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>>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
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WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU'RE
JOINING US THIS MORNING.
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WHEREVER YOU ARE AND HOWEVER
YOU ARE, YOU ARE WELCOME.
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SO WE'VE HAD SHOWERS
OF BLESSINGS THIS WEEK IN
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SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.
WE WERE DECLARED TO BE IN A
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DROUGHT AND GOD SENT
US THE RAIN, AMEN? AMEN.
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SO I HOPE YOU'RE
READY TO SING THIS MORNING.
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I HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR HYMNALS
OUT. OUR FIRST HYMN WILL BE HYMN
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#86 - 'HOW GREAT THOU ART' -
THIS IS AN OLDIE BUT A GOODIE.
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WE'LL SING THE FIRST,
SECOND, AND FOURTH STANZAS.
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THIS COMES AS A REQUEST FROM
IRENE AND DENISE IN AUSTRALIA,
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DORIS IN DENMARK, REINHARD
AND ILSE IN GERMANY, RIANNA IN
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INDIA, MAISIE AND KARL IN
MAURITIUS, AND JAIME OR PROBABLY
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JAIME - IN PERU.
'HOW GREAT THOU ART' - OH!
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AND MANY PEOPLE
AROUND THE PLANET.
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WE'RE SURE THIS
IS A GREAT REQUEST.
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SO LET'S SING
STANZAS 1, 2, AND 4.
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(MUSIC)
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>>AMEN. WOW, THAT
JUST REALLY TOUCHED ME.
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WHEN CHRIST SHALL COME WITH
SHOUTS OF ACCLAMATION, WE WILL
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ALL PROCLAIM HOW GREAT THOU
ART. THANK YOU FOR THAT REQUEST.
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IF YOU HAVE A REQUEST, WHETHER
IT'S AN OLD SONG OR A NEW THAT
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WE'VE FEATURED IN THE HYMNAL,
VISIT US AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG'.
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WE CAN TAKE REQUESTS
FROM ANYWHERE IN THE HYMNAL.
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THAT'S 'WWW.SACCENTRAL.ORG'.
CLICK ON THE 'CONTACT US' LINK
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AND WE'LL BE
HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU.
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SO OUR NEXT HYMN - IT'S A NEW
SONG BUT IT'S RIGHT ON THE PAGE
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OVER - IT'S #87 - 'GOD
WHO SPOKE IN THE BEGINNING'.
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WE'LL SING THE FIRST,
SECOND, AND THIRD STANZAS.
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THIS COMES AS A REQUEST
FROM JOYCE IN KENYA, FIONA IN
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MASSACHUSETTS, AND
EUGENE IN THAILAND.
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(MUSIC)
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>>IF I JUST COULD - 'HE
WHO CALLS THE EARTH TO ORDER
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GIVES HIS WORD AND IT IS DONE'.
GOD WHO SPOKE IN THE BEGINNING -
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WE KNOW FROM THE BIBLE THAT HE
WILL SPEAK IN THE END AND HE'LL
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SAY, 'IT IS DONE'. LET'S PRAY.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE'RE SO
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THANKFUL AND BLESSED THAT
YOU SPOKE US INTO EXISTENCE.
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WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE AUTHOR
AND THE FINISHER OF OUR FAITH
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AND WE ASK THAT, IN FAITH, YOU
WILL KEEP US HOLY AND TRUE TO
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YOUR WORD. THIS MORNING - THIS
SABBATH - WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU
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OPEN OUR HEARTS TO - TO REALLY
ACCEPT AND HEAR WHAT THE HOLY
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SPIRIT HAS TO CONVICT OF US.
WE SEEK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE
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WITH OUR SPEAKER THIS MORNING AS
WELL. THANK YOU FOR LOVING US.
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WE LOVE YOU. IN
JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.
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OUR LESSON STUDY WILL BE
BROUGHT TO US THIS MORNING BY
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PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR.
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>>MORNING. THANK
YOU TO OUR MUSICIANS.
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THANK YOU KULA, JENNIFER
AND THE OTHERS - OUR PIANIST -
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THAT WAS
ENJOYABLE. I APPRECIATED THAT.
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INSPIRING. HOW IS EVERYBODY?
WELCOME TO ANY VISITORS WE MAY
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HAVE HERE AT CENTRAL CHURCH.
WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE AND TRUST
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THAT YOU FIND
WE'RE A FRIENDLY GROUP.
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AND I ALSO WANT TO WELCOME THE
EXTENDED CLASS THAT IS STUDYING
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WITH US VIA THE INTERNET
OR SATELLITE OR WHAT OTHER
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MECHANISM YOU MIGHT
BE LISTENING THROUGH.
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AND WE'RE CONTINUING IN OUR
STUDY DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT
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OF DISCIPLESHIP AND IN JUST A
MOMENT WE'LL GET TO LESSON #9,
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WHICH IS OUR LESSON FOR
TODAY, BUT BEFORE WE DO, AS IS
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GENERALLY TRUE, WE HAVE A FREE
OFFER AND THE OFFER TODAY IS
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CALLED 'THE ARMOR OF GOD'.
IT'S A BOOKLET THAT TALKS ABOUT
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EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6 - WHAT THAT
ARMOR REPRESENTS, HOW DO WE PUT
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ON THAT ARMOR OF GOD TO PROTECT
US IN THE DAILY BATTLES OF LIFE?
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AND WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU FREE IF
YOU ASK AND YOU PROMISE TO READ
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IT. AND IT'S OFFER #173.
WHEN YOU CALL THIS NUMBER:
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866-STUDY-MORE -
THAT'S 866-788-3966 -
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AND ASK FOR OFFER #173
READ IT AND SHARE IT WITH
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SOMEBODY ELSE. GOOD
STUDY ON THE ARMOR OF GOD.
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IN OUR LESSON WE'RE TALKING
TODAY ABOUT THE POWERFUL -
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'DISCIPLING THE POWERFUL'.
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YOU'LL REMEMBER LAST WEEK WE
TALKED ABOUT THE RICH AND THE
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FAMOUS AND THIS KIND OF GOES
ALONG WITH THAT AND NOW WE'RE
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GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT THE POWERFUL.
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AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE
THAT COMES FROM ACTS 6, VERSE 7.
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AND THIS IS FROM THE NEW REVISED
STANDARD VERSION IN YOUR LESSON
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- ACTS 6, VERSE 7 - IF YOU WOULD
SAY IT ALONG WITH ME THEN I
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APPRECIATE THE
HELP. ARE YOU READY?
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"THE WORD OF GOD CONTINUED
TO SPREAD, THE NUMBER OF THE
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DISCIPLES INCREASED GREATLY
IN JERUSALEM AND A GREAT MANY OF
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THE PRIESTS BECAME
OBEDIENT TO THE FAITH."
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NOW THAT REALLY IS AN AMAZING
STATEMENT BECAUSE JUST ABOUT
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EVERYTHING ELSE YOU READ ABOUT
THE PRIESTS AND THE EARLY CHURCH
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TALKS ABOUT THEM RESISTING
THE FAITH, TRYING THE DISCIPLES,
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PLOTTING AND SCHEMING AGAINST
JESUS AND THE APOSTLES - AND
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THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SAYS
'AND A GREAT MANY OF THE PRIESTS
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BELIEVED'. YOU'RE GOING 'WOW,
THAT SEEMS OUT OF CHARACTER'.
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THESE WERE THE ONES THAT WERE
- SEEMED TO BE THE MOST RABID
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ENEMIES OF THE CAUSE ALONG
THE WAY, BUT IN THE WAY THE
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DISCIPLES CONDUCTED THEMSELVES
AND THE APOSTLES, SOMETHING WAS
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HAPPENING IN THEIR HEARTS.
YOU KNOW, SO OFTEN WE RESENT
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AUTHORITY AND WE FEEL LIKE,
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES AUTHORITY IS
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ABUSED. YOU'VE
HEARD THE EXPRESSION,
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'POWER CORRUPTS.
ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS
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ABSOLUTELY' AND IT IS TRUE
THAT AUTHORITY IS OFTEN ABUSED.
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AND EVEN IN RECENT YEARS
AND DURING SOME OF THE POLITICAL
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UPHEAVALS WE HAD PEOPLE
PROTESTING IN THE CITIES AGAINST
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THE 'ONE PERCENTERS'.
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WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT WHEN
THEY SAY 'THE ONE PERCENTERS'?
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THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
RICH AND THE POWERFUL, RIGHT?
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AND THERE WAS GREAT RESENTMENT
ABOUT THE ABUSE OF POWER AND THE
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PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE STOCKS AND
THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE BANKS
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AND THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
THE REINS OF GOVERNMENT AND - IS
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THERE ABUSE? YES. BUT
THERE'S NOT ONLY ABUSE AMONG
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THE RICH, THERE'S
ABUSE AMONG THE POOR.
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WHEREVER YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE
YOU'VE GOT SIN. AND SO YES -
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BUT DOES THAT MEAN THAT JESUS
IS NOT INTERESTED IN REACHING
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PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY
AND POWER? OF COURSE HE IS.
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AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE WAYS
THE APOSTLES, THE DISCIPLES, THE
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LORD HIMSELF, AND WE'LL
EVEN LOOK AT SOME OLD TESTAMENT
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EXAMPLES - IN WHAT THEY SAID
TO THESE PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF
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POWER AND AUTHORITY, THEY
WERE TRYING TO BE REDEMPTIVE.
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SO WHILE IT IS TRUE IT IS HARDER
FOR A RICH MAN - AND OFTEN
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RICHES AND POWER
GO TOGETHER, RIGHT?
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BECAUSE MONEY OFTEN BRINGS A
CERTAIN KIND OF POWER - WHILE IT
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IS TRUE IT IS HARDER FOR A RICH
MAN TO ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF
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GOD THAN FOR A CAMEL TO GET
THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE, THE
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DISCIPLES SAID, 'WOW,
WHO THEN CAN BE SAVED?'
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AND JESUS SAID, 'THESE THINGS
THAT ARE IMPOSSIBLE WITH MEN ARE
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POSSIBLE WITH GOD. AND SO
WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO
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WRITE OFF THOSE THAT MAY BE
IN THESE POSITIONS - SAY, 'WELL,
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THEY'RE RICH AND
THEY'RE POWERFUL SO THEY'RE
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AUTOMATICALLY LOST.' IS IT
MORE DIFFICULT SOMETIMES? YES.
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BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU
DON'T HAVE THOSE RESOURCES AND
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YOU DON'T HAVE THAT POWER AND
THAT CONTROL, YOU START TURNING
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TO GOD IN DESPERATION.
SOME OF US PRAY FOR OUR DAILY
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BREAD JUST BECAUSE WE'RE TOLD TO
BUT WE DON'T REALLY WORRY ABOUT
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OUR DAILY BREAD. THEN
THERE ARE THOSE IN THE
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WORLD THAT REALLY LEAN ON
THE LORD FROM DAY TO DAY TO GET
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THEIR BREAD, RIGHT?
SOMEONE WAS ASKING A RABBI, 'WHY
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DID GOD GIVE THE BREAD
FROM HEAVEN SIX DAYS A WEEK?
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WHY DIDN'T HE JUST GIVE THEM A
YEAR'S SUPPLY AND MAKE IT LAST?
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COULDN'T HE HAVE DONE
THAT?' AND THE RABBI ANSWERED BY
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SAYING, 'THERE WAS A KING THAT
GAVE HIS SON AN ALLOWANCE EVERY
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YEAR BUT HE NOTICED THAT THE
CROWN PRINCE ONLY CAME TO SEE
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HIM ONCE A YEAR - WHEN IT
CAME TIME TO GET HIS ALLOWANCE.
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SO WANTING TO HAVE MORE OF A
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS SON, HE
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DECIDED TO GIVE HIM HIS
ALLOWANCE EVERY DAY AND HE HAD
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TO COME TO HIM EVERY DAY.
SO SOMETIMES THE LORD MAKES
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PEOPLE STRUGGLE FROM DAY TO DAY
BECAUSE THEY REALLY FEEL THEIR
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DEPENDENCE, BUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE
WEALTH AND POWER, THEY OFTEN
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DON'T FEEL THEIR NEED OF GOD.
THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS
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OUT ON THEIR OWN AND IT IS TRUE
IT'S HARDER SOMETIMES TO REACH
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THESE PEOPLE, BUT 'WHAT IS
IMPOSSIBLE WITH MEN IS POSSIBLE
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WITH GOD.' DOES THE BIBLE
HAVE EXAMPLES WHERE THE LORD
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REACHED PEOPLE IN POSITIONS
OF POWER THROUGH HIS DISCIPLES?
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DID THE PHARAOH OF
EGYPT HAVE DREAMS FROM GOD?
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DID GOD SPEAK TO
HIM THROUGH JOSEPH?
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DID THE KING OF
BABYLON HAVE DREAMS FROM GOD?
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DID GOD SPEAK TO
HIM THROUGH DANIEL?
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DID THE KING OF PERSIA
HAVE DANIEL ALSO SPEAK TO HIM?
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DARIUS - ONE WAS NEBUCHADNEZZER
THE OTHER WAS DARIUS.
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DID THE KING OF PERSIA HAVE
ESTHER DISCIPLING HIM AND LATER
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MORDECAI? DID
JESUS SPEAK TO PILATE?
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DID PAUL SPEAK TO
AGRIPPA AND BERNIECE?
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AND DID JOHN THE
BAPTIST SPEAK TO HEROD?
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YOU CAN JUST GO THROUGH THE
BIBLE. DID PAUL SPEAK TO NERO?
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YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE BIBLE AND
SEE MANY, MANY, EXAMPLES WHERE
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GOD BROUGHT HIS PEOPLE INTO
POSITIONS WHERE THEY WERE ABLE
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TO BE REDEMPTIVE AND SPEAK
TO - AND YOU COULD SAY DISCIPLE
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PEOPLE WHO HAD GREAT POWER -
SOME OF THE GREAT LEADERS OF THE
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WORLD. AND SO
WHILE WE'RE STUDYING THE
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THEME OF DISCIPLESHIP, LET'S
REMEMBER THAT GOD WOULD HAVE US
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KNOW HOW TO REACH PEOPLE
IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY.
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ALRIGHT, FIRST LET'S
SET THE GROUND RULES.
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JEREMIAH 9:23 AND 24 - A VERSE I
THINK MOST OF US ARE ACQUAINTED
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WITH - I LOVE THIS PASSAGE -
"THUS SAYS THE LORD, 'LET NOT
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THE WISE MAN GLORY IN HIS
WISDOM, LET NOT THE MIGHTY MAN
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GLORY IN HIS MIGHT, NOR LET THE
RICH MAN GLORY IN HIS RICHES;
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BUT LET HIM WHO GLORIES GLORY
IN THIS, THAT HE UNDERSTANDS AND
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KNOWS ME, THAT I AM THE LORD,
EXERCISING LOVING KINDNESS,
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JUDGMENT, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
IN THE EARTH. FOR IN THESE
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I DELIGHT,' SAYS THE LORD."
SO HERE THE LORD IS GIVING A
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SCRIPTURE TO THE RICH MAN AND
THE WISE MAN AND THE POWERFUL
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MAN. WHY? BECAUSE
HE WANTS THEM TO TRUST
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IN HIM, NOT TRUST IN
THEIR POWER AND THEIR RICHES.
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NOW, OUR LESSON TELLS US, OF
COURSE - RESPECTING AUTHORITY.
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WE PROBABLY OUGHT
TO TALK ABOUT THIS TOO.
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NOT ONLY BE DISCIPLING AND
BE REDEMPTIVE TO AUTHORITY, BUT
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WHAT SHOULD BE THE CHRISTIAN'S
ATTITUDE ABOUT THOSE IN
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AUTHORITY? WHILE
I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS,
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LET'S FIGURE OUT
WHERE OUR MICROPHONES ARE.
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WE'VE GOT THE MIC ON THE RIGHT
AND ONE ON THE RIGHT - MY RIGHT,
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YOUR LEFT. WHO'S GOT A
MIC OVER HERE SOMEWHERE? OKAY.
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WE WANT TO LOOK UP - SOMEBODY'S
GOT A SLIP - IT SAYS LUKE 20,
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VERSE 25. WHO HAS
THAT? JUST IT'S - OVER HERE?
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OKAY, WE'LL GET
YOU A MICROPHONE.
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WE WANT YOU TO BE
READY. SOMEONE HAS MARK 13:9.
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WHO'S GOT MARK 13:9?
DID SOMEONE GET THAT?
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ALRIGHT, WE'LL GIVE THE
MIC BACK TO YOU AFTERWARD.
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ALRIGHT, ROMANS 13:1-7, "LET
EVERY SOUL BE SUBJECT TO THE
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GOVERNING AUTHORITIES." -
DOES THAT CHAFE YOU A LITTLE
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BIT TO THINK ABOUT THAT?
LET ME SAY THAT A DIFFERENT WAY.
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LET EVERY SOUL BE
SUBJECT TO THE GOVERNMENT.
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ISN'T THAT WHAT HE'S
SAYING? GOVERNING AUTHORITIES.
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DON'T PANIC YET,
BUT THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS.
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- "FOR THERE IS NO AUTHORITY
EXCEPT FROM GOD," - DOES DANIEL
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SAY GOD SETS UP KINGS
AND TAKES THEM DOWN? -
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"FOR THERE'S NO AUTHORITY
EXCEPT FROM GOD AND THE
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AUTHORITIES THAT
EXIST ARE APPOINTED BY GOD.
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THEREFORE WHOEVER RESISTS THE
AUTHORITY RESISTS THE ORDINANCE
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OF GOD, AND THOSE WHO
RESIST WILL BRING JUDGMENT ON
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THEMSELVES. FOR
RULERS ARE NOT A TERROR TO
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GOOD WORKS, BUT TO EVIL.
DO YOU WANT TO BE UNAFRAID OF
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THE AUTHORITY? DO
WHAT IS GOOD," - OBEY THE
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LAWS OF THE LAND, IN OTHER WORDS
- "AND YOU WILL HAVE PRAISE FROM
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THE SAME. FOR HE IS
GOD'S MINISTER TO YOU
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FOR GOOD. BUT IF
YOU DO EVIL, BE AFRAID;
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FOR HE DOES NOT BEAR THE
SWORD IN VAIN;" - A MODERN
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TRANSLATION: HE DOES NOT
CARRY THE TICKET BOOK IN VAIN.
00:19:19.43\00:19:23.63
HE DOES NOT
CARRY A PISTOL IN VAIN.
00:19:23.63\00:19:26.83
AND, WHILE THE BIBLE TELLS
CHRISTIANS IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS
00:19:26.83\00:19:28.93
WITH EACH OTHER WE TURN THE
OTHER CHEEK AND WE LOVE AND WE
00:19:28.93\00:19:31.20
FORGIVE, THAT IS NOT A COMMAND
FOR GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES.
00:19:31.20\00:19:35.20
THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY COMMAND
IS 'EYE FOR EYE, TOOTH FOR
00:19:35.20\00:19:37.83
TOOTH, FOOT FOR FOOT, HAND
FOR HAND, LIFE FOR LIFE.' YOU
00:19:37.83\00:19:41.13
UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE?
ONE IS A CIVIL LAW, ONE IS AN
00:19:41.13\00:19:43.86
INTERPERSONAL LAW. WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN TO THE GOVERNMENT
00:19:43.86\00:19:46.56
IF THEY SAID, 'WELL, YOU
KNOW, IF YOUR NEIGHBOR KNOCKS
00:19:46.56\00:19:49.16
OUT YOUR TOOTH JUST SAY, 'OOPS'.
JUST - YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
00:19:49.16\00:19:54.00
THERE NEEDS TO BE PENALTIES FOR
DISOBEYING AND GOD ESTABLISHES
00:19:54.00\00:19:57.90
THAT THERE ARE CIVIL GOVERNMENTS
TO KEEP ORDER IN SOCIETY.
00:19:57.90\00:20:01.73
THIS IS NOT A VERSE THAT'S
SAYING THAT THE LORD APPROVED OF
00:20:01.73\00:20:04.40
ADOLF HITLER. IT'S NOT
SAYING THAT HE APPROVED
00:20:04.40\00:20:07.46
OF SOME OF THE TERRIBLE DESPOTS
AND DICTATORS THAT HAVE TERRIBLY
00:20:07.46\00:20:10.96
ABUSED POWER. HE'S
TALKING ABOUT TYPICALLY
00:20:10.96\00:20:13.23
THERE ARE GOVERNMENTS IN SOCIETY
- THERE ARE POLICEMEN, THERE ARE
00:20:13.23\00:20:17.26
LAWS, THERE ARE SOLDIERS - TO
MAINTAIN ORDER AND IF YOU FOLLOW
00:20:17.26\00:20:22.50
THE RULES YOU'LL BE PRAISED
BY THE SAME, BUT THEY HAVE
00:20:22.50\00:20:26.70
AUTHORITY THAT
MUST BE RESPECTED.
00:20:26.70\00:20:28.63
I KNOW SOME OF THE LAWS SEEM
UNJUST, BUT IF THOSE LAWS DO NOT
00:20:28.63\00:20:33.10
REQUIRE YOU TO VIOLATE A LAW
OF GOD, YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP IT.
00:20:33.10\00:20:38.53
RIGHT? I MEAN,
LET'S FACE IT, THERE ARE
00:20:38.53\00:20:40.63
SOME LAWS I JUST THINK ARE
THE - OH, DON'T GET ME STARTED.
00:20:40.63\00:20:44.43
YOU KNOW WHY
THERE ARE SO MANY LAWS?
00:20:44.43\00:20:47.86
YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
LAWS FOR A MORAL PEOPLE.
00:20:47.86\00:20:53.03
THE MORE IMMORAL A PEOPLE
BECOME, THE MORE LAWS YOU NEED.
00:20:53.03\00:20:56.96
YOU KNOW EVERY NEW LAW ON THE
BOOKS - YOU KNOW WHY IT'S THERE?
00:20:56.96\00:20:59.86
BECAUSE SOMEBODY DID SOMETHING
REALLY STUPID AND THEY HAD TO
00:20:59.86\00:21:01.80
MAKE A LAW TO KEEP
PEOPLE FROM DOING IT.
00:21:01.80\00:21:04.60
DO YOU KNOW THERE'S A LAW ON
THE BOOKS THAT SAYS YOU'RE NOT
00:21:04.60\00:21:07.13
SUPPOSED TO PUT A
SKUNK IN YOUR BOSS' DESK?
00:21:07.13\00:21:11.60
NOW DON'T YOU THINK
THERE'S A STORY BEHIND THAT LAW?
00:21:11.60\00:21:15.73
WHAT DO YOU THINK
BROUGHT ABOUT THAT STORY?
00:21:15.73\00:21:17.46
WELL, I'M JUST ASSUMING. I
DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STORY IS,
00:21:17.46\00:21:19.23
BUT I'M GUESSING SOMEBODY
PUT A SKUNK IN THEIR BOSS' DESK.
00:21:19.23\00:21:23.53
THEY'VE GOT ALL THESE REALLY
BIZARRE LAWS AND EVERY TIME YOU
00:21:23.53\00:21:27.10
READ SOME OF THESE LAWS YOU GO,
'I KNOW HOW THAT WAS FORMED.'
00:21:27.10\00:21:30.80
BUT THE MORE LAWFUL THE PEOPLE
ARE - IF YOU'VE GOT A LAW INSIDE
00:21:30.80\00:21:33.16
- IF YOU'VE GOT THE LAW OF
GOD INSIDE AND YOU LOVE YOUR
00:21:33.16\00:21:35.30
NEIGHBOR AND YOU LOVE GOD AND
YOU FOLLOW THE GOLDEN RULE 'DO
00:21:35.30\00:21:39.83
UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE
THEM DO UNTO YOU', WE WOULD HAVE
00:21:39.83\00:21:42.23
VERY FEW LAWS. I KNOW
A FAMILY - WHEN OUR KIDS
00:21:42.23\00:21:47.63
WERE LITTLE - THEY SAID, 'WE'VE
GOT THREE RULES FOR OUR KIDS.'
00:21:47.63\00:21:50.76
'THREE? YOU'VE
GOT IT DOWN TO THREE?'
00:21:50.76\00:21:52.13
'YEP, THREE RULES.' 'WHAT
ARE THEY, WE NEED TO HEAR THIS.'
00:21:52.13\00:21:54.93
'DON'T DO ANYTHING
THAT WILL HURT ANYBODY ELSE.
00:21:54.93\00:21:59.43
DON'T DO ANYTHING
THAT WILL HURT GOD.
00:21:59.43\00:22:02.83
DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT WILL HURT
YOURSELF.' AND WHENEVER THEY
00:22:02.83\00:22:07.06
TOLD THEM ABOUT WHY THEY SHOULD
OR SHOULDN'T BE DOING SOMETHING,
00:22:07.06\00:22:10.43
THEY ALWAYS BROUGHT IT BACK TO
THIS PRINCIPLE: THIS WILL HURT
00:22:10.43\00:22:13.33
SOMEBODY ELSE. THIS WILL
HURT GOD. THIS WILL HURT YOU.
00:22:13.33\00:22:17.96
IF PEOPLE REALLY LIVED BY THOSE
SIMPLE RULES - OH NO, I LEFT ONE
00:22:17.96\00:22:21.53
OUT. DON'T DO
ANYTHING THAT WILL HURT
00:22:21.53\00:22:23.60
SOMEBODY ELSE, DON'T DO ANYTHING
THAT WILL HURT YOURSELF AND
00:22:23.60\00:22:26.86
DON'T DO ANYTHING
THAT WILL HURT SOME THING.
00:22:26.86\00:22:29.76
I THREW IN GOD THERE, BUT THEY
WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR RULES
00:22:29.76\00:22:31.86
DOWN HERE. SO
SOMETIMES YOU DO SOMETHING
00:22:31.86\00:22:34.26
THAT - 'WHY CAN'T I
COLOR ON THE WALLS?'
00:22:34.26\00:22:38.00
'WELL, IT HURTS
THE WALLS.' RIGHT?
00:22:38.00\00:22:41.26
YOU'VE GOT TO
EXPLAIN THAT STUFF.
00:22:41.26\00:22:43.10
AND SO THOSE THREE RULES SORT
OF - THEY ENCOMPASS EVERYTHING.
00:22:43.10\00:22:46.90
SO, BACK TO - BACK TO ROMANS 13
- "FOR RULERS ARE NOT" - I'M IN
00:22:46.90\00:22:51.96
VERSE 3 - "RULERS ARE NOT
A TERROR TO GOOD WORKS BUT TO
00:22:51.96\00:22:56.90
EVIL. DO YOU WANT TO BE
UNAFRAID OF THE AUTHORITY?
00:22:56.90\00:22:59.80
DO WHAT IS GOOD, AND YOU
WILL HAVE PRAISE FROM THE SAME.
00:22:59.80\00:23:02.06
FOR HE IS GOD'S MINISTER TO YOU
FOR GOOD. BUT IF YOU DO EVIL, BE
00:23:02.06\00:23:06.36
AFRAID; FOR HE DOES NOT BEAR THE
SWORD IN VAIN; FOR HE IS GOD'S
00:23:06.36\00:23:09.56
MINISTER, AN AVENGER
TO EXECUTE WRATH ON HIM
00:23:09.56\00:23:12.30
WHO PRACTICES EVIL.
THEREFORE YOU MUST BE SUBJECT,
00:23:12.30\00:23:15.53
NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF WRATH
BUT ALSO FOR CONSCIENCE' SAKE."
00:23:15.53\00:23:19.23
- YOU DON'T JUST OBEY THE LAW
BECAUSE YOU MIGHT GET PUNISHED,
00:23:19.23\00:23:23.20
BUT YOU WANT TO DO THE RIGHT
THING SOCIALLY - "FOR BECAUSE OF
00:23:23.20\00:23:26.06
THIS YOU ALSO PAY TAXES,
FOR THEY ARE GOD'S MINISTERS
00:23:26.06\00:23:29.16
ATTENDING
CONTINUALLY TO THIS VERY THING.
00:23:29.16\00:23:31.76
RENDER THEREFORE TO ALL THEIR
DUE: TAXES TO WHOM TAXES ARE
00:23:31.76\00:23:35.16
DUE, CUSTOMS TO WHOM CUSTOMS,
FEAR TO WHOM FEAR, HONOR TO
00:23:35.16\00:23:39.60
WHOM HONOR."
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO READ
00:23:39.60\00:23:44.93
LUKE 20, VERSE 25. ARE WE READY
FOR THAT? OVER HERE. GO AHEAD.
00:23:44.93\00:23:50.86
>>"AND HE SAID TO THEM, 'RENDER
THEREFORE TO CAESAR THE THINGS
00:23:50.86\00:23:54.76
THAT ARE CAESAR'S, AND TO
GOD THE THINGS THAT ARE GOD'S.'"
00:23:54.76\00:23:58.90
>>DOES THE LORD
WANT US TO PAY OUR TAXES?
00:23:58.90\00:24:02.40
SHOULD
CHRISTIANS PAY THEIR TAXES?
00:24:02.40\00:24:05.23
WHO SAID THAT LAST
VERSE? IT'S RED LETTER.
00:24:05.23\00:24:09.10
JESUS SAID, 'RENDER TO CAESAR
THE THINGS THAT ARE CAESAR'S.'
00:24:09.10\00:24:13.13
I'M THANKFUL THAT
WE HAVE PAVED ROADS.
00:24:13.13\00:24:16.80
AND WHILE SOME OF THE ROADS
IN TOWN ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS,
00:24:16.80\00:24:19.16
I'VE BEEN TO COUNTRIES WHERE
THE ROADS ARE BAD TO NONEXISTENT
00:24:19.16\00:24:23.86
BECAUSE THE TAXES ARE MISAPPLIED
AND THEY DON'T USE THEM ON THE
00:24:23.86\00:24:27.76
ROADS. I DON'T
LIKE WRITING THAT CHECK
00:24:27.76\00:24:31.56
TO UNCLE SAM BUT I'M THANKFUL
I LIVE IN A FREE COUNTRY WHERE
00:24:31.56\00:24:35.33
SOLDIERS WHO ARE SUPPORTED
BY OUR TAXES HAVE KEPT US FREE.
00:24:35.33\00:24:39.16
I DON'T LIKE PAYING THOSE COUNTY
TAXES BUT I'M GLAD I HAVE WATER
00:24:39.16\00:24:43.43
AT MY DOOR - AT LEAST FOR A
LITTLE WHILE, WE'RE RATIONING
00:24:43.43\00:24:45.86
NOW - AND SOMEONE PICKS
UP THE GARBAGE EVERY WEEK.
00:24:45.86\00:24:49.73
I'VE BEEN IN CITIES WHERE
THEY DON'T PICK UP THE GARBAGE.
00:24:49.73\00:24:52.23
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
AND SO WE MIGHT GRUMBLE AND
00:24:52.23\00:24:54.56
COMPLAIN AND TYPICALLY, WHENEVER
YOU HAVE AN ORGANIZATION AND
00:24:54.56\00:24:57.10
YOU'VE GOT A GOVERNMENT,
THERE'S GOING TO BE WASTE.
00:24:57.10\00:25:00.66
SOME OF IT WILL BE MISUSED AND
SOME OF IT WILL BE SPENT POORLY
00:25:00.66\00:25:05.80
AND YOU'VE JUST GOT TO KNOW
THAT WHEN YOU PAY YOUR TAXES.
00:25:05.80\00:25:07.96
DO I TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
EVERY HONEST TAX LAW THERE IS TO
00:25:07.96\00:25:13.93
KEEP AS MUCH OF MY
MONEY AS I CAN? YES!
00:25:13.93\00:25:18.83
I DON'T WANT - I MEAN, IF YOU
WANT TO GIVE EXTRA YOU'RE ALL
00:25:18.83\00:25:20.83
FREE TO DO THAT BUT, OF COURSE,
YOU WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
00:25:20.83\00:25:25.36
THE BENEFITS AND THE LAWS THAT
SAY THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO KEEP A
00:25:25.36\00:25:27.90
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF YOUR
HARD-EARNED MONEY BUT YOU
00:25:27.90\00:25:31.06
SHOULDN'T BREAK THE
LAW. IS IT A SIN TO SPEED?
00:25:31.06\00:25:35.50
OH, YOU ALL GOT QUIET.
WELL LET ME TELL YOU WHAT, I'VE
00:25:35.50\00:25:40.63
GOT - AND I SAY THIS BY
PERMISSION NOT BY COMMANDMENT.
00:25:40.63\00:25:44.90
YOU'VE GOT GOD'S LAW AND THEN
YOU'VE GOT GOVERNMENT'S LAW.
00:25:44.90\00:25:48.60
YOU BREAK GOD'S LAW,
THE PENALTY IS VERY SERIOUS.
00:25:48.60\00:25:51.60
IF YOU BREAK A GOVERNMENT LAW,
YOU NEED TO BE WILLING TO PAY
00:25:51.60\00:25:54.23
THE PENALTY OF THE GOVERNMENT
- THAT'S WHAT WE JUST READ.
00:25:54.23\00:25:57.00
IF YOU'RE GOING TO DRIVE OVER
THE SPEED LIMIT, YOU MIGHT GET A
00:25:57.00\00:26:00.93
TICKET. I THINK
THERE'S ALSO WHAT THEY
00:26:00.93\00:26:03.96
CALL 'THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW'
AND 'THE LETTER OF THE LAW'.
00:26:03.96\00:26:07.83
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON A FREEWAY
BEFORE WHERE THEY'VE GOT ONE
00:26:07.83\00:26:11.06
SPEED THAT IS POSTED BUT
EVERYONE IS GOING A LITTLE
00:26:11.06\00:26:14.50
FASTER THAN THAT SPEED AND IF
YOU GO THE ACTUAL SPEED YOU WILL
00:26:14.50\00:26:18.10
CAUSE A WRECK.
IT'S JUST NOT SAFE.
00:26:18.10\00:26:21.16
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
00:26:21.16\00:26:22.20
SO I THINK GOD WANTS
US TO USE COMMON SENSE.
00:26:22.20\00:26:24.80
AND, NOW THAT WAS NOT
AN ENDORSEMENT TO SPEED.
00:26:24.80\00:26:28.86
I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LAW OF
00:26:28.86\00:26:30.63
GOD AND THE CIVIL LAWS AND
IF YOU BREAK THE CIVIL LAWS, BE
00:26:30.63\00:26:32.93
PREPARED TO FACE
THE CIVIL PENALTY.
00:26:32.93\00:26:35.40
OKAY, LET'S MOVE
RIGHT ALONG THEN.
00:26:35.40\00:26:38.46
SO WHY DON'T WE TALK FOR A
MOMENT - SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME
00:26:38.46\00:26:40.76
MARK 13:9 - I THINK THAT
WAS NEXT. AND - DO YOU HAVE YOUR
00:26:40.76\00:26:45.86
MICROPHONE? ALRIGHT -
AND BEFORE WE DO THAT,
00:26:45.86\00:26:49.60
I WANT TO READ SOMETHING TO
YOU ABOUT AUTHORITY, BIBLICALLY.
00:26:49.60\00:26:53.70
IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
AUTHORITY IT WOULD BE GOOD TO
00:26:53.70\00:26:55.73
UNDERSTAND IT. THE
NEW TESTAMENT WORD FOR
00:26:55.73\00:26:57.93
AUTHORITY IS 'EXOUSIA'. IT
MEANS 'RIGHTFUL AND UNIMPEDED
00:26:57.93\00:27:02.80
POWER TO ACT; A
VALID INNER AUTHORITY;
00:27:02.80\00:27:07.33
THE POSSESSION OR CONTROL OF AND
THE RIGHT TO USE POWER' WHEREAS
00:27:07.33\00:27:10.96
THE WORD DYNAMOS -DUNAMIS,
IT MEANS 'PHYSICAL POWER'.
00:27:10.96\00:27:16.76
THE BIBLE SAYS JESUS HAS
AUTHORITY TO TEACH - MARK 1:22 -
00:27:16.76\00:27:20.56
TO FORGIVE SINS, TO CURE
SICKNESS - MARK 9:6 - TO JUDGE -
00:27:20.56\00:27:25.40
IT'S THROUGH THE FULL AUTHORITY
OF CHRIST IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH
00:27:25.40\00:27:28.86
THAT HIS DISCIPLES WERE ABLE TO
TEACH, TO HEAL THE SICK, TO CAST
00:27:28.86\00:27:31.90
OUT EVIL SPIRITS. HE
SAID, 'ALL AUTHORITY IS GIVEN
00:27:31.90\00:27:34.66
UNTO ME' AND HE THEN,
OSTENSIBLY, GIVES IT TO US.
00:27:34.66\00:27:38.40
PAUL ALSO CITED HIS APOSTOLIC
AUTHORITY AND WARNED OTHERS NOT
00:27:38.40\00:27:43.23
TO ABUSE THEIR POWER.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT WAS THE
00:27:43.23\00:27:46.63
POWER OF GOD THE FATHER ACTING
THROUGH THE LIFE, DEATH, AND
00:27:46.63\00:27:50.50
RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST
THAT MADE POSSIBLE THE ULTIMATE
00:27:50.50\00:27:53.60
AUTHORITY OVER ALL POWERS HUMAN
AND SUPER HUMAN. AND, AS THE
00:27:53.60\00:27:58.60
WORD OF GOD, THE SCRIPTURES
ARE REGARDED AS AUTHORITATIVE.
00:27:58.60\00:28:01.63
AND SO, BIBLICAL AUTHORITY
IS BASED ON THESE SCRIPTURES AND
00:28:01.63\00:28:05.60
PRINCIPLES AS
OPPOSED TO CIVIL AUTHORITY.
00:28:05.60\00:28:08.86
NOW, IN BIBLE TIMES IF -
WHEN THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THE
00:28:08.86\00:28:14.83
WILDERNESS AND IF YOU BROKE
THE SABBATH, WHAT DID THEY DO?
00:28:14.83\00:28:18.76
THERE'S ONLY ONE MAN THAT'S
MENTIONED BUT HE WAS STONED.
00:28:18.76\00:28:22.26
THE PEOPLE SAID, 'WHAT DO
WE DO? WHAT'S THE PENALTY?'
00:28:22.26\00:28:24.26
GOD'S VERY PRESENCE WAS
THERE. SHEKINAH GLORY WAS THERE.
00:28:24.26\00:28:27.56
HE WAS LEADING THROUGH THE
WILDERNESS AND GOD SAID, 'IF
00:28:27.56\00:28:29.66
YOU'RE GOING TO SIN IN A
HIGH-HANDED WAY LIKE THAT, RIGHT
00:28:29.66\00:28:31.96
AFTER I'VE GIVEN YOU MY
COMMANDMENT, THERE'S A DEATH
00:28:31.96\00:28:34.03
PENALTY.' WHY DON'T WE
KILL PEOPLE FOR SABBATH BREAKING
00:28:34.03\00:28:36.66
TODAY? THEY ALSO HAD STONING -
REMEMBER, THEY BROUGHT THE WOMAN
00:28:36.66\00:28:41.90
TO JESUS FOR ADULTERY. YOU
EVER SEEN ANYONE LOCALLY BE
00:28:41.90\00:28:45.06
STONED FOR ADULTERY? WE'D
BE MISSING A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:28:45.06\00:28:49.63
IN OUR SOCIETY. MOST
TV PROGRAMS WOULD BE OFF
00:28:49.63\00:28:54.26
THE AIR IF FOLKS WERE
STONED FOR ADULTERY, RIGHT?
00:28:54.26\00:29:01.00
WHEN THEY WERE LIVING UNDER
A THEOCRACY - THAT'S DIFFERENT
00:29:01.00\00:29:03.93
FROM LIVING UNDER A MONARCHY OR
A DEMOCRACY OR VARIOUS FORMS OF
00:29:03.93\00:29:07.66
GOVERNMENT, AND THOSE
GOVERNMENTS IMPLEMENT THE
00:29:07.66\00:29:10.43
PENALTIES AND WHEN THEY GOT INTO
A MONARCHY, IF THE PENALTY FOR
00:29:10.43\00:29:15.46
ADULTERY WAS STONING, WHY
DIDN'T DAVID STONE HIMSELF?
00:29:15.46\00:29:19.66
SO, EVEN UNDER A MONARCHY THEY
STARTED BEING PRETTY SOFT ON
00:29:19.66\00:29:22.60
SOME OF THOSE LAWS.
BUT GOD - 'TO WHOM MUCH IS
00:29:22.60\00:29:24.76
GIVEN, MUCH IS REQUIRED' -
WHEN GOD'S PRESENCE WAS WITH THE
00:29:24.76\00:29:27.56
ISRAELITES RIGHT THERE IN
THE WILDERNESS, HE EXPECTED THE
00:29:27.56\00:29:30.43
HIGHEST LEVEL OF OBEDIENCE AND
THERE WAS THE HIGHEST PENALTY
00:29:30.43\00:29:33.46
FOR DISOBEDIENCE.
STEALING - ACHAN STOLE,
00:29:33.46\00:29:37.76
WHAT HAPPENED? STONED. HE
AND THE ACCOMPLICES IN HIS
00:29:37.76\00:29:41.70
FAMILY - STONED.
IT WAS VERY SERIOUS.
00:29:41.70\00:29:44.63
SO IN OUR SOCIETY
TODAY, DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP.
00:29:44.63\00:29:49.40
THEY ACT BY DIFFERENT
PRINCIPLES. BUT, ULTIMATELY,
00:29:49.40\00:29:53.10
THE AUTHORITY COMES FROM GOD.
ALRIGHT, SO LET'S MOVE ALONG
00:29:53.10\00:29:56.00
HERE. READ FOR
US PLEASE MARK 13:9.
00:29:56.00\00:30:00.36
>>MARK 13:9, "BUT WATCH OUT
FOR YOURSELVES, FOR THEY WILL
00:30:00.36\00:30:03.66
DELIVER YOU UP TO COUNCILS,
AND YOU WILL BE BEATEN IN THE
00:30:03.66\00:30:06.30
SYNAGOGUES. YOU
WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE
00:30:06.30\00:30:08.23
RULERS AND KINGS FOR MY
SAKE, FOR A TESTIMONY TO THEM."
00:30:08.23\00:30:12.03
>>THIS STATEMENT THAT YOU WILL
BE BROUGHT BEFORE RULERS AND
00:30:12.03\00:30:15.33
KINGS FOR MY SAKE - DID THAT
HAPPEN IN THE DISCIPLE'S LIVES?
00:30:15.33\00:30:21.20
IT DID. WILL IT
HAPPEN AGAIN BEFORE THE END?
00:30:21.20\00:30:25.13
HAS IT HAPPENED
THROUGH CHRISTIAN HISTORY?
00:30:25.13\00:30:27.70
LOOK AT THE STORY
OF THE GREAT REFORMERS.
00:30:27.70\00:30:29.46
THINK ABOUT MARTIN
LUTHER AT THE DIET OF WORMS.
00:30:29.46\00:30:31.96
HE STOOD BEFORE ONE OF THE
MOST AUGUST ASSEMBLIES OF WORLD
00:30:31.96\00:30:35.20
LEADERS IN EUROPE AND
MADE A DEFENSE FOR THE TRUTH.
00:30:35.20\00:30:39.76
AND JESUS SAID HE WOULD ARRANGE
THESE APPOINTMENTS WHERE YOU'RE
00:30:39.76\00:30:45.80
- I HAD AN EXPERIENCE
THIS - A FEW MONTHS AGO.
00:30:45.80\00:30:48.80
I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS YEAR
BUT NOW WE'RE IN A NEW YEAR.
00:30:48.80\00:30:50.90
BUT LESS THAN A YEAR AGO I WAS
AT THE SUPREME COURT AND I WAS
00:30:50.90\00:30:57.13
TALKING TO A CHURCH LEADER
THERE, NOT OF OUR DENOMINATION,
00:30:57.13\00:31:02.36
AND HE STARTED ASKING ME
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STATE OF THE
00:31:02.36\00:31:05.26
DEAD AND THE SABBATH.
AND THIS PERSON IS ON RADIO
00:31:05.26\00:31:07.73
AROUND THE COUNTRY AND HE AND
HIS WIFE - JUST HAVING A REAL
00:31:07.73\00:31:11.66
GOOD BIBLE STUDY. AND
THE LORD BRINGS YOU - I
00:31:11.66\00:31:15.46
THOUGHT, 'WOW,
THIS IS INTERESTING.
00:31:15.46\00:31:16.73
HERE WE ARE IN THE SUPREME
COURT BUILDING HAVING THIS BIBLE
00:31:16.73\00:31:19.23
STUDY.' WE WERE WAITING FOR
- THEY WERE GIVING US A TOUR OF
00:31:19.23\00:31:22.30
THE CHAMBERS AND WE WERE WAITING
FOR OUR TURN TO GO IN AND - GOD
00:31:22.30\00:31:26.73
ARRANGES APPOINTMENTS AND HE
WILL ARRANGE APPOINTMENTS FOR
00:31:26.73\00:31:29.20
YOU. IT'S INTERESTING
HOW THE LORD DOES THAT.
00:31:29.20\00:31:32.53
YOU HAVE EXAMPLES OF THAT - ACTS
4:13 - PETER AND THE APOSTLES,
00:31:32.53\00:31:36.80
THEY WERE FISHERMEN AND IT SAYS
THEY WERE BROUGHT BEFORE THE
00:31:36.80\00:31:39.90
HIGHEST COURT IN THE COUNTRY
- THE SUPREME COURT - THE
00:31:39.90\00:31:42.80
SANHEDRIN, "NOW WHEN THEY SAW
THE BOLDNESS OF PETER AND JOHN,
00:31:42.80\00:31:47.16
AND PERCEIVED THAT THEY WERE
UNEDUCATED AND UNTRAINED MEN,
00:31:47.16\00:31:51.13
THEY MARVELED. AND
THEY REALIZED THEY HAD BEEN
00:31:51.13\00:31:53.66
WITH JESUS.' WHERE DID
THEY LEARN TO HAVE THIS CALM
00:31:53.66\00:31:56.26
CONFIDENCE AND
THIS BOLDNESS TO SHARE?
00:31:56.26\00:32:00.60
I MEAN, MOST - THOSE SANHEDRIN
LEADERS, THEY WERE USED TO
00:32:00.60\00:32:04.66
COMMON PEOPLE COMING IN AND
TREMBLING BEFORE THEM WHEN THEY
00:32:04.66\00:32:08.16
WERE BROUGHT TO STAND
TRIAL AND BE THREATENED WITH
00:32:08.16\00:32:10.60
EXCOMMUNICATION OR DEATH OR
WHATEVER THE PENALTY WAS AND
00:32:10.60\00:32:14.10
PETER AND THE
APOSTLES WERE FEARLESS.
00:32:14.10\00:32:17.53
THEY SAID, 'WOW,
WHAT A HOLY AUDACITY.
00:32:17.53\00:32:20.76
WHERE'D THEY GET
THAT?' THEY'D BEEN WITH JESUS.
00:32:20.76\00:32:24.66
ACTS 25:23, "SO THE NEXT DAY,
WHEN AGRIPPA AND BERNICE HAD
00:32:24.66\00:32:29.43
COME WITH GREAT POMP, AND HAD
ENTERED THE AUDITORIUM WITH THE
00:32:29.43\00:32:33.03
COMMANDERS AND THE PROMINENT MEN
OF THE CITY, AT FESTUS' COMMAND
00:32:33.03\00:32:37.53
PAUL WAS BROUGHT IN."
AND THEY SAID, 'YOU KNOW,
00:32:37.53\00:32:40.73
THERE'S THIS - THERE'S THIS
FORMER PHARISEE THAT IS NOW A
00:32:40.73\00:32:44.40
CHRISTIAN AND THEY NEARLY TORE
HIM LIMB FROM LIMB IN JERUSALEM
00:32:44.40\00:32:47.26
AND HE WAS BROUGHT IN' AND THEY
SAID, 'OH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR.
00:32:47.26\00:32:49.86
HE'S ONE OF THESE NEW
CHRISTIANS.' AND HERE PAUL IS
00:32:49.86\00:32:51.96
BROUGHT IN AND THEY SAID, 'YEAH,
AND HE'S APPEALED TO CAESAR.
00:32:51.96\00:32:54.30
HE'S GETTING READY TO GO TO ROME
AND SPEAK TO CAESAR.' SO PAUL IS
00:32:54.30\00:32:57.16
BROUGHT IN AND HERE HE'S GOT -
WITH ALL POMP AND ALL GREAT MEN
00:32:57.16\00:33:01.13
OF THE CITY - AND THEY'RE
STANDING THERE SAYING, 'TELL US
00:33:01.13\00:33:03.96
WHAT YOU BELIEVE.' AND YOU CAN
READ ABOUT THAT THERE IN ACTS 25
00:33:03.96\00:33:07.93
- HE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
WITNESS BEFORE THE KINGS AND THE
00:33:07.93\00:33:10.86
RULERS AND HE ACTUALLY
IS PLEADING FOR THEIR SOULS.
00:33:10.86\00:33:15.63
PAUL IS NOT TRYING TO SAY,
'PLEASE LET ME OUT OF JAIL.'
00:33:15.63\00:33:18.86
THAT'S NOT WHAT
HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
00:33:18.86\00:33:20.73
HE IS PRESENTING JESUS TO THEM
AND ONE OF THEM SAYS, AT ONE
00:33:20.73\00:33:24.43
POINT, 'PAUL ALMOST
THOU PERSUADEST ME TO BE A
00:33:24.43\00:33:28.60
CHRISTIAN.' IT'S TOO
BAD HE SAID 'ALMOST'.
00:33:28.60\00:33:31.16
HE SAID, 'ALMOST THOU PERSUADEST
ME TO BE A CHRISTIAN.' PAUL
00:33:31.16\00:33:34.16
SAYS, 'OTHER THAN THESE CHAINS I
WISH THAT YOU WERE JUST LIKE ME,
00:33:34.16\00:33:37.20
A CHRISTIAN.' AND SO HE WAS
TRYING TO DISCIPLE THESE RULERS
00:33:37.20\00:33:42.36
AND BE A WITNESS TO THEM.
00:33:42.36\00:33:44.40
ANOTHER EXAMPLE: ACTS 6:15 -
THIS IS JUST BEFORE THE STONING
00:33:44.40\00:33:49.23
OF STEPHEN - "AND ALL WHO SAT IN
THE COUNCIL, LOOKING STEADFASTLY
00:33:49.23\00:33:54.23
AT HIM, SAW HIS FACE
AS THE FACE OF AN ANGEL."
00:33:54.23\00:33:59.70
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
GREATEST NEW TESTAMENT SERMONS
00:33:59.70\00:34:02.03
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND
ANYWHERE IS THE PRESENTATION
00:34:02.03\00:34:05.03
THAT STEPHEN GIVES WHERE HE
OUTLINES THE HISTORY OF GOD'S
00:34:05.03\00:34:08.96
LEADING HIS PEOPLE UP TO THE
TIME OF CHRIST AND THEY WERE SO
00:34:08.96\00:34:12.96
CONVICTED THAT JESUS WAS THE
CHRIST THAT THEY PLUGGED THEIR
00:34:12.96\00:34:16.56
EARS. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
THAT IF YOU WENT TO THE SUPREME
00:34:16.56\00:34:19.43
COURT AND YOU'RE MAKING YOUR
DEFENSE AND YOU'RE NOT CURSING,
00:34:19.43\00:34:22.43
YOU'RE NOT BEING RUDE, YOU'RE
JUST REASONING WITH THEM AND
00:34:22.43\00:34:24.96
YOUR LOGIC IS SO STRONG AND
PROFOUND THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN
00:34:24.96\00:34:28.10
THE NINE JUSTICES AT THE SUPREME
COURT GO, 'NO!' AND THEY PLUG
00:34:28.10\00:34:32.96
THEIR EARS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.
00:34:32.96\00:34:34.70
IT SAYS THEY GNASHED
ON HIM WITH THEIR TEETH.
00:34:34.70\00:34:37.03
THAT JUST MEANS THEY WENT, 'OH
NO, WE KILLED OUR MESSIAH.' AND
00:34:37.03\00:34:41.43
THEY TOOK HIM OUT
AND THEY STONED HIM.
00:34:41.43\00:34:43.43
THEY DIDN'T EVEN - YOU KNOW,
WITH JESUS THEY SAID, 'WE'VE GOT
00:34:43.43\00:34:45.16
TO GO THROUGH THE PROPER
CHANNELS' AND THEY BROUGHT HIM
00:34:45.16\00:34:47.36
TO PILATE, BUT THEY WERE SO
UPSET WITH STEPHEN, THEY DRUG
00:34:47.36\00:34:49.93
HIM RIGHT OUT AND
THEY JUST STONED HIM.
00:34:49.93\00:34:52.86
AND, OF COURSE, PAUL - THEY LAID
HIS CLOTHES DOWN AT PAUL'S FEET.
00:34:52.86\00:34:56.86
BUT STEPHEN HAD A CHANCE TO
PRESENT THE GOSPEL TO THOSE IN
00:34:56.86\00:35:01.20
POWER AND AUTHORITY. AND
WAS THAT A - WHEN STEPHEN
00:35:01.20\00:35:04.60
DID THAT, WAS THAT A SIGNIFICANT
HISTORICAL PROPHETIC EVENT?
00:35:04.60\00:35:10.63
THAT MARKED THE END OF
THAT 490-YEAR PROPHECY WHERE THE
00:35:10.63\00:35:16.66
GOSPEL THAT HAD BEEN PREACHED
THREE AND A HALF YEARS FROM
00:35:16.66\00:35:20.10
CHRIST'S ANOINTING UP UNTIL
HIS DEATH, IT SAYS THAT HE WOULD
00:35:20.10\00:35:24.36
PREACH ANOTHER THREE AND A HALF
YEARS THROUGH THOSE WHO HEARD
00:35:24.36\00:35:26.90
HIM - STEPHEN BEING ONE OF THOSE
WHO HEARD HIM PERSONALLY - AND
00:35:26.90\00:35:30.93
HE MADE - HE WAS CHOSEN TO MAKE
THAT FINAL PRESENTATION TO THE
00:35:30.93\00:35:34.46
JEWISH LEADERS AS A NATION AND
AT THAT POINT, WHEN THEY PLUGGED
00:35:34.46\00:35:38.30
THEIR EARS THAT SENT A MESSAGE
ABOUT HOW THEY WERE RESPONDING
00:35:38.30\00:35:41.50
TO THE GOSPEL.
OFFICIALLY, AS A PEOPLE, THE
00:35:41.50\00:35:45.20
CURTAIN WAS GOING
DOWN ON THAT NATION THEN.
00:35:45.20\00:35:47.20
OF COURSE, THE TEMPLE WAS
DESTROYED IN 70 AD. ALRIGHT,
00:35:47.20\00:35:50.46
PRAY FOR THE AUTHORITIES.
SOMETIMES IT'S HARD.
00:35:50.46\00:35:56.46
SOMETIMES - WILL ROGERS - ANY
OF YOU REMEMBER HERE SOME OF THE
00:35:56.46\00:36:00.50
WIT AND HUMOR OF WILL
ROGERS - THE HUMORIST?
00:36:00.50\00:36:05.46
AND HE SAID, 'WE OUGHT TO HAVE A
SPAGHETTI DINNER FOR CONGRESS -
00:36:05.46\00:36:09.00
THEY'LL SUPPLY THE MEATBALLS.'
BECAUSE WE HEAR ABOUT SOME OF
00:36:09.00\00:36:14.20
THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN
GOVERNMENT AND THEN WHEN YOU
00:36:14.20\00:36:17.46
READ IN THE BIBLE THAT WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO PRAY FOR THOSE IN
00:36:17.46\00:36:20.63
LEADERSHIP. WHAT WE
PRAY SOMETIMES IS YOU
00:36:20.63\00:36:24.06
WANT TO HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON
THEIR HEAD WHEN YOU HEAR SOME OF
00:36:24.06\00:36:27.20
THE THINGS THAT
HAPPEN IN GOVERNMENT.
00:36:27.20\00:36:29.10
AND THE POLITICS AND THE
SHENANIGANS AND THE JOSTLING AND
00:36:29.10\00:36:34.23
THE POSITIONING AND THE
GRANDSTANDING AND THE SPIN AND
00:36:34.23\00:36:37.30
ALL THE STUFF THAT HAPPENS
IN POLITICS THAT, WHEN IT COMES
00:36:37.30\00:36:41.26
TIME TO VOTE, YOU WANT TO
BE GOOD CITIZENS SO YOU SORT OF
00:36:41.26\00:36:43.70
HOLD YOUR NOSE AND YOU VOTE.
BUT THE BIBLE SAYS WE SHOULD
00:36:43.70\00:36:47.40
PRAY FOR THOSE IN THOSE
POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP.
00:36:47.40\00:36:50.76
YOU CAN READ HERE IN 1 TIMOTHY -
SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME - LET ME
00:36:50.76\00:36:55.16
JUST FIND THIS MICROPHONE -
EZRA 6:10 - WHO HAS THAT VERSE?
00:36:55.16\00:37:00.33
OVER HERE, LET'S GET YOU
A MIC AND YOU'LL BE NEXT.
00:37:00.33\00:37:02.83
EZRA 6 VERSE 10. 1
TIMOTHY 2, VERSES 1 AND 2,
00:37:02.83\00:37:07.30
"THEREFORE I EXHORT FIRST OF
ALL THAT SUPPLICATIONS, PRAYERS,
00:37:07.30\00:37:12.23
INTERCESSIONS, AND GIVING OF
THANKS BE MADE FOR ALL MEN, FOR
00:37:12.23\00:37:16.06
KINGS AND ALL WHO ARE IN
AUTHORITY, THAT WE MAY LEAD A
00:37:16.06\00:37:21.16
QUIET AND PEACEABLE LIFE IN
ALL GODLINESS AND REVERENCE."
00:37:21.16\00:37:24.80
NOW WHY DO WE PRAY FOR
THOSE THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY -
00:37:24.80\00:37:27.83
PRESIDENTS AND KINGS?
WHY DO YOU PRAY FOR THEM?
00:37:27.83\00:37:32.26
A FEW REASONS: ONE, THAT THEY
MIGHT BE SAVED BECAUSE THEY'RE
00:37:32.26\00:37:35.76
PEOPLE THAT
JESUS DIED FOR, RIGHT?
00:37:35.76\00:37:39.20
ANOTHER REASON IS THAT THEY
GOVERN RIGHTEOUSLY SO THAT YOU
00:37:39.20\00:37:44.10
CAN HAVE FREEDOM AND PEACE - HE
INCLUDES THAT THERE IN THE VERSE
00:37:44.10\00:37:47.80
- "THAT WE MIGHT LIVE A
QUIET AND PEACEABLE LIFE."
00:37:47.80\00:37:50.36
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT
WE MIGHT HAVE TURMOIL IN OUR
00:37:50.36\00:37:52.30
SOCIETY BECAUSE WE'RE
NOT PRAYING FOR THE PEOPLE IN
00:37:52.30\00:37:54.56
LEADERSHIP? PAUL'S
MAKING A CONNECTION THERE.
00:37:54.56\00:37:58.26
PRAY FOR THEM THAT
THEY MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
00:37:58.26\00:38:00.53
AND ANOTHER REASON IS YOU PRAY
FOR THEM THAT THE GOSPEL WILL
00:38:00.53\00:38:04.73
STAY FREE. THOSE IN
POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP
00:38:04.73\00:38:08.00
CAN CAUSE A LOT OF PROBLEMS FOR
THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL.
00:38:08.00\00:38:11.60
I PUT IT ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE
YESTERDAY THAT THE MAGISTRATES
00:38:11.60\00:38:18.86
IN ENGLAND HAVE SUMMONED THE
PRESIDENT OF THE MORMON CHURCH -
00:38:18.86\00:38:26.46
YOU KNOW THE PRESIDENT OF
THE MORMON CHURCH IS ALSO THE
00:38:26.46\00:38:28.93
PROPHET OF THEIR CHURCH -
BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY
00:38:28.93\00:38:33.30
BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN
TEACHINGS OF THE MORMON CHURCH
00:38:33.30\00:38:36.73
THAT ARE NOT TRUE AND THAT THEY
ARE TEACHING THINGS THAT ARE NOT
00:38:36.73\00:38:40.26
TRUE AND GETTING FUNDS - PEOPLE
ARE SUPPORTING THE CHURCH WITH
00:38:40.26\00:38:43.90
MONEY - AND SO THEY FOUND A LAW
THAT'S ON THE BOOKS THAT HAS TO
00:38:43.90\00:38:47.83
DO WITH FRAUD AND THEY'RE
APPLYING IT NOW TO A RELIGION
00:38:47.83\00:38:50.56
AND THE JUDGES ARE GOING TO
DETERMINE WHETHER THEY THINK THE
00:38:50.56\00:38:52.90
MORMON FAITH IS
TRUE. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS.
00:38:52.90\00:38:57.30
BY THE WAY, HE'S BEING SUMMONED.
THAT MEANS THAT HE COULD -
00:38:57.30\00:39:00.63
THEORETICALLY, HE COULD BE
EXTRADITED TO APPEAR IN THIS
00:39:00.63\00:39:03.36
COURT IN ENGLAND ON
BEHALF OF ALL MORMONS.
00:39:03.36\00:39:05.70
OR THE MORMON RELIGION, IF
THEY DON'T COOPERATE, COULD BE
00:39:05.70\00:39:08.06
OUTLAWED IN ENGLAND OR, IF HE
DOESN'T COME, WHEN HE TRAVELS TO
00:39:08.06\00:39:11.23
ENGLAND HE COULD BE ARRESTED
FOR NEGLECTING A SUMMONS.
00:39:11.23\00:39:14.96
THAT'S VERY SERIOUS. THE
REASON IT'S SERIOUS - WHILE
00:39:14.96\00:39:18.20
I WOULD RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE
WITH MY MORMON FRIENDS AND THEIR
00:39:18.20\00:39:22.66
THEOLOGY - IT'S SERIOUS
BECAUSE WHO COULD BE NEXT?
00:39:22.66\00:39:29.40
IF THE GOVERNMENT STARTS SAYING
THAT WE ARE GOING TO EXAMINE THE
00:39:29.40\00:39:32.53
BELIEFS OF THE VARIOUS RELIGIONS
AND DECIDE WHAT WE THINK IS TRUE
00:39:32.53\00:39:35.83
AND IF YOU'RE RAISING MONIES
TO SPREAD YOUR RELIGION AND IT'S
00:39:35.83\00:39:39.56
NOT TRUE - IF WE DEEM IT'S NOT
TRUE - IT'S RELIGIO ILLICITA -
00:39:39.56\00:39:45.26
FORBIDDEN RELIGION NOW.
THAT'S VERY SERIOUS THAT
00:39:45.26\00:39:48.60
SOMETHING LIKE
THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
00:39:48.60\00:39:53.30
OH, I'D BETTER NOT SAY THAT.
WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT I
00:39:53.30\00:39:58.16
THOUGHT IT WASN'T WISE TO
SAY IT, IS THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS
00:39:58.16\00:40:01.53
INTERESTING THAT SO MANY OF THE
CHURCHES IN ENGLAND ARE CLOSING
00:40:01.53\00:40:05.26
DOWN - THEY'RE BEING REPLACED
BY MOSQUES - THAT'S A FACT.
00:40:05.26\00:40:09.10
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE
A PROBLEM WITH KORAN.
00:40:09.10\00:40:12.73
I JUST THOUGHT
THAT WAS INTERESTING.
00:40:12.73\00:40:15.93
ANYWAY, PRAY FOR
THOSE IN AUTHORITY.
00:40:15.93\00:40:20.33
YOU'RE GOING TO READ FOR US EZRA
6:10. WHO HAS THAT? OVER HERE.
00:40:20.33\00:40:25.10
>>EZRA 6:10, "THAT THEY MAY
OFFER SACRIFICES OF SWEET AROMA
00:40:25.10\00:40:30.53
TO THE GOD OF HEAVEN, AND PRAY
FOR THE LIFE OF THE KING AND HIS
00:40:30.53\00:40:34.33
SONS." >>NOW YOU
KNOW WHO WROTE THAT?
00:40:34.33\00:40:37.26
NOT EZRA. CYRUS,
THE PERSIAN KING SENT A
00:40:37.26\00:40:40.86
LETTER TO EZRA - THIS
IS A QUOTE FROM HIS LETTER.
00:40:40.86\00:40:43.23
HE'S SAYING, 'PRAY FOR ME.' IT
WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE KINGS
00:40:43.23\00:40:46.83
- THEY BELIEVED IN GOD -
THAT THEY HAD PRIESTS THAT THEY
00:40:46.83\00:40:49.93
THOUGHT WERE GOOD PRIESTS
INTERCEDE FOR THEM AND PRAY FOR
00:40:49.93\00:40:53.23
THEM. DID YOU EVER PLAY CHESS?
00:40:53.23\00:40:56.16
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ADMIT IT, BUT
WHAT WERE THE PIECES RIGHT NEXT
00:40:56.16\00:41:01.50
TO THE KING AND
THE QUEEN? BISHOPS.
00:41:01.50\00:41:04.86
BECAUSE SO MANY TIMES THROUGH
THE HISTORY - I MEAN, EVEN IN
00:41:04.86\00:41:07.23
EGYPT YOU HAD THE PHARAOH
AND RIGHT NEXT TO HIM WERE THE
00:41:07.23\00:41:10.00
PRIESTS. AND WHO
DID THE PHARAOH GIVE
00:41:10.00\00:41:13.10
JOSEPH FOR A BRIDE?
DAUGHTER OF A PRIEST.
00:41:13.10\00:41:17.00
AND SO THERE WAS A CLOSE
RELATIONSHIP - PRIESTS WERE THE
00:41:17.00\00:41:18.80
ONES WHO WERE TAX
FREE IN THE KINGDOM.
00:41:18.80\00:41:21.13
AND SO THEY WOULD ASK
THE PRIESTS TO INTERCEDE.
00:41:21.13\00:41:24.06
FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOUR BIG
JOB WAS TO PRAY FOR THE KING.
00:41:24.06\00:41:26.70
SOLOMON CAME INTO
POWER - WHAT WAS HIS CONCERN?
00:41:26.70\00:41:30.26
'LORD, I'M JUST A CHILD.
00:41:30.26\00:41:31.70
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO COME IN OR
GO OUT.' HE HAD GREAT AUTHORITY
00:41:31.70\00:41:34.36
AND POWER BUT HE
REALIZED HE NEEDED GOD.
00:41:34.36\00:41:37.30
DID DAVID LISTEN TO THE
PROPHETS THAT CAME TO HIM?
00:41:37.30\00:41:41.36
YES HE DID. THEY HAD
GREAT RESPECT FOR THE
00:41:41.36\00:41:43.46
PROPHETS AND THE
PRIESTS. SO WE'RE TO PRAY.
00:41:43.46\00:41:46.56
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT
- I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TO SAY.
00:41:46.56\00:41:53.03
I COULD TELL YOU SOME
VERY INTERESTING STORIES.
00:41:53.03\00:41:55.86
BUT ONE THING HAPPENED THIS
WEEK - I COULD TELL YOU A LOT OF
00:41:55.86\00:41:59.00
INTERESTING STORIES -
ONE, A LITTLE THING I'LL SHARE
00:41:59.00\00:42:01.40
WITH YOU. I JUST -
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
00:42:01.40\00:42:02.60
SHARE THESE THINGS WITHOUT
SOUNDING ANY MORE PIG HEADED
00:42:02.60\00:42:05.86
THAN I AM, BUT I WAS TALKING TO
JIM GILLEY AT 3ABN THIS WEEK - I
00:42:05.86\00:42:11.53
HOPE HE DOESN'T
MIND MY SHARING THIS.
00:42:11.53\00:42:13.16
AND HE SAID, 'DOUG,' - HE SAID
- 'WE DID AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN
00:42:13.16\00:42:17.13
ASHCROFT, WHO WAS THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL DURING THE BUSH ERA AND
00:42:17.13\00:42:22.63
HE SAID, 'NOW, IS THAT
BALD GUY GOING TO BE THERE?'
00:42:22.63\00:42:27.70
AND JIM SAID, 'WE'VE GOT A
LOT OF BALD GUYS, WHAT ARE YOU
00:42:27.70\00:42:29.66
TALKING ABOUT?' HE
SAID, 'IS THAT GUY BATCHELOR
00:42:29.66\00:42:32.43
- HE'S NOT GOING TO INTERVIEW
ME' - HE SAID - 'HE'S TOO FAST.'
00:42:32.43\00:42:37.76
AND THE ONLY REASON I'M TELLING
YOU IS TO KNOW - HERE'S SOMEONE
00:42:37.76\00:42:40.53
WHO'S A FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL
- HE STILL HAS A CONSULTING
00:42:40.53\00:42:43.33
COMPANY IN WASHINGTON DC -
AND HE'S WATCHING THE PROGRAMS.
00:42:43.33\00:42:47.66
SO THESE PEOPLE OUT THERE,
THEY'RE SEARCHING - THEY'RE
00:42:47.66\00:42:50.13
PRAYING JUST LIKE
EVERYBODY ELSE, AMEN?
00:42:50.13\00:42:54.23
ALRIGHT, JOHN 19, VERSE 8,
"THEREFORE, WHEN PILATE HEARD
00:42:54.23\00:42:58.90
THAT SAYING, HE WAS THE MORE
AFRAID," - IF YOU'RE PILATE - HE
00:42:58.90\00:43:03.10
WAS IN A POSITION OF POWER
AND JUDGMENT, HE'S GOT TO MAKE A
00:43:03.10\00:43:05.56
DECISION, BUT HIS WIFE SENDS
HIM A LETTER THAT SAYS, 'HAVE
00:43:05.56\00:43:08.83
NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT
RIGHTEOUS MAN' AND THEN HE
00:43:08.83\00:43:13.16
BECAME A LITTLE CONCERNED AND HE
SAID TO JESUS, "'WHERE ARE YOU
00:43:13.16\00:43:16.86
FROM?' BUT JESUS
GAVE HIM NO ANSWER.
00:43:16.86\00:43:19.66
THEN PILATE SAID TO HIM,
'ARE YOU NOT SPEAKING TO ME?
00:43:19.66\00:43:23.00
DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT I HAVE
POWER TO CRUCIFY YOU, AND POWER
00:43:23.00\00:43:26.53
TO RELEASE YOU?' JESUS
ANSWERED, 'YOU COULD HAVE
00:43:26.53\00:43:29.96
NO POWER AT ALL AGAINST ME
UNLESS IT HAD BEEN GIVEN YOU
00:43:29.96\00:43:33.93
FROM ABOVE.'" - NOW THAT'S
A VERY INTERESTING STATEMENT.
00:43:33.93\00:43:37.86
JESUS IS LOOKING PILATE IN
THE EYE, UNSHAKEN, HE SAYS, 'YOU
00:43:37.86\00:43:41.06
DON'T HAVE ANY POWER OVER
ME.' I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT.
00:43:41.06\00:43:43.00
HERE HE'S TALKING TO
THE ONE WHO MADE THE WORLD.
00:43:43.00\00:43:45.13
PILATE IS TALKING TO THE
ONE WHO MADE THE UNIVERSE.
00:43:45.13\00:43:47.60
HE SAID, 'DON'T YOU KNOW
I'VE GOT POWER OVER YOU?'
00:43:47.60\00:43:50.73
JESUS SAID, 'NO,
YOU'VE GOT IT BACKWARDS.
00:43:50.73\00:43:52.13
YOU DON'T HAVE
ANY POWER OVER ME.
00:43:52.13\00:43:54.96
YOU COULDN'T HAVE ANY POWER THAT
ISN'T ALLOWED.' JESUS SAID, 'YOU
00:43:54.96\00:43:58.33
DON'T TAKE MY LIFE. I'M
LAYING IT DOWN.' BUT HE -
00:43:58.33\00:44:02.00
NOTICE THAT CHRIST, IN THAT
STATEMENT, HE DOES SAY, 'IT IS
00:44:02.00\00:44:04.53
BEING GIVEN YOU.'
POWER HAS BEEN GIVEN YOU.
00:44:04.53\00:44:07.63
THESE PEOPLE IN POWER, SOME OF
THEM ABUSE IT, BUT THEY'RE BEING
00:44:07.63\00:44:10.83
GIVEN THE POWER BY GOD.
PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF PREACHING
00:44:10.83\00:44:13.90
OR TEACHING - THAT'S POWER -
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DANGEROUS
00:44:13.90\00:44:17.00
POWER AND THE BIBLE SAYS
YOU OUGHT TO TAKE IT UP VERY
00:44:17.00\00:44:19.30
CAREFULLY BECAUSE 'TO WHOM MUCH
IS GIVEN, MUCH IS REQUIRED' AND
00:44:19.30\00:44:23.00
JAMES SAYS TEACHER AND PREACHERS
AND PEOPLE IN POWER WILL GIVE A
00:44:23.00\00:44:26.80
MORE CAREFUL ACCOUNT OF
WHAT THEY SAY AND WHAT THEY DO.
00:44:26.80\00:44:31.40
THAT'S ONE REASON TO PRAY FOR
THOSE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY.
00:44:31.40\00:44:34.70
IT CAN BE FRIGHTENING.
ALRIGHT, ACTS 23 - SOMEONE LOOK
00:44:34.70\00:44:40.30
UP FOR ME MATTHEW 7:28 - WHO
HAS THAT VERSE? RIGHT OVER HERE?
00:44:40.30\00:44:44.70
MATTHEW 7:28 - WE'LL
GET TO YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.
00:44:44.70\00:44:47.20
I'M GOING TO READ ACTS 23:1-5.
00:44:47.20\00:44:50.10
PAUL IS NOW BEING TRIED AT
THE SANHEDRIN AND HE SAYS, "THEN
00:44:50.10\00:44:55.56
PAUL, LOOKING EARNESTLY AT
THE COUNCIL, SAID, 'MEN AND
00:44:55.56\00:44:58.36
BRETHREN, I HAVE LIVED IN ALL
GOOD CONSCIENCE BEFORE GOD UNTIL
00:44:58.36\00:45:01.00
THIS DAY.' AND THE HIGH PRIEST
ANANIAS" - YOU KNOW WHO THAT
00:45:01.00\00:45:04.73
HIGH PRIEST IS? HE WAS
THE SON-IN-LAW OF CAIPHUS
00:45:04.73\00:45:07.96
THAT TRIED JESUS AND HAD HIM
EXECUTED. HE'S STILL IN POWER
00:45:07.96\00:45:11.13
DURING THIS TIME WHEN PAUL
IS TRIED AND THAT - NOW HE'S THE
00:45:11.13\00:45:14.70
HIGH PRIEST COMPLETELY.
CAIPHUS HAD DIED AT THIS POINT -
00:45:14.70\00:45:18.86
"COMMANDED THOSE WHO STOOD BY
HIM TO STRIKE HIM ON THE MOUTH."
00:45:18.86\00:45:22.46
- CAN YOU IMAGINE GOING TO
COURT AND YOU MAKE A STATEMENT -
00:45:22.46\00:45:25.10
YOU'RE NOT BEING RUDE, YOU
JUST SAY, 'I'VE LIVED IN GOOD
00:45:25.10\00:45:27.36
CONSCIENCE BEFORE GOD' AND THE
JUDGE SAYS, 'STRIKE HIM ON THE
00:45:27.36\00:45:30.80
MOUTH.' - I WAS IN COURT ONE DAY
AND I SAID SOMETHING - JUST MADE
00:45:30.80\00:45:39.30
A SIMPLE CORRECTION OF SOMEBODY
WHO WAS SPEAKING - I WAS SITTING
00:45:39.30\00:45:43.73
RIGHT NEXT TO THEM - AND OH BOY,
THE JUDGE JUMPED RIGHT OUT AND
00:45:43.73\00:45:48.10
THEY GAVE A WRONG DATE,
INADVERTENTLY, AND THE JUDGE
00:45:48.10\00:45:51.26
JUMPED RIGHT ON ME AND
SAID, 'DID I ASK YOU ANYTHING?
00:45:51.26\00:45:53.60
DON'T SPEAK.' BUT
NOBODY PUNCHED ME IN THE MOUTH.
00:45:53.60\00:46:01.26
AND SO, PAUL, HE KNEW THAT
WASN'T EVEN LEGAL BACK THEN.
00:46:01.26\00:46:07.16
THE HIGH PRIEST "COMMANDED THOSE
WHO STOOD BY HIM TO STRIKE HIM
00:46:07.16\00:46:09.63
ON THE MOUTH. THEN PAUL
SAID TO HIM," - PAUL SAID TO THE
00:46:09.63\00:46:12.13
HIGH PRIEST - "'GOD WILL STRIKE
YOU, YOU WHITEWASHED WALL!
00:46:12.13\00:46:15.96
FOR YOU SIT TO JUDGE ME
ACCORDING TO THE LAW, AND DO YOU
00:46:15.96\00:46:18.33
COMMAND ME TO BE
STRUCK CONTRARY TO THE LAW?'"
00:46:18.33\00:46:21.66
AND EVERYBODY TOOK A BIG BREATH.
00:46:21.66\00:46:23.50
THEY WENT 'OHHHH, PAUL
IS REVILING THE HIGH - HE'S
00:46:23.50\00:46:26.63
CORRECTING' - AND HE WAS RIGHT
TOO - 'PAUL IS REBUKING THE HIGH
00:46:26.63\00:46:30.80
PRIEST.' "AND THOSE WHO STOOD BY
SAID, 'DO YOU REVILE GOD'S HIGH
00:46:30.80\00:46:34.63
PRIEST?'" - AND PAUL - YOU
REALIZE PAUL SAYS, 'I'VE GOT A
00:46:34.63\00:46:38.66
THORN IN MY SIDE.' YOU KNOW
WHAT PAUL'S THORN PROBABLY WAS?
00:46:38.66\00:46:41.70
REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS
BLINDED AFTER HE SAW JESUS?
00:46:41.70\00:46:44.93
THEN, EVENTUALLY THE SCALES
FELL FROM HIS EYES - HE COULD
00:46:44.93\00:46:46.83
SEE, BUT HE COULD NEVER
SEE VERY CLEAR FROM FAR AWAY.
00:46:46.83\00:46:50.23
THAT'S WHY PAUL HAD PEOPLE
WRITING HIS LETTERS FOR HIM.
00:46:50.23\00:46:53.26
HE COULDN'T SEE.
THAT'S WHY HE ALWAYS TRAVELED
00:46:53.26\00:46:55.73
WITH A COMPANION.
PAUL COULDN'T SEE.
00:46:55.73\00:46:58.00
AND WHEN HE WAS IN THIS
COURT ROOM AND HE SAID, 'ARE YOU
00:46:58.00\00:47:02.90
COMMANDING ME?'
BECAUSE HE HEARD SOMEBODY SAY,
00:47:02.90\00:47:04.83
'STRIKE HIM ON THE MOUTH.'
PAUL'S GOING, 'YOU WHITEWASHED'
00:47:04.83\00:47:09.16
- AND THEY SAID, 'YOU'RE
REVILING THE HIGH PRIEST.' HE'S
00:47:09.16\00:47:11.80
GOING, 'OH, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS
THE HIGH PRIEST.' BUT THE REASON
00:47:11.80\00:47:15.86
PAUL SAID THAT - AND THEN HE
QUOTES THE SCRIPTURE AND PAUL
00:47:15.86\00:47:19.23
SAYS, 'I'M SORRY, IT IS WRITTEN,
'YOU SHALL NOT SPEAK EVIL
00:47:19.23\00:47:23.53
AGAINST THE RULER OF YOUR
PEOPLE.' AND SO HE SAID, 'I
00:47:23.53\00:47:26.83
APOLOGIZE. I SHOULDN'T
HAVE SAID THAT. I DIDN'T REALIZE
00:47:26.83\00:47:29.10
WHO IT WAS.' SO WE'RE TO RESPECT
THE RULERS OF THE PEOPLE,
00:47:29.10\00:47:33.80
RESPECT THEIR POSITION. ONE
OF THE HARDEST THINGS FOR ME -
00:47:33.80\00:47:36.36
YOU KNOW, I WENT TO MILITARY
SCHOOL ABOUT THREE YEARS.
00:47:36.36\00:47:40.56
ONCE, WHEN I WAS FIVE TO SIX
YEARS OLD, AND THEN I WENT BACK
00:47:40.56\00:47:45.20
TO MILITARY SCHOOL WHEN I WAS
ELEVEN TO THIRTEEN - NEW YORK
00:47:45.20\00:47:49.33
MILITARY ACADEMY - AND,
FOR ME, IT WAS MILITARY SCHOOL.
00:47:49.33\00:47:53.36
AT THAT POINT THE VIETNAM WAR
WAS GOING ON, I WAS DONE WITH
00:47:53.36\00:47:56.10
THE MILITARY. FORTUNATELY I
WAS NEVER DRAFTED. BY THE WAY,
00:47:56.10\00:47:59.10
THAT'S PART OF THE REASON I WENT
UP TO THE CAVE - IN CASE I WAS
00:47:59.10\00:48:01.06
DRAFTED - BUT BY THAT
TIME THEY'D STOPPED THE DRAFT.
00:48:01.06\00:48:03.73
AND - BUT I WAS SO FRUSTRATED
BECAUSE I OFTEN HAD PEOPLE OVER
00:48:03.73\00:48:09.16
ME - THAT HAD AUTHORITY OVER
ME - WHETHER IT WAS A CORPORAL,
00:48:09.16\00:48:12.26
SERGEANT, CAPTAIN - THAT
WERE TELLING ME WHAT TO DO - AND
00:48:12.26\00:48:15.13
THESE WERE KIDS - YOU KNOW,
I WAS A KID, BUT IN MILITARY
00:48:15.13\00:48:17.83
SCHOOL KIDS HAD RANK TOO.
AND I KNEW - AT LEAST I THOUGHT
00:48:17.83\00:48:21.73
- I WAS TEN TIMES SMARTER THAN
THEY WERE AND THEY WOULD GIVE ME
00:48:21.73\00:48:24.63
ORDERS AND I HAD TO LISTEN
TO THEM OR THEY WOULD PULL RANK.
00:48:24.63\00:48:27.20
YOU EVER HEARD THAT
EXPRESSION? THEY'D PULL RANK.
00:48:27.20\00:48:29.30
AND SO ONE THING YOU HAVE
TO LEARN WHEN YOU'RE IN THE
00:48:29.30\00:48:31.66
MILITARY IS SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT
TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE, BECAUSE OF
00:48:31.66\00:48:34.16
THEIR AUTHORITY, EVEN THOUGH
YOU THINK THEY'RE DOING IT ALL
00:48:34.16\00:48:36.36
WRONG. WHEN
YOU'RE ON THE FRONT LINES
00:48:36.36\00:48:40.43
DURING A BATTLE AND THE SERGEANT
SAYS 'CHARGE' YOU DON'T HAVE A
00:48:40.43\00:48:43.73
COMMITTEE MEETING, RIGHT?
A MILITARY CAN'T OPERATE THAT
00:48:43.73\00:48:48.26
WAY WHERE YOU SAY,
'LET'S TAKE CONSENSUS RIGHT NOW.
00:48:48.26\00:48:52.10
LET'S DO A STRAW POLL.' WHEN
THEY SAY 'CHARGE' YOU CHARGE
00:48:52.10\00:48:56.06
EVEN IF YOU THINK IT'S A SUICIDE
MISSION, YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN TO
00:48:56.06\00:48:58.63
OBEY ORDERS OR YOU
CAN'T HAVE A MILITARY.
00:48:58.63\00:49:01.10
AND SO IT'S THAT
WAY IN THE CHURCH.
00:49:01.10\00:49:03.96
IT'S THAT WAY IN THE WORLD.
YOU NEED TO RESPECT THOSE THAT
00:49:03.96\00:49:06.06
HAVE AUTHORITY. AND
IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU NEVER
00:49:06.06\00:49:08.66
QUESTION, BUT THE BIBLE
SHOWS THAT PAUL DID THAT.
00:49:08.66\00:49:13.23
ESTHER 9 - OH, WAIT A SECOND,
I WAS GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE READ
00:49:13.23\00:49:18.66
MATTHEW 7:28 AND 29
- WHERE'S THAT? YES.
00:49:18.66\00:49:21.66
>>"AND IT HAPPENED WHEN JESUS
HAD FINISHED THESE WORDS THE
00:49:21.66\00:49:26.53
CROWD WERE ASTONISHED AT HIS
DOCTRINE, FOR HE TAUGHT THEM AS
00:49:26.53\00:49:33.90
ONE HAVING AUTHORITY,
AND NOT AS THE SCRIBES."
00:49:33.90\00:49:38.26
>>THE TEACHING OF JESUS
WAS DONE WITH AUTHORITY.
00:49:38.26\00:49:41.20
NOW, WHEN IT USES THE WORD
'AUTHORITY', NOT ONLY DID JESUS
00:49:41.20\00:49:43.73
HAVE AUTHORITY FROM GOD,
THAT MEANT HE TAUGHT THEM WITH A
00:49:43.73\00:49:47.00
VOICE OF AUTHORITY AND HE SAID,
'THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
00:49:47.00\00:49:50.20
THIS IS WHAT THE TRUTH IS.'
WHEREAS THE SCRIBES, THEY WOULD
00:49:50.20\00:49:53.40
SAY, 'WELL, RABBI SO AND SO,
HE THINKS IT MEANS THIS.' AND
00:49:53.40\00:49:56.80
'RABBI SO AND SO, HE THINKS
THIS VERSE MEANS THAT.' AND 'YOU
00:49:56.80\00:49:59.76
KNOW, NOBODY CAN BE EXACTLY
SURE.' AND THE SCRIBES HAD
00:49:59.76\00:50:03.23
EVERYBODY IN CONFUSION AND THEY
WERE QUOTING ALL THESE DIFFERENT
00:50:03.23\00:50:05.26
RABBIS AND NOTHING WAS DEFINITE
AND YOU COULD KIND OF ALL DRAW
00:50:05.26\00:50:08.36
YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS.
00:50:08.36\00:50:10.03
YOU KNOW, AT AMAZING
FACTS, WE'RE AN EVANGELISTIC
00:50:10.03\00:50:12.10
ORGANIZATION AND IT IS
VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN AN
00:50:12.10\00:50:14.90
EVANGELIST TEACHES, THAT HE DOES
IT WITH AUTHORITY BASED ON THE
00:50:14.90\00:50:18.10
WORD OF GOD, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE
WANTING PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR
00:50:18.10\00:50:22.13
LIVES - IF YOU'RE WANTING PEOPLE
TO TAKE A STAND - SOME OF THEM
00:50:22.13\00:50:24.76
MAY LOSE THEIR JOBS - SOME
OF THEM HAVE TO MAKE RADICAL
00:50:24.76\00:50:27.60
CHANGES. IF YOU TEACH THEM
IN A WISHY-WASHY WAY - 'WELL, IT
00:50:27.60\00:50:30.96
COULD MEAN THIS. IT
COULD MEAN SOMETHING ELSE.
00:50:30.96\00:50:33.10
I THINK IT MIGHT MEAN THIS.'
00:50:33.10\00:50:34.26
YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO GET ANYWHERE.
00:50:34.26\00:50:36.16
JESUS TAUGHT WITH AUTHORITIES
- WITH AUTHORITY - THOSE THAT
00:50:36.16\00:50:40.03
JESUS SENT SHOULD GO OUT
WITH HIS WORD, TEACHING WITH THE
00:50:40.03\00:50:44.73
AUTHORITY THAT CHRIST HAS GIVEN.
HE SAID, 'ALL AUTHORITY IN
00:50:44.73\00:50:47.20
HEAVEN AND EARTH IS GIVEN TO ME.
GO YE, THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL
00:50:47.20\00:50:50.30
NATIONS.' DO WE TEACH
THEM TIMIDLY OR WITH AUTHORITY?
00:50:50.30\00:50:55.03
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT HIS WORD
SAYS, BUT WE SHOULD DO IT WITH
00:50:55.03\00:50:58.50
CONFIDENCE IN WHAT THE TRUTH IS.
00:50:58.50\00:51:01.43
IF YOU DON'T - YOU'RE NOT
CONFIDENT ABOUT SOMETHING BEING
00:51:01.43\00:51:03.96
THE TRUTH THEN YOU'RE
NOT PREPARED TO TEACH IT.
00:51:03.96\00:51:06.43
YOU NEED TO KNOW
WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
00:51:06.43\00:51:08.03
AND THEN YOU CAN READ IN ESTHER
9:29 - IT TALKS ABOUT THIS
00:51:08.03\00:51:11.43
AUTHORITY THAT
SHE WROTE LETTERS.
00:51:11.43\00:51:15.10
"THEN QUEEN ESTHER, THE DAUGHTER
OF ABIHAIL, WITH MORDECAI THE
00:51:15.10\00:51:17.93
JEW, WROTE WITH FULL AUTHORITY
TO CONFIRM THIS SECOND LETTER
00:51:17.93\00:51:20.70
ABOUT PURIM." THAT'S
WHEN THEY FINALLY HAD
00:51:20.70\00:51:23.66
THIS DAY OF DELIVERANCE
FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
00:51:23.66\00:51:25.90
SHE WROTE - THE KING GAVE ESTHER
HIS SIGNET RING AND ESTHER AND
00:51:25.90\00:51:32.30
MORDECAI WERE ABLE TO WRITE
LETTERS IN THE NAME OF THE KING.
00:51:32.30\00:51:35.93
NOW IS THAT AUTHORITY?
00:51:35.93\00:51:37.43
HAVE WE BEEN GIVEN
AUTHORITY BY OUR KING?
00:51:37.43\00:51:40.80
IF YOU'VE GOT THE WORD OF
GOD BEHIND YOU, YOU'VE GOT THAT
00:51:40.80\00:51:43.53
ROYAL AUTHORITY
THAT COMES FROM JESUS.
00:51:43.53\00:51:46.30
MATTHEW 21, VERSE 23, "NOW WHEN
HE CAME INTO THE TEMPLE, THE
00:51:46.30\00:51:51.30
CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE ELDERS OF
THE PEOPLE CONFRONTED HIM AS HE
00:51:51.30\00:51:54.10
WAS TEACHING, AND SAID, 'BY WHAT
AUTHORITY ARE YOU DOING THESE
00:51:54.10\00:51:57.53
THINGS? AND WHO GAVE YOU THIS
AUTHORITY?' BUT JESUS ANSWERED
00:51:57.53\00:52:01.26
AND SAID TO THEM, 'I ALSO WILL
ASK YOU ONE THING, WHICH IF YOU
00:52:01.26\00:52:04.70
TELL ME, I LIKEWISE WILL
TELL YOU BY WHAT AUTHORITY I DO
00:52:04.70\00:52:06.80
THESE THINGS: THE BAPTISM
OF JOHN - WHERE WAS IT FROM?
00:52:06.80\00:52:10.83
FROM HEAVEN OR FROM MEN?'"
- THEY HAD A HUDDLE - "AND
00:52:10.83\00:52:15.06
THEY REASONED AMONG THEMSELVES,
SAYING, 'IF WE SAY, 'FROM
00:52:15.06\00:52:17.26
HEAVEN,' HE WILL SAY TO US, 'WHY
THEN DID YOU NOT BELIEVE HIM?'
00:52:17.26\00:52:20.16
BUT IF WE SAY 'FROM MEN,'
WE FEAR THE MULTITUDE, FOR ALL
00:52:20.16\00:52:22.86
COUNT JOHN AS A PROPHET.'" - SO
THEY CAME BACK TO JESUS AND THEY
00:52:22.86\00:52:25.90
ANSWERED, "'WE DO NOT KNOW.' AND
HE SAID TO THEM, 'NEITHER WILL I
00:52:25.90\00:52:29.53
TELL YOU BY WHAT AUTHORITY
I DO THESE THINGS.'" SEE, THAT
00:52:29.53\00:52:32.30
FURTHER ILLUSTRATES THAT
THEY WOULD SAY, 'WELL, WE'RE NOT
00:52:32.30\00:52:35.26
SURE.' THEY WERE ALWAYS NOT SURE
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TIE
00:52:35.26\00:52:38.43
THEMSELVES DOWN. YOU
KNOW, I THINK THAT, AS A
00:52:38.43\00:52:41.53
BELIEVER, YOU NEED TO TAKE SOME
TIME TO STUDY WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
00:52:41.53\00:52:44.66
WHEN YOU'RE NOT SURE, STUDY
IT OUT AND MAKE A DECISION.
00:52:44.66\00:52:48.50
GET ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN YOUR
FAITH BECAUSE SOME DAY WE MAY BE
00:52:48.50\00:52:52.06
ASKED TO LAY DOWN OUR LIVES FOR
WHAT WE BELIEVE AND WE NEED TO
00:52:52.06\00:52:55.33
HAVE AN AUTHORITY REGARDING WHAT
OUR CONVICTIONS ARE THAT WE ARE
00:52:55.33\00:52:59.83
CERTAIN ABOUT WHAT WE BELIEVE.
00:52:59.83\00:53:02.23
CASE IN POINT: DANIEL 3:16-18,
"SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO
00:53:02.23\00:53:09.63
ANSWERED AND SAID TO THE KING,
'O NEBUCHADNEZZAR, WE HAVE NO
00:53:09.63\00:53:13.13
NEED TO ANSWER
YOU IN THIS MATTER.
00:53:13.13\00:53:15.20
IF THAT IS THE CASE, OUR GOD
WHOM WE SERVE IS ABLE TO DELIVER
00:53:15.20\00:53:17.93
US FROM THE BURNING FIERY
FURNACE, AND HE WILL DELIVER US
00:53:17.93\00:53:21.26
FROM YOU HAND, O KING.
BUT IF NOT, LET IT BE KNOWN TO
00:53:21.26\00:53:24.73
YOU, O KING, THAT WE DO NOT
SERVE YOUR GODS, NOR WILL WE
00:53:24.73\00:53:28.03
WORSHIP THE GOLD IMAGE WHICH YOU
HAVE SET UP.'" 'WAIT A SECOND.
00:53:28.03\00:53:31.13
PASTOR DOUG, YOU JUST TOLD US
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO OBEY THE LAWS
00:53:31.13\00:53:33.86
OF THE LAND.' DIDN'T I SAY THAT?
AS LONG AS THE LAWS OF THE LAND
00:53:33.86\00:53:39.13
DO NOT CONFLICT
WITH THE LAW OF GOD.
00:53:39.13\00:53:42.43
SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO
WERE THREE OF THE MOST FAITHFUL
00:53:42.43\00:53:46.76
CITIZENS IN THE
BABYLONIAN GOVERNMENT.
00:53:46.76\00:53:49.83
THEY WERE SEEKING THE GOOD
OF THE PEOPLE, THEY WERE PRAYING
00:53:49.83\00:53:52.60
FOR THE KING, THEY WERE OBEYING
THE LAWS, THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T
00:53:52.60\00:53:55.80
EVEN SPEED IN THEIR CHARIOTS.
00:53:55.80\00:53:58.33
BUT WHEN NEBUCHADNEZZAR ASKED
THEM TO BOW DOWN AND TO WORSHIP
00:53:58.33\00:54:01.03
THE GOLDEN IMAGE, THEY SAID, 'WE
MUST FOLLOW A HIGHER AUTHORITY.
00:54:01.03\00:54:07.30
YOUR AUTHORITY IS BEING VETOED
BY THE AUTHORITY OF GOD THAT
00:54:07.30\00:54:11.86
SAYS, 'DO NOT WORSHIP IMAGES.'
THERE'S A STATEMENT IN YOUR
00:54:11.86\00:54:15.30
LESSON, LET ME READ IT TO
YOU - IT'S FROM THE TESTIMONIES,
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VOLUME 6, PAGE 402 - "THE PEOPLE
OF GOD WILL RECOGNIZE HUMAN
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GOVERNMENT AS AN ORDINANCE
OF DIVINE APPOINTMENT AND WILL
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TEACH OBEDIENCE TO IT
AS A SACRED DUTY WITHIN ITS
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LEGITIMATE SPHERE. BUT
WHEN ITS CLAIMS CONFLICT
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WITH THE CLAIMS OF GOD, THE WORD
OF GOD MUST BE RECOGNIZED AS
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ABOVE ALL HUMAN LEGISLATION.
'THUS SAITH THE LORD' IS NOT TO
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BE SET ASIDE FOR 'THUS
SAITH THE CHURCH' OR THE STATE.
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THE CROWN OF CHRIST IS TO
BE UPLIFTED ABOVE THE DIADEMS
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OF EARTHLY POTENTATES."
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SO A LAW FROM SOME CHURCH OR A
GOVERNMENT, IF IT CONFLICTS WITH
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THE LAW OF GOD, THE LAW
OF GOD ALWAYS COMES FIRST.
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MARK 2, VERSES 23 THROUGH 28,
"NOW IT HAPPENED THAT HE WENT
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THROUGH THE GRAINFIELDS ON THE
SABBATH; AND AS THEY WENT HIS
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DISCIPLES BEGAN TO
PLUCK THE HEADS OF GRAIN.
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AND THE PHARISEES SAID TO HIM,
'LOOK, WHY DO THEY DO WHAT IS
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NOT LAWFUL ON THE SABBATH?'
BUT HE SAID TO THEM, 'HAVE YOU
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NEVER READ WHAT DAVID DID WHEN
HE WAS IN NEED AND HUNGRY, HE
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AND THOSE WITH HIM: HOW HE WENT
INTO THE HOUSE OF GOD IN THE
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DAYS OF ABIATHAR THE HIGH
PRIEST, AND ATE THE SHOWBREAD,
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WHICH IS NOT LAWFUL TO EAT
EXCEPT FOR THE PRIESTS, AND ALSO
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GAVE SOME TO THOSE WHO WERE WITH
HIM?' AND HE SAID TO THEM, 'THE
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SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN,
AND NOT MAN FOR THE SABBATH.
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THEREFORE THE SON OF MAN IS ALSO
LORD OF THE SABBATH.'" JESUS WAS
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CONSTANTLY IN DISPUTE WITH
THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND THE
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PRIESTS. SO WHERE
DID HE REFER THEM?
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'THUS SAITH THE LORD' - 'HAVE
YOU NOT READ' - CONSTANTLY JESUS
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WAS TAKING THEM BACK
TO THEIR OWN TEACHINGS.
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WHY? HE WAS
TRYING TO BE REDEMPTIVE.
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HE WASN'T JUST TRYING TO PROVE
THEM WRONG AND EMBARRASS THEM,
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HE WAS TRYING TO GET THEM TO
THINK BECAUSE CHRIST WAS TRYING
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TO DISCIPLE THOSE IN
POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP.
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AND THEN WE READ ALSO EARLIER,
AS A RESULT OF THAT, A GREAT
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MANY OF THE PRIESTS WERE
OBEDIENT TO THE FAITH AS WELL.
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LAST THOUGHT - I'M RUNNING OUT
OF TIME HERE - THE CENTURION.
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HAVE YOU NOTICED - THE CENTURION
TYPICALLY HAD A HUNDRED ROMAN
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SOLDIERS UNDER HIS CHARGE
AND SOMETIMES THERE WERE OTHER
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CONTINGENTS OF SLAVES THAT WERE
UNDER THEM, SO THEY OFTEN HAD A
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LOT OF POWER. THEY WERE
CONSIDERED, USUALLY, TO BE THE
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MOST FAITHFUL, HONEST, HARD
WORKING, SINCERE PEOPLE IN THE
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ROMAN ARMY BECAUSE OF JUST WHERE
THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES PUT THEM.
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CAN YOU THINK OF SOME
GOOD CENTURIONS IN THE BIBLE?
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DID PAUL HAVE A CENTURION
THAT SAVED HIS LIFE? JULIUS.
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WAS A CENTURION AT THE
CROSS OF CHRIST THAT SAID,
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'TRULY THIS WAS THE SON OF GOD'?
WAS THERE A CENTURION THAT PETER
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PREACHED TO BY THE NAME OF
CORNELIUS THAT WAS AN HONEST
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MAN? AND THEN
THERE WAS THE CENTURION
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THAT WE READ ABOUT
WHERE JESUS HEALS HIS SERVANT.
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CHRIST IS ON HIS WAY TO HEAL HIS
SERVANT AND HE HEARS ABOUT IT
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AND HE SAYS, 'YOU DON'T NEED TO
COME TO MY HOUSE BECAUSE I'M A
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MAN THAT HAS AUTHORITY AND
I TELL PEOPLE 'DO THIS AND DO
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THAT' AND THEY DO IT. YOU HAVE
AUTHORITY. JUST SPEAK AND MY
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SERVANT WILL BE
HEALED.' AND WHAT DID JESUS SAY?
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'ASSUREDLY I SAY TO YOU I HAVE
NOT FOUND SUCH GREAT FAITH IN
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ALL ISRAEL.' AND WAS THAT
CENTURION'S PRAYER ANSWERED?
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HIS SERVANT WAS HEALED. SO
WE COULD TAKE A LOT MORE TIME
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AND TALK ABOUT AUTHORITY.
IT'S A VERY IMPORT SUBJECT.
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SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
CENTURIONS, WE'RE GOING TO OFFER
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YOU 'THE ARMOR OF GOD'. AND
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PLEASE READ IT WHEN YOU DO.
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BUT WITH THAT OUR TIME IS UP
FOR SABBATH SCHOOL THIS WEEK.
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GOD WILLING WE'LL STUDY
TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
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(MUSIC)
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