>>BILL: IN HIS LITTLE BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS 00:00:01.50\00:00:02.36 OF BIBLE TRUTH, H.A. 00:00:02.36\00:00:04.16 IRONSIDE POINTED OUT THE FOLLY OF JUDGING OTHERS. 00:00:04.16\00:00:05.13 HE RELATED AN INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF A MAN CALLED 00:00:05.13\00:00:10.56 BISHOP POTTER. "HE WAS SAILING FOR EUROPE ON ONE 00:00:10.56\00:00:14.16 OF THE GREAT TRANSATLANTIC OCEAN LINERS. WHEN HE WENT 00:00:14.16\00:00:15.26 ON BOARD, HE FOUND THAT ANOTHER PASSENGER WAS TO 00:00:15.26\00:00:20.43 SHARE THE CABIN WITH HIM. 00:00:20.43\00:00:20.93 AFTER GOING TO SEE THE ACCOMMODATIONS, HE CAME UP 00:00:20.93\00:00:25.36 TO THE PURSER'S DESK AND INQUIRED IF HE COULD LEAVE 00:00:25.36\00:00:30.23 HIS GOLD WATCH AND OTHER VALUABLES IN THE SHIP'S 00:00:30.23\00:00:31.23 SAFE. HE EXPLAINED THAT ORDINARILY HE NEVER 00:00:31.23\00:00:35.50 AVAILED HIMSELF OF THAT PRIVILEGE, BUT HE HAD BEEN 00:00:35.50\00:00:39.26 TO HIS CABIN AND HAD MET THE MAN WHO WAS TO OCCUPY 00:00:39.26\00:00:40.36 THE OTHER BERTH. JUDGING FROM HIS APPEARANCE, HE 00:00:40.36\00:00:45.30 WAS AFRAID THAT HE MIGHT NOT BE A VERY TRUSTWORTHY 00:00:45.30\00:00:50.13 PERSON. THE PURSER ACCEPTED THE 00:00:50.13\00:00:50.90 RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE VALUABLES AND REMARKED, 00:00:50.90\00:00:54.40 'IT'S ALL RIGHT, BISHOP, I'LL BE VERY GLAD TO TAKE 00:00:54.40\00:00:58.20 CARE OF THEM FOR YOU. THE OTHER MAN HAS BEEN UP HERE 00:00:58.20\00:00:59.26 AND LEFT HIS FOR THE SAME REASON!'" 00:00:59.26\00:01:07.96 (MUSIC) 00:01:08.36\00:01:16.70 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME . . . 00:01:17.13\00:01:19.43 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE 00:01:19.70\00:01:22.80 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:01:23.06\00:01:27.63 IT IS WRITTEN 00:01:27.93\00:01:30.03 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:01:30.33\00:01:34.20 (MUSIC) 00:01:34.53\00:01:46.83 IN MATTHEW 7: 1 -5 JESUS SAID: 00:01:47.93\00:01:51.20 NOW NOBODY LIKES TO FEEL LIKE SOMEONE ELSE IS 00:02:28.00\00:02:28.96 STANDING IN JUDGMENT OVER THEM. IT IS TRUE THAT 00:02:28.96\00:02:32.13 BY NATURE PEOPLE ARE CRITICAL, PEOPLE ARE 00:02:32.13\00:02:36.96 CONDEMNING, PEOPLE DO LOVE TO FIND FAULT WITH OTHERS. 00:02:36.96\00:02:38.16 WE ALL KNOW THE OLD SAYING IS TRUE THAT YOU CANNOT 00:02:38.16\00:02:43.40 PLEASE EVERYBODY. I AM REMINDED OF A BACHELOR WHO 00:02:43.40\00:02:47.96 WANTED TO GET MARRIED, BUT EVERY TIME HE BROUGHT A 00:02:47.96\00:02:49.03 PROSPECTIVE WIFE HOME HIS MOTHER CRITICIZED 00:02:49.03\00:02:51.70 HER UNMERCIFULLY. WELL, HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND 00:02:51.70\00:02:57.53 HE WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND ONE DAY, AND THE FRIEND 00:02:57.53\00:02:58.60 SAID, "WHY DON'T YOU GO FIND SOMEONE WHO IS 00:02:58.60\00:03:01.66 JUST LIKE YOUR MOTHER." 00:03:01.66\00:03:02.16 HE SAID, "THAT'S A GOOD IDEA." SO HE LOOKED AND HE 00:03:02.16\00:03:07.03 LOOKED UNTIL HE FOUND WHAT WAS IN ESSENCE A CLONE OF 00:03:07.03\00:03:11.66 HIS MOTHER. SHE LOOKED LIKE HIS MOTHER, SHE 00:03:11.66\00:03:12.60 WALKED LIKE HIS MOTHER, SHE TALKED LIKE HIS 00:03:12.60\00:03:16.96 MOTHER; SHE EVEN THOUGHT LIKE HIS MOTHER. HE 00:03:16.96\00:03:21.93 CALLED HIS FRIEND AND SAID, "WELL, I'M GOING TO 00:03:21.93\00:03:22.93 TAKE HER HOME TODAY, I'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES." 00:03:22.93\00:03:25.93 SO HE TOOK HER HOME. THE NEXT DAY HIS FRIEND CALLED 00:03:25.93\00:03:29.93 HIM UP AND SAID, "HOW DID IT GO?" THE BACHELOR SAID, 00:03:29.93\00:03:31.00 "TERRIBLE." THE FRIEND SAID, "WHY?" HE SAID, 00:03:31.00\00:03:35.50 "WELL, MY MOTHER LOVED HER, BUT MY FATHER 00:03:35.50\00:03:38.53 COULDN'T STAND HER." 00:03:38.53\00:03:39.00 WE'RE GOING TO STUDY TODAY ONE OF THE MOST 00:03:39.00\00:03:45.06 MISUNDERSTOOD, MISUSED, AND MISAPPLIED VERSE IN 00:03:45.06\00:03:46.23 ALL OF THE BIBLE. IN FACT, IT HAS BEEN CALLED 00:03:46.23\00:03:50.70 THE WORLD'S FAVORITE SCRIPTURE. PEOPLE WHO 00:03:50.70\00:03:55.13 NORMALLY SCOFF AT THE BIBLE, REJECT ITS 00:03:55.13\00:03:56.10 TEACHINGS, AND RIDICULE ITS CONTENT, LOVE TO SAY 00:03:56.10\00:03:59.36 AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME: "JUDGE NOT, THAT YOU BE 00:03:59.36\00:04:05.30 NOT JUDGED." WELL THAT RAISES THE QUESTION: 00:04:05.30\00:04:06.20 SHOULD WE JUDGE OR SHOULD WE NOT? SURPRISINGLY, THE 00:04:06.20\00:04:10.56 ANSWER FROM JESUS WAS NOT AN UNEQUIVOCAL YES OR NO. 00:04:10.56\00:04:17.53 THE ANSWER OF JESUS WAS: "IT ALL DEPENDS." IN THIS 00:04:17.53\00:04:18.53 PASSAGE WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT JESUS SAID 00:04:18.53\00:04:23.63 YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL OF THREE THINGS -LOGS, 00:04:23.63\00:04:28.16 DOGS, AND HOGS. TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE YOU'VE GOT 00:04:28.16\00:04:29.33 TO EXERCISE SOME TYPE OF JUDGMENT. SO JESUS GIVES 00:04:29.33\00:04:34.96 US TWO NEGATIVES AND ONE POSITIVE ON KNOWING HOW TO 00:04:34.96\00:04:40.46 HANDLE BOTH SIN AND SINNERS. 00:04:40.46\00:04:45.76 I. WE SHOULD NOT ENJOY HURTFUL JUDGMENT 00:04:46.50\00:04:51.56 LET'S TAKE THIS FIRST STATEMENT WHICH IS ONE OF 00:04:52.86\00:04:53.86 THE MOST FAMOUS JESUS EVER MADE: "DO NOT JUDGE SO 00:04:53.86\00:04:57.33 THAT YOU WILL NOT BE JUDGED." THE WORD FOR 00:04:57.33\00:05:01.06 'JUDGE' IS THE GREEK WORD KRINO, A WORD WHICH HAS 00:05:01.06\00:05:02.10 TWELVE DIFFERENT SHADES OF MEANING. BUT HERE IT MEANS 00:05:02.10\00:05:06.90 TO CONDEMN SOMEONE IN A SELF-RIGHTEOUS, CRITICAL 00:05:06.90\00:05:13.70 FASHION. NOW UNDERSTAND THERE IS A DIFFERENCE 00:05:13.70\00:05:14.70 BETWEEN CONFRONTING A SIN AND CONDEMNING A SINNER. 00:05:14.70\00:05:21.03 WE ARE GOING TO LEARN IN JUST A MOMENT THAT NOT ALL 00:05:21.03\00:05:26.20 JUDGMENT IS WRONG, AND THERE IS A WAY YOU CAN 00:05:26.20\00:05:27.16 TELL WHEN YOU HAVE CROSSED OVER THE LINE 00:05:27.16\00:05:31.53 FROM CONDEMNING A SIN TO CONDEMNING THE SINNER. WE 00:05:31.53\00:05:38.46 CAN JUDGE METHODS, BUT WE CANNOT JUDGE MOTIVES. WE 00:05:38.46\00:05:39.46 CAN JUDGE WHAT A PERSON DOES, BUT WE CANNOT JUDGE 00:05:39.46\00:05:43.66 WHY A PERSON DOES IT. 00:05:43.66\00:05:44.13 JUDGMENT IS WRONG WHEN WE USE THE WRONG STANDARD 00:05:44.13\00:05:49.53 OR WE DO IT IN THE WRONG SPIRIT. YOU SEE, THERE IS 00:05:49.53\00:05:54.70 ONLY ONE STANDARD WE ARE TO USE TO JUDGE OTHER 00:05:54.70\00:05:55.80 PEOPLE BY, AND THAT IS THE WORD OF GOD. WHEN WE 00:05:55.80\00:06:00.66 JUDGE OTHERS BASED ON OUR OPINIONS, OUR FEELINGS, 00:06:00.66\00:06:07.03 OUR STANDARDS, THEN WE'RE WRONG. BUT WE ARE NOT 00:06:07.03\00:06:08.13 WRONG TO JUDGE OTHERS WHEN OUR STANDARD IS THE WORD 00:06:08.13\00:06:12.90 OF GOD. IT IS NEVER WRONG TO CALL WRONG - WRONG WHEN 00:06:12.90\00:06:21.93 GOD CALLS IT WRONG. 00:06:21.93\00:06:25.60 BUT JUDGMENT CAN STILL BE WRONG EVEN IF YOU USE THE 00:06:26.06\00:06:27.10 RIGHT STANDARD IF YOU DO IT IN THE WRONG SPIRIT. 00:06:27.10\00:06:31.43 YOU SEE, THE SPIRIT OF JUDGMENT MUST BE 00:06:31.43\00:06:35.80 CORRECTIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE, NOT 00:06:35.80\00:06:36.56 CONDEMNING AND CRITICAL. I HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING. 00:06:36.56\00:06:41.76 YOU CANNOT JUDGE A PERSON BY WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT 00:06:41.76\00:06:46.80 HIM, BUT YOU CAN JUDGE A PERSON BY WHAT HE SAYS 00:06:46.80\00:06:47.76 ABOUT OTHERS. NOW YOU SEE THERE ARE TWO REASONS 00:06:47.76\00:06:53.10 WHY YOU HAD BETTER GUARD AGAINST JUDGING SOMEONE IN 00:06:53.10\00:06:58.13 A CRITICAL, SELF-RIGHTEOUS FASHION. FIRST OF ALL, 00:06:58.13\00:06:59.16 WE ARE ALL FALLIBLE. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO JUDGE 00:06:59.16\00:07:04.40 A SITUATION WHEN YOU JUST DO NOT KNOW ALL THE FACTS. 00:07:04.40\00:07:09.56 WE'VE ALL JUMPED TO A HASTY CONCLUSION ABOUT 00:07:09.56\00:07:10.50 SOMEONE, ONLY TO FIND OUT LATER WE WERE DEAD WRONG. 00:07:10.50\00:07:14.10 BUT THERE IS ANOTHER REASON WHY WE HAD BETTER 00:07:14.10\00:07:20.06 BE CAREFUL HOW WE JUDGE OTHERS, AND THAT IS 00:07:20.06\00:07:21.03 BECAUSE WE ARE FALLEN. 00:07:21.03\00:07:25.30 NONE OF US ARE PERFECT. 00:07:33.63\00:07:34.16 NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE THINK WE KNOW THE HEART OF 00:07:34.16\00:07:37.93 SOMEBODY ELSE, WE DON'T. 00:07:37.93\00:07:38.43 WE DON'T EVEN KNOW OUR OWN HEART. AS A MATTER OF 00:07:38.43\00:07:44.90 FACT, YOU WILL FIND THAT OFTENTIMES WHEN PEOPLE 00:07:44.90\00:07:45.96 JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE, WHAT THEY ARE REALLY DOING IS 00:07:45.96\00:07:50.33 CRITICIZING A FAULT THEY HAVE THEMSELVES. THAT IS 00:07:50.33\00:07:57.26 WHY JESUS SPEAKS OF A PERSON WHO WAS TRYING TO 00:07:57.26\00:07:58.23 JUDGE THE SPECK IN ONE PERSON'S EYE, WHILE HE HAS 00:07:58.23\00:08:01.50 A PLANK IN HIS OWN EYE. 00:08:01.50\00:08:02.00 THE WORD FOR SPECK IS THE GREEK WORD FOR SPLINTER. 00:08:02.00\00:08:07.16 WHAT IS A SPLINTER? IT IS JUST A PIECE OF A PLANK. 00:08:07.16\00:08:13.36 THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID IN VERSE 2, 00:08:13.36\00:08:19.03 YOU SEE, THE PERSON WHO FORMS A NOOSE OF JUDGMENT 00:08:29.50\00:08:30.53 FOR ANOTHER PERSON HAD BETTER BE CAREFUL; 00:08:30.53\00:08:34.06 HE MIGHT FIND HIS OWN NECK IN THE KNOT. 00:08:34.06\00:08:37.60 II. WE SHOULD NOT ENGAGE IN HYPOCRITICAL JUDGMENT 00:08:39.96\00:08:44.00 NOW THE LORD JESUS GIVES A HUMOROUS, BUT BRILLIANT 00:09:08.46\00:09:09.46 ILLUSTRATION OF THE PROBLEM WITH JUDGING OTHER 00:09:09.46\00:09:14.00 PEOPLE. HE SPEAKS OF A PERSON TRYING TO REMOVE A 00:09:14.00\00:09:17.00 SPLINTER OUT OF ONE PERSON'S EYE WHEN HE HAS 00:09:17.00\00:09:18.03 A PLANK IN HIS OWN EYE. IT WAS SHAKESPEARE WHO SAID, 00:09:18.03\00:09:24.63 "MEN'S FAULTS DO SELDOM TO THEMSELVES APPEAR." 00:09:24.63\00:09:31.93 INCIDENTALLY, DO YOU KNOW WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN 00:09:31.93\00:09:32.96 ALWAYS SEE THE SPECK IN THEIR BROTHER'S EYE, BUT 00:09:32.96\00:09:36.50 NOT THE PLANK IN THEIR OWN? IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE 00:09:36.50\00:09:38.96 LOOKING FOR THE SPECK! 00:09:38.96\00:09:43.16 BUT HAVING SAID THAT IF WE STOP HERE WE WON'T 00:09:44.50\00:09:45.43 EVER UNDERSTAND WHAT JESUS MEANT, BECAUSE THE KEY TO 00:09:45.43\00:09:51.20 THIS PASSAGE IS VERSE 5 WHERE JESUS TELLS US HOW 00:09:51.20\00:09:57.70 TO WALK THE TIGHT ROPE BETWEEN CONFRONTING THE 00:09:57.70\00:09:58.70 SIN AND CONDEMNING THE SINNER. HE SAID, 00:09:58.70\00:10:03.73 MATTHEW 7: 5 00:10:03.73\00:10:06.20 NOW NOTICE CAREFULLY WHAT JESUS DOES. HE CONDEMNS 00:10:16.36\00:10:17.40 SELFISH JUDGMENT, BUT HE CONDONES SELF-JUDGMENT. 00:10:17.40\00:10:22.26 YOU SEE WHOM HE IS TALKING TO? HE'S TALKING TO "THE 00:10:22.26\00:10:30.26 HYPOCRITE." HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT A PERSON WHO 00:10:30.26\00:10:31.26 IS RIGHT BEFORE THE LORD, AND IN HUMILITY 00:10:31.26\00:10:36.63 CONFRONTING A PERSON WITH WRONG DOING. HE'S TALKING 00:10:36.63\00:10:40.73 ABOUT A PERSON WHO HAS CROSSED THE LINE 00:10:40.73\00:10:41.60 FROM BEING CRITICAL TO HYPOCRITICAL; AND 00:10:41.60\00:10:45.96 CROSSED ANOTHER LINE FROM BEING HYPOCRITICAL TO 00:10:45.96\00:10:51.40 HYPERCRITICAL. NOW YOU CAN BE CRITICAL WITHOUT BEING 00:10:51.40\00:10:52.46 HYPOCRITICAL, BUT YOU CANNOT BE HYPOCRITICAL 00:10:52.46\00:10:59.46 WITHOUT BEING CRITICAL. 00:10:59.46\00:10:59.96 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ONCE SAID, "CLEAN YOUR FINGERS 00:10:59.96\00:11:06.03 BEFORE YOU POINT AT MY SPOTS." BUT HERE'S THE 00:11:06.03\00:11:10.66 POINT THAT JESUS MAKES. 00:11:10.66\00:11:11.20 ONCE YOUR FINGERS ARE CLEAN, YOU CAN POINT AND 00:11:11.20\00:11:15.46 YOU SHOULD POINT. 00:11:15.46\00:11:15.86 THAT LEADS TO THE THIRD STATEMENT. JESUS HAS GIVEN 00:11:15.86\00:11:20.73 US TWO NEGATIVES, NOW HE GIVES US A POSITIVE. 00:11:20.73\00:11:30.16 III. WE SHOULD EXPRESS HOLY JUDGMEN 00:11:30.90\00:11:33.56 THE REASON WHY MOST PEOPLE MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT JESUS 00:11:34.16\00:11:35.30 SAID IS BECAUSE THEY TRY TO MAKE JESUS SAY 00:11:35.30\00:11:37.20 SOMETHING THAT HE DIDN'T SAY, AND THEY DO NOT HEAR 00:11:37.20\00:11:39.93 HIM SAYING SOMETHING THAT HE DID SAY. NOW WHAT 00:11:39.93\00:11:40.90 JESUS WAS REALLY SAYING IS SUMMED UP IN VERSE 5. 00:11:40.90\00:11:48.83 NOW THERE ARE TWO WORDS TO NOTICE. THE WORD "FIRST" 00:11:58.10\00:11:59.13 AND THE WORD "THEN." THE WORLD WANTS TO REMEMBER 00:11:59.13\00:12:06.33 THE "FIRST" CLAUSE, BUT TO FORGET THE "THEN" CLAUSE. 00:12:06.33\00:12:10.40 YOU SEE WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING WAS THIS: WE OUGHT 00:12:10.40\00:12:11.50 TO JUDGE OURSELVES BEFORE WE CAN JUDGE OTHERS; BUT 00:12:11.50\00:12:16.90 WE ARE TO JUDGE OURSELVES SO WE CAN JUDGE OTHERS. 00:12:16.90\00:12:24.56 NOW WE COME TO THE CRUCIAL TRUTH OF THIS PASSAGE. 00:12:26.10\00:12:27.26 JESUS IS NOT FORBIDDING ALL JUDGMENT. IN FACT, DID 00:12:27.26\00:12:32.06 YOU KNOW ONE OF THE MARKS THAT YOU ARE A SPIRITUAL 00:12:32.06\00:12:37.73 PERSON IS THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO JUDGE AT THE RIGHT 00:12:37.73\00:12:38.86 TIME, AT THE RIGHT PLACE, IN THE RIGHT WAY? 00:12:38.86\00:12:45.66 LISTEN TO THIS PASSAGE: 1 CORINTHIANS 2: 15 00:12:45.66\00:12:50.00 IT IS NOT WRONG TO CONFRONT A PERSON IF THERE 00:12:59.96\00:13:01.10 IS SIN IN HIS LIFE; IT IS WRONG NOT TO. 00:13:01.10\00:13:04.90 LEVITICUS 19: 17 00:13:04.90\00:13:10.50 IF YOU LOVE YOUR BROTHER, OR YOUR NEIGHBOR, YOU WILL 00:13:22.33\00:13:23.40 CONFRONT HIM WHEN HE IS WRONG. WE ALL KNOW THAT 00:13:23.40\00:13:28.86 THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE WILL HAVE TO JUDGE OTHERS 00:13:28.86\00:13:31.46 WHEN IT IS BOTH RIGHT AND NECESSARY TO JUDGE OTHERS 00:13:31.46\00:13:32.50 NOW IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE REAL ANSWERS TO THE 00:13:32.50\00:13:36.90 QUESTION: "SHOULD I JUDGE OR NOT?" THE ANSWER IS 00:13:36.90\00:13:40.10 FOUND IN JOHN 7:24 00:13:40.10\00:13:45.10 IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CANNOT JUDGE A TREE BY 00:13:52.93\00:13:53.86 ITS LEAVES, BUT YOU SHOULD JUDGE A TREE BY ITS FRUIT. 00:13:53.86\00:13:57.73 YOU CANNOT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER, BUT YOU SHOULD 00:13:57.73\00:14:02.30 JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS CONTENTS. YOU CANNOT 00:14:02.30\00:14:03.16 ALWAYS JUDGE A PERSON BY WHAT THEY SAY, BUT YOU 00:14:03.16\00:14:07.90 CAN JUDGE A PERSON BY WHAT THEY DO. JUST BE CAREFUL 00:14:07.90\00:14:15.90 THAT YOU JUDGE WITH A RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT. 00:14:15.90\00:14:20.60 THERE WAS A LADY IN AN AIRPORT WHO BOUGHT A BOOK 00:14:23.06\00:14:24.06 TO READ; AND A PACKAGE OF COOKIES TO EAT WHILE SHE 00:14:24.06\00:14:27.86 WAITED FOR HER PLANE. 00:14:27.86\00:14:28.33 AFTER SHE HAD TAKEN HER SEAT IN THE TERMINAL AND 00:14:28.33\00:14:32.03 BEGAN TO READ THIS BOOK, SHE NOTICED THAT THE MAN 00:14:32.03\00:14:35.20 SITTING ONE SEAT AWAY FROM HER WAS FUMBLING TO OPEN 00:14:35.20\00:14:36.23 UP THE PACKAGE OF COOKIES ON THE SEAT BETWEEN THEM. 00:14:36.23\00:14:41.73 WELL, SHE COULD HARDLY BELIEVE HER EYES THAT A 00:14:41.73\00:14:47.10 STRANGER WOULD JUST OPEN HER BAG OF COOKIES AND EAT 00:14:47.10\00:14:48.13 THEM. SHE DIDN'T REALLY THINK HE WOULD DO IT UNTIL 00:14:48.13\00:14:50.76 HE TOOK ONE OUT OF THE BAG AND ATE IT. SHE WAS SO 00:14:50.76\00:14:57.36 HOT AND SO STEAMED SHE REACHED INTO THE BAG AND 00:14:57.36\00:14:58.33 TOOK ONE AND ATE IT, ALL THE TIME GLARING AT THIS 00:14:58.33\00:15:03.23 MAN AND DARING HIM TO EAT ANOTHER ONE. WELL THE MAN 00:15:03.23\00:15:07.73 DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. HE JUST REACHED OVER AND TOOK 00:15:07.73\00:15:08.90 ANOTHER COOKIE. THIS WOMAN THOUGHT TO HERSELF, "I 00:15:08.90\00:15:13.70 AM NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND LET HIM EAT ALL OF MY 00:15:13.70\00:15:16.96 COOKIES," SO SHE TOOK ANOTHER COOKIE. THEY BEGAN 00:15:16.96\00:15:18.13 TO EACH EAT A COOKIE A PIECE. WHEN THEY FINALLY 00:15:18.13\00:15:22.00 GOT DOWN TO ONE COOKIE THE MAN REACHED INTO THE 00:15:22.00\00:15:26.86 BOTTOM OF THE BAG, BROKE THE COOKIE IN HALF, ATE 00:15:26.86\00:15:27.86 IT, SHOOK HIS HEAD AT THE WOMAN AND GOT UP AND 00:15:27.86\00:15:32.96 LEFT. THIS LADY COULD NOT BELIEVE THIS MAN'S NERVE. 00:15:32.96\00:15:37.23 SHE THOUGHT TO HERSELF, "THAT IS THE MOST ARROGANT 00:15:37.23\00:15:38.30 MAN I HAVE EVER MET IN MY LIFE." SOON THE 00:15:38.30\00:15:41.93 ANNOUNCEMENT CAME TO BOARD THE PLANE. THIS LADY GOT 00:15:41.93\00:15:48.33 ON THE PLANE, STILL HOT AND BITTERLY ANGRY AT 00:15:48.33\00:15:49.30 THE AUDACITY OF THIS MAN, UNTIL SHE SAT DOWN, 00:15:49.30\00:15:51.33 BUCKLED HER SEATBELT, REACHED INTO HER PURSE FOR 00:15:51.33\00:15:57.10 A TISSUE, AND THERE WAS HER BAG OF COOKIES. NOW 00:15:57.10\00:15:58.13 THERE IS A MORAL TO ALL OF THIS. IF YOU WANT 00:15:58.13\00:16:05.53 TO ESCAPE THE CONDEMNING JUDGMENT OF GOD, YOU HAD 00:16:05.53\00:16:13.03 BETTER JUDGE YOURSELF AS A SINNER IN NEED OF 00:16:13.03\00:16:14.00 A SAVIOR, AND ACCEPT THE LORD JESUS AS THAT SAVIOR; 00:16:14.00\00:16:18.26 ASK HIM FOR HIS MERCY AND THE STRENGTH TO CHANGE 00:16:18.26\00:16:24.33 WITHIN - PRAY FOR A HEART LIKE HIS FULL OF 00:16:24.33\00:16:25.20 COMPASSION - PLEASE HEAR OUR PRAYER O LORD 00:16:25.20\00:16:31.16 - AND GIVE ME A HEART LIKE YOURS. 00:16:31.16\00:16:39.56 I TRY TO REACH OUT FOR YOU BUT I FALL 00:16:46.76\00:16:53.00 SOMETIMES YOU SEEM SO CLOSE AND YET SO FAR 00:16:53.33\00:16:59.30 LORD I NEED ANOTHER CHANCE 00:16:59.70\00:17:04.16 I NEED TO KNOW YOUR MERCY 00:17:04.50\00:17:07.30 JUST GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO CHANGE WITHIN 00:17:07.56\00:17:13.93 I KNOW THAT I AM NOT ALL THAT I CAN BE 00:17:14.26\00:17:20.20 MY WEAKNESS SEEMS TO GET THE BEST OF ME 00:17:20.60\00:17:26.36 BUT AS LONG AS YOU ARE HERE 00:17:26.66\00:17:30.33 I KNOW THAT I WILL MAKE IT 00:17:30.70\00:17:34.63 EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY 00:17:34.93\00:17:37.06 PLEASE HEAR MY PRAYER 00:17:37.40\00:17:40.80 A HEART LIKE YOURS, IS MY DESIRE 00:17:41.03\00:17:47.13 A HEART LIKE YOURS, IS WHAT I AM SEARCHING FOR 00:17:47.40\00:17:53.80 FULL OF COMPASSION, NOTHING WRONG WITHIN 00:17:54.13\00:18:01.00 PLEASE HELP ME LORD, GIVE ME A HEART LIKE YOURS 00:18:01.26\00:18:08.03 SO MUCH GRACE, SO MUCH KINDNESS 00:18:08.33\00:18:14.80 SO MUCH FAITH, FOR EVER TRUE 00:18:15.10\00:18:21.30 STRONG AS THE WIND, SOFT AS THE SHADOWS 00:18:21.56\00:18:28.53 IF JUST ONCE, I COULD BE LIKE YOU 00:18:28.83\00:18:35.40 A HEART LIKE YOURS, IS MY DESIRE 00:18:35.76\00:18:41.86 A HEART LIKE YOURS, IS MY DESIRE 00:18:42.16\00:18:48.83 A HEART LIKE YOURS, IS WHAT I AM SEARCHING FOR 00:18:49.13\00:18:55.50 FULL OF COMPASSION, NOTHING WRONG WITHIN 00:18:55.83\00:19:02.76 PLEASE HELP ME LORD, GIVE ME A HEART LIKE YOURS 00:19:03.13\00:19:09.60 PLEASE HELP ME LORD, GIVE ME A HEART LIKE YOURS 00:19:09.93\00:19:16.36 A HEART LIKE YOURS, IS MY DESIRE 00:19:16.90\00:19:23.00 A HEART LIKE YOURS, IS WHAT I AM SEARCHING FOR 00:19:23.36\00:19:29.90 FULL OF COMPASSION, NOTHING WRONG WITHIN 00:19:30.23\00:19:36.96 PLEASE HELP ME LORD, GIVE ME A HEART LIKE YOURS 00:19:37.46\00:19:43.96 PLEASE HELP ME LORD, GIVE ME A HEART LIKE YOURS. 00:19:44.30\00:19:58.73 >>BILL: LET US PRAY. 00:20:06.03\00:20:06.66 FATHER IN HEAVEN WE THANK YOU FOR THESE MOMENTS WE 00:20:06.66\00:20:09.50 HAVE SPENT IN YOUR WORD. 00:20:09.50\00:20:10.00 FATHER WE PRAY THAT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT MAY WORK THE 00:20:10.00\00:20:13.66 MIRACLE OF TRANSFORMATION ON THE HEARTS OF EACH AND 00:20:13.66\00:20:14.70 EVERY ONE OF US LISTENING TO THIS MESSAGE TODAY. MAY 00:20:14.70\00:20:22.10 WE HAVE A HEART LIKE YOUR I PRAY IN JESUS NAME AMEN. 00:20:22.10\00:20:28.00 (MUSIC) 00:20:30.23\00:20:57.50 HI, EVERYONE! TODAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT EASY WEIGHT 00:20:59.66\00:21:00.86 LOSS. THAT DOESN'T SOUND 00:21:00.86\00:21:04.20 HI, EVERYONE! TODAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT EASY WEIGHT 00:21:17.13\00:21:18.16 LOSS. THAT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT, DOES IT? FOR MOST 00:21:18.16\00:21:22.43 PEOPLE, LOSING WEIGHT IS NOT AN EASY THING. BUT, 00:21:22.43\00:21:26.46 I'VE GOT TWO THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE IT 00:21:26.46\00:21:27.50 IF NOT EASY, AT LEAST, HOPEFULLY, FUN. WHAT ARE 00:21:27.50\00:21:31.83 THESE TWO THINGS? A FORK, AND YOUR WALKING SHOES! IT 00:21:31.83\00:21:38.76 DOESN'T GET ANY EASIER THAN THAT! THE TRICK WITH 00:21:38.76\00:21:39.76 THE FORK IS TO MAKE SURE YOU PUT IT INTO SOMETHING 00:21:39.76\00:21:43.80 PLANT-BASED. IF YOU'RE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT 00:21:43.80\00:21:47.63 LOSING WEIGHT, THE BEST AND EASIEST WAY TO 00:21:47.63\00:21:48.56 DO IT IS TO LEAVE OUT ANIMAL-BASED FOODS FROM 00:21:48.56\00:21:54.86 YOUR EVERY-DAY EATING AND, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S 00:21:54.86\00:21:56.56 ALSO THE HEALTHIEST WAY! 00:21:56.56\00:21:57.06 LET ME CHALENGE YOU TO A CHALLENGE. THE VEGGIE 00:21:57.06\00:22:02.73 CHALLENGE. FOR ONE WEEK. INSTEAD OF USING 00:22:02.73\00:22:03.73 ANIMAL-BASED FOODS, STOCK UP ON LIFE-ENHANCING, 00:22:03.73\00:22:07.50 WEIGHT-LOSS-INDUCING FOODS SUCH AS CHICK PEAS, 00:22:07.50\00:22:13.06 LENTILS, KIDNEY BEANS, SWEET POTATO, BEETS, 00:22:13.06\00:22:14.00 CARROTS, SPINACH, WHOLE WHEAT PASTA, BROWN RICE, 00:22:14.00\00:22:18.66 OATS, WHOLE GRAIN BREADS, APPLES, ORANGES, BANANAS. 00:22:18.66\00:22:22.16 ALL OF THESE ARE PACKED WITH THE NUTRITION YOUR 00:22:22.16\00:22:23.20 BODY NEEDS, INCLUDING THE CARBOHYDRAT, PROTEINS, 00:22:23.20\00:22:28.06 FATS, VITAMINS, AND MINERALS. AND, THEY'VE ALL 00:22:28.06\00:22:32.66 GOT SOMETHING ELSE, TOO. 00:22:32.66\00:22:33.16 CAN YOU GUESS WHAT IT IS? 00:22:33.16\00:22:33.66 FIBRE! THE FIBRE IN THESE FOODS IS GOING TO FILL YOU 00:22:33.66\00:22:39.63 UP, SO THAT YOU ACTUALLY EAT LESS. AND, REMEMBER, 00:22:39.63\00:22:44.00 PLANT FOODS TYPICALLY HAVE HALF THE CALORIES THAT 00:22:44.00\00:22:45.03 ANIMAL FOODS TEND TO HAVE BECAUSE THERE'S 00:22:45.03\00:22:49.63 SO MUCH LESS FAT AND NO CHOLESTEROL. THAT'S WHAT'S 00:22:49.63\00:22:55.43 SO GREAT ABOUT PLANT FOODS. FULL OF ALL THE 00:22:55.43\00:22:56.36 GOOD STUFF YOUR BODY NEEDS AND NONE OF THE BAD. WITH 00:22:56.36\00:23:01.06 PLANT FOODS YOU CAN EAT MORE AND WEIGH LESS! AND, 00:23:01.06\00:23:06.30 HERE'S SOMETHING ELSE TO THINK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES 00:23:06.30\00:23:07.30 TO YOUR FORK. STUDIES SHOW THAT AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO 00:23:07.30\00:23:10.33 LOSE WEIGHT IS TO HAVE YOUR BIGGEST MEAL IN THE 00:23:10.33\00:23:14.30 MORNING. IT MAKES SENSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 00:23:14.30\00:23:15.30 BECAUSE IF YOU EAT MOST OF YOUR CALORIES EARLY IN THE 00:23:15.30\00:23:18.83 DAY, YOU THEN CAN SPEND ALL DAY BURNING THEM OFF. 00:23:18.83\00:23:24.06 BUT, IF YOU EAT MOST OF YOUR CALORIES IN THE 00:23:24.06\00:23:25.03 EVENING, USUALLY WE DON'T ENGAGE IN A LOT 00:23:25.03\00:23:27.90 OF ACTIVITY AFTER THAT EVENING MEAL. SO, IT'S 00:23:27.90\00:23:31.73 EASY TO PACK ON THE POUNDS. THE OLD SAYING, 00:23:31.73\00:23:32.83 "BREAKFAST LIKE A KING, LUNCH LIKE A PRINCE, 00:23:32.83\00:23:36.76 AND SUPPER LIKE A PAUPER" REALLY IS A GOOD IDEA. SO, 00:23:36.76\00:23:41.83 THAT TAKES CARE OF THE FORK PART. FOR THE PART 00:23:41.83\00:23:42.93 WITH THE WALKING SHOES, I CHALLENGE YOU TO WALK ONE 00:23:42.93\00:23:46.90 HOUR EVERY DAY. YOU CAN DO IT IN TWO HALF HOUR 00:23:46.90\00:23:51.53 SEGMENTS, OR FOUR 20-MINUTE SEGMENTS, 00:23:51.53\00:23:52.36 WHATEVER YOU LIKE. IF YOU'RE NOT USED TO WALKING 00:23:52.36\00:23:55.70 SO MUCH, BE SURE TO WORK YOUR WAY UP TO IT, SO THAT 00:23:55.70\00:23:59.76 PERHAPS IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS YOU'RE WALKING 00:23:59.76\00:24:00.76 A FULL HOUR. SERIOUSLY, LOSING WEIGHT DOESN'T HAVE 00:24:00.76\00:24:04.63 TO BE HARD! YOU DON'T HAVE TO COUNT YOUR CALORIES, 00:24:04.63\00:24:09.86 WEIGH YOUR FOOD, OR PURCHASE EXPENSIVE PILLS 00:24:09.86\00:24:10.80 OR POWDERS. SIMPLY USE YOUR FORK TO DIG IN 00:24:10.80\00:24:14.33 TO SOME WHOLESOME PLANT FOODS. AND, LACE UP THOSE 00:24:14.33\00:24:18.23 WALKING SHOES AND GET MOVING. IF YOU DO THESE 00:24:18.23\00:24:19.23 TWO THINGS, YOU ARE, ESSENTIALLY, CHANGING YOUR 00:24:19.23\00:24:23.16 LIFESTYLE. AND, THAT'S THE KEY! ONCE, YOU'VE STARTED, 00:24:23.16\00:24:27.83 DON'T GO BACK TO YOUR OLD WAYS; KEEP IT UP FOR 00:24:27.83\00:24:28.80 A LIFETIME OF OPTIMAL HEALTH. AND, IF YOU ACCEPT 00:24:28.80\00:24:33.33 MY CHALLENGE FOR A VEGGIE CHALLENGE, WRITE DOWN THIS 00:24:33.33\00:24:37.63 WEBSITE: WWW.VEG.CA. ONCE YOU'RE THERE, CLICK ON THE 00:24:37.63\00:24:38.70 VEGGIE CHALLENGE TAB AND SIGN UP TO RECEIVE 00:24:38.70\00:24:48.03 WONDERFULLY HELPFUL EMAILS EVERY DAY THAT WILL MAKE 00:24:48.03\00:24:51.03 IT SO EASY FOR YOU TO GET HEALTHY AND LOSE WEIGHT, 00:24:51.03\00:24:52.16 ALL AT THE SAME TIME! 00:24:52.16\00:24:58.10 ENJOY THE VEGGIE CHALLENGE! I'LL 00:24:58.10\00:24:58.96 SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 00:24:58.96\00:25:03.03 (MUSIC) 00:25:03.83\00:25:06.83 >>MATTHEW: IF YOU ARE ENJOYING THIS SERIES ON 00:25:08.90\00:25:09.90 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT AND WOULD LIKE TO DEEPEN 00:25:09.90\00:25:11.40 YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE, THEN WHY NOT 00:25:11.40\00:25:13.66 ENROLL TODAY IN IT IS WRITTEN CANADA'S DISCOVER 00:25:13.66\00:25:14.76 BIBLE SCHOOL. 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