(MUSIC) >>GOOD EVENING, FRIENDS,
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AND WELCOME AGAIN TO
SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR AUDIENCE
JOINING US ACROSS THE COUNTRY
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AND AROUND THE WORLD ON THE
VARIOUS TELEVISION NETWORKS.
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I'D ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME
OUR LOCAL AUDIENCE HERE IN
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SACRAMENTO, THE MEMBERS OF
THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTIST CHURCH WHO HAVE BRAVED
THE RAIN AND THE WIND TO COME
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JOIN US THIS EVENING AS
YOU CONTINUE TAPING THIS VERY
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INTERESTING STUDY DEALING
WITH THE BOOK OF PROVERBS.
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TODAY WE'RE LOOKING AT LESSON #2
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STUDY TOGETHER ON THE BOOK -
AND IT'S ENTITLED, 'FROM EARS TO
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FEET.' VERY INTERESTING STUDY
THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY.
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ALONG WITH THE LESSON FOR TODAY,
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WELL, AGAIN, WELCOME.
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THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
AS USUAL, BEFORE WE START OUR
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STUDY IN GOD'S WORD, LET'S
JUST BOW OUR HEADS FOR A WORD OF
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PRAYER. DEAR
FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK
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YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
GATHER TOGETHER TO STUDY YOUR
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WORD. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT BOOK
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FILLED WITH PRACTICAL
WISDOM FOR DAY-TO-DAY LIVING.
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SO BLESS OUR TIME TOGETHER AS
WE CONTINUE STUDYING THE BOOK OF
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PROVERBS, FOR WE ASK
THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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WELL, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO
INVITE PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR TO
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COME FORWARD AND LEAD US
IN OUR STUDY THIS EVENING.
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>>THANK YOU PASTOR JËAN ROSS AND
WELCOME, FRIENDS, TO OUR SABBATH
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SCHOOL TIME. I ALWAYS WANT
TO EXTEND A SPECIAL WELCOME TO
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THOSE WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING
ON TELEVISION OR THE INTERNET.
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IT'S ALWAYS ENCOURAGING WHEN WE
HEAR PEOPLE THAT ARE TUNING IN
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FROM SO MANY PLACES AROUND
THE GLOBE AND AS WE TRAVEL -
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RECENTLY WE WERE IN NEW MEXICO,
MET A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WATCH
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THE PROGRAM THERE IN TOWN AND
SO I JUST WANT TO WELCOME YOU
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AGAIN. OUR LESSON IN
DEALING WITH PROVERBS IS -
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WHO FEELS ADEQUATE TAKING THE
THINGS THAT SOLOMON WROTE AND
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EXPOUNDING ON THEM? AND SO, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH TRYING
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TO DELVE INTO THE
PROVERBS OF THE WISEST MAN,
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ASIDE FROM
CHRIST, WHO EVER LIVED.
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BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST
TO ENDEAVOR THAT AGAIN TONIGHT.
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OUR LESSON, ONCE AGAIN, IS
'FROM EARS TO FEET' IS LESSON
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#2 IN OUR NEW QUARTERLY DEALING
WITH THE SUBJECT OF PROVERBS.
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AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE.
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AND THE MEMORY VERSE IS FROM
PROVERBS CHAPTER 4, VERSES 26
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AND 27 AND I ALWAYS APPRECIATE
IF YOU WANT TO SAY THAT WITH ME
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OUT LOUD - PROVERBS CHAPTER 4,
VERSES 26 AND 27, ARE YOU READY?
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"PONDER THE PATH OF YOUR
FEET, AND LET ALL YOUR WAYS BE
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ESTABLISHED. DO NOT
TURN TO THE RIGHT OR THE
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LEFT; REMOVE
YOUR FOOT FROM EVIL."
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NOW, IN THE BIBLE, WHEN IT'S
TALKING ABOUT THE SUBJECT OF
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HEARING, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS
MEAN JUST YOUR AUDITORY NERVES.
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IT'S GOING MUCH
DEEPER THAN THAT.
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AND AS WE STUDY THESE PROVERBS
AND, BY THE WAY, OUR LESSON
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TODAY IS REALLY GOING TO BE
DEALING WITH PROVERBS CHAPTER 4
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AND IF WE GET ALL OUR HOMEWORK
DONE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
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IT TO PROVERBS
CHAPTER 6, VERSE 19.
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NEXT WEEK WE'LL TAKE UP PROVERBS
CHAPTER 6 STARTING WITH VERSE 20
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ON, BUT THAT'S OUR - KIND OF
OUR ASSIGNMENT AND IF WE CAN GET
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THROUGH ALL OF THAT,
THAT'LL BE WONDERFUL.
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THE FIRST VERSE YOU'RE GOING
TO FIND IN PROVERBS CHAPTER 4,
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"HEAR, MY CHILDREN, THE
INSTRUCTION OF A FATHER, AND
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GIVE ATTENTION TO KNOW
UNDERSTANDING;" NOW, THE WORD
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THAT YOU HAVE THERE IN HEBREW
FOR 'HEAR' IS THE WORD SHEMA
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AND IT DOESN'T MEAN
THE SAME THING AS HEARING,
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TYPICALLY WHEN WE
USE THAT WORD IN ENGLISH.
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THE DEFINITION YOU'D FIND,
AND THIS IS JUST FROM STRONG'S
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CONCORDANCE, IT MEANS, 'TO HEAR
INTELLIGENTLY OR BY IMPLICATION
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OF HEAR WITH ATTENTION; TO HEAR
WITH OBEDIENCE; TO DISCERN; TO
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GIVE EAR; TO UNDERSTAND.' NOW
JUST - SOMETIMES THE BEST WAY TO
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UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE IS TO
LET THE BIBLE EXPLAIN THE BIBLE.
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SOLOMON, WHEN HE WAS INVITED
TO BE KING - HE WAS A YOUNG MAN,
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HIS FATHER DIED - HE WAS
OVERWHELMED WITH THE TASK OF
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BEING KING OF THE PEOPLE.
YOU REMEMBER, HE PRAYED A PRAYER
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AND HE SAID, 'LORD, I'M JUST
A CHILD. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GO
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OUT OR COME IN' AND
HE PRAYED FOR WISDOM.
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BUT, YOU KNOW,
SPECIFICALLY, WHAT HE SAID?
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IF YOU LOOK IN 1 KINGS 3, VERSE
9, HE PRAYED, "THEREFORE, GIVE
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TO YOUR SERVANT AN UNDERSTANDING
HEART TO JUDGE YOUR PEOPLE THAT
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I MIGHT DISCERN BETWEEN GOOD AND
EVIL. FOR WHO IS ABLE TO JUDGE
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THIS GREAT PEOPLE OF YOURS.
THAT WORD, 'UNDERSTANDING' IS
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THE WORD 'SHEMA' - IT MEANS 'A
HEARING HEART' - A HEART THAT'S
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ABLE TO HEAR THE
VOICE OF THE SPIRIT.
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NOW CAN YOU THINK OF SOME PLACES
WHERE JESUS SAID, 'HE THAT HAS
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EARS' - REVELATION 3:22 - 'HE
THAT HAS EARS LET HIM HEAR' -
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WHAT? - 'WHAT
THE SPIRIT SAYS.' SO
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IT'S ONE THING TO HEAR,
IT'S ANOTHER THING TO LISTEN.
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IN THE HEBREW MIND, WHEN IT SAID
'HEAR' - IT'S REALLY SAYING,
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'OBEY.' SO WHEN IT BEGINS
AND IT SAYS, 'MY SON - HEAR, MY
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CHILDREN' - I REMEMBER I HAD
AN ENGLISH TEACHER - I WENT TO A
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CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN MIAMI - I
WENT TO TWO DIFFERENT CATHOLIC
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SCHOOLS IN MIAMI - THIS WAS
A SCHOOL CALLED 'CURLEY' - ALL
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BOYS SCHOOL - AND WE HAD AN
ENGLISH TEACHER AND I REMEMBER,
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MORE THAN ONCE, HE SAID IT TO
ME AND OTHER STUDENTS, WE'D SAY,
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'COULD YOU REPEAT
THAT, WE DIDN'T HEAR YOU?'
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HE SAID, 'YOU HEARD
ME, YOU WEREN'T LISTENING.'
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SO SOMETIMES WE JUST DON'T HEAR.
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IT'S LIKE THESE TWO GUYS WERE
OUT FISHING ONE TIME AND ONE OF
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THEM SAYS TO HIS FRIEND, HE
SAID, ' MY WIFE SEEMS TO TALK TO
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HERSELF.' AND HIS BUDDY
RESPONDED, HE SAID, 'MY WIFE
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TALKS TO HERSELF TOO,
BUT SHE'S NOT AWARE OF IT.
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SHE THINKS I'M LISTENING.'
SO YOU HAVE THAT DYNAMIC WHERE
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PEOPLE ARE THERE, THEY'RE
JUST NOT REALLY LISTENING.
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AND GOD IS SAYING, 'SHEMA'
'HEAR, UNDERSTAND' - AND IT'S
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THE KIND OF LISTENING WHERE
YOU ACTUALLY FOLLOW THROUGH.
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NOW, IN A MOMENT WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE SOMEBODY READ ISAIAH 30,
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VERSE 21, WHO'S
GOT QUEUED UP FOR THAT?
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MRS. BATCHELOR, WE'LL
GET TO YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.
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BUT BEFORE WE DO, I WANT TO ALSO
READ A FEW OTHER VERSES THAT
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JUST BRING OUT THE HEARING
ASPECT OF WHAT SOLOMON IS
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SAYING. BY THE WAY, ONE OF THE
MOST SUCCESSFUL ADVERTISING -
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THERE'VE BEEN SEVERAL
VERY SUCCESSFUL ADVERTISING
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CAMPAIGNS, YOU KNOW, ONE
OF THEM IS THE 'GOT MILK?'
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CAMPAIGN - IT WAS VERY
SUCCESSFUL - AND ANOTHER ONE WAS
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THE 'CAN YOU HEAR ME
NOW?' IT WAS FOR VERIZON PHONE.
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ALL OF YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER
THIS GUY WALKS ALONG, HE'S ON
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THE BILLBOARDS AND THE
TVS EVERYWHERE AND HE'S JUST
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STOPPING AT ALL THESE
DESTINATIONS EVERYWHERE SAYING,
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'CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?'
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE
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KNOWS THE FRUSTRATION - IT
HAPPENED TO ME TODAY - OF BEING
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ON A CELL CALL AND HAVING
IT BREAK UP AND RIGHT WHEN
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SOMETHING VERY CRUCIAL IS BEING
SAID AND I'VE - MATTER OF FACT,
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KAREN, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SHE
WAS LOOKING A LITTLE PERPLEXED -
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SHE WAS DRIVING AWAY FROM
THE HOUSE AND SHE SAW ME PARKED
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THREE HOUSES DOWN FROM OUR HOUSE
AND I THINK SHE WAS WONDERING
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LATER, 'WHY WERE
YOU PARKED THERE?
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OUR HOUSE IS RIGHT AROUND
THE CORNER.' I SAID, 'I WAS ON A
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VERY IMPORTANT CALL WITH A
VERY IMPORTANT PERSON, AND AS I
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ENTERED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT
STARTED BREAKING UP AND I TURNED
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AROUND, LEFT OUR HOUSE, PULLED
BACK TO WHERE IT WAS CLEAR AND I
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STOPPED BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE
ABLE TO HEAR WHAT HE SAID AND I
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WANTED HIM TO BE
ABLE TO HEAR WHAT I SAID.
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YOU KNOW, WHAT'S REALLY
FRUSTRATING IS SOMETIMES I'LL BE
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IN A CONVERSATION AND ALL OF
A SUDDEN I JUST FEEL LIKE I WAX
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ELOQUENT AND I SAY ALL OF THESE
THINGS AND THEN I REALIZE I'VE
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LOST THE SIGNAL, THEY
DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING I SAID.
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ANYONE ELSE HAVE THAT BEFORE?
MY BEST THOUGHTS - MY MOST
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IMPORTANT POINTS AND
NOBODY WAS LISTENING.
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SO HE SAYS - IF YOU LOOK IN
PROVERBS 4:20, "MY SON, GIVE
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ATTENTION TO MY WORDS;
INCLINE YOUR EAR TO MY SAYINGS."
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- GIVE ATTENTION - IT
MEANS BEING A HEARER AND A DOER.
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AND THEN YOU'LL FIND, YOU KNOW,
- PART OF OUR ASSIGNMENT IS
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PROVERBS 5 - LOOK AT PROVERBS
5:1, "MY SON, PAY ATTENTION TO
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MY WISDOM; LEND YOU EAR TO MY
UNDERSTANDING," - YOU KNOW, GOD
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SAYS, 'THESE PEOPLE DRAW NEAR TO
ME WITH THEIR MOUTHS BUT THEIR
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HEARTS ARE FAR FROM
ME.' AND SOMETIMES WE SAY,
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'YES, YES,
LORD.' BUT WE DON'T DO.
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JESUS TELLS A PARABLE ONE
TIME TO ILLUSTRATE THIS POINT.
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A MAN HAD TWO SONS AND HE SAID
TO THE FIRST SON, 'SON, I NEED
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YOU TO WORK IN THE FIELD FOR ME
TODAY.' HE SAYS, 'I'M ON MY WAY,
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DAD.' BUT HE DOESN'T GO.
AND THE SECOND SON, HE SAYS,
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'I'VE GOT OTHER PLANS.' BUT
HE REGRETS LATER AND HE GOES.
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AND JESUS ASKS A SIMPLE
QUESTION, "WHICH OF THE TWO DID
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THE WILL OF THE
FATHER IN HEAVEN.' THEY SAID,
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'WELL, THE SECOND
ONE.' YOU KNOW WHY?
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THEY BOTH HEARD THEIR FATHER
BUT ONE HEARD WITH HIS FEET.
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HE WENT AND HE DID IT, WHICH
IS A GREAT SEGUE TO YOUR VERSE,
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MRS. BATCHELOR,
ISAIAH 30, VERSE 21.
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>>AND IT READS, "YOUR EARS SHALL
HEAR A WORD BEHIND YOU, SAYING,
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'THIS IS THE WAY, WALK IN IT,'
WHENEVER YOU TURN TO THE RIGHT
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HAND OR WHENEVER
YOU TURN TO THE LEFT."
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>>AND SO HERE IT'S TALKING
ABOUT HEARING AND SHOWING THAT
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YOU'RE LISTENING
BY WHERE YOUR FEET GO.
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SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FEET
IN THE BIBLE - FOR OUR FRIENDS
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THAT ARE LISTENING ON
TELEVISION, IF YOU HEAR A FAINT
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ROAR IN THE BACKGROUND, IT'S
NOT AUDIO PROBLEMS, IT'S POURING
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RAIN, WHICH WE'RE VERY THANKFUL
FOR IN CALIFORNIA, IT'S POURING
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RAIN. I KNOW EVERYONE
HERE HEARS IT LOUD AND CLEAR.
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I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE
MICROPHONES ARE PICKING IT UP,
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BUT ANYWAY, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
SOMEONE WALKING WITH GOD, WHO
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COMES TO YOUR MIND? >>ENOCH.
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>>ENOCH. AND YOU WALK
WITH WHAT PART OF YOUR BODY?
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YOUR FEET. AND YOU
WALK DOWN THE PATHS.
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YOU'LL OFTEN HEAR THE WORDS 'THE
WALK,' 'THE PATH,' 'GOING,' AND
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IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE
DIRECTION OF YOUR LIFE.
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IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE WE ONLY
HAVE A COUPLE OF ORDINANCES.
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ONE OF THEM IS THE COMMUNION
SERVICE, WHICH ALSO ENCOMPASSES
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- AT THE LORD'S SUPPER HE WASHED
THEIR FEET AND THEN THE, OF
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COURSE, BAPTISM IS THE
OTHER. WHY DO WE WASH FEET?
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WHY DOES ISAIAH SAY, 'HOW
BEAUTIFUL UPON THE MOUNTAINS ARE
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THE FEET?' I MEAN,
WHEN YOU THINK OF A
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PERSON AND HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY
ARE, HOW OFTEN DO YOU SAY, 'WOW,
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THEY'VE GOT REALLY PRETTY FEET?'
I MEAN, THAT'S - TO ME, FEET ARE
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THE GNARLIEST PART OF A PERSON'S
BODY AND, YOU KNOW, THEY
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TYPICALLY ARE GOING DOWN ROADS
- BACK THEN, IN PARTICULAR, THAT
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WERE SHARED WITH THE ANIMALS AND
SO TO SAY, 'HOW BEAUTIFUL ON THE
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MOUNTAIN ARE THE FEET OF THOSE
THAT BRING GOOD NEWS' - IT'S THE
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DIRECTION OF THEIR WALK
THAT IT'S TALKING ABOUT.
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WHO ELSE DOES IT SAY IN GENESIS
WALKED WITH GOD - BESIDES ENOCH?
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>>NOAH. >>NOAH.
THAT'S RIGHT. NOAH
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WALKED WITH GOD. I REMEMBER
DOING AN AMAZING FACT ABOUT A
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MAN NAMED DAVID KUNST, WHO TOOK
OFF FROM, I THINK, WASECA - WHAT
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IS IT - WISCONSIN OR - AND
HE WALKED AROUND THE WORLD.
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HIS GOAL - HE STARTED OUT AS
A SURVEYOR - HE DECIDED TO WALK
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AROUND THE WORLD.
IT TOOK HIM YEARS.
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HALF WAY THROUGH THE JOURNEY,
HIS BROTHER ACTUALLY WAS SHOT IN
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AFGHANISTAN AND HE TOOK A
BREAK - HE WAS SHOT TOO, BUT HE
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SURVIVED, WENT BACK, STARTED OFF
WHERE THE ACCIDENT WAS - OR THE
00:12:29.96\00:12:34.23
MURDER - CONTINUED HIS
WALK - WALKED FROM - WALKED FROM
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WISCONSIN TO NEW YORK - TOOK
A BOAT, OF COURSE, DIDN'T WALK
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ACROSS THE ATLANTIC - TO SPAIN
- PORTUGAL, WALKED ACROSS SPAIN,
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WALKED ACROSS EUROPE, ALL THE
WAY ACROSS ASIA, AFGHANISTAN,
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THE MIDDLE EAST, TO INDIA, TOOK
ANOTHER BOAT TO AUSTRALIA - AND
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HE HAD MULES THAT
WOULD PULL A CART WITH HIM.
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THE MULE WAS
CALLED 'WILLIE MAKEIT'
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AND HE WENT THROUGH THREE
MULES ON THE JOURNEY - GOT
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TO AUSTRALIA AND WALKING ACROSS
AUSTRALIA IS - I'VE BEEN THERE -
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IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLY WIDE,
DRY COUNTRY AND HIS MULE DIED
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AND THERE WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER,
I THINK HER NAME WAS JENNY, AND
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SHE OFFERED TO PULL HIS CART -
SHE JUST PUT THE CART SORT OF IN
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IDLE MODE - SHE PULLED IT ALL
THE WAY ACROSS THE OUTBACK AS HE
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WALKED. THEY ENDED
UP GETTING MARRIED,
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AS YOU'RE
PROBABLY NOT SURPRISED.
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AND HE MADE IT, THEN, BACK
TO CALIFORNIA AND THEN FROM
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CALIFORNIA BACK TO - THEY HAD
HIM CARRY THE OLYMPIC TORCH -
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MADE IT ALL THE WAY BACK -
WALKED AROUND THE WORLD ONE STEP
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AT A TIME.
THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THE
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DIRECTION OF YOUR
LIFE IS YOUR WALK.
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SO PROVERBS 4 - AND WE'RE STILL
IN PROVERBS CHAPTER 4, VERSES 18
00:13:42.70\00:13:49.73
AND 19, "BUT THE PATH OF THE
JUST IS LIKE THE SHINING SUN,
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THAT SHINES EVER BRIGHTER"
- IT'S GROWING BRIGHTER -
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"UNTO THE PERFECT DAY."
- SO PATH IS TALKING ABOUT
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SOMEONE YOU WALK ON -
IT'S MOVEMENT - IT'S GROWTH.
00:14:03.30\00:14:06.63
SO THERE'S GROWTH IN
LISTENING TO GOD'S WISDOM.
00:14:06.63\00:14:08.80
IT'S NOT STATIONARY. YOU
MAKE A MISTAKE OR YOU OBEY
00:14:08.80\00:14:11.80
AND YOU PROGRESS.
YOU LEARN NEW THINGS.
00:14:11.80\00:14:14.40
YOU MOVE ON EVERY DAY - THROUGH
YOUR LIFE IS - LIFE IS DYNAMIC.
00:14:14.40\00:14:17.83
YOU'RE CONSTANTLY IN MOTION.
00:14:17.83\00:14:19.40
NOW, BY THE WAY, THAT PROVERBS
CHAPTER 4, VERSES 18 AND 19
00:14:19.40\00:14:24.33
SOUNDED TO ME A LITTLE BIT LIKE
2 PETER 1:19, WHERE IT SAYS,
00:14:24.33\00:14:28.90
"AND SO WE HAVE THE PROPHETIC
WORD CONFIRMED, WHICH YOU DO
00:14:28.90\00:14:33.23
WELL TO HEED AS A LIGHT THAT
SHINES IN A DARK PLACE, UNTIL
00:14:33.23\00:14:38.40
THE DAY DAWNS AND THE MORNING
STAR RISES IN YOUR HEARTS;" -
00:14:38.40\00:14:42.43
TALKING ABOUT THAT LIGHT THAT
GETS BRIGHTER AS YOU WALK IN IT.
00:14:42.43\00:14:45.46
DOES GOD SAY 'IF WE WALK IN THE
LIGHT AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT THE
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BLOOD OF HIS SON JESUS
CHRIST WASHES US FROM ALL SIN?'
00:14:49.80\00:14:53.80
IT'S - SO WHAT DOES
WALKING MEAN, BIBLICALLY, AND TO
00:14:53.80\00:14:56.93
SOLOMON? NOT JUST
WALKING IN CIRCLES,
00:14:56.93\00:15:00.16
TALKING ABOUT FOLLOW -
HEARING WITH YOUR FEET.
00:15:00.16\00:15:02.80
HEARING WITH YOUR FEET THE WORDS
OF GOD - GOING IN THE DIRECTION
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GOD GIVES YOU. IT'S
ONE THING TO SAY 'I HEAR.'
00:15:06.93\00:15:09.00
BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING
TO SHOW YOU HEAR BY DOING.
00:15:09.00\00:15:12.16
SO, IT'S KIND OF LIKE IF THERE'S
A FIRE ALARM GOING OFF AND
00:15:12.16\00:15:17.56
SOMEONE SAYS, 'DO
YOU HEAR THE ALARM?'
00:15:17.56\00:15:19.36
AND YOU SAY,
'YEAH.' AND YOU SIT THERE.
00:15:19.36\00:15:21.16
YOU WONDER, 'DO THEY
REALLY HEAR THE ALARM?'
00:15:21.16\00:15:22.76
BECAUSE IF YOU REALLY HEAR
THE ALARM, YOU TAKE COVER OR YOU
00:15:22.76\00:15:27.06
ESCAPE THE BUILDING. SO
HEARING, IN THE BIBLICAL
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SENSE, MEANS IT'S AN ACTIVE
WORD. WHILE I'M ON THE SUBJECT,
00:15:30.06\00:15:34.76
BELIEVING, IN THE BIBLICAL
SENSE, IS ALSO AN ACTIVE WORD.
00:15:34.76\00:15:40.26
'WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL
NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING
00:15:40.26\00:15:44.06
LIFE.' BELIEVING - IT MEANS,
BIBLICALLY, 'TO BE LIVE' - IT'S
00:15:44.06\00:15:47.96
A LIFE IN HIM. LIVING IN HIM.
IT'S NOT - SOMETIMES WE THINK,
00:15:47.96\00:15:52.33
'WELL, YEAH, I BELIEVE THERE'S A
GOD, THAT MEANS I'M SAVED.' AND
00:15:52.33\00:15:54.60
JAMES SAYS, 'WELL,
THE DEVILS BELIEVE.
00:15:54.60\00:15:57.13
IT'S MORE THAN THAT.' SO - SAME
THING WITH THE IDEA OF HEARING
00:15:57.13\00:16:00.13
AND WALKING IN THE BIBLE -
IT MEANS GOING IN THE DIRECTION
00:16:00.13\00:16:03.76
OF GOD. ALRIGHT,
IN A MOMENT SOMEONE'S
00:16:03.76\00:16:05.93
GOING TO READ JOHN 12:28 -
YOU'LL BE LINED UP FOR THAT.
00:16:05.93\00:16:09.46
ALRIGHT, FIRST WE'RE GOING TO
DO MATTHEW 3:17, "AND SUDDENLY A
00:16:09.46\00:16:11.93
VOICE CAME FROM HEAVEN, SAYING,
'THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, IN WHOM
00:16:11.93\00:16:17.73
I AM WELL PLEASED." SO
THAT'S ONE POINT, WHEN JESUS
00:16:17.73\00:16:21.23
WAS BAPTIZED. HOW ABOUT IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT, DID SOME PEOPLE
00:16:21.23\00:16:24.30
HEAR GOD SPEAK
AUDIBLY? >>SAMUEL.
00:16:24.30\00:16:26.60
>>SAMUEL. THAT'S RIGHT. OF
COURSE, ELI DIDN'T HEAR IT BUT
00:16:26.60\00:16:30.70
SAMUEL HEARD IT THREE TIMES.
HOW ABOUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?
00:16:30.70\00:16:33.83
I MEAN, HERE YOU'RE NOT - IT'S
ONE THING WHEN SOMEONE SAYS,
00:16:33.83\00:16:37.63
'GOD SPOKE TO ME LAST NIGHT.'
AND YOU SAY, 'OH, REALLY?'
00:16:37.63\00:16:39.53
YOU KNOW? AND HOW MANY OF YOU
KIND OF LOOK AT A PERSON WITH
00:16:39.53\00:16:42.60
YOUR HEAD TO THE SIDE A LITTLE
BIT WHEN THEY SAY, 'I HEARD THE
00:16:42.60\00:16:46.36
VOICE OF GOD.' YOU WONDER IF
THEY MAYBE DID HEAR SOMETHING
00:16:46.36\00:16:49.33
BUT YOU DON'T KNOW. BUT
WHEN A WHOLE NATION SAYS,
00:16:49.33\00:16:53.43
'WE HEARD GOD DECLARE HIS LAW.'
THAT'S IN THE TESTIMONY NOT OF
00:16:53.43\00:16:58.80
TWO OR THREE, BUT OF TWO
OR THREE MILLION HEARD IT.
00:16:58.80\00:17:02.80
GO AHEAD, READ FOR US JOHN
12:28. HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE:
00:17:02.80\00:17:06.40
>>"'FATHER, GLORIFY YOUR NAME.'
00:17:06.40\00:17:08.83
THEN A VOICE CAME FROM HEAVEN,
SAYING, 'I HAVE BOTH GLORIFIED
00:17:08.83\00:17:12.70
IT AND WILL GLORIFY IT AGAIN.'"
>>ALRIGHT, SO HERE'S TWO TIMES
00:17:12.70\00:17:16.40
THE FATHER SPEAKS, POINTING
OUT THAT JESUS IS HIS SON, AND
00:17:16.40\00:17:19.93
THERE'S ANOTHER TIME WHEN
JESUS GOES UP THE MOUNT OF
00:17:19.93\00:17:22.46
TRANSFIGURATION AND PETER,
JAMES, AND JOHN, AFTER THEY SEE
00:17:22.46\00:17:26.06
MOSES AND ELIJAH AND THEY HEAR
THE VOICE OF GOD, AND WHAT DOES
00:17:26.06\00:17:29.43
HE SAY? 'THIS IS MY BELOVED SON.
HEAR HIM.' THE VOICE OF GOD -
00:17:29.43\00:17:35.40
THEY HEARD THE VOICE OF GOD.
BUT MOST OF US DON'T HEAR GOD'S
00:17:35.40\00:17:38.76
VOICE AUDIBLY. WE
HEAR HIM SPEAK TO US.
00:17:38.76\00:17:42.50
SOMETIMES GOD SPEAKS TO
US THROUGH CIRCUMSTANCES.
00:17:42.50\00:17:45.86
SOMETIMES HE'LL SPEAK TO
US, OF COURSE, THROUGH HIS WORD.
00:17:45.86\00:17:50.06
GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH -
SOMETIMES OTHER PEOPLE AND/OR
00:17:50.06\00:17:54.16
EVENTS OR PROVIDENCE - BUT
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO
00:17:54.16\00:17:58.56
HEAR. I ALWAYS
REMEMBER THIS STORY
00:17:58.56\00:18:01.06
ABOUT THAT GREAT
PREACHER GEORGE WHITFIELD.
00:18:01.06\00:18:03.40
YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A FEW
PREACHERS THAT BROUGHT ABOUT A
00:18:03.40\00:18:07.20
GREAT REFORMATION
IN THE LATE 1700S.
00:18:07.20\00:18:11.86
ONE WAS JOHN WESLEY AND ANOTHER
ONE WAS GEORGE WHITFIELD -
00:18:11.86\00:18:14.90
GEORGE WHITFIELD ACTUALLY WENT
INTO AN ACTING CAREER AND WAS
00:18:14.90\00:18:17.56
CONVERTED BY STUDYING
WITH CHARLES - PRINCIPALLY WITH
00:18:17.56\00:18:20.10
CHARLES AND JOHN WESLEY - AND HE
HAD - HE HAD SUCH A TREMENDOUS
00:18:20.10\00:18:24.83
VOICE - I READ A BOOK ONCE
CALLED, 'TRUMPET OF THE LORD.'
00:18:24.83\00:18:27.76
YOU'VE HEARD PEOPLE
SAY, 'THAT GUY'S GOT PIPES?'
00:18:27.76\00:18:30.30
WHITFIELD, EVEN BY THE TESTIMONY
OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, HAD A ONE
00:18:30.30\00:18:37.53
IN A MILLION VOICE AND WHEN HE
WOULD PREACH, HE COULD PROJECT
00:18:37.53\00:18:43.96
SO THAT TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE COULD HEAR HIM.
00:18:43.96\00:18:47.96
NOW, I REALLY RESPECT
THAT BECAUSE I KNOW, WITHOUT
00:18:47.96\00:18:50.33
ARTIFICIAL P.A. - SMALL
ROOM LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW,
00:18:50.33\00:18:52.36
YOU CAN HEAR, BUT WITHOUT
AN ARTIFICIAL P.A. SYSTEM,
00:18:52.36\00:18:55.40
YOU GET 500
PEOPLE, IT'S HARD TO HEAR.
00:18:55.40\00:18:58.33
AND I - IF I TRY TO PROJECT
MYSELF - YOU CAN ASK KAREN, IF
00:18:58.33\00:19:02.73
THEY DON'T TURN UP THE
AUDIO, I LOSE MY VOICE.
00:19:02.73\00:19:05.80
AND THIS GUY WOULD SPEAK TO
THOUSANDS AND FRANKLIN ACTUALLY
00:19:05.80\00:19:08.93
DID AN EXPERIMENT WHERE HE
ACTUALLY WALKED AS FAR AWAY AS
00:19:08.93\00:19:11.53
HE COULD AND HE SAYS IN HIS
AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 'I GOT A MILE
00:19:11.53\00:19:13.66
AWAY - I COULD STILL HEAR HIM.'
I MEAN, HE HAD AN INCREDIBLE
00:19:13.66\00:19:16.80
VOICE. WELL, HE WOULD GO THROUGH
TOWNS. NOT ONLY DID HE HAVE AN
00:19:16.80\00:19:19.13
INCREDIBLE VOICE, HE HAD
THE POWER OF GOD'S SPIRIT AND HE
00:19:19.13\00:19:22.23
WOULD PREACH AND SALOONS WOULD
CLOSE AND GO OUT OF BUSINESS AND
00:19:22.23\00:19:25.96
GREAT REVIVALS
FOLLOWED WHEN HE WENT.
00:19:25.96\00:19:29.13
AND I REMEMBER READING ONE STORY
ABOUT THESE CHARACTERS THAT WERE
00:19:29.13\00:19:33.23
IN THIS TOWN, THEY HEARD THAT
WHITFIELD WAS COMING - THIS IS
00:19:33.23\00:19:35.50
IN AMERICA - AND THEY SAID, 'YOU
KNOW, I'M INTERESTED TO SEE THE
00:19:35.50\00:19:39.23
MAN BUT I DON'T WANT TO HEAR HIM
PREACH BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT
00:19:39.23\00:19:41.46
IF YOU ACTUALLY HEAR HIM PREACH
YOU'LL GET CONVERTED AND I DON'T
00:19:41.46\00:19:43.80
WANT TO BE
CONVERTED. I LIKE MY DRINKIN'
00:19:43.80\00:19:45.20
- I LIKE MY WAYS -
BUT I'M REAL CURIOUS.' SO
00:19:45.20\00:19:48.90
THEY SAID, 'IF YOU HEAR HIM,
YOU'LL BE CONVERTED SO DON'T GO
00:19:48.90\00:19:50.63
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
CONVERTED.' AND HE SAID, 'WELL,
00:19:50.63\00:19:53.46
I'LL JUST GO AND WHEN HE
GETS UP TO PREACH I'LL PLUG MY
00:19:53.46\00:19:55.56
EARS.' AND SO HE WENT, AS THE
STORY GOES, HE WENT AND HE FOUND
00:19:55.56\00:20:01.33
A TREE AT THE EDGE OF THE CROWD
AND HE CLIMBED UP IN THE TREE
00:20:01.33\00:20:04.30
LIKE ZACCHEUS AND HE KIND OF
LOCKED HIS LEGS AROUND A BRANCH
00:20:04.30\00:20:07.26
AND LEANED BACK AGAINST THE
TREE AND WHEN WHITFIELD TOOK THE
00:20:07.26\00:20:10.33
PLATFORM AND STARTED PREACHING,
HE STUCK HIS FINGERS IN HIS EARS
00:20:10.33\00:20:13.50
AND A HORSEFLY STARTED
BUZZING AROUND HIS HEAD.
00:20:13.50\00:20:19.50
NOW HORSEFLIES BITE AND HE WAS,
YOU KNOW, SHAKING, TRYING TO
00:20:19.50\00:20:23.83
KEEP THE THING AWAY FROM HIM AND
THE THING LANDED ON HIS FACE.
00:20:23.83\00:20:27.43
RIGHT WHEN HE PULLED HIS HANDS
OUT OF HIS EARS TO SHOO THE
00:20:27.43\00:20:30.40
THING, HE HEARD WHITFIELD SAY,
'HE THAT HAS EARS LET HIM HEAR
00:20:30.40\00:20:35.03
WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS.' AND
HE WAS - I DON'T KNOW IF HE FELL
00:20:35.03\00:20:44.23
OUT OF THE TREE OR
WHAT, BUT THAT'S ALL IT TOOK
00:20:44.23\00:20:46.00
AND HE KNEW GOD
WAS SPEAKING TO HIM.
00:20:46.00\00:20:48.30
AND THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAYS,
OF COURSE, IN REVELATION 3:22.
00:20:48.30\00:20:52.30
CHRIST SAID, IN MATTHEW 13:44 -
AND WE'RE STILL FINISHING UP THE
00:20:52.30\00:20:57.00
SECTION ON HEARING, HE SAID,
'AGAIN, THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS
00:20:57.00\00:21:00.83
LIKE A TREASURE HIDDEN IN A
FIELD, WHICH A MAN FOUND AND
00:21:00.83\00:21:04.00
HID; AND FOR JOY OVER IT HE GOES
AND SELLS ALL THAT HE HAS AND
00:21:04.00\00:21:09.16
BUYS THAT FIELD." SO
THIS BIBLICAL KIND OF HEARING
00:21:09.16\00:21:12.76
IS THE KIND OF HEARING WHERE YOU
RECOGNIZE THE WORD OF GOD AND
00:21:12.76\00:21:16.76
THEN YOU GO AND YOU'RE
WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.
00:21:16.76\00:21:21.06
IF IT MEANS LIQUIDATE ALL THAT
YOU HAVE THAT YOU MIGHT FOLLOW
00:21:21.06\00:21:23.36
WHAT THE LORD IS SAYING.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO KINDS OF
00:21:23.36\00:21:28.43
EARS THAT YOU
HAVE AS A CHRISTIAN.
00:21:28.43\00:21:30.70
WE'VE ALL GOT EARS
WHERE WE HEAR THE HORIZONTAL.
00:21:30.70\00:21:33.90
AND THEN, AS A CHRISTIAN, YOU
NEED TO HAVE EARS WHERE YOU'RE
00:21:33.90\00:21:37.33
ALWAYS
LISTENING TO THE VERTICAL.
00:21:37.33\00:21:39.03
HOW MANY OF YOU, THROUGH
THE DAY, SEND UP LITTLE PRAYERS?
00:21:39.03\00:21:42.76
YOU'RE TALKING TO SOMEONE,
YOU'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH AN
00:21:42.76\00:21:46.06
ISSUE, YOU'RE NEEDING WISDOM
FOR A DECISION, YOU'RE PRAYING
00:21:46.06\00:21:48.86
A LIGHT WILL CHANGE
BEFORE YOU GET TO IT AND -
00:21:48.86\00:21:50.73
AM I THE ONLY
ONE THAT'S DONE THAT?
00:21:50.73\00:21:53.40
AND YOU JUST - YOU'RE CONSTANTLY
LAUNCHING THESE LITTLE PRAYERS.
00:21:53.40\00:21:56.93
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF AIRPLANES
ACTUALLY HAVE TWO RADIOS.
00:21:56.93\00:21:59.83
AND YOU'VE GOT ONE RADIO WHERE
YOU CAN ACTUALLY FLY ALONG AND
00:21:59.83\00:22:03.53
YOU CAN LISTEN TO RADIO
STATIONS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
00:22:03.53\00:22:05.96
PEOPLE IN AIRPLANES ACTUALLY
GET MORE BORED, SOMETIMES, THAN
00:22:05.96\00:22:08.10
DRIVERS BECAUSE YOU DON'T EVEN
GET TO TURN, IT'S JUST USUALLY A
00:22:08.10\00:22:11.16
MONOTONOUS STRAIGHT LINE
AND - SO YOU'VE GOT A RADIO THAT
00:22:11.16\00:22:15.00
LISTENS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING ON
EARTH BUT, EVEN MORE IMPORTANT
00:22:15.00\00:22:18.90
IS, YOU'VE GOT A RADIO THAT'S
TELLING YOU WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
00:22:18.90\00:22:21.40
THE AIR. AND YOU'VE
GOT TO LISTEN TO AIR
00:22:21.40\00:22:23.30
TRAFFIC AND DIRECTIONS AND -
BEING A CHRISTIAN, YOU ALMOST
00:22:23.30\00:22:27.26
NEED BOTH KINDS OF EARS.
YOU NEED THE SPIRITUAL EARS AND
00:22:27.26\00:22:30.90
YOU NEED THE TYPICAL
EARS TO LISTEN TO OTHERS.
00:22:30.90\00:22:33.73
ALRIGHT, NEXT SECTION, AND
THIS LAUNCHES INTO PROVERBS 5,
00:22:33.73\00:22:36.26
DEALING WITH NOT ONLY HEARING,
BUT PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY.
00:22:36.26\00:22:42.06
IN THE NEXT FEW SECTIONS
WE'RE GOING TO DO 'PROTECT YOUR
00:22:42.06\00:22:44.63
FAMILY, PROTECT YOUR
FRIENDSHIPS, PROTECT YOUR WORK,
00:22:44.63\00:22:47.46
PROTECT YOURSELF.' SO THE REST
OF THEM ARE UNDER THE 'PROTECT'
00:22:47.46\00:22:50.26
CATEGORY. AND
MAYBE WE SHOULD START OUT
00:22:50.26\00:22:53.10
AND JUST TAKE A LOOK HERE IN
PROVERBS CHAPTER 5, IF YOU GO TO
00:22:53.10\00:22:58.93
- OH, I'M GOING TO READ VERSE 2
- WE ALREADY READ VERSE 1, "THAT
00:22:58.93\00:23:04.16
YOU MAY PRESERVE DISCRETION, AND
YOUR LIPS MAY KEEP KNOWLEDGE."
00:23:04.16\00:23:08.20
- BEING CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY
- "FOR THE LIPS OF AN IMMORAL
00:23:08.20\00:23:12.26
WOMAN DRIP HONEY," - NOW
HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT LIPSTICK.
00:23:12.26\00:23:15.30
LIPS TYPICALLY, IN THE BIBLE, IS
TALKING ABOUT - WHEN JESUS SAID,
00:23:15.30\00:23:19.56
'THESE PEOPLE DRAW NEAR TO
ME WITH THEIR LIPS' - IT'S NOT
00:23:19.56\00:23:21.33
TALKING ABOUT KISSES,
IT'S TALKING ABOUT WORDS.
00:23:21.33\00:23:24.76
AND SO WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT "THE
LIPS OF AN IMMORAL WOMAN DRIP
00:23:24.76\00:23:27.43
HONEY, AND HER MOUTH IS SMOOTHER
THAN OIL;" - IT'S NOT TALKING
00:23:27.43\00:23:30.43
ABOUT APPEARANCE. IT'S
TALKING ABOUT SEDUCTIVE
00:23:30.43\00:23:33.13
WORDS. AND THIS WORKS BOTH WAYS.
00:23:33.13\00:23:36.10
SOLOMON, BEING A MAN WITH MANY
WIVES, EVIDENTLY WAS AN EXPERT
00:23:36.10\00:23:40.03
IN THIS CATEGORY AND HE IS
WARNING AGAINST BEING ENTICED.
00:23:40.03\00:23:44.56
AND SO NOW IT'S TALKING
ABOUT PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY AND
00:23:44.56\00:23:48.36
YOU'LL SEE AS WE READ ON HE'S
TALKING ABOUT PROTECTING YOUR
00:23:48.36\00:23:50.83
MARRIAGE - AND HE GIVES
SOME VERY CLEAR GUIDANCE HERE.
00:23:50.83\00:23:55.36
"FOR THE LIPS OF AN IMMORAL
WOMAN" - THIS IS PROVERBS 5:3 -
00:23:55.36\00:24:00.70
"DRIP HONEY, AND HER MOUTH
IS SMOOTHER THAN OIL; BUT IN THE
00:24:00.70\00:24:04.63
END SHE IS BITTER AS WORMWOOD,
SHARP AS A TWO-EDGED SWORD.
00:24:04.63\00:24:10.23
HER FEET GO DOWN TO DEATH, HER
STEPS LAY HOLD OF HELL" - OR THE
00:24:10.23\00:24:15.36
GRAVE - SHEOL - "LEST YOU PONDER
HER PATH OF LIFE - HER WAYS ARE
00:24:15.36\00:24:20.70
UNSTABLE; YOU DO NOT KNOW
THEM. THEREFORE HEAR ME NOW, MY
00:24:20.70\00:24:24.66
CHILDREN, AND DO NOT DEPART
FROM THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH.
00:24:24.66\00:24:27.83
REMOVE YOUR WAY FAR FROM HERE,
AND DO NOT GO NEAR THE DOOR OF
00:24:27.83\00:24:32.16
HER HOUSE," - ALRIGHT, I'M GOING
TO HAVE SOMEBODY READ FOR ME, IN
00:24:32.16\00:24:35.70
A MOMENT, GENESIS 39, VERSE
10 - YOU'LL HAVE THAT? OKAY.
00:24:35.70\00:24:40.83
AND YOU NOTICE HE'S SAYING,
NOT ONLY IN PROVERBS 5, VERSE 8,
00:24:40.83\00:24:46.90
"REMOVE YOUR WAY FAR FROM
HER," - THAT MEANS, YOU SEE HER
00:24:46.90\00:24:52.23
COMING, CROSS THE STREET
AND PASS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
00:24:52.23\00:24:55.00
TALKING ABOUT - NOW, IS
THIS JUST TALKING ABOUT PREDATOR
00:24:55.00\00:25:00.20
WOMEN OUT THERE OR IS IT TALKING
ABOUT A PRINCIPLE OF TEMPTATION?
00:25:00.20\00:25:03.63
THAT'S WHY WE'RE OFFERING
THIS BOOK ON TEMPTATION.
00:25:03.63\00:25:06.36
THAT CAN BE ALL
DIFFERENT KINDS OF TEMPTATION.
00:25:06.36\00:25:08.66
IT'S NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT
MEN BEING TEMPTED BY WOMEN,
00:25:08.66\00:25:10.66
BUT IT COULD BE WOMEN TEMPTED
BY MEN. IT'S JUST TALKING ABOUT
00:25:10.66\00:25:14.13
AVOID THOSE AREAS OF TEMPTATION.
HE ALSO GOES ON TO SAY, "...DO
00:25:14.13\00:25:19.76
NOT GO NEAR THE DOOR OF HER
HOUSE," - DON'T EVEN GO NEAR
00:25:19.76\00:25:24.30
WHERE THE TEMPTATION IS.
IN CONNECTION WITH THAT, WE'RE
00:25:24.30\00:25:27.56
GOING TO LOOK AT A VERSE
DEALING WITH THE LIFE OF JOSEPH.
00:25:27.56\00:25:29.43
WHY DON'T YOU READ FOR
US GENESIS 39, VERSE 10?
00:25:29.43\00:25:32.76
>>"SO IT WAS, AS SHE SPOKE TO
JOSEPH DAY BY DAY, THAT HE DID
00:25:32.76\00:25:36.86
NOT HEED HER, TO LIE
WITH HER OR TO BE WITH HER."
00:25:36.86\00:25:40.20
>>JUST - HE WENT - NOW, I THINK
ALL OF US REMEMBER THE STORY
00:25:40.20\00:25:44.86
WHERE JOSEPH BECAME A
SLAVE IN THE HOUSE OF POTIPHAR.
00:25:44.86\00:25:47.53
POTIPHAR'S WIFE - IT SAYS 'SHE
CAST HER EYES ON JOSEPH' AND
00:25:47.53\00:25:51.60
SHE'D TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO
- SHE WASN'T BEATING AROUND THE
00:25:51.60\00:25:55.83
BUSH - SHE ACTUALLY CAME OUT
AND SAID, 'LIE WITH ME.' AND HE
00:25:55.83\00:25:59.30
SAID, 'HOW CAN I DO THAT? THAT'S
A SIN!' AND SHE DIDN'T TAKE
00:25:59.30\00:26:03.80
'NO' FOR AN ANSWER. SHE
FIGURED, 'YOU'RE A SLAVE.
00:26:03.80\00:26:06.06
I'M THE MASTER. THIS IS AN
ORDER.' AND HE JUST AVOIDED HER.
00:26:06.06\00:26:09.26
AND HE WOULD STAY AS
FAR AWAY AS HE COULD.
00:26:09.26\00:26:12.10
YOU KNOW, WE THINK - THERE ARE
SO MANY EXAMPLES IN THE BIBLE OF
00:26:12.10\00:26:16.60
PEOPLE THAT FELL.
YOU'VE GOT THE WISEST MAN,
00:26:16.60\00:26:20.26
SOLOMON, DID HE FALL IN THAT
AREA? YOU'VE GOT THE STRONGEST
00:26:20.26\00:26:24.36
MAN - WHO'S THAT? >>SAMPSON.
00:26:24.36\00:26:26.93
>>DID HE FALL IN THAT AREA?
YOU GET A MAN AFTER GOD'S OWN
00:26:26.93\00:26:29.56
HEART, LIKE DAVID, ONE OF
THE BRAVEST MEN - GOES AGAINST
00:26:29.56\00:26:32.80
GIANTS - DID HE FALL IN
THE AREA OF THAT TEMPTATION?
00:26:32.80\00:26:35.83
AND SO - BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M SO
GLAD THERE ARE TWO EXAMPLES, I
00:26:35.83\00:26:40.53
CAN THINK OF, OF HEROES IN
THE BIBLE THAT WERE VICTORIOUS.
00:26:40.53\00:26:45.16
WE ALWAYS THINK ABOUT, 'WELL,
EVERYBODY'S WEAK AND EVERYONE'S
00:26:45.16\00:26:46.90
HUMAN' - AND PEOPLE LOVE TO
QUOTE DAVID AND SAY, 'HE WAS A
00:26:46.90\00:26:49.56
MAN AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART.' BUT
I DON'T THINK WE OUGHT TO QUOTE
00:26:49.56\00:26:51.93
DAVID, I THINK WE OUGHT TO QUOTE
JOSEPH AND SAY, 'YES, PEOPLE CAN
00:26:51.93\00:26:57.53
BE VICTORIOUS.' JOB SAYS,
'I HAVE MADE A COVENANT WITH MY
00:26:57.53\00:27:02.30
EYES. WHY SHOULD
I LOOK UPON A MAID?'
00:27:02.30\00:27:05.20
HE WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK
UPON IT TO BE TEMPTED.
00:27:05.20\00:27:08.30
AND HE'S GOT A WHOLE SECTION IN
THERE WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT THAT
00:27:08.30\00:27:10.80
AND I'LL NOT READ RIGHT NOW.
PAUL SAYS IF - WHEN A PERSON
00:27:10.80\00:27:16.23
VIOLATES THEIR MARRIAGE, THEY'RE
TAKING FIRE IN THEIR BOSOM AND
00:27:16.23\00:27:20.53
THEY'RE SINNING
AGAINST THEIR OWN FLESH.
00:27:20.53\00:27:22.23
AND SO, IN PROTECTING YOURSELF,
IN PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY, THE
00:27:22.23\00:27:26.73
BIBLE SAYS 'STAY AWAY FROM THESE
AREAS OF TEMPTATION.' IF YOU'RE
00:27:26.73\00:27:36.36
OUT TRAVELING AND YOU GO INTO A
HOTEL THAT'S GOT ALL THOSE CABLE
00:27:36.36\00:27:41.36
MOVIES, DON'T SAY, 'WELL,
I'M JUST GOING TO SEE WHAT THE
00:27:41.36\00:27:45.06
MOVIES ARE.' DON'T EVEN
GO LOOK. DON'T GO NEAR IT.
00:27:45.06\00:27:47.80
DON'T ENGAGE. I HAVE A PRACTICE
- I HAVE ONE GIRLFRIEND.
00:27:47.80\00:27:54.56
SHE'S HERE TONIGHT.
KAREN KNOWS HER. IT'S HER.
00:27:54.56\00:28:01.23
YOU'RE GOING TO THINK I'M
EXTREMELY OLD FASHIONED, BUT I
00:28:01.23\00:28:04.96
THINK IT'S DANGEROUS FOR MEN
TO HAVE CLOSE FEMALE FRIENDS IF
00:28:04.96\00:28:10.33
THEY'RE MARRIED - ESPECIALLY
IF THEY'RE IN THE BALLPARK - I
00:28:10.33\00:28:13.10
MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT
A FRIEND THAT'S 80 YEARS OLD,
00:28:13.10\00:28:15.60
NOTHING - NO OFFENSE TO THOSE
THAT ARE 80 OUT THERE WATCHING -
00:28:15.60\00:28:18.43
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
00:28:18.43\00:28:20.26
YOU NEED TO STAY AWAY FROM THOSE
- FIRST OF ALL, AVOIDING THE
00:28:20.26\00:28:23.86
APPEARANCE OF EVIL, BUT DON'T
EVEN GIVE SIN AN OPPORTUNITY.
00:28:23.86\00:28:27.60
AND I, AS A PASTOR, I'VE
HAD LADIES THAT HAVE COME TO ME
00:28:27.60\00:28:31.20
DURING THE SERVICE AND HAVE
SAID, 'I REALLY NEED TO TALK TO
00:28:31.20\00:28:34.26
YOU ABOUT SOMETHING.' I SAY,
'ALRIGHT, LET'S TALK.' 'WELL,
00:28:34.26\00:28:36.30
CAN WE GO TO YOUR OFFICE?' I
SAID, 'NO.' I SAID, 'WE'LL SIT
00:28:36.30\00:28:38.96
RIGHT HERE IN THE COURTYARD.'
OR YOU LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN AND
00:28:38.96\00:28:42.76
SOMEONE ELSE IS IN THE OTHER
ROOM OR YOU JUST - YOU DON'T
00:28:42.76\00:28:46.20
GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF EVIL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN IN
00:28:46.20\00:28:49.80
TROUBLE BECAUSE THEY GET TOO
CLOSE TO THE DOOR OF TEMPTATION.
00:28:49.80\00:28:52.76
YOU READ IN PROVERBS 5:15,
HE GOES ON AND HE ELABORATES ON
00:28:52.76\00:28:57.66
THAT PRINCIPLE.
"DRINK WATER FROM YOUR OWN
00:28:57.66\00:29:00.36
CISTERN, AND RUNNING WATER
FROM YOUR OWN WELL. SHOULD YOUR
00:29:00.36\00:29:05.26
FOUNTAINS BE DISPERSED ABROAD,
STREAMS OF WATER IN THE STREETS?
00:29:05.26\00:29:08.43
LET THEM BE ONLY YOUR OWN,
AND NOT FOR STRANGERS WITH YOU.
00:29:08.43\00:29:11.60
LET YOUR FOUNTAIN BE BLESSED,
AND REJOICE WITH THE WIFE OF
00:29:11.60\00:29:14.46
YOUR YOUTH." IS HE
TALKING ABOUT WATER?
00:29:14.46\00:29:16.86
IS HE TALKING
ABOUT THE WATER COOLER?
00:29:16.86\00:29:19.03
IS HE TALKING ABOUT
DRILLING A WELL BY YOUR HOUSE?
00:29:19.03\00:29:20.83
OR IS HE TALKING ABOUT YOUR
RELATIONSHIPS AND YOUR LOVE?
00:29:20.83\00:29:22.80
HAVING AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP,
WHEN YOU'RE MARRIED, IS SUPPOSED
00:29:22.80\00:29:26.50
TO BE WITH YOUR WIFE.
ONE HUSBAND. ONE WIFE.
00:29:26.50\00:29:29.33
IT'S - THAT'S WHAT HE'S TALKING
ABOUT IS - YOU GET THE METAPHORS
00:29:29.33\00:29:33.56
THAT HE'S USING HERE? AND
HE DOESN'T - IF ANYONE HAS
00:29:33.56\00:29:36.80
ANY DOUBTS, HE MAKES IT REALLY
CLEAR, "REJOICE WITH THE WIFE OF
00:29:36.80\00:29:40.16
YOUR YOUTH. AS A
LOVING DEER AND A GRACEFUL
00:29:40.16\00:29:43.53
DOE," - THEN IT SAYS SOME STUFF
THAT MAKES YOU BLUSH - I WON'T
00:29:43.53\00:29:47.60
GET INTO - "AND ALWAYS
BE ENRAPTURED WITH HER LOVE.
00:29:47.60\00:29:49.60
FOR WHY SHOULD YOU, MY SON, BE
ENRAPTURED BY AN IMMORAL WOMAN,
00:29:49.60\00:29:53.63
AND BE EMBRACED IN
THE ARMS OF A SEDUCTRESS?
00:29:53.63\00:29:56.76
FOR THE WAYS OF MAN ARE BEFORE
THE EYES OF THE LORD," - THERE
00:29:56.76\00:30:00.96
YOU GO AGAIN WITH THE WAYS -
MEANING THE PATH - THE DIRECTION
00:30:00.96\00:30:04.20
OF YOUR FEET - AND HE
PONDERS ALL HIS PATHS.
00:30:04.20\00:30:08.60
HIS OWN INIQUITIES ENTRAP THE
WICKED MAN, AND HE IS CAUGHT IN
00:30:08.60\00:30:12.83
THE CORDS OF HIS SIN." NOW
THAT'S A PRINCIPLE THAT IS TRUE.
00:30:12.83\00:30:19.20
PEOPLE ARE TYPICALLY CAUGHT WITH
THE CORDS OF THEIR OWN MAKING.
00:30:19.20\00:30:23.86
SAUL FELL ON HIS OWN SWORD.
00:30:23.86\00:30:29.20
JUDAS TOOK HIS LIFE
BECAUSE HIS PLOT BACKFIRED.
00:30:29.20\00:30:35.73
LATER ON IN PROVERBS, IT'LL TALK
ABOUT THE PRINCIPLE 'IF YOU ROLL
00:30:35.73\00:30:39.16
A STONE, BE CAREFUL, THAT STONE
MIGHT ROLL BACK ON YOU.' AND SO
00:30:39.16\00:30:44.03
YOU CAN JUST FIND A
LOT OF EXAMPLES OF THAT.
00:30:44.03\00:30:47.06
SO, THERE'S A LOT SAID
HERE ABOUT RESISTING TEMPTATION.
00:30:47.06\00:30:50.96
MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU LOOK IN
1 CORINTHIANS 10, VERSE 13, "NO
00:30:50.96\00:30:57.33
TEMPTATION HAS OVERTAKEN YOU
EXCEPT SUCH AS IS COMMON TO MAN;
00:30:57.33\00:31:03.26
BUT GOD IS FAITHFUL, WHO
WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO BE TEMPTED
00:31:03.26\00:31:06.86
BEYOND WHAT YOU ARE ABLE, BUT
WITH THE TEMPTATION WILL ALSO
00:31:06.86\00:31:10.70
MAKE THE WAY OF ESCAPE, THAT
YOU MAY BE ABLE TO BEAR IT."
00:31:10.70\00:31:14.56
NOW THAT'S A WONDERFUL PROMISE,
BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE SAY,
00:31:14.56\00:31:17.30
'OH, I JUST
COULDN'T DEAL WITH IT.
00:31:17.30\00:31:18.83
THE TEMPTATION WAS TOO STRONG.'
ISN'T THAT A PROMISE THAT GOD
00:31:18.83\00:31:22.46
WILL NEVER - WHEN YOU'RE
TEMPTED, GOD HAS ALREADY WEIGHED
00:31:22.46\00:31:26.06
AND MEASURED YOUR TEMPTATION AND
HE KNOWS WHAT YOUR CAPACITY IS
00:31:26.06\00:31:29.40
AND HE'S MADE A PROMISE THAT YOU
WILL NOT BE TEMPTED ABOVE YOUR
00:31:29.40\00:31:33.13
CAPACITY TO
RESIST THAT TEMPTATION.
00:31:33.13\00:31:36.00
YOU KNOW RIGHT AWAY THAT IF
YOU SAY, 'THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE.
00:31:36.00\00:31:38.86
I JUST DON'T THINK
I CAN DEAL WITH IT.
00:31:38.86\00:31:40.33
IT'S JUST TOO MUCH.'
WELL, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
00:31:40.33\00:31:42.86
THAT'S WHAT THE
DEVIL WANTS YOU TO THINK.
00:31:42.86\00:31:44.50
GOD SAYS, 'IT WILL NEVER BE TOO
MUCH BECAUSE I WILL NEVER PUT A
00:31:44.50\00:31:46.76
BURDEN ON YOU.' BY THE WAY,
IF GOD ALLOWS YOU TO BE TEMPTED
00:31:46.76\00:31:53.00
BEYOND WHAT YOU'RE ABLE - IN
OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE NO POWER
00:31:53.00\00:31:56.70
TO RESIST THAT TEMPTATION,
THEN IT NO LONGER IS A SIN.
00:31:56.70\00:32:00.10
IF YOU'RE TEMPTED - IN OTHER
WORDS, IF THE DEVIL TOOK EVE IN
00:32:00.10\00:32:05.16
THE GARDEN OF EDEN AND HE,
IN HIS SNAKE-LIKE FORM, WRAPPED
00:32:05.16\00:32:11.10
HIMSELF AROUND HER AND HELD HER
TO THE GROUND AND WITH HIS TAIL
00:32:11.10\00:32:13.83
PUSHED THE FRUIT IN HER MOUTH,
WOULD GOD HAVE ACCUSED HER OF A
00:32:13.83\00:32:16.03
SIN? IF SHE -
THERE'S NOTHING SHE
00:32:16.03\00:32:18.46
COULD DO TO RESIST IT - IF SHE
WAS PHYSICALLY FORCED TO EAT THE
00:32:18.46\00:32:20.83
FRUIT - BUT IT'S BECAUSE SHE HAD
THE POWER OF CHOICE AND AS LONG
00:32:20.83\00:32:25.16
AS GOD GIVES YOU HIS SPIRIT AND
YOU HAVE THE POWER OF CHOICE,
00:32:25.16\00:32:27.76
YOU ARE ABLE TO
RESIST TEMPTATION.
00:32:27.76\00:32:30.43
IT MAY BE A STRUGGLE, I'M NOT
DENYING THAT. SOMETIMES IT MAY
00:32:30.43\00:32:35.06
BE DIFFICULT TO BEAR, BUT GOD
SAYS IT WILL NEVER BE TOO MUCH.
00:32:35.06\00:32:40.40
YOU KNOW, MATTER OF FACT, THERE
ARE SOME TIPS THAT - IT'S IN
00:32:40.40\00:32:44.43
THIS BOOK THAT WE'RE OFFERING ON
'TIPS TO RESISTING TEMPTATION.'
00:32:44.43\00:32:48.60
IT'S NOT JUST DEALING WITH
SECTION 5 AND PROTECTING YOUR
00:32:48.60\00:32:51.46
FAMILY, BUT WHATEVER THE
TEMPTATIONS ARE - I THINK, ON
00:32:51.46\00:32:53.50
THE COVER, WE'VE GOT
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES.
00:32:53.50\00:32:55.20
WHATEVER THE TEMPTATION
MIGHT BE, THE LORD GIVES YOU
00:32:55.20\00:33:03.76
PRINCIPLES TO AVOID IT.
HOW DID JESUS FIGHT TEMPTATION?
00:33:03.76\00:33:07.46
WHENEVER THE DEVIL CAME TO
HIM WITH - AND, BY THE WAY, WHEN
00:33:07.46\00:33:12.30
DOES THE DEVIL COME TO
US WITH TEMPTATION? JESUS -
00:33:12.30\00:33:17.26
WAS HE TIRED? WHAT ELSE
WAS HE DOING FOR FORTY DAYS?
00:33:17.26\00:33:21.20
FASTING? LOW BLOOD
SUGAR - HE WAS WEAK.
00:33:21.20\00:33:24.46
DID HE HAVE MORAL SUPPORT
OR WAS HE IN THE DESERT ALONE?
00:33:24.46\00:33:28.06
AND SO WHEN YOU'RE ALONE - DO
SOME PEOPLE FALL INTO TEMPTATION
00:33:28.06\00:33:33.00
BECAUSE THEY
THINK NO ONE'S AROUND?
00:33:33.00\00:33:34.43
WHEN YOU THINK YOU'RE ALONE,
BECAUSE YOU'RE NEVER REALLY
00:33:34.43\00:33:38.00
ALONE, WHEN YOU'RE TIRED, DON'T
WAIT TO HAVE THOSE VERY DELICATE
00:33:38.00\00:33:43.80
CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR SPOUSE
WHEN YOU'RE BOTH TIRED AND IT'S
00:33:43.80\00:33:46.90
LATE AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE
THE WORLD IS FALLING IN ON YOU.
00:33:46.90\00:33:50.13
YOU'LL FIND OFTEN, AFTER A GOOD
NIGHT'S SLEEP, YOU DON'T EVEN
00:33:50.13\00:33:52.06
KNOW THERE WAS A
PROBLEM THE NIGHT BEFORE.
00:33:52.06\00:33:54.06
JUST - YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW
TO SAY - INSTEAD OF GOING TO BED
00:33:54.06\00:33:57.63
MAD, 'LET'S JUST SLEEP ON THIS
AND TALK ABOUT IT IN THE MORNING
00:33:57.63\00:34:01.53
WHEN OUR MINDS ARE CLEAR.' A
GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP SOLVES A LOT
00:34:01.53\00:34:04.86
OF PROBLEMS. SOME PEOPLE,
I THINK, WOULD HAVE POSTPONED
00:34:04.86\00:34:08.03
SUICIDE IF THEY COULD HAVE
GOTTEN A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.
00:34:08.03\00:34:11.10
NOW THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
00:34:11.10\00:34:13.63
SO THAT'S ONE THING
ABOUT TEMPTATION, WAIT.
00:34:13.63\00:34:17.26
SOME TEMPTATIONS - THEY SAY
THAT WHEN YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH
00:34:17.26\00:34:22.00
SMOKING, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU
RESIST THE TEMPTATION FOR THREE
00:34:22.00\00:34:25.16
MINUTES YOU'LL
FIND THAT IT SUBSIDES.
00:34:25.16\00:34:27.30
SAME THING WITH TEMPTATIONS FOR
FOOD. THEY SAY IF YOU'RE HUNGRY,
00:34:27.30\00:34:30.93
DRINK A CUP OF WATER AND WAIT
THREE MINUTES AND YOU MIGHT FIND
00:34:30.93\00:34:33.36
THAT THAT WILL
SUBDUE MOST TEMPTATIONS.
00:34:33.36\00:34:35.93
SO SOMETIMES, AS YOU RESIST -
WHAT DID THE DEVIL DO WHEN JESUS
00:34:35.93\00:34:38.43
RESISTED
TEMPTATION? HE ULTIMATELY LEFT.
00:34:38.43\00:34:42.33
BUT HE MET IT WITH
THE PROMISES OF GOD.
00:34:42.33\00:34:44.23
ALL THREE TIMES, 'IT IS WRITTEN.
IT IS WRITTEN. IT IS WRITTEN.'
00:34:44.23\00:34:47.23
AND THAT'S WHAT
SOLOMON DOES HERE THROUGH
00:34:47.23\00:34:49.56
PROVERBS, HE SAYS, 'THE FEAR
OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF
00:34:49.56\00:34:53.20
WISDOM.' MEANING
THE WORDS OF GOD.
00:34:53.20\00:34:54.76
AND SO WHEN HE SAYS, 'MY SON
HEAR MY WORDS' - IN CHAPTER 5 -
00:34:54.76\00:34:58.50
IS THIS JUST SOLOMON SPEAKING
TO HIS SONS OR DAVID SPEAKING TO
00:34:58.50\00:35:03.40
SOLOMON? OR IS IT
GOD SPEAKING TO HIS
00:35:03.40\00:35:05.76
SONS AND DAUGHTERS? SO, YEAH.
00:35:05.76\00:35:09.23
NOTICE, ALSO, I WANT TO - I WANT
YOU TO NOTICE THAT HE NOT ONLY
00:35:09.23\00:35:14.36
TALKS ABOUT THE FATHER, HE TALKS
ABOUT THE FATHER AND THE MOTHER.
00:35:14.36\00:35:19.00
YEAH, CHAPTER 4 - I'M JUST
JUMPING BACK A LITTLE BIT -
00:35:19.00\00:35:23.96
"HEAR, MY CHILDREN, THE
INSTRUCTION OF A FATHER, AND
00:35:23.96\00:35:26.66
GIVE ATTENTION TO KNOW
UNDERSTANDING; FOR I GIVE YOU
00:35:26.66\00:35:29.20
GOOD DOCTRINE: DO
NOT FORSAKE MY LAW.
00:35:29.20\00:35:31.50
WHEN I WAS MY FATHER'S SON,
TENDER AND THE ONLY ONE IN THE
00:35:31.50\00:35:34.03
SIGHT OF MY
MOTHER," AND THEN HE GOES ON.
00:35:34.03\00:35:37.36
HE TALKS ABOUT 'HONOR YOUR
FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER.' AND SO
00:35:37.36\00:35:39.93
IT'S IN THAT SAME VEIN.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ALONG WITH OUR
00:35:39.93\00:35:44.16
STUDY HERE, 'PROTECT YOUR
FRIENDSHIP.' WE'RE GOING TO JUMP
00:35:44.16\00:35:48.06
TO WELL, I WANT TO JUST FINISH
THAT SECTION ON CHAPTER 5.
00:35:48.06\00:35:54.73
"HIS OWN INIQUITIES ENTRAP THE
WICKED MAN, AND HE IS CAUGHT IN
00:35:54.73\00:35:58.30
THE CORDS OF HIS SIN.
HE SHALL DIE FOR LACK OF
00:35:58.30\00:36:01.26
INSTRUCTION, AND IN THE
GREATNESS OF HIS FOLLY HE SHALL
00:36:01.26\00:36:04.80
GO ASTRAY." YOU KNOW
WHO IS SOMEBODY WHO WAS
00:36:04.80\00:36:07.63
CAUGHT WITH THE CORDS OF HIS
SIN? IF YOU READ IN THE BOOK OF
00:36:07.63\00:36:11.36
ESTHER - HOW MANY OF
YOU REMEMBER WHEN HAMAN, HE
00:36:11.36\00:36:15.06
DEVELOPED A TRAP, HAD SOMEONE
BUILD GALLOWS TO HANG MORDECAI.
00:36:15.06\00:36:20.36
WHO ENDED UP
HANGING ON THE GALLOWS?
00:36:20.36\00:36:24.26
HAMAN WAS HOLDEN WITH THE
CORDS OF HIS SIN AND HE ENDED UP
00:36:24.26\00:36:27.33
GETTING HUNG ON THE
VERY GALLOWS THAT HE BUILT.
00:36:27.33\00:36:29.63
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL GO TO CHAPTER
6, PROVERBS 6, VERSES 1 THROUGH
00:36:29.63\00:36:33.40
5 AND SOMEBODY GET READY TO READ
EXODUS 23 - WHO'S NEXT ON THAT?
00:36:33.40\00:36:38.70
- EXODUS 23, VERSES 2
AND 3 YOU'LL BE DOING.
00:36:38.70\00:36:42.53
PROVERBS 6, "MY SON, IF YOU
BECOME SURETY FOR YOUR FRIEND,
00:36:42.53\00:36:47.10
IF YOU HAVE SHAKEN HANDS IN
PLEDGE FOR A STRANGER, YOU ARE
00:36:47.10\00:36:51.83
SNARED BY THE WORDS OF
YOUR MOUTH; YOU ARE TAKEN BY THE
00:36:51.83\00:36:55.00
WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH. SO
DO THIS, MY SON, AND DELIVER
00:36:55.00\00:36:58.10
YOURSELF; FOR YOU HAVE COME INTO
THE HAND OF YOUR FRIEND: GO AND
00:36:58.10\00:37:01.06
HUMBLE YOURSELF;
PLEAD WITH YOUR FRIEND.
00:37:01.06\00:37:04.40
GIVE NO SLEEP TO YOUR EYES,
NOR SLUMBER TO YOUR EYELIDS.
00:37:04.40\00:37:07.40
DELIVER YOURSELF LIKE A GAZELLE
FROM THE HAND OF THE HUNTER ," -
00:37:07.40\00:37:10.66
HOW DOES A GAZELLE
LEAVE WHEN HE SPOTS A HUNTER?
00:37:10.66\00:37:12.33
DOES HE WALK
AWAY OR DOES HE DASH?
00:37:12.33\00:37:13.86
YEAH, IT'S JUST A - THEY DART
- "AND LIKE A BIRD FROM THE HAND
00:37:13.86\00:37:19.33
OF THE FOWLER." - THE
BIRDS DON'T JUST KIND OF
00:37:19.33\00:37:21.13
HOP AWAY, THEY FLIT AND
FLY AS FAST AS THEY CAN.
00:37:21.13\00:37:24.80
AND SO, HE'S
SAYING 'DO THIS QUICKLY.
00:37:24.80\00:37:27.80
GO TO YOUR NEIGHBOR AND DO
WHAT YOU CAN TO SETTLE THAT
00:37:27.80\00:37:33.16
AGREEMENT.' NOW WHAT
IS HE TALKING ABOUT THERE?
00:37:33.16\00:37:37.60
'IF YOU'VE BECOME SURETY.'
WHAT IS SURETY, BIBLICALLY?
00:37:37.60\00:37:42.46
IF YOU COSIGN FOR SOMEBODY - IF
YOU MAKE A VOW WHERE YOU BECOME
00:37:42.46\00:37:48.73
RESPONSIBLE - IF YOU ENTER INTO
A BUSINESS AGREEMENT AND YOU
00:37:48.73\00:37:52.70
MAKE A COVENANT, ESPECIALLY
IF YOU'RE MAKING A COVENANT WITH
00:37:52.70\00:37:55.63
SOMEBODY THAT MAY
NOT BE A BELIEVER.
00:37:55.63\00:37:58.23
YOU'VE GOT - SOME OF US HAVE
FRIENDS THAT ARE NOT - IT'S OKAY
00:37:58.23\00:38:01.46
IF YOU'VE GOT FRIENDS
THAT ARE NOT BELIEVERS.
00:38:01.46\00:38:03.03
HOW ELSE ARE YOU
GOING TO REACH THEM?
00:38:03.03\00:38:04.46
BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
UNEQUALLY YOKED IN A BUSINESS
00:38:04.46\00:38:07.90
VENTURE WITH SOMEONE WHO
DOESN'T SHARE YOUR PRINCIPLES.
00:38:07.90\00:38:10.06
AND SO, NOT ONLY IS IT
TALKING ABOUT THESE VERTICAL
00:38:10.06\00:38:13.36
RELATIONSHIPS, HERE SOLOMON
IS TALKING ABOUT PRACTICAL
00:38:13.36\00:38:16.10
PARTNERSHIP RELATIONSHIPS.
00:38:16.10\00:38:20.56
KAREN AND I HAVE SOME DEAR
FRIENDS UP IN THE HILLS THAT
00:38:20.56\00:38:23.56
WE'VE KNOWN FOR YEARS AND,
AT ONE POINT, WE WENT INTO A
00:38:23.56\00:38:26.40
BUSINESS VENTURE WITH THEM AND
WE BOUGHT A SMALL PIECE OF LAND
00:38:26.40\00:38:30.23
AND WE WERE GOING TO BUILD
A BUSINESS ON IT, AND AS WE
00:38:30.23\00:38:32.50
STARTED GETTING INTO IT,
MY FRIEND CAME TO ME AND SAID,
00:38:32.50\00:38:35.93
'DOUG, WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT, OUR
00:38:35.93\00:38:38.16
FRIENDSHIP OR THIS BUSINESS
VENTURE.' HE SAID, 'IF THIS
00:38:38.16\00:38:43.23
KEEPS GOING, I ANTICIPATE THAT
IT MAY COST US OUR FRIENDSHIP.'
00:38:43.23\00:38:47.76
AND SO I SAID, 'YOU KNOW, I CAN
SEE WHERE THAT COULD HAPPEN TOO
00:38:47.76\00:38:51.16
AND THE FRIENDSHIP IS MORE
IMPORTANT TO ME.' AND SO I SAID,
00:38:51.16\00:38:54.40
'HERE, WE'LL SELL YOU
OUR INTEREST IN THE LAND.'
00:38:54.40\00:38:56.90
AND WE'RE STILL
FRIENDS TO THIS DAY.
00:38:56.90\00:38:58.86
BUT SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT TO JUST
REALIZE THAT THE DEVIL WILL TAKE
00:38:58.86\00:39:02.36
OPPORTUNITY IF YOU GET
INVOLVED IN COVENANTS, FINANCIAL
00:39:02.36\00:39:06.26
OBLIGATIONS, AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
00:39:06.26\00:39:08.00
I HAD ANOTHER FRIEND, HE WAS
ACTUALLY A CHURCH MEMBER - THIS
00:39:08.00\00:39:10.90
IS NOT JUST TRUE OF PASTORS, BUT
GOT A CHECK, THEY WERE NEW IN
00:39:10.90\00:39:17.10
TOWN AND THEY WERE TRYING TO
GET ESTABLISHED AND THEY SAID,
00:39:17.10\00:39:22.10
'PASTOR DOUG, WE JUST GOT
THIS CHECK FROM THIS INSURANCE
00:39:22.10\00:39:24.00
COMPANY.' AND I LOOKED AT IT -
IT'S, YOU KNOW, AETNA INSURANCE,
00:39:24.00\00:39:28.13
LEGITIMATE FIRM - $1,500.00
- AND THEY SAID, 'BUT THE BANK
00:39:28.13\00:39:32.86
SAID THEY CAN'T CASH THE CHECK
BECAUSE WE'RE NEW IN TOWN AND WE
00:39:32.86\00:39:34.73
HAVEN'T OPENED AN ACCOUNT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO COVER
00:39:34.73\00:39:36.76
IT AND WE HAVE TO GET SOMEONE
TO COSIGN.' THAT'S SURETY.
00:39:36.76\00:39:39.16
YOU ARE MAKING THEIR
OBLIGATION SURE TO THE BANK.
00:39:39.16\00:39:43.93
AND SO I SAID, 'OKAY, OH, I
THINK WE'VE GOT ENOUGH TO COVER
00:39:43.93\00:39:47.90
IT. WE'LL
COSIGN.' SO WE COSIGNED.
00:39:47.90\00:39:51.36
A WEEK OR TWO LATER I WENT
TO THE BANK AND I DON'T REMEMBER
00:39:51.36\00:39:54.76
EXACTLY HOW I FOUND OUT. I
JUST REMEMBER DISCOVERING IN A
00:39:54.76\00:39:58.00
VERY ABRUPT WAY THAT $1,500.00
WERE GONE FROM OUR ACCOUNT AND I
00:39:58.00\00:40:03.26
WENT STOMPING INTO THE BANK AND
SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT - WHAT'S THIS
00:40:03.26\00:40:05.66
- THIS IS...' AND THEY
SAID, 'OH, YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
00:40:05.66\00:40:08.66
YOU COSIGNED FOR THIS
CHECK AND IT WAS CANCELED.
00:40:08.66\00:40:12.06
THE INSURANCE COMPANY RECALLED
IT OR CANCELED THE CHECK AND
00:40:12.06\00:40:15.50
SINCE YOU COSIGNED AND WE
ALREADY GAVE THEM THE MONEY, IT
00:40:15.50\00:40:18.33
COMES OUT OF YOUR ACCOUNT.' WELL
THAT REALLY CAUSED A PROBLEM.
00:40:18.33\00:40:23.36
SO I WENT TO THIS CHURCH MEMBER
- NOW I'M THE PASTOR - AND I
00:40:23.36\00:40:29.66
SAID, 'BROTHER SO AND SO,' - I
SAID - 'OH!' - HE SAID, 'I HEARD
00:40:29.66\00:40:32.83
ABOUT THAT. I'M SO SORRY
PASTOR.' HE WAS A BODY MAN.
00:40:32.83\00:40:34.76
HE SAID, 'LOOK, I'VE GOT
THIS JOB AND I GOT THAT JOB.
00:40:34.76\00:40:39.13
I'M GOING TO GET THIS
DONE AND WE'LL PAY YOU BACK.
00:40:39.13\00:40:40.96
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.' THIS
WAS OUR VACATION MONEY AND THEN
00:40:40.96\00:40:44.03
SOME. AND WHEN I
WAS PREACHING, SMALL
00:40:44.03\00:40:48.83
CHURCH, THAT WEEK,
FAMILY WAS SITTING UP FRONT.
00:40:48.83\00:40:51.66
THEY USED TO SING AND SIT UP
FRONT AND WERE VERY INVOLVED AND
00:40:51.66\00:40:54.43
IT CHANGED THE RELATIONSHIP
INSTANTLY WHEN IT WENT FROM
00:40:54.43\00:41:00.83
'PASTOR, FELLOW MEMBER TO LENDER
AND BORROWER.' ONE PERSON IS
00:41:00.83\00:41:09.06
A DEBTOR AND I'M
A DEBT COLLECTOR.
00:41:09.06\00:41:12.00
THAT CHANGES YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY.
00:41:12.00\00:41:14.13
AND, YOU KNOW, A WEEK OR TWO
WENT BY AND NOTHING HAPPENED AND
00:41:14.13\00:41:18.66
I CHECKED WITH HIM
AND SAID, 'ANY WORD?'
00:41:18.66\00:41:20.70
'OH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THIS
TERRIBLE EXPENSE.' AND THEY WERE
00:41:20.70\00:41:24.06
ABSOLUTELY SINCERE. THEY
WERE JUST - THEY HAD A LOT
00:41:24.06\00:41:26.70
OF BAD LUCK - AND
IT WASN'T COMING IN.
00:41:26.70\00:41:29.50
AND I NOTICED SOMETHING,
THAT AFTER A FEW WEEKS THEY WERE
00:41:29.50\00:41:32.93
SITTING BACK A FEW ROWS
AND STILL NONE OF THE MONEY WAS
00:41:32.93\00:41:38.20
COMING. NOT A PENNY. AND A FEW
WEEKS LATER THEY MISSED A WEEK.
00:41:38.20\00:41:43.26
THEY CAME BACK THEN
THEY MISSED TWO WEEKS.
00:41:43.26\00:41:46.33
AND I'D GO VISIT THEM AND I'D
JUST GO VISIT TO SEE HOW THEY
00:41:46.33\00:41:49.63
WERE DOING. THE
FIRST THING OUT OF THEIR
00:41:49.63\00:41:51.36
MOUTHS WHEN I'D GO VISIT
THEM - WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WAS?
00:41:51.36\00:41:53.20
'NO, WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
00:41:53.20\00:41:55.36
I'VE GOT THIS
CAR. I'VE GOT THAT CAR.
00:41:55.36\00:41:56.63
I'VE GOT THIS JOB. WE'RE
GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
00:41:56.63\00:41:58.30
WE'RE GOING TO GET IT
FIXED AND...' BUT THEY WERE JUST
00:41:58.30\00:42:01.33
STRUGGLING AND AT ONE POINT I
HAVE TO DECIDE - THE LORD SPOKE
00:42:01.33\00:42:06.96
TO ME AND KIND OF SAID,
'DOUG, WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT?
00:42:06.96\00:42:10.50
YOU'RE LOSING THESE PEOPLE.' AND
WE BASICALLY FORGAVE THE DEBT
00:42:10.50\00:42:16.30
AND WE'RE STILL FRIENDS TODAY.
BUT YOU HAD TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND
00:42:16.30\00:42:19.66
WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT, BECAUSE
IF YOU GET INTO THAT KIND OF
00:42:19.66\00:42:22.56
SURETY RELATIONSHIP WITH A
FRIEND, SOLOMON SAYS THE DEVIL
00:42:22.56\00:42:27.23
IS GOING TO EXPLOIT IT -
SOMETHING IS GOING TO GO WRONG.
00:42:27.23\00:42:32.26
NOW, I'M JUST CURIOUS, HOW MANY
OF YOU, TO SOME EXTENT, HAVE
00:42:32.26\00:42:34.86
DONE THAT WITH FRIENDS OR FAMILY
AND IT DIDN'T WORK OUT WELL?
00:42:34.86\00:42:40.03
OH, JUST MOST HANDS. OKAY, WELL,
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
00:42:40.03\00:42:43.46
SO HE'S SAYING, 'IF YOU WANT
TO PROTECT YOUR RELATIONSHIPS,
00:42:43.46\00:42:46.36
BE CAREFUL. NOW, HOW
DO YOU - I WAS GOING TO
00:42:46.36\00:42:49.03
HAVE YOU READ A VERSE
BEFORE I RAMBLE SOME MORE.
00:42:49.03\00:42:51.86
GO AHEAD, PLEASE READ FOR
US EXODUS 23, VERSES 2 AND 3.
00:42:51.86\00:42:55.86
>>"YOU SHALL NOT FOLLOW A
CROWD TO DO EVIL; NOR SHALL YOU
00:42:55.86\00:42:59.50
TESTIFY IN A DISPUTE SO AS
TO TURN ASIDE AFTER MANY TO
00:42:59.50\00:43:03.43
PERVERT JUSTICE. YOU
SHALL NOT SHOW PARTIALITY TO
00:43:03.43\00:43:08.13
A POOR MAN IN HIS DISPUTE."
>>AND I WANT TO - YOU LOOK AT
00:43:08.13\00:43:12.16
THIS VERSE HERE FROM EXODUS AND
THEN, ALSO, I WANT TO READ VERY
00:43:12.16\00:43:15.96
QUICKLY A SHORT VERSE
IN GALATIANS 6:2, "BEAR ONE
00:43:15.96\00:43:18.86
ANOTHER'S BURDENS, AND SO
FULFILL THE LAW OF CHRIST."
00:43:18.86\00:43:22.30
IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO A
RELATIONSHIP WITH A FRIEND WHERE
00:43:22.30\00:43:25.56
YOU'RE GOING TO LEND THEM MONEY,
YOU'D BETTER MAKE UP YOUR MIND
00:43:25.56\00:43:27.30
RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING, 'AM I
READY TO SACRIFICE THE MONEY TO
00:43:27.30\00:43:31.06
PRESERVE THE FRIENDSHIP?' YOU
MIGHT BE BETTER OFF JUST GIVING
00:43:31.06\00:43:35.56
IT TO A PERSON. AS A PASTOR,
PERIODICALLY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
00:43:35.56\00:43:39.63
THERE ARE MEMBERS THAT WILL ASK
THE PASTORS IN THE CHURCH IF THE
00:43:39.63\00:43:43.40
CHURCH CAN LEND
AN INDIVIDUAL MONEY.
00:43:43.40\00:43:46.13
DO YOU REMEMBER A WOMAN CAME
TO ELISHA AND SHE SAID, 'WE'RE
00:43:46.13\00:43:49.56
BADLY IN DEBT AND THE
COLLECTOR'S GOING TO COME AND
00:43:49.56\00:43:51.80
TAKE AWAY MY SONS.' AND HE SAID,
'WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?'
00:43:51.80\00:43:53.73
IN OTHER WORDS, HE
SAYING, 'I'M NOT A BANK.
00:43:53.73\00:43:55.36
BUT GOD'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU.'
AND HE TOLD HER HE'D WORKED A
00:43:55.36\00:43:57.33
MIRACLE FOR HER AND
TOOK CARE OF HER NEED.
00:43:57.33\00:43:58.70
BUT ELISHA SAID - HE DIDN'T SAY,
'HERE, I'M GOING TO COSIGN FOR
00:43:58.70\00:44:01.83
YOU.' HE DIDN'T SAY THAT.
AND SO CHURCHES AND PASTORS HAVE
00:44:01.83\00:44:05.23
TO BE VERY CAREFUL.
PASTORS FREQUENTLY WILL MAKE
00:44:05.23\00:44:08.83
DONATIONS TO MEMBERS THAT ARE
IN SOME KIND OF - THE BIBLE SAYS
00:44:08.83\00:44:12.30
CHURCHES SHOULD TAKE CARE OF
THOSE OF THEIR OWN HOUSEHOLD.
00:44:12.30\00:44:14.50
THEY'LL SOMETIMES HELP WITH
EMERGENCIES, FOR THE FATHERLESS
00:44:14.50\00:44:17.86
AND THE WIDOWS, AND -
BUT WE DON'T DO A LOAN.
00:44:17.86\00:44:20.90
YOU'VE JUST GOT TO SAY, 'IT'S
A GIFT.' AND YOU JUST LEAVE IT
00:44:20.90\00:44:23.36
RIGHT THERE. BECAUSE IT CHANGES
THE RELATIONSHIP WHEN ALL OF A
00:44:23.36\00:44:27.56
SUDDEN IT BECOMES A
DEBTOR RELATIONSHIP.
00:44:27.56\00:44:30.63
ANYWAY, THAT'S WHY SOLOMON
MAKES A BIG DEAL OUT OF THAT AND
00:44:30.63\00:44:32.86
THERE'S GOOD WISDOM THERE.
THEN HE GOES ABOUT NOT JUST
00:44:32.86\00:44:36.50
PROTECTING YOUR FRIENDSHIPS
AND PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY, NOW
00:44:36.50\00:44:38.93
WE'RE UNDER THE SECTION
FOR PROTECTING YOUR WORK.
00:44:38.93\00:44:41.40
AND IN A MINUTE
SOMEBODY IS GOING TO READ FOR ME
00:44:41.40\00:44:43.46
PROVERBS 13:4 -
YOU'LL HAVE THAT, OKAY?
00:44:43.46\00:44:47.03
LET'S READ PROVERBS 6:6 THROUGH
8, "GO TO THE ANT, YOU SLUGGARD!
00:44:47.03\00:44:53.20
CONSIDER HER WAYS AND BE
WISE, WHICH, HAVING NO CAPTAIN,
00:44:53.20\00:44:57.06
OVERSEER OR RULER, PROVIDES
HER SUPPLIES IN THE SUMMER,
00:44:57.06\00:45:01.00
AND GATHERS HER
FOOD IN THE HARVEST.
00:45:01.00\00:45:03.43
HOW LONG WILL YOU
SLUMBER, O SLUGGARD?
00:45:03.43\00:45:06.23
WHEN WILL YOU
RISE FROM YOUR SLEEP?
00:45:06.23\00:45:09.00
A LITTLE SLEEP, A LITTLE
SLUMBER, A LITTLE FOLDING OF THE
00:45:09.00\00:45:12.60
HANDS TO SLEEP - SO SHALL
YOUR POVERTY COME ON YOU LIKE A
00:45:12.60\00:45:17.33
PROWLER, AND YOUR
NEED LIKE AN ARMED MAN."
00:45:17.33\00:45:21.66
AND SO HERE HE'S SAYING
DILIGENCE - YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
00:45:21.66\00:45:25.76
- I REMEMBER - YOU HEARD ME
REFER TO IT EARLIER, BUT YEARS
00:45:25.76\00:45:28.73
AGO I READ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF BEN FRANKLIN WHICH IS, BY THE
00:45:28.73\00:45:31.23
WAY, VERY ENTERTAINING.
HE'S A BRILLIANT MAN.
00:45:31.23\00:45:33.53
BUT BEN FRANKLIN QUOTED FROM A
PROVERB WE'LL PROBABLY GET LATER
00:45:33.53\00:45:38.03
- GET TO LATER IN OUR STUDY, BUT
I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE TEACHING
00:45:38.03\00:45:41.90
THAT LESSON, SO I'M GOING TO SAY
IT NOW, WHERE HE SAID, 'SHOW ME
00:45:41.90\00:45:44.90
A MAN DILIGENT IN HIS BUSINESS;
HE WILL STAND BEFORE KINGS AND
00:45:44.90\00:45:48.03
NOT MEAN PERSONS.' MEAN PERSONS
MEANING THE LOW - PEOPLE OF LOW
00:45:48.03\00:45:52.96
ESTEEM. AND
FRANKLIN TOOK THAT AND HE
00:45:52.96\00:45:58.36
SAID, 'I'M GOING TO BE
DILIGENT IN MY BUSINESS.
00:45:58.36\00:46:00.90
HE WAS A - NOT
ONLY A BRIGHT MAN.
00:46:00.90\00:46:03.00
YOU EVER HEARD OF
'POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC?'
00:46:03.00\00:46:05.00
'EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE,
MAKES A MAN HEALTHY, WEALTHY,
00:46:05.00\00:46:07.36
AND WISE.' 'GOD HELPS THOSE
THAT HELP THEMSELVES.' ALL THESE
00:46:07.36\00:46:10.96
FAMOUS ADAGES THAT WE QUOTE,
AT LEAST IN NORTH AMERICA, COME
00:46:10.96\00:46:14.20
FROM FRANKLIN, WHO WAS EXTREMELY
DILIGENT AND HE WAS ALWAYS
00:46:14.20\00:46:18.13
ADMONISHING PEOPLE WITH PROVERBS
IN 'POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC.' HE
00:46:18.13\00:46:22.23
WAS POOR RICHARD. HE
WROTE THE WHOLE THING.
00:46:22.23\00:46:24.53
AND - BUT HE TALKED ABOUT
DILIGENCE AND HE TALKED ABOUT
00:46:24.53\00:46:27.33
BEING SLOTHFUL BECAUSE HERE
THEY HAD THIS NEW COUNTRY AND HE
00:46:27.33\00:46:31.83
REALLY INSTILLED A LOT OF THE
DILIGENCE AND THE INDUSTRY IN
00:46:31.83\00:46:37.60
THE MIND SET OF THE PEOPLE BACK
THERE DURING THE INFANCY OF THE
00:46:37.60\00:46:40.73
COUNTRY. ALRIGHT,
AND SO, IN THAT SPIRIT
00:46:40.73\00:46:43.53
WE'RE GOING TO READ
PROVERBS 13, VERSE 4.
00:46:43.53\00:46:46.53
>>"THE SOUL OF A LAZY MAN
DESIRES, AND HAS NOTHING; BUT
00:46:46.53\00:46:50.33
THE SOUL OF THE
DILIGENT SHALL BE MADE RICH."
00:46:50.33\00:46:53.56
>>YOU KNOW WHERE A LOT OF
GOVERNMENT MONEY COMES FROM?
00:46:53.56\00:46:57.10
LOTTERIES. HOW MANY
PEOPLE REALLY SUCCEED
00:46:57.10\00:47:03.96
BECAUSE THEY'RE LOTTERY PLAYERS?
DO THEY DESIRE TO HAVE WEALTH?
00:47:03.96\00:47:09.30
SURE THEY DO, BUT THEY
COME TO POVERTY, TYPICALLY.
00:47:09.30\00:47:12.76
AND EVEN SOME OF THEM - VERY,
VERY FEW PERCENTAGE THAT DO
00:47:12.76\00:47:16.96
ACTUALLY WIN SOMETHING, BECAUSE
THEY'VE NOT GAINED IT THROUGH
00:47:16.96\00:47:20.73
DILIGENCE AND WORK AND SAVING,
IT'S USUALLY GONE VERY QUICKLY
00:47:20.73\00:47:24.93
AND IT DOESN'T END WELL.
WHAT DOES SOLOMON TELL US TO
00:47:24.93\00:47:29.46
BEHOLD AS AN
EXAMPLE OF DILIGENCE?
00:47:29.46\00:47:33.53
>>THE ANT. >>HE
SAID, 'GO TO THE ANT, YOU
00:47:33.53\00:47:37.00
SLUGGARD! CONSIDER HER WAYS
AND BE WISE.' YOU KNOW, IT'S
00:47:37.00\00:47:39.76
INTERESTING, HE DOESN'T SAY,
'CONSIDER HIS WAYS.' DO YOU KNOW
00:47:39.76\00:47:42.76
THAT VIRTUALLY
ALL ANTS ARE FEMALES?
00:47:42.76\00:47:45.56
MOST OF THE ANT IN THE COLONY
ARE SISTERS? YEAH, THEY - LAID
00:47:45.56\00:47:50.36
BY THE EGGS OF A QUEEN. I
WAS DOING A FEW AMAZING FACTS
00:47:50.36\00:47:56.30
ON THE RADIO PROGRAM
ABOUT ANTS AND THEY'RE AMAZING.
00:47:56.30\00:47:59.10
SOMEONE ONCE SAID THAT IN SOUTH
AMERICA, FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE
00:47:59.10\00:48:06.76
BIOMASS - LIVING
MATERIAL OF ORGANISMS - IS ANTS.
00:48:06.76\00:48:14.56
SO IF YOU WERE TO TAKE ALL
THE LIVING CREATURES IN SOUTH
00:48:14.56\00:48:18.10
AMERICA, BREAK THEM DOWN, AND
WEIGH THEM, ANTS WOULD MAKE UP
00:48:18.10\00:48:21.33
FIFTEEN PERCENT
OF ALL THE CREATURES.
00:48:21.33\00:48:23.70
THAT MEANS THE HORSES,
THE PEOPLE, AND ALL THE OTHER
00:48:23.70\00:48:25.40
INSECTS PUT TOGETHER,
ANTS WOULD BE FIFTEEN PERCENT.
00:48:25.40\00:48:28.50
THEY'RE VIRTUALLY EVERYWHERE IN
THE WORLD AND SOME ANTS ACTUALLY
00:48:28.50\00:48:32.70
GO PLACES - THEY'VE GOT
PLAGUES OF CRAZY ANTS IN TEXAS.
00:48:32.70\00:48:34.96
AND EVEN THOUGH ANTS - FOR AN
INSECT, THEY'VE GOT THE LARGEST
00:48:34.96\00:48:39.10
BRAINS. THEY
ACTUALLY - ANTS ACTUALLY
00:48:39.10\00:48:41.70
HAVE GRAY MATTER IN THEIR HEADS
SIMILAR TO HUMAN GRAY MATTER.
00:48:41.70\00:48:45.66
SOMEBODY SAID THAT THERE ARE
SOME ANT COLONIES THAT ARE SO
00:48:45.66\00:48:49.10
BIG THAT IF YOU WERE TO TAKE ALL
THEIR BRAINS TOGETHER THAT IT
00:48:49.10\00:48:51.30
WOULD EQUAL THE
BRAIN OF ONE HUMAN.
00:48:51.30\00:48:53.83
THAT DOESN'T MAKE YOU
FEEL VERY GOOD, DOES IT?
00:48:53.83\00:48:56.63
BUT THEY'RE HARD
WORKERS AND THEY HAVE TO WORK -
00:48:56.63\00:49:01.00
HOW MANY OF YOU
REMEMBER WHAT IS IT?
00:49:01.00\00:49:02.83
AESOP'S FABLE ABOUT THE
GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANT?
00:49:02.83\00:49:04.73
AND THE GRASSHOPPER IS JUST KIND
OF HOPPING AROUND - EATS WHEN
00:49:04.73\00:49:08.36
THE GRASS IS GREEN BUT HE
DOESN'T STORE ANYTHING AND HE
00:49:08.36\00:49:10.86
STARTS BEGGING FOOD FROM THE ANT
IN THE WINTERTIME BECAUSE THE
00:49:10.86\00:49:14.00
ANT HAS STORED IT. SOLOMON
OBSERVED EVERYTHING IN NATURE.
00:49:14.00\00:49:17.20
HE WAS VERY INQUISITIVE
- ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT THAT
00:49:17.20\00:49:20.03
ANOTHER PLACE IN THE BIBLE.
YOU'VE HEARD OF LEAF-CUTTER ANTS
00:49:20.03\00:49:23.26
OR PARASOL ANTS? THEY
CALL THEM PARASOL ANTS
00:49:23.26\00:49:26.70
BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE WALKING
AROUND IN A PROCESSION WITH
00:49:26.70\00:49:28.53
LITTLE CUT LEAVES, IT LOOKS LIKE
THEY'RE HOLDING LITTLE UMBRELLAS
00:49:28.53\00:49:30.43
OVER THEIR HEADS.
THESE AMAZING CREATURES ARE
00:49:30.43\00:49:33.80
OFTEN SEEN WALKING IN
PROCESSIONS WITH A GREEN LEAF
00:49:33.80\00:49:37.23
ABOVE THEIR HEAD. THEY
CUT OFF THESE BITS OF LEAF.
00:49:37.23\00:49:39.23
IT'S NOT FOOD, BUT THEY TAKE
THEM TO THEIR NESTS AND THEY
00:49:39.23\00:49:41.93
MAKE THEM INTO COMPOST AND THESE
ACTUALLY GROW A MOLD AND THEY
00:49:41.93\00:49:46.56
ACTUALLY HARVEST AND DRY
AND PROTECT THE MOLD AND THAT
00:49:46.56\00:49:50.46
BECOMES THEIR BREAD. ONE
OF THE MORE INTERESTING ANTS
00:49:50.46\00:49:54.23
IS A SPECIES IN
THE MEDITERRANEAN.
00:49:54.23\00:49:57.90
IT PRODUCES ITS
FOOD FROM FARMED SEED.
00:49:57.90\00:50:01.73
THE ANTS TAKE THE SEEDS,
THEY LAY THEM OUT IN THE RAIN.
00:50:01.73\00:50:04.93
WHEN IT RAINS IT STARTS TO
SPROUT. THEY LET THEM GROW A
00:50:04.93\00:50:07.30
LITTLE BIT, THEY CUT THE SPROUT
OFF, THEY TAKE THE SPROUTS DOWN
00:50:07.30\00:50:10.36
INTO THEIR DEN - THEIR
HOLE - WHERE THEY CHEW THEM UP.
00:50:10.36\00:50:14.96
THEY MAKE THEM INTO LITTLE
COOKIE-DOUGH-LIKE COOKIES, THEN
00:50:14.96\00:50:19.10
THEY BRING THEM OUT IN THE SUN
ON A HOT DAY, THEY BAKE THEM,
00:50:19.10\00:50:22.43
THEN THEY BRING THEM
IN AND THEY STORE THEM.
00:50:22.43\00:50:25.50
AND SO THEY'VE GOT PARASOL
ANTS, THEY'VE GOT BAKING ANTS.
00:50:25.50\00:50:31.16
THEN THEY'VE GOT
SHEPHERDING ANTS.
00:50:31.16\00:50:33.33
YOU'VE HEARD OF ANTS THAT WILL
ACTUALLY SHEPHERD LITTLE APHIDS.
00:50:33.33\00:50:36.06
THESE ANTS WILL HAVE THOUSANDS
OF APHIDS THAT ARE LIKE THEIR
00:50:36.06\00:50:40.33
SHEEP, THEY'LL TAKE THE APHIDS
FROM DIFFERENT GRAZING PLACES -
00:50:40.33\00:50:43.00
TO THE PLANTS THAT THEY LIKE -
THEY GUARD THEM VERY CAREFULLY,
00:50:43.00\00:50:47.43
AND THEY LET THEM FEED
AND THE ANTS THEN STROKE THEM
00:50:47.43\00:50:51.90
AND THE APHIDS
EXUDE A LITTLE SAP.
00:50:51.90\00:50:54.63
I WON'T TELL YOU WHERE IT IS
EXUDED FROM - AND THE ANTS EAT
00:50:54.63\00:50:57.63
THAT - IT'S A SWEET SAP - THEY
CONVERT THE LEAF INTO THIS SAP
00:50:57.63\00:51:00.80
AND THE ANTS, THEY SHEPHERD,
THEY PROTECT, THEY TAKE CARE -
00:51:00.80\00:51:04.30
THEY'RE LIKE SHEPHERDS.
JUST THINK, IT ONLY TOOK
00:51:04.30\00:51:07.63
50 MILLION YEARS
FOR ALL THAT TO EVOLVE.
00:51:07.63\00:51:09.63
AND YET, THEY HAVE - WOLVES HAVE
AN ALPHA MALE THAT TAKES THE
00:51:09.63\00:51:15.60
PACK AND EVEN HORSES WILL HAVE,
YOU KNOW, A MUSTANG THAT WILL -
00:51:15.60\00:51:18.03
A STALLION THAT WILL LEAD
EVERYTHING BUT, ANTS DON'T HAVE
00:51:18.03\00:51:22.63
A LEADER THAT TELLS THEM WHAT
TO DO, BUT SOMEHOW THEY ALL KNOW
00:51:22.63\00:51:26.50
HOW TO COOPERATE AND WORK
TOGETHER - AND THEN THERE'S ANTS
00:51:26.50\00:51:29.46
THAT, IN A FLOOD, THEY'LL ALL
LOCK THEMSELVES INTO A RAFT AND
00:51:29.46\00:51:31.93
FLOAT. AND SOME
OF THEM KNOW THAT
00:51:31.93\00:51:34.40
THEY'RE TO PROTECT THE OTHERS
AND ARMY ANTS - JUST STUDY ANTS,
00:51:34.40\00:51:36.73
IT'S INCREDIBLE. AND
SO SOLOMON IS SAYING,
00:51:36.73\00:51:39.46
'LOOK. LOOK AT THE
ANTS. THEY'RE ONE OF THE MOST
00:51:39.46\00:51:41.96
SUCCESSFUL CREATURES ON THE
PLANET AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE
00:51:41.96\00:51:45.33
DILIGENT IN THINKING AHEAD AND
WORKING COOPERATIVELY TO PLAN
00:51:45.33\00:51:50.66
AND TO PREPARE.
SO, PROTECT YOUR WORK.
00:51:50.66\00:51:53.10
GOD WANTS US TO BE PRODUCTIVE.
00:51:53.10\00:51:55.70
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS VERY
00:51:55.70\00:51:59.26
IMPORTANT TO CHRISTIANITY,
IS GOD CALLS BUSY PEOPLE.
00:51:59.26\00:52:05.16
YOU EVER NOTICE THAT?
WHEN GOD CALLED PETER, JAMES,
00:52:05.16\00:52:08.86
JOHN, ANDREW -
WHAT WERE THEY DOING?
00:52:08.86\00:52:10.70
WERE THEY SITTING AROUND SAYING,
'I'M WAITING FOR THE LORD TO
00:52:10.70\00:52:13.50
TELL ME WHAT HE WANTS ME TO DO?'
I'VE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
00:52:13.50\00:52:16.30
AREN'T WORKING AND I'LL SAY,
'WHAT'S UP?' THEY'LL SAY, 'WELL,
00:52:16.30\00:52:18.36
I'M WAITING ON THE LORD.' 'WHAT
ARE YOU WAITING ON HIM FOR?
00:52:18.36\00:52:21.10
ARE YOU GETTING
NEWSPAPER AND LOOKING IN THE?'
00:52:21.10\00:52:22.43
'WELL, I DON'T THINK GOD WANTS
ME WORKING AT THIS, YOU KNOW,
00:52:22.43\00:52:25.13
I'M NOT GOING TO FLIP BURGERS
AND I'M NOT GOING TO DO THIS AND
00:52:25.13\00:52:27.03
I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
GOD'S GOT A PLAN FOR ME AND I'M
00:52:27.03\00:52:28.96
WAITING ON HIM.' AND THEY JUST
WAIT - EVERYONE SUPPORTS THEM
00:52:28.96\00:52:32.00
WHILE THEY'RE
WAITING ON THE LORD.
00:52:32.00\00:52:33.76
ANY OF YOU EVER MET THAT PERSON
BEFORE? BUT WHEN GOD CALLED THEM
00:52:33.76\00:52:37.83
THEY WERE FISHING, THEY WERE
MENDING THEIR NETS - WHEN GOD
00:52:37.83\00:52:39.90
CALLED GIDEON WHAT WAS
HE DOING? THRESHING WHEAT.
00:52:39.90\00:52:42.96
WHEN HE CALLED DAVID - TAKING
CARE OF HIS FATHER'S SHEEP.
00:52:42.96\00:52:46.20
WHEN HE CALLED MOSES - TAKING
CARE OF HIS FATHER'S SHEEP.
00:52:46.20\00:52:48.93
WHEN HE CALLED AMOS -
GATHERING SYCAMORE FRUIT.
00:52:48.93\00:52:51.96
AND YOU JUST GO THROUGH THE
BIBLE, WHEN THE LORD CALLS THESE
00:52:51.96\00:52:54.46
PEOPLE THEY'RE BUSY - WHEN
ELISHA'S CALLED HE'S OUT PLOWING
00:52:54.46\00:52:57.16
- AND GOD LIKES US TO DO
THINGS. GOD MADE MAN TO WORK.
00:52:57.16\00:53:01.90
NOW THE WORK OF ADAM AND EVE IN
THE GARDEN BEFORE SIN WOULD HAVE
00:53:01.90\00:53:06.00
BEEN A LOT MORE PLEASANT THAN
THE WORK AFTER SIN, BUT WORK IS
00:53:06.00\00:53:09.40
A BLESSING. GOD DIDN'T
GIVE MAN WORK TO BE A CURSE,
00:53:09.40\00:53:13.23
WORK WAS MADE MORE DIFFICULT,
BUT WORK IS A BLESSING.
00:53:13.23\00:53:16.03
AND SO HE WANTS
US TO BE PRODUCTIVE.
00:53:16.03\00:53:18.10
OKAY, 'PROTECT YOURSELF.' NOW
WE'RE IN PROVERBS 6:14 AND IT
00:53:18.10\00:53:22.36
SAYS - LET ME JUST
READ THESE LAST FEW VERSES.
00:53:22.36\00:53:28.26
I'M GOING TO GO FROM 14 ON TO
19, "PERVERSITY IS IN HIS HEART,
00:53:28.26\00:53:35.20
HE DEVISES EVIL
CONTINUALLY, HE SOWS DISCORD.
00:53:35.20\00:53:39.73
THEREFORE HIS
CALAMITY SHALL COME SUDDENLY;
00:53:39.73\00:53:42.30
SUDDENLY HE SHALL BE
BROKEN WITHOUT REMEDY."
00:53:42.30\00:53:45.43
- THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE
THAT WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU
00:53:45.43\00:53:48.80
AND SOLOMON IS SAYING, 'PROTECT
YOUR FAMILY, YOU KNOW, PROTECT
00:53:48.80\00:53:52.83
YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, AND YOU HAVE
TO PROTECT YOURSELF.' SOMEONE
00:53:52.83\00:53:57.50
SAID THE SECRET TO HAPPINESS
IS JOY, WHICH IS JESUS, OTHERS,
00:53:57.50\00:54:02.53
YOURSELF - J-O-Y.
LOVE THE LORD, LOVE YOUR
00:54:02.53\00:54:06.60
NEIGHBOR - THAT'S
OTHERS - AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF.
00:54:06.60\00:54:09.00
AND THERE'S NOTHING
WRONG WITH PROTECTING YOURSELF.
00:54:09.00\00:54:12.20
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE
THAT WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU.
00:54:12.20\00:54:16.13
IF YOU SAY YOU'RE A
CHRISTIAN, THEY THINK THAT MEANS
00:54:16.13\00:54:18.33
'GULLIBLE.' PEOPLE CONFUSE
MEEKNESS FOR WEAKNESS AND
00:54:18.33\00:54:22.73
SOLOMON IS SAYING THAT IF
YOU ALLOW PEOPLE TO ABUSE AND
00:54:22.73\00:54:27.80
EXPLOIT YOU, YOU'RE NOT HELPING
THEM AND YOU'RE NOT HELPING
00:54:27.80\00:54:30.76
YOURSELF. SO HE'S
SAYING, 'AVOID CERTAIN
00:54:30.76\00:54:33.06
PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE
PREDATORS THAT ARE OUT THERE.'
00:54:33.06\00:54:36.50
LET'S FACE IT, THERE'S A DEVIL
IN THE WORLD AND NOT EVERYONE'S
00:54:36.50\00:54:39.33
LISTENING TO THE LORD.
AND THE DEVIL USES PEOPLE TO
00:54:39.33\00:54:43.33
SOMETIMES DISTRACT YOU
FROM YOUR WORK AND YOUR CALLING.
00:54:43.33\00:54:47.30
DID A MAN COME TO JESUS ONE
TIME AND HE SAID, 'LORD, TELL MY
00:54:47.30\00:54:50.13
BROTHER TO DIVIDE
THE INHERITANCE WITH ME.'
00:54:50.13\00:54:53.06
AND YOU KNOW WHAT
JESUS SAID TO HIM?
00:54:53.06\00:54:55.20
I'LL GIVE YOU A LOOSE
TRANSLATION: 'THAT'S NOT MY
00:54:55.20\00:54:59.00
CALLING.' HE SAID, 'LORD - MAN,
WHO MADE ME A JUDGE AND A RULER
00:54:59.00\00:55:02.90
OVER YOU? MY
CALLING IS NOT TO ARBITRATE
00:55:02.90\00:55:05.56
BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR BROTHER.'
I MEAN, CAN YOU SEE HOW QUICKLY
00:55:05.56\00:55:10.33
JESUS COULD BECOME
DISTRACTED FROM HIS MISSION?
00:55:10.33\00:55:13.33
HAVE YOU SOMETIMES HAD PEOPLE
THAT - AND I'VE GOT TO SAY THIS
00:55:13.33\00:55:18.33
CAREFULLY, BECAUSE I THINK WE
NEED TO LOVE PEOPLE, WE NEED TO
00:55:18.33\00:55:20.50
CARE FOR PEOPLE, BUT THE DEVIL
HAS PEOPLE THAT HE WILL USE TO
00:55:20.50\00:55:23.73
DISTRACT YOU FROM WHAT
GOD REALLY WANTS YOU TO DO.
00:55:23.73\00:55:27.36
THEY'LL TAKE YOU FROM THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING YOU COULD DO AND
00:55:27.36\00:55:31.60
THEY WILL NEVER BE SATISFIED.
JESUS SAID IT, SO YOU TAKE IT UP
00:55:31.60\00:55:36.63
WITH HIM, 'DO NOT CAST
YOUR PEARLS BEFORE SWINE.
00:55:36.63\00:55:39.76
DO NOT GIVE THAT WHICH IS HOLY
TO THE DOGS.' NOBODY EVER WANTS
00:55:39.76\00:55:44.30
TO POINT TO SOMEBODY THAT FITS
IN THAT CATEGORY, BUT WE ALL
00:55:44.30\00:55:47.46
KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE
OUT THERE THAT THE DEVIL USES TO
00:55:47.46\00:55:50.63
JUST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU -
IT SAYS HE WALKS WITH A PERVERSE
00:55:50.63\00:55:56.70
MOUTH AND HIS CALAMITY WILL
COME SUDDENLY.' GO TO VERSE 16,
00:55:56.70\00:56:01.43
"THESE SIX THINGS THE
LORD HATES, YES, SEVEN ARE AN
00:56:01.43\00:56:06.03
ABOMINATION TO HIM:" - SO HERE'S
A LIST - HOW TO IDENTIFY THESE
00:56:06.03\00:56:08.23
PEOPLE - "A PROUD LOOK, A LYING
TONGUE, HANDS THAT SHED INNOCENT
00:56:08.23\00:56:12.53
BLOOD," - THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THEY'RE OUT MURDERING EVERYONE,
00:56:12.53\00:56:15.16
SOMETIMES THEY JUST TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF INNOCENT PEOPLE -
00:56:15.16\00:56:17.20
"A HEART THAT DEVISES WICKED
PLANS, FEET" - THERE YOU'VE GOT
00:56:17.20\00:56:21.80
THE FEET AGAIN - "THAT ARE SWIFT
IN RUNNING TO EVIL, A FALSE
00:56:21.80\00:56:24.86
WITNESS WHO SPEAKS LIES, AND"
- LISTEN TO THE ONE THAT HE CAPS
00:56:24.86\00:56:29.93
IT OFF WITH - "ONE WHO
SOWS DISCORD AMONG BRETHREN."
00:56:29.93\00:56:33.16
YOU KNOW THAT, TO ME, I THINK
WHEN YOU'RE A PASTOR YOU'LL HAVE
00:56:33.16\00:56:37.83
A CHURCH AND THE LORD'S BLESSING
AND ALL IT TAKES IS ONE PERSON
00:56:37.83\00:56:40.40
WHO HAS THAT SPIRIT TO JUST
GO FROM PERSON TO PERSON - LIKE
00:56:40.40\00:56:46.26
JUDAS - AND PLANT INSINUATIONS
AND EVIL THOUGHTS AND DOUBTS AND
00:56:46.26\00:56:50.30
SUSPICION AND JEALOUSY IN THE
HEARTS OF OTHERS AND IT CAN JUST
00:56:50.30\00:56:54.46
BRING DISCORD AND BITTERNESS
INTO A WHOLE CONGREGATION.
00:56:54.46\00:56:57.20
AND SO THE DEVIL USES THESE
THINGS AND YOU NEED TO JUST
00:56:57.20\00:57:00.63
RECOGNIZE WHEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS
OUT THERE - LOVE THEM, PRAY FOR
00:57:00.63\00:57:04.13
THEM - BUT DON'T LET THEM
CONTROL YOUR LIVES BECAUSE
00:57:04.13\00:57:06.56
YOU'VE GOT TO PROTECT YOURSELF.
00:57:06.56\00:57:11.23
YOU'VE GOT TO PROTECT
YOUR RELATIONSHIPS AS WELL.
00:57:11.23\00:57:13.23
ANYWAY, THIS IS - OH, THERE'S
SOME OTHER VERSES IN HERE - IN
00:57:13.23\00:57:17.40
THE LESSON - THAT ALSO TALKS
ABOUT MATTHEW CHAPTER 15, VERSE
00:57:17.40\00:57:20.93
19, "FOR OUT OF THE HEART
PROCEED EVIL THOUGHTS, MURDERS,
00:57:20.93\00:57:23.83
ADULTERIES, FORNICATIONS,
THEFTS, FALSE WITNESS,
00:57:23.83\00:57:26.36
BLASPHEMIES." JEREMIAH 17, "THE
HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL
00:57:26.36\00:57:31.46
THINGS, AND DESPERATELY
WICKED; WHO CAN KNOW IT?"
00:57:31.46\00:57:34.73
SO WE NEED TO LOVE EVERYBODY BUT
RECOGNIZE THAT WE ALL HAVE THE
00:57:34.73\00:57:37.53
CAPACITY TO BE VERY SELFISH
AND SO MAYBE I SHOULD CLOSE BY
00:57:37.53\00:57:42.06
WORDING IT THIS WAY: WE NEED TO
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00:57:42.06\00:57:45.90
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