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>>HELLO FRIENDS. WELCOME
TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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MY NAME IS JËAN ROSS.
I'M ONE OF THE PASTORS OF THE
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GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH. IF THIS IS THE
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FIRST TIME YOU'RE JOINING US,
YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT THINGS ARE
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A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
THAN MAYBE WHAT YOU'RE USED TO.
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FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AMAZING
FACTS FILMED THIS SABBATH SCHOOL
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PROGRAM AT SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH,
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BUT RECENTLY PASTOR DOUG
BATCHELOR JOINED THE PASTORAL
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STAFF HERE AT THE
GRANITE BAY CHURCH.
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NOW THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH IS IN
THE PROCESS OF MOVING TO A NEW
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LOCATION AND WHEN WE MOVE TO OUR
NEW LOCATION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO
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RECORD AND BROADCAST OUR
SERVICES ON A REGULAR BASIS.
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BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE
RECORDING THIS PROGRAM HERE AT
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THE AMAZING FACTS
STUDIOS IN ROCKLIN, CALIFORNIA.
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NOW, IF YOU'D LIKE TO FOLLOW
ALONG WITH OUR SABBATH SCHOOL
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STUDY, WE'RE CURRENTLY
LOOKING AT THE BOOK OF JAMES.
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THIS LESSON'S QUARTERLY IS
ALL ABOUT THE BOOK OF JAMES.
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YOU CAN DOWNLOAD
TODAY'S LESSON BY GOING TO THE
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GRANITE BAY CHURCH WEBSITE.
IT'S SIMPLY 'GRANITEBAYSDA.ORG'.
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YOU CAN CLICK ON THE LINK THAT
SAYS 'SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON' -
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WE'RE LOOKING AT LESSON #2 - AND
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THAT AND FOLLOW
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ALONG WITH OUR STUDY TODAY.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME OUR
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LOCAL CHURCH MEMBERS HERE
FROM THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH.
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM.
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NOW, BEFORE WE OPEN UP GOD'S
WORD, LET'S JUST BOW OUR HEADS
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AND ASK FOR THE
HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE US.
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DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE
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TO GATHER TOGETHER
TO STUDY YOUR WORD.
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AND WE DO RECOGNIZE THE BIBLE
IS YOUR BOOK, SO WE ASK FOR THE
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HOLY SPIRIT TO COME AND
GUIDE OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS.
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LEAD US INTO A DEEPER AND FULLER
UNDERSTANDING OF THIS VERY
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IMPORTANT MESSAGE CONTAINED
IN THE BOOK OF JAMES, FOR WE ASK
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THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INVITE
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PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR TO COME
UP AND LEAD US IN OUR STUDY FOR
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TODAY. >>THANK YOU
PASTOR ROSS. AND I'M
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SAYING 'GOOD EVENING, FRIENDS'
- THIS IS A SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY
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TIME, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY
EVENING HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
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I WANT TO WELCOME THOSE WHO ARE
WATCHING VIA THE INTERNET - OUR
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EXTENDED CLASS THAT MAY BE
WATCHING ALL OVER THE WORLD ON
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SATELLITE - AND WE'RE GLAD THAT
YOU'VE JOINED US FOR OUR STUDY
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HOUR TOGETHER. IN A
MOMENT WE'LL GET TO OUR
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LESSON ON THE BOOK OF JAMES, BUT
AS OUR CUSTOM, WE HAVE A FREE
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OFFER WE'D LIKE TO TELL YOU
ABOUT. THIS IS A CLASSIC BOOK
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BY JOE CREWS THAT WILL
HELP ENHANCE TODAY'S STUDY.
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IT'S CALLED, 'THE BROOK DRIED
UP: WHY DO CHRISTIANS SUFFER?'
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IT'S BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE OF
ELIJAH AND, SOMETIMES, WHEN YOU
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GO THROUGH TRIALS - AND OUR
LESSON TALKS ABOUT THAT TODAY.
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IF YOU'D LIKE A COPY OF THIS,
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL THE
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NUMBER 866-788-3966 -
THAT SHOULD BE ON YOUR SCREEN -
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THAT'S 866-STUDY-MORE. ASK
FOR OFFER #161 - IT'S FREE.
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ONCE AGAIN, JUST PLEASE READ IT
AND THEN SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND.
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NOW, IF YOU HAVE YOUR LESSON -
AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO JOIN US -
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WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING INTO
LESSON #2 THAT'S TALKING ABOUT
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THE BOOK OF JAMES. WE'VE
JUST BEGUN OUR STUDY AND,
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AS OUR CUSTOM, WE'D LIKE TO
START OUT WITH A MEMORY VERSE
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AND THE MEMORY VERSE
IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
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IT'S FROM HEBREWS 12, VERSE
2. AND THIS IS COMING TO US FROM
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THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION.
THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES
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WHERE I PREFER WHAT THE NIV SAYS
HERE, AS THE LESSON WRITER DID.
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HEBREWS 12:1 AND 2 AND IT SAYS,
"LET US" - DIDN'T GIVE YOU A
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CHANCE TO FIND IT. YOU READY?
"LET US FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS,
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THE AUTHOR AND PERFECTER OF OUR
FAITH, WHO FOR THE JOY THAT WAS
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SET BEFORE HIM, ENDURED THE
CROSS, SCORNING ITS SHAME AND
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HAS SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT
HAND OF THE THRONE OF GOD.
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NOW, I LIKE THE WAY THIS IS
WORDED: "LET'S FIX OUR EYES" -
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IT'S LIKE
FASTENING OUR EYES ON JESUS.
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THERE USED TO BE A TIGHTROPE
WALKER WHO WAS CALLED 'THE GREAT
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BLONDIN' - HE'S ONE OF
THE FEW THAT DIED OF OLD AGE.
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MANY OF THE TIGHTROPE WALKERS
MET UNPLEASANT ENDS, BUT THIS
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ONE, HE ACTUALLY WAS
VERY SUCCESSFUL AND ON SEVERAL
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OCCASIONS HE CROSSED NIAGARA
FALLS AND HE DID IT WITH A
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WHEELBARROW AND HE DID IT
FREEHAND AND A NUMBER OF WAYS.
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AND SOMEONE ASKED HIM ONE TIME,
'AREN'T YOU TERRIFIED WHEN YOU
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START GETTING OUT THERE IN THE
MIDDLE AND THE LINE IS STARTING
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TO WOBBLE AND YOU FEEL THE WIND
AND THE MIST IS BILLOWING UP?'
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YOU KNOW, NIAGARA FALLS ACTUALLY
USED TO HAVE MUCH MORE WATER
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GOING OVER BACK WHEN HE
DID THIS, THAN IT DOES NOW.
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MOST OF IT'S REDIRECTED NOW
FOR IRRIGATION AND FOR POWER.
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AND HE SAID, 'I DON'T LOOK AT
ANY OF THAT.' HE SAID, 'I FIX A
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SILVER STAR AT THE OPPOSITE END
AND HE SAID, 'I DON'T LOOK DOWN,
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I DON'T LOOK AT MY FEET.' HE
SAID, 'I FIX MY EYES ON THE STAR
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AND THAT'S HOW I GET THROUGH THE
STORM.' AND THAT'S REALLY THE
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SECRET TO THE CHRISTIAN
LIFE. WE NEED TO FIX OUR EYES ON
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JESUS. HOW CAN WE
LAY ASIDE THE SIN AND
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THE WEIGHT THAT BESETS US?
BY FIXING OUR EYES ON JESUS.
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AND SO, THAT'S OUR MEMORY
VERSE AND THAT'S ONE OF THE
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THEMES THAT
JAMES HAS HERE FOR US.
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AND WITH THAT, MAYBE JUST A
LITTLE REVIEW OF SOME OF WHAT WE
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TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK
WHEN WE INTRODUCED THE LESSON.
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WHO WAS THE AUTHOR OF THE
BOOK OF JAMES? WE'VE GOT FOUR
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JAMESES IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT. REMEMBER LESSON 1?
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"JAMES, THE BROTHER OF JESUS."
AND SO THIS WAS PROBABLY THE
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OLDEST OF
JOSEPH'S ORIGINAL SONS.
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AND, AT FIRST, HE
WAS NOT A BELIEVER.
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HE DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE A LOT
OF CONFIDENCE IN WHAT JESUS WAS
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DOING. HE SEEMED VERY CONFUSED.
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BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY HE
HAD A REAL CHANGE OF HEART AND
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WE SHOWED YOU THE VERSES WHERE,
EVEN AFTER THE RESURRECTION, AT
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ONE POINT, JESUS PERSONALLY
APPEARED TO HIM LIKE HE DID THE
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TWO ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS, LIKE
HE DID WITH PETER, AND LIKE HE
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DID WITH MARY MAGDALENE. I
WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE HEARD
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THAT CONVERSATION. BUT
WITH THE DEATH OF JAMES, THE
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BROTHER OF JOHN, YOU NOTICE THAT
JAMES, THE BROTHER OF JESUS,
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SEEMS TO TRANSITION INTO
A PATRIARCHAL LEADERSHIP,
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ESPECIALLY OF THE
CHURCH IN JERUSALEM.
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HE MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE MORE
SAGE AND SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE
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CHURCH BUT, YOU NOTICE, HE'S
SORT OF CHAIRING THE BOARD FOR
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THE JERUSALEM
COUNCIL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
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AND THE LETTER HE WROTE
WAS PROBABLY WRITTEN SOMEWHERE
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BETWEEN 45 AND 48 AD, MAKING
IT ONE OF THE EARLIEST NEW
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TESTAMENT EPISTLES, OR LETTERS,
TO THE CHURCH. IT'S ALSO NOT
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WRITTEN TO A SPECIFIC PERSON.
IT'S NOT WRITTEN TO A SPECIFIC
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CONGREGATION, LIKE
CORINTHIANS OR THESSALONIANS.
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IT'S WRITTEN TO THE
SAINTS THAT ARE EVERYWHERE.
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AND SO, THIS IS A LETTER
REALLY WRITTEN FOR ANYBODY WHO
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IS SEEKING TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN
LIFE. IT IS TRUE THAT, AT THE
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TIME JAMES WROTE HIS BOOK, THE
PERCENTAGE OF JEWISH CHRISTIANS
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OUTNUMBERED THE PERCENTAGE
OF GENTILE CHRISTIANS.
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BY THE TIME PAUL WROTE SOME OF
HIS BOOKS AND, CERTAINLY BY THE
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TIME JOHN HAD THE VISION OF
REVELATION, THINGS HAD FLIPPED
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AND THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE
IN THE CHURCH WERE NOW GENTILES.
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AND TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION. I
MEAN, IT WAS - ALL OF A SUDDEN
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THEY STARTED WELCOMING A FEW
GENTILES, WHEN PETER TALKED TO
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CORNELIUS, YOU
KNOW, AND HIS HOUSEHOLD.
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AND THEN PAUL BEGAN TO
INVITE GENTILES TO COME TO THE
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SYNAGOGUE, BUT IT JUST WENT
LIKE FIRE. AND THE JEWS WERE THE
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FIRST EVANGELISTS. SO
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WHY
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DID GOD CALL THE JEWISH PEOPLE?
I JUST WANT TO TIE OFF THIS
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POINT AND THEN WE'LL GET
INTO THE LESSON A LITTLE MORE.
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ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE REASONS
THAT JESUS CALLED THE JEWISH
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NATION: THROUGH THEM THE
MESSIAH WAS GOING TO COME.
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GOD TOLD ABRAHAM, 'THROUGH YOUR
SEED ALL THE NATIONS WOULD BE
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BLESSED.' AND HE WANTED THEM
TO BE INSTRUMENTAL IN ANNOUNCING
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AND INTRODUCING THE SAVIOR.
DID THAT HAPPEN AT PENTECOST?
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YOU KNOW, AS MUCH RESISTANCE
AS HE HAD FROM HIS OWN PEOPLE,
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GOD'S WILL IS ALWAYS FULFILLED.
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AND THERE WAS A REMNANT OF
FAITHFUL IN THAT UPPER ROOM AND
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HE USED THEM TO PROCLAIM AND
ANNOUNCE AND INTRODUCE JESUS.
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AND THEN, BECAUSE THEY POURED
OUT THE HOLY SPIRIT ON PENTECOST
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- IT SAYS IN ACTS CHAPTER
2:5, "AND THERE WERE DWELLING IN
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JERUSALEM JEWS, DEVOUT MEN,
FROM EVERY NATION UNDER HEAVEN."
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THAT MEANS JEWS THAT WERE LIVING
AND DOING BUSINESS ALL OVER THE
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ROMAN EMPIRE, AS FAR
AWAY AS TARSHISH, SPAIN.
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AND I THINK YOU'VE PROBABLY
HEARD ME TELL YOU BEFORE MY
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GRANDFATHER'S NAME WAS
'TARSHIS - TARSHIS' THAT WAS THE
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FARTHEST - THAT WAS THE JEWISH
WAY OF SAYING 'TIMBUKTU' BECAUSE
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IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET
TO THE BORDER OF SPAIN - IT WAS
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BY THE GATE OF HERCULES BY
SPAIN - THEN THEY KEPT SAILING.
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THEY WENT OFF INTO NO MAN'S LAND
AND, NOT UNTIL BEYOND COLUMBUS
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DID THEY REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS IN
THE WEST WHEN THEY KEPT GOING.
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AND SO THEY HAD JEWS - THEY'VE
SEEN EVIDENCE OF JEWISH SETTLERS
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THAT WERE IN NORTH AFRICA, IN
SPAIN, THROUGH GERMANY - SO WHEN
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IT SAYS, 'THROUGHOUT THE ROMAN
EMPIRE,' THEY WERE EVERYWHERE.
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SO WHEN PETER PREACHED TO THOSE
JEWS AND THEY ACCEPTED JESUS,
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AFTER THE FEAST WHAT DID THEY
DO? THEY TOOK THIS KNOWLEDGE
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BACK AND IT JUST, ALMOST
INSTANTLY, WENT VIRAL, AS WE
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WOULD SAY. THAT'S HOW
THINGS WENT VIRAL BACK THEN.
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IT WAS A BRILLIANT IDEA FOR
GOD TO DO IT THE WAY HE DID.
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SO, WHEN JAMES WRITES THIS
LETTER, HE EXPECTED IT TO BE
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CIRCULATED WIDELY. AND
WE SHOWED YOU LAST WEEK,
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MANY OF THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS
READ FROM THE BOOK OF JAMES AND
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BELIEVED IT TO BE
PART OF THE SACRED CANON.
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NOW, SOMETHING I DIDN'T SAY IN
OUR INTRODUCTION, WHAT DOES THE
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NAME 'JAMES' MEAN? NOW,
WHEN YOU SAY A HEBREW NAME
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WITH A GREEK PRONUNCIATION,
YOU'RE GOING TO SOMETIMES COME
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UP WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THAT REALLY MIXED ME UP WHEN I
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FIRST STARTED READING THE
NEW TESTAMENT - KING JAMES.
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SOME OF THE MODERN TRANSLATIONS
ADJUST FOR THAT - AND YOU READ
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THE NAME 'NOAH' IN THE
GREEK AND WHAT DOES IT SAY? NOE.
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AND YOU READ 'ELIJAH' AND IN THE
GREEK IT'S 'ELIAS.' AND YOU READ
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THE NAME 'YASHUA,' IT'S JESUS.
YEAH, WELL THEY - OR THEY SAY
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'JOSHUA.' BUT THEN YOU ALSO
TAKE THE NAME 'JAMES' - YOU KNOW
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WHERE JAMES IS? THE NAME
JAMES IS ONE OF THE VERY FAMOUS
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HEBREW NAMES. IT'S
'JACOB' OR 'IAKOBOS.'
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THAT'S MORE HOW
A JEW MIGHT SAY IT.
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AND SO, WHEN YOU SAY THE
NAME 'JAMES,' YOU'RE REALLY
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SAYING 'JACOB.' IT'S JUST
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE READ IT
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MORE IN THE GREEK - COMING FROM
THE GREEK THAN - HOW MANY OF YOU
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KNOW WHAT YOUR NAME IS
IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE?
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LIKE MY DAD'S NAME AND OUR SON'S
NAME 'GEORGE' IS 'JORGE' IN
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SPANISH, YOU KNOW, AND SO AS YOU
GO FROM COUNTRY AND COUNTRY AND
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- LIKE IN RUSSIA WE MET A LOT
OF PEOPLE NAMED 'MICHAEL' - IT'S
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'MIKHAIL' OR 'MISCHA' AND IT'S
INTERESTING WHEN YOU GO FROM
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LANGUAGE TO LANGUAGE,
HOW A BIBLE NAME, KIND OF, IS
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PRONOUNCED DIFFERENTLY. WELL,
WHEN WE SAY JAMES, YOU REALLY -
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IT'S 'IAKOBOS' OR 'JACOB.' AND
SO, THAT'S WHAT THE NAME MEANS.
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ALRIGHT, FIRST SECTION UNDER
SUNDAY 'FAITH LASTS.' NOW, WE'RE
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GOING TO HAVE SOME
OF YOU READ SOME VERSES.
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IT'LL BE A MOMENT OR TWO BEFORE
I GET TO IT, BUT THE FIRST ONE
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IS JOB 23:10. LET ME JUST LOCATE
WHO HAS THAT FORTUNE COOKIE.
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OKAY, WE'LL GET YOU
A MICROPHONE. GO AHEAD,
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HOLD YOUR HAND UP FOR A SECOND
SO THEY CAN SEE WHERE YOU ARE.
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OKAY. AND YOU'LL
BE THE FIRST ONE WE
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READ - THAT READS FOR
US - IN JUST A MOMENT.
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I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY
DELVING RIGHT INTO JAMES.
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JAMES 1, VERSES 2 AND 3, "MY
BRETHREN, COUNT IT ALL JOY WHEN
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YOU FALL INTO VARIOUS TRIALS,
KNOWING THAT THE TESTING OF YOUR
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FAITH PRODUCES PATIENCE."
NOW, HOW MANY OF YOU'VE EVER
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PRAYED THAT
GOD'LL TEST YOUR FAITH?
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DOES THAT EVER SOUND PLEASANT?
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT JOY?
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WE ALL WANT JOY? BUT, NOTICE,
HE SAID, "COUNT IT ALL JOY."
00:12:48.23\00:12:53.76
HOW MUCH JOY?
COMPLETE JOY - THE BEST JOY.
00:12:53.76\00:12:57.16
"WHEN YOU FALL
INTO VARIOUS TRIALS."
00:12:57.16\00:13:00.23
I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT
POINT YET, BUT I KNOW THIS IS
00:13:00.23\00:13:03.03
SOMETHING THE BIBLE
CLEARLY TEACHES. WHY?
00:13:03.03\00:13:06.56
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BE SAVED
UNLESS YOUR FAITH IS PERFECTED
00:13:06.56\00:13:10.83
AND HE SAYS THAT THESE TRIALS
TEST YOUR FAITH AND IT PRODUCES
00:13:10.83\00:13:15.43
PATIENCE. THERE
IS A SANCTIFYING,
00:13:15.43\00:13:18.53
PURIFYING, TRANSFORMING
INFLUENCE THAT WE EXPERIENCE AS
00:13:18.53\00:13:23.16
WE GO THROUGH TRIALS.
HOW DO YOU GET A PEARL?
00:13:23.16\00:13:27.26
BY PLACING AN IRRITATION IN AN
OYSTER AND THE OYSTER TAKES THAT
00:13:27.26\00:13:33.60
IRRITATION AND WORKS IT OVER AND
COVERS IT UP AND EVENTUALLY IT
00:13:33.60\00:13:38.50
TURNS INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
VERY RARELY, WHILE YOU'RE GOING
00:13:38.50\00:13:44.03
THROUGH TRIALS,
DO WE APPRECIATE IT.
00:13:44.03\00:13:47.53
BUT HOW MANY OF YOU CAN NOW LOOK
BACK ON SOMETHING THAT YOU WENT
00:13:47.53\00:13:50.40
THROUGH, MAYBE IN YOUR YOUTH OR
AT SOME POINT IN YOUR LIFE WHERE
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YOU SAID, 'THAT WAS REALLY
DIFFICULT.' BUT NOW YOU LOOK
00:13:55.53\00:13:57.23
BACK AND YOU SAY, 'YOU KNOW,
I'M A BETTER PERSON BECAUSE OF
00:13:57.23\00:14:00.30
THAT.' AT THE TIME
YOU DIDN'T ENJOY IT.
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I THANK THE LORD THAT I
WENT TO MILITARY SCHOOL.
00:14:03.80\00:14:09.30
NOW, I'M NOT RECOMMENDING OTHER
PEOPLE, BUT COMPARED TO THE WAY
00:14:09.30\00:14:11.16
I WAS GROWING UP, BECAUSE I WAS
WITH A SINGLE MOM IN NEW YORK
00:14:11.16\00:14:15.06
CITY AND MY BROTHER AND
I WERE RUNNING THE STREETS.
00:14:15.06\00:14:17.23
WE HAD NO DISCIPLINE, NO
SELF-CONTROL - WE WERE OUT OF
00:14:17.23\00:14:19.93
CONTROL AND SPENDING A COUPLE
OF YEARS IN NEW YORK MILITARY
00:14:19.93\00:14:23.70
ACADEMY WAS TOUGH. I
CRIED - HOMESICK - AND WHEN
00:14:23.70\00:14:28.73
YOU'RE NEW THERE THE DISCIPLINE
WAS - I'D NEVER GONE THROUGH
00:14:28.73\00:14:31.33
ANYTHING LIKE IT. IT
WAS A SHOCK FOR ME - TO HAVE
00:14:31.33\00:14:33.76
THAT MUCH DISCIPLINE - COMPARED
TO A VERY INDULGENT MOTHER.
00:14:33.76\00:14:37.43
AND I CALLED AND BEGGED HER TO
TAKE ME HOME AND SHE WOULDN'T DO
00:14:37.43\00:14:41.56
IT. AND NOW I LOOK BACK AND I
THINK, 'PRAISE THE LORD I WENT
00:14:41.56\00:14:46.40
TO MILITARY SCHOOL.' I CAN MAKE
MY BED. I CAN SHINE MY SHOES.
00:14:46.40\00:14:51.76
I GOT OUT OF MILITARY SCHOOL - I
CAME HOME VACATIONS, I CALLED MY
00:14:51.76\00:14:55.50
MOTHER 'SIR.' THEY
JUST DRILL IT INTO YOU.
00:14:55.50\00:14:58.53
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE DISCIPLINE
AND SELF - CONTROL THEY MAKE YOU
00:14:58.53\00:15:02.40
LEARN, NOW LOOKING BACK, I
DIDN'T ENJOY IT AT THE TIME BUT
00:15:02.40\00:15:05.40
NOW LOOKING BACK I
THINK, 'THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.
00:15:05.40\00:15:08.20
I REALLY NEEDED THAT.' AND SO
- AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER
00:15:08.20\00:15:11.90
TRIALS WE GO THROUGH. AND
THEN THE LORD CAN WORK THOSE
00:15:11.90\00:15:14.23
THINGS TOGETHER FOR GOOD.
JAMES ACTUALLY IS QUOTED BY
00:15:14.23\00:15:18.43
PETER. IT'S
VERY SIMILAR, ANYWAY,
00:15:18.43\00:15:20.76
1 PETER 1:6,
"IN THIS YOU GREATLY
00:15:20.76\00:15:24.86
REJOICE, THOUGH NOW FOR A LITTLE
WHILE, IF NEED BE, YOU HAVE BEEN
00:15:24.86\00:15:28.36
GRIEVED BY VARIOUS TRIALS, THAT
THE GENUINENESS OF YOUR FAITH,"
00:15:28.36\00:15:32.83
- NOTICE THE CONNECTION
AGAIN - FAITH AND TRIALS?
00:15:32.83\00:15:34.96
- "BEING MUCH MORE PRECIOUS THAN
GOLD THAT PERISHES, THOUGH IT
00:15:34.96\00:15:38.40
IS TESTED BY FIRE, MAY BE FOUND
TO PRAISE, HONOR, AND GLORY AT
00:15:38.40\00:15:43.13
THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST,"
NOW, YOU NOTICE AGAIN IN THAT
00:15:43.13\00:15:48.13
YOU GREATLY REJOICE, THOUGH
FOR A LITTLE WHILE, YOU'RE
00:15:48.13\00:15:51.73
GRIEVED BY
TRIALS. GREATLY REJOICE.
00:15:51.73\00:15:54.63
THIS WAS A
CONSTANT THEME THEY HAD.
00:15:54.63\00:15:56.80
YOU KNOW, I
THINK WE'RE READY NOW.
00:15:56.80\00:15:58.13
YOU'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
READ FOR US JOB 23:10, I THINK.
00:15:58.13\00:16:02.30
>>JOB 23:10, "BUT HE KNOWS
THE WAY THAT I TAKE; WHEN HE HAS
00:16:02.30\00:16:08.30
TESTED ME, I SHALL
COME FORTH AS GOLD."
00:16:08.30\00:16:11.43
>>YEAH, THAT SOUNDS VERY MUCH
LIKE WHAT PETER SAID, 'GOLD THAT
00:16:11.43\00:16:14.80
PERISHES, THOUGH IT'S TESTED BY
FIRE.' YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU MINE
00:16:14.80\00:16:18.56
GOLD, VERY RARELY - NOW HERE WE
ARE IN CALIFORNIA AND WE'VE ALL
00:16:18.56\00:16:22.63
HEARD STORIES, ESPECIALLY IN
THIS AREA, AROUND SACRAMENTO.
00:16:22.63\00:16:25.83
THIS WAS THE EPICENTER OF THE
GOLD RUSH - THIS AND SACRAMENTO.
00:16:25.83\00:16:29.60
THEY DIDN'T FIND MUCH GOLD
IN SACRAMENTO, THAT'S WHERE THE
00:16:29.60\00:16:31.36
SHIPS CAME IN BUT, YOU KNOW,
FROM SACRAMENTO WAS, SORT OF,
00:16:31.36\00:16:34.36
THE LAUNCHING GROUND FOR A LOT
OF GOLD DISCOVERIES AROUND HERE.
00:16:34.36\00:16:37.23
AND YOU MIGHT FIND A
NUGGET LAYING ON THE GROUND.
00:16:37.23\00:16:40.83
WE ALL WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
MATTER OF FACT, I HEARD ABOUT A
00:16:40.83\00:16:43.43
PATHFINDER GROUP THAT WAS UP IN
FEATHER FALLS WALKING DOWN THE
00:16:43.43\00:16:47.56
RIVER AND THE PATHFINDER LEADER
TOLD THE KIDS, 'THEY USED TO GET
00:16:47.56\00:16:51.20
GOLD OUT OF THIS CREEK.' AND
RIGHT AFTER HE SAID THAT, ONE OF
00:16:51.20\00:16:54.43
THE KIDS LOOKED DOWN AND HE
SAID, 'DOES IT LOOK LIKE THIS?'
00:16:54.43\00:16:57.23
AND HE PICKED UP A NUGGET
AND THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
00:16:57.23\00:17:01.33
THEY SAID, 'YES, THAT'S GOLD.'
AND THE KIDS SPENT THE REST OF
00:17:01.33\00:17:04.33
THE DAY SCOURING THE CREEK
AND NOBODY ELSE FOUND ANY GOLD.
00:17:04.33\00:17:09.23
BUT JUST AT THE VERY MOMENT
THAT SOMEONE SAID THAT, THE KID
00:17:09.23\00:17:12.80
LOOKED DOWN AND HE SAID,
'IS THAT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE?'
00:17:12.80\00:17:16.33
BUT USUALLY WHEN YOU GET GOLD
IT COMES OUT OF THE GROUND DIRTY
00:17:16.33\00:17:20.13
AND IT'S MIXED UP WITH
OTHER THINGS AND THEY'VE GOT TO
00:17:20.13\00:17:23.76
PULVERIZE IT - I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN HOW THEY DO
00:17:23.76\00:17:25.86
THIS. THEY GRIND
IT DOWN TO POWDER,
00:17:25.86\00:17:28.06
THEY SEPARATE IT WITH WATER AND
THEY SOMETIMES USE CHEMICALS AND
00:17:28.06\00:17:31.46
THEN THEY USE HEAT AND THEY
SMELT IT AND SKIM IT AND THERE'S
00:17:31.46\00:17:34.13
A WHOLE REFINING,
PURIFYING PROCESS.
00:17:34.13\00:17:37.03
NOW TODAY THEY'VE GOT A LOT MORE
SOPHISTICATED TECHNIQUES AND
00:17:37.03\00:17:40.86
THEY HAVE CHEMICALS THAT THEY
USE BUT, IN BIBLE TIMES, ONE OF
00:17:40.86\00:17:44.83
THE THINGS THEY USED WAS IT
WAS BEATEN AND IT WAS BURNED AND
00:17:44.83\00:17:48.63
THEN YOU HAD YOUR PURE GOLD.
AND SO - EVEN JOB SAID THAT.
00:17:48.63\00:17:54.40
THAT 'YOU'LL TRY ME. WHEN
I'M TESTED I'LL COME FORTH
00:17:54.40\00:17:58.00
LIKE GOLD.' AND, BY THE WAY, JOB
IS THE OLDEST BOOK IN THE BIBLE
00:17:58.00\00:18:01.00
SO THIS REFINING
OF GOLD GOES WAY BACK.
00:18:01.00\00:18:04.30
NOW, DID JESUS TELL US THAT
WE MIGHT EXPECT TO ENCOUNTER
00:18:04.30\00:18:08.03
TRIBULATIONS AND
TRIALS AS BELIEVERS?
00:18:08.03\00:18:11.00
A COUPLE WAYS THAT COMES.
ONE IS, YOU CAN HAVE TRIALS JUST
00:18:11.00\00:18:14.80
BECAUSE RAIN AND
SUNSHINE COMES INTO EVERY LIFE.
00:18:14.80\00:18:18.36
IT MIGHT TAKE THE FORM
OF A FINANCIAL REVERSE.
00:18:18.36\00:18:20.60
IT MIGHT BE A HEALTH PROBLEM.
IT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM WITH
00:18:20.60\00:18:23.33
SOMEONE YOU LOVE
OR WITHIN YOUR FAMILY.
00:18:23.33\00:18:25.20
BUT THEN THERE'S PROBLEMS OF
BEING PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF YOUR
00:18:25.20\00:18:28.86
FAITH. THERE ARE OUTSIDE THINGS.
AND JESUS WAS ALSO TALKING ABOUT
00:18:28.86\00:18:33.10
THOSE KIND OF TRIALS.
PETER WAS TOO, I THINK, PARTLY.
00:18:33.10\00:18:38.23
"BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE
PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS'
00:18:38.23\00:18:40.73
SAKE, FOR THEIRS IS
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN."
00:18:40.73\00:18:43.56
BLESSED. NOW, WHAT DOES
BLESSED MEAN? HAPPY. JOYFUL.
00:18:43.56\00:18:48.16
"BLESSED ARE YOU WHEN THEY
REVILE AND PERSECUTE YOU, AND
00:18:48.16\00:18:53.13
SAY ALL KINDS OF EVIL AGAINST
YOU FALSELY" - NOTICE, YOU'RE
00:18:53.13\00:18:56.30
ONLY BLESSED IF
THEY SAY IT FALSELY.
00:18:56.30\00:18:58.20
IF YOU'RE GETTING BAD THINGS
SAID ABOUT YOU BECAUSE YOU
00:18:58.20\00:18:59.80
DESERVE IT, YOU'RE NOT BLESSED.
NOW SOMETIMES WE THINK IT'S
00:18:59.80\00:19:04.40
FALSE. IT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE.
00:19:04.40\00:19:07.23
BUT WHEN THEY SAY IT
FALSELY "FOR MY SAKE." HE SAID,
00:19:07.23\00:19:12.16
"REJOICE" - AND WHAT KIND OF
GLAD? - "BE EXCEEDINGLY GLAD."
00:19:12.16\00:19:17.70
WHAT STRONGER
WORDS CAN JESUS USE?
00:19:17.70\00:19:20.30
BE EXCEEDINGLY GLAD FOR
"GREAT IS YOUR REWARD IN HEAVEN.
00:19:20.30\00:19:24.96
FOR SO PERSECUTED THEY THE
PROPHETS THAT WERE BEFORE YOU."
00:19:24.96\00:19:28.16
SO EVEN JESUS SAID THAT, YOU
KNOW, YOU MAY GO THROUGH TRIALS
00:19:28.16\00:19:31.23
IN LIFE. DON'T BE
DISCOURAGED BY THIS.
00:19:31.23\00:19:33.43
IF YOU'RE BEING PERSECUTED FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE, REJOICE.
00:19:33.43\00:19:37.03
AGAIN, ACTS 5:40. DID THE
DISCIPLES EXPERIENCE THAT?
00:19:37.03\00:19:42.40
DID JAMES
HIMSELF GO THROUGH THAT?
00:19:42.40\00:19:44.96
YOU READ IN ACTS 5 - AND AFTER
THE DISCIPLES WERE TRIED, THE
00:19:44.96\00:19:49.36
APOSTLES, IN PARTICULAR, AND
THE SANHEDRIN, "AND THEY AGREED
00:19:49.36\00:19:53.10
WITH HIM," - WITH GAMELIEL -
"AND WHEN THEY HAD CALLED FOR
00:19:53.10\00:19:56.16
THE APOSTLES AND BEATEN THEM,
THEY COMMANDED THAT THEY SHOULD
00:19:56.16\00:20:00.26
NOT SPEAK IN THE NAME
OF JESUS, AND LET THEM GO.
00:20:00.26\00:20:04.70
SO THE DISCIPLES LEFT
MOANING AND COMPLAINING" -
00:20:04.70\00:20:07.96
IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED?
00:20:07.96\00:20:10.30
"THEY DEPARTED FROM THE PRESENCE
OF THE COUNCIL, REJOICING" -
00:20:10.30\00:20:13.83
THEY HAD JUST BEEN BEATEN
- "REJOICING THAT THEY WERE
00:20:13.83\00:20:17.36
ACCOUNTED WORTHY TO
SUFFER SHAME FOR HIS NAME."
00:20:17.36\00:20:21.56
ANY OF YOU EVER
GET ANY MEDICINE?
00:20:21.56\00:20:24.50
NOW THEY'VE GOT, YOU KNOW,
SOPHISTICATED CHEMICALS THAT TRY
00:20:24.50\00:20:28.06
TO DIFFUSE THINGS BETTER, BUT I
REMEMBER I USED TO PICK UP THIS
00:20:28.06\00:20:33.70
MEDICINE FOR MY MOM AND MY
BROTHER AND MAYBE EVEN ME AT
00:20:33.70\00:20:36.76
TIMES AND IT ALWAYS SAID ON IT
'SHAKE WELL BEFORE USING.' AND I
00:20:36.76\00:20:41.66
THINK THAT GOD PUTS
THAT LABEL ON MOST BELIEVERS.
00:20:41.66\00:20:45.26
HE CAN'T REALLY USE US UNTIL
HE SHAKES US UP A LITTLE BIT.
00:20:45.26\00:20:49.63
LOOK AT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT
GOD HAS CALLED INTO LEADERSHIP.
00:20:49.63\00:20:53.86
DID HE SHAKE THEM PRETTY
GOOD BEFORE THEY WERE USED?
00:20:53.86\00:20:56.33
BEFORE DAVID COULD BE
KING, WHAT DID HE GO THROUGH?
00:20:56.33\00:21:00.23
OH, IT WAS WONDERFUL AS A BOY
ON THE HILLS OF BETHLEHEM, BUT
00:21:00.23\00:21:02.86
AFTER HE KILLED GOLIATH,
MAN, THINGS GOT REALLY BAD.
00:21:02.86\00:21:06.83
HE WAS HIDING OUT AND
RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE AND HAVING
00:21:06.83\00:21:10.33
ALL THESE
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES.
00:21:10.33\00:21:12.46
WHAT ABOUT JOSEPH BEFORE HE CAME
TO THAT ZENITH OF LEADERSHIP?
00:21:12.46\00:21:16.80
DID GOD SHAKE HIM
WELL BEFORE USING?
00:21:16.80\00:21:19.70
AND THEN YOU LOOK THROUGH
HISTORY AT PEOPLE LIKE LINCOLN
00:21:19.70\00:21:22.30
AND MANY OTHERS I COULD
NAME, THE TRIALS THAT THEY WENT
00:21:22.30\00:21:25.40
THROUGH AND THE PERSONAL LOSS
AND HOW GOD WAS ABLE, THEN TO
00:21:25.40\00:21:28.70
USE THAT TO, THROUGH
THEM, BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS.
00:21:28.70\00:21:34.20
1 PETER 4:12, STILL TALKING
ABOUT THIS SAME THEME THAT WE
00:21:34.20\00:21:39.90
JUST SAW IN 1 PETER 1:6 GOING
DOWN TO 1 PETER 4:12, "BELOVED,
00:21:39.90\00:21:44.50
DO NOT THINK IT STRANGE
CONCERNING THE FIERY TRIAL WHICH
00:21:44.50\00:21:47.96
IS TO TRY YOU, AS THOUGH SOME
STRANGE THING HAPPENED TO YOU;"
00:21:47.96\00:21:51.43
- CAN I PAUSE RIGHT HERE?
THERE'S A LOT OF DEAR, SINCERE
00:21:51.43\00:21:57.13
CHRISTIANS OUT THERE THAT
BELIEVE SOMETHING CALLED 'THE
00:21:57.13\00:21:59.63
SECRET RAPTURE.' THESE ARE
SINCERE CHRISTIANS. THE SECRET
00:21:59.63\00:22:03.00
RAPTURE IS THE IDEA THAT THE
CHRISTIANS ARE NOT GOING TO GO
00:22:03.00\00:22:06.16
THROUGH ANY GREAT TIME OF
TROUBLE AT THE END OF TIME.
00:22:06.16\00:22:09.10
VIRTUALLY ALL CHRISTIANS
- PRE-TRIB, POST-TRIB,
00:22:09.10\00:22:13.50
MID-TRIBULATION THEORISTS - YOU
NOTICE 'PRE-TRIB, POST-TRIB' -
00:22:13.50\00:22:19.33
TRIB STANDS FOR TRIBULATION
- 'MID-TRIB' - ALL OF THE MAIN
00:22:19.33\00:22:22.70
GROUPS OF CHRISTIANS
BELIEVE IN TRIBULATION.
00:22:22.70\00:22:26.30
THEY JUST ARE SAYING, 'WHEN IS
THE RAPTURE GOING TO TAKE PLACE?
00:22:26.30\00:22:29.10
THE SECOND COMING?
WHEN ARE WE CAUGHT UP?'
00:22:29.10\00:22:31.00
NOW WE BELIEVE, WITH MANY OTHER
GOOD CHRISTIANS, THAT THE LORD
00:22:31.00\00:22:35.66
COMES AT THE END
OF THE TRIBULATION.
00:22:35.66\00:22:38.10
JESUS SAID, 'HE THAT ENDURES TO
THE END, THE SAME WILL BE SAVED.
00:22:38.10\00:22:41.16
AND, AT THAT TIME, MICHAEL WILL
STAND UP AND THERE'S A GREAT
00:22:41.16\00:22:44.30
TIME OF TROUBLE SUCH AS THERE
NEVER HAS BEEN' - THIS IS DANIEL
00:22:44.30\00:22:47.63
CHAPTER 12 - 'EVER SINCE THERE
WAS A NATION, EVEN UNTO THAT
00:22:47.63\00:22:50.63
SAME TIME.' SO THE
BIBLE CLEARLY FORETELLS
00:22:50.63\00:22:53.46
THERE'S GOING TO BE A
GREAT TIME OF TROUBLE.
00:22:53.46\00:22:56.23
BUT THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT THE
CHURCH IS GOING TO GET 'CAUGHT
00:22:56.23\00:22:59.26
AWAY' BEFORE JESUS COMES, AND
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEY ARE
00:22:59.26\00:23:04.06
GOING TO BE AMAZED AT THE FIERY
TRIALS THAT ARE TRYING THEM AS
00:23:04.06\00:23:08.36
THOUGH SOME STRANGE
THING HAS HAPPENED TO THEM.
00:23:08.36\00:23:11.33
IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T BE
SAVED, BUT I THINK THEY'RE GOING
00:23:11.33\00:23:13.40
TO BE SHOCKED. BY THE
WAY, WHAT'S THE SAFER OF
00:23:13.40\00:23:15.20
THE BELIEFS? TO BRACE
YOURSELF IN YOUR FAITH
00:23:15.20\00:23:18.70
THAT YOU MIGHT BE HERE FOR
THE TRIALS AND THEN BE WRONG?
00:23:18.70\00:23:24.23
I'LL BE HAPPY IF ALL OF A SUDDEN
I'M CAUGHT UP. YEAH, BUT -
00:23:24.23\00:23:27.96
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, PREPARE
FOR WHAT COULD BE A SERIOUS
00:23:27.96\00:23:30.90
PROBLEM AND IF THE BEST HAPPENS,
GREAT. BUT WE KNOW FROM THE
00:23:30.90\00:23:33.66
BIBLE THAT - LET ME PUT IT
TO YOU THIS WAY: THE SEVEN LAST
00:23:33.66\00:23:39.06
PLAGUES, THEY'RE SYNONYMOUS WITH
THE GREAT TRIBULATION, RIGHT?
00:23:39.06\00:23:42.73
WERE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL IN
EGYPT WHEN THE TEN PLAGUES FELL?
00:23:42.73\00:23:47.86
YOU NOTICE, MANY, IF NOT ALL,
OF THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES ARE
00:23:47.86\00:23:50.93
PARALLELS OF THE
PLAGUES THAT FELL ON EGYPT.
00:23:50.93\00:23:54.06
THE ISRAELITES WERE STILL IN
EGYPT WHEN THE PLAGUES FELL BUT
00:23:54.06\00:23:58.30
HE PROTECTED THEM
THROUGH THE PLAGUES.
00:23:58.30\00:24:00.46
DID GOD FEED
ELIJAH DURING THE DROUGHT?
00:24:00.46\00:24:03.23
CAN GOD FEED HIS
PEOPLE IN THE WILDERNESS?
00:24:03.23\00:24:06.23
SO I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE
SEVEN LAST PLAGUES, I JUST WANT
00:24:06.23\00:24:08.50
TO BE FAITHFUL AND
GOD'LL TAKE CARE OF US.
00:24:08.50\00:24:10.70
BUT A LOT OF BELIEVERS
ARE GOING TO BE AMAZED.
00:24:10.70\00:24:14.13
I DIDN'T FINISH
READING THAT VERSE.
00:24:14.13\00:24:15.93
"AS THOUGH SOME STRANGE THING
HAPPENED TO YOU" - STILL IN 1
00:24:15.93\00:24:18.16
PETER 4:13 - "BUT REJOICE TO
THE EXTENT THAT YOU PARTAKE OF
00:24:18.16\00:24:23.26
CHRIST'S SUFFERINGS, THAT WHEN
HIS GLORY IS REVEALED, YOU MAY
00:24:23.26\00:24:27.53
ALSO BE GLAD
WITH EXCEEDING JOY."
00:24:27.53\00:24:30.43
WON'T WE BE THANKFUL WHEN JESUS
COMES IF WE HAVE FAITHFULLY AND
00:24:30.43\00:24:35.73
PATIENTLY ENDURED SUFFERING
FOR HIS SAKE? I'M WORKING ON IT.
00:24:35.73\00:24:41.80
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT,
YOU KNOW, IF I'VE GOT ANY LITTLE
00:24:41.80\00:24:43.96
ACHE OR PAIN, I WANT
EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
00:24:43.96\00:24:46.30
AND WE ALL KNOW SOMEBODY THAT,
WHEN YOU ASK THEM HOW THEY'RE
00:24:46.30\00:24:48.63
DOING, YOU'RE SORT OF SORRY
YOU ASKED. THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
00:24:48.63\00:24:52.33
STRENGTHENED MY FAITH THE MOST
ARE WHEN I MEET AND TALK WITH
00:24:52.33\00:24:56.83
CHRISTIANS AND I KNOW THEY'RE
STRUGGLING AND I KNOW THEY'RE
00:24:56.83\00:25:01.60
SUFFERING AND THEY DON'T
COMPLAIN. YOU KNOW WHEN A
00:25:01.60\00:25:04.50
CHRISTIAN'S LIGHT SHINES
THE BRIGHTEST? THROUGH TRIALS.
00:25:04.50\00:25:09.56
AND, TYPICALLY, CHRISTIANS
ARE THE BEST WITNESS IN TRIALS.
00:25:09.56\00:25:14.63
SO WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
A TRIAL, YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND
00:25:14.63\00:25:17.13
RIGHT AWAY WHY,
BUT JUST TRUST HIM.
00:25:17.13\00:25:21.20
PAUL AND SILAS - ACTS 16:25 -
"BUT AT MIDNIGHT PAUL AND SILAS
00:25:21.20\00:25:24.70
WERE PRAYING AND SINGING HYMNS
TO GOD, AND THE PRISONERS WERE
00:25:24.70\00:25:28.00
LISTENING TO THEM."
THEY WERE LISTENING.
00:25:28.00\00:25:30.60
THEY KNEW THEY JUST GOT BEATEN
BECAUSE THEY BEAT THEM RIGHT
00:25:30.60\00:25:32.73
THERE AT THE JAIL - PUT THEM
IN THE STOCKS - INNERMOST CELL -
00:25:32.73\00:25:35.53
THEY HEARD ALL KINDS OF MOANING
AND CRYING FROM THAT CELL BEFORE
00:25:35.53\00:25:38.33
AND NOW THERE'S
SINGING AND PRAYER AND PRAISE.
00:25:38.33\00:25:41.16
WHAT IN THE WORLD?
AND WHAT DID GOD DO THEN?
00:25:41.16\00:25:44.83
OPENED EVERYBODY'S DOORS.
00:25:44.83\00:25:47.23
AND SO, WHEN WE ARE FAITHFUL
WITNESSES THROUGH TRIALS, GOD
00:25:47.23\00:25:51.40
CAN USE OUR
FAITHFULNESS TO LIBERATE OTHERS.
00:25:51.40\00:25:54.50
SO IF WE LEARN TO REJOICE AND BE
GRATEFUL AND PRAISE GOD THROUGH
00:25:54.50\00:25:59.13
OUR TRIALS, PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO LOOK AT US AND SAY,
00:25:59.13\00:26:01.33
'HOW CAN YOU BE
HAPPY IN YOUR TRIALS?
00:26:01.33\00:26:05.93
I AM NOT HAPPY EVEN
WHEN I DON'T HAVE TRIALS.
00:26:05.93\00:26:09.00
WHAT HAVE YOU
GOT THAT I'M MISSING?
00:26:09.00\00:26:11.16
IT'S A TREMENDOUS WITNESS
FOR THE WORLD. PHILIPPIANS 1:6,
00:26:11.16\00:26:15.46
"BEING CONFIDENT OF THIS VERY
THING, THAT HE WHO HAS BEGUN
00:26:15.46\00:26:20.50
A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL
COMPLETE IT UNTIL THE DAY OF
00:26:20.50\00:26:24.10
JESUS CHRIST;" SO
SALVATION'S A PROCESS, ISN'T IT?
00:26:24.10\00:26:29.53
AND IT'S ONE THAT
IS BEING COMPLETED.
00:26:29.53\00:26:31.60
NOW, WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE
ABOUT THIS IN OUR NEXT SECTION -
00:26:31.60\00:26:33.60
UNDER MONDAY -
DEALING WITH PERFECTION.
00:26:33.60\00:26:36.96
THE WORD 'PERFECTION IS REALLY
TALKING ABOUT A PROCESS OF
00:26:36.96\00:26:39.76
COMPLETION AND IF YOU WANT
TO TURN OVER THERE, WE'RE NOW
00:26:39.76\00:26:44.10
READING FROM JAMES 1:4.
YOU NOTICE THAT WE'RE VERY
00:26:44.10\00:26:46.73
SLOWLY MAKING OUR WAY
THROUGH THE BOOK OF JAMES.
00:26:46.73\00:26:49.03
THERE'LL BE FIVE CHAPTERS
IN JAMES AND WE GOT THROUGH ONE
00:26:49.03\00:26:54.23
LAST WEEK AND NOW
WE'RE GOING TWO AND THREE -
00:26:54.23\00:26:56.00
NOW WE'RE IN VERSE
4. YOU NOTICE THAT?
00:26:56.00\00:26:57.56
THERE'S ACTUALLY A
METHOD TO WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
00:26:57.56\00:26:59.20
VERSE 4, "BUT LET PATIENCE HAVE
ITS PERFECT WORK, THAT YOU MAY
00:26:59.20\00:27:05.73
BE PERFECT AND
COMPLETE, LACKING NOTHING."
00:27:05.73\00:27:10.33
IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, THE
WORD 'PERFECT' CAN SCARE YOU.
00:27:10.33\00:27:14.13
ANYONE ELSE HERE? AND
WHEN I FIRST STARTED READING
00:27:14.13\00:27:17.66
THE BIBLE - WHEN I READ THERE IN
MATTHEW AND JESUS SAID, 'BE YE
00:27:17.66\00:27:20.23
THEREFORE PERFECT AS YOUR FATHER
IN HEAVEN IS PERFECT' I THOUGHT,
00:27:20.23\00:27:22.90
'BE PERFECT LIKE MY
FATHER IN HEAVEN? THAT'S GOD.
00:27:22.90\00:27:26.76
BE PERFECT LIKE GOD?'
I DIDN'T HAVE A VERY GOOD
00:27:26.76\00:27:30.46
CONCEPT OF SIN BACK THEN, BUT I
KNEW I WAS A LONG WAY FROM THAT.
00:27:30.46\00:27:34.30
AND I THOUGHT, 'WOW, I MAY AS
WELL JUST THROW MY HANDS IN THE
00:27:34.30\00:27:36.86
AIR RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WHO CAN BE
PERFECT LIKE GOD?' BUT, YOU KNOW
00:27:36.86\00:27:42.13
- AND SOMETIMES THINGS ARE LOST
A LITTLE BIT IN TRANSLATION.
00:27:42.13\00:27:45.93
YOU AND I SAY 'PERFECT' - AT
LEAST IN ENGLISH - AND WE OFTEN
00:27:45.93\00:27:49.33
THINK OF SOMETHING THAT IS JUST
STERILE, FACTORY FRESH - IT'S
00:27:49.33\00:27:54.43
BEEN INSPECTED UPSIDE DOWN AND,
YOU KNOW, MICROSCOPE AND THERE'S
00:27:54.43\00:27:58.30
NO FLAWS AND DOESN'T - OPERATES
PERFECTLY - THE WAY YOU WANT A
00:27:58.30\00:28:04.13
NEW CAR TO OPERATE, RIGHT?
YOU DON'T WANT ANYTHING WRONG
00:28:04.13\00:28:07.50
WITH IT. AND IF
YOU'RE GOING TO BUY A NEW
00:28:07.50\00:28:09.73
CAR AND YOU SEE A BLEMISH, YOU
GO BACK TO THE SALESMAN AND SAY,
00:28:09.73\00:28:13.96
'I WANT A DIFFERENT ONE.' RIGHT?
SO WE'RE THINKING THAT GOD IS
00:28:13.96\00:28:18.20
LOOKING US OVER THAT WAY AND
HE'S SAYING, 'I'LL TAKE YOU HOME
00:28:18.20\00:28:21.06
WHEN YOU'RE
PERFECT.' AND IT SCARES US.
00:28:21.06\00:28:24.46
YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR ME,
SOMETIMES, TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE
00:28:24.46\00:28:28.93
EXACTLY WHAT GOD IS SAYING
AND MEANING BY 'PERFECT' BUT ARE
00:28:28.93\00:28:32.63
THERE EXAMPLES IN THE BIBLE
OF PEOPLE THAT REACHED WHATEVER
00:28:32.63\00:28:35.53
THEY NEEDED TO REACH TO MAKE IT
TO HEAVEN? DID ELIJAH MAKE IT?
00:28:35.53\00:28:40.06
JAMES LATER TALKS ABOUT ELIJAH
AND HE SAID, 'ELIJAH WAS A MAN
00:28:40.06\00:28:43.93
SUBJECT TO LIKE PASSIONS
AS YOU AND ME, BUT HE PRAYED.'
00:28:43.93\00:28:47.53
AND WHERE WAS ELIJAH
SUBJECT TO LIKE PASSIONS?
00:28:47.53\00:28:50.33
DID ELIJAH GET
DISCOURAGED AND ASK TO DIE?
00:28:50.33\00:28:53.76
DID HE GET SCARED AND RUN
FROM AN ANGRY WOMAN? YEAH.
00:28:53.76\00:28:57.36
I MEAN, AFTER HE STOOD UP TO
THE PROPHETS AND YET IT SAYS HE
00:28:57.36\00:29:00.46
PRAYED AND IT DIDN'T RAIN FOR
THREE AND A HALF YEARS - AND HE
00:29:00.46\00:29:02.30
WENT TO HEAVEN
IN A FIERY CHARIOT.
00:29:02.30\00:29:04.73
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT A
PERFECT CHRISTIAN LOOKS LIKE.
00:29:04.73\00:29:11.13
PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE
SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO
00:29:11.13\00:29:14.90
WHO, WHEN THEY WERE TRIED
- THEY LOVED THE LORD SO MUCH
00:29:14.90\00:29:18.66
THEY'D RATHER DIE THAN BOW DOWN.
00:29:18.66\00:29:21.30
OR LIKE DANIEL, WHEN HE LOVED
THE LORD SO MUCH HE'D RATHER DIE
00:29:21.30\00:29:24.96
THAN CLOSE HIS
WINDOWS AND NOT PRAY TO GOD.
00:29:24.96\00:29:27.76
SO IT'S LOVING THE LORD SO MUCH
THAT WE'RE WILLING TO STAND UP
00:29:27.76\00:29:30.86
FOR HIM AND IF WE FAITHFULLY
ENDURE TRIAL NOW, THEN WHEN BIG
00:29:30.86\00:29:37.13
TESTS COME, LIKE THE ONES THAT
DANIEL, SHADRACH AND MESHACH ALL
00:29:37.13\00:29:41.60
FACED, THEN WE'LL KNOW WHAT
TO DO THEN. SO YOU'VE GOT THAT -
00:29:41.60\00:29:45.46
YOU'VE GOT THAT EXAMPLE, IN THE
BIBLE, OF THE - THE DIFFERENT
00:29:45.46\00:29:48.33
PATRIARCHS AND PEOPLE THAT
WE KNOW ARE IN THE KINGDOM -
00:29:48.33\00:29:52.33
THAT WALK WITH GOD, LIKE
ENOCH, AND IT FRIGHTENS US.
00:29:52.33\00:29:56.66
BUT IT REALLY MEANS, 'TO BE
COMPLETE.' SO THE GREEK WORD FOR
00:29:56.66\00:30:00.83
'PERFECT' IS 'TELEIOS'
AND IT SIMPLY MEANS 'SPIRITUAL
00:30:00.83\00:30:04.50
MATURITY' OR 'COMPLETENESS.'
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE
00:30:04.50\00:30:08.26
GROWING INTO.
PHILIPPIANS 2:13 - SOMEONE LOOK
00:30:08.26\00:30:12.93
UP FOR ME - WHO'S
GOT EPHESIANS 4:13?
00:30:12.93\00:30:15.80
WE'LL GIVE YOU THE MICROPHONE
NEXT - THAT'S EPHESIANS 4:13 -
00:30:15.80\00:30:20.36
I'M GOING TO READ PHILIPPIANS
2:13, "FOR IT IS GOD WHO WORKS
00:30:20.36\00:30:24.80
IN YOU" - YOU KNOW, HE SAYS,
'WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION
00:30:24.80\00:30:27.20
WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING?'
AND THEN YOU READ IN VERSE 13,
00:30:27.20\00:30:30.63
"FOR IT IS GOD WHO WORKS IN YOU
BOTH TO WILL AND TO DO FOR HIS
00:30:30.63\00:30:34.86
GOOD PLEASURE." YOU KNOW, THAT
OUGHT TO MAKE US FEEL BETTER.
00:30:34.86\00:30:37.66
IS IT US WORKING WHEN IT SAYS
'WORKING OUT OUR SALVATION WITH
00:30:37.66\00:30:41.60
FEAR AND TREMBLING?
FOR GOD WORKS IN YOU.' WHEN
00:30:41.60\00:30:45.30
GOD'S SPIRIT IS IN YOU, HE WILL
SPEAK TO YOU AND HE WILL GUIDE
00:30:45.30\00:30:49.63
YOU AND HE WILL
GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH.
00:30:49.63\00:30:52.53
IF WE'RE SEEKING AFTER HIM,
HE'LL GIVE US THE STRENGTH WE
00:30:52.53\00:30:55.90
NEED TO RESIST THE TEMPTATIONS
AND TO BE VICTORIOUS.
00:30:55.90\00:31:00.16
OKAY, I THINK
WE'RE READY, GO AHEAD."
00:31:00.16\00:31:03.33
>>"TILL WE ALL COME TO THE
UNITY OF THE FAITH AND OF THE
00:31:03.33\00:31:07.30
KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD, TO
A PERFECT MAN, TO THE MEASURE OF
00:31:07.30\00:31:11.46
THE STATURE OF THE
FULLNESS OF CHRIST;"
00:31:11.46\00:31:14.26
>>WELL THAT'S A PRETTY
HIGH IDEAL WE JUST READ THERE IN
00:31:14.26\00:31:16.73
EPHESIANS 4:13, "TILL
WE ALL COME TO THE UNITY
00:31:16.73\00:31:20.23
OF THE FAITH" - ARE
WE PERFECTLY UNITED?
00:31:20.23\00:31:23.56
"AND THE KNOWLEDGE
OF THE SON OF GOD." -
00:31:23.56\00:31:26.26
ETERNAL LIFE IS KNOWING HIM -
"TO A PERFECT MAN" - OR WOMAN -
00:31:26.26\00:31:30.93
"TO THE MEASURE OF THE STATURE
OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST."
00:31:30.93\00:31:36.56
A LOOSE TRANSLATION WOULD BE,
'COMING TO THE PLACE WHERE WE
00:31:36.56\00:31:39.96
ALLOW JESUS TO LIVE OUT HIS
LIFE IN US. NOW WOULD YOU AGREE
00:31:39.96\00:31:43.56
THAT'S PROBABLY - YOU'VE ARRIVED
- IF YOU'VE COME TO THE PLACE
00:31:43.56\00:31:47.26
WHERE YOU TRUST THE LORD TO LET
HIM LIVE OUT HIS LIFE IN YOU.
00:31:47.26\00:31:50.60
IT'S LIKE THAT SONG, 'LIVE OUT
YOUR LIFE WITHIN ME.' NOW, HOW
00:31:50.60\00:31:54.80
MANY EXPECT PAUL TO BE
IN HEAVEN WHEN WE GET THERE?
00:31:54.80\00:31:58.73
DIDN'T HE SAY, 'I
FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT.
00:31:58.73\00:32:00.73
I'VE FINISHED MY
COURSE. I'VE KEPT THE FAITH.
00:32:00.73\00:32:03.03
HEREAFTER THERE IS LAID UP FOR
ME A CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.'
00:32:03.03\00:32:06.00
2 TIMOTHY, BEFORE HIS EXECUTION,
PAUL SPEAKS WITH GREAT
00:32:06.00\00:32:09.26
CONFIDENCE THAT HE HAS ASSURANCE
THAT HE'S GOING TO BE IN THE
00:32:09.26\00:32:11.93
KINGDOM. I THINK AT
THAT POINT HIS FAITH
00:32:11.93\00:32:14.33
WAS PROBABLY SEALED. I
MEAN, HE'D BEEN THROUGH SO
00:32:14.33\00:32:16.13
MUCH. YOU READ
ABOUT WHAT PAUL WENT
00:32:16.13\00:32:17.83
THROUGH. TALK ABOUT TRIALS, YOU
KNOW? IN THE SEA FOR THREE DAYS,
00:32:17.83\00:32:21.70
SHIPWRECKED, STONED -
WHAT, TWO OR THREE TIMES?
00:32:21.70\00:32:24.00
- BEATEN WITH RODS AND - IT JUST
- IN TERROR IN THE COUNTRY AND
00:32:24.00\00:32:29.70
TERROR IN THE CITY AND FASTINGS
OFTEN IN COLD AND NAKEDNESS.
00:32:29.70\00:32:33.30
I MEAN, IT JUST GOES ON AND
ON - THE TRIALS THAT HE ENDURED.
00:32:33.30\00:32:36.70
AND THEN HE ALWAYS SAYS, 'I
THANK THE LORD FOR THIS AND I
00:32:36.70\00:32:40.96
THANK THE LORD FOR THAT.'
AND HE'S WRITING FROM PRISON.
00:32:40.96\00:32:44.40
AND YOU THINK, 'WOW.' HE
JUST LEARNED TO TRUST THE LORD
00:32:44.40\00:32:47.73
WHATEVER HE WAS GOING THROUGH.
'I'VE LEARNED IN WHATEVER STATE
00:32:47.73\00:32:49.73
I'M IN, TO BE CONTENT.'
WHETHER IT'S EVEN CALIFORNIA.
00:32:49.73\00:32:53.36
WHATEVER STATE YOU'RE
IN YOU CAN BE CONTENT.
00:32:53.36\00:32:56.50
PHILIPPIANS - WHAT DID PAUL SAY?
DID HE COUNT HIMSELF PERFECT?
00:32:56.50\00:33:00.06
PHILIPPIANS 3:12, "NOT THAT
I HAVE ALREADY ATTAINED, OR AM
00:33:00.06\00:33:05.40
ALREADY PERFECTED;" - THAT'S
THAT WORD 'TELEIOS' - "BUT I
00:33:05.40\00:33:09.23
PRESS ON, THAT I MAY LAY HOLD OF
THAT FOR WHICH CHRIST JESUS HAS
00:33:09.23\00:33:13.60
ALSO LAID HOLD OF ME."
NOW DIDN'T JESUS CALL PAUL?
00:33:13.60\00:33:18.43
"BRETHREN, I DO NOT COUNT MYSELF
TO HAVE APPREHENDED;" - 'I HAVE
00:33:18.43\00:33:22.23
NOT ARRIVED.' HE'S SAYING - "BUT
ONE THING I DO, FORGETTING THOSE
00:33:22.23\00:33:26.66
THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND" - WHEN
YOU LOOK BACK AT YOUR FAILURES
00:33:26.66\00:33:29.43
DO YOU GET DISCOURAGED? DON'T
SPEND A LOT OF TIME DOING THAT.
00:33:29.43\00:33:33.53
DO IT LONG ENOUGH TO ACKNOWLEDGE
IT, CONFESS IT, REPENT OF IT,
00:33:33.53\00:33:37.20
AND MOVE ON BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
THE DEVIL - IF YOU'VE GOT TO
00:33:37.20\00:33:40.63
LEARN FROM PAST EXPERIENCE, YOU
MIGHT CONSIDER HOW IT ENDED LAST
00:33:40.63\00:33:43.63
TIME. DON'T LET
THE DEVIL GET YOU TO
00:33:43.63\00:33:46.40
KEEP REVIEWING AND
REHEARSING YOUR PAST.
00:33:46.40\00:33:49.36
I MEAN, HOW DID GOD USE SOMEONE
LIKE MARY MAGDALENE WHEN SHE HAD
00:33:49.36\00:33:53.26
HER SORDID REPUTATION AND
CAST SEVEN DEVILS OUT AND IF SHE
00:33:53.26\00:33:57.36
WANTED TO SHE COULD HAVE STAYED
DEPRESSED FOREVER, LOOKING BACK.
00:33:57.36\00:34:00.26
YOU HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD AND IF
YOU'RE BORN AGAIN YOU'RE REALLY
00:34:00.26\00:34:04.83
A DIFFERENT PERSON, AREN'T
YOU? SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP
00:34:04.83\00:34:07.53
LOOKING BACK AT
WHO YOU USED TO BE.
00:34:07.53\00:34:09.36
I DON'T REMEMBER WHO IT WAS,
I'VE HEARD SEVERAL PASTORS QUOTE
00:34:09.36\00:34:12.36
THIS BUT 'I'M NOT WHAT I OUGHT
TO BE AND I'M NOT WHAT I'M GONNA
00:34:12.36\00:34:17.96
BE, BUT THANK GOD I'M
NOT WHAT I USED TO BE.'
00:34:17.96\00:34:21.93
AND SO, IT'S, YOU
KNOW, SHOWING PROGRESS.
00:34:21.93\00:34:25.86
"FORGETTING THOSE THINGS WHICH
ARE BEHIND AND REACHING FORWARD
00:34:25.86\00:34:27.83
TO THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE AHEAD,
I PRESS TOWARD THE GOAL FOR THE
00:34:27.83\00:34:31.96
PRIZE OF THE UPWARD
CALL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS.
00:34:31.96\00:34:35.76
THEREFORE LET US, AS MANY AS ARE
MATURE" - NOW THAT WORD 'MATURE'
00:34:35.76\00:34:39.96
THERE IS THAT
WORD 'TELIOS' AGAIN.
00:34:39.96\00:34:42.20
NOTICE IT DOESN'T SAY 'PERFECT,'
IT SAYS 'MATURE.' SAME WORD.
00:34:42.20\00:34:46.80
"HAVE THIS MIND; AND IF IN
ANYTHING YOU THINK OTHERWISE,
00:34:46.80\00:34:50.50
GOD WILL REVEAL
EVEN THIS TO YOU."
00:34:50.50\00:34:52.60
SO IT'S TALKING ABOUT THIS
MATURITY - THIS GROWING IN THE
00:34:52.60\00:34:55.66
FAITH - AND IT'S JUST LIKE A
PLANT, IF IT'S TAKEN CARE OF.
00:34:55.66\00:35:00.80
YOU KNOW, A BABY
DOESN'T WORRY ABOUT GROWING.
00:35:00.80\00:35:02.83
IF A BABY IS BREATHING, IF A
BABY IS BEING FED, AND IF A BABY
00:35:02.83\00:35:07.03
IS REGULARLY BEING CLEANSED,
THE BABY DOESN'T TRY TO GROW.
00:35:07.03\00:35:12.03
THE GROWING WILL HAPPEN
AUTOMATICALLY IF THE BABY IS
00:35:12.03\00:35:14.73
GETTING THE NATURAL THINGS OF
BREATHING AND FOOD AND FRESH AIR
00:35:14.73\00:35:19.96
AND SUNSHINE, SOME
EXERCISE AND LOVE, IT'LL GROW.
00:35:19.96\00:35:23.43
AND IF WE'RE FEEDING ON THE MILK
OF THE WORD - NOT ALWAYS MILK,
00:35:23.43\00:35:27.83
IF YOU'RE GROWING YOU
NEED THE MEAT OF THE WORD TOO.
00:35:27.83\00:35:30.26
IF WE'RE SHARING OUR FAITH -
EXERCISING - IF WE'RE BREATHING
00:35:30.26\00:35:34.20
IN PRAYER WILL WE BE GROWING
TOWARDS THAT COMPLETENESS THAT
00:35:34.20\00:35:38.80
JESUS TALKS
ABOUT? SO DON'T WORRY.
00:35:38.80\00:35:41.73
NOW, THERE'S A TIME - IF YOU SEE
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE FRUITS
00:35:41.73\00:35:46.86
OF THE SPIRIT, YOU HAVE
THE FRUITS OF THE FLESH IN YOUR
00:35:46.86\00:35:50.60
LIFE, THEN YOU CAN SAY, 'LORD,'
- THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT - WHAT
00:35:50.60\00:35:54.16
IS IT - 2 CORINTHIANS 13? THAT
WE SHOULD EXAMINE OURSELVES.
00:35:54.16\00:35:58.33
DON'T SPEND ALL YOUR TIME
SCRUTINIZING YOURSELF, BUT
00:35:58.33\00:36:00.16
PERIODICALLY YOU SHOULD DO AN
INVENTORY AND SAY, YOU KNOW, AM
00:36:00.16\00:36:04.60
I GROWING? AND - ALRIGHT,
NEXT SECTION - UNDER TUESDAY.
00:36:04.60\00:36:09.86
'ASKING IN FAITH.' NOW WE'RE
GOING TO READ JAMES 1:5 AND 6,
00:36:09.86\00:36:13.83
"IF ANY OF YOU LACKS WISDOM, LET
HIM ASK OF GOD, WHO GIVES TO ALL
00:36:13.83\00:36:19.66
LIBERALLY AND WITHOUT REPROACH,
AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO HIM.
00:36:19.66\00:36:24.16
BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, WITH
NO DOUBTING, FOR HE WHO DOUBTS
00:36:24.16\00:36:28.20
IS LIKE A WAVE OF THE SEA
DRIVEN AND TOSSED BY THE WIND."
00:36:28.20\00:36:31.96
NOW WE'LL BE REPEATING THIS
VERSE A LITTLE MORE LATER IN THE
00:36:31.96\00:36:34.33
LESSON, BUT THE FIRST THING
I WANT YOU TO KNOW, IF ANYONE
00:36:34.33\00:36:37.30
LACKS WISDOM,
LET HIM ASK OF GOD.
00:36:37.30\00:36:39.80
WHAT DID - CAN YOU THINK OF
A BIBLE STORY OF SOMEONE THAT
00:36:39.80\00:36:42.23
LACKED IT AND ASK
FOR IT? DID HE GET IT?
00:36:42.23\00:36:45.83
DOES GOD GIVE YOU WISDOM ALWAYS
BEFORE YOU NEED IT OR SOMETIMES
00:36:45.83\00:36:51.06
WHEN YOU NEED IT? DO YOU
THINK SOLOMON ALWAYS KNEW
00:36:51.06\00:36:53.96
WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO WITH TWO
WOMEN BOTH CLAIMING TO BE THE
00:36:53.96\00:36:57.16
MOTHER, OR DID GOD GIVE
IT TO HIM WHEN HE NEEDED IT?
00:36:57.16\00:37:01.80
CAN YOU BE A STUDENT AND IGNORE
DOING YOUR HOMEWORK, AND THEN
00:37:01.80\00:37:07.50
WHEN THE TIME OF THE EXAM
COMES SAY, 'LORD, PLEASE GIVE ME
00:37:07.50\00:37:10.56
WISDOM?' THAT'S
NOT HOW HE WANTS US TO
00:37:10.56\00:37:14.10
CLAIM THAT PROMISE
BECAUSE WISDOM IS DIFFERENT THAN
00:37:14.10\00:37:17.16
KNOWLEDGE AND GOD WANTS US TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE - THAT'S RIGHT,
00:37:17.16\00:37:21.20
WE'VE GOT TO STUDY TO
SHOW OURSELVES APPROVED.
00:37:21.20\00:37:24.16
GOD WANTS US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE TIME HE'S GIVEN TO
00:37:24.16\00:37:26.30
ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE AND THEN
WISDOM IS SOMETHING - THE GIFT
00:37:26.30\00:37:29.70
HE'LL GIVE YOU - THE HOLY
SPIRIT WILL BRING THINGS TO YOUR
00:37:29.70\00:37:32.10
REMEMBRANCE,
THAT YOU'VE STUDIED.
00:37:32.10\00:37:34.20
SO IF YOU'VE STUDIED AND CRAMMED
FOR A TEST, PRAY THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:37:34.20\00:37:36.76
WILL HELP YOU REMEMBER
IT. HE WILL. I'VE SEEN THAT.
00:37:36.76\00:37:39.50
AND THEN, IN ADDITION, THE
HOLY SPIRIT WILL TELL YOU HOW TO
00:37:39.50\00:37:42.40
INCORPORATE THE KNOWLEDGE - HOW
TO APPLY IT TO YOUR LIFE. YOU
00:37:42.40\00:37:47.43
READ VERSES IN THE BIBLE AND YOU
SAY, 'WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS?
00:37:47.43\00:37:50.23
AND THEN YOU MEET SOMEONE DURING
THE DAY AND, IF YOU'VE PRAYED
00:37:50.23\00:37:52.83
AND ASKED FOR WISDOM, GOD'LL
HELP YOU KNOW HOW TO APPLY THE
00:37:52.83\00:37:56.46
SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'VE
RECEIVED IN THOSE SITUATIONS.
00:37:56.46\00:37:59.90
SO SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME,
PLEASE, MARK 11. I THINK WE GAVE
00:37:59.90\00:38:04.76
THAT OUT TO A PERSON. WHO'S
GOT MARK 11? YOU'VE GOT THAT
00:38:04.76\00:38:07.93
KATRINA? OKAY? LET'S GET
YOU A MICROPHONE OVER THERE.I'M
00:38:07.93\00:38:10.36
GOING TO READ MATTHEW 21, VERSE
21 - TALKING ABOUT ASKING AND
00:38:10.36\00:38:16.33
ASKING IN FAITH. "SO
JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO
00:38:16.33\00:38:20.10
THEM, 'ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU,
IF YOU HAVE FAITH AND DO NOT
00:38:20.10\00:38:24.26
DOUBT, YOU WILL NOT ONLY DO WHAT
WAS DONE TO THE FIG TREE, BUT
00:38:24.26\00:38:29.86
ALSO IF YOU SAY TO THIS
MOUNTAIN, 'BE REMOVED AND BE
00:38:29.86\00:38:32.63
CAST INTO THE
SEA,' IT WILL BE DONE.
00:38:32.63\00:38:34.66
AND WHATEVER THINGS YOU ASK
IN PRAYER, BELIEVING, YOU WILL
00:38:34.66\00:38:38.66
RECEIVE.'" WELL THAT'S A PRETTY
BIG - SOMETIMES WE THINK THAT
00:38:38.66\00:38:42.90
JESUS MAYBE OVERSTATED
THAT. DID HE REALLY MEAN THAT?
00:38:42.90\00:38:47.53
NOW, I THINK - YOU'VE PROBABLY
HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE - I
00:38:47.53\00:38:50.36
READ THIS, THAT IF YOU'VE GOT
FAITH YOU CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS,
00:38:50.36\00:38:52.40
AND WHEN I FIRST READ THAT
I THOUGHT, 'THAT'D BE A PRETTY
00:38:52.40\00:38:54.40
GOOD TRICK. I COULD
GO ON THE ROAD AND MAKE
00:38:54.40\00:38:56.46
A LOT OF MONEY IF I COULD DO
THAT.' YOU COULD PRAY AND TELL
00:38:56.46\00:38:59.63
MOUNTAINS TO
RELOCATE. CHANGE THE GEOGRAPHY.
00:38:59.63\00:39:02.80
IT'D REALLY MESS UP GOOGLE
EARTH IF YOU COULD DO THAT.
00:39:02.80\00:39:05.86
BUT IS THAT REALLY WHAT
JESUS WAS TALKING ABOUT?
00:39:05.86\00:39:09.46
HE SAID, 'YOU CAN SAY TO THIS
MOUNTAIN, 'BE PLUCKED UP AND
00:39:09.46\00:39:12.06
CAST INTO THE SEA.'' BUT WHAT
DOES THE LORD - WHAT OTHER THING
00:39:12.06\00:39:15.03
DOES THE LORD TELL US MIGHT
BE CAST INTO THE SEA? OUR SINS.
00:39:15.03\00:39:19.56
WHAT IS THE MOUNTAIN THAT
MOST OF US HAVE PROBLEMS WITH?
00:39:19.56\00:39:22.73
ISN'T IT A MOUNTAIN OF GUILT
AND SIN AND THAT IS A BURDEN?
00:39:22.73\00:39:27.33
YOU'VE READ
'PILGRIM'S PROGRESS.'
00:39:27.33\00:39:28.60
HE HAD THIS BURDEN ON HIS
BACK. AND IF YOU HAVE FAITH -
00:39:28.60\00:39:31.70
WHAT'S THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING WE CAN PRAY?
00:39:31.70\00:39:34.06
WHAT'S THE MOUNTAIN THAT'LL KEEP
US OUT OF HEAVEN? THAT BLOCKS -
00:39:34.06\00:39:36.60
ISN'T IT SIN? THAT'S THE
ONLY THING. IT'S SELFISHNESS AND
00:39:36.60\00:39:41.03
PRIDE WHICH, SORT OF,
SUMMARIZES WHAT SIN IS.
00:39:41.03\00:39:44.33
AND IF YOU FAITH - IF YOU
HAVE PRAYER - IF YOU HAVE FAITH,
00:39:44.33\00:39:48.20
JESUS SAYS, YOU CAN
PRAY AND THAT CAN BE REMOVED.
00:39:48.20\00:39:53.60
FAITH IN WHAT? WHOEVER BELIEVES
IN HIM SHALL NOT PERISH.
00:39:53.60\00:39:58.73
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD AND
READ FOR US MARK 11:24.
00:39:58.73\00:40:02.83
>>"THEREFORE I SAY TO YOU,
WHATEVER THINGS YOU ASK WHEN YOU
00:40:02.83\00:40:06.53
PRAY, BELIEVE THAT YOU RECEIVE
THEM, AND YOU WILL HAVE THEM."
00:40:06.53\00:40:10.73
>>HOW IMPORTANT IS FAITH
TO JESUS? YEAH, IT'S CRUCIAL.
00:40:10.73\00:40:18.83
FOR HIM IT WAS A NON-NEGOTIABLE.
EVEN WHEN HE HUNG ON THE CROSS,
00:40:18.83\00:40:22.43
YOU HAD TWO THIEVES THAT BOTH
OF THEM ASKED FOR DELIVERANCE.
00:40:22.43\00:40:27.36
ONE OF THEM SAID, 'IF YOU ARE
THE CHRIST, SAVE YOURSELF AND
00:40:27.36\00:40:31.93
US.' DIDN'T HE ASK TO BE SAVED?
AND THE OTHER ONE SAID, 'LORD,
00:40:31.93\00:40:36.96
WHEN YOU COME INTO YOUR KINGDOM,
REMEMBER ME.' ONE SAID I BELIEVE
00:40:36.96\00:40:40.56
YOU'RE A LORD AND I BELIEVE
YOU'RE A KING AND WHEN, NOT IF,
00:40:40.56\00:40:43.23
YOU COME INTO YOUR KINGDOM.
ONE PRAYED A PRAYER OF FAITH.
00:40:43.23\00:40:46.60
JESUS TURNED TO HIM AND
SAID, 'YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN
00:40:46.60\00:40:48.43
PARADISE.' THE ONE WHO
SAID 'IF' DID NOT GET THE GIFT.
00:40:48.43\00:40:52.76
YOU REMEMBER THERE'S A STORY
IN MARK CHAPTER 9 WHERE A YOUNG
00:40:52.76\00:40:55.70
FATHER CAME TO CHRIST AND, JUST
SO YOU WON'T FEEL BAD, EVEN THE
00:40:55.70\00:41:00.66
DISCIPLES DID NOT HAVE
ALL OF THEIR PRAYERS ANSWERED.
00:41:00.66\00:41:03.60
THIS - NINE OF THE DISCIPLES
WERE LEFT DOWN IN THE VALLEY.
00:41:03.60\00:41:06.86
JESUS WENT UP THE MOUNTAIN
WITH PETER, JAMES, AND JOHN.
00:41:06.86\00:41:09.06
WHEN HE CAME DOWN THERE WAS
A BIG CROWD GATHERED AROUND THE
00:41:09.06\00:41:11.33
DISCIPLES. THIS
FATHER HAD A BOY THAT WAS
00:41:11.33\00:41:13.23
DEMON POSSESSED AND THE DEMON
SOMETIMES CAST HIM IN THE FIRE
00:41:13.23\00:41:16.83
AND CAST HIM IN THE WATER AND
THEY BROUGHT HIM TO THE OTHER
00:41:16.83\00:41:20.50
NINE APOSTLES AND SAID, 'PLEASE
HELP.' WELL, THEY HAD GONE OUT
00:41:20.50\00:41:23.90
BEFORE CASTING OUT DEVILS AND
IT WORKED. THEY'D COME BACK FROM
00:41:23.90\00:41:27.33
SOME OF THEIR MISSIONARY
EXPEDITIONS AND THEY TOLD JESUS,
00:41:27.33\00:41:29.83
'EVEN THE DEVILS ARE SUBJECT
UNTO US.' IT WAS WONDERFUL.
00:41:29.83\00:41:33.20
BUT THE DISCIPLES PRAYED
AND THE DEMON DIDN'T COME OUT.
00:41:33.20\00:41:37.63
AND SO, BY THE TIME JESUS
CAME, THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS WERE
00:41:37.63\00:41:40.10
MAKING FUN OF THE DISCIPLES AND
SAYING, 'WELL, WHERE'S ALL YOUR
00:41:40.10\00:41:42.30
FAITH?' 'WHERE'S
THIS MOUNTAIN-MOVING
00:41:42.30\00:41:43.83
FAITH?' 'NOTHING
HAPPENED WHEN YOU
00:41:43.83\00:41:45.36
PRAYED.' 'MAYBE IT'S NOT REAL.'
AND THEY - JESUS, HE CAST OUT
00:41:45.36\00:41:51.33
THE DEVIL OUT OF THE BOY.
GREAT CONVULSIONS HAD HAPPENED.
00:41:51.33\00:41:54.73
THE DISCIPLES CAME TO JESUS
LATER AND SAID, 'WHY COULDN'T WE
00:41:54.73\00:41:58.10
CAST THEM OUT?' HE
SAID, 'THIS KIND COMES FORTH
00:41:58.10\00:42:02.06
ONLY BY PRAYER AND FASTING.'
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANT
00:42:02.06\00:42:04.93
PART OF THAT STORY I LEFT OUT -
WHEN THE FATHER CAME TO JESUS HE
00:42:04.93\00:42:08.53
SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU CAN DO
ANYTHING TO HELP MY SON.' AND
00:42:08.53\00:42:12.46
JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU BELIEVE, ALL
THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.' HE SAID,
00:42:12.46\00:42:17.33
'LORD, IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING.'
JESUS DIDN'T ANSWER HIS PRAYER
00:42:17.33\00:42:20.60
UNTIL HE CORRECTED HIM.
HE SAID, 'IF YOU BELIEVE.'
00:42:20.60\00:42:23.93
SO IS AN 'IF'
ACCEPTABLE TO JESUS? NO.
00:42:23.93\00:42:28.30
YOU'VE GOT TO COME IN
FAITH. FAITH'S VERY IMPORTANT.
00:42:28.30\00:42:30.20
NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'LL
NEVER BE TEMPTED WITH DOUBT.
00:42:30.20\00:42:33.00
ALRIGHT, WHO HAS
JOB 28:28? SOMEONE HERE?
00:42:33.00\00:42:37.96
ALRIGHT, WE'LL
GET YOU A MICROPHONE.
00:42:37.96\00:42:40.13
JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU BELIEVE ALL
THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.' NOW, WHAT
00:42:40.13\00:42:43.30
IS IT THAT WE ARE
TO PRAY FOR IN FAITH?
00:42:43.30\00:42:46.46
JAMES SAYS, 'IF ANY
OF YOU LACKS?' WISDOM.
00:42:46.46\00:42:50.40
DO WE ALL NEED WISDOM EVERY DAY?
WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF WISDOM?
00:42:50.40\00:42:54.50
PROVERBS 9:10, "THE FEAR OF
THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF
00:42:54.50\00:42:58.63
WISDOM." NOW WHAT DOES
IT MEAN TO FEAR THE LORD?
00:42:58.63\00:43:04.33
DOES IT MEAN 'BE AFRAID OF?'
WELL, I USED TO SAY, 'NO, NO, IT
00:43:04.33\00:43:09.06
DOESN'T MEAN THAT AT ALL.' BUT
YOU CAN LOVE SOMEONE AND STILL
00:43:09.06\00:43:12.43
FEEL AWE. THE BIBLE
WRITERS - WHO IN THE
00:43:12.43\00:43:19.90
BIBLE SAW GOD FACE TO
FACE - OR AT LEAST VERY CLOSE?
00:43:19.90\00:43:24.13
MOSES, EZEKIEL, DANIEL,
JOHN THE APOSTLE, TALK ABOUT THE
00:43:24.13\00:43:32.63
GLORIFIED CHRIST, ABRAHAM,
AND MANY OF THEM WERE TERRIFIED.
00:43:32.63\00:43:41.60
WHEN MOSES SAW THE LORD AT THE
BURNING BUSH HE FELL DOWN AND
00:43:41.60\00:43:44.56
EZEKIEL FELL DOWN AND DANIEL
FELL DOWN AND JOHN FELL DOWN AT
00:43:44.56\00:43:48.36
AN ANGEL. MANOAH AND HIS
WIFE - AND SO, WHEN PEOPLE SAW
00:43:48.36\00:43:53.23
THE LORD, IT FRIGHTENED THEM.
AND SO, TO FEAR GOD, I THINK, IT
00:43:53.23\00:43:59.80
MEANS, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
'TO REVERE' BUT IT'S A RESPECT
00:43:59.80\00:44:04.23
RECOGNIZING HOW AWESOME HE IS.
AND SO, IT SAYS - YOU'RE GOING
00:44:04.23\00:44:09.76
TO GO AHEAD AND YOU'RE GOING
TO READ JOB 28:28, I THINK.
00:44:09.76\00:44:12.70
>>"AND TO MAN HE SAID, 'BEHOLD,
THE FEAR OF THE LORD, THAT IS
00:44:12.70\00:44:15.60
WISDOM, AND TO DEPART
FROM EVIL IS UNDERSTANDING.'"
00:44:15.60\00:44:19.26
>>OKAY, SO HOW DO YOU
SHOW YOUR FEAR OF GOD?
00:44:19.26\00:44:24.13
BY TURNING FROM EVIL. SO
WHEN THE BIBLE IS TELLING US
00:44:24.13\00:44:27.93
TO PRAY FOR WISDOM, THE FEAR
OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF
00:44:27.93\00:44:31.30
WISDOM. WELL, ONE
WISE THING TO DO IS TO
00:44:31.30\00:44:33.76
DEPART FROM EVIL. NOW,
IF YOU LOOK IN JAMES 2:15 -
00:44:33.76\00:44:40.96
JAMES 2:15, "IF A BROTHER OR
SISTER IS NAKED AND DESTITUTE OF
00:44:40.96\00:44:46.30
DAILY FOOD, AND ONE OF YOU SAYS
TO THEM, 'DEPART IN PEACE, BE
00:44:46.30\00:44:50.10
WARMED AND FILLED,' BUT YOU DO
NOT GIVE THEM THE THINGS WHICH
00:44:50.10\00:44:53.20
ARE NEEDED FOR THE
BODY, WHAT DOES IT PROFIT?"
00:44:53.20\00:44:57.10
SO NOW HE'S TALKING ABOUT SOME
PRACTICAL TEACHINGS ABOUT, YOU
00:44:57.10\00:45:01.80
KNOW, NOT JUST SAYING, 'OH, I'VE
GOT FAITH AND I'VE GOT WISDOM.'
00:45:01.80\00:45:05.73
HE'S SAYING, PART OF REAL
CHRISTIANITY IS ALSO DOING
00:45:05.73\00:45:08.70
SOMETHING. JUST
SAYING, 'BE WARMED AND FILLED.
00:45:08.70\00:45:11.50
I'LL SAY A PRAYER FOR YOU.'
AND I USED TO PICK UP A LOT OF
00:45:11.50\00:45:17.83
HITCHHIKERS AND I VOWED WHEN
I GOT MY FIRST CAR, ACTUALLY I
00:45:17.83\00:45:23.03
VOWED ON THE ROAD THAT IF I EVER
GOT A CAR THAT I WOULD PICK UP
00:45:23.03\00:45:27.10
EVERY HITCHHIKER I SAW,
WHICH WAS A FOOLISH VOW.
00:45:27.10\00:45:30.80
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE YOUNG AND
YOU'RE BORED AND YOU'RE ON THE
00:45:30.80\00:45:32.43
ROAD AND YOU'RE DESPERATE
AND YOU PRAY THOSE THINGS.
00:45:32.43\00:45:34.70
I THINK THE LORD'S
FORGIVEN ME FOR THAT.
00:45:34.70\00:45:36.93
I DID PICK UP QUITE A FEW AND
DAVID'S HERE WITH ME AND HE AND
00:45:36.93\00:45:40.43
I DID SOME HITCHHIKING TOGETHER
AND, MATTER OF FACT, I REMEMBER
00:45:40.43\00:45:43.90
ONE TIME WE HITCHHIKED FOR MILES
WHERE WE WALKED BACKWARDS -
00:45:43.90\00:45:47.20
HITCHHIKING - AND THE NEXT DAY
WE COULDN'T STAND UP BECAUSE THE
00:45:47.20\00:45:49.40
MUSCLES IN THE BACKS OF OUR LEGS
WERE SO SORE. I THINK WE EVEN
00:45:49.40\00:45:52.96
HITCHED A RIDE ON A PLANE
PART WAY ON ONE OF THOSE TRIPS.
00:45:52.96\00:45:55.33
YEAH WE DID. THAT'S HARD
TO DO. BUT YEAH, IT WAS GOOD.
00:45:55.33\00:46:00.46
BUT I USED TO SAY, 'IF I GET A
CAR I'LL PICK UP EVERYONE.' BUT,
00:46:00.46\00:46:05.06
YOU KNOW, AS TIME GOES BY AND
YOU, SORT OF, GO FROM BEING A
00:46:05.06\00:46:07.40
HIPPIE TO A YUPPIE AND YOU'RE
A LITTLE MORE DISCRIMINATING.
00:46:07.40\00:46:10.76
YOU GO FROM A VOLKSWAGEN THAT
BARELY RUNS, INTO A CAR THAT'S
00:46:10.76\00:46:13.30
FAIRLY NEW AND I NOTICED
THAT I WASN'T PICKING UP EVERY
00:46:13.30\00:46:17.33
HITCHHIKER.
SOMETIMES I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,
00:46:17.33\00:46:18.83
I'M ONLY GOING A LITTLE WAY AND
THEY HAD THREE BACKPACKS AND A
00:46:18.83\00:46:21.60
DOG AND SO I'D DRIVE BY
THEM, BUT I'D PRAY FOR THEM.
00:46:21.60\00:46:27.66
I'D SAY, 'LORD, PLEASE SEND
SOMEBODY TO PICK THEM UP.' AND I
00:46:27.66\00:46:31.23
THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I
GET CREDIT FOR PRAYING FOR THEM.
00:46:31.23\00:46:36.26
BUT JAMES SAID - AND THERE MAY
BE TIMES - HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE
00:46:36.26\00:46:39.26
GONE BY AN ACCIDENT ON THE ROAD?
YOU MAYBE CAN'T DO ANYTHING -
00:46:39.26\00:46:41.93
IT'S NOT WRONG TO SAY A PRAYER.
AND I REMEMBER OUR KIDS USED TO
00:46:41.93\00:46:45.26
SAY, 'COULD WE PRAY FOR THEM?'
THEY'LL SEE THE AMBULANCE, YOU
00:46:45.26\00:46:48.06
KNOW, AND THAT'S THE
TENDER HEART OF A CHILD.
00:46:48.06\00:46:51.03
BUT REAL CHRISTIANITY DOESN'T
JUST DRIVE BY AND PRAY - KIND OF
00:46:51.03\00:46:54.03
LIKE THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD
SAMARITAN - THE PRIEST AND THE
00:46:54.03\00:46:58.03
LEVITE THAT WENT BY, THEY JUST
STOPPED OR THEY JUST WENT ON BY.
00:46:58.03\00:47:01.46
THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, BUT
THE GOOD SAMARITAN ACTUALLY DID
00:47:01.46\00:47:05.33
SOMETHING. PSALM
111, VERSE 10, "THE FEAR
00:47:05.33\00:47:08.80
OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING
OF WISDOM; A GOOD UNDERSTANDING
00:47:08.80\00:47:11.83
HAVE ALL THOSE WHO
DO HIS COMMANDMENTS."
00:47:11.83\00:47:13.76
- AGAIN, NOTICE THE CONNECTION -
FEAR OF THE LORD, WISDOM, DO HIS
00:47:13.76\00:47:17.70
COMMANDMENTS - "HIS
PRAISE ENDURES FOREVER."
00:47:17.70\00:47:20.46
THAT'S THE KEY
TO REAL HAPPINESS.
00:47:20.46\00:47:22.76
'GREAT PEACE HAVE THEY THAT LOVE
THY LAW AND NOTHING WILL OFFEND
00:47:22.76\00:47:25.86
THEM.' JAMES 1:19 AND 20 - WE'RE
JUMPING AROUND A LITTLE BUT,
00:47:25.86\00:47:29.96
JUST TRYING TO STAY
WITH SOME OF THESE THEMES.
00:47:29.96\00:47:32.13
JAMES 1:19 AND 20, "SO THEN, MY
BELOVED BRETHREN, LET EVERY MAN
00:47:32.13\00:47:37.46
BE SWIFT TO HEAR, SLOW TO
SPEAK," - GOOD, PRACTICAL IDEAS
00:47:37.46\00:47:42.03
HERE - "SLOW TO WRATH; FOR THE
WRATH OF MAN DOES NOT PRODUCE
00:47:42.03\00:47:45.40
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF
GOD. THEREFORE LAY ASIDE ALL
00:47:45.40\00:47:48.33
FILTHINESS AND OVERFLOW OF
WICKEDNESS, AND RECEIVE WITH
00:47:48.33\00:47:51.40
MEEKNESS THE IMPLANTED
WORD, WHICH IS ABLE TO SAVE YOUR
00:47:51.40\00:47:55.83
SOULS" SO JAMES SAYS FAITH COMES
BY HEARING - THAT'S SAVING FAITH
00:47:55.83\00:48:00.23
- AND HEARING
BY THE WORD OF GOD.
00:48:00.23\00:48:03.43
SO THIS, THE FAITH AND
THE WORD, SAVES YOUR SOULS.
00:48:03.43\00:48:06.53
AND SOMEBODY SAID ONE TIME -
I THINK IT WAS GEORGE MUELLER -
00:48:06.53\00:48:11.40
YEAH, I GOT HIS NAME HERE -
"FAITH DOESN'T OPERATE IN THE
00:48:11.40\00:48:13.96
REALM OF THE POSSIBLE, THERE'S
NO GLORY FOR GOD IN THAT WHICH
00:48:13.96\00:48:17.43
IS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. FAITH
BEGINS WHERE MAN'S POWER ENDS."
00:48:17.43\00:48:22.26
AND AGAIN IT SAYS, "FAITH
SEES THE INVISIBLE, BELIEVES THE
00:48:22.26\00:48:26.26
INCREDIBLE,
RECEIVES THE IMPOSSIBLE."
00:48:26.26\00:48:29.93
AUGUSTINE SAID, "FAITH IS TO
BELIEVE WHAT WE DO NOT SEE AND
00:48:29.93\00:48:34.06
THE REWARD OF FAITH IS
TO SEE WHAT WE BELIEVE."
00:48:34.06\00:48:38.50
AND F.B. MEYER, "UNBELIEF PUTS
CIRCUMSTANCES BETWEEN US AND
00:48:38.50\00:48:42.66
GOD, BUT FAITH PUTS GOD BETWEEN
US AND OUR CIRCUMSTANCES."
00:48:42.66\00:48:47.30
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD QUOTE.
00:48:47.30\00:48:49.20
ALRIGHT, WE'RE
GOING ONTO THE NEXT DAY.
00:48:49.20\00:48:51.13
I WANT TO TRY AND
COVER AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
00:48:51.13\00:48:52.53
JAMES 1, VERSES 6 THROUGH 8
- YOU NOTICE IN SOME OF THESE
00:48:52.53\00:48:56.26
OTHERS WE'RE USING
JAMES TO INTERPRET JAMES.
00:48:56.26\00:48:59.56
AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO LOOK UP
FOR ME 1 JOHN 3:22 AND WHO'S GOT
00:48:59.56\00:49:05.36
THAT ONE? OH YOU GOT
IT? OKAY, YOU'LL BE NEXT.
00:49:05.36\00:49:08.20
SO JAMES 1:6, "BUT LET HIM ASK
IN FAITH, WITH NO DOUBTING," - I
00:49:08.20\00:49:12.80
TOLD YOU WE'D BE REPEATING THAT
BECAUSE THIS SECTION'S TALKING
00:49:12.80\00:49:15.60
ABOUT THE FLIP SIDE OF FAITH
- "LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, WITH NO
00:49:15.60\00:49:19.50
DOUBTING, FOR HE WHO DOUBTS
IS LIKE A WAVE OF THE SEA DRIVEN
00:49:19.50\00:49:22.90
AND TOSSED BY THE WIND." - NOW
SOME PEOPLE, THEIR FAITH IS AT
00:49:22.90\00:49:26.43
THE MERCY OF CIRCUMSTANCES, JUST
LIKE A SHIP WITHOUT A RUDDER IS
00:49:26.43\00:49:31.50
BLOWN ABOUT WHEREVER THE
WIND AND THE WAVES CARRY IT.
00:49:31.50\00:49:34.70
FAITH IS NOT CONTROLLED BY
EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES, FAITH IS
00:49:34.70\00:49:38.70
CONTROLLED BY
THE ENGRAFTED WORD.
00:49:38.70\00:49:41.10
IT'S WHAT JESUS SAYS
THAT DETERMINES OUR FAITH.
00:49:41.10\00:49:44.10
WHEN JESUS SAYS TO PETER,
'WALK TO ME ON THE WATER.' DO
00:49:44.10\00:49:47.50
LOGISTICS CONTROL
PETER'S DOING THAT?
00:49:47.50\00:49:50.80
NO, LOGISTICS AND SCIENCE AND
REASON HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO
00:49:50.80\00:49:56.26
DO WITH OBEYING A COMMAND LIKE
THAT, OR TO MARCH AROUND JERICHO
00:49:56.26\00:50:00.83
FOR SIX TIMES ON THE SEVENTH DAY
AND BLOW A TRUMPET AND SHOUT.
00:50:00.83\00:50:05.33
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE FAITH BECAUSE
THAT'S NOT NORMALLY THE STRATEGY
00:50:05.33\00:50:08.76
FOR WINNING A BATTLE.
AND SO YOU CAN GO THROUGH A
00:50:08.76\00:50:10.80
HUNDRED EXAMPLES IN THE BIBLE
WHERE YOU CAN'T LET YOUR FAITH
00:50:10.80\00:50:14.43
BE CONTROLLED BY CIRCUMSTANCES
OR YOU'LL NEVER GET THERE.
00:50:14.43\00:50:17.46
AND HE GOES ON TO SAY, "FOR" -
HERE'S THE FLIP SIDE OF FAITH -
00:50:17.46\00:50:21.20
"LET NOT THAT MAN SUPPOSE THAT
HE WILL RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM
00:50:21.20\00:50:24.76
THE LORD; HE IS A DOUBLE-MINDED
MAN, UNSTABLE IN ALL HIS WAYS."
00:50:24.76\00:50:28.83
SO WHEN GOD SAYS, 'I WANT YOU TO
DO THIS AND MOVE FORWARD.' AND
00:50:28.83\00:50:31.46
YOU GO, 'WELL, BUT THAT
DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE.
00:50:31.46\00:50:33.96
I KNOW YOU SAID TO DO IT BUT
IT DOESN'T SEEM VERY PRACTICAL.'
00:50:33.96\00:50:37.80
AND THEN IT USES AN
EXAMPLE IN NUMBERS 13:30 -
00:50:37.80\00:50:41.23
AND THIS IS IN YOUR LESSON.
WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CAME
00:50:41.23\00:50:45.13
TO THE BORDERS OF THE PROMISED
LAND, THEY SENT OUT TWELVE
00:50:45.13\00:50:48.43
SPIES. WE KNOW THE NAMES OF TWO
OF THEM. MOST OF YOU PROBABLY
00:50:48.43\00:50:53.00
COULD NOT NAME THE OTHER TEN.
BUT WE KNOW JOSHUA AND CALEB.
00:50:53.00\00:50:56.93
AND AFTER THEY LOOKED OVER THE
PROMISED LAND, TWO OF THEM WERE
00:50:56.93\00:51:01.70
LOOKING THROUGH
THE EYES OF FAITH.
00:51:01.70\00:51:03.70
TEN OF THEM LOOKED AT THE
OBSTACLES - AND THERE WERE
00:51:03.70\00:51:06.23
OBSTACLES ANYONE WOULD HAVE
SEEN - BIG CITIES, BIG WALLS,
00:51:06.23\00:51:10.50
FORTIFICATIONS, LARGE PEOPLE,
LARGE ENEMIES - BUT TWO OF THEM
00:51:10.50\00:51:14.56
SAID, 'GOD SAID THIS IS OUR
LAND. HE'S GOING TO LEAD US IN.
00:51:14.56\00:51:16.83
WE BELIEVE HIM AND SO WE'RE JUST
GOING TO BRING BACK A REPORT AS
00:51:16.83\00:51:19.36
IF IT WAS GOING TO BE OURS.'
NOTICE, THEY LOOKED AT THE
00:51:19.36\00:51:22.93
PROMISED LAND AS IF IT WAS GOING
TO BE THEIRS AND OUT OF THOSE
00:51:22.93\00:51:26.83
TWELVE SPIES, THE ONLY ONES WHO
ENDED UP GETTING TO THE PROMISED
00:51:26.83\00:51:29.46
LAND ARE THE ONES THAT LOOKED
THROUGH THE EYES OF FAITH.
00:51:29.46\00:51:32.06
THEY BROUGHT BACK
A POSITIVE REPORT.
00:51:32.06\00:51:34.43
THE TWELVE - OR THE TEN SPIES
THAT SAID, 'I DON'T THINK WE CAN
00:51:34.43\00:51:37.60
MAKE IT' - LET ME READ THIS FOR
YOU HERE - NUMBERS 13:30, "THEN
00:51:37.60\00:51:41.26
CALEB QUIETED THE PEOPLE BEFORE
MOSES," - THEY WERE BEGINNING TO
00:51:41.26\00:51:43.60
MOAN AFTER THE TEN SPIES GAVE A
BAD REPORT - "AND SAID, 'LET US
00:51:43.60\00:51:47.40
GO UP AT ONCE AND TAKE
POSSESSION, FOR WE ARE WELL ABLE
00:51:47.40\00:51:51.50
TO OVERCOME IT.'" NOTICE, YOU'VE
GOT ONE REPORT, 'WELL ABLE TO
00:51:51.50\00:51:55.56
OVERCOME.' AND THEN THE OTHER
SPIES, THEY COME BACK AND THEY
00:51:55.56\00:51:59.40
RETORT, "WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GO
UP AGAINST THE PEOPLE, FOR THEY
00:51:59.40\00:52:03.86
ARE STRONGER THAN WE.'" ONE
WAS LOOKING AT FAITH AND ONE WAS
00:52:03.86\00:52:07.63
LOOKING AT THE CONSEQUENCES.
UNSTABLE - THE FLIP SIDE OF
00:52:07.63\00:52:13.36
FAITH IS IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE.
JESUS SAID, 'BE IT UNTO YOU
00:52:13.36\00:52:18.86
ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PRAY FOR.
00:52:18.86\00:52:21.76
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, THEY
SAID, 'WOULD GOD THAT WE HAD
00:52:21.76\00:52:24.63
DIED IN THIS WILDERNESS.
WHY DID HE LEAD US OUT HERE?'
00:52:24.63\00:52:28.06
AND DID GOD ANSWER THAT PRAYER?
THE GENERATION THAT SAID, 'WOULD
00:52:28.06\00:52:30.80
GOD THAT WE DIE IN THE
WILDERNESS,' DIED IN THE
00:52:30.80\00:52:32.50
WILDERNESS. JOSHUA
AND CALEB THAT SAID,
00:52:32.50\00:52:34.63
'WE ARE WELL ABLE,' THEY
MADE IT TO THE PROMISED LAND.
00:52:34.63\00:52:37.53
THEY GOT TO REST
IN THEIR INHERITANCE.
00:52:37.53\00:52:39.53
AND SO, THAT'S WHY FAITH IS SO
IMPORTANT, BECAUSE CHRIST SAID,
00:52:39.53\00:52:44.60
'ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE IF
WE BELIEVE.' JOHN 15:7, "IF YOU
00:52:44.60\00:52:50.93
ABIDE IN ME AND MY WORD ABIDE
IN YOU, YOU WILL ASK WHAT YOU
00:52:50.93\00:52:54.13
DESIRE, AND IT SHALL BE DONE FOR
YOU." IF HIS WORD ABIDES IN US,
00:52:54.13\00:52:57.90
WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK FOR THE
WRONG THING - AND IT'LL BE DONE.
00:52:57.90\00:53:01.53
ALRIGHT, YOU'RE GOING
TO READ 1 JOHN FOR US.
00:53:01.53\00:53:05.33
>>"AND WHATEVER WE ASK WE
RECEIVE FROM HIM, BECAUSE WE
00:53:05.33\00:53:09.23
KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS AND DO
THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING
00:53:09.23\00:53:12.73
IN HIS SIGHT." >>THANK YOU.
00:53:12.73\00:53:14.90
SO HERE HE SAYS, 'AND MY WORD
ABIDES IN YOU' AND THEN JOHN
00:53:14.90\00:53:18.06
SAYS IN 1 JOHN 3:22 THAT
WHATEVER WE ASK WE RECEIVE
00:53:18.06\00:53:23.70
BECAUSE WE'RE - BASICALLY, HE
SAYS WE'RE WALKING IN HIS WILL.
00:53:23.70\00:53:26.26
AND SO, IF WE'RE WALKING IN THE
LIGHT AND IF GOD'S WORD IS IN US
00:53:26.26\00:53:29.40
AND WE'RE IN TUNE WITH HIS
SPIRIT, OUR PRAYERS ARE GOING TO
00:53:29.40\00:53:32.00
BE IN HARMONY WITH THE MIND OF
CHRIST AND WILL HE ANSWER THOSE
00:53:32.00\00:53:35.10
PRAYERS? IF THEY
ARE PRAYED PERSISTENTLY
00:53:35.10\00:53:38.63
AND PATIENTLY AND IN
FAITH, HE'LL ANSWER OUR PRAYERS.
00:53:38.63\00:53:42.50
HE REALLY DOES. LUKE 17:5 AND
6 AND THE APOSTLES SAID TO THE
00:53:42.50\00:53:48.00
LORD, 'INCREASE OUR FAITH.'
SO THE LORD SAID, 'IF YOU'VE GOT
00:53:48.00\00:53:51.60
FAITH LIKE A MUSTARD SEED YOU
CAN SAY TO THIS MULBERRY TREE,
00:53:51.60\00:53:55.20
'BE PLUCKED UP BY THE ROOTS AND
PLANTED IN THE SEA.' AND IT WILL
00:53:55.20\00:53:57.96
BE DONE FOR YOU.' NOW, A
MUSTARD SEED WAS JUST ONE OF THE
00:53:57.96\00:54:01.53
SMALLEST - ALMOST A MICROSCOPIC
SEED IN THE PLANT KINGDOM AND SO
00:54:01.53\00:54:06.56
JESUS PICKED THAT OUT BECAUSE
IT COULD GROW INTO A BIG BUSH.
00:54:06.56\00:54:10.73
AND IF YOU'VE GOT FAITH - WHAT
MAKES A MUSTARD SEED A BIG BUSH
00:54:10.73\00:54:15.80
IS IT HANGS ON - IT'S NOURISHED.
IF IT'S GETTING THE SUNLIGHT AND
00:54:15.80\00:54:21.50
IT'S GETTING THE
WATER, IT WILL GROW.
00:54:21.50\00:54:23.83
AND SO THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THIS
- CHRIST SAID, IF YOU HAVE FAITH
00:54:23.83\00:54:27.23
- IF YOU'VE GOT THAT SEED OF
FAITH - KEEP WALKING WITH HIM
00:54:27.23\00:54:29.96
AND IT WILL GROW AND
ALL THINGS BECOME POSSIBLE.
00:54:29.96\00:54:34.23
AT ONE POINT HE TALKS ABOUT A
MOUNTAIN BEING THROWN INTO THE
00:54:34.23\00:54:36.60
SEA AND HERE HE TALKS
ABOUT A MULBERRY BUSH.
00:54:36.60\00:54:39.00
SO YOU'VE GOT VEGETABLE AND
MINERAL. AND IT SAYS IF WE DENY
00:54:39.00\00:54:45.23
HIM, BETTER FOR US THAT A
MILLSTONE WERE PLACED ABOUT OUR
00:54:45.23\00:54:48.90
NECK AND WE WERE CAST IN
THE SEA. THAT WOULD BE ANIMAL,
00:54:48.90\00:54:51.03
MINERAL AND VEGETABLE,
WOULDN'T IT? YOU DO IT THAT WAY.
00:54:51.03\00:54:54.60
LAST SECTION - I'M JUST ABOUT
OUT OF TIME BUT I WANT TO READ
00:54:54.60\00:54:56.73
JAMES 1, VERSES 9 THROUGH 11,
"LET THE LOWLY BROTHER GLORY IN
00:54:56.73\00:55:00.80
HIS EXALTATION, BUT THE RICH
IN HIS HUMILIATION, BECAUSE AS A
00:55:00.80\00:55:05.16
FLOWER OF THE
FIELD HE WILL PASS AWAY.
00:55:05.16\00:55:07.66
FOR NO SOONER HAS THE SUN RISEN
WITH A BURNING HEAT THAN IT
00:55:07.66\00:55:10.66
WITHERS THE GRASS; ITS
FLOWER FALLS, AND ITS BEAUTIFUL
00:55:10.66\00:55:13.66
APPEARANCE PERISHES. SO
THE RICH MAN ALSO WILL FADE
00:55:13.66\00:55:16.60
AWAY IN HIS PURSUITS."
JAMES IS TELLING US DO NOT
00:55:16.60\00:55:19.63
BECOME PREOCCUPIED
WITH THE CARES OF THIS LIFE.
00:55:19.63\00:55:22.96
DON'T BECOME DISTRACTED WITH
RICHES AND JESUS SAID, 'IT'S A
00:55:22.96\00:55:26.36
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00:56:47.13\00:56:50.96
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00:57:07.53\00:57:10.60
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00:57:10.60\00:57:14.46
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