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>>WE'RE GOING TO BE
DEALING WITH A DIFFICULT
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SUBJECT, BUT AN
IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
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IT'S ONE THAT ACTUALLY MAKES
PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.
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WHEN YOU USE THE WORDS 'PERFECT'
AND 'CHRISTIAN' IN THE SAME
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SENTENCE IT CAN STIR UP
A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS.
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BUT I THOUGHT, 'I LIKE TO HIT
THINGS HEAD ON AND JUST GO AHEAD
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AND ASK THE
DIFFICULT QUESTIONS'.
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AND REALLY WE'RE GOING TO
BE TALKING ABOUT 'WHAT DOES THE
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LORD EXPECT FROM US?' HOW
PERFECT MUST A CHRISTIAN BE?
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TO BEGIN WITH, WE'RE GOING
TO GO THROUGH SOME - JUST SOME
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UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE BIBLE
SAYS ABOUT HOW HOLY MUST WE
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BE. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN WHEN YOU
HEAR THE WORD 'PERFECT' IN THE
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BIBLE? HOW DO WE APPLY THAT TO
OUR LIVES? NOBODY FEELS PERFECT.
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THE VERY WORDS 'PERFECT
CHRISTIAN' IN OUR MINDS, IT
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CONJURES UP IMAGES OF
SUPERHUMANS - SOME KIND OF
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STERILIZED STAINLESS-STEEL
ROBOTS THAT HAVE ANTENNAE AND
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THEY RECEIVE REMOTE
CONTROL SIGNALS FROM GOD.
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DO WE HAVE OUR FREE WILL?
NOW THERE'S SO MUCH FLAW AND SIN
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IN OUR WORLD TODAY, AND
WE SENSE IT IN OURSELVES.
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THE WORLD IS OBVIOUSLY PLAGUED
WITH A FLAWED PERFECTION.
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I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO I WAS
AT A PARTICULAR HOTEL THAT I HAD
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A TOUGH NIGHT'S SLEEP. FOR
ONE THING, I THINK THERE WAS
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A TIME CHANGE INVOLVED, WHICH
MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO SLEEP.
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THERE'S A LOT OF STREET NOISE
THAT WAS COMING UP AND THERE
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WERE SMELLS IN THE ROOM I DIDN'T
CARE MUCH FOR AND THERE WAS
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NOISE THAT WAS COMING FROM THE
ROOMS AROUND ME AND AN ELEVATOR
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AND - AND I FORGET, IT
WAS TOO HOT OR COLD AND I JUST
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DIDN'T SLEEP WELL. AND THEN, YOU
KNOW, DURING THE NIGHT I KIND OF
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TOSSED AND TURNED AND, YOU KNOW,
THEY DON'T - SOME HOTELS THE
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SHEETS JUST AREN'T BIG ENOUGH
TO TUCK THEM IN - THEY'RE JUST
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BARELY TUCKED IN. AND SO, BY THE
TIME I WOKE UP I HAD TWISTED THE
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SHEETS UP AND JUST PULLED THEM
OFF THE MATTRESS, WHICH EXPOSED
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THE CORNER OF THE MATTRESS AND I
READ THERE IN THE MORNING, WHEN
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I FIRST SAT UP, I HAD BEEN
SLEEPING THAT NIGHT ON A SERTA
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PERFECT SLEEPER MATTRESS.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS EARLY IN
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THE MORNING, I
COULDN'T HELP BUT CHUCKLE.
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I THOUGHT,
'PERFECT SLEEPER, HUH?'
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I SAID, 'THAT WAS NOT A PERFECT
NIGHT'S SLEEP.' AND IT SEEMS
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LIKE IT'S THAT WAY WITH SO MUCH
IN THE WORLD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE
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WANT THE IDEAL BUT IT
SEEMS LIKE WE FALL SHORT.
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BUT A CHRISTIAN IS A FOLLOWER OF
CHRIST AND JESUS CERTAINLY WAS
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PERFECT 'WHO DID NO SIN.' HE WAS
HOLY. AND THEN CHRIST CALLS US
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TO FOLLOW HIM AND HE SAYS,
IN MATTHEW 5:48 - THIS IS ONE OF
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THE MOST TROUBLING COMMANDS:
"BE YE THEREFORE PERFECT EVEN
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AS YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN IS
PERFECT." NOT ONLY TO FOLLOW
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CHRIST, BUT TO BE AS
PERFECT AS OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.
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WELL, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT
I SHOULD MENTION RIGHT AWAY IS
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THAT VERSE OR A FORM OF
THAT VERSE IS FOUND TWICE.
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YOU FIND IT IN MATTHEW AND
YOU ALSO FIND IT IN LUKE 6:36.
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IN MATTHEW HE'S TALKING ABOUT
DON'T BE LIKE THE PHARISEES AND
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HOW THEY TREAT EACH OTHER.
HE SAID, 'BUT BE PERFECT'.
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IN LUKE HE SAYS, 'BE YE
THEREFORE MERCIFUL EVEN AS YOUR
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FATHER IN HEAVEN IS MERCIFUL.'
SO GOD IS LOOKING FOR A PERFECT
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LOVE AND MERCY FROM US.
IN EPHESIANS 5:1, "THEREFORE
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BE IMITATORS OF
GOD AS DEAR CHILDREN.
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AND WALK IN LOVE AS CHRIST ALSO
HAS LOVED US" - HOW DO WE WALK
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IN LOVE? AS CHRIST. WHO DO WE
IMITATE? GOD - WHO "HAS LOVED US
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AND GIVEN HIMSELF FOR US."
CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
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FOLLOWERS OF THE
EXAMPLE OF CHRIST.
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AND LET'S FACE IT, THAT IF MORE
CHRISTIANS REALLY DID TRY TO
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LIVE AND ACT LIKE JESUS FOR
THEIR NEIGHBORS, CHRISTIANITY
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WOULD HAVE A BETTER REP IN
THE WORLD - A BETTER REPUTATION.
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JOHN 13:15, "FOR I HAVE GIVEN
YOU AN EXAMPLE," - JESUS SAID -
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"THAT YOU SHOULD DO
AS I HAVE DONE TO YOU."
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CHRIST HAS COME TO
BE AN EXAMPLE FOR US.
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WE FOLLOW HIM. WE
FOLLOW HIS TEACHINGS.
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I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LOT
OF VERSES IN THIS MESSAGE, SO I
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HOPE I DON'T
RATTLE THEM TOO QUICKLY.
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ANOTHER ONE: IN 2 - I'M SORRY,
1 PETER 2:21, "FOR TO THIS YOU
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WERE CALLED, BECAUSE CHRIST ALSO
SUFFERED FOR US, LEAVING US AN
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EXAMPLE, THAT YOU SHOULD FOLLOW
HIS STEPS" - "THAT WE SHOULD
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WALK EVEN AS HE WALKED" WHICH IS
MY NEXT VERSE - 1 JOHN 2:5 AND
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6, "BUT WHOEVER KEEPS HIS
WORD, TRULY THE LOVE OF GOD IS
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PERFECTED IN HIM." NOW WHAT
IS THAT PERFECT - PERFECTION?
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I MENTIONED IT EARLIER - PERFECT
LOVE - PERFECT MERCY - "WHOEVER
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KEEPS HIS WORD, TRULY THE
LOVE OF GOD IS PERFECTED IN HIM.
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BY THIS WE KNOW
THAT WE ARE IN HIM.
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HE WHO SAYS HE ABIDES IN HIM
OUGHT HIMSELF ALSO TO WALK JUST
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AS HE WALKED." SO
BEFORE WE GO ANY FARTHER,
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LET ME JUST TALK ABOUT
THE WORD 'PERFECT' AND LOOK
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AT A DEFINITION. IF -
AND WHAT I DID IS I SORT
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OF CO-MINGLED SOME OF
THE DEFINITIONS YOU'D FIND
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IN A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT DICTIONARIES.
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PERFECT - CONFORMING ABSOLUTELY
TO THE DEFINITION OF AN IDEAL
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TYPE; SOMETHING THAT IS
EXCELLENT OR COMPLETE; BEYOND
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PRACTICAL OR
THEORETICAL IMPROVEMENT.
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EXACTLY FITTING THE NEED IN
A CERTAIN SITUATION OR FOR A
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CERTAIN PURPOSE; ENTIRELY
WITHOUT ANY FLAWS, DEFECTS, OR
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SHORTCOMINGS; ACCURATE, EXACT,
OR CORRECT IN EVERY DETAIL.
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AND THEN THE LORD SAYS, 'BE YE
THEREFORE PERFECT.' WELL, THAT'S
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GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE BECAUSE
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT NOBODY'S
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PERFECT. AT
LEAST, WE'VE ALL SINNED.
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LET ME GIVE YOU
SOME OF THOSE VERSES.
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JOB 5:7, "YET MAN IS BORN
TO TROUBLE, AS THE SPARKS FLY
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UPWARD." WE ARE NATURALLY PRONE
FOR TROUBLE. ISAIAH 53:6, "ALL
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WE LIKE SHEEP" - HOW MANY?
- "ALL WE LIKE SHEEP HAVE GONE
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ASTRAY; WE HAVE
TURNED, EVERY ONE," - HOW MANY?
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- "EVERY ONE TO HIS OWN WAY;
AND THE LORD HAS LAID ON HIM THE
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INIQUITY OF US ALL." YOU
CAN LOOK IN PSALM 119:176,
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"I HAVE GONE
ASTRAY LIKE A LOST SHEEP".
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1 KINGS 8:46 - SOLOMON, IN
HIS DEDICATION PRAYER, HE SAYS,
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"WHEN THEY SIN AGAINST YOU"
- YOU KNOW, HE DOESN'T SAY 'IF
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THEY SIN AGAINST YOU', HE SAYS,
"WHEN THEY SIN AGAINST YOU (FOR
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THERE IS NO ONE WHO DOES NOT
SIN), AND YOU BECOME ANGRY WITH
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THEM" - IF THEY
PRAY TOWARDS THIS PLACE.
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BUT YOU NOTICE HOW HE SAID THAT
- "THERE IS NOT ONE WHO DOES NOT
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SIN" PSALM 14:2 AND 3, "THE LORD
LOOKS DOWN FROM HEAVEN UPON THE
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CHILDREN OF MEN, TO SEE IF THERE
ARE ANY WHO UNDERSTAND, WHO SEEK
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GOD. THEY HAVE
ALL TURNED ASIDE, THEY
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HAVE TOGETHER BECOME
CORRUPT; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES
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GOOD, NO, NOT ONE."
YOU KNOW THAT SONG 'NO
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NOT ONE, NO NOT ONE'?
ECCLESIASTES 7:20, "FOR THIS NOT
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A JUST MAN ON EARTH WHO
DOES GOOD AND DOES NOT SIN."
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ROMANS 3:23, AND PAUL IS QUOTING
FROM THE VERSE IN PSALMS WE JUST
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READ, "FOR ALL HAVE SINNED
AND FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF
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GOD." JEREMIAH 13:23, "CAN THE
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ETHIOPIAN CHANGE HIS
SKIN OR THE LEOPARD ITS SPOTS?
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THEN MAY YOU ALSO DO GOOD
WHO ARE ACCUSTOMED TO DO EVIL."
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SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS BARRAGE
OF VERSES - AND IT'S NOT ALL I
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COULD QUOTE TO YOU, THE BIBLE
DOES GIVE A PRETTY CLEAR PICTURE
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THAT WE HAVE A CHRONIC PROBLEM.
WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH
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SELFISHNESS IN OUR NATURES THAT,
LEFT TO OURSELVES, WE TEND TO
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SIN. WE ARE SELFISH. WE
ARE UNLOVING AND THERE ARE NO
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EXCEPTIONS - WELL, ONE - JESUS.
OTHERWISE, ALL HAVE SINNED.
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BUT YOU DO HAVE EXAMPLES IN THE
BIBLE OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE GODLY
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LIVES. NOW LET'S LOOK
AT THOSE FOR A SECOND.
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THERE ARE SOME
EXAMPLES OF GODLINESS.
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GENESIS 6:9, "NOAH WAS A JUST
MAN, PERFECT IN HIS GENERATIONS.
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NOAH WALKED WITH GOD."
NOW, OF COURSE, THERE WAS THAT
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EPISODE WHERE NOAH GOT DRUNK AND
HE STUMBLED AROUND IN HIS TENT,
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BUT THE GENERAL TENURE OF
HIS LIFE IS HE WAS A GODLY MAN.
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HE FOUND GRACE IN
THE EYES OF THE LORD.
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NOT ONLY DOES IT SAY THAT NOAH
WALKED WITH GOD, YOU CAN READ IN
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CHAPTER 5 OF GENESIS 24, "AND
ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD" - AND HE
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WAS SO CLOSE TO GOD IT SAYS,
"GOD TOOK HIM. HE WAS NOT."
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HE GOT BEAMED UP BEFORE HE EVER
DIED - FIRST PERSON, YOU COULD
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SAY, ENOCH IS REALLY THE
OLDEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED.
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METHUSELAH WOULD BE THE
OLDEST MAN WHO EVER DIED.
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BUT ENOCH NEVER DIED.
HE'S STILL ALIVE, RIGHT?
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WHATEVER GOD IS ASKING FOR US,
WE KNOW THAT ENOCH DID IT - AND
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WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
WALKING WITH GOD - EXODUS - I'M
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SORRY, GENESIS 17:1, GOD SAID
TO ABRAHAM, "I AM ALMIGHTY GOD;
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WALK BEFORE ME
AND BE THOU PERFECT."
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THERE YOU HAVE IT AGAIN.
OLD TESTAMENT AND NEW TESTAMENT.
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GOD SAYS TO ABRAHAM, "WALK
BEFORE ME AND BE THOU PERFECT."
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NOW, I OUGHT TO PAUSE HERE AND
JUST ASK A PRACTICAL QUESTION.
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AND I WANT YOU TO
THINK ABOUT YOUR ANSWER.
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WILL GOD EVER ASK US TO DO OR
BE SOMETHING WE CANNOT DO OR BE?
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WHAT WOULD YOU THINK OF A PARENT
THAT ASKS THE IMPOSSIBLE OF
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THEIR CHILD AND THEN
PUNISHES THEM FOR NOT DOING IT?
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I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE
LOST ARE GETTING A PRETTY SEVERE
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PUNISHMENT. AND SO,
IF GOD IS ASKING US TO
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DO SOMETHING AND WE CAN'T DO IT
AND THEN HE PUNISHES US FOR NOT
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BEING ABLE TO DO THE
IMPOSSIBLE, IS THAT JUST?
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SO THE VERY FACT THAT THERE IS A
PUNISHMENT FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT
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FOLLOW GOD, MEANS THAT IT
MUST BE POSSIBLE TO DO WHAT HE'S
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ASKING US TO DO. NOW IF
IT'S POSSIBLE, DON'T YOU
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WANT TO BE ONE OF
THOSE WHO WOULD EXPERIENCE
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WHAT'S POSSIBLE? >>AMEN.
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>>SO OFTEN IT SEEMS LIKE
THE EMPHASIS IN THE CHURCH IS WE
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READ THE VERSES THAT TALK ABOUT
THE WEAKNESS OF MAN, AND WE
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DON'T READ THE VERSES THAT TALK
ABOUT WHAT MAN CAN DO THROUGH
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GOD'S HELP. BUT ABRAHAM DID IT.
GENESIS 26:5, "BECAUSE ABRAHAM
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OBEYED MY VOICE AND KEPT
MY CHARGE, MY COMMANDMENTS,
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MY STATUTES, AND MY LAWS."
AND THEN - I KNOW, SOME OF YOU
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ARE THINKING, 'WHAT
ABOUT THE TIME HE LIED AND SAID
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SARAH WAS HIS WIFE?'
WELL, MAYBE WHITE LIES ARE OKAY
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BECAUSE SHE WAS HIS HALF-WIFE
AND HALF-SISTER - YOU CAN'T
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BE A HALF-WIFE, CAN YOU?
YOU CAN'T BE A HALF-SISTER.
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WHAT ABOUT THE TIME
THAT HE TOOK ONE EXTRA WIFE?
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SORT OF A SURROGATE WIFE
FOR - NAMED HAGAR - GET IT?
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SARAH-GATE WIFE. NOW
YOU GOT IT. I CAN TELL.
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BUT IT SAYS,
"ABRAHAM WALKED BEFORE ME."
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DEUTERONOMY 18:13, "THOU SHALT
BE PERFECT WITH THE LORD THY
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GOD." IT'S NOT
JUST JESUS IN MATTHEW 5.
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GOD WAS CALLING PEOPLE TO
FOLLOW HIM WITH A PERFECT HEART.
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JOB 2:3 - THE LORD SAID TO
SATAN - NOW GOD IS SAYING THIS
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- GOD SAID TO SATAN, "HAVE YOU
CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB, THAT
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THERE IS NONE LIKE HIM ON THE
EARTH, A BLAMELESS AND UPRIGHT
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MAN, ONE WHO FEARS GOD AND SHUNS
EVIL?" THAT WORD 'BLAMELESS'
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THERE IS THE SAME WORD THAT
YOU HEARD TRANSLATED 'PERFECT'
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IN THESE OTHER
VERSES. IT'S THE SAME WORD.
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NOW IN HEBREW THE WORD FOR
PERFECT IS 'TAMIM' AND IT MEANS
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'TO BE ENTIRE; INTEGRITY;
NO CRACKS; WITHOUT BLEMISH;
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COMPLETE; FULL;
PERFECT; UNDEFILED'.
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IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE WORD
FOR PERFECT APPEARS ABOUT 42
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TIMES AND IT COMES FROM A
WORD IN GREEK 'TELEIOS' MEANING
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'COMPLETE IN LABOR, GROWTH,
MENTAL, AND MORAL CHARACTER; OF
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FULL AGE OR SOMETHING THAT
IS RIPE; PERFECT' AND GOD IS
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CALLING US TO BE
TAMIM AND TELEIOS.
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HE WANTS US TO
BE COMPLETE IN HIM.
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NOW ARE THERE EXAMPLES IN
THE NEW TESTAMENT OF PEOPLE LIKE
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ABRAHAM AND
ENOCH AND NOAH AND JOB?
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YOU CAN READ ABOUT ZACCHARIAS
AND ELIZABETH - LUKE 1 - "THEY
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WERE BOTH RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD,
WALKING IN ALL THE COMMANDMENTS
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AND ORDINANCES OF
THE LORD BLAMELESS."
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BUT DID ZACCHARIAS HAVE DOUBTS
WHEN THE ANGEL SAID, 'YOU'RE
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GOING TO HAVE A SON'? AND
HE WAS STRUCK DUMB FOR THAT.
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BUT YET, GOD SAYS
HE WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN.
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SO WHAT IS THE
LORD TALKING ABOUT?
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TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
ARE FLAWLESS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE
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CONSISTENT IN FOLLOWING
HIM. PHILIPPIANS 3:15, "LET US
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THEREFORE, AS MANY AS BE
PERFECT, BE THUS MINDED."
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JAMES 3:2, "IF ANY MAN OFFEND
NOT IN WORD, THE SAME IS A
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PERFECT MAN," - BECAUSE OUT OF
THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART THE
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MOUTH SPEAKS AND IF YOUR HEART
IS TRANSFORMED, YOUR WORDS WILL
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BE TRANSFORMED AND IF YOU'VE GOT
YOUR WORDS UNDER CONTROL, YOU
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ARE A PERFECT MAN.
THAT'S WHAT JAMES IS SAYING.
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REVELATION 22:14 - LAST CHAPTER
IN THE BIBLE - "BLESSED ARE
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THOSE WHO DO HIS COMMANDMENTS
THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE A RIGHT TO
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THE TREE OF LIFE AND ENTER
THROUGH THE GATES OF THE CITY."
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JOHN 17, JESUS SAID, "I IN THEM
AND YOU IN ME THAT THEY MAY BE
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PERFECT IN ONE." NOW THERE YOU
HAVE IT. JESUS TALKS ABOUT WHAT
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IT MEANS TO HAVE THAT PERFECT
RELATIONSHIP: 'I IN THEM,
00:14:01.47\00:14:05.74
FATHER, AS YOU ARE IN
ME.' AS JESUS WAS A PERFECT
00:14:05.74\00:14:09.84
REPRESENTATION OF THE FATHER
IN THE WORLD, CHRIST SAYS, 'I,
00:14:09.84\00:14:13.92
THROUGH THE SPIRIT, WILL FILL
YOU AND YOU WILL BE A PERFECT
00:14:13.92\00:14:18.39
REPRESENTATION
OF GOD TO THE WORLD.
00:14:18.39\00:14:21.29
YOU REMEMBER, AFTER THE
DISCIPLES RECEIVED THE HOLY
00:14:21.29\00:14:23.16
SPIRIT AND THEY WERE PREACHING
- THEY WERE ACTUALLY DEFENDING
00:14:23.16\00:14:25.83
THEMSELVES BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN
AND THEY SPOKE BOLDLY ABOUT
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CHRIST AND IT SAYS THEIR ENEMIES
LOOKED AT THEM AND THEY MARVELED
00:14:29.16\00:14:32.20
AND SAID, 'AREN'T
THESE UNLEARNED MEN?
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THEY TOOK KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY
HAD BEEN WITH JESUS.' THEY WERE
00:14:34.94\00:14:37.71
ACTING LIKE JESUS
AND THEY COULD TELL.
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THE EARLY CHURCH EXPLODED WITH
PHENOMENAL UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH
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BECAUSE THE MEMBERS - THE
BELIEVERS FILLED WITH THE HOLY
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SPIRIT LOVED JESUS SO MUCH THEY
WANTED TO BE LIKE HIM AND THEY
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REFLECTED THE LIFE
OF JESUS IN THE WORLD.
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THAT OUGHT TO BE THE
DESIRE OF EVERY CHRISTIAN -
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>>AMEN. >>BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM,
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WE WANT TO BE LIKE HIM.
COLOSSIANS 1:27, "...CHRIST
00:14:59.43\00:15:04.13
IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY."
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I THINK
00:15:04.13\00:15:09.27
WE ALL WANT IS TO
HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE.
00:15:09.27\00:15:11.47
NOW, THAT'S NOT THE WHOLE
MESSAGE THAT'S BEING TOLD TO THE
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CHURCH TODAY - AND I'VE GOT TO
BE CAREFUL HOW I SAY THIS: IF WE
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EMPHASIZE GRACE AS SIMPLY A
COVER UP FOR SIN AND WE DON'T
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UNDERSTAND THAT GOD GIVES
US GRACE TO BE MADE PERFECT IN
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CHRIST, THEN WE'RE MISAPPLYING
WHAT THE GRACE OF GOD IS ABOUT.
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I AM THANKFUL FOR
GOD'S GRACIOUSNESS TO US.
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I AM THANKFUL FOR HIS AMAZING
GRACE AND HIS MERCY THAT HE
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FORGIVES THAT WHOSOEVER COMES
TO HIM, THAT HE'S WILLING TO
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FORGIVE ALL MANNER
OF BLASPHEMY AND SIN.
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YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ALWAYS WANT TO
FOCUS ON THE UNPARDONABLE SIN -
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THEY BECOME VERY PREOCCUPIED
WITH 'WHICH SIN IS THAT?'
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THEY MISS THE WONDERFUL PART
OF THAT VERSE THAT SAYS, 'ALL
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MANNER OF SIN AND BLASPHEMY
WILL BE FORGIVEN UNTO MEN.' ALL
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MANNER - DOES THE
LORD FORGIVE MURDER?
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>>YES. >>DOES HE
FORGIVE LYING AND
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ADULTERY - AND YOU CAN ALL THINK
OF SOME SAVORY CHARACTERS IN
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THE BIBLE THAT REPRESENT THOSE
THINGS THAT WE KNOW GOD FORGAVE.
00:16:09.40\00:16:12.90
PETER, WHO DENIED HIM - WE'RE
ALMOST ENCOURAGED BY LOOKING AT
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THEIR FALL IN THE BIBLE, BECAUSE
IT GIVES US HOPE IF THEY MADE
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IT, BUT ALL OF THEM REPENTED OF
THEIR SINS AND CHANGED AND THE
00:16:20.88\00:16:28.38
TENDENCY IS, IN THE CHURCH
TODAY, THAT WE WANT TO LIVE IN
00:16:28.38\00:16:31.75
THEIR FALLEN CONDITION. WE
LOOK AT ABRAHAM'S LIE AND WE
00:16:31.75\00:16:37.69
SAY, 'I GUESS LYING'S OKAY.'
OR WE LOOK AT PETER'S DENIAL OR
00:16:37.69\00:16:41.70
DAVID'S ADULTERY AND WE SAY,
'WELL, THEY WERE SAVED SO GOD'S
00:16:41.70\00:16:45.63
GOING TO GIVE ME GRACE TO
CONTINUE LIVING THIS WAY.'
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THAT'S NOT WHAT THE
GRACE OF GOD IS ABOUT.
00:16:48.57\00:16:50.74
THE GRACE OF GOD IS TO FORGIVE
YOU FROM THAT AND TRANSFORM YOU
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BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND
THAT WE MIGHT BE NEW CREATURES
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AND NOT BE HELD CAPTIVE
TO THE OLD - THE OLD SINS.
00:16:59.11\00:17:02.68
THIS IS THE BIG LIE OF
THE DEVIL. THE DEVIL IS NOT
00:17:02.68\00:17:06.25
THREATENED BY OUR
GOING TO CHURCH IF WE NEVER
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HEAR THE TRUTH.
00:17:08.52\00:17:10.56
IF NOMINAL CHRISTIANS CAN BE
DRUGGED WITH A FALSE ASSURANCE
00:17:10.56\00:17:14.30
OF SALVATION, THEY'LL
NEVER STRIVE TO FIND THE TRUTH.
00:17:14.30\00:17:19.43
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF CHURCHES
IN THE COUNTRY - AND THE DEVIL
00:17:19.43\00:17:22.84
IS JUST TICKLED PINK TO HAVE
PEOPLE GOING THERE BECAUSE IF
00:17:22.84\00:17:25.41
THEY GO THERE AND THEY CAN AT
LEAST GET THE ILLUSION OF BEING
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SAVED WHILE THEY CONTINUE
DELIBERATELY IN KNOWN SIN, THE
00:17:28.38\00:17:32.28
DEVIL IS HAPPIER HAVING
THEM IN CHURCH AND ASLEEP.
00:17:32.28\00:17:37.32
HE WANTS THEM TO GO TO CHURCH
WHERE THEY DON'T HEAR THE TRUTH,
00:17:37.32\00:17:40.19
AND THEY WILL BE HYPNOTIZED INTO
THIS DEATH SLEEP WHERE THEY'RE
00:17:40.19\00:17:45.69
LOST IN CHURCH. BUT
WHAT THE LORD REALLY WANTS
00:17:45.69\00:17:50.10
IS FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
SIN IS - THAT HE WANTS US TO
00:17:50.10\00:17:52.40
RECOGNIZE OUR SIN AND
REPENT OF OUR SIN. NOW, THAT'S
00:17:52.40\00:17:56.97
UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE WHEN
THAT HAPPENS THERE'S CONVICTION
00:17:56.97\00:18:02.41
INVOLVED. LET ME GIVE YOU A
FEW MORE VERSES. MATTHEW 7:21,
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"NOT EVERYONE WHO SAYS TO ME,
'LORD, LORD,' SHALL ENTER THE
00:18:07.28\00:18:10.25
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN," - JESUS
SAID, "BUT HE WHO HEARS THE
00:18:10.25\00:18:13.72
WILL OF MY FATHER"? -
YOU SIT IN CHURCH ONCE OR
00:18:13.72\00:18:16.22
TWICE A WEEK AND HEAR
IT? "HE WHO DOES THE WILL
00:18:16.22\00:18:19.39
OF MY FATHER IN HEAVEN."
JESUS SAID, 'I HAVE COME TO DO
00:18:19.39\00:18:21.76
MY FATHER'S WILL.' IT
MEANS DOING WHAT JESUS DID.
00:18:21.76\00:18:25.17
"MANY WILL SAY TO ME IN THAT
DAY" - NOT A FEW, MANY - THE
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MAJORITY - "LORD, LORD" - THEY
KNOW HIS NAME - "'HAVE WE NOT
00:18:27.80\00:18:31.57
PROPHESIED IN YOUR NAME AND IN
YOUR NAME CAST OUT DEVILS AND IN
00:18:31.57\00:18:34.34
YOUR NAME DONE
MANY WONDERFUL WORKS?'
00:18:34.34\00:18:36.48
AND I'LL DECLARE
'I NEVER KNEW YOU.
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DEPART FROM ME YOU WHO PRACTICE
LAWLESSNESS.'" THE LORD WANTS US
00:18:38.55\00:18:43.12
TO BE OBEDIENT, NOT
LIVE LIVES OF LAWLESSNESS.
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1 JOHN 3:4, "WHOEVER COMMITS SIN
ALSO COMMITS LAWLESSNESS, AND
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SIN IS LAWLESSNESS." SIN
IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE
00:18:51.33\00:18:54.10
LAW AND WE KNOW THAT HE WAS
MANIFESTED TO TAKE AWAY OUR SINS
00:18:54.10\00:18:58.17
AND TAKE AWAY OUR LAWLESSNESS.
IN HIM THERE IS NO SIN.
00:18:58.17\00:19:01.60
WHOEVER ABIDES
IN HIM DOES NOT SIN.
00:19:01.60\00:19:04.77
SO IT'S TALKING ABOUT THIS
ABIDING RELATIONSHIP WHERE WE'RE
00:19:04.77\00:19:06.94
IN CHRIST AND CHRIST IS
IN US. NOW WHAT DID IT SAY?
00:19:06.94\00:19:10.88
'WHOEVER ABIDES IN HIM
DOES NOT SIN.' DO YOU WANT THAT
00:19:10.88\00:19:14.68
RELATIONSHIP? DOESN'T GOD
SAY - MATTHEW - I'M SORRY, JOHN
00:19:14.68\00:19:18.99
CHAPTER 15 - THAT UNLESS WE
ABIDE IN HIM WE WILL NOT BRING
00:19:18.99\00:19:22.52
FORTH FRUIT AND IF WE DON'T
BRING FORTH FRUIT, WE'RE GOOD
00:19:22.52\00:19:24.69
FOR NOTHING EXCEPT TO BE CUT
- PRUNED OFF, CAST, AND BURNED.
00:19:24.69\00:19:28.96
WE NEED TO HAVE AN ABIDING
RELATIONSHIP WHERE WE HAVE A
00:19:28.96\00:19:31.83
LIVING, VITAL, CONNECTION
WITH JESUS EVERY DAY. REVELATION
00:19:31.83\00:19:36.27
3:5, "HE WHO OVERCOMES" -
IS IT POSSIBLE TO OVERCOME?
00:19:36.27\00:19:41.34
OTHERWISE, WHY WOULD JESUS SAY,
SEVEN TIMES IN REVELATION, 'TO
00:19:41.34\00:19:43.78
HIM THAT OVERCOMES I
MAKE THESE PROMISES'?
00:19:43.78\00:19:45.85
- "HE WHO OVERCOMES SHALL BE
CLOTHED IN WHITE GARMENTS, AND I
00:19:45.85\00:19:49.42
WILL NOT BLOT OUT HIS NAME FROM
THE BOOK OF LIFE; BUT I WILL
00:19:49.42\00:19:52.29
CONFESS HIS NAME BEFORE MY
FATHER AND BEFORE HIS ANGELS."
00:19:52.29\00:19:54.96
SO, HE'S SAYING, 'IF YOU
OVERCOME YOU'LL BE SAVED.
00:19:54.96\00:20:02.03
IF YOU DO NOT OVERCOME' -
AND HE'S WRITING TO THE CHURCH -
00:20:02.03\00:20:05.07
'YOUR NAME IS BLOTTED OUT OF THE
BOOK OF LIFE.' YOU MEAN A PERSON
00:20:05.07\00:20:07.37
COULD CLAIM TO FOLLOW JESUS -
HAVE THEIR NAME IN THE BOOK OF
00:20:07.37\00:20:10.27
LIFE, BUT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT
OVERCOME THEIR NAMES ARE BLOTTED
00:20:10.27\00:20:13.84
OUT. AM I
MISINTERPRETING THIS OR IS
00:20:13.84\00:20:16.44
THAT A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT HE'S SAYING?
00:20:16.44\00:20:20.05
AND IF HE DOES - IF WE DO FOLLOW
HIM HE SAYS, 'I CONFESS YOUR
00:20:20.05\00:20:23.89
NAME BEFORE MY FATHER AND HIS
ANGELS.' LIKE HE DID WITH JOB.
00:20:23.89\00:20:28.16
SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO
LIVE WITHOUT SINNING?
00:20:28.16\00:20:34.13
YOU KNOW, JOE CREWS WROTE A BOOK
BY THAT - EVEN THE VERY TITLE
00:20:34.13\00:20:36.56
FRIGHTENS PEOPLE. WELL,
WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
00:20:36.56\00:20:39.53
SIN IS - WHAT
IS SIN IN ONE WORD?
00:20:39.53\00:20:43.17
>>LAWLESSNESS. >>SELFISHNESS.
00:20:43.17\00:20:46.88
I KNOW I JUST TOLD YOU A
DEFINITION: LAWLESSNESS BUT, IN
00:20:46.88\00:20:49.98
A WORD THAT'S A LITTLE CLOSER
TO HOME, SIN IS SELFISHNESS.
00:20:49.98\00:20:54.65
IF YOU WERE TO DEFINE GOD IN ONE
WORD, WHAT WORD WOULD YOU USE?
00:20:54.65\00:20:58.52
LOVE - YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.
GOD IS LOVE. GOD IS LIGHT.
00:20:58.52\00:21:05.13
IF WE HAVE CHRIST'S SPIRIT AND
IF WE HAVE THE LOVE OF GOD SHED
00:21:05.13\00:21:09.03
ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS, YOU
DO NOT HAVE THE LOVE OF GOD AND
00:21:09.03\00:21:13.67
SELFISHNESS -
THEY DO NOT COEXIST.
00:21:13.67\00:21:17.01
YOU KNOW, ON MY PHONE I'VE GOT A
FEATURE WHERE I CAN BRIGHTEN THE
00:21:17.01\00:21:23.51
SCREEN OR DULL THE SCREEN AND IT
DEPENDS ON HOW BRIGHT OR DARK IT
00:21:23.51\00:21:27.72
IS OUTSIDE. THE
BRIGHTER IT IS OUTSIDE, THE
00:21:27.72\00:21:29.62
BRIGHTER I NEED MY SCREEN, BY
CONTRAST, TO BE ABLE TO READ IT.
00:21:29.62\00:21:33.22
IT'S NOT THAT WAY WITH LOVE AND
SELFISHNESS, WHERE YOU CAN KIND
00:21:33.22\00:21:37.39
OF COMINGLE THEM. IF
YOU REALLY HAVE THE LOVE OF
00:21:37.39\00:21:41.36
GOD DWELLING IN YOU, IT KILLS
SELFISHNESS. IT'S LIKE TURNING
00:21:41.36\00:21:48.77
ON LIGHT EXPELS THE DARKNESS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
00:21:48.77\00:21:52.81
WE NEED A RELATIONSHIP WHERE
WE REALLY KNOW - MOST OF US ARE
00:21:52.81\00:21:55.48
TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT
THINGS WITH SELFISH HEARTS.
00:21:55.48\00:21:58.68
AND YOU KNOW, THE BEGINNING OF
THE GOSPEL ACTUALLY APPEALS TO
00:21:58.68\00:22:01.65
THE SELFISHNESS IN US.
'DON'T FOLLOW ME - YOU'RE GOING
00:22:01.65\00:22:05.85
TO PERISH. FOLLOW ME -
GOLDEN STREETS - LIVE FOREVER.
00:22:05.85\00:22:09.39
THAT'S APPEALING TO A
SELFISH HEART, ISN'T IT?
00:22:09.39\00:22:12.13
AND THAT MIGHT BE A STARTING
POINT, BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE
00:22:12.13\00:22:14.63
WAY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A
MATURE CHRISTIAN, YOU NEED TO BE
00:22:14.63\00:22:17.27
MOTIVATED BY LOVE AND NOT BY
SELFISHNESS, WHERE I WANT TO DO
00:22:17.27\00:22:21.57
IT, NOT JUST BECAUSE I WON'T BE
SAVED IF I DON'T AND I WILL BE
00:22:21.57\00:22:26.04
SAVED IF I DO, I WANT TO DO IT
BECAUSE I LOVE GOD, REGARDLESS
00:22:26.04\00:22:28.81
OF WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE EXAMPLES
00:22:28.81\00:22:32.55
OF THE REAL MATURE BELIEVERS
IN THE BIBLE WHEN MOSES SAYS,
00:22:32.55\00:22:35.75
'LORD, TAKE MY NAME
OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE.
00:22:35.75\00:22:37.55
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH I AM WILLING
TO BE LOST THAT OTHERS MIGHT BE
00:22:37.55\00:22:41.42
SAVED.' THAT'S PERFECT LOVE.
WHEN PAUL SAYS, 'I WOULD BE
00:22:41.42\00:22:46.39
WILLING TO BE LOST THAT
ISRAEL MIGHT BE SAVED.' HE'S NOT
00:22:46.39\00:22:50.57
SAYING, 'WHAT'S IN IT
FOR ME?' THAT'S PERFECT LOVE.
00:22:50.57\00:22:54.80
THAT'S THE KIND OF LOVE I
THINK THE LORD WANTS US TO HAVE.
00:22:54.80\00:22:56.97
WE'D ALL GET ALONG A LOT BETTER
IF WE HAD THAT KIND OF LOVE IN
00:22:56.97\00:22:59.17
OUR LIVES WHERE WE SAID, 'NOT
I BUT CHRIST.' LOVING THE LORD -
00:22:59.17\00:23:04.88
WHAT DOES IT MEAN 'LOVE
THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART'?
00:23:04.88\00:23:06.65
ISN'T THAT THE GREAT COMMAND?
00:23:06.65\00:23:08.52
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
- IT'S TOTALLY SELFLESSNESS.
00:23:08.52\00:23:14.26
GOD - IS HE
ASKING US TO SIN NO MORE?
00:23:14.26\00:23:16.96
NOW, IF YOU'RE GOD AND YOU
NEEDED TO TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN
00:23:16.96\00:23:20.86
ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY COULD SIN,
HOW MUCH WOULD YOU TELL THEM?
00:23:20.86\00:23:24.67
'TRY AND SIN A LITTLE LESS.'
GOD IS HOLY. GOD IS PERFECT.
00:23:24.67\00:23:31.57
HOW CAN HE TELL US
ANYTHING OTHER THAN NO SIN?
00:23:31.57\00:23:36.08
IF SIN IS KILLING US THEN
HOW MUCH SIN WOULD GOD ALLOW?
00:23:36.08\00:23:41.62
IF, ON YOUR WEDDING DAY -
FOR THOSE THAT ARE MARRIED OR
00:23:41.62\00:23:45.05
THOSE THAT PLAN ON GETTING
MARRIED SOMEDAY - YOU STOOD AT
00:23:45.05\00:23:47.89
THE ALTAR AND YOU'RE SAYING YOUR
VOWS AND THE PASTOR SAYS, 'DO
00:23:47.89\00:23:54.36
YOU JOHN, PROMISE TO FORSAKE ALL
OTHERS, KEEPING JANE SOLELY UNTO
00:23:54.36\00:23:59.90
YOURSELF AS LONG AS YOU
BOTH SHALL LIVE?' AND HE SAID,
00:23:59.90\00:24:04.11
'HOW MANY DAYS IN A
YEAR?' '365.' 'HOW ABOUT 358?'
00:24:04.11\00:24:11.98
I'D LIKE ONE WEEK A YEAR
WHERE I COULD SEE SOME OF MY OLD
00:24:11.98\00:24:14.25
GIRLFRIENDS - JUST ONE
WEEK.' AND SHE LOOKS AT HIM WITH
00:24:14.25\00:24:19.09
INDIGNATION - AGHAST THAT HE
WOULD SUGGEST SUCH A THING - AND
00:24:19.09\00:24:22.86
HE SAYS TO HER, 'NOW COME
ON, JANE, LET'S NOT BE EXTREME.
00:24:22.86\00:24:26.86
ARE YOU WANTING A
HUNDRED PERCENT OF MY LOVE?
00:24:26.86\00:24:31.63
I CAN'T HAVE A GIRLFRIEND - I
MEAN, IF YOU'VE GOT ME 358 DAYS,
00:24:31.63\00:24:37.47
ISN'T THAT ENOUGH?' IS
THERE ANY WOMAN THAT WOULD
00:24:37.47\00:24:42.81
SAY - I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY
MAN THAT WOULD SAY IT EITHER -
00:24:42.81\00:24:46.78
'WELL,
NINETY-NINE PERCENT IS OKAY.
00:24:46.78\00:24:50.05
YOU CAN GIVE YOUR LOVE TO
SOMEONE ELSE ONCE A YEAR.'
00:24:50.05\00:24:54.52
DO YOU UNDERSTAND
HOW IT WORKS WITH LOVE?
00:24:54.52\00:24:57.13
SO, WHEN YOU SAY,
'WHAT DOES GOD WANT FROM ME?'
00:24:57.13\00:25:00.43
HE WANTS ALL OF YOUR HEART AND
THAT MEANS HE DOESN'T WANT ANY
00:25:00.43\00:25:05.87
SIN IN YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE SIN IS
A RESULT OF YOUR NOT GIVING GOD
00:25:05.87\00:25:09.97
ALL YOUR HEART.
ARE WE STILL TOGETHER?
00:25:09.97\00:25:13.17
>>YEAH. >>THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:25:13.17\00:25:14.58
ALRIGHT, NO MORE SIN. JOHN
5 - YOU REMEMBER WHEN JESUS
00:25:14.58\00:25:19.28
HEALED THE MAN AT
THE POOL OF BETHESDA?
00:25:19.28\00:25:22.35
LATER - MAN HADN'T WALKED IN 38
YEARS - JESUS FOUND HIM IN THE
00:25:22.35\00:25:25.95
TEMPLE AND HE SAYS TO HIM,
'SEE, YOU HAVE BEEN MADE WELL.
00:25:25.95\00:25:29.36
SIN NO MORE LEST A WORSE THING
COME UPON YOU.' NOW YOU KNOW WHY
00:25:29.36\00:25:35.46
THIS IS A DIFFICULT SUBJECT?
BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU PREACH IT -
00:25:35.46\00:25:39.00
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE THOUGHT
IT TO YOURSELF OR YOU THOUGHT IT
00:25:39.00\00:25:41.54
ABOUT ME, BUT YOU SAY,
'PASTOR DOUG, IF YOU'RE TEACHING
00:25:41.54\00:25:46.47
SINLESSNESS, ARE YOU CLAIMING
THAT YOU'RE SINLESS? ARE YOU?
00:25:46.47\00:25:51.95
NO. NO, NONE OF US WOULD DARE
DO THAT. MATTER OF FACT, I THINK
00:25:51.95\00:25:56.48
YOU NEED TO WATCH OUT
FOR PEOPLE THAT CLAIM IT.
00:25:56.48\00:25:58.69
'SO HOW CAN YOU PREACH A MESSAGE
THAT YOU CAN'T POINT TO ANYBODY
00:25:58.69\00:26:01.59
WHO'S EXPERIENCED THAT?'
00:26:01.59\00:26:03.96
WELL, BUT I DID
POINT TO SOME PEOPLE.
00:26:03.96\00:26:05.59
I SAID ABRAHAM IS GOING TO
HEAVEN, ENOCH'S ALREADY THERE,
00:26:05.59\00:26:09.36
MOSES IS GOING - AND
MANY OTHERS I COULD CITE.
00:26:09.36\00:26:12.37
IN SPITE OF THEIR FAILING,
WE NEED TO AT LEAST HAVE THE
00:26:12.37\00:26:15.24
EXPERIENCE THEY
HAD. WHAT DID THEY HAVE?
00:26:15.24\00:26:18.11
THEY LOVED THE LORD
WITH ALL OF THEIR HEARTS.
00:26:18.11\00:26:20.71
WHEN THEY DID
SIN, THEY REPENTED.
00:26:20.71\00:26:23.14
NOW I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF.
00:26:23.14\00:26:24.35
SO HE SAYS 'SIN NO MORE.'
YOU KNOW THE STORY OF JESUS WITH
00:26:24.35\00:26:28.35
MARY MAGDALENE - OR THE
WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY?
00:26:28.35\00:26:32.25
'WHEN HE RAISED HIMSELF UP' -
JOHN CHAPTER 8 - 'HE SAW NOBODY
00:26:32.25\00:26:35.49
BUT THE WOMAN. AND
TO THE WOMAN HE SAID,
00:26:35.49\00:26:38.63
'WHERE ARE YOUR ACCUSERS?
HAS NO MAN CONDEMNED YOU?'
00:26:38.63\00:26:41.23
SHE SAID, 'NO ONE, LORD.' HE
SAID, 'NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU.
00:26:41.23\00:26:44.20
GO. YOU'RE FREE
- AND SIN NO MORE.'
00:26:44.20\00:26:47.77
WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT
HIM TO SAY TO THIS WOMAN?
00:26:47.77\00:26:50.37
'TRY TO CUT BACK ON YOUR
ADULTERY.' I MEAN, WOULD YOU
00:26:50.37\00:26:53.91
EVER PICTURE JESUS SAYING THAT?
00:26:53.91\00:26:56.14
OF COURSE HE HAS TO SAY 'SIN
NO MORE.' AND THAT'S WHAT THE
00:26:56.14\00:27:00.38
LORD'S SAYING TO EACH
ONE OF US. SIN HURTS YOU.
00:27:00.38\00:27:03.92
SIN IS LETHAL. IT'S DANGEROUS.
00:27:03.92\00:27:06.65
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS
YOUNG, MY GRANDPARENTS WERE THE
00:27:06.65\00:27:11.26
FIRST ONES THAT TAUGHT ME THE
PRAYER - AND THEY WERE JEWISH -
00:27:11.26\00:27:14.20
'NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP.
I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO KEEP.
00:27:14.20\00:27:19.00
AND IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE...'
AND SO YOU'RE - YEAH, I PRAY THE
00:27:19.00\00:27:23.91
LORD MY SOUL TO TAKE. I
THINK TONY CAMPOLO - AND HE
00:27:23.91\00:27:27.04
PRAYED THE LORD -
HE PRAYED THAT PRAYER.
00:27:27.04\00:27:28.98
HE SAID, 'LORD,
WAKE ME UP BEFORE I DIE!'
00:27:28.98\00:27:32.78
HE SAID, 'IF YOU'RE GOING TO
PRAY, INSTEAD OF SAYING, 'IF I
00:27:32.78\00:27:34.32
DIE BEFORE I WAKE' -
WAKE ME UP BEFORE I DIE!
00:27:34.32\00:27:38.52
BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY,
'WELL, PASTOR DOUG, I FOLLOW THE
00:27:38.52\00:27:42.59
LORD, BUT SOMETIMES I FALL
AND I'M SO AFRAID THAT WHAT IF I
00:27:42.59\00:27:46.03
DRIVE OFF THE ROAD AND I HAVE
A CAR WRECK RIGHT AFTER I WAS
00:27:46.03\00:27:50.27
LISTENING TO THE WRONG SONG ON
THE RADIO AND I DIDN'T HAVE TIME
00:27:50.27\00:27:53.44
TO REPENT? OR YOU
CAN FILL IN THE BLANKS,
00:27:53.44\00:27:57.47
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
PEOPLE ARE SAYING, 'WHAT
00:27:57.47\00:27:59.31
IF I DON'T REPENT IN
TIME?' I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING
00:27:59.31\00:28:03.55
AT IT THE WRONG WAY.
FIRST OF ALL, GOD IS NOT UP
00:28:03.55\00:28:05.91
THERE IN THE SKY TRYING TO
CATCH YOU WHILE YOU'RE DOWN.
00:28:05.91\00:28:10.19
SO THE IDEA THAT GOD IS GOING
TO TRY AND FIND THE RARE MOMENT
00:28:10.19\00:28:13.19
WHEN YOU HAVE FALLEN AND SAY,
'HA, HA, NOW I'M GOING TO TAKE
00:28:13.19\00:28:15.26
HIM OUT.' THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU
NEED TO BECOME PRESUMPTUOUS OR
00:28:15.26\00:28:19.13
RECKLESS ABOUT OBEDIENCE OR
HOLINESS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, 'I'M
00:28:19.13\00:28:23.23
GOING TO PLAN ON SINNING AND
I'LL JUST REPENT BEFORE I HAVE
00:28:23.23\00:28:26.94
AN ACCIDENT.' OR 'I'LL DRIVE
VERY CAREFUL UNTIL I REPENT.'
00:28:26.94\00:28:30.77
THAT'S NOT THE WAY TO THINK.
00:28:30.77\00:28:32.94
YOU WANT TO TRY TO DO ALL YOU
CAN TO LIVE FOR JESUS DAY BY DAY
00:28:32.94\00:28:36.71
BECAUSE YOU LOVE HIM, NOT
BECAUSE OF WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU.
00:28:36.71\00:28:39.91
WELL, YES, GOD IS
CALLING US TO LIVES OF HOLINESS.
00:28:39.91\00:28:44.85
1 CORINTHIANS 15, AND THIS IS
VERSE 34 - 1 CORINTHIANS 15:34,
00:28:44.85\00:28:50.39
"AWAKE TO RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND
DO NOT SIN; FOR SOME DO NOT HAVE
00:28:50.39\00:28:54.86
THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. I
SPEAK THIS TO YOUR SHAME."
00:28:54.86\00:28:57.10
SO DON'T TAKE THIS THAT
SOMEONE'S GOING TO LISTEN TO
00:28:57.10\00:28:58.93
THIS MESSAGE AND SAY, 'PASTOR
DOUG IS PERFECTIONISTIC.'
00:28:58.93\00:29:01.97
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE
VERSES THAT I'M READING?
00:29:01.97\00:29:05.47
I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU A
BALANCED PICTURE AS I'VE STUDIED
00:29:05.47\00:29:08.04
THIS - THIS THEME FOR YEARS
BECAUSE YOU START THINKING ONE
00:29:08.04\00:29:12.41
WAY, YOU THINK THERE'S NO HOPE.
AND YOU THINK THE OTHER WAY AND
00:29:12.41\00:29:15.35
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S
MAKING A CONCESSION FOR SIN.
00:29:15.35\00:29:18.65
THE KEY IS IN
'WHAT IS REPENTANCE?'
00:29:18.65\00:29:20.89
ALRIGHT, HAVE WE ESTABLISHED
ALL SIN - ALL - LET ME SEE YOUR
00:29:20.89\00:29:24.63
HANDS - ALL OF YOU
FALL IN THAT CATEGORY?
00:29:24.63\00:29:26.66
ALL HAVE GONE ASTRAY LIKE
SHEEP? WE'VE ALL SINNED, RIGHT?
00:29:26.66\00:29:29.73
SO WE REPENT OF OUR SINS SO WE
CAN GET A CLEAN SLATE TO FILL UP
00:29:29.73\00:29:35.24
WITH SIN FOR ANOTHER DAY.
IS THAT THE RIGHT ATTITUDE?
00:29:35.24\00:29:39.37
OR SHOULD WE BE PRAYING, WHEN
WE REPENT OF OUR SINS, THAT GOD
00:29:39.37\00:29:44.31
WILL THEN CHANGE
OUR HEARTS AND KEEP US?
00:29:44.31\00:29:46.98
DO YOU WANT TO SEE
VICTORY AND CHANGE?
00:29:46.98\00:29:50.29
LET ME WORD IT TO YOU THIS WAY:
IS THERE ANY SIN YOU CAN THINK
00:29:50.29\00:29:56.32
OF THAT GOD CANNOT
DELIVER A PERSON FROM?
00:29:56.32\00:30:01.20
YOU NAME A SIN.
THINK OF ANY SIN. DRINKING?
00:30:01.20\00:30:06.17
DO WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE THAT
SOMETIMES STRUGGLE WITH ALCOHOL?
00:30:06.17\00:30:09.70
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT
HAVE GOTTEN THE VICTORY OVER
00:30:09.70\00:30:11.87
ALCOHOL EVEN THOUGH THEY
WERE DESPERATE ALCOHOLICS?
00:30:11.87\00:30:15.28
WHY DO - I CAN NAME MANY NAMES
FOR YOU. SMOKING, ADULTERY,
00:30:15.28\00:30:22.68
IMPURITY, PORNOGRAPHY -
ALL KIND OF IN THE SAME BASKET.
00:30:22.68\00:30:26.42
PRIDE - CAN THE LORD -
DOES HE KNOW HOW TO HUMBLE US?
00:30:26.42\00:30:29.99
TAKE A PROUD PERSON
AND MAKE THEM HUMBLE?
00:30:29.99\00:30:32.36
MATERIALISM - WORKAHOLICS - YOU
PICK WHATEVER IT IS, AND IF YOU
00:30:32.36\00:30:38.53
CAN NAME A SIN, I CAN POINT TO
SOMEBODY OUT THERE THAT, BY THE
00:30:38.53\00:30:41.80
GRACE OF GOD, THEY HAVE
GAINED THE VICTORY OVER SIN.
00:30:41.80\00:30:44.97
WHEN WE START DEVELOPING A
MENTAL ATTITUDE THAT GOD IS
00:30:44.97\00:30:49.08
GOING TO JUST EXPECT US TO
CONTINUE GOING ON IN SIN WITHOUT
00:30:49.08\00:30:53.35
GAINING VICTORY AND STILL GET TO
HEAVEN, WHAT YOU DO, REALLY, IS
00:30:53.35\00:30:57.52
YOU PAVE THE WAY FOR DEFEAT.
IF YOU BELIEVE THAT GOD CANNOT
00:30:57.52\00:31:02.36
KEEP YOU FROM SIN AND YOU
BELIEVE THE DEVIL CAN TEMPT YOU
00:31:02.36\00:31:05.33
TO SIN, YOU BELIEVE THE
DEVIL IS MORE POWERFUL THAN GOD.
00:31:05.33\00:31:09.60
LET ME TELL YOU
ABOUT A STORY IN THE BIBLE.
00:31:09.60\00:31:12.23
WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK IT UP,
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHERE IT IS -
00:31:12.23\00:31:14.10
NUMBERS CHAPTERS 13 AND 14 -
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SEND TWELVE
00:31:14.10\00:31:18.04
SPIES TO GO SCOUT
THE PROMISED LAND.
00:31:18.04\00:31:21.61
AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, TEN
OF THEM, THEY JUST LOOKED AT ALL
00:31:21.61\00:31:25.05
THE PROBLEMS - AND
THERE WERE PROBLEMS!
00:31:25.05\00:31:27.22
THERE WERE SEVEN
OTHER NATIONS THERE.
00:31:27.22\00:31:29.35
ISRAEL WAS ONE NATION AND
THEY WEREN'T EVEN THE BIGGEST.
00:31:29.35\00:31:32.49
THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER
NATIONS, THEY HAD BIG WALLS,
00:31:32.49\00:31:34.69
THEIR CITIES FORTIFIED TO
HEAVEN, THEY WERE WELL ARMED,
00:31:34.69\00:31:37.39
THEY WERE TRAINED IN WAR
- THE ISRAELITES WERE NOT.
00:31:37.39\00:31:40.36
THEY SAW ALL OF THESE OBSTACLES.
TWO OF THEM SAW ALL THE PROMISE.
00:31:40.36\00:31:44.80
THEY SAW ALL THE
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.
00:31:44.80\00:31:46.67
THEY SAW THE LAND FLOWING WITH
MILK AND HONEY AND THE FRUIT AND
00:31:46.67\00:31:50.11
THE BEAUTIFUL - IT WAS
MUCH BETTER THAN IT IS TODAY IN
00:31:50.11\00:31:53.38
ISRAEL. IT'S CHANGED OVER
THE YEARS. THEY COME BACK.
00:31:53.38\00:31:57.88
THEY SAY, 'TELL US WHAT'S AHEAD
OF US.' TEN OF THE SPIES SAID,
00:31:57.88\00:32:02.62
'UH, WE'RE IN TROUBLE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT.'
00:32:02.62\00:32:06.29
TWO OF THE SPIES -
WHAT WERE THEIR NAMES?
00:32:06.29\00:32:08.66
>>CALEB AND
JOSHUA. >>CALEB AND JOSHUA.
00:32:08.66\00:32:10.93
CAN YOU NAME ANY OF
THE TEN SPIES FOR ME?
00:32:10.93\00:32:14.46
NAME ONE OF THEM. ANYBODY. HAVE
YOU NOTICED THAT THE NAMES OF
00:32:14.46\00:32:21.50
THE TEN SPIES HAVE GONE
DOWN INTO HISTORY WITH OBSCURITY
00:32:21.50\00:32:25.11
AND INFAMY BECAUSE THEY
DIDN'T BELIEVE GOD WAS ABLE?
00:32:25.11\00:32:29.38
BUT THE ONES WHO HAD
FAITH, THEIR NAMES HAVE BEEN
00:32:29.38\00:32:32.55
IMMORTALIZED AS THEY
WILL BE IMMORTALIZED?
00:32:32.55\00:32:37.89
NOW, NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE:
JOSHUA AND CALEB BOTH SAID, 'WE
00:32:37.89\00:32:41.59
CAN MAKE IT.' MATTER OF FACT,
THE WORDS THEY SAID ARE, 'WE ARE
00:32:41.59\00:32:44.46
WELL ABLE.' THE TEN SPIES THAT
DIDN'T BELIEVE, THEY SAID, 'THE
00:32:44.46\00:32:48.76
PROBLEMS ARE TOO BIG. WE
ARE NOT ABLE.' THE ONES WHO
00:32:48.76\00:32:51.63
DID NOT BELIEVE THEY
WERE ABLE, WERE NOT ABLE.
00:32:51.63\00:32:54.70
DO YOU KNOW, ALL OF
THEM WERE CHURCH MEMBERS?
00:32:54.70\00:32:57.34
WEREN'T THEY? THEY WERE ALL
MEMBERS OF ISRAEL. MATTER OF
00:32:57.34\00:33:01.51
FACT, THEY WERE ALL LEADERS.
AND HERE YOU'VE GOT - I DON'T
00:33:01.51\00:33:04.95
KNOW WHAT THE EXACT
PERCENTAGE IS WHERE YOU'VE GOT
00:33:04.95\00:33:06.51
TWO OUT OF TWELVE.
SOMEONE'LL TELL ME LATER.
00:33:06.51\00:33:11.39
BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM
SAID, 'YOU CAN'T MAKE IT'.
00:33:11.39\00:33:13.96
TWO OF THEM SAID,
'YOU CAN MAKE IT'.
00:33:13.96\00:33:15.42
THE TWO WHO SAID, 'YOU CAN MAKE
IT' ALMOST GOT STONED TO DEATH,
00:33:15.42\00:33:18.89
IF GOD HADN'T INTERVENED, BY THE
ONES WHO SAID, 'YOU CAN'T MAKE
00:33:18.89\00:33:21.23
IT'. SO THE ONES WHO SAID, 'YOU
CAN'T MAKE IT' THEY WERE VERY
00:33:21.23\00:33:23.63
AGGRESSIVELY PUSHING
THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE IT.
00:33:23.63\00:33:27.24
COULD THAT HAPPEN IN A CHURCH?
00:33:27.24\00:33:29.57
IN A DENOMINATION WHERE PEOPLE
- WHY WERE THEY SO THREATENED?
00:33:29.57\00:33:33.27
BECAUSE THEY
DIDN'T WANT THE BATTLE.
00:33:33.27\00:33:36.04
JOSHUA AND CALEB SAYS, 'YES,
WE CAN MAKE IT.' THERE'LL BE
00:33:36.04\00:33:38.95
BATTLES, BUT WE BELIEVE
GOD'LL GIVE US THE VICTORY.
00:33:38.95\00:33:42.42
NOW, EVEN THOUGH THEY BELIEVED,
WHEN JOSHUA AND CALEB SURVIVED
00:33:42.42\00:33:47.29
THE WILDERNESS WANDERING, AND
THEY DID MAKE IT TO THE PROMISED
00:33:47.29\00:33:51.56
LAND, WERE THERE BATTLES WHEN
THEY ENTERED THE PROMISED LAND?
00:33:51.56\00:33:55.60
WERE THE BATTLES OVER IN ONE
DAY? HOW LONG DID IT TAKE THEM?
00:33:55.60\00:34:00.27
YOU KNOW, WHEN JOSHUA WAS OLD
AND HE WAS DYING, JOSHUA LIVED
00:34:00.27\00:34:04.54
TO A HUNDRED AND TEN, AND
JOSHUA, HE SAID, 'GOD'S GIVEN US
00:34:04.54\00:34:08.94
THE LAND, BUT THERE ARE
STILL BATTLES TO FIGHT'.
00:34:08.94\00:34:12.08
EVEN ON HIS DEATH BED, HE SAID,
'YOU STILL HAVE TERRITORY TO
00:34:12.08\00:34:14.85
CONQUER'. YOU KNOW,
I HEARD THAT STORY AND
00:34:14.85\00:34:17.42
THAT ENCOURAGED ME BECAUSE THEY
HADN'T COMPLETELY CONQUERED,
00:34:17.42\00:34:21.69
BUT THEY WERE FIGHTING.
AND HE - JOSHUA SAID, 'DON'T
00:34:21.69\00:34:24.36
STOP FIGHTING.' YOU
KNOW WHAT HE WAS AFRAID OF?
00:34:24.36\00:34:26.96
HE SAID, 'IF YOU TAKE THE
PROMISED LAND AND YOU BECOME
00:34:26.96\00:34:29.63
COMFORTABLE WITH SOME OF
THESE PERRIZITES OR AMMONITES OR
00:34:29.63\00:34:35.54
JEBUZITES OR ALL THE ITES
- TERMITES - IF YOU BECOME
00:34:35.54\00:34:38.14
COMFORTABLE WITH THEM AND
YOU BEGIN TO GET USED TO THEM,
00:34:38.14\00:34:43.28
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
COMPLETELY EXPELLED FROM THE
00:34:43.28\00:34:47.22
LAND. IT SAYS
THEY'RE GOING TO START
00:34:47.22\00:34:49.22
BEING THORNS IN YOUR
EYES - PROBLEMS FOR YOU.
00:34:49.22\00:34:53.36
AS SOON AS YOU BECOME
COMFORTABLE WITH SIN IN YOUR
00:34:53.36\00:34:56.36
LIFE, IT'LL START BRINGING YOU
DOWN AND THE COUNTRIES THAT THEY
00:34:56.36\00:35:01.73
DID NOT OVERCOME,
LATER ENSLAVED THEM.
00:35:01.73\00:35:05.63
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
WERE THERE BATTLES? YES.
00:35:05.63\00:35:08.27
DID THEY
OVERCOME IN ONE DAY? NO.
00:35:08.27\00:35:10.44
CAN YOU BE
VICTORIOUS? YES, YOU CAN.
00:35:10.44\00:35:13.94
DON'T GIVE THE DEVIL
MORE CREDIT THAN YOU GIVE GOD.
00:35:13.94\00:35:16.68
>>AMEN. >>DON'T
MAKE THE MISTAKE OF
00:35:16.68\00:35:18.01
THOSE FAITHLESS SPIES
AND LOOK AT ALL THE PROBLEMS.
00:35:18.01\00:35:20.45
DID THEY
OVERCOME BY THEIR POWER?
00:35:20.45\00:35:24.49
OR DID THEY
OVERCOME BY THE POWER OF GOD?
00:35:24.49\00:35:27.32
IT IS A MIRACLE TO LIVE A
CHRISTIAN LIFE AND THAT, I
00:35:27.32\00:35:30.33
THINK, IS A VERY IMPORTANT
POINT, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE
00:35:30.33\00:35:33.93
REAL REPENTANCE. THE
BIBLE SAYS, 'HE THAT COVERS
00:35:33.93\00:35:37.23
HIS SIN WILL NOT PROSPER, BUT
WHOEVER CONFESSES AND FORSAKES'
00:35:37.23\00:35:41.87
- IT DOESN'T SAY JUST
FOREVER CONFESS THE SAME THING.
00:35:41.87\00:35:44.07
NOW, IF YOU MAKE THE SAME
MISTAKE MANY TIMES, AS I HAVE -
00:35:44.07\00:35:46.68
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE, SO I CAN
TELL YOU ABOUT ME BECAUSE YOU'RE
00:35:46.68\00:35:48.51
IN THE SAME BOAT. IF
YOU MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE
00:35:48.51\00:35:51.01
AGAIN AND AGAIN, REMEMBER,
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'A RIGHTEOUS MAN
00:35:51.01\00:35:54.65
FALLS SEVEN
TIMES AND RISES AGAIN.
00:35:54.65\00:35:57.99
MARY MAGDALENE, OUT OF WHOM GOD
CAST SEVEN DEVILS - DON'T GET
00:35:57.99\00:36:00.86
DISCOURAGED. KEEP PRESSING ON.
00:36:00.86\00:36:04.56
IT SAYS IN PROVERBS 28:13,
"HE WHO COVERS HIS SINS WILL NOT
00:36:04.56\00:36:08.20
PROSPER, BUT WHOEVER
CONFESSES AND FORSAKES THEM..."
00:36:08.20\00:36:11.60
1 JOHN 1:9, "IF WE CONFESS OUR
SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST
00:36:11.60\00:36:16.30
TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS
AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL
00:36:16.30\00:36:19.51
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS." HOW
MUCH UNRIGHTEOUSNESS DOES
00:36:19.51\00:36:21.94
GOD WANT TO
SAVE YOU FROM? >>ALL.
00:36:21.94\00:36:24.11
>>ALL OF IT. SO
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF
00:36:24.11\00:36:26.48
YOU'RE A REAL
CHRISTIAN? IS IT THE OCCASIONAL
00:36:26.48\00:36:29.48
MISDEED OR GOOD DEED?
YOU KNOW, IT SAYS IN THE BOOK
00:36:29.48\00:36:33.12
STEPS TO CHRIST , "IT'S NOT THE
OCCASIONAL MISDEED OR GOOD DEED
00:36:33.12\00:36:37.39
THAT DETERMINES WHOSE SIDE WE'RE
ON, IT'S WHAT ARE THE HABITUAL
00:36:37.39\00:36:40.96
WORDS AND ACTS OF THE
LIFE? SO IF YOU FALL IT DOESN'T
00:36:40.96\00:36:45.00
MEAN YOU AREN'T A CHRISTIAN.
REPENT, CONFESS IT TO GOD
00:36:45.00\00:36:49.90
AND GET BACK UP AGAIN.
DON'T BECOME COMPLACENT
00:36:49.90\00:36:51.91
ABOUT MAKING THAT
MISTAKE. AND THERE'S A STRUGGLE
00:36:51.91\00:36:54.51
INVOLVED SOMETIMES. THE
BIBLE TALKS ABOUT STRIVING
00:36:54.51\00:36:57.28
AGAINST SIN UNTO
BLOOD. SO WHO'S IN CHARGE?
00:36:57.28\00:37:02.38
THAT'S THE QUESTION.
WHO REIGNS IN YOUR LIFE?
00:37:02.38\00:37:05.82
ROMANS 6:12, "THEREFORE DO
NOT LET SIN REIGN IN YOUR MORTAL
00:37:05.82\00:37:10.06
BODY, THAT YOU SHOULD
OBEY IT IN ITS LUSTS."
00:37:10.06\00:37:12.66
YOU MAY STRUGGLE WITH
IT, BUT DOES IT REIGN?
00:37:12.66\00:37:16.30
ROMANS 6:14, "FOR SIN SHALL
NOT HAVE DOMINION OVER YOU..."
00:37:16.30\00:37:20.64
AND, AGAIN, THESSALONIANS -
1 THESSALONIANS 4:3 AND 5, "FOR
00:37:20.64\00:37:25.87
THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD, YOUR
SANCTIFICATION: THAT YOU SHOULD
00:37:25.87\00:37:29.48
ABSTAIN FROM SEXUAL IMMORALITY;
THAT EACH OF YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW
00:37:29.48\00:37:33.18
TO POSSESS HIS OWN VESSEL IN
SANCTIFICATION AND HONOR, NOT IN
00:37:33.18\00:37:37.45
PASSION OF LUST, LIKE THE
GENTILES WHO DO NOT KNOW GOD."
00:37:37.45\00:37:41.06
NOW, WE ARE ALL WELDED TO THESE
BODIES AND THESE BODIES HAVE
00:37:41.06\00:37:45.13
PHYSICAL NEEDS AND THEY GET
TIRED AND WE'VE GOT PRIDE AND WE
00:37:45.13\00:37:47.76
ALL HAVE A CARNAL NATURE.
THERE IS A FLESHLY SIDE -
00:37:47.76\00:37:51.47
THERE'S THE OLD ANIMAL
PASSIONS - ALL OF US HAVE THIS.
00:37:51.47\00:37:55.80
AND THEN THERE'S THE
SPIRITUAL ATTRACTION.
00:37:55.80\00:37:58.61
SOME OF YOU REMEMBER A MAN -
MARK CHAPTER 2 - HE'S CARRIED TO
00:37:58.61\00:38:01.41
THE HOUSE WHERE JESUS IS
PREACHING - HE'S ON A BED.
00:38:01.41\00:38:04.75
HE'S PARALYZED. THEY
CAN'T GET HIM THROUGH THE DOOR.
00:38:04.75\00:38:08.15
THEY CAN'T GET HIM
THROUGH THE WINDOW.
00:38:08.15\00:38:09.65
FINALLY THEY GET HIM UP ON THE
ROOF AND THEY LOWER HIM DOWN,
00:38:09.65\00:38:13.09
INTO THE PRESENCE
OF JESUS, ON HIS BED.
00:38:13.09\00:38:15.99
HIS BED WAS JUST A LITTLE BETTER
THAN A MAKESHIFT HAMMOCK/COT.
00:38:15.99\00:38:19.83
AND THERE HE IS, ON HIS
BED, AND JESUS HEALS HIM.
00:38:19.83\00:38:24.43
HE SAYS, 'YOUR
SINS ARE FORGIVEN.
00:38:24.43\00:38:26.40
TAKE UP YOUR BED AND WALK.'
AND BEFORE EVERYBODY, HIS BODY
00:38:26.40\00:38:33.07
OBEYED, HIS LIMBS
WERE STRAIGHTENED OUT.
00:38:33.07\00:38:36.78
HE STOOD UP IN PERFECT HEALTH,
HE PICKED UP HIS BED AND HE
00:38:36.78\00:38:39.75
WALKED OUT THE DOOR - CAME
THROUGH THE WINDOW AND WALKED
00:38:39.75\00:38:41.42
OUT THE DOOR. I
DOUBT HE WENT BACK OUT THE
00:38:41.42\00:38:42.72
ROOF - CAME THROUGH
THE ROOF WENT OUT THE DOOR.
00:38:42.72\00:38:45.92
NOW HE CAME TO JESUS WITH
A BED. HE LEFT WITH A BED.
00:38:45.92\00:38:49.39
BUT THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE:
WHEN HE CAME TO JESUS, THE BED
00:38:49.39\00:38:52.23
CARRIED HIM. WHEN HE LEFT JESUS,
00:38:52.23\00:38:55.26
HE CARRIED THE BED.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
00:38:55.26\00:39:00.37
SIN SHALL NOT
HAVE DOMINION OVER YOU.
00:39:00.37\00:39:02.17
THERE WILL BE SIN IN THE
WORLD. YOU'RE GOING TO BE
00:39:02.17\00:39:04.74
FACING TEMPTATION. YOU MAY FALL.
00:39:04.74\00:39:07.61
BUT DOES IT HAVE
DOMINION OVER YOU?
00:39:07.61\00:39:10.05
DO NOT LET SIN REIGN.
THERE MIGHT BE A FLARE-UP OR
00:39:10.05\00:39:14.68
REBELLION IN THE KINGDOM,
BUT THE REBELS AREN'T TO REIGN.
00:39:14.68\00:39:18.39
AND SO, IF GOD IS REIGNING IN
YOUR HEART AND YOU LOVE HIM, AND
00:39:18.39\00:39:24.43
YOU'RE PROGRESSING IN YOUR
GROWTH - IF YOU CAN LOOK AND
00:39:24.43\00:39:27.03
SAY, 'I'VE GOT A WAYS TO GO BUT,
PRAISE THE LORD, AS I LOOK BACK,
00:39:27.03\00:39:30.67
I CAN SEE THAT THERE'S PROGRESS
- THAT I'M BECOMING MORE LIKE
00:39:30.67\00:39:34.44
CHRIST.' DO NOT SETTLE DOWN LIKE
THE ISRAELITES DID AND BECOME
00:39:34.44\00:39:38.37
COMFORTABLE WITH THE
CANAANITES LIVING AROUND YOU.
00:39:38.37\00:39:41.21
OR THEY ARE GOING TO
BE A PROBLEM FOR YOU.
00:39:41.21\00:39:42.91
THEY WILL END UP
ENSLAVING YOU IN THE END.
00:39:42.91\00:39:46.15
IF YOU GET TO THE PLACE WHERE
YOU SAY, 'WELL, THANK THE LORD
00:39:46.15\00:39:48.02
FOR THE GRACE OF GOD, SO I'M
JUST GOING TO GET USED TO THE
00:39:48.02\00:39:50.15
SIN IN MY LIFE AND I'M DESTINED
FOREVER TO HAVE THESE SINS.'
00:39:50.15\00:39:53.99
YOU'RE UNDERESTIMATING THE POWER
OF GOD. THE DEVIL WILL BE HAPPY
00:39:53.99\00:39:57.76
TO LEAVE YOU RIGHT
THERE, BECAUSE HE'S GOT YOU.
00:39:57.76\00:40:00.40
AND YOU MIGHT THINK
THINGS ARE GOING ON GREAT.
00:40:00.40\00:40:02.76
IT'S JUST YOU'VE GOTTEN USED
TO BEING A CAPTIVE AND YOU'RE
00:40:02.76\00:40:06.23
COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
EVEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,
00:40:06.23\00:40:09.27
THEY SAID,
'LET'S GO BACK TO EGYPT.
00:40:09.27\00:40:11.21
THEY'D FORGOTTEN
WHAT IT WAS LIKE.
00:40:11.21\00:40:13.38
YOU KNOW, THEY SAY IF YOU'RE
IN PRISON FOR VERY LONG AND THEN
00:40:13.38\00:40:16.54
YOU GET OUT, YOU MIGHT
START MISSING PRISON BECAUSE YOU
00:40:16.54\00:40:19.48
BECOME INSTITUTIONALIZED
- YOU BECOME USED TO IT.
00:40:19.48\00:40:21.98
THAT'S WHY THERE'S SUCH A VERY
HIGH RECIDIVISM AMONG PRISONERS.
00:40:21.98\00:40:26.52
I THINK, WITHIN TWO YEARS,
THE AVERAGE PRISONER IS BACK IN
00:40:26.52\00:40:28.26
PRISON. AND SOME
OF THEM JUST START
00:40:28.26\00:40:30.69
MISSING IT BECAUSE THEY
JUST GOT USED TO IT AND THEY'RE
00:40:30.69\00:40:33.16
BEING ENSLAVED. IT'S
A LOT EASIER TO SAY, 'WE
00:40:33.16\00:40:36.23
CAN'T MAKE IT.' BE
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
00:40:36.23\00:40:39.60
NOW, I KNOW A MESSAGE LIKE
THIS CAN SOMETIMES MAKE PEOPLE
00:40:39.60\00:40:44.97
UNCOMFORTABLE
BECAUSE - AND THAT'S GOOD.
00:40:44.97\00:40:47.54
ONE OF THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS IT BRINGS CONVICTION.
00:40:47.54\00:40:50.75
JESUS SAID THAT.
AND IT MIGHT HURT.
00:40:50.75\00:40:54.15
TITUS 2:14, GOD, "WHO GAVE
HIMSELF OF US, THAT HE MIGHT
00:40:54.15\00:40:58.22
REDEEM US FROM EVERY
LAWLESS DEED" - HOW MANY?
00:40:58.22\00:41:01.66
- "AND PURIFY FOR HIMSELF HIS
OWN SPECIAL PEOPLE, ZEALOUS FOR
00:41:01.66\00:41:05.69
GOOD WORKS." I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT THE LONDON,
00:41:05.69\00:41:10.93
TEXAS EXPLOSION. BACK
IN 1937 THERE WAS A SCHOOL
00:41:10.93\00:41:15.90
IN A LITTLE TOWN
CALLED LONDON, TEXAS.
00:41:15.90\00:41:18.34
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A
CONTRADICTION - LONDON AND TEXAS
00:41:18.34\00:41:20.38
SEEM LIKE AN
OXYMORON, DON'T THEY?
00:41:20.38\00:41:23.65
BUT THE SCHOOL BOARD, TRYING TO
SAVE SOME MONEY, THEY TALKED TO
00:41:23.65\00:41:28.95
A NEARBY PETROLEUM STATION AND
ASKED IF THEY COULD SIPHON SOME
00:41:28.95\00:41:34.59
NATURAL GAS FOR THE SCHOOL
TO HEAT THE BUILDING AND THE GAS
00:41:34.59\00:41:38.99
COMPANY WAS HAPPY TO OBLIGE.
BUT WHOEVER HOOKED IT UP IN THE
00:41:38.99\00:41:42.30
BASEMENT OF THE BUILDING DIDN'T
REALIZE THEY DIDN'T GET IT
00:41:42.30\00:41:45.43
SEALED PROPERLY AND THERE WAS A
LEAK. AND ONE MORNING, AS SCHOOL
00:41:45.43\00:41:49.60
WAS GOING, THEY REALIZED
IT WAS COLD IN THE BUILDING.
00:41:49.60\00:41:51.94
SOMEONE WENT DOWN TO LIGHT
THE FURNACE AND ALL THIS GAS HAD
00:41:51.94\00:41:56.01
SETTLED IN THE BASEMENT AND IT
JUST BLEW THE SCHOOL SKY HIGH.
00:41:56.01\00:42:00.28
THREE - TWO HUNDRED AND
NINETY-THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED.
00:42:00.28\00:42:04.49
THAT WAS A MAJOR - I MEAN,
RIGHT NOW THERE'S THREE HUNDRED
00:42:04.49\00:42:07.19
MILLION PEOPLE IN NORTH AMERICA.
BACK THEN THERE WAS NOT QUITE AS
00:42:07.19\00:42:10.13
MANY AND THAT WAS DEVASTATING.
IT BASICALLY TOOK A GENERATION
00:42:10.13\00:42:14.03
OUT OF A TOWN BECAUSE
MOST OF THEM WERE CHILDREN.
00:42:14.03\00:42:17.77
THE REASON IT HAPPENED IS A
CUSTODIAN HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS
00:42:17.77\00:42:21.30
A NATURAL GAS LEAK, BUT
BECAUSE BEFORE THE LONDON, TEXAS
00:42:21.30\00:42:24.51
ACCIDENT, NATURAL GAS DID NOT
HAVE AN ODORANT ADDED TO MAKE IT
00:42:24.51\00:42:30.25
SMELL. NATURAL GAS HAS NO SMELL.
00:42:30.25\00:42:34.48
IF YOU WALK INTO A MOTOR HOME
OR YOUR HOUSE AND YOU SMELL THAT
00:42:34.48\00:42:38.59
SULPHURIC PROPANE SMELL,
IT'S BECAUSE IT'S ADDED NOW.
00:42:38.59\00:42:43.99
AND THE ONLY GOOD THING THAT
CAME OUT OF THIS DISASTER IS
00:42:43.99\00:42:45.99
THEY DECIDED TO START ADDING AN
ODOR TO MAKE IT STINK SO PEOPLE
00:42:45.99\00:42:51.33
WOULD KNOW WHEN THEY
WERE IN DANGER OF BLOWING UP.
00:42:51.33\00:42:55.80
SO IF YOU WALK IN A DOOR AND YOU
SNIFF AND YOU SMELL THAT SMELL -
00:42:55.80\00:43:02.58
SOME OF YOU HAVE GOT PILOT
LIGHTS THAT DON'T WORK ON YOUR
00:43:02.58\00:43:04.78
STOVE AND YOU LIGHT IT WITH A
MATCH. I KNOW, THAT'S DANGEROUS.
00:43:04.78\00:43:09.75
SOMEONE MIGHT TURN THAT KNOB
AND FILL UP THE HOUSE AND - BUT
00:43:09.75\00:43:12.65
HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SMELL
IT BEFORE A SPARK FINDS IT.
00:43:12.65\00:43:16.83
WELL, THAT'S THEY WAY THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS. SOMETIMES HE HAS TO
00:43:16.83\00:43:21.53
MAKE US REALIZE THERE'S
SOMETHING THAT STINKS IN OUR
00:43:21.53\00:43:23.60
LIFE BEFORE IT BECOMES FATAL SO
THAT GOD CAN CLEANSE US FROM OUR
00:43:23.60\00:43:29.07
SINS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A SORROW
FROM SIN AND A TURNING AWAY FROM
00:43:29.07\00:43:32.74
IT. THE BIBLE SAYS HEBREWS 12:4,
"YOU HAVE NOT YET RESISTED TO
00:43:32.74\00:43:37.58
BLOODSHED, STRIVING AGAINST
SIN." WE MUST NOT GET TO THE
00:43:37.58\00:43:42.45
PLACE WHERE WE
BECOME COMPLACENT.
00:43:42.45\00:43:44.49
NOW, HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS: IF WE
SIN, IT SAYS WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE
00:43:44.49\00:43:48.02
WITH THE FATHER, AMEN? >>AMEN.
00:43:48.02\00:43:50.33
>>AND JESUS, IN THE LORD'S
PRAYER, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT
00:43:50.33\00:43:52.56
PART? FORGIVE - HE SAYS 'GIVE US
OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US
00:43:52.56\00:43:55.80
OUR TRESPASSES'. WHY
DOES HE SAY 'DAILY BREAD'?
00:43:55.80\00:43:58.50
BECAUSE YOU NEED
TO EAT EVERY DAY.
00:43:58.50\00:44:00.20
WHY DOES HE SAY
'FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES?
00:44:00.20\00:44:02.97
IT MIGHT BE YOU NEED
FORGIVENESS EVERY DAY.
00:44:02.97\00:44:05.87
BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE COMMITTING
THE SAME THING EVERY DAY.
00:44:05.87\00:44:09.38
PHILIPPIANS 3:12 - EVEN PAUL
SAID, "NOT THAT I HAVE ALREADY
00:44:09.38\00:44:13.78
ATTAINED, OR AM ALREADY
PERFECTED; BUT I PRESS ON," -
00:44:13.78\00:44:18.05
DON'T YOU FIND THAT ENCOURAGING?
00:44:18.05\00:44:20.16
PAUL, WHO WROTE NEARLY
HALF THE NEW TESTAMENT?
00:44:20.16\00:44:22.86
"NOT THAT I'VE ALREADY ATTAINED
OR AM ALREADY PERFECTED;" - BUT
00:44:22.86\00:44:25.96
I'M COMFORTABLE TO STAY
WHERE I'M AT - WHAT WAS PAUL'S
00:44:25.96\00:44:28.30
ATTITUDE? "I
PRESS ON" - I PRESS ON.
00:44:28.30\00:44:32.13
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE
WITH SIN IN YOUR LIFE?
00:44:32.13\00:44:35.17
HAVE YOU GOTTEN TO THE PLACE
WHERE YOU SAY, 'WELL, I AM SO
00:44:35.17\00:44:36.77
MUCH BETTER THAN OTHERS AROUND
ME.' WE COMPARE OURSELVES AMONG
00:44:36.77\00:44:40.54
OURSELVES BY OURSELVES -
AND THAT BECOMES THE STANDARD.
00:44:40.54\00:44:42.91
WHO IS THE ONE WE
ARE TO COMPARE TO?
00:44:42.91\00:44:44.88
>>JESUS. >>TO JESUS.
00:44:44.88\00:44:48.28
"...I PRESS ON THAT I MAY LAY
HOLD OF THAT FOR WHICH JESUS HAS
00:44:48.28\00:44:50.85
ALSO LAID HOLD OF
ME." NOW, THIS IS WHAT HE
00:44:50.85\00:44:53.05
SAYS IN
PHILIPPIANS. YOU KNOW WHAT HE
00:44:53.05\00:44:54.46
SAYS IN 2 TIMOTHY? 'I
HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT.
00:44:54.46\00:44:57.83
I HAVE FINISHED MY
COURSE. I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH.
00:44:57.83\00:45:01.30
NOW I KNOW - I KNOW
WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED IN.
00:45:01.30\00:45:04.23
I AM PERSUADED HE IS ABLE TO
KEEP THAT WHICH I'VE COMMITTED
00:45:04.23\00:45:07.27
TO HIM AGAINST THAT DAY. I
KNOW THERE IS A CROWN LAID UP
00:45:07.27\00:45:10.84
FOR ME.' PAUL, WHEN HE CAME
TO THE PLACE WHERE HE WAS GOING
00:45:10.84\00:45:14.88
TO FACE THE EXECUTION, HE HAD
COMPLETE CONFIDENCE THAT GOD HAD
00:45:14.88\00:45:19.55
CLEANSED HIM FROM ALL OF HIS
SINS AND THAT HE HAD FOLLOWED
00:45:19.55\00:45:22.02
THE LORD WITH HIS LIFE.
NOW THERE'S SANCTIFICATION.
00:45:22.02\00:45:26.42
THERE'S GROWTH. AND
WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE IT.
00:45:26.42\00:45:31.79
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE CHANGES
THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE IN YOUR
00:45:31.79\00:45:34.00
LIFE, DO YOU
EVER GET DISCOURAGED?
00:45:34.00\00:45:36.56
YOU THINK, 'PASTOR DOUG, YOU
KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST ONE THING
00:45:36.56\00:45:38.73
WITH ME, IT'S
JUST A LOT OF AREAS.
00:45:38.73\00:45:40.90
I'VE GOT - HOW CAN I
BE COMPLETELY OBEDIENT?
00:45:40.90\00:45:44.81
IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S JUST
ONE COMMANDMENT, THERE'S SEVERAL
00:45:44.81\00:45:46.74
THAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH.' WELL,
YOU DO IT ONE MOMENT AT A TIME.
00:45:46.74\00:45:53.31
>>AMEN. >>AND YOU
SURRENDER YOURSELF.
00:45:53.31\00:45:55.78
THE MORE YOU LOVE THE LORD, THE
MORE YOU'RE GOING TO HATE SIN.
00:45:55.78\00:45:58.29
FIX YOUR EYES ON JESUS.
SPEND MORE TIME WITH CHRIST.
00:45:58.29\00:46:01.39
YOU'RE GOING TO FIND VICTORIES
ARE GOING TO BE MORE FREQUENT.
00:46:01.39\00:46:05.79
I REMEMBER GOING TO VISIT A
YOUNG MOTHER ONE TIME AND SHE
00:46:05.79\00:46:08.46
WAS SO DISCOURAGED -
SHE WAS SO DEPRESSED.
00:46:08.46\00:46:10.53
SHE HAD THREE OR FOUR CHILDREN
AND SHE HADN'T BEEN TO CHURCH
00:46:10.53\00:46:14.24
LATELY AND I WALKED IN THE HOUSE
AND - I'LL TRY AND SAY THIS
00:46:14.24\00:46:20.28
NICELY - SHE WASN'T A HOARDER
SO BAD SHE WOULD HAVE MADE THE
00:46:20.28\00:46:23.71
TELEVISION PROGRAM, BUT THINGS
WERE REALLY PILED UP AND SHE WAS
00:46:23.71\00:46:28.75
EMBARRASSED TO LET ME IN BECAUSE
SHE KNEW THAT THE PLACE WAS A
00:46:28.75\00:46:32.12
DISASTER. IT WASN'T
LIKE THERE WERE JUST A
00:46:32.12\00:46:33.69
FEW DISHES IN THE SINK. I
MEAN, JUST STUFF WAS EVERYWHERE.
00:46:33.69\00:46:36.06
AND IT'S HARD - YOUNG MOTHER AND
SHE WAS TRYING TO WORK AND HAD
00:46:36.06\00:46:39.03
ALL THESE KIDS AND SHE JUST
STARTED CRYING AND SHE SAID,
00:46:39.03\00:46:44.63
'YOU KNOW, JUST MY LIFE IS SO
OUT OF CONTROL AND THE HOUSE IS
00:46:44.63\00:46:46.53
SUCH A MESS AND THE KIDS ARE
OUT OF CONTROL' AND SHE SAID, 'I
00:46:46.53\00:46:48.34
DON'T KNOW HOW - I GET
DISCOURAGED AND I DON'T EVEN
00:46:48.34\00:46:50.44
TRY. IT'S GOTTEN
SO FAR OUT OF HAND
00:46:50.44\00:46:53.31
THAT I JUST - I KIND OF
DO AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE.'
00:46:53.31\00:46:57.88
I SAID, 'WELL, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY?'
00:46:57.88\00:47:01.78
NOW, YOU KNOW, SOME PASTORS
WOULD JUST SAY, 'WELL, LET ME
00:47:01.78\00:47:03.72
PRAY FOR YOU.' BUT I'M A CONTROL
FREAK - I WANT TO HELP FIX
00:47:03.72\00:47:06.59
EVERYTHING. SO I
SAID, 'SISTER, LET ME GIVE
00:47:06.59\00:47:09.16
YOU SOME ADVICE.' - I SAID,
'IF YOU WANT YOUR LIFE TO GET
00:47:09.16\00:47:13.66
BETTER, SOMETIMES
YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE CONTROL.
00:47:13.66\00:47:17.73
BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT
TAKING OVER THE HOUSE.
00:47:17.73\00:47:20.50
I SAID, 'PICK A CORNER.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A BIG
00:47:20.50\00:47:23.81
CORNER.' I SAID, 'YOU NEED
TO ASK GOD TO GIVE YOU GRACE TO
00:47:23.81\00:47:27.04
CONQUER A CORNER.' I SAID,
'SEE THAT CORNER RIGHT THERE?'
00:47:27.04\00:47:30.81
- I SAID, 'DO YOU THINK THAT
YOU COULD CLEAN THAT CORNER IN A
00:47:30.81\00:47:32.91
DAY? FOUR FEET
BY FOUR FEET.' SHE
00:47:32.91\00:47:35.55
SAID, 'OH YEAH, OF COURSE.'
I SAID, 'ALRIGHT, CONQUER THAT
00:47:35.55\00:47:37.45
CORNER AND THEN DON'T
EVER GIVE IT UP AGAIN.
00:47:37.45\00:47:41.16
AND THEN YOU FIND ANOTHER THREE
FEET AND ANOTHER THREE FEET AND
00:47:41.16\00:47:44.99
YOU WILL FIND YOU
WILL BE ENCOURAGED.
00:47:44.99\00:47:47.20
AND IF YOU GET DISCOURAGED,
LOOKING AT THE REST OF THE
00:47:47.20\00:47:48.76
HOUSE, YOU WALK BACK IN THAT
ROOM' - I SAID - 'YOU LOOK AT
00:47:48.76\00:47:50.47
THAT CORNER YOU CONQUERED AND
THEN YOU GO BACK AND YOU TAKE ON
00:47:50.47\00:47:53.90
ANOTHER CORNER. AND
YOU'LL REALIZE THAT -
00:47:53.90\00:47:56.24
YOU KNOW HOW AN ANT EATS AN
ELEPHANT? ONE BIT AT A TIME.
00:47:56.24\00:48:01.11
YOU'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE, RIGHT?
00:48:01.11\00:48:03.18
AND SOMETIMES IT'S THAT WAY WHEN
WE FIRST COME TO THE LORD AND
00:48:03.18\00:48:05.95
WE'VE GOT ALL THESE PROBLEMS AND
ALL THIS SIN AND YOU'VE JUST GOT
00:48:05.95\00:48:09.32
TO DO IT MOMENT BY MOMENT, DAY
BY DAY, TRUSTING THE LORD, AND
00:48:09.32\00:48:14.62
YOU EXPERIENCE SANCTIFICATION.
HOW DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
00:48:14.62\00:48:17.86
TAKE THE PROMISED
LAND? ONE BATTLE AT A TIME.
00:48:17.86\00:48:21.76
ONE DAY AT A TIME. ACRE
BY ACRE - AND THAT'S WHAT
00:48:21.76\00:48:25.60
IT'S LIKE IN THE CHRISTIAN
LIFE. DO NOT BECOME COMPLACENT,
00:48:25.60\00:48:29.07
THOUGH, SAYING, 'I'M SO
THANKFUL FOR THE GRACE OF GOD.
00:48:29.07\00:48:31.57
I'M NOT GOING TO
WORRY ABOUT OVERCOMING.
00:48:31.57\00:48:34.74
THERE WILL BE
SANCTIFICATION AND GROWTH.
00:48:34.74\00:48:37.61
ISAIAH 1:16, "WASH YOURSELVES,
MAKE YOURSELVES CLEAN; PUT AWAY
00:48:37.61\00:48:41.18
THE EVIL OF YOUR DOINGS...CEASE
TO DO EVIL, LEARN TO DO GOOD'.
00:48:41.18\00:48:45.62
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT
MEANS? LIVING A HOLY LIFE IS
00:48:45.62\00:48:48.79
A LEARNING PROCESS. IF
YOU LEARNED HOW TO SIN, YOU
00:48:48.79\00:48:52.26
NEED TO LEARN HOW TO
OBEY. AND YOU DON'T LEARN IN ONE
00:48:52.26\00:48:54.73
DAY - AT LEAST MOST THINGS.
YEAH, SOME PEOPLE ARE REALLY
00:48:54.73\00:48:58.57
GIFTED AND THEY CAN
PICK STUFF UP JUST LIKE THAT.
00:48:58.57\00:49:01.20
I REMEMBER KAREN AND I WENT TO
CHINA AND WE BOUGHT A - A GOURD
00:49:01.20\00:49:06.98
FLUTE - IT'S A FLUTE MADE OUT OF
A GOURD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT -
00:49:06.98\00:49:10.68
FOR NATHAN AND WE DISCOVERED
NATHAN HAD A GIFT FOR MUSIC.
00:49:10.68\00:49:16.08
HE HAD NEVER PLAYED
A GOURD FLUTE BEFORE.
00:49:16.08\00:49:17.79
WE GAVE IT TO HIM AND IN A FEW
MINUTES HE WAS PLAYING AMAZING
00:49:17.79\00:49:19.72
GRACE . AND IT
WAS GREAT, BECAUSE WE
00:49:19.72\00:49:21.62
WERE AFRAID WE WERE GOING TO
LOSE HIM IN THE CROWD, AND THE
00:49:21.62\00:49:23.39
REST OF THE DAY WE KNEW EXACTLY
WHERE NATHAN WAS BECAUSE HE JUST
00:49:23.39\00:49:27.60
- BUT SOME PEOPLE, YOU
KNOW, THEY JUST HAVE A KNACK.
00:49:27.60\00:49:29.10
BUT MOST OF US IT TAKES
TIME TO LEARN THOSE THINGS.
00:49:29.10\00:49:35.50
JESUS SAID, 'LORD,' - JOHN 17 -
'I DON'T PRAY THAT YOU TAKE HIM
00:49:35.50\00:49:38.37
OUT OF THE WORLD, BUT YOU SHOULD
KEEP THEM FROM THE EVIL ONE.
00:49:38.37\00:49:41.31
SANCTIFY THEM BY YOUR
TRUTH. YOUR WORD IS TRUTH.'
00:49:41.31\00:49:45.15
SO WHAT SANCTIFIES US? HIS
WORD. IT'S THROUGH HIS WORD.
00:49:45.15\00:49:50.69
IS HOLINESS POSSIBLE? >>YES.
00:49:50.69\00:49:52.92
>>YOU'RE GOING TO FIND PEOPLE
THAT WILL SAY THERE ARE TOO MANY
00:49:52.92\00:49:57.03
CANAANITES IN THE LAND.
YOU CANNOT LIVE A HOLY LIFE.
00:49:57.03\00:49:59.76
YOU CANNOT BE WHAT GOD
WOULD CALL A PERFECT OR COMPLETE
00:49:59.76\00:50:02.93
BLAMELESS CHRISTIAN. YOU
CAN ALSO NOT WALK ON WATER,
00:50:02.93\00:50:10.71
BUT IF JESUS TELLS YOU TO COME
TO HIM ON THE WATER, HE'S GOING
00:50:10.71\00:50:13.64
TO HELP YOU WALK ON WATER -
IF YOU KEEP YOUR EYES ON HIM.
00:50:13.64\00:50:17.28
THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD CONQUER
THE PROMISED LAND WAS THROUGH
00:50:17.28\00:50:19.58
MIRACLES AND GOD
FOUGHT MANY BATTLES FOR THEM.
00:50:19.58\00:50:22.15
THEY WENT FORWARD - SOME BATTLES
THEY DIDN'T EVEN NEED TO FIGHT.
00:50:22.15\00:50:24.99
GOD MADE THE SUN STAND STILL.
HE SENT HAIL ON THE ENEMIES.
00:50:24.99\00:50:28.62
IN SOME CASES HE
SENT HORNETS AFTER THEM.
00:50:28.62\00:50:31.83
HE FOUGHT FOR THEM.
AND SO, IF YOU ARE WILLING
00:50:31.83\00:50:35.16
TO FOLLOW THE LORD AND BE
COURAGEOUS AND SAY, 'LORD, I
00:50:35.16\00:50:38.30
DON'T WANT THE DEVIL TO
HAVE ANY POSSESSION IN MY LIFE.
00:50:38.30\00:50:42.24
YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU GIVE THE
DEVIL TERRITORY HE, ACCORDING TO
00:50:42.24\00:50:47.21
MANY LAWS, IF SOMEBODY OWNS A
SQUARE FOOT OF LAND INSIDE YOUR
00:50:47.21\00:50:53.18
ACRE OF LAND, THEY HAVE ACCESS
ACROSS YOUR ACRE TO GET TO THEIR
00:50:53.18\00:50:56.15
FOOT. AND IF
YOU GIVE THE DEVIL A
00:50:56.15\00:50:59.42
FOOTHOLD IN YOUR HEART, THEN
HE ENDS UP TRAMPLING OVER ALL OF
00:50:59.42\00:51:03.53
IT TO GET TO HIS
TERRITORY. YOU DON'T WANT TO
00:51:03.53\00:51:06.23
GIVE HIM A FOOTHOLD.
YOU WANT THE LORD TO HAVE
00:51:06.23\00:51:08.90
COMPLETE
POSSESSION OF YOUR LIFE.
00:51:08.90\00:51:10.77
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >>AMEN.
00:51:10.77\00:51:12.70
>>GOD WANTS US TO HAVE A
CONSISTENT OBEDIENCE - TO HAVE
00:51:12.70\00:51:15.20
THE EXPERIENCE OF
DANIEL. IT SAYS, 'YOUR GOD WHO
00:51:15.20\00:51:18.04
YOU SERVE CONTINUALLY'.
I WANT TO HAVE THAT
00:51:18.04\00:51:19.97
KIND OF EXPERIENCE. JOHN
BEVERE, IN HIS BOOK DRIVEN
00:51:19.97\00:51:24.05
BY ETERNITY , HE WROTE THIS:
"WE'VE TAUGHT THAT GRACE IS
00:51:24.05\00:51:28.48
GOD'S BLANKET OF PROTECTION
FOR THE DISOBEDIENT LIFESTYLES.
00:51:28.48\00:51:32.15
YOU CAN HEAR THIS MINDSET OFTEN,
BY MANY IN THE CHURCH, WITH
00:51:32.15\00:51:35.66
COMMON STATEMENTS SUCH AS,
'I KNOW I'M NOT LIVING THE WAY I
00:51:35.66\00:51:38.33
SHOULD, BUT THANK GOD FOR
HIS GRACE.' THIS IS A SERIOUS
00:51:38.33\00:51:42.00
DECEPTION.
SCRIPTURE DOESN'T TEACH THAT
00:51:42.00\00:51:43.97
GRACE IS A BIG BAND-AID
BUT, RATHER, GOD'S EMPOWERING
00:51:43.97\00:51:47.57
PRESENCE WITHIN TO DO
WHAT THE TRUTH DEMANDS OF US."
00:51:47.57\00:51:52.11
THAT'S WHAT GRACE IS
ALL ABOUT. DR. A.J. GORDON
00:51:52.11\00:51:55.08
SAID, "WE GRAVELY FEAR
THAT MANY CHRISTIANS MAKE THE
00:51:55.08\00:51:58.48
APOSTLES' WORD - IF WE
SAY WE HAVE NO SIN, WE DECEIVE
00:51:58.48\00:52:01.82
OURSELVES - THE UNCONSCIOUS
JUSTIFICATION FOR A LOW STANDARD
00:52:01.82\00:52:06.02
OF CHRISTIAN LIVING. IT
WERE ALMOST BETTER FOR ONE TO
00:52:06.02\00:52:08.96
OVERSTATE THE POSSIBILITIES
OF SANCTIFICATION IN HIS EAGER
00:52:08.96\00:52:13.26
GRASP OR ACT OR HOLINESS
THAN TO UNDERSTATE THEM IN HIS
00:52:13.26\00:52:17.33
COMPLACENT SATISFACTION
WITH A TRADITIONAL UNHOLINESS.
00:52:17.33\00:52:21.50
IF WE REGARD THE DOCTRINE OF
SINLESS PERFECTION A HERESY, WE
00:52:21.50\00:52:25.07
REGARD THE DOCTRINE OF
CONTENTMENT WITH SINFUL
00:52:25.07\00:52:28.54
IMPERFECTION A GREATER
HERESY." DID YOU GET ALL THAT?
00:52:28.54\00:52:32.88
THAT WAS GOOD.
I HOPE YOU GOT IT.
00:52:32.88\00:52:34.52
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE MORE.
THIS IS WRITTEN BY ADAM CLARK
00:52:34.52\00:52:37.79
AND YOU'VE HEARD ME QUOTE HIM
BEFORE. I'VE GOT GREAT RESPECT
00:52:37.79\00:52:39.79
FOR DR. CLARK. HE WAS THE -
BASICALLY, THE RIGHT-HAND MAN OF
00:52:39.79\00:52:44.36
JOHN WESLEY - SPOKE SEVERAL
LANGUAGES - HEBREW, GREEK,
00:52:44.36\00:52:47.66
ITALIAN - OR LATIN AND
JUST A DEDICATED CHRISTIAN.
00:52:47.66\00:52:53.10
ON CHRISTIAN PERFECTION, HERE'S
WHAT HE WROTE: "IF MEN WOULD
00:52:53.10\00:52:56.60
SPEND AS MUCH TIME IN FERVENTLY
CALLING UPON GOD TO SANCTIFY
00:52:56.60\00:53:00.74
THEM AS THEY SPEND DECRYING
CHRISTIAN PERFECTION, WHAT A
00:53:00.74\00:53:03.88
GLORIOUS STATE THE
CHURCH WOULD SOON WITNESS.
00:53:03.88\00:53:06.41
THIS MOMENT, WE CAN BE EMPTIED
OF SIN, FILLED WITH HOLINESS,
00:53:06.41\00:53:11.79
AND BECOME TRULY HAPPY.
00:53:11.79\00:53:13.19
THE PERFECTION OF THE GOSPEL
SYSTEM IS NOT THAT IT MAKES AN
00:53:13.19\00:53:16.02
ALLOWANCE FOR SIN, BUT IT
MAKES AN ATONEMENT FOR IT.
00:53:16.02\00:53:19.23
NOT THAT IT TOLERATES
SIN, BUT THAT IT DESTROYS IT.
00:53:19.23\00:53:22.53
LET THOSE WHO RETAIN THE
APOSTOLIC DOCTRINE PRESS EVERY
00:53:22.53\00:53:25.60
BELIEVER TO GO ON TO PERFECTION
AND EXPECT TO BE SAVED, WHILE
00:53:25.60\00:53:29.74
HERE BELOW, IN THE FULLNESS OF
BLESSING OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS.
00:53:29.74\00:53:33.27
ART THOU WEARY OF THE CARNAL
MIND WHICH IS ENMITY TO GOD?
00:53:33.27\00:53:37.35
CAN YOU BE HAPPY WHILE
YOU ARE UNHOLY? ARISE THEN.
00:53:37.35\00:53:40.65
BE BAPTIZED WITH GREATER
EFFUSION OF THE HOLY GHOST.
00:53:40.65\00:53:43.79
READER, IT IS THE BIRTHRIGHT
OF EVERY CHILD OF GOD TO BE
00:53:43.79\00:53:47.49
CLEANSED FROM ALL SIN, TO
KEEP HIMSELF UNSPOTTED FROM THE
00:53:47.49\00:53:50.66
WORLD, AND SO TO LIVE AS
TO NEVERMORE OFFEND HIS MAKER.
00:53:50.66\00:53:54.30
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM
THAT BELIEVES BECAUSE ALL THINGS
00:53:54.30\00:53:58.80
ARE POSSIBLE TO THE INFINITELY
MERITORIOUS BLOOD AND ENERGETIC
00:53:58.80\00:54:02.44
SPIRIT OF THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST."
00:54:02.44\00:54:05.01
WELL THERE IS
SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES.
00:54:05.01\00:54:07.81
SO THE QUESTION IS
ARE WE ABLE? ARE WE ABLE?
00:54:07.81\00:54:12.35
YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, I JUST THINK
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE - I
00:54:12.35\00:54:16.55
DON'T EVEN NEED TO TELL
YOU WHY. I THINK YOU GET IT.
00:54:16.55\00:54:19.32
WE'RE HEARING DIFFERENT MESSAGES
IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, IN
00:54:19.32\00:54:23.36
CHRISTIANITY AT LARGE, AND EVEN
WITHIN OUR OWN CHURCH, THAT WE
00:54:23.36\00:54:26.66
SHOULD BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH
LIVES OF SIN AND JUST TURN TO
00:54:26.66\00:54:31.33
THE PROMISES OF GOD'S GRACE
AND MISUNDERSTAND THINKING THAT
00:54:31.33\00:54:37.07
GRACE IS TO EMPOWER US TO
SIN - OR TO PERMIT US TO SIN.
00:54:37.07\00:54:40.51
IT'S TO GIVE US
VICTORY OVER SIN.
00:54:40.51\00:54:42.88
IT'S TO TRANSFORM
US. CHRISTIANS ARE
00:54:42.88\00:54:45.15
NOT JUST
FORGIVEN. WE ARE FORGIVEN.
00:54:45.15\00:54:47.72
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT BUMPER
STICKER USED TO SAY, 'CHRISTIANS
00:54:47.72\00:54:49.82
AREN'T PERFECT, JUST FORGIVEN.'
ANY OF YOU EVER SEE THAT ONE?
00:54:49.82\00:54:54.12
NO, CHRISTIANS
ARE TO BE TRANSFORMED.
00:54:54.12\00:54:56.59
WE ARE TO BE CHRIST LIKE.
AND IT SAYS 'IF THE THIEF STOPS
00:54:56.59\00:55:01.06
STEALING, IF THE ADULTERER STOPS
COMMITTING ADULTERY, IF THE
00:55:01.06\00:55:05.07
SINNER STOPS DOING WHAT IS WRONG
AND DOES WHAT IS RIGHT, ALL OF
00:55:05.07\00:55:08.37
HIS SINS WILL BE
FORGIVEN AND HE WILL HAVE LIFE.
00:55:08.37\00:55:11.54
BUT IF THE RIGHTEOUS MAN TURNS
FROM HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND DOES
00:55:11.54\00:55:14.14
ACCORDING TO ALL THE
ABOMINATIONS OF THE WICKED, ALL
00:55:14.14\00:55:16.58
OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS IS
FORGOTTEN AND IN HIS SIN, WHICH
00:55:16.58\00:55:20.48
HE HAS SINNED, HE SHALL
DIE.' I THINK THAT'S EZEKIEL 18.
00:55:20.48\00:55:23.39
JESUS WANTS TO
SAVE US FROM OUR SINS.
00:55:23.39\00:55:25.85
SIN IS OUR PROBLEM.
DON'T BE COMFORTABLE THINKING
00:55:25.85\00:55:29.29
THAT AS CHRISTIANS, IF WE'RE
LITTLE BETTER THAN THE CULTURE
00:55:29.29\00:55:31.86
AROUND US, WE CAN PAT
OURSELVES ON THE BACK.
00:55:31.86\00:55:33.73
ARE WE BEING LIKE CHRIST?
AND WHEN THE CHURCH IS REALLY
00:55:33.73\00:55:37.50
FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND
WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR LIVES, LET
00:55:37.50\00:55:40.40
EVERY MAN SEARCH
AND EXAMINE HIMSELF.
00:55:40.40\00:55:42.54
WE'LL STRIVE TO HAVE THAT
EXPERIENCE THAT WE CAN ALL ENJOY
00:55:42.54\00:55:47.34
- THE JOY OF
HAVING A VICTORIOUS LIFE.
00:55:47.34\00:55:50.81
FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE'VE TALKED
ABOUT JUST THE - THE BASICS OF
00:55:50.81\00:55:53.85
THE GOSPEL HERE TODAY, THAT YOU
CAME INTO THE WORLD NOT TO SAVE
00:55:53.85\00:55:57.82
US IN OUR SIN, BUT TO SAVE
US FROM OUR SIN. WHEN WE LOOK AT
00:55:57.82\00:56:02.09
OUR LIVES WE THINK, 'WOE AM I
FOR I AM UNDONE' AND WE WONDER
00:56:02.09\00:56:06.86
HOW COULD WE EVER HAVE
THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE.
00:56:06.86\00:56:09.80
BUT THEN WE LOOK AT JESUS AND
WE BELIEVE YOUR WORD THAT IF YOU
00:56:09.80\00:56:12.70
ASK US TO FOLLOW YOU - IF YOU
ASK US TO WALK ON THE WATER, ALL
00:56:12.70\00:56:16.94
THINGS ARE POSSIBLE IF
WE KEEP OUR EYES ON YOU.
00:56:16.94\00:56:19.41
AND MOST OF ALL, LORD, HELP
US TO KNOW YOU BETTER SO THAT WE
00:56:19.41\00:56:22.94
LOVE YOU MORE AND
WE SERVE YOU BETTER.
00:56:22.94\00:56:26.65
WE THANK YOU AND WE PRAY
THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
00:56:26.65\00:56:30.89
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00:57:37.59\00:57:41.12
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00:57:41.12\00:57:44.03
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00:57:47.83\00:57:50.20
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