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>>GOOD EVENING,
FRIENDS, AND WELCOME AGAIN TO
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SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR FRIENDS
JOINING US ON THE VARIOUS
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TELEVISION NETWORKS, ALSO ON THE
INTERNET - THANK YOU FOR BEING A
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PART OF THIS LIVE INTERACTIVE
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDY.
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I'D ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME OUR
LOCAL AUDIENCE HERE, THE MEMBERS
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OF THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH,
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
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ONCE AGAIN WE'RE AT THE AMAZING
FACTS STUDIO FILMING OUR SABBATH
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WITH GREAT ANTICIPATION THAT,
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HOPEFULLY, IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS
OR SO, WE'LL BE MOVING TO OUR
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NEW LOCATION. SO
STAND BY FOR THAT.
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OUR LESSON TODAY CONTINUES
IN THE STUDY OF THE BOOK OF
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PROVERBS AND WE'RE ON LESSON
#8 ENTITLED WORDS FOR WISDOM .
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WELL, BEFORE WE GET STARTED
IN OUR STUDY THIS EVENING, LET'S
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JUST BOW OUR HEADS
FOR A WORD OF PRAYER.
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DEAR FATHER, ONCE AGAIN WE
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
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GATHER IN FREEDOM
TO STUDY YOUR WORD.
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LORD, WE DON'T WANT
TO TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.
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WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROVIDENCE
AND YOUR WATCH CARE AND
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PROTECTION AND, LORD, WE
ASK THAT AS WE OPEN UP THIS BOOK
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FILLED WITH WISDOM, THAT YOU
WOULD FILL OUR MINDS AND HEARTS
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WITH HEAVENLY WISDOM THAT
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE
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INSTRUCTION THAT YOU
HAVE IN STORE FOR EACH OF US.
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BLESS OUR TIME TOGETHER, FOR WE
ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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OUR LESSON TODAY IS BROUGHT
TO US BY PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR.
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THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG.
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>>THANK YOU PASTOR ROSS AND,
YES, MAYBE NEXT WEEK WE'LL DO A
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LITTLE MISSION HIGHLIGHT
OF WHAT HAPPENED IN JAMAICA.
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IT WAS REALLY A RICH EXPERIENCE
AND I WANT TO SEND GREETINGS TO
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OUR FRIENDS THAT ARE WATCHING
AROUND THE COUNTRY OF JAMAICA
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BECAUSE, AS WE DID OUR MEETINGS
THERE, IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING
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TO SEE WE'VE GOT A BIG SABBATH
SCHOOL CLASS IN JAMAICA - A LOT
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OF PEOPLE THERE THAT SAID THAT
THEY WATCH THE PROGRAM EVERY
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WEEK AND IT WAS JUST A JOY TO BE
WITH THEM. WE'RE CONTINUING IN
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OUR STUDY TODAY, AS PASTOR ROSS
SAID, DEALING WITH LESSON #8,
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WORDS OF WISDOM , AND
WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE.
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THE MEMORY VERSE COMES FROM
PROVERBS CHAPTER 20, VERSE 6 AND
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OUR GOAL - OUR ASSIGNMENT -
IS TO REALLY BE DEALING WITH
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PROVERBS 20, 21,
22 IN OUR STUDY TODAY.
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BUT WE'LL SAY THE MEMORY
VERSE FIRST. ARE YOU READY?
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PROVERBS 20, VERSE 6, "MOST
MEN WILL PROCLAIM EACH HIS OWN
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GOODNESS, BUT WHO CAN FIND
A FAITHFUL MAN?" YOU KNOW, YOU
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FIND THAT QUESTION A COUPLE
TIMES IN THE BOOK OF PROVERBS.
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IT SAYS, 'WHO CAN
FIND A FAITHFUL MAN?'
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AND 'WHO CAN FIND
A VIRTUOUS WOMAN?'
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AND SO THE WHOLE BOOK IS TALKING
ABOUT HOW PRECIOUS TRUTH AND
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WISDOM AND INTEGRITY ARE
IN THE WORLD AND THE AUTHOR IS
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CHALLENGING
PEOPLE TO MODEL THAT.
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SO WE'RE GOING TO DIVE RIGHT IN.
I THINK WE GAVE OUT SOME VERSES.
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BEFORE WE GO VERY FAR I'LL JUST
DOUBLE CHECK - WHO HAS EXODUS 4,
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VERSES 11 AND 12? YOU'LL
BE UP IN JUST A MOMENT HERE.
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I'M GOING TO BEGIN BY READING
THE FIRST FEW VERSES - I'LL
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MAYBE READ PROVERBS CHAPTER
20, VERSES 1 TO 5 AND, WITH YOUR
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PERMISSION, I'LL JUST SORT
OF HIGHLIGHT THEM - THIS IS WHAT
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YOU WOULD CALL A
VERY ECLECTIC STUDY.
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SOLOMON, IN THESE CHAPTERS,
IS FIRING BUCKSHOT AT LIFE.
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HE IS TOUCHING ON A LITTLE BIT
OF EVERYTHING. THERE ARE THINGS
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THAT HE TALKS ABOUT HERE THAT
HE'S SAID OTHER PLACES USING
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DIFFERENT WORDS AND YOU CAN FIND
THE MATERIAL THAT HE COVERS IN
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PROVERBS 20, 21, 22 SCATTERED
THROUGH THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS
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AS WELL. VERSE 1, "WINE IS A
MOCKER, STRONG DRINK IS RAGING:
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AND WHOSOEVER IS
DECEIVED THEREBY IS NOT WISE."
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THEN IT GOES ON TO ANOTHER
SUBJECT. NOW, SHOULD CHRISTIANS
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DRINK ALCOHOL? BUT
NOAH DRANK AND DAVID GAVE
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DRINK TO URIAH AND LOT DRANK.
WELL, YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE
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STORY: NOAH DRANK AND HE
WAS WANDERING AROUND NAKED.
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AND LOT DRANK AND
SLEPT WITH HIS DAUGHTERS.
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AND DAVID TRIED TO GET URIAH
DRUNK SO HE WOULD GO AGAINST HIS
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CONSCIENCE. WELL,
DIDN'T JESUS MAKE WINE?
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JESUS TURNED
WATER INTO GRAPE JUICE.
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REMEMBER, IN THE BIBLE, THE WORD
WINE IS USED INTERCHANGEABLY
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BETWEEN THE FERMENTED
AND THE NON-FERMENTED.
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NOW YOU GO TO THE LIQUOR STORE
TODAY - AND I HOPE YOU DON'T -
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BUT IF YOU DO, YOU BUY ALCOHOL
THERE AND IT'S REQUIRED TO SAY
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ON EVERY BOTTLE
WHAT PROOF IT IS.
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IS IT ONE PERCENT, FIVE PERCENT,
TEN PERCENT, EIGHTY PERCENT?
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THAT'S USUALLY WHAT THEY CALL
'HARD LIQUOR' OR WHITE LIGHTNING
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OR WHATEVER IT IS
WHEN IT'S VIRTUALLY LETHAL.
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IS A LITTLE BIT OKAY?
WHAT DO WE KNOW TODAY ABOUT
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ALCOHOL AND WHAT IT DOES TO
SOCIETY AND WHAT IT DOES TO US
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PHYSICALLY? IS
THERE ANYTHING GOOD?
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PEOPLE WILL SAY, 'OH, BUT
THEY'VE PROVEN NOW THAT SOME RED
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WINE, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE GOOD
FOR YOUR HEART.' SOME OF YOU
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HEARD DR. DAVID DEROSE AND
OTHERS SAY IT HAS NOTHING TO DO
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WITH THE ALCOHOL IN THE WINE
THAT MAKES IT GOOD. YOU CAN GET
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IT OUT OF RED WELCH'S GRAPE
JUICE OR JUST EAT THE GRAPES.
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BUT ALCOHOL IS A DRUG AND WHEN
JESUS TURNED THE WATER INTO WINE
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- AT THE LAST SUPPER - THEY
OFFERED JESUS FERMENTED WINE ON
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THE CROSS AND HE
TASTED IT AND TURNED AWAY.
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HE SAID, AT THE LAST SUPPER,
'DRINK ALL OF IT, THIS IS MY
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BLOOD' WHEN HE GAVE IT OUT HE
SAID, 'I WILL NOT DRINK IT AGAIN
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UNTIL I DRINK IT
WITH YOU NEW.' NEW WINE.
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THE BREAD IN THE COMMUNION
SERVICE WAS UNLEAVENED.
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THE WINE WAS UNFERMENTED.
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NOW, YOU'VE HEARD THIS LITTLE
RANT BEFORE, BUT IF YOU'RE A
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CHRISTIAN - EVEN IF IT WASN'T
FOR ALL THE VERSES IN THE BIBLE
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THAT SAY, 'GIVE WINE TO HIM WHO
IS READY TO PERISH.' AND 'WOE TO
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HIM WHO GIVES HIS NEIGHBOR
DRINK.' AND THERE ARE A NUMBER
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OF VERSES IN THE BIBLE - 'WINE
IS A MOCKER, STRONG DRINK IS
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RAGING.' EVEN IF THOSE VERSES
WEREN'T THERE, THE PRINCIPLES OF
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CHRISTIANITY SHOULD TELL US
THAT IF THERE'S A SUBSTANCE IN
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SOCIETY WHERE HALF THE PEOPLE
THAT WILL BE KILLED ON THE
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HIGHWAY TODAY WILL BE EITHER
STRUCK BY SOMEONE UNDER THE
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INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL
OR DRINKING THEMSELVES.
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OVER HALF THE PEOPLE THAT
WILL GO VISIT AN EMERGENCY ROOM,
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ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED.
OVER HALF OF THE POLICE CALLS
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ARE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AND ALCOHOL IS INVOLVED.
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OVER HALF OF THE BIRTH DEFECTS
COULD BE CONNECTED WITH A
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VARIETY OF THINGS THAT HAVE
TO DO WITH ALCOHOL POISONING AND
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HOW MUCH OF THAT SHOULD A
CHRISTIAN SUPPORT? AND IF ONE
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OUT OF SEVEN PEOPLE THAT DRINKS
BECOMES AN ALCOHOLIC AND YOU
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DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO
MAKE YOUR BROTHER STUMBLE, THEN
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WHY WOULD A CHRISTIAN WANT
TO SUPPORT DRINKING AT ALL?
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WINE IS A MOCKER - DON'T DRINK
- HE'S SAYING. "THE WRATH OF A
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KING" - VERSE 2 - "IS
LIKE THE ROARING OF A LION;
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WHOEVER PROVOKES HIM TO ANGER
SINS AGAINST HIS OWN LIFE."
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IT'S BECAUSE A KING HAS
UNLIMITED POWER, YOU KNOW, IN A
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MONARCHY, AND - SO DON'T PROVOKE
THE KING. "IT IS HONORABLE FOR A
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MAN TO STOP STRIVING, SINCE
ANY FOOL CAN START A QUARREL."
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NOW SOLOMON TOUCHES ON THIS
SEVERAL TIMES DURING PROVERBS.
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HE SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW
WHEN TO JUST DO A SOFT ANSWER,
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DON'T PROVOKE A QUARREL.
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DON'T GET ENGAGED IN NEEDLESS
DISPUTES.' YOU KNOW, ABRAHAM
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LINCOLN SAID ONE TIME THAT ANY
DONKEY CAN KICK A BARN DOWN, BUT
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IT TAKES A CARPENTER TO
BUILD ONE. AND SOLOMON, HERE, IS
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SAYING THAT IT'S HONORABLE
FOR A MAN TO STOP STRIVING.
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HAVE YOU EVER HEARD AN ARGUMENT
WHERE SOMEBODY ALWAYS WANTS TO
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HAVE THE LAST WORD AND IT GOES
ON AND ON BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS
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TO GET THE LAST - SOLOMON SAYS
TAKE THE HUMBLE POSITION - IT IS
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HONORABLE FOR YOU TO JUST
SAY, 'THIS IS POINTLESS. I'M NOT
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GOING TO ARGUE ANYMORE.' THAT'S
THE HONORABLE THING TO DO.
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VERSE 4, "THE LAZY MAN WILL NOT
PLOW BECAUSE OF WINTER; HE WILL
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BEG DURING
HARVEST AND HAVE NOTHING."
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ANY OF YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS IT,
AESOP'S FABLE ABOUT THE ANT AND
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THE GRASSHOPPER?
THAT, BECAUSE THE ANT WAS SO
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DILIGENT AT WORKING THROUGH THE
SUMMER, THAT HE HAD PLENTY OF
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FOOD IN THE HARVEST AND
MADE IT THROUGH THE WINTER.
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BUT A LAZY MAN SAYS, 'OH, IT'S
TOO COLD OUT. CAN'T GO DIG UP
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THE GROUND NOW.' BUT
PEOPLE WHO FIND EXCUSES TO
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WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE COMFORTABLE
TO WORK OR IF YOU WAIT FOR
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IDEAL CIRCUMSTANCES, PEOPLE
THAT GET AHEAD KNOW HOW TO PUSH
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THEMSELVES EVEN WHEN IT
MIGHT NOT BE COMFORTABLE.
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AND SO IT TAKES DILIGENCE.
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COUNSEL - AND I COULD SAY A LOT
MORE ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE,
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BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET
THROUGH OUR CHAPTERS IF WE DO.
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"COUNSEL IN THE HEART
OF MAN IS LIKE DEEP WATER,
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BUT A MAN OF
UNDERSTANDING WILL DRAW IT OUT."
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YOU KNOW IT TAKES - IT TAKES
A RELATIONSHIP, SOMETIMES, FOR A
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PERSON TO OPEN UP AND TELL
YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY THINK.
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SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE THINGS
THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT WOULD
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BE OF GOOD USE TO YOU, THAT ARE
GOOD COUNSEL, OR GOOD ADVICE AND
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YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WHERE YOU CAN PAUSE
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AND SAY, 'YOU KNOW,
TELL ME, HOW AM I DOING?'
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OR 'WHAT DO YOU THINK?'
AND THEY'LL BRING OUT THAT
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WISDOM AND THAT DEEP COUNSEL.
AND, NOW, OUR FIRST SECTION IS
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CALLED WE ARE ALL EQUAL
AND IT JUMPS TO PROVERBS 20:12.
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I JUST WANTED TO
INTRODUCE THE CHAPTER HERE.
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PROVERBS 20:12, IT SAYS, "THE
HEARING EAR AND THE SEEING EYE,
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THE LORD HAS MADE THEM BOTH."
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AND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW,
ASSUMING YOU HAVE SOME NORMAL
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HEALTH, GOD GIVES US THE ABILITY
TO TAKE IN INFORMATION AND WE'RE
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RESPONSIBLE TO GOD FOR WHAT
WE SEE AND WHAT WE HEAR - YOU
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NOTICE IT DOESN'T MENTION THE
MOUTH IN THAT ONE? IT'S TALKING
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ABOUT THE SENSES OF RECEPTION -
THE OPTIC AND THE AUDIO SENSES.
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AND THE LORD CAN BLESS THAT FOR
US TO BE PRODUCTIVE. GO AHEAD,
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READ FOR US - IT'S, I THINK,
EXODUS 4, VERSES 11 AND 12.
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AND, BY THE WAY, THIS IS
THE LORD SPEAKING TO MOSES.
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>>"SO THE LORD SAID TO
HIM, 'WHO HAS MADE MAN'S MOUTH?
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OR WHO MAKES THE MUTE, THE
DEAF, THE SEEING, OR THE BLIND?
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HAVE NOT I, THE LORD? NOW
THEREFORE, GO, AND I WILL BE
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WITH YOUR MOUTH AND
TEACH YOU WHAT YOU SHALL SAY."
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>>YOU REMEMBER MOSES, WHEN
HE WAS TOLD TO GO TO PHARAOH HE
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SAYS, 'LOOK, I HAVEN'T
SPOKEN EGYPTIAN IN 40 YEARS.
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YOU DON'T WANT ME TO
BE THE REPRESENTATIVE.
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I'M QUIET. I'M MEEK.
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I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK
TO EGYPT.' AND HE HAD REALLY
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CHANGED DURING THAT TIME AND HE
SAID, 'I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
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I'M NOT ELOQUENT.' I MEAN,
YOU DON'T REALLY LEARN A LOT OF
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VOCABULARY FOLLOWING THE SOUTH
END OF NORTH-BOUND SHEEP FOR
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ABOUT 40 YEARS. AND SO HE DIDN'T
- HE SAID, 'I'M GOING TO GO.
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HOW CAN I STAND IN
THE COURT OF THE KING?'
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WHAT DID GOD SAY? HE
SAID, 'I MADE THE MOUTH.
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I WILL BE WITH YOUR MOUTH.
I WILL TEACH YOU WHAT TO SAY.'
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AND NOT ONLY COULD HE DO IT WITH
A SHEPHERD LIKE MOSES, HE COULD
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DO IT WITH FISHERMEN, HE
COULD DO IT WITH TAX COLLECTORS.
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A FEW OTHER VERSES ON THAT
SUBJECT, MATTHEW 11, VERSE 15.
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JESUS SAID, "HE WHO HAS
EARS TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR!"
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NOW WAS CHRIST TALKING AS THOUGH
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE MISSING
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THEIR EARS? WHAT DOES
JESUS MEAN, 'HE WHO HAS EARS?'
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LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE MORE.
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REVELATION 2, VERSE 7, "HE WHO
HAS AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT
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THE SPIRIT SAYS
TO THE CHURCHES."
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- IF YOU'VE GOT A RED-LETTER
BIBLE YOU'LL SEE THAT'S IN RED.
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THAT'S JESUS ALSO.
MATTER OF FACT, SIX TIMES IN
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REVELATION CHAPTERS 2 AND 3,
JESUS SAID, "HE WHO HAS AN EAR
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LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE
SPIRIT SAYS TO THE CHURCHES."
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THAT'S REVELATION CHAPTER 2,
VERSE 11, VERSE 17, VERSE 29,
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REVELATION CHAPTER 3, VERSE 6,
VERSE 13 - BIG EMPHASIS ON 'HE
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THAT HAS AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR.'
WHY WOULD JESUS SAY THAT SO
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MUCH? ARE THERE A
LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
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HAVE EARS BUT DON'T HEAR GOD?
SO WHEN HE SAYS, 'HE THAT HAS AN
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EAR.' WHAT KIND OF
EAR IS HE TALKING ABOUT?
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YEAH, AN EAR THAT IS
OPEN TO HEAR THE SPIRIT.
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IS THAT A DIFFERENT VOICE THAN
YOU HEAR WHEN JUST PEOPLE ARE
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ENGAGED IN AUDIO CONVERSATION?
BEING ATTUNED TO THE VOICE OF
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THE SPIRIT? DOES
GOD'S SPIRIT SPEAK THROUGH
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HIS WORD? YEAH.
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HE THAT HAS AN EAR - NOW, CAN
YOU HEAR AND NOT - CAN YOU HEAR
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WITH YOUR EARS
AND STILL NOT LISTEN?
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AND SO, WHEN JESUS SAYS,
'HE THAT HAS EARS LET HIM HEAR.'
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HE'S REALLY SAYING, 'LET HIM
OBEY.' YOU KNOW, HEARING GOD IS
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DIFFERENT FROM
JUST HEARING THE NOISE.
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JESUS SAID, 'THESE PEOPLE DRAW
NEAR WITH THEIR MOUTHS BUT THEIR
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HEARTS ARE FAR FROM ME.'
HE WANTS US TO REALLY LISTEN.
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SO ALL HAVE BEEN GIVEN THIS AND
ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
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THE LORD, TO HEAR HIS WORD,
AND TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE.
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NEXT SECTION, IT
SAYS THE TEST OF LIFE .
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AND IN A MOMENT I'M GOING TO GET
TO SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO READ
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PROVERBS 27:2 - WHO? THAT'LL
BE MRS. BATCHELOR, ALRIGHT.
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PROVERBS 20:6, "MOST MEN WILL
PROCLAIM EACH HIS OWN GOODNESS,
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BUT WHO CAN FIND A FAITHFUL
MAN?" OF COURSE, THAT WAS OUR
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MEMORY VERSE. WHEN IT
SAYS MOST MEN, DOES IT
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JUST MEAN MEN? OR DOES IT MEAN -
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>>(LAUGHTER) >>YEAH,
JUST MEN PROCLAIM THEIR
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OWN GOODNESS.
ISN'T IT EASY FOR US TO
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COMPLIMENT OURSELVES,
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY?
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CAN YOU THINK OF SOME CHARACTERS
IN THE BIBLE THAT DID THAT?
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WHAT HAPPENED TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR
WHEN HE BEGAN TO SHOWER HIMSELF
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WITH COMPLIMENTS?
LET ME READ IT TO YOU.
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YEAH, YOU CAN FIND IN
DANIEL CHAPTER 4, VERSE 30,
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"THE KING SPOKE, SAYING, 'IS NOT
THIS GREAT BABYLON, THAT I HAVE
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BUILT FOR A ROYAL DWELLING BY MY
MIGHTY POWER AND FOR THE HONOR
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OF MY MAJESTY?'" - EVERYBODY'S
READY TO PRAISE THEIR OWN
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GOODNESS. GO AHEAD, READ
THAT ONE, KAREN, IF YOU WOULD.
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>>"LET ANOTHER MAN PRAISE
YOU, AND NOT YOUR OWN MOUTH; A
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STRANGER, AND
NOT YOUR OWN LIPS."
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>>YEAH, BUT WHAT IF IT TAKES TOO
LONG FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO PRAISE
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ME? SOMEONE'S GOT
TO JUMP IN, RIGHT?
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SOME OF YOU HEARD THE STORY
ABOUT - THERE WAS A FROG AND HE
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SAW HOW HIS DUCKS LEFT AND WENT
SOUTH EVERY WINTER AND HE WOULD
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HAVE TO JUST SHIVER, FREEZE,
CRAWL UNDER THE MUD AND STAY IN
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THE FROZEN TERRITORY AND
THEY'D COME BACK AND SAY,
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'OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL TRIP.'
AND HE SAID, 'WHY DON'T YOU GUYS
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TAKE WITH ME? -
TAKE YOU WITH ME? -
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YOU KNOW, WE ALL SWAM IN
THE SAME DUCK POND.' AND HE SAID
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THEY WERE FRIENDS -
TRUE STORY - >>(LAUGHTER)
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>>AND SO THE DUCKS
SAID, 'WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT.
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WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOU WITH
US, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE WINGS.'
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THE FROG SAID, 'WELL, I'VE GOT
AN IDEA.' HE SAID, 'IF EACH OF
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YOU GRAB A STICK IN YOUR BEAK'
- BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, DUCKS DON'T
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HAVE TALONS LIKE EAGLES - 'IF
EACH OF YOU GRAB ONE END OF A
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STICK IN YOUR BEAK AND I'LL GRAB
IT WITH MY MOUTH' - HE SAID -
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'WHEN YOU TAKE
OFF I'LL JUST HANG ON.
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I'VE GOT THIS TONGUE I CAN WRAP
AROUND IT AND - TAKE ME WITH
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YOU.' AND HE PLED WITH THEM.
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THEY SAID, 'OKAY.' SO THE DAY
CAME FOR THEM TO GO SOUTH AND
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THEY TOOK OFF AND STARTED TO FLY
AND AS THEY GOT UP IN THE AIR
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SOMEONE ON THE GROUND SAID,
'WOW, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
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LIKE THAT BEFORE. I
WONDER WHICH ONE OF THE THREE
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OF THEM THOUGHT OF THAT.' AND
THE FROG JUST HAD TO UNWRAP HIS
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TONGUE AND SAY, 'I DID!' -
SPLAT! SO, YEAH, WE'RE ALL EACH
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READY TO PRAISE OUR OWN
GOODNESS. NOW, IN THE LESSON IT
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TALKS ABOUT JEREMIAH
29, WHERE SHOULD WE GLORY?
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SHOULD WE GLORY IN WHAT WE'VE
DONE OR WHAT THE LORD DOES?
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IT SAYS IN JEREMIAH 9:23, "THUS
SAYS THE LORD: 'LET NOT THE WISE
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MAN GLORY IN HIS WISDOM, LET
NOT THE MIGHTY MAN GLORY IN HIS
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MIGHT, NOR LET THE RICH MAN
GLORY IN HIS RICHES; BUT LET HIM
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WHO GLORIES GLORY IN THIS, THAT
HE UNDERSTANDS AND KNOWS ME,
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THAT I AM THE LORD, EXERCISING
LOVINGKINDNESS, JUDGMENT, AND
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RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE
EARTH. FOR IN THESE I DELIGHT,'
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SAYS THE LORD." THE
PURPOSE OF LIFE IS THAT WE
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MIGHT BRING GLORY TO GOD.
WHAT DID THE DEVIL WANT THAT
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BROUGHT ABOUT HIS FALL?
TO BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH.
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DIDN'T THE DEVIL WANT THE
WORSHIP AND GLORY THAT BELONGS
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TO GOD? SO WHAT
ARE WE DOING WHEN WE'RE
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SEEKING TO FUNNEL
GLORY TOWARDS OURSELVES?
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ARE WE BEING CHRIST-LIKE?
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT JESUS
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WAS ALWAYS POINTING THE GLORY TO
GOD AND HE WAS HUMBLE AND MEEK?
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AND THAT'S REALLY
THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST.
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YOU KNOW, I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT,
IN MY QUIET MOMENTS WHEN I'M
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TEMPTED TO THINK I'VE
ACCOMPLISHED ANYTHING - I KNOW
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IT'S HARD FOR YOU TO BELIEVE,
BUT I HAVE THOSE THOUGHTS.
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AND IT OCCURS TO ME, 'COULD
I DO ANYTHING WITHOUT GOD?'
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YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO
NEBUCHADNEZZAR IMMEDIATELY AFTER
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HE SAID, 'IS NOT THIS THE GREAT
BABYLON THAT I HAVE BUILT?'
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WHAT HAPPENED? >>HE
TURNED INTO AN ANIMAL.
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>>HE LOST HIS MIND.
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ALL THAT WISDOM THAT HE THOUGHT
WAS HIS OWN WAS GONE IN A FLASH.
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CAN THE LORD MAKE A
BUSINESSMAN PROSPER?
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CAN HE ALSO MAKE HIM GO
THROUGH WHAT JOB WENT THROUGH?
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THE LORD CAN LIFT YOU UP,
THE LORD CAN PUT YOU DOWN, AND I
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THINK THAT ANY BLESSINGS WE HAVE
- ANY ABILITY THAT WE HAVE -
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WHAT RIGHT DO WE HAVE TO
BE PROUD OF IT? ALL THE GLORY
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GOES TO GOD SO ANYWAY,
ALRIGHT, ANOTHER ONE HERE.
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PROVERBS 25 - TALKING ABOUT THE
SAME PRINCIPLE, "IT IS NOT GOOD
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TO EAT MUCH HONEY; SO TO SEEK
ONE'S OWN GLORY IS NOT GLORY."
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THERE'S ANOTHER PROVERB THAT
SAYS, 'EAT HONEY FOR IT'S GOOD;
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EAT TOO MUCH HONEY, IT'LL MAKE
YOU VOMIT.' AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT
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IS POSSIBLE TO
EAT TOO MUCH HONEY.
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I REMEMBER ONE TIME I LIVED
- WHEN I WAS UP IN THE CAVE, MY
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FAVORITE FOOD WAS - I'D MAKE
BANANA BREAD AND I'D EAT IT WITH
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SOME BUTTER AND HONEY AND I
USUALLY HAD TO SPARE THE HONEY
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PRETTY CAREFULLY BECAUSE I HAD
THESE LITTLE - THEY'VE HAD THEM
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FOR YEARS - PLASTIC HONEY BEARS
- YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING
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ABOUT? YOU JUST -
LITTLE CLOVER HONEY
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IN THERE, IT WAS VERY GOOD.
BUT SOMEBODY GAVE ME A WHOLE
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GALLON CAN OR SOMETHING OF
CUCAMONGA HONEY - I'LL NEVER
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FORGET THE NAME OF IT -
CUCA - ANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT?
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BIG CANS OF CUCAMONGA - IT CAME
IN A CAN - AND I THOUGHT, 'WOW,
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BOY, I'M JUST REALLY - NOW I'M
KNEE-DEEP IN CLOVER' - PARDON
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THE PUN - AND SO WHEN IT
CAME TIME FOR MY MUFFINS, I JUST
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SAID, 'I DON'T HAVE TO SPARE
ON THE HONEY.' AND I THINK I
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PROBABLY ATE A PINT
OF HONEY IN THAT SITTING.
00:19:44.33\00:19:48.13
MY STOMACH GOT SO
SOUR. IT'S NOT GOOD.
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A LITTLE BIT IS
GOOD AS FLAVORING.
00:19:51.80\00:19:53.36
MAKING IT A STAPLE IS NOT GOOD.
00:19:53.36\00:19:55.13
SO WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST ATE
HONEY, HE PROBABLY ATE IT WITH
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THE COMB, BUT EATING RAW HONEY
- A LOT OF IT - IS NOT GOOD.
00:19:58.86\00:20:04.10
HE PROBABLY TANKED UP ON - HE
JUST SPRINKLED A LITTLE BIT OF
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THAT HONEY ON THE GRASSHOPPERS
IS WHAT HE DID - THE LOCUSTS
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THAT HE'D EAT - OR CAROB
PODS. SO IT IS WITH PRAISE.
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SOMEBODY SAID, 'MANY A BEE HAS
DROWNED IN HIS OWN HONEY.' AND
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SO, YOU KNOW, IF THE LORD HAS
BLESSED YOU, JUST THANK HIM AND
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GIVE HIM THE GLORY AND MOVE
ON. DON'T TAKE COMPLIMENTS TOO
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SERIOUSLY. SOMEBODY
SAID, 'COMPLIMENTS ARE
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LIKE PERFUME, SNIFF BUT DO NOT
SWALLOW.' SO PRIDE, IT BROUGHT
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THE DEVIL DOWN AND
IT STILL WORKS THAT WAY.
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AND YOU'RE NEVER MORE LIKE THE
DEVIL THAN WHEN YOU'RE PROUD AND
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YOU'RE NEVER MORE LIKE
JESUS THAN WHEN YOU'RE HUMBLE.
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NOW THIS - SPEAKING OF KINGS AND
PRIDE AND NEBUCHADNEZZAR AND HOW
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IT'S BAD - WHEN HEZEKIAH HAD
THE MESSENGERS THAT CAME FROM
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BABYLON TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE
GOD WHO WORKED THE MIRACLE TO
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MAKE THE SUN GO BACK - AND
THEY CAME TO FIND OUT ABOUT GOD.
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HEZEKIAH, 'WOW, THEY CAME TO ME
BECAUSE GOD WORKED THIS MIRACLE
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FOR ME. I MUST BE
REALLY SPECIAL IF NOW
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AMBASSADORS HAVE COME FROM
FOREIGN KINGDOMS TO VISIT ME AND
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BRING ME GIFTS BECAUSE GOD LOOKS
UPON ME WITH SO MUCH FAVOR HE
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WORKED A MIRACLE AND MADE THE
SUN GO BACK.' I MEAN, YOU CAN
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SEE HOW IT MIGHT GO TO A GUY'S
HEAD, EVEN THOUGH HEZEKIAH WAS A
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GOOD KING. ISAIAH
SAID, 'WHAT DO YOU WANT?
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THE SUN TO GO DOWN
TEN DEGREES OR BACKWARDS?'
00:21:28.46\00:21:31.16
HERE HE HAD THE OPTION OF MAKING
A REQUEST, 'HMM, WHICH DIRECTION
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SHALL I MAKE THE SUN
GO?' THAT'S A LOT OF POWER.
00:21:34.73\00:21:38.40
AND HEZEKIAH SAID, 'MAKE IT
GO BACKWARDS.' AND HE PROBABLY
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THOUGHT, 'THAT WAS
SURE SMART OF ME TO DO THAT.
00:21:42.63\00:21:44.66
THAT REALLY PROVED IT.
EVEN OTHER NATIONS TOOK NOTE OF
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THAT.' AND SO WHEN THEY CAME
TO TALK TO HEZEKIAH - WHAT AN
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OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK TO THEM ABOUT GOD.
00:21:50.53\00:21:52.46
THOSE AMBASSADORS COULD HAVE
TAKEN THE TRUTH OF JEHOVAH BACK
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TO BABYLON AND HISTORY
WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.
00:21:54.53\00:21:56.96
BUT INSTEAD, HE SAID, 'OH,
YOU THINK THAT'S SOMETHING?
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LET ME SHOW YOU
WHAT ELSE I'VE GOT.
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COME LOOK AT ALL THE
TREASURE THAT GOD'S GIVEN ME.
00:22:02.63\00:22:05.26
LOOK AT THE WEAPONS THAT WE'VE
DEVELOPED AND LOOK AT THE - ALL
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THE - MY CASTLE AND LOOK AT MY
TAPESTRIES.' AND HE SHOWED THEM
00:22:09.00\00:22:12.36
ALL HIS PERFUMES AND -
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID?
00:22:12.36\00:22:16.40
PEOPLE WILL TEND TO
COVET YOUR TREASURE.
00:22:16.40\00:22:18.43
IF YOUR TREASURE IS GOD,
GOOD. YOU'LL NEVER RUN OUT.
00:22:18.43\00:22:21.00
YOU WANT THEM TO COVET
GOD. IF YOUR TREASURE IS EARTHLY
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THINGS, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT
THAT. AND THEY STARTED TO MAKE
00:22:23.63\00:22:26.93
SOME NOTES OF ALL THE TREASURE
THAT HEZEKIAH HAD AND THEY LEFT.
00:22:26.93\00:22:30.43
AND ISAIAH SAID, 'WHERE'D THESE
MEN COME FROM AND WHAT DID THEY
00:22:30.43\00:22:33.43
SEE?' GOD KNEW.
00:22:33.43\00:22:34.86
HE SAID, 'OH YEAH,
THEY'RE FROM BABYLON.
00:22:34.86\00:22:37.26
THEY CAME TO SEE ME.' AND ISAIAH
SAID, 'WELL, HERE'S WHAT THE
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WORD OF THE LORD SAYS:
EVERYTHING YOU JUST SHOWED THEM
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IS GOING TO GET CARRIED TO
BABYLON.' THEY WOULD HAVE TAKEN
00:22:42.30\00:22:45.50
HIS RELIGION TO BABYLON, BUT
INSTEAD THEY TOOK HIS TREASURE.
00:22:45.50\00:22:48.33
THEY TOOK HIS SONS - WELL,
DANIEL WAS ACTUALLY FROM THE
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ROYAL SEED AND SHADRACH,
MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO, THEY WERE
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- THEY WERE MADE - HE SAID
THEY'LL - 'THEY WILL BE MADE
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EUNUCHS IN THE PALACE OF
THE KING OF BABYLON' AND THAT'S
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EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. SO WHY?
00:22:59.33\00:23:03.76
EVERY MAN'S QUICK
TO PRAISE HIMSELF.
00:23:03.76\00:23:06.30
THAT DOESN'T EVER HAPPEN IN
THE CHURCH, THOUGH, DOES IT?
00:23:06.30\00:23:10.00
SOMEONE SAID ONCE THAT THE MOST
DANGEROUS TIME IN A CHURCH'S
00:23:10.00\00:23:15.10
UNITY IS
NOMINATING COMMITTEE. WHY?
00:23:15.10\00:23:21.23
BECAUSE IF SOMEONE'S HAD A
POSITION FOR A LONG TIME AND
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THEY DON'T AUTOMATICALLY
GET RENEWED, THEY ARE OFFENDED.
00:23:24.30\00:23:28.56
WHAT PART OF THEM IS OFFENDED?
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TYPICALLY - OR IF SOMEBODY
THINKS, 'HERE I'VE OFFERED MY
00:23:30.03\00:23:34.23
SERVICES FOR THIS POSITION.'
AND THEY'RE NOT ASKED,
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THEIR PRIDE IS HURT.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE PEOPLE
00:23:37.63\00:23:40.86
MIGHT FEEL
SLIGHTED OR UNAPPRECIATED.
00:23:40.86\00:23:42.66
WE OUGHT TO TRY AND GET OVER
THAT PRETTY QUICK BUT DO YOU ALL
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KNOW THAT THAT CAN BE A
VERY DANGEROUS TIME FOR A CHURCH
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BECAUSE THERE'S HIGH POTENTIAL
FOR PEOPLE BEING OFFENDED AND
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FOR SOMEONE TO SAY, 'THEY'RE
NOT NEAR AS GOOD AS I AM' -
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EVERY MAN'S QUICK
TO PRAISE THEMSELVES -
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'IN THIS POSITION' -
OR TO SELL THEMSELVES.
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2 CORINTHIANS VERSE 10 -
10, VERSE 12 - 2 CORINTHIANS 10,
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VERSE 12, "FOR WE DARE NOT CLASS
OURSELVES OR COMPARE OURSELVES
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WITH THOSE WHO
COMMEND THEMSELVES.
00:24:14.53\00:24:16.20
BUT THEY, MEASURING THEMSELVES
BY THEMSELVES, AND COMPARING
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THEMSELVES AMONG
THEMSELVES, ARE NOT WISE."
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NOW WHO - THE BOOK OF
PROVERBS IS ABOUT WISDOM?
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WISDOM IS 'DON'T BE THINKING
HORIZONTALLY - COMPARING
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YOURSELVES AMONG
YOURSELVES AND BY YOURSELVES.
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A CHRISTIAN IS NOT A FOLLOWER
OF CHRISTIANS, A CHRISTIAN IS A
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FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. WE
NEED TO THINK VERTICALLY.
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HE'S THE ONE WE
COMPARE OURSELVES TO.
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THAT'S OUR STANDARD. YOU
DON'T THINK HORIZONTALLY OR
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THE STANDARD WILL CONTINUE
TO GO DOWN. DID THE DISCIPLES
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ARGUE AMONG THEMSELVES? >>YES.
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>>WHICH OF THEM
WAS THE GREATEST?
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AND SO THERE'S JUST A BIG
CAPACITY FOR MISUNDERSTANDINGS
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AND OFFENSE WHEN IT
COMES TO THOSE THEMES.
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ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S UNDER THE
TEST OF LIFE - IS REALLY GIVING
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THE GLORY TO GOD AND PRAYING
THAT YOU COULD HAVE THE HUMILITY
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OF CHRIST. PROVERBS
20, VERSE 17 - THIS IS
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UNDER THE SECTION OF
TUESDAY WAITING FOR THE LORD .
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AND IT SAYS IN 20:17, "BREAD
GAINED BY DECEIT IS SWEET TO A
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MAN, BUT AFTERWARD HIS MOUTH
WILL BE FILLED WITH GRAVEL."
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NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER
EATEN BREAD IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY
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WHERE THE WAY THEY THRESH
THE WHEAT IS A LITTLE MORE
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PRIMITIVE. YOU KNOW, IN AMERICA
NOW, THEY'VE GOT SOME VERY
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SOPHISTICATED WAYS OF SEPARATING
THE WHEAT ONCE THEY HARVEST IT.
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AND BACK THEN THEY USED TO KIND
OF, YOU KNOW, RAKE IT OFF THE
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THRESHING FLOORS AND YOU MIGHT
BITE DOWN ON YOUR FLOUR AND GET
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GRAVEL AND BREAK YOUR TEETH.
AND IT'S NOT - HAVE ANY OF YOU
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EVER BITTEN INTO A ROCK BECAUSE
SOMEHOW IT GOT INTO YOUR FOOD?
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IT'S BAD ENOUGH WHEN YOU BITE
INTO A PIT - YOU DON'T KNOW IF
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THE OLIVES OR THE DATES WERE
THE SEEDED VARIETY AND YOU JUST
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CRUNCH DOWN AND GO, 'OOH, WASN'T
READY FOR THAT.' BUT TO GET A
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MOUTHFUL OF GRAVEL. I
REMEMBER WHEN I LIVED UP IN
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THE HILLS I USED TO EAT A
LOT OF MACARONI AND CHEESE.
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YOU KNOW, YOU BOIL THE MACARONI
FIVE MINUTES, YOU PUT THE KRAFT
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CHEESE SAUCE ON,
VOILA! YOU'VE GOT A MEAL.
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IT'S REAL EASY CAVE FOOD.
IT'S LIGHT - YOU CAN CARRY IT UP
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THERE - IT'S NOT HEAVY.
SOMEONE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'VE GOT
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TO SAVE SOME MONEY.
THAT'S TOO EXPENSIVE.
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JUST BUY SOME BEANS - EAT
BEANS.' I SAID, 'I LIKE BEANS.'
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AND SO I WENT UP INTO THE
MOUNTAINS AND I POURED SOME
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BEANS IN A POT AND I
BOILED THEM FIVE MINUTES.
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I THOUGHT, 'MAN, THESE THINGS
ARE HARD.' AND I THOUGHT, 'MAYBE
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I DIDN'T BOIL THEM LONG ENOUGH.'
SO I BOILED THEM TEN MINUTES -
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TWICE AS LONG AS THE MACARONI.
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MAN, THEY WERE HARD - AND I WAS
HUNGRY AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, I
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KEPT EATING ONE OR TWO
BEANS AND GOING 'CRUNCH, CRUNCH.
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MAN, I CAN'T EAT THIS.' I BOILED
THEM 20 MINUTES AND FINALLY, YOU
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KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I
BOILED THEM A LONG TIME.
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BUT I FINALLY WAS SO HUNGRY,
THEY STARTED TO SOFTEN A LITTLE
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BIT - I TRIED TO EAT THEM AND
IT WAS LIKE GRAVEL AND IT DIDN'T
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SIT VERY WELL. SO
BREAD GAINED BY DECEIT, IT
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MIGHT SEEM SWEET AT FIRST BUT,
ULTIMATELY, IT WILL FILL YOUR
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MOUTH WITH
GRAVEL. YOU'LL BE SORRY.
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HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT
BREAD HERE, HE'S TALKING ABOUT
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DECEPTION. SOMEONE
READ FOR ME PROVERBS -
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WHO'S GOT PROVERBS
21:5? YOU'LL BE NEXT.
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I'LL GO AHEAD AND
I'LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT.
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I'M GOING TO READ PROVERBS
21, VERSE 21 - WE JUMP AROUND A
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LITTLE BIT - "AN INHERITANCE
GAINED HASTILY" - YOU SEE, WE'RE
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TALKING, IN THIS SECTION,
ABOUT WAITING FOR THE LORD - THE
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REASON A PERSON TRIES TO
GET SOMETHING BY DECEIT - IT'S
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USUALLY IMPATIENCE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING
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QUICK. "AN
INHERITANCE GAINED HASTILY
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AT THE BEGINNING WILL
NOT BE BLESSED AT THE END."
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AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN, 'AN
INHERITANCE GAINED HASTILY?'
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CAN YOU THINK OF A STORY IN THE
BIBLE ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT WANTED
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AN INHERITANCE
SOON? >>THE PRODIGAL SON.
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>>AND WAS IT
BLESSED IN THE END? >>NO.
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>>YOU WONDER IF JESUS
WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS - 'HE
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SQUANDERED IT WITH RIOTOUS
LIVING.' HE WENT INTO A FOREIGN
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LAND. HE SAID,
'DAD, LOOK, YOU JUST
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SEEM REALLY HEALTHY AND I
CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO DIE.
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SO IF YOU COULD JUST - WHATEVER
YOU'RE PLANNING ON GIVING ME -
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I'M THE YOUNGER SON ANYWAY - IF
YOU JUST FORK IT OVER AND LET ME
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JUST GO.' WITH A BROKEN
HEART THE FATHER GAVE IT TO HIM,
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BUT IT DIDN'T GO WELL. YOU
KNOW, IT'S A GOOD IDEA - IF
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YOU'RE GOING TO SET UP A TRUST
FOR YOUR KIDS - DEPENDING ON IF
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IT'S SIGNIFICANT - DO IT IN
STAGES BECAUSE IF YOU GIVE IT TO
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THEM ALL AT ONCE, THEY BLOW
IT AND THEY HAVE NOTHING TO FALL
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BACK ON. GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT.
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LET THEM LEARN TO MAKE SOME
MISTAKES WITH THAT AND THEY'LL
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GO, 'OH, I'VE GOT ANOTHER
PAYMENT COMING IN THREE YEARS,
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I'D BETTER BE A LITTLE MORE
CAREFUL HOW I SPEND AND INVEST
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THIS.' AND STAGGER IT LIKE
THAT AND - BECAUSE IF - GETTING
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EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE -
HAVE YOU HEARD THE STORIES
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ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO WIN THE LOTTERY?
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IT'S AMAZING, THE STATISTICS
OF HOW QUICKLY THEY ARE EITHER
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CONNED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS
OR THEY MAKE BAD INVESTMENTS OR
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THEY SQUANDER IT WITH, YOU KNOW,
RIOTOUS LIVING OR WHATEVER IT IS
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- BUT VERY FEW OF THEM - SOME
DO. MATTER OF FACT, I KNOW ONE
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GUY THAT I READ ABOUT - I SHOULD
SAY ONE GUY THAT, YOU KNOW,
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HE WON SOME FANTASTIC LOTTERY
AND HE WAS LIKE A DRIVER.
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AND THEY SAID, 'SO
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?'
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HE SAID, 'WELL, I'M GOING TO
GO TO WORK TOMORROW.' AND A FEW
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WEEKS LATER THEY INTERVIEWED
HIM, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING?'
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'WELL, I'M WORKING.' 'WELL,
WHAT ABOUT ALL THAT MONEY?'
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HE SAID, 'WELL, WE'RE
GOING TO GET ANOTHER HOME.
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I'M GOING TO HELP MY FAMILY.' HE
SAID, 'BUT I LIKE WORK.' AND I
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THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S UNIQUE.
SOME OF THESE PEOPLE SAID,
00:29:35.16\00:29:37.83
'WELL, I CAN'T WAIT TO GO IN AND
QUIT AND I'M GOING TO FLAUNT MY
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MONEY TO MY BOSS.' AND THOSE
STORIES DON'T USUALLY END WELL.
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ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD,
READ FOR US, PROVERBS 21:5.
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>>"THE PLANS OF THE DILIGENT
LEAD SURELY TO PLENTY, BUT THOSE
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OF EVERYONE WHO IS
HASTY, SURELY TO POVERTY."
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>>WHEN IT SAYS 'THE PLANS OF THE
DILIGENT LEAD TO PLENTY' - WELL,
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DILIGENCE THERE - HE'S TALKING
ABOUT IF YOU THINK AHEAD AND YOU
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LAY THINGS OUT AND YOU
ANTICIPATE - BECAUSE YOU'RE
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BEING PATIENT.
YOU'RE BEING PROACTIVE.
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THAT TENDS TO PROSPERITY.
BUT THOSE WHO MAKE RASH, HASTY
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DECISIONS, TENDS TO POVERTY.
IF YOU EVER GO BUY A CAR - A
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LITTLE TIP - IF THE SALESMAN
SAYS, 'WE'VE GOT A DEAL BUT YOU
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HAVE TO BUY IT NOW.'
THAT IS ALMOST NEVER TRUE.
00:30:24.16\00:30:30.13
AND YOU WILL BE PRESSURED
- USUALLY IT'S GREED AND FEAR
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DRIVE THOSE THINGS. GREED AND
FEAR IS WHAT DRIVES WALL STREET.
00:30:35.93\00:30:40.70
PEOPLE BUYING AND SELLING,
IT'S USUALLY THEY'RE AFRAID OR
00:30:40.70\00:30:43.10
THEY'RE GREEDY.
THOSE ARE THE TWO EMOTIONS.
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NOT THE BEST OF
HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS.
00:30:45.20\00:30:47.30
BUT IF YOU'RE HASTY LIKE THAT,
YOU OFTEN MAKE BAD DECISIONS.
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SO YOU'VE GOT TO
WAIT FOR THE LORD.
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'THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE
LORD WILL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH.
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NOW THE NEXT SECTION HERE
IS COMPASSION FOR THE POOR AND
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SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ PROVERBS
28:27 IN A MOMENT, BUT I'M GOING
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TO START OUT WITH PROVERBS
21:13, "WHOEVER SHUTS HIS EARS
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TO THE CRY OF THE POOR WILL ALSO
CRY HIMSELF AND NOT BE HEARD."
00:31:13.06\00:31:17.73
NOW I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
YOU, BUT THAT PROVERB MAKES ME
00:31:17.73\00:31:20.26
SHUDDER A LITTLE BIT. DOES
THAT MEAN THAT EVERY TIME -
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YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU DRIVE
ON CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS HERE IN
00:31:26.60\00:31:31.90
SACRAMENTO, THERE'S ALWAYS AN
INTERESTING ARRAY OF PEOPLE THAT
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ARE THERE WITH THEIR SIGNS
SAYING, 'HELP - HUNGRY - WILL
00:31:35.73\00:31:41.86
WORK FOR FOOD.' SOMETIMES
THEY'LL JUST SAY, 'NEED BEER.
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WHY LIE?' I'VE
ACTUALLY SEEN THAT.
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SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF YOU
DRIVE BY AND YOU DON'T GIVE -
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PERIODICALLY WE'VE HELPED
BECAUSE YOU KIND OF SIZE IT UP
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CASE BY CASE.
SOMETIMES YOU LOOK AND YOU JUST
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PRAY - YOU USE THE SPIRIT AND
JUDGMENT AND SAY, 'THAT PERSON
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REALLY LOOKS LIKE THEY
NEED HELP. THEY REALLY LOOK LIKE
00:32:03.20\00:32:05.80
THEY NEED FOOD.'
SOMETIMES THEY ARE OUT OF DRUGS.
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YOU DON'T WANT TO HURT A
PERSON BY CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR
00:32:09.76\00:32:12.83
PRODIGAL LIFE OR
SELF-DESTRUCTIVE LIFE BUT, YOU
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KNOW, THE LORD IS GOING TO
PRESENT, THROUGH YOUR LIFE,
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PEOPLE WHO HAVE GENUINE NEEDS
AND I THINK HE DOES THAT TO
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TEACH US TO BE MORE LIKE CHRIST.
YOU KNOW THE BEST WAY - IF YOU
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HAVE A TENDENCY TO BE SELFISH,
WHICH WE ALL DO, THE WAY YOU
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STARVE
COVETOUSNESS IS BY GIVING.
00:32:32.20\00:32:35.53
YOU KILL COVETOUSNESS BY GOING
AGAINST YOUR NATURAL INCLINATION
00:32:35.53\00:32:39.60
TO GRASP AND TO HOLD ON TO
THINGS BY CHOOSING TO GIVE.
00:32:39.60\00:32:44.63
AND YOU START REALIZING,
YOU KNOW, IT FEELS GOOD.
00:32:44.63\00:32:47.06
DOESN'T JESUS SAY IT'S MORE
BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE?
00:32:47.06\00:32:50.63
AND SO AS YOU DO THAT - BUT
IF YOU'RE GRASPING AND IF YOU'RE
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CLINGING - DO YOU ALL
KNOW THE STORY OF NABAL?
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NABAL - YOU MAY,
SOME LISTENING MAY NOT.
00:32:58.83\00:33:03.80
DAVID, WHEN HE WAS LIVING IN THE
HILLS IN NORTHERN JUDEA, HIDING
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FROM KING SAUL, HE HAD 600 MEN
WITH HIM AND THEY WERE LIVING
00:33:07.90\00:33:12.96
OUT IN THE WILDERNESS AND IN
CAVES. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
00:33:12.96\00:33:16.86
SHEPHERDS AND THERE WAS THIS
ONE VERY WEALTHY RANCHER NAMED
00:33:16.86\00:33:19.26
NABAL, WHO HAD A
BEAUTIFUL WIFE NAMED ABIGAIL.
00:33:19.26\00:33:21.50
AND DAVID AND HIS SOLDIERS
WATCHED OVER HIS FLOCKS,
00:33:21.50\00:33:24.16
PROTECTED THEM FROM OTHER
INVADING NATIONS AND TRIBES AND
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NEVER MOLESTED THEM, NEVER TOOK
ANY SHEEP, RESPECTED THEM, EVEN
00:33:27.86\00:33:32.50
THOUGH, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE
SOMETHING LIKE ROBIN HOODS IN
00:33:32.50\00:33:34.70
THE DAY. THEY
DIDN'T BOTHER THE PEOPLE,
00:33:34.70\00:33:36.96
HE WAS JUST
RUNNING FROM KING SAUL.
00:33:36.96\00:33:39.83
WHEN THE HARVEST CAME, DAVID
VERY POLITELY SENT SOME OF HIS
00:33:39.83\00:33:43.60
SOLDIERS DOWN TO NABAL AND THEY
USED TO HAVE A FEAST AND THERE
00:33:43.60\00:33:46.40
WAS USUALLY A TIME WHEN YOU'D
THROW A FEAST FOR YOUR SERVANTS,
00:33:46.40\00:33:48.76
YOU'D GIVE THEM GIFTS AND
YOU'D FEED EVERYBODY AND DAVID'S
00:33:48.76\00:33:52.33
SOLDIERS CAME DOWN -
HE WAS A VERY WEALTHY MAN.
00:33:52.33\00:33:55.50
HE HAD, YOU KNOW, LIKE JOB,
THOUSANDS OF EVERYTHING AND HE
00:33:55.50\00:34:00.16
SAID, 'COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE
YOUR SERVANT JUST A LITTLE OF
00:34:00.16\00:34:02.53
WHATEVER COMES TO YOUR HAND -
WHATEVER YOUR HEART IS STIRRED,
00:34:02.53\00:34:04.60
BUT COULD WE PLEASE ASK AN
OFFERING DURING THIS TIME OF
00:34:04.60\00:34:06.90
REJOICING? WE'RE
HUNGRY SOLDIERS LIVING UP
00:34:06.90\00:34:09.23
IN THE HILLS AND WE'VE WATCHED
OVER YOUR FLOCKS AND WE DIDN'T
00:34:09.23\00:34:12.40
BOTHER THE SHEPHERDS AND...'
- AND NABAL GAVE JUST A REALLY
00:34:12.40\00:34:17.40
SELFISH GRASPING. HE
SAID, 'YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF
00:34:17.40\00:34:20.73
SLAVES THAT RUN AWAY FROM
THEIR MASTERS THESE DAYS.' -
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INSINUATING DAVID WAS A
RUNAWAY SLAVE FROM SAUL.
00:34:22.80\00:34:25.40
HE SAID, 'AM I SUPPOSED TO TAKE
MY FOOD FOR MY SERVANTS AND GIVE
00:34:25.40\00:34:28.06
IT TO RUNAWAY SLAVES?' IT
WAS A REALLY ROUGH ANSWER.
00:34:28.06\00:34:31.20
MATTER OF FACT, THE
NAME NABAL MEANS 'FOOL.'
00:34:31.20\00:34:33.30
AND ABIGAIL, EVEN SPEAKING
OF HER OWN HUSBAND, 'HIS NAME IS
00:34:33.30\00:34:36.80
NABAL AND FOLLY IS
WITH HIM,' SHE SAID.
00:34:36.80\00:34:43.50
WELL, HE WAS TRYING
TO HANG ON TO EVERYTHING.
00:34:43.50\00:34:44.70
BEFORE THE STORY IS
OVER WHAT HAPPENS TO NABAL?
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HE HAS A STROKE AND
TEN DAYS LATER HE DIES.
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DID HE GET TO ENJOY
ALL THAT HE HAD HOARDED?
00:34:51.10\00:34:55.53
DOES JESUS TELL A SIMILAR
PARABLE ABOUT A CERTAIN MAN THAT
00:34:55.53\00:34:59.50
GOD BLESSED HIS HARVEST AND HE
HAD SO MUCH THAT HE COULDN'T FIT
00:34:59.50\00:35:03.56
IT INTO HIS ENORMOUS BARNS.
HE SAID, 'WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?
00:35:03.56\00:35:06.33
IF I ONLY HAD BIGGER BARNS
I'D NEVER HAVE TO WORK AGAIN.
00:35:06.33\00:35:09.90
THIS IS SUCH A TREMENDOUS
HARVEST, I'LL TEAR DOWN MY BARNS
00:35:09.90\00:35:13.33
AND BUILD BIGGER BARNS AND THEN
I'LL SAY TO MY SOUL, 'SOUL, THOU
00:35:13.33\00:35:15.70
HAST MANY GOODS
LAID UP FOR MANY YEARS.
00:35:15.70\00:35:18.03
EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY.'' AND
THEN GOD SAYS, 'THOU FOOL, THIS
00:35:18.03\00:35:23.63
NIGHT IS YOUR
SOUL REQUIRED OF THEE.
00:35:23.63\00:35:25.73
WHOM SHALL THOSE THINGS
BE FOR WHICH YOU PROVIDED?'
00:35:25.73\00:35:28.26
INSTEAD OF THINKING, 'GOD HAS
GIVEN ME SUCH A GREAT SURPLUS, I
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WANT TO THANK THE LORD
AND SHARE WITH OTHERS.'
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HIS INSTINCTIVE
REACTION WAS TO CLING TO IT.
00:35:34.36\00:35:38.53
NOW I'M SHARING THAT WITH YOU
BECAUSE I SEE A LITTLE BIT OF
00:35:38.53\00:35:41.90
NABAL AND A LITTLE
BIT OF THAT FOOL IN ME.
00:35:41.90\00:35:44.90
SOME WINDFALL - SOME BLESSING
HAPPENS AND YOU GO, 'OH, GOOD.
00:35:44.90\00:35:49.40
I CAN BUY ONE OF THESE GIDGETS
OR WIDGETS OR SOMETHING ELSE.'
00:35:49.40\00:35:53.26
AND 'I CAN UPGRADE' - AND
INSTEAD OF THINKING, 'MAYBE THE
00:35:53.26\00:35:56.70
LORD BLESSED ME SO I CAN BE A
CHANNEL OF BLESSING TO SOMEONE
00:35:56.70\00:36:00.06
ELSE,' I INSTINCTIVELY THINK,
00:36:00.06\00:36:02.36
'GOOD FOR ME.
NOW WHAT SHALL I GET?
00:36:02.36\00:36:06.66
I'LL BUY TWO INSTEAD OF ONE OR
THREE INSTEAD OF TWO.' YOU KNOW?
00:36:06.66\00:36:10.56
AND WHEN WE THINK THAT WAY
ALL THE TIME, DO WE SOMETIMES GO
00:36:10.56\00:36:15.80
THROUGH HARD TIMES
OR WHERE THERE'S NEEDS?
00:36:15.80\00:36:18.30
IT SAYS, 'WHOEVER SHUTS HIS EARS
TO THE CRY OF THE POOR, HE WILL
00:36:18.30\00:36:25.30
CRY AND NOT BE HEARD.' NOW
DID WE READ PROVERBS 28:27?
00:36:25.30\00:36:30.86
>>NO. >>OKAY, YOU'RE ON.
00:36:30.86\00:36:32.50
>>"HE WHO GIVES TO THE POOR WILL
NOT LACK, BUT HE WHO HIDES HIS
00:36:32.50\00:36:37.53
EYES WILL HAVE MANY CURSES."
>>CAN YOU FIND PROMISES MORE
00:36:37.53\00:36:41.80
PLAIN THAN THAT? IF YOU
SHUT YOUR EARS AT THE CRY
00:36:41.80\00:36:44.86
OF THE POOR, YOU WILL
CRY SOMEDAY AND NOT BE HEARD.
00:36:44.86\00:36:48.73
GIVE AND IT'LL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU
- ISN'T THAT WHAT THE LORD SAYS?
00:36:48.73\00:36:51.33
ON THE STREETS THEY CALL IT
'WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.'
00:36:51.33\00:36:55.20
BUT, CONVERSELY - NOT ONLY DOES
HE HAVE THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF
00:36:55.20\00:36:58.00
THAT, IN PROVERBS 19, HE'S
GOT THE POSITIVE SIDE OF THAT.
00:36:58.00\00:37:00.70
"HE WHO HAS PITY ON THE POOR" -
THIS IS PROVERBS 19:17 - "HE WHO
00:37:00.70\00:37:05.33
HAS PITY ON THE POOR LENDS TO
THE LORD, AND HE WILL PAY BACK
00:37:05.33\00:37:09.20
WHAT HE HAS GIVEN." NOW,
LENDS TO THE LORD, LENDS TO
00:37:09.20\00:37:12.50
THE LORD, WHERE DOES
THAT THOUGHT COME UP?
00:37:12.50\00:37:15.80
MATTHEW - THIS IS IN YOUR LESSON
- MATTHEW 25:31, SPEAKING OF THE
00:37:15.80\00:37:21.63
GREAT JUDGMENT DAY, "WHEN THE
SON OF MAN COMES IN HIS GLORY,
00:37:21.63\00:37:25.50
AND ALL THE HOLY ANGELS WITH
HIM, THEN HE WILL SIT ON THE
00:37:25.50\00:37:29.16
THRONE OF HIS GLORY. ALL
THE NATIONS WILL BE GATHERED
00:37:29.16\00:37:31.80
BEFORE HIM, AND HE WILL SEPARATE
THEM ONE FROM ANOTHER, AS A
00:37:31.80\00:37:34.70
SHEPHERD DIVIDES HIS
SHEEP FROM THE GOATS."
00:37:34.70\00:37:36.73
NOW I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE
WHOLE PARABLE TO YOU BECAUSE I
00:37:36.73\00:37:38.53
THINK MOST OF YOU ARE ACQUAINTED
WITH THE ESSENCE OF IT.
00:37:38.53\00:37:40.56
HE PUTS THE SHEEP ON THE RIGHT
HAND AND THE GOATS ON THE LEFT
00:37:40.56\00:37:43.83
AND HE SAYS TO THE SHEEP, 'WELL
DONE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS,
00:37:43.83\00:37:46.33
ENTER INTO THE JOY OF THE LORD,
FOR WHEN I WAS HUNGRY YOU FED
00:37:46.33\00:37:49.86
ME; WHEN I WAS THIRSTY YOU GAVE
ME DRINK; WHEN I WAS NAKED YOU
00:37:49.86\00:37:53.00
CLOTHED ME; WHEN I WAS
SICK OR IN PRISON - WHEN I WAS A
00:37:53.00\00:37:56.60
STRANGER YOU TOOK ME IN.'
THERE'S SIX THINGS THAT ARE
00:37:56.60\00:37:58.63
MENTIONED THERE. AND THEY
SAID, 'LORD, WE MISSED IT.
00:37:58.63\00:38:02.53
WE DON'T REMEMBER WHEN WE SAW
YOU HUNGRY OR THIRSTY OR NAKED
00:38:02.53\00:38:05.53
OR A STRANGER OR SICK OR IN
PRISON.' AND HE SAYS, 'AH, BUT
00:38:05.53\00:38:09.56
WHEN YOU DID IT TO ONE OF THE
LEAST OF THESE, YOU DID IT TO
00:38:09.56\00:38:13.40
ME.' DOES IT SAY, 'HE WHO GIVES
TO THE POOR LENDS TO THE LORD?'
00:38:13.40\00:38:20.60
SO YOU REALLY DO. AND THEN
WHAT DOES HE SAY TO THE GOATS?
00:38:20.60\00:38:23.93
'DEPART FROM ME YE CURSED, INTO
EVERLASTING FIRE PREPARED FOR
00:38:23.93\00:38:26.50
THE DEVIL AND
HIS ANGELS, BECAUSE
00:38:26.50\00:38:27.76
'WHEN I WAS HUNGRY
YOU DIDN'T FEED ME.
00:38:27.76\00:38:30.20
WHEN I WAS THIRSTY YOU DIDN'T
GIVE ME DRINK.' STICK WITH ME -
00:38:30.20\00:38:34.23
ALL THESE SIX THINGS
I'M MENTIONING ACTUALLY HAVE
00:38:34.23\00:38:37.40
PARTICULAR MEANING - 'WHEN I WAS
A STRANGER YOU DIDN'T TAKE ME
00:38:37.40\00:38:40.56
IN; WHEN I WAS NAKED YOU DIDN'T
CLOTHE ME; WHEN I WAS IN PRISON
00:38:40.56\00:38:44.00
OR WHEN I WAS ALONE OR SICK
YOU DIDN'T COME TO ME.' AND THEY
00:38:44.00\00:38:49.83
SAID, 'LORD, WHEN DID WE SEE
YOU IN THESE CONDITIONS AND NOT
00:38:49.83\00:38:51.96
MINISTER TO YOU?' AND
HE SAID, 'INASMUCH AS YOU
00:38:51.96\00:38:53.76
DID IT NOT TO THE LEAST OF ONE
OF THESE, YOU DID IT NOT TO ME.'
00:38:53.76\00:38:56.93
AND THE SHEEP GO AWAY INTO
EVERLASTING LIFE AND THE GOATS -
00:38:56.93\00:39:02.20
HAVE YOU NOTICED - I
DIDN'T FINISH THAT SENTENCE.
00:39:02.20\00:39:05.40
THE GOATS ARE BURNT WITH
THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS.
00:39:05.40\00:39:08.90
HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT THE GOATS
- HE DOESN'T SAY, 'DEPART FROM
00:39:08.90\00:39:15.00
ME YOU CURSED GOATS, INTO
EVERLASTING FIRE PREPARED FOR
00:39:15.00\00:39:17.63
THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS BECAUSE
YOU LIED AND YOU STOLE AND YOU
00:39:17.63\00:39:21.76
KILLED AND YOU
COMMITTED ADULTERY.'
00:39:21.76\00:39:24.36
HE DOESN'T MENTION A
SINGLE SIN OF COMMISSION.
00:39:24.36\00:39:28.76
HE MENTIONS ONLY
SINS OF OMISSION.
00:39:28.76\00:39:32.23
DO WE ALL KNOW
WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS?
00:39:32.23\00:39:33.86
I'LL REPEAT IT BECAUSE THOUGH
YOU MAY KNOW, SOME MAY NOT.
00:39:33.86\00:39:35.90
I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THIS.
00:39:35.90\00:39:38.23
THERE'S A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF SIN.
00:39:38.23\00:39:40.53
A SIN OF COMMISSION IS
WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG.
00:39:40.53\00:39:43.73
YOU PROACTIVELY
ARE DOING A BAD THING.
00:39:43.73\00:39:45.76
YOU'RE TELLING A LIE, YOU'RE
STEALING SOMETHING, YOU'RE DOING
00:39:45.76\00:39:48.36
SOMETHING WRONG. A SIN
OF OMISSION YOU'RE DOING
00:39:48.36\00:39:51.60
NOTHING, BUT YOU'RE NEGLECTING
A DUTY THAT YOU SHOULD DO.
00:39:51.60\00:39:56.20
SO YOU CAN BE GUILTY OF SIN
WHILE YOU SIT IN YOUR CHAIR ALL
00:39:56.20\00:39:59.40
DAY LONG, BY DOING NOTHING.
YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING BAD,
00:39:59.40\00:40:03.96
BUT YOU'RE DOING NOTHING RIGHT.
AND SO CHRIST IS SAYING, AS
00:40:03.96\00:40:07.90
CHRISTIANS, WE AREN'T JUST
TO SAY, 'DON'T SIN, DON'T SIN,
00:40:07.90\00:40:10.26
DON'T SIN, DON'T SIN.'
THAT'S NOT OUR MESSAGE.
00:40:10.26\00:40:12.76
OF COURSE, HE DOESN'T WANT
YOU TO SIN, BUT THE MESSAGE IS
00:40:12.76\00:40:14.70
DO GOOD. AND SO HE WANTS US
TO FEED THE HUNGRY, CLOTHE THE
00:40:14.70\00:40:20.00
NAKED, GIVE DRINK TO THOSE THAT
ARE THIRSTY. ALRIGHT, SO JESUS
00:40:20.00\00:40:24.80
NAMES - AND IT'S ALSO IN THE
LESSON, I'LL QUICKLY REFERENCE
00:40:24.80\00:40:28.50
BECAUSE HE'S TALKING ABOUT
COMPASSION FOR THE POOR HERE.
00:40:28.50\00:40:31.06
THE IDEA - THE PRINCIPLE IS THAT
IF WE WOULD JUST RAISE TAXES
00:40:31.06\00:40:35.90
AND HAVE THE GOVERNMENT
DO MORE FOR THE POOR PEOPLE,
00:40:35.90\00:40:39.06
WE'D BE A BETTER
NATION. WAS THAT THE ANSWER?
00:40:39.06\00:40:43.13
COULDN'T THEY HAVE HAD HIGHER
TAX? SOLOMON HAD PRETTY HIGH
00:40:43.13\00:40:46.70
TAXES AS IT WAS, IF YOU KNOW THE
STORY, BUT THEY'RE NOT TALKING
00:40:46.70\00:40:50.13
ABOUT THAT, THEY'RE TALKING
ABOUT EACH OF US PERSONALLY.
00:40:50.13\00:40:52.70
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IN A SOCIETY
WHERE THE GOVERNMENT KEEPS
00:40:52.70\00:40:55.10
TAXING TO HELP LESS FORTUNATE
- WHILE THERE'S A POINT FOR THAT
00:40:55.10\00:41:00.13
AND THERE'S A PLACE FOR THAT -
I ADMIT THAT - IT CAN GET WHERE
00:41:00.13\00:41:03.93
THE CHRISTIANS START TO DEPEND
ON THE GOVERNMENT TO DO THINGS
00:41:03.93\00:41:06.76
CHRISTIANS ONLY USED TO DO.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WHEN THIS
00:41:06.76\00:41:11.70
COUNTRY WAS FORMED - AND MANY
PARTS AND PLACES IN HISTORY -
00:41:11.70\00:41:14.23
THERE WERE NO PUBLIC HOSPITALS.
THERE WERE NO ORPHANAGES.
00:41:14.23\00:41:19.03
THERE WERE NO ASYLUMS FOR
PEOPLE WHO HAD MENTAL PROBLEMS.
00:41:19.03\00:41:24.36
CHRISTIANS DID ALL OF
THAT - THROUGH HISTORY IN MANY
00:41:24.36\00:41:27.63
DIFFERENT PLACES AND THEY DIDN'T
GET PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT TO DO
00:41:27.63\00:41:30.50
IT. AND SO, WE'RE
KIND OF SPOILED IN
00:41:30.50\00:41:34.16
WESTERN CULTURES NOW BECAUSE
WE SHUNT OFF TO THE GOVERNMENT
00:41:34.16\00:41:37.96
THINGS WHERE WE USED TO FEEL
THE BURDEN FOR A HURTING WORLD.
00:41:37.96\00:41:43.13
SO, YOU'VE GOT THE
PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
00:41:43.13\00:41:49.20
MAN FALLS DOWN - FALLS AMONG
THIEVES - HE'S BEATEN, HE'S
00:41:49.20\00:41:53.20
ROBBED, HE'S HALF
DEAD, HE'S WOUNDED.
00:41:53.20\00:41:56.10
LEVITE GOES BY - PRIEST OR
PASTOR - PRIEST GOES BY, AN
00:41:56.10\00:42:02.00
ELDER GOES BY - THEY DON'T
DO ANYTHING. AND ALONG COMES
00:42:02.00\00:42:04.63
THIS SAMARITAN AND HE HAS
COMPASSION ON HIM. BINDS UP HIS
00:42:04.63\00:42:08.63
WOUNDS, POURS IN HIS OIL - IT
COSTS HIM SOMETHING - PUTS HIM
00:42:08.63\00:42:12.03
ON HIS ANIMAL, USES HIS WINE
TO CLEANSE HIS WOUNDS, WRAPS HIM
00:42:12.03\00:42:15.06
UP WITH HIS - TAKES CARE OF HIS
GARMENTS - HE PROBABLY DIDN'T
00:42:15.06\00:42:17.43
HAVE A FIRST AID KIT IN
THE GLOVE BOX OF HIS DONKEY.
00:42:17.43\00:42:20.66
SO HE, YOU KNOW, TEARS UP HIS
STUFF, HE WRAPS UP HIS WOUNDS,
00:42:20.66\00:42:24.36
HE PUTS HIM ON HIS DONKEY, HE
SAYS, 'YOU RIDE, I'LL WALK.' HE
00:42:24.36\00:42:26.90
TAKES HIM TO AN INN AND HE
PAYS FOR HIS - HE CARES FOR HIM
00:42:26.90\00:42:30.00
PERSONALLY THEN HE GIVES MONEY
TO THE INNKEEPER AND SAYS, 'I
00:42:30.00\00:42:32.60
HAVE TO GO BUT
I'M GIVING YOU MONEY.
00:42:32.60\00:42:34.00
PLEASE TAKE CARE OF HIM,
HE'S MAKING A COMEBACK NOW.
00:42:34.00\00:42:36.33
WATCH OVER HIM; FEED HIM AND
WHEN I COME BACK AGAIN I'LL PAY
00:42:36.33\00:42:38.63
YOU EVERYTHING YOU SPENT.' AND
JESUS SAID, 'WHO IS NEIGHBOR TO
00:42:38.63\00:42:42.16
HIM THAT FELL AMONG THIEVES?'
AND, OF COURSE, THE LAWYER
00:42:42.16\00:42:46.40
ANSWERS, 'HE THAT
SHOWED COMPASSION ON HIM.'
00:42:46.40\00:42:49.03
WE'RE TOLD TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR.
00:42:49.03\00:42:51.83
HOW DO YOU SHOW
LOVE TO YOUR NEIGHBOR?
00:42:51.83\00:42:53.36
HOW DID THE GOOD SAMARITAN
SHOW LOVE TO HIS NEIGHBOR?
00:42:53.36\00:42:55.90
HE FOUND OUT - HERE WAS A PERSON
THAT GOD PUT IN HIS PATH - YOU
00:42:55.90\00:42:59.70
SEE NOW, I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO
EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND HELP
00:42:59.70\00:43:02.16
EVERYBODY. I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
STOP FOR EVERYBODY BROKEN ON THE
00:43:02.16\00:43:05.26
INTERSTATE - YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
00:43:05.26\00:43:07.10
PEOPLE SAY, 'HOW MANY AM
I SUPPOSED TO WITNESS TO?
00:43:07.10\00:43:10.76
AM I - IF I'VE GOT A
RESPONSIBILITY TO WITNESS, AM I
00:43:10.76\00:43:13.16
SUPPOSED TO GRAB EVERYBODY
THAT'S NOT A CHRISTIAN BY THE
00:43:13.16\00:43:15.00
NAP OF THEIR
CLOTHES AND SAY, 'REPENT!
00:43:15.00\00:43:17.03
BELIEVE IN JESUS!' OR
IS THEIR BLOOD ON MY HANDS?
00:43:17.03\00:43:21.06
AM I SUPPOSED TO
HELP EVERY HUNGRY PERSON?
00:43:21.06\00:43:22.86
AM I SUPPOSED TO GIVE TO
EVERY PERSON THAT'S PANHANDLING?
00:43:22.86\00:43:24.66
NO, BUT IF THEY'RE IN YOUR
PATH AND GOD HAS GIVEN YOU A
00:43:24.66\00:43:29.26
CONNECTION WITH SOMEBODY, THAT'S
AN OPPORTUNITY. I WAS ON THREE
00:43:29.26\00:43:34.30
DIFFERENT AIRPLANES YESTERDAY
COMING BACK FROM JAMAICA.
00:43:34.30\00:43:36.40
THREE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES
- I SPOKE ALL THREE TIMES TO
00:43:36.40\00:43:39.13
PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE SEAT -
NOW, I'VE GOT AN ADVANTAGE OVER
00:43:39.13\00:43:42.60
YOU FOLKS WHO, YOU WONDER,
HOW DO I BRING UP RELIGION?
00:43:42.60\00:43:44.73
THEY ALWAYS ASK ME,
'SO WHAT DO YOU DO?'
00:43:44.73\00:43:46.03
RIGHT AWAY IT JUST
LEADS RIGHT INTO IT.
00:43:46.03\00:43:48.00
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS START
OFF, 'SO WHAT DO YOU DO?'
00:43:48.00\00:43:49.73
AND THEN THEY FEEL LIKE THE
POLITE RESPONSE IS, 'SO WHAT DO
00:43:49.73\00:43:51.16
YOU DO?' I SAY,
'OH, GLAD YOU ASKED.
00:43:51.16\00:43:52.66
I'M A PASTOR.' AND THAT USUALLY
OPENS THE DOOR FOR WITNESSING.
00:43:52.66\00:43:56.10
BUT YOU HAVE - THOSE
ARE PEOPLE IN YOUR PATH.
00:43:56.10\00:44:00.53
NOW THERE WERE SIX THINGS - I
ALMOST FORGOT - I WAS HUNGRY AND
00:44:00.53\00:44:05.63
YOU FED ME - I MAY NOT BE DOING
THE SAME ORDER AS MATTHEW 25 - I
00:44:05.63\00:44:10.36
WAS THIRSTY AND YOU GAVE
ME DRINK; I WAS NAKED AND YOU
00:44:10.36\00:44:13.73
CLOTHED ME; I WAS A STRANGER AND
YOU TOOK ME IN; I WAS SICK AND
00:44:13.73\00:44:18.80
YOU VISITED ME. AND
EACH ONE OF THOSE REPRESENTS
00:44:18.80\00:44:23.30
THE COLLECTIVE
SUFFERING OF HUMANITY.
00:44:23.30\00:44:26.36
THINK ABOUT IT FOR A
MINUTE. NAME FOR ME ANY KIND OF
00:44:26.36\00:44:30.00
SUFFERING THAT YOU CAN THINK
OF THAT IS NOT AT LEAST COVERED
00:44:30.00\00:44:34.26
GENERALLY BY THOSE CATEGORIES
- THOSE SIX CATEGORIES -
00:44:34.26\00:44:37.43
THEY COVER EVERYTHING.
LONELY, CLOTHING, SHELTER,
00:44:37.43\00:44:42.63
PRISON, SICK,
HUNGER - FOOD, THIRST.
00:44:42.63\00:44:49.13
NOW, WHEN JESUS DIED ON THE
CROSS HE TOOK ALL THE SUFFERING
00:44:49.13\00:44:55.63
OF HUMANITY. WAS
JESUS THIRSTY ON THE CROSS?
00:44:55.63\00:45:00.36
>>YES. >>YOU DON'T
HAVE TO GUESS ABOUT
00:45:00.36\00:45:02.06
THAT ONE, HE TOLD
US SO. WAS HE NAKED?
00:45:02.06\00:45:06.00
>>YES. >>WAS HE IN PRISON?
00:45:06.00\00:45:10.06
IF YOU - I CAN'T THINK OF A
PERSON SHACKLED MORE PERMANENTLY
00:45:10.06\00:45:13.13
THAN BEING NAILED AND SUSPENDED
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH.
00:45:13.13\00:45:15.96
WAS HE A STRANGER?
HE CAME UNTO HIS OWN.
00:45:15.96\00:45:19.86
THEY DIDN'T KNOW HIM.
THEY RECEIVED HIM NOT.
00:45:19.86\00:45:23.03
WAS HE HUNGRY?
HADN'T EATEN SINCE THE
00:45:23.03\00:45:26.90
CEREMONIAL MEAL 24
HOURS EARLIER. WAS HE SICK?
00:45:26.90\00:45:32.66
WOULD YOU FEEL SICK IF
YOU'D BEEN BEATEN LIKE THAT AND
00:45:32.66\00:45:35.93
WHIPPED AND ABUSED LIKE
THAT? YOU'D FEEL PRETTY PUNY.
00:45:35.93\00:45:39.06
EVERYTHING THAT'S DESCRIBED,
CHRIST TOOK ON THE CROSS BECAUSE
00:45:39.06\00:45:42.93
HE WAS TAKING THE SUFFERING OF
HUMANITY. ALRIGHT, NOW, I'M JUST
00:45:42.93\00:45:47.13
TYING THIS ALL - BECAUSE THIS
IS A VERY IMPORTANT SECTION.
00:45:47.13\00:45:50.16
YOU LEND TO THE LORD - 'INASMUCH
AS YOU'VE DONE IT TO ONE OF THE
00:45:50.16\00:45:52.76
LEAST OF THESE, YOU'VE DONE
IT TO ME.' GOD IS DESCRIBED IN
00:45:52.76\00:45:57.46
THREE BIG CATEGORIES OF BEING
OMNIPOTENT - WHAT'S THAT MEAN?
00:45:57.46\00:46:01.46
>>ALL POWERFUL. >>ALL POWERFUL.
00:46:01.46\00:46:03.86
POTENCY - POWER - OMNISCIENT -
ALL KNOWING - AND OMNIPRESENT -
00:46:03.86\00:46:11.40
HE CAN BE EVERYWHERE.
I HAVE A FRIEND WHO ONCE
00:46:11.40\00:46:14.93
SUGGESTED THAT THERE'S ANOTHER
SUB-CATEGORY TO BEING OMNISCIENT
00:46:14.93\00:46:18.26
AND IT'S CALLED OMNIPATHIC.
YOU KNOW WHAT 'PATHOS' IS?
00:46:18.26\00:46:23.20
WHEN YOU SAY A PERSON - SOMEONE
HAS SYMPATHY, THAT MEANS YOU
00:46:23.20\00:46:25.80
FEEL FOR ANOTHER. OMNIPATHIC
MEANS YOU FEEL EVERYTHING.
00:46:25.80\00:46:30.60
NOW, THERE ARE POLITICIANS THAT
TELL US THEY FEEL OUR PAIN AND
00:46:30.60\00:46:35.53
WE ALL ARE
PROBABLY DUBIOUS ABOUT THAT.
00:46:35.53\00:46:38.66
BUT IS THERE SOMEONE
WHO REALLY FEELS EVERYTHING?
00:46:38.66\00:46:42.86
IF GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING,
THEN DOES HE FEEL EVERYTHING?
00:46:42.86\00:46:48.36
NOW, I'M NOT GETTING INTO
PANTHEISM HERE, THIS IS JUST -
00:46:48.36\00:46:50.36
THIS IS CLEAN BIBLE THEOLOGY
- BECAUSE HE'S ALL KNOWING, YOU
00:46:50.36\00:46:53.20
DON'T EVER HAVE TO TELL GOD HOW
YOU FEEL AND HAVE HIM GO, 'I HAD
00:46:53.20\00:46:55.26
NO IDEA.' HE KNOWS HOW YOU FEEL.
NOT ONLY YOU, BECAUSE HE'S ALL
00:46:55.26\00:47:00.20
KNOWING, IF YOUR
PUPPY'S HUNGRY, DOES GOD KNOW?
00:47:00.20\00:47:06.00
DOES THE LORD TELL US HE
KNOWS WHEN THE SPARROW FALLS?
00:47:06.00\00:47:09.53
THAT HE FEEDS THE BIRDS?
THERE ISN'T A WORM OR A BUG OR A
00:47:09.53\00:47:19.30
BIRD OR A BEE OR ANYTHING ELSE
THAT THE LORD DOES NOT FULLY -
00:47:19.30\00:47:22.96
BECAUSE HE'S ALL KNOWING, HE
KNOWS NOT ONLY WHAT IS GOING ON,
00:47:22.96\00:47:26.83
HE KNOWS HOW
EVERYTHING IS FEELING.
00:47:26.83\00:47:28.93
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT IN MIND, HOW
MUCH SUFFERING IS IN THE WORLD
00:47:28.93\00:47:32.16
TODAY? DOES THE
LORD FEEL ALL OF THAT?
00:47:32.16\00:47:35.83
IS HE AWARE OF ALL THAT?
DOES THAT BREAK HIS HEART?
00:47:35.83\00:47:38.40
WAS THAT HIS PLAN?
ANYTHING YOU DO TO RELIEVE THE
00:47:38.40\00:47:43.53
SUFFERING OF ANY CREATURE
- ESPECIALLY PEOPLE BUT ALSO
00:47:43.53\00:47:47.50
ANIMALS - DOES
THE LORD FEEL BETTER?
00:47:47.50\00:47:52.16
ANYTHING THAT YOU DO TO MAKE
SOMEONE ELSE SMILE OR TO MAKE
00:47:52.16\00:47:54.96
ANOTHER PERSON EXPERIENCE JOY
- BECAUSE THE LORD IS AWARE OF
00:47:54.96\00:47:58.26
EVERYTHING, HE
REALLY FEELS BETTER.
00:47:58.26\00:48:02.06
AND SO IT IS QUITE TRUE:
INASMUCH AS YOU'VE DONE IT TO
00:48:02.06\00:48:05.76
ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE YOU'RE
DOING IT FOR THE LORD BECAUSE
00:48:05.76\00:48:07.73
THE WHOLE CREATION, RIGHT NOW,
GROANS AND TRAVAILS AND YOU AND
00:48:07.73\00:48:10.70
I, AS CHRISTIANS, CAN MAKE
THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE BY
00:48:10.70\00:48:14.30
BLESSING OTHERS AND
CARING FOR THE POOR.
00:48:14.30\00:48:17.66
SO IT'S NOT JUST
GIVING TO THE POOR.
00:48:17.66\00:48:19.23
NOT ONLY ARE WE, AS CHRISTIANS,
SUPPOSED TO GIVE CLOTHING TO THE
00:48:19.23\00:48:23.26
NAKED, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GIVE
CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS - HIS
00:48:23.26\00:48:26.63
ROBE - TO THOSE WHO
ARE SPIRITUALLY NAKED.
00:48:26.63\00:48:28.96
NOT ONLY DO WE GIVE WATER
TO PEOPLE WHO ARE TECHNICALLY
00:48:28.96\00:48:30.70
THIRSTY, BUT WE'RE
TO GIVE LIVING WATER.
00:48:30.70\00:48:34.26
JESUS SAID, 'YOU CAN GIVE ME
PHYSICAL WATER' - TO THE WOMAN
00:48:34.26\00:48:36.63
AT THE WELL - 'BUT I'M OFFERING
YOU TO DRINK FROM THAT LIVING
00:48:36.63\00:48:38.76
ARTESIAN WELL.' NOT ONLY ARE WE
TO VISIT PEOPLE IN PRISON - AND
00:48:38.76\00:48:42.86
I'M THANKFUL FOR
THE PRISON MINISTRIES.
00:48:42.86\00:48:44.90
WE HEAR WONDERFUL STORIES
AT AMAZING FACTS, OF PRISONERS
00:48:44.90\00:48:47.46
HEARING OUR RADIO PROGRAMS, TV
- LESSONS - ESPECIALLY OUR BIBLE
00:48:47.46\00:48:50.83
SCHOOL. BUT THERE
ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:48:50.83\00:48:53.60
IMPRISONED BY SIN AND YOU
AND I CAN HELP LIBERATE THEM.
00:48:53.60\00:48:57.73
VISIT THEM IN THEIR
PRISON LIKE THE ANGEL DID PETER.
00:48:57.73\00:49:00.26
THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO ARE SICK IN SIN.
00:49:00.26\00:49:04.03
AS PAUL SAID, 'FROM THE CROWN OF
THE HEAD TO THE SOLE OF THE FOOT
00:49:04.03\00:49:06.53
THEY'RE FULL OF WOUNDS AND
BRUISES AND PUTREFYING SORES.'
00:49:06.53\00:49:09.66
THEY'RE SICK. AND SO,
WHAT DID I LEAVE OUT? STRANGER.
00:49:09.66\00:49:14.53
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
ARE ALIENATED FROM THE LORD.
00:49:14.53\00:49:17.06
YOU AND I ARE TO MAKE ATONEMENT,
AS A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS, AND
00:49:17.06\00:49:20.16
BRING THEM TO THE LORD.
AND SO THIS IS NOT JUST TALKING
00:49:20.16\00:49:23.96
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR, BUT
THE POOR IN SPIRIT THAT WE'RE TO
00:49:23.96\00:49:28.93
MINISTER TO. OKAY,
ONE MORE I'LL GIVE YOU -
00:49:28.93\00:49:32.20
ECCLESIASTES 11, VERSE 1,
IT SAYS THAT THE POOR WILL NOT
00:49:32.20\00:49:35.80
LACK, BUT ECCLESIASTES 11:1
SAYS, "CAST YOUR BREAD UPON THE
00:49:35.80\00:49:39.33
WATERS, FOR YOU WILL
FIND IT AFTER MANY DAYS."
00:49:39.33\00:49:42.93
SOMEONE FROM AUSTRALIA TOLD ME
A STORY WHERE THEY WENT TO THE
00:49:42.93\00:49:47.10
BEACH FOR A PICNIC AND THE WIFE
HAD BAKED SOME BREAD A FEW DAYS
00:49:47.10\00:49:54.06
EARLIER, BUT FOR WHATEVER
REASON, IT HAD BEEN PULLED OUT
00:49:54.06\00:49:56.80
AND LEFT OUT AND IT GOT VERY
STALE AND HARD AND SO WHEN THEY
00:49:56.80\00:50:01.60
WENT TO CUT THE BREAD IT WAS
SO HARD THEY SAID, 'OH, WE CAN'T
00:50:01.60\00:50:04.93
EAT THIS.' AND THEY JUST
THREW IT OUT IN THE OCEAN.
00:50:04.93\00:50:06.80
THEY CAME BACK A FEW DAYS
LATER AND IT HAD WASHED BACK UP.
00:50:06.80\00:50:09.63
THEY SAID, 'HEY,
IT REALLY IS TRUE.
00:50:09.63\00:50:11.73
WE CAST OUR BREAD ON THE WATER
AND IT CAME BACK.' BUT THAT'S
00:50:11.73\00:50:14.76
NOT WHAT THEY
WERE TALKING ABOUT.
00:50:14.76\00:50:16.96
IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS WHATEVER
YOU DO - WHAT DOES WATER
00:50:16.96\00:50:19.40
REPRESENT PROPHETICALLY?
MULTITUDES OF NATIONS, TONGUES -
00:50:19.40\00:50:23.80
IT'S PEOPLE. CASTING
YOUR BREAD - BREAD OF
00:50:23.80\00:50:26.16
LIFE - PHYSICAL BREAD - WHEN
YOU CAST IT ON THE WATER IT WILL
00:50:26.16\00:50:29.16
COME BACK TO YOU.
AND SO THAT'S A PROMISE.
00:50:29.16\00:50:33.03
'HE THAT LENDS TO THE LORD GIVES
- WHO LENDS TO THE POOR GIVES TO
00:50:33.03\00:50:36.60
THE LORD.' EDUCATION
IS OUR LAST SECTION HERE.
00:50:36.60\00:50:39.50
NOW THE WORD 'EDUCATION' BOTH
IN ENGLISH AND ALSO IN HEBREW,
00:50:39.50\00:50:45.00
COMES FROM A WORD THAT MEANS 'TO
BUILD UP.' YOU KNOW, IN ENGLISH,
00:50:45.00\00:50:47.63
WHAT'S AN
EDIFICE? IT'S A BUILDING.
00:50:47.63\00:50:52.06
AND IF ANY OF YOU SPEAK SPANISH,
AN EDIFICIO - TO EDIFY - IT'S TO
00:50:52.06\00:50:56.23
BUILD UP - EDUCATION. WELL,
IN HEBREW, IT'S VERY SIMILAR.
00:50:56.23\00:50:59.43
IT MEANS 'TO BUILD UP.' AND
SO, WHEN WE READ ABOUT PROVERBS
00:50:59.43\00:51:03.93
22:6, "TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE
WAY HE SHOULD GO," - OR SHE -
00:51:03.93\00:51:08.50
"AND WHEN HE IS OLD HE
WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT."
00:51:08.50\00:51:11.60
THAT'S A PRINCIPLE - THAT IF YOU
WANT PEOPLE TO BE IN THE WAY OF
00:51:11.60\00:51:15.13
THE LORD, TRAIN THEM UP IN THAT
WAY. RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF
00:51:15.13\00:51:18.63
PROVERBS, HOW
DOES PROVERBS BEGIN?
00:51:18.63\00:51:21.46
ISN'T IT SAYING 'MY
SON, LISTEN TO MY WISDOM?'
00:51:21.46\00:51:26.26
PROVERBS IS DAVID PASSING
ON SOME OF THESE PROVERBS TO
00:51:26.26\00:51:29.73
SOLOMON, WHICH SOLOMON WROTE
DOWN AND YOU CAN HEAR WHERE
00:51:29.73\00:51:33.20
DAVID SAYS, 'MY
SON, BE COURAGEOUS.
00:51:33.20\00:51:35.03
MY SON' - AND HE GIVES HIM LOTS
OF ADVICE. DAVID MESSED UP WITH
00:51:35.03\00:51:37.93
SOME OF THE OTHER KIDS.
SOLOMON WAS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST
00:51:37.93\00:51:40.60
AND HE SAID, 'I WANT TO
TRAIN HIM FOR THE LORD.'
00:51:40.60\00:51:43.56
AND SOLOMON WAS DOING THE SAME
- WHILE THEY'RE YOUNG - AND, YOU
00:51:43.56\00:51:47.13
KNOW, WHILE THEIR MINDS ARE
MALLEABLE AND THEY'RE LISTENING,
00:51:47.13\00:51:51.96
MAKE THE VERY BEST IMPRESSIONS
AND ROOT THEM IN INTEGRITY
00:51:51.96\00:51:55.13
BECAUSE IT LASTS
THROUGH THEIR LIVES.
00:51:55.13\00:51:57.66
YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT
IS TO BREAK BAD HABITS?
00:51:57.66\00:52:01.70
AND IT'S VERY EASY
TO DEVELOP BAD HABITS.
00:52:01.70\00:52:04.40
SO YOU WANT TO HELP YOUR KIDS
GROW GOOD HABITS, EVEN THOUGH
00:52:04.40\00:52:09.10
THEY RESIST IT. DON'T
GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THEY WANT.
00:52:09.10\00:52:12.86
THAT WON'T DO ANYONE ANY GOOD.
00:52:12.86\00:52:15.00
EVEN THOUGH THEY RESIST IT AND
THEY COMPLAIN, SOMEDAY THEY'LL
00:52:15.00\00:52:17.13
BE GLAD THEY LEARNED TO PLAY THE
PIANO, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:52:17.13\00:52:21.70
AND - I KNOW, NATHAN - HE'S
TAKEN GUITAR LESSONS FOR SEVERAL
00:52:21.70\00:52:26.33
YEARS AND THERE WERE TIMES - I
THINK HE WENT TODAY, DIDN'T HE?
00:52:26.33\00:52:29.30
HE HAD ANOTHER GUITAR LESSON
- AND HE JUST WAS, YOU KNOW, BUT
00:52:29.30\00:52:33.10
THEN HE STARTED GETTING REALLY
GOOD AND NOW GIRLS SEE HIM PLAY
00:52:33.10\00:52:37.56
THE GUITAR AND I SEE A
LITTLE TWINKLE IN THEIR EYE.
00:52:37.56\00:52:39.70
NOW HE'S GLAD THAT
HE TOOK GUITAR LESSONS.
00:52:39.70\00:52:43.23
SO, YOU KNOW, IT PAYS OFF. GO
AHEAD, WHO'S GOT EPHESIANS 6:4?
00:52:43.23\00:52:49.50
ALRIGHT, RICHARD,
ARE YOU READY FOR THAT?
00:52:49.50\00:52:51.63
I DON'T KNOW IF THE
CAMERA'S READY. YOU GO AHEAD.
00:52:51.63\00:52:54.00
>>AND YOU, FATHERS, DO NOT
PROVOKE YOUR CHILDREN TO WRATH,
00:52:54.00\00:52:56.70
BUT BRING THEM UP IN THE
TRAINING AND ADMONITION OF THE
00:52:56.70\00:52:59.66
LORD." >>SO HERE
PAUL, IN EPHESIANS, IS
00:52:59.66\00:53:02.73
BASICALLY QUOTING THE
SAME PRINCIPLES OF SOLOMON.
00:53:02.73\00:53:06.56
YOU TRAIN THEM UP
IN THE WAY OF THE LORD.
00:53:06.56\00:53:10.53
AND YOU CAN EVEN LOOK HERE WHERE
IT SAYS, IN 2 TIMOTHY 3:15, WHY
00:53:10.53\00:53:16.16
WAS TIMOTHY SUCH A GREAT
ELDER IN THE EARLY CHURCH?
00:53:16.16\00:53:19.93
"AND THAT FROM CHILDHOOD YOU
HAVE KNOWN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES,
00:53:19.93\00:53:23.96
WHICH ARE ABLE TO MAKE YOU
WISE FOR SALVATION THROUGH FAITH
00:53:23.96\00:53:27.33
WHICH IS CHRIST JESUS."
SO TRAIN THEM UP WITH WHAT?
00:53:27.33\00:53:31.06
ROOTED IN THE WORD. MAKE
SURE THAT THEY'RE FOUNDED
00:53:31.06\00:53:33.70
ON THE BIBLE - THEY'RE BUILDING
ON THE ROCK OF TRUTH AND THIS IS
00:53:33.70\00:53:38.06
GOING TO AFFECT THEM
FOR THEIR WHOLE LIVES.
00:53:38.06\00:53:39.63
WHAT DID SOLOMON - WHAT
DID MOSES SAY IN DEUTERONOMY?
00:53:39.63\00:53:43.50
HE SAID, 'THESE WORDS I COMMAND
YOU THIS DAY, BE IN YOUR HEART,
00:53:43.50\00:53:47.46
WRITE THEM FOR A SIGN ON
YOUR HAND, PUT THEM BETWEEN YOUR
00:53:47.46\00:53:49.96
EYES, POST ON THE DOOR OF
YOUR HOUSE, TEACH THEM TO YOUR
00:53:49.96\00:53:53.30
CHILDREN' - AND IN ANOTHER
PLACE IT SAYS 'YOUR CHILDREN'S
00:53:53.30\00:53:55.23
CHILDREN - GRANDCHILDREN - 'WHEN
YOU LAY DOWN, WHEN YOU RISE UP,
00:53:55.23\00:53:59.90
GOING OUT, COMING IN, SURROUND
THEM, IMMERSE THEM, SATURATE
00:53:59.90\00:54:02.93
THEM WITH THE
PRINCIPLES OF GOD'S WORD.
00:54:02.93\00:54:05.83
IT WILL DEFINE WHO THEY ARE AND
GUIDE THEM THROUGH THEIR LIVES.
00:54:05.83\00:54:09.13
I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT THIS
WEEK - I'M WORKING ON A MESSAGE
00:54:09.13\00:54:12.73
AND A VIDEO ABOUT WHY WE END
UP BELIEVING WHAT WE BELIEVE.
00:54:12.73\00:54:18.43
AND HOW YOU
DEFEND BIBLICAL TRUTH.
00:54:18.43\00:54:21.63
AND I, YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST TRIED
TO COME AT THE GRAND PURPOSE OF
00:54:21.63\00:54:26.43
LIFE FROM AS MANY PERSPECTIVES
AS I CAN AND I KEEP COMING UP
00:54:26.43\00:54:30.90
WITH THE CONCLUSION THAT IF YOU
DON'T HAVE A SOLID FOUNDATIONAL
00:54:30.90\00:54:35.76
ABSOLUTE TRUTH TO START FROM,
NOTHING IS CERTAIN AND NOTHING
00:54:35.76\00:54:40.60
CAN GUIDE YOU AND I DON'T THINK
THE WORLD HAS ANY IDEA HOW MUCH
00:54:40.60\00:54:45.06
IT OWES TO A PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
THAT BELIEVE THERE ARE CERTAIN
00:54:45.06\00:54:49.16
SCRIPTURES THAT ARE ABSOLUTES
FROM GOD THAT GUIDE US.
00:54:49.16\00:54:53.13
THERE'S SOME MORAL ABSOLUTES
AND, WITHOUT THAT, I THINK THIS
00:54:53.13\00:54:57.00
WORLD WOULD BE - IT ALREADY IS
PRETTY LOONEY - BUT IT'D REALLY
00:54:57.00\00:55:00.73
BE BAD IF IT WASN'T
FOR THE WORD OF GOD.
00:55:00.73\00:55:03.00
THAT NEEDS TO BE IMPRESSED
ON CHILDREN BECAUSE IT DEVELOPS
00:55:03.00\00:55:05.93
THEIR WORLD VIEW THAT GUIDES
EVERYTHING ELSE THEY DO IN LIFE.
00:55:05.93\00:55:09.06
YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT GOD'S PLAN
IS FOR THEIR LIFE, BUT IF YOU
00:55:09.06\00:55:12.26
GIVE THEM THE FUNDAMENTALS
OF TRUTH IN GOD'S COMMANDMENTS -
00:55:12.26\00:55:14.96
WHEN THEY'RE OLD, THEY
WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT.
00:55:14.96\00:55:18.70
THEY MIGHT TAKE A PRODIGAL TRIP
- A DETOUR - MOST DO TO VARYING
00:55:18.70\00:55:23.10
DEGREES. BUT YOU PRAY THAT WHEN
THEY'RE - WHEN THEY STABILIZE
00:55:23.10\00:55:28.60
- WHEN THEY'RE OLD
ENOUGH TO HAVE LOWER CAR
00:55:28.60\00:55:29.96
INSURANCE, THEN IT'LL
GUIDE THEM. WELL, OUR TIME'S UP.
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>>(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (RAIN
FALLING) (CREAKING DOORS)
00:56:04.63\00:56:15.03
THROUGHOUT RECORDED HISTORY
TALES OF GHOSTS AND SPIRITS
00:56:15.03\00:56:19.63
COULD BE FOUND IN FOLKLORE
IN NEARLY EVERY COUNTRY AND
00:56:19.63\00:56:23.56
CULTURE. THE
EGYPTIANS BUILT PYRAMIDS TO
00:56:23.56\00:56:27.06
HELP GUIDE THE
SPIRITS OF THEIR LEADERS.
00:56:27.06\00:56:30.16
ROME SANCTIONED HOLIDAYS TO
HONOR AND APPEASE THE SPIRITS OF
00:56:30.16\00:56:33.96
THEIR DEAD. EVEN THE
BIBLE TELLS OF A KING
00:56:33.96\00:56:37.40
THAT USED A WITCH TO CONTACT THE
SPIRIT OF A DECEASED PROPHET.
00:56:37.40\00:56:42.06
TODAY, ANCIENT FOLKLORE OF
SPIRITS AND APPARITIONS HAVE
00:56:42.06\00:56:45.66
GONE FROM MERE SUPERSTITIONS
TO MAINSTREAM ENTERTAINMENT AND
00:56:45.66\00:56:50.30
REALITY.
SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS
00:56:50.30\00:56:53.40
INVESTIGATE STORIES OF HAUNTINGS
AND SIGHTINGS, TRYING TO PROVE,
00:56:53.40\00:56:57.20
ONCE AND FOR ALL,
THE EXISTENCE OF GHOSTS.
00:56:57.20\00:57:04.36
EVEN WITH ALL THE NEWFOUND
TECHNOLOGY AND CENTURIES OF
00:57:04.36\00:57:07.96
STORIES ALL OVER THE WORLD,
THERE IS STILL NO CLEAR-CUT
00:57:07.96\00:57:12.76
ANSWER. SO HOW DO
WE KNOW WHAT'S TRUE?
00:57:12.76\00:57:18.43
WHY DO THESE STORIES
PERSIST? DOES IT EVEN MATTER?
00:57:18.43\00:57:25.73
WE INVITE YOU TO LOOK INSIDE
AND FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF.
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VISIT GHOSTTRUTH.COM .
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PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM?
00:57:41.16\00:57:43.90
OKAY, MAYBE HE WASN'T IN
THE ROOM, BUT HE WAS ALIVE AND
00:57:43.90\00:57:48.00
PROBABLY TELLING
STORIES ABOUT HIS FLOATING ZOO.
00:57:48.00\00:57:51.53
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