Harvest truly is plenteous,
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but the laborers are few.
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Pray Ye therefore,
the Lord of the harvest,
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that He will, He
will send forth laborers
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into His harvest.
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Also, I heard the
voice of the Lord saying,
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"Whom shall I send?
And who will go for us?"
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Then said, I.
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"Here am I, send me, send me''.
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Life on the Edge
will enable you to be
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an effective
harvester for the Lord.
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We now invite you
into our classroom to come,
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experience, Life.
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We'd like to welcome all
of you here to the classroom
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at Lay Institute for Evangelism.
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We recognize that
there are some of you
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that are in the
classroom with us,
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via the Internet or a
DVD maybe you purchased
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at GYC or one of the other
big events where we were at.
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We just want to praise the Lord
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that everyone of
you are here with us.
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We are going to be
going over a study today
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on Christian Living.
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And we're gonna focus
on two specific aspects
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of Christian Living
and we're going to get
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into that study
in a just a moment.
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But, we're very glad
that you could be here with us
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in this classroom on the campus
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of Pine Lake Retreat
in Groveland, Florida.
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We just like to
welcome everybody here,
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our students at Lay
Institute for Evangelism.
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We go to our graphic
now, you can see that
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the title of this
study is Christian Living.
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The purpose of this study,
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the purpose of this Bible study
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to live in this world
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while not becoming
a part of this world.
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To show that the way
we look on the outside
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is important to God
and our worship of Him.
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To show that how
we look on the outside
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is important to God
and our worship of Him.
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We'll go ahead and
read our Center It,
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each one of our Bible studies
are centered on Jesus Christ.
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Now our Center It is this,
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the way that we dress
is an outward indication
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of our inward person.
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Jesus desires that
we reflect His character
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on the outside as
well as on the inside.
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Jesus wants our
characters not only to be
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an inward display
but an outward display.
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He wants to see His
character reflected in us
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not only in our
heart that He can see,
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but also in our appearance
that everyone else can see.
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You'll notice
there on our next graphic
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we have all of the
text that we are going
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to be covering
in this Bible study.
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We have 16 of those
texts and that is what
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you are marking
either in the front
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or the back of your Bible
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or on some other blank sheet
that you have in your Bibles.
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We'll go ahead and
jump right into the study.
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We're gonna jump
right into this study,
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and before we go
to our first slide,
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there was a young man
who was in the service.
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There was an
accident, something happened
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and his left arm
had to amputated.
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And the chaplain
came into his room
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and he said, young man, I
know that you just woke up
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but I need to let you know
that you lost your left arm.
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That soldier looked
at chaplain he said,
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I didn't lose
anything I gave it.
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Our attitude has
much to do with the way
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that we handle what we
are going to learn today.
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We are going to
learn that we don't lose
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anything by following God,
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but we get everything
from God when we follow Him.
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This is probably
one of the Bible studies
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that you as Bible
presenters, you as people
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who are going to be
giving Bible studies,
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you will probably
be amazed at the amount
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of conviction that you see
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when you're giving
these Bible studies.
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Every year that I've
taught this Bible study.
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When we had
someone in the classroom
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that was dressing in a
way that God did not prescribe
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to be dressed, that
person during that study
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would take off what God
had asked them not to put on.
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And we're gonna find
that, that God is going
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to convict us here and
God is going to convict
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those of you that are
at home or on the Internet
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because when the
word of God is studied,
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God's spirit is very active.
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And so now we're
gonna look to our screen
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for our first reference.
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We're gonna go to Hebrews
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the second
Chapter and the 10 verse.
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Hebrews Chapter 2 and verse 10.
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And before we study
this, before we get into our
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Bible study, we
are going to pray.
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So let's bow our heads and pray.
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Gracious Father in heaven,
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everyone of us
here in the classroom
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and at home are very grateful
that you've given us this time
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and this
opportunity to study Your word.
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We pray that you will give us
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the humble heart of Christ
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that you'll give us His mind
and that you will gives us His
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desire to follow your will.
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Please bless us now as we study,
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in your name we
pray, Jesus, amen.
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So we're opening our
Bibles now to Hebrews
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the second
Chapter and the 10 verse.
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Hebrews Chapter 2 and verse 10
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and we'll go ahead
let Mike read that.
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Mike is usually
there before anybody else
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I don't know if he
has this personal agenda
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to make sure
that he's there first,
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but he's always there.
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So read for us
Hebrews Chapter 2 verse 10.
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"For it became him,
for whom are all things,
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and by whom are all things,
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in bringing
many sons unto glory,
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to make the
captain of their salvation
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perfect through sufferings."
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Now, the first
part of this Bible study
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is designed to inspire people
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to be a good soldier of Jesus.
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The first part of
this study is designed
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to inspire us to do
exactly what God ask us to do.
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It has been stated
that you can motivate people
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much better by inspiration
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rather than condemnation.
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You can motivate
somebody much better
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by inspiration rather
than condemning that person
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and the first part of
this study is to inspire us
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to do what God
is asking us to do.
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And this text here
says, verse 10 of Hebrews 2,
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the very last part it says,
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to make the
captain of their salvation
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perfect through sufferings.
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So, my friend, who is
the captain of our salvation?
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Jesus Christ,
that's absolutely right.
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So Jesus is the
captain of our salvation.
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Now if Jesus is our captain
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what then does that make us?
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Soldiers, that's right.
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Let's go to our
second reference,
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our second Christian Living text
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and we're going
to Second Timothy
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Chapter 2 verses 3 and 4.
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Second Timothy
Chapter 2 verses 3 and 4.
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So we'll go ahead and
let Shalita read that for us,
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Second Timothy
Chapter 2 verses 3 and 4.
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"Thou therefore endure hardness
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as a good
soldier of Jesus Christ.
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No man that
worth entangles himself
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with the affairs of this
life, that he may please him
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who have chosen
him to be a soldier."
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Okay, so the Bible
here teaches us exactly
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what we said a moment ago.
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If Jesus is the
captain of our salvation,
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then that makes
us what? Soldiers.
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And scripture
says that right there
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in Second Timothy 2 verse 4.
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It says that, we may please him,
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well, let's
start back up in verse
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the beginning verse 4.
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It says, no man that wars,
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so no man that's in
a war entangles himself
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with the affairs of this life.
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You remember that King David,
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one of his captain
was Uriah, wasn't it?
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And Uriah wouldn't even go home
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because Israel was at war.
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Israel was at war.
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He did not want
to entangle himself
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in the affairs of this
life, so he didn't even go home
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to see his wife Bathsheba.
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The Bible says here
that no man that wars
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entangles himself with
the affairs of this life.
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So the reason
we are in this text
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is to inspire individuals
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to be that good
solider of Jesus Christ.
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And to be a good
solider of Jesus Christ
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our focus is not on this
world, our focus is on whom?
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It's on Jesus and it's on
the battle that is being fought.
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This is the-- what
is that the 22nd study
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in our Life on the Edge series.
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Our third study--
everybody that's here knows,
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what was our third
study? The great controversy.
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Those of you at home
maybe you missed that
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but there is this
cosmic battle that is going on
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between Jesus
Christ and the antichrist.
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Between Jesus Christ and Satan.
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And here it says in
Second Timothy 2:3 and 4.
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"Thou therefore endure hardness
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as a good
soldier of Jesus Christ.
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No man that
warreth entangles himself
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with the affairs of this
life, that he may please him
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that has chosen
him to be a soldier."
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So who was it that
shows you to a solider.
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Jesus. Jesus.
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That gives you an
advantage point, doesn't it?
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If you're going to
be in war you want to be
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with the guy that's
already conquered the enemy,
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don't you? Amen.
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And the Bible says here
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that you are a
solider of Jesus Christ.
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Now Jesus Christ, it says there,
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you're a
solider of Jesus Christ,
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you don't entangle
yourself with the affairs
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of this world
that you may please Him
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who has chosen
you to be a soldier.
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Our goal in this life
is to please Jesus Christ.
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Everything that you
do, everything that you say
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even everything that
we eat should be done
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to please God, shouldn't it?
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So we're gonna to our next text.
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We are going to see
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what the results
of pleasing God are.
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What are
results of pleasing God?
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So we started this
Bible study in Hebrews 2,
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this Bible study
started in Hebrews 2.
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Now we are going
to Hebrews Chapter 11
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and verse 5. Hebrews Chapter 11,
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it's our third text in
the Christian Living study.
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Hebrews Chapter 11 verse 5
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and the reason
we're in this text
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and I must turn
there even while I talk.
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The reason that we
are in the text is to show
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the results of pleasing
the captain of our salvation.
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Now if you can ahead Ms. Gloria,
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can you read Hebrews
Chapter 11 and verse 5 for us,
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and you will
need that microphone
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right there beside you.
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Hebrews Chapter 11 and verse 5
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and maybe you're
like me you found yourself
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in Hebrews 5
looking at verse 11.
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But, we're in
Hebrews 11 verse 5,
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if you could read that for us.
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"By faith Enoch was taken away
so that he did not see death,
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and was not found,
because God had taken him,
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for before he was
taken he had this testimony,
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that he pleased God."
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Now, you'll remember Enoch.
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Enoch never died. Of course,
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Enoch had to die
to self, didn't he?
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But, Enoch never
died like people that get
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old and sick and die,
do here on this earth.
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Enoch was taken or
translated to heaven, why?
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Because he pleased
God. Because he pleased God.
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Is it important
for us to please God?
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What is the result
of our pleasing God?
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Eternal life. Eternal life.
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And what did you
say there, Shalita?
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Translation. The
result of pleasing God
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or striving to please God
is translation preparation.
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Translation preparation,
how many if you want be
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translated, don't
want to see death at all.
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Oh man, you realize
we're gonna have to standup
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against some hard
things before Jesus comes.
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When God stands up and says,
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let everything be
filthy that is filthy.
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We're gonna face some
hard situations, aren't we?
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The result of pleasing God
is eternal life, translation.
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Paul, Paul tells us
in our next reference
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First
Thessalonians 4:1 you can see
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that there on your screen.
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First
Thessalonians 4:1 Paul tells us
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that we should
live to please God.
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Now, Paul doesn't
have to tell us this
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because we already
want to please God,
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but it's important for
us to see these concepts
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and these
principles out of scripture.
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So we're going to the
left from where we are,
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we are going to
First Timothy Chapter 4
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and I have past it
maybe you did the same.
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Oh, maybe that's
why I have past it
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as I was going to the wrong one.
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All right, First
Thessalonians Chapter 4 verse 1
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and, Do-Sung, if you
could read that for us.
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First Thessalonians
Chapter 4 and verse 1.
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"Furthermore, then we
beseech you, brethren,
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and exhort you
by the Lord Jesus,
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that as ye have received
of us how ye ought to walk
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and to please God, so ye
would abound more and more."
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There's lots of
different ways that you and I
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can walk or live to please God.
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This Bible study is going
to focus on two of those ways.
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It's going to
focus on the way we dress
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and it is going to focus
on the things that we put
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on our bodies or jewelry.
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This Bible study is
going to focus on dress
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and it's going
to focus on jewelry.
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Paul says there,
that we ought to walk
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and to please God,
so that ye would abound
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more and more. So
the purpose of walking
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or living and pleasing God
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is so that you
and I can grow closer
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and closer to Jesus, isn't it?
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That's why we're here
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at Lay Institute
for Evangelism as well.
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And so we're gonna
go now we're gonna focus
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on dress and we're
just gonna pull some
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principles out
of probably the most
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discouraging
chapter in the Bible,
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that would be Genesis Chapter 3.
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That's where all
of heaven broke loose.
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Genesis Chapter 3.
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So we're going to
Genesis Chapter 3 and verse 7.
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The first text that we used,
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the first text
that we went over,
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were used for the
purpose of inspiring us to be
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a good solider of Jesus
Christ and you want to be
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a good solider, don't you. Amen.
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Sure, now we're
looking at the way
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that the soldier of
Christ, the one that doesn't
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want to get entangled
with the affairs of this world.
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We're going to look and see
how does that soldier dress.
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Now I'm not going to
tell you any specific length
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of anything or
anything like that,
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but we're going
to get principles
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out of scripture.
Because if we ca take
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the principle out
of scripture, Tim,
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then we can know
that we're following God.
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So Tim's ready, he's got
that microphone in front of him.
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He's gonna read for us
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Genesis Chapter 3 and verse 7.
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"And the eyes of
them both were opened,
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and they knew
that they were naked,
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and they sewed
fig leaves together
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and made themselves aprons."
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Okay, so Adam and Eve sinned.
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Adam and Eve disobeyed
God and all of a sudden
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Adam and Eve
realize that they are what?
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Naked. Naked.
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They realized they
are no longer clothed.
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They don't have anything on,
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then God comes--
then what does it say
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that they do there in verse 7,
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they sewed fig leaves together
and made themselves what?
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Aprons. Aprons or coverings.
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That's what another
version reads, isn't it?
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Coverings, and we're
gonna see this in our graphic
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right here.
Let's go to the screen.
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The word covering
or apron is khagore
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chagore, and it means
covering apron or girdle.
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Now how many of you know
how much a girdle covers?
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Not much, the ladies in
here are just starting to grin.
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A girdle doesn't cover much,
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it only covers the
what? The essentials.
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An apron, you
know, when I was going up
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I had to go I was four years old
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I had to go have surgery.
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And I can remember
being in the waiting area
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with my mom and dad
or the preparation area,
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I forget, the pre-op area,
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that's the word I'm looking for.
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And I can remember holding
my robe closed in the back
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because I didn't want
anybody to see my bottom.
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I didn't want
anybody to see that.
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Have you ever put an apron on?
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How much doesn't apron cover?
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not much, not much.
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Adam and Eve made
themselves chagore
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or they made themselves
coverings or aprons or girdle.
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They made
themselves something that only
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covered the essentials, that
only covered the essentials.
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But something
happens in Genesis Chapter 3
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verse 15 something
happens in Genesis 3:15.
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And Jessica, if
you could read for us
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Genesis Chapter 3 and verse 15.
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You will see that
on our next graphic
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Genesis Chapter 3 and verse 15.
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Again we're just
looking for principles.
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Adam and Eve find
out they're naked,
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they sewed fig leaves together
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and they cover
just the privates.
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And if you could
read for us what happens
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in Genesis 3:15.
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"From now on, you and
the woman will be enemies,
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and your
offspring and her offspring
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will be enemies. He
will crush your head,
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and you will strike his heel."
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All right, so Adam and Eve sin,
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they realize their make it
and this is the first promise
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of a Redeemer in the Bible.
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Genesis Chapter 3
verse 15 is the promise
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of the Redeemer
that is going to come.
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So we see that sin happens,
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they cover just their privates,
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God comes along,
promises the Redeemer
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and then God does
something very interesting.
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Before we look at what God does
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it so interesting
I'll ask you this.
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Is God redundant?
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Is God redundant,
if you did something
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does God need to go back
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and do that for
you again? No, no.
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God is not
redundant God isn't gonna do
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for you what you
can do for yourself.
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God is not redundant, so
if you have done something
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God isn't going to come
along and do that same thing.
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Does that make sense there?
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Okay, so if you
have done something
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God isn't gonna come
along and do that same thing.
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Although God can
probably do what we do--
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God can do what we do
much better of course.
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Let's go to our next
reference you will see
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on your screen
Genesis 3 verse 21.
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Genesis Chapter 3 and verse 21
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and again we're
looking for a principle.
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Now because God is not redundant
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he does
something very interesting
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and Robert is
going to read for us
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Genesis Chapter 3 verse 21.
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"Also for Adam and
his wife the Lord God made
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tunics of skin,
and clothed them."
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God made tunics
of skin and did what?
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Clothed them. Clothed them.
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Did God consider
Adam and Eve to be clothed
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when they just had the privates
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or the essentials covered?
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Absolutely not, Absolutely not.
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So Adam and Eve were naked,
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they made for
themselves listen to this
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they made
underwear and God came along
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and given them clothes.
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The principle there
is not just you and I
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shouldn't go around
walking around our underwear.
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The principle is
that we should be
00:22:07.64\00:22:11.20
clothed very modestly.
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And something that
just covers the essentials
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according to God is not clothed
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because God is not
redundant, God comes along
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and he gives
Adam and Eve clothing.
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But, Adam and Eve
only made for themselves
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what they felt was appropriate
00:22:30.30\00:22:32.14
and they just covered
their essential parts.
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So the principle
that we see here again.
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Let's just start from
beginning of the study.
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We went through
Hebrews Chapter 2 verse 10
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Jesus is captain
of our Salvation.
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Then we went Timothy
we are a good soldier
00:22:45.47\00:22:48.10
of Jesus Christ,
we don't get entangled
00:22:48.11\00:22:49.91
with this world.
Hebrews Chapter 11,
00:22:49.92\00:22:52.43
we walk to
please God, not Hebrew.
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Well, Hebrews
11:5 said that Enoch,
00:22:54.49\00:22:58.08
the result of
pleasing God is translation,
00:22:58.09\00:23:00.81
and then we went
to First Thessalonians
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where it said that, we
should walk to please God.
00:23:02.76\00:23:07.42
Where Adam and Eve pleasing God
00:23:07.43\00:23:10.10
by being
clothed with fig leaves?
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Or by covering up the essentials
00:23:13.83\00:23:16.34
with fig leaves
because you notice there
00:23:16.35\00:23:18.28
in the text it says God
comes along and clothes them.
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They weren't clothe
before, God clothes them.
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So the principle that
we are pulling out of this
00:23:25.99\00:23:28.25
is that when we
dress we need to dress
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in a way that glorifies God.
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And if we look at Genesis
Chapter 3 we can say well,
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a way that we can
dress to glorify God
00:23:37.73\00:23:40.30
is to make sure
that more much more
00:23:40.31\00:23:43.27
than just our
private parts are covered.
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The word that was
used there for tunic
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is kethoneth and it
means to cover or to robe.
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So they made for
themselves small things
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and God gives
for them big things.
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They cover the essentials,
God covers everything else.
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So as soon as the
Savior's introduced,
00:24:05.34\00:24:07.68
then the Savior
says, hey, listen,
00:24:07.69\00:24:09.45
this is the principle,
you're not clothed right now
00:24:09.46\00:24:12.43
I'm going to
give you some clothes.
00:24:12.44\00:24:14.64
I'm going to
give you some clothes.
00:24:14.65\00:24:16.99
It's interesting
that the world says,
00:24:17.00\00:24:20.15
take it off when
it comes to clothing,
00:24:20.16\00:24:22.67
but God says what? Put it on.
00:24:22.68\00:24:26.00
Now we are going to
find out that the world says
00:24:26.01\00:24:29.67
concerning jewelry put it on,
00:24:29.68\00:24:33.24
but God says what?
00:24:33.25\00:24:35.04
Take it off. Take it off.
00:24:35.05\00:24:37.72
So when it comes to
clothing the world says
00:24:37.73\00:24:39.38
take it off, God says put it on.
00:24:39.39\00:24:42.20
When it comes to
adornment God says
00:24:42.21\00:24:45.01
take it off and the
world says put it on.
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So now we've gotten the
principle from scripture
00:24:48.53\00:24:52.90
that we need to dress
modestly, was that clear?
00:24:52.91\00:24:56.71
It's very simple, isn't it?
00:24:56.72\00:24:58.32
it's very simply and
most people would say
00:24:58.33\00:25:00.85
here, you know, I can understand
00:25:00.86\00:25:01.98
that I need to dress modestly.
00:25:01.99\00:25:05.46
Now gentlemen even
though some of us can pull out
00:25:05.47\00:25:09.05
Atlas anytime we want.
00:25:09.06\00:25:11.84
Does that mean
we need to show off
00:25:11.85\00:25:12.96
our muscles to all the ladies.
00:25:12.97\00:25:14.85
No, no, no, that's
saved for wife and ladies,
00:25:14.86\00:25:20.20
just because you
have the body of Eve
00:25:20.21\00:25:23.25
who was a perfect lady.
00:25:23.26\00:25:24.53
Okay, I have no idea
what she looked like,
00:25:24.54\00:25:27.12
is it appropriate
for you to show off
00:25:27.13\00:25:28.80
to every man that body?
00:25:28.81\00:25:30.22
No. No, no, no.
00:25:30.23\00:25:32.32
So we keep ourselves clothed
00:25:32.33\00:25:35.08
and then when
you find your husband
00:25:35.09\00:25:36.84
or your wife well, you
do what married people do.
00:25:36.85\00:25:42.51
They're naked in
front of each other
00:25:42.52\00:25:43.88
and they're not ashamed.
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All right, let's go to
our next-- enough on that
00:25:45.76\00:25:48.14
Let's go to our next reference.
00:25:48.15\00:25:50.65
Let's go to our next reference,
00:25:50.66\00:25:52.19
we are going to First
Timothy 2 and verse 9.
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First Timothy
Chapter 2 and verse 9
00:25:57.15\00:26:01.23
and we are going to
let the Vanessa read this.
00:26:01.24\00:26:05.04
First Timothy
Chapter 2 and verse 9,
00:26:05.05\00:26:09.81
First Timothy is of
course, in the New Testament
00:26:09.82\00:26:13.10
in the T section.
00:26:13.11\00:26:17.01
And what the scripture
say there for us, Vanessa.
00:26:17.02\00:26:19.94
"In like manner also
that women adorn themselves
00:26:19.95\00:26:23.60
in modest apparel."
00:26:23.61\00:26:24.84
Okay, stop right
there, stop right there.
00:26:24.85\00:26:28.32
The Biblical
principle of modesty
00:26:28.33\00:26:33.18
is what Paul is
referring to here.
00:26:33.19\00:26:36.20
The Biblical
principle of modestly
00:26:36.21\00:26:38.05
is what Paul referring to here.
00:26:38.06\00:26:39.54
Where did Paul get his
information on modesty?
00:26:39.55\00:26:45.66
From the Bible, from scripture.
00:26:45.67\00:26:47.12
What scripture did Paul have?
00:26:47.13\00:26:49.31
Paul had the Old Testament,
00:26:49.32\00:26:51.63
so read that part of
the verse again, Vanessa.
00:26:51.64\00:26:54.58
"In like manner also
that women adorn themselves
00:26:54.59\00:26:59.33
in modest apparel." Keep going.
00:26:59.34\00:27:02.79
"With
shamefacedness and sobriety;
00:27:02.80\00:27:05.35
not with broided
hair, or gold, or pearls,
00:27:05.36\00:27:09.03
or costly array." Array.
00:27:09.04\00:27:12.09
So Paul here takes
the biblical principle
00:27:12.10\00:27:16.54
of modesty and
he just restates it
00:27:16.55\00:27:20.46
in the New Testament.
00:27:20.47\00:27:21.60
He said there in
verse 9, in like manner also
00:27:21.61\00:27:24.53
that women adorn
themselves with what?
00:27:24.54\00:27:28.67
Modest. Modest apparel.
00:27:28.68\00:27:30.62
Now I'm not here to
tell you what is modest
00:27:30.63\00:27:34.38
and what is not, but
for us guys if we feel like
00:27:34.39\00:27:38.14
we're wearing
something we've got to poke
00:27:38.15\00:27:39.64
our chest up
and suck that gut in
00:27:39.65\00:27:41.72
so that people can look at us.
00:27:41.73\00:27:43.08
We're probably not
wearing the clothes
00:27:43.09\00:27:45.27
that we should be wearing.
00:27:45.28\00:27:47.27
And ladies, if you
find yourself continually
00:27:47.28\00:27:49.28
having to shimmy down your skirt
00:27:49.29\00:27:50.98
because you are afraid
that your private parts
00:27:50.99\00:27:53.42
that God covered are
going to be uncovered,
00:27:53.43\00:27:58.24
then maybe we should wear
something a little longer.
00:27:58.25\00:28:00.06
So Paul says
listen that women should
00:28:00.07\00:28:02.34
adorn themselves
with modest apparel,
00:28:02.35\00:28:04.68
that's the positive
aspect of that verse.
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Then he says
there not, in verse 9,
00:28:07.69\00:28:11.96
not with broided hair,
00:28:11.97\00:28:14.40
or gold or
pearls, or costly array.
00:28:14.41\00:28:20.29
Now if Paul gets his principle
00:28:20.30\00:28:22.78
when you're giving this
Bible study you got remember
00:28:22.79\00:28:24.86
we're dealing
with principles here.
00:28:24.87\00:28:26.61
If Paul gotten the
principle of modestly
00:28:26.62\00:28:28.93
from the Old Testament,
then where did Paul get
00:28:28.94\00:28:33.36
the principle of not be
adorn with broided hair,
00:28:33.37\00:28:37.74
which is braiding strands of
gold or sliver into your hair.
00:28:37.75\00:28:41.38
Some of the version
may even say braided hair
00:28:41.39\00:28:44.94
and it's braiding your
hair in a way that brings
00:28:44.95\00:28:47.08
glory to you that takes
the attention off of God
00:28:47.09\00:28:50.22
and brings it to you.
00:28:50.23\00:28:52.09
And there is a
custom that they would
00:28:52.10\00:28:54.47
when the ladies in this
era here would bray their hair
00:28:54.48\00:28:57.42
they would bray it with
silver and gold strands into it
00:28:57.43\00:29:00.23
so it sparkle when
they turn their head.
00:29:00.24\00:29:03.99
He says not with
broided hair or with gold
00:29:04.00\00:29:07.70
what is it say there or
gold or pearls or costly array.
00:29:07.71\00:29:14.76
Paul is giving us the
very forward information
00:29:14.77\00:29:18.61
from the principles that he got
00:29:18.62\00:29:20.90
out of the Old Testament,
is this clear, is this clear?
00:29:20.91\00:29:25.69
Paul bases his
modestly principle
00:29:25.70\00:29:27.86
on the Old Testament, excuse me,
00:29:27.87\00:29:30.66
Paul is going to
base the principle
00:29:30.67\00:29:32.83
of not adorning
ourselves on the exterior
00:29:32.84\00:29:35.81
on the Old Testament as well.
00:29:35.82\00:29:38.67
But, why would
Paul, we're gonna get to,
00:29:38.68\00:29:40.70
you see there on your graphic
00:29:40.71\00:29:42.04
we go back to the same
graphic in the far corner,
00:29:42.05\00:29:44.75
far right corner
it says mentioned
00:29:44.76\00:29:46.34
in First Corinthians 2:2
so I'm gonna mention that.
00:29:46.35\00:29:49.24
And so in your notes
or in your Bible study
00:29:49.25\00:29:52.55
you may just put mention
as you mark it in your Bible,
00:29:52.56\00:29:55.01
mention First Corinthians 2:2.
00:29:55.02\00:29:57.46
Paul said in
First Corinthians 2:2
00:29:57.47\00:29:59.94
we will read it later,
00:29:59.95\00:30:01.43
but I will quote part
of it to you right now.
00:30:01.44\00:30:03.57
Paul said, "I'm
determined not to know
00:30:03.58\00:30:06.50
any thing among
you, save Jesus Christ
00:30:06.51\00:30:10.72
and him crucified." Paul said,
00:30:10.73\00:30:15.87
in First Corinthians 2:2,
"I'm determined not to know
00:30:15.88\00:30:18.64
any thing among you,
00:30:18.65\00:30:19.88
save Jesus Christ
and him crucified."
00:30:19.89\00:30:22.73
Why is Paul telling us
about the way we should dress
00:30:22.74\00:30:28.73
and the way we
should not adorn ourselves
00:30:28.74\00:30:31.96
if all he's
concerned about is the gospel.
00:30:31.97\00:30:38.43
Why is Paul, I'll ask you again
00:30:38.44\00:30:40.36
Bill's got that
question mark on is forehead.
00:30:40.37\00:30:42.41
Why is Paul
telling us about modesty
00:30:42.42\00:30:45.73
and about the
things we shouldn't wear,
00:30:45.74\00:30:48.35
if Paul's principle
was the Lord Jesus Christ
00:30:48.36\00:30:51.05
and him crucified?
If Paul was only worried
00:30:51.06\00:30:54.46
about the gospel
why is Paul telling us
00:30:54.47\00:30:56.87
about this and you
had to hand up right there
00:30:56.88\00:30:58.70
get that
microphone so we can hear you.
00:30:58.71\00:31:00.55
There you go.
Because he wanted to show
00:31:00.56\00:31:03.12
Jesus' character
through the way we dress.
00:31:03.13\00:31:07.06
He wanted to
show Jesus character
00:31:07.07\00:31:09.19
through the way that we dress.
00:31:09.20\00:31:10.43
Thank you, Darlene.
00:31:10.44\00:31:11.83
Paul must have
considered the way we dress,
00:31:11.84\00:31:17.91
the things we put on our bodies
00:31:17.92\00:31:21.42
to have something
to do with the gospel.
00:31:21.43\00:31:24.52
If all Paul was
concerned about was the gospel,
00:31:24.53\00:31:28.10
Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
00:31:28.11\00:31:30.25
Then the way that we dress,
00:31:30.26\00:31:32.33
our modestly
must show the gospel,
00:31:32.34\00:31:38.87
if the way we dress
and the things we put on
00:31:38.88\00:31:41.63
take away from the
beauty of Christ and we think,
00:31:41.64\00:31:45.61
add to our own beauty,
then we're distracting,
00:31:45.62\00:31:50.59
we're distracted
from Jesus Christ.
00:31:50.60\00:31:52.45
Does that make sense?
00:31:52.46\00:31:54.42
Okay, so Paul
says, "I'm determined
00:31:54.43\00:31:55.68
not to know anything among you,
00:31:55.69\00:31:56.70
save Jesus Christ
and him crucified."
00:31:56.71\00:31:59.60
And so what we are
going to now as we are going
00:31:59.61\00:32:02.04
to go into the Old Testament.
00:32:02.05\00:32:05.27
We are going to
take the principle of
00:32:05.28\00:32:08.57
not adorning ourselves
and we are going to look at it
00:32:08.58\00:32:11.98
through the Old Testament.
00:32:11.99\00:32:13.49
We're gonna take the
principle that Paul gives us
00:32:13.50\00:32:15.97
not to adorn
ourselves with broided hair,
00:32:15.98\00:32:18.76
gold, pearls, costly
array and we're gonna
00:32:18.77\00:32:23.31
look at that from Old Testament.
00:32:23.32\00:32:24.75
And we are going
to start in Genesis.
00:32:24.76\00:32:27.02
We go to our next graphic,
00:32:27.03\00:32:28.65
Genesis Chapter 35
verses 1 through 5.
00:32:28.66\00:32:32.78
Now whom ever is
going to read this
00:32:32.79\00:32:34.59
let see that was
going to be Darlene.
00:32:34.60\00:32:37.24
Darlene will read this for us,
00:32:37.25\00:32:39.23
we're in Genesis
Chapter 35:1 through 5.
00:32:39.24\00:32:42.92
Genesis, so Genesis
that's the first book,
00:32:45.74\00:32:48.74
I started to quote
all the books there,
00:32:48.75\00:32:50.58
so I could find there but
remember was the first one.
00:32:50.59\00:32:53.30
All right, Darlene if
you could start in verse 1.
00:32:53.31\00:32:57.91
Then God said to Jacob, "Arise,
00:32:57.92\00:33:00.33
go up to Bethel and dwell there,
00:33:00.34\00:33:04.07
and make an altar there to God,
00:33:04.08\00:33:06.46
who appeared to
you when you fled
00:33:06.47\00:33:08.26
from the face of
Esau your brother."
00:33:08.27\00:33:10.27
All right, right there.
00:33:10.28\00:33:12.08
What is the
reason and the answer
00:33:12.09\00:33:14.79
is found in verse 1.
00:33:14.80\00:33:16.09
What is the reason that Jacob
00:33:16.10\00:33:19.57
is going to go to Bethel?
00:33:19.58\00:33:22.03
Make altar. To make an altar.
00:33:22.04\00:33:24.84
Now, you make
altars to your what?
00:33:24.85\00:33:28.89
God. To your God.
00:33:28.90\00:33:30.34
So he is going to
Bethel to worship God,
00:33:30.35\00:33:34.03
does that make sense?
00:33:34.04\00:33:35.45
That's where he's going,
00:33:35.46\00:33:36.46
go ahead and
read verse 2 for us.
00:33:36.47\00:33:39.13
And Jacob said to
his household and to all
00:33:39.14\00:33:42.02
who were with him,
"Put away the foreign Gods
00:33:42.03\00:33:45.24
that are among you,
and purify yourselves,
00:33:45.25\00:33:49.05
and change your garments."
00:33:49.06\00:33:51.19
The three things that
Jacob tells his household to do
00:33:51.20\00:33:55.80
or what? there is
three things in there.
00:33:55.81\00:33:57.81
Put away the strange
Gods. Put away the strange gods,
00:33:57.82\00:34:00.80
what's the next one?
00:34:00.81\00:34:02.29
Change your garments,
and to purify yourselves
00:34:02.30\00:34:05.28
or be clean. So Jacob says,
00:34:05.29\00:34:07.69
you guys need to
purify yourselves,
00:34:07.70\00:34:09.92
you need to put
away the strange Gods
00:34:09.93\00:34:11.61
and you need to
change your clothes.
00:34:11.62\00:34:14.56
Why does he tell them that?
00:34:14.57\00:34:19.73
Because they're
going to worship God,
00:34:19.74\00:34:21.33
that's absolutely right.
00:34:21.34\00:34:23.99
How did they interpret
what Jacob told them to do?
00:34:24.00\00:34:30.20
Jacob said three
things, what were they?
00:34:30.21\00:34:32.88
Put away the
strange Gods, be clean,
00:34:32.89\00:34:35.78
and change your garments.
00:34:35.79\00:34:38.11
How did they
understand change your garments,
00:34:38.12\00:34:41.70
put away the
strange Gods, and be clean?
00:34:41.71\00:34:44.21
Let's go to verse 4.
00:34:44.22\00:34:48.89
"So they gave Jacob
all the foreign Gods
00:34:48.90\00:34:52.05
that were in their
hands and the earrings
00:34:52.06\00:34:54.42
which were in their
ear and Jacob hid them
00:34:54.43\00:34:58.19
under the terebinth
tree which was by Shechem."
00:34:58.20\00:35:03.40
What was the
response of Jacob's family
00:35:03.41\00:35:08.74
when Jacob said,
we're gonna go worship God,
00:35:08.75\00:35:12.46
and the reason
we're gonna go to Bethel
00:35:12.47\00:35:14.46
and the reason we
are going to Bethel
00:35:14.47\00:35:15.72
is to make is to make an
altar to God to worship God.
00:35:15.73\00:35:18.79
How did they understand
or what was their action
00:35:18.80\00:35:23.48
showed there
interpretation of what he said
00:35:23.49\00:35:25.52
and what was there
actions maybe that's
00:35:25.53\00:35:27.18
the best way to ask you.
00:35:27.19\00:35:29.34
They took most of
it off. The jewelry.
00:35:29.35\00:35:31.19
They took their jewelry off.
00:35:31.20\00:35:33.21
What else did they do?
00:35:33.22\00:35:35.49
They give him the foreign Gods
00:35:35.50\00:35:37.07
they were among them,
00:35:37.08\00:35:40.56
is that right? Yeah.
00:35:40.57\00:35:42.08
They gave Jacob the foreign Gods
00:35:42.09\00:35:44.62
that were among
them and they gave Jacob
00:35:44.63\00:35:47.62
the golden earrings
which were in their ears.
00:35:47.63\00:35:53.73
Why did they do that?
00:35:53.74\00:35:55.02
Why did they do that?
00:35:57.88\00:36:00.61
Because they're
going to go worship God.
00:36:00.62\00:36:04.23
Now some of what Paul
said to us is making sense.
00:36:04.24\00:36:08.61
Paul said I
determined not to know any thing
00:36:08.62\00:36:10.28
among you, save Jesus
Christ and him crucified.
00:36:10.29\00:36:13.19
Jacob tells his family
we're gonna go worship God,
00:36:13.20\00:36:16.77
you need to put
away the foreign Gods
00:36:16.78\00:36:18.32
that are among
you, you need to change
00:36:18.33\00:36:19.99
your garments
and purify yourself.
00:36:20.00\00:36:22.90
Their response to
what he tells them to do
00:36:22.91\00:36:25.80
is to take of their adornment,
to change their clothes,
00:36:25.81\00:36:29.29
and to get read to worship God.
00:36:29.30\00:36:32.51
I'm determined not to
know anything among you,
00:36:32.52\00:36:34.05
save Jesus Christ
and Him crucified.
00:36:34.06\00:36:36.50
The way that we
dress, the things
00:36:36.51\00:36:39.52
that put in our
bodies is an indication,
00:36:39.53\00:36:43.98
it's an outward
indication of the one
00:36:43.99\00:36:47.16
that we worship,
isn't that amazing?
00:36:47.17\00:36:51.23
And we're just
pulling these principles
00:36:51.24\00:36:53.13
out of Old Testament scripture.
00:36:53.14\00:36:54.96
Let's go to our next one.
00:36:54.97\00:36:56.79
Let's go any questions
on that first one there.
00:36:56.80\00:37:00.91
So when I'm
giving this Bible study,
00:37:00.92\00:37:02.64
I'm literally asking the people
00:37:02.65\00:37:04.46
that I'm giving the Bible study
00:37:04.47\00:37:05.44
the same questions
that I'm asking you.
00:37:05.45\00:37:07.19
What did Jacob tell
them to do? Three things?
00:37:07.20\00:37:10.22
Why did he tell them to do that?
00:37:10.23\00:37:11.99
They were going to
worship God at Bethel.
00:37:12.00\00:37:14.17
What was their response?
00:37:14.18\00:37:16.50
And their response was
to take off their jewelry,
00:37:16.51\00:37:19.19
to change their garments,
00:37:19.20\00:37:20.59
to prepare
themselves to worship God.
00:37:20.60\00:37:22.15
So we go to our
next reference there.
00:37:22.16\00:37:23.64
We're going to
Exodus 33, I love Exodus 33.
00:37:23.65\00:37:27.80
Exodus 33:1
through 6 is the graphic
00:37:27.81\00:37:30.37
that you see there.
00:37:30.38\00:37:31.46
So Genesis, Exodus
33, we'll began reading
00:37:31.47\00:37:36.87
in verse 1, and
Danielle, if you could go ahead
00:37:36.88\00:37:39.32
and get that microphone there,
00:37:39.33\00:37:41.78
Exodus 33 verses 1 through 6.
00:37:41.79\00:37:44.91
And I'm going to
interrupt you just like
00:37:44.92\00:37:46.48
I did Darlene, all right.
00:37:46.49\00:37:47.98
So you go ahead and read for us.
00:37:47.99\00:37:50.17
"And the Lord said unto Moses,
00:37:50.18\00:37:52.11
Depart, and go up
hence, thou and the people
00:37:52.12\00:37:54.37
which thou hast brought
up out of the land of Egypt,
00:37:54.38\00:37:57.21
unto the land which
I swear unto Abraham,
00:37:57.22\00:37:59.62
to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying,
00:37:59.63\00:38:01.59
Unto thy seed will I give it."
00:38:01.60\00:38:03.81
Okay, stop right there.
00:38:03.82\00:38:05.13
Who is doing the talking?
00:38:05.14\00:38:06.54
God is doing the talking.
00:38:08.54\00:38:09.69
Go ahead and read verse 2.
00:38:09.70\00:38:11.49
"And I will send
My Angel before thee,
00:38:11.50\00:38:13.94
and I will drive
out the Canaanite,
00:38:13.95\00:38:15.68
and the
Amorite, and the Hittite,
00:38:15.69\00:38:17.30
and the Perizzite, the Hivite,
00:38:17.31\00:38:19.77
and the Jebusite." Verse 3.
00:38:19.78\00:38:21.98
"Unto a land
flowing with milk and honey;
00:38:21.99\00:38:24.12
for I will not go
up in the midst of thee
00:38:24.13\00:38:26.14
for thou are a
stiff-necked people
00:38:26.15\00:38:28.23
lest I consume thee in the way."
00:38:28.24\00:38:30.57
So God tells the
children of Israel
00:38:30.58\00:38:33.39
that they are what?
00:38:33.40\00:38:34.67
Stiff-necked. Stiff-necked.
00:38:34.68\00:38:35.77
You know, I
actually woke up this morning
00:38:35.78\00:38:37.04
with a stiff-necked and I hope
00:38:37.05\00:38:38.03
that's not what that means.
00:38:38.04\00:38:39.63
What that really
means to be stiff-necked
00:38:39.64\00:38:42.22
is that you will
not bow or worship.
00:38:42.23\00:38:46.35
God tells him
they're stiff-necked,
00:38:46.36\00:38:48.40
they're
rebellious. Why does God say
00:38:48.41\00:38:53.61
that the children of
Israel are rebellious,
00:38:53.62\00:38:56.75
let's keep reading
there. And let's go to verse 4.
00:38:56.76\00:39:02.56
"And when the people
heard these evil tidings,
00:39:02.57\00:39:04.78
they mourned, and no man
00:39:04.79\00:39:06.28
did put on him his ornaments."
00:39:06.29\00:39:08.21
Okay, why didn't they
put on their ornaments?
00:39:08.22\00:39:14.43
Now that's exactly
what most people say,
00:39:14.44\00:39:16.42
they say well,
they were in mourning.
00:39:16.43\00:39:17.77
Nobody gets dressed up
when they're in mourning.
00:39:17.78\00:39:20.27
I mean, you put
on black, you go to--
00:39:20.28\00:39:22.40
when you're mourning for
somebody that you've lost,
00:39:22.41\00:39:24.73
you go to the funeral,
00:39:24.74\00:39:25.72
you're not
happy, you're mourning.
00:39:25.73\00:39:27.27
You don't get
dressed up for those things.
00:39:27.28\00:39:30.76
but they were
mourning because God said
00:39:30.77\00:39:33.06
they were
stiff-necked and rebellious.
00:39:33.07\00:39:35.29
What did they do that God,
00:39:35.30\00:39:39.06
that caused God to say
00:39:39.07\00:39:40.13
they were
stiff-nicked and rebellious.
00:39:40.14\00:39:41.78
We could account for many things
00:39:41.79\00:39:43.88
that they had done,
but what does it say
00:39:43.89\00:39:45.76
here in the
context of this verse.
00:39:45.77\00:39:47.60
So, Danielle, we'll go ahead now
00:39:47.61\00:39:49.15
and we will read verse 5,
00:39:49.16\00:39:52.65
Exodus 33 and verse 5.
00:39:52.66\00:39:56.17
"For the Lord
had said unto Moses."
00:39:56.18\00:39:58.01
Okay, stop right
there, for the Lord what?
00:39:58.02\00:40:01.62
The Lord had said, is
that past, present, or future?
00:40:01.63\00:40:04.91
Past. That's past.
00:40:04.92\00:40:06.82
For the Lord had
said we could say,
00:40:06.83\00:40:08.99
for the Lord had
already said this.
00:40:09.00\00:40:11.68
Would that be the same thing?
00:40:11.69\00:40:12.96
For the Lord had
said, this is in the past,
00:40:12.97\00:40:15.83
the Lord had
said what, Danielle?
00:40:15.84\00:40:18.00
"Say unto the
children of Israel,
00:40:18.01\00:40:19.82
Ye are a stiff necked people,
00:40:19.83\00:40:21.47
I will come up into the
midst of thee in a moment,
00:40:21.48\00:40:24.17
and consume thee,
therefore now put off
00:40:24.18\00:40:27.36
thy ornaments from thee,
00:40:27.37\00:40:28.92
that I may know
what to do unto thee."
00:40:28.93\00:40:31.84
So God had told them beforehand
00:40:31.85\00:40:35.42
to take off their, what?
00:40:35.43\00:40:37.06
Ornaments. Ornaments.
00:40:37.07\00:40:39.64
What is an ornament? Jewelry.
00:40:39.65\00:40:42.50
You know, if
you're thinking about
00:40:42.51\00:40:43.87
Christmas time
what's an ornament?
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It's a decoration
that you hang on tree.
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Here, the Bible says that they,
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that they God told them
to take off thy ornaments,
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so that God could
know what to do with them.
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The way that we
dress, the things
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we put on the outside
of us are an indication
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of our inward condition,
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an indication of
our inward condition.
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God had told
them to take them off,
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they were stiff-nicked,
they were rebellious.
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And it's not until
God says, all right,
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I'm gonna send
my angel before you,
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but I'm not going to let
you into the Land of Canaan.
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They're like, oh,
we gotta get this off.
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What is it say there in verse 6,
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this is exactly what he
says, they took them off.
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"And the children of
Israel stripped themselves
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of their ornaments
by the Mount Horeb."
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So what did they do?
Took off their jewelry.
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They took off their jewelry.
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The original language
gives us the indication there
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that they took off their--
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they stripped
themselves of their ornaments
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from Mount Horeb onward.
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The indication is
that, that they recognized
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that they had gonna way too far.
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They stripped
themselves of their ornaments
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and what has just happened
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in the chapter previous this?
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What has just
happened in Exodus 32?
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Golden Calf. The Golden Calf.
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You remember they had taken
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some of their jewelry
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and they had made
a God, hadn't they?
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It's a very interesting
when we give this Bible study,
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that people will
say, my jewelry doesn't
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separate me from God.
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If God asks us to take it off
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and we refused to take it off,
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does our jewelry affect
our relationship with God?
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It does. It does, it does.
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I remember,
when I was converted,
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I was driving an 18
wheeler, the big rig.
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I had a sliver ring on
every one of my fingers.
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Now Shalita gave
me that look like,
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eww, that's
gross but, I liked it.
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I had other jewelry on my body.
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And when I
studied the word of God,
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I said to myself, this
stuff is plumb ridiculous.
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What in the world,
some of them were harder
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to get off than
others, but they all came out.
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Every piece of
jewelry on my body came off
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because I did not want
God to look at me and say,
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Scott, you are rebellious.
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I wanted God to
look at me and say,
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that's my solider right
there. That's my soldier.
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And so now we'll
continue to look through
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the Old Testament because
Paul had lots of evidence
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in the Old
Testament to backup the reason
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he would say not to
adorn ourselves with gold
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or pearls, or costly array
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but to be dressed modestly.
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Let's go to Judges the
8 Chapter the 24 verse.
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This is our 11th text,
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Judges Chapter 8 and verse 24.
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Judges Chapter 8, so
we turn into the right
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from where we are
Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers,
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Deuteronomy, Joshua,
Judges, that's right.
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And we're going to
Judges Chapter 8 and verse 24.
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Judges Chapter 8
verse 24 there were actually
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groups of people
that were recognized
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by the jewelry that they wore.
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And the Bible says
here and Ryan's gonna read
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this for us, Judges
Chapter 8 and verse 24.
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"And Gideon said unto them,
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I would desire a request of you,
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that ye would give me every man
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the earrings of his prey.
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They had golden earrings,
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because they were Ishmaelites."
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The thing that
identified someone
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as an Ishmaelite was what?
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Golden earrings.
The golden earrings.
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Now, was Ishmael
and the Ishmaelites
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were they the chosen one
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that the lineage of Christ
was going to come through?
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No. No, they weren't?
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Here we see that
these people were known
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by the fact that they had
golden earnings in their ears.
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God wants us to be
known by so much more
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than just what's on the outside.
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God wants us to be
known just like Job was known.
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Job in the
councils their in heaven,
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Satan comes to God and he says,
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or God says to him to Satan,
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have you
considered my servant Job?
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And, of course, Satan
had, because Satan had nothing
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-- couldn't get to him.
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He says, you put every
hedge of protection around him.
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This is found in Book of
Job in the Old Testament.
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Does God, would God be able
to say that for each one of us?
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Would God be able to
say, consider my servant
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Ms. Gloria, consider
her. Consider my servant Bill.
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We're gonna see now
in the Old Testament,
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now some people
maybe getting upset
00:46:14.10\00:46:15.75
with what's happening here.
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But, remember we
learned in our first week here
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at LIFE, that
conviction is the voice of God
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speaking to us to
us, and we can react
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in lots of different
ways and one of those ways
00:46:28.18\00:46:30.43
is happiness over
God given us the truth
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and the other way
we can react is anger
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at the presenter for
presenting God's truth.
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I would like to
apologize on behalf of
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every minister
that you have ever made,
00:46:43.46\00:46:46.46
ever been able
to meet in your life
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some of which have drawn you
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closer to Christ than others.
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I want to
apologize on their behalf
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that we have not shared
with you all of the truth
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even when it came to something
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that you would get upset about.
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So accept our apology
and accept God's truth.
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We're gonna go now to
another reference in scripture
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that shows how Hosea,
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Hosea's wife Gomer
would dress when she went out,
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you know, Hosea was told by God
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that he needed to
marry, do you remember,
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he needed to
marry a what? A harlot.
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A harlot or a prostitute.
How was it that she looked,
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what did she do when she
went out and forgot the Lord.
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We're going to Hosea, so
you have Ezekiel, Daniel,
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Hosea there we are.
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Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea
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we're going to
Hosea 2 and verse 13.
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Hosea 2:13 and we'll go ahead
and let who we've got there.
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We got Bill, is
that-- Bill gonna read that.
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So Bill, we'll get
that microphone over to you.
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Hosea 2 and verse 13.
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"I will punish her
for the days of the Baals
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to which she burns
incense, she decked herself
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with earrings and jewelry,
and went after her lovers,
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but me she
forgot says the Lord."
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Isn't that interesting?
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God tells His
people or God tells Jacob
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that he needs to go to
Bethel and worship Him.
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And Jacob tells his family
to get the strange Gods out
00:48:18.58\00:48:22.54
from among them,
change their garments,
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and to be sanctified,
get read to worship God,
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and so they're
getting closer to God,
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so they take it off.
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Here we see that this prostitute
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who is the prophet
of the Lord's wife,
00:48:33.44\00:48:40.07
she forgets the
Lord, puts it all on
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and goes out to
commit her atrocities.
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What is that, what
are you saying that?
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Did you say a
prophet of the Lord?
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That's right Hosea was
the prophet of the Lord,
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wasn't he? Yeah.
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Yeah and he was
married to Gomer, his wife.
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So the prophet
of the Lord's wife
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right okay, very nice.
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So we see again in scripture,
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when Jacob's
family is going to come
00:49:05.57\00:49:07.42
to worship the
Lord, they take it off.
00:49:07.43\00:49:10.63
When Hosea's wife
Gomer is going to be
00:49:10.64\00:49:13.47
with her lover
she forgets the Lord
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and does what with
it, and puts it on.
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And my friend, we could go
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to reference after
reference after reference
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in the Old Testament
to find where Paul gets
00:49:21.13\00:49:24.35
his authority for saying
00:49:24.36\00:49:27.01
that we should
not adorn ourselves.
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Let's go now to
First Timothy Chapter 2
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our next reference.
First Timothy Chapter 2,
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First Timothy is
in the T section,
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First Timothy
Chapter 2 verses 9 and 10
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we've been there once
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and we're asking
ourselves this question.
00:49:43.12\00:49:44.87
If God doesn't want us to
be adorned on the outside,
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what does God want
us to be adorned with,
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and Mike, we'll
let you read that.
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First Timothy
Chapter 2 verses 9 and 10.
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"I will therefore
that men pray every where,
00:49:58.27\00:50:00.52
lifting up holy hands,
without wrath and doubting.
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In like manner
also, that the women adorn
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themselves in modest apparel,
00:50:07.26\00:50:09.13
with
shamefacedness and sobriety,
00:50:09.14\00:50:11.66
not with broided hair,
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or gold, or
pearls, or costly array."
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Verse 10. "But,
which become with women
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professing
godliness, with good works."
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What does God want
us to be adorned with?
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Good works. Good works.
00:50:27.28\00:50:29.41
What does God want us
not to be adorned with?
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Gold, jewels,
pearls, costly array.
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God's wants our beauty
not to be on the outside,
00:50:37.80\00:50:40.63
but to come from the inside.
00:50:40.64\00:50:43.81
Have you ever looked at a person
00:50:43.82\00:50:44.95
and just said to yourself,
00:50:44.96\00:50:45.93
man that person
is very peaceful.
00:50:45.94\00:50:48.88
That comes from having
that relationship with God
00:50:48.89\00:50:51.62
where you know that
your life is pleasing him
00:50:51.63\00:50:55.34
in every aspect.
Some people say what,
00:50:55.35\00:51:00.02
you know, but, you
know, my husband gave me this
00:51:00.03\00:51:02.93
or my son gave me this
or my dad gave me this.
00:51:02.94\00:51:05.56
Let's go to our next text,
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it's right there in
First Timothy as well.
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First Timothy
Chapter 6 and verse 6,
00:51:08.76\00:51:13.08
First Timothy
Chapter 6 and verse 6,
00:51:13.09\00:51:16.95
and Anita, we're gonna
ask Anita to read this.
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So if you could read
that for us in First Timothy
00:51:19.22\00:51:21.38
Chapter 6 and verse 6, what
is say there very short verse.
00:51:21.39\00:51:26.24
"But godliness with
contentment is great gain."
00:51:26.25\00:51:30.89
Godliness with
contentment is great gain.
00:51:30.90\00:51:34.41
For some of us it
may be very difficult
00:51:34.42\00:51:37.64
to take all of the stuff
we've worn all of our lives.
00:51:37.65\00:51:42.86
It may be very difficult
00:51:42.87\00:51:46.26
but God says that godliness
00:51:46.27\00:51:48.43
with contentment is great gain.
00:51:48.44\00:51:53.79
Is it possible
that we could be living
00:51:53.80\00:51:58.09
part of our life doing things
dressing in a certain way,
00:51:58.10\00:52:02.03
wearing certain things that
would displease our creator?
00:52:02.04\00:52:06.70
You know, one
minister said it this way once.
00:52:06.71\00:52:08.98
He said, you know, if God
had wanted me to wear Jewelery
00:52:08.99\00:52:11.49
He would have put it
on me when He created me.
00:52:11.50\00:52:15.22
Another one said
something like this,
00:52:15.23\00:52:16.99
they said, you know,
if a perfect sinless angel
00:52:17.00\00:52:21.72
named Lucifer was lifted
up because of his beauty,
00:52:21.73\00:52:29.32
then what makes me
think I can put something
00:52:29.33\00:52:31.36
on the outside of my
body and not get proud.
00:52:31.37\00:52:37.88
The Bible says here,
the Bible is teaching us
00:52:37.89\00:52:40.14
the reason or the
principle that Paul gives us
00:52:40.15\00:52:43.39
in the word of God.
00:52:43.40\00:52:45.43
For letting the light of
God shine through our lives,
00:52:45.44\00:52:50.77
not through street
pavement from heaven.
00:52:50.78\00:52:56.82
Do you understand
the jewels in heaven
00:52:56.83\00:52:58.78
will be the
walls, the foundation,
00:52:58.79\00:53:01.16
the gates, all of that.
00:53:01.17\00:53:03.94
God says take it
off, the world says what?
00:53:07.44\00:53:11.07
Put it on. Put it on.
00:53:11.08\00:53:12.54
Let's turn to First Corinthians
00:53:12.55\00:53:15.40
Chapter 2 and verse 2.
00:53:15.41\00:53:17.83
First Corinthians
Chapter 2 and verse 2
00:53:17.84\00:53:20.74
is our next
reference and we'll get Tom
00:53:20.75\00:53:22.99
to read this for us so
you can get set up there, Tom.
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First Corinthians
Chapter 2 verse 2.
00:53:26.23\00:53:28.95
Paul the one that gives
us this New Testament counsel
00:53:28.96\00:53:32.97
says this in
First Corinthians 2:2.
00:53:32.98\00:53:35.02
We alluded to this earlier.
00:53:35.03\00:53:37.43
"For I determine not to
know any thing among you,
00:53:37.44\00:53:40.43
expect Jesus
Christ, and Him crucified."
00:53:40.44\00:53:43.51
So what was Paul's thrust behind
00:53:43.52\00:53:46.07
all of the Biblical
counsel that he gives?
00:53:46.08\00:53:50.69
To know Jesus Christ.
00:53:50.70\00:53:52.16
To know Jesus
Christ and Him crucified.
00:53:52.17\00:53:55.03
So why then would Paul mention
00:53:55.04\00:53:57.96
the way that we
dress, being dressed modestly
00:53:57.97\00:54:01.33
and not putting things on
the exterior of our bodies.
00:54:01.34\00:54:04.69
Why would he mention that?
00:54:04.70\00:54:06.01
He knew those things will draw
us away from our relationship.
00:54:08.34\00:54:11.34
He knew those
things would draw us away
00:54:11.35\00:54:13.34
from our relationship to Christ.
00:54:13.35\00:54:14.82
And somebody right now
is thinking to themselves
00:54:14.83\00:54:16.89
that doesn't draw
me away from Christ.
00:54:16.90\00:54:19.86
But if God is
asking us to do something
00:54:19.87\00:54:23.22
and we choose not to
do, then are we getting
00:54:23.23\00:54:25.97
closer to Christ
or are we getting
00:54:25.98\00:54:27.80
further away from
Christ? Further away.
00:54:27.81\00:54:30.47
Further away from
Christ, that's absolutely right.
00:54:30.48\00:54:34.34
Our last reference in this study
00:54:34.35\00:54:37.68
is one of our appeal
texts and I'll go ahead
00:54:37.69\00:54:40.30
and read this
because when I'm giving
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the Bible studies
I'll read my appeals
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because I want
to make sure that--
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that what I have in
my last several texts--
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is iterated exactly the
way we want to bring it out.
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So we're going to
Hebrews Chapter 11,
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so we're turning to
the right from Corinthians
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we'll go past the T section
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and we're going to
Hebrews Chapter 11 and verse 6.
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The Bible says in
Hebrews Chapter 11 and verse 6,
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and incidentally this
right after the testimony
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that was given of Enoch, right.
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Let's read verse 5 as well.
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"By faith Enoch was translated
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that he should not see
death, and was not found,
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because God had translated him,
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for before his translation
he had this testimony"
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that he did what?
That he pleased God.
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"That he pleased God." Verse 6.
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"But without faith it is
impossible to please God.
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For he that cometh to
God must believe that he is,
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and that he is
a rewarder of them
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that diligently seek him."
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God rewards us when
we diligently seek Him.
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My friend, you
and I are not saved
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by what we wear
or what we put on.
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But, you will remember
that we're judged by our works.
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Do our works reflect
the character of Christ?
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Does our clothing
reflect the character of Christ?
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You know, the only
thing they had at the cross
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that was a value to gamble over
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was Christ's undergarment
that went from His shoulders
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all the way down to His feet
that was woven without a sin.
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Scripture never
tells us than our redeemer
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wore something to
bring attention to himself.
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And God is asking
you, what would keep you,
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what would keep
you from reflecting
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the character of Christ
in the way that you dress
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and in the way that
you adorn your body.
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Jacob's family
said, I'm taking it off.
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Adam and Eve says, God
we'll wear your clothes.
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Gomer said, forget God and Hosea
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I'm gonna do what I wanna do.
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What will be your
heart's response to Jesus today?
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What are you going
to do with the truth
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that He has shared with you?
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As you consider this,
I want you to make sure
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that your life is ready,
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that you're ready to meet Jesus
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and we'll be there with you.
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