From Arcadia, California,
the Carter Report Presents,
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'The Living
Word' around the world.
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Our topic today
is a great subject,
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'God and Money,'
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How to survive
the financial crises.
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I've got some
great material today.
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But before I speak
I want to introduce
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to you my wife, Beverley.
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Would you please
welcome her today.
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I could be as far as him
too, but he says, Beverly,
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don't get up there and preach,
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just say something
nice so here we go.
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Good morning everyone,
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it is a beautiful
Sabbath day, isn't it? Amen.
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A husband, a very bright one,
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spoke to his wife
about overspending
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the budget to which she replied.
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Of course I spend
more than you make my dear,
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because I have
great confidence in you.
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I'm not sure that made him
feel any better, but anyway.
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But speaking about overspending,
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in recent times
many including banks,
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and Wall Street,
have been doing just that.
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And John's going to be
speaking about that today.
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But before he does I'd
like to ask you a question,
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what is the
desire of your heart?
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A big car, a big home,
more clothes, more money,
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and is there anything
wrong with these desires?
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Some Stoic philosophers,
thousand of years ago
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at the beginning of Christianity
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taught that the Christian
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should destroy
all these desires.
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Now, while it is true
that the Bible teaches
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the desire to lie,
to steal, to blaspheme,
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to commit adultery,
sexual or emotional, to murder,
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to do bodily harm, all
these desires are wrong.
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But the Bible does
speak about good desires.
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And in 1 Timothy
6, Paul, tells us,
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to desire
righteousness, godliness,
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to do good, be
generous, and more.
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Now, this Chapter also tells us
while we have to make a living,
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we need to be careful
that we don't become greedy.
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Many think if they
become rich and famous
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that they've
really made it in life.
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But you know? If
the desire to be rich,
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destroys our desire for heaven.
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Then it's just like we've
been playing with mud-pies.
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And throwing the
real treasure away.
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Luke 12 says
where your treasure is,
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there your heart will be also.
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1 Timothy 6 tells us.
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And this is Paul
speaking of course.
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To lay up treasure in heaven,
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we need to be
rich in good works,
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to be generous, and
ready to share our blessings.
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Don't be selfish
and let's remember
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the story of the prodigal son.
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Now he like so many
wanted immediate wealth,
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so he asked for his inheritance,
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so he was given it.
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And then we see him running down
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the road towards Las Vegas.
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Well, it may not
have been Las Vegas,
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but it was the city of sin.
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And he was thinking
about all the great things
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he was going to do,
he would eat, drink,
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and merry to
his heart's content.
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Not considering, that
his money would ever run out.
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But of course that's
exactly what happened.
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And then he soon found
himself in the pig-pen,
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so hungry that he would even eat
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what the pigs were eating.
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But the Bible says,
no one gave him anything.
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This wasn't just a
physical hunger of course,
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it was mainly a spiritual one.
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Before coming to Christ,
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we all have this
hunger in our souls.
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We have a hole in our
hearts that only one can fill
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and that is the desire of
all the ages, Jesus Christ.
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The Bible teaches us
not to become enamored
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with the things of this world.
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God doesn't want us to
spend that time fretting
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about what we don't
have or worrying about
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getting more of what we do have.
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Since the recent
financial crises,
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many people, many of my friends
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we've been
speaking about downsizing
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and trying to live
a more simple life.
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And this fits with
Paul's words in both Hebrews 13
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and 1 Timothy 6.
Keep your lives free,
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from the love of money and
be content with what you have,
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instead pursue or
desire righteousness,
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godliness, faith, love,
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endurance and gentleness.
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May these desires be the
desire of our hearts. Amen.
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Topic today is this,
it's a great subject.
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"God and Money." Your money.
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And how to solve
your financial problems.
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How to survive the great crises
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that we're in
today, concerning money.
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This is one way we can start,
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dear friends,
have a look at this.
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This is a credit
card, you see it?
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You like credit cards? Aha.
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This one is we-- you
gonna see what it is.
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But this one is an
executive credit card.
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And he gives those to
people with good credit.
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Well, that feels
good, doesn't it?
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You know, these things have got
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more people into trouble,
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just about anything else.
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If you don't pay
your bills on time,
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the vultures are out to get you.
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And they say, aw,
the percentage rate is 5%
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had you behind
by one millisecond
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and they hit you with 26%.
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And try to cancel a card.
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So we're gonna talk today about,
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God and credit cards.
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No God and money.
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Now, the theme text is found
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in Deuteronomy
28 verses 1 to 13.
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Everybody turn to the text,
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Deuteronomy 28 verses 1 to 13.
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While you're
turning to the text,
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I want to send
greetings to our friends,
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right across this great land
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of the United States of America.
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Down into the Caribbean,
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where we've got
great supporters.
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Up there into Canada and across
the mighty ocean the Pacific,
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to the land of
Australia, where we got
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some of the best supporters,
you just can't believe,
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how good they are.
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Deuteronomy, Chapter 28.
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Lynne Dyson, are you
watching the program today?
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Deuteronomy 28
verses 1 and onwards.
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Have you got the text? Yes, sir.
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Okay, you talk to
me when I talk to you.
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"If you fully
obey the Lord your God
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and carefully
follow all his commands
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I give you today,
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the Lord your God
will set you high above
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all the nations on earth.
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All these
blessings will come upon you
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and accompany you if
you obey the Lord your God.
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You will be blessed in the city.
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Blessed in the country.
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The fruit of your
womb will be blessed
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and the crops of your land
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and the young of your livestock.
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The calves of your herds
and the lambs of your flocks.
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Your baskets and your kneading
troughs will be blessed.
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You will be
blessed, when you come in
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and blessed, when you go out.
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The Lord will
grant that the enemies
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who rise up against you,
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all of the
lawyers, will be--well,
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that's what it
means, it includes lawyers.
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The Lord will
grant that the enemies
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who rise up against you
will be defeated before you.
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They'll come at
you from one direction
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but flee from you in seven.
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The Lord will send a
blessing on your barns
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and on everything
you put your hand to.
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The Lord your God will bless you
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in the land he is giving you.
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The Lord will establish
you as his holy people,
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as he promised you on oath,
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if you keep the
commands of the Lord your God
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and walk in his ways.
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Then all the
peoples on earth will see
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that you are called
by the name of the Lord,
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and they will
fear you, respect you.
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The Lord will grant
you abundant prosperity
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in the fruit of your womb,
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the young of your livestock
and the crops of your ground,
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in the land he swore
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to your forefathers to give you.
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The Lord will open the heavens,
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the storehouse of his bounty,
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to send rain on
your land in season
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and to bless all
the work of your hands.
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You will lend to many nations,
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but you will borrow from none.
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The Lord will make you
the head, not the tail.
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If you pay attention
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to the commands of the Lord
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your God that I
give you this day
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and carefully follow them,
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you will always be at the top,
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never at the bottom."
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That's a blessing,
isn't it? What a blessing.
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And God gave this to
the children of Israel
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thousands of years ago.
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And God said to
his people these words.
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Now listen, he said,
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"If you obey me,
I'm gonna bless you.
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I'm gonna give
you so many blessing
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that your house is not
going to be full enough
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to receive the blessings."
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And this prophesy
was partially fulfilled,
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fulfilled of cours
in the days of Solomon.
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The historical context.
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These people had
been poor slaves in Egypt,
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the lowest of the low.
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God made them by His grace.
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His special people and he
made a covenant with them.
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And when the Israelites
obeyed God, they were blessed.
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Think of
Solomon, all the silver,
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all of the gold,
all of the good things
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they had in those days.
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All their enemies were defeated.
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Here's the truth, listen,
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God gave these promises
to the children of Israel,
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but when the children of
Israel crucified their Messiah.
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God took these
promises from them
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and gave them to the new Israel,
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not of the flesh
but of the spirit.
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And that's important.
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Come over here to Matthew 21:43.
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Matthew 21 this a bit
of theology to start off.
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Mathew 21:43.
We've got the text.
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What's keeping
you, so slow today?
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Matthew 21:43. Jesus said,
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"Therefore I tell you
that the kingdom of God
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will be taken away from you."
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Talking to the Jewish people. "
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And given to a people
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who will produce its fruit."
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So God said because of
their rejection of the Messiah,
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that the kingdom of
God and the promises
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that relate to
the kingdom of God.
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These promises
would be taken from them
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and given to another
nation, another people.
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Who are these
people? Come over here
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to Galatians 3:28 and 29.
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Here it talks
about the real Israel.
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People talk about the holy land,
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thinking of the land of Israel,
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but that land my
friend, hasn't been holy
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since they
rejected the Holy One.
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Now come over here to Galatians
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Chapter 3:28 and 29.
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Paul says. There is
neither Jew nor Greek,
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slave nor free, male nor female,
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for you are all
one in Christ Jesus.
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If you belong to Christ,
then are you Abraham's seed,
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and heirs
according to the promise."
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Listen to this
because this is the truth,
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listen to me, listen to me.
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If a person truly
believes in Christ,
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whether he's a Jew or Gentile,
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whether he's an American,
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or an African, or an Australian.
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Whether he's white or
black, it makes no difference.
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When a person truly believes
in Christ, the Bible says,
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he is a child of the
king and an Israelite.
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And the Bible says,
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the promises
belong to that person.
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So listen to this
because this is quite amazing.
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God says, to the new Israel,
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you will be blessed in the
city and blessed in the country.
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You will be
blessed when you come in
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and blessed when you go out.
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The Lord will grant
that the enemies who rise up
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against you will be
defeated before you.
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The Lord will open the heavens,
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the storehouse of his bounty,
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to send rain on
your land in season.
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And to bless all
the works of your hands.
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You will lend to many nations,
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but you will borrow from none.
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The Lord will make you,
the head and not the tail.
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If--here it is,
here's a condition,
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if you pay attention
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to the commands
of the Lord your God,
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you'll always be at the
top, never at the bottom.
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That's the promise
in the word of God,
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for the faithful child of God.
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I want you to know today this,
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I want to make this
ever, ever so plain.
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Money is good. Money is good.
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We need money to do good works.
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Money is good,
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but the love of money is bad.
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The love of money is bad.
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Because money can get
our hold on a man's heart
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or a woman's heart
and shrivel up his soul.
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I was talking to
my daughter, Julie,
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who dropped in to
see us last Monday.
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And she said-- told us
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how she been working in
this tiny little town in Kenya.
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There were doing 10
operations a day as volunteers.
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She said, in the
hospital that has two doctors.
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This is in
Kenya. No running water,
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no drugs, none of those things.
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She said, we didn't
have the instruments
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that you use to
hold the wound apart,
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so that the doctor
could get in there.
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She said, that was my
job to hold the wound apart.
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She said, we have an aim,
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we want to
build them a hospital.
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Money is good
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because it's the
means of doing good.
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And the greatest good I
want you to know is taking
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the message of
salvation to lost people.
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The most important
work in all the world.
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Listen to me, is not
sitting on some committee,
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talking about
what ought to be done.
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Don't you get
tired of this stuff?
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Or another convocation
to talk about something.
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The most important
thing in all the world,
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is preaching the
gospel of Christ to the lost.
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And you need money to do it.
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Just doesn't happen.
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Come over here to
Isaiah 55:1 down to 7.
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Isaiah 55:1 to 7. God says,
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"Come, all you who are thirsty,
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come to the waters,
and you have no money,
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come, buy and eat!
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Come, buy wine and
milk, this is the gospel.
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Without money and without cost,
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we should never
charge at the door for people
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to come in to an
evangelistic meeting.
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It's wrong, do it without money,
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without cost.
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Why spend money
on what is not bread,
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and your labor on
what does not satisfy?
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Listen, listen to
me, and eat what is good
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and your soul will
delight in the richest of fare."
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We need money. God needs money.
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God needs money? No,
God doesn't need money,
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but we need to do it.
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And money ought to be--
and therefore money is good.
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It's the love of
money that is so bad.
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Because it's got a way
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of getting into
a person's heart.
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Saving a soul for eternity.
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I remember as a
student colporteur
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as poor as a church mouse.
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And there is no
mouse so poor as a mouse
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that hangs around a church.
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Because that sort of reflects
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some of the people
who go to the church.
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I can remember getting a
book called Colporteur ministry.
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I remember the
picture of a colporteur,
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selling a book.
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And there's an old man looking
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at the book and
on the other page,
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there's a
picture of two young men,
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home and glory
both those people.
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If you win a soul, you
win a soul for eternity.
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Money is good.
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The love of money is bad.
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Come over here to
1 Timothy 6:6 to 10.
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That's why some people
when they are baptized,
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needs to be
baptized with their wallets.
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1 Timothy 6:6 to 10.
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1 Timothy 6:6 to 10.
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"But godliness with
contentment is great gain.
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For we brought
nothing into the world
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and we can't take
nothing out of it.
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But if we have
food and clothing,
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we will be content with that.
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People who want to get
rich fall into temptation
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and in a trap
and into many foolish
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and harmful
desires that plunge men
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into ruin and destruction.
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Say the text
with me, this N I V.
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For the love,
common, for the love of money
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is the route to
all kinds of evil.
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Some people eager for money
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have wandered from the faith
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and pierced
themselves with many griefs."
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So money is good.
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The love of money
is really, really bad.
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Jesus, our Lord, had a
lot to say about money.
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Can I share you some text.
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We're not just talking
to the Wall Street people,
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though we are
talking to them too.
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Come over here
to Luke 12:15 to 21.
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Luke Chapter-- I
don't think these folks
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at Wall-Street has
ever read these text.
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Luke 12:15 to 21.
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I don't think they
wanna read this stuff.
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Luke Chapter 12:15 and onwards.
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"Then he said to
them,' Watch out!
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Be on your guard
against all kinds of greed,
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a man's life does not consist
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in the abundance
of his possessions.
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And he told them this parable.'
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The ground of a certain rich man
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produced a good crop.
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He thought to
himself, what shall I do?
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I have no place
to store my crops.
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Then he said.
This is what I'll do.
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I will tear down my
barns and build bigger ones,
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and there I will store
all my grains and my goods.
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And I'll say to
myself, you have plenty of good
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things laid up for many years.
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Take life easy,
eat, drink and be merry.
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'But God said to him, 'You fool!
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This very night your life
will be demanded from you.
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Then who will get what
you prepared for yourself?'
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This is how it will be
with anyone who stores up
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things for himself but
is not rich towards God.'
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So the love of money
is the route of all evil.
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Money is good.
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The love of money is bad.
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Come over now to
Matthew 19:23, 24.
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Matthew Chapter 19:23, 24.
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Dear hearts and gentle people
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Matthew 19:23, 24 Jesus said,
00:21:34.46\00:21:38.55
after talking to a certain
rich young guy, Jesus said,
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"Then Jesus said
to his disciples,
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'I tell you the truth,
it is hard for a rich man
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to enter the kingdom of heaven.
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Again I tell you, it
is easier for a camel,
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imagine this for a camel,
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to go through the eye of
a needle than for a rich man
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to enter the kingdom of God.'"
00:22:00.11\00:22:02.05
And once upon a
time the preacher said,
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the eye of the
needle was a little gate.
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Somewhere outside Jerusalem
in the wall of Jerusalem.
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And the camel
could only get through,
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if he got through on his knees.
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That's not true at all.
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The eye of the
needle is a needle.
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So Jesus, our Lord,
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had a lot to say about money,
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because money has a
lot to say about us.
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So I got these
high-tech blackboards over here.
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The topic is,
"God and Your Money"
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and how
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to solve
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your.
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How to solve your financial
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problems or challenges.
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And the text in
Deuteronomy told me this,
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that there is a
relationship between
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the blessing of
God and prosperity.
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And we're not
talking about the prosperity
00:23:05.51\00:23:07.08
gospel because we
don't believe this.
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But the Bible tells
us that when we obey God.
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This is a fact, this
is not prosperity gospel,
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this is just the truth.
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The Bible says when we obey God,
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that God is going to
give us a tremendous blessing.
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And can anybody
say amen to that.
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Amen. That's good.
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And so the Bible tells
me, that when I obey God.
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God is going to bless me
more than I can understand.
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I just wondered how
Jesus would fit in today.
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I just wondered how Jesus
would fit in on Wall Street.
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Remember, what Jesus
said. King James Version.
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"A man's life
consisteth not in the abundance
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of the things
which he possesses."
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What's more
important than money anyhow?
00:24:04.66\00:24:07.25
'Cause money is good.
00:24:07.28\00:24:08.88
It's the love of
money that's bad.
00:24:08.91\00:24:10.97
What's more important
than money? Think about it.
00:24:11.00\00:24:17.04
A kind heart, can you buy that?
00:24:17.07\00:24:22.69
A true friend?
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Good health, chocolates.
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If you had a choice between
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a dollar bill and
a See's chocolate.
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What would you have? Answer me?
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Remember the sermon I
preached last Sabbath.
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Chocolates, a walk on the beach,
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a loving family, a healthy baby.
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When the baby is born,
what do the parents say?
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Is he, okay? Is she, okay?
00:25:03.77\00:25:07.62
Love, more important than money.
00:25:07.65\00:25:11.07
Faith is more
important than money.
00:25:11.10\00:25:14.90
Hope is more
important than money.
00:25:14.93\00:25:20.04
Everlasting life is
more important than money.
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Therefore, how can I
survive the financial crises,
00:25:25.32\00:25:29.71
because America is going
through a great financial crises
00:25:29.74\00:25:33.67
and some say, the
worst is still to come.
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I read a lot as you know,
00:25:40.45\00:25:43.08
when I read about
what's happening in Greece.
00:25:43.11\00:25:45.66
You know, what's
happening don't you?
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Economies basically collapsed.
00:25:47.94\00:25:51.89
The Euro area is worse off
now than the United States.
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Where's it going to end?
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How to survive
today's financial crises.
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Number one. Here, it is.
00:26:01.38\00:26:03.59
Avoid debt like the plague.
00:26:03.62\00:26:09.33
Avoid debt like the plague.
00:26:09.36\00:26:13.34
The Bible says, you
gonna lend too many,
00:26:13.37\00:26:19.40
but you won't borrow.
00:26:19.43\00:26:22.45
One of the
greatest curses we have
00:26:22.48\00:26:25.36
are these little things
that are made of plastic,
00:26:25.39\00:26:29.18
because we think when
we buy expensive stuff,
00:26:29.21\00:26:32.53
it doesn't cost
anything. There's no money.
00:26:32.56\00:26:36.36
Number one. Avoid
debt like the plague.
00:26:36.39\00:26:41.58
Number two. Pay
what you owe on time.
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Come over here, to Romans 13:8.
00:26:48.05\00:26:52.40
Romans, particularly
if you owe a relative.
00:26:52.43\00:26:57.66
Romans 13:8.
00:26:57.69\00:27:03.35
Romans 13:8, Paul
says, This is a command,
00:27:03.38\00:27:08.04
"Let no debt remain outstanding,
00:27:08.07\00:27:10.70
except the continuing
debt to love one another,
00:27:10.73\00:27:14.46
for he who loves his fellowman
has fulfilled the law."
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Listen to me, young
people, older people.
00:27:21.56\00:27:27.60
It is a sin to charge
up debts on credit cards
00:27:27.63\00:27:35.21
when you know
you can't pay for it.
00:27:35.24\00:27:38.68
They're people who have
seven or eight credit cards,
00:27:38.71\00:27:42.59
they have been maxed out.
00:27:42.62\00:27:45.86
If you have a credit
card pay the bill on time
00:27:50.66\00:27:56.36
or else the banks, who
are no lovers of poor people
00:27:56.39\00:28:00.31
will hit you for 25, 26, 28%
and be laughing as they do it.
00:28:00.34\00:28:07.86
Avoid debt like the plague.
00:28:11.11\00:28:13.16
Pay what you owe on time.
00:28:13.19\00:28:14.88
Don't-- number three.
00:28:14.91\00:28:16.85
Don't be afraid to
say, "I can't afford it."
00:28:16.88\00:28:22.25
Whether it's a big
house or a big car.
00:28:22.28\00:28:25.38
Everybody wants a
big house and a big car
00:28:25.41\00:28:29.03
and people say, this is
my right as an American.
00:28:29.06\00:28:33.28
It is not your right.
00:28:33.31\00:28:38.06
We have the right to
have what we can afford.
00:28:38.09\00:28:44.90
Some people say, but
it's shameful to say,
00:28:46.47\00:28:48.87
I can't afford it.
00:28:48.90\00:28:50.27
Let me tell you, there are
lots of things I can't afford.
00:28:50.30\00:28:57.53
When David was a
little guy about this high,
00:28:57.56\00:29:00.93
he'd say, let's gets
some-- I wanna something,
00:29:00.96\00:29:04.47
he'd want something you know,
00:29:04.50\00:29:05.87
but we can't afford it David.
00:29:05.90\00:29:07.62
Well, just go to the bank.
00:29:07.65\00:29:11.02
Have your kids done it?
00:29:11.05\00:29:12.42
Just go to, why, why.
00:29:12.45\00:29:13.82
He says, dad they
got lots of money.
00:29:13.85\00:29:19.04
He said, take them a check
00:29:19.07\00:29:23.60
because he go
with us for a check in
00:29:23.63\00:29:25.92
and they give
you all this money.
00:29:25.95\00:29:27.32
He says just give him a check.
00:29:27.35\00:29:30.61
There are some people
who never, never grow up
00:29:33.88\00:29:36.81
and they think that money just
sort of comes out of the air.
00:29:36.84\00:29:42.13
And we've got ourselves
00:29:42.16\00:29:43.91
into this thinking in
the United States of America,
00:29:43.94\00:29:47.66
this thinking of entitlement
that I'm entitled to everything.
00:29:47.69\00:29:52.54
I'm not entitled to anything
00:29:52.57\00:29:54.77
except the privilege
of working hard. Amen.
00:29:54.80\00:29:59.44
Oh, no, but it's my entitlement
as a United States citizen.
00:29:59.47\00:30:05.86
Don't believe that.
00:30:05.89\00:30:09.01
You got to say,
I can't afford it.
00:30:09.04\00:30:13.29
Number four. Watch out for cons.
00:30:13.32\00:30:17.27
You know, what this
word con comes from?
00:30:17.30\00:30:19.19
I tried this out with
a person in the office.
00:30:19.22\00:30:21.53
What is it, con?
00:30:21.56\00:30:23.27
Where does this word
come from, con? Cons.
00:30:23.30\00:30:29.05
Where does this
word con come from?
00:30:29.08\00:30:32.03
Confidence. A
confidence man is a con.
00:30:32.06\00:30:38.18
Other person, who is
the best confidence man,
00:30:38.21\00:30:41.05
would be a
religious confidence man,
00:30:41.08\00:30:44.16
who smiles and prays
with you, as he robs you.
00:30:44.19\00:30:48.79
God forbid, there are no
such personalities in the world.
00:30:48.82\00:30:52.18
Then obviously, you're living
on a different planet to me.
00:30:52.21\00:30:55.67
I can remember years
ago, a lady called me up,
00:30:55.70\00:30:58.24
when we first
came to California.
00:30:58.27\00:30:59.96
And she said, Elder Carter,
00:30:59.99\00:31:02.24
when they start
talking to me in a pious voice,
00:31:02.27\00:31:04.20
I always watch this
out. Elder, she said.
00:31:04.23\00:31:07.79
I so much
appreciate you. Oh, yes, yes.
00:31:07.82\00:31:11.35
Yes, I'm about to
close a transaction.
00:31:11.38\00:31:15.03
I said I'm going to
close this one, right now.
00:31:15.06\00:31:17.34
She said, I'm about
to close a transaction
00:31:17.37\00:31:20.54
and I'm going to make millions.
00:31:20.57\00:31:22.48
And I'm going to
give you $500,000.
00:31:22.51\00:31:26.68
But I just need $10,000
to finalize the arrangements.
00:31:26.71\00:31:32.02
Do you think this
happens once to me?
00:31:32.05\00:31:34.17
This happens lots
and lots of times.
00:31:34.20\00:31:36.30
These are people who
ought to be locked up,
00:31:36.33\00:31:41.42
because they also go
around and rob little widows,
00:31:41.45\00:31:45.07
who are in--widows you are
in a most vulnerable situation.
00:31:45.10\00:31:51.14
When your husband's not around
to tell you, what you got to do?
00:31:51.17\00:31:57.13
But these people
pray on distressed widows.
00:31:57.16\00:32:02.31
And you even have
them come into a church.
00:32:02.34\00:32:04.54
And they say, want to
hear about a great investment?
00:32:04.57\00:32:07.31
You say, boy, it
sounds too good to be true.
00:32:07.34\00:32:10.53
If it sounds too good to
be true, it's because it is.
00:32:10.56\00:32:15.44
If a person
comes to you and says,
00:32:15.47\00:32:17.23
listen, I can double
your money in a year.
00:32:17.26\00:32:21.09
Just call him Bernie. Yeah.
00:32:21.12\00:32:26.79
Bernie Madoff, the greatest
he-Madoff, that's right, doctor.
00:32:26.82\00:32:33.42
He mad off with
50 or 60 not million.
00:32:33.45\00:32:39.00
He mad off with 60,
around 50 or 60 billion dollars,
00:32:39.03\00:32:44.40
that's more than many
countries. Have a GDP?
00:32:44.43\00:32:50.03
And he did it
because he smiled nicely.
00:32:50.06\00:32:53.45
He was the ultimate conman.
00:32:53.48\00:32:56.71
And today the world
is filled with them.
00:32:56.74\00:33:00.00
And many of them
are, are religious.
00:33:00.03\00:33:04.79
You can survive, if you
are a person of integrity.
00:33:07.52\00:33:15.51
Come over to the
Book of Proverbs,
00:33:15.54\00:33:16.91
try to read it through today.
00:33:16.94\00:33:18.41
It's a great,
great wonderful book.
00:33:18.44\00:33:20.40
It is filled with wisdom.
00:33:20.43\00:33:22.42
The Book of
Proverbs, Proverbs 12:19,
00:33:22.45\00:33:27.94
it's full of wonderful sayings.
00:33:27.97\00:33:30.43
Proverbs 12:19,
"Truthful lips endure forever,
00:33:30.46\00:33:34.26
but a lying tongue
lasts only a moment."
00:33:34.29\00:33:37.33
Don't have
confidence in a person who lies.
00:33:37.36\00:33:40.53
Proverbs 13:11, if a
person tells you one lie,
00:33:40.56\00:33:43.83
he'll tell you another one.
00:33:43.86\00:33:45.84
Verse 11,
"Dishonest money dwindles away,
00:33:45.87\00:33:48.64
but he who gathers money
little by little makes it grow."
00:33:48.67\00:33:52.66
Don't go into schemes
00:33:52.69\00:33:54.33
where you can make a lot
of money quickly, it's wrong.
00:33:54.36\00:33:58.11
Chapter 15:27,
15:27, the wise man says,
00:33:58.14\00:34:06.01
"A greedy man brings
trouble to his family,
00:34:06.04\00:34:10.89
but he who hates
bribes will live."
00:34:10.92\00:34:13.86
Greediness, we know
greedy people, we all do.
00:34:13.89\00:34:17.15
Chapter 16:11, "Honest scales
00:34:17.18\00:34:23.20
and balances are from the Lord,
00:34:23.23\00:34:26.38
all the weights in the
bag are of his making."
00:34:26.41\00:34:31.74
We had a saying when I grew up,
00:34:35.73\00:34:38.94
that a man is as
good as his word.
00:34:38.97\00:34:43.95
If a person makes a
promise and doesn't keep it,
00:34:43.98\00:34:48.24
he's not an honorable person.
00:34:48.27\00:34:50.00
A good man is not a liar.
00:34:53.01\00:34:58.19
Some years ago, a
book was put out entitled
00:34:58.22\00:35:01.04
"The Day
America told the Truth."
00:35:01.07\00:35:04.13
Maybe it could have been called
00:35:04.16\00:35:05.66
"The Day
Australia told The Truth."
00:35:05.69\00:35:07.71
But this was done by
a group of sociologists,
00:35:07.74\00:35:10.13
right here, in the
United States of America.
00:35:10.16\00:35:13.21
And on the front page it said,
92% of us are habitual liars.
00:35:13.24\00:35:19.49
I remember, as a
boy, little boy going
00:35:24.60\00:35:27.77
to the Bulimba School
in Australia, in Brisbane.
00:35:27.80\00:35:33.05
And down below,
there was a place
00:35:33.08\00:35:35.74
where they had water tumblers
00:35:35.77\00:35:38.48
where the kids could
come and get a drink.
00:35:38.51\00:35:40.43
They also had troughs there,
00:35:40.46\00:35:42.10
where they could
wash their hands.
00:35:42.13\00:35:44.51
And the penalty in
those days for telling lies
00:35:44.54\00:35:47.72
was that the
teacher would take you down
00:35:47.75\00:35:49.77
and washout
your mouth with soap.
00:35:49.80\00:35:53.32
Today, we would put
the teachers in prison,
00:35:53.35\00:35:57.81
for strange and
unnatural punishments.
00:35:57.84\00:36:02.32
They taught
children that lying is sinful
00:36:02.35\00:36:06.06
and wrong and
evil and dishonorable.
00:36:06.09\00:36:10.69
I was taught many years ago,
00:36:13.52\00:36:15.98
by the great Dr. Siegfried
Horn, a German archaeologist,
00:36:16.01\00:36:19.82
one of the
greatest in the world.
00:36:19.85\00:36:22.71
And when Siegfried
Horn made a statement,
00:36:22.74\00:36:26.08
you could pretty much
stake your life on it,
00:36:26.11\00:36:29.16
because he was a man
who always told the truth.
00:36:29.19\00:36:32.56
If he didn't know,
he'd say, I don't know.
00:36:32.59\00:36:35.51
What about so and so, he'd
well, I believe it is this.
00:36:35.54\00:36:39.08
I'm not absolutely certain.
But if he said, it is so.
00:36:39.11\00:36:42.93
You could pretty much
stake your life on it.
00:36:42.96\00:36:44.78
He was a man of honor.
May his tribe increase.
00:36:44.81\00:36:49.97
And the next point is this,
be a hard worker, don't be lazy.
00:36:50.00\00:36:55.00
Come over here,
to Proverbs 10:4.
00:36:55.03\00:36:58.74
Proverbs 10:4,
the wise man says,
00:36:58.77\00:37:03.59
"Lazy hands make a man poor,
00:37:03.62\00:37:07.99
but diligent
hands bring wealth."
00:37:08.02\00:37:12.54
Remember the man who
said, the harder I work,
00:37:12.57\00:37:17.86
the luckier I get.
00:37:17.89\00:37:22.82
Spurgeon was called
the Prince of Preachers.
00:37:22.85\00:37:26.03
He ran a school for
preachers in London.
00:37:26.06\00:37:30.08
And he said this, if
a man comes to my school
00:37:30.11\00:37:34.21
and he's a man
who's got a short temper.
00:37:34.24\00:37:37.46
We say come in, we can use you.
00:37:37.49\00:37:39.64
We can redirect that
energy into a better way.
00:37:39.67\00:37:43.88
If a man came to
his seminary and said,
00:37:43.91\00:37:48.36
I'm ignorant, I
don't even understand
00:37:48.39\00:37:51.31
the principles of the gospel.
00:37:51.34\00:37:53.08
Spurgeon would say, come on
in because we can teach you.
00:37:53.11\00:37:56.66
But Spurgeon said, if a
man applied for the ministry
00:37:56.69\00:38:00.73
and was lazy, he
would say go home.
00:38:00.76\00:38:07.09
Because we did not
believe we can help you.
00:38:07.12\00:38:10.14
And we doubt whether God can.
00:38:10.17\00:38:12.33
Laziness is a sin
against God, the family,
00:38:17.30\00:38:24.89
the world, and the church.
00:38:24.92\00:38:29.02
I have a friend,
00:38:29.05\00:38:30.42
who is the President
of 3ABN Dr. James Gilley.
00:38:30.45\00:38:35.71
During a period of 10
years, he with his wife Camille
00:38:35.74\00:38:40.46
and four children ran
43 evangelistic campaigns.
00:38:40.49\00:38:46.28
And each campaign
lasted a full month.
00:38:46.31\00:38:50.25
He was a man of God
and a true minister.
00:38:50.28\00:38:54.74
A lazy minister
is an abomination
00:38:54.77\00:38:59.28
in the sight of the Lord.
00:38:59.31\00:39:00.95
If you want to get out of
problems, be a hard worker.
00:39:05.99\00:39:12.73
And last but not
least make God your partner.
00:39:12.76\00:39:16.23
Come over here to Genesis 28,
00:39:16.26\00:39:18.64
this is the story
of struggling Jacob.
00:39:18.67\00:39:22.69
Genesis 28:12, you
know, the New Testament says,
00:39:22.72\00:39:29.70
if a man will
not work when he can,
00:39:29.73\00:39:33.54
neither should he eat.
00:39:33.57\00:39:35.68
That's what the Bible says.
00:39:35.71\00:39:37.08
If you won't work when
you can, you shouldn't eat.
00:39:37.11\00:39:42.80
There'd be a lot of
people hungry, wouldn't there?
00:39:42.83\00:39:45.91
Genesis 28:12, "He had a dream,
00:39:45.94\00:39:49.03
in which he saw a
stairway resting on the earth,
00:39:49.06\00:39:52.15
with its top reaching to heaven,
00:39:52.18\00:39:54.04
and the angels of God were
ascending and descending on it."
00:39:54.07\00:39:57.67
This is a picture of the Gospel.
00:39:57.70\00:40:00.22
Verse 20, "Then
Jacob made a vow, saying,
00:40:00.25\00:40:03.23
'If God will be with me
00:40:03.26\00:40:04.70
and will watch over me
on this journey I am taking
00:40:04.73\00:40:07.69
and will give me food
to eat and clothes to wear
00:40:07.72\00:40:10.89
so that I return
safely to my father's house,
00:40:10.92\00:40:14.30
then the Lord will
be my God and this stone
00:40:14.33\00:40:19.01
that I have set up as a
pillar will be God's house,
00:40:19.04\00:40:22.66
and of all that you give
me I will give you a tenth."
00:40:22.69\00:40:27.69
I cannot forget
today, my old father
00:40:31.29\00:40:34.75
who was baptized
in his senior years.
00:40:34.78\00:40:38.43
He'd been a Roman
Catholic all his life.
00:40:38.46\00:40:41.68
And I can
remember my old father,
00:40:41.71\00:40:43.97
sitting with me on
the lawn at Camp Hill
00:40:44.00\00:40:49.65
in Brisbane,
Southeast Queensland, Australia.
00:40:49.68\00:40:53.42
He said, John
you'll tell me true.
00:40:53.45\00:40:57.67
Tell me, how I pay my tithe?
00:40:57.70\00:41:00.87
He said, I don't want to be
00:41:00.90\00:41:02.56
doing this in a
half hearted way.
00:41:02.59\00:41:04.90
After he died, we
found the words in his Bible.
00:41:04.93\00:41:08.20
For Jesus sake, I
will always do my best.
00:41:08.23\00:41:11.35
This old Roman Catholic who
became an Adventist Christian.
00:41:11.38\00:41:15.19
I showed him how to tithe.
00:41:15.22\00:41:18.02
Even when he got too sick
and couldn't go to church,
00:41:18.05\00:41:21.13
he would send the tithing.
00:41:21.16\00:41:23.11
And that's a part
of being a Christian.
00:41:27.37\00:41:32.28
I'll never forget my
dad on the front lawn.
00:41:32.31\00:41:34.96
John, show me how to do it.
00:41:34.99\00:41:37.55
I want to introduce right now,
00:41:37.58\00:41:40.21
Blake and Donna
Wexler with their children.
00:41:40.24\00:41:43.43
They're going to
come, Sydney and Benjamin.
00:41:43.46\00:41:46.78
Blake and Donna.
00:41:46.81\00:41:48.96
We're just so glad to have
these dear folks in our church.
00:41:48.99\00:41:54.42
Love you folks a lot.
You know that, care for you.
00:41:54.45\00:42:01.00
We're glad that you're
here in our church, Blake.
00:42:01.03\00:42:04.17
Tell us you've been a Christian,
00:42:04.20\00:42:06.11
you were a Jewish by
birth and some other ways.
00:42:06.14\00:42:12.44
But now, you are
a Jewish Christian
00:42:12.47\00:42:14.53
and a Christian Jewish man.
00:42:14.56\00:42:16.72
And you've got
this beautiful family.
00:42:16.75\00:42:19.53
We love you to death.
00:42:19.56\00:42:21.69
You got a business
here in Los Angeles,
00:42:21.72\00:42:24.11
and times are tough.
00:42:24.14\00:42:27.32
Do you both as family,
00:42:27.35\00:42:29.10
do you believe in
returning the tithe.
00:42:29.13\00:42:32.79
Yes. It has been a
very challenging year.
00:42:32.82\00:42:36.56
Our business is down, 40%
and we have limited staff.
00:42:36.59\00:42:43.25
I'm back to work six days.
00:42:43.28\00:42:46.29
I'm pulling 70
hours a week, many weeks.
00:42:46.32\00:42:49.95
But yet, we are
still able to tithe,
00:42:49.98\00:42:52.66
our mortgage is
paid. Our cars are paid.
00:42:52.69\00:42:57.16
Donna can still stay
home with the children.
00:42:57.19\00:43:00.46
And I still have
time with my family,
00:43:00.49\00:43:03.13
and time to spend
with God in the word,
00:43:03.16\00:43:06.83
to fulfill my
responsibilities at church.
00:43:06.86\00:43:10.44
And I think about my
weeks and I don't know
00:43:10.47\00:43:13.20
how it is able
to happen that way.
00:43:13.23\00:43:16.63
And I think by the grace of God
00:43:16.66\00:43:19.25
we can only accomplish
this, it's amazing. Praise God.
00:43:19.28\00:43:24.33
What would you say, Donna?
00:43:24.36\00:43:26.29
Well, we know that
giving is practical.
00:43:26.32\00:43:30.16
There's a purpose behind it,
we know that it's a privilege.
00:43:30.19\00:43:34.02
And God invites
us to test Him in it,
00:43:34.05\00:43:36.99
He says, that He'll throw
open the flood gates of heaven
00:43:37.02\00:43:40.93
and pour out so
much of blessing,
00:43:40.96\00:43:42.50
that we won't have room for it.
00:43:42.53\00:43:43.90
And that's what we experience.
00:43:43.93\00:43:47.63
Blake and Donna,
and Benjamin and Sydney,
00:43:47.66\00:43:52.99
spelt with a y, isn't it,
00:43:53.02\00:43:54.42
SYD same as the city in
Australia, congratulations.
00:43:54.45\00:43:58.58
We love you folks.
We're proud of you.
00:43:58.61\00:44:01.80
And we thank God
for your commitment.
00:44:01.83\00:44:03.88
And God is not
gonna let you down.
00:44:03.91\00:44:06.22
You gonna prosper, when other
people are closing their doors.
00:44:06.25\00:44:09.60
Your doors are gonna be open.
00:44:09.63\00:44:11.07
God bless you both.
Thank you. Thank you.
00:44:11.10\00:44:15.97
When you meet people like this,
00:44:16.00\00:44:18.34
it gives you
courage to carry on.
00:44:18.37\00:44:22.10
Now, I'd like you to meet
because you know, you folks,
00:44:22.13\00:44:25.97
most of you know dear folks.
00:44:26.00\00:44:28.14
Steve and Maria Sauza with
Joshua, Jeremy, and Justine.
00:44:28.17\00:44:33.72
So would you please welcome
this very beautiful family?
00:44:33.75\00:44:39.78
We have some wonderful
families in this church.
00:44:39.81\00:44:44.27
And we're proud of you folks,
00:44:44.30\00:44:46.26
so proud sort of
just hurts me to talk.
00:44:46.29\00:44:50.05
What a good looking family?
00:44:50.08\00:44:52.03
How on earth would ever marry
such a beautiful looking woman.
00:44:52.06\00:44:55.17
But I'm not
going to get into this.
00:44:55.20\00:44:57.36
Now, Steve let me.
Good morning, Maria.
00:44:57.39\00:45:01.74
Good Morning, pastor.
00:45:01.77\00:45:03.35
How are you, this
morning? Doing good.
00:45:03.38\00:45:07.37
How are you, sweetie?
00:45:07.40\00:45:09.21
I'm doing good, thank you.
00:45:09.24\00:45:11.15
Now, Steve tell us
how things are going.
00:45:11.18\00:45:12.75
We are in the midst
of a great recession.
00:45:12.78\00:45:17.47
You got your own business.
00:45:17.50\00:45:18.87
Tell us how it's
going because I know,
00:45:18.90\00:45:21.84
you're the Head
Elder of our church.
00:45:21.87\00:45:23.50
We love you, respect you.
00:45:23.53\00:45:26.16
I know that you
believe in tithing
00:45:26.19\00:45:27.90
and systematic benevolence.
00:45:27.93\00:45:29.36
How's it going? It's going good.
00:45:29.39\00:45:33.26
In the 25 years
that I've been working,
00:45:33.29\00:45:36.09
I've been laid off five times.
00:45:36.12\00:45:38.46
And two of those times,
00:45:38.49\00:45:39.86
they didn't give
me a severance pay.
00:45:39.89\00:45:41.87
But I could tell you right
now, God has been faithful.
00:45:41.90\00:45:45.18
In those times, there
was always food in my table,
00:45:45.21\00:45:48.36
the mortgage has been paid.
00:45:48.39\00:45:50.22
And my kids still attended
00:45:50.25\00:45:51.62
Adventist
schools. He is faithful.
00:45:51.65\00:45:55.84
We're just proud of
you Steve and Maria,
00:45:55.87\00:46:00.89
and you too, and the boys.
00:46:00.92\00:46:04.99
And God is going to take
care of you. He already has.
00:46:05.02\00:46:08.13
We thank God for you.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
00:46:08.16\00:46:13.66
Aren't you glad to
be a part of a church,
00:46:13.69\00:46:16.37
with such beautiful people?
00:46:16.40\00:46:18.97
And some folks that I'm
just getting to know. Mario.
00:46:19.00\00:46:23.33
Notice how I say these words?
00:46:23.36\00:46:24.79
They just roll up my tongue now.
00:46:24.82\00:46:26.66
Mario, Johanna, Garcia,
00:46:26.69\00:46:33.10
Diego and Baby
so, would you folks,
00:46:33.13\00:46:38.14
like to come up, please?
00:46:38.17\00:46:40.64
They were just
getting organized. That's all.
00:46:40.67\00:46:47.02
Just come close to
me, I'm quite pleasant
00:46:47.05\00:46:49.15
when you're close to me.
00:46:49.18\00:46:50.55
I'm not to, not as
bad as my-you may think.
00:46:50.58\00:46:54.05
Mario and
Johanna, we're just so glad
00:46:54.08\00:46:56.99
that your members of our church.
00:46:57.02\00:46:59.08
And what's the name
of this little guy, here?
00:46:59.11\00:47:00.89
This is Diego.
Let's have a look at him.
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This is Diego. Say hi. Hi.
00:47:04.52\00:47:07.04
Well, he's a cute little guy.
00:47:07.07\00:47:08.59
And what about
this one, here? Emilio.
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He just wants to eat it. Okay.
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You folks, I
know, you believe in,
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you believe in tithing.
Yes. Yes, we do, pastor.
00:47:22.68\00:47:26.82
We're going through tough
time with the economic crisis.
00:47:26.85\00:47:29.79
People say, you
know, may even get worse.
00:47:29.82\00:47:32.41
There have been some
good signs in the economy.
00:47:32.44\00:47:35.34
But how are you making out.
00:47:35.37\00:47:37.47
People would say fancy
giving a tenth of your income,
00:47:37.50\00:47:41.01
and offerings, and
everything else to the church.
00:47:41.04\00:47:44.14
People say, that
just doesn't work,
00:47:44.17\00:47:46.66
how's it going with you?
00:47:46.69\00:47:48.83
Well, when Johanna was pregnant
00:47:48.86\00:47:51.69
and Diego was going to be born.
00:47:51.72\00:47:54.20
We decided that we
wanted her to stay home
00:47:54.23\00:47:57.32
and raise the family.
00:47:57.35\00:47:59.17
And it--to be honest it
sounded like a great challenge
00:47:59.20\00:48:03.92
to still do things like tithing
00:48:03.95\00:48:06.06
and be generous
with our offerings.
00:48:06.09\00:48:08.11
But we prayed
about it and thank God
00:48:08.14\00:48:10.28
she's been able to stay home.
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And we've been faithful
with our tithes and offerings.
00:48:11.90\00:48:16.10
And God has
through his blessings,
00:48:16.13\00:48:18.31
nothing--we've
never lacked anything,
00:48:18.34\00:48:20.25
even in this tough times.
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I want the folks to hear this,
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you've never lacked anything.
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So we thank God, we thank
God for your faithfulness.
00:48:27.73\00:48:31.26
And we thank God for you.
00:48:31.29\00:48:33.29
And thank you for
being members of our church.
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God bless you. Thank you.
00:48:36.34\00:48:38.32
Aren't they
beautiful families? Yes.
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We've come to the great text.
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Come now to Malachi Chapter 3,
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Malachi Chapter 3, the
last book in the Old Testament.
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What a privilege it is to
pastor this church, folks?
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When you got such beautiful,
00:49:00.72\00:49:02.25
good looking
people, lovely people.
00:49:02.28\00:49:05.82
Let me see, Malachi
Chapter 3:8 and onwards,
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you folks got the
text. Okay. Let's go.
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"Will a man rob God?"
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What's the
answer? No. No. No. No.
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But he says, "Yet you rob me."
00:49:18.97\00:49:20.54
But you ask, "How do we rob
you? In tithes and offerings.
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You are under a curse-
the whole nation of you-
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because you are robbing me.
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Now listen to this,
if you want a big text.
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"Bring the whole
tithe into the storehouse,
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that there may
be food in my house.
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Test me in this,
says the Lord Almighty."
00:49:38.04\00:49:41.39
Here it comes, "And
see if I will not throw
00:49:41.42\00:49:44.29
open the floodgates
of heaven and pour out."
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Say it, "so much blessing".
00:49:48.51\00:49:51.41
Say it again, "so much blessing
00:49:51.44\00:49:55.23
that you will not
have room enough for it.
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I will prevent pests
from devouring your crops,
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and the vines in your fields
will not cast their fruit,
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says the Lord Almighty.
00:50:05.95\00:50:07.34
Then all the nations
will call you blessed,
00:50:07.37\00:50:10.46
for yours will be
a delightful land,
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says the Lord Almighty."
00:50:13.06\00:50:16.64
Let me ask you this,
00:50:16.67\00:50:18.77
look at me, please.
00:50:18.80\00:50:21.17
Who wants a blessing so big,
00:50:21.20\00:50:25.73
that you can't
get it in your house?
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Could you imagine?
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Our blessing is like inviting,
00:50:29.55\00:50:31.42
an elephant to come in?
00:50:31.45\00:50:33.23
It's not enough room for
the elephant in the kitchen.
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God says,
00:50:35.57\00:50:36.94
I'm gonna give
you such a blessing.
00:50:36.97\00:50:38.94
You won't have room
enough to receive it.
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Let me talk, over here to you.
00:50:44.17\00:50:46.47
Do you want a blessing
00:50:46.50\00:50:49.16
too big to receive?
00:50:49.19\00:50:51.46
Too big to fit into your house,
00:50:51.49\00:50:54.28
raise your hands with me.
00:50:54.31\00:50:55.79
Put your hands up.
00:50:55.82\00:50:57.19
Sitting here in church,
00:50:57.22\00:50:58.59
you can say. Yes.
00:50:58.62\00:50:59.99
I want a big
blessing. Put up your hands high
00:51:00.02\00:51:02.94
I want a blessing
so great, so great,
00:51:02.97\00:51:07.75
there's not room
enough for it in my house.
00:51:07.78\00:51:12.51
I want you now
to kneel as we pray.
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And we're going to thank God
00:51:15.72\00:51:17.09
now for the
blessing He's given us.
00:51:17.12\00:51:19.17
And the blessing He is
still going to give us.
00:51:19.20\00:51:22.46
The blessing He's got
in store for the church
00:51:22.49\00:51:25.52
and for the
Marios and the Marias,
00:51:25.55\00:51:28.42
and the Steves and the Blakes,
00:51:28.45\00:51:31.68
and the Donnas and
everybody else in our church.
00:51:31.71\00:51:35.93
Our father, our hearts
are full of gratitude today.
00:51:35.96\00:51:41.06
We thank you for Jesus.
00:51:41.09\00:51:43.34
The Gospel the
greatest blessing of all.
00:51:43.37\00:51:47.80
We thank you
that there are things
00:51:47.83\00:51:49.44
a million times more
important than dollar bills.
00:51:49.47\00:51:52.88
Love, and faith,
00:51:52.91\00:51:56.50
and hope, healthy babies.
00:51:56.53\00:52:02.44
And the gift of everlasting
life at the end of the road.
00:52:02.47\00:52:06.47
We thank you
that you promised us,
00:52:06.50\00:52:08.45
as your covenant people.
00:52:08.48\00:52:10.97
If we walk with you
00:52:11.00\00:52:13.41
and have a relationship with you
00:52:13.44\00:52:16.11
that you're gonna
open the windows of heaven
00:52:16.14\00:52:18.88
and pour out so many blessings
00:52:18.91\00:52:22.18
that we will not have room
in the house to receive them.
00:52:22.21\00:52:27.33
As we're praying today
in this wonderful church,
00:52:27.36\00:52:30.20
this beautiful
church with our heads bowed
00:52:30.23\00:52:33.37
and our eyes closed,
00:52:33.40\00:52:35.21
how many would raise
a hand and say today.
00:52:35.24\00:52:38.88
Lord, I want to walk
with you a little nearer,
00:52:38.91\00:52:43.71
a little dearer.
00:52:43.74\00:52:45.75
Would you raise your hand?
00:52:45.78\00:52:47.15
If you can say, oh God, today
00:52:47.18\00:52:49.68
I want a closer walk with you.
00:52:49.71\00:52:53.29
Can you say that as your prayer?
00:52:53.32\00:52:54.69
Lord grant me today,
a closer walk with you.
00:52:54.72\00:53:01.44
Dear Father, bless
these upraised hands
00:53:01.47\00:53:04.35
and these upraised hearts.
00:53:04.38\00:53:07.07
Thank you for the
testimonies today.
00:53:07.10\00:53:09.58
And thank you for each
of these precious people.
00:53:09.61\00:53:12.75
Bless them and put
your peace upon them.
00:53:12.78\00:53:17.61
Take care of them during
times of devastating droughts,
00:53:17.64\00:53:21.79
economic calamities,
00:53:21.82\00:53:24.45
so that your people
will have a testimony.
00:53:24.48\00:53:27.61
We have lacked
nothing. So today we bless you,
00:53:27.64\00:53:31.94
we praise you, we worship you.
00:53:31.97\00:53:34.71
And we thank you, and give glory
00:53:34.74\00:53:38.57
in Jesus name, amen and amen.
00:53:38.60\00:53:45.36
Millions around
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00:53:50.46\00:53:52.22
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00:53:52.25\00:53:54.37
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00:53:54.40\00:53:56.52
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00:53:56.55\00:53:58.51
Vast audiences have
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00:53:58.54\00:54:00.88
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00:54:00.91\00:54:03.29
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00:54:03.32\00:54:06.01
the palaces of Petra
00:54:06.04\00:54:07.41
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00:54:07.44\00:54:09.75
The largest secular crowds
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00:54:09.78\00:54:12.24
anywhere have explained,
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00:54:12.27\00:54:15.68
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00:54:15.71\00:54:17.08
Please support the Carter
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Ever wondered, how
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00:54:54.89\00:54:56.97
the flood of
secularism that's sweeping away
00:54:57.00\00:54:58.96
the foundations of society.
00:54:58.99\00:55:01.30
Dr. Randall Younker, Director
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00:55:01.33\00:55:04.78
at Andrews University
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00:55:04.81\00:55:07.86
As he and his team
continue to unearth evidence,
00:55:07.89\00:55:10.92
that shows the
truthfulness of the Bible.
00:55:10.95\00:55:13.62
Act now. Write today,
00:55:13.65\00:55:15.63
to Dr. Younker,
Institute of Archaeology,
00:55:15.66\00:55:18.33
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00:55:18.36\00:55:23.61
Support our archaeologists
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00:55:23.64\00:55:27.05
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00:55:27.08\00:55:30.09
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at 269-471-3273. That number,
00:55:33.29\00:55:38.11
once again 269-471-3273.
00:55:38.14\00:55:44.03
Your eyes look through out
00:56:01.82\00:56:06.78
the distant stars
00:56:06.81\00:56:09.81
Taking in everything
00:56:10.65\00:56:14.78
in galaxies so far
00:56:14.81\00:56:20.80
Yet on one crowded planet
00:56:20.83\00:56:26.49
Circling one certain sun
00:56:26.52\00:56:33.80
Of the billions here
00:56:33.83\00:56:37.26
I am only one
00:56:37.29\00:56:42.40
Yet you see me
00:56:42.43\00:56:48.51
You see me, you see me
00:56:48.54\00:56:56.35
Your ears taking
each day's deafening roar
00:57:02.05\00:57:08.95
The screams, the
machines, rockets,
00:57:09.19\00:57:14.01
radios and more
00:57:14.04\00:57:19.05
Word of each man and woman,
00:57:19.08\00:57:24.11
prayers of each boy and girl
00:57:24.14\00:57:30.48
Every cry and curse still
00:57:30.51\00:57:35.44
somehow in this world yet
00:57:35.47\00:57:41.83
You hear me,
00:57:41.86\00:57:45.74
you hear me,
00:57:45.77\00:57:49.66
hear me
00:57:49.69\00:57:57.49
Before a word
00:57:57.52\00:57:59.93