#S079 - “Just Live It” (Part 1)
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I would invite you to go with me
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and your Bibles to
the Book of Saint Luke.
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Chapter six, St
Luke's Chapter six.
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And we're going to begin
together at verse number 37.
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And as we spend a little
time talking about our theme,
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our theme is becoming the
church that Christ intended.
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I'm going
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to spend a little time
talking about one of the norms.
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One of the things that
consistently happen in church
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that keep us from becoming
the church that Christ intended.
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Anybody ever been to a church
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where they had a
judgment so critical spirit's
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right.
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And I need you to know that
does not come from Jesus Christ.
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It comes from a
different spirit.
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And we want to address it
from the Word of God today.
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Luke Chapter six and verse 37.
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When you get there,
just say, Pastor, I'm there.
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Luke Chapter six in verse 37,
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Jesus Teaching the
Beatitudes gives these words.
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I want to invite
those who are coming in.
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If you come on in quickly
or those who are stepping out,
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we want to be settled
as we go to the word today.
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Luke Chapter six,
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verse 37 When you
find it, just say amen.
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The Bible.
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Jesus teaching.
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Look at what Jesus taught
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and I want you to
pay attention to this.
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And it's going
to feel in moments
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like I'm taking
the scenic route.
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But there are some things
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that God needs us
to understand today.
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Luke six In
verse 37, Jesus says,
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Judge, what?
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Judge not.
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And you shall not be judged,
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condemn not and you
shall not be condemned.
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Forgive and you
will be forgiven,
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give and it
will be given to you.
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Good measure.
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Pressed down, shaken
together and running over
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will be put into your
bosom for with the same measure
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that you use, it will
be measured back to you.
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And he spoke a parable to them
Can the blind lead the blind?
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Will they both not
fall into the ditch?
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A disciple is not
above his teacher,
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but everyone who
is perfectly trained
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will be like his teacher.
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And then this is the question.
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Why do you look at the
speck in your brother's eye
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and do not perceive
the plank in your own eye?
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Or how can you say to
your brother, brother,
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let me remove the suspect
that is in your eye when you
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yourself do not see the
plank that is in your own eye.
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Hypocrites.
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First, remove the
plank from your eye.
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Then you will
see clearly to rise.
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To remove the speck that is
in your brother's eye today.
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Saints for a little
while, with God's help,
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I just wanted to talk
to you under the subject.
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Just live it.
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Just live it.
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And I want to
subtitled this sermon
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sweep around your own front door
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before you try to
sweep around mine.
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Turn to your
neighbor real quick.
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Let them know. Don't say it.
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Just live it, too.
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Until neighbors
said Don't declare it.
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Just live it.
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Let's pray together.
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Father, I need
desperately your spirit.
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In this hour,
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I am praying that you would give
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a fresh supply of strength
to be able to teach the word.
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But, Lord, I am praying an even
greater anointing for the body
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to be able to receive the word
and to put it into practice.
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And so, Father,
I am praying that
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of all the places of
worship that you are visiting
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while on others you are calling.
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Please don't pass us by.
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So, Lord, would you hide me
in the shadows of the cross that
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Jesus alone might be seen, that
Christ alone might be heard?
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And at the end of
our time together,
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let Jesus alone be praised.
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Bless us to this.
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And we ask
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in the mighty name
of Christ our Lord,
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that believes out together.
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Amen and amen.
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You may be seated in
the House of the Lord again,
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talking under the subject.
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Just. Just live it.
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Just live it, you know?
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CHURCH A couple of weeks back,
I was on a cruise overseas.
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And because of the jetlag,
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I was up each night
later than I normally am.
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And because I was up, I
decided to go to the gym
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on the ship in order to
blow off a little stress.
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And so while I was
there, I was working out
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in my own corner at a pace
that was comfortable for me.
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But after a little
while of working out,
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there was this very
young guy that came in
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with a very statuesque build.
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In fact, church,
this brother was so rich
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that you could see the abs
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through the shirt
that he was wearing.
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And of course, it would happen
that he would come to work out
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in the mirror right next
to where I was working out.
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And it's crazy
because he was very polite.
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He was very
considerate of the space.
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In fact, he worked out
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quietly with his
headphones on the entire time.
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Now, to be clear, the energy
in the gym was very casual.
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But once he came
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in, he worked out
with such an energy
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that the mood of the
entire room began to shift.
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And because I noticed
that this brother had great
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workout results, I began
to imitate some of his moves.
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And so I begin to
curl the same way.
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I saw him curl then, and I
begin to go deeper in the dips,
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the way I saw him do.
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And I begin to try some
stretches that I had no business
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trying to attempt.
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And it's funny
because this brother didn't
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come in telling people
what they needed to do.
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He didn't come in
within instructor's mentality.
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I was just so
impressed with his resolve
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that I tried to
imitate his movements.
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And in this church there is
a tremendous spiritual lesson
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because most of us
believe that we raise
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the standard of the
church by what we say.
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But the truth is that we raise
the standard by how we live.
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In other words, what happened
in the gym is true in life,
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because when people
admire your spiritual results,
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they'll begin to
imitate your spiritual moves.
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And the reason
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some of our young people don't
covet our spiritual moves is
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that they're not that impressed
with our spiritual results.
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And the funny thing is that this
young brother didn't come in
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and condemn anybody or say
what they needed to be doing.
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His results were simply a rebuke
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to all the dead bodies
and love handles in the room.
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And this is the
principle for the church.
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How many of us know that
you don't have to walk around
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telling people what
they are doing wrong?
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In fact, the
greatest rebuke to wrong
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is and authentically
live the Christian life.
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In other words, you
don't have to tell people
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not to gossip or be
messy when they notice
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that you don't
partake in slinging mud.
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It adds conviction
to the conversation.
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In other words,
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you don't have to tell
folk not to smoke or drink,
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but when they notice
that you don't share it,
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it becomes a buzzkill
for everybody in the room.
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You don't have to tell folks
that they need to get up and
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go to church.
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But when you get
up and go on your own,
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even if your roommate
or spouse doesn't say it,
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it informs them about the things
that they need to be doing.
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And the word to
somebody today is that
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God doesn't need a
whole lot of preachers.
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What the church
needs is a lot of doers.
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God doesn't need you to say God
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just needs somebody
that's going to live it.
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Because how many of us
know that demonstration
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is more powerful
than instruction?
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Are you hearing
the word today? Saints.
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And so go back with me,
if you don't mind, to chapter
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six and verse 37.
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We're going to unpack
some things in the word today.
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Luke six in verse
37, when you get there,
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let me hear you
say, man, Jesus speaking.
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He says, Judge not
and you shall not be what
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condemn not and you shall
not be what the Bible says.
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Forgive him and
you will be what?
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All right, now, saints.
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I'm not going to be
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before you long, but
there are four brief principles
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that I want to put
before your consideration today.
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You see, there is a
principle that is oftentimes
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omitted from
Christian consideration.
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You see, the first
thing this text teaches us
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is that whatever
you want in abundance,
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you've got to be
willing to give in abundance.
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Let me say it again that
whatever you want in abundance,
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you've got to be
willing to give in abundance.
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Now, notice, friends,
what Jesus is interested
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do sing to us in the Spirit
is the principle of reciprocity.
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In fact, what Jesus
shows is that reciprocity
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is actually a part of
the sanctification formula,
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because he says
that if you judge not,
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then you will not be judged.
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He says if you condemn not,
then you will not be condemned.
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But he says, if you forgive,
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then forgiveness is
going to be applied to you.
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Now, the reason this
does not compute to some
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is that most of us thought
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that our
salvation operated in a silo
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where there was no correlation
between the way I treat others
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and the way I will
ultimately be treated by God.
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But if I am reading
the Scriptures correctly,
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there are certain virtues
that I forfeit when I refuse
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to assign those characteristics
to others and see Jesus.
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What He does is He
tethers the way you treat others
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to how you're ultimately
going to be treated by God.
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And he is crazy because
some are not receiving this.
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But Jesus says that the
same exact thing judgmental way
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you treat others is the same way
that God is going to look upon
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your raggedy and
wretched life when you do wrong.
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Jesus is the same condemning
Spirit that you apply to others.
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He says, I'm going to
aim that same spirit at you.
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When Judgment Day shows up.
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Jesus says that if you
refuse to forgive others,
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then forgiveness is
going to be withheld from you.
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And there are some
that are in their feelings
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because you're saying,
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why would Christ treat
me the same way that I am
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treating others?
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I'm so glad you
asked that question today.
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The first reason Jesus
does this is because we are
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ambassadors of Jesus,
somebody without ambassadors.
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In other words, we
are his representatives
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in a fallen world.
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And the truth is
that unbelievers, before
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they open up a
Bible or come to a church
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the way they know
what Christ is like
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is through their
interactions with us.
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And the truth is that
when we act contrary to Jesus,
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we actually
slander his character
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and we nullify the
power of the Gospel.
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But the second reason that
Jesus applies recipes mostly is
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because many times reciprocity
shows up in your conscience.
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Stay with me.
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We're going
somewhere today, Church.
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You see, Jesus says if
you don't condemn, guess what?
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You won't be condemned.
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I wish there was
a church here today.
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He says that if you don't
judge, you will not be judge.
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And he says that if
you forgive abundantly,
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you will be forgiven abundantly.
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And what Jesus is doing,
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he is not just
articulating a requirement.
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What Jesus is doing
is describing a result,
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because reciprocity doesn't
just show up in the heavenly.
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It shows up in your conscious.
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You hear what I'm saying?
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In fact, let me say it this way.
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Do you realize that the
person that walks around
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feeling most condemned
is not the worst sinner,
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but the person that feels
most condemned is the person
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that does the most condemning.
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You're not here with me yet.
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The person that feels
the most judge is not the one
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that does the most wrong,
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but it is the one that
does the most amount of judging.
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In fact, the one that struggles
to feel like they are forgiven
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is the one that
is reluctant to offer
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forgiveness to those
that has done them wrong.
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And the way reciprocity shows up
is in any irritated conscience
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I hear me today say, in fact,
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have you ever
noticed this real talk
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that that sometimes the
person that's always accused
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their spouse, our partner
of cheating, are doing dirt.
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The one that's
always accusing of dirt
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is usually the one
practicing the dirt.
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Have you ever noticed
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that the ones that
always feel like other people
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are talking about them
are the ones that go around
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and have something to say about
everybody that they encounter?
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Have you noticed that
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the one that's always
accusing people are lying
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are the ones that
always lie like a rug
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and they don't know
the truth from a lie.
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And there are some
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who are sitting here saying,
no, that's not me, Pastor.
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I'm just keeping it real.
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No, you're not keeping it real.
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You're just keeping it ratchet.
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Because Titus
115 says Total pure.
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Oh, things are pure but defiled.
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Nothing is pure
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because the conscience
and the heart are defiled. In
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other words, when you do dirt,
all you can do is see dirt.
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Okay?
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Like.
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Like, I remember one
day I have passed the mark.
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A pair of plus one
glasses I only wear at my house.
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And I remember
one day as my kids
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were coming into my room,
I put the glasses on my face
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and I noticed just that
my oldest son had a speck
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of something on the
right cheek of his face,
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and I told him to wipe
it, but it didn't come off.
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And then, like a good
parent, I took my finger
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and tried to wipe it,
but it wouldn't come off.
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But then I turned to my
daughter and she had the same
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those fact at the
same spot on her face.
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And I tried to wipe it off.
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And after a while they
mad and pushing back my hands
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and saying, Daddy,
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the dirt is not on us, but
the dirt is in your glasses.
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You're not missing it.
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In other words, when
you've got dirt on you,
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all you can
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do is see dirt
on everybody else.
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And that's why you got to
get the dirt out of your own eye
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before you try to get the
dirt out of somebody else's.
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I, I hear me today
and see friends of mine.
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This is a very critical thing
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for our consumption
because here in our Texas lies
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the reason that some of us feel
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like we can't
truly be forgiven by God.
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Do you realize the reason?
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Some of us feel
like we can't be forgiven
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is because we are
reluctant to give forgiveness.
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You see, when you forgive
even those that have wounded you
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the most, it literally
becomes a salvific parable
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in the life of the one who
is offended of the offender.
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But simultaneously, what
it does, unbeknownst to us,
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is it bolsters our
faith that if I am able
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to forgive them, then
God's grace is sufficient
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for the trespasses
that I commit against Him
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and see, as I stated earlier,
whatever you want in abundance,
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you've got to be
willing to give in abundance.
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And the reason that some of us
see the grace of God as a myth
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and limited in our lives
is because we are limited
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in the way that we extend grace
to those that have offended us.
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Are you hearing
me today at church
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so that there are some of us,
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even though we are
forgiving in the heavenly,
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we still struggle with
condemnation in the earthly,
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because when we refuse to
forgive others, subconsciously
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it creates the notion
that there is a limitation
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about how much grace I
am able to receive from God.
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But when you are
generous and giving forgiveness
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to those that have harmed
you, you actually break up
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the spirit of condemnation
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and you dilute the
lives of the accuser
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that says you've gone too
far and you've done too much,
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and that his
grace is not sufficient.
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I see the
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problem with some of us is,
as you're wrestling with this,
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some of us are
approaching this the wrong way.
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You see some are going hear
this and approach forgiveness
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like a hostage
that is forced to give
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something that they
don't really want to give.
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But one of the things
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I've come to understand
is that I don't forgive
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just because God
commanded me to forgive.
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But the reason I forgive
is because I've been forgiven.
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So much by the most high.
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In other words, I
need somebody to know
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that I am thankful for the
promise of First John one night,
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which says If you
confess your sense
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he is faithful and
just to forgive you
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of your sins and cleanse
you of all unrighteousness.
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I am thankful for First John
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to when he says I write these
things that you do not saying.
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But if any man says he has
an advocate with the Father,
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Jesus Christ, the righteous.
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I am thankful
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for the promise of Jeremiah,
where God says that I even I am.
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He will forgive your
sins and for my own sake
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I will remember them no
more and see the reason.
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Friends of mine I am okay.
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Giving forgiveness
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is because I have
received so much forgiveness.
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And do I have at least seven
or eight folks that are thankful
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that God has
overlooked all your trespasses
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and you are thankful
that God is giving grace
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upon grace and
mercy on top of mercy.
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And see, there is a
reason I have to forgive
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you. See, I'm too
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sinful to be stingy with grace,
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and because I need
all of the long suffering
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and because I need
God to be gracious to me,
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I have to be gracious to
those that have offended me.
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And I just need to know, do
I have any sinners in this room
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that need all the
grace that God can give?
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And because you
need grace, you're
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willing to offer that grace.
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Oh, you are here me today.
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Church
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and see, I love
what it says in Romans.
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Chapter five.
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Listen, this
thing is so good to me.
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It literally says
that we're seeing a bounce.
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We're seeing a bounce.
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Grace does much more about oh,
let me let me teach on this side
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the Bible says
we're seeing a bounce
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Grace does much more
about y'all missed it.
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Notice it.
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Don't say we're seeing a bounce
Grace comes to the equal level.
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The Bible says
we're seeing a bounce.
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Grace does much more are
bound so that Grace doesn't
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just meet the
level of my saying,
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but grace exceeds
the level of my saying.
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So what God does
when He applies grace,
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he doesn't just give
you enough to be forgiven.
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God gives
extra, he gives access.
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He gives a bundle.
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He pours it in the overflow.
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So why does God give extra grace
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so that when somebody offends
you, you already got some extra
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so that you can forgive them?
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Yeah, I hear me today.
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Church
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is crazy that the
story is told. Yes.
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Of a father who had two sons.
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And so the two sons
are he went with one to
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to his athletic practice.
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And while the one
son was in the practice,
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the other son said, Daddy,
00:22:28.91\00:22:29.98
I need some money to go
and get something to eat.
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And so what he does is
he lets him get a snack
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and some drinks
and it costs about $5.
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And so what the father
does is he gives him a $10 bill
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to get his $5 snack.
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And when the boy comes back,
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he says, Daddy, do
you want your change?
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And the daddy says, No,
I don't want the change.
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Just keep it.
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But once the other
brother finish the practice
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and he saw the
other brother eating,
00:22:55.34\00:22:56.67
he asked the brother,
Will you buy me something too?
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Now the other brother got
mad and says you need to earn it
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or get it from Dad.
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Now the dad said something
I'll never forget to the son.
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He says that the reason
I didn't ask for my change
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was so that you can buy
something for your brother
00:23:13.72\00:23:16.42
that was go already have a knee.
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In other words,
how can you withhold
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what you did not earn
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because your brother
is not able to deserve it.
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Y'all miss shouts out.
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In other words,
says, When you forgive,
00:23:28.77\00:23:31.64
all you're doing is
spending God's tanks.
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You didn't earn it.
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You didn't deserve it.
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It is just out of the abundance
00:23:39.65\00:23:42.62
of what God has
already given you.
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You hear me today? CHURCH
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So the Bible says here in verse
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number 38, Jesus says, give
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and it will be given to you.
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Good measure, press
down, taken together
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and running over will
be put into your bosom
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for with the same measure
00:24:05.97\00:24:06.94
that you use, it
will be measured unto you.
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Second thing this teaches
us beloved, is that there are
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some of us that
have faith to receive,
00:24:13.08\00:24:16.12
but there are some of
us that need faith to give
00:24:17.12\00:24:19.62
you almighty quiet today.
00:24:20.99\00:24:23.32
See, some of us only want
faith to receive something.
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But how many of us
know that every now
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and then you need
faith to give it to God
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and see?
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One of the things
00:24:33.07\00:24:34.20
that we've learned is that
you can't have in abundance
00:24:34.24\00:24:36.91
what you refuse to give in
abundance and see what this is.
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Beloved, it is a call
00:24:41.88\00:24:43.14
to radical generosity in
the Church of the Living God.
00:24:43.18\00:24:47.42
You need to be radically
generous into eight areas.
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First, you need to
be radically generous
00:24:51.72\00:24:53.09
and giving to the cause of God
through your tithe and offering.
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But better yet,
00:24:57.63\00:24:58.69
you need to be radically
generous and also sharing
00:24:58.73\00:25:02.23
and being a
blessing to your fellow man.
00:25:03.16\00:25:05.40
In fact,
00:25:05.70\00:25:06.23
I need somebody to know
00:25:06.27\00:25:07.87
that those that are the
most abundant in their harvest
00:25:07.90\00:25:11.81
are those that are the
most abundant in their sowing.
00:25:12.97\00:25:16.31
And see, the problem
is that we have allowed
00:25:17.25\00:25:20.05
the religious of
Jesus to be made selfish
00:25:21.02\00:25:24.09
because we approach
00:25:25.99\00:25:27.22
Jesus with a
consumers mentality.
00:25:27.26\00:25:30.16
In fact, I mean, real talk.
00:25:31.19\00:25:32.69
Look at the way we
talk in contemporary times.
00:25:32.73\00:25:36.87
Look at the vernacular
00:25:37.43\00:25:38.63
that has emerged
when Jesus made it clear
00:25:38.67\00:25:41.64
that if you want to be
great, you got to become a what
00:25:42.80\00:25:44.34
you got to become a
servant, not a consumer.
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I hear what I'm saying.
00:25:48.11\00:25:49.44
So that in the church,
when when church gets good,
00:25:49.48\00:25:51.68
what we say is I receive that.
00:25:52.38\00:25:55.92
We don't say I give that.
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