
We're all Holy.
00:24:52.51\00:24:53.48
This whole Congregation is Holy
00:24:53.49\00:24:54.97
and I believe that we
have to get off of this.
00:24:55.00\00:24:57.73
We have to humble ourselves
00:24:57.76\00:24:59.04
and say, "God, you
gave us certain roles. "
00:24:59.07\00:25:01.07
You know, I know
this sounds funny
00:25:01.10\00:25:02.48
but I went to him and said,
00:25:02.51\00:25:03.68
"Well, I wish I
could have a baby. "
00:25:03.71\00:25:05.53
Now, my Wife has always said,
00:25:05.56\00:25:07.28
"Honey, you
couldn't go through it. "
00:25:07.31\00:25:08.61
She
00:25:08.64\00:25:09.61
Yeah
00:25:09.62\00:25:10.59
She's laughed at me.
00:25:10.60\00:25:11.57
She says, "You
couldn't stand the pain.
00:25:11.58\00:25:12.55
You're just a
baby when you get hurt.
00:25:12.56\00:25:13.53
You, men, are the
weakest wimps," that- you know,
00:25:13.54\00:25:14.90
and
00:25:14.93\00:25:15.90
Yeah
00:25:15.91\00:25:16.88
she wants to tell me that
00:25:16.89\00:25:17.86
but the thing
is, I'm not jealous.
00:25:17.87\00:25:18.84
God did not
create me to have a baby
00:25:18.85\00:25:21.41
although he could have.
00:25:21.44\00:25:22.41
Yeah
00:25:22.42\00:25:23.39
He could have done that.
00:25:23.40\00:25:24.37
God has
00:25:24.38\00:25:25.35
It doesn't make- it
doesn't make you a lesser
00:25:25.36\00:25:26.33
individual
00:25:26.34\00:25:27.31
No
00:25:27.32\00:25:28.29
or it doesn't make your
Wife a lesser individual
00:25:28.30\00:25:29.27
because there are things
she can't do that you do.
00:25:29.28\00:25:30.91
That's right.
00:25:30.94\00:25:31.91
As far as roles go and
this is- it's very important,
00:25:31.92\00:25:34.18
whether you were talking about
00:25:34.21\00:25:35.18
the Ordination to
the Gospel Ministry,
00:25:35.19\00:25:36.68
whether you're talking about
00:25:36.71\00:25:37.78
positions in the local Church
00:25:37.81\00:25:39.71
Well, what about their Family?
00:25:39.74\00:25:40.97
This is going all the way
in the Family, in the Home
00:25:41.00\00:25:42.50
I mean, God has set the
man as the Leader of the Home
00:25:42.53\00:25:44.66
not to be a Dictator
00:25:44.69\00:25:45.72
No.
00:25:45.75\00:25:46.72
of the Home and- and-
and that's been abused.
00:25:46.73\00:25:47.80
Yes
00:25:47.83\00:25:48.80
But that doesn't take
away from the fact that God
00:25:48.81\00:25:50.51
set an order, not because
of some cultural difference
00:25:50.54\00:25:53.86
That's right.
00:25:53.89\00:25:54.86
but because it's- it's
how He saw things should run.
00:25:54.87\00:25:56.91
Who are we to
question the Almighty?
00:25:56.94\00:25:58.30
And
00:25:58.33\00:25:59.30
Well
00:25:59.31\00:26:00.28
this is what we're
doing, This is what
00:26:00.29\00:26:01.26
That's right
00:26:01.27\00:26:02.24
Korah did.
00:26:02.25\00:26:03.22
That's what Lucifer
did in the beginning.
00:26:03.23\00:26:04.20
He questioned.
00:26:04.21\00:26:05.18
He wasn't content with
00:26:05.19\00:26:06.16
his position
00:26:06.17\00:26:07.14
That's right and- and
00:26:07.15\00:26:08.12
and honestly,
Dwight, there are times
00:26:08.13\00:26:09.27
I'm not content
with my position.
00:26:09.30\00:26:10.43
Yeah
00:26:10.46\00:26:11.43
You know, that
the Lord puts me in
00:26:11.44\00:26:12.41
but I- but then I have to
say, he knows better than me.
00:26:12.42\00:26:14.84
That's right.
00:26:14.87\00:26:15.84
I've got to submit.
00:26:15.85\00:26:16.82
That's right
00:26:16.83\00:26:17.80
I can either submit or rebel.
00:26:17.81\00:26:18.78
Korah rebelled.
00:26:18.79\00:26:19.76
Well- and- and- Korah
did rebel and you know
00:26:19.77\00:26:21.17
I- I think of
Deb in the household,
00:26:21.20\00:26:23.53
she has always told me,
00:26:23.56\00:26:24.91
"Dwight, you can't
have a two-headed beast.
00:26:24.94\00:26:26.59
Someone has to
make the final decision.
00:26:27.96\00:26:30.20
Because if you cast a
vote your way and I cast a vote
00:26:30.23\00:26:33.17
the opposite, we
got a tie breaker.
00:26:33.20\00:26:35.04
The Kids aren't
going to need a tie-breaker
00:26:35.07\00:26:36.47
and so, the thing with it
is that you're the one that
00:26:36.50\00:26:39.06
has been appointed. "
00:26:39.09\00:26:40.26
and- and you know what?
00:26:40.29\00:26:41.95
I have made mistakes
making that final decision.
00:26:41.98\00:26:44.47
Deb has never
said, "I told you so!
00:26:45.33\00:26:46.88
You should've listened to me,
00:26:46.91\00:26:47.88
I told you so. "
00:26:47.89\00:26:48.86
No. She said,
"Someone had to make it. "
00:26:48.87\00:26:50.24
And you know what?
00:26:50.27\00:26:51.24
I don't want to
make those decisions.
00:26:51.25\00:26:53.52
I want God to make them for me.
00:26:53.55\00:26:55.34
The thing with it is,
I love my wife so much
00:26:55.37\00:26:57.56
I am not a Dictator.
00:26:57.59\00:26:58.73
I love her and she
loves me enough to trust me
00:26:58.76\00:27:00.38
to say someone has to make that.
00:27:00.41\00:27:02.09
It's not- it's not
about who's capable,
00:27:02.12\00:27:05.22
it's about, do we
trust God enough to allow him
00:27:05.25\00:27:08.93
to set up a system that works?
00:27:08.96\00:27:11.31
That's right
00:27:11.34\00:27:12.31
and that's what it's all about
00:27:12.32\00:27:13.29
And I think that, hopefully that
you- you get some of this that
00:27:13.30\00:27:15.79
please, don't- if
you're not doing something,
00:27:15.82\00:27:19.20
don't think that
you're- you're less able.
00:27:19.23\00:27:22.50
You could be more able.
00:27:22.53\00:27:24.02
It's what God has called
each of us to do, in our lives.
00:27:24.05\00:27:27.06
Be content where
God has placed us.
00:27:27.09\00:27:28.06
Be content
00:27:28.07\00:27:29.04
Be content with such
things as you have and...
00:27:29.05\00:27:30.02
That's exactly right, be content
00:27:30.03\00:27:31.57
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