I don't understand.
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Why did this
have to happen to me?
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I feel like I just
can't make sense of things.
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I need answers.
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Where is God?
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You know, in
life, all of us have
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really intense, deep questions
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that really get to
the core of who we are.
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We wrestle with
things we want to know,
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like what we should
do in certain situations,
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how to think
about certain things.
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Welcome to Raw
Questions, Relevant Answers
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where we are
endeavoring to put answers
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on to some of those
raw, relevant questions
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that we have.
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My name is Mark Paden,
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and I'm joined
by my two co-hosts,
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Michelle
Doucoumes and Dee Caspar.
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And we, today,
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have several different questions
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about different topics that
we're going to be addressing.
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These were sent in to us
from different individuals
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across the country.
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This first one comes
from a college student
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in the state of Tennessee.
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"I wear jewelry
and have tattoos,
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but I love Jesus Christ
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and I'm in love with
the Adventist message.
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Why is it not okay for me
to be a leader at my church?
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Why do I get all kinds of looks?
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I ask this question
from a standpoint of love
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and with the
spirit of a learner."
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Wow.
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That's a big question.
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You know, I think all of us
on some level relate to having
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that experience where we feel
like people are looking at us
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like we're different or awkward,
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and that really shouldn't be.
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I mean, no matter how someone
comes into a church looking,
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that shouldn't be the
judge of their spirituality
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or their walk with God.
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And for the person
asking this question,
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I don't know where they're at.
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I mean, as I've
studied the Bible,
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it helped me to
see certain things
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about some of those topics
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that dictate why I
live the way that I do
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or dress the way that I do.
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And there may be
those in the church
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that have studied those things
and come to conclusions too,
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but all of that being said,
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that doesn't mean that
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just because maybe you
have different conclusions
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or have not studied some things
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or aren't
convicted on some things
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that people should
treat us differently.
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Now when it comes to
leadership in the church,
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it is kind of tricky
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because every church decides,
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"All right, what
are our qualifications
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for leadership?
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What is going to
represent the church?"
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And so maybe they
have made some decisions
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that are hard to understand,
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you might want to talk
to your church leadership
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about that,
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and there can be some
people that can help to explain
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why, hopefully, some of
those decisions are made.
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I mean, sometimes there
can be misunderstandings
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because there
isn't full communication.
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Sometimes
assumptions can be made.
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We don't know
where this person is
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as far as when
they made the decisions
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for some of the
choices they've made.
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For instance, with tattoos,
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you know, if
like there's something
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they don't have
a problem with now
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but or have a problem with now
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but didn't but
they're just there.
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There's a wide variety of things
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that we can't fully
know in this situation,
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but what we can know is
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anytime someone
walks through the door
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of a Seventh-day
Adventist Church,
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it's a miracle,
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any Christian
church for that matter
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because it's a blessing
that God has brought them
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to our house of
worship that day.
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It's also a
miracle and a blessing
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when someone would
like to be involved actively
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in a local church.
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Yeah.
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I remember reading in
a book and it is called
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The Desire of Ages
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that says that "There
would be one hundred workers
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where there is now one,
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if people wouldn't
repress through zeal."
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And so we need to be
careful that whenever...
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There are people who
have a desire to serve God
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and want to actively serve
Him in a local church setting,
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our churches or in all
churches are longing for people
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who want to be
active participants,
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and there's room in the kingdom
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for all of them,
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and there's room in the vineyard
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to harvest for
God for all of them,
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and whatever
means that we can help
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to use people we should,
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and I appreciate the fact
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that they genuinely
and earnestly want to know
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as they phrase their question,
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and I value that immensely.
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I also just want to point
out that I love the fact that
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they're saying, "I love Jesus
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and I'm in love with
the Adventist message."
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Yes. Yes. That's awesome.
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I'm really
thankful for that. Yeah.
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Let's go ahead and
hit our next question.
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This comes from
a female, age 26,
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in the state of California.
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"In a world where
so many "good kids"
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are leaving the church
in their 20s after college,
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how do we show
compassion, friendship, and love
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balanced with
standing true to principle
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to win these
friends back to the church?"
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I think, first and foremost,
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my objective with people
that I have that are friends
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who may not be in
the same page as me,
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whether the people that
used to be part of my faith
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and then left, whether the
family members or whatever,
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I want to be a safe
place for them in their life.
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Someone that they can
talk to about anything,
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and that I'm very selective
in how I go about communicating
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certain things with them
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because I realize
they're not there right now,
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they don't want to
deal with those things,
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does that mean that
my principles change?
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No, but there's already
somewhat of an understanding,
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particularly if they
were in the same boat with you
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and then left,
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they already
know what you believe,
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they don't need that reminder
right now in most instances.
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What they need
you to know that is
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in the same way in
which you treat them,
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it's how God would treat them.
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That's kind of how
I try to live my life.
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God still has love for them,
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God still has a desire for
them to be a part of His work,
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God has still
has a desire for them
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to be part of the family of God,
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and we need to make that clear.
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And so if we treat
them like they have cooties
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or we want
nothing to do with them
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because their
lifestyle has changed,
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we need to have
barriers and boundaries,
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certainly, we can't
partake of what they do,
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but try to find ways to
connect and have a common ground
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as much as you can
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because we want to
see them in the kingdom.
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And the more godly
people that are winsome
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they have in their life,
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the better chance they
have of coming back, right?
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Yeah.
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Something that I have found
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is that with a
lot of young people
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who have left church,
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coming back can be
an intimidating thing
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or thinking about it
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because a lot of times,
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there's been
hurt that's happened,
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there's been
disenchantment that's happened.
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And so there's kind of
this feeling like yeah,
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maybe somewhat like the
person in the previous question,
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"Well, people wouldn't
really accept me there."
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And so I do think a
big thing that we can do is
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people who've
known a lot about God,
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sometimes have a lot
of "truth" supposedly
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but they haven't
seen a lot of love.
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Yeah.
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And what they may need
most is someone to love them
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towards God.
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That doesn't mean
loving the things that they do,
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but living our lives in
a way that shows them that,
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"Hey, we still love you
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even though you're
making some choices
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that may not be the best."
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I think of Romans 14:7, it says,
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"None of us lives from
self and no one dies to himself.
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Each of us shall give an
account to God," verse 12,
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verse 8, "For we
live, we live to the Lord.
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If we die, we die to the Lord."
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Are we living our
life as to the Lord,
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not to ourselves,
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we're
accountable to our brethren
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for how we come
across for what we say,
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we do, or what we do.
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And one big thing I
would say with that is
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live your life as an example
of what true Christianity is.
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Yeah.
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Sometimes the biggest thing
that's hard for people to see
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is a real Christian
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and they may not
be as open right now,
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but as things happen
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and I've seen
this with my friends
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as crises happen,
as problems happen,
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I've had some of those
friends be the one to call me
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because they
know that I love God
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and have a connection with God,
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and when they're
looking for that,
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that relationship causes
a bridge where they open up.
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And they know that
you love them, right?
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Yes. Yeah.
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There's a quote that's
been really helpful for me
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on this topic,
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Testimonies for the
Church, volume five,
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it says this,
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"As Christ pitied and helped us
in our weakness and sinfulness,
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so should we
pity and help others.
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Many are perplexed with doubt,
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they're burdened
with infirmities,
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their weakened faith
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and they're unable
to grasp the unseen.
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But a friend whom they can see
coming to them in Christ stead
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can be as a connecting link
to fasten their trembling faith
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upon God.
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Oh, this is a blessed work."
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They can't see Him right
now, but they can see you,
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and if they see Him in you,
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it's going to be far better
for them than anything else.
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Yeah.
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You know, another
example of this too is
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how Christ dealt
with His disciples.
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You know, each
of them were very...
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I mean, look at
their characters,
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look at what Peter
eventually ended up doing,
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he denied His Lord,
it's a serious offense.
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And they were very
rough in character,
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yet Christ knew that
their best chance was
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association with Him.
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Now I think it would be wise
to throw in one word of caution
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that you are really a product
of your three closest friends.
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That's true.
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Now if you are
really strong in the faith
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and have really a
good grasp on God,
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there's going to be less danger
in association with people
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that are struggling.
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But at the same note,
and I think this is true,
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if everyone but
especially those that
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maybe you're not quite
at a super strong place
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in your own walk,
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you do need to be careful about
too much closeness with people
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on a continual basis
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because what that does is
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they will start to influence you
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more than you are
able to influence them
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in many times.
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That's true.
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So just having that...
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And only God can really show you
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what you should do in
on a case by case basis
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but be aware of those principles
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that you don't want to
surrender your principles
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in that.
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Here's another question.
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This is a female,
age 23, from Tennessee.
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"I have a cousin who
was hurt by Christians
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and he can't stand
to even hear anyone say
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anything about Christianity
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to the point I had
to block him on Facebook
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for constantly attacking
me for everything I said.
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Is there any way I can
still be a witness to him?"
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Sometimes, you have
to let the dust settle.
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I mean, if there is not
a spirit of sincere, open,
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earnest, and congenial
dialogue that's afforded,
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it's not productive.
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Yeah.
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If things are just
emotionally charged
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and there's not civil discourse,
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now is not the time,
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and one of the best
things you can do is
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just pray earnestly
for them at this stage
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because if they
don't want to talk
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and they just want
to criticize and attack,
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it's because they're hurt.
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And if you are not a person
they feel safe in opening up to
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or even friendly
enough with to be congenial,
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I would give it some time
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while earnestly
praying and looking for windows
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when there's changes.
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But still, I
would give it some time.
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Yeah, my
question would be similar,
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is this friendship strong enough
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that there's really a friendship
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outside of just
Facebook and social media?
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But if there is
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and that friendship
can go on in other ways,
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then something
that's happened to me
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as I had this happen with
someone that was close to me
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and what the Lord
really impressed me was,
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"Michelle, you
just need to love him,
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you need to
learn how to do that."
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And so when we
have our interactions,
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it would just be
on a friendly-basis.
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It was just a building
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that friendship,
that relationship,
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especially because this
is a family member, you know?
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And that is a huge thing
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because, that love
can, when it's time,
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open up the door for dialogue,
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but trying to push dialogue
when a person is not ready,
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usually just
needs more resistance.
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Now one other practical
thing, this is a cousin.
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So let's say you
get to a family reunion,
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what are you going to do?
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Like you're saying,
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do your utmost to
just be kind, be...
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If there's interactions,
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be the best,
most loving Christian
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you can possibly be.
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There's a biblical principle
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that a kind word
turns away wrath, right?
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I doubt, in those moments,
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that it's your responsibility
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to respond to every
objection they have.
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Yeah. You know what I mean?
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I don't think it's
just going to be productive.
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If they're looking for a
fight, don't give them a fight.
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Don't give them
what they're looking for
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in those moments.
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Give them what
they're least expecting,
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love in spite of
what they're doing to you.
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And only God
can give that to us.
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We're not
capable of loving people
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in situations whenever we
would choose not to love them.
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But God can
because God does love them
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in spite of what
they've done to His Son,
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in spite of what they're doing
to His pleads on a daily basis.
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And we can receive
Christ's love for them
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in that moment,
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to be that type of
witness that would convict them
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to realize that no matter
how crusty I am with them,
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they're not wanting to respond,
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and they'll
recognize that, I'm sure.
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You know...
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And I still want to downplay
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the necessity of
intercessory prayer
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on this behalf,
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like it's a big, big one
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where God does this a
supernatural spiritual work
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of softening the soil
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for that time when
you can plant seeds
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in the future endeavor.
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You know, one thing that
I do want to do really quick
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is go back up to
the first question,
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we're talking about
in the last minute or so
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that we have.
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You know, there's a lot of times
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where we face
questions of principle
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that maybe we
aren't sure about yet
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that maybe the
church has a position on.
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I just want to give some
advice that in those situations,
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the best thing that you
can do is go to the Word of God
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and sincerely with...
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Like this person says,
with the spirit of a learner,
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go to the Word of God
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and seek answers
for yourself on these.
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You don't want to just
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immediately
kowtow to whatever it is
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because that often ends up
backfiring in the long run.
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Instead, I
would really urge you,
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go back and study
these things, ask God,
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"Lord, what is it that
You would have me to do,"
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and really seek Him in that.
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And when you do that, I think
God will lead you for sure.
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Any closing
thoughts before we end up?
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I think these all go together.
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Seeking the Lord's will
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is the best thing that we can do
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and seeking it in God's Spirit.
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Yeah. Amen.
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So if you have any
of your own questions,
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any raw questions,
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please submit them
to us online, RQRA3ABN.
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And, guys, I cannot
overemphasize this enough.
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Find your answers
in the Word of God.
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We're here to
help facilitate that,
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but you can do the
same thing with this book
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and an attitude of prayer.
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God bless.
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