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>>HELLO FRIENDS. WE'D
LIKE TO WELCOME YOU BACK TO
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A FRESH INSTALLMENT OF
SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE
JOINING US, WE'VE BEEN STUDYING
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THROUGH THE BOOK OF JAMES.
NOW BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR STUDY
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FOR TODAY, AS USUAL, WE
WOULD LIKE TO ASK GOD'S SPECIAL
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BLESSING. WE
RECOGNIZE THAT THE BIBLE IS
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GOD'S BOOK AND IN ORDER FOR US
TO CORRECTLY UNDERSTAND IT, WE
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NEED THE LEADING OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU
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TO JOIN US AS WE OPEN
WITH A WORD OF PRAYER.
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DEAR FATHER, ONCE AGAIN
WE THANK YOU FOR THE BIBLE.
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WE THANK YOU FOR THIS BOOK AND
THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO
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STUDY TOGETHER SO WE INVITE THE
HOLY SPIRIT TO COME AND GUIDE
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OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS AND WE
ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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NOW WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THROUGH
THE BOOK OF JAMES, AS MENTIONED,
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AND TODAY WE FIND
OURSELVES ON LESSON #7.
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NOW, AS MENTIONED, OUR STUDY
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TODAY, LESSON #7 ENTITLED
'TAMING THE TONGUE' AND OUR
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PRINCIPLE PASSAGE OF
STUDY IS JAMES CHAPTER 3.
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WE'LL BE LOOKING FROM ABOUT
VERSE 1 THROUGH TO VERSE 12.
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SO WITH THAT, A LITTLE BIT OF AN
INTRODUCTION AS WE GET INTO OUR
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STUDY, WE HAVE A MEMORY TEXT.
OUR MEMORY TEXT IS ACTUALLY THE
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WORDS OF JESUS FOUND IN
MATTHEW CHAPTER 12 AND VERSE 37.
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JESUS SAID, "FOR BY YOUR WORDS
YOU SHALL BE JUSTIFIED, AND BY
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YOUR WORDS YOU
SHALL BE CONDEMNED."
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YOU KNOW, WORDS ARE VERY
POWERFUL, BOTH FOR GOOD AND FOR
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BAD. YOU READ IN
THE BIBLE HOW THAT
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GOD CREATED EVERYTHING -
HOW DID GOD CREATE? BY HIS WORD.
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OF COURSE WE ALSO KNOW, WHEN IT
CAME TO THE CREATION OF MAN, GOD
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DIDN'T JUST SPEAK MAN INTO
EXISTENCE BUT GOD FORMED MAN
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WITH HIS HANDS AND THEN HE
BREATHED INTO MAN THE BREATH OF
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LIFE AND MAN
BECAME A LIVING BEING.
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BUT FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, GOD
SAID 'LET THERE BE LIGHT' AND
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THERE WAS LIGHT AND GOD
SPOKE THE WORLD INTO BEING.
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NOW IN GENESIS WE READ HOW THAT
GOD SPOKE 'LET THERE BE LIGHT'
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AND THERE WAS LIGHT AND SO ON,
BUT WHEN WE GET TO THE BOOK OF
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JOHN, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
BIBLE, BEGINNING OF THE NEW
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TESTAMENT THEREABOUT, WE
FIND IN JOHN CHAPTER 1, 'IN THE
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BEGINNING WAS THE WORD AND THE
WORD WAS WITH GOD AND THE WORD
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WAS GOD. ALL THINGS
WERE MADE BY HIM AND
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WITHOUT HIM WAS NOT ANYTHING
MADE THAT WAS MADE.' SO WE FIND
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GOD SPEAKING IN GENESIS AND THEN
WHEN WE GET TO THE GOSPELS, WE
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FIND THE WORD OF GOD,
AGAIN REFERRING TO JESUS.
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BUT WHEN WE GET TO THE LAST
BOOK OF THE BIBLE, THE BOOK OF
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REVELATION, WE FIND JESUS BEING
REFERRED TO AS THE ALPHA AND THE
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OMEGA. NOW THAT'S
AN INTERESTING NAME.
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BY THE WAY, IN REVELATION WHERE
CHRIST IS REFERRED TO AS ALPHA
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AND OMEGA, GOD THE FATHER IS
ALSO REFERRED TO AS ALPHA AND
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OMEGA IN REVELATION.
BOTH CHRIST AND THE FATHER ARE
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CALLED ALPHA AND OMEGA.
NOW THAT'S AN INTERESTING NAME
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FOR JESUS. WHY IS
HE REFERRED TO AS ALPHA
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AND OMEGA? WHAT IS ALPHA?
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THAT'S THE BEGINNING OR THE
FIRST LETTER - THE FIRST LETTER
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OF THE GREEK
ALPHABET. WHAT IS OMEGA?
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THAT WOULD BE THE LAST
LETTER OF THE GREEK ALPHABET.
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JESUS IS CALLED THE A
AND THE Z OF THE ALPHABET.
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NOW THAT'S A STRANGE NAME.
WHY IS CHRIST CALLED THE A AND
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THE Z OF THE ALPHABET?
WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE LETTERS
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OF THE ALPHABET? WE
ARRANGE THOSE LETTERS IN
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DIFFERENT ORDERS TO MAKE
UP WORDS. WHAT ARE OUR WORDS?
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OUR WORDS ARE OUR
THOUGHTS EXPRESSED.
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JESUS IS THE THOUGHTS OF
THE FATHER REVEALED. IF YOU WANT
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TO KNOW WHAT THE FATHER
IS THINKING, LOOK AT JESUS.
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THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID, 'HE
WHO HAS SEEN ME HAS' - WHAT?
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'SEEN THE FATHER.' YOU REMEMBER
THAT EXPERIENCE WHEN THE
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DISCIPLES SAID, 'FATHER,' -
SPEAKING TO CHRIST, SAID - 'SHOW
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US THE FATHER AND IT WILL
SUFFICE US.' AND JESUS SAID,
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'HE WHO HAS SEEN
ME HAS' - WHAT? -
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'SEEN THE FATHER.' SO
WORDS ARE VERY POWERFUL.
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JESUS CAME TO REVEAL TO US WHAT
THE FATHER IS LIKE AND JESUS
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CAME TO TELL US - TO SHOW US,
BY THE WORDS THAT HE SPOKE, WHAT
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THE FATHER IS THINKING
- WHAT THE FATHER IS LIKE.
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SO OUR LESSON FOR THIS WEEK IS
ALL ABOUT WORD POWER. IT'S ABOUT
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GOD'S WORD, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT
OUR WORDS - HOW WE USE OUR WORDS
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- HOW WE CAN USE OUR WORDS FOR
THAT WHICH IS GOOD, BUT HOW WE
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SOMETIMES CAN USE OUR
WORDS FOR THAT WHICH IS BAD.
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NOW THE KEY PASSAGE, AS
MENTIONED EARLIER, IS JAMES
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CHAPTER 3 FROM VERSE 1 ALL THE
WAY THROUGH TO VERSE 12 AND SO
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WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME FOLKS
HELP READ THESE VARIOUS VERSES
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AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT
IN JUST A MINUTE SO IF YOU WANT
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TO GET SET UP FOR OUR FIRST
VERSE, WHICH IS JAMES CHAPTER 3,
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VERSE 1, AND I'LL HAVE YOU READ
IT, JEREMY, IN JUST A MINUTE.
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BUT AS WE GET READY FOR THAT, A
COUPLE OF BACKGROUND THEMES THAT
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WE SEE SO FAR IN OUR STUDY
OF JAMES - FIRSTLY, IN JAMES
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CHAPTER 1, VERSE 19, JAMES SETS
THE STAGE FOR THE WHOLE BOOK BY
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EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF
RECEIVING THE ENGRAFTED WORD -
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THAT'S THE PHRASE JAMES USES.
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HE RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE
OF THE WORD OF GOD AND, AS
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CHRISTIANS, WE NEED TO
BE FEASTING ON THE WORD.
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JUST LIKE THE BRANCH CANNOT BEAR
FRUIT UNLESS IT ABIDE IN THE
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VINE OR IN THE TREE, SO, AS
CHRISTIANS, WE CAN'T BEAR THE
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FRUIT THAT THE CHRISTIAN NEEDS
TO BEAR UNLESS WE ARE GRAFTED
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INTO THE WORD OF GOD. WE
NEED TO BE RECEIVING GOD'S WORD.
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WHEN WE RECEIVE THE
WORD, THAT LEADS TO MEEKNESS.
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THAT'S THE NEXT THEME
THAT JAMES EMPHASIZES.
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AND THEN THERE IS IMPARTIALITY
IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS
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- WHETHER SOMEBODY IS RICH OR
SOMEBODY IS POOR, WE TREAT THEM
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WITH THE SAME DEGREE
OF KINDNESS AND RESPECT.
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THAT LEADS TO FAITH AND IT'S
THE KIND OF FAITH THAT WORKS BY
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LOVE. THAT RESULTS IN
A CHRIST-LIKE CHARACTER.
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NOW, IN CHAPTER 3, JAMES
CONTINUES TO DESCRIBE THE
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IMPORTANCE OF HOLY LIVING
AND HOW THAT HOLY LIVING IS
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DEMONSTRATED BY THE WORDS WE
SPEAK AND THE MANNER IN WHICH WE
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SPEAK THOSE WORDS.
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SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK THEN, JAMES
CHAPTER 3, BEGINNING IN VERSE 1
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- AND, JEREMY, I THINK
YOU'VE GOT THIS FOR US.
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>>"MY BRETHREN, LET NOT MANY OF
YOU BECOME TEACHERS KNOWING THAT
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WE SHALL RECEIVE A
STRICTER JUDGMENT."
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>>THANK YOU. SO JAMES BEGINS
HERE BY SAYING, 'LET NOT MANY OF
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YOU BECOME TEACHERS.' IN THE
CHURCH, IT IS CHRIST WHO CALLS A
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PERSON TO BE A TEACHER.
HE'S ALSO THE ONE WHO QUALIFIES
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AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE A TEACHER.
IN OTHER WORDS, TO BE A TEACHER
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IN THE CHURCH IS NOT A POSITION
THAT AN INDIVIDUAL LOBBIES FOR
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OR CAMPAIGNS FOR, IT IS
A POSITION THAT JESUS CALLS
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SOMEBODY TO AND JESUS QUALIFIES
THAT PERSON TO BE A TEACHER.
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WE READ IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER
4, VERSES 11 AND 12, SPEAKING OF
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CHRIST, "AND HE HIMSELF, THROUGH
THE SPIRIT, GAVE SOME TO BE
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APOSTLES AND SOME TO
BE PROPHETS, SOME TO BE
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EVANGELISTS, SOME TO BE PASTORS
AND TEACHERS." FOR WHAT REASON?
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THEN IT GOES ON, "FOR THE
EQUIPPING OF THE SAINTS FOR THE
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WORK OF MINISTRY, FOR THE
EDIFYING OF THE BODY OF CHRIST."
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SO THE PURPOSE OF TEACHERS
IN THE CHURCH, IT IS TO BUILD UP
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THE CHURCH. IT IS
NOT TO MAKE THE TEACHER
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LOOK GOOD OR TO SHOW HOW MUCH
THE TEACHER MIGHT KNOW, IT'S
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REALLY TO BUILD UP
THE BODY OF CHRIST.
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AND JAMES WARNS THE MEMBERS
OF THE CHURCH AND HE SAYS,
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'BE CAREFUL. DON'T
STRIVE, OUT OF SELFISH
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AMBITION, TO BE A TEACHER.
YOU SEE, TEACHERS ARE IN
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CONSTANT DANGER OF LOSING
THAT SPIRIT OF GENUINE HUMILITY.
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WHENEVER PEOPLE START LOOKING
TO AN INDIVIDUAL TO PROVIDE THEM
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GUIDANCE AND EXPERTISE IN A
PARTICULAR AREA, IT'S QUITE EASY
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FOR THAT PERSON TO START LOOKING
TO THEMSELVES AS HAVING THE
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ANSWERS - TRUSTING IN THEIR OWN
WISDOM. NOW, IF YOU LOOK BACK
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IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, WHO DO YOU
THINK WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST
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TEACHERS - HUMAN TEACHERS -
DURING THE OLD TESTAMENT ERA?
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WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE OLD
TESTAMENT TIME PERIOD OR THE OLD
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TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES, THE
SCRIPTURES ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO
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PARTS - THE OLD TESTAMENT - YOU
HAVE WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS 'THE
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LAW' AND THEN THE REST OF THE
OLD TESTAMENT IS REFERRED TO AS
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'THE PROPHETS' - THE LAW AND THE
PROPHETS. THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS
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OF THE BIBLE, WRITTEN BY MOSES,
ARE REFERRED TO AS THE LAW AND
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THEN THE REST, SYMBOLIZED BY
ELIJAH, IS REFERRED TO AS THE
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PROPHETS. NOW, PROBABLY ONE OF
THE GREATEST TEACHERS OF THE OLD
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TESTAMENT PERIOD WAS MOSES. I
MEAN, HE BROUGHT THE TEACHINGS
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THAT GOD HAD GIVEN HIM
TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
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AND HOW EASY IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN FOR MOSES TO BECOME
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SELF-CENTERED OR PUFFED UP WITH
ALL OF THIS GREAT TRUTH THAT GOD
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HAD REVEALED TO HIM - YET THE
BIBLE TELLS US THAT OF ALL OF
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THE PEOPLE IN SCRIPTURE, MOSES
IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE
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MOST HUMBLE - SPOKEN AS BEING
A MEEK INDIVIDUAL. THAT'S AN
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IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTIC FOR
A TEACHER, ESPECIALLY A GODLY
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TEACHER, TO HAVE A
SPIRIT OF HUMILITY -
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TO BE A HUMBLE TEACHER.
SO SOMEBODY MIGHT BE VERY
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TALENTED, THEY MIGHT BE
KNOWLEDGEABLE, BUT IT DOESN'T
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NECESSARILY MEAN THEY HAVE
THE RIGHT SPIRIT TO BE A TEACHER
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IN THE CHURCH. AN
IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTIC OF A
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TEACHER IN THE CHURCH
IS A SPIRIT OF HUMILITY.
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THEY NEED TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE
OF MOSES - THEY NEED TO HAVE
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MEEKNESS. NOW, OF
COURSE, IN THE CHURCH,
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THERE ARE DEGREES
OF RESPONSIBILITY.
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THE MORE WE HAVE LEADERSHIP
RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE CHURCH,
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THE MORE WE ARE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE BEFORE GOD.
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THOSE WHO TEACH THE TRUTH ARE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE, NOT ONLY FOR
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THE THINGS THAT THEY TEACH AND
THEIR OWN EXAMPLE, BUT THEY'RE
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ALSO HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE
INFLUENCE THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE
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ON OTHERS. DURING
THE TIME OF JESUS, JESUS
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SPOKE TO THE JEWISH LEADERS
OF HIS TIME AND HE SAID TO THEM,
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'WOE TO YOU SCRIBES AND
PHARISEES, YOU HYPOCRITES!
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FOR YOU DEVOUR WIDOWS' HOUSES
AND FOR A PRETENSE YOU MAKE LONG
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PRAYERS' - SO THEY CLAIM TO BE
VERY RELIGIOUS - 'THEREFORE YOU
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WILL RECEIVE GREATER
CONDEMNATION.' IT'S A SOBERING
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FACT, BUT LEADERS IN THE CHURCH
DO BEAR AN INFLUENCE ON OTHERS
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AND WE'RE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
FOR THE INFLUENCE THAT WE BEAR.
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A FRIEND WAS TELLING ME ABOUT
AN EXPERIENCE THAT SHE HAD.
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SHE WAS ATTENDING A CHURCH AND
- FAIRLY NEW TO THE CHURCH - AND
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ON ONE OCCASION SHE ARRIVED
EARLY AT THE CHURCH AND SHE WAS
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HELPING OUT IN THE SABBATH
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND SHE WENT
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TO CHURCH EARLY SABBATH MORNING
TO SET UP THE SABBATH SCHOOL
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CLASSROOM. SHE
THOUGHT SHE WAS THE FIRST
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ONE THERE AND SHE OPENED UP THE
SIDE DOOR AND SHE WENT INTO THE
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CHURCH AND SHE WAS WALKING DOWN
THE HALLWAY AND SHE HEARD JUST
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THIS TERRIBLE YELLING.
SOMEBODY WAS JUST SCREAMING AND
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SHOUTING AND - SOMEBODY ELSE AT
THE CHURCH AND SHE WAS AMAZED AT
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THIS - THIS COULDN'T BE - AND AS
SHE TURNED THE CORNER, WALKING
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INTO THE LOBBY AREA OF
THE CHURCH, WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
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IT WAS THE PASTOR'S WIFE JUST
SCREAMING AT HER HUSBAND, JUST
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TELLING HER HUSBAND OFF AND IT
WAS - SUDDENLY THE PASTOR'S WIFE
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TURNED AND SAW THIS NEW CHURCH
MEMBER STANDING THERE AND - A
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TERRIBLE MOMENT OF EMBARRASSMENT
- DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHAT TO SAY
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AND QUICKLY THE PASTOR'S WIFE
CHANGED HER ATTITUDE AND SMILED,
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'HAPPY SABBATH!
WELCOME TO CHURCH.' WELL,
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NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE INFLUENCE
OF THAT PASTOR'S WIFE WAS
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SUDDENLY DIMINISHED IN THE
MIND OF THAT NEW CHURCH MEMBER.
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SO THE INFLUENCE WE HAVE ON
OTHERS, ESPECIALLY AS LEADERS,
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WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL
IN THE THINGS THAT WE SAY.
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IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
AND THAT'S WHAT JAMES IS
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REMINDING US OF.
DON'T STRIVE TO BE A TEACHER
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BECAUSE YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL.
RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO
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BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY
THE INFLUENCE THAT YOU HAVE.
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BE CAREFUL WITH THE THINGS THAT
YOU SAY. THAT'S THE IMPORTANT
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POINT THAT JAMES IS EMPHASIZING
HERE. ALRIGHT, LET'S TAKE A LOOK
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AT OUR NEXT VERSE. THIS IS JAMES
CHAPTER 2 SO I THINK WE HAVE OUR
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NEXT READER WHO IS
READY TO READ FOR US NOW.
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>>"FOR WE ALL
STUMBLE IN MANY THINGS.
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IF ANYONE DOES NOT STUMBLE
IN WORD, HE IS A PERFECT MAN,
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ABLE ALSO TO
BRIDLE THE WHOLE BODY."
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>>THANK YOU. SO IN
VERSE 2, JAMES BEGINS BY
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REMINDING US THAT WE
ALL STUMBLE AT THINGS.
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IN ONE SENSE, HE'S BRINGING US
TO A REALITY THAT ALL OF US HAVE
00:13:31.03\00:13:36.13
WEAKNESSES IN OUR CHARACTERS
AND WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES.
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ON THE OTHER HAND HE'S NOT
MAKING AN EXCUSE FOR SIN, BUT
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HE'S HELPING US REALIZE THAT
WHEN WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS,
00:13:42.16\00:13:45.70
ESPECIALLY IN THE CHURCH, LET'S
HAVE PATIENCE WITH ONE ANOTHER,
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RECOGNIZING THAT
WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES.
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WE ALL STUMBLE AT THINGS
BUT THEN HE ENCOURAGES US SAYING
00:13:51.70\00:13:55.73
THAT WE OUGHT TO
STRIVE TO CONTROL OUR WORDS.
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HE GOES ON TO SAY IF ANYONE IS
ABLE TO CONTROL THEIR TONGUE, HE
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IS ABLE TO CONTROL THE WHOLE
BODY, MEANING THAT HIS LIFE -
00:14:04.03\00:14:07.90
HIS CHARACTER - IS
ABLE TO BE UNDER CONTROL
00:14:07.90\00:14:10.70
IF HE CAN CONTROL HIS WORDS.
00:14:10.70\00:14:13.70
THIS WARNING, OF COURSE,
IS AGAINST BOASTFULNESS OR
00:14:13.70\00:14:17.26
SELF-CONFIDENCE IF WE
CAN CONTROL OUR WORDS.
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I'M REMINDED OF PETER
THERE IN THE UPPER ROOM WITH THE
00:14:21.66\00:14:24.46
DISCIPLES AND JESUS JUST AS
- THIS IS JUST BEFORE CHRIST'S
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BETRAYAL AND CRUCIFIXION - JESUS
SAID, 'SOME OF YOU STANDING
00:14:27.40\00:14:31.33
HERE' - SPEAKING TO THE
DISCIPLES - MATTER OF FACT HE
00:14:31.33\00:14:33.00
SAID 'ALL OF YOU HERE ARE GOING
TO BE OFFENDED BECAUSE OF ME
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TONIGHT AND YOU'RE ALL GOING TO
LEAVE ME.' AND PETER SAID, YOU
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KNOW, IN FRONT OF THE OTHER
DISCIPLES, 'LORD, IF EVERYONE
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SHALL LEAVE YOU I
WILL NOT LEAVE YOU.
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MATTER OF FACT, PETER SAID,
'I AM READY TO GO WITH YOU TO
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PRISON AND TO DEATH.' AND THEN
THAT SAME EVENING - THAT SAME
00:14:46.80\00:14:51.53
NIGHT - PETER DENIES KNOWING
CHRIST, WHILE KEEPING WARM AT
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THE ENEMY'S FIRE.
IT'S EASY FOR US, WHEN OUR
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FRIENDS ARE AROUND US, TO BE
CHRISTIANS AND TO SAY THE RIGHT
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THINGS. BUT WHEN
WE'RE ALL ALONE, WHEN
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OUR FRIENDS AREN'T AROUND US,
WHEN WE'RE NOT AT CHURCH, ARE WE
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STILL STANDING UP FOR
WHAT WE KNOW TO BE RIGHT?
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YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THE
SAYING, 'YOU NEED TO PRACTICE
00:15:14.16\00:15:17.16
WHAT YOU
PREACH.' HOW TRUE THAT IS.
00:15:17.16\00:15:20.06
I REMEMBER AS A CHILD, MY
PARENTS WOULD OFTEN SAY, 'YOU
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HAVE TO PRACTICE
WHAT YOU PREACH.'
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REALLY IT'S NOT SO MUCH WHAT YOU
SAY, IT'S HOW YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE
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THAT GIVES THE
GREATEST TESTIMONY TO OTHERS.
00:15:29.16\00:15:32.26
SO AS CHRISTIANS, WE WANT
TO SHOW THAT WHAT WE BELIEVE IS
00:15:32.26\00:15:35.53
TRUE IN THE WAY
THAT WE LIVE OUR LIVES.
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HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TURNED
AWAY FROM CHRISTIANITY BY THE
00:15:38.06\00:15:41.63
HYPOCRITICAL
BEHAVIOR OF CHRISTIANS?
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PEOPLE LOOK AT WHAT CHRISTIANS
DO AND THEY SAY, 'WELL, IF
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THAT'S WHAT IT
MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN,
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I DON'T WANT ANYTHING
TO DO WITH CHRISTIANITY.
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WE DON'T WANT TO BE
THOSE KIND OF CHRISTIANS.
00:15:52.93\00:15:55.20
THE LAST PART OF THE VERSE SAYS,
'IF ANYONE DOES NOT STUMBLE IN
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WORD, HE IS A PERFECT MAN,
ABLE TO BRIDLE THE WHOLE BODY.
00:15:58.36\00:16:04.56
NOW, CONTROLLING OUR WORDS,
ESPECIALLY UNDER DIFFICULT
00:16:04.56\00:16:07.73
CIRCUMSTANCES, IS EVIDENCE OF
THE SANCTIFYING WORK OF THE HOLY
00:16:07.73\00:16:12.33
SPIRIT UPON THE HEART AND
THE MIND OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
00:16:12.33\00:16:16.30
IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 12, VERSE 35,
JESUS SAID, "A GOOD MAN OUT OF
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THE GOOD TREASURE OF HIS HEART
BRINGS FORTH GOOD THINGS, AND AN
00:16:20.10\00:16:24.63
EVIL MAN OUT OF THE EVIL
TREASURE BRINGS FORTH EVIL
00:16:24.63\00:16:29.36
THINGS." OUR WORDS
REVEAL OUR THOUGHTS.
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IF OUR WORDS APPEAR KIND AND
GOOD, THAT IS EVIDENCE THAT OUR
00:16:33.90\00:16:39.70
THOUGHTS ARE UNDER THE
CONTROL OF THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST.
00:16:39.70\00:16:44.13
IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 12, VERSE 34,
"FOR OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE
00:16:44.13\00:16:47.80
HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKS."
WE TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE
00:16:47.80\00:16:53.30
CLOSEST TO OUR HEARTS. SO
IF OUR HEARTS ARE FILLED WITH
00:16:53.30\00:16:57.36
THE LOVE OF JESUS, WE WILL
DEMONSTRATE THAT LOVE IN THE WAY
00:16:57.36\00:17:02.00
THAT WE INTERACT WITH OTHERS.
WE TALK ABOUT THE LOVE OF JESUS.
00:17:02.00\00:17:05.60
WE WILL TREAT OTHERS WITH THAT
SAME LOVE - WITH THAT KINDNESS -
00:17:05.60\00:17:09.70
WITH THAT RESPECT. IF
OUR HEARTS ARE NOT FILLED
00:17:09.70\00:17:13.36
WITH THE LOVE OF JESUS, WE WILL
TREAT PEOPLE WITH HARSHNESS -
00:17:13.36\00:17:17.80
WITH A CRITICAL ATTITUDE.
WHAT OUR HEARTS ARE FILLED WITH
00:17:17.80\00:17:21.60
WILL COME THROUGH IN
THE WAY THAT WE SPEAK.
00:17:21.60\00:17:24.73
YOU KNOW, RECENTLY, OUR YOUTH
PASTOR AT THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH
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GOT MARRIED. NOW, I
REMEMBER BEFORE HE GOT
00:17:27.36\00:17:29.40
MARRIED, WHEN HE GOT
ENGAGED. HE WAS IN LOVE.
00:17:29.40\00:17:32.30
I MEAN, HE
COULDN'T HOLD IT BACK.
00:17:32.30\00:17:34.60
EVERY VESPERS, SOMEHOW HE'D HAVE
TO TALK ABOUT HIS FIANCE AND,
00:17:34.60\00:17:39.56
YOU KNOW, EVERY PRAYER
MEETING HE'D HAVE TO BRING IN AN
00:17:39.56\00:17:42.63
ILLUSTRATION ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL
HIS FIANCE IS AND, FINALLY, WHEN
00:17:42.63\00:17:46.10
HE GOT MARRIED WE THOUGHT,
'OKAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO
00:17:46.10\00:17:48.06
COME TO AN END.' IT
DIDN'T! IT ONLY INCREASED.
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EVERY SERMON THERE'D HAVE
TO BE AN ILLUSTRATION ABOUT HIS
00:17:50.43\00:17:53.26
WONDERFUL WIFE. WHY?
00:17:53.26\00:17:55.60
BECAUSE HIS HEART
WAS FILLED WITH LOVE.
00:17:55.60\00:17:58.23
I MEAN, IT JUST SHONE THROUGH IN
EVERYTHING HE SAID AND IT'S JUST
00:17:58.23\00:18:01.70
A GLEAM IN HIS EYE. YOU
KNOW, WHEN WE LOVE JESUS
00:18:01.70\00:18:05.16
IT'S GOING TO SHINE THROUGH
IN EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING
00:18:05.16\00:18:08.23
TO DO. IT'S GOING
TO AFFECT OUR SPEECH.
00:18:08.23\00:18:10.76
NOT ONLY DO WE TALK ABOUT JESUS,
BUT THE WAY WE TALK ABOUT OTHER
00:18:10.76\00:18:14.16
PEOPLE WILL BE SEASONED WITH
THE LOVE THAT WE HAVE FOR JESUS.
00:18:14.16\00:18:19.03
WE WILL TREAT PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY
BECAUSE THEY ARE THE CHILDREN OF
00:18:19.03\00:18:21.56
JESUS, RIGHT?
THEY'RE THE CHILDREN OF GOD.
00:18:21.56\00:18:24.20
SO THE LOVE - THE LOVE THAT
WE HAVE FOR CHRIST SHOULD AFFECT
00:18:24.20\00:18:28.10
THE WAY WE TALK ABOUT OTHERS -
THE WAY WE INTERACT WITH OTHERS.
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THAT'S A DEMONSTRATION
THAT CHRIST IS LIVING WITHIN OUR
00:18:31.46\00:18:34.20
HEARTS. I THINK
WE'RE GETTING READY FOR
00:18:34.20\00:18:36.43
OUR NEXT VERSE.
JAMES CHAPTER 3, VERSE 3.
00:18:36.43\00:18:40.46
NOW JAMES IS GOING TO
GIVE US SOME ILLUSTRATIONS WITH
00:18:40.46\00:18:43.10
REFERENCE TO THE POWER OF
OUR WORDS AND HOW WE OUGHT TO
00:18:43.10\00:18:47.06
CONTROL OUR WORDS AND THEN
HE'S GOING TO TELL US HOW WE CAN
00:18:47.06\00:18:50.56
CONTROL OUR WORDS WHICH, OF
COURSE, IS THE IMPORTANT PART.
00:18:50.56\00:18:53.13
WE NEED THE HOLY
SPIRIT'S HELP FOR THAT.
00:18:53.13\00:18:54.90
SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
JAMES CHAPTER 3, VERSE 3.
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>>"BEHOLD, WE PUT BITS IN THE
HORSES' MOUTHS, THAT THEY MAY
00:18:57.96\00:19:02.06
OBEY US; AND WE TURN
ABOUT THEIR WHOLE BODY."
00:19:02.06\00:19:05.53
>>THANK YOU. NOTICE
HE USES THE ILLUSTRATION
00:19:05.53\00:19:08.76
HERE ABOUT A HORSE AND PUTTING
A BIT IN THE HORSE'S MOUTH.
00:19:08.76\00:19:13.63
AS AN UNRULY HORSE ENDANGERS
ITS RIDER, SO THE UNRULY TONGUE
00:19:13.63\00:19:20.86
ENDANGERS THE
CHRISTIAN'S WITNESS.
00:19:20.86\00:19:23.93
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SAID
SOMETHING ONLY TO THINK, 'OH, I
00:19:23.93\00:19:27.80
WISH I DIDN'T SAY THAT?' I
SAW A BANNER THAT SOMEBODY HAD
00:19:27.80\00:19:31.73
- IT WENT SOMETHING LIKE, 'I
WISH MY MOUTH HAD A BACKSPACE
00:19:31.73\00:19:35.10
KEY.' HAVE YOU
EVER THOUGHT THAT?
00:19:35.10\00:19:37.66
I WISH I COULD JUST ERASE
THAT BUT IT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID.
00:19:37.66\00:19:41.00
HOW DO YOU GET THAT - YOU KNOW,
HOW DO YOU REMOVE THAT - BUT
00:19:41.00\00:19:43.76
IT'S BEEN SAID? YOU
KNOW, I WISH WE COULD DO
00:19:43.76\00:19:46.16
THAT, BUT WE CAN'T.
ONCE IT'S SAID, IT'S SAID.
00:19:46.16\00:19:49.33
IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO CONTROL
OUR WORDS, ESPECIALLY - YOU
00:19:49.33\00:19:53.66
KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY IRRITATES
US OR THEY SAY SOMETHING THAT WE
00:19:53.66\00:19:56.60
MIGHT KNOW IS NOT TRUE.
IT'S SO EASY FOR THAT SELFISH
00:19:56.60\00:20:00.96
NATURE TO JUST, SORT OF, SPRING
INTO ACTION AND SAY SOMETHING
00:20:00.96\00:20:04.43
ONLY TO REGRET IT LATER ON.
YOU CAN CONTROL THE HORSE, BUT
00:20:04.43\00:20:08.33
CAN WE CONTROL OUR TONGUE?
YOU KNOW, OUR WORDS CAN BRING
00:20:08.33\00:20:13.73
ENCOURAGEMENT, THEY CAN BRING
JOY, BUT THEY CAN ALSO BRING
00:20:13.73\00:20:17.60
PAIN, THEY CAN
ALSO BRING SORROW.
00:20:17.60\00:20:20.13
WELL LET'S, FOR JUST A MOMENT,
BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE DANGER
00:20:20.13\00:20:23.50
OF SAYING THE WRONG THING, LET'S
TALK ABOUT THE POSITIVE SIDE
00:20:23.50\00:20:26.30
FIRST - ABOUT THE POWER OF
SAYING THE RIGHT THING AT THE
00:20:26.30\00:20:30.33
RIGHT TIME - HOW WORDS CAN BRING
ENCOURAGEMENT AND HOW THEY CAN
00:20:30.33\00:20:33.50
BRING JOY. THE BIBLE
HAS A LOT OF THINGS TO
00:20:33.50\00:20:35.50
SAY ABOUT THE POWER OF THE WORD.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN JEREMIAH CHAPTER
00:20:35.50\00:20:39.66
15, VERSE 16 WE READ, "THY WORDS
WERE FOUND," - THIS IS SPEAKING
00:20:39.66\00:20:43.73
ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD - "THY
WORDS WERE FOUND AND I DID EAT
00:20:43.73\00:20:46.23
THEM;" - THAT MEANS TO RECEIVE
THEM - "AND THY WORD WAS UNTO ME
00:20:46.23\00:20:49.93
THE JOY AND
REJOICING OF MINE HEART."
00:20:49.93\00:20:53.96
SO THE WORD - THE WORD OF GOD -
CAN BRING JOY AND REJOICING AND
00:20:53.96\00:20:58.06
WE CAN BRING JOY AND
REJOICING TO ANOTHER.
00:20:58.06\00:21:01.53
WE CAN SPEAK A
WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
00:21:01.53\00:21:03.53
YOU'VE PROBABLY HAD THAT
EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU MIGHT BE
00:21:03.53\00:21:05.53
BURDENED DOWN - YOU MIGHT BE
TROUBLED WITH SOMETHING - AND
00:21:05.53\00:21:08.76
YOU MEET A FRIEND AND THEY
SMILE AND THEY SPEAK A WORD OF
00:21:08.76\00:21:11.86
ENCOURAGEMENT AND THEY HELP LIFT
THAT BURDEN, THEY GIVE YOU THE
00:21:11.86\00:21:15.33
ENCOURAGEMENT TO
KEEP PRESSING ON.
00:21:15.33\00:21:17.43
AND MAYBE YOU'RE DISCOURAGED AND
YOU GO TO CHURCH AND A FRIENDLY
00:21:17.43\00:21:20.80
CHURCH MEMBER SHAKES YOUR HAND
AND THEY ENCOURAGE YOU OR THEY
00:21:20.80\00:21:23.63
HAVE A WORD OF PRAYER WITH YOU
AND THEY ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP
00:21:23.63\00:21:26.26
PRESSING ON. WE NEED
TO DO THAT, ESPECIALLY
00:21:26.26\00:21:29.10
AS WE NEAR THE END OF TIME.
WE NEED FELLOW BROTHERS AND
00:21:29.10\00:21:31.83
SISTERS TO BE ENCOURAGING US
- TO BE LIFTING ONE ANOTHER UP -
00:21:31.83\00:21:35.56
TO BE PRESSING TOGETHER.
SO WORDS HELP TO BRING JOY, TO
00:21:35.56\00:21:40.26
BRING
ENCOURAGEMENT AND WE NEED THAT.
00:21:40.26\00:21:41.76
WORDS, OF COURSE,
ALSO BRING SPIRITUAL LIFE.
00:21:41.76\00:21:45.93
ON ONE OCCASION, JESUS WAS
SURROUNDED BY A LARGE CROWD OF
00:21:45.93\00:21:49.23
PEOPLE AND HE SAID, 'EXCEPT YOU
EAT MY FLESH AND DRINK MY BLOOD,
00:21:49.23\00:21:53.76
YOU HAVE NO LIFE IN YOU.' AND
THE PEOPLE LOOKED AT ONE ANOTHER
00:21:53.76\00:21:56.93
AND THEY SAID, 'OH, WHAT
DOES HE MEAN? EAT MY FLESH?'
00:21:56.93\00:21:59.96
AND MANY WERE OFFENDED BY THIS
AND THEY TURNED AND THEY LEFT.
00:21:59.96\00:22:03.50
THE DISCIPLES, THEY LOOKED AT
ONE ANOTHER AND SAID, 'WE DON'T
00:22:03.50\00:22:06.90
UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SAYING.'
JESUS SAID TO THE DISCIPLES,
00:22:06.90\00:22:08.70
'ARE YOU ALSO GOING TO LEAVE?'
THEY SAID, 'LORD, WE HAVE
00:22:08.70\00:22:11.00
NOWHERE TO GO BUT
THIS IS A HARD SAYING.
00:22:11.00\00:22:13.46
WHAT DO YOU MEAN EAT YOUR
FLESH AND DRINK YOUR BLOOD?'
00:22:13.46\00:22:15.50
JESUS FINALLY EXPLAINED TO THEM,
HE SAID, 'THE FLESH PROFITS
00:22:15.50\00:22:19.10
NOTHING BUT THE WORDS THAT I
SPEAK UNTO YOU THEY ARE SPIRIT
00:22:19.10\00:22:23.63
AND THEY ARE LIFE.' TO EAT THE
FLESH OF CHRIST IS TO RECEIVE
00:22:23.63\00:22:26.83
HIS WORD - TO MAKE IT YOUR OWN.
00:22:26.83\00:22:28.96
THERE IS LIFE-GIVING POWER
IN RECEIVING THE WORD OF GOD.
00:22:28.96\00:22:33.00
SO EVERY DAY, AS WE SPEND TIME
IN THE WORD OF GOD - AS WE FEAST
00:22:33.00\00:22:37.83
UPON HIS WORD - AS WE READ
THE BIBLE, WE ARE RECEIVING THAT
00:22:37.83\00:22:41.63
LIFE-GIVING POWER THAT
BRINGS SPIRITUAL STRENGTH AND
00:22:41.63\00:22:45.10
NOURISHMENT TO OUR LIFE. JESUS
ILLUSTRATED THIS WITH A STORY.
00:22:45.10\00:22:49.43
HE SAID, 'ONE DAY THERE
WERE TWO MEN BUILDING HOUSES.' -
00:22:49.43\00:22:51.76
YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS?
00:22:51.76\00:22:53.10
- 'THE ONE MAN,' - JESUS SAID -
'BUILT HIS HOUSE UPON A ROCK AND
00:22:53.10\00:22:56.36
WHEN THE WINDS CAME AND THE RAIN
AND THE FLOODS, THE HOUSE STOOD
00:22:56.36\00:22:59.96
FIRM BECAUSE IT WAS
FOUNDED UPON A ROCK.
00:22:59.96\00:23:02.00
THE FOOLISH MAN,' - JESUS SAID
- 'BUILT HIS HOUSE UPON THE SAND
00:23:02.00\00:23:05.40
AND WHEN THE WINDS CAME AND THE
FLOODS AND THE STORMS, THE HOUSE
00:23:05.40\00:23:08.60
FELL AND GREAT WAS ITS FALL.'
NOW, ALL OF US, WHETHER WE
00:23:08.60\00:23:13.23
RECOGNIZE IT OR NOT, WE'RE
ALL BUSY BUILDING SOMETHING.
00:23:13.23\00:23:16.83
WHAT DO YOU
SUPPOSE WE'RE ALL BUILDING?
00:23:16.83\00:23:20.00
WE'RE ALL BUILDING CHARACTER AND
ONE DAY OUR CHARACTERS ARE GOING
00:23:20.00\00:23:25.43
TO BE TESTED. THEY'RE
GOING TO BE TESTED WITH
00:23:25.43\00:23:28.26
TRIALS AND DIFFICULTIES.
OUR FAITH WILL BE TRIED.
00:23:28.26\00:23:31.10
IF WE'RE BUILDING OUR FAITH -
IF WE'RE BUILDING OUR CHARACTERS
00:23:31.10\00:23:35.00
UPON THE ROCK JESUS CHRIST
- UPON HIS WORD - IF WE'RE
00:23:35.00\00:23:38.10
FEASTING UPON THE LIVING WORD,
WHEN THOSE TRIALS COME OUR WAY,
00:23:38.10\00:23:43.06
WHEN OUR FAITH IS TESTED, IT
WILL ENDURE IF WE'RE FEASTING ON
00:23:43.06\00:23:47.66
THE WORD OF GOD. IF
WE'RE BUILDING OUR CHARACTERS
00:23:47.66\00:23:50.56
SIMPLY UPON THE SHIFTING SANDS
OF OUR FEELINGS - OF COURSE OUR
00:23:50.56\00:23:54.36
FEELINGS GO UP AND DOWN -
IF WE'RE SIMPLY BUILDING OUR
00:23:54.36\00:23:57.16
CHARACTERS UPON OUR FEELINGS,
WHEN THOSE TRIALS AND THOSE
00:23:57.16\00:24:01.16
DIFFICULTIES COME OUR WAY,
WHEN OUR FAITH IS TESTED, OUR
00:24:01.16\00:24:04.73
CHARACTERS WILL
COLLAPSE - OUR FAITH WILL FAIL.
00:24:04.73\00:24:07.30
BUT IF WE'RE FEASTING UPON
THE WORD OF GOD, WE WILL ENDURE.
00:24:07.30\00:24:12.33
SO WE NEED TO BE FEASTING UPON
THE LIVING WORD - THAT'LL GIVE
00:24:12.33\00:24:15.33
US SPIRITUAL STRENGTH AND
NOURISHMENT - THAT'LL ENABLE US
00:24:15.33\00:24:18.53
TO ENDURE WHEN
THESE TRIALS COME OUR WAY.
00:24:18.53\00:24:22.00
NOW, OF COURSE,
JAMES IS GOING TO GO ON.
00:24:22.00\00:24:23.80
HE'S SPOKEN ABOUT HOW THAT
YOU CAN CONTROL THE TONGUE OF A
00:24:23.80\00:24:26.43
HORSE - OR THAT YOU CAN CONTROL
A HORSE BY PUTTING A BIT IN ITS
00:24:26.43\00:24:28.83
MOUTH BUT YOU CAN'T
CONTROL THE HUMAN TONGUE.
00:24:28.83\00:24:31.63
NOW HE'S GOING TO GO ON AND GIVE
US SOME FURTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.
00:24:31.63\00:24:34.73
SO THE NEXT ONE HERE IS VERSE 4,
SO LET'S GET READY TO READ VERSE
00:24:34.73\00:24:38.23
4 AND HE'S GOING TO USE ANOTHER
OBJECT THAT WAS FAIRLY FAMILIAR
00:24:38.23\00:24:41.66
TO THE JEWS. LET'S
TAKE A LOOK AT VERSE 4.
00:24:41.66\00:24:45.56
>>"LOOK ALSO AT SHIPS, ALTHOUGH
THEY ARE SO LARGE AND ARE DRIVEN
00:24:45.56\00:24:49.36
BY FIERCE WINDS, THEY ARE TURNED
BY A VERY SMALL RUDDER WHEREVER
00:24:49.36\00:24:53.23
THE PILOT DESIRES."
00:24:53.23\00:24:54.83
>>THANK YOU. NOW, OF
COURSE, TO THE JEWS - TO
00:24:54.83\00:24:57.80
THOSE TO WHOM JAMES WAS
ORIGINALLY WRITING, PEOPLE WERE
00:24:57.80\00:25:01.90
VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SHIPS
DURING NEW TESTAMENT TIMES.
00:25:01.90\00:25:06.23
THE ROMAN EMPIRE WAS BORDERED
BY THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ROMAN
00:25:06.23\00:25:10.70
SHIPPING WAS A VERY IMPORTANT
PART OF THE ROMAN ECONOMY.
00:25:10.70\00:25:14.66
THE ROMAN SHIPS WERE BIG FOR
THEIR TIME, THE SHIPS USED BY
00:25:14.66\00:25:19.40
THE ROMAN EMPIRE FOR TRADE WERE
VERY LARGE IN COMPARISON TO THE
00:25:19.40\00:25:24.60
SMALLER FISHING VESSELS, WHICH
YOU READ ABOUT DURING THE TIME
00:25:24.60\00:25:28.30
OF THE DISCIPLES IN THE SEA OF
GALILEE. SOME OF THESE BIG ROMAN
00:25:28.30\00:25:32.80
SHIPS COULD CARRY AS
MUCH AS 270 OR 300 PEOPLE.
00:25:32.80\00:25:37.46
THE SHIP THAT PAUL WAS ON,
ON HIS WAY TO MALTA, CARRIED 276
00:25:37.46\00:25:42.86
PEOPLE PLUS GEAR
AND WATER AND FOOD.
00:25:42.86\00:25:45.86
SO IT WAS A FAIRLY BIG SHIP,
OF COURSE, ALL MADE OUT OF WOOD.
00:25:45.86\00:25:49.80
THAT WOULD BE SMALL IN
COMPARISON TO THE SHIPS THAT WE
00:25:49.80\00:25:52.80
HAVE TODAY, BUT IT WAS
STILL BIG FOR THAT TIME PERIOD.
00:25:52.80\00:25:56.00
AND SO NOW HE'S USING AN OBJECT
THAT PEOPLE WERE FAIRLY FAMILIAR
00:25:56.00\00:25:59.00
WITH AND HE'S ILLUSTRATING
HOW THAT THIS BIG SHIP COULD BE
00:25:59.00\00:26:01.96
CONTROLLED BY A SMALL RUDDER,
JUST LIKE A BIG HORSE COULD BE
00:26:01.96\00:26:06.30
CONTROLLED BY A SMALL BIT
SO NOW THIS BIG SHIP COULD BE
00:26:06.30\00:26:09.53
CONTROLLED BY A SMALL RUDDER.
THE LAST PART IT TALKS ABOUT HOW
00:26:09.53\00:26:14.20
THE RUDDER CONTROLS THE SHIP.
IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT
00:26:14.20\00:26:17.10
EVEN THOUGH THE RUDDER GUIDES
THE SHIP, IT IS THE CAPTAIN, OR
00:26:17.10\00:26:20.86
THE PILOT, THAT CONTROLS THE
RUDDER. SO ALTHOUGH THE TONGUE,
00:26:20.86\00:26:27.06
IN A SENSE, GUIDES THE
CHARACTER, IT IS THE WILL OR THE
00:26:27.06\00:26:31.63
MIND THAT HAS TO CONTROL THE
TONGUE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:26:31.63\00:26:36.96
SO WHAT WE SAY IS A REVELATION
OF OUR HEART, BUT IT'S STILL
00:26:36.96\00:26:43.60
THE MIND THAT
CONTROLS WHAT WE SAY.
00:26:43.60\00:26:47.00
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE WILL OR THE MIND OF THE
00:26:47.00\00:26:50.40
CHRISTIAN IS UNDER THE
CONTROL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:26:50.40\00:26:54.66
AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO BE
SURRENDERING OUR HEARTS AND OUR
00:26:54.66\00:26:57.73
MINDS CONTINUALLY TO THE
WORKING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT -
00:26:57.73\00:27:01.13
SURRENDERING
OURSELVES TO CHRIST.
00:27:01.13\00:27:03.86
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE
RIGHT ANSWER - THE ANSWER THAT
00:27:03.86\00:27:07.53
GOD WOULD HAVE US GIVE
UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
00:27:07.53\00:27:11.43
IN PROVERBS CHAPTER 15, VERSE
1 IT SAYS, "A SOFT ANSWER TURNS
00:27:11.43\00:27:15.40
AWAY WRATH BUT A
HARSH WORD STIRS UP ANGER."
00:27:15.40\00:27:21.13
IT'S ALWAYS BETTER
TO GIVE A SOFT ANSWER.
00:27:21.13\00:27:23.83
IT TURNS AWAY WRATH. I
REMEMBER AN EXPERIENCE WHERE
00:27:23.83\00:27:27.23
THIS VERSE
REALLY CAME HOME TO ME.
00:27:27.23\00:27:30.00
I SPENT A YEAR AS A STUDENT
MISSIONARY IN TAIWAN AND, WHILE
00:27:30.00\00:27:33.80
THERE, WE HAD A GROUP OF
STUDENT MISSIONARIES AND WE WERE
00:27:33.80\00:27:36.76
TRAVELING FROM
ONE CITY TO ANOTHER.
00:27:36.76\00:27:38.40
IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT AND WE HAD
A LOCAL PERSON WHO WAS DRIVING
00:27:38.40\00:27:43.16
THE CAR, I WAS SITTING IN THE
FRONT SEAT, AND WE STOPPED AT A
00:27:43.16\00:27:46.36
LIGHT AND THERE WEREN'T VERY
MANY CARS ON THE ROAD AND THE
00:27:46.36\00:27:49.53
LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND HE WAS
BUSY FIDDLING WITH SOMETHING - I
00:27:49.53\00:27:53.00
THINK IT WAS THE CD PLAYER
OR THE RADIO - WHATEVER IT WAS,
00:27:53.00\00:27:56.10
BUT THERE WAS A CAR BEHIND
US AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED
00:27:56.10\00:27:58.90
GREEN HE DIDN'T
PULL AWAY RIGHT AWAY.
00:27:58.90\00:28:00.36
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SITUATION
WAS WITH THE DRIVER AT THE BACK,
00:28:00.36\00:28:04.13
BUT HE GOT VERY ANGRY THAT WE
DIDN'T PULL AWAY FAST ENOUGH AND
00:28:04.13\00:28:08.40
FINALLY, WHEN HE DID PULL AWAY,
THE CAR BEHIND US DROVE UP NEXT
00:28:08.40\00:28:11.90
TO US AND PUSHED US OVER INTO
THE CENTER DIVIDE UNTIL WE CAME
00:28:11.90\00:28:15.96
TO A STANDSTILL AND THE
MAN JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND I
00:28:15.96\00:28:22.16
LOOKED OVER AND WHEN HE CLIMBED
OUT OF THE CAR I NOTICED THAT HE
00:28:22.16\00:28:25.13
HAD SOMETHING IN HIS
HAND. AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF,
00:28:25.13\00:28:27.06
'I CAN'T BELIEVE
IT.' AND I LOOKED
00:28:27.06\00:28:28.33
OVER AND HE HAD
A GUN IN HIS HAND.
00:28:28.33\00:28:30.10
I THOUGHT, 'WHAT?'
WELL, FORTUNATELY, I HAD THE
00:28:30.10\00:28:33.13
PRESENCE OF MIND TO LOCK MY
DOOR AND I DID LOCK MY DOOR.
00:28:33.13\00:28:37.00
AND THE WINDOWS - IT WAS
DARK, IT WAS AT NIGHT AND SO HE
00:28:37.00\00:28:39.36
COULDN'T SEE THROUGH THE SIDE
WINDOW BECAUSE IT WAS TINTED -
00:28:39.36\00:28:43.40
AND SO HE TRIED
TO OPEN THE DOOR.
00:28:43.40\00:28:45.10
WELL, WHEN HE COULDN'T OPEN THE
DOOR I THINK THAT MADE HIM EVEN
00:28:45.10\00:28:47.63
MORE ANGRY SO HE FLEW AROUND
TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND HE
00:28:47.63\00:28:51.13
POINTED THE GUN
THROUGH THE FRONT WINDOW -
00:28:51.13\00:28:53.23
WINDSHIELD OF THE CAR,
AND HE POINTED RIGHT AT ME.
00:28:53.23\00:28:56.70
SO THERE I WAS, STARING UP THE
BARREL OF THIS GUN AND THE MAN
00:28:56.70\00:28:59.70
WAS SHAKING TERRIBLY AND JUST IN
A TERRIBLE RAGE, AND IT WAS ONE
00:28:59.70\00:29:04.26
OF THOSE MOMENTS WHERE YOU - ALL
YOU CAN DO IS PRAY AND THINK,
00:29:04.26\00:29:08.43
'WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT?'
WELL, WHEN HE SAW THAT IT WAS A
00:29:08.43\00:29:11.73
FOREIGNER SITTING IN THE CAR,
I THINK THAT THREW HIM FOR A
00:29:11.73\00:29:14.13
LITTLE BIT OF A LOOP, BUT THE
DRIVER, WHO WAS CHINESE, ROLLED
00:29:14.13\00:29:18.26
DOWN HIS WINDOW A LITTLE BIT AND
STARTED SPEAKING IN VERY SOFT,
00:29:18.26\00:29:22.16
GENTLE TONES. I
COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE
00:29:22.16\00:29:25.06
WAS SAYING BUT HE STARTED
SPEAKING IN A VERY SOFT, GENTLE
00:29:25.06\00:29:28.06
TONE TO THIS MAN WHO WAS JUST
BESIDE HIMSELF WITH RAGE AND I
00:29:28.06\00:29:32.13
WITNESSED HOW THAT THIS VERSE
LITERALLY CALMED THE MAN DOWN.
00:29:32.13\00:29:36.76
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE SAID BUT HE
SPOKE VERY CALMLY, VERY GENTLY,
00:29:36.76\00:29:40.33
AND FINALLY HE CONVINCED THE MAN
TO COME OVER TO WHERE HE WAS ON
00:29:40.33\00:29:43.86
HIS SIDE OF THE CAR AND HE
KEPT TALKING AND TALKING JUST IN
00:29:43.86\00:29:46.83
GENTLE TONES, CALMLY - AND
THE MAN WAS ALL ANGRY AND ANGRY
00:29:46.83\00:29:50.90
- HE JUST KEPT TALKING CALMLY,
GENTLY, CALMLY - AND FINALLY THE
00:29:50.90\00:29:54.40
MAN CALMED DOWN TO THE POINT
WHERE HE PUT DOWN THE GUN AND HE
00:29:54.40\00:29:57.26
WALKED OVER AND HE GOT
INTO HIS CAR AND HE DROVE AWAY.
00:29:57.26\00:30:00.03
AND, OF COURSE, THERE WERE SOME
OTHER STUDENT MISSIONARIES THAT
00:30:00.03\00:30:02.13
WERE WITH US IN THE BACK OF THE
CAR AND AS WE DROVE AWAY THERE
00:30:02.13\00:30:05.16
WAS THIS QUIETNESS IN THE CAR
AND EVERYONE WAS REALLY SOBER
00:30:05.16\00:30:07.83
AND GUESS WHAT
VERSE POPPED INTO MY MIND?
00:30:07.83\00:30:10.96
'A SOFT ANSWER TURNS AWAY
WRATH.' I THOUGHT, 'WELL THANK
00:30:10.96\00:30:14.03
YOU, LORD.' I'M SURE GLAD THAT
THIS MAN HAD THE PRESENCE OF
00:30:14.03\00:30:17.16
MIND NOT TO RESPOND IN A HASTY
FASHION - NOT TO TRY AND DO
00:30:17.16\00:30:22.16
SOMETHING SILLY, BUT TO RESPOND
IN A SOFT, GENTLE MANNER.
00:30:22.16\00:30:26.60
AND I THINK IT
SAVED PEOPLE'S LIVES.
00:30:26.60\00:30:28.93
IT'S TRUE, A SOFT
ANSWER TURNS AWAY WRATH.
00:30:28.93\00:30:33.40
YOU KNOW, BIBLE
COUNSEL WORKS AND IT'S TRUE.
00:30:33.40\00:30:37.43
AS CHRISTIANS IT'S ALWAYS
BETTER TO SEEK PEACE, RIGHT?
00:30:37.43\00:30:42.40
DON'T ALLOW THAT SELFISH NATURE
TO RISE UP WHEN SOMEONE OFFENDS
00:30:42.40\00:30:46.26
US, RATHER RESPOND IN
A SOFT, GENTLE MANNER.
00:30:46.26\00:30:50.56
FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST.
00:30:50.56\00:30:52.20
JESUS, EVEN WHEN HE WAS BEING
ARRESTED AND BEING ACCUSED, HE
00:30:52.20\00:30:55.66
DIDN'T RETALIATE WITH
ANGER. HE DIDN'T GET MAD.
00:30:55.66\00:30:59.60
HE RESPONDED IN A
SOFT, GENTLE MANNER.
00:30:59.60\00:31:01.96
THAT'S HIS EXAMPLE THAT HE
GIVES US. ARE WE READY TO READ
00:31:01.96\00:31:05.80
VERSE 5? WHO'S GOT
VERSE 5 FOR US? THANK YOU.
00:31:05.80\00:31:09.06
>>"EVEN SO, THE TONGUE IS A
LITTLE MEMBER AND BOASTS GREAT
00:31:09.06\00:31:12.30
THINGS. SEE HOW GREAT A
FOREST A LITTLE FIRE KINDLES!"
00:31:12.30\00:31:16.30
>>THANK YOU. A GREAT
FOREST CAN BE BROUGHT TO
00:31:16.30\00:31:20.70
ASHES BY JUST A
TINY LITTLE FLAME.
00:31:20.70\00:31:24.53
NOW, LIVING HERE IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA WE'VE ACTUALLY
00:31:24.53\00:31:26.83
WITNESSED HERE, OF LATE, JUST
SOME TREMENDOUS FOREST FIRES.
00:31:26.83\00:31:30.50
JUST YESTERDAY WE GOT A CALL
HERE AT WORK THAT A FIRE HAD
00:31:30.50\00:31:34.00
BROKEN OUT IN THE FOOTHILLS
IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
00:31:34.00\00:31:36.43
I GOT A MESSAGE FROM MY FAMILY
THAT THERE WAS AN EVACUATION
00:31:36.43\00:31:42.36
NOTICE POSTED FOR OUR AREA AND
THAT WE HAD TO GO HOME AND PACK
00:31:42.36\00:31:46.70
OUR BELONGINGS AND
GET READY TO EVACUATE.
00:31:46.70\00:31:49.63
THE FIRE WAS MOVING IN OUR
DIRECTION. WE DID - LOST POWER -
00:31:49.63\00:31:55.10
AND WE WAITED FOR THE SHERIFF
TO COME AND TELL US TO LEAVE.
00:31:55.10\00:31:58.90
BUT THE WIND CHANGED DIRECTION,
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE.
00:31:58.90\00:32:01.80
UNFORTUNATELY, SOME HOMES WERE
BURNT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD JUST
00:32:01.80\00:32:05.76
DOWN THE STREET
FROM WHERE WE WERE.
00:32:05.76\00:32:07.16
BUT IT'S AMAZING HOW JUST A
LITTLE FLAME - AND I GUESS THIS
00:32:07.16\00:32:11.40
FIRE STARTED WITH AN INDIVIDUAL
JUST THROWING OUT SOME PAPERS
00:32:11.40\00:32:15.03
THAT WERE ON FIRE AND IT TURNED
INTO THIS RAGING FOREST FIRE.
00:32:15.03\00:32:18.43
AND HOW STRANGE IT IS THAT JUST
ONE OR TWO CARELESS WORDS SPOKEN
00:32:18.43\00:32:23.73
IN THE CHURCH CAN BRING ABOUT SO
MUCH - JUST PAIN AND SORROW AND
00:32:23.73\00:32:29.86
CAN TEAR APART THE HARMONY
OF THE CHURCH - JUST CARELESS
00:32:29.86\00:32:34.60
GOSSIP CAN BRING
ABOUT SO MUCH PAIN.
00:32:34.60\00:32:37.66
YOU REMEMBER AS CHILDREN WE
USED TO PLAY THE GAME 'BROKEN
00:32:37.66\00:32:40.86
TELEPHONE' - YOU
ALL REMEMBER THAT?
00:32:40.86\00:32:42.66
WHERE - EVEN IF I DID IT HERE
- IF I WENT OVER TO JEREMY AND I
00:32:42.66\00:32:45.70
WHISPERED SOMETHING IN HIS
EAR AND THEN HE WENT DOWN AND WE
00:32:45.70\00:32:48.00
JUST MADE OUR WAY ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO THE VERY END, CAN YOU
00:32:48.00\00:32:51.40
IMAGINE IF I GAVE YOU A LINE
HERE - TOLD YOU SOMETHING HERE -
00:32:51.40\00:32:54.96
BY THE TIME IT REACHED ALL THE
WAY DOWN THERE TO ALLEN, DO YOU
00:32:54.96\00:32:57.56
THINK WHAT I'VE TOLD JEREMY
WOULD REACH ALLEN IN PERFECT
00:32:57.56\00:33:00.93
ORDER AND
COMPLETION? PROBABLY NOT, RIGHT?
00:33:00.93\00:33:04.60
IT WILL PROBABLY BE
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
00:33:04.60\00:33:07.13
I TELL JEREMY ONE LINE
OVER HERE, IT'LL PROBABLY BE
00:33:07.13\00:33:10.70
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BY THE TIME
IT REACHES ALLEN. ISN'T THAT
00:33:10.70\00:33:13.53
EXACTLY THE WAY IT WORKS IF
GOSSIP STARTS IN THE CHURCH?
00:33:13.53\00:33:17.50
I'VE HEARD IT, YOU KNOW, MANY
TIMES, WHERE SOMETHING WILL BE
00:33:17.50\00:33:21.10
SAID IN THE CHURCH AND FINALLY
IT MAKES ITS WAY BACK TO THE
00:33:21.10\00:33:23.56
PASTOR AND I KNOW THE FACTS AND
I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, 'THIS IS
00:33:23.56\00:33:26.93
SO FAR FROM THE FACTS.' IT
DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A RESEMBLANCE
00:33:26.93\00:33:30.50
OF TRUTH BECAUSE IT GOES FROM
ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER PERSON TO
00:33:30.50\00:33:33.73
ANOTHER PERSON AND BY THE
TIME IT WORKS ITS WAY AROUND THE
00:33:33.73\00:33:36.70
CHURCH, IT IS SO FAR AWAY FROM
WHAT IT ACTUALLY BEGAN WITH -
00:33:36.70\00:33:40.30
AND THAT'S WHY, WHEN WE FACE
GOSSIP, WHAT IS THE BEST THING
00:33:40.30\00:33:43.26
TO SAY? 'YOU KNOW
WHAT, I'M NOT EVEN
00:33:43.26\00:33:45.73
GOING TO GO THERE. YOU
KNOW, WHY DON'T YOU TALK TO
00:33:45.73\00:33:47.70
THE PERSON INVOLVED?'
GO DIRECTLY TO THE PERSON.
00:33:47.70\00:33:50.46
THAT'S FOLLOWING
THE BIBLICAL COUNSEL.
00:33:50.46\00:33:52.26
IF SOMEBODY RAISES A CONCERN,
GO TALK TO THE PERSON DIRECTLY.
00:33:52.26\00:33:55.66
THAT'S FOLLOWING THE
EXAMPLE THAT JESUS HAS GIVEN US.
00:33:55.66\00:33:58.60
IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN,
TALK TO THE PERSON DIRECTLY.
00:33:58.60\00:34:01.30
ALRIGHT, WE'RE READY FOR
VERSE #6? WHO'S GOT VERSE #6?
00:34:01.30\00:34:05.56
RIGHT UP HERE IN THE FRONT?
00:34:05.56\00:34:06.53
WE'LL JUST WAIT FOR
THE CAMERA TO GET TO YOU.
00:34:06.53\00:34:07.90
ALRIGHT, LET'S
TAKE A LOOK AT VERSE 6.
00:34:07.90\00:34:11.40
>>"THE TONGUE ALSO IS A FIRE,
A WORLD OF EVIL: AMONG THE PARTS
00:34:11.40\00:34:16.70
OF THE BODY IT CORRUPTS THE
WHOLE PERSON, AND SETS THE WHOLE
00:34:16.70\00:34:20.56
COURSE OF HIS LIFE ON FIRE
AND IT IS ITSELF SET ON FIRE BY
00:34:20.56\00:34:25.13
HELL." >>THANK YOU.
00:34:25.13\00:34:26.93
AGAIN, JAMES IS TALKING ABOUT
THE TONGUE AND IT'S CONNECTED
00:34:26.93\00:34:29.50
WITH FIRE. I DON'T
KNOW IF THERE'S A MORE
00:34:29.50\00:34:31.86
DESTRUCTIVE FORCE IN
NATURE THAN THAT OF FIRE.
00:34:31.86\00:34:34.43
AND SO, JAMES IS EMPHASIZING
HOW THAT WORDS SPOKEN WITHOUT
00:34:34.43\00:34:40.30
THOUGHT OR CARE CAN
BE VERY DESTRUCTIVE,
00:34:40.30\00:34:43.96
ESPECIALLY IN THE CHURCH.
00:34:43.96\00:34:46.56
NOW HE REFERS TO THE WORD THERE
'INIQUITY.' HE TALKS ABOUT THE
00:34:46.56\00:34:50.70
TONGUE AND HE DESCRIBES IT AS
FIRE, BUT THEN HE ALSO SAYS, 'IT
00:34:50.70\00:34:54.83
IS A WORLD OF INIQUITY.' NOW IN
THE BIBLE THERE ARE THREE WORDS
00:34:54.83\00:34:58.66
OFTEN USED ASSOCIATED WITH SIN.
YOU HAVE THE WORD 'SIN' WHICH
00:34:58.66\00:35:02.26
LITERALLY MEANS 'TO MISS THE
MARK.' GOD HAS SET A STANDARD
00:35:02.26\00:35:06.10
FOR CHRISTIANS. WHEN
WE FALL SHORT OF THAT
00:35:06.10\00:35:08.46
STANDARD WE ARE GUILTY OF
SIN, THAT IS, TO MISS THE MARK.
00:35:08.46\00:35:12.00
ANOTHER WORD THAT WE FIND IN THE
BIBLE WITH REFERENCE TO SIN IS
00:35:12.00\00:35:15.40
'TRANSGRESSION.' THE WORD
'TRANSGRESSION' MEANS 'TO BREAK
00:35:15.40\00:35:18.20
GOD'S LAW.' THE THIRD
WORD, 'INIQUITY,' MEANS 'A BENT
00:35:18.20\00:35:21.50
TOWARDS SELF' OR 'SELFISHNESS.'
NOW IT SAYS HERE, SPEAKING OF
00:35:21.50\00:35:26.90
THE TONGUE, 'IT IS A WORLD
OF INIQUITY.' MEANING, OFTEN,
00:35:26.90\00:35:31.53
GOSSIP IS
MOTIVATED BY SELFISHNESS.
00:35:31.53\00:35:35.10
WE'LL OFTEN SAY SOMETHING
BAD ABOUT SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE,
00:35:35.10\00:35:38.70
ULTIMATELY, WE'RE TRYING
TO MAKE OURSELVES LOOK GOOD.
00:35:38.70\00:35:41.40
IT'S MOTIVATED BY SELFISHNESS.
00:35:41.40\00:35:43.53
NINETY PERCENT OF GOSSIP
IN THE CHURCH IS MOTIVATED BY
00:35:43.53\00:35:47.20
SELFISHNESS - WANTING TO
MAKE OURSELVES LOOK GOOD.
00:35:47.20\00:35:52.00
NOW THIS SHOULDN'T SURPRISE
US BECAUSE THE FATHER OF LIES IS
00:35:52.00\00:35:55.70
WHO? SATAN, THE
DEVIL, AND HE STARTED
00:35:55.70\00:35:59.43
ALL OF THIS REBELLION IN
HEAVEN BECAUSE OF SELFISHNESS.
00:35:59.43\00:36:03.20
WE READ IN REVELATION CHAPTER
12, VERSE 4, TALKING ABOUT THIS
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WAR IN HEAVEN, SATAN, THE DRAGON
- IT SAYS, "HIS TAIL DREW A
00:36:07.36\00:36:12.70
THIRD OF THE STARS OF HEAVEN
AND THREW THEM TO THE EARTH."
00:36:12.70\00:36:16.60
SO HERE WE HAVE THIS DESCRIPTION
OF THIS WAR IN HEAVEN - SATAN
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AND HIS ANGELS
FOUGHT AGAINST MICHAEL.
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MICHAEL IS THE SYMBOLIC NAME OR
THE PROPHETIC NAME OF CHRIST AND
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THE ANGEL - THERE'S THIS WAR
IN HEAVEN - IT SAYS THE DRAGON
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WAS ABLE TO DECEIVE
A THIRD OF THE ANGELS.
00:36:29.26\00:36:32.40
NOW IT SAYS HE USED HIS TAIL AND
HE DREW A THIRD OF THE ANGELS TO
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JOIN HIS REBELLION.
HE DIDN'T USE HIS CLAW.
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HE DIDN'T USE HIS
TEETH, BUT HE USED HIS TAIL.
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ANY SIGNIFICANCE TO
THE DRAGON USING HIS TAIL?
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YES, REVELATION IS A SYMBOLIC
BOOK, IT'S SIGNIFICANT THAT THE
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DRAGON USED HIS TAIL. IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE TAIL
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IS USED TO DESCRIBE
FALSE PROPHETS WHO SPEAK LIES -
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WHO SPEAK DECEIT.
THEY'RE REFERRED TO AS THE TAIL.
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SO HERE YOU FIND LUCIFER IN
HEAVEN SPEAKING LIES - USING
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DECEIT TO DECEIVE A THIRD OF
THE ANGELS TO JOIN HIS REBELLION
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AGAINST GOD. HE'S
STILL USING THE SAME TACTIC
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TODAY IN THE CHURCH TO BRING
DISUNION TO TRY AND DISRUPT THE
00:37:18.60\00:37:23.76
HARMONY OF THE CHURCH. PEOPLE
SPEAKING LIES. AND, AGAIN,
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THE MOTIVATION BEHIND THAT
IS SELFISHNESS OR INIQUITY.
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IN THE BOOK 'PATRIARCHS AND
PROPHETS,' SPEAKING ABOUT THIS
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WAR IN HEAVEN, WE HAVE THIS
STATEMENT - IT SAYS, "LUCIFER
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BEGAN TO INSINUATE DOUBTS
CONCERNING THE LAWS THAT GOVERN
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THE HEAVENLY BEINGS." AND
SO HE BEGAN TO SPREAD RUMORS
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IN HEAVEN. PSALM 34:13 SAYS,
"KEEP YOUR TONGUE FROM EVIL
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AND YOUR LIPS FROM SPEAKING
DECEIT." THE LAST PART OF VERSE
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6 SAYS, "AND IT SETS ON FIRE BY
HELL," SPEAKING ABOUT THE TONGUE
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AND DECEIT AND LIES AND
INIQUITY. THE WORDS WE RECEIVE
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ALWAYS PRODUCE A HARVEST
IN OUR HEARTS OR IN OUR LIVES.
00:38:08.90\00:38:14.36
SO IF WE LISTEN TO GOSSIP, AND
WE FEED ON GOSSIP, IT'S GOING TO
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PRODUCE SOME KIND OF
A HARVEST WITHIN US -
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IT'S JUST A LAW OF NATURE.
WE BECOME WHAT WE BEHOLD.
00:38:21.66\00:38:26.60
SO IF WE'RE CONSTANTLY FEEDING
UPON THESE THINGS, IT'S GOING TO
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CHANGE US - IT'S GOING
TO HAVE AN EFFECT UPON US.
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JESUS TOLD A PARABLE, AND YOU
FIND IT IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 13,
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ABOUT A CERTAIN FARMER
WHO PLANTED SEED IN HIS FIELD.
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BUT AT NIGHT, WHILE HE SLEPT,
AN ENEMY CAME AND PLANTED TARES
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AMONGST THE WHEAT. ARE YOU
FAMILIAR WITH THAT PARABLE?
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AND THEN WHEN THE WHEAT BEGAN
TO GROW, THE TARES APPEARED WITH
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THE WHEAT AND THEN THE SERVANTS
CAME AND SAID, 'WELL, DO YOU
00:38:49.96\00:38:53.06
WANT US TO GO UP
AND PULL OUT THE TARES?'
00:38:53.06\00:38:55.66
AND THE LANDOWNER SAID, 'NO, LET
THE TARES GROW TOGETHER WITH THE
00:38:55.66\00:38:58.96
WHEAT AND THEN AT THE TIME OF
THE HARVEST WE'LL SEND OUT THE
00:38:58.96\00:39:02.60
REAPERS AND THEY'LL GATHER ALL
THE TARES, BIND THEM IN BUNDLES
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TO BURN THEM, AND WE'LL GATHER
THE WHEAT INTO THE BARN.' WELL,
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AFTER A WHILE, THE DISCIPLES
CAME TO JESUS AND THEY SAID,
00:39:10.40\00:39:12.66
'LORD, EXPLAIN TO US THE PARABLE
OF THE WHEAT AND THE TARES.'
00:39:12.66\00:39:15.83
THEN JESUS EXPLAINED TO THEM
THAT THE FARMER WAS THE SON OF
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MAN AND THE FIELD WAS THE WORLD
AND HE WHO SOWED THE GOOD SEED
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WAS THE SON OF MAN AND THE GOOD
SEED WOULD BE THE WORD - THE
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SCRIPTURES - BUT HE WHO SOWS THE
TARES WOULD BE THE WICKED ONE.
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AND THE TARES WOULD BE THE
CHILDREN OF THE WORLD OR THOSE
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WHO RECEIVE THE LIES OF SATAN.
AND THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN HERE
00:39:35.73\00:39:40.40
OF CHRIST IS THAT, IN THE WORLD,
OR EVEN IN THE CHURCH, THERE
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WOULD BE BOTH THE WEEDS
AND THE WHEAT GROWING TOGETHER.
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THE HARVEST IS
THE END OF THE AGE.
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WHAT WE RECEIVE, IF WE RECEIVE
THE WORD OF GOD, IT IS RIPENING
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US FOR THE HARVEST FOR HEAVEN.
IF WE ARE FEASTING UPON THE LIES
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OF SATAN, IF WE ARE FEASTING
UPON THE GOSSIPS, EVEN IN THE
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CHURCH, IT IS HAVING AN IMPACT
UPON US. IT IS HARVESTING -
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IT IS RIPENING US
FOR THE WRONG HARVEST.
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WHAT WE FEED UPON IS HAVING
AN IMPACT UPON OUR CHARACTERS.
00:40:13.93\00:40:18.00
SO IT'S IMPORTANT UPON - IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT
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WHAT WE ARE FEEDING OUR MINDS ON
- WHAT WE ARE FEEDING OUR HEARTS
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ON. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
IT IS A SERIOUS MATTER, WHAT WE
00:40:24.46\00:40:28.06
THINK ABOUT - WHAT WE
RECEIVE - WHAT WE TALK ABOUT.
00:40:28.06\00:40:31.66
IT HAS AN IMPACT UPON OUR
CHARACTERS - UPON OUR HEARTS.
00:40:31.66\00:40:35.86
ALRIGHT, LET'S
TAKE A LOOK AT VERSE 7.
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>>"FOR EVERY KIND OF BEAST AND
BIRD, OF REPTILE AND CREATURE OF
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THE SEA, IS TAMED AND
HAS BEEN TAMED BY MANKIND."
00:40:43.86\00:40:47.90
>>ALRIGHT, SO NOW JAMES IS USING
ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION, TALKING
00:40:47.90\00:40:51.30
ABOUT HOW THAT A SHIP IS
CONTROLLED BY A LITTLE RUDDER,
00:40:51.30\00:40:54.93
HORSES ARE CONTROLLED BY A BIT,
AND NOW HE'S USING ANIMALS IN
00:40:54.93\00:40:58.43
GENERAL AND HE SAYS, 'YOU KNOW,
MANKIND HAS BEEN ABLE TO TAME
00:40:58.43\00:41:02.53
ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ANIMALS
AND YET MAN CANNOT CONTROL HIS
00:41:02.53\00:41:07.06
WORDS.' THAT'S
THE POINT THAT HE'S
00:41:07.06\00:41:08.40
GETTING TO HERE IN
JUST A FEW MOMENTS.
00:41:08.40\00:41:10.13
SO THE ANIMAL CREATION HAS
BEEN SUBDUED BY MANKIND AND GOD
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ORDAINED IT THAT WAY
RIGHT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
00:41:14.76\00:41:18.53
GOD ORDAINED THAT MANKIND HAD
PRE-EMINENCE OVER ALL CREATION.
00:41:18.53\00:41:22.86
GENESIS CHAPTER 1, VERSE 28,
IT SAYS "GOD BLESSED THEM," -
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SPEAKING OF ADAM AND EVE -
"AND GOD SAID, 'BE FRUITFUL AND
00:41:26.20\00:41:28.76
MULTIPLY AND FILL
THE EARTH AND SUBDUE IT.
00:41:28.76\00:41:31.26
HAVE DOMINION OVER THE FISH
OF THE SEA AND OVER THE BIRDS OF
00:41:31.26\00:41:34.23
THE AIR AND OVER EVERY LIVING
THING THAT MOVES ON THE EARTH."
00:41:34.23\00:41:37.63
SO THE WILD BEASTS HAVE BEEN
TAMED, BUT THE TONGUE HAS NOT
00:41:37.63\00:41:43.66
BEEN TAMED. SO
THAT SELFISH, STUBBORN,
00:41:43.66\00:41:48.80
REBELLIOUS NATURE IS A
CONSTANT STRUGGLE, EVEN FOR THE
00:41:48.80\00:41:53.23
CHRISTIAN. WHEN YOU
GIVE YOURSELF TO GOD IT
00:41:53.23\00:41:55.86
DOESN'T MEAN THAT SUDDENLY THAT
SELFISH INCLINATION - THAT BENT
00:41:55.86\00:42:02.06
TOWARDS SELF - IS
IMMEDIATELY REMOVED.
00:42:02.06\00:42:05.63
YOU KNOW, OFTEN WE SET OURSELVES
UP FOR FAILURE WHEN WE THINK
00:42:05.63\00:42:09.63
THAT THE MOMENT WE GIVE OUR
LIVES TO JESUS THAT SUDDENLY ALL
00:42:09.63\00:42:12.53
OF OUR BATTLES ARE OVER,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
00:42:12.53\00:42:15.06
EVANGELISM, WE THINK THAT
SOMEHOW THE BAPTISTERY IS THE
00:42:15.06\00:42:17.46
FINISH LINE, WHEN IN REALITY THE
BAPTISTERY IS ACTUALLY THE START
00:42:17.46\00:42:20.73
LINE. THAT'S WHEN
THE BATTLE REALLY BEGINS.
00:42:20.73\00:42:24.26
AND, BY THE WAY, HOW DO
WE WIN THE BATTLE WITH SELF?
00:42:24.26\00:42:27.43
IT'S ON OUR
KNEES EVERY DAY, RIGHT?
00:42:27.43\00:42:30.16
IT IS THE SURRENDER OF
SELF - EVERY DAY HUMBLY GIVING
00:42:30.16\00:42:32.83
OURSELVES TO JESUS, ASKING FOR
THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO WORK WITHIN
00:42:32.83\00:42:35.63
US, THAT'S WHERE THE BATTLE
TAKES PLACE - SURRENDERING
00:42:35.63\00:42:38.43
OURSELVES TO JESUS
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
00:42:38.43\00:42:41.10
IT'S A DAY-BY-DAY EXPERIENCE.
IT'S THROUGH REPENTANCE AND
00:42:41.10\00:42:46.13
THROUGH CONFESSION AND THROUGH
SURRENDERING OURSELVES TO JESUS
00:42:46.13\00:42:48.83
THAT WE GAIN THE VICTORY.
BUT THE IDEA THAT SUDDENLY WE
00:42:48.83\00:42:52.76
GIVE OUR LIVES TO JESUS AND THEN
WE NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
00:42:52.76\00:42:55.40
SELF, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
THAT'S NOT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
00:42:55.40\00:42:59.63
PAUL SPEAKS ABOUT ENDURING TO
THE END AND PRESSING ON IN FAITH
00:42:59.63\00:43:03.56
AND TRUSTING IN GOD.
NOW THE PROMISE IS, AS WE DO
00:43:03.56\00:43:07.30
THAT, WE'RE ASSURED VICTORY.
AS WE TRUST IN GOD WE GAIN THE
00:43:07.30\00:43:11.86
VICTORY FOR 'GREATER IS HE THAT
IS IN US THAN HE THAT IS IN THE
00:43:11.86\00:43:16.00
WORLD,' BUT WE HAVE TO
KEEP OUR EYES FIXED UPON JESUS.
00:43:16.00\00:43:19.50
AS WE KEEP OUR EYES FIXED UPON
JESUS, HE GIVES US THE VICTORY.
00:43:19.50\00:43:23.63
ALRIGHT, LET'S
TAKE A LOOK AT VERSE 8.
00:43:23.63\00:43:25.93
>>"BUT NO MAN
CAN TAME THE TONGUE.
00:43:25.93\00:43:28.86
IT IS AN UNRULY EVIL,
FULL OF DEADLY POISON."
00:43:28.86\00:43:32.10
>>SO WITHOUT THE INFLUENCE OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE TONGUE, BY
00:43:32.10\00:43:36.36
NATURE - OR OUR WORDS, BY NATURE
- IS AN INSTRUMENT OF EVIL.
00:43:36.36\00:43:42.33
WHY? BECAUSE IT
IS MOTIVATED BY SELF.
00:43:42.33\00:43:45.36
YOU SEE, ONLY JESUS
CAN CHANGE THE HEART.
00:43:45.36\00:43:48.13
IT'S ONLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WE CAN
00:43:48.13\00:43:52.33
SPEAK WORDS OF KINDNESS AND
ENCOURAGEMENT VERSUS SPEAKING
00:43:52.33\00:43:56.43
WORDS OF SELFISHNESS.
PSALMS 140, VERSE 3, SPEAKING OF
00:43:56.43\00:44:02.03
THE WICKED IT SAYS, "THEY
SHARPEN THEIR TONGUES LIKE A
00:44:02.03\00:44:06.60
SERPENT." ROMANS
CHAPTER 3, VERSE 13 - IT
00:44:06.60\00:44:10.10
SAYS, "WITH THEIR
TONGUES THEY PRACTICE DECEIT."
00:44:10.10\00:44:13.63
AGAIN, SPEAKING OF THE WICKED.
JESUS, SPEAKING OF THE DEVIL
00:44:13.63\00:44:17.10
SAYS, "HE IS A LIAR AND THE
FATHER OF LIES" IN JOHN CHAPTER
00:44:17.10\00:44:21.23
8, VERSE 44.
TELLING A LIE SOMETIMES IS
00:44:21.23\00:44:25.86
CONSIDERED A LITTLE THING.
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT A
00:44:25.86\00:44:29.26
WHITE LIE. 'IT'S NOT
A BIG DEAL, YOU KNOW,
00:44:29.26\00:44:32.60
TELLING AN UNTRUTH,' BUT WE HAVE
TO BE CAREFUL OF LITTLE THINGS.
00:44:32.60\00:44:37.00
LITTLE THINGS ADDED
UP TURN INTO BIG THINGS.
00:44:37.00\00:44:40.60
AND THESE LITTLE THINGS REALLY
SHAPE OUR DESTINY - THEY AFFECT
00:44:40.60\00:44:45.36
OUR CHARACTERS. THEY
MAKE US INTO THE KIND OF
00:44:45.36\00:44:48.10
PEOPLE THAT WE,
ULTIMATELY, BECOME.
00:44:48.10\00:44:51.13
I HEARD AN INTERESTING STORY
ABOUT MARGARET OF AUSTRIA -
00:44:51.13\00:44:55.10
IT'S ONE OF THESE AMAZING FACTS.
IN THE 16TH CENTURY, HOLLAND WAS
00:44:55.10\00:44:58.53
RULED BY MARGARET OF AUSTRIA,
THE CLEVER DAUGHTER OF THE
00:44:58.53\00:45:02.06
GERMAN EMPEROR, MAXIMILIAN, WHO
WAS THE MOST POWERFUL RULER IN
00:45:02.06\00:45:06.86
EUROPE. IN THOSE
UNEASY DAYS OF INTRIGUE
00:45:06.86\00:45:10.13
AND MURDER, THE RULERS TOOK
EVERY PRECAUTION AGAINST SUDDEN
00:45:10.13\00:45:13.33
DEATH AND
MARGARET WAS NO EXCEPTION.
00:45:13.33\00:45:16.33
SHE FEARED DEATH BY POISONING
AND BECAUSE IT WAS BELIEVED THAT
00:45:16.33\00:45:20.00
PURE ROCK CRYSTAL WOULD DISCLOSE
THE PRESENCE OF POISON, SHE
00:45:20.00\00:45:24.06
DRANK FROM NOTHING BUT A GOBLET
MADE OF THIS RARE MINERAL.
00:45:24.06\00:45:28.00
ONE DAY A SERVANT, HANDING
MARGARET A DRINK, DROPPED THE
00:45:28.00\00:45:32.06
GOBLET TO A STONE
FLOOR, SHATTERING THE CRYSTAL.
00:45:32.06\00:45:36.26
CAREFULLY IT WAS SWEPT UP BUT
A TINY FRAGMENT FLEW UNNOTICED
00:45:36.26\00:45:41.36
INTO MARGARET'S SLIPPER.
A SPLINTER OF GLASS - JUST A
00:45:41.36\00:45:45.03
TINY SPLINTER, WORKED ITS WAY
INTO HER FOOT, WHICH SOON BECAME
00:45:45.03\00:45:49.16
PAINFUL AND GREW RED AND SWOLLEN
WITH INFECTION. BY THE TIME THE
00:45:49.16\00:45:53.73
DOCTORS WERE CALLED,
GANGRENE WAS FAR ADVANCED.
00:45:53.73\00:45:57.40
IMMEDIATE AMPUTATION
WAS NECESSARY, BUT THE GREAT
00:45:57.40\00:46:00.76
MARGARET OF AUSTRIA DID NOT
SURVIVE THE TERRIBLE ORDEAL.
00:46:00.76\00:46:04.33
IRONICALLY SHE DIED FROM
POISONING CAUSED BY THE VERY
00:46:04.33\00:46:07.56
CRYSTAL SHE BELIEVED WOULD
PROTECT HER FROM SUCH A DEATH.
00:46:07.56\00:46:11.43
IT WAS A SMALL THING, BUT IT
ENDED UP COSTING HER HER LIFE.
00:46:11.43\00:46:17.90
AND SO, IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS
IN LIFE THAT WE NEED TO BE
00:46:17.90\00:46:20.20
CAREFUL OF -
THOSE LITTLE WHITE LIES.
00:46:20.20\00:46:23.06
WE MIGHT NOT THINK THAT IT'S
THAT IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S THE
00:46:23.06\00:46:26.30
LITTLE THINGS WE SAY THAT HAVE
AN IMPACT UPON OUR CHARACTERS
00:46:26.30\00:46:31.23
AND UPON THE DIRECTION OF OUR
LIVES, OUR ATTITUDE, AND THESE
00:46:31.23\00:46:35.80
THINGS ALL ADDED UP TOGETHER
INFLUENCE OUR WITNESS AND,
00:46:35.80\00:46:40.16
REALLY, OUR DESTINY.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I THINK WE'RE
00:46:40.16\00:46:43.83
GETTING READY FOR OUR NEXT
VERSE, VERSE 9, SO WE'LL SET UP
00:46:43.83\00:46:47.13
TO READ VERSE 9 WHERE JAMES,
NOW, IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO
00:46:47.13\00:46:50.63
TALK ABOUT OUR WORDS AND OUR
TONGUE, HOW THAT WE DON'T ONLY
00:46:50.63\00:46:56.06
BLESS GOD, BUT WE TURN AROUND
AND CURSE THOSE MADE IN GOD'S
00:46:56.06\00:47:00.50
IMAGE. LET'S TAKE
A LOOK AT VERSE 9.
00:47:00.50\00:47:02.23
>>"WITH IT WE BLESS OUR GOD
AND FATHER, AND WITH IT WE CURSE
00:47:02.23\00:47:09.86
MEN, WHO HAVE BEEN MADE
IN THE SIMILITUDE OF GOD."
00:47:09.86\00:47:17.63
>>SO THE EVIDENCE OF
GENUINE CHRISTIANITY IS NOT ONLY
00:47:17.63\00:47:22.00
BLESSING GOD BUT
ALSO BLESSING OUR ENEMIES.
00:47:22.00\00:47:26.96
IT'S ONE THING TO BLESS OUR
FRIENDS, BUT JESUS SAYS IF YOU
00:47:26.96\00:47:30.33
WANT TO BE SONS OF YOUR FATHER
IN HEAVEN YOU WANT TO BLESS YOUR
00:47:30.33\00:47:33.83
ENEMIES. MATTHEW
CHAPTER 5, VERSE 44 -
00:47:33.83\00:47:37.63
JESUS SAID, "BUT I SAY
UNTO YOU, LOVE YOUR ENEMIES."
00:47:37.63\00:47:40.70
- THIS IS TRUE CHRISTIANITY
RIGHT HERE - "BLESS THOSE WHO
00:47:40.70\00:47:44.36
CURSE YOU. DO GOOD
TO THOSE WHO HATE YOU.
00:47:44.36\00:47:47.63
PRAY FOR THOSE WHO SPITEFULLY
USE YOU AND PERSECUTE YOU" - AND
00:47:47.63\00:47:51.13
THEN VERSE 45 - "THAT YOU MIGHT
BE SONS OF YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN
00:47:51.13\00:47:55.96
FOR HE MAKES HIS SUN TO RISE
ON THE EVIL AND ON THE GOOD AND
00:47:55.96\00:48:00.10
SENDS RAIN ON THE
JUST AND THE UNJUST."
00:48:00.10\00:48:03.90
SO IT'S ONE THING FOR US
TO BLESS GOD BECAUSE OF HIS
00:48:03.90\00:48:06.93
GOODNESS TO US, BUT WHAT
ABOUT BLESSING YOUR ENEMIES?
00:48:06.93\00:48:11.16
WHAT ABOUT PRAYING FOR THEM?
THAT'S A TRUE REVELATION THAT
00:48:11.16\00:48:14.86
THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS WORKING
WITHIN OUR HEARTS AND OUR LIVES.
00:48:14.86\00:48:18.36
THAT'S NOT NATURAL.
YOU SEE A CHRISTIAN IS, OF
00:48:18.36\00:48:21.36
COURSE, A FOLLOWER OF JESUS.
WE WANT TO TREAT PEOPLE THE WAY
00:48:21.36\00:48:26.13
JESUS TREATED PEOPLE. HOW
DID JESUS TREAT HIS ENEMIES?
00:48:26.13\00:48:31.46
HE LOVED HIS ENEMIES. WE
HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW CHRIST
00:48:31.46\00:48:35.03
TREATS EVEN HIS ARCH
ENEMY - EVEN THE DEVIL.
00:48:35.03\00:48:39.60
IN JUDE CHAPTER 9 - WELL,
THERE'S ONLY ONE CHAPTER - IT'S
00:48:39.60\00:48:42.40
ACTUALLY JUDE, VERSE 9 - WE
HAVE MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL - THE
00:48:42.40\00:48:46.73
PROPHETIC NAME OF CHRIST - WHO
IS TALKING WITH THE DEVIL AND IT
00:48:46.73\00:48:51.66
SAYS "HE DOES NOT EVEN BRING
A RAILING ACCUSATION AGAINST THE
00:48:51.66\00:48:55.40
DEVIL BUT SAYS, 'THE LORD REBUKE
THEE.'" NOW IF THERE'S ANYONE -
00:48:55.40\00:48:59.96
IF THERE'S ANYONE DESERVING A
RAILING ACCUSATION, IT WOULD BE
00:48:59.96\00:49:03.43
THE DEVIL. BUT GOD
DOESN'T EVEN BRING A
00:49:03.43\00:49:05.93
RAILING ACCUSATION AGAINST THE
DEVIL, HE JUST SIMPLY SAYS, 'THE
00:49:05.93\00:49:09.00
LORD REBUKE THEE.' NOW SATAN
IS THE ONE THAT BRINGS RAILING
00:49:09.00\00:49:12.60
ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE BRETHREN
BECAUSE THE DEVIL IS REFERRED TO
00:49:12.60\00:49:16.60
AS THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN
IN REVELATION CHAPTER 12,
00:49:16.60\00:49:19.30
VERSE 10. ISN'T
THAT INTERESTING?
00:49:19.30\00:49:20.96
GOD DOESN'T EVEN BRING RAILING
ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE DEVIL.
00:49:20.96\00:49:24.73
GOD SIMPLY SAYS, 'THE DEVIL
- THE LORD REBUKES YOU.' AND
00:49:24.73\00:49:28.26
THAT'S THE EXAMPLE THAT WE WANT
TO FOLLOW - EVEN OUR ENEMIES -
00:49:28.26\00:49:32.20
IT'S NOT WORTH TRYING TO BRING
RAILING ACCUSATIONS AGAINST OUR
00:49:32.20\00:49:35.06
ENEMIES, RATHER
FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS,
00:49:35.06\00:49:38.00
PRAY FOR THEM,
RIGHT? BE KIND TO THEM.
00:49:38.00\00:49:41.03
YOU PROBABLY HEARD THE
ILLUSTRATION BEFORE, WHEN WE
00:49:41.03\00:49:43.93
POINT FINGERS AT OTHERS -
YOU POINT ONE FINGER AT SOMEBODY
00:49:43.93\00:49:47.86
ELSE, YOU'RE POINTING
THREE FINGERS BACK AT YOURSELF -
00:49:47.86\00:49:51.13
PROBABLY WE'RE THREE TIMES
JUST AS GUILTY AS THEY ARE.
00:49:51.13\00:49:54.23
BUT YOU'RE ALSO POINTING
ONE FINGER BACK TO GOD, RIGHT?
00:49:54.23\00:49:57.80
BECAUSE WE ARE DOING SOMETHING
THAT GOD IS TELLING US NOT TO
00:49:57.80\00:50:00.13
DO, RATHER, HE'S TELLING
US TO PRAY FOR OUR ENEMIES.
00:50:00.13\00:50:03.33
REMEMBER THE STORY WHERE THEY
BROUGHT THIS WOMAN TO JESUS AND
00:50:03.33\00:50:07.80
THEY WERE ACCUSING
HER THERE IN THE TEMPLE?
00:50:07.80\00:50:10.20
AND WHAT DID JESUS SAY? HE
SAID, 'THOSE WHO ARE WITHOUT
00:50:10.20\00:50:12.80
SIN' - WHAT ARE THEY TO DO?
- 'CAST THE FIRST STONE.' SO
00:50:12.80\00:50:16.60
IT'S A VERY SOBERING THING FOR
US AS HUMANS TO THINK THAT WE
00:50:16.60\00:50:20.73
KNOW THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE - THAT
WE'RE ABLE TO PICK UP STONES AND
00:50:20.73\00:50:24.26
CAST STONES AT OTHERS. SO
LET'S BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN IT
00:50:24.26\00:50:27.66
COMES TO SPREADING
GOSSIP OR SPREADING STORIES.
00:50:27.66\00:50:31.53
THAT'S NOT REALLY THE THINGS
THAT GOD WOULD WANT US TO DO.
00:50:31.53\00:50:34.50
ALRIGHT, WELL THEN, OUR NEXT
VERSE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT
00:50:34.50\00:50:36.96
HERE IS VERSE 10, SO WHO'S GOING
TO BE READING VERSE 10 FOR US?
00:50:36.96\00:50:41.46
ALRIGHT, JEFF IF
YOU'LL BE READY, VERSE 10.
00:50:41.46\00:50:45.16
>>"OUT OF THE SAME MOUTH
PROCEED BLESSING AND CURSING.
00:50:45.16\00:50:49.30
MY BRETHREN, THESE
THINGS OUGHT NOT TO BE SO."
00:50:49.30\00:50:52.46
>>YOU KNOW, ON ONE HAND, IT'S
ENCOURAGING FOR ME AS A PASTOR
00:50:52.46\00:50:54.93
THAT EVEN IN THE EARLY CHRISTIAN
CHURCH - THE CHURCH THAT WAS
00:50:54.93\00:50:58.26
FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND
HAD GREAT EVANGELISTIC ADVANCES
00:50:58.26\00:51:01.83
THERE IN THE FIRST CENTURY, EVEN
IN THE CHURCH OF JAMES THERE WAS
00:51:01.83\00:51:05.73
STILL THE SAME CHALLENGES
THAT EXIST IN THE CHURCH TODAY.
00:51:05.73\00:51:09.56
EVEN IN HIS DAY THERE
WERE STILL THESE CHALLENGES -
00:51:09.56\00:51:12.23
EVIL SPEAKING
EXISTED IN THAT CHURCH.
00:51:12.23\00:51:15.36
OF COURSE, THAT EXISTS EVEN
TODAY AND JAMES SAYS THAT OUGHT
00:51:15.36\00:51:18.90
NOT TO BE. THAT
SHOULDN'T BE IN THE CHURCH.
00:51:18.90\00:51:21.53
YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE TONGUE CAN
BE TAMED, BEFORE OUR WORDS CAN
00:51:21.53\00:51:25.90
BE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL,
OUR THOUGHTS NEED TO BE BROUGHT
00:51:25.90\00:51:29.50
UNDER THE CONTROL
OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
00:51:29.50\00:51:31.53
THIS IS A DAY-BY-DAY EXPERIENCE.
IT BEGINS WITH THE SURRENDER OF
00:51:31.53\00:51:35.76
SELF. IT'S AN
INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE.
00:51:35.76\00:51:37.86
THE APOSTLE PAUL
SAYS, 'I DIE' - WHAT?
00:51:37.86\00:51:40.73
'DAILY.' IT IS THAT DAY-BY-DAY
SURRENDER OF SELF AND I THINK
00:51:40.73\00:51:44.96
THE BEST EXPLANATION OF HOW WE
CAN PRACTICALLY DO THIS COMES IN
00:51:44.96\00:51:50.26
THE BOOK 'STEPS TO CHRIST'
AND LET ME SHARE THIS WITH YOU,
00:51:50.26\00:51:53.16
IT'S PAGE 47. "YOU
CANNOT CHANGE YOUR HEART.
00:51:53.16\00:51:56.10
YOU CANNOT, OF YOURSELF, GIVE
GOD ITS AFFECTIONS BUT YOU CAN
00:51:56.10\00:51:59.73
CHOOSE TO SERVE HIM.
YOU CAN GIVE HIM YOUR WILL.
00:51:59.73\00:52:03.63
HE WILL THEN WORK IN YOU TO WILL
AND TO DO ACCORDING TO HIS GOOD
00:52:03.63\00:52:07.53
PLEASURE, THUS YOUR WHOLE
NATURE WILL BE BROUGHT UNDER THE
00:52:07.53\00:52:11.46
CONTROL OF THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST.
YOUR AFFECTIONS WILL BE CENTERED
00:52:11.46\00:52:15.23
UPON HIM. YOUR
THOUGHTS WILL BE IN HARMONY
00:52:15.23\00:52:18.23
WITH HIS THOUGHTS." SO
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS WE
00:52:18.23\00:52:22.16
CANNOT CHANGE OUR HEARTS, BUT WE
CAN CHOOSE TO HAVE OUR HEARTS BE
00:52:22.16\00:52:26.13
CHANGED BY JESUS. WE
CAN GIVE HIM OUR HEARTS. WE
00:52:26.13\00:52:30.26
CAN SURRENDER OURSELVES TO HIM.
THIS IS A DAY-BY-DAY EXPERIENCE.
00:52:30.26\00:52:34.56
EVERY DAY WE CAN GIVE OURSELVES
TO JESUS AND ALLOW JESUS TO WORK
00:52:34.56\00:52:38.73
WITHIN US BOTH TO WILL AND TO DO
ACCORDING TO HIS GOOD PLEASURE.
00:52:38.73\00:52:43.60
BY THE WAY, I JUST
WANT TO ENCOURAGE US.
00:52:43.60\00:52:46.16
WE CAN BE AN INFLUENCE
FOR GOOD IN THE CHURCH, RIGHT?
00:52:46.16\00:52:50.50
WE DON'T HAVE TO JUST STAND
THERE AND ALLOW GOSSIP TO GO ON.
00:52:50.50\00:52:53.30
I FOUND THAT, IN MY OWN
EXPERIENCE, WHEN WE'RE IN THE
00:52:53.30\00:52:55.63
PRESENCE OF GOSSIP, IT'S QUITE
EASY TO CHANGE THE CONVERSATION.
00:52:55.63\00:52:59.80
YOU CAN CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF
THE SPEECH BY - IF SOMEBODY IS
00:52:59.80\00:53:03.80
TALKING NEGATIVE ABOUT SOMEBODY
ELSE, IT'S QUITE EASY TO MAYBE
00:53:03.80\00:53:07.56
INTRODUCE A POSITIVE
THING ABOUT THE PERSON.
00:53:07.56\00:53:10.00
HAVE YOU EVER
EXPERIENCED THAT BEFORE?
00:53:10.00\00:53:11.26
THEY'RE TALKING NEGATIVELY ABOUT
THE PERSON AND YOU SAY, 'YEAH,
00:53:11.26\00:53:14.03
BUT HAVE YOU NOTICED HOW SO AND
SO IS VERY GOOD AT...' - IT KIND
00:53:14.03\00:53:17.13
OF THROWS
SOMEBODY OFF GUARD, RIGHT?
00:53:17.13\00:53:19.26
AND THEY DON'T QUITE KNOW HOW TO
HANDLE THAT AND THE CONVERSATION
00:53:19.26\00:53:22.26
SOMETIMES CHANGES. WE
CAN REDIRECT IT SO LET'S BE
00:53:22.26\00:53:25.16
AN INFLUENCE FOR THE
GOOD AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
00:53:25.16\00:53:27.86
MAYBE WE MIGHT WANT TO SAY TO
THE PERSON, IF SOMEBODY COMES TO
00:53:27.86\00:53:30.76
YOU AND SAYS, 'DID YOU
HEAR WHAT SO AND SO DID?'
00:53:30.76\00:53:33.20
OR 'WHAT SO AND SO SAID?'
YOU CAN RESPOND BY SAYING,
00:53:33.20\00:53:36.73
'WELL, HAVE YOU HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GO TALK TO SO AND
00:53:36.73\00:53:38.63
SO?' USUALLY THE
RESPONSE IS, 'NO, I
00:53:38.63\00:53:41.33
HAVEN'T.' OR 'I HEARD FROM SO
AND SO' - 'WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:53:41.33\00:53:44.83
THIS MIGHT BE THE PERFECT TIME
TO GO TALK WITH SO AND SO AND
00:53:44.83\00:53:47.53
CLEAR IT UP. MAYBE
FIND OUT WHAT THE REAL
00:53:47.53\00:53:49.86
REASON IS.' SO WE CAN BE
A FORCE FOR GOOD - TO BE AN
00:53:49.86\00:53:53.70
ENCOURAGEMENT TO
PEOPLE - TO TRY AND BUILD
00:53:53.70\00:53:55.70
THEM UP AND I THINK
THAT'S THE LESSON HERE.
00:53:55.70\00:53:57.73
WE WANT TO BE AN INFLUENCE
TO TRY AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AND
00:53:57.73\00:54:00.36
HELP THEM IN THEIR WALK.
JAMES FINISHES UP THIS PASSAGE
00:54:00.36\00:54:03.56
BY EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE
OF BEING A POSITIVE INFLUENCE.
00:54:03.56\00:54:08.03
HE SAYS, 'YOU DON'T GET FRESH
WATER AND BITTER WATER COMING
00:54:08.03\00:54:11.56
OUT OF THE SAME SPRING.' THAT
WAS FAMILIAR TO THE PEOPLE THAT
00:54:11.56\00:54:15.13
HE WAS WRITING TO. DOWN
CLOSE TO THE DEAD SEA THERE
00:54:15.13\00:54:18.10
WERE THESE SPRINGS
THAT PRODUCED BITTER WATER.
00:54:18.10\00:54:20.43
PEOPLE COULDN'T DRINK IT.
00:54:20.43\00:54:21.70
THOSE WHO DID DRINK THE WATER
FROM THE BITTER SPRINGS WOULD
00:54:21.70\00:54:24.10
GET SICK, BUT UP FURTHER NORTH,
CLOSER TO THE SEA OF GALILEE,
00:54:24.10\00:54:27.10
THERE WERE THESE FRESH WATER
SPRINGS THAT PRODUCED LIFE.
00:54:27.10\00:54:29.80
WE WANT TO BE LIFE-GIVING
SPRINGS, BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT
00:54:29.80\00:54:34.20
WE NEED TO BE FILLED
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:54:34.20\00:54:36.23
THE HOLY SPIRIT BRINGS
LIFE AND JOY AND PEACE.
00:54:36.23\00:54:38.73
WE WANT TO BE THOSE KIND OF
EXAMPLES AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO
00:54:38.73\00:54:41.36
OTHERS. THAT'S THE
EMPHASIS OF THE LESSON.
00:54:41.36\00:54:44.53
SO LET'S ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO FILL OUR HEARTS AND LET OUR
00:54:44.53\00:54:47.53
THOUGHTS BE GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT
AND LET'S BE THE BEST EXAMPLE WE
00:54:47.53\00:54:51.83
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00:55:14.60\00:55:17.43
JAMES. UNTIL NEXT
TIME, MAY GOD BLESS.
00:55:17.43\00:55:31.76
>>THROUGHOUT RECORDED HISTORY
TALES OF GHOSTS AND SPIRITS
00:55:31.76\00:55:35.46
COULD BE FOUND IN FOLKLORE
IN NEARLY EVERY COUNTRY AND
00:55:35.46\00:55:39.46
CULTURE. EGYPTIANS
BUILT PYRAMIDS TO HELP
00:55:39.46\00:55:43.30
GUIDE THE
SPIRITS OF THEIR LEADERS.
00:55:43.30\00:55:46.10
ROME SANCTIONED HOLIDAYS TO
HONOR AND APPEASE THE SPIRITS OF
00:55:46.10\00:55:49.76
THEIR DEAD. EVEN THE
BIBLE TELLS OF A KING
00:55:49.76\00:55:53.60
THAT USED A WITCH TO CONTACT THE
SPIRIT OF A DECEASED PROPHET.
00:55:53.60\00:55:58.30
TODAY ANCIENT FOLKLORE OF
SPIRITS AND APPARITIONS HAVE
00:55:58.30\00:56:02.16
GONE FROM MERE SUPERSTITIONS
TO MAINSTREAM ENTERTAINMENT AND
00:56:02.16\00:56:06.43
REALITY.
SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS
00:56:06.43\00:56:09.56
INVESTIGATE STORIES OF HAUNTINGS
AND SIGHTINGS, TRYING TO PROVE,
00:56:09.56\00:56:13.36
ONCE AND FOR ALL,
THE EXISTENCE OF GHOSTS.
00:56:13.36\00:56:19.83
EVEN WITH ALL THE NEW-FOUND
TECHNOLOGY AND CENTURIES OF
00:56:19.83\00:56:23.63
STORIES ALL OVER THE WORLD,
THERE IS STILL NO CLEAR-CUT
00:56:23.63\00:56:28.66
ANSWER. SO HOW DO
WE KNOW WHAT'S TRUE?
00:56:28.66\00:56:34.66
WHY DO THESE STORIES
PERSIST? DOES IT EVEN MATTER?
00:56:34.66\00:56:41.40
WE INVITE YOU TO LOOK INSIDE
AND FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF.
00:56:41.40\00:56:49.76
VISIT 'DEATHTRUTH.COM'.
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>>I WAS HAVING SOME PROBLEMS IN
MY LIFE I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW HOW
00:56:57.00\00:56:59.46
TO DEAL WITH. I JUST
SAID TO MYSELF, I SAID,
00:56:59.46\00:57:02.53
'GOD, IF YOU'RE REAL SHOW
YOURSELF TO ME.' AND THEN, I
00:57:02.53\00:57:07.33
THINK, ONE DAY AT MY MOTHER'S
HOUSE THEY WERE WATCHING THE
00:57:07.33\00:57:09.63
'FINAL EVENTS
IN BIBLE PROPHECY'.
00:57:09.63\00:57:11.60
THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE
WAY THE DOUG PREACHED AND THINGS
00:57:11.60\00:57:14.46
THAT I FELT THAT TOUCHED ME.
NO MATTER HOW BAD OF A SINNER
00:57:14.46\00:57:18.36
YOU THINK YOU
ARE, THE LORD JESUS
00:57:18.36\00:57:20.83
LOVES YOU NO
MATTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
00:57:20.83\00:57:23.26
>>I AM SO THANKFUL TO GOD
FOR AMAZING FACTS, FOR DOUG
00:57:23.26\00:57:28.40
BATCHELOR AND ESPECIALLY
HIS BOOK 'THE RICHEST CAVEMAN'.
00:57:28.40\00:57:33.40
IF IT WASN'T FOR THESE,
I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.
00:57:33.40\00:57:38.60
GOD WAS ABLE TO USE THESE
TOOLS TO REACH THE UNREACHABLE.
00:57:38.60\00:57:46.70
>>DID YOU KNOW THAT NOAH WAS
PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM?
00:57:46.70\00:57:49.43
OKAY, MAYBE HE WASN'T IN
THE ROOM, BUT HE WAS ALIVE AND
00:57:49.43\00:57:53.60
PROBABLY TELLING
STORIES ABOUT HIS FLOATING ZOO.
00:57:53.60\00:57:57.40
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00:57:57.40\00:57:59.66
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