Eat the bread,
you will have life.
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Eat my flesh,
you will have life.
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Drink My blood,
you will have life.
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The evidence is
our willingness to hear
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and to abide
the Word of the God,
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especially since we
realize this is God speaking.
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This is not an ordinary
book we are talking about
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this morning this
is the word of life.
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This is the Word of God
we have in His presence.
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The Holy Spirit's
ability to inspire.
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Good morning, everybody.
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I think I'm
fairly safe in saying
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that the single biggest
concern at least that I have
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and I'm visiting
a lot of churches
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is the number of unstable people
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that I run into in churches
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and it occurred to me
that part of the enemy strategy
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is especially
targeting the people of God
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is to make sure that
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they lose the
balance of their minds
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so that they lose the ability
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to discern truth from error
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and they become very vulnerable.
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And it has
struck me that the fruit
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of having the
mind of Christ in you
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and hearing the word of God
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should be a sound
and a balanced mind.
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Is there an amen to that?
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Amen. Yes.
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Balance, balance
should be the first thing
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we see in a Christian
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who has the
mind of Jesus in him.
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Is that too
stronger statement or what?
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They should be the
most balanced people
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with the
soundest minds on earth.
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Amen.
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Capable of discerning the word
and seeing with clarity that
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which is of God
and that which is not.
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The epistle of James
has very practical counsel.
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I love it.
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James is an
interesting little epistle.
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It took me many
years to realize the key
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to the epistle of James.
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The key lies in chapter
1 compared with chapter 5
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and that's what I
missed for a long time.
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But in chapter 5
he lists three things
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and my mistake
was, I should have read
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the epistle in its entirety
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and I should have
allowed myself to realize
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that if he
summarizing everything
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in the final chapter of
the epistle it's probably
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because he's laid the foundation
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for it down back here.
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But I was so quick to jump
into the message of chapter 5
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because it is such
an incredible message.
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So let's begin
with the three points
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in chapter 5 verse 13
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and this three groups
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of individuals presented
here is anyone among you?
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Suffering. Suffering.
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Anyone among you
suffering? Let him?
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Pray.
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Pray. Here's the action here.
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This is the condition
and this is the action
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that goes with it.
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Condition, response.
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If anyone among you is
suffering let him pray.
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Is anyone among you?
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Cheerful.
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We seemed to be agreed on
that word here this morning.
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Anyone among you cheerful?
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Let that person
sing, sing Psalms.
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Will sing, praise.
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Praise, yeah. Praise.
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Now we come to
the third category.
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Like the teaching
of Jesus yesterday
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there were
something different about
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the third category wasn't they?
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So look very carefully
now at the third category
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because you might just
see something different
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coming out of
the third category.
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Is anyone among you?
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Sick. Sick.
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And the Greek word
there means enfeebled.
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Enfeebled, it literally means
to be in a feeble condition.
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If anyone among you in Enfeebled
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or sick let him do what?
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Call for the elders to do what?
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To pray.
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Call for the elders
and let them pray over him.
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To pray over him,
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pray over him,
anointing him with?
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Anointing him with oil
in the name of the Lord.
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Well, and we
all know this verse,
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we use it all the time.
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If anyone us among you sick?
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Let him call for
the elders of the church
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let them pray over him,
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anointing him in
the name of the Lord.
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And of course
verse 15 goes with this
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"And the prayer
offered in faith"
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the prayer offered in
faith will bring about
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some rather interesting results.
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What's the first development
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if this is a truly
effective and righteous prayer?
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What's the first
thing that happens?
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He will--
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let me get the exact word there.
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It says in verse, depending
what version you are reading
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and the order that it comes in,
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"the prayer
offered in faith will"
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Save.
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Some version say
save, others say restore.
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Now this is not
the raising up one,
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I think that comes next.
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The Lord will save
or restore the person
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and it literally,
I've written it down here,
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it literally leads.
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When it says save or restore
to it means to wholeness.
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Thy will be
restored to wholeness.
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That's the first thing.
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Saved or restored to wholeness
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and the Lord will
then raise him up.
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Raise him up, wow.
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That is also a very
interesting expression.
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The Lord will raise him
up and that literally means
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in Greek it literally means
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collect all his faculties.
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It's a reference to the mind.
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It collecting it--
actually literally means
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take all the parts of his mind
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and put them back
into a wholeness again.
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It's a restoration of
your mental faculties.
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It's a very beautiful
term and of course I miss that
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until I started
researching this.
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So the
restoration, the raising up
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is actually restoring
the faculties of your mind.
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And if he is committed
sins, sins will be forgiven.
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So here I'm in James Chapter 5
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and I'm getting many
requests for anointing
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so I start
researching this passage
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and it suddenly hits me
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and it maybe hitting
you here this morning.
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First of all I noticed
that there is something about,
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there is something
about the third category
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that is quite
distinct from the first two.
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Anyone actually seeing
that here this morning?
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You got your hand, I
wonder if you got a microphone.
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Yes, could we get
that mike over here?
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Our sister is sitting right here
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very quick to
raise her hand here.
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There is something distinct
about the third category,
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it seems to be set
apart from the first two.
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What have you picked up?
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The sick person is to call
on someone else to do the--
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You haven't mentioned
the first two categories.
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You got to give me
a full answer here.
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First two are
themselves to talk to God,
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to praise Him or to pray.
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Very insightful.
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I apologize for
the lack of amen's
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in the church this morning.
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It was a beautiful
comment you've made.
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Thank you very much.
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Her observation is that
the first two categories
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people are capable of
doing something for themselves.
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You see that, don't you?
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If you are
suffering go ahead and pray.
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If you are
cheerful go ahead and sing.
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But if you are sick call
for the elders for prayer
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and for anointing with
oil, that's the first thing.
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An excellent observation
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has come through
here this morning.
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So this group of persons
and that's the first thing
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that struck me, wow.
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We have a group of persons here
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who are apparently not
capable of doing for themselves
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what the first two categories
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appeared to be capable of doing.
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That's the first observation.
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The second
observation is, what's happening
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when it comes to results here?
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Look at the words.
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Save.
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Raise up, forgive sins.
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My mind started
going into overdrive.
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Is yours going to overdrive too?
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Save, raise up,
forgiveness of sins.
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Is there a mike here
right behind you there
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because she is-- if
we ain't let her speak
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she could be
raptured this morning?
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Because this is the ammos
of salvation for that over so,
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be saved you will
receive salvation,
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you will receive health
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and strength of
mind and purpose.
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Okay, it's a
beautiful observation.
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Again I apologize
for a feeling that
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you are in a mold
here this morning.
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You and I should maybe
come out here and join hands
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and together go like this.
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There might be signs of life
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because we know
they are processing here
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this morning as they hear this.
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That's what struck me
to these are all spiritual.
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The fact is and fact the
more I studied this passage
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the more convicted I became.
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If it doesn't really
appear to be any indication
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of physical illness there at all
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and that struck
me as being rather
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or seeing this is
the passage we use
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especially for physical illness.
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And these words,
these loaded words
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are the clue the use of save
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or bring back to
wholeness to raise up,
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to bring all the aspects
of the mind back together
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into one of oneness
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and finally to extend
the forgiveness of sin.
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So I'm struggling with this
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because I like
to act biblically.
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I like to know that I
have the authority of the word
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even if it comes to something
like an anointing for healing
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I want to make sure
I'm acting biblically.
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And there is plenty
of biblical passages
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that talk about healing
that I beginning to question now
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what this passage
is really dealing with.
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And so I had a group like this
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and we were
studying the epistle of James
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and we went back to
chapter 1 and guess what,
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we found in chapter 1,
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we found three
categories of persons
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that seem to match exactly
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what was coming
out of chapter 5.
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Is there any group in chapter 1
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that's being encouraged to pray?
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So then we landed in this five.
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If any of you lacks wisdom
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and that's not just
wisdom in an abstract sense.
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For lack of
wisdom here is related
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to verses 2 through 4.
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It's related to your ability
to count your trials as joy.
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Doesn't say feel joyful,
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it says consider or
account your trials as joy
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because you know that
God is testing your fight.
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That's that follows on
and through the testing
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of your fight what will happen?
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Endurance will come about
and you will become mature
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and complete lacking nothing.
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And I said, wow, most of us kick
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against the very things
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that God uses to
bring us to maturity.
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So when he says that
if any of you lacks wisdom
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he is referring to
people who are incapable
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of counting their trials as joy.
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That's what a lack
of wisdom is associated
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with here in context.
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We don't just talk about wisdom,
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its not having the wisdom
to consider your trials as joy.
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So those who do not have wisdom
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to count their trials as joys.
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And what are they urged to do?
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Pray.
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And all of a
sudden we said, wow.
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We have a group of persons
who are being urged to pray.
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They are capable of praying
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but they don't have
the wisdom to count--
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there are many people like this
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who keep getting
bowled over by their trials
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and God says pray.
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Is there any
group here in chapter 1
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that might be cheerful?
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Look carefully
now and we finally--
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what verse you
landing on out there?
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Oh, you're landing in verse 9.
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You run on--
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Okay, well, there
might be a little thing
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but there is
something stronger earlier on.
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Anyone picking it up?
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On an earlier in the chapter,
not later in the chapter.
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Oh, thank you very much.
Verse 2 is coming in here.
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Count it all? Joy.
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Count it as joy.
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When you move
into various trials
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because you know,
you have the knowledge
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that your
trials are given by God
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to grow you into maturity.
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We have a group of people here
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who are urged to move into
considering their trials as joy
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because they see
God's purpose in the trials.
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And we said, wow.
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We've got one
group here in James 1
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that appeared to be
having a reason for joy.
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We have another group
here that are lacking wisdom
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and they are urged to pray
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for that very wisdom to
count their trials as joy.
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Is there a third
group in chapter 1
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and we kept on
reading and we came down
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to verse 6 through 8
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and we sat there
looking at each other.
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Verse 6, "But let him ask
in faith without any doubting."
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So you got a group here,
a third group who are asking
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while at the same time doubting.
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Wow.
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How many people
have I met like that,
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people like the lady
that came here recently
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and said, I know God
cannot answer my prayer.
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I said, well, then
you won't be disappointed.
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Totally confident that
He couldn't hear her prayer.
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Many people asking but
doubting at the same time
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especially as they
look at their lives,
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they look back
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and they start
getting overcome with doubts.
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"Let him ask in
without any doubting,
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for the one who doubts
is like the surf of the sea,
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driven and tossed by the wind.
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Let not that man expect
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that he will receive
anything from the Lord,"
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because he is in what condition?
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"A double minded man."
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A double minded man and
the end result of this is?
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"Unstable in all his ways."
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And what did we read
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a few minutes ago in James 1:22?
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"Prove yourselves
doers of the word,
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and not" if you
are-- not a hearer
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because if you are only a hearer
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and not a doer you
are deceiving yourself.
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Any evidence of
self deception in here?
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Look at the words,
what about asking end?
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Imagine asking God and
doubting at the same time
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that he is capable of answering
what you are asking for.
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This is self deception.
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I know many people
that are practicing it
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and they move
into a condition that
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James calls double mindedness.
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They are never
confident of the Word of God.
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Even though God says
your sins are totally forgiven
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and I just have this
encountered last week
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with a former pastor
who sat at dinner with me
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and beat himself to death
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because of a mistake
he made 15 years ago.
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Beat himself up in front of
me and I said to him, you know,
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I'm gonna have to
call you to repentance.
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You are absolutely
filing to appreciate
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what Jesus did on the cross.
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Your sin has been placed on Him.
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It has been fully
atoned for, your guilt,
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you condemnation
has been lifted from you
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because it fell on
Jesus and what are you doing.
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You spent 15 years
beating yourself up
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and you sitting here
weeping about the impact
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that's had on your family.
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I said, you know,
what your family needs?
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They need to see a
husband and a father
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who actually
believes in a God who says,
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I've taken your sin from you
and I've laid it on My own Son.
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Start acting like a man
who has been totally forgiven,
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who's been declared righteous
by the atoning death of Jesus.
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I said, if your
daughter and your wife can see
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you like this man
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this will
revolutionize your own family.
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Not this whipping over
yourself every single day.
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This is a very
good friend of mine
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I could talk to
him that directly.
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I ran into so many
people that are like dogs
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with their tails
between their legs
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because they messed up.
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We need to be
offering grace to sinners today
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not kicking them
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while they are down
as you name into that.
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Amen.
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I hope you are hearing this.
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So my very good
friend of many years
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is in the restaurant with me
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and I called him to repentance
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because his
double-mindedness is killing me
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and its killing his family.
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And in one moment of
time I said, you are willing?
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He said I'm willing.
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I said let's kneel
down, it doesn't matter
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don't worry about anybody else.
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This is between you
and God now, kneel down
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and we knelt down in the
crowd of restaurant of course,
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it attracted a lot of attention.
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Actually a
number of people came up
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and spoke to us and he repented
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and the grace of
God came upon him.
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He just called me up yesterday
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to give me a report this week
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of how he is
experiencing the grace of God
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and he has hope in his life.
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I said, praise the
Lord, man. Praise the Lord.
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You are acting on your faith.
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You've got bit of
that double-mindedness
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which was killing you.
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By the way what
was God's solution
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to the double-mindedness?
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Anointing oil.
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Someone must
listening here this morning?
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Thank you for that.
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The divine solution
for double-mindedness
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which is an inability
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to take hold of
the promises of God
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and believe them
and to act upon it.
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You lose the ability to do that.
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You wanted but you can't do it.
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The divine solution,
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there it is,
call for the elders,
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the anointed with oil.
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What will God offer you?
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He will save you.
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He will restore
you to wholeness.
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He will take all the fractured
parts of your poor mind
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and he will put them
back together into a whole.
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So now with singleness
of mind you can serve Him.
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You can take
hold of His promises.
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You can praise Him
every day of your life
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and you can walk away
with an absolute assurance
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that your sins are forgiven.
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This is God's divine solution
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to the problem
of double-mindedness
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which is
afflicting so many today.
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Amen.
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I look back on moments like this
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and I say thank you
God, for being biblical.
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How is your faith
here this morning?
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I'm challenging
you this morning,
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if you are being
challenged in area of your mind
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and someone has shared with you,
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someone who cares about you
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or you've seen
the signs in yourself
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this kind of self
awareness is not all that common
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common but it
happens and you've recognized
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that you are in danger of
being a double-minded person
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and you find yourself timidly
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taking hold of
the promises of God
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but fairly confident that
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God won't be able to answer them
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because of your condition.
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I'm urging you to consider
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the biblical
implications of this
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because God is the divine healer
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and we get all uptight about
the afflictions of the body
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but I want to tell you
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we should be much
more concerned about
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the arrear of the mind
because it's with the mind
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that we serve the law of God.
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So as we conclude this morning
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it's a pretty
serious message by the way.
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As we conclude this
morning does anyone here
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who is under conviction
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because this is
such a serious matter.
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As we get close to the end
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and we all believe at the moment
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we are probably
closer to the end
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and ever before you
believe that, don't you.
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I believe it there is a
degree of urgency today.
00:26:15.44\00:26:18.81
You should be slipping
down on your knees right now
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if you are hearing the
word and its convicting you.
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Don't be looking around
this is an individual matter
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because the healing grace
of God is available to you.
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You know, we want to
make this available for you.
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Let's bow our heads together
as we conclude this morning.
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Our loving Father in heaven,
what an incredible God you are.
00:26:44.50\00:26:52.17
You know the great
affliction of God's people
00:26:52.21\00:26:54.54
at the end of
time is the challenge
00:26:54.58\00:26:57.15
to their minds to
receive that beautiful anointing
00:26:57.18\00:27:01.38
for healing of the mind
so they can truly be free
00:27:01.42\00:27:05.32
to take hold of Your promise
00:27:05.35\00:27:07.49
and to claim them
daily to the glory of God.
00:27:07.52\00:27:10.79
Thank You in anticipation
of all these miracles
00:27:10.83\00:27:14.30
that you are
choosing to work today
00:27:14.33\00:27:16.80
and every day this week.
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We give Jesus all the glory
in His precious name, amen.
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Amen.
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Go forth in a sound mind
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