>>BILL: AS A THIRD
CENTURY MAN WAS ANTICIPATING
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DEATH, HE PENNED THESE
LAST WORDS TO A FRIEND.
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"IT'S A BAD WORLD, AN
INCREDIBLY BAD WORLD BUT I
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HAVE DISCOVERED IN
THE MIDST OF IT, QUIET AND
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HOLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE
LEARNED A GREAT SECRET.
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THEY HAVE FOUND A JOY
WHICH IS A THOUSAND TIMES
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BETTER THAN ANY
PLEASURE OF OUR SINFUL LIFE.
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THEY ARE DESPISED AND
PERSECUTED BUT THEY CARE
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NOT. THEY ARE MASTERS OF
THEIR OWN SOULS. THEY HAVE
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OVERCOME THE WORLD.
THESE PEOPLE ARE THE CHRISTIANS
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AND I AM ONE OF THEM."
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(MUSIC)
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>>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS
STOOD THE TEST OF TIME . . .
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GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE.
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STILL RELEVANT IN
TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD.
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IT IS WRITTEN . .
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. SHARING MESSAGES OF
HOPE AROUND THE WORLD.
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(MUSIC)
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THE APOSTLE PAUL
LISTED NINE DIMENSIONS OF THE
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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IN
GALATIONS 5 IN VERSES 22
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AND 23. JOY WAS PLACED
SECOND IN THE QUALITIES
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THAT COMPRISE THE HARDEST
OF THE SPIRIT. IT FOLLOWS
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LOVE AND IT PRECEEDS
PEACE. WILLIAM MORRIS SAYS
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THAT THE FACT THAT JOY
COMES SECOND IN THE LIST
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SHOWS THE PROMINENT PLACE
THAT IT HAD IN THE THOUGHT
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OF THE APOSTLE
PAUL WITH REGARD TO THE
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CHRISTIAN PERSONALITY
1CORINTHIANS:13 MAKES IT
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CLEAR THAT LOVE IS
ESSENTIAL FOR THE GIFTS
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OF THE SPIRIT TO FUNCTION
PROPERLY. AND IN GALATIONS
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5, LOVE COMES FIRST
AMONG THE ASPECTS OF THE FRUIT
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OF THE SPIRIT. FRUIT IS
A PRODUCT OF GROWTH. LOVE
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GROWS, JOY GROWS,
PEACE GROWS. THE HOLY SPIRIT
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ENERGIZES AND OVERSEES
THIS GROWTH PROCESS IN THE
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LIVES OF CHRISTIANS. I
WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF OUR
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VIEWERS TO THIS WEEK'S
"IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM.
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I WANT TO WELCOME THE TWO
GUESTS THAT I HAVE INVITED
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TO JOIN ME HERE AS WE
STUDY THE FRUIT OF THE
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SPIRIT. WE'RE ON TO THE
SECOND ONE, JOY. JOINING
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ME HERE IS PASTOR
GERARDO OUDRI AND DR. ERROL
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LAWRENCE. THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US AND LET'S START
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WITH - NOW, YOU'VE BEEN
ON THE PROGRAM BEFORE AND,
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BUT JUST A SHORT BIO ON
WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU
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SERVE TODAY.
>>PASTOR GERARDO: WELL, IT'S A
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PLEASURE TO BE HERE AGAIN
AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING
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ME. I'M PASTOR
GERARDO OUDRI AND I PASTOR THE
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BRONTE SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH IN
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OAKVILLE. SO, WE
HAVE A WEBSITE, IF I
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MAY? >> BILL: ABSOLUTELY.
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>>PASTOR GERARDO: THAT
IS BRONTESDA.ORG AND PEOPLE
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CAN VISIT US THERE
>>BILL: IT'S A WONDERFUL
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CHURCH. I USED TO ATTEND
THERE REGULARLY. AND FINE,
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FINE PEOPLE. >>PASTOR
GERARDO: VERY FRIENDLY
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CHURCH, ABSOLUTELY
>>BILL: THANK YOU PASTOR.
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DR. LAWRENCE WELCOME
TO THE "IT IS WRITTEN"
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PROGRAM. >>DR.
LAWRENCE: THANK YOU FOR HAVING
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ME BILL. WONDERFUL TO BE
HERE. >>BILL: WELL, WE'RE
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THRILLED THAT YOU ACCEPTED
OUR INVITATION TO JOIN US
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I KNOW YOU'RE A BUSY
MAN AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
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DR. LAWRENCE IS IN AN
ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY,
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TODAY, AT THE
ONTARIO HEADQUARTERS OF THE
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SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH. MINISTERIAL
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DIRECTOR, RIGHT PASTOR
WHICH REALLY IS THE PASTOR
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TO THE PASTORS. >>DR.
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LAWRENCE: THAT'S WHAT
THEY CALL ME. >>BILL: THAT'S
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RIGHT. AND SO YOU HAVE
ONE OF YOUR STAFF SITTING
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NEXT TO YOU HERE. >>DR.
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LAWRENCE: MY GOOD
FRIEND GERARD, YES. >>BILL:
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PASTOR, TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT, A LITTLE
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BIT ABOUT YOU. DR. ERROL
LAWRENCE. >>DR. LAWRENCE:
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WELL, I'M A PASTOR. I
LOVE THE LORD. I'M FROM JAMAICA
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ORIGINALLY BUT I LIVE
NOW IN CANADA IN OSHAWA, WORK
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IN OSHAWA. I'VE LIVED
IN MANY PLACES, ENGLAND AND
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AFRICA, UNITED STATES
AND SO FORTH BUT I JUST LOVE
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MY NEW HOME, CANADA.
AND I WORK FOR THE ONTARIO
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CONFERENCE WITH OVER
120 PASTORS AND WE WORK
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TOGETHER WELL. I THANK
GOD FOR ALL THAT HE IS DOING
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>>BILL: WONDERFUL.
YOU KNOW PASTOR, WE'RE OFF
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THE HOOK BECAUSE WE'VE
GOT A BIBLICAL SCHOLAR HERE
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SO.>>PASTOR GERARDO:
THAT'S IT. >>BILL:.WHEN
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THINGS GET TOUGH I'M
JUST GOING TO LOOK, I'M JUST
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GOING TO LOOK TO HIM
AND THAT WILL BE THE CUE FOR
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HIM TO GIVE US THE ANSWER.
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>>PASTOR GERARDO: I'LL
FOLLOW YOU. >>BILL: WOW,
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WE'RE, WE'RE, WE DECIDED
EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT WE
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WOULD DO THIS STUDY ON
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT AND
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THESE QUALITIES THAT
BEGIN TO BE MANIFESTED
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EXTERNALLY WHEN THE
SPIRIT HAS DONE SOMETHING INSIDE
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IN FACT, WE HAVE DONE
A WHOLE STUDY OF THE BOOK
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OF GALATIONS BUT THIS
KIND OF JUMPS OUT BECAUSE, YOU
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KNOW, PAUL HERE IS
SAYING YOU CAN EITHER HAVE THE
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DEEDS OF THE FLESH
WHICH ARE PROBABLY THE THINGS
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THAT COME MORE NATURALLY
TO US. YOU KNOW, ENVY AND
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JEALOUSLY AND ANGER BUT
THEN HE SAYS YOU, WHEN YOU
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WALK WITH THE SPIRIT
THERE IS FRUIT. AND THERE'S
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THESE QUALITIES AND JOY
IF ANYBODY ON THIS PLANET
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SHOULD BE JOYFUL IT
SHOULD BE THE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS
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CHRIST. >>PASTOR
GERARDO: ABSOLUTELY. >>BILL:
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SHOULDN'T IT? >>DR.
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LAWRENCE: I AGREE WITH
THAT. I AGREE WITH THAT.
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>>BILL: AND, YOU KNOW,
I'M A REALIST. I'LL TELL YOU,
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I GET TO VISIT A LOT OF
CHURCHES AS DR. LAWRENCE
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YOU DO, ALL ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY, AROUND THE WORLD.
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I JUST GOT BACK FROM
THE PHILLIPIANS. AND ON
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OCCASION I WILL GO INTO
SOME CHURCHES AND I WILL
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NOT SEE A WHOLE LOT
OF SMILES. AND THAT'S,
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THAT'S, THAT'S TOUGH.
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IT'S TOUGH FOR ME TO
UNDERSTAND. WE SHOULD
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BE THE MOST JOYFUL OF
ALL PEOPLE. >>PASTOR GERARDO:
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ABSOLUTELY. >>BILL:
SHOULDN'T WE? >>PASTOR
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GERARDO: ABSOLUTELY.
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>>BILL: I THINK THAT'S
WHAT THE APOSTLE PAUL IS
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SAYING HERE, ISN'T HE?
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>>PASTOR GERARDO: YES.
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ABSOLUTELY. I STARTED
READING THESE ADVENTIST
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TRIBUTES AND I DON'T
FIND THE WORD TRUTH IN
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HERE AND I DON'T WANT TO
MINIMIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
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TRUTH BECAUSE WE KNOW
THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL LEAD
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PEOPLE INTO TRUTH. BUT
I THINK THAT WE'RE LOOKING
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AT THE SIGNS OF THOSE
THAT FOLLOW CHRIST, THAT HAVE
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CHRIST IN THEIR HEART,
AS YOU WERE SAYING I WAS
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THINKING THE SAME THING.
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JOY IS ONE OF THOSE.
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>>BILL: YES.
>>PASTOR GERARDO: I THINK FOR
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CENTURIES WE'VE HAD, AS
CHRISTIANS, THIS IDEA THAT
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IF WE FOLLOW GOD WE HAVE
TO BE REALLY SERIOUS, YOU
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KNOW. AND YET THE
SECOND ATTRIBUTE IS JOY. SO I
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AGREE WITH YOU. WE HAVE
TO BE JOYFUL. >>DR. LAWRENCE:
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ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES
IS THAT WE TRY TO INTEGRATE
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JOY WITH HAPPINESS.
AND HAPPINESS COMES WITH
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HAVING THIS AND HAVING
THAT AND IF WE DON'T HAVE
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THEN WE'RE NOT HAPPY.
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WHEREAS JOY IS THE
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT THAT COMES
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FROM GOD WHERE IN SPITE
OF WHAT WE GO THROUGH WE CAN
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BE JOYFUL. AND THE
CONTEXT OF THE TEXT HERE IN
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THE SCRIPTURE, EVEN
AS PAUL WRITES TO THE
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THESSALONIANS
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH ROUGH
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TIMES.>>BILL: YES. YES.
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>>DR. LAWRENCE:.BUT
HE'S SAYING, YOUR JOY IN THE
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LORD. THAT'S THE THING
THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS
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CHRISTIANS. SO NO
MATTER WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH
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WE CAN BE JOYFUL.
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>>BILL: YOU KNOW, IN
THE INTRODUCTION I TALKED
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ABOUT THE THIRD
CENTURY NOTE THAT SAID THEY'RE
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GOING THROUGH PERSECUTION,
THEY'RE HATED, THEY'RE
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THIS BUT THEY HAVE FOUND
THIS JOY. THEY HAVE FOUND
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THIS, THIS - I MEAN,
AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT THIS,
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ALL OF THESE, SORT OF,
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CALLED
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FRUIT OF THE, THEY ALL
SORT OF BLEND, YOU KNOW,
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TOGETHER. I SEE JOY
AND PEACE BEING VERY
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MUCH TOGETHER, RIGHT?
A CONTENTMENT, A PEACE,
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A TRANQUILITY. I SEE
YOU SEARCHING THERE.>>PASTOR
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GERARDO: YES. IT JUST
SORT OF REMINDED ME AS
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DR. LAWRENCE
MENTIONED THESSALONIANS,
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IN 1THESSALONIANS 21 IN
VERSE 6 PAUL WRITES TO THE
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CHURCH AND HE SAYS,
"YOU BECAME FOLLOWERS OF US
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AND OF THE LORD HAVING
RECEIVED THE WORD IN MUCH
00:08:09.26\00:08:13.03
AFFLICTION". AND THEN
THE NEXT PHRASE SAYS, "WITH
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JOY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT".
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>>BILL: WOW. >>PASTOR
GERARDO: HOW CAN YOU PUT
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THOSE TWO TOGETHER?
YOU KNOW, MUCH AFFLICTION,
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PERSECUTION BUT WITH JOY
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. >>DR.
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LAWRENCE: AND JOY
COMES FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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>>PASTOR
GERARDO: ABSOLUTELY. >>DR.
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LAWRENCE: SO HERE PAUL
IS SAYING NO MATTER WHAT
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YOU'RE GOING THROUGH,
YOU'VE GOT GOD ON YOUR
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SIDE. AND IN SPITE OF THE
THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE
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HAD YOU HAVE THIS
QUALITY THAT SAYS GOD GIVES ME
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PEACE AND JOY. >>PASTOR
GERARDO: AND ALSO IN THIS
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TEXT WE SEE THE WORD
FOR JOY HERE IS "HADA" WHICH
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IS RELATED TO HADIES,
WHICH IS GRACE. SO I THINK
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THAT THOSE TWO ARE
CLOSELY RELATED. WE HAVE JOY BUT
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WE HAVE RECEIVED THE
GRACE OF GOD. IT'S THROUGH HIS
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GRACE THAT WE
EXPERIENCE JOY. >>DR. LAWRENCE:
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BECAUSE HAPPINESS COMES
AND GOES, DOESN'T IT? YOU
00:08:59.63\00:09:02.70
KNOW, AND THIS GRACE THAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STAYS,
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IT'S GODLY, IT'S ETERNAL.
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IT DOESN'T WAIVER. AND
SO, WE NEED TO SEEK THAT FROM
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GOD ALL THE TIME AND
SO THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE
00:09:09.10\00:09:14.23
IS TRYING TO GET AT
HERE LET'S FIND THIS HADES OF
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GOD, THIS PEACE.
>>BILL: SO, YOU SAID SOMETHING
00:09:17.80\00:09:18.76
INTERESTING HERE.
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HAPPINESS COMES AND GOES.
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SO, IS IT THAT, WHAT
I HEAR FROM THAT IS THE
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SUGGESTION THAT
HAPPINESS IN LARGE PART IS DUE
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TO OUR CIRCUMSTANCES,
THE CONDITION WE HAPPEN TO
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FIND OURSELVES IN. WHEREAS
JOY/GRACE REMAINS. SO, ARE
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YOU SAYING I MAY BE T A
FUNERAL- I WAS JUST A THE
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FUNERAL OF A FRIEND'S
DAD AND YOU'RE NOT HAPPY AT A
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FUNERAL BUT IS IT POSSIBLE
TO STILL HAVE JOY? >>DR.
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LAWRENCE: JOY.
>>PASTOR GERARDO: I BELIEVE SO.
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>>DR. LAWRENCE: THERE'S
A FAMOUS TEXT THAT SAMUEL
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SAYS, "WEEPING MAY
ENDURE FOR A NIGHT BUT JOY COMES
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IN THE MORNING".
THERE'S SOMETHING BEYOND THIS
00:10:00.06\00:10:01.13
AND THERE'S A BETTER
DAY COMING AND THE CHRISTIAN
00:10:01.13\00:10:06.46
HAS THAT HOPE SO THAT
KEEPS US LOOKING UP. IT
00:10:06.46\00:10:10.80
BUOYS OUR SPIRITS UP
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE
00:10:10.80\00:10:11.80
PASSINGTHROUGH HERE AND
WE WILL HAVE TRIALS. YOU
00:10:11.80\00:10:15.76
KNOW, IN JOHN16:33
JESUS SAYS, "IN THIS WORLD
00:10:15.76\00:10:20.20
YOU'LL HAVE TROUBLE BUT
CHEER OR BE JOYFUL BECAUSE
00:10:20.20\00:10:21.40
I HAVE OVERCOME THE
WORLD". >>PASTOR GERARDO:
00:10:21.40\00:10:25.93
I THINK FOR ME ANOTHER
IMPORTANT THING IN THIS
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TEXT AND THIS WORD
'JOY' IS HOW SPIRITUALITY AND
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OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
GOD AFFECTS OUR WHOLE BEING.
00:10:33.66\00:10:37.90
NOT JUST OUR INTELLECT
BUT OUR EMOTIONS AND OUR
00:10:37.90\00:10:44.46
ATTITUDES TOO. AND
AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE
00:10:44.46\00:10:45.46
OUR INTELLECTUAL
EXERCISES AND TRUTH AND KNOWING,
00:10:45.46\00:10:51.90
KNOWLEDGE BUT IF WE
FOLLOW CHRIST EVERYTHING IS
00:10:51.90\00:10:57.73
EFFECTED BY THAT.
00:10:57.73\00:10:58.26
AND SOMEONE SAID, "JOY
IS FEELING WHAT WE BELIEVE".
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AND I LIKE THAT. ALTHOUGH,
I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S
00:11:04.60\00:11:05.66
A FEELING WE ARE SAYING,
IT'S NOT JUST AN EMOTION,
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IT'S PROBABLY AN ATTITUDE
TOWARDS LIFE. BUT I THINK
00:11:10.10\00:11:14.83
THERE IS NOTHING
WRONG WITH EMOTIONS TOO AND
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EXPRESSING OUR EMOTIONS
POSITIVELY FOR GOD. >>DR.
00:11:15.80\00:11:19.10
LAWRENCE: AND I THINK
THAT, YOU KNOW, GOD IS
00:11:19.10\00:11:22.06
PRESENT WITH US, OR
HIS GRACE. HE IS PRESENT
00:11:22.06\00:11:23.10
WITH US. HE NEVER LEAVES.
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>>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR.
00:11:27.46\00:11:28.06
LAWRENCE: THEREFORE,
JOY NEVER LEAVES. >>BILL:
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RIGHT. >>DR. LAWRENCE:
SO WE CONTINUE TRUSTING HIM
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AND WE'RE HAPPY IN HIM.
00:11:31.26\00:11:34.13
EVEN WHEN THE
CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE, GOD
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IS THERE. >>BILL: JOY
IS NOT A WORD THAT WE USE
00:11:35.16\00:11:38.90
VERY MUCH ANYMORE IN THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE. >>PASTOR
00:11:38.90\00:11:42.00
GERARDO: NO.
>>BILL:..IS IT? WE TEND TO USE
00:11:42.00\00:11:42.90
HAPPINESS AND WITH THAT,
AS YOU SAID EARLIER, THAT
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ALWAYS COMES ASSOCIATED
WITH SOMETHING. HAPPINESS
00:11:45.80\00:11:48.50
ALWAYS COMES FROM HAVING
A LOT OF MONEY, HAPPINESS
00:11:48.50\00:11:49.50
COMES FROM HAVING A
LARGE HOME, YOU KNOW, THE
00:11:49.50\00:11:52.83
LATEST MODEL CAR.
>>PASTOR GERARDO: OR WINNING A
00:11:52.83\00:11:56.20
GAME... >>BILL: WINNING
A GAME.>>PASTOR GERARDO:.OF
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RACKETBALL, LIKE I DID
LAST NIGHT. >>BILL:.THAT'S
00:11:57.23\00:11:59.53
RIGHT. >>PASTOR
GERARDO:.SO I WAS VERY
00:11:59.53\00:12:01.50
JOYFUL. >>DR. LAWRENCE:
YOU WERE JOYFUL. WHAT A
00:12:01.50\00:12:02.53
JOY. >>BILL: BUT WE
DON'T HEAR THE WORD JOY. IT'S
00:12:02.53\00:12:04.20
NOT SOMETHING THAT IS
CAUGHT IN OUR VOCABULARY
00:12:04.20\00:12:08.80
ANYMORE. AND I THINK THE
MEANING OF IT IS A LITTLE
00:12:08.80\00:12:09.90
BIT FOREIGN BUT THIS
IDEA THAT IT REMAINS AND
00:12:09.90\00:12:15.30
IF GOD IS WITH US AND
HE'S THE SOURCE OF JOY AND HE'S
00:12:15.30\00:12:19.16
NEVER GOING TO LEAVE
US, THEN JOY.>>PASTOR
00:12:19.16\00:12:20.10
GERARDO THERE IS A
PHRASE.>>BILL:.THEN WE
00:12:20.10\00:12:23.00
SHOULD ALWAYS BE
JOYFUL >>PASTOR GERARDO:.YES.
00:12:23.00\00:12:26.93
THERE IS A PHRASE IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT THAT APPEARS
00:12:26.93\00:12:27.96
OVER AND OVER AGAIN
AND THAT IS 'THE JOY OF THE
00:12:27.96\00:12:32.96
LORD'. NEHEMIAH TALKS
ABOUT IT AND DAVID TALKS
00:12:32.96\00:12:36.30
ABOUT IT, ISAIAH AND MANY
OTHER WRITERS. AND I THINK
00:12:36.30\00:12:37.36
THAT WE GO BACK TO
THAT IDEA OF GOD BEING THE
00:12:37.36\00:12:43.50
SOURCE OF TRUE JOY.
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AND EVENTHOUGH WE
ARE COMPARING JOY TO
00:12:43.93\00:12:48.40
HAPPINESS, I WOULD ALSO
SAY TRUE HAPPINESS COMES
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FROM GOD. SO, IT'S
THAT DEEP SENSE OF JOY COMES
00:12:53.23\00:12:54.26
FROM GOD. >>BILL: YES.
00:12:54.26\00:12:59.83
>>DR. LAWRENCE: AS YOU
SAID, NEHEMIAH SAID, "THE
00:12:59.83\00:13:00.90
JOY OF THE LORD IS OUR
STRENGTH. AND EVEN AS YOU
00:13:00.90\00:13:03.36
LOOK AT JESUS'S LIFE,
HE WAS ABLE TO, AS THE TEXT
00:13:03.36\00:13:07.46
SAYS, ENDURE THE CROSS
BECAUSE THE JOY SET BEFORE
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US.>>PASTOR
GERARDO: EXACTLY. >>DR.
00:13:08.50\00:13:11.46
LAWRENCE:.SO IT'S NOT
JUST A PRESENT THING BUT IT'S A
00:13:11.46\00:13:13.43
PRESENT AND A FUTURE.
00:13:13.43\00:13:13.93
AND SO, YOU CAN SEE
THERE YOU HAVE SOMETHINGTHAT IS
00:13:13.93\00:13:17.96
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
BUT SOMETHING MORE IN THE
00:13:17.96\00:13:19.06
FUTURE SO YOU CAN
REJOICE AND THAT'S WHERE YOU
00:13:19.06\00:13:23.60
GET THE WORDS.>>BILL: SO
FIXING OUR EYES ON WHAT IS
00:13:23.60\00:13:25.56
TO COME ALLOWS US TO
GET THROUGH THE TRIALS AND
00:13:25.56\00:13:26.53
TRIBULATIONS NOW.>>DR.
00:13:26.53\00:13:30.93
LAWRENCE: RIGHT.
00:13:30.93\00:13:31.30
>>BILL:.WHILE STILL
BEING JOYFUL. >>DR. LAWRENCE:
00:13:31.30\00:13:35.20
RIGHT. >>PASTOR GERARDO:
AND BY THE WAY, THIS WORD
00:13:35.20\00:13:36.20
JOY APPEARS OVER AND OVER
AGAIN THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE
00:13:36.20\00:13:37.73
SO, IT SHOULD BE A
COMMON THEME FOR THE CHRISTIAN.
00:13:37.73\00:13:43.33
SOMETHING, AGAIN, IT'S
NOT JUST A FEW TIMES HERE IN
00:13:43.33\00:13:44.36
GALATIONS AND ONE OR TWO
TIMES - IT'S OVER AND OVER
00:13:44.36\00:13:49.63
AGAIN. I WAS THINKING OF
ONE OF JESUS' PARABLES IN
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MATTHEW 13 WHEN JESUS'
MEN FIND A HIDDEN TREASURE AND
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HE TALKS ABOUT THE JOY
OF FINDING THAT TREASURE.
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AND THEN, OF COURSE, HE'S
TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE FIND
00:14:03.03\00:14:07.60
GOD, WE TRULY HAVE THAT
ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS. THAT
00:14:07.60\00:14:08.66
IS A SOURCE OF TRUE JOY.
00:14:08.66\00:14:11.96
SO, AGAIN, THE HOLY
SPIRIT MAINTAINS AND HELPS
00:14:11.96\00:14:12.96
UP GROW THAT JOY BUT
ALSO ENCOUNTERING GOD AND
00:14:12.96\00:14:19.56
HAVING THAT AND I WISH
THAT FOR ALL OUR VIEWERS.
00:14:19.56\00:14:25.43
>>BILL: SO, WOULD IT BE
FAIR TO SAY THEN THAT IF
00:14:25.43\00:14:26.56
I'M A FOLLOWER OF
JESUS CHRIST AND I'M NOT
00:14:26.56\00:14:28.43
EXPERIENCING JOY THEN
I DON'T HAVE THAT REAL
00:14:28.43\00:14:32.06
RELATIONSHIP WITH
HIM. >>DR. LAWRENCE: THE
00:14:32.06\00:14:33.06
RELATIONSHIP IS IMPORTANT.
00:14:33.06\00:14:34.80
THAT'S RIGHT. BECAUSE IF
YOU HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP
00:14:34.80\00:14:35.83
KNOWING, YOU KNOW,
KNOWING, TRUSTING THE
00:14:35.83\00:14:37.90
ONE THAT YOU BELIEVE IN
SO MUCH, SOMETHING WILL SHOW.
00:14:37.90\00:14:40.20
AND IT HAS TO BE REAL.
00:14:40.20\00:14:40.70
OVERWISE, WE'RE BEING
PHONIES. >>BILL: YEAH.
00:14:40.70\00:14:47.23
>>DR. LAWRENCE: AND
I THINK, YOU KNOW, C.S.
00:14:47.23\00:14:48.20
LEWIS SAYS THAT JOY IS
THE SERIOUS BUSINESS OF
00:14:48.20\00:14:50.93
HEAVEN. WHEN YOU THINK
OF IT, THAT'S ALL HEAVEN IS
00:14:50.93\00:14:56.80
ABOUT, IS JOY. THE
BIBLE SAYS THERE'S JOY IN
00:14:56.80\00:14:57.73
HEAVEN, ONE SHOULD
SHOW REPENTENCE, REJOICE
00:14:57.73\00:15:02.16
IN THE LORD NO MATTER
WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. IF A
00:15:02.16\00:15:06.40
CHRISTIAN HAS A
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THEN
00:15:06.40\00:15:07.33
HE OR SHE CAN BE JOYFUL.
00:15:07.33\00:15:12.10
BUT LACK OF THAT
RELATIONSHIP THEN SAYS,
00:15:12.10\00:15:12.96
WELL I'M NOT SO SURE.
00:15:12.96\00:15:15.56
>>BILL: RIGHT.
00:15:15.56\00:15:15.93
>>DR. LAWRENCE: AND THAT'S
WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE DEPEND
00:15:15.93\00:15:18.00
ON MORE THINGS, YOU
KNOW, MAKING US HAPPY HERE
00:15:18.00\00:15:18.96
AND THERE. >>BILL: RIGHT.
00:15:18.96\00:15:21.26
>>DR. LAWRENCE: BUT
TRUSTING IN GOD AND HAVING
00:15:21.26\00:15:22.26
THAT CLOSE RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM SAYS, HEY, I KNOW
00:15:22.26\00:15:24.53
WHATEVER I'M GOING
THROUGH HE'S THERE WITH ME.
00:15:24.53\00:15:26.86
>>PASTOR GERARDO: JUST,
IF I MAY.>>BILL: ABSOLUTELY.
00:15:26.86\00:15:27.93
ABSOLUTELY. >>PASTOR
GERARDO:.WE'RE TALKING
00:15:27.93\00:15:30.40
ABOUT JOY BEING THE
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT AND IN JOHN
00:15:30.40\00:15:36.43
15 JESUS GIVES A
WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATION. HE SAYS,
00:15:36.43\00:15:37.56
"I AM THE TRUE VINE; MY
FATHER IS THE VINE DRESSER
00:15:37.56\00:15:41.76
AND EVERY BRANCH IN ME
THAT DOES NOT BEAR FRUIT".
00:15:41.76\00:15:46.63
HE'S TALKING ABOUT
FRUITS AGAIN AS REMAINING
00:15:46.63\00:15:47.56
IN HIM AS BEING THE
BRANCHES.>>BILL: RIGHT.
00:15:47.56\00:15:49.36
>>PASTOR GERARDO:.HE'S
THE VINE. BUT THEN FURTHER
00:15:49.36\00:15:51.43
DOWN, I'M READING JOHN
15, AND VERSES 9 AND 10 HE
00:15:51.43\00:15:52.46
SAYS, "AS THE FATHER
LOVED ME I ALSO HAVE LOVED YOU.
00:15:52.46\00:16:00.36
ABIDE IN MY LOVE".
LOVE FIRST AND THEN HE SAYS,
00:16:00.36\00:16:06.23
"IF YOU KEEP MY
COMMANDMENTS YOU WILL
00:16:06.23\00:16:07.16
ABIDE IN MY LOVE JUST
AS I HAVE KEPT MY FATHER'S
00:16:07.16\00:16:10.13
COMMANDMENTS AND ABIDE
IN HIS LOVE". THEN IN VERSE
00:16:10.13\00:16:13.33
11, "THESE THINGS I HAVE
SPOKEN TO YOU, THAT MY JOY
00:16:13.33\00:16:14.36
MAY REMAIN IN YOU AND
THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL". SO
00:16:14.36\00:16:19.56
WE WILL HAVE COMPLETE
JOY AS WE ABIDE IN HIM AND IN
00:16:19.56\00:16:25.80
HIS LOVE. >>DR.
LAWRENCE: YOU READ IN THE NEW
00:16:25.80\00:16:26.76
TESTAMENT, I'M LOOKING
AT AN OLD TESTAMENT PASSAGE
00:16:26.76\00:16:32.60
IN THE PSALMS, PSALMS
16 AND VERSES 8 AND 9, THE
00:16:32.60\00:16:36.80
PSALMIST SAYS, DAVID
SPEAKING, "I HAVE SET
00:16:36.80\00:16:37.73
ALWAYS THE LORD
BEFORE ME BECAUSE HE IS AT MY
00:16:37.73\00:16:40.90
RIGHT HAND. I WILL NOT
BE SHAKEN. THEREFORE, MY
00:16:40.90\00:16:45.63
HEART IS GLAD AND MY
TONGUE REJOICES. MY BODY,
00:16:45.63\00:16:46.60
ALSO, WILL REST SECURE."
00:16:46.60\00:16:52.60
AND THEN HE GOES ON TO
SAY BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT GOD
00:16:52.60\00:16:53.66
WILL NOT ABANDON HIM AND
SO ON AND SO ON. SO, HERE
00:16:53.66\00:16:56.86
AGAIN, RESTING IN GOD,
TRUSTING IN GOD, HAVING
00:16:56.86\00:17:00.46
THAT RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD. WHATEVER HAPPENS
00:17:00.46\00:17:01.53
REJOICE. >>BILL: OKAY.
00:17:01.53\00:17:04.80
PAUL TALKS ABOUT
CONTENTMENT, RIGHT? AND
00:17:04.80\00:17:05.80
BEING ACCEPTING. I THINK
THAT ALL FACTORS INTO THIS
00:17:05.80\00:17:11.00
WHOLE THINKING OF JOY.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU WERE TALKING
00:17:11.00\00:17:15.16
ABOUT JOY IN
THIS RELATIONSHIP AND
00:17:15.16\00:17:15.96
UNDERSTANDING THE
TRUE RELATIONSHIP, THAT
00:17:15.96\00:17:18.10
WHEN YOU HAVE THIS
TRUE RELATIONSHIP YOU CAN'T
00:17:18.10\00:17:20.90
HELP BUT BE JOYFUL. YOU
KNOW, WE HAVE DR. KNIGHT,
00:17:20.90\00:17:21.93
DR. GEORGE KNIGHT, WHO,
IN FACT, DID A SERIES ON
00:17:21.93\00:17:26.96
GALATIONS AND HAS
WRITTEN MANY THINGS. YOU KNOW,
00:17:26.96\00:17:31.03
WE'RE ALL SABBATH
KEEPERS AND HE POSED A QUESTION
00:17:31.03\00:17:32.06
ONE TIME THAT I
THOUGHT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
00:17:32.06\00:17:35.66
HE SAID, 'AS A SABBATH
KEEPER, WHEN IS A SABBATH
00:17:35.66\00:17:39.26
KEEPER MOST JOYFUL? AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE SABBATH
00:17:39.26\00:17:40.30
OR AT THE END OF
THE SABBATH?' >>PASTOR
00:17:40.30\00:17:46.80
GERARDO: AT THE END.
00:17:46.80\00:17:47.23
>>BILL: AND THAT SHOULD
BE A JOYFUL TIME SHOULDN'T
00:17:47.23\00:17:50.30
IT? >>PASTOR GERARDO:
ABSOLUTELY. >>BILL: THAT
00:17:50.30\00:17:53.26
GOES TO SHOW THAT
WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A PROPER
00:17:53.26\00:17:54.33
RELATIONSHIP OR A
PROPER UNDERSTANDING WE'RE NOT
00:17:54.33\00:17:58.16
EXPERIENCING THE JOY.
AND THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTS. HE
00:17:58.16\00:18:02.06
WANTS HIS CHILDREN TO
BE JOYFUL IN THE SAME WAY
00:18:02.06\00:18:03.06
THAT WE'RE PARENTS AND
WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO BE
00:18:03.06\00:18:05.56
JOYFUL. >>PASTOR
GERARDO: ABSOLUTELY. >>BILL: HE
00:18:05.56\00:18:07.40
SAYS, JUST COME TO
ME, ABIDE IN ME. >>PASTOR
00:18:07.40\00:18:08.33
GERARDO: ABSOLUTELY. >>DR.
00:18:08.33\00:18:09.16
LAWRENCE: WHAT BOTHERS ME
SOMETIMES IS THAT YOU HAVE
00:18:09.16\00:18:10.23
CHRISTIANS THAT ARE VERY
SULKY AND THEY SAY, WELL,
00:18:10.23\00:18:13.80
I'M HAPPY IN MY HEART
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT
00:18:13.80\00:18:17.50
TO SEND A MESSAGE TO
YOUR FACE EVERY NOW AND AGAIN.
00:18:17.50\00:18:18.53
>>BILL: SEND A
MESSAGE TO YOUR FACE. THAT'S
00:18:18.53\00:18:20.23
RIGHT. >>PASTOR
GERARDO: SO I.>>BILL: GO AHEAD.
00:18:20.23\00:18:21.70
>>PASTOR GERARDO:.WAS
GOING TO SAY THAT THERE
00:18:21.70\00:18:22.70
ARE DIFFERENT, YOU
KNOW, AS I LOOK IN SCRIPTURE,
00:18:22.70\00:18:27.10
NUMBER ONE AS WE'VE
BEEN SAYING AS CHRISTIANS WE
00:18:27.10\00:18:32.83
SHOULD BE THE MOST
JOYFUL PEOPLE ON PLANET EARTH
00:18:32.83\00:18:33.83
AND THERE ARE
DIFFERENT REASONS WHY WE ARE
00:18:33.83\00:18:38.36
JOYFUL. THE FIRST IS THAT
WE ENCOUNTER JESUS AND THE
00:18:38.36\00:18:42.00
BEAUTIFUL NEWS, GOOD
NEWS OF THE GOSPEL. THAT IS A
00:18:42.00\00:18:43.13
GREAT SENSE OF JOY.
THEN AS WE ABIDE IN HIM HE
00:18:43.13\00:18:46.06
COMPLETES THAT JOY. AND
THEN PAUL TALKS IN ROMANS
00:18:46.06\00:18:51.46
12 ABOUT THE REJOICE IN
YOUR HOPE. SO WE ENCOUNTER
00:18:51.46\00:18:52.53
JESUS, GREAT NEWS,
JOY, WE GROW IN HIM AND HE
00:18:52.53\00:19:04.03
COMPLETES THAT HOPE BUT
THEN WE LOOK FORWARD TO A
00:19:04.03\00:19:07.80
GREAT FUTURE AND THAT IS
ALSO A SOURCE OF HOPE AND
00:19:07.80\00:19:08.80
JOY, YOU KNOW. THAT HOPE
FEEDS OUR JOY, I THINK. WE
00:19:08.80\00:19:13.86
LOOK FORWARD TO SOMETHING
GREAT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE
00:19:13.86\00:19:20.20
ALL HAVE AND WHEN THEY
EXPECT SOMETHING GREAT -
00:19:20.20\00:19:21.16
WE WENT CAMPING, YOU
KNOW, LAST WEEKEND AND OUR
00:19:21.16\00:19:27.13
DAUGHTER WAS SO EXCITED
AND SAID, 'WHY IS IT THAT
00:19:27.13\00:19:32.80
WE WAIT AND TIME
NEVER GOES BY WHILE WE ARE
00:19:32.80\00:19:33.83
WAITING FOR SOMETHING
GREAT BUT THEN WHEN THE
00:19:33.83\00:19:38.23
TIME COMES THINGS PASS
BY SO QUICKLY AND THEN IT'S
00:19:38.23\00:19:41.56
OVER'. WELL GUESS WHAT?
00:19:41.56\00:19:42.10
WHEN WE, THE HOPE
THAT HAVE FOR THE FUTURE IS
00:19:42.10\00:19:45.36
SOMETHING THAT WILL
NEVER END AND THAT BRINGS JOY
00:19:45.36\00:19:46.40
TO OUR HEARTS. >>BILL:
THE SAME PAUL THAT SAID,
00:19:46.40\00:19:50.66
YOU KNOW, WHAT GOD HAS IN
STORE FOR HIS CHILDREN THE
00:19:50.66\00:19:53.76
EYE HAS NEVER SEEN,
NOR EAR HAS EVER HEARD,
00:19:53.76\00:19:54.73
OR HAS ENTERED INTO
THE IMAGINATION OF ANYONE.
00:19:54.73\00:19:57.43
>>PASTOR GERARDO: EXACTLY.
00:19:57.43\00:19:57.96
>>BILL: THAT'S WHAT HAS
SUSTAINED CHRISTIANS SINCE
00:19:57.96\00:20:01.50
THE BEGINNING OF TIME
>>DR. LAWRENCE: YES. ONE
00:20:01.50\00:20:07.33
OTHER THING THAT I FIND
ABOUT CHRISTIANS IS THAT
00:20:07.33\00:20:08.33
WE ARE ALL SINNERS AND
WE COME AND PRAY TO GOD
00:20:08.33\00:20:12.33
AND ASK HIM FOR
HIS FORGIVENESS BUT WE
00:20:12.33\00:20:15.23
SOMETIMES FORGET THAT
HE'S FORGIVENESS AND SO,
00:20:15.23\00:20:16.20
THERE'S NOT THAT JOY OF
FORGIVENESS. AND WE DREAD,
00:20:16.20\00:20:20.03
OH I'M SO BAD I'M NOT
SURE IF I'M RIGHT WITH GOD.
00:20:20.03\00:20:24.26
AGAIN, THAT RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM WOULD HELP US
00:20:24.26\00:20:25.33
TO SEE THAT HEY, IT'S
ALL GONE. I'VE FORGIVEN YOU.
00:20:25.33\00:20:28.63
REJOICE. >>PASTOR GERARDO:
YES. >>DR. LAWRENCE: THAT
00:20:28.63\00:20:30.83
WOULD MAKE US
HAPPIER PEOPLE AS WE GO ALONG
00:20:30.83\00:20:31.80
>>BILL: YOU KNOW, PAUL
HAD BEEN PART OF THAT, HE HAD
00:20:31.80\00:20:33.60
BEEN STRESSING THAT HERE
IN GALATIONS THAT WHY ARE
00:20:33.60\00:20:37.36
AS SOME WERE SAYING THAT
YES IT'S GRACE BUT THERE'S
00:20:37.36\00:20:38.50
THE WORKS PART, YOU
HAVE TO DO YOUR PART. PAUL IS
00:20:38.50\00:20:44.73
STRESSING THE FACT THAT
SALVATION IS GRACE. 100%,
00:20:44.73\00:20:49.56
100% GRACE. AND I THINK
THAT, RIGHT, IF WE DON'T,
00:20:49.56\00:20:50.70
WE DON'T ALWAYS
BELIEVE THAT OUR LOVING FATHER
00:20:50.70\00:20:57.63
CAN BE AS LOVING AND AS
FORGIVING AS HE IS. AS HE
00:20:57.63\00:21:03.60
IS. THAT DOES, THAT
DOES DRAW AWAY OUR JOY, YOU
00:21:03.60\00:21:04.56
KNOW, RIGHT? HOW COULD
HE, HOW COULD HE FORGIVE
00:21:04.56\00:21:12.50
ME? HOW COULD HE BE
THAT LOVING TO ME? BUT HE IS.
00:21:12.50\00:21:20.43
>>DR. LAWRENCE: THAT'S
RIGHT. >>BILL: HE IS. WE
00:21:20.43\00:21:21.40
CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. WE
CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND
00:21:21.40\00:21:23.66
IT SOMETIMES BUT HE IS
>>PASTOR GERARDO: AND I
00:21:23.66\00:21:25.46
THINK THAT, I'M THINKING
THAT PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, WE
00:21:25.46\00:21:26.50
HAVE SOME VIEWERS THAT
ARE GOING THROUGH SOME ROUGH
00:21:26.50\00:21:32.53
TIMES.>>BILL: NO QUESTION.
00:21:32.53\00:21:33.06
>>PASTOR GERARDO:.AND
MAYBE, YOU KNOW, FACING
00:21:33.06\00:21:35.53
DEPRESSION OR DIVORCE
OR EVEN WE MAY HAVE SOME
00:21:35.53\00:21:40.06
PEOPLE CONTEMPLATING
SUICIDE. WHO KNOWS? I
00:21:40.06\00:21:41.00
WOULD REALLY LIKE TO
INVITE THEM TO CONSIDER
00:21:41.00\00:21:44.36
TRYING JESUS AND
GIVING HIM A CHANCE. BECAUSE I
00:21:44.36\00:21:52.13
ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT
THIS IS NOT JUST THEORY,
00:21:52.13\00:21:53.13
IT IS A REALITY. AND
WHEN WE TRUST HIM AND WE
00:21:53.13\00:21:57.56
GIVE OUR LIVES TO HIM WE
EXPERIENCE THE REALITY OF
00:21:57.56\00:22:03.10
THE SPIRIT AND ONE OF
THEM IS JOY. IT'S A REALITY NOT
00:22:03.10\00:22:04.20
JUST A THEORY. >>BILL:
IT ACTUALLY CHANGES PEOPLES
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LIVES. >>PASTOR
GERARDO: YES, AND PERSPECTIVE ON
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LIFE. >>BILL: YEAH,
FOLKS WOULD SOMETIMES SAY, WHAT
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YOU GUYS ARE TALKING -
WE GET WRITERS, PEOPLE WRITE
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INTO US AND SAY
THAT'S JUST A FAIRY TALE. BUT
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WHEN YOU SEE IT PLAYED
OUT IN SOMEONE'S LIFE,YOU
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KNOW, AND THEY STAND
BEFORE YOU OR BEFORE A
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CONGREGATION AND SAY
THIS WHAT I WAS AND THIS IS
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WHAT I NOW AM, BOY, I
TELL YOU, I'VE NEVER SEEN
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A FAIRY TALE LIKE THAT.
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THAT'S JUST THE POWER
OF GOD. DR. LAWRENCE WE'VE
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GOT ABOUT TWO MINUTES
LEFT. ANY CLOSING GEMS,
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PEARLS OF WISDOM. >>DR.
00:22:41.03\00:22:41.53
LAWRENCE: I WAS JUST
THINKING AS WE TALKED
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ABOUT JOY. I REMEMBER
YEARS AGO WE HAD A FAMILY
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WITH US. WE WERE HAVING,
JUST, WORSHIP ONE EVENING
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THERE WITH US AND
THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL ABOUT
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FOUR AND WE ASKED
HER, WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE
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SONG? AND SHE SAID 'JOY'.
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J-O-Y, J-O-Y, SURELY
IT MUST BE JESUS FIRST,
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YOURSELF LAST, AND
OTHERS IN BETWEEN. AND TO ME
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THAT'S REAL JOY, ISN'T IT?
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AND THAT IS WHY WE
DON'T EXPERIENCE THE JOY,
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BECAUSE WE'RE FIRST. WE
NEED TO PUT JESUS FIRST,
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YOURSELF LAST, AND OTHERS
IN BETWEEN. AND WHEN WE DO
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THAT WE EXPERIENCE REAL
JOY. >>BILL: PASTOR OUDRI.
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>>PASTOR GERARDO:
PERHAPS I'M THINKING OF PAUL'S
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WORDS IN PHILLIPIANS,
"REJOICE IN THE LORD,
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ALWAYS". ALWAYS REJOICE.
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HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
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HUMANLY SPEAKING, I
BELIEVE IS IMPOSSIBLE
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BECAUSE WE ALL FACE
TRIALS. WE CAN BE SMILING
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HERE OR WE GO TO CHURCH
AS CHRISTIANS, FOR THOSE OF
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US WHO GO TO CHURCH,
AND PUT A SMILE AND SAY I'M
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GREAT, HOW ARE YOU
DOING BUT WE - IT IS A REALITY
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WE FACE CHALLENGES.
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HOWEVER, I ALSO BELIEVE
IT IS TRUE AND IT IS REAL
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THAT WE CAN REJOICE IN
THE LORD ALWAYS. BUT THAT TRUE
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JOY ONLY COMES FROM GOD.
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AND SO, IT IS ONLY AS
I ABIDE IN HIM THAT I CAN
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EXPERIENCE THE FRUIT OF
THE SPIRIT IN MY LIFE. AND
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AGAIN, I THINK THAT FOR
ME IT IS SO, SO KEY THAT
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THESE ATTRIBUTES ARE
UNIVERSAL. WHO DOESN'T
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WANT TO EXPERIENCE
JOY.>>BILL: ABSOLUTELY.
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>>PASTOR
GERARDO:.IN LIVES? SO, WE'RE NOT
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TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
A DIFFERENCE IN DOCTRINES OR
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THIS. WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT REAL THINGS THAT WE CAN
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EXPERIENCE IN OUR LIVES
SO I LEAVE THAT CHALLENGE
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AS I SAID BEFORE, TRY
GOD, TRY IT, YOU KNOW. >>BILL:
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU
GENTLEMEN. YOU KNOW, MEN
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HAVE PURSUED JOY IN
EVERY AVENUE IMAGINEABLE. SOME
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HAVE SUCCESSFULLY FOUND
IT WHILE OTHERS HAVE NOT
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PERHAPS IT WOULD BE
EASIER TO DESCRIBE WHERE JOY
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CANNOT BE FOUND. NOT
IN UNBELIEF. VOLTAR WAS AN
00:24:44.76\00:24:50.53
INFIDEL, THE MOST PROFOUND
TYPE AND HE WROTE, 'I WISH
00:24:50.53\00:24:51.63
I HAD NEVER BEEN BORN'.
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IT'S NOT FOUND IN
PLEASURE. LORD BYRON LIVES
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A LIFE OF PLEASURE, IF
ANYONE DID AND HE WROTE,
00:24:56.33\00:25:00.36
'THE WORM, AND CANKER,
AND GRIEF ARE MINE ALONE'. NOT
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FOUND IN MONEY, JAY
GOULD, THE AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE
00:25:03.96\00:25:05.00
HAD PLENTY OF MONEY.
WHEN HE WAS DYING HE SAID,
00:25:05.00\00:25:09.86
'I SUPPOSE I AM THE
MOST MISERABLE MAN ON EARTH'.
00:25:09.86\00:25:13.83
JOY IS NOT FOUND IN
POSITION AND FAME; LORD
00:25:13.83\00:25:14.80
BEACONSFIELD ENJOYED
MORE OF HIS FAIR SHARE OF
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BOTH. HE WROTE, 'YOUTH
IS A MISTAKE, MANHOOD A
00:25:18.60\00:25:21.70
STRUGGLE, OLD AGE
A REGRET'. JOY IS NOT
00:25:21.70\00:25:22.56
FOUND IN MILITARY GLORY.
00:25:22.56\00:25:25.83
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
CONQUERED THE KNOWN WORLD
00:25:25.83\00:25:26.90
IN HIS DAY. HAVING DONE
SO HE WEPT IN HIS TENT BEFORE
00:25:26.90\00:25:31.16
HE SAID, 'THERE ARE NO
MORE WORLDS TO CONQUER'.
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THEN WHERE IS REAL
JOY FOUND? THE ANSWER IS
00:25:37.20\00:25:38.10
SIMPLE, MY FRIEND. IT IS
FOUND IN CHRIST AND IN HIM
00:25:38.10\00:25:43.13
ALONE. PASTOR OUDRI,
WOULD YOU LEAD US IN PRAYER?
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>>PASTOR GERARDO: SURE.
00:25:48.20\00:25:48.73
LET US BOW OUR HEADS.
00:25:48.73\00:25:49.20
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE
THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT WHEN WE
00:25:49.20\00:25:55.26
COME TO YOU WE EXPERIENCE
TRUE JOY IN OUR LIVES. NOT
00:25:55.26\00:26:01.66
JUST SUPERFICIAL HAPPINESS
BUT TRUE JOY. AND AS WE
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CLOSE I WOULD LIKE
TO PRAY FOR OUR VIEWERS.
00:26:02.73\00:26:09.46
ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT
ARE FACING A CHALLENGE IN
00:26:09.46\00:26:15.50
THEIR LIVES, STRUGGLING
WITH DIFFERENT ISSUES, I
00:26:15.50\00:26:16.50
PRAY THAT YOU WOULD
WORK IN THEIR HEARTS SO THAT
00:26:16.50\00:26:18.03
TODAY AS THEY WATCH,
THAT THEY CAN BEGIN TO
00:26:18.03\00:26:20.90
EXPERIENCE A WALK WITH
YOU AND BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE
00:26:20.90\00:26:21.96
TRUE JOY. >>BILL: YES.
00:26:21.96\00:26:25.93
>>PASTOR GERARDO:
WE ASK AND WE PRAY IN
00:26:25.93\00:26:26.80
JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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(music)
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>>BILL: IF YOU'D LIKE TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE
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BIBLE SAYS ABOUT HOW
YOU CAN EXPERIENCE JESUS
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CHRIST AND TRUE JOY, ONE
OF THE WAYS OF DOING THAT
00:26:49.86\00:26:54.13
IS THROUGH THE
DISCOVER BIBLE STUDY GUIDES. A
00:26:54.13\00:26:55.13
GREAT WAY TO LEARN THE
BIBLE IN YOUR HOME AT YOUR
00:26:55.13\00:26:59.00
PACE. IT IS A GIFT FROM
'IT IS WRITTEN'. HERE IS
00:26:59.00\00:27:04.66
THE INFORMATION YOU
NEED IN ORDER TO GET
00:27:04.66\00:27:05.56
YOUR FIRST STUDY GUIDE.
00:27:05.56\00:27:09.33
>>BILL: GENTLEMEN, I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
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AND BEING WITH US ON
THE 'IT IS WRITTEN' PROGRAM.
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>>PASTOR GERARDO:
THANK YOU. >>BILL: I WANT TO
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THANK OUR FAITHFUL
VIEWERS THAT TUNE IN EACH AND
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EVERY WEEK.
REMEMBER THE WEBSITE,
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