Hello and welcome to 3ABN Now.
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I'm sure you're going to
enjoy this program today.
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It's something
that's very near to my heart
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in actual fact. Our subject
is: What is in your heart?
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And most of you will say:
"Well there's blood and there's
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valves and all of
those sorts of things. "
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But I'm not talking
about that. I'm talking about
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emotions and particularly
desires. From the heart
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emanates our
desires and our actions.
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And with us today on the program
we've got Dr. Eddie Ramirez.
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I always enjoy having you
on the program, Eddie, because
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you're a wealth of
knowledge. And your research,
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being a research
doctor at the Weimar Institute
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and the Nedley Clinic that
you are getting all the latest
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information available and then
presenting it and using that
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to help... I would say
to help people understand
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better how they should
live and what they should do.
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But you know there's a text
in the Bible that's found in
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Jeremiah chapter 17 verse 9
and it says something like this:
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"The heart is deceitfully
wicked above all things
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and desperately
wicked. Who can know it? "
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Who can know it? I know
there's someone: that's God.
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So let's go, Eddie.
Well, I recently read
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a story that came
out a few years ago
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about this Hungarian soldier
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that was captured by
the Russians. Um-hmm.
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And when they first got him...
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that was back in 1945...
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they determined this
man probably got damaged
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because of the war
and all these things.
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"We think that he is crazy. "
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Um-hmm. They couldn't
understand what he was saying
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or anything. So they put
him in the psychiatric ward
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in Russia in 1945.
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And in the year 2000 as
they were checking all cases
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and trying to empty
the ward and so forth
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one of the psychiatrists
assigned to deal with this case
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as he was examining
this particular prisoner
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he said: "Wait a minute! This
man... his cognition is fine.
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Everything is fine with him.
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What happened is
that he speaks a very rare
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dialect of Hungarian
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and you thought
that he was crazy.
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He is fine! "
Imagine spending from 1945
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to the year 2000 in a
place - that's a lot of years -
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that you cannot even
communicate or anything.
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They are just
treating you as a sick person
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because they
didn't understand you.
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So this is the
interesting thing:
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In the article -
you can read about it -
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he... you know
what was his request?
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Now that he was able to
communicate with the people
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he said: "You know what
I want? I want a mirror. "
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He had not seen
himself for 55 years.
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And when they
brought that mirror to him
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he couldn't believe
what was before his eyes
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how old he looked.
Imagine not looking at yourself
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in a mirror for 55 years.
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And he put his hands in his face
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and just cried and cried
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to see what had become of him.
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It was tragic,
really, wasn't it?
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It was tragic. Yeah.
So what you just read
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is that there is a need
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for a mirror for
our soul. Um-hmm.
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And that mirror
is going to show us
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who we really are.
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Many times we
self-deceive ourselves.
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We're good at doing that.
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We're good at it, you know.
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And that's why in
our depression program
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it's required reading.
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Every single one of our patients
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needs to read a
book by the name of
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Telling Yourself The Truth.
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Telling Yourself The Truth?
Telling Yourself the Truth
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in which we need to
understand that our thoughts
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and our actions
should be directed
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according to truth. Um-hmm.
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Because our
feelings change, come and go,
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or wrong ideas... inflation
of pride and so forth...
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can give us the wrong direction.
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And there's a verse there
that we would like to share
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with the audience. And
that's in Deuteronomy chapter 8
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and verse 2 and
it reads like this:
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"And thou shalt remember all
the way which the Lord thy God
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led thee these forty
years in the wilderness
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to humble thee and to prove thee
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to know what was in thine heart
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whether thou wouldst
keep His commandments or no. "
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It's very
interesting. If you analyze
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the geography of
Israel... I was just there
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lecturing in Israel and Egypt
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just a few months ago.
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And if you go to the map
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and you see the distance
between Egypt and Israel
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if they were to allow you
to walk it... I don't think
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they allow you to walk it,
but if you were to be allowed
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to walk it you will see
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that it doesn't take 40 years.
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No. But see: the
Bible verse tells us
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a very important clue.
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Even though it was
something that could have been
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accomplished in 3 weeks or so
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it took them 40 years.
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And why did it
take them so long?
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Because of two things:
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Number one: God
wanted to humble them;
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um-hmm... and Number
two: God wanted to show them
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what was in their heart.
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And you know, time is the
best revealer of that fact,
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isn't it? If you
are left to your devices
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for any period of
time, it will reveal itself.
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And so it's good to
wait. And on God's timing
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that's the best timing. Um-hmm.
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Now, as they went through
those trials and so forth
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then the true
thing started to come up.
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You know... the idolatry,
the disrespect for leadership.
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A big problem that we
have today, by the way.
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The revelry... the "I want
to do it my way not God's way. "
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And you can see as you
continue reading the Torah -
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the first 5 books of the Bible -
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you will see that that
story starts to get very clear
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how God needed to
cleanse and remove some of those
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elements... and
that's what happened.
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Now, that same mirror
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that was used on
the Israelites...
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See, it was a mirror.
If you don't have a mirror,
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you don't know what's happening.
If you have a spot here
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or what needs to be
fixed in the hair and so forth.
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Every morning we go
through that routine.
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We want to fix
things up and so forth
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and we use the
mirror as a help for that.
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In the same way God
uses a mirror to show them
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what was in their heart.
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And it's very
interesting regarding pride.
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Either you humble yourself
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or God will have to humble you.
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And then the latter
sometimes is not very nice.
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That's right...
it's not very nice.
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So I think, personal opinion,
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it is better to
humble before God
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because either way
you will be humbled.
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OK. Either way
you will be humbled.
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It's best to
follow God's direction.
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That's really what it requires.
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Yes. So we need
first the redemption -
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um-hmm - then we can
get the righteousness
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and then we can
truly give our lives to God
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and worship Him. It's an
order that needs to happen.
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But many times
pride works as a barrier
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between Him and us.
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For example: a
mother that cooks some
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good wholesome
cookies and puts them in a jar
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and tells the son:
"Look, I'm going to go out
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and don't eat those cookies. "
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And as she is out, temptation
comes in the heart of this kid
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and he goes ahead and
starts to open the jar.
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And at that time
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he hears that she is coming.
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Where does he
would like her to be?
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Not coming. As far as
possible, isn't it? Yes!
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And that's what
sin does in our lives.
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It separates us from God.
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It creates that separation.
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And many times we need to find
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not the fruit but the
root. Where did it come from?
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And in many
instances is the root of pride.
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It continually...
You know, I was thinking
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of that child. The
right thing would have been
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to have done... OK, we might
have that desire in our heart
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but when we get to that
point where we open the jar
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and we take it, that's the time
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to remember what was
said and close the lid.
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But that's a
challenge, isn't it, Dr. Eddie?
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That's correct.
So the Bible is full
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of stories in which
they communicate to us
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characters... good
characters or bad characters...
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so we can learn and avoid
this type of things. Um-hmm.
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If you continue reading
after you finish Deuteronomy,
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you will start to read
about the kings of Israel
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and you have the
example of Solomon.
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Supposed to be the wisest man.
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That's right. That ever lived!
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Showing us what
happens with untamed passions.
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And how can the most intelligent
person on planet earth
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end up bowing down
before idols and so forth.
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I mean, incredible, you know?
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He was able to
turn his life later on
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but his
influence was already done.
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And the influence that he had
in his children and the children
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in Israel as they saw
the leader of their country
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not following
those godly principles.
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Idolatry and revelry and
all these seeds were planted
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that later on gave
the negative result
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that ended up as a result of
this in Babylon and so forth.
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You know, I get excited, Eddie,
because when you read the Bible
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you will find these stories
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but they tell both
sides of the story.
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It's not tainted
in one direction. Yes!
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Because Solomon should
have had wise children.
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Should have
learned from their father
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what was right
and what was wrong.
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But soon as his son
Rehoboam began to reign
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after 40 years
that Solomon reigned
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his son did something
that I find quite interesting.
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He did. He asked the
the counsel of his father's
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advisers if you
could say like that. Yes.
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But then he thought:
"Well now I've grown up with
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these young ones. I'm
going to ask what they think. "
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And what he did? He took
the counsel of the young ones.
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You see, we are always apt
to be learning from our parents.
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And it's a parent's role
to be teaching our children
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the right way. And the best
way that I see when you read the
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Word of God God is
showing both sides.
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He actually wants you
to choose the right thing.
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He wants you to be
humble and respect Him because
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He has the ABSOLUTE
knowledge, the absolute truth.
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And so the Word of God
is very very encouraging
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to help you live
the life you want to.
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Yes! Rehoboam shows us
what somebody that wants
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power yet is weak causes.
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That's exactly his example.
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And regarding
Solomon it also gives us
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a little picture of
what we are facing here
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especially in the Western world.
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You know, his parents
had lots of struggles.
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David had lots of persecution.
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Had to hide himself and run away
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even to the enemy and
to hide himself there.
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Many times his
life was in danger.
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Yet when Solomon comes
everything is peaceful.
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Everything is nice.
Wealth was readily available.
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And he started to
forget about the God
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that gave him those things.
Now that's the point, isn't it?
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That's the point. Which is
something we're seeing even in
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countries like this:
Australia and New Zealand.
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Protestant-built countries
built on true Christianity
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and so forth. And as
people get abundance of bread...
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generation comes
up... and idleness
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that's right. They start to
forget who it is who gave them
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this progress,
stability and so forth
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to these
wonderful nations of today.
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Yet as happened in
the time of Solomon
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it continues to
happen even today. Um-hmm.
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And then we get
to Jeroboam. Um-hmm.
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In Jeroboam we get an
example of an unteachable
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man yet that was in
a privileged position.
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What happens if you have
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an unteachable spirit?
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And may God save us
from that. You know?
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Sometimes our pride says:
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"No, I shouldn't
say that I was wrong. "
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Yet if you don't
have a teachable spirit
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you will end up doing
some really bad things,
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big mistakes. And
you're prone to repeat them
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because if you don't
learn from those mistakes
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they will come back
over and over again.
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That's true... very true!
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So that's why the
Scripture is a wonderful book -
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Just like God, too, isn't it? -
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to learn about all these stories
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that teach us how
to avoid those holes
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where these people fell. Um-hmm.
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So... But history doesn't
really show that, does it?
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That's what we think
should happen, but history shows
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that we are very stubborn
and stiff-necked people.
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That's right. And that's what
happened also with the people
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of Israel. And see
here is a good description
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of what pride is.
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This is from
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a psychologist and theologian.
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Dr. Bacchus is his name.
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He put together this
description of pride.
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So let me read to
you that description:
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Well, you know, that
would be a good way to find out
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whether you actually have pride
by ticking/checking each of the
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those little boxes and seeing
how many of them apply to you.
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Because I think
somewhere along the line
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that may be a case
for each one of us.
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That's correct!
See, it's in our DNA.
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Once our forefathers
introduced sin in our system
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it's something
that we have inherited.
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I mean, even when
our children were small
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we witnessed this.
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It's not like they were like:
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"Oh, you're giving things
too much. " No, you know...
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the children it's "me,
me, me. " "It's my toy. "
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It's "me, me, me. "
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They have this
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from the early age.
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The reason why you wake
up in the middle of the night
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the baby crying
"Come! I need attention! "
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is "me, me, me. "
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I don't know any parent
who does not then get up
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and go to the
child. So what do we do if
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we identify some of
these issues in our lives?
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Hmm. As I
mentioned, there's two routes.
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You can do it the hard way:
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Don't humble yourself...
keep doing what you're doing
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and believe me sooner or later
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you will be humbled. Hmm.
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OR... we can do it God's way
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in which we make
the focus of our study
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the life of
Jesus Christ. Um-hmm.
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The humbleness that He had:
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the putting His kingly
power to come and become
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one of us. His life of passion
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of saving souls.
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His tremendous miracles
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that He did. We can be humble
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as we observe Him.
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There's a principle
in the Bible that says
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that what we
behold we become changed.
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And you know this very well:
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for example, if the circle
of people that you hang around
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speaks wrongly, bad
words and bad actions,
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there's two things
that's going to happen
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if you become
part of that group.
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Either you're
going to compromise
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and you will start
becoming like them -
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that's right - OR
they're going to kick you out.
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You know, you're not
going to fit in that group.
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So things... we
are impressionable.
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And so that's why you can see
in the life of 2 elderly persons
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that have been
married for a long time
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what happens to them? They
start to look like each other.
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They start to
act like each other.
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They start to
talk like each other
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because they have
influence to one another.
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And that's what we
need to be so careful
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what kinds of
things we feed "up here. "
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Feeding the wrong type of thing
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may be actually
feeding things like your pride
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and you're making things
worse as a result of that.
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I want to read this
quotation about the life
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of Jesus. How He
was a true example
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for us to follow.
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Beautiful words!
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You know, I think of that:
Jesus was not self-focused.
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He was "other-focused. "
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And we as human beings
we will have the soundest
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and the best life when
that is applicable because
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pride can't dwell there
when we are focused on others.
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So, you know, all these
words are very pertinent
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when we look at
what's going on in our heart.
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And the thing of it is is that
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we have a special
ability in our brains
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to be connected with
God throughout the day.
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Um-hmm. You can
be doing your work
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whether it be construction
or computers or selling
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and have a communion with God.
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Conversing... asking for advice
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as you're facing the
decisions of the day.
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This is something
that it can be developed.
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Um-hmm. And in that
way we can start to show
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a little bit of
the example of Jesus.
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Jesus was constantly connected
to His heavenly Father.
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And every action and
word that He would say
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would be to
glorify God. That's right.
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And that's the goal that He
has for each one of our lives:
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that we can be a
reflection of Him.
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We can see an example of Peter.
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When Peter went to
follow Him from afar off
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when He was being
judged before the crucifixion
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the people around Peter noticed
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that he looked
like Jesus. Um-hmm.
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Even though he didn't
say anything about Him.
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"You were with
Him... you were with Him! "
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"You were with Him.
Look, you're talking like Him"
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you know, and all these things.
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And that's when he
ended up denying his Master -
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that's right - and so forth.
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But see, that time that
Jesus had spent with him
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had an influence
molding him into His image.
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Um-hmm. In the same way
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it is His desire as
we contemplate that life
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of humbleness... And
there's many tools you can use.
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If you need some ideas,
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there is a wonderful book
by the name of Steps to Christ.
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And if you want
something more thorough and more
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profound there's another book
by the name of Desire of Ages.
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You can find those
tools readily available.
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And to read the life of Jesus
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has an impact in us.
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As we are
contemplating we become changed
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according to His Word. Hmm.
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Good thoughts there, and I
hope you're taking note of these
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because we want - and
God wants - us to be humble.
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That in humbleness we show
kindness, love, and affection
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to other people. And
particularly in our home
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we need to display that
humbleness that Jesus showed.
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So that's the good
way. That's the way
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that God can
humble us as we every day
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come to the cross.
Recognize that we need His help.
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Recognize that
pride is in our heart.
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That we are in need of Him.
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See, how much you desire Him,
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how much you want Him
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has to do with how big
you see your own problem.
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Um-hmm. If you
think that your problem
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is this size you're going
to look for help this size.
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Um-hmm. But if you understand
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the enormity of your
issue inside your heart
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you will realize
that you need major help.
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And that's what this
mirror to the soul does.
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As we read Scripture, as
the Lord impresses our heart
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of how wicked and
corrupted is our nature
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and how urgently we need
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that
forgiveness and regeneration
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then we can go and seek Him
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and He can transform
our lives. That's right.
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So this is a good way,
but what about the bad way?
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What about that person
that doesn't want to humble
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themselves? There's a
theologian by the name of Thomas
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in the Middle Ages.
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He wrote the following
description of what can happen
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when somebody is not
willing to humble themselves.
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And we can see
that on the screen.
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So God sometimes in His mercy
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is doing this.
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He's not doing that
because He's a "vengative" God
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that: "OK, you
did that. I'm going to
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do something
even worse to you. "
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Rather in His providence
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as we go through difficult times
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and so forth that's
the way that God sometimes
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reaches the heart. The
person says: "You know,
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game over. God help me! "
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THEN God can come
and act in their lives.
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I have an interesting
story from my own grandfather.
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My family - some of them -
00:30:13.74\00:30:17.98
they're actually... It's
very interesting: some of them
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actually came as
Jews that moved to Mexico
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running from the persecution
that was happening in Spain
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against them. And some of them
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as they came to an
area in Mexico that was
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very Catholic most of
them, if not all of them,
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became Catholic.
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And then there was a
time in the history of Mexico
00:30:46.81\00:30:50.45
back in the early 1900's
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in which there
was a war in which
00:30:56.15\00:31:00.89
they had passed some laws
towards religious freedom.
00:31:01.09\00:31:05.89
Um-hmm. Catholics
didn't like this loss
00:31:06.09\00:31:08.36
of religious freedom and
there was a whole revolution
00:31:08.56\00:31:12.17
that took place
as a result of that.
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And the father of my grandfather
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he was very good
friends with the Catholic priest
00:31:20.11\00:31:24.31
in the town there.
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And one day that good friend
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came with
another group of people
00:31:29.78\00:31:32.15
and robbed him literally.
00:31:32.35\00:31:35.32
He took many of
his cows and guns
00:31:35.52\00:31:38.63
and things that he had
00:31:38.83\00:31:40.36
in order to send those things
for this war that was happening
00:31:40.56\00:31:44.63
and so forth. So the
father of my grandfather
00:31:44.83\00:31:48.94
became very negative
against religious things.
00:31:49.14\00:31:55.04
Um-hmm. He thought that,
"you know, this is the way that
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everybody is and, yeah,
I don't want to do anything
00:31:58.58\00:32:01.18
with religion and so forth. "
00:32:01.38\00:32:03.55
But one day a man
that was selling books
00:32:04.09\00:32:07.42
came to visit him,
00:32:07.62\00:32:10.19
and he was very
interested about the books.
00:32:10.59\00:32:14.30
He was actually an
Adventist canvasser.
00:32:14.50\00:32:16.83
And he left
some books with them.
00:32:17.23\00:32:20.94
They started reading the books.
00:32:21.14\00:32:22.47
There was an
interest to learn more
00:32:22.57\00:32:24.67
so the canvasser started
coming on a regular basis
00:32:24.87\00:32:27.88
to have Bible studies with them.
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And very soon the
father of my grandfather
00:32:30.15\00:32:34.22
wanted to give
his life to the Lord
00:32:34.42\00:32:36.69
and he was baptized.
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He had seventeen children.
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Whoo! And sixteen of
them decided to get baptized.
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The only one that
didn't want to get baptized
00:32:47.90\00:32:51.17
was my grandfather...
the father of my mom.
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And it was a
pride issue basically.
00:32:55.64\00:32:59.07
But notice the
interesting way that God used.
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So when the father...
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my grandfather didn't want any-
thing to do with these things.
00:33:10.32\00:33:14.72
So one day the
canvasser came to visit him.
00:33:15.12\00:33:19.69
And my
grandfather he had a big ranch
00:33:20.10\00:33:24.73
with lots of cows and so forth.
00:33:24.93\00:33:27.10
So he thought in his heart
00:33:27.87\00:33:30.07
"I'm going to teach a
lesson to this canvasser
00:33:30.27\00:33:33.98
so he never comes
back again to bother me. "
00:33:34.18\00:33:38.15
So he had a horse
that nobody could ride.
00:33:39.48\00:33:42.42
It was a lost case. You know,
you couldn't tame this horse.
00:33:43.22\00:33:48.82
So he thought: "I'm
going to put this horse
00:33:49.22\00:33:52.43
next to this huge cactus patch"
00:33:52.63\00:33:56.60
yes... "because I
want him to fall there,
00:33:56.80\00:33:59.63
learn his lesson, and never
come back again to see me. "
00:33:59.83\00:34:03.71
And when he came he
said: "Look, I have this horse
00:34:04.44\00:34:08.04
and I need your help.
Could you help me fetch
00:34:08.24\00:34:11.15
these cows there? " And
the canvasser, even though
00:34:11.35\00:34:13.72
he wasn't even a
country person, he was more of a
00:34:13.92\00:34:16.32
city person, he said:
"Well sure... " just to be nice.
00:34:16.52\00:34:20.06
"I'll be happy to help you. "
00:34:20.26\00:34:22.42
So he gets on the horse.
The horse as calm as anything
00:34:22.62\00:34:28.06
goes for a good distance.
00:34:28.96\00:34:31.97
Fetches the cows,
and when he comes back
00:34:32.17\00:34:35.87
my grandfather realizes
00:34:36.07\00:34:41.44
there's something divine here.
00:34:41.64\00:34:44.01
It's impossible
to ride this horse.
00:34:44.41\00:34:47.05
His best horse riders
couldn't ride that horse.
00:34:47.25\00:34:49.98
Eddie, I've got to stop you.
I thought he was going to say
00:34:50.19\00:34:51.69
"Get off the
horse... let me get off... "
00:34:51.89\00:34:53.22
and HE lands on the cactus.
00:34:53.39\00:34:54.79
So that's when he decided
to give his life to the Lord.
00:34:56.66\00:35:02.06
And his life and
influence was tremendous!
00:35:02.46\00:35:05.30
He actually built the
first Adventist church
00:35:05.50\00:35:09.97
in town there. They
used to say... call it
00:35:10.17\00:35:13.51
the church of my grandfather
because he was the very first
00:35:13.71\00:35:17.25
one. And tremendous
influence that he gave.
00:35:17.45\00:35:22.48
Once he humbled before the Lord
00:35:22.68\00:35:26.12
the Lord could work in his heart
00:35:26.32\00:35:28.72
and kindness and other
good qualities were the result
00:35:29.12\00:35:34.93
of that transformation.
00:35:35.13\00:35:36.53
So what you're saying
is really when the heart
00:35:36.73\00:35:38.90
is in a position to
be open, to be taught,
00:35:39.10\00:35:41.87
this is what
takes place in the life:
00:35:42.07\00:35:44.21
God changes it. That's correct!
00:35:44.41\00:35:46.91
So we need to understand
that there are two ways.
00:35:47.11\00:35:52.45
Either we humble ourselves
00:35:52.85\00:35:55.72
or God will humble us.
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Another very
good example of this
00:35:59.59\00:36:03.16
was a very famous
evangelical preacher.
00:36:03.36\00:36:08.00
Um-hmm. He actually
set up one of the first
00:36:08.20\00:36:12.87
networks of television worldwide
00:36:14.64\00:36:18.57
by the name of PTL.
00:36:18.77\00:36:22.34
And Richard
Dorst... that's his name...
00:36:22.88\00:36:25.91
if you lived a few years ago
you're going to be very familiar
00:36:27.78\00:36:33.09
with him because his
name was all over the news.
00:36:33.29\00:36:37.46
And it became a
mess - his life -
00:36:37.66\00:36:42.06
even though he was
"working for the Lord. "
00:36:42.26\00:36:48.27
Pride still was very
dominant in his heart
00:36:49.84\00:36:55.01
and the Lord had
to work in his heart
00:36:55.41\00:37:00.78
one way or
another. And unfortunately
00:37:00.98\00:37:04.29
his story
teaches us what happens
00:37:04.49\00:37:09.42
when we don't
humble before the Lord.
00:37:09.62\00:37:12.46
It was so bad that
he told his own son
00:37:12.66\00:37:17.63
"Please change your last name
00:37:18.03\00:37:21.77
so that they don't
identify you as my son. "
00:37:22.60\00:37:26.37
That's how bad he ended up...
00:37:27.18\00:37:31.61
what position he ended up.
00:37:33.45\00:37:36.08
"I was so good... you are not. "
00:37:36.28\00:37:38.32
So let me share
with you a little bit
00:37:38.82\00:37:43.06
of his story in his own words.
00:37:43.26\00:37:46.23
This is from the
book that he wrote.
00:37:46.43\00:37:50.63
And I'm going to be
reading these lines.
00:37:50.83\00:37:54.57
He says:
"Sometimes I think the church
00:37:54.77\00:37:58.44
doesn't know about true success.
00:37:58.64\00:38:01.94
It is all tied to
how many situations
00:38:02.34\00:38:05.21
we have in our network.
00:38:05.41\00:38:07.75
How big our building is.
00:38:07.95\00:38:09.88
How easy it is to lose control
00:38:10.29\00:38:13.29
to compromise
without recognizing it.
00:38:13.49\00:38:16.52
At PTL - the
television network -
00:38:16.73\00:38:18.93
there was no time to take
prayer or our families any more
00:38:19.13\00:38:24.23
because the show
just had to go on.
00:38:24.43\00:38:28.50
We were so
caught up in God's work
00:38:28.70\00:38:32.57
that we forgot
about God Himself.
00:38:32.77\00:38:35.88
It took this awful tragedy,
00:38:36.85\00:38:40.05
this kick in my teeth,
00:38:40.25\00:38:42.82
to bring me to my senses.
00:38:43.02\00:38:45.59
A television camera
can change a preacher
00:38:45.79\00:38:49.12
quicker than anything else can.
00:38:49.32\00:38:51.73
Those who sit on the
sidelines can notice the changes
00:38:52.13\00:38:56.06
in people once they
get in front of the camera.
00:38:56.26\00:39:01.04
It turns ordinary men
into petty potentiates.
00:39:01.44\00:39:06.04
It is so easy - isn't
it? - to be swept away
00:39:06.24\00:39:10.05
by popularity.
Everybody loves you!
00:39:10.25\00:39:13.58
Cars are waiting for you.
You are at the head of the line.
00:39:13.78\00:39:19.52
It was the devastation
of the camera for me.
00:39:19.92\00:39:23.66
It made me less
00:39:23.86\00:39:25.73
than what God
intended me to become. "
00:39:26.13\00:39:30.77
Hmm. So he ended up
00:39:30.97\00:39:34.64
embellishing himself,
robbing some of those funds.
00:39:35.90\00:39:40.21
And it became a
mess - this thing -
00:39:40.41\00:39:44.08
and his life came to a stop.
00:39:44.28\00:39:48.08
He ended up from
being in the studio
00:39:48.28\00:39:51.99
to the prison cell
as a result of this.
00:39:52.19\00:39:55.66
Even giving a bad name
to the gospel and so forth,
00:39:55.86\00:39:58.83
you know, for acting like this.
00:39:59.03\00:40:01.80
But it came to a stop.
00:40:02.00\00:40:06.00
See, the wrong
behavior, the pride... God
00:40:06.20\00:40:11.17
had to deal with those things
00:40:11.37\00:40:14.18
and this story
didn't end up very well.
00:40:14.34\00:40:18.38
God had to act
and had to humble him.
00:40:18.58\00:40:22.98
Instead of him
humbling himself unfortunately
00:40:23.18\00:40:27.92
the hard way
happened on his life.
00:40:28.12\00:40:30.63
Hmm. It's a sad story
really, isn't it? When you think
00:40:30.83\00:40:33.33
about it. I was thinking of
the fact that he asked his son
00:40:33.53\00:40:35.66
to change his name.
Maybe it was good because
00:40:35.86\00:40:37.90
his son now could not
be associated with him.
00:40:38.10\00:40:40.70
After the whole fiasco -
after that - yes, he said
00:40:40.90\00:40:45.64
"You know, it's better
if you change your last name
00:40:45.84\00:40:49.78
so people don't
associate me with you. " Imagine
00:40:49.98\00:40:54.42
You as a parent
coming to that point -
00:40:55.32\00:40:58.49
you know? of having
to tell your children
00:40:58.69\00:41:01.52
"You know, it's better if
you change your last name. "
00:41:01.72\00:41:04.03
I mean, very very sad
story as a result of that.
00:41:04.23\00:41:08.26
You know, I'm thinking
about the Bible. The Bible says
00:41:08.46\00:41:11.37
to know God. How
important it is to know God
00:41:12.63\00:41:16.07
because then when
you look in a mirror
00:41:16.27\00:41:18.51
you really truly see
yourself as you really are.
00:41:18.71\00:41:22.68
And so this man, he
didn't... Even though he was
00:41:23.24\00:41:27.88
a great televangelist
or a great speaker,
00:41:28.08\00:41:30.99
if he had known God he
would not have been able
00:41:31.19\00:41:33.62
to go down that road
because he would have known
00:41:33.82\00:41:35.99
what he was doing. But
see: that's what pride does.
00:41:36.19\00:41:38.86
It blinds us to know about God
00:41:39.06\00:41:42.13
to know God and so
our heart... Like I said
00:41:42.33\00:41:45.77
"is deceitfully wicked. "
00:41:45.97\00:41:47.30
And this is
something I appreciate here
00:41:47.34\00:41:49.84
of 3ABN in parenthesis.
I have come here many times
00:41:50.04\00:41:53.17
to record. And I can
tell you today the day starts
00:41:53.38\00:41:59.58
with prayer. The day starts
with a devotional reading.
00:41:59.78\00:42:03.99
The day starts with
the whole group humbling
00:42:04.19\00:42:08.89
before the Lord
asking for His guidance,
00:42:09.09\00:42:12.49
asking to provide and so forth.
00:42:12.69\00:42:17.10
And as long as we
have that humble spirit
00:42:17.30\00:42:21.37
God then can bless us.
00:42:21.57\00:42:24.11
That's the crucial
thing, and I say that because
00:42:24.31\00:42:27.34
it's not what we
do... it's what God does
00:42:27.54\00:42:29.84
in relation to
our response to Him.
00:42:30.05\00:42:32.58
That's the important part.
00:42:32.78\00:42:34.48
Pride diminishes
when we get to know God
00:42:34.88\00:42:39.02
and realize what He's
wanting to do for us, Eddie.
00:42:39.22\00:42:41.52
God does not want any
of us to have difficulties
00:42:42.12\00:42:45.59
and traumas in our life.
00:42:45.79\00:42:47.90
In actual fact He
wants us to be with Him
00:42:48.10\00:42:50.40
not only now but
throughout eternity.
00:42:50.60\00:42:53.20
That's the good
news of the gospel!
00:42:53.40\00:42:55.54
And see, many times
we have so many things
00:42:55.74\00:43:00.21
that are competing for
our attention and so forth.
00:43:00.41\00:43:04.15
That's right. And we need
to put things in perspective.
00:43:04.31\00:43:09.25
What is important
should be the most important.
00:43:09.45\00:43:14.12
And many times electronic
devices and this type of things
00:43:14.52\00:43:19.06
they want us the whole day.
00:43:19.26\00:43:22.13
There was an interesting
article that came out
00:43:22.33\00:43:25.93
that was written
by David Gallanter.
00:43:27.27\00:43:31.47
He writes just after Deep Blue
00:43:31.67\00:43:37.65
which was the most
powerful computer at that time
00:43:37.85\00:43:43.08
played a chess game
against the best chess player
00:43:43.28\00:43:49.02
in the world. Um-hmm.
00:43:49.22\00:43:51.66
And this computer actually won!
00:43:52.06\00:43:55.63
And he - this person -
00:43:56.60\00:44:01.87
writes this essay
putting things into perspective.
00:44:02.07\00:44:06.11
And let me read a
little bit of it. It says:
00:44:06.31\00:44:10.05
So many times in our
00:45:44.14\00:45:48.71
materialistic
pursuits and so forth
00:45:48.91\00:45:54.22
we are so focused
at trying to get things
00:45:54.38\00:46:00.29
that don't satisfy us. Um-hmm.
00:46:00.49\00:46:04.53
God is the only thing
that can truly satisfy
00:46:04.73\00:46:10.03
the human heart. And the...
00:46:10.23\00:46:14.94
those devices and
all these other things
00:46:15.34\00:46:18.77
they can never fill the void
00:46:18.97\00:46:23.28
that only Jesus Christ can
fill in inside of our heart.
00:46:23.48\00:46:29.22
Now many times some of
those desires that we have
00:46:29.62\00:46:33.46
are because we want
to fill in that void
00:46:33.86\00:46:37.99
with something
that doesn't satisfy.
00:46:38.19\00:46:41.66
The only source
of true happiness
00:46:42.06\00:46:47.37
is found in
connecting with the Lord.
00:46:47.57\00:46:51.07
So science is
never going to find
00:46:51.27\00:46:56.11
that substitute for God.
00:46:56.31\00:46:59.08
It doesn't matter
where we turn or try to find
00:46:59.28\00:47:03.49
what God really wants
is a relationship with us.
00:47:03.89\00:47:09.72
As we are a parent
and child relationship
00:47:10.03\00:47:16.00
God wants that type of
intimate connection with us
00:47:16.20\00:47:20.54
not because He's
selfish but because He loves us.
00:47:20.94\00:47:24.67
I like to spend time with my
children because I love them.
00:47:24.87\00:47:29.64
And in the same
way God enjoys when we
00:47:29.84\00:47:35.25
are connecting with
Him in an intimate fashion.
00:47:35.45\00:47:39.19
You know even I
think of the fact that God
00:47:39.39\00:47:41.72
formed man out of
the dust of the earth.
00:47:42.12\00:47:44.69
Formed him and then
He breathed into him.
00:47:44.89\00:47:47.36
He has a personal touch. He's
the one who put the heart there
00:47:47.56\00:47:51.03
and He knows how we
would function the best.
00:47:51.87\00:47:55.74
But there was a lie told, and
the thing is that I want to say
00:47:56.14\00:48:01.21
with Christ in your heart
that's when your desires are
00:48:01.41\00:48:05.11
filled to the brim where
we can be able to enjoy life
00:48:05.31\00:48:10.42
to the fullest. That's right!
00:48:10.62\00:48:12.45
And many times that idea
that if we break God's law
00:48:12.65\00:48:17.26
it's going to be more fun...
00:48:17.46\00:48:19.79
I can tell you:
it just leaves scars
00:48:20.00\00:48:24.67
and it just leaves unhappiness
00:48:24.87\00:48:27.67
and it just leaves
broken relationships
00:48:27.87\00:48:31.87
and it doesn't fulfill
00:48:32.07\00:48:36.48
what it looks like
it's going to fulfill.
00:48:36.68\00:48:39.75
It's like an oasis on a desert.
00:48:39.95\00:48:43.25
It may look
beautiful and watery...
00:48:43.45\00:48:46.09
It is a moment of
pleasure and excitement.
00:48:46.29\00:48:48.72
But once you get there
it's empty and you will realize
00:48:49.02\00:48:55.03
that you need the
Creator to fill that void
00:48:55.23\00:49:00.14
that we have in our hearts.
00:49:00.34\00:49:02.64
We have a Bible verse if
you want to help me read it.
00:49:02.84\00:49:06.71
Psalm 119 verse 9.
00:49:07.11\00:49:13.08
Psalm 119 verse 9. That's right:
00:49:13.38\00:49:16.28
Psalm 119 and verse 9.
00:49:16.48\00:49:21.16
"Wherewithal shall a
young man cleanse his ways?
00:49:21.56\00:49:24.43
By taking heed thereto
according to Thy Word. "
00:49:24.63\00:49:29.40
Well, this is the Word.
00:49:29.60\00:49:31.57
This is the Word of God.
00:49:31.77\00:49:33.10
So where does he find
it? In the Word of God.
00:49:33.17\00:49:37.77
There we have the secret!
00:49:37.97\00:49:40.48
There are places
today in this planet earth
00:49:40.68\00:49:44.95
where the Word of
God is not allowed.
00:49:45.15\00:49:46.68
Religious liberty is
not there and so forth.
00:49:46.88\00:49:51.35
We have liberty with God.
00:49:51.75\00:49:55.66
We have all these
blessings. We need to spend time
00:49:55.86\00:50:00.56
reading His Word, being
transformed by His love.
00:50:00.76\00:50:05.13
And I can tell you:
the happiness and pleasure
00:50:05.33\00:50:10.11
that God is going to give you...
that's the type of happiness
00:50:10.31\00:50:15.51
that will last. Umm. There's
another interesting story
00:50:15.71\00:50:19.55
by somebody by the
name of Adoniram Judson.
00:50:19.75\00:50:24.25
And he had such a gifted mind.
00:50:24.65\00:50:30.43
He was able to
learn Hebrew and Greek
00:50:31.43\00:50:37.63
when he was just 13 years old.
00:50:37.83\00:50:40.50
And he was always
the top of his class.
00:50:42.37\00:50:48.34
And he went to
one of the first...
00:50:49.28\00:50:54.02
one of the first Christian
universities in America.
00:50:54.22\00:50:56.28
This happened in the very
beginning stages of the history
00:50:56.48\00:50:59.72
of America. And he went to
a university by the name of
00:50:59.92\00:51:03.32
Brown University. I was
actually visiting that place
00:51:03.53\00:51:05.73
a few months ago.
And in that university -
00:51:05.93\00:51:10.07
it was a Christian institution -
00:51:10.27\00:51:12.13
the talent that he
displayed was amazing.
00:51:13.54\00:51:17.41
Yet he started
creeping doubts in his heart
00:51:17.61\00:51:23.51
as a result of pride unchecked.
00:51:23.71\00:51:27.85
See, this can happen
to every single one of us.
00:51:28.05\00:51:30.45
And those doubts
started to give fruit.
00:51:31.35\00:51:34.62
And as he started
doubting who God is and so forth
00:51:35.02\00:51:41.00
because he had
such a tremendous mind
00:51:41.20\00:51:46.17
when he was debating others
00:51:46.37\00:51:49.40
the others felt
that he couldn't do...
00:51:49.80\00:51:54.28
that's right... do
against his argument
00:51:54.48\00:51:57.61
because of the tremendous
brilliant mind that he had.
00:51:57.81\00:52:01.38
And one of his roommates
00:52:02.45\00:52:05.45
who wanted to actually
give his life to the Lord
00:52:05.65\00:52:08.82
and serve Him, when
Adoniram Judson started talking
00:52:09.02\00:52:13.06
to him he literally
destroyed his faith in God...
00:52:13.26\00:52:18.57
this roommate of him.
00:52:18.77\00:52:20.84
And he also became an agnostic
as a result of the negative
00:52:21.00\00:52:26.47
influence of Adoniram Judson.
00:52:26.68\00:52:28.44
He graduates from the university
00:52:29.38\00:52:33.01
and most of his
professors were very interested
00:52:33.21\00:52:36.72
to know what was going to
happen to this very bright mind
00:52:36.92\00:52:42.46
that they had the privilege of
being the teachers and so forth.
00:52:42.66\00:52:46.36
So one day he had an
offer for a job in New York,
00:52:47.10\00:52:51.87
so he took the train
from Boston to New York.
00:52:52.07\00:52:56.14
There was bad weather so
the train couldn't continue.
00:52:56.34\00:53:00.61
He had to go to find a
hotel to spend the night.
00:53:00.81\00:53:04.58
And he comes to a hotel
00:53:04.98\00:53:06.68
and in the hotel the
person tells him: "Look,
00:53:06.88\00:53:10.89
we are sold out. We
don't have a single room. "
00:53:11.09\00:53:14.19
And this man was: "Look,
I beg you: I need a room.
00:53:14.39\00:53:17.73
Anything... I
can take anything. "
00:53:17.93\00:53:19.76
"OK, I have a room
that is next to somebody
00:53:19.96\00:53:24.20
that is about to die. He
is just shouting and cursing.
00:53:24.40\00:53:29.50
Would you be
willing to stay there? "
00:53:29.70\00:53:32.94
And he said:
"Yeah, I'd be happy.
00:53:33.44\00:53:37.31
I'm so
desperate; put me there. "
00:53:37.51\00:53:39.71
And sure enough... he went
there and he would just hear
00:53:39.91\00:53:42.42
curses and so
forth the whole night.
00:53:42.62\00:53:46.72
Suddenly at some point
everything became silent.
00:53:46.92\00:53:50.39
Next morning he said:
"What happened to that man
00:53:50.59\00:53:52.89
that became silent? "
"Oh, he passed away. "
00:53:53.09\00:53:54.93
"What happens when
somebody dies in a hotel? "
00:53:55.13\00:53:57.10
"Oh, that's a very
interesting question.
00:53:57.30\00:53:58.83
See, his documents... We
have to find a close relative
00:53:59.03\00:54:03.44
or a friend or something. "
00:54:03.64\00:54:05.07
And he saw the
name. It was the roommate
00:54:05.27\00:54:08.31
that he had destroyed his faith.
00:54:08.51\00:54:10.91
And he continues on
his pathway now on a horse.
00:54:12.08\00:54:16.52
And he could hear in his head:
00:54:16.72\00:54:19.59
"Sin... hell... sin... hell... "
00:54:19.99\00:54:25.23
at every step of that horse.
00:54:25.43\00:54:27.30
He knew that his influence
had destroyed his life.
00:54:27.50\00:54:31.97
And that
brilliant man at that point
00:54:32.60\00:54:35.80
went and humbled before the Lord
00:54:36.00\00:54:38.94
in the field
asking for forgiveness.
00:54:39.14\00:54:42.81
And the Lord forgave him.
00:54:43.01\00:54:44.98
And he became the
first missionary to Cambodia.
00:54:45.18\00:54:49.48
His bright mind
continued to be a blessing.
00:54:49.68\00:54:53.62
He did the first
translation of the Bible
00:54:53.82\00:54:58.23
in the Burmese language.
00:54:58.43\00:55:00.66
There was no
religious liberty there.
00:55:01.06\00:55:03.47
He got in trouble for preaching.
00:55:03.67\00:55:05.40
It took him 16 years for
the first baptism to take place.
00:55:05.60\00:55:10.61
And as a result of that
00:55:11.47\00:55:14.21
he ended up being imprisoned
00:55:14.41\00:55:17.15
and he died on
the way to America.
00:55:17.35\00:55:20.42
That's an incredible story!
00:55:20.62\00:55:21.98
We're going to have just a few
moments to put up your address
00:55:22.18\00:55:24.49
roll. So if you
need to contact Eddie
00:55:24.69\00:55:26.52
and you'd like to talk to
him about some of the subjects
00:55:26.72\00:55:28.56
we've been talking about
you can do so at this address:
00:55:28.76\00:55:31.19
Contact him today.
He'd like to hear from you.
00:56:28.18\00:56:30.99
I know you got those details.
You know, Dr. Eddie, it just
00:56:33.76\00:56:36.73
shows that God
can still humble us
00:56:36.93\00:56:39.13
right at the end of our life
00:56:39.33\00:56:40.70
and we can be turned
around and still be used by Him.
00:56:41.10\00:56:44.13
That's important. Do you
have a closing thought for us?
00:56:44.33\00:56:47.10
Yeah, we can walk 1,000 steps
00:56:47.30\00:56:51.41
away from the Lord -
00:56:51.61\00:56:53.54
um-hmm - but it
just takes one step back
00:56:53.74\00:56:58.08
to get back to Him.
00:56:58.28\00:56:59.91
To change the whole
life! He is waiting for you.
00:57:00.12\00:57:02.68
He is willing to forgive,
00:57:02.88\00:57:05.79
to repair our
relationship with Him
00:57:05.99\00:57:08.82
and have those
fruits of the Spirit
00:57:09.02\00:57:13.06
that He has promised to us.
00:57:13.26\00:57:15.96
So even if you
have done very wrong
00:57:16.16\00:57:19.27
God can regenerate.
00:57:19.47\00:57:22.17
As long as we
have life we have hope.
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I think that's a
wonderful thought to close with.
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Thank you, Dr. Eddie,
for coming on the program.
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I enjoyed the
thoughts that you expressed.
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And in particular, you
know, what's in our heart?
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If we have Christ in our heart,
then we have an opportunity
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to think of
others... not of ourselves.
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May God bless
you until next time.
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