#S090 - I'm A DEI Hire (Part 1)
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I would invite you to
stand with me to your feet
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as we go to the
Scriptures today.
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I want to invite you to
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go with me to a couple of
places in the word Daniel.
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Chapter two.
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And we will look together
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at verse number 47.
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And if you don't mind,
just put your finger over
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into Daniel chapter three,
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and we will
begin at verse eight,
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but we're going to
start at Daniel chapter two
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and we will begin
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at verse
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number 47, just
for context sake.
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The King
Nebuchadnezzar, sir, had a dream
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that he could not recall
and he could not interpret.
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Issued a decree,
an insane decree.
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This is.
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I need you to
tell me what I dreamt,
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and then I need you to
interpret it on top of that.
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And nobody in the
King Kingdom could do it.
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But Daniel was connected
with God and God through
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Daniel, made known to the King,
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the dream and the
interpretation thereof.
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And as a result,
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he receives this promotion
that we reference here in Daniel
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two in verse 47.
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When you get there,
just pass the room there,
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the Bible says the
king answered Daniel
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and said, Truly, your
God is the God of Gods
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and the Lord of Kings
and a revealer of secrets
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since you could
reveal this secret.
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Then the King promoted Daniel
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and gave him many great
gifts, and he made him ruler
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over the whole
province of Babylon and Chief
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Administrator of all
the wise men of Babylon,
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and also Daniel
petitioned the king
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and he sent
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
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over the affairs of
the province of Babylon.
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But Daniel sat in
the gate of the king.
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Now go over to
Daniel chapter three,
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where now the king
essentially establishes
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an unjust law that this image
now overlaid in complete gold,
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that if anyone does
not bow down or worship,
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they will be thrown into the
fiery furnace, verse eight says.
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Therefore, at that
time, certain Chaldeans
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came forward and accused who
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and they spoke and said
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to King Nebuchadnezzar,
o King Live forever.
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You and King have made a decree
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that everyone
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who hears the sound of
the horn, the flute, the harp,
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the lyre and sultry and
symphony with all kinds of music
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so fall down and
worship the golden image
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and whoever does
not fall down in worship
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shall be cast into the mist
of a burning, fiery furnace.
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There are certain Jews whom
you have sent over the affairs
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of the province of Babylon,
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.
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These men of King have
not paid due regard to you.
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They have not served
your gods are worship
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the golden image
which you have set up.
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The Nebuchadnezzar are in a
rage and fury, gave the command
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to bring Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego
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so they brought
these men before the King
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and Nebuchadnezzar
spoke, saying to them,
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Is it true,
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego,
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that you do not
serve my gods nor worship
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the image which you have,
which I have set up in verse 16?
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Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
answered and said to the king,
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Oh, Nebuchadnezzar,
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we have no need to
answer you in this matter.
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If that is the case,
our God whom we serve
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is able to deliver us
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from the burning, fiery
firms, and he will deliver us
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from your handle.
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KING But if not,
let it be known unto you
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that we do not serve
your gods, nor we will.
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We worship the golden
image which you have set up.
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The Nebuchadnezzar
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was full of fury in
the expression of his face,
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changed toward
Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego,
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and he spoke and commanded
that they heat the furnace
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seven times more than
it was usually heated.
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And he commanded
certain mighty men of valor
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who were in his home
army to bind Shadrach, Meshach
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and Abednego, and to cast them
into the burning, fiery furnace.
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And these men were
bound in their coats,
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their trousers, their turbans,
and their other garments,
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and they were cast into the mist
of the burning, fiery furnace.
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Therefore, because the
king's command was urgent
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and the furnace exceedingly hot,
the flame of fire killed those
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who took up Shadrach Meshach
in a bid and got the job.
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Gets this.
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It killed the ones that
threw them into the fire.
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And the Bible says.
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And these three
men, Shadrach, Meshack
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and Abednego, fell down, bound
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into the mist of the
burning, fiery furnace.
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They Nebuchadnezzar had to check
himself, for he was astonished
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and rose in haste and
spoke, saying to his counselor,
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Did we not cast £3 million
into the midst of the fire?
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And they answered and
said to the king, True.
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Oh, king.
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And he says, Look,
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I see four men loose
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walking in the midst of the fire
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and they are not hurt.
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And the form of the fourth
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is like the son of God
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today, saints for
just a little while.
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I want to talk to
you under the subject.
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I'm a I higher
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I'm a D.I.
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I'm a tell you now
you got fragile ears.
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This sermon aim for you.
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And so let's look
to the Lord in prayer.
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Father, I pray
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that you would give me
strength to preach your word.
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And then, Father, would you
give us the strength to hear
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and rightly
respond to your word?
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I'm praying that in these days
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where
discouragement and fear abounds,
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that you would
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allow faith to
settle afresh in our souls.
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Today.
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So, Lord, would you please
hide in the shadows of the cross
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that Jesus alone might be seen,
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that Christ
alone would be heard,
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and at the end of our time
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together, let
Jesus alone be praised.
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Bless us.
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To this end,
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we ask
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in the mighty name
of Jesus, our Lord,
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let those who
love himself together.
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Amen.
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And they, man, you may be
seated in the house of the Lord
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again, talking to
you under the subject of
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the higher
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would invite you all to
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come on quickly and settle.
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You know church
the last ten days
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have been emotionally draining
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for members of various
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minority communities.
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President Trump
revealed his true values
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in the executive orders
that he signed into being
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on day number one.
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The second Trump
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presidency began with
him making good on his claim
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that he would
enact mass deportations.
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His stated aim is
to rid our country
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of the violent
criminals that were shipped
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from other nations to
the shores of our land.
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And though I am in favor of
policies that make our land safe
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from where I stand, the
greatest threat to safety
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is not those that seek
asylum on these shores.
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From my standpoint, the
greatest threat to our safety
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is an American
born 16 year old male
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named Timmy, who sits
in an unsupervised basement
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with access to munitions
and bomb making material.
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And yet there is
no policy enacted
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to deal with this
clear and present danger.
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Additionally, one of his top
priorities was to disassemble
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the federal protections
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provided by the Department
of Equity and Inclusion
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as if the greatest threat to
our democracy is that America
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is too diverse, too
equitable, and too inclusive.
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It is offensive to me
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that the belief that the
way we make America great again
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is by tipping the scales
of justice out of balance
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and in fact threatens the term
d i higher has actually become
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a slur designated by
the worst among us to demean
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the accomplishments from
those from minority communities.
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It actually leaves
a psychological scar,
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suggesting that
unfair policy is the reason
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for their employment placement.
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When the truth is
that DDR was not designed
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to enable
unqualified minorities,
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but it was actually put in place
to ensure that those that had
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merit would not be overlooked
based upon their religion,
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their gender, or
the color of their skin.
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And it is amazing
that some are so callous
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that they blame the
tragedy in the Potomac
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as a result of the high hires.
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While bodies are still
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being fished from the river
where the accident took place
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and friends,
these enacted policies
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are simply a
reminder to the marginalized,
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along with the majority
of good conscience, that
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there is no rest for us down
here on this side of eternity.
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There will always be
injust steps on this side.
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There will always be
inequity on this side.
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There will always
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be an underclass until the
day that Jesus Christ comes.
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And it is a reminder that though
we should fight for change
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and though we should
stand up for the oppressed,
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that wickedness will prevail
until Jesus comes to put it
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to an end.
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And the truth is, friends,
to be surprised by injustice
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is personal naivete.
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It is to suggest that
men can be something greater
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than his base nature.
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In fact, Jesus
knew man's nature.
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It is why the Bible says
that he would commit himself to
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no man because he
knew what was in man.
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And I simply stop by
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to let the church know
that there will come a day
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when the sorrows of this
world will exit from our memory.
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In fact, the prophet
Isaiah, in his vision of harmony
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and peace, sees the words that
I shall declare at this time.
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And Isaiah 11, in
verse four, the Bible says,
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with righteousness
he will judge the poor
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and decide with equity
for the meek of the earth
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that he should strike the
Earth with the rod of his mouth
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and with the breath of his
lips, he shall slay the wicked.
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He says that righteousness
shall be the belt of his loins.
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And on that day, the
wolf will dwell with the lamb,
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and the leopard will lie
down with the young goat,
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and that the calf and the lion
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self dwell together, and
a child will lead them in.
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The Bible says the cow
and the bear shall graze
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and their young ones
will lie down together
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and they shall
not hurt or destroy.
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In my holy mountain,
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for the earth shall be filled
with the knowledge of the Lord.
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And I don't know
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if we've gained a sense of
that, what that picture means
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when he says the lamb
will lay down with the lion.
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It is Isaiah pointing
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to the disintegration
of all social Darwinism,
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an idea based upon survival,
based upon predatory strength.
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It is a promise that God will
put an end to all caste system,
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that God will end all
hierarchy, that God will end
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all tribalism, that God
will end all sectarianism,
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that God will end all racism,
that God will end all sexism,
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that God will end
all discrimination
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and that God will
end all patriarchy.
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You see, friends of mine,
I'm glad to know that trouble
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won't last. Always,
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you see.
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I heard some folk on
Facebook say this way this week
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that that pastor, I think I'm
going to change my citizenship.
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Well, the problem is,
Paul told us we should have
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did that a long time
ago in Philippians 320,
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the Bible says our
citizenship is in heaven,
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where in way is on the return
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of Jesus Christ as he
friends, I need you to suggest
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that I'm not running from Donald
Trump, the Canada or Mexico.
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I'm American born,
I'm American bread.
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And when I die, I'll be America.
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Oh, y'all in brand new in
here today I scared of any man
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this is my country to you are
hearing what I'm saying today.
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But even though I live
down here, my citizenship is
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and heaven.
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My investments are on the
streets of go with thieves
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do not break in and steal
and rust does not corrupt.
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In fact, let me say it this way.
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This week I learned that you
need about six major documents
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in order to change your
citizenship that you need.
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And in 400, which is
an expensive document
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to help you naturalize,
you need a green card
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that allows you
to work permanently.
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You need proof of identity.
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You need proof of
marital status, you need proof
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of military service.
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And you have proof
of good moral character.
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And I need you to
know that because of Jesus,
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you've got all your
citizenship documents,
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because the naturalization
documents are expensive.
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But guess what?
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He pay the price at the cross.
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I need you to know
he got our green card
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when he got up on the
first day of the morning,
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he gave us his proof of
identity for Revelation two.
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Says he's given us a
new name written in glory.
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He's given us our marital
status for Ephesians five.
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Says that the church is
the bridegroom of the lamb,
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that we've got proof
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of military service
because I'm in the Lord's army,
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and then I got nervous when I
need a proof of moral character
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because I'm born in
sin and Saipan in iniquity.
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But Hebrews says
that he ever live
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to make intercession for
us, and we're seeing our bounce.
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Grace does much more abound.
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Can you shout that
we've got citizenship
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beyond the sky in Jesus?
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Can you say Amen today?
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And so go back with
me, if you don't mind.
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As we unpack
this a little further
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to Daniel chapter one and
verse one as we see some things
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in the scripture today,
Daniel chapter one and verse
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number one, when you get
there, say, Pastor, I'm there,
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Daniel chapter one
and verse number one.
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Look, there are some things
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I need you to see
in the word today.
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The Bible says in the third
year of the reign of Jehovah
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King of Judah
Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon
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came to
Jerusalem and besieged it.
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And verse three says, Then
the king instructed Aspirin's
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the master of his units
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to bring some of
the children of Israel
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and some of the
kings descendants
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and some nobles, young men
in whom there was no blemish
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but good looking and
gifted in all wisdom,
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possessing knowledge
and quick to understand
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who had the ability to
serve in the King's Palace,
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whom they might
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teach the language and
literature of the child's,
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and the King appointed
for them a daily provision
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of the king's delicacies
and of the wine which he drink.
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And three years
of training for them,
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so that at the end of that time
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they might serve for the king.
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Okay, now,
Church, I need you to know
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that our text
today is very relevant
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for today's climate
and today's situation.
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And the first thing it teaches
is that a nation's strength
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is connected to its diversity.
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Let let let me let me slow
it down that that a nation's
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strength is
connected to its diversity.
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Now, remember, Friends
and Daniel chapter two,
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that God gave
Nebuchadnezzar a dream
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that he could not
recall or even interpret.
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And so he put forth an insane
decree that if the wise men
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could not tell him the
dream or interpret the dream,
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they would all
essentially be put to death.
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But essentially what God does is
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he wheels into being a forum
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for Daniel to be
able to address the king.
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And so once God
gives him the vision,
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God lets Daniel
the King through.
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Daniel know that the
dream was of a statue
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that consisted of
many different medals.
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It had a head of
gold, it had chests
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and arms of silver, it had
belly and thighs of bronze.
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The legs were made of
iron and the feet were made
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of iron and clay.
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And he helped the king to
understand that these metals
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represent the various kingdoms
that would have great influence
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over the earth.
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And he let him
know that you okay
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represent the go ahead of
gold, that Babylon represents
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the hand of gold,
that the head of gold
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would be supplanted
by the middle Persians,
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which is the chest
and arms of silver.
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The Medes and Persians would
be overtaken by the Greeks,
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which are the belly
and thighs of brass,
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that the Greeks would be
overwhelmed by the Romans,
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which represent the legs of iron
and the feet of iron and clay,
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represent the
emerging provinces of Europe
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and the superpower
that would flow out of them.
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But at the end of division,
there is a rock cut out of the
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mountain without hands,
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and it comes
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and smashes the image to bits
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and the image is
blown away like chaff,
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and the stone fills up the
entire earth with its glory.
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And the point of the dream
is not that God establishes.
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Oh, well, it was
the teach Nebuchadnezzar
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that God is sovereign
and that He will establish
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a kingdom that has no end.
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Now Church remember
what Daniel told him?
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That the different
metal represents the strength
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of the different kingdoms
so that the gold, the kingdom
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would be the best one and each
one would be inferior to it.
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And what God is
telling Daniel is that Babylon,
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the head of gold, would be
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the most powerful
nation in the succession.
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So then the question should be,
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what would make
Babylon so great?
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I'm glad you asked
you just read it there.
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And Daniel, chapter one,
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do you realize that
for all of Nebuchadnezzar,
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his eccentricities, he
had one good civil practice?
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What made Babylon
stand out was they instituted
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a diversity, equity
and inclusion program.
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Okay.
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Yo, yo, yo, yo,
yo. To slow me today.
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Did you notice it was
there in Daniel chapter one.
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So that what I Babylon
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did was every captured nation,
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they would take individuals
from that group and they would
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train them in the same
and literature of Babylon
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and put them to work
in the King's service.
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And some believe
that Nebuchadnezzar
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learned from his father.
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No bow plays
are that any kingdom
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that has a homogenous cabinet
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is going to have a
lid and his prosperity.
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In other words,
Nebuchadnezzar knew that
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if your cabinet is homogenous,
if your military looks the same,
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if all of those in leadership
think the same, guess what?
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Your blind spots are
going to be permanent.
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And the only way to get
a 360 degree view of wisdom
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is to have people from
every nation represented
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in the leadership of government.
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In other words,
Nebuchadnezzar recognized
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that there would be some
that have gifts in military,
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that there would be
some that had strength.
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And Admiral culture, that some
would have strength in the arts,
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that others would
have strength in sciences.
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And Nebuchadnezzar
knew that it did not
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diminish him in
order to include them,
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but it actually bolstered
him in order to include them.
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Because the more
gifts you have at the table,
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the more wisdom
you're going to have
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as he friends of mine.
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If America can learn something
from Babylon, if we are to be in
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real life who we claim to be on
paper, we've got to be willing
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to let everybody
have a seat at the table.
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Is he friends of mine?
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I need you to understand
that what set Babylon apart
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is they literally
created space for everyone
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to bring their diverse
perspect dishes and gifts
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to employ them in
the use of the kingdom.
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And one of the things I
simply want to suggest to us,
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friends of mine,
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is that the only way
that America has got as far
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as it has gotten is because
of the contributions of people
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who look like you and me
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and I preach anybody that I know
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now, y'all
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looking sleepy in time,
but I'm going to treat you
00:24:15.68\00:24:16.62
whether you are here,
this thing or not today.
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See? See, I need
you to understand.
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No matter what they tell us,
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America ain't
America without us.
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Okay?
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Thank you for joining
us for The Breath of Life
00:24:32.57\00:24:34.97
Television Ministries broadcast
with Pastor Leah Smith.
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We hope and pray
00:24:39.31\00:24:40.41
that you have been blessed
by this powerful message.
00:24:40.44\00:24:42.81
Join us next week for
part two of I'm a DIY home
00:24:43.88\00:24:48.88
studio Wilderness
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What's Good Family.
00:24:52.95\00:24:54.16
Joe 228 says
that in the last days
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I'm going to pour out
my spirit on all of this.
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Your sons and
daughters will prophesy,
00:25:00.16\00:25:02.66
your young men
will dream dreams,
00:25:03.47\00:25:05.07
and your old men are
going to see visions.
00:25:05.10\00:25:07.40
I want you to know
family that we are living
00:25:08.40\00:25:10.37
in the age of
visions and dreams.
00:25:10.41\00:25:13.24
That's why I want to
invite you to our second annual
00:25:14.31\00:25:16.54
Breath of Life Vision
and Dreamers conference.
00:25:17.51\00:25:20.35
Last year, hundreds of you
came from all over the country
00:25:20.38\00:25:24.05
and we had a great time of
instruction and inspiration.
00:25:25.19\00:25:27.69
But this year we're
going to do it even bigger.
00:25:28.76\00:25:30.93
Make sure you save the date
00:25:31.59\00:25:32.99
for November the
seventh through the ninth.
00:25:33.03\00:25:35.16
But this year's Vision
and Dreamers conference,
00:25:36.13\00:25:37.87
we're going to be
blessed by the awesome ministry
00:25:38.97\00:25:40.64
of the hip hop preacher.
00:25:41.20\00:25:42.44
Dr. Eric Thomas
is going to be here.
00:25:42.47\00:25:44.54
We're going to hear
from the leading leadership
00:25:45.61\00:25:47.68
voice of our
generation, author John Maxwell.
00:25:47.71\00:25:51.58
Then we're going to also
be blessed by the Ministry
00:25:52.68\00:25:54.42
of Entrepreneurship and
visionary Tabitha Brown.
00:25:55.48\00:25:58.05
And I'll be here to
assist along the way.
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If you're an entrepreneur,
a content creator, a speaker
00:26:02.42\00:26:05.66
and author, I need you to know
that this conference is for you.
00:26:06.90\00:26:10.10
It's going to be
the biggest conference
00:26:11.00\00:26:12.53
to ever hit the
city of Huntsville,
00:26:13.37\00:26:14.67
and it's going to be one of
00:26:14.70\00:26:15.67
the most impactful
occurrences of your life.
00:26:15.70\00:26:18.34
So if you want to register,
00:26:19.01\00:26:20.11
I want to encourage
you to do it right now.
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Get the early bird special.
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You can register to
come in and be in person,
00:26:26.35\00:26:28.92
or you can register to
attend the event online.
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But there's a limited
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amount of space for
those in-person attendees.
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So go right now to
our website and register
00:26:38.13\00:26:40.16
at www.breathoflife.TV
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is going to be in amidst time of
instruction, food, fellowship,
00:26:45.33\00:26:49.07
networking, and your visions
and dreams will be empowered
00:26:50.27\00:26:53.41
to be moved from just a
concept to a truth and reality.
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God bless.
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I look forward
to seeing you there.
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