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>>HELLO, FRIENDS, WE
WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO SABBATH
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SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. MY
NAME IS JËAN ROSS, I'M ONE OF
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THE PASTORS AT
GRANITE BAY CHURCH.
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AND IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING OUR
PROGRAM OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS,
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YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THINGS
LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT TODAY.
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THE REASON FOR THAT IS PASTOR
DOUG BATCHELOR AND MYSELF ARE
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HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
AND WE'RE FILMING THE LANDMARKS
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OF PROPHECY BIBLE SERIES.
AND SO, FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS,
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WE'RE GOING TO BE TAPING OUR
SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR RIGHT
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HERE, ON
LOCATION, IN ALBUQUERQUE.
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I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME OUR
AUDIENCE HERE, THIS IS ACTUALLY
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OUR AFCOE STUDENTS THAT
ARE FILLING UP THE CHAIRS HERE
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FOR OUR SABBATH
SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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AFCOE IS THE AMAZING FACTS
CENTER OF EVANGELISM AND WE HAVE
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28 STUDENTS WHO HAVE COME FROM
ALL OVER THE PLACE, NOT ONLY IN
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NORTH AMERICA BUT EVEN OVERSEAS,
TO BE PART OF THE TRAINING
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PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE
RIGHT HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE.
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AND THEY'VE BEEN HELPING WITH
THE EVANGELISTIC SERIES AND THE
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OUTREACH AND SO ON, SO THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
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I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
STUDYING GOD'S WORD TOGETHER.
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NOW, WHAT WE'LL BE
LOOKING AT TODAY IS FROM OUR
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LESSON QUARTERLY
ON THE BOOK OF JAMES.
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SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR LESSON
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LESSON #9, FOR
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IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LESSON STUDY
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CAN GO TO THE AMAZING FACTS
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TODAY'S LESSON OR YOU CAN VISIT
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WE'RE ON LESSON #9 AND
THE TITLE FOR THE LESSON IS
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'THE LAWGIVER AND THE JUDGE.'
SO YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH US
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BY DOWNLOADING THAT LESSON.
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NOW AS WE MENTIONED JUST A FEW
MOMENTS AGO, OUR LESSON TODAY IS
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'THE LAWGIVER AND THE JUDGE.'
THE PRINCIPLE PASSAGE THAT WE'LL
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BE STUDYING TOGETHER IS JAMES
CHAPTER 4 AND WE'LL BE LOOKING
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FROM VERSE 11 ALL THE
WAY THROUGH TO VERSE 17.
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WE DO HAVE A MEMORY VERSE
FOR THIS WEEK'S STUDY AND THAT'S
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JAMES CHAPTER 4, VERSE 12 AND
THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS, "THERE IS
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ONE LAWGIVER WHO IS
ABLE TO SAVE AND TO DESTROY.
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WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE ANOTHER?"
NOW, IN THIS WEEK'S LESSON,
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THERE ARE FOUR MAIN
THEMES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED.
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THE FIRST THEME IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUDGMENT AND
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DISCERNMENT. THE
BIBLE TELLS US NOT TO JUDGE,
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BUT WHAT ABOUT
DETERMINING RIGHT FROM WRONG?
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SO WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A
FEW MOMENTS TALKING ABOUT THAT.
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THE SECOND THEME THAT WAS
HIGHLIGHTED IN OUR STUDY THIS
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WEEK - THE ROLE OF JESUS AS
BOTH THE LAWGIVER AS WELL AS THE
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JUDGE. THE THIRD
THEME THAT WE'LL BE
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LOOKING AT IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN PRESUMPTUOUS PLANNING
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FOR THE FUTURE AND WISE
PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.
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JAMES HAS
SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
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AND THEN, FOURTHLY, NOT ONLY
AVOIDING DOING THAT WHICH IS
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EVIL, BUT PURPOSELY
DOING THAT WHICH IS GOOD.
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SO THESE ARE THE FOUR MAIN
THEMES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN
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OUR STUDY TODAY. SO
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN BY
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READING JAMES CHAPTER 4,
AND WE'LL START IN VERSE 11.
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AND WE HAVE DAVID THAT'LL BE
READING THAT VERSE FOR US TODAY.
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>>"DO NOT SPEAK EVIL
OF ONE ANOTHER, BRETHREN.
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HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF HIS
BROTHER AND JUDGES HIS BROTHER,
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SPEAKS EVIL OF THE
LAW AND JUDGES THE LAW.
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BUT IF YOU JUDGE THE LAW, YOU
ARE NOT A DOER OF THE LAW BUT A
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JUDGE OF THE LAW."
>>HERE WE FIND JAMES TELLING THE
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MEMBERS, 'DON'T
GOSSIP. DON'T BACKBITE.
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DON'T JUDGE ONE ANOTHER.'
NOW JESUS PREDICTED THAT THIS
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PROBLEM OF GOSSIP WILL EXIST
IN THE CHURCH RIGHT UP TILL
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THE VERY END OF TIME.
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IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 24 WE
HAVE CHRIST'S SPECIAL SIGNS
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ASSOCIATED WITH THE
SECOND COMING OF CHRIST.
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IT'S A SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR THOSE
LIVING AT THE END OF TIME AND
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JESUS HAS A PARABLE THAT
ILLUSTRATES AN IMPORTANT POINT
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THAT I THINK WE NEED TO
CONSIDER CAREFULLY TODAY.
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SO TURN IN YOUR BIBLES TO
MATTHEW CHAPTER 24 AND WE'RE
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GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
THIS PARABLE THAT JESUS TOLD,
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BEGINNING IN VERSE 45. SO
WE'RE IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 24,
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AND THIS IS WHAT JESUS
HAD TO SAY IN VERSE 45.
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REMEMBER MATTHEW 24, IT'S
SIGNS OF THE SECOND COMING.
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IT'S A MESSAGE, IN
PARTICULAR, FOR US TODAY.
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JESUS SAID, "WHO THEN IS A
FAITHFUL AND WISE SERVANT, WHOM
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HIS MASTER MADE RULER OVER HIS
HOUSEHOLD, TO GIVE THEM FOOD IN
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DUE SEASON?" SO A COUPLE
OF THINGS TO NOTE: #1 YOU HAVE
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A MASTER. WHO DO YOU
SUPPOSE THAT MASTER IS?
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THAT WOULD BE JESUS.
AND HE HAS A HOUSEHOLD.
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THE HOUSEHOLD WOULD
REPRESENT THE CHURCH.
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AND THERE ARE SERVANTS WHO
ARE TO GIVE FOOD IN DUE SEASON.
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SO THE SERVANTS IN THIS PARABLE
WOULD REPRESENT THE LEADERS IN
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THE CHURCH - THE ELDERS, THE
PREACHERS, THE TEACHERS - AND
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IT'S THEIR JOB TO
GIVE MEAT IN DUE SEASON.
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THERE IS A PRESENT TRUTH MESSAGE
THAT NEEDS TO GO TO THE WORLD
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FOR THIS TIME. SO JESUS
TALKS ABOUT THESE SERVANTS.
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LET'S LOOK AT VERSE 46, "BLESSED
IS THAT SERVANT WHOM HIS MASTER,
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WHEN HE COMES, WILL FIND SO
DOING." VERSE 47, "ASSUREDLY, I
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SAY TO YOU THAT HE WILL MAKE
HIM RULER OVER ALL HIS GOODS.
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BUT IF THAT EVIL SERVANT
SAYS IN HIS HEART, 'MY MASTER IS
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DELAYING HIS COMING,'" - NOW IS
THIS MAN PREACHING THIS FROM THE
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PULPIT THAT JESUS ISN'T COMING
AS SOON AS HE SAID HE WOULD
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COME? NO, NOTICE IT SAYS 'IN HIS
HEART.' SO HERE IS A PERSON WHO
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CLAIMS TO BE A BELIEVER IN
THE COMING OF JESUS - HE'S AN
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ADVENTIST - BUT HE THINKS TO
HIMSELF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE JESUS
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ISN'T COMING AS SOON AS I ONCE
THOUGHT.' AND HE SAYS IN HIS
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HEART, 'MY LORD DELAYS HIS
COMING.' WELL, WHAT'S THE RESULT
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OF SOMEBODY SAYING
THAT TO THEMSELVES?
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VERSE 49, IT SAYS, "AND BEGINS
TO BEAT HIS FELLOW SERVANTS," -
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THAT IS GOSSIP AND BACKBITING
- AND TO EAT AND DRINK WITH THE
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DRUNKARDS," - IN
REVELATION CHAPTER 17 THERE IS A
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DESCRIPTION OF A WOMAN, HER NAME
IS BABYLON, AND SHE HAS A CUP
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FILLED WITH INTOXICATING DRINK
AND ALL THE NATIONS ARE MADE
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DRUNK WITH HER FALSE
DOCTRINE OR FALSE TEACHING.
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SO HERE IS SOMEBODY WHO SAYS,
'YOU KNOW WHAT? MAYBE JESUS
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ISN'T COMING AS SOON AS WE
THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO COME.'
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HE BEGINS TO BACKBITE AND GOSSIP
IN THE CHURCH AND HE BEGINS TO
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RECEIVE THOSE FALSE TEACHINGS
OR FALSE DOCTRINES OF BABYLON.
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JESUS GOES ON, IN VERSE 50, "THE
MASTER OF THAT SERVANT WILL COME
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A DAY WHEN HE IS NOT LOOKING FOR
HIM AND AT AN HOUR THAT HE IS
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NOT AWARE OF, AND WILL CUT
HIM IN TWO AND APPOINT HIM HIS
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PORTION WITH THE HYPOCRITES.
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THERE SHALL BE WEEPING
AND GNASHING OF TEETH."
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SO JESUS HAS A SPECIAL
WARNING FOR US IN THE LAST DAYS.
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HE SAYS, #1 - DON'T ALLOW THAT
FERVENCY - THAT BELIEF - THAT
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FAITH IN THE SOON-COMING OF
JESUS TO WANE IN YOUR HEARTS.
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#2 - BE CAREFUL.
DON'T ALLOW YOURSELF TO FALL
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INTO THE TRAP OF GOSSIP AND
BACKBITING. AND THEN BE FAITHFUL
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TO THE TRUTHS OF GOD'S WORD.
BE TRUE TO DOCTRINAL PURITY.
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DON'T DRINK IN THIS
FALSE TEACHING FROM BABYLON.
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SO WHAT JAMES HAS TO SAY IN
JAMES CHAPTER 4 IS PERTINENT
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INFORMATION FOR THE TIME
IN WHICH WE ARE LIVING TODAY.
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THE NEXT PART OF THE VERSE, "HE
WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF A BROTHER AND
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JUDGES HIS BROTHER, SPEAKS EVIL
OF THE LAW AND JUDGES THE LAW."
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NOW, TO JUDGE OR TO SPEAK EVIL
OF A BROTHER, IS MANIFESTING THE
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OPPOSITE OF THE
SPIRIT OF THE LAW.
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WHAT IS THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW?
THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW IS LOVE.
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YOU REMEMBER THE STORY - ONE DAY
SOMEBODY CAME TO JESUS AND SAID,
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'WHAT IS THE GREATEST
COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW?'
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DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?
AND WHAT DID JESUS SAY?
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HE SAID,
'ACTUALLY, THERE ARE TWO.
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THE FIRST IS TO LOVE THE LORD
THY GOD WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART,
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WITH ALL OF YOUR SOUL, WITH ALL
OF YOUR MIND, AND THE SECOND IS
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LIKE UNTO IT, YOU ARE TO
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU LOVE
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YOURSELF. 'UPON
THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS,'
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JESUS SAID, 'HANG ALL THE LAW
AND THE PROPHETS.' SO THE TEN
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COMMANDMENTS IS BUILT
UPON THE PRINCIPLE OF LOVE.
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THE FIRST FOUR COMMANDMENTS
DEFINE FOR US OUR RELATIONSHIP
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WITH GOD. IT REVEALS TO
US WHAT IT IS TO LOVE GOD.
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IF WE LOVE GOD WE WON'T HAVE
ANY OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM AND WE
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WON'T WORSHIP IDOLS AND WE WON'T
TAKE HIS NAME IN VAIN AND WE'LL
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REMEMBER THE
SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY.
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IF WE LOVE OUR FELLOW MAN AS WE
LOVE OURSELF, WE WILL HONOR OUR
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PARENTS, WE WON'T KILL, WE WON'T
COMMIT ADULTERY, WE WON'T STEAL,
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WE WON'T BEAR FALSE
WITNESS AND WE WON'T COVET.
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SO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
REVEAL TO US WHAT LOVE IS.
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IT DEFINES THE KIND OF
RELATIONSHIP GOD WANTS US TO
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HAVE WITH HIM AND THE KIND OF
RELATIONSHIP HE WANTS US TO HAVE
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WITH OUR FELLOW MAN.
THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID THE TWO
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GREATEST COMMANDMENTS IS SUMMED
UP IN 'LOVE GOD AND LOVE YOUR
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FELLOW MAN.' SO WHEN SOMEONE
IS INVOLVED IN GOSSIP AND
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BACKBITING, THEY'RE CONTRARY TO
THE PRINCIPLE THAT LIES AT THE
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FOUNDATION OF
GOD'S LAW - THAT OF LOVE.
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THE BIBLE SAYS 'LOVE COVERS A
MULTITUDE OF SINS.' IF SOMEBODY
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GENUINELY CARES FOR A FELLOW
BROTHER OR SISTER IN THE CHURCH,
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THEY'LL BE DOING EVERYTHING THEY
CAN TO ENCOURAGE THAT PERSON IN
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THEIR CHRISTIAN WALK. THEY
WON'T TRY TO PULL THEM DOWN
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OR CREATE STORIES ABOUT
THAT PERSON, YOU UNDERSTAND?
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THAT'S WHY JAMES SAYS IF YOU'RE
INVOLVED IN THIS JUDGING OR THIS
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GOSSIP, YOU'RE NOT KEEPING THE
LAW BECAUSE YOU'RE UNDERMINING
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THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW AND
THAT'S WHAT HE'S EMPHASIZING.
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NOW WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS, WRITTEN BY GOD'S
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FINGER ON TWO TABLES OF STONE
- NOTICE, TWO TABLES OF STONE -
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ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT
ABOUT THE NUMBER 2 IN THE BIBLE?
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YES, THE NUMBER 2 REPRESENTS
THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.
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IT REPRESENTS A SOLID
OR TRUSTWORTHY TESTIMONY.
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THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, IN THE
MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES,
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EVERYTHING SHALL BE
ESTABLISHED.' SO GOD'S LAW HAS
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TWO WITNESSES -
TWO TABLES OF STONE.
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THE FIRST FOUR COMMANDMENTS HAVE
TO DO WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
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GOD. THE LAST SIX
HAS TO DO WITH OUR
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RELATIONSHIP
WITH OUR FELLOW MAN.
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SOMETHING ELSE INTERESTING: THE
FIRST FOUR COMMANDMENTS - YOU
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HAVE THE NUMBER 4 - IN BIBLE
SYMBOLS, THE NUMBER 4 REPRESENTS
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THE WHOLE EARTH.
YOU'VE GOT THE FOUR POINTS OF
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THE COMPASS - NORTH,
SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST.
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GOD IS THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS
AND HE'S WORTHY OF WORSHIP FROM
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ALL OF HIS
CREATION - FROM ALL MANKIND.
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WE OWE GOD OUR WORSHIP. THE
LAST SIX OF THE COMMANDMENTS
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HAVE TO DO WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH OUR FELLOW MAN.
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IT'S INTERESTING, THE NUMBER
6 - IN THE BIBLE THE NUMBER 6 IS
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MAN'S NUMBER. MAN WAS
CREATED ON THE SIXTH DAY
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OF THE WEEK. THE MARK
OF THE BEAST IS 6-6-6.
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YOU'VE GOT THE NUMBER 3, WHICH
IS THE GODHEAD. THE MARK OF THE
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BEAST, 6-6-6, IS MAN'S
ATTEMPT TO USURP GOD'S POSITION.
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SO THE LAST SIX OF THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS HAVE TO DO WITH OUR
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RELATIONSHIP TO OUR FELLOW
MAN, THE PRINCIPLES OF WHICH ARE
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BASED UPON LOVE - LOVE FOR
GOD, LOVE FOR OUR FELLOW MAN.
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NOW THE LAST PART OF VERSE 11
SAYS, "BUT IF YOU JUDGE THE LAW,
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YOU ARE NOT A DOER
OF THE LAW BUT A JUDGE."
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IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU DON'T
RECOGNIZE THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW,
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YOU'RE NOT
REALLY KEEPING THE LAW.
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IS IT POSSIBLE FOR A PERSON TO
KEEP THE LETTER OF THE LAW AND
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NOT THE SPIRIT OF THE
LAW? IS IT POSSIBLE TO KEEP THE
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LETTER OF THE LAW AND
NOT THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW?
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YES, MAYBE, IT
DEPENDS ON THE COMMANDMENT.
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FOR EXAMPLE, THE COMMANDMENT
'THOU SHALT NOT KILL.' IS IT
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POSSIBLE FOR SOMEBODY TO
MAKE SURE THAT HE OR SHE DOESN'T
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MURDER ANYONE ELSE? YES,
BUT JESUS SAYS IF YOU ARE
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ANGRY WITH YOUR BROTHER WITHOUT
A CAUSE YOU ARE GUILTY OF WHAT?
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COMMITTING MURDER IN YOUR HEART.
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SO IT IS POSSIBLE, IN SOME
CASES, TO KEEP THE LETTER OF THE
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LAW AND, YET, FAIL IN
KEEPING THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW.
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NOW THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE FOR
THE COMMANDMENT 'THOU SHALT NOT
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KILL,' 'THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT
ADULTERY,' 'THOU SHALT NOT
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STEAL,' BUT THERE ARE
SOME COMMANDMENTS THAT IT'S
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IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP THE LETTER
OF THE COMMANDMENT WITHOUT ALSO
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KEEPING THE SPIRIT
OF THE COMMANDMENT.
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AND THE ONE THAT STANDS OUT IN
MY MIND IS, OF COURSE, THE TENTH
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COMMANDMENT. WHAT IS
THE TENTH COMMANDMENT?
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'THOU SHALT NOT COVET.' WELL,
HOW DO YOU KEEP THE LETTER OF
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THE LAW 'THOU SHALT NOT COVET'
WITHOUT KEEPING THE SPIRIT OF
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THE LAW 'THOU SHALT NOT COVET?'
YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE SPIRIT OF
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THE LAW IN ORDER TO
KEEP THE TENTH COMMANDMENT.
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MATTER OF FACT, I DON'T THINK
YOU CAN BREAK ANY OF THE OTHER
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COMMANDMENTS WITHOUT FIRST
BREAKING THE TENTH COMMANDMENT,
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RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE
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SOMETHING FROM SOMEBODY
ELSE UNLESS YOU FIRST COVET IT.
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AND SO THAT TENTH COMMANDMENT
HAS TO DO WITH THE HEART.
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IT HAS TO DO WITH THE SPIRIT
OF THE LAW - THAT SPIRIT OF LOVE
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FOR OUR FELLOW MAN. NOW,
OF COURSE, BACK IN THE TIME
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OF JESUS, THE JEWISH LEADERSHIP,
THEY WERE VERY ZEALOUS FOR THE
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LETTER OF THE LAW, BUT THEY
NEGLECTED THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW.
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A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY
AS TO HOW THIS CAME ABOUT,
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ESPECIALLY AT
THE TIME OF CHRIST.
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IF YOU GO BACK AND THINK ABOUT
YOUR HISTORY OF ISRAEL, AFTER
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SOLOMON DIED, REHOBOAM
BECAME THE KING IN ISRAEL.
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AND THE PEOPLE CAME TO MAKE
REHOBOAM KING AND THEY SAID TO
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HIM, 'YOU KNOW, YOUR FATHER
WAS A HARD KING IN SOME WAYS.
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HE LAID A HEAVY
TAX BURDEN ON US.
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WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
DO TO LIGHTEN OUR LOAD?'
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AND REHOBOAM SAID, 'WELL, COME
BACK IN A FEW DAYS AND I'LL GIVE
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YOU MY ANSWER.' HE SPOKE TO THE
COUNSELORS, THE OLDER MEN, THAT
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STOOD BEFORE HIS FATHER AND
HE SAID, 'WHAT DO YOU THINK I
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SHOULD TELL THE
PEOPLE?' AND THESE OLDER, WISER
00:14:08.46\00:14:11.56
COUNSELORS SAID, 'WELL, BE
GOOD TO THE PEOPLE AND THEY WILL
00:14:11.56\00:14:14.40
SERVE YOU.' BUT THEN HE SPOKE TO
THE YOUNGER MEN THAT HAD GROWN
00:14:14.40\00:14:18.26
UP WITH HIM AND HE SAID, 'WELL,
WHAT DO YOU THINK I SHOULD SAY?'
00:14:18.26\00:14:20.86
AND THEY SAID, 'YOU NEED TO SHOW
THE PEOPLE WHO'S BOSS.' SO WHEN
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THE PEOPLE CAME BACK, REHOBOAM
SAID TO THE PEOPLE, 'MY FATHER'S
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THIGH IS GOING TO BE
LIKE MY LITTLE FINGER.
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HE BEAT YOU WITH WHIPS, I'M
GOING TO BEAT YOU WITH THE TAILS
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OF SCORPIONS.'
WELL, AS A RESULT OF THAT,
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THE KINGDOM
REBELLED AGAINST REHOBOAM.
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THE TEN TRIBES OF THE NORTH
SAID, 'WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO
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DO WITH THE HOUSE OF DAVID ANY
LONGER.' AND SO YOU HAVE THE TEN
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TRIBES BREAKING AWAY AND
YOU HAVE THE NORTHERN KINGDOM OF
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ISRAEL, WHERE
SAMARIA BECAME THE CAPITAL.
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YOU HAVE THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM,
WHERE JERUSALEM IS THE CAPITAL.
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YOU HAVE REHOBOAM IS THE KING
IN THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM AND YOU
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HAVE JEROBOAM, WHO IS THE
KING IN THE NORTHERN KINGDOM.
00:14:55.93\00:14:58.36
NOW JEROBOAM WAS CONCERNED
BECAUSE THOSE IN THE NORTHERN
00:14:58.36\00:15:01.56
KINGDOM WERE JOURNEYING DOWN TO
JERUSALEM TO OFFER SACRIFICES,
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AND SO HE BUILT TWO GOLDEN
CALVES AND HE SET THEM UP IN TWO
00:15:04.76\00:15:08.96
CITIES IN THE NORTHERN KINGDOM
AND HE TOLD THE PEOPLE TO COME
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AND WORSHIP AT
THESE GOLDEN CALVES.
00:15:11.66\00:15:13.46
AND HE LED THE NORTHERN KINGDOM
INTO APOSTASY - INTO IDOLATRY -
00:15:13.46\00:15:18.23
INTO WORSHIPING THESE VARIOUS
DEITIES SURROUNDING THE NATION.
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AND BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE SINS -
BECAUSE OF THE VIOLATIONS OF THE
00:15:22.40\00:15:25.43
PEOPLE BREAKING GOD'S
COMMANDMENTS, DIFFERENT
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JUDGMENTS CAME UPON THE NATION
UNTIL FINALLY THE ASSYRIANS CAME
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AND CONQUERED THE NORTHERN
KINGDOM AND THE JEWS WERE TAKEN
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OFF INTO CAPTIVITY.
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NOW THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM, WHICH
FOLLOWED IN MANY OF THE SINS OF
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THE NORTHERN KINGDOM, THEY
REMAINED A LITTLE MORE FAITHFUL
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TO GOD AND, YET, THEY
STILL ALSO APOSTATIZED.
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SO FINALLY THE BABYLONIANS CAME
ABOUT SIX HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE
00:15:47.23\00:15:50.63
CHRIST, CONQUERED JERUSALEM AND
TOOK MANY OF THE JEWS CAPTIVE.
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AFTER THE SEVENTY YEARS OF
BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY, THE JEWS
00:15:54.20\00:15:58.13
CAME BACK AND THEY
REBUILT THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM.
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THEY REALIZED THAT IT WAS
BECAUSE OF ALL OF THEIR SINS AND
00:16:00.96\00:16:03.60
THE TRANSGRESSION OF GOD'S
COMMANDMENTS, THAT ALL OF THESE
00:16:03.60\00:16:06.46
BAD THINGS WERE
HAPPENING TO THEM.
00:16:06.46\00:16:08.23
SO THEY SAID, 'WE NEED TO KEEP
GOD'S COMMANDMENTS.' SO IN ORDER
00:16:08.23\00:16:11.53
TO TRY AND SAFEGUARD THE
PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW, THEY
00:16:11.53\00:16:14.90
BEGAN TO ADD ALL KINDS OF
MAN-MADE TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS.
00:16:14.90\00:16:20.13
AND, AS TIME WENT ON, THEIR
TRADITIONS BECAME MORE IMPORTANT
00:16:20.13\00:16:24.66
THAN THE PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH
THOSE TRADITIONS WERE ORIGINALLY
00:16:24.66\00:16:28.50
ESTABLISHED. SO MUCH
SO, THAT ONE DAY, JESUS
00:16:28.50\00:16:31.60
AND HIS DISCIPLES WERE WALKING
IN THE FIELD ON THE SABBATH AND
00:16:31.60\00:16:35.66
THE DISCIPLES WERE HUNGRY.
THEY PICKED SOME OF THE GRAIN
00:16:35.66\00:16:38.10
AND THEY RUBBED IT IN
THEIR HANDS AND THEY ATE IT.
00:16:38.10\00:16:40.50
THE JEWISH LEADERSHIP ACCUSED
JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES OF
00:16:40.50\00:16:43.50
BREAKING THE SABBATH.
NOW, THEY DIDN'T BREAK THE
00:16:43.50\00:16:45.96
SABBATH, THEY WERE FAITHFUL
TO THE PRINCIPLE OF THE SABBATH,
00:16:45.96\00:16:48.96
BUT THEY HAD SET ASIDE
SOME OF THE JEWISH TRADITIONS.
00:16:48.96\00:16:52.13
BUT THE LEADERSHIP HAD
ELEVATED THEIR TRADITION
00:16:52.13\00:16:54.40
ABOVE THE COMMANDMENT.
00:16:54.40\00:16:55.96
NOW WHAT'S SO STRANGE ABOUT
THIS, IN THEIR ZEAL TO TRY AND
00:16:55.96\00:17:00.16
MAINTAIN AN OUTWARD APPEARANCE
OF OBEDIENCE, THEY TRAMPLED,
00:17:00.16\00:17:04.46
COMPLETELY, UPON
THE SPIRIT OF OBEDIENCE.
00:17:04.46\00:17:07.60
ON THE VERY SABBATH AFTER
ACCUSING JESUS OF BREAKING THE
00:17:07.60\00:17:10.70
SABBATH, THE JEWISH LEADERSHIP
GOT TOGETHER TO PLOT HIS DEATH.
00:17:10.70\00:17:14.76
YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY SET ASIDE
THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW IN ORDER
00:17:14.76\00:17:17.63
TO TRY AND
MAINTAIN THEIR TRADITION.
00:17:17.63\00:17:19.96
AND JESUS, SPEAKING OF THE
JEWISH LEADERSHIP, HE SAID, 'YOU
00:17:19.96\00:17:22.46
HAVE MADE THE COMMANDMENTS
OF GOD OF NONE EFFECT BY YOUR
00:17:22.46\00:17:25.93
TRADITIONS.' YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
WE CAN FALL INTO THAT SAME TRAP
00:17:25.93\00:17:29.63
OF SETTING ASIDE THE SPIRIT
OF THE LAW IN ORDER TO HAVE AN
00:17:29.63\00:17:33.13
OUTWARD RESEMBLANCE OF OBEDIENCE
- TO TRY AND KEEP THE LETTER OF
00:17:33.13\00:17:36.90
THE LAW WITHOUT
KEEPING THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW.
00:17:36.90\00:17:39.96
I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE
OF HOW THIS CAN HAPPEN.
00:17:39.96\00:17:42.06
A PASTOR, SEVERAL YEARS AGO,
WAS ON HIS WAY TO CHURCH ON A
00:17:42.06\00:17:44.73
SABBATH MORNING. HE WAS
RUNNING LATE - HE NEEDED
00:17:44.73\00:17:47.70
TO GET TO CHURCH BECAUSE
HE HAD TO PREACH AND TEACH.
00:17:47.70\00:17:49.76
AND AS HE'S ON HIS WAY, HE LOOKS
OVER AND THERE'S A MAN STANDING
00:17:49.76\00:17:52.86
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
HIS CAR HAD BROKEN DOWN AND SO
00:17:52.86\00:17:56.10
THE HOOD OF THE CAR WAS OPEN
AND THE MAN WAS STANDING THERE
00:17:56.10\00:17:58.30
TRYING TO WAVE
PEOPLE DOWN TO HELP HIM.
00:17:58.30\00:18:00.56
THIS WAS, OF COURSE, BEFORE
THE TIME OF CELL PHONES AND IT
00:18:00.56\00:18:02.93
LOOKED THIS MAN
NEEDED SOME HELP.
00:18:02.93\00:18:04.30
SO THE PASTOR WAS DRIVING ALONG
AND HE NOTICED THAT THE MAN WAS
00:18:04.30\00:18:06.26
DRESSED IN SOME TYPICAL MUSLIM
DRESS AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
00:18:06.26\00:18:11.40
MUSLIMS IN THE COUNTRY.
AND SO THE PASTOR THOUGHT TO
00:18:11.40\00:18:14.80
HIMSELF, 'YOU KNOW WHAT? I
SHOULD PROBABLY STOP AND HELP
00:18:14.80\00:18:16.46
HIM, BUT IT'S THE SABBATH
AND I'M RUNNING LATE FOR CHURCH.
00:18:16.46\00:18:19.46
SURELY SOMEBODY ELSE COULD
TAKE CARE OF THE MAN. AFTER ALL,
00:18:19.46\00:18:22.23
I HAVE IMPORTANT THINGS TO
DO.' AND SO HE KEPT DRIVING.
00:18:22.23\00:18:25.66
BUT HIS CONSCIENCE WAS BOTHERED
BY THIS. THE HOLY SPIRIT KEPT
00:18:25.66\00:18:29.33
CONVICTING HIM, 'YOU
NEED TO STOP AND TURN AROUND.
00:18:29.33\00:18:31.86
'OKAY.' FINALLY HE GAVE IN AND
HE STOPPED, HE TURNED HIS CAR
00:18:31.86\00:18:34.83
AROUND, HE DROVE BACK AND TURNED
AROUND AGAIN AND BEGAN TO MAKE
00:18:34.83\00:18:38.70
HIS WAY AND, SURE ENOUGH,
THE MAN WAS STILL STANDING THERE
00:18:38.70\00:18:40.53
WAITING FOR
SOMEBODY TO STOP AND HELP.
00:18:40.53\00:18:42.10
AND SO THE PASTOR PULLED IN
BEHIND THE MAN AND GOT OUT OF
00:18:42.10\00:18:45.50
THE CAR AND SAID, 'IT LOOKS LIKE
YOU NEED SOME HELP.' WELL THE
00:18:45.50\00:18:48.70
FIRST THING THAT CAME OUT OF
THIS MAN'S MOUTH - THIS MUSLIM
00:18:48.70\00:18:51.43
MAN - HE SAID,
'ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN?'
00:18:51.43\00:18:54.60
WELL THAT SURPRISED THE PASTOR
AND THE PASTOR SAID, 'WELL, YES,
00:18:54.60\00:18:57.36
I AM A CHRISTIAN.' AND THE
MAN RESPONDED AND HE SAID - HE
00:18:57.36\00:19:00.60
LOOKED UP TO HEAVEN AND HE SAID,
'WELL, PRAISE THE LORD.' AND THE
00:19:00.60\00:19:03.50
PASTOR SAID,
'WELL, WHAT DO YOU MEAN?'
00:19:03.50\00:19:04.80
HE SAID, 'JUST THIS PAST WEEK
I'VE BEEN READING IN THE BIBLE
00:19:04.80\00:19:07.80
AND I'VE BEEN CONVICTED ABOUT
JESUS AND MY CAR BROKE DOWN THIS
00:19:07.80\00:19:11.90
MORNING AND SO I PRAYED AND I
SAID, 'JESUS, IF YOU REALLY ARE
00:19:11.90\00:19:15.53
THE SON OF GOD AND YOU CAN HEAR
MY PRAYER, PLEASE SEND SOMEBODY
00:19:15.53\00:19:18.56
TO HELP ME AND LET HIM BE
A CHRISTIAN.' WELL, THE BLOOD
00:19:18.56\00:19:22.63
BEGAN TO DRAIN FROM THE PASTOR'S
FACE AS HE THOUGHT TO HIMSELF,
00:19:22.63\00:19:26.00
'OH, I ALMOST DROVE RIGHT BY.
00:19:26.00\00:19:28.66
I ALLOWED MY RELIGION TO GET IN
THE WAY OF ME REALLY MANIFESTING
00:19:28.66\00:19:33.80
A SPIRIT OF LOVE AND CONCERN FOR
OTHERS.' SO, IN OUR INTERACTION
00:19:33.80\00:19:38.63
WITH PEOPLE WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE
THE IMPORTANCE OF MANIFESTING
00:19:38.63\00:19:43.06
THE SPIRIT OF
THE LAW - THAT LOVE.
00:19:43.06\00:19:45.96
NOW IF WE'RE MANIFESTING THE
RIGHT SPIRIT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO
00:19:45.96\00:19:49.76
HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
THE LETTER OF THE LAW.
00:19:49.76\00:19:51.26
YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO
HAVE THE RIGHT SPIRIT AND THEN
00:19:51.26\00:19:54.00
TRAMPLE UPON THE LETTER.
IT JUST DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
00:19:54.00\00:19:56.03
YOU CAN'T LOVE SOMEONE AND
STEAL SOMETHING THAT'S THEIRS.
00:19:56.03\00:19:59.33
IT JUST DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
00:19:59.33\00:20:00.63
SO IF WE HAVE THE RIGHT SPIRIT,
WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT,
00:20:00.63\00:20:03.86
'WELL, DID I KEEP
THE LETTER OF THE LAW?'
00:20:03.86\00:20:05.66
YOU WILL KEEP THE
LETTER OF THE LAW.
00:20:05.66\00:20:07.53
BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE
HOLY SPIRIT IS WORKING UPON OUR
00:20:07.53\00:20:09.93
HEARTS,
MANIFESTING THE LOVE OF JESUS.
00:20:09.93\00:20:13.33
WELL, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR
OUR NEXT VERSE, JAMES CHAPTER 4
00:20:13.33\00:20:16.10
AND VERSE 12. JAMES
CHAPTER 4, VERSE 12.
00:20:16.10\00:20:21.53
>>"THERE IS ONE LAWGIVER WHO
IS ABLE TO SAVE AND TO DESTROY.
00:20:21.53\00:20:25.46
WHO ART THOU
THAT JUDGEST ANOTHER?"
00:20:25.46\00:20:28.76
>>ALRIGHT, HERE THE BIBLE TELLS
US, WHEN IT COMES TO SPIRITUAL
00:20:28.76\00:20:31.26
MATTERS, THERE IS ONE JUDGE
AND THAT JUDGE IS THE LAWGIVER.
00:20:31.26\00:20:37.53
GOD ALONE CAN JUDGE
THE MOTIVES OF THE HEART.
00:20:37.53\00:20:40.63
WE CAN LOOK AT THE
OUTWARD APPEARANCE.
00:20:40.63\00:20:43.23
WE CAN LOOK AT THE ACTIONS,
BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE MOTIVATION
00:20:43.23\00:20:45.93
BEHIND THE ACTION.
ONLY GOD KNOWS THE HEART.
00:20:45.93\00:20:49.13
THAT'S WHY HE'S THE
ONLY ONE THAT CAN JUDGE.
00:20:49.13\00:20:51.73
NOW, IN THE SCRIPTURES, HOW MANY
TIMES DO WE HAVE A RECORD OF GOD
00:20:51.73\00:20:55.90
WRITING WITH HIS OWN
HAND? LET'S THINK ABOUT IT.
00:20:55.90\00:21:00.13
STARTING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
WHAT IS THE MOST WELL KNOWN
00:21:00.13\00:21:02.43
PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE
WHERE GOD WRITES SOMETHING.
00:21:02.43\00:21:05.33
YOU FIND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
- YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TEN
00:21:05.33\00:21:07.63
COMMANDMENTS. YOU'LL FIND
THAT IN EXODUS CHAPTER 20.
00:21:07.63\00:21:09.93
SO YOU HAVE GOD WRITING HIS LAW.
WHERE DID GOD WRITE THE LAW?
00:21:09.93\00:21:13.33
ON TWO TABLES OF STONE,
BUT THAT TOOK PLACE WHERE?
00:21:13.33\00:21:16.53
ON THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN.
IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING, IN THE
00:21:16.53\00:21:19.06
BIBLE, MOUNTAINS ARE
A SYMBOL OF A KINGDOM.
00:21:19.06\00:21:21.56
THE FOUNDATION OF GOD'S KINGDOM
IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE IS HIS LAW
00:21:21.56\00:21:25.43
AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE LAW
IS THE PRINCIPLE OF LOVE. SO YOU
00:21:25.43\00:21:30.33
FIND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - GOD
WRITING THEM WITH HIS OWN HAND.
00:21:30.33\00:21:33.53
WHEN DO YOU HAVE A - WHEN'S THE
NEXT TIME IN SCRIPTURE THAT WE
00:21:33.53\00:21:37.13
HAVE GOD WRITING WITH HIS OWN
HAND? THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S IN THE
00:21:37.13\00:21:41.60
STORY OF BABYLON. YOU
CAN READ ABOUT THAT IN
00:21:41.60\00:21:43.40
DANIEL CHAPTER 5, WHEN
BALSHAZZAR HAS THIS GREAT BIG
00:21:43.40\00:21:46.70
FEAST AND THEN HE BRINGS IN THE
GOLDEN VESSELS THAT HAVE BEEN
00:21:46.70\00:21:49.63
CONSECRATED TO THE WORSHIP OF
GOD FROM JERUSALEM THAT HAD BEEN
00:21:49.63\00:21:52.70
TAKEN IN THE BABYLONIAN
CAPTIVITY AND HE BEGAN TO DRINK
00:21:52.70\00:21:55.53
WINE FROM THESE GOLDEN VESSELS
AND HE BEGAN TO WORSHIP THE
00:21:55.53\00:21:59.30
VARIOUS PAGAN
DEITIES THERE IN BABYLON.
00:21:59.30\00:22:01.76
AND SUDDENLY, A HAND APPEARED
AND BEGAN TO WRITE ON THE WALL,
00:22:01.76\00:22:05.06
'MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN'
- 'YOU'VE BEEN WEIGHED IN THE
00:22:05.06\00:22:07.20
BALANCES AND YOU HAVE BEEN FOUND
WANTING.' SO THE FIRST TIME WE
00:22:07.20\00:22:12.46
SEE GOD WRITING, IT'S THE
LAW. THE SECOND TIME WE SEE GOD
00:22:12.46\00:22:15.50
WRITING, IT IS JUDGMENT
FOR THE VIOLATING OF THE LAW.
00:22:15.50\00:22:20.03
THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH AND
SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE
00:22:20.03\00:22:24.40
LAW. SO WE SEE THE LAW. IF
WE BREAK THE LAW, WE'RE UNDER
00:22:24.40\00:22:28.56
JUDGMENT, AS DEMONSTRATED THERE
IN THE EXPERIENCE OF BABYLON.
00:22:28.56\00:22:31.86
OKAY, WHEN IS THE THIRD
TIME THAT WE SEE GOD WRITING?
00:22:31.86\00:22:35.63
THIS IS JUST SO
BEAUTIFUL. IT'S JESUS.
00:22:35.63\00:22:38.66
SO THE NEXT TIME GOD WRITES
IS IN THE PERSON OF JESUS.
00:22:38.66\00:22:41.93
AND WHERE DOES JESUS
WRITE? REMEMBER THE STORY?
00:22:41.93\00:22:45.26
HE WRITES ON THE GROUND, BUT
WHERE WAS JESUS WHEN HE WROTE ON
00:22:45.26\00:22:48.86
THE GROUND? HE WAS IN
THE MIDST OF THOSE WHO
00:22:48.86\00:22:52.70
WERE ACCUSING THE WOMAN THAT HAD
BEEN CAUGHT COMMITTING ADULTERY
00:22:52.70\00:22:56.20
AND THEY HAD DRAGGED
HER TO JESUS. REMEMBER THAT?
00:22:56.20\00:22:58.43
AND THEY DROPPED HER
AT THE FEET OF JESUS.
00:22:58.43\00:22:59.96
BUT WHERE WAS JESUS AT THE
TIME? THEY WERE IN THE TEMPLE.
00:22:59.96\00:23:03.43
IT'S VERY INTERESTING THAT
CHRIST WRITES ON THE GROUND IN
00:23:03.43\00:23:07.70
THE TEMPLE. WE'LL GET
TO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.
00:23:07.70\00:23:10.03
AND SO, HERE THEY BRING THIS
WOMAN AND THEY ACCUSE HER OF
00:23:10.03\00:23:12.46
BREAKING THE LAW AND THEY
DROP HER AT THE FEET OF JESUS.
00:23:12.46\00:23:15.26
JESUS DOESN'T IMMEDIATELY
RESPOND, BUT HE BEGINS TO WRITE
00:23:15.26\00:23:17.76
SOMETHING DOWN ON THE GROUND.
AND AS THOSE JEWISH LEADERS LOOK
00:23:17.76\00:23:21.36
OVER AND THEY BEGIN TO SEE WHAT
CHRIST IS WRITING, THEY BEGIN TO
00:23:21.36\00:23:24.10
LEAVE ONE BY ONE. JESUS
WAS PROBABLY WRITING DOWN
00:23:24.10\00:23:26.10
ALL OF THE SINS
THAT THEY'RE GUILTY OF.
00:23:26.10\00:23:28.10
AND, FINALLY, AFTER ALL OF
HER ACCUSERS LEAVE, JESUS SAYS,
00:23:28.10\00:23:32.06
'WHERE ARE
THOSE WHO ACCUSE YOU?'
00:23:32.06\00:23:33.46
AND SHE SAYS, 'THERE ARE NONE,
LORD.' JESUS SAID, 'NEITHER DO I
00:23:33.46\00:23:36.03
CONDEMN YOU. GO AND
SIN NO MORE.' SO THE
00:23:36.03\00:23:38.66
FIRST TIME WE SEE GOD
WRITING IT'S ON THE MOUNTAIN.
00:23:38.66\00:23:41.43
IT'S THE LAW - THE
FOUNDATION OF HIS GOVERNMENT.
00:23:41.43\00:23:43.86
THE NEXT TIME WE SEE GOD WRITING
IT IS JUDGMENT FOR BREAKING HIS
00:23:43.86\00:23:47.36
LAW. BUT THE
THIRD TIME WE SEE GOD
00:23:47.36\00:23:49.90
WRITING IT'S IN THE PERSON OF
JESUS AND IT'S IN THE SANCTUARY.
00:23:49.90\00:23:53.36
THE LAMB WAS SACRIFICED IN THE
SANCTUARY - IN THE COURTYARD OF
00:23:53.36\00:23:57.50
THE SANCTUARY. AND
THAT'S PROBABLY MOST LIKELY
00:23:57.50\00:23:59.33
WHERE JESUS WAS WHEN
HE WROTE THESE THINGS.
00:23:59.33\00:24:02.00
JESUS CAME TO
PROVIDE A WAY OF ESCAPE.
00:24:02.00\00:24:05.93
WE'RE ALL GUILTY
OF BREAKING GOD'S LAW.
00:24:05.93\00:24:08.70
WE'RE ALL STANDING IN JUDGMENT,
BUT BECAUSE OF GOD'S GRACE -
00:24:08.70\00:24:12.33
BECAUSE OF GOD'S MERCY - JESUS
CAME TO BE THE LAMB OF GOD THAT
00:24:12.33\00:24:15.90
TAKES AWAY THE
SINS OF THE WORLD.
00:24:15.90\00:24:17.46
AND HE GIVES US
MERCY. HE GIVES US GRACE.
00:24:17.46\00:24:20.56
NOW WE HAVE ONE MORE TIME
MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE WHERE GOD
00:24:20.56\00:24:23.16
WRITES. WHERE'S THE LAST ONE?
WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THROUGH THE
00:24:23.16\00:24:26.63
BOOK OF REVELATION.
I'LL GIVE YOU A CLUE.
00:24:26.63\00:24:28.36
OUR AFCOE CLASS HAS
BEEN STUDYING REVELATION.
00:24:28.36\00:24:30.80
IT IS IN THE BOOK OF
REVELATION AND YOU FIND IT IN
00:24:30.80\00:24:32.63
REVELATION CHAPTER 3.
00:24:32.63\00:24:34.23
THIS IS GOD WRITING AND
HE'S WRITING UPON THE REDEEMED.
00:24:34.23\00:24:38.40
GOD WRITES HIS NAME UPON
THE FOREHEAD OF THE REDEEMED.
00:24:38.40\00:24:42.06
HE WRITES THE NAME OF THE
NEW JERUSALEM UPON THE REDEEMED.
00:24:42.06\00:24:45.43
THAT SYMBOLIZES
EVERLASTING LIFE.
00:24:45.43\00:24:48.23
SO THE FOUR TIMES GOD WRITES
IN SCRIPTURE, WE SEE THE LAW, WE
00:24:48.23\00:24:51.93
SEE THE LAW BEING BROKEN, WE SEE
JUDGMENT, BUT THEN WE SEE MERCY
00:24:51.93\00:24:55.96
THROUGH THE WORK OF JESUS - HIS
SACRIFICE - AND THEN WE SEE THE
00:24:55.96\00:24:59.46
PROMISE OF EVERLASTING LIFE
WHERE GOD WRITES HIS NAME UPON
00:24:59.46\00:25:03.86
THE REDEEMED -
THOSE WHO ARE TO BE SAVED.
00:25:03.86\00:25:07.06
SO LEAVE JUDGING TO GOD
BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE HEART.
00:25:07.06\00:25:12.56
ONLY SOMEBODY WHO CAN READ THE
HEART CAN DETERMINE THE MOTIVES.
00:25:12.56\00:25:18.16
THE JEWISH LEADERSHIP HAD A HARD
TIME WITH THIS AND, YOU KNOW, AS
00:25:18.16\00:25:20.40
CHRISTIANS, WE TOO OFTEN ARE
QUICK TO JUDGE THE MOTIVES OF
00:25:20.40\00:25:24.20
OTHERS. IT'S
NATURAL FOR US TO TRY AND
00:25:24.20\00:25:27.06
COMPARE OURSELVES
AMONGST OURSELVES.
00:25:27.06\00:25:29.86
WE KNOW WE HAVE SHORTCOMINGS AND
SINS AND FAULTS, BUT IF WE FIND
00:25:29.86\00:25:33.10
SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE CHURCH THAT
SEEMS TO BE DOING WORSE THAN WE
00:25:33.10\00:25:36.16
ARE, IT KIND OF MAKES US
FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
00:25:36.16\00:25:38.76
AND THEN, SOMETIMES WE ARE
TEMPTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FAULTS
00:25:38.76\00:25:41.70
OF THE OTHER PERSON.
JAMES SAYS DON'T DO THAT DON'T
00:25:41.70\00:25:45.06
JUDGE. YOU DON'T KNOW THE HEART.
00:25:45.06\00:25:46.66
ON ANOTHER OCCASION, JESUS WAS
IN THE TOWN OF CAPERNAUM AND HE
00:25:46.66\00:25:51.10
HAD JUST STARTED
HIS GALILEAN TOUR.
00:25:51.10\00:25:53.10
HE CAME BACK AND HE WAS
IN PETER'S HOUSE AND HE WAS
00:25:53.10\00:25:56.06
PREACHING AND TEACHING TO THE
PEOPLE AND THERE WAS A MAN WHO
00:25:56.06\00:25:58.86
WAS PARALYZED WHO WAS BROUGHT
BY HIS FOUR FRIENDS TO JESUS.
00:25:58.86\00:26:02.20
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT STORY?
00:26:02.20\00:26:03.53
AND THEY COULDN'T GET TO JESUS
BECAUSE THE CROWD WAS STANDING
00:26:03.53\00:26:06.26
AROUND THE HOUSE AND THE HOUSE
WAS FILLED WITH PEOPLE AND SO
00:26:06.26\00:26:09.03
THEY WENT UP ONTO THE ROOF AND,
WHILE JESUS WAS TEACHING AND
00:26:09.03\00:26:12.16
PREACHING THERE, SUDDENLY
THE ROOF TILES BEGAN TO MOVE AND
00:26:12.16\00:26:16.33
JESUS STOPPED PREACHING AND THE
PEOPLE SITTING CLOSE TO JESUS
00:26:16.33\00:26:19.10
KIND OF SCOOTED BACK A LITTLE
WAYS AND EVERYBODY LOOKED UP AND
00:26:19.10\00:26:21.70
SUDDENLY THE MAN WAS LOWERED
DOWN ON HIS MAT, ALL THE WAY
00:26:21.70\00:26:25.00
DOWN TO WHERE JESUS WAS.
AND NOW EVERYBODY'S LOOKING TO
00:26:25.00\00:26:28.60
SEE WHAT JESUS WAS TO DO.
THE PARALYZED MAN'S JUST LOOKING
00:26:28.60\00:26:32.03
UP AT JESUS. JESUS
READ THE MAN'S HEART.
00:26:32.03\00:26:36.06
YES, THE MAN WANTED
PHYSICAL HEALING, BUT EVEN MORE
00:26:36.06\00:26:38.63
IMPORTANTLY HE
WANTED SPIRITUAL HEALING.
00:26:38.63\00:26:40.46
HE RECOGNIZED THAT HIS
CONDITION, TO A LARGE DEGREE,
00:26:40.46\00:26:43.93
WAS BECAUSE OF HIS OWN
LIFESTYLE, THE THINGS THAT HE
00:26:43.93\00:26:46.33
HAD BEEN DOING AND HE
LONGED TO BE FORGIVEN.
00:26:46.33\00:26:49.43
AND THERE WERE SOME OF THE
JEWISH LEADERSHIP THAT WERE
00:26:49.43\00:26:51.33
THERE - SOME OF THE SPIES - AND
THEY WERE WATCHING EVERYTHING
00:26:51.33\00:26:53.30
THAT JESUS WAS ABOUT TO DO.
AND JESUS, WHEN HE LOOKED AT THE
00:26:53.30\00:26:55.80
MAN AND HE SAID,
'SON, BE OF GOOD CHEER.
00:26:55.80\00:26:57.93
YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN YOU.'
SO JESUS LOOKED AT THE HEART.
00:26:57.93\00:27:01.53
JESUS KNEW WHAT HE REALLY
NEEDED AND SAID, 'YOUR SINS ARE
00:27:01.53\00:27:04.53
FORGIVEN YOU.' NOW, OF COURSE,
THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES
00:27:04.53\00:27:07.90
WHO WERE SITTING THERE,
THEY SAID ONE TO ANOTHER,
00:27:07.90\00:27:11.13
'THIS MAN BLASPHEMES!' -
SPEAKING OF JESUS - 'FOR WHO
00:27:11.13\00:27:13.53
CAN FORGIVE SINS BUT GOD?'
NOW, OF COURSE, JESUS COULD
00:27:13.53\00:27:17.03
FORGIVE SINS BECAUSE HE
IS GOD. HE IS THE SON OF GOD.
00:27:17.03\00:27:20.20
BUT THEY REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT WITH REFERENCE TO CHRIST.
00:27:20.20\00:27:23.66
JESUS, KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING
ON IN THEIR MINDS, SAID TO THEM,
00:27:23.66\00:27:28.80
'WHAT IS EASIER TO SAY, 'YOUR
SINS ARE FORGIVEN YOU' OR TO
00:27:28.80\00:27:33.53
SAY, 'RISE, TAKE UP
YOUR BED, AND WALK?'
00:27:33.53\00:27:37.53
NOW THAT'S AN
INTERESTING QUESTION.
00:27:37.53\00:27:39.80
FROM A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE,
WHEN IT COMES TO PERFORMING A
00:27:39.80\00:27:43.30
MIRACLE, WE SAY,
'OH, WE CAN'T DO THAT.
00:27:43.30\00:27:46.63
I MEAN, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE
FOR US. WE CAN'T HEAL SOMEBODY
00:27:46.63\00:27:49.40
WHO IS SICK. YOU
KNOW, WE CAN'T CALM A STORM
00:27:49.40\00:27:52.76
THE WAY JESUS CALMED THE
STORM ON THE SEA OF GALILEE.
00:27:52.76\00:27:55.63
WE CAN'T FEED 5,000 PEOPLE
WITH JUST A LITTLE BOY'S LUNCH.
00:27:55.63\00:28:00.06
THAT'S ONLY SOMETHING GOD
CAN DO.' BUT WHEN IT COMES TO
00:28:00.06\00:28:03.76
FORGIVING SOMEONE, FOR THE MOST
PART, DEPENDING UPON WHAT IT IS
00:28:03.76\00:28:07.60
THAT THEY'VE DONE TO US, FOR
THE MOST PART WE CAN FORGIVE.
00:28:07.60\00:28:10.83
SOMETIMES IT'S A LOT HARDER
TO FORGIVE, DEPENDING UPON THE
00:28:10.83\00:28:12.70
SITUATION, BUT FROM A HUMAN
PERSPECTIVE WE'D PROBABLY SAY,
00:28:12.70\00:28:16.33
'WELL, IT'S EASIER TO FORGIVE
THAN, OBVIOUSLY, TO PERFORM A
00:28:16.33\00:28:19.33
MIRACLE.' BUT WHAT
ABOUT FROM GOD'S PERSPECTIVE?
00:28:19.33\00:28:22.10
HOW HARD IS IT FOR
GOD TO PERFORM A MIRACLE?
00:28:22.10\00:28:26.43
IS IT DIFFICULT FOR HIM?
HOW DID GOD CREATE THE EARTH IN
00:28:26.43\00:28:29.56
THE BEGINNING? HE
JUST SIMPLY SAID - SPOKE -
00:28:29.56\00:28:34.10
AND IT WAS. SO FOR
GOD, PERFORMING MIRACLES
00:28:34.10\00:28:37.40
- NO BIG DEAL. HOW
HARD WAS IT, HOWEVER, FOR
00:28:37.40\00:28:42.03
JESUS TO SAY TO THAT MAN,
'YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN YOU.'
00:28:42.03\00:28:46.40
COULD JESUS JUST SAY, 'OH,
THAT'S ALRIGHT. YOU SINNED.
00:28:46.40\00:28:49.26
NO PROBLEM, DON'T WORRY
ABOUT IT. YOU BROKE GOD'S LAW?
00:28:49.26\00:28:52.03
THAT'S OKAY, JUST TRY A
LITTLE HARDER NEXT TIME.'
00:28:52.03\00:28:55.00
COULD JESUS DO THAT? NO,
FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH.
00:28:55.00\00:28:59.36
THE ONLY WAY JESUS COULD EXTEND
FORGIVENESS TO THAT MAN WAS BY
00:28:59.36\00:29:03.66
JESUS TAKING THAT MAN'S PLACE,
BEARING HIS SINS, AND DYING IN
00:29:03.66\00:29:08.90
HIS PLACE ON THE CROSS.
SO WHEN JESUS SAID, 'WHAT IS
00:29:08.90\00:29:11.56
EASIER TO SAY, 'YOUR SINS ARE
FORGIVEN YOU' OR TO SAY 'RISE,
00:29:11.56\00:29:14.06
TAKE UP YOUR BED, AND WALK?'
IN ESSENCE, JESUS WAS SAYING,
00:29:14.06\00:29:17.93
'DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
YOUR FORGIVENESS IS COSTING GOD?
00:29:17.93\00:29:21.63
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS
FORGIVENESS IS GOING TO COST
00:29:21.63\00:29:23.56
ME?' IT'S NOT AN
EASY THING JUST TO
00:29:23.56\00:29:26.66
PROVIDE THAT KIND OF
FORGIVENESS, IT COST THE LIFE OF
00:29:26.66\00:29:29.26
THE SON OF GOD. AND
FRIENDS, WHEN WE REALIZE
00:29:29.26\00:29:31.80
THAT, WHEN WE REALIZE WHAT SIN
DID TO JESUS AND HOW OUR SINS
00:29:31.80\00:29:36.83
BREAK THE HEART OF GOD,
HOPEFULLY IT WILL STOP US IN OUR
00:29:36.83\00:29:40.70
TRACKS AND GET
US TO THINK TWICE.
00:29:40.70\00:29:43.20
WE SHOULDN'T TREAT SIN
AS CARELESSLY AS WE DO.
00:29:43.20\00:29:46.43
'OH, GOD'LL FORGIVE ME. NOT
A BIG DEAL.' NO, IT IS A BIG
00:29:46.43\00:29:48.93
DEAL BECAUSE IT COST
THE VERY LIFE OF CHRIST.
00:29:48.93\00:29:52.83
THAT'S WHY JESUS IS THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN JUDGE, BECAUSE JESUS IS
00:29:52.83\00:29:56.56
THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS
PAID THE PRICE FOR OUR SINS.
00:29:56.56\00:30:00.26
HE'S THE ONE THAT IS QUALIFIED
TO KNOW THE HEART AND TO MAKE
00:30:00.26\00:30:04.13
THOSE KINDS OF DECISIONS.
THE NEXT PART OF THE VERSE,
00:30:04.13\00:30:07.40
STILL LOOKING AT VERSE 12, "WHO
IS ABLE TO SAVE AND DESTROY."
00:30:07.40\00:30:10.76
WHEN IT COMES TO
SPIRITUAL MATTERS,
00:30:10.76\00:30:13.10
GOD IS
CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEART.
00:30:13.10\00:30:15.66
YOU HAVE THE STORY, IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT, OF GOD SAYING TO
00:30:15.66\00:30:19.43
SAMUEL THE PROPHET, 'IT'S TIME
TO ANOINT A NEW KING IN ISRAEL.'
00:30:19.43\00:30:23.13
SAUL HAD HARDENED HIS HEART
AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SO
00:30:23.13\00:30:25.60
GOD SAID, 'SAMUEL, TAKE THE
ANOINTING OIL AND GO DOWN TO
00:30:25.60\00:30:28.96
BETHLEHEM. GO TO A
MAN BY THE NAME OF JESSE.
00:30:28.96\00:30:31.86
THE NEW KING IS GOING
TO BE ONE OF HIS SONS.
00:30:31.86\00:30:34.43
AND SO SAMUEL ARRIVED AT THE
HOME OF JESSE AND JESSE BROUGHT
00:30:34.43\00:30:37.33
OUT HIS SONS - SEVEN OF THEM
- THEY CAME AND STOOD BEFORE
00:30:37.33\00:30:39.96
SAMUEL AND GOD SAYS, 'NOT THIS
ONE, NOT THIS ONE, NOT THIS' -
00:30:39.96\00:30:42.46
WENT THROUGH ALL SEVEN OF THEM
AND EVERYONE THOUGHT SURELY ONE
00:30:42.46\00:30:46.26
OF THESE YOUNG MEN WOULD
BE THE FUTURE KING OF ISRAEL.
00:30:46.26\00:30:49.33
BUT NO, NONE OF
THEM WERE PICKED.
00:30:49.33\00:30:51.03
AND FINALLY SAMUEL SAID,
'DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SONS?'
00:30:51.03\00:30:53.83
AND JESSE SAID, 'WELL, YEAH,
THERE'S #8, BUT HE'S OVER THERE
00:30:53.83\00:30:57.80
TAKING CARE OF THE SHEEP.
00:30:57.80\00:30:59.70
WE DIDN'T EVEN THINK TO CALL
HIM.' SAMUEL SAID, 'WE'RE NOT
00:30:59.70\00:31:02.43
EVEN GOING TO SIT DOWN UNTIL
WE GET THAT YOUNG MAN HERE.' SO
00:31:02.43\00:31:05.16
QUICKLY THEY SENT A MESSAGE
TO DAVID AND THEY SAID, 'COME,
00:31:05.16\00:31:07.50
COME.' AND DAVID CAME AND WHEN
SAMUEL SAW DAVID THE LORD SAID,
00:31:07.50\00:31:10.66
'THIS IS THE ONE.' AND THEN
GOD TAUGHT AN IMPORTANT LESSON.
00:31:10.66\00:31:14.86
GOD SAID TO SAMUEL - AND HE SAYS
TO US - HE SAYS, 'MAN LOOKS AT
00:31:14.86\00:31:18.23
THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE,
BUT GOD LOOKS AT THE HEART.'
00:31:18.23\00:31:22.76
THEREFORE, WE CANNOT
JUDGE BECAUSE ONLY GOD KNOWS THE
00:31:22.76\00:31:25.56
MOTIVE. GOD KNOWS THE HEART.
00:31:25.56\00:31:27.66
1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSE
5, "THEREFORE, JUDGE NOTHING
00:31:27.66\00:31:31.33
BEFORE THE TIME UNTIL THE LORD
COMES, WHO WILL BOTH BRING TO
00:31:31.33\00:31:35.23
LIGHT THE HIDDEN THINGS OF
DARKNESS AND REVEAL THE COUNSELS
00:31:35.23\00:31:38.80
OF THE HEART."
JESUS SAID IT'S OUT OF THE
00:31:38.80\00:31:42.16
ABUNDANCE OF THE
HEART THAT THE MOUTH SPEAKS.
00:31:42.16\00:31:45.00
THAT WHICH IS
IMPORTANT TO GOD IS THE HEART.
00:31:45.00\00:31:47.43
WHAT'S THE MOTIVE
BEHIND THE ACTION?
00:31:47.43\00:31:50.30
YOU KNOW, JUDAS LOOKED JUST
LIKE ONE OF THE OTHER DISCIPLES.
00:31:50.30\00:31:53.30
THE OTHER DISCIPLES THOUGHT,
'YOU KNOW, HERE'S A TRUE
00:31:53.30\00:31:57.46
FOLLOWER OF CHRIST.' BUT
NOBODY REALLY KNEW HIS HEART.
00:31:57.46\00:32:01.86
I DON'T EVEN THINK JUDAS
REALLY UNDERSTOOD HIS HEART.
00:32:01.86\00:32:04.96
JESUS KNEW HIS HEART.
00:32:04.96\00:32:07.46
THE TIME WILL COME, ACCORDING TO
THE SCRIPTURES, WHEN THE HIDDEN
00:32:07.46\00:32:11.23
SECRETS OF THE HEART
WILL BE MADE MANIFEST.
00:32:11.23\00:32:14.50
THAT'S WHY GOD HAS ALLOWED SIN
TO CONTINUE AS LONG AS HE HAS,
00:32:14.50\00:32:18.16
ALLOWING SIN TO REVEAL ITSELF,
TO SHOW ALL THE UNIVERSE WHAT
00:32:18.16\00:32:22.26
ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF SETTING
ASIDE GOD'S COMMANDMENTS.
00:32:22.26\00:32:26.36
ALRIGHT, WELL LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT OUR NEXT VERSE, VERSE 13 -
00:32:26.36\00:32:30.16
JAMES CHAPTER 4, VERSE 13.
00:32:30.16\00:32:32.50
>>"GO TO NOW, YE THAT SAY,
'TODAY OR TOMORROW WE WILL GO
00:32:32.50\00:32:37.50
INTO SUCH A CITY, AND CONTINUE
THERE A YEAR, AND BUY AND SELL,
00:32:37.50\00:32:42.40
AND GET GAIN'"
>>ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
00:32:42.40\00:32:45.33
IN THIS VERSE WE SEE
JAMES CHANGING GEARS.
00:32:45.33\00:32:47.63
HE'S TALKED ABOUT JUDGING AND
BEING CAREFUL WHEN IT COMES TO
00:32:47.63\00:32:50.73
JUDGING THE MOTIVES OF
OTHERS BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO THAT,
00:32:50.73\00:32:53.06
ONLY GOT KNOWS THE HEART.
00:32:53.06\00:32:54.30
BUT NOW HE'S TALKING ABOUT
PLANNING IN THE FUTURE AND WE'LL
00:32:54.30\00:32:57.80
SEE A COUPLE OF THINGS
HE BRINGS TO LIGHT HERE.
00:32:57.80\00:32:59.93
IN THIS VERSE, JAMES IS TALKING
ABOUT CHRISTIANS WHO NEGLECT GOD
00:32:59.93\00:33:03.03
IN THEIR FUTURE
PLANNING OR IN THEIR LIVES.
00:33:03.03\00:33:06.43
THEY'RE TRYING TO SERVE BOTH THE
WORLD AND TRYING TO SERVE GOD AT
00:33:06.43\00:33:11.53
THE SAME TIME.
JESUS SAID, IN MATTHEW
00:33:11.53\00:33:13.93
CHAPTER 6, VERSE 24, "NO ONE
CAN SERVE" - HOW MANY MASTERS?
00:33:13.93\00:33:18.50
- "TWO MASTERS; FOR EITHER HE
WILL HATE THE ONE AND LOVE THE
00:33:18.50\00:33:21.40
OTHER, OR ELSE HE WILL BE LOYAL
TO THE ONE AND HE WILL DESPISE
00:33:21.40\00:33:24.16
THE OTHER. YOU CANNOT
SERVE GOD AND MAMMON."
00:33:24.16\00:33:27.33
SO JAMES IS REMINDING US THAT WE
NEED TO MAKE A FULL AND COMPLETE
00:33:27.33\00:33:30.93
DECISION TO SERVE JESUS AND MAKE
HIM FIRST AND FOREMOST IN ALL OF
00:33:30.93\00:33:34.80
OUR DEALINGS - EVEN IN OUR
BUSINESS DEALINGS - MAKE GOD
00:33:34.80\00:33:38.00
FIRST. THE KEY TO
LIVING A VICTORIOUS
00:33:38.00\00:33:41.03
CHRISTIAN LIFE IS
THE SURRENDER OF SELF.
00:33:41.03\00:33:44.80
EVERYTHING DEPENDS UPON US
SURRENDERING OUR HEARTS AND OUR
00:33:44.80\00:33:48.20
LIVES TO JESUS. IN THE
BOOK 'STEPS TO CHRIST,'
00:33:48.20\00:33:51.26
WE HAVE THIS STATEMENT ON PAGE
43: "THE WARFARE AGAINST SELF IS
00:33:51.26\00:33:55.93
THE GREATEST BATTLE
THAT IS EVER TO BE FOUGHT.
00:33:55.93\00:33:59.43
THE HEALING OF SELF,
SURRENDERING ALL TO THE WILL OF
00:33:59.43\00:34:02.00
GOD, REQUIRES A STRUGGLE,
BUT THE SOUL MUST SUBMIT TO GOD
00:34:02.00\00:34:06.43
BEFORE IT CAN BE
RENEWED IN HOLINESS.
00:34:06.43\00:34:10.20
SO THE GREATEST WORK THAT WE, AS
CHRISTIANS, NEED TO DO EVERY DAY
00:34:10.20\00:34:13.26
IS SURRENDER OURSELVES TO
JESUS. THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS,
00:34:13.26\00:34:16.73
'I DIE DAILY.'
IT'S A DAY BY DAY KIND
00:34:16.73\00:34:19.66
OF EXPERIENCE. YOU
MIGHT BE WONDERING, 'WELL
00:34:19.66\00:34:21.86
SURRENDERING OURSELVES TO
GOD. HOW EXACTLY DOES THAT WORK?
00:34:21.86\00:34:24.73
AGAIN, IN THE BOOK 'STEPS TO
CHRIST' WE HAVE THIS STATEMENT:
00:34:24.73\00:34:27.20
"EVERYTHING DEPENDS UPON
THE RIGHT ACTION OF THE WILL."
00:34:27.20\00:34:31.10
OF COURSE THE WILL,
THAT'S THE POWER OF CHOICE.
00:34:31.10\00:34:33.36
GOD HAS GIVEN US ALL FREE
WILL SO WE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO
00:34:33.36\00:34:36.36
CHOOSE. IT THEN
GOES ON IN THE BOOK -
00:34:36.36\00:34:38.93
'STEPS TO CHRIST' - AND SAYS,
'YOU CANNOT CHANGE YOUR HEART.
00:34:38.93\00:34:41.63
YOU CANNOT OF YOURSELF GIVE TO
GOD ITS AFFECTIONS, BUT YOU CAN
00:34:41.63\00:34:45.23
CHOOSE TO SERVE HIM. HE
WILL THEN WORK IN YOU BOTH TO
00:34:45.23\00:34:49.03
WILL AND TO DO
ACCORDING TO HIS GOOD PLEASURE."
00:34:49.03\00:34:52.26
SO EVERY DAY WE CAN
GIVE OURSELVES TO JESUS.
00:34:52.26\00:34:55.06
WE CAN CHOOSE TO BE HIS.
WE CAN SAY, 'LORD, I'M YOURS.
00:34:55.06\00:34:57.90
PLEASE PUT YOUR
SPIRIT WITHIN ME.
00:34:57.90\00:35:00.40
WORK WITHIN ME. CHANGE MY HEART.
00:35:00.40\00:35:02.80
BRING ME IN HARMONY WITH THE
PRINCIPLE OF YOUR LAW - LOVE FOR
00:35:02.80\00:35:06.60
GOD, LOVE FOR OUR FELLOW MAN -
AND AS WE, DAY BY DAY, SURRENDER
00:35:06.60\00:35:10.10
OURSELVES TO JESUS, JESUS WILL
DO A WORK WITHIN US TO TRANSFORM
00:35:10.10\00:35:15.10
US AND MAKE US INTO THE KIND OF
PEOPLE THAT HE WANTS US TO BE.
00:35:15.10\00:35:20.16
SO IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO
- IN OUR BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS,
00:35:20.16\00:35:23.86
WORKING WITH OTHER PEOPLE, WE
WANT TO ALWAYS BE HUMBLY SEEKING
00:35:23.86\00:35:26.90
GOD'S LEADING IN OUR
LIVES, SEEKING TO HAVE THE RIGHT
00:35:26.90\00:35:30.46
SPIRIT, BEING LIKE JESUS IN ALL
OF OUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHERS.
00:35:30.46\00:35:35.10
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT
PART OF THAT VERSE - STILL IN
00:35:35.10\00:35:37.53
VERSE 13 - IT SAYS WE'RE GOING
TO SPEND A YEAR HERE AND WE'RE
00:35:37.53\00:35:40.43
GOING TO BUY AND WE'RE GOING TO
SELL AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A
00:35:40.43\00:35:42.40
PROFIT. HERE IS
A GROUP OF PEOPLE
00:35:42.40\00:35:43.93
CLAIMING TO BE CHRISTIANS BUT
THEY ARE RELYING UPON THEIR OWN
00:35:43.93\00:35:46.26
STRENGTH TO MAKE WEALTH.
THEY'RE NOT PUTTING GOD IN THEIR
00:35:46.26\00:35:50.86
CALCULATIONS.
THEY'RE NOT TRUSTING IN HIM.
00:35:50.86\00:35:52.90
IN PROVERBS CHAPTER 27, VERSE
1, WE READ, "DO NOT BOAST ABOUT
00:35:52.90\00:35:57.36
TOMORROW, FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW
WHAT A DAY MAY BRING FORTH."
00:35:57.36\00:36:02.23
NOW JAMES, HERE DOES NOT CONDEMN
WISE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.
00:36:02.23\00:36:07.03
MATTER OF FACT, TO BE A
GOOD CHRISTIAN, YOU WANT TO PLAN
00:36:07.03\00:36:09.60
WISELY. GOD HAS
GIVEN US RESOURCES,
00:36:09.60\00:36:11.60
LET'S USE THEM WISELY FOR
THE FURTHERANCE OF HIS KINGDOM.
00:36:11.60\00:36:15.76
BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN PLANNING WITH THE GOAL
00:36:15.76\00:36:18.96
OF DOING GOD'S WILL, VERSUS
PLANNING WITH THE GOAL OF DOING
00:36:18.96\00:36:24.46
SIMPLY WHAT I WANT TO DO.
AND THAT'S WHAT JAMES IS TALKING
00:36:24.46\00:36:27.16
ABOUT. HERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
ARE PLANNING THEIR FUTURE -
00:36:27.16\00:36:29.36
IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT GOD'S
PLAN MIGHT BE FOR THEM, THEY'RE
00:36:29.36\00:36:32.66
BUILDING THEIR OWN PLANS.
JAMES SAYS 'YOU CAN'T DO THIS.
00:36:32.66\00:36:35.66
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TOMORROW
IS GOING TO BRING.' IN MATTHEW
00:36:35.66\00:36:39.53
CHAPTER 6, VERSE 33, JESUS SAID,
"BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE" - WHAT?
00:36:39.53\00:36:43.53
- "THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND
HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL THESE
00:36:43.53\00:36:47.83
THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO
YOU." NOW WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO
00:36:47.83\00:36:51.50
SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF
GOD? WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD?
00:36:51.50\00:36:55.06
WELL, THERE'S DIFFERENT
PARTS TO GOD'S KINGDOM.
00:36:55.06\00:36:58.00
WE THINK OF THE
KINGDOM OF GLORY.
00:36:58.00\00:36:59.53
WHEN WE THINK OF THE KINGDOM OF
GLORY WE THINK OF JESUS COMING
00:36:59.53\00:37:01.83
IN THE CLOUDS OF GLORY
WITH ALL OF THE ANGELS.
00:37:01.83\00:37:04.30
WE THINK ABOUT HEAVEN. WE
THINK ABOUT THE MANSIONS THAT
00:37:04.30\00:37:07.43
JESUS IS PREPARING
FOR THOSE THAT LOVE HIM.
00:37:07.43\00:37:08.96
BUT THERE IS A SECOND
ASPECT TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
00:37:08.96\00:37:11.76
WE CALL THAT THE KINGDOM OF
GRACE. AND THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF
00:37:11.76\00:37:15.26
GOD WORKING IN OUR
HEARTS AND LIVES EVEN NOW.
00:37:15.26\00:37:18.60
YOU SEE, ANYONE WHO HAS JESUS
SEATED ON THE THRONE OF THEIR
00:37:18.60\00:37:22.66
HEART AND MIND, IS A
CITIZEN OF THE KINGDOM OF GRACE.
00:37:22.66\00:37:27.80
JESUS SAID, 'SEEK YE FIRST THE
KINGDOM OF GOD.' IN OTHER WORDS,
00:37:27.80\00:37:31.83
MAKE IT YOUR NUMBER ONE TASK
- YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY EVERY
00:37:31.83\00:37:35.83
DAY TO SEEK TO PUT JESUS
ON THE THRONE OF YOUR HEART.
00:37:35.83\00:37:40.53
IN OTHER WORDS,
SURRENDER YOURSELF TO CHRIST.
00:37:40.53\00:37:42.93
THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM.
00:37:42.93\00:37:45.60
SEEK HIS WILL FOR YOUR
LIFE AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS,
00:37:45.60\00:37:48.36
JESUS SAID, WILL BE ADDED ON.
00:37:48.36\00:37:51.00
BUT MAKE JESUS
NUMBER ONE. SEEK HIM FIRST.
00:37:51.00\00:37:53.73
NOW WE SEE THIS PRINCIPLE
ILLUSTRATED IN A VERY POWERFUL
00:37:53.73\00:37:56.13
WAY BY TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT
HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS.
00:37:56.13\00:38:00.53
ONE DAY, A RICH YOUNG RULER CAME
TO JESUS AND SAID, 'WHAT MUST I
00:38:00.53\00:38:04.80
DO TO INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE?'
SO HERE IS A MAN WHO IS FEELING
00:38:04.80\00:38:08.56
CONVICTED THAT HE'S NOT
RIGHT WITH GOD. HE WANTS HOPE.
00:38:08.56\00:38:13.66
HE WANTS TO KNOW THAT
HE HAS EVERLASTING LIFE.
00:38:13.66\00:38:17.10
HE'S LOOKING FOR ASSURANCE.
HE'S LOOKING FOR PEACE.
00:38:17.10\00:38:19.33
SO HE COMES TO JESUS AND
HE SAYS, 'WHAT MUST I DO TO BE
00:38:19.33\00:38:22.20
SAVED?' AND JESUS
SAYS, 'WELL, WHAT IS
00:38:22.20\00:38:25.26
WRITTEN IN THE LAW?' AND
JESUS QUOTES PART OF THE TEN
00:38:25.26\00:38:28.60
COMMANDMENTS. THE
YOUNG MAN SAYS BACK TO
00:38:28.60\00:38:30.80
JESUS, 'ALL OF THESE THINGS
I HAVE DONE FROM MY YOUTH YET
00:38:30.80\00:38:34.10
THERE IS STILL
SOMETHING LACKING.
00:38:34.10\00:38:36.60
SO HERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS
VERY ZEALOUS IN MAINTAINING THE
00:38:36.60\00:38:40.16
LETTER OF THE LAW AND YET HE
FELT THERE WAS STILL SOMETHING
00:38:40.16\00:38:43.76
LACKING IN HIS LIFE. YOU
SEE, A SIMPLE EXTERNAL KIND
00:38:43.76\00:38:47.13
OF CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE
DOESN'T SATISFY THE HEART.
00:38:47.13\00:38:50.20
IF ANYTHING, THAT
LEADS TO FRUSTRATION.
00:38:50.20\00:38:52.30
IF OUR GOAL IS SIMPLY TO JUST
KEEP THE LETTER OF THE LAW AND
00:38:52.30\00:38:55.43
WE'RE NEGLECTING THE SPIRIT
OF THE LAW, WE END UP BEING
00:38:55.43\00:38:58.93
MISERABLE CHRISTIANS
AND CHRISTIANITY JUST
00:38:58.93\00:39:01.30
BECOMES A LIST
OF DOS AND DON'TS.
00:39:01.30\00:39:03.96
AND SO THIS MAN FELT THAT THERE
WAS SOMETHING MISSING IN HIS
00:39:03.96\00:39:06.03
LIFE AND HE SAID, 'WHAT
IS IT THAT I STILL LACK?
00:39:06.03\00:39:08.10
JESUS THEN, ADDRESSES THE SPIRIT
OF THE LAW AND HE SAYS, 'IF YOU
00:39:08.10\00:39:11.83
WANT TO BE PERFECT, GO
AND SELL ALL THAT YOU HAVE.
00:39:11.83\00:39:15.36
COME AND FOLLOW ME AND YOU
WILL HAVE TREASURES IN HEAVEN.
00:39:15.36\00:39:18.96
NOW, OF COURSE, THIS
IS AN INCREDIBLE OFFER
00:39:18.96\00:39:21.10
THAT JESUS IS
GIVING TO THIS MAN.
00:39:21.10\00:39:22.70
HE'S ASKING HIM TO COME AND BE
ONE OF CHRIST'S DISCIPLES - TO
00:39:22.70\00:39:26.66
SPEND TIME WITH JESUS EVERY DAY
- TO LISTEN TO JESUS TEACH - TO
00:39:26.66\00:39:32.30
WATCH JESUS HEAL - TO SHARE
IN THE MINISTRY OF JESUS IN
00:39:32.30\00:39:35.73
PREACHING THE GOSPEL.
WHAT A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.
00:39:35.73\00:39:39.56
BUT THE BIBLE RECORD TELLS
US THAT THE MAN TURNED AND LEFT
00:39:39.56\00:39:42.76
SORROWFUL FOR HE
HAD GREAT POSSESSIONS.
00:39:42.76\00:39:47.16
IT WAS TOO MUCH FOR HIM TO
SURRENDER HIS WEALTH IN ORDER TO
00:39:47.16\00:39:51.66
HAVE THE SPIRIT OF LOVE WITHIN
HIS HEART. THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER
00:39:51.66\00:39:56.43
WEALTHY INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD AN
ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS, ZACCHEUS.
00:39:56.43\00:40:00.43
ZACCHEUS WAS A TAX COLLECTOR AND
HE HEARD THAT JESUS WAS COMING
00:40:00.43\00:40:03.90
TO HIS TOWN - TO JERICHO.
AND SO HE WANTED TO SEE JESUS.
00:40:03.90\00:40:08.10
HE HAD HEARD THE
TEACHINGS OF CHRIST.
00:40:08.10\00:40:10.03
HE HAD PROBABLY HEARD THE
TEACHINGS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
00:40:10.03\00:40:12.83
AND HAD BEEN CONVICTED,
BECAUSE JERICHO'S NOT TOO FAR
00:40:12.83\00:40:15.23
AWAY FROM WHERE JOHN HAD
BEEN PREACHING AND BAPTIZING.
00:40:15.23\00:40:19.16
AND SO NOW HE HEARS JESUS IS
COMING TO TOWN, SO HE WANTS TO
00:40:19.16\00:40:21.63
GO SEE JESUS. OF
COURSE, THERE'S A BIG CROWD
00:40:21.63\00:40:23.33
OF PEOPLE COMING ALONG WITH
JESUS. ZACCHEUS, BEING A SHORT
00:40:23.33\00:40:26.16
MAN, CAN'T SEE JESUS SO HE
DECIDES TO CLIMB UP A TREE.
00:40:26.16\00:40:29.80
AND HE'S SITTING UP IN THE TREE
DRESSED IN HIS FINE ROBE AND
00:40:29.80\00:40:33.03
JESUS COMES WALKING DOWN THE
STREET AND SUDDENLY JESUS STOPS
00:40:33.03\00:40:36.40
AND LOOKS UP AND SAYS,
'ZACCHEUS, COME DOWN OUT OF THE
00:40:36.40\00:40:39.96
TREE. TODAY I'M COMING TO
YOUR HOUSE TO EAT WITH YOU.' AND
00:40:39.96\00:40:42.56
IMMEDIATELY ZACCHEUS JUST SORT
OF JUMPS DOWN OUT OF THAT TREE.
00:40:42.56\00:40:45.66
HE'S SO EXCITED. JESUS
IS COMING TO HIS HOUSE.
00:40:45.66\00:40:48.93
BUT AS HE GETS DOWN FROM THE
TREE AND HE'S STARTING TO LEAD
00:40:48.93\00:40:51.93
JESUS TO HIS HOUSE, HE PROBABLY
HEARS THE CROWD MURMURING
00:40:51.93\00:40:56.23
SAYING, 'BOY,
HE'S A TAX COLLECTOR.
00:40:56.23\00:40:59.23
JESUS IS GOING TO GO
EAT AT ZACCHEUS' HOUSE?
00:40:59.23\00:41:01.93
WHY WOULD JESUS
WANT TO GO TO HIS HOUSE?'
00:41:01.93\00:41:04.90
AND ZACCHEUS, PERHAPS THINKING,
'OH, JESUS MIGHT CHANGE HIS
00:41:04.90\00:41:07.83
MIND.' HE QUICKLY SAYS, 'LORD,
HALF OF WHAT I HAVE I'LL GIVE TO
00:41:07.83\00:41:11.73
THE POOR. AND IF I'VE TAKEN
ANYTHING FALSELY, I'LL RESTORE
00:41:11.73\00:41:15.20
IT FOUR-FOLD.' NOW, DOUBTLESS,
ZACCHEUS HAD TAKEN THINGS
00:41:15.20\00:41:18.66
FALSELY. HE WAS A
TAX COLLECTOR AND THEY
00:41:18.66\00:41:20.56
WERE WELL KNOWN FOR
STEALING FROM THE PEOPLE.
00:41:20.56\00:41:23.86
SO IF ZACCHEUS GAVE HALF OF
EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD AND THEN
00:41:23.86\00:41:27.53
HE RESTORED FOUR-FOLD THAT WHICH
HE HAD TAKEN FALSELY, ZACCHEUS
00:41:27.53\00:41:32.46
WOULD BECOME A VERY POOR MAN.
BUT HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT HIS
00:41:32.46\00:41:35.93
EARTHLY POSSESSIONS. HE
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
00:41:35.93\00:41:39.23
JESUS COME TO HIS HOUSE AND
THAT MEANT EVERYTHING TO HIM.
00:41:39.23\00:41:44.46
AND JESUS SAID TO ZACCHEUS,
'TODAY SALVATION HAS COME TO
00:41:44.46\00:41:47.16
YOUR HOME.' ZACCHEUS UNDERSTOOD
THAT THE SPIRIT OF LOVE IS WORTH
00:41:47.16\00:41:52.63
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
SO TWO EXAMPLES IN SCRIPTURE:
00:41:52.63\00:41:56.90
THE ONE WILLING TO SACRIFICE
EVERYTHING FOR JESUS; THE OTHER
00:41:56.90\00:42:00.10
CHOOSING TO HOLD
ONTO EARTHLY POSSESSIONS.
00:42:00.10\00:42:02.50
THAT'S THE POINT THAT JAMES
IS EMPHASIZING IN THIS VERSE.
00:42:02.50\00:42:06.16
AS CHRISTIANS, DON'T ALLOW
ANYTHING ELSE TO COME IN FRONT
00:42:06.16\00:42:09.40
OF JESUS. JESUS MUST BE
NUMBER ONE IN OUR LIVES.
00:42:09.40\00:42:13.66
OKAY, I THINK WE'RE READY TO
READ VERSE 14 - JAMES CHAPTER 4,
00:42:13.66\00:42:16.36
VERSE 14.
>>"WHEREAS YE KNOW NOT WHAT
00:42:16.36\00:42:20.80
SHALL BE ON THE
MORROW. FOR WHAT IS YOUR LIFE?
00:42:20.80\00:42:23.86
IT IS EVEN A VAPOR, THAT
APPEARETH FOR A LITTLE TIME, AND
00:42:23.86\00:42:27.53
THEN VANISHETH
AWAY." >>THANK YOU.
00:42:27.53\00:42:30.20
JAMES CONTINUES TO ILLUSTRATE
THIS POINT OF PLANNING FOR
00:42:30.20\00:42:33.26
EARTHLY GAIN WITHOUT CONSIDERING
GOD'S PURPOSE AND PLAN FOR OUR
00:42:33.26\00:42:38.26
LIVES. JESUS HAD QUITE A
BIT TO SAY ABOUT THIS. HE TOLD A
00:42:38.26\00:42:41.96
PARABLE ABOUT A CERTAIN MAN WHO
HAD A BUMPER CROP ONE YEAR AND
00:42:41.96\00:42:45.16
HE HAD SO MUCH GRAIN, HE DIDN'T
KNOW QUITE WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
00:42:45.16\00:42:48.86
AND SO HE SAID, 'I'M GOING TO
TEAR DOWN MY BARNS AND I'M GOING
00:42:48.86\00:42:51.06
TO BUILD BIGGER BARNS AND I'M
GOING TO FILL ALL OF THIS GRAIN,
00:42:51.06\00:42:53.63
AND I HAVE ENOUGH GRAIN TO LAST
ME FOR SEVERAL YEARS, SO I'M
00:42:53.63\00:42:56.93
GOING TO SIT BACK,
RELAX, AND TAKE IT EASY.
00:42:56.93\00:43:00.30
AND IN THE PARABLE, JESUS
SAYS GOD SPOKE TO HIM AND SAID,
00:43:00.30\00:43:03.96
'YOU FOOL, THIS NIGHT
YOUR SOUL IS REQUIRED OF YOU
00:43:03.96\00:43:07.63
AND WHAT WILL
HAPPEN TO YOUR RICHES?
00:43:07.63\00:43:11.26
JAMES IS EMPHASIZING THAT IF GOD
IS NOT NUMBER ONE IN OUR LIVES,
00:43:11.26\00:43:14.63
EVERYTHING THAT WE
GAIN REALLY MEANS NOTHING.
00:43:14.63\00:43:18.36
AND IF YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT
IT, OUR LIFE, EVEN IF WE GAIN
00:43:18.36\00:43:21.06
THE WHOLE WORLD, JESUS
SAYS, 'WHAT WILL IT PROFIT A MAN
00:43:21.06\00:43:23.10
THOUGH HE GAIN THE WHOLE
WORLD AND LOSE HIS OWN SOUL?'
00:43:23.10\00:43:26.66
WHAT GOOD IS THAT?
THINK OF ETERNITY IN
00:43:26.66\00:43:29.60
RELATIONSHIP TO OUR
LIFE HERE ON THIS EARTH.
00:43:29.60\00:43:31.96
IF WE THINK OF OUR LIFE AS JUST,
SORT OF, A DOT ON A LINE - OUR
00:43:31.96\00:43:36.23
70, 80, 90 YEARS - WHATEVER IT
MIGHT BE - ON A DOT OF TIME, ON
00:43:36.23\00:43:40.83
A LINE OF TIME.
HOW LONG IS ETERNITY?
00:43:40.83\00:43:44.26
SO LET'S SAY WE TAKE A LINE AND
WE DRAW IT FROM HERE AND WE GO
00:43:44.26\00:43:46.46
UP TO THE CEILING.
OUR EARTHLY LIFE IS JUST A
00:43:46.46\00:43:48.83
LITTLE SPECK ON THAT LINE.
THAT LINE REPRESENTS ETERNITY.
00:43:48.83\00:43:52.76
BUT THEN WHERE
DOES THAT LINE END?
00:43:52.76\00:43:54.70
IT DOESN'T END AT THE ROOF
OR THE CEILING, IT JUST KEEPS
00:43:54.70\00:43:56.56
GOING, RIGHT?
BECAUSE ETERNITY HAS NO END.
00:43:56.56\00:43:58.60
SO IT KEEPS
GOING PAST THE CLOUDS.
00:43:58.60\00:44:00.53
OUR LIFE IS A DOT ON THE LINE.
IT KEEPS GOING PAST THE CLOUDS.
00:44:00.53\00:44:03.86
OF COURSE, IT DOESN'T END AT THE
CLOUDS BECAUSE ETERNITY HAS NO
00:44:03.86\00:44:06.26
END SO IT GOES PAST THE MOON.
AND THEN IT JUST KEEPS GOING
00:44:06.26\00:44:09.33
PAST, I DON'T
KNOW, THE UNIVERSE.
00:44:09.33\00:44:12.60
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE -
00:44:12.60\00:44:14.73
MORE SPACE - IT JUST
KEEPS GOING. IT HAS NO END.
00:44:14.73\00:44:18.30
SO COMPARE OUR
LIVES HERE ON THIS EARTH.
00:44:18.30\00:44:21.63
EVEN IF WE LIVE 500 YEARS
OR, LIKE THOSE LIVING BEFORE THE
00:44:21.63\00:44:26.26
FLOOD, 900 YEARS, LIKE
METHUSELAH, 969 YEARS, WHAT IS
00:44:26.26\00:44:31.56
THAT IN COMPARISON TO ETERNITY?
EVEN IF WE HAVE NOTHING ON THIS
00:44:31.56\00:44:36.90
EARTH, IF WE HAVE JESUS,
WE HAVE EVERYTHING, AMEN?
00:44:36.90\00:44:41.73
THE DEVIL SOMETIMES WILL BLIND
US WITH EARTHLY TREASURE AND
00:44:41.73\00:44:44.36
THESE SELFISH
THOUGHTS THAT, 'YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:44:44.36\00:44:46.13
IF I COULD JUST HAVE A LITTLE
BIT MORE I'LL BE HAPPY.' BUT
00:44:46.13\00:44:47.86
WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THINGS FROM
THE PERSPECTIVE OF ETERNITY.
00:44:47.86\00:44:51.26
LOOK AT THINGS
FROM GOD'S PERSPECTIVE.
00:44:51.26\00:44:53.46
YES, GOD IS CONCERNED ABOUT OUR
PHYSICAL NEEDS NOW, BUT OH, GOD
00:44:53.46\00:44:57.16
IS SO MUCH MORE CONCERNED
ABOUT OUR ETERNAL NEED.
00:44:57.16\00:45:01.26
OBVIOUSLY GOD WANTS US
TO BE WITH HIM FOREVER.
00:45:01.26\00:45:03.03
SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT
THINGS FROM GOD'S PERSPECTIVE.
00:45:03.03\00:45:05.30
OUR LIFE HERE ON THIS
EARTH IS JUST VERY SHORT.
00:45:05.30\00:45:07.03
JAMES SAYS IT'S LIKE A
VAPOR OR A MIST OR A BREATH.
00:45:07.03\00:45:10.53
JOB CHAPTER 8, VERSE 9, "FOR
WE WERE BORN YESTERDAY, AND KNOW
00:45:10.53\00:45:14.40
NOTHING, BECAUSE OUR DAYS ON
EARTH ARE A SHADOW.' HE SAYS.
00:45:14.40\00:45:18.56
ECCLESIASTES, CHAPTER 12, VERSE
13, THE WISE MAN SAYS, "LET US
00:45:18.56\00:45:22.53
HEAR THE CONCLUSION
OF THE WHOLE MATTER.
00:45:22.53\00:45:24.26
FEAR GOD AND
KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS,
00:45:24.26\00:45:27.83
FOR THIS IS MAN'S ALL." AT
THE END OF THE DAY, THE MOST
00:45:27.83\00:45:30.70
IMPORTANT THING IS KNOWING GOD.
IT IS HAVING THE LOVE OF JESUS
00:45:30.70\00:45:34.63
IN OUR HEARTS.
IT IS KEEPING GOD'S
00:45:34.63\00:45:36.20
COMMANDMENTS. THAT'S
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
00:45:36.20\00:45:40.13
LET'S NOT TRADE JUST SOME
EARTHLY TREASURE FOR ETERNAL
00:45:40.13\00:45:43.80
TREASURE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
GOD REALLY WANTS TO GIVE US.
00:45:43.80\00:45:47.00
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
NEXT VERSE, JAMES CHAPTER 4,
00:45:47.00\00:45:49.03
VERSE 15 - JAMES 4, VERSE 15.
00:45:49.03\00:45:54.00
>>"INSTEAD, YOU OUGHT TO SAY,
'IF THE LORD WILLS, WE SHALL
00:45:54.00\00:45:56.66
LIVE AND DO THIS OR
THAT.'" >>THANK YOU.
00:45:56.66\00:45:59.70
HERE JAMES EMPHASIZES HAVING
A SPIRIT OF SUBMISSION TO GOD'S
00:45:59.70\00:46:04.33
WILL, NOT PLANNING OUR LIVES
SIMPLY AROUND THOSE THINGS THAT
00:46:04.33\00:46:07.33
WE WANT TO DO. AND,
QUITE OFTEN, GOD'S WILL IS
00:46:07.33\00:46:10.90
DIFFERENT FROM OUR WILL.
WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT.
00:46:10.90\00:46:13.80
ISAIAH CHAPTER 55, VERSES 8 AND
9, GOD SAYS, "FOR MY THOUGHTS
00:46:13.80\00:46:17.26
ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS,
NOR ARE YOUR WAYS MY WAYS,'
00:46:17.26\00:46:20.40
SAYS THE LORD. 'FOR
AS THE HEAVENS ARE HIGHER
00:46:20.40\00:46:22.60
THAN THE EARTH, SO ARE MY WAYS
HIGHER THAN YOUR WAYS, AND MY
00:46:22.60\00:46:26.70
THOUGHTS THAN YOUR THOUGHTS.'"
SOMETIMES, AS CHRISTIANS, WE
00:46:26.70\00:46:31.03
DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY GOD ALLOWS
CERTAIN THINGS TO HAPPEN TO US.
00:46:31.03\00:46:35.93
AND SO WHEN WE GO THROUGH THOSE
TRYING EXPERIENCES - WHEN WE
00:46:35.93\00:46:38.46
PRAY AND IT SEEMS AS THOUGH GOD
DOESN'T ANSWER OUR PRAYER - THAT
00:46:38.46\00:46:42.06
THE DEVIL COMES WITH THOSE SEEDS
OF DOUBT TO PLANT IN OUR MIND -
00:46:42.06\00:46:45.53
'MAYBE GOD DOESN'T REALLY LOVE
YOU' OR 'MAYBE YOU'RE NOT GOOD
00:46:45.53\00:46:47.96
ENOUGH. GOD'S NOT
GOING TO LISTEN TO
00:46:47.96\00:46:49.23
YOU.' WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE
HEED TO SATAN'S TEMPTATIONS AND
00:46:49.23\00:46:52.76
SATAN'S DOUBTS. KEEP
TRUSTING IN JESUS EVEN IF
00:46:52.76\00:46:56.36
YOU CAN'T SEE EXACTLY WHY THINGS
ARE HAPPENING THE WAY THEY ARE.
00:46:56.36\00:47:01.26
GOD IS LOOKING AT US
WITH THIS ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE.
00:47:01.26\00:47:05.26
COULD YOU IMAGINE THE QUESTIONS
THAT JOSEPH HAD WHEN HE STOOD UP
00:47:05.26\00:47:09.43
FOR WHAT WAS RIGHT IN POTIPHAR'S
HOUSE AND ENDED UP BEING THROWN
00:47:09.43\00:47:11.66
INTO PRISON. DON'T YOU THINK
HE SPENT SOME NIGHTS IN PRAYER
00:47:11.66\00:47:14.86
SAYING, 'LORD, WHY DID YOU
ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN TO ME?
00:47:14.86\00:47:18.06
HERE I STOOD UP FOR THE RIGHT
AND NOW I'M IN PRISON.' AND, BY
00:47:18.06\00:47:21.00
THE WAY, JOSEPH'S TIME IN PRISON
WASN'T JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
00:47:21.00\00:47:24.06
AND YOU CAN ALSO READ IN THE
PSALMS THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE
00:47:24.06\00:47:27.50
DELUXE SUITE IN PRISON.
BUT IT SPEAKS ABOUT HIS FEET
00:47:27.50\00:47:31.16
BEING IN THE
STOCKS AND BEING BEATEN.
00:47:31.16\00:47:33.36
SO IT WASN'T EASY ON JOSEPH
AND YET HIS FAITH ENDURED.
00:47:33.36\00:47:37.76
LITTLE COULD HE HAVE IMAGINED
WHAT GOD REALLY WAS PREPARING
00:47:37.76\00:47:40.60
JOSEPH FOR AND THE GREAT WORK
THAT GOD HAD IN STORE FOR HIM.
00:47:40.60\00:47:44.16
THINK OF DANIEL AND HIS THREE
FRIENDS TAKEN FROM THEIR HOME IN
00:47:44.16\00:47:47.26
JERUSALEM. THEY
ALSO WONDERED, 'LORD, WHY
00:47:47.26\00:47:49.66
DID YOU ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN?
THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO US.'
00:47:49.66\00:47:53.36
BUT THEY KEPT TRUSTING IN GOD
AND LOOK AT THE MIGHTY THINGS
00:47:53.36\00:47:56.43
GOD WAS ABLE TO DO
WITH THEM. SO IT IS WITH US.
00:47:56.43\00:47:58.93
IF YOU DON'T SEE GOD'S
HAND LEADING IN YOUR LIFE, KEEP
00:47:58.93\00:48:03.03
TRUSTING IN HIS
HEART OF LOVE, AMEN?
00:48:03.03\00:48:05.43
GOD IS CONCERNED ABOUT
US AND HE WANTS TO SAVE US.
00:48:05.43\00:48:08.93
I REMEMBER HEARING A STORY ABOUT
A FATHER AND SON DURING THE
00:48:08.93\00:48:11.56
SECOND WORLD WAR. THEY
WERE IN LONDON AND IT WAS
00:48:11.56\00:48:14.56
AT NIGHT AND THE BOMBS WERE
FALLING UPON THE CITY AND THE
00:48:14.56\00:48:18.66
BUILDING WHERE THEY WERE TAKING
SHELTER SUFFERED A HIT FROM ONE
00:48:18.66\00:48:22.10
OF THESE BOMBS
AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE.
00:48:22.10\00:48:23.96
AND SO THE FATHER GRABBED HIS
LITTLE BOY AND THEY RAN OUT OF
00:48:23.96\00:48:26.36
THE BURNING BUILDING AND
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A PLACE OF
00:48:26.36\00:48:28.70
SAFETY AND CLOSE BY THERE WAS
A BLOWN-OUT BUILDING - JUST THE
00:48:28.70\00:48:31.70
BASEMENT WAS LEFT. THE
FATHER SAID 'THIS IS BETTER
00:48:31.70\00:48:34.46
THAN NOTHING.' SO HE RAN OVER
TO WHERE THE BUILDING WAS AND HE
00:48:34.46\00:48:38.96
JUMPED DOWN AND THEN HE TURNED
BACK AND HIS SON WAS STANDING ON
00:48:38.96\00:48:43.60
THE SIDE AND HE LOOKED
UP AND HE SAID, 'SON, JUMP.
00:48:43.60\00:48:46.76
I'LL CATCH YOU.' BUT THE LITTLE
BOY, WITH THE NOISE AND THE
00:48:46.76\00:48:50.66
SMOKE AND THE FIRE -
THE LITTLE BOY WAS AFRAID.
00:48:50.66\00:48:55.10
AND HE LOOKED DOWN INTO THE
DARKNESS BUT HE COULDN'T SEE HIS
00:48:55.10\00:48:57.53
FATHER DOWN THERE. AND
SO, WITH FEAR, HE CRIED OUT
00:48:57.53\00:49:00.46
AND SAID, 'BUT DADDY, I
CAN'T SEE YOU. HOW CAN I JUMP?
00:49:00.46\00:49:03.30
I CAN'T SEE YOU.' BUT AS HIS
FATHER LOOKED UP, HE COULD SEE
00:49:03.30\00:49:06.00
HIS SON STANDING WITH THE
SILHOUETTE BECAUSE OF THE FIRE -
00:49:06.00\00:49:09.46
THE BUILDING IN THE BACKGROUND
- AND HIS FATHER SAID, 'SON, IT
00:49:09.46\00:49:11.50
DOESN'T MATTER THAT YOU CAN'T
SEE ME. I CAN SEE YOU. JUMP.
00:49:11.50\00:49:16.10
I CAN SEE YOU.' FRIENDS, SO
OFTEN IN OUR LIVES GOD SAYS TO
00:49:16.10\00:49:19.43
US, 'YOU JUST TRUST ME. YOU
MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SEE ME,
00:49:19.43\00:49:23.33
BUT I CAN SEE YOU.'
I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
00:49:23.33\00:49:27.43
I'VE GOT A PLAN.
KEEP TRUSTING IN ME.'
00:49:27.43\00:49:30.50
AND THAT'S THE POINT JAMES
IS TRYING TO EMPHASIZE HERE.
00:49:30.50\00:49:32.60
AS CHRISTIANS,
LET'S TRUST IN JESUS.
00:49:32.60\00:49:35.60
LET'S NOT TRUST OURSELVES TO OUR
OWN WISDOM, BUT PLACE EVERYTHING
00:49:35.60\00:49:39.33
BEFORE GOD. WE HAVE
ANOTHER VERSE WE WANT TO
00:49:39.33\00:49:41.76
READ, JAMES
CHAPTER 4 AND VERSE 16.
00:49:41.76\00:49:44.63
>>"BUT NOW YE REJOICE IN YOUR
BOASTINGS: ALL SUCH REJOICING IS
00:49:44.63\00:49:49.66
EVIL." >>HERE
JAMES SAYS FOSTERING A
00:49:49.66\00:49:52.73
SPIRIT OF PRIDE OR BOASTFULNESS
IS REALLY THE ROOT OF ALL SIN.
00:49:52.73\00:49:57.30
IN ISAIAH CHAPTER 14, VERSE 13,
SPEAKING OF THE FALL OF LUCIFER,
00:49:57.30\00:50:01.46
"FOR YOU HAVE SAID IN
YOUR HEART: 'I WILL ASCEND INTO
00:50:01.46\00:50:03.33
HEAVEN, I WILL EXALT MY THRONE
ABOVE THE STARS OF GOD;'" - BY
00:50:03.33\00:50:06.63
THE WAY, THE STARS THERE
REPRESENT THE ANGELS - "'I WILL
00:50:06.63\00:50:09.20
ALSO SIT ON THE MOUNT OF
THE CONGREGATION ON THE FARTHEST
00:50:09.20\00:50:11.73
SIDES OF THE NORTH; I WILL
ASCEND ABOVE THE HEIGHTS OF THE
00:50:11.73\00:50:14.90
CLOUDS, I WILL BE LIKE THE
MOST HIGH.'" THAT SPIRIT OF
00:50:14.90\00:50:18.56
BOASTFULNESS IS
REALLY THE ROOT OF ALL SIN.
00:50:18.56\00:50:22.26
AND JAMES RECOGNIZED THAT
THAT SPIRIT OF SELFISHNESS WAS
00:50:22.26\00:50:25.66
PRESENT IN THE CHURCH EVEN
IN HIS DAY AND THAT SPIRIT OF
00:50:25.66\00:50:29.73
SELFISHNESS CAN BE
FOUND IN THE CHURCH TODAY.
00:50:29.73\00:50:33.16
WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT IN
OUR OWN LIVES - THAT SPIRIT OF
00:50:33.16\00:50:36.00
SELFISHNESS KEEPS COMING UP AND
WE'VE GOT TO KEEP SURRENDERING
00:50:36.00\00:50:38.40
OURSELVES TO JESUS. AS
PAUL SAYS, I DIE DAILY.
00:50:38.40\00:50:42.03
WE HAVE TO CRUCIFY THAT
SELFISH SPIRIT EVERY DAY.
00:50:42.03\00:50:45.60
AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, TO THE
CHURCH OF LAODICEA, JESUS SAYS -
00:50:45.60\00:50:48.80
TO THE CHURCH OF TODAY, 'YOU
THINK YOU'RE RICH, INCREASED OF
00:50:48.80\00:50:51.96
GOODS, AND THAT YOU HAVE NEED
OF NOTHING, BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW
00:50:51.96\00:50:55.26
THAT YOU'RE WRETCHED, MISERABLE,
POOR, BLIND, AND NAKED."
00:50:55.26\00:50:58.30
SO THE CHURCH, LOOKING FROM
THE OUTSIDE, LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
00:50:58.30\00:51:02.66
SHE'S INCREASED WITH GOODS.
00:51:02.66\00:51:04.50
SHE FEELS AS THOUGH
SHE DOESN'T NEED ANYTHING.
00:51:04.50\00:51:07.23
JESUS SAYS, 'WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR
HEART YOU'RE MISERABLE, POOR,
00:51:07.23\00:51:10.73
BLIND, NAKED.' JESUS SAYS, 'I
COUNSEL OF YOU, BUY OF ME GOLD,
00:51:10.73\00:51:15.13
REFINED IN THE FIRE.' WHAT IS
THE MOST PRECIOUS THING THAT A
00:51:15.13\00:51:19.66
CHRISTIAN CAN HAVE? WHAT
DOES THAT GOLD REPRESENT?
00:51:19.66\00:51:22.50
WHAT IS IT THAT WE
NEED? I'LL GIVE YOU A CLUE.
00:51:22.50\00:51:25.10
WHAT IS THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW,
WHAT'S THE FOUNDATION OF THE
00:51:25.10\00:51:28.46
LAW? IT IS LOVE. GOLD
REFINED IN THE FIRE IS
00:51:28.46\00:51:32.36
FAITH AND LOVE. THE APOSTLE
PAUL SAYS, "AND NOW ABIDEST
00:51:32.36\00:51:36.86
FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE, BUT THE
GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE.' THE
00:51:36.86\00:51:41.23
LOVE OF JESUS IN OUR HEARTS.
JESUS SAYS YOU THINK YOU'RE
00:51:41.23\00:51:44.20
DOING GOOD BUT YOU'RE
LACKING MY LOVE IN YOUR HEART.
00:51:44.20\00:51:48.36
'I COUNSEL OF YOU, BUY OF ME
GOLD REFINED IN THE FIRE, THAT
00:51:48.36\00:51:51.06
YOU MIGHT BE
RICH.' - SPIRITUALLY RICH.
00:51:51.06\00:51:53.46
AND WHITE RAIMENT - WHAT DOES
THE WHITE RAIMENT REPRESENT THAT
00:51:53.46\00:51:56.56
JESUS WANTS TO
GIVE TO THE CHURCH?
00:51:56.56\00:51:58.06
IT'S THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST.
00:51:58.06\00:51:59.73
NOW CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS ISN'T
JUST A CLOAK TO COVER OUR SINS,
00:51:59.73\00:52:03.46
BUT THINK OF IT AS A
CURE TO CLEANSE US FROM SIN.
00:52:03.46\00:52:07.33
BECAUSE WHEN WE RECEIVE THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS, WE HAVE
00:52:07.33\00:52:10.03
THE SPIRIT OF GOD WORKING IN
US TO TRANSFORM US INTO THE KIND
00:52:10.03\00:52:14.00
OF PEOPLE THAT GOD WANTS US
TO BE. SO JESUS SAYS, 'LET ME
00:52:14.00\00:52:17.16
GIVE YOU LOVE. LET ME
PUT MY LOVE IN YOUR HEART.
00:52:17.16\00:52:19.50
LET ME GIVE YOU MY
RIGHTEOUSNESS' - THAT'S THAT
00:52:19.50\00:52:23.03
ROBE. AND THEN
THIRDLY JESUS SAYS,
00:52:23.03\00:52:25.26
'AND ANOINT YOUR EYES WITH EYE
SALVE.' WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT
00:52:25.26\00:52:28.76
OINTMENT FOR THE EYE IS?
SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT OR THE
00:52:28.76\00:52:33.23
HOLY SPIRIT. SO,
TODAY, AS INDIVIDUALS, WE
00:52:33.23\00:52:37.23
NEED MORE OF THE LOVE
OF JESUS IN OUR HEARTS.
00:52:37.23\00:52:40.76
WE NEED THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF
JESUS IN OUR LIVES AND WE NEED
00:52:40.76\00:52:43.56
THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GIVE
US SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT.
00:52:43.56\00:52:46.90
NOW THE QUESTION IS HOW DO
WE HAVE THAT FAITH AND LOVE?
00:52:46.90\00:52:50.36
HOW DO WE GET
THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS?
00:52:50.36\00:52:51.60
HOW DO WE GET
SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT?
00:52:51.60\00:52:53.20
JESUS ANSWERS THAT QUESTION
IN REVELATION CHAPTER 3 WHEN HE
00:52:53.20\00:52:56.70
SAYS, 'BEHOLD I STAND AT
THE DOOR AND' - WHAT? 'KNOCK.
00:52:56.70\00:53:01.80
WHOEVER HEARS MY VOICE AND OPENS
THE DOOR' - JESUS SAYS - 'I WILL
00:53:01.80\00:53:04.83
COME INTO HIM AND
I WILL' - DO WHAT?
00:53:04.83\00:53:07.26
WHAT DOES JESUS
WANT TO DO WITH US?
00:53:07.26\00:53:09.03
- 'I WANT TO DINE WITH YOU - I
WANT TO EAT WITH YOU.' NOW, WHEN
00:53:09.03\00:53:13.16
YOU GET INVITED TO SOMEBODY'S
HOME, ESPECIALLY BACK IN BIBLE
00:53:13.16\00:53:15.96
TIMES, ONE OF THE ARTICLES
OF FOOD THAT YOU COULD BE ALMOST
00:53:15.96\00:53:19.13
GUARANTEED TO EAT
FOR DINNER WOULD BE WHAT?
00:53:19.13\00:53:22.53
BREAD. BREAD WAS
SORT OF THE STAPLE.
00:53:22.53\00:53:24.96
AND IN THE BIBLE, WHAT
DOES BREAD OFTEN REPRESENT?
00:53:24.96\00:53:27.66
IT REPRESENTS THE WORD OF GOD.
JESUS SAYS, 'I WANT TO COME IN
00:53:27.66\00:53:30.73
AND I WANT TO OPEN UP MY WORD.'
IF WE WANT TO HAVE THE LOVE
00:53:30.73\00:53:34.36
OF JESUS IN OUR HEARTS, IT COMES
BY SPENDING TIME WITH JESUS IN
00:53:34.36\00:53:38.96
HIS WORD. THERE
IS POWER IN THE WORD.
00:53:38.96\00:53:41.83
IF WE WANT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF
CHRIST IN OUR HEARTS AND IN OUR
00:53:41.83\00:53:44.96
LIVES, IT COMES BY SPENDING
TIME IN THE WORD OF JESUS.
00:53:44.96\00:53:49.06
IF WE WANT SPIRITUAL
DISCERNMENT, IT COMES BY
00:53:49.06\00:53:51.26
SPENDING TIME WITH JESUS
- EATING THE LIVING BREAD.
00:53:51.26\00:53:55.96
THAT'S WHAT CHRIST IS
OFFERING TO US AS INDIVIDUALS.
00:53:55.96\00:53:58.33
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED AS A CHURCH
- MORE OF THE LOVE OF JESUS IN
00:53:58.33\00:54:01.73
OUR HEARTS AND IN OUR LIVES.
WELL, LET'S LOOK AT OUR FINAL
00:54:01.73\00:54:05.30
VERSE, VERSE 17 -
JAMES CHAPTER 4, VERSE 17.
00:54:05.30\00:54:09.63
>>"THEREFORE, TO HIM
THAT KNOWETH TO DO GOOD AND
00:54:09.63\00:54:12.53
DOETH IT NOT, TO HIM IT IS SIN."
00:54:12.53\00:54:15.33
>>HERE JAMES REMINDS US THAT TO
SIMPLY BE A HEARER OF THE WORD
00:54:15.33\00:54:19.53
AND NOT A DOER OF THE
WORD IS NOT GOING TO HELP.
00:54:19.53\00:54:22.06
HE GOES ON TO TELL US THAT EVEN
THE DEVILS BELIEVE AND TREMBLE
00:54:22.06\00:54:24.43
BUT THAT DOESN'T HELP THEM.
SO WE NEED TO BE MORE THAN JUST
00:54:24.43\00:54:27.23
HEARERS OF THE WORD, WE
NEED TO BE DOERS OF THE WORD.
00:54:27.23\00:54:29.70
JESUS SAID, EVERYONE WHO HEARS
THESE SAYINGS OF MINE AND DOES
00:54:29.70\00:54:32.13
THEM, I WILL LIKEN HIM TO A WISE
MAN WHO BUILT HIS HOUSE UPON THE
00:54:32.13\00:54:35.60
ROCK. AND WHEN
THE WINDS CAME AND THE
00:54:35.60\00:54:38.70
RAINS AND THE STORM, THE HOUSE
STOOD FIRM FOR IT WAS FOUNDED
00:54:38.70\00:54:41.33
UPON THE ROCK.'
ALL OF US ARE BUILDING.
00:54:41.33\00:54:44.23
WHETHER WE RECOGNIZE IT OR NOT,
WE'RE ALL BUILDING SOMETHING.
00:54:44.23\00:54:47.56
WHAT ARE WE BUILDING?
WE'RE BUILDING CHARACTER.
00:54:47.56\00:54:49.90
AND OUR CHARACTERS ARE GOING
TO BE TESTED WITH TRIALS AND
00:54:49.90\00:54:52.73
DIFFICULTIES.
00:54:52.73\00:54:54.03
IF WE'RE BUILDING CHARACTER UPON
THE ROCK JESUS CHRIST, THROUGH
00:54:54.03\00:54:58.13
FEASTING UPON THE LIVING
BREAD, WHEN THOSE TRIALS AND
00:54:58.13\00:55:01.96
DISAPPOINTMENTS COME OUR WAY,
WHEN OUR FAITH IS TESTED, WE
00:55:01.96\00:55:05.30
WILL ENDURE BECAUSE WE
ARE FOUNDED UPON JESUS.
00:55:05.30\00:55:08.33
BUT IF WE'RE SIMPLY BUILDING
OUR CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE ON THE
00:55:08.33\00:55:12.00
SHIFTING SANDS OF OUR FEELINGS,
WHEN TRIALS AND DIFFICULTIES
00:55:12.00\00:55:16.96
COME OUR WAY, WE'RE GOING TO
COLLAPSE AND GREAT WILL BE THE
00:55:16.96\00:55:20.50
FALL OF IT. WE WANT
TO BE FOUNDED UPON THE
00:55:20.50\00:55:23.10
ROCK - FOUNDED UPON JESUS.
AND THEN, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS
00:55:23.10\00:55:25.73
IN LIFE, IF WE ARE FOUNDED UPON
JESUS, OUR FAITH WILL ENDURE.
00:55:25.73\00:55:30.86
YOU KNOW, IN REVELATION
CHAPTER 14, VERSE 12, WE HAVE A
00:55:30.86\00:55:35.10
CHARACTERISTIC OF GOD'S
PEOPLE AT THE END OF TIME.
00:55:35.10\00:55:38.66
REVELATION 14:12 SAYS, "HERE
IS THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS" -
00:55:38.66\00:55:42.00
THE WORD THERE 'PATIENCE'
CAN ALSO BE TRANSLATED AS
00:55:42.00\00:55:44.00
'ENDURANCE.' "HERE IS
THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS.
00:55:44.00\00:55:46.66
HERE ARE THOSE WHO" - DO WHAT?
00:55:46.66\00:55:48.03
- "KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD"
- MEANING THEY KEEP THE LAW AND
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THE SPIRIT - "THEY KEEP THE
COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND" - WHAT
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ELSE DO THEY HAVE? -
"THE FAITH OF JESUS."
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WHAT IS THE FAITH OF JESUS?
THE FAITH OF JESUS IS FULL
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SURRENDER OR FULL
SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF GOD.
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IT'S WHAT JESUS PRAYED IN THE
GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE: 'FATHER,
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NOT MY WILL BE DONE, BUT THY
WILL BE DONE.' GOD'S PEOPLE NEED
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TO HAVE THAT FULL SURRENDER
TO CHRIST, TRUSTING IN HIM
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COMPLETELY, ALLOWING HIM TO DO
THE WORK WITHIN OUR HEARTS AND
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LIVES THAT ONLY HE CAN DO.
SO THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIANITY
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IS SURRENDERING SELF -
SURRENDERING ALL TO JESUS.
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YOU KNOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT
GOD HAS GIVEN EVERY SINGLE ONE
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OF US THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE
TO SURRENDER OURSELVES TO HIM.
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SOMETIMES WE MAKE
IT ALL COMPLICATED.
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IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED.
WE CAN CHOOSE HIM, TODAY, TO BE
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FAITHFUL. WE CAN
CHOOSE TO TRUST IN HIM
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TODAY AND
THAT'S WHERE IT BEGINS.
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WELL, FRIENDS, IT
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
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I WANT TO THANK OUR AFCOE
STUDENTS FOR BEING OUR AUDIENCE
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AND ALSO THOSE OF YOU WHO
ARE JOINING US FOR OUR SABBATH
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SCHOOL STUDY HOUR, THANK YOU
FOR BEING A PART OF OUR STUDY.
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JUST A REMINDER, WE
DO HAVE A FREE OFFER.
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IT GOES ALONG WITH THE LESSON,
IT'S CALLED 'THE SURRENDER OF
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SELF.' WE'D BE HAPPY TO SEND
THIS TO YOU, ALL YOU'LL NEED TO
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DO IS JUST CALL
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THE NUMBER THERE IS 866-788-3966
AND YOU CAN ASK FOR OFFER #153,
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A LITTLE BOOK CALLED 'THE
SURRENDER OF SELF' AND WE'LL BE
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HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU.
WELL, FRIENDS, LET'S CLOSE WITH
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A WORD OF PRAYER. DEAR
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR
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THE SCRIPTURES. WE
THANK YOU FOR A SAVIOR WHO
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CAN SAVE TO THE UTTERMOST THOSE
WHO COME TO GOD THROUGH HIM.
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AND FATHER, WE DON'T WANT
TO ALLOW OUR LIVES TO BECOME SO
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ENRAPT WITH THE THING OF THIS
EARTH THAT WE LOSE THAT ETERNAL
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PERSPECTIVE. TEACH
US TO TRUST IN YOU.
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TEACH US TO SURRENDER OURSELVES
TO YOU NOT JUST ONCE A DAY,
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BUT EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY.
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AND GIVE US OF THAT LOVE - THAT
GOLD REFINED IN THE FIRE - AND
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THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST AND
THAT EYE SALVE - THAT SPIRITUAL
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DISCERNMENT - SO THAT WE CAN BE
THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT
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US TO BE. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY TOGETHER.
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BLESS THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING.
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AND WE ASK THIS ALL
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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UNTIL WE MEET
AGAIN, GOD BLESS. (MUSIC)
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