BREATH OF LIFE MININSTRIES
PRESENTS: B518 Put God First
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[music] BREATH
OF LIFE THEME MUSIC
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PB:  The first love letter
tonight, Exodus chapter 20,
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verses 1, 2 and 3. If you have
it, let me hear you say amen.  
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Aud.:  Amen. PB:  The Word
of God says, "And God spake all
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these," what? Aud.:  Words.  
PB: Come on, God spake all these
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what? Aud.:  Words.
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PB:  "Saying, I am the
LORD thy God, which have brought
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thee out of the land of," where,
everybody?   Aud.:  Egypt.
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PB:  "Out of the house
of" what? Aud.:  Bondage.
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PB:  And "Thou shalt have
no other" what?   Aud.:  Gods.
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PB:  "Gods before me." God
spake all these words, saying,
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I am the Lord thy God, which
have brought thee out of the
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land of Egypt, out
of the house of bondage.
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Thou shalt have no
other gods before me."
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Tonight, God is number one. I
said, tonight God is number one.
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Aud.:  Yes.   PB:  And
we're going to put God first.
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What do you say,
everybody? [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  Lord God, right now
speak through me to speak to
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Your people. We put You first
tonight. May Your Holy Spirit,
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Lord, remain with us,
Thy witnesses who go, Lord,
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to study Your Word. We
give you praise in advance
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for what You're
going to do for us, to us,
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and through us tonight.
It's in Jesus' name we pray.
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Let all those who
believe say amen.   Aud.:  Amen.
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PB:  And amen. You may
be seated. God is number one
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because we're putting
God first. Now you've seen
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the advertisement, you've
seen all the brochures where
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we're talking about
God's 10 Love Letters.
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We're talking
about these love letters,
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and tonight I want to
begin by reading a love letter
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that was written from
a wife to her husband.
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Can I read it to
you tonight? Dear Honey,
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writing this now
makes tears come to my eyes.
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I have such a strong
love for you that I could
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cry all day long just
because I love you. Sure,
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I tell you that I
love you and how much,
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and I try to show
you, but no matter what
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I do for the rest of
our lives you will never
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know just what I feel
inside. How you make me
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feel is something that can
only be felt, never explained.
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You take my breath
away with some of the things
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that you say. Just the way
I feel when I lay with you,
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your arms wrapped around me,
holding me like I'm your baby.
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I am surprised sometimes
of how much emotion comes
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out when I cry over you.
My love for you is so strong
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that even I don't always
realize how much I love you
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and cherish you. You say
I'm perfect and that you're
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the luckiest guy in the
world, but you don't see what
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I see when I look at you.
To me, you make me so, so,
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so lucky--lucky to have
you, lucky to even have you
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touch me with your hands
or even to glance my way.
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I don't know what I did
to deserve you in my life,
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but I thank God for
letting me do it. I love the
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way you hold me, touch
me, look at me, laugh at me,
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take care of me and our
children. You're my life
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and you have my whole
heart. Wherever you go,
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I'm always right there
with you, because you have
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my heart and my soul. I
adore you. I adore every
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part of you. Your
eyes, your lips, your face,
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your muscular six-pack
body. Baby, I love you.
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You are my
sweetheart, the key to my heart,
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my other half, my
soulmate. I just want you to
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know that I love you, and
don't you ever forget that.
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I love you. Your loving wife.
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Lord have mercy.
All I need right now,
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if I weren't in the
church, is some Luther Vandross.
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Come on, say
amen.   [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  What do we
know from this letter?
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This wife loves her
husband. Do I have a witness
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in this place? But not
only that, this letter is
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clear that she loves her
husband because her husband
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loves her in the way she
wants to be loved. You see,
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anyone who's ever been
loved, wants to be loved the
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way they want to be
loved. And in my 19 years of
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marriage to that beautiful
young lady right there,
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I have learned with my
wife that you have to love
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your wife the way
she wants to be loved.
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Not the way I
think I should love her.
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Are you hearing what
I'm saying? But the way
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she wants to be
loved. You see, I can give my
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wife chocolate, but
she may not like chocolate.
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That's what I want, but
that may not be what she wants.
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Are you hearing what
I'm saying? On her birthday,
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I can take her to see a
basketball game. But that's
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what I want, not what
she wants, and I've got to
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love her the way she
wants to be loved. Do I have a
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witness in this place?
Quit loving people the way you
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want to love them, and
love them the way they want
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to be loved. I'm trying to
help a brother out tonight.
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It's the same, my
friends, with God. You've got to
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love God in the way
that God wants to be loved.
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Not the way you want
to love Him, but the way
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He wants to be loved. Are
you hearing what I'm saying?
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And when you learn how
God wants to be loved by
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reading His Word, and
in His Word, He gives us
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10 love letters. Known to
us as His Ten Commandments.
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They're not letters
of rules or restrictions,
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but they're 10 ways to
express our love to God.
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Which is why Jesus
said, in John 14:15,
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"If ye love me,
keep my commandments."
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It's about love and
not a law. Before God gave
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the Ten Commandments
to the children of Israel,
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God said, "I am the
Lord your God." I brought you
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out of the land of Egypt.
I brought you out of bondage.
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I brought you out where
you were a slave. God then,
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is reminding Israel that
not only did He create them,
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but He redeemed
them. He gave them life,
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He gave them freedom.
Why? Because He loved them.
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Are you hearing what
I'm saying? And so the same
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relationship that God
had with Israel is the same
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relationship God wants
with us. We are His. Why?
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He created us. We are
His. Why? Because He brought
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us out of slavery from
sin. We are His because
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He created us and He
redeemed us. And God wants
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us to love Him the
way He wants to be loved,
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so He gave us
these love letters.
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So love letter
number one. Thou shalt have
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no other gods before
Me. If you're going to
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love Me the way I
want to be loved, you have
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to understand you
can't have any other gods
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before Me. Now, God is
serious about this command,
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which is why He made
it His first command.
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Because when you put
other things or other
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people first in your
life, we reduce God to
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second place. Third
place. Fourth place.
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Fifth place. But God
says, I'm not supposed
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to be reduced to any
place below first place.
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God says, I am God. I'm
the head and not the tail.
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I'm above, and I'm
not beneath. I made you.
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I raised you. I fed
you. I kept you. I saved you.
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I redeemed you. I died
for you, and I'm coming
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back to get you
because I am God. And because
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of who I am, I have a
right to issue this command.
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You see, there was a time,
God says, when was was not.
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And out of nothing,
God says, I spoke my Word.
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Out of nothing, I spoke
something. I am the Lord.
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I am God, and thou shalt
have no other gods before Me.
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Which means, then,
God is commander in chief.
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The buck stops with Him.
He's CEO of the universe.
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The president of all
galaxies. He's the King of kings
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and He's the Lord of
lords. Everything falls
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under his auspices. There
is nothing beyond His reach.
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He is God, and beside
Him there is no other.
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Yes, He's my friend,
but He's also my father.
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Yes, He's my Savior,
but He's also my strength.
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Yes, He's my brother,
but He's also my boss.
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You didn't vote Him in,
and you can't vote Him out.
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[Aud. reaction]   PB: 
He's God all by Himself.
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God can do what He
wants, when He wants,
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where He wants, how
He wants, and He doesn't
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have to ask permission
to do as He wants because
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He's God. Thou shalt
have no other gods before Me.
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And when we lose sight
of this first commandment,
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we lose sight of God.
You see, friends of mine,
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let me remind you
tonight there can be nothing
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that comes before
God. Because if it does,
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we have violated
commandment number one and
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we can't go any
further. We can't talk about
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killing if we don't
first talk about God.
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We can't talk about
lying until we first talk
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about God. We can't
talk about adultery and
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stealing until we
first talk about God.
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Jesus said, Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God
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with all thy
heart, with all they soul,
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with all thy mind,
and you ought to love your
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neighbor as
yourself. Which means then,
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the first four
commandments deal with our
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love for God; the
final six deal with our
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love for each other.
But when you love God,
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you can't put
anything before God,
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because says thou shalt
have no other gods before Me.
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But number two, I
want to tell you tonight,
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not only that but in the letter,
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God is not
saying--listen to me good--
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you can have other
gods and you can worship
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all the gods you
want, but I just want to
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be your favorite.
At the marriage altar,
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a groom is not
going to tell his bride,
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I'm going to marry
you because you will
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be my favorite wife.
Your marital vows say
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"forsaking all
others." And if your spouse does
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not forsake all others,
it means you're going to
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have some trouble on
your hands. Are you hearing
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what I'm saying? God is
saying, I'm to be your only God.
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Not your favorite
God but your only God,
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because favorite and
only are not the same.
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Favorite and only
are not synonymous.
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Favorite means
that one is preferred
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above all other kinds.
Only means nobody else.
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No one else. Nothing
more. Solely, exclusively.
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Thou shalt have no
other gods before Me.
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Now, somebody's
saying, Pastor, you're
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preaching to the
choir. This isn't hard,
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this is easy. You're
preaching, we believe this
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and we know this. We're
used to thinking in terms
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of there only being one
God. But let's our minds
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a little bit more.
YO use now, in the world
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there are three major religions.
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How many major religions,
everybody?   Aud.:  Three.
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PB:  Yes, Christianity.
Everybody say Christianity.
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Aud.:  Christianity.  
PB: Islam.   Aud.:  Islam.
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PB:  And
Judaism.   Aud.: Judaism.
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PB:  Now, all three
of these major religions
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are believers in
monotheism, which is the worship
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of only one god. Not
two gods, not three gods,
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but one god. Now,
pantheism is the belief that
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there are many gods.
Then we have hedonism,
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which means there are
gods in every religion
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and we are to respect
the gods of other religions.
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But monotheism means
there is one god. How many gods,
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everybody? Aud.:  One.   PB: 
Now, remember, when the book of
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Exodus was written, Christianity
and Islam were not around.
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Jesus had not come yet,
and Mohammed was not heard of.
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Christianity and Islam
were thousands of years in the
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future. So then in the book of
Exodus, in the time of exodus,
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Judaism was in its infancy.
There was no such thing as
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monotheism, the worship of one
god, because nobody had just one
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god. You see, all of
Israel's neighbors were pagans,
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and the pagans worshipped
a lot of different gods.
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Pagans believed that
certain gods ruled certain
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geographic areas or
certain natural phenomenon.
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There were then national gods.
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The Philistines had a
god; the Moabites had a god;
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the Ammonites had a god;
but they didn't just worship
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their national god,
they also had fertility gods,
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storm gods, sun
gods, star gods, sea gods,
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the grass was a
god, the tree was a god,
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the brick was a
god, the straw was a god,
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the water was a
god, the frog was a god,
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the snake was a god.
You name it, it was a god.
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So while a person or a
nation had a favorite god,
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they didn't think of narrowing
their worship to just one god;
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they worshipped many
gods. But I came to let
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somebody know
tonight: there is but one God.
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The one God who
woke you up this morning.
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The one God who
started you on your way.
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The one God who put food
on your table and clothing
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on your back. The one God
who heals somebody of cancer.
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The one God who miraculously
paid your bills when
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you didn't have any
money. There is but one God.
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God says, there is no
other god besides me. None.
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Thou shalt have no
other gods before me.
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But then what does God
mean when he says "before me"?
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Now, the Hebrew interpretation
of the words "before me"
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really means
"before my face." So then,
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what God is saying is,
there is no competition.
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I am God, and I am
God alone. And besides me
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there is no other.
You shalt have no gods,
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no other gods before
My face. None above Me.
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None beneath Me. None
beside Me. None behind Me.
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None in front of
Me. None means none.
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Thou shalt have no
other gods before Me;
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before My face; because
I am God. I'm omnipotent,
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which means I'm all
powerful. I'm omnipresent,
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which means I'm
everywhere at the same time.
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I'm omniscient, which
means I know everything.
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I am God, and beside
me there is none other.
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Thou shalt have no
other gods before Me.
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That's instead of
Me, in addition to Me,
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or in opposition to
Me. Thou shalt have no
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other gods before Me. But
in the world in which we live,
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in this post-modern society,
there are too many things,
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too many little
gods that rival our God.
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What am I talking about?  
What about the god of pleasure?
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Pleasure is like a drug.
It often requires more to get
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the same effect. I like
TV. I like social media.
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I like traveling. I like
vacationing. But anything
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that becomes more important
than our responsibilities
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toward God becomes a
god to us. God is above that
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football game; God is
above that party; God is
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above that cookout. God is
above everything and everybody,
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because God is God. But
not only the god of pleasure,
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what about the god of
possessions? Always needing to
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have the right clothes. The
right shoes. The right house.
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The right car. Being possessed
by things. Proverbs 27:27:
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"The eyes of man are never
satisfied." But not just the god
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of pleasure; not just
the god of possessions,
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but what about the god of
money. Money. Gotta have it;
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can't live without it. If
it means I must work overtime;
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if it means I must
lie and cheat and steal;
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if it means that I must be
ungodly, I've got to have it.
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But the love of money is
the root of all evil. Well,
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what about the god of
diet? We love to eat. Come on,
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tell the truth, shame
the devil. We love to eat.
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Collard greens, cornbread,
fried chicken, fried fish.
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Folk from the islands, ahi
and salt fish. Rice and peas,
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peas and rice. Macaroni
and cheese, sweet potato pie.
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We love to eat. Somebody
can't wait for me to finish
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preaching so they can go
home and eat. Come on, say amen.
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[Aud. reaction]   PB: 
Food is somebody's god.
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But what about the god
of work? I love to work.
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I love my job. I love
my pay. I love the power.
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I love the prestige.
I love the popularity.
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I love the exposure
that I have with my job.
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I love my job. But I can
hear the Word of God saying,
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"What shall it profit a
man to gain the whole world
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to lose his own soul." But
what about the god of self?
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When a person feels that
the world revolves around them.
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And that they must always
come out on top. When they have
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an elitist--get this
right--when they have an elitist
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air about themselves,
this is the god of self.
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But let me tell you
something. You'd better remember
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that conceit is the only
disease that a person has that
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makes everyone around
them sick. Thou shalt have no
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other gods before Me.
There is only one God,
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and we are commanded to
serve and love this one God.
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And whatever you have
your attention on this evening
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other than God, there
are two things stamped on it:
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Transitory and temporary.
Everybody say transitory.
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Aud.:  Transitory.   PB:  And
temporary.   Aud.:  Temporary.
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PB:  Understand, people
come and people go. Fashions
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and fads come and they go.
Heaven and earth shall pass
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away. But the Word of God
shall remain the same; that only
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what you do for Christ is
going to last. And here, folk,
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are falling-in-love-with
materials. Falling in love with
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stuff. Falling in love with
things. Falling in love with
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cars and clothes and homes,
but one day they're just going
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to burn away because you
can't take any of it with you
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to heaven. But if you
really want to have life; if you
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really want to have eternal
life; if you really want to
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make heaven your home,
come meet a God who says I am.
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I am that I am. I am
the Lily of the Valley.
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I am the Bright and
the Morning Star. I am the
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Fairest of Ten Thousand.
I am the Rose of Sharon.
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I am the Alpha and the Omega.
I am the First and the Last.
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I am the Beginning and the
End, because I am that I am.
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I am bread when you're hungry;
water when you're thirsty;
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rest when you're sleepy. I am
your shelter. I am your shield.
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I am your buckle. I am
Adonai, which means I'm Lord
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over every lord. I am El
Shaddai, which means I am God
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Almighty. I am Elohim, which
means I'm the plurality of My
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own divinity. I am El Elyon,
the God of the mountain. But if
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that's too far for you, God says
I'll come down to where you are.
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Because He says I am
Jehovah Jireh. When you need a
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sacrifice, I'll provide. I am
Jehovah Shalom. When you can't
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sleep at night, I'll be your
peace. I am Jehovah Rapha. When
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your body is racking with
pain, I'll be your healer. I am
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Jehovah Nissi. When you're
fighting life's battles, I'll
hold up the banner.
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We've already won! Don't wait
till the battle is over; shout
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now. He's an awesome God. He's
a prayer-answering God. He's an
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on-time God. He's a
miracle-working-God. He's a
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way-making God. He's a
heart-fixing God. He's a
pain-relieving God.
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He's a sickness-curing
God. He's a cancer-killing God;
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a marriage-fixing God; a
child-raising God; a
problem-soling God;
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a bill-paying God. An
attitude-changing God; an
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ever-present God. He's my God.
He's your God. He's our God. And
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thou shalt have no other gods
before Me. Someone to wait until
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I preach, Thou shall not
kill. Thou shall not steal.
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They want me to preach
thou shall not commit adultery;
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thou shall not covet. But
the reality, friends, is this.
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The next nine commandments
don't mean a thing if I
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don't get
commandment number one straight.
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If I've got another god,
who cares if I commit adultery?
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Who cares if I kill? Who
cares if I steal? If I don't
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have commandment one right,
I can do whatever I want to do.
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But if I get commandment
number one right, I don't have
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to hear the rest of it,
because if I get God right,
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there's some stuff
I'm just not going to do.
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Because the God is
me dwells inside. Oh,
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I wish I had a
witness in this place.
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You get commandment
one right, and all the rest
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will fall in place. Put God
first. Oh, you didn't hear me.
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Put God first! Put God
first! Thou shalt have no other
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gods before Me. God
says, love Me and only Me.
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Love Me with every
fiber of your being.
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And I just want to
tell the Lord tonight,
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Lord, I love you. I said,
I just want to tell the Lord,
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Lord, I love you. Does anybody
else love the Lord tonight?
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Let me close this way.
I can't give God a house.
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I can't give God cars.
I can't give God clothes.
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I can't give God money,
because all the money already
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belongs to Him. But tonight
I can give God some praise.
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I can give God some worship.
And when I come into the
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presence of God and I
know that He's the only true
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and living God, I don't
need anybody to shake me up.
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I don't need anybody to
stir me up. I don't need
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the praise team to pump me
up. I don't need the preacher
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to make me praise the
Lord. Because when I think of
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the goodness of Jesus
and all He's done for me,
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my soul cries out Hallelujah!
Thank God for saving me!
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All I need to know is that
God is here, and I give God
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the praise. I give God the
honor. I give God the glory
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and the praise. Hallelujah.
I said hallelujah! Hallelujah!
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Thou shalt have no
other gods before Me.
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Thou shalt not
worship any other gods,
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but thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God
00:25:23.82\00:25:25.59
and Him only shalt
thou serve. Thou shalt
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love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart,
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with all thy soul
and with all thy might.
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Take ye first the kingdom
of God and His righteousness,
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and all these things
shall be added unto you.
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Thou shalt have no
other gods before Me.
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Trust in the Lord
with all thine heart and
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lean not unto
thine own understanding.
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In all thy ways acknowledge
Him. He shall direct thy paths.
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I worship Him because
He's God. He's God. He's God.
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Some worship Buddha;
some worship Mohammed;
00:26:07.93\00:26:13.10
some worship Confucius.
But tonight I'm so glad
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I can worship God. The
God of heaven and earth.
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Whatever He wants me
to do, I've got to do.
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Wherever He wants me
to go, I've got to go.
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It's my desire to be just
as He would have me to be,
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because He's God.
And so because He's God,
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He's the joy and He's
the strength of my life.
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He moves all
pain, misery and strife.
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He promised to keep
me, never to leave me,
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He's never come
short of His Word.
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but I want to go with
Him when He comes back.
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I've come too far, and
I will never turn back.
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Because my God,
my God, my God is.
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If you believe
that, sing that with us.
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[song God is the joy
and the strength of my life,
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He moves all pain,
misery, and strife.
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He promised to keep
me, never to leave me.
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He's never ever
come short of His word.
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All I've got to
do is fast and pray.
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Stay in the narrow
way. Keep my life clean each
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And keep my
life clean every day;
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I want to go with
Him when He comes back,
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I've come too far
and I'll never turn back.
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>:  Thank you for
joining us for another exciting
00:28:12.35\00:28:15.22
Breath of Life
television broadcast.
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Tune in next
week at the same time,
00:28:17.36\00:28:19.33
as Dr. Byrd will
deliver another dynamic
00:28:19.36\00:28:21.60
message from the
Lord, just for you.
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Until next time,
may God bless you.
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