Participants: Doug Batchelor
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00:34 >>GOOD EVENING, FRIENDS, AND WELCOME AGAIN TO 00:35 SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. 00:38 I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR FRIENDS JOINING US ON THE VARIOUS 00:40 TELEVISION NETWORKS, ALSO ON THE INTERNET - THANK YOU FOR BEING A 00:43 PART OF THIS LIVE INTERACTIVE INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDY. 00:47 I'D ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME OUR LOCAL AUDIENCE HERE, THE MEMBERS 00:50 OF THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 00:53 ONCE AGAIN WE'RE AT THE AMAZING FACTS STUDIO FILMING OUR SABBATH 00:56 SCHOOL STUDY HOUR PROGRAM WITH GREAT ANTICIPATION THAT, 01:00 HOPEFULLY, IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS OR SO, WE'LL BE MOVING TO OUR 01:03 NEW LOCATION. SO STAND BY FOR THAT. 01:07 OUR LESSON TODAY CONTINUES IN THE STUDY OF THE BOOK OF 01:10 PROVERBS AND WE'RE ON LESSON #8 ENTITLED WORDS FOR WISDOM . 01:14 SO, FOR OUR FRIENDS JOINING US, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE LESSON 01:17 WITH YOU, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD TODAY'S LESSON AT THE AMAZING 01:20 FACTS WEBSITE, JUST AMAZINGFACTS.ORG. 01:25 WE ALSO HAVE A FREE OFFER WE'D LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT. 01:27 IT'S A BOOK WRITTEN BY JOE CREWS ENTITLED THE SURRENDER OF SELF 01:32 AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND THIS TO ANYBODY WHO CALLS AND ASKS. 01:35 THE NUMBER TO CALL IS 866-788-3966. 01:41 ASK FOR OFFER #153, A BOOK ENTITLED THE SURRENDER OF SELF . 01:47 WELL, BEFORE WE GET STARTED IN OUR STUDY THIS EVENING, LET'S 01:50 JUST BOW OUR HEADS FOR A WORD OF PRAYER. 01:52 DEAR FATHER, ONCE AGAIN WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 01:54 GATHER IN FREEDOM TO STUDY YOUR WORD. 01:56 LORD, WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED. 01:58 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROVIDENCE AND YOUR WATCH CARE AND 02:01 PROTECTION AND, LORD, WE ASK THAT AS WE OPEN UP THIS BOOK 02:04 FILLED WITH WISDOM, THAT YOU WOULD FILL OUR MINDS AND HEARTS 02:07 WITH HEAVENLY WISDOM THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE 02:11 INSTRUCTION THAT YOU HAVE IN STORE FOR EACH OF US. 02:14 BLESS OUR TIME TOGETHER, FOR WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 02:18 OUR LESSON TODAY IS BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR. 02:22 THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. 02:24 >>THANK YOU PASTOR ROSS AND, YES, MAYBE NEXT WEEK WE'LL DO A 02:29 LITTLE MISSION HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN JAMAICA. 02:32 IT WAS REALLY A RICH EXPERIENCE AND I WANT TO SEND GREETINGS TO 02:36 OUR FRIENDS THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE COUNTRY OF JAMAICA 02:39 BECAUSE, AS WE DID OUR MEETINGS THERE, IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING 02:43 TO SEE WE'VE GOT A BIG SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS IN JAMAICA - A LOT 02:47 OF PEOPLE THERE THAT SAID THAT THEY WATCH THE PROGRAM EVERY 02:50 WEEK AND IT WAS JUST A JOY TO BE WITH THEM. WE'RE CONTINUING IN 02:53 OUR STUDY TODAY, AS PASTOR ROSS SAID, DEALING WITH LESSON #8, 02:58 WORDS OF WISDOM , AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE. 03:02 THE MEMORY VERSE COMES FROM PROVERBS CHAPTER 20, VERSE 6 AND 03:05 OUR GOAL - OUR ASSIGNMENT - IS TO REALLY BE DEALING WITH 03:11 PROVERBS 20, 21, 22 IN OUR STUDY TODAY. 03:16 BUT WE'LL SAY THE MEMORY VERSE FIRST. ARE YOU READY? 03:18 PROVERBS 20, VERSE 6, "MOST MEN WILL PROCLAIM EACH HIS OWN 03:24 GOODNESS, BUT WHO CAN FIND A FAITHFUL MAN?" YOU KNOW, YOU 03:29 FIND THAT QUESTION A COUPLE TIMES IN THE BOOK OF PROVERBS. 03:34 IT SAYS, 'WHO CAN FIND A FAITHFUL MAN?' 03:35 AND 'WHO CAN FIND A VIRTUOUS WOMAN?' 03:37 AND SO THE WHOLE BOOK IS TALKING ABOUT HOW PRECIOUS TRUTH AND 03:43 WISDOM AND INTEGRITY ARE IN THE WORLD AND THE AUTHOR IS 03:48 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO MODEL THAT. 03:51 SO WE'RE GOING TO DIVE RIGHT IN. I THINK WE GAVE OUT SOME VERSES. 03:54 BEFORE WE GO VERY FAR I'LL JUST DOUBLE CHECK - WHO HAS EXODUS 4, 04:00 VERSES 11 AND 12? YOU'LL BE UP IN JUST A MOMENT HERE. 04:03 I'M GOING TO BEGIN BY READING THE FIRST FEW VERSES - I'LL 04:05 MAYBE READ PROVERBS CHAPTER 20, VERSES 1 TO 5 AND, WITH YOUR 04:09 PERMISSION, I'LL JUST SORT OF HIGHLIGHT THEM - THIS IS WHAT 04:11 YOU WOULD CALL A VERY ECLECTIC STUDY. 04:14 SOLOMON, IN THESE CHAPTERS, IS FIRING BUCKSHOT AT LIFE. 04:19 HE IS TOUCHING ON A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. THERE ARE THINGS 04:22 THAT HE TALKS ABOUT HERE THAT HE'S SAID OTHER PLACES USING 04:25 DIFFERENT WORDS AND YOU CAN FIND THE MATERIAL THAT HE COVERS IN 04:32 PROVERBS 20, 21, 22 SCATTERED THROUGH THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS 04:36 AS WELL. VERSE 1, "WINE IS A MOCKER, STRONG DRINK IS RAGING: 04:42 AND WHOSOEVER IS DECEIVED THEREBY IS NOT WISE." 04:46 THEN IT GOES ON TO ANOTHER SUBJECT. NOW, SHOULD CHRISTIANS 04:53 DRINK ALCOHOL? BUT NOAH DRANK AND DAVID GAVE 05:01 DRINK TO URIAH AND LOT DRANK. WELL, YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE 05:08 STORY: NOAH DRANK AND HE WAS WANDERING AROUND NAKED. 05:12 AND LOT DRANK AND SLEPT WITH HIS DAUGHTERS. 05:16 AND DAVID TRIED TO GET URIAH DRUNK SO HE WOULD GO AGAINST HIS 05:19 CONSCIENCE. WELL, DIDN'T JESUS MAKE WINE? 05:24 JESUS TURNED WATER INTO GRAPE JUICE. 05:27 REMEMBER, IN THE BIBLE, THE WORD WINE IS USED INTERCHANGEABLY 05:31 BETWEEN THE FERMENTED AND THE NON-FERMENTED. 05:33 NOW YOU GO TO THE LIQUOR STORE TODAY - AND I HOPE YOU DON'T - 05:36 BUT IF YOU DO, YOU BUY ALCOHOL THERE AND IT'S REQUIRED TO SAY 05:39 ON EVERY BOTTLE WHAT PROOF IT IS. 05:41 IS IT ONE PERCENT, FIVE PERCENT, TEN PERCENT, EIGHTY PERCENT? 05:45 THAT'S USUALLY WHAT THEY CALL 'HARD LIQUOR' OR WHITE LIGHTNING 05:49 OR WHATEVER IT IS WHEN IT'S VIRTUALLY LETHAL. 05:52 IS A LITTLE BIT OKAY? WHAT DO WE KNOW TODAY ABOUT 05:56 ALCOHOL AND WHAT IT DOES TO SOCIETY AND WHAT IT DOES TO US 06:01 PHYSICALLY? IS THERE ANYTHING GOOD? 06:04 PEOPLE WILL SAY, 'OH, BUT THEY'VE PROVEN NOW THAT SOME RED 06:06 WINE, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART.' SOME OF YOU 06:09 HEARD DR. DAVID DEROSE AND OTHERS SAY IT HAS NOTHING TO DO 06:13 WITH THE ALCOHOL IN THE WINE THAT MAKES IT GOOD. YOU CAN GET 06:14 IT OUT OF RED WELCH'S GRAPE JUICE OR JUST EAT THE GRAPES. 06:18 BUT ALCOHOL IS A DRUG AND WHEN JESUS TURNED THE WATER INTO WINE 06:23 - AT THE LAST SUPPER - THEY OFFERED JESUS FERMENTED WINE ON 06:29 THE CROSS AND HE TASTED IT AND TURNED AWAY. 06:32 HE SAID, AT THE LAST SUPPER, 'DRINK ALL OF IT, THIS IS MY 06:37 BLOOD' WHEN HE GAVE IT OUT HE SAID, 'I WILL NOT DRINK IT AGAIN 06:40 UNTIL I DRINK IT WITH YOU NEW.' NEW WINE. 06:43 THE BREAD IN THE COMMUNION SERVICE WAS UNLEAVENED. 06:46 THE WINE WAS UNFERMENTED. 06:48 NOW, YOU'VE HEARD THIS LITTLE RANT BEFORE, BUT IF YOU'RE A 06:53 CHRISTIAN - EVEN IF IT WASN'T FOR ALL THE VERSES IN THE BIBLE 06:57 THAT SAY, 'GIVE WINE TO HIM WHO IS READY TO PERISH.' AND 'WOE TO 07:00 HIM WHO GIVES HIS NEIGHBOR DRINK.' AND THERE ARE A NUMBER 07:02 OF VERSES IN THE BIBLE - 'WINE IS A MOCKER, STRONG DRINK IS 07:05 RAGING.' EVEN IF THOSE VERSES WEREN'T THERE, THE PRINCIPLES OF 07:11 CHRISTIANITY SHOULD TELL US THAT IF THERE'S A SUBSTANCE IN 07:15 SOCIETY WHERE HALF THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE KILLED ON THE 07:19 HIGHWAY TODAY WILL BE EITHER STRUCK BY SOMEONE UNDER THE 07:22 INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRINKING THEMSELVES. 07:25 OVER HALF THE PEOPLE THAT WILL GO VISIT AN EMERGENCY ROOM, 07:28 ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED. OVER HALF OF THE POLICE CALLS 07:33 ARE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ALCOHOL IS INVOLVED. 07:37 OVER HALF OF THE BIRTH DEFECTS COULD BE CONNECTED WITH A 07:42 VARIETY OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ALCOHOL POISONING AND 07:46 HOW MUCH OF THAT SHOULD A CHRISTIAN SUPPORT? AND IF ONE 07:52 OUT OF SEVEN PEOPLE THAT DRINKS BECOMES AN ALCOHOLIC AND YOU 07:55 DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO MAKE YOUR BROTHER STUMBLE, THEN 07:59 WHY WOULD A CHRISTIAN WANT TO SUPPORT DRINKING AT ALL? 08:02 WINE IS A MOCKER - DON'T DRINK - HE'S SAYING. "THE WRATH OF A 08:07 KING" - VERSE 2 - "IS LIKE THE ROARING OF A LION; 08:10 WHOEVER PROVOKES HIM TO ANGER SINS AGAINST HIS OWN LIFE." 08:14 IT'S BECAUSE A KING HAS UNLIMITED POWER, YOU KNOW, IN A 08:19 MONARCHY, AND - SO DON'T PROVOKE THE KING. "IT IS HONORABLE FOR A 08:25 MAN TO STOP STRIVING, SINCE ANY FOOL CAN START A QUARREL." 08:29 NOW SOLOMON TOUCHES ON THIS SEVERAL TIMES DURING PROVERBS. 08:33 HE SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHEN TO JUST DO A SOFT ANSWER, 08:36 DON'T PROVOKE A QUARREL. 08:38 DON'T GET ENGAGED IN NEEDLESS DISPUTES.' YOU KNOW, ABRAHAM 08:43 LINCOLN SAID ONE TIME THAT ANY DONKEY CAN KICK A BARN DOWN, BUT 08:48 IT TAKES A CARPENTER TO BUILD ONE. AND SOLOMON, HERE, IS 08:52 SAYING THAT IT'S HONORABLE FOR A MAN TO STOP STRIVING. 08:56 HAVE YOU EVER HEARD AN ARGUMENT WHERE SOMEBODY ALWAYS WANTS TO 08:59 HAVE THE LAST WORD AND IT GOES ON AND ON BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS 09:02 TO GET THE LAST - SOLOMON SAYS TAKE THE HUMBLE POSITION - IT IS 09:05 HONORABLE FOR YOU TO JUST SAY, 'THIS IS POINTLESS. I'M NOT 09:08 GOING TO ARGUE ANYMORE.' THAT'S THE HONORABLE THING TO DO. 09:11 VERSE 4, "THE LAZY MAN WILL NOT PLOW BECAUSE OF WINTER; HE WILL 09:16 BEG DURING HARVEST AND HAVE NOTHING." 09:18 ANY OF YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS IT, AESOP'S FABLE ABOUT THE ANT AND 09:20 THE GRASSHOPPER? THAT, BECAUSE THE ANT WAS SO 09:23 DILIGENT AT WORKING THROUGH THE SUMMER, THAT HE HAD PLENTY OF 09:27 FOOD IN THE HARVEST AND MADE IT THROUGH THE WINTER. 09:28 BUT A LAZY MAN SAYS, 'OH, IT'S TOO COLD OUT. CAN'T GO DIG UP 09:32 THE GROUND NOW.' BUT PEOPLE WHO FIND EXCUSES TO 09:35 WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE COMFORTABLE TO WORK OR IF YOU WAIT FOR 09:38 IDEAL CIRCUMSTANCES, PEOPLE THAT GET AHEAD KNOW HOW TO PUSH 09:44 THEMSELVES EVEN WHEN IT MIGHT NOT BE COMFORTABLE. 09:48 AND SO IT TAKES DILIGENCE. 09:50 COUNSEL - AND I COULD SAY A LOT MORE ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE, 09:53 BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THROUGH OUR CHAPTERS IF WE DO. 09:55 "COUNSEL IN THE HEART OF MAN IS LIKE DEEP WATER, 09:58 BUT A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING WILL DRAW IT OUT." 10:01 YOU KNOW IT TAKES - IT TAKES A RELATIONSHIP, SOMETIMES, FOR A 10:04 PERSON TO OPEN UP AND TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY THINK. 10:08 SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE THINGS THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT WOULD 10:11 BE OF GOOD USE TO YOU, THAT ARE GOOD COUNSEL, OR GOOD ADVICE AND 10:15 YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WHERE YOU CAN PAUSE 10:18 AND SAY, 'YOU KNOW, TELL ME, HOW AM I DOING?' 10:21 OR 'WHAT DO YOU THINK?' AND THEY'LL BRING OUT THAT 10:23 WISDOM AND THAT DEEP COUNSEL. AND, NOW, OUR FIRST SECTION IS 10:28 CALLED WE ARE ALL EQUAL AND IT JUMPS TO PROVERBS 20:12. 10:34 I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE THE CHAPTER HERE. 10:35 PROVERBS 20:12, IT SAYS, "THE HEARING EAR AND THE SEEING EYE, 10:41 THE LORD HAS MADE THEM BOTH." 10:44 AND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING YOU HAVE SOME NORMAL 10:49 HEALTH, GOD GIVES US THE ABILITY TO TAKE IN INFORMATION AND WE'RE 10:52 RESPONSIBLE TO GOD FOR WHAT WE SEE AND WHAT WE HEAR - YOU 10:56 NOTICE IT DOESN'T MENTION THE MOUTH IN THAT ONE? IT'S TALKING 11:00 ABOUT THE SENSES OF RECEPTION - THE OPTIC AND THE AUDIO SENSES. 11:06 AND THE LORD CAN BLESS THAT FOR US TO BE PRODUCTIVE. GO AHEAD, 11:11 READ FOR US - IT'S, I THINK, EXODUS 4, VERSES 11 AND 12. 11:14 AND, BY THE WAY, THIS IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO MOSES. 11:19 >>"SO THE LORD SAID TO HIM, 'WHO HAS MADE MAN'S MOUTH? 11:22 OR WHO MAKES THE MUTE, THE DEAF, THE SEEING, OR THE BLIND? 11:25 HAVE NOT I, THE LORD? NOW THEREFORE, GO, AND I WILL BE 11:29 WITH YOUR MOUTH AND TEACH YOU WHAT YOU SHALL SAY." 11:33 >>YOU REMEMBER MOSES, WHEN HE WAS TOLD TO GO TO PHARAOH HE 11:36 SAYS, 'LOOK, I HAVEN'T SPOKEN EGYPTIAN IN 40 YEARS. 11:38 YOU DON'T WANT ME TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE. 11:40 I'M QUIET. I'M MEEK. 11:42 I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO EGYPT.' AND HE HAD REALLY 11:44 CHANGED DURING THAT TIME AND HE SAID, 'I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. 11:47 I'M NOT ELOQUENT.' I MEAN, YOU DON'T REALLY LEARN A LOT OF 11:49 VOCABULARY FOLLOWING THE SOUTH END OF NORTH-BOUND SHEEP FOR 11:55 ABOUT 40 YEARS. AND SO HE DIDN'T - HE SAID, 'I'M GOING TO GO. 12:00 HOW CAN I STAND IN THE COURT OF THE KING?' 12:01 WHAT DID GOD SAY? HE SAID, 'I MADE THE MOUTH. 12:04 I WILL BE WITH YOUR MOUTH. I WILL TEACH YOU WHAT TO SAY.' 12:09 AND NOT ONLY COULD HE DO IT WITH A SHEPHERD LIKE MOSES, HE COULD 12:12 DO IT WITH FISHERMEN, HE COULD DO IT WITH TAX COLLECTORS. 12:16 A FEW OTHER VERSES ON THAT SUBJECT, MATTHEW 11, VERSE 15. 12:20 JESUS SAID, "HE WHO HAS EARS TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR!" 12:24 NOW WAS CHRIST TALKING AS THOUGH A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE MISSING 12:28 THEIR EARS? WHAT DOES JESUS MEAN, 'HE WHO HAS EARS?' 12:31 LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE MORE. 12:33 REVELATION 2, VERSE 7, "HE WHO HAS AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT 12:39 THE SPIRIT SAYS TO THE CHURCHES." 12:40 - IF YOU'VE GOT A RED-LETTER BIBLE YOU'LL SEE THAT'S IN RED. 12:43 THAT'S JESUS ALSO. MATTER OF FACT, SIX TIMES IN 12:46 REVELATION CHAPTERS 2 AND 3, JESUS SAID, "HE WHO HAS AN EAR 12:51 LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS TO THE CHURCHES." 12:54 THAT'S REVELATION CHAPTER 2, VERSE 11, VERSE 17, VERSE 29, 12:59 REVELATION CHAPTER 3, VERSE 6, VERSE 13 - BIG EMPHASIS ON 'HE 13:03 THAT HAS AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR.' WHY WOULD JESUS SAY THAT SO 13:06 MUCH? ARE THERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT 13:09 HAVE EARS BUT DON'T HEAR GOD? SO WHEN HE SAYS, 'HE THAT HAS AN 13:13 EAR.' WHAT KIND OF EAR IS HE TALKING ABOUT? 13:15 YEAH, AN EAR THAT IS OPEN TO HEAR THE SPIRIT. 13:19 IS THAT A DIFFERENT VOICE THAN YOU HEAR WHEN JUST PEOPLE ARE 13:23 ENGAGED IN AUDIO CONVERSATION? BEING ATTUNED TO THE VOICE OF 13:28 THE SPIRIT? DOES GOD'S SPIRIT SPEAK THROUGH 13:30 HIS WORD? YEAH. 13:33 HE THAT HAS AN EAR - NOW, CAN YOU HEAR AND NOT - CAN YOU HEAR 13:36 WITH YOUR EARS AND STILL NOT LISTEN? 13:38 AND SO, WHEN JESUS SAYS, 'HE THAT HAS EARS LET HIM HEAR.' 13:44 HE'S REALLY SAYING, 'LET HIM OBEY.' YOU KNOW, HEARING GOD IS 13:50 DIFFERENT FROM JUST HEARING THE NOISE. 13:54 JESUS SAID, 'THESE PEOPLE DRAW NEAR WITH THEIR MOUTHS BUT THEIR 13:56 HEARTS ARE FAR FROM ME.' HE WANTS US TO REALLY LISTEN. 13:59 SO ALL HAVE BEEN GIVEN THIS AND ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE 14:02 THE LORD, TO HEAR HIS WORD, AND TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE. 14:07 NEXT SECTION, IT SAYS THE TEST OF LIFE . 14:09 AND IN A MOMENT I'M GOING TO GET TO SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO READ 14:12 PROVERBS 27:2 - WHO? THAT'LL BE MRS. BATCHELOR, ALRIGHT. 14:16 PROVERBS 20:6, "MOST MEN WILL PROCLAIM EACH HIS OWN GOODNESS, 14:22 BUT WHO CAN FIND A FAITHFUL MAN?" OF COURSE, THAT WAS OUR 14:24 MEMORY VERSE. WHEN IT SAYS MOST MEN, DOES IT 14:27 JUST MEAN MEN? OR DOES IT MEAN - 14:30 >>(LAUGHTER) >>YEAH, JUST MEN PROCLAIM THEIR 14:33 OWN GOODNESS. ISN'T IT EASY FOR US TO 14:36 COMPLIMENT OURSELVES, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY? 14:39 CAN YOU THINK OF SOME CHARACTERS IN THE BIBLE THAT DID THAT? 14:45 WHAT HAPPENED TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR WHEN HE BEGAN TO SHOWER HIMSELF 14:49 WITH COMPLIMENTS? LET ME READ IT TO YOU. 14:52 YEAH, YOU CAN FIND IN DANIEL CHAPTER 4, VERSE 30, 14:56 "THE KING SPOKE, SAYING, 'IS NOT THIS GREAT BABYLON, THAT I HAVE 15:00 BUILT FOR A ROYAL DWELLING BY MY MIGHTY POWER AND FOR THE HONOR 15:04 OF MY MAJESTY?'" - EVERYBODY'S READY TO PRAISE THEIR OWN 15:07 GOODNESS. GO AHEAD, READ THAT ONE, KAREN, IF YOU WOULD. 15:12 >>"LET ANOTHER MAN PRAISE YOU, AND NOT YOUR OWN MOUTH; A 15:15 STRANGER, AND NOT YOUR OWN LIPS." 15:18 >>YEAH, BUT WHAT IF IT TAKES TOO LONG FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO PRAISE 15:20 ME? SOMEONE'S GOT TO JUMP IN, RIGHT? 15:23 SOME OF YOU HEARD THE STORY ABOUT - THERE WAS A FROG AND HE 15:28 SAW HOW HIS DUCKS LEFT AND WENT SOUTH EVERY WINTER AND HE WOULD 15:32 HAVE TO JUST SHIVER, FREEZE, CRAWL UNDER THE MUD AND STAY IN 15:35 THE FROZEN TERRITORY AND THEY'D COME BACK AND SAY, 15:38 'OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL TRIP.' AND HE SAID, 'WHY DON'T YOU GUYS 15:42 TAKE WITH ME? - TAKE YOU WITH ME? - 15:43 YOU KNOW, WE ALL SWAM IN THE SAME DUCK POND.' AND HE SAID 15:46 THEY WERE FRIENDS - TRUE STORY - >>(LAUGHTER) 15:49 >>AND SO THE DUCKS SAID, 'WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT. 15:53 WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOU WITH US, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE WINGS.' 15:55 THE FROG SAID, 'WELL, I'VE GOT AN IDEA.' HE SAID, 'IF EACH OF 15:58 YOU GRAB A STICK IN YOUR BEAK' - BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, DUCKS DON'T 16:01 HAVE TALONS LIKE EAGLES - 'IF EACH OF YOU GRAB ONE END OF A 16:03 STICK IN YOUR BEAK AND I'LL GRAB IT WITH MY MOUTH' - HE SAID - 16:08 'WHEN YOU TAKE OFF I'LL JUST HANG ON. 16:10 I'VE GOT THIS TONGUE I CAN WRAP AROUND IT AND - TAKE ME WITH 16:14 YOU.' AND HE PLED WITH THEM. 16:15 THEY SAID, 'OKAY.' SO THE DAY CAME FOR THEM TO GO SOUTH AND 16:18 THEY TOOK OFF AND STARTED TO FLY AND AS THEY GOT UP IN THE AIR 16:23 SOMEONE ON THE GROUND SAID, 'WOW, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING 16:28 LIKE THAT BEFORE. I WONDER WHICH ONE OF THE THREE 16:30 OF THEM THOUGHT OF THAT.' AND THE FROG JUST HAD TO UNWRAP HIS 16:33 TONGUE AND SAY, 'I DID!' - SPLAT! SO, YEAH, WE'RE ALL EACH 16:40 READY TO PRAISE OUR OWN GOODNESS. NOW, IN THE LESSON IT 16:45 TALKS ABOUT JEREMIAH 29, WHERE SHOULD WE GLORY? 16:49 SHOULD WE GLORY IN WHAT WE'VE DONE OR WHAT THE LORD DOES? 16:52 IT SAYS IN JEREMIAH 9:23, "THUS SAYS THE LORD: 'LET NOT THE WISE 16:57 MAN GLORY IN HIS WISDOM, LET NOT THE MIGHTY MAN GLORY IN HIS 17:01 MIGHT, NOR LET THE RICH MAN GLORY IN HIS RICHES; BUT LET HIM 17:05 WHO GLORIES GLORY IN THIS, THAT HE UNDERSTANDS AND KNOWS ME, 17:09 THAT I AM THE LORD, EXERCISING LOVINGKINDNESS, JUDGMENT, AND 17:13 RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE EARTH. FOR IN THESE I DELIGHT,' 17:16 SAYS THE LORD." THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS THAT WE 17:19 MIGHT BRING GLORY TO GOD. WHAT DID THE DEVIL WANT THAT 17:22 BROUGHT ABOUT HIS FALL? TO BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH. 17:26 DIDN'T THE DEVIL WANT THE WORSHIP AND GLORY THAT BELONGS 17:28 TO GOD? SO WHAT ARE WE DOING WHEN WE'RE 17:33 SEEKING TO FUNNEL GLORY TOWARDS OURSELVES? 17:36 ARE WE BEING CHRIST-LIKE? HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT JESUS 17:39 WAS ALWAYS POINTING THE GLORY TO GOD AND HE WAS HUMBLE AND MEEK? 17:48 AND THAT'S REALLY THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST. 17:49 YOU KNOW, I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT, IN MY QUIET MOMENTS WHEN I'M 17:53 TEMPTED TO THINK I'VE ACCOMPLISHED ANYTHING - I KNOW 17:57 IT'S HARD FOR YOU TO BELIEVE, BUT I HAVE THOSE THOUGHTS. 17:59 AND IT OCCURS TO ME, 'COULD I DO ANYTHING WITHOUT GOD?' 18:06 YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR IMMEDIATELY AFTER 18:09 HE SAID, 'IS NOT THIS THE GREAT BABYLON THAT I HAVE BUILT?' 18:11 WHAT HAPPENED? >>HE TURNED INTO AN ANIMAL. 18:13 >>HE LOST HIS MIND. 18:15 ALL THAT WISDOM THAT HE THOUGHT WAS HIS OWN WAS GONE IN A FLASH. 18:19 CAN THE LORD MAKE A BUSINESSMAN PROSPER? 18:22 CAN HE ALSO MAKE HIM GO THROUGH WHAT JOB WENT THROUGH? 18:26 THE LORD CAN LIFT YOU UP, THE LORD CAN PUT YOU DOWN, AND I 18:29 THINK THAT ANY BLESSINGS WE HAVE - ANY ABILITY THAT WE HAVE - 18:32 WHAT RIGHT DO WE HAVE TO BE PROUD OF IT? ALL THE GLORY 18:37 GOES TO GOD SO ANYWAY, ALRIGHT, ANOTHER ONE HERE. 18:45 PROVERBS 25 - TALKING ABOUT THE SAME PRINCIPLE, "IT IS NOT GOOD 18:49 TO EAT MUCH HONEY; SO TO SEEK ONE'S OWN GLORY IS NOT GLORY." 18:54 THERE'S ANOTHER PROVERB THAT SAYS, 'EAT HONEY FOR IT'S GOOD; 18:57 EAT TOO MUCH HONEY, IT'LL MAKE YOU VOMIT.' AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT 19:03 IS POSSIBLE TO EAT TOO MUCH HONEY. 19:06 I REMEMBER ONE TIME I LIVED - WHEN I WAS UP IN THE CAVE, MY 19:10 FAVORITE FOOD WAS - I'D MAKE BANANA BREAD AND I'D EAT IT WITH 19:13 SOME BUTTER AND HONEY AND I USUALLY HAD TO SPARE THE HONEY 19:16 PRETTY CAREFULLY BECAUSE I HAD THESE LITTLE - THEY'VE HAD THEM 19:18 FOR YEARS - PLASTIC HONEY BEARS - YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING 19:20 ABOUT? YOU JUST - LITTLE CLOVER HONEY 19:22 IN THERE, IT WAS VERY GOOD. BUT SOMEBODY GAVE ME A WHOLE 19:25 GALLON CAN OR SOMETHING OF CUCAMONGA HONEY - I'LL NEVER 19:28 FORGET THE NAME OF IT - CUCA - ANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT? 19:30 BIG CANS OF CUCAMONGA - IT CAME IN A CAN - AND I THOUGHT, 'WOW, 19:34 BOY, I'M JUST REALLY - NOW I'M KNEE-DEEP IN CLOVER' - PARDON 19:38 THE PUN - AND SO WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR MY MUFFINS, I JUST 19:42 SAID, 'I DON'T HAVE TO SPARE ON THE HONEY.' AND I THINK I 19:44 PROBABLY ATE A PINT OF HONEY IN THAT SITTING. 19:48 MY STOMACH GOT SO SOUR. IT'S NOT GOOD. 19:51 A LITTLE BIT IS GOOD AS FLAVORING. 19:53 MAKING IT A STAPLE IS NOT GOOD. 19:55 SO WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST ATE HONEY, HE PROBABLY ATE IT WITH 19:58 THE COMB, BUT EATING RAW HONEY - A LOT OF IT - IS NOT GOOD. 20:04 HE PROBABLY TANKED UP ON - HE JUST SPRINKLED A LITTLE BIT OF 20:06 THAT HONEY ON THE GRASSHOPPERS IS WHAT HE DID - THE LOCUSTS 20:09 THAT HE'D EAT - OR CAROB PODS. SO IT IS WITH PRAISE. 20:14 SOMEBODY SAID, 'MANY A BEE HAS DROWNED IN HIS OWN HONEY.' AND 20:18 SO, YOU KNOW, IF THE LORD HAS BLESSED YOU, JUST THANK HIM AND 20:22 GIVE HIM THE GLORY AND MOVE ON. DON'T TAKE COMPLIMENTS TOO 20:25 SERIOUSLY. SOMEBODY SAID, 'COMPLIMENTS ARE 20:28 LIKE PERFUME, SNIFF BUT DO NOT SWALLOW.' SO PRIDE, IT BROUGHT 20:35 THE DEVIL DOWN AND IT STILL WORKS THAT WAY. 20:39 AND YOU'RE NEVER MORE LIKE THE DEVIL THAN WHEN YOU'RE PROUD AND 20:43 YOU'RE NEVER MORE LIKE JESUS THAN WHEN YOU'RE HUMBLE. 20:46 NOW THIS - SPEAKING OF KINGS AND PRIDE AND NEBUCHADNEZZAR AND HOW 20:51 IT'S BAD - WHEN HEZEKIAH HAD THE MESSENGERS THAT CAME FROM 20:56 BABYLON TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE GOD WHO WORKED THE MIRACLE TO 21:00 MAKE THE SUN GO BACK - AND THEY CAME TO FIND OUT ABOUT GOD. 21:05 HEZEKIAH, 'WOW, THEY CAME TO ME BECAUSE GOD WORKED THIS MIRACLE 21:09 FOR ME. I MUST BE REALLY SPECIAL IF NOW 21:12 AMBASSADORS HAVE COME FROM FOREIGN KINGDOMS TO VISIT ME AND 21:15 BRING ME GIFTS BECAUSE GOD LOOKS UPON ME WITH SO MUCH FAVOR HE 21:18 WORKED A MIRACLE AND MADE THE SUN GO BACK.' I MEAN, YOU CAN 21:22 SEE HOW IT MIGHT GO TO A GUY'S HEAD, EVEN THOUGH HEZEKIAH WAS A 21:25 GOOD KING. ISAIAH SAID, 'WHAT DO YOU WANT? 21:28 THE SUN TO GO DOWN TEN DEGREES OR BACKWARDS?' 21:31 HERE HE HAD THE OPTION OF MAKING A REQUEST, 'HMM, WHICH DIRECTION 21:34 SHALL I MAKE THE SUN GO?' THAT'S A LOT OF POWER. 21:38 AND HEZEKIAH SAID, 'MAKE IT GO BACKWARDS.' AND HE PROBABLY 21:42 THOUGHT, 'THAT WAS SURE SMART OF ME TO DO THAT. 21:44 THAT REALLY PROVED IT. EVEN OTHER NATIONS TOOK NOTE OF 21:47 THAT.' AND SO WHEN THEY CAME TO TALK TO HEZEKIAH - WHAT AN 21:50 OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT GOD. 21:52 THOSE AMBASSADORS COULD HAVE TAKEN THE TRUTH OF JEHOVAH BACK 21:54 TO BABYLON AND HISTORY WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT. 21:56 BUT INSTEAD, HE SAID, 'OH, YOU THINK THAT'S SOMETHING? 22:00 LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT ELSE I'VE GOT. 22:02 COME LOOK AT ALL THE TREASURE THAT GOD'S GIVEN ME. 22:05 LOOK AT THE WEAPONS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED AND LOOK AT THE - ALL 22:09 THE - MY CASTLE AND LOOK AT MY TAPESTRIES.' AND HE SHOWED THEM 22:12 ALL HIS PERFUMES AND - AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID? 22:16 PEOPLE WILL TEND TO COVET YOUR TREASURE. 22:18 IF YOUR TREASURE IS GOD, GOOD. YOU'LL NEVER RUN OUT. 22:21 YOU WANT THEM TO COVET GOD. IF YOUR TREASURE IS EARTHLY 22:23 THINGS, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT THAT. AND THEY STARTED TO MAKE 22:26 SOME NOTES OF ALL THE TREASURE THAT HEZEKIAH HAD AND THEY LEFT. 22:30 AND ISAIAH SAID, 'WHERE'D THESE MEN COME FROM AND WHAT DID THEY 22:33 SEE?' GOD KNEW. 22:34 HE SAID, 'OH YEAH, THEY'RE FROM BABYLON. 22:37 THEY CAME TO SEE ME.' AND ISAIAH SAID, 'WELL, HERE'S WHAT THE 22:40 WORD OF THE LORD SAYS: EVERYTHING YOU JUST SHOWED THEM 22:42 IS GOING TO GET CARRIED TO BABYLON.' THEY WOULD HAVE TAKEN 22:45 HIS RELIGION TO BABYLON, BUT INSTEAD THEY TOOK HIS TREASURE. 22:48 THEY TOOK HIS SONS - WELL, DANIEL WAS ACTUALLY FROM THE 22:51 ROYAL SEED AND SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO, THEY WERE 22:53 - THEY WERE MADE - HE SAID THEY'LL - 'THEY WILL BE MADE 22:56 EUNUCHS IN THE PALACE OF THE KING OF BABYLON' AND THAT'S 22:59 EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. SO WHY? 23:03 EVERY MAN'S QUICK TO PRAISE HIMSELF. 23:06 THAT DOESN'T EVER HAPPEN IN THE CHURCH, THOUGH, DOES IT? 23:10 SOMEONE SAID ONCE THAT THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME IN A CHURCH'S 23:15 UNITY IS NOMINATING COMMITTEE. WHY? 23:21 BECAUSE IF SOMEONE'S HAD A POSITION FOR A LONG TIME AND 23:24 THEY DON'T AUTOMATICALLY GET RENEWED, THEY ARE OFFENDED. 23:28 WHAT PART OF THEM IS OFFENDED? 23:30 TYPICALLY - OR IF SOMEBODY THINKS, 'HERE I'VE OFFERED MY 23:34 SERVICES FOR THIS POSITION.' AND THEY'RE NOT ASKED, 23:37 THEIR PRIDE IS HURT. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE PEOPLE 23:40 MIGHT FEEL SLIGHTED OR UNAPPRECIATED. 23:42 WE OUGHT TO TRY AND GET OVER THAT PRETTY QUICK BUT DO YOU ALL 23:45 KNOW THAT THAT CAN BE A VERY DANGEROUS TIME FOR A CHURCH 23:49 BECAUSE THERE'S HIGH POTENTIAL FOR PEOPLE BEING OFFENDED AND 23:54 FOR SOMEONE TO SAY, 'THEY'RE NOT NEAR AS GOOD AS I AM' - 23:59 EVERY MAN'S QUICK TO PRAISE THEMSELVES - 24:01 'IN THIS POSITION' - OR TO SELL THEMSELVES. 24:05 2 CORINTHIANS VERSE 10 - 10, VERSE 12 - 2 CORINTHIANS 10, 24:10 VERSE 12, "FOR WE DARE NOT CLASS OURSELVES OR COMPARE OURSELVES 24:14 WITH THOSE WHO COMMEND THEMSELVES. 24:16 BUT THEY, MEASURING THEMSELVES BY THEMSELVES, AND COMPARING 24:19 THEMSELVES AMONG THEMSELVES, ARE NOT WISE." 24:22 NOW WHO - THE BOOK OF PROVERBS IS ABOUT WISDOM? 24:24 WISDOM IS 'DON'T BE THINKING HORIZONTALLY - COMPARING 24:29 YOURSELVES AMONG YOURSELVES AND BY YOURSELVES. 24:31 A CHRISTIAN IS NOT A FOLLOWER OF CHRISTIANS, A CHRISTIAN IS A 24:34 FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. WE NEED TO THINK VERTICALLY. 24:36 HE'S THE ONE WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO. 24:38 THAT'S OUR STANDARD. YOU DON'T THINK HORIZONTALLY OR 24:41 THE STANDARD WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN. DID THE DISCIPLES 24:44 ARGUE AMONG THEMSELVES? >>YES. 24:47 >>WHICH OF THEM WAS THE GREATEST? 24:48 AND SO THERE'S JUST A BIG CAPACITY FOR MISUNDERSTANDINGS 24:55 AND OFFENSE WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE THEMES. 24:58 ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S UNDER THE TEST OF LIFE - IS REALLY GIVING 25:01 THE GLORY TO GOD AND PRAYING THAT YOU COULD HAVE THE HUMILITY 25:04 OF CHRIST. PROVERBS 20, VERSE 17 - THIS IS 25:08 UNDER THE SECTION OF TUESDAY WAITING FOR THE LORD . 25:12 AND IT SAYS IN 20:17, "BREAD GAINED BY DECEIT IS SWEET TO A 25:18 MAN, BUT AFTERWARD HIS MOUTH WILL BE FILLED WITH GRAVEL." 25:23 NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER EATEN BREAD IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY 25:28 WHERE THE WAY THEY THRESH THE WHEAT IS A LITTLE MORE 25:32 PRIMITIVE. YOU KNOW, IN AMERICA NOW, THEY'VE GOT SOME VERY 25:35 SOPHISTICATED WAYS OF SEPARATING THE WHEAT ONCE THEY HARVEST IT. 25:39 AND BACK THEN THEY USED TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, RAKE IT OFF THE 25:42 THRESHING FLOORS AND YOU MIGHT BITE DOWN ON YOUR FLOUR AND GET 25:47 GRAVEL AND BREAK YOUR TEETH. AND IT'S NOT - HAVE ANY OF YOU 25:51 EVER BITTEN INTO A ROCK BECAUSE SOMEHOW IT GOT INTO YOUR FOOD? 25:54 IT'S BAD ENOUGH WHEN YOU BITE INTO A PIT - YOU DON'T KNOW IF 25:57 THE OLIVES OR THE DATES WERE THE SEEDED VARIETY AND YOU JUST 25:59 CRUNCH DOWN AND GO, 'OOH, WASN'T READY FOR THAT.' BUT TO GET A 26:03 MOUTHFUL OF GRAVEL. I REMEMBER WHEN I LIVED UP IN 26:07 THE HILLS I USED TO EAT A LOT OF MACARONI AND CHEESE. 26:10 YOU KNOW, YOU BOIL THE MACARONI FIVE MINUTES, YOU PUT THE KRAFT 26:12 CHEESE SAUCE ON, VOILA! YOU'VE GOT A MEAL. 26:15 IT'S REAL EASY CAVE FOOD. IT'S LIGHT - YOU CAN CARRY IT UP 26:17 THERE - IT'S NOT HEAVY. SOMEONE SAID, 'DOUG, YOU'VE GOT 26:21 TO SAVE SOME MONEY. THAT'S TOO EXPENSIVE. 26:23 JUST BUY SOME BEANS - EAT BEANS.' I SAID, 'I LIKE BEANS.' 26:26 AND SO I WENT UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND I POURED SOME 26:28 BEANS IN A POT AND I BOILED THEM FIVE MINUTES. 26:30 I THOUGHT, 'MAN, THESE THINGS ARE HARD.' AND I THOUGHT, 'MAYBE 26:35 I DIDN'T BOIL THEM LONG ENOUGH.' SO I BOILED THEM TEN MINUTES - 26:37 TWICE AS LONG AS THE MACARONI. 26:39 MAN, THEY WERE HARD - AND I WAS HUNGRY AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, I 26:43 KEPT EATING ONE OR TWO BEANS AND GOING 'CRUNCH, CRUNCH. 26:45 MAN, I CAN'T EAT THIS.' I BOILED THEM 20 MINUTES AND FINALLY, YOU 26:52 KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I BOILED THEM A LONG TIME. 26:54 BUT I FINALLY WAS SO HUNGRY, THEY STARTED TO SOFTEN A LITTLE 26:56 BIT - I TRIED TO EAT THEM AND IT WAS LIKE GRAVEL AND IT DIDN'T 27:00 SIT VERY WELL. SO BREAD GAINED BY DECEIT, IT 27:07 MIGHT SEEM SWEET AT FIRST BUT, ULTIMATELY, IT WILL FILL YOUR 27:11 MOUTH WITH GRAVEL. YOU'LL BE SORRY. 27:13 HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT BREAD HERE, HE'S TALKING ABOUT 27:15 DECEPTION. SOMEONE READ FOR ME PROVERBS - 27:20 WHO'S GOT PROVERBS 21:5? YOU'LL BE NEXT. 27:22 I'LL GO AHEAD AND I'LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT. 27:24 I'M GOING TO READ PROVERBS 21, VERSE 21 - WE JUMP AROUND A 27:26 LITTLE BIT - "AN INHERITANCE GAINED HASTILY" - YOU SEE, WE'RE 27:30 TALKING, IN THIS SECTION, ABOUT WAITING FOR THE LORD - THE 27:33 REASON A PERSON TRIES TO GET SOMETHING BY DECEIT - IT'S 27:36 USUALLY IMPATIENCE. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING 27:37 QUICK. "AN INHERITANCE GAINED HASTILY 27:40 AT THE BEGINNING WILL NOT BE BLESSED AT THE END." 27:43 AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN, 'AN INHERITANCE GAINED HASTILY?' 27:50 CAN YOU THINK OF A STORY IN THE BIBLE ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT WANTED 27:53 AN INHERITANCE SOON? >>THE PRODIGAL SON. 27:56 >>AND WAS IT BLESSED IN THE END? >>NO. 28:00 >>YOU WONDER IF JESUS WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS - 'HE 28:03 SQUANDERED IT WITH RIOTOUS LIVING.' HE WENT INTO A FOREIGN 28:06 LAND. HE SAID, 'DAD, LOOK, YOU JUST 28:08 SEEM REALLY HEALTHY AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO DIE. 28:11 SO IF YOU COULD JUST - WHATEVER YOU'RE PLANNING ON GIVING ME - 28:13 I'M THE YOUNGER SON ANYWAY - IF YOU JUST FORK IT OVER AND LET ME 28:16 JUST GO.' WITH A BROKEN HEART THE FATHER GAVE IT TO HIM, 28:19 BUT IT DIDN'T GO WELL. YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD IDEA - IF 28:24 YOU'RE GOING TO SET UP A TRUST FOR YOUR KIDS - DEPENDING ON IF 28:29 IT'S SIGNIFICANT - DO IT IN STAGES BECAUSE IF YOU GIVE IT TO 28:34 THEM ALL AT ONCE, THEY BLOW IT AND THEY HAVE NOTHING TO FALL 28:38 BACK ON. GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT. 28:40 LET THEM LEARN TO MAKE SOME MISTAKES WITH THAT AND THEY'LL 28:42 GO, 'OH, I'VE GOT ANOTHER PAYMENT COMING IN THREE YEARS, 28:44 I'D BETTER BE A LITTLE MORE CAREFUL HOW I SPEND AND INVEST 28:47 THIS.' AND STAGGER IT LIKE THAT AND - BECAUSE IF - GETTING 28:52 EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE - HAVE YOU HEARD THE STORIES 28:54 ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WIN THE LOTTERY? 28:56 IT'S AMAZING, THE STATISTICS OF HOW QUICKLY THEY ARE EITHER 29:01 CONNED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS OR THEY MAKE BAD INVESTMENTS OR 29:07 THEY SQUANDER IT WITH, YOU KNOW, RIOTOUS LIVING OR WHATEVER IT IS 29:11 - BUT VERY FEW OF THEM - SOME DO. MATTER OF FACT, I KNOW ONE 29:14 GUY THAT I READ ABOUT - I SHOULD SAY ONE GUY THAT, YOU KNOW, 29:17 HE WON SOME FANTASTIC LOTTERY AND HE WAS LIKE A DRIVER. 29:22 AND THEY SAID, 'SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?' 29:24 HE SAID, 'WELL, I'M GOING TO GO TO WORK TOMORROW.' AND A FEW 29:27 WEEKS LATER THEY INTERVIEWED HIM, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING?' 29:28 'WELL, I'M WORKING.' 'WELL, WHAT ABOUT ALL THAT MONEY?' 29:30 HE SAID, 'WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GET ANOTHER HOME. 29:32 I'M GOING TO HELP MY FAMILY.' HE SAID, 'BUT I LIKE WORK.' AND I 29:35 THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S UNIQUE. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE SAID, 29:37 'WELL, I CAN'T WAIT TO GO IN AND QUIT AND I'M GOING TO FLAUNT MY 29:40 MONEY TO MY BOSS.' AND THOSE STORIES DON'T USUALLY END WELL. 29:45 ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, READ FOR US, PROVERBS 21:5. 29:48 >>"THE PLANS OF THE DILIGENT LEAD SURELY TO PLENTY, BUT THOSE 29:52 OF EVERYONE WHO IS HASTY, SURELY TO POVERTY." 29:55 >>WHEN IT SAYS 'THE PLANS OF THE DILIGENT LEAD TO PLENTY' - WELL, 29:59 DILIGENCE THERE - HE'S TALKING ABOUT IF YOU THINK AHEAD AND YOU 30:04 LAY THINGS OUT AND YOU ANTICIPATE - BECAUSE YOU'RE 30:07 BEING PATIENT. YOU'RE BEING PROACTIVE. 30:09 THAT TENDS TO PROSPERITY. BUT THOSE WHO MAKE RASH, HASTY 30:15 DECISIONS, TENDS TO POVERTY. IF YOU EVER GO BUY A CAR - A 30:20 LITTLE TIP - IF THE SALESMAN SAYS, 'WE'VE GOT A DEAL BUT YOU 30:24 HAVE TO BUY IT NOW.' THAT IS ALMOST NEVER TRUE. 30:30 AND YOU WILL BE PRESSURED - USUALLY IT'S GREED AND FEAR 30:35 DRIVE THOSE THINGS. GREED AND FEAR IS WHAT DRIVES WALL STREET. 30:40 PEOPLE BUYING AND SELLING, IT'S USUALLY THEY'RE AFRAID OR 30:43 THEY'RE GREEDY. THOSE ARE THE TWO EMOTIONS. 30:45 NOT THE BEST OF HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS. 30:47 BUT IF YOU'RE HASTY LIKE THAT, YOU OFTEN MAKE BAD DECISIONS. 30:51 SO YOU'VE GOT TO WAIT FOR THE LORD. 30:53 'THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD WILL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH. 30:56 NOW THE NEXT SECTION HERE IS COMPASSION FOR THE POOR AND 31:01 SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ PROVERBS 28:27 IN A MOMENT, BUT I'M GOING 31:07 TO START OUT WITH PROVERBS 21:13, "WHOEVER SHUTS HIS EARS 31:13 TO THE CRY OF THE POOR WILL ALSO CRY HIMSELF AND NOT BE HEARD." 31:17 NOW I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THAT PROVERB MAKES ME 31:20 SHUDDER A LITTLE BIT. DOES THAT MEAN THAT EVERY TIME - 31:26 YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU DRIVE ON CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS HERE IN 31:31 SACRAMENTO, THERE'S ALWAYS AN INTERESTING ARRAY OF PEOPLE THAT 31:35 ARE THERE WITH THEIR SIGNS SAYING, 'HELP - HUNGRY - WILL 31:41 WORK FOR FOOD.' SOMETIMES THEY'LL JUST SAY, 'NEED BEER. 31:43 WHY LIE?' I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN THAT. 31:49 SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF YOU DRIVE BY AND YOU DON'T GIVE - 31:55 PERIODICALLY WE'VE HELPED BECAUSE YOU KIND OF SIZE IT UP 31:58 CASE BY CASE. SOMETIMES YOU LOOK AND YOU JUST 32:01 PRAY - YOU USE THE SPIRIT AND JUDGMENT AND SAY, 'THAT PERSON 32:03 REALLY LOOKS LIKE THEY NEED HELP. THEY REALLY LOOK LIKE 32:05 THEY NEED FOOD.' SOMETIMES THEY ARE OUT OF DRUGS. 32:09 YOU DON'T WANT TO HURT A PERSON BY CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR 32:12 PRODIGAL LIFE OR SELF-DESTRUCTIVE LIFE BUT, YOU 32:16 KNOW, THE LORD IS GOING TO PRESENT, THROUGH YOUR LIFE, 32:18 PEOPLE WHO HAVE GENUINE NEEDS AND I THINK HE DOES THAT TO 32:24 TEACH US TO BE MORE LIKE CHRIST. YOU KNOW THE BEST WAY - IF YOU 32:27 HAVE A TENDENCY TO BE SELFISH, WHICH WE ALL DO, THE WAY YOU 32:32 STARVE COVETOUSNESS IS BY GIVING. 32:35 YOU KILL COVETOUSNESS BY GOING AGAINST YOUR NATURAL INCLINATION 32:39 TO GRASP AND TO HOLD ON TO THINGS BY CHOOSING TO GIVE. 32:44 AND YOU START REALIZING, YOU KNOW, IT FEELS GOOD. 32:47 DOESN'T JESUS SAY IT'S MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE? 32:50 AND SO AS YOU DO THAT - BUT IF YOU'RE GRASPING AND IF YOU'RE 32:55 CLINGING - DO YOU ALL KNOW THE STORY OF NABAL? 32:58 NABAL - YOU MAY, SOME LISTENING MAY NOT. 33:03 DAVID, WHEN HE WAS LIVING IN THE HILLS IN NORTHERN JUDEA, HIDING 33:07 FROM KING SAUL, HE HAD 600 MEN WITH HIM AND THEY WERE LIVING 33:12 OUT IN THE WILDERNESS AND IN CAVES. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF 33:16 SHEPHERDS AND THERE WAS THIS ONE VERY WEALTHY RANCHER NAMED 33:19 NABAL, WHO HAD A BEAUTIFUL WIFE NAMED ABIGAIL. 33:21 AND DAVID AND HIS SOLDIERS WATCHED OVER HIS FLOCKS, 33:24 PROTECTED THEM FROM OTHER INVADING NATIONS AND TRIBES AND 33:27 NEVER MOLESTED THEM, NEVER TOOK ANY SHEEP, RESPECTED THEM, EVEN 33:32 THOUGH, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE SOMETHING LIKE ROBIN HOODS IN 33:34 THE DAY. THEY DIDN'T BOTHER THE PEOPLE, 33:36 HE WAS JUST RUNNING FROM KING SAUL. 33:39 WHEN THE HARVEST CAME, DAVID VERY POLITELY SENT SOME OF HIS 33:43 SOLDIERS DOWN TO NABAL AND THEY USED TO HAVE A FEAST AND THERE 33:46 WAS USUALLY A TIME WHEN YOU'D THROW A FEAST FOR YOUR SERVANTS, 33:48 YOU'D GIVE THEM GIFTS AND YOU'D FEED EVERYBODY AND DAVID'S 33:52 SOLDIERS CAME DOWN - HE WAS A VERY WEALTHY MAN. 33:55 HE HAD, YOU KNOW, LIKE JOB, THOUSANDS OF EVERYTHING AND HE 34:00 SAID, 'COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE YOUR SERVANT JUST A LITTLE OF 34:02 WHATEVER COMES TO YOUR HAND - WHATEVER YOUR HEART IS STIRRED, 34:04 BUT COULD WE PLEASE ASK AN OFFERING DURING THIS TIME OF 34:06 REJOICING? WE'RE HUNGRY SOLDIERS LIVING UP 34:09 IN THE HILLS AND WE'VE WATCHED OVER YOUR FLOCKS AND WE DIDN'T 34:12 BOTHER THE SHEPHERDS AND...' - AND NABAL GAVE JUST A REALLY 34:17 SELFISH GRASPING. HE SAID, 'YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF 34:20 SLAVES THAT RUN AWAY FROM THEIR MASTERS THESE DAYS.' - 34:22 INSINUATING DAVID WAS A RUNAWAY SLAVE FROM SAUL. 34:25 HE SAID, 'AM I SUPPOSED TO TAKE MY FOOD FOR MY SERVANTS AND GIVE 34:28 IT TO RUNAWAY SLAVES?' IT WAS A REALLY ROUGH ANSWER. 34:31 MATTER OF FACT, THE NAME NABAL MEANS 'FOOL.' 34:33 AND ABIGAIL, EVEN SPEAKING OF HER OWN HUSBAND, 'HIS NAME IS 34:36 NABAL AND FOLLY IS WITH HIM,' SHE SAID. 34:43 WELL, HE WAS TRYING TO HANG ON TO EVERYTHING. 34:44 BEFORE THE STORY IS OVER WHAT HAPPENS TO NABAL? 34:47 HE HAS A STROKE AND TEN DAYS LATER HE DIES. 34:51 DID HE GET TO ENJOY ALL THAT HE HAD HOARDED? 34:55 DOES JESUS TELL A SIMILAR PARABLE ABOUT A CERTAIN MAN THAT 34:59 GOD BLESSED HIS HARVEST AND HE HAD SO MUCH THAT HE COULDN'T FIT 35:03 IT INTO HIS ENORMOUS BARNS. HE SAID, 'WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? 35:06 IF I ONLY HAD BIGGER BARNS I'D NEVER HAVE TO WORK AGAIN. 35:09 THIS IS SUCH A TREMENDOUS HARVEST, I'LL TEAR DOWN MY BARNS 35:13 AND BUILD BIGGER BARNS AND THEN I'LL SAY TO MY SOUL, 'SOUL, THOU 35:15 HAST MANY GOODS LAID UP FOR MANY YEARS. 35:18 EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY.'' AND THEN GOD SAYS, 'THOU FOOL, THIS 35:23 NIGHT IS YOUR SOUL REQUIRED OF THEE. 35:25 WHOM SHALL THOSE THINGS BE FOR WHICH YOU PROVIDED?' 35:28 INSTEAD OF THINKING, 'GOD HAS GIVEN ME SUCH A GREAT SURPLUS, I 35:31 WANT TO THANK THE LORD AND SHARE WITH OTHERS.' 35:34 HIS INSTINCTIVE REACTION WAS TO CLING TO IT. 35:38 NOW I'M SHARING THAT WITH YOU BECAUSE I SEE A LITTLE BIT OF 35:41 NABAL AND A LITTLE BIT OF THAT FOOL IN ME. 35:44 SOME WINDFALL - SOME BLESSING HAPPENS AND YOU GO, 'OH, GOOD. 35:49 I CAN BUY ONE OF THESE GIDGETS OR WIDGETS OR SOMETHING ELSE.' 35:53 AND 'I CAN UPGRADE' - AND INSTEAD OF THINKING, 'MAYBE THE 35:56 LORD BLESSED ME SO I CAN BE A CHANNEL OF BLESSING TO SOMEONE 36:00 ELSE,' I INSTINCTIVELY THINK, 36:02 'GOOD FOR ME. NOW WHAT SHALL I GET? 36:06 I'LL BUY TWO INSTEAD OF ONE OR THREE INSTEAD OF TWO.' YOU KNOW? 36:10 AND WHEN WE THINK THAT WAY ALL THE TIME, DO WE SOMETIMES GO 36:15 THROUGH HARD TIMES OR WHERE THERE'S NEEDS? 36:18 IT SAYS, 'WHOEVER SHUTS HIS EARS TO THE CRY OF THE POOR, HE WILL 36:25 CRY AND NOT BE HEARD.' NOW DID WE READ PROVERBS 28:27? 36:30 >>NO. >>OKAY, YOU'RE ON. 36:32 >>"HE WHO GIVES TO THE POOR WILL NOT LACK, BUT HE WHO HIDES HIS 36:37 EYES WILL HAVE MANY CURSES." >>CAN YOU FIND PROMISES MORE 36:41 PLAIN THAN THAT? IF YOU SHUT YOUR EARS AT THE CRY 36:44 OF THE POOR, YOU WILL CRY SOMEDAY AND NOT BE HEARD. 36:48 GIVE AND IT'LL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU - ISN'T THAT WHAT THE LORD SAYS? 36:51 ON THE STREETS THEY CALL IT 'WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.' 36:55 BUT, CONVERSELY - NOT ONLY DOES HE HAVE THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF 36:58 THAT, IN PROVERBS 19, HE'S GOT THE POSITIVE SIDE OF THAT. 37:00 "HE WHO HAS PITY ON THE POOR" - THIS IS PROVERBS 19:17 - "HE WHO 37:05 HAS PITY ON THE POOR LENDS TO THE LORD, AND HE WILL PAY BACK 37:09 WHAT HE HAS GIVEN." NOW, LENDS TO THE LORD, LENDS TO 37:12 THE LORD, WHERE DOES THAT THOUGHT COME UP? 37:15 MATTHEW - THIS IS IN YOUR LESSON - MATTHEW 25:31, SPEAKING OF THE 37:21 GREAT JUDGMENT DAY, "WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMES IN HIS GLORY, 37:25 AND ALL THE HOLY ANGELS WITH HIM, THEN HE WILL SIT ON THE 37:29 THRONE OF HIS GLORY. ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE GATHERED 37:31 BEFORE HIM, AND HE WILL SEPARATE THEM ONE FROM ANOTHER, AS A 37:34 SHEPHERD DIVIDES HIS SHEEP FROM THE GOATS." 37:36 NOW I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE WHOLE PARABLE TO YOU BECAUSE I 37:38 THINK MOST OF YOU ARE ACQUAINTED WITH THE ESSENCE OF IT. 37:40 HE PUTS THE SHEEP ON THE RIGHT HAND AND THE GOATS ON THE LEFT 37:43 AND HE SAYS TO THE SHEEP, 'WELL DONE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS, 37:46 ENTER INTO THE JOY OF THE LORD, FOR WHEN I WAS HUNGRY YOU FED 37:49 ME; WHEN I WAS THIRSTY YOU GAVE ME DRINK; WHEN I WAS NAKED YOU 37:53 CLOTHED ME; WHEN I WAS SICK OR IN PRISON - WHEN I WAS A 37:56 STRANGER YOU TOOK ME IN.' THERE'S SIX THINGS THAT ARE 37:58 MENTIONED THERE. AND THEY SAID, 'LORD, WE MISSED IT. 38:02 WE DON'T REMEMBER WHEN WE SAW YOU HUNGRY OR THIRSTY OR NAKED 38:05 OR A STRANGER OR SICK OR IN PRISON.' AND HE SAYS, 'AH, BUT 38:09 WHEN YOU DID IT TO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE, YOU DID IT TO 38:13 ME.' DOES IT SAY, 'HE WHO GIVES TO THE POOR LENDS TO THE LORD?' 38:20 SO YOU REALLY DO. AND THEN WHAT DOES HE SAY TO THE GOATS? 38:23 'DEPART FROM ME YE CURSED, INTO EVERLASTING FIRE PREPARED FOR 38:26 THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS, BECAUSE 38:27 'WHEN I WAS HUNGRY YOU DIDN'T FEED ME. 38:30 WHEN I WAS THIRSTY YOU DIDN'T GIVE ME DRINK.' STICK WITH ME - 38:34 ALL THESE SIX THINGS I'M MENTIONING ACTUALLY HAVE 38:37 PARTICULAR MEANING - 'WHEN I WAS A STRANGER YOU DIDN'T TAKE ME 38:40 IN; WHEN I WAS NAKED YOU DIDN'T CLOTHE ME; WHEN I WAS IN PRISON 38:44 OR WHEN I WAS ALONE OR SICK YOU DIDN'T COME TO ME.' AND THEY 38:49 SAID, 'LORD, WHEN DID WE SEE YOU IN THESE CONDITIONS AND NOT 38:51 MINISTER TO YOU?' AND HE SAID, 'INASMUCH AS YOU 38:53 DID IT NOT TO THE LEAST OF ONE OF THESE, YOU DID IT NOT TO ME.' 38:56 AND THE SHEEP GO AWAY INTO EVERLASTING LIFE AND THE GOATS - 39:02 HAVE YOU NOTICED - I DIDN'T FINISH THAT SENTENCE. 39:05 THE GOATS ARE BURNT WITH THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS. 39:08 HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT THE GOATS - HE DOESN'T SAY, 'DEPART FROM 39:15 ME YOU CURSED GOATS, INTO EVERLASTING FIRE PREPARED FOR 39:17 THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS BECAUSE YOU LIED AND YOU STOLE AND YOU 39:21 KILLED AND YOU COMMITTED ADULTERY.' 39:24 HE DOESN'T MENTION A SINGLE SIN OF COMMISSION. 39:28 HE MENTIONS ONLY SINS OF OMISSION. 39:32 DO WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS? 39:33 I'LL REPEAT IT BECAUSE THOUGH YOU MAY KNOW, SOME MAY NOT. 39:35 I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THIS. 39:38 THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF SIN. 39:40 A SIN OF COMMISSION IS WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG. 39:43 YOU PROACTIVELY ARE DOING A BAD THING. 39:45 YOU'RE TELLING A LIE, YOU'RE STEALING SOMETHING, YOU'RE DOING 39:48 SOMETHING WRONG. A SIN OF OMISSION YOU'RE DOING 39:51 NOTHING, BUT YOU'RE NEGLECTING A DUTY THAT YOU SHOULD DO. 39:56 SO YOU CAN BE GUILTY OF SIN WHILE YOU SIT IN YOUR CHAIR ALL 39:59 DAY LONG, BY DOING NOTHING. YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING BAD, 40:03 BUT YOU'RE DOING NOTHING RIGHT. AND SO CHRIST IS SAYING, AS 40:07 CHRISTIANS, WE AREN'T JUST TO SAY, 'DON'T SIN, DON'T SIN, 40:10 DON'T SIN, DON'T SIN.' THAT'S NOT OUR MESSAGE. 40:12 OF COURSE, HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SIN, BUT THE MESSAGE IS 40:14 DO GOOD. AND SO HE WANTS US TO FEED THE HUNGRY, CLOTHE THE 40:20 NAKED, GIVE DRINK TO THOSE THAT ARE THIRSTY. ALRIGHT, SO JESUS 40:24 NAMES - AND IT'S ALSO IN THE LESSON, I'LL QUICKLY REFERENCE 40:28 BECAUSE HE'S TALKING ABOUT COMPASSION FOR THE POOR HERE. 40:31 THE IDEA - THE PRINCIPLE IS THAT IF WE WOULD JUST RAISE TAXES 40:35 AND HAVE THE GOVERNMENT DO MORE FOR THE POOR PEOPLE, 40:39 WE'D BE A BETTER NATION. WAS THAT THE ANSWER? 40:43 COULDN'T THEY HAVE HAD HIGHER TAX? SOLOMON HAD PRETTY HIGH 40:46 TAXES AS IT WAS, IF YOU KNOW THE STORY, BUT THEY'RE NOT TALKING 40:50 ABOUT THAT, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT EACH OF US PERSONALLY. 40:52 ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IN A SOCIETY WHERE THE GOVERNMENT KEEPS 40:55 TAXING TO HELP LESS FORTUNATE - WHILE THERE'S A POINT FOR THAT 41:00 AND THERE'S A PLACE FOR THAT - I ADMIT THAT - IT CAN GET WHERE 41:03 THE CHRISTIANS START TO DEPEND ON THE GOVERNMENT TO DO THINGS 41:06 CHRISTIANS ONLY USED TO DO. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WHEN THIS 41:11 COUNTRY WAS FORMED - AND MANY PARTS AND PLACES IN HISTORY - 41:14 THERE WERE NO PUBLIC HOSPITALS. THERE WERE NO ORPHANAGES. 41:19 THERE WERE NO ASYLUMS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD MENTAL PROBLEMS. 41:24 CHRISTIANS DID ALL OF THAT - THROUGH HISTORY IN MANY 41:27 DIFFERENT PLACES AND THEY DIDN'T GET PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT TO DO 41:30 IT. AND SO, WE'RE KIND OF SPOILED IN 41:34 WESTERN CULTURES NOW BECAUSE WE SHUNT OFF TO THE GOVERNMENT 41:37 THINGS WHERE WE USED TO FEEL THE BURDEN FOR A HURTING WORLD. 41:43 SO, YOU'VE GOT THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN. 41:49 MAN FALLS DOWN - FALLS AMONG THIEVES - HE'S BEATEN, HE'S 41:53 ROBBED, HE'S HALF DEAD, HE'S WOUNDED. 41:56 LEVITE GOES BY - PRIEST OR PASTOR - PRIEST GOES BY, AN 42:02 ELDER GOES BY - THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING. AND ALONG COMES 42:04 THIS SAMARITAN AND HE HAS COMPASSION ON HIM. BINDS UP HIS 42:08 WOUNDS, POURS IN HIS OIL - IT COSTS HIM SOMETHING - PUTS HIM 42:12 ON HIS ANIMAL, USES HIS WINE TO CLEANSE HIS WOUNDS, WRAPS HIM 42:15 UP WITH HIS - TAKES CARE OF HIS GARMENTS - HE PROBABLY DIDN'T 42:17 HAVE A FIRST AID KIT IN THE GLOVE BOX OF HIS DONKEY. 42:20 SO HE, YOU KNOW, TEARS UP HIS STUFF, HE WRAPS UP HIS WOUNDS, 42:24 HE PUTS HIM ON HIS DONKEY, HE SAYS, 'YOU RIDE, I'LL WALK.' HE 42:26 TAKES HIM TO AN INN AND HE PAYS FOR HIS - HE CARES FOR HIM 42:30 PERSONALLY THEN HE GIVES MONEY TO THE INNKEEPER AND SAYS, 'I 42:32 HAVE TO GO BUT I'M GIVING YOU MONEY. 42:34 PLEASE TAKE CARE OF HIM, HE'S MAKING A COMEBACK NOW. 42:36 WATCH OVER HIM; FEED HIM AND WHEN I COME BACK AGAIN I'LL PAY 42:38 YOU EVERYTHING YOU SPENT.' AND JESUS SAID, 'WHO IS NEIGHBOR TO 42:42 HIM THAT FELL AMONG THIEVES?' AND, OF COURSE, THE LAWYER 42:46 ANSWERS, 'HE THAT SHOWED COMPASSION ON HIM.' 42:49 WE'RE TOLD TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR. 42:51 HOW DO YOU SHOW LOVE TO YOUR NEIGHBOR? 42:53 HOW DID THE GOOD SAMARITAN SHOW LOVE TO HIS NEIGHBOR? 42:55 HE FOUND OUT - HERE WAS A PERSON THAT GOD PUT IN HIS PATH - YOU 42:59 SEE NOW, I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND HELP 43:02 EVERYBODY. I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STOP FOR EVERYBODY BROKEN ON THE 43:05 INTERSTATE - YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. 43:07 PEOPLE SAY, 'HOW MANY AM I SUPPOSED TO WITNESS TO? 43:10 AM I - IF I'VE GOT A RESPONSIBILITY TO WITNESS, AM I 43:13 SUPPOSED TO GRAB EVERYBODY THAT'S NOT A CHRISTIAN BY THE 43:15 NAP OF THEIR CLOTHES AND SAY, 'REPENT! 43:17 BELIEVE IN JESUS!' OR IS THEIR BLOOD ON MY HANDS? 43:21 AM I SUPPOSED TO HELP EVERY HUNGRY PERSON? 43:22 AM I SUPPOSED TO GIVE TO EVERY PERSON THAT'S PANHANDLING? 43:24 NO, BUT IF THEY'RE IN YOUR PATH AND GOD HAS GIVEN YOU A 43:29 CONNECTION WITH SOMEBODY, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. I WAS ON THREE 43:34 DIFFERENT AIRPLANES YESTERDAY COMING BACK FROM JAMAICA. 43:36 THREE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES - I SPOKE ALL THREE TIMES TO 43:39 PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE SEAT - NOW, I'VE GOT AN ADVANTAGE OVER 43:42 YOU FOLKS WHO, YOU WONDER, HOW DO I BRING UP RELIGION? 43:44 THEY ALWAYS ASK ME, 'SO WHAT DO YOU DO?' 43:46 RIGHT AWAY IT JUST LEADS RIGHT INTO IT. 43:48 YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS START OFF, 'SO WHAT DO YOU DO?' 43:49 AND THEN THEY FEEL LIKE THE POLITE RESPONSE IS, 'SO WHAT DO 43:51 YOU DO?' I SAY, 'OH, GLAD YOU ASKED. 43:52 I'M A PASTOR.' AND THAT USUALLY OPENS THE DOOR FOR WITNESSING. 43:56 BUT YOU HAVE - THOSE ARE PEOPLE IN YOUR PATH. 44:00 NOW THERE WERE SIX THINGS - I ALMOST FORGOT - I WAS HUNGRY AND 44:05 YOU FED ME - I MAY NOT BE DOING THE SAME ORDER AS MATTHEW 25 - I 44:10 WAS THIRSTY AND YOU GAVE ME DRINK; I WAS NAKED AND YOU 44:13 CLOTHED ME; I WAS A STRANGER AND YOU TOOK ME IN; I WAS SICK AND 44:18 YOU VISITED ME. AND EACH ONE OF THOSE REPRESENTS 44:23 THE COLLECTIVE SUFFERING OF HUMANITY. 44:26 THINK ABOUT IT FOR A MINUTE. NAME FOR ME ANY KIND OF 44:30 SUFFERING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF THAT IS NOT AT LEAST COVERED 44:34 GENERALLY BY THOSE CATEGORIES - THOSE SIX CATEGORIES - 44:37 THEY COVER EVERYTHING. LONELY, CLOTHING, SHELTER, 44:42 PRISON, SICK, HUNGER - FOOD, THIRST. 44:49 NOW, WHEN JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS HE TOOK ALL THE SUFFERING 44:55 OF HUMANITY. WAS JESUS THIRSTY ON THE CROSS? 45:00 >>YES. >>YOU DON'T HAVE TO GUESS ABOUT 45:02 THAT ONE, HE TOLD US SO. WAS HE NAKED? 45:06 >>YES. >>WAS HE IN PRISON? 45:10 IF YOU - I CAN'T THINK OF A PERSON SHACKLED MORE PERMANENTLY 45:13 THAN BEING NAILED AND SUSPENDED BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH. 45:15 WAS HE A STRANGER? HE CAME UNTO HIS OWN. 45:19 THEY DIDN'T KNOW HIM. THEY RECEIVED HIM NOT. 45:23 WAS HE HUNGRY? HADN'T EATEN SINCE THE 45:26 CEREMONIAL MEAL 24 HOURS EARLIER. WAS HE SICK? 45:32 WOULD YOU FEEL SICK IF YOU'D BEEN BEATEN LIKE THAT AND 45:35 WHIPPED AND ABUSED LIKE THAT? YOU'D FEEL PRETTY PUNY. 45:39 EVERYTHING THAT'S DESCRIBED, CHRIST TOOK ON THE CROSS BECAUSE 45:42 HE WAS TAKING THE SUFFERING OF HUMANITY. ALRIGHT, NOW, I'M JUST 45:47 TYING THIS ALL - BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT SECTION. 45:50 YOU LEND TO THE LORD - 'INASMUCH AS YOU'VE DONE IT TO ONE OF THE 45:52 LEAST OF THESE, YOU'VE DONE IT TO ME.' GOD IS DESCRIBED IN 45:57 THREE BIG CATEGORIES OF BEING OMNIPOTENT - WHAT'S THAT MEAN? 46:01 >>ALL POWERFUL. >>ALL POWERFUL. 46:03 POTENCY - POWER - OMNISCIENT - ALL KNOWING - AND OMNIPRESENT - 46:11 HE CAN BE EVERYWHERE. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO ONCE 46:14 SUGGESTED THAT THERE'S ANOTHER SUB-CATEGORY TO BEING OMNISCIENT 46:18 AND IT'S CALLED OMNIPATHIC. YOU KNOW WHAT 'PATHOS' IS? 46:23 WHEN YOU SAY A PERSON - SOMEONE HAS SYMPATHY, THAT MEANS YOU 46:25 FEEL FOR ANOTHER. OMNIPATHIC MEANS YOU FEEL EVERYTHING. 46:30 NOW, THERE ARE POLITICIANS THAT TELL US THEY FEEL OUR PAIN AND 46:35 WE ALL ARE PROBABLY DUBIOUS ABOUT THAT. 46:38 BUT IS THERE SOMEONE WHO REALLY FEELS EVERYTHING? 46:42 IF GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING, THEN DOES HE FEEL EVERYTHING? 46:48 NOW, I'M NOT GETTING INTO PANTHEISM HERE, THIS IS JUST - 46:50 THIS IS CLEAN BIBLE THEOLOGY - BECAUSE HE'S ALL KNOWING, YOU 46:53 DON'T EVER HAVE TO TELL GOD HOW YOU FEEL AND HAVE HIM GO, 'I HAD 46:55 NO IDEA.' HE KNOWS HOW YOU FEEL. NOT ONLY YOU, BECAUSE HE'S ALL 47:00 KNOWING, IF YOUR PUPPY'S HUNGRY, DOES GOD KNOW? 47:06 DOES THE LORD TELL US HE KNOWS WHEN THE SPARROW FALLS? 47:09 THAT HE FEEDS THE BIRDS? THERE ISN'T A WORM OR A BUG OR A 47:19 BIRD OR A BEE OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE LORD DOES NOT FULLY - 47:22 BECAUSE HE'S ALL KNOWING, HE KNOWS NOT ONLY WHAT IS GOING ON, 47:26 HE KNOWS HOW EVERYTHING IS FEELING. 47:28 ALRIGHT, WITH THAT IN MIND, HOW MUCH SUFFERING IS IN THE WORLD 47:32 TODAY? DOES THE LORD FEEL ALL OF THAT? 47:35 IS HE AWARE OF ALL THAT? DOES THAT BREAK HIS HEART? 47:38 WAS THAT HIS PLAN? ANYTHING YOU DO TO RELIEVE THE 47:43 SUFFERING OF ANY CREATURE - ESPECIALLY PEOPLE BUT ALSO 47:47 ANIMALS - DOES THE LORD FEEL BETTER? 47:52 ANYTHING THAT YOU DO TO MAKE SOMEONE ELSE SMILE OR TO MAKE 47:54 ANOTHER PERSON EXPERIENCE JOY - BECAUSE THE LORD IS AWARE OF 47:58 EVERYTHING, HE REALLY FEELS BETTER. 48:02 AND SO IT IS QUITE TRUE: INASMUCH AS YOU'VE DONE IT TO 48:05 ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE YOU'RE DOING IT FOR THE LORD BECAUSE 48:07 THE WHOLE CREATION, RIGHT NOW, GROANS AND TRAVAILS AND YOU AND 48:10 I, AS CHRISTIANS, CAN MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE BY 48:14 BLESSING OTHERS AND CARING FOR THE POOR. 48:17 SO IT'S NOT JUST GIVING TO THE POOR. 48:19 NOT ONLY ARE WE, AS CHRISTIANS, SUPPOSED TO GIVE CLOTHING TO THE 48:23 NAKED, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GIVE CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS - HIS 48:26 ROBE - TO THOSE WHO ARE SPIRITUALLY NAKED. 48:28 NOT ONLY DO WE GIVE WATER TO PEOPLE WHO ARE TECHNICALLY 48:30 THIRSTY, BUT WE'RE TO GIVE LIVING WATER. 48:34 JESUS SAID, 'YOU CAN GIVE ME PHYSICAL WATER' - TO THE WOMAN 48:36 AT THE WELL - 'BUT I'M OFFERING YOU TO DRINK FROM THAT LIVING 48:38 ARTESIAN WELL.' NOT ONLY ARE WE TO VISIT PEOPLE IN PRISON - AND 48:42 I'M THANKFUL FOR THE PRISON MINISTRIES. 48:44 WE HEAR WONDERFUL STORIES AT AMAZING FACTS, OF PRISONERS 48:47 HEARING OUR RADIO PROGRAMS, TV - LESSONS - ESPECIALLY OUR BIBLE 48:50 SCHOOL. BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE 48:53 IMPRISONED BY SIN AND YOU AND I CAN HELP LIBERATE THEM. 48:57 VISIT THEM IN THEIR PRISON LIKE THE ANGEL DID PETER. 49:00 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK IN SIN. 49:04 AS PAUL SAID, 'FROM THE CROWN OF THE HEAD TO THE SOLE OF THE FOOT 49:06 THEY'RE FULL OF WOUNDS AND BRUISES AND PUTREFYING SORES.' 49:09 THEY'RE SICK. AND SO, WHAT DID I LEAVE OUT? STRANGER. 49:14 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALIENATED FROM THE LORD. 49:17 YOU AND I ARE TO MAKE ATONEMENT, AS A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS, AND 49:20 BRING THEM TO THE LORD. AND SO THIS IS NOT JUST TALKING 49:23 ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR, BUT THE POOR IN SPIRIT THAT WE'RE TO 49:28 MINISTER TO. OKAY, ONE MORE I'LL GIVE YOU - 49:32 ECCLESIASTES 11, VERSE 1, IT SAYS THAT THE POOR WILL NOT 49:35 LACK, BUT ECCLESIASTES 11:1 SAYS, "CAST YOUR BREAD UPON THE 49:39 WATERS, FOR YOU WILL FIND IT AFTER MANY DAYS." 49:42 SOMEONE FROM AUSTRALIA TOLD ME A STORY WHERE THEY WENT TO THE 49:47 BEACH FOR A PICNIC AND THE WIFE HAD BAKED SOME BREAD A FEW DAYS 49:54 EARLIER, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT HAD BEEN PULLED OUT 49:56 AND LEFT OUT AND IT GOT VERY STALE AND HARD AND SO WHEN THEY 50:01 WENT TO CUT THE BREAD IT WAS SO HARD THEY SAID, 'OH, WE CAN'T 50:04 EAT THIS.' AND THEY JUST THREW IT OUT IN THE OCEAN. 50:06 THEY CAME BACK A FEW DAYS LATER AND IT HAD WASHED BACK UP. 50:09 THEY SAID, 'HEY, IT REALLY IS TRUE. 50:11 WE CAST OUR BREAD ON THE WATER AND IT CAME BACK.' BUT THAT'S 50:14 NOT WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. 50:16 IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS WHATEVER YOU DO - WHAT DOES WATER 50:19 REPRESENT PROPHETICALLY? MULTITUDES OF NATIONS, TONGUES - 50:23 IT'S PEOPLE. CASTING YOUR BREAD - BREAD OF 50:26 LIFE - PHYSICAL BREAD - WHEN YOU CAST IT ON THE WATER IT WILL 50:29 COME BACK TO YOU. AND SO THAT'S A PROMISE. 50:33 'HE THAT LENDS TO THE LORD GIVES - WHO LENDS TO THE POOR GIVES TO 50:36 THE LORD.' EDUCATION IS OUR LAST SECTION HERE. 50:39 NOW THE WORD 'EDUCATION' BOTH IN ENGLISH AND ALSO IN HEBREW, 50:45 COMES FROM A WORD THAT MEANS 'TO BUILD UP.' YOU KNOW, IN ENGLISH, 50:47 WHAT'S AN EDIFICE? IT'S A BUILDING. 50:52 AND IF ANY OF YOU SPEAK SPANISH, AN EDIFICIO - TO EDIFY - IT'S TO 50:56 BUILD UP - EDUCATION. WELL, IN HEBREW, IT'S VERY SIMILAR. 50:59 IT MEANS 'TO BUILD UP.' AND SO, WHEN WE READ ABOUT PROVERBS 51:03 22:6, "TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO," - OR SHE - 51:08 "AND WHEN HE IS OLD HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT." 51:11 THAT'S A PRINCIPLE - THAT IF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO BE IN THE WAY OF 51:15 THE LORD, TRAIN THEM UP IN THAT WAY. RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF 51:18 PROVERBS, HOW DOES PROVERBS BEGIN? 51:21 ISN'T IT SAYING 'MY SON, LISTEN TO MY WISDOM?' 51:26 PROVERBS IS DAVID PASSING ON SOME OF THESE PROVERBS TO 51:29 SOLOMON, WHICH SOLOMON WROTE DOWN AND YOU CAN HEAR WHERE 51:33 DAVID SAYS, 'MY SON, BE COURAGEOUS. 51:35 MY SON' - AND HE GIVES HIM LOTS OF ADVICE. DAVID MESSED UP WITH 51:37 SOME OF THE OTHER KIDS. SOLOMON WAS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST 51:40 AND HE SAID, 'I WANT TO TRAIN HIM FOR THE LORD.' 51:43 AND SOLOMON WAS DOING THE SAME - WHILE THEY'RE YOUNG - AND, YOU 51:47 KNOW, WHILE THEIR MINDS ARE MALLEABLE AND THEY'RE LISTENING, 51:51 MAKE THE VERY BEST IMPRESSIONS AND ROOT THEM IN INTEGRITY 51:55 BECAUSE IT LASTS THROUGH THEIR LIVES. 51:57 YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO BREAK BAD HABITS? 52:01 AND IT'S VERY EASY TO DEVELOP BAD HABITS. 52:04 SO YOU WANT TO HELP YOUR KIDS GROW GOOD HABITS, EVEN THOUGH 52:09 THEY RESIST IT. DON'T GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THEY WANT. 52:12 THAT WON'T DO ANYONE ANY GOOD. 52:15 EVEN THOUGH THEY RESIST IT AND THEY COMPLAIN, SOMEDAY THEY'LL 52:17 BE GLAD THEY LEARNED TO PLAY THE PIANO, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? 52:21 AND - I KNOW, NATHAN - HE'S TAKEN GUITAR LESSONS FOR SEVERAL 52:26 YEARS AND THERE WERE TIMES - I THINK HE WENT TODAY, DIDN'T HE? 52:29 HE HAD ANOTHER GUITAR LESSON - AND HE JUST WAS, YOU KNOW, BUT 52:33 THEN HE STARTED GETTING REALLY GOOD AND NOW GIRLS SEE HIM PLAY 52:37 THE GUITAR AND I SEE A LITTLE TWINKLE IN THEIR EYE. 52:39 NOW HE'S GLAD THAT HE TOOK GUITAR LESSONS. 52:43 SO, YOU KNOW, IT PAYS OFF. GO AHEAD, WHO'S GOT EPHESIANS 6:4? 52:49 ALRIGHT, RICHARD, ARE YOU READY FOR THAT? 52:51 I DON'T KNOW IF THE CAMERA'S READY. YOU GO AHEAD. 52:54 >>AND YOU, FATHERS, DO NOT PROVOKE YOUR CHILDREN TO WRATH, 52:56 BUT BRING THEM UP IN THE TRAINING AND ADMONITION OF THE 52:59 LORD." >>SO HERE PAUL, IN EPHESIANS, IS 53:02 BASICALLY QUOTING THE SAME PRINCIPLES OF SOLOMON. 53:06 YOU TRAIN THEM UP IN THE WAY OF THE LORD. 53:10 AND YOU CAN EVEN LOOK HERE WHERE IT SAYS, IN 2 TIMOTHY 3:15, WHY 53:16 WAS TIMOTHY SUCH A GREAT ELDER IN THE EARLY CHURCH? 53:19 "AND THAT FROM CHILDHOOD YOU HAVE KNOWN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, 53:23 WHICH ARE ABLE TO MAKE YOU WISE FOR SALVATION THROUGH FAITH 53:27 WHICH IS CHRIST JESUS." SO TRAIN THEM UP WITH WHAT? 53:31 ROOTED IN THE WORD. MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FOUNDED 53:33 ON THE BIBLE - THEY'RE BUILDING ON THE ROCK OF TRUTH AND THIS IS 53:38 GOING TO AFFECT THEM FOR THEIR WHOLE LIVES. 53:39 WHAT DID SOLOMON - WHAT DID MOSES SAY IN DEUTERONOMY? 53:43 HE SAID, 'THESE WORDS I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY, BE IN YOUR HEART, 53:47 WRITE THEM FOR A SIGN ON YOUR HAND, PUT THEM BETWEEN YOUR 53:49 EYES, POST ON THE DOOR OF YOUR HOUSE, TEACH THEM TO YOUR 53:53 CHILDREN' - AND IN ANOTHER PLACE IT SAYS 'YOUR CHILDREN'S 53:55 CHILDREN - GRANDCHILDREN - 'WHEN YOU LAY DOWN, WHEN YOU RISE UP, 53:59 GOING OUT, COMING IN, SURROUND THEM, IMMERSE THEM, SATURATE 54:02 THEM WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF GOD'S WORD. 54:05 IT WILL DEFINE WHO THEY ARE AND GUIDE THEM THROUGH THEIR LIVES. 54:09 I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT THIS WEEK - I'M WORKING ON A MESSAGE 54:12 AND A VIDEO ABOUT WHY WE END UP BELIEVING WHAT WE BELIEVE. 54:18 AND HOW YOU DEFEND BIBLICAL TRUTH. 54:21 AND I, YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST TRIED TO COME AT THE GRAND PURPOSE OF 54:26 LIFE FROM AS MANY PERSPECTIVES AS I CAN AND I KEEP COMING UP 54:30 WITH THE CONCLUSION THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SOLID FOUNDATIONAL 54:35 ABSOLUTE TRUTH TO START FROM, NOTHING IS CERTAIN AND NOTHING 54:40 CAN GUIDE YOU AND I DON'T THINK THE WORLD HAS ANY IDEA HOW MUCH 54:45 IT OWES TO A PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT BELIEVE THERE ARE CERTAIN 54:49 SCRIPTURES THAT ARE ABSOLUTES FROM GOD THAT GUIDE US. 54:53 THERE'S SOME MORAL ABSOLUTES AND, WITHOUT THAT, I THINK THIS 54:57 WORLD WOULD BE - IT ALREADY IS PRETTY LOONEY - BUT IT'D REALLY 55:00 BE BAD IF IT WASN'T FOR THE WORD OF GOD. 55:03 THAT NEEDS TO BE IMPRESSED ON CHILDREN BECAUSE IT DEVELOPS 55:05 THEIR WORLD VIEW THAT GUIDES EVERYTHING ELSE THEY DO IN LIFE. 55:09 YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT GOD'S PLAN IS FOR THEIR LIFE, BUT IF YOU 55:12 GIVE THEM THE FUNDAMENTALS OF TRUTH IN GOD'S COMMANDMENTS - 55:14 WHEN THEY'RE OLD, THEY WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT. 55:18 THEY MIGHT TAKE A PRODIGAL TRIP - A DETOUR - MOST DO TO VARYING 55:23 DEGREES. BUT YOU PRAY THAT WHEN THEY'RE - WHEN THEY STABILIZE 55:28 - WHEN THEY'RE OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE LOWER CAR 55:29 INSURANCE, THEN IT'LL GUIDE THEM. WELL, OUR TIME'S UP. 55:35 I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU, WE HAVE A FREE OFFER IF YOU DIDN'T CATCH 55:38 THAT AT THE BEGINNING. IT'S A BOOK BY JOE CREWS CALLED 55:40 THE SURRENDER OF SELF AND WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU FOR FREE IF 55:44 YOU ASK. IT'S OFFER #153 AND YOU CAN CALL 55:47 THE NUMBER - 866-788-3966 - THAT'S 866-STUDY-MORE. 55:53 OR GO TO THE WEBSITE AMAZINGFACTS.ORG AND UNDER OUR 55:56 FREE LIBRARY YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT AND READ IT RIGHT NOW. 55:59 GOD BLESS YOU, FRIENDS, AND WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO STUDYING 56:01 TOGETHER. WE'LL DO IT NEXT TIME. 56:04 >>(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (RAIN FALLING) (CREAKING DOORS) 56:15 THROUGHOUT RECORDED HISTORY TALES OF GHOSTS AND SPIRITS 56:19 COULD BE FOUND IN FOLKLORE IN NEARLY EVERY COUNTRY AND 56:23 CULTURE. THE EGYPTIANS BUILT PYRAMIDS TO 56:27 HELP GUIDE THE SPIRITS OF THEIR LEADERS. 56:30 ROME SANCTIONED HOLIDAYS TO HONOR AND APPEASE THE SPIRITS OF 56:33 THEIR DEAD. EVEN THE BIBLE TELLS OF A KING 56:37 THAT USED A WITCH TO CONTACT THE SPIRIT OF A DECEASED PROPHET. 56:42 TODAY, ANCIENT FOLKLORE OF SPIRITS AND APPARITIONS HAVE 56:45 GONE FROM MERE SUPERSTITIONS TO MAINSTREAM ENTERTAINMENT AND 56:50 REALITY. SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS 56:53 INVESTIGATE STORIES OF HAUNTINGS AND SIGHTINGS, TRYING TO PROVE, 56:57 ONCE AND FOR ALL, THE EXISTENCE OF GHOSTS. 57:04 EVEN WITH ALL THE NEWFOUND TECHNOLOGY AND CENTURIES OF 57:07 STORIES ALL OVER THE WORLD, THERE IS STILL NO CLEAR-CUT 57:12 ANSWER. SO HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT'S TRUE? 57:18 WHY DO THESE STORIES PERSIST? 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