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>>HELLO FRIENDS, I'D
LIKE TO WELCOME YOU, AGAIN, TO
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SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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TO THOSE JOINING US ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD, A
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VERY SPECIAL WELCOME TO YOU AND
ALSO TO OUR LOCAL AUDIENCE HERE
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IN GRANITE BAY - THE MEMBERS OF
THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH - THANK
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YOU FOR JOINING US
AGAIN THIS EVENING.
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WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THROUGH OUR
LESSON QUARTERLY ON THE BOOK OF
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PROVERBS AND TODAY WE FIND
OURSELVES IN LESSON #9 DEALING
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WITH WORDS OF TRUTH.
THE PRIME PASSAGE THAT WE'RE
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LOOKING AT IS
PROVERBS CHAPTER 22 AND 23.
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WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO LET YOU
KNOW ABOUT A FREE BOOK THAT WE
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HAVE - THOSE JOINING US ONLINE
AND ON THE TELEVISION, YOU CAN
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ASK FOR OFFER #187 IS
IT POSSIBLE TO LIVE WITHOUT
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SINNING ? WE'LL BE
HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO
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ANYBODY WHO CALLS AND ASKS.
THE NUMBER IS 866-788-3966.
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YOU CAN ALSO READ THE BOOK FOR
FREE ONLINE AT THE AMAZING FACTS
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WEBSITE - JUST AMAZINGFACTS.ORG.
WELL, BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR STUDY,
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LET'S JUST BOW OUR HEADS
AND HAVE A WORD OF PRAYER.
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DEAR FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT
WE CAN GATHER TOGETHER TO STUDY
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THE BIBLE. WE RECOGNIZE THAT
THE SCRIPTURES ARE FILLED WITH
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PRACTICAL WISDOM FOR
EVERYDAY LIVING BUT, EVEN MORE
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IMPORTANTLY, IT DIRECTS US TO
THE SOURCE OF ALL TRUE WISDOM,
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AND THAT BEING GOD. FATHER, WE
ASK A SPECIAL BLESSING UPON OUR
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TIME TOGETHER. GUIDE OUR HEARTS
AND OUR MINDS AS WE OPEN UP THE
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SCRIPTURES, FOR WE ASK
THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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OUR LESSON WILL BE BROUGHT
TO US BY PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR.
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THANK YOU PASTOR DOUG.
>>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS.
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AND THANK YOU, OUR
CLASS, FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
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FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING,
JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE
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BEHIND-THE-SCENES STORY,
MS. BATCHELOR AND I LEFT THE
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HOUSE IN PLENTY OF TIME TO GET
HERE FOR THE REGULAR TIME WHEN
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WE RECORD OUR SABBATH SCHOOL
PROGRAM, AND THEY HAD A 14-CAR
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ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE.
IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ANYONE WAS
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SERIOUSLY HURT, BUT IT JUST
TOTALLY LOCKED UP INTERSTATE 80.
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AND SO, WE HAD SOME QUALITY
TIME TOGETHER JUST PARKED AND I
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CALLED IN AND SAID, 'TELL THEM
JUST KEEP ON SINGING.' SO THANK
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YOU FOR WAITING. I'M
SORRY THAT WE'RE LATE.
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YOU KNOW, WE PROMISED LAST
WEEK THAT WE'D GIVE YOU A LITTLE
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REPORT ON SOME VERY
EXCITING THINGS THAT HAPPENED.
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A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, PASTOR
ROSS AND I AND THE AMAZING
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FACTS/AFCOE TEAM WERE ON
THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA AND WE HAD
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SOME VERY EXCITING EXPERIENCES
THERE - DID A WEEK OF PRAYER AT
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THE NORTHERN CARIBBEAN
UNIVERSITY AND THEN WE WENT ON
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TO THE CITY OF
KINGSTON TO DO A NATIONAL RALLY.
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AND SO, WE JUST HAVE A LITTLE
VIDEO CLIP WE'D LIKE TO ROLL IN
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NOW AND GIVE YOU A REPORT ON
THAT LITTLE MISSION PROJECT.'
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(MUSIC) >>HERE IN JAMAICA
WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY EXCITING
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EXPERIENCES HERE JUST DRIVING
AROUND THE COUNTRY. FOR ONE
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THING, WE STOPPED AT A WIND
FARM WHERE THEY HAVE THESE BIG
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ELECTRIC WINDMILLS, SO WE COULD
VIDEOTAPE AN AMAZING FACT, AND
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THE LADY WHO WAS THE SECURITY
GUARD GUARDING THE WINDMILLS,
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SHE WAS A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE
ABOUT OUR TAPING THERE.
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SO WE GAVE HER A CAVEMAN BOOK
AND SHE SOFTENED AND SAID, 'GO
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AHEAD, VIDEOTAPE.' WHEN WE CAME
BACK FROM OUR VIDEOTAPING SHE
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SAID SHE HAD ALREADY
STARTED READING THE BOOK.
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SHE HAD BIBLE QUESTIONS,
THAT LED INTO A BIBLE STUDY.
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SHE ASKED
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SABBATH.
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THEN SHE OPENED HER HEART.
THEN WE HAD PRAYER TOGETHER.
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WE WENT FROM THAT EXPERIENCE,
DRIVING DOWN A HOT ROAD ON OUR
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WAY BACK TO THE HOTEL, AND THERE
WAS THIS MAN PULLING A ROLLER
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BAG FULL OF VERY HEAVY
CAR PARTS DOWN THE ROAD.
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WE ASKED HIM IF
HE NEEDED A RIDE.
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HE LOOKED LIKE HE
WAS REALLY STRUGGLING.
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HE HAD A LONG WAY TO GO.
HE WAS A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE
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BECAUSE I THINK HE THOUGHT
WE WERE GOING TO CHARGE HIM.
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AND WE SAID, 'NO, CLIMB IN.' WE
FOUND OUT HE WAS A SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTIST WHO'S BEEN WATCHING
THE PROGRAM FOR YEARS AND HE WAS
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JUST BESIDE HIMSELF THAT HE
WAS WITH AMAZING FACTS IN A CAR.
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WE ARE SO THANKFUL. WE HAD NO
IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING
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IMPACTED BY THE
MINISTRY ON THIS ISLAND.
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(MUSIC)
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>>WELL, THAT
WAS REALLY EXCITING.
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WE HAD A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE
THERE IN JAMAICA AND WE WANT TO
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SEND GREETINGS TO OUR EXTENDED
CLASS THERE THAT WE KNOW
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TUNES IN AND
JOINS US FOR OUR STUDY.
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WELL, AS PASTOR ROSS SAID,
WE'RE CONTINUING IN OUR STUDY ON
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PROVERBS. AND I'M
LEARNING A LOT. I HOPE YOU ARE.
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I'VE BEEN TRYING TO READ THROUGH
THE ENTIRE BOOK OF PROVERBS AS
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WE PREPARE. EVEN
THOUGH WE CAN'T ALWAYS GO
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POINT BY POINT THROUGH
EVERY PROVERB IN OUR STUDY TIME.
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AND LESSON #9 WORDS OF TRUTH -
OUR MEMORY VERSE IS PROVERBS 22,
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VERSES 20 AND 21, AND THIS IS IN
THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION HERE
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IN YOUR LESSON. WOULD YOU LIKE
TO SAY THAT WITH ME? YOU READY?
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"HAVE I NOT WRITTEN TO YOU
EXCELLENT THINGS OF COUNSELS AND
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KNOWLEDGE, THAT I MAY MAKE YOU
KNOW THE CERTAINTY OF THE WORDS
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OF TRUTH, THAT YOU MAY ANSWER
WORDS OF TRUTH TO THOSE WHO SEND
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TO YOU?" WHAT IS
WORTH MORE THAN TRUTH?
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I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING AND
- ESPECIALLY IS IT NEEDED IN OUR
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DAY AND AGE NOW WHEN EVERYBODY
BELIEVES THAT EVERYTHING IS
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RELATIVE. THERE ARE
CERTAIN ABSOLUTES AND
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I BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU CALL
'ABSOLUTE TRUTHS.' I DON'T CLAIM
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TO KNOW ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT THING.
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BUT BELIEVING THERE ARE ABSOLUTE
TRUTHS, I THINK, IS CRUCIAL FOR
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A CHRISTIAN IN THIS MORPHINE
CULTURE WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE
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EVERYONE SAYS, 'WELL, THAT'S
GOOD. AND THAT'S THE TRUTH FOR
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YOU AND I'VE GOT THE TRUTH FOR
ME AND EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN
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TRUTH AND YOUR TRUTH WILL GIVE
YOU YOUR, YOU KNOW, HAPPY END
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AND MY TRUTH WILL BRING ME MY
HAPPY END.' AND TO ME, THAT IS
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SO ABSURD BECAUSE YOU WOULD
NEVER WANT TO GO TO A BRAIN
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SURGEON THAT HAD
THAT APPROACH ON MEDICINE.
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YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO GET ON
AN AIRPLANE WHERE A PILOT COMES
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OVER THE LOUDSPEAKER AND SAYS,
'WELL, SOME PILOTS BELIEVE IN
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CERTAIN AVIATION LAWS AND OTHERS
BELIEVE IN DIFFERENT AVIATION
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LAWS AND TODAY WE'RE GOING
TO TRY SOMETHING NEW BECAUSE I'M
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SINCERE.' SO YOU KNOW THAT THERE
ARE ABSOLUTE TRUTHS AND PEOPLE
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MAY NOT UNDERSTAND A LOT, BUT
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE ISN'T AN
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ABSOLUTE TRUTH. AND GOD IS
THE TRUTH. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
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VERSES AND - JUST TO GET
YOU SET UP, SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE
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JOHN 1:14 - AND YOU'LL HAVE
THAT IN JUST A MOMENT, OKAY.
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PROVERBS 23:23, "BUY THE TRUTH,
AND DO NOT SELL IT, ALSO WISDOM
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AND INSTRUCTION
AND UNDERSTANDING."
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ANY OF YOU REMEMBER IN
ISAIAH 55 IT SAYS, "HO YE -
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THAT EVERYONE WHO
THIRSTS COME YE TO THE WATERS.
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HE THAT HAS NO MONEY, BUY YE AND
EAT WITHOUT MONEY AND WITHOUT
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PRICE.' AND HERE IT SAYS, "BUY
THE TRUTH, AND DO NOT SELL IT."
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NOTHING IS MORE VALUABLE
THAN TRUTH. NOW, WHY IS THAT?
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THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT.
WHO IS THE EMBODIMENT OF TRUTH?
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>>JESUS IS. >>JESUS IS.
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HE SAID, 'I AM THE WAY, THE
TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.' SO ANYTIME
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WE EMBRACE THE TRUTH OR ANYTIME
WE REJECT THE TRUTH OR WE
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DISMISS THE TRUTH OR WE DENY THE
TRUTH, TO SOME EXTENT YOU ARE
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ACCEPTING/DENYING,
EMBRACING/REJECTING JESUS, MORE
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OR LESS. AND
THAT'S WHY TRUTH IS SO
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IMPORTANT AND HONESTY IS
SO IMPORTANT. GO AHEAD, WE'RE
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GOING TO HAVE YOU READ
JOHN - THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 1:14.
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>>"AND THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND
DWELT AMONG US, AND WE BEHELD
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HIS GLORY, THE GLORY AS OF
THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER,
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FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH."
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>>JESUS - FULL
OF GRACE AND TRUTH.
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HE WAS THE EMBODIMENT
- HE STILL IS - OF TRUTH.
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AND JESUS SAID - AND WE OFTEN
QUOTE THIS VERSE IN JOHN 8:32,
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"AND YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH AND
THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE."
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YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD ARE IN BONDAGE,
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LIVING TRYING TO FULFILL LIES.
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YOU THINK SOME OF THE PITIFUL
- I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT
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TO SOUND - I DON'T WANT TO MAKE
IT SOUND LIKE CHRISTIANS ARE
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ARROGANT BUT WE'RE CONFIDENT
- I AM - ABOUT WHAT I BELIEVE.
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AND I USED TO BELIEVE A LOT OF
REALLY BIZARRE THINGS AND THEY,
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YOU KNOW, THEY
LEAVE YOU IN BONDAGE.
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THERE ARE DEAR PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD AND, AGAIN, I DON'T MEAN
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TO BE CRITICAL, BUT THEY BELIEVE
THAT RATS AND MONKEYS AND COWS
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ARE REINCARNATED RELATIVES AND
THEY SPEND THEIR LIVES TRYING
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TO GIVE THEM SACRIFICES
AND OFFERINGS AND WHAT A
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TERRIBLE BONDAGE
THAT KIND OF FAITH IS.
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AND PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN FEAR OF
SPIRITS THAT THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO
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APPEASE AND THEY'VE GOT TO WEAR
THESE CHARMS AND FETISHES ALL
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THE TIME AND - CEASELESS WORKS
AND THINGS THEY HAVE TO DO TO
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TRY TO APPEASE THESE GODS
AND DEVILS THEY'RE AFRAID OF.
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AND WHEN YOU KNOW THE TRUTH
ABOUT GOD AND THE GOODNESS OF
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GOD AND THE LOVE OF GOD AND WHO
HE IS AND WHAT HE WANTS, IT IS
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SO LIBERATING. AN
EXAMPLE: BEFORE I WAS A
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CHRISTIAN I BELIEVED THAT IF
YOU'RE GOOD, YOU DIE AND GO TO
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HEAVEN AND IF YOU'RE
BAD, YOU DIE, YOU GO TO HELL.
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SOME OF THE SCHOOLS I WENT
TO TAUGHT 'AND THERE YOU BURN
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THROUGH CEASELESS AGES.' SO
I HAD TWO CHOICES: 1) I COULD
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NOT - YOU EVER THOUGHT
ABOUT HOW AWFUL THAT IS?
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I MEAN, CAN YOU THINK OF
ANYTHING MORE AWFUL THAN THE
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CONCEPT THAT YOU MIGHT BE
CONSIGNED - AND THAT MOST OF THE
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PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT
ARE LOST - WILL BE CONSIGNED TO
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ETERNAL TORTURE.
YOU KNOW, THE WORLD WAS
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HORRIFIED WHEN WE HEARD ON THE
NEWS A LITTLE WHILE BACK ABOUT A
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CAPTIVE THAT
ISIS BURNT TO DEATH.
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AND JUST THE IDEA OF EVEN
THE SECONDS OR MINUTES THAT
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THAT TOOK AND THE
SUFFERING INVOLVED.
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AND EVERYONE IS HORRIFIED AND
THEY SAY, 'HOW BARBARIC THOSE
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PEOPLE ARE.' AND THEN CHRISTIANS
WILL STAND UP AND SAY, 'BUT IF
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YOU DON'T BEHAVE, GOD IS GOING
TO DO THAT TO YOU FOREVER AND
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EVER AND EVER.' AND
WHEN YOU GET DONE SAYING
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'FOREVER' FIFTY TIMES,
YOU BETTER SAY IT ANOTHER
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FIFTY TIMES AND
YOU HAVEN'T STARTED.
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AND AFTER A BILLION YEARS OF
BURNING GO BY, YOU STILL HAVEN'T
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TECHNICALLY BEGUN
BECAUSE IT'S FOREVER.
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NOW WHEN I LEARNED THE TRUTH
ABOUT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT
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HELL - THERE IS A LAKE OF FIRE
AND THERE IS PUNISHMENT, BUT IT
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SAYS THAT THE WICKED ARE
BURNT UP. THEY'RE CONSUMED.
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THEY'RE DEVOURED. THEY PERISH.
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AND EVERYONE GETS
ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY DESERVE.
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I SAW THE JUSTICE IN THAT.
I EVEN SAW THE LOVE OF GOD IN
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THAT AND I COULD FINALLY
BREATHE. AND I COULD FINALLY
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SAY, 'GOD IS A GOD OF LOVE.' AND
THAT TRUTH - I JUST REALLY FELT
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LIKE I COULD FINALLY
THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT BEING A
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CHRISTIAN BECAUSE I COULD NEVER
LOVE A GOD LIKE THAT BEFORE.
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SO KNOWING THE TRUTH - AND
THAT'S JUST ONE OF A THOUSAND
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DOCTRINES. KNOWING
THE TRUTH SETS YOU FREE.
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KNOWING THE TRUTH ABOUT HEALTH
SETS YOU FREE AND YOU START TO
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REALIZE, 'OH MAN, I'VE BEEN
KILLING MYSELF. I HAD NO IDEA.
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AND I WONDERED WHY I
WAS FEELING MISERABLE.
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I NEVER MADE A CONNECTION
BETWEEN MY HEALTH HABITS AND MY
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DIET AND HOW I FELT.'
AND FINALLY I REALIZED THAT.
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I THOUGHT, 'OH MAN, I KNEW -
I WISH I KNEW THIS AS A KID.' MY
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MOM JUST TANKED US UP WITH TEA
AND TWINKIES BEFORE WE WENT TO
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SCHOOL. AND I USED
TO THINK - MAN, I WAS
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BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS, GETTING
BAD GRADES AND - I WISH I KNEW
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ALL THAT BACK THEN. SO
THE TRUTH SETS YOU FREE.
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AND, OF COURSE, SOLOMON
REITERATES THAT SEVERAL TIMES.
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JESUS SAID, 'I AM THE
WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.'
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AND YOU CAN ALSO READ IN JOHN
18:37, PILATE SAID TO JESUS,
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'ARE YOU A KING
THEN?' AND JESUS ANSWERED,
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'YOU SAY,
RIGHTLY THAT I'M A KING.
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FOR THIS CAUSE I WAS BORN AND
FOR THIS CAUSE I'VE COME INTO
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THE WORLD THAT I SHOULD
BEAR WITNESS TO THE TRUTH.
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EVERYONE WHO IS OF
THE TRUTH HEARS MY VOICE.'
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YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LONG FOR
TRUTH AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
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TRUTH, THE WORDS OF
JESUS RESONATE WITH YOU.
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THERE'S SOMETHING INSIDE THAT
IT JUST RINGS A BELL AND YOU GO,
00:12:22.23\00:12:24.60
'THAT'S TRUE.'
AND YOU JUST KNOW IT.
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AND, OF COURSE, PILATE, AFTER HE
HEARD THAT, IT DID SOMETHING FOR
00:12:28.53\00:12:32.63
HIM BUT HE DISMISSED IT
AND SAID, 'WHAT IS TRUTH?
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WHO CAN REALLY KNOW?' HOW
SAD, FOR SOMEONE TO STAND IN
00:12:35.46\00:12:39.43
THE PRESENCE OF THE EMBODIMENT
OF TRUTH AND SHRUG AND SAY,
00:12:39.43\00:12:41.70
'WHAT IS TRUTH?' AND WALK AWAY.
00:12:41.70\00:12:44.40
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW HE'S GOING
TO FEEL IN THE JUDGMENT WHEN HE
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REALIZED HOW CLOSE
HE WAS TO PERFECT TRUTH?
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THE TRUTH INCARNATE AND HE
SHRUGGED AND SAID WITH SARCASM,
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'WHAT IS TRUTH?' AND
WALKED AWAY. PROVERBS 22:1.
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NOW WE'RE REALLY BEGINNING THIS
SECTION. OUR ASSIGNMENT IN OUR
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STUDY TODAY IS
PROVERBS 22 THROUGH PROVERBS 24.
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WE'RE BOUNCING - IT'S NOT ALL
SEQUENTIAL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
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SOMETIMES THERE'S TOPICS THAT
SOLOMON TALKS ABOUT AND SO OUR
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LESSON'S DIVIDED UP A
LITTLE MORE TOPICALLY.
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PROVERBS 22:1, "A GOOD NAME IS
TO BE CHOSEN RATHER THAN RICHES,
00:13:14.36\00:13:21.20
LOVING FAVOR RATHER THAN SILVER
AND GOLD." YOU KNOW, HAVING
00:13:21.20\00:13:28.66
A LIFE WHERE YOU HAVE A
REPUTATION FOR HONESTY, YOU LIVE
00:13:28.66\00:13:33.10
A LIFE OF INTEGRITY - THERE'S
NOTHING THAT CAN BEAT THAT.
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THERE'S NOTHING REALLY
MORE VALUABLE THAN THAT.
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THEN TO - AND TO BE ABLE TO PASS
THAT ON TO YOUR KIDS, THAT YOU
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HAVE A REPUTATION FOR
BELIEVING IN GOD - A GOOD NAME.
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LET ME GIVE YOU SOME
OTHER VERSES ON THIS.
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IF YOU JUMP BACK TO PROVERBS 10
- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER
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READING THIS ONE - VERSE 7,
"THE MEMORY OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS
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BLESSED, BUT THE NAME
OF THE WICKED WILL ROT."
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ECCLESIASTES 7, VERSE 1, "A GOOD
NAME IS BETTER THAN PRECIOUS
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OINTMENT, AND THE DAY OF ONE'S
DEATH THAN THE DAY OF ONE'S
00:14:04.76\00:14:08.30
BIRTH;" IT TALKS ABOUT
A GOOD DAY - A GOOD NAME.
00:14:08.30\00:14:11.23
AND THE REASON HE SAYS 'THE DAY
OF ONE'S DEATH' IT'S BECAUSE YOU
00:14:11.23\00:14:13.76
- IT'S WHEN YOU END
THE RACE, AS A CHRISTIAN.
00:14:13.76\00:14:17.00
AND SO, FOR A BELIEVER, IF
YOU END VICTORIOUSLY, THE BIBLE
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SAYS, 'BLESSED IN THE EYES
OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS
00:14:20.66\00:14:24.83
SAINTS.' THEN YOU JUMP TO
PROVERBS 22, VERSE 8 - NO, I'M
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SORRY, PROVERBS 22, VERSE 3, "A
PRUDENT MAN SEES EVIL AND HIDES
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HIMSELF, BUT THE SIMPLE
PASS ON AND ARE PUNISHED."
00:14:36.26\00:14:41.00
AND THIS - BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW,
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED,
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THERE ARE CERTAIN PROVERBS
THAT WE'VE READ THAT, LATER IN
00:14:44.30\00:14:48.53
PROVERBS, ARE REPEATED VERBATIM.
NOW THE PROVERBS MAY HAVE BEEN
00:14:48.53\00:14:53.40
EDITED AND COMPILED - PROVERBS
OF SOLOMON, IF YOU READ, IT SAYS
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SOLOMON UTTERED THOUSANDS.
THERE'S NOT THOUSANDS IN THE
00:14:56.13\00:14:59.03
BOOK OF PROVERBS. SO
YOU DON'T HAVE THEM ALL.
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AND SOME OF THEM WERE REPEATED
ALMOST VERBATIM, WITH JUST
00:15:01.53\00:15:05.13
SLIGHT DIFFERENCES AND SO
WE UNDERSTAND THAT HEZEKIAH AND
00:15:05.13\00:15:08.63
SOME OF THE SCRIBES DURING HIS
TIME, THEY ASSEMBLED A NUMBER OF
00:15:08.63\00:15:13.00
THESE, BUT THAT PROVERB WE JUST
READ IS REPEATED VERBATIM IN
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PROVERBS 27:12. IT SAYS THERE,
"A PRUDENT MAN FORESEES EVIL AND
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HIDES HIMSELF; THE SIMPLE
PASS ON AND ARE PUNISHED."
00:15:22.16\00:15:25.63
IT SAYS THAT TWICE.
WHAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THAT?
00:15:25.63\00:15:28.70
A PRUDENT MAN - OR WOMAN
- FORESEES EVIL AND HIDES
00:15:28.70\00:15:32.30
THEMSELVES, BUT THE SIMPLE PASS
ON AND ARE PUNISHED.' IT MEANS
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THAT YOU LISTEN TO TRAFFIC
REPORTS AND YOU AVOID THE
00:15:37.56\00:15:40.20
ACCIDENTS. A PRUDENT
PERSON FORESEES IT AND
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THEY FIND ANOTHER WAY AROUND - I
TOLD KAREN, AS SOON AS I SAW THE
00:15:45.03\00:15:47.13
BRAKE LIGHTS I SAID,
'I OUGHT TO TURN OFF HERE.
00:15:47.13\00:15:50.73
THAT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD
UP THERE.' AND I PASSED ON.
00:15:50.73\00:15:53.26
THE SIMPLE PASS ON AND ARE
STUCK. WELL, IT MEANS YOU LOOK
00:15:53.26\00:15:57.60
DOWN THE ROAD AND THERE'S A
LOT OF ROADS YOU CAN LOOK DOWN.
00:15:57.60\00:16:00.13
YOU MIGHT LOOK DOWN
THE ROAD FINANCIALLY.
00:16:00.13\00:16:02.56
YOU AND I PROBABLY KNOW
PEOPLE THAT SAW THAT THERE WAS A
00:16:02.56\00:16:05.86
HOUSING BUBBLE AND THEY DECIDED
IT WAS TIME TO SELL THEIR HOUSE
00:16:05.86\00:16:10.63
AT THE TOP OF THE
MARKET. THAT'S PRUDENT.
00:16:10.63\00:16:12.90
SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE SIMPLE, THEY
MAKE INVESTMENTS AND THEY DON'T
00:16:12.90\00:16:15.96
WATCH THEM AND THEY DON'T THINK
AND THEY GO ON AND THEY SEE
00:16:15.96\00:16:18.73
EVERYTHING PULL
OUT IN FRONT OF THEM.
00:16:18.73\00:16:20.00
SO LOOKING AHEAD
IS JUST - THAT'S WISE.
00:16:20.00\00:16:24.06
THINKING AHEAD - YOU SEE TROUBLE
DOWN THE ROAD, GOING AROUND IT
00:16:24.06\00:16:30.13
OR STOP. DON'T GO RIGHT
OFF INTO THE MIDDLE OF IT.
00:16:30.13\00:16:32.70
PROVERBS 22, VERSE 8, "HE WHO
SOWS INIQUITY WILL REAP SORROW,
00:16:32.70\00:16:39.60
AND THE ROD OF
HIS ANGER WILL FAIL."
00:16:39.60\00:16:42.40
NOW, HERE YOU'VE GOT SOWING AND
REAPING - OF COURSE THERE'S NOT
00:16:42.40\00:16:46.03
JUST DEALING WITH AGRICULTURE.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF PASSAGES IN
00:16:46.03\00:16:49.53
THE BIBLE THAT TALK ABOUT HOW
YOU CAN'T PLANT MELONS AND, YOU
00:16:49.53\00:16:54.30
KNOW, EXPECT TO
GET STRAWBERRIES.
00:16:54.30\00:16:57.60
WHAT YOU PLANT IS
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET.
00:16:57.60\00:17:01.03
GALATIANS CHAPTER 6, VERSES 7
AND 8, "DO NOT BE DECEIVED, GOD
00:17:01.03\00:17:06.20
IS NOT MOCKED; FOR WHATEVER
A MAN SOWS, THAT HE WILL ALSO
00:17:06.20\00:17:09.90
REAP. FOR HE WHO
SOWS TO HIS FLESH
00:17:09.90\00:17:12.60
WILL OF THE FLESH REAP
CORRUPTION, BUT HE WHO SOWS TO
00:17:12.60\00:17:16.40
THE SPIRIT WILL OF THE
SPIRIT REAP EVERLASTING LIFE."
00:17:16.40\00:17:19.96
NOW WHAT DOES HE
MEAN, 'SOWING TO THE FLESH?'
00:17:19.96\00:17:21.80
FIRST OF ALL, I THINK PAUL IS
ALLUDING TO SOMETHING SOLOMON IS
00:17:21.80\00:17:24.40
SAYING HERE. SOWING
TO THE FLESH WOULD BE IF
00:17:24.40\00:17:27.56
YOU'RE LIVING FOR THE CARNAL
LIFE INSTEAD OF THE SPIRITUAL
00:17:27.56\00:17:31.23
LIFE, THAT'S ALL
YOU'RE GOING TO GET.
00:17:31.23\00:17:35.06
AND YOU'LL REAP DEATH FROM THAT.
JOB 4:8 - NOW WHO CAME FIRST,
00:17:35.06\00:17:40.80
JOB OR SOLOMON? >>JOB.
00:17:40.80\00:17:43.30
>>SO IT COULD BE THAT
SOLOMON READ WHAT JOB WROTE.
00:17:43.30\00:17:46.03
JOB 4:8 SAYS, "EVEN AS I HAVE
SEEN, THOSE WHO PLOW INIQUITY
00:17:46.03\00:17:50.53
AND SOW TROUBLE REAP THE SAME."
00:17:50.53\00:17:53.86
DIDN'T JESUS SAY, 'HE THAT
LIVES BY THE SWORD, DIES BY THE
00:17:53.86\00:17:56.56
SWORD?' WHAT YOU
SOW YOU'RE GOING TO
00:17:56.56\00:17:58.26
REAP AND IT'S OFTEN TRUE THAT
PEOPLE DIE THE WAY THEY LIVE.
00:17:58.26\00:18:05.46
AND YOU CAN'T BE SOWING
WILD OATS AND PRAYING FOR CROP
00:18:05.46\00:18:10.66
FAILURE. YOU'RE
GOING TO REAP WHAT YOU SOW.
00:18:10.66\00:18:13.86
PROVERBS 22, VERSES 17 AND 18,
"BOW DOWN THINE EAR, AND HEAR
00:18:13.86\00:18:20.00
THE WORDS OF THE WISE," - WHAT
DOES HE MEAN 'BOW DOWN THINE
00:18:20.00\00:18:22.60
EAR?' HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO LEAN
00:18:22.60\00:18:24.50
TOWARDS SOMETHING SO YOU COULD
HEAR - A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY?
00:18:24.50\00:18:28.56
I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THEM
TODAY, I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT
00:18:28.56\00:18:30.70
THIS, BUT KAREN'LL TESTIFY THAT,
YOU KNOW, YOU GET A LITTLE OLDER
00:18:30.70\00:18:34.86
AND YOUR HEARING'S NOT
AS ACUTE AS IT USED TO BE.
00:18:34.86\00:18:37.06
ANY OF YOU EVER CUP YOUR
EARS TO HEAR SOMETHING BETTER?
00:18:37.06\00:18:39.60
IT REALLY WORKS. AND
I'VE CAUGHT MYSELF SEVERAL
00:18:39.60\00:18:41.76
TIMES, ESPECIALLY IN A
CROWDED ROOM - THERE'S A LOT OF
00:18:41.76\00:18:43.76
BACKGROUND NOISE AND SOMEONE'S
TALKING AND I CAN'T HEAR THEM
00:18:43.76\00:18:45.86
AND I GO - IT
MAKES A BIG IMPROVEMENT.
00:18:45.86\00:18:48.60
JUST THAT LITTLE BIT WORKS LIKE
A PARABOLIC DISH AND IT - SO YOU
00:18:48.60\00:18:52.16
KNOW WHAT I DID IS I THOUGHT, 'I
DON'T WANT TO GO AROUND ALL THE
00:18:52.16\00:18:55.66
TIME LIKE THIS SO I WENT AND GOT
A PLASTIC SALSA BOWL THAT HAD
00:18:55.66\00:19:00.93
THE SHAPE OF A PARABOLIC DISH
AND I CUT IT IN HALF AND I TOOK
00:19:00.93\00:19:06.66
A HANGER AND I MADE, LIKE THE
LADIES WOULD WEAR A HAIR BAND,
00:19:06.66\00:19:09.50
AND I'VE GOT IT AND IT'S HANGING
IN MY OFFICE AND IT PUTS THESE
00:19:09.50\00:19:13.40
TWO THINGS - I THOUGHT, 'I'M
GOING TO PATENT THIS.' I CALL
00:19:13.40\00:19:15.26
THEM 'ELEPHANT EARS.' AND YOU
JUST PUT IT - PUT IT LIKE THAT
00:19:15.26\00:19:18.93
AND YOU JUST SET IT ON YOUR HEAD
- NO BATTERIES SQUEALING - IT'S
00:19:18.93\00:19:22.06
BATTERY FREE AND WHEREVER YOU
AIM YOUR HEAD IT DOUBLES YOUR
00:19:22.06\00:19:26.00
HEARING JUST LIKE THAT. ISN'T
THAT RIGHT, DEAR? SHE THOUGHT
00:19:26.00\00:19:29.50
I LOOKED SO CORNY BECAUSE
YOU LOOK LIKE MICKEY MOUSE.
00:19:29.50\00:19:31.53
I ONLY WEAR THEM AROUND THE
HOUSE BUT I STILL - I'VE GOT TO
00:19:31.53\00:19:34.46
CALL IT IN
BECAUSE IT'S SO SIMPLE.
00:19:34.46\00:19:36.16
DON'T HAVE TO HOLD YOUR HAND UP
AND YOU JUST TURN AT EVERYBODY.
00:19:36.16\00:19:38.23
YOU LOOK REALLY
DOPEY BUT IT WORKS.
00:19:38.23\00:19:42.03
SO WHEN SOLOMON SAYS, 'HE THAT
BOWS DOWN HIS EAR,' IT MEANS
00:19:42.03\00:19:46.23
THAT YOU'RE TUNING IN.
YOU EVER SEE SOMEONE LEAN OVER
00:19:46.23\00:19:49.53
TO HEAR A
CONVERSATION A LITTLE BETTER?
00:19:49.53\00:19:52.60
"BOW DOWN THINE EAR AND
HEAR THE WORDS OF THE WISE,
00:19:52.60\00:19:56.23
AND APPLY THINE
HEART UNTO MY KNOWLEDGE.
00:19:56.23\00:19:58.73
FOR IT IS A PLEASANT THING IF
THOU KEEP THEM WITHIN THEE; THEY
00:19:58.73\00:20:03.56
SHALL WITHAL BE FITTED IN THY
LIPS." WHAT YOU HEAR WITH YOUR
00:20:03.56\00:20:08.13
MIND AND IN YOUR HEART WILL
COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. ALRIGHT,
00:20:08.13\00:20:10.93
NEXT SECTION - SOMEONE'S GOING
TO READ FOR ME, IN A MOMENT,
00:20:10.93\00:20:13.16
PROVERBS 23, VERSES 10 AND
11 - WOULD THAT BE YOU, JOHN?
00:20:13.16\00:20:17.00
AND I'M GOING TO READ
PROVERBS 22, VERSES 22 AND 23.
00:20:17.00\00:20:22.83
THIS IS UNDER THE SEGMENT
FOR MONDAY, ROBBING THE POOR .
00:20:22.83\00:20:27.33
"ROB NOT THE POOR, BECAUSE HE IS
POOR... FOR THE LORD WILL PLEAD
00:20:27.33\00:20:33.00
THEIR CAUSE, AND SPOIL THE SOUL
OF THOSE THAT SPOILED THEM."
00:20:33.00\00:20:37.86
SOME PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE POOR AND IT BACKFIRES,
00:20:37.86\00:20:44.96
IS BASICALLY WHAT IT'S SAYING.
00:20:44.96\00:20:46.50
EVEN COMING OVER HERE TONIGHT,
SEQUESTERED IN THE CAR LISTENING
00:20:46.50\00:20:51.16
TO THE TRAFFIC REPORT, THEY HAD
LITTLE TIDBITS OF NEWS AND THEY
00:20:51.16\00:20:55.40
TALKED ABOUT A LANDLORD THAT
- HOW HE WAS EXPLOITING - HERE,
00:20:55.40\00:21:00.30
SOMEONE LOCALLY - HOW HE WAS
EXPLOITING THE POOR, CHARGING
00:21:00.30\00:21:04.06
INCREDIBLE PRICES -
VERY UNSAFE CONDITIONS.
00:21:04.06\00:21:08.60
A PLACE FINALLY BURNED DOWN
AND HE SAID, 'OH, BUT I COULDN'T
00:21:08.60\00:21:11.50
TAKE CARE OF THE PLACE AND I
DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.' AND
00:21:11.50\00:21:14.40
THEY CAME TO FIND OUT THAT HE
WAS BRINGING ABOUT $360,000.00 A
00:21:14.40\00:21:18.03
YEAR AND HE WAS EXPLOITING THE
POOR AND THEY LOST EVERYTHING.
00:21:18.03\00:21:24.33
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE
EVER HEARD SOME OF THE TERRIBLE
00:21:24.33\00:21:28.50
STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE
TRYING TO GET LEGAL CITIZENSHIP
00:21:28.50\00:21:33.43
AND THEY GET ATTORNEYS
THAT CLAIM TO BE IMMIGRATION
00:21:33.43\00:21:36.20
ATTORNEYS AND THEY SAY, 'I CAN
TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING FOR YOU.
00:21:36.20\00:21:39.33
GIVE ME $300.00 AND I'LL GET
IT ALL TAKEN CARE OF.' AND, YOU
00:21:39.33\00:21:41.80
KNOW, PEOPLE ARE SO DESPERATE
AND THEY NEED HELP AND THEY KNOW
00:21:41.80\00:21:44.13
THEY CAN'T DO IT THEMSELVES
AND THEY'LL CASH OUT EVERYTHING
00:21:44.13\00:21:48.23
THEY'VE GOT AND THEY'LL GIVE
$300.00 TO THIS ATTORNEY WHO
00:21:48.23\00:21:50.50
WON'T DO A THING OR THEY JUST
IGNORE THEM OR THEY SAY, 'OH,
00:21:50.50\00:21:54.53
YOUR CASE IS TOO DIFFICULT.'
AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT PERSON
00:21:54.53\00:21:56.46
- TRY AND GET MONEY BACK FROM AN
ATTORNEY. AND THEY EXPLOIT THE
00:21:56.46\00:22:02.13
NEED OF PEOPLE AND
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE POOR.
00:22:02.13\00:22:05.83
GO AHEAD, READ FOR US
PROVERBS 23:10 AND 11.
00:22:05.83\00:22:10.63
>>"REMOVE NOT THE OLD LANDMARK;
AND ENTER NOT INTO THE FIELDS OF
00:22:10.63\00:22:16.26
THE FATHERLESS: FOR THEIR
REDEEMER IS MIGHTY; HE SHALL
00:22:16.26\00:22:21.56
PLEAD THEIR CAUSE WITH THEE."
00:22:21.56\00:22:25.03
>>SO AGAIN, WELL THERE'S A
COUPLE THINGS HERE, ONCE HE
00:22:25.03\00:22:27.00
SAYS, 'DON'T REMOVE THE ANCIENT
LANDMARKS.' AND WHEN YOU BOUGHT
00:22:27.00\00:22:30.76
PROPERTY BACK THEN, THEY WOULD
SET UP STONES OR, YOU KNOW, THEY
00:22:30.76\00:22:33.36
DIDN'T HAVE METAL STAKES,
REALLY, TO DRIVE IN THE GROUND.
00:22:33.36\00:22:35.80
SO USUALLY THERE WERE STONES AND
SOMETIMES A LARGE STONE, THERE'D
00:22:35.80\00:22:38.66
BE SOME WRITING ON IT OR ETCHING
ON IT AND SAY, 'THIS IS A CORNER
00:22:38.66\00:22:40.90
MARKER FOR THESE PEOPLE OR THIS
PROPERTY.' SOME OF YOU REMEMBER
00:22:40.90\00:22:45.56
THE STORY IN THE BIBLE WHERE
AHAB WASN'T SATISFIED WITH HOW
00:22:45.56\00:22:48.40
MUCH LAND HE HAD FOR HIS
GARDEN AND HE WANTED TO TAKE THE
00:22:48.40\00:22:52.56
PROPERTY OF A NEIGHBOR NAMED
NABOTH. AND WHEN NABOTH SAID,
00:22:52.56\00:22:55.96
'LOOK, YOU KNOW, THIS
IS OUR FAMILY INHERITANCE.
00:22:55.96\00:22:57.96
I REALLY DON'T WANT TO SELL IT.'
WORKING WITH JEZEBEL, HE HAD HIM
00:22:57.96\00:23:01.63
KILLED SO THAT HE
COULD TAKE HIS LAND.
00:23:01.63\00:23:04.60
AND SO THIS IS TALKING ABOUT
REMOVING THE ANCIENT LANDMARKS
00:23:04.60\00:23:07.86
AND ALSO, 'DO NOT ENTER THE
FIELDS OF THE FATHERLESS.' YOU
00:23:07.86\00:23:11.60
KNOW THE POOR - FATHERLESS
- THEY CAN'T, YOU KNOW,
00:23:11.60\00:23:14.36
SOMETIMES RICH
PEOPLE HAVE MORE POWER.
00:23:14.36\00:23:17.43
THEY HAVE MORE INFLUENCE
AND THEY CAN EXPLOIT AND TAKE
00:23:17.43\00:23:20.16
ADVANTAGE OF THE POOR THAT DON'T
HAVE THE MEANS TO FIGHT THEM.
00:23:20.16\00:23:22.90
HAVE WE SEEN, EVEN IN OUR
CULTURE, THAT IF YOU'VE GOT
00:23:22.90\00:23:25.90
ENOUGH MONEY AND YOU CAN AFFORD
A REALLY GOOD DEFENSE TEAM, IN
00:23:25.90\00:23:31.80
SOME CASES YOU CAN
ALMOST GET AWAY WITH MURDER.
00:23:31.80\00:23:35.40
AND SO, THE - YEAH, THE RICH
SOMETIMES CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
00:23:35.40\00:23:39.43
THE POOR. BUT WHAT DOES
IT SAY IN BOTH THESE VERSES?
00:23:39.43\00:23:41.73
'THE LORD WILL PLEAD THEIR
CAUSE, FOR THEIR REDEEMER IS
00:23:41.73\00:23:46.30
MIGHTY. HE WILL PLEAD THEIR
CAUSE.' DO YOU WANT TO GO INTO
00:23:46.30\00:23:49.23
COURT AGAINST GOD AND
TRY AND GO UP AGAINST HIM?
00:23:49.23\00:23:52.70
SO WHEN WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
PEOPLE, HOW DOES THE LORD FEEL
00:23:52.70\00:23:56.86
ABOUT THAT? >>HE'S NOT HAPPY.
00:23:56.86\00:23:59.16
>>YEAH, YOU'RE GOING
TO BE ON THE LOSING TEAM.
00:23:59.16\00:24:00.96
YOU DON'T - IT'S -
IT REALLY ANGERS HIM.
00:24:00.96\00:24:03.60
HE WANTS US TO
SHOW MERCY TO THE POOR.
00:24:03.60\00:24:05.13
A FEW MORE VERSES ON THIS
THEME ABOUT ROBBING THE POOR.
00:24:05.13\00:24:08.86
ECCLESIASTES 5, VERSE 8, "IF YOU
SEE THE OPPRESSION OF THE POOR,
00:24:08.86\00:24:13.26
AND THE VIOLENT PERVERSION OF
JUSTICE" - WE JUST GAVE A CASE
00:24:13.26\00:24:17.40
OF THAT - "AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IN
A PROVINCE, DO NOT MARVEL AT THE
00:24:17.40\00:24:21.86
MATTER; FOR HIGH OFFICIAL
WATCHES OVER HIGH OFFICIAL,
00:24:21.86\00:24:24.36
AND HIGHER
OFFICIALS ARE OVER THEM."
00:24:24.36\00:24:26.10
IN OTHER WORDS, NOBODY REALLY
GETS AWAY WITH ANYTHING FOREVER
00:24:26.10\00:24:29.80
BECAUSE SOMEONE IS ALWAYS
WATCHING AND EVEN THE HIGHEST
00:24:29.80\00:24:33.26
OFFICIAL ANSWERS TO GOD AND SO
THERE'S GOING TO BE A PAYDAY IS
00:24:33.26\00:24:38.50
JUST WHAT SOLOMON IS
SAYING THERE IN ECCLESIASTES.
00:24:38.50\00:24:41.40
EXODUS 23, MOSES ADDRESSES THIS
SAME PRINCIPLE, "YOU SHALL NOT
00:24:41.40\00:24:46.16
PERVERT THE JUDGMENT OF
THE POOR IN HIS DISPUTE.
00:24:46.16\00:24:49.96
NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I
LIKE ABOUT WHAT MOSES SAID?
00:24:49.96\00:24:52.46
MOSES SAID - CAN YOU
HAVE DISCRIMINATION BOTH WAYS?
00:24:52.46\00:24:57.06
CAN YOU HAVE DISCRIMINATION OF
GIVING PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO
00:24:57.06\00:25:00.43
THE RICH BECAUSE THEY'RE RICH?
CAN YOU ALSO GIVE PREFERENTIAL
00:25:00.43\00:25:05.36
TREATMENT TO THE POOR? >>YES.
00:25:05.36\00:25:07.90
>>AND MOSES ACTUALLY
ADDRESSES BOTH SIDES OF THAT.
00:25:07.90\00:25:11.50
HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, YOU'LL
NOT SHOW PREFERENCE TO THE POOR.
00:25:11.50\00:25:14.70
IF THEY'RE BEING UNJUST THEY'RE
BEING UNJUST AND YOU'LL NOT SHOW
00:25:14.70\00:25:16.90
PREFERENCE TO THE RICH.
YOU SHALL HAVE' - ANY OF YOU
00:25:16.90\00:25:20.56
KNOW WHAT THAT FIGURE IS THAT
THEY HAVE ABOVE THE COURTHOUSE
00:25:20.56\00:25:24.93
WITH SCALES? >>BLIND JUSTICE.
00:25:24.93\00:25:27.43
>>BLIND - IT'S A LADY THAT
HAS A BLINDFOLD ON, MEANING THAT
00:25:27.43\00:25:31.23
JUSTICE IS GOING TO BE WEIGHED
BASED UPON THE FACTS AND NOT
00:25:31.23\00:25:34.63
BASED UPON WHO YOU ARE, HOW MUCH
MONEY YOU HAVE, WHO YOU KNOW.
00:25:34.63\00:25:39.00
IT'S JUST GOING TO BE BASED
UPON THE EVIDENCE AND THAT'S
00:25:39.00\00:25:41.66
WHAT MOSES IS
SAYING, PICK JUDGES.
00:25:41.66\00:25:43.53
JETHRO SAID THAT
WILL RIGHTLY ADMINISTER.
00:25:43.53\00:25:46.50
WHY DID THEY NOT WANT SAMUEL
TO BE THEIR JUDGE ANYMORE?
00:25:46.50\00:25:51.63
BECAUSE SAMUEL'S SONS BEGAN TO
TAKE OVER DOING JUDGMENT AND IT
00:25:51.63\00:25:56.36
SAYS THEY TOOK BRIBES AND THE
PEOPLE COULD NOT GET JUSTICE.
00:25:56.36\00:26:03.13
THEY SAID, 'GIVE US A KING
AND WE DON'T WANT THIS ANYMORE.'
00:26:03.13\00:26:08.16
ZECHARIAH 7:10, "DO NOT OPPRESS
THE WIDOW OR THE FATHERLESS, THE
00:26:08.16\00:26:14.16
ALIEN" - STRANGERS FROM
ANOTHER COUNTRY - "OR THE POOR."
00:26:14.16\00:26:19.50
- AND THIS IS COMING FROM A
PROPHET. GOD DOESN'T WANT US TO
00:26:19.50\00:26:22.83
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE VULNERABLE.
00:26:22.83\00:26:26.30
MATTER OF FACT, WHAT SHOULD
BE THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTERISTIC?
00:26:26.30\00:26:28.63
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT
MIGHT BE EXPOSED OR VULNERABLE
00:26:28.63\00:26:32.66
OR TO GUARD THEM, PROTECT THEM,
TAKE THEM IN, CARE FOR THEM?
00:26:32.66\00:26:37.70
THEY NEED A FRIEND. THEY NEED A
LITTLE - THEY NEED AN ADVOCATE.
00:26:37.70\00:26:40.63
BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS;
THEY'LL BE CALLED THE CHILDREN
00:26:40.63\00:26:43.56
OF GOD. JOB 31: - I
LOVE THE BOOK OF JOB.
00:26:43.56\00:26:47.10
I MEAN, WHEN YOU READ THE BOOK
OF JOB, YOU KNOW YOU'RE READING
00:26:47.10\00:26:49.46
- YOU'RE READING FROM PEOPLE
THAT WERE LIVING 200 YEARS BACK
00:26:49.46\00:26:54.06
THEN. YOU'RE PRETTY WISE.
00:26:54.06\00:26:56.06
THEY WERE PRETTY
PROFOUND IN WHAT THEY SAID.
00:26:56.06\00:26:57.73
JOB, NOW, IS PLEADING WITH HIS
FRIENDS - JUST TO GIVE YOU THE
00:26:57.73\00:27:02.40
BACKGROUND - AND HE SAID, "IF
I HAVE KEPT THE POOR FROM THEIR
00:27:02.40\00:27:06.46
DESIRE, OR CAUSED THE EYES OF
THE WIDOW TO FAIL, OR EATEN MY
00:27:06.46\00:27:10.93
MORSEL BY MYSELF" - IN
OTHER WORDS, HOARDING THINGS.
00:27:10.93\00:27:14.76
WHEN I WENT TO MILITARY SCHOOL,
YOU DIDN'T WANT TO GET UP AND
00:27:14.76\00:27:19.86
WALK AWAY FROM YOUR PLATE
BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNEW WHAT YOUR
00:27:19.86\00:27:22.70
FELLOW CADETS WOULD DO.
AND IT WAS SOMETIMES LIKE A
00:27:22.70\00:27:27.50
JUNGLE AND A LOT OF KIDS
ACTUALLY ATE WITH THEIR ARMS
00:27:27.50\00:27:32.73
LIKE THIS SO THAT NOBODY COULD
STAB THEIR ICE CREAM SANDWICH OR
00:27:32.73\00:27:37.73
WHATEVER WAS ON THEIR TRAY.
AND I JUST - I REMEMBER THAT ONE
00:27:37.73\00:27:41.90
TIME A CAPTAIN CAME BY AND
SOMEONE WAS HOARDING THEIR FOOD
00:27:41.90\00:27:45.60
AND HE PUSHED THEIR
FACE RIGHT DOWN IN IT.
00:27:45.60\00:27:50.20
BUT IT'S A PICTURE OF SOMEBODY
WHO IS NOT WANTING TO SHARE AND
00:27:50.20\00:27:55.33
THAT'S WHAT JOB
IS TALKING ABOUT.
00:27:55.33\00:27:58.00
"OR EATEN MY MORSEL BY MYSELF"
- YOU RUN OFF AND HIDE - ANY OF
00:27:58.00\00:28:02.26
YOU EVER SEE A DOG GET
SOMETHING AND THEY RUN OFF.
00:28:02.26\00:28:05.60
THEY DON'T WANT
ANYONE ELSE SNATCHING IT.
00:28:05.60\00:28:07.63
"OR EATEN MY MORSEL BY MYSELF,
SO THAT THE FATHERLESS COULD NOT
00:28:07.63\00:28:10.66
EAT OF IT (BUT FROM MY YOUTH I
REARED HIM AS A FATHER, AND FROM
00:28:10.66\00:28:16.23
MY MOTHER'S WOMB I GUIDED THE
WIDOW)" - HE'S SAYING 'THIS IS
00:28:16.23\00:28:18.26
WHAT I'VE DONE.' - "IF I HAVE
SEEN ANYONE PERISH FOR LACK OF
00:28:18.26\00:28:20.90
CLOTHING, OR ANY POOR MAN
WITHOUT COVERING; IF HIS HEART
00:28:20.90\00:28:24.56
HAS NOT BLESSED ME, AND IF HE
WAS NOT WARMED WITH THE FLEECE
00:28:24.56\00:28:27.60
OF MY SHEEP; IF I HAVE RAISED
MY HAND AGAINST THE FATHERLESS,
00:28:27.60\00:28:31.33
WHEN I SAW I HAD HELP IN THE
GATE," - THAT'S WHERE JUDGMENT
00:28:31.33\00:28:35.10
WAS DONE - "THEN LET MY ARM FALL
FROM MY SHOULDER, LET MY ARM BE
00:28:35.10\00:28:40.16
TORN FROM THE SOCKET." - JOB
IS VOWING BEFORE HIS FRIENDS.
00:28:40.16\00:28:43.73
HE SAYS, 'I HAVE
TAKEN CARE OF THE POOR.
00:28:43.73\00:28:45.53
I'VE PLED THE CAUSE OF THE
FATHERLESS. I'VE BEEN A DEFENSE.
00:28:45.53\00:28:48.93
I'VE CLOTHED THE NAKED.' AND
HE'S SAYING, YOU KNOW - THEY'RE
00:28:48.93\00:28:52.50
SAYING, 'OH, THIS IS HAPPENING
TO YOU BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T -
00:28:52.50\00:28:54.23
YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING UNJUST.'
AND JOB SAID, 'NO.' BEING
00:28:54.23\00:28:58.43
JEALOUS OF THE WICKED.
ANOTHER SEGMENT HERE THAT
00:28:58.43\00:29:01.43
CONJURES UP SOME
INTERESTING THOUGHTS.
00:29:01.43\00:29:05.20
THIS COMES FROM PROVERBS 23:17,
"DO NOT LET YOUR HEART ENVY
00:29:05.20\00:29:10.23
SINNERS," - NOW HE'S
NOT EVEN SAYING OUTWARDLY.
00:29:10.23\00:29:13.83
IN YOUR HEART DON'T ENVY
SINNERS - "BUT BE ZEALOUS FOR
00:29:13.83\00:29:17.96
THE FEAR OF THE
LORD ALL THE DAY."
00:29:17.96\00:29:21.00
NOW, I WON'T ASK FOR A SHOW
OF HANDS BUT I EXPECT, IF YOU'RE
00:29:21.00\00:29:26.70
HUMAN AND YOU'RE AT ALL LIKE ME,
WHICH MAY NOT BE THE SAME THING,
00:29:26.70\00:29:30.63
THAT YOU'VE HAD YOUR MOMENTS
WHERE YOU HAVE SEEN THE WICKED
00:29:30.63\00:29:36.56
PROSPERING WITH THEIR YACHTS ON
THEIR PRIVATE ISLAND SURROUNDED
00:29:36.56\00:29:43.76
BY EVERY PLEASURE AND LUXURY AND
COMFORT AND EASE. AND IN YOUR
00:29:43.76\00:29:48.80
QUIET MOMENTS YOU'VE THOUGHT,
'WOW, THAT LOOKS PRETTY NICE.
00:29:48.80\00:29:52.16
WISH I COULD HAVE THAT.'
AND - BUT THEY DON'T HAVE GOD.
00:29:52.16\00:29:58.90
AND SO HE'S SAYING, 'DON'T LET
YOUR HEART ENVY SINNERS - "BUT
00:29:58.90\00:30:03.33
BE ZEALOUS FOR THE FEAR OF THE
LORD ALL THE DAY;" DAVID TALKS
00:30:03.33\00:30:06.36
ABOUT THIS. MATTER
OF FACT, IF YOU LOOK IN
00:30:06.36\00:30:08.16
PSALM 37 - WE'RE GOING TO LOOK
AT SEVERAL VERSES BECAUSE THE
00:30:08.16\00:30:10.56
WHOLE PSALM, REALLY,
ADDRESSES THIS PRINCIPLE.
00:30:10.56\00:30:12.63
PSALM 37, I'LL READ VERSES 1
AND 2 AND SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BE
00:30:12.63\00:30:16.56
GOING TO PROVERBS 24:1
AND 2 FOR ME. WHO HAS THAT?
00:30:16.56\00:30:20.06
OKAY, KATRINA, IN JUST A MOMENT.
PSALM 37:1 AND 2, "DO NOT FRET"
00:30:20.06\00:30:25.26
- WHAT DOES 'FRET' MEAN?
WORRY, BE ANXIOUS - "BECAUSE OF
00:30:25.26\00:30:27.93
EVILDOERS, NOR BE ENVIOUS
OF THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY.
00:30:27.93\00:30:33.00
FOR THEY SHALL SOON BE CUT DOWN
LIKE THE GRASS, AND WITHER AS
00:30:33.00\00:30:36.50
THE GREEN HERB."
JUST PAUSE FOR A MOMENT.
00:30:36.50\00:30:39.33
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHO SOME OF
THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
00:30:39.33\00:30:41.83
ARE - BILLIONS OF DOLLARS - AND
YOU'RE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY,
00:30:41.83\00:30:47.80
YOU NEVER HAVE A FLEETING
THOUGHT OF COVETING YOUR
00:30:47.80\00:30:52.83
NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE OR
THINK, 'OH, THAT WOULD BE NICE.
00:30:52.83\00:30:56.00
I WISH I HAD THAT.' WOULD YOU
WANT TO TRADE PLACES WITH THEM
00:30:56.00\00:30:59.33
IN THE JUDGMENT DAY? WHAT
PROFIT IS IT TO A MAN IF HE
00:30:59.33\00:31:03.46
GAINS THE WHOLE
WORLD AND LOSES HIS SOUL?
00:31:03.46\00:31:06.40
AND SO, DON'T ENVY THEM BECAUSE,
YEAH, THEY MIGHT BE PROSPERING
00:31:06.40\00:31:10.00
NOW, THEY MIGHT BE LOOKING LIKE
THEY'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME NOW,
00:31:10.00\00:31:12.93
BUT HOW LONG WILL THAT LAST
COMPARED TO WHAT GOD IS OFFERING
00:31:12.93\00:31:16.96
YOU AND ME. IT JUST
GOES BACK TO THAT OLD
00:31:16.96\00:31:20.26
ANALOGY THAT YOU WOULD ASK A
KID, 'DO YOU WANT A SCOOP OF ICE
00:31:20.26\00:31:27.13
CREAM RIGHT NOW, OR DO
YOU WANT FIVE SCOOPS TOMORROW?
00:31:27.13\00:31:31.96
AND SO OFTEN THEY'LL SAY,
'I WANT A SCOOP RIGHT NOW.' YOU
00:31:31.96\00:31:35.53
WANT A NICKEL NOW OR DO
YOU WANT A DOLLAR IN A YEAR?
00:31:35.53\00:31:39.90
'I WANT A NICKEL NOW.' AND,
YOU KNOW, WE NEVER FULLY OUTGROW
00:31:39.90\00:31:42.33
THAT. BUT YOU'VE GOT TO
KEEP THE ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE.
00:31:42.33\00:31:46.60
AND SO, WHEN YOU SEE THE WICKED
PROSPERING, WHAT DOES DAVID SAY
00:31:46.60\00:31:49.66
ABOUT HOW LONG OUR
LIVES ARE? IT'S LIKE A VAPOR.
00:31:49.66\00:31:52.96
IT'S LIKE A MOMENT.
YEAH, THEY'RE FLOURISHING AND
00:31:52.96\00:31:56.16
THEY'RE PROSPERING FOR A MOMENT
AND I CAN NAME A WHOLE LOT OF
00:31:56.16\00:31:59.03
VERY RICH PEOPLE
THAT ARE DEAD NOW, RIGHT?
00:31:59.03\00:32:03.06
AND THEY DECOMPOSE JUST AS
FAST AS THE POOR UNLESS THEY'RE
00:32:03.06\00:32:06.80
EMBALMED OR CRYOGENICALLY
FROZEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
00:32:06.80\00:32:10.16
SO WHY WOULD YOU ENVY THEM?
DAVID GOES ON - NOW DID DAVID
00:32:10.16\00:32:14.70
SEE BOTH SIDES? I MEAN
DID - DAVID KNEW WHAT IT
00:32:14.70\00:32:18.76
WAS LIKE TO JUST, YOU KNOW,
FOLLOW THE SHEEP AROUND IN THE
00:32:18.76\00:32:20.63
HOT HILLS OR THE
COLD MEADOWS OF BETHLEHEM.
00:32:20.63\00:32:23.40
AND HE ALSO KNEW WHAT IT WAS
LIKE TO LIVE IN A PALACE WITH
00:32:23.40\00:32:26.63
THE KING AND THEN HE HAD TO RUN
FROM THE PALACE AND LIVE IN A
00:32:26.63\00:32:30.00
CAVE. THEN HE WENT
BACK TO THE PALACE.
00:32:30.00\00:32:31.83
I MEAN, HE HAD
THE WHOLE PERSPECTIVE.
00:32:31.83\00:32:35.16
"REST IN THE LORD, AND WAIT
PATIENTLY FOR HIM; DO NOT FRET
00:32:35.16\00:32:39.10
BECAUSE OF HIM WHO PROSPERS IN
HIS WAY, BECAUSE OF THE MAN WHO
00:32:39.10\00:32:43.43
BRINGS WICKED SCHEMES TO PASS."
DO WICKED PEOPLE SOMETIMES SEEM
00:32:43.43\00:32:47.00
TO SUCCEED IN
THEIR WHITE-COLLAR CRIME?
00:32:47.00\00:32:49.80
>>YES. >>AND
YOU'RE SAYING, 'WHY DOES
00:32:49.80\00:32:52.93
THE LORD? WOW, THEY'RE
JUST PILING ON THE MONEY.
00:32:52.93\00:32:55.13
LOOK AT THAT NICE
CAR THEY'RE DRIVING.
00:32:55.13\00:32:56.90
LOOK AT THAT
PENTHOUSE APARTMENT IN NEW YORK.
00:32:56.90\00:32:58.56
ALL THEIR CONNIVING, IT SEEMS
TO BE PAYING OFF.' DAVID SAYS IT
00:32:58.56\00:33:05.16
MAY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE
BRINGING WICKED SCHEMES TO PASS.
00:33:05.16\00:33:08.63
DON'T FRET. DON'T
ENVY THEM BECAUSE IT'S A
00:33:08.63\00:33:11.16
MOMENT. IT DOESN'T LAST, RIGHT?
"CEASE FROM ANGER, AND FORSAKE
00:33:11.16\00:33:17.10
WRATH; DO NOT FRET"
- IT ONLY CAUSES HARM.
00:33:17.10\00:33:20.86
I TOLD KAREN, A FEW MINUTES AGO
WHILE WE WERE IN TRAFFIC - YOU
00:33:20.86\00:33:23.86
KNOW, YOU FEEL
A LITTLE HELPLESS.
00:33:23.86\00:33:28.50
I KNEW YOU WERE ALL SITTING HERE
AND, YOU KNOW, WE COME FROM, OH
00:33:28.50\00:33:32.90
IT'S 15 MILES OR SO TO GET
HERE AND I TOLD KAREN, 'I'M REAL
00:33:32.90\00:33:40.00
TEMPTED TO DRIVE OFF IN THE
EMERGENCY LANE HERE BECAUSE' - I
00:33:40.00\00:33:42.23
SAID, 'YOU KNOW, I'D JUST TELL
THE POLICE THAT I'VE GOT - WE'RE
00:33:42.23\00:33:44.16
GETTING READY BEFORE A LIVE
AUDIENCE TO RECORD SOMETHING.
00:33:44.16\00:33:46.80
I'VE GOT TO GO. AND I
USED TO JUST - I'D WRING
00:33:46.80\00:33:49.66
MY HANDS AND GET ALL TIGHT
INSIDE AND I TOLD KAREN, 'YOU
00:33:49.66\00:33:52.43
KNOW, I MUST BE GROWING BECAUSE
I JUST FIGURE GOD'S IN CHARGE.
00:33:52.43\00:33:56.10
IF I CAN'T MAKE
IT, I CAN'T MAKE IT.
00:33:56.10\00:33:57.63
AND YOU'VE JUST GOT TO WAIT
UNTIL THE LORD WORKS IT OUT.
00:33:57.63\00:34:01.83
FRETTING DOESN'T
DO ANYBODY ANY GOOD.
00:34:01.83\00:34:04.63
YOU KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER ONE
MEDICATION IS - SOLD - IN NORTH
00:34:04.63\00:34:08.26
AMERICA? ANTACIDS
- THINGS RELATED TO
00:34:08.26\00:34:12.33
STRESS AND ULCERS.
YEAH, AND DEPRESSION - THAT'S
00:34:12.33\00:34:19.76
ANOTHER BIG ONE. BUT
YEAH, FOLKS ARE JUST - "DO
00:34:19.76\00:34:23.30
NOT FRET. IT ONLY CAUSES HARM.
00:34:23.30\00:34:25.60
FOR EVILDOERS SHALL BE CUT OFF
BUT THOSE WHO WAIT ON THE LORD,
00:34:25.60\00:34:30.16
THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH."
NOW DOES JESUS QUOTE THAT?
00:34:30.16\00:34:34.56
'BLESSED ARE THE MEEK FOR
THEY WILL INHERIT THE EARTH.
00:34:34.56\00:34:39.60
FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE AND THE
WICKED WILL BE NO MORE' - RICH
00:34:39.60\00:34:43.90
OR POOR, THEY'LL BE NO MORE.
YOU NEED TO PITY THEM, DON'T
00:34:43.90\00:34:47.76
ENVY THEM. YOU
EVER FEEL SORRY FOR THE
00:34:47.76\00:34:51.33
RICH? NOT VERY OFTEN, DO YOU?
00:34:51.33\00:34:54.26
BUT THINK ABOUT IT,
THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOST TOO.
00:34:54.26\00:34:57.56
AND DOES THE
LORD LOVE THEIR SOULS?
00:34:57.56\00:35:00.43
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED MORE
MINISTRY ALSO FOR PEOPLE WHO
00:35:00.43\00:35:03.23
HAVE MEANS - "FOR YET A LITTLE
WHILE AND THE WICKED SHALL BE NO
00:35:03.23\00:35:06.80
MORE; INDEED, YOU WILL LOOK
CAREFULLY FOR HIS PLACE, BUT IT
00:35:06.80\00:35:10.16
SHALL BE NO MORE. BUT
THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE
00:35:10.16\00:35:12.86
EARTH," - THIS IS WHERE JESUS
IS QUOTING - "AND SHALL DELIGHT
00:35:12.86\00:35:15.76
THEMSELVES IN THE
ABUNDANCE OF PEACE."
00:35:15.76\00:35:18.03
SO YEAH, FOR A LITTLE WHILE,
IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE THEY BRING
00:35:18.03\00:35:20.23
WICKED SCHEMES TO PASS AND
THE WICKED ARE PROSPERING AND IT
00:35:20.23\00:35:22.90
LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE GOT POWER AND
CONTROL AND YOU CAN JUST GET ALL
00:35:22.90\00:35:27.00
WOUND UP OVER THAT. I
START THINKING ABOUT POLITICS
00:35:27.00\00:35:29.56
SOMETIMES AND YOU CAN GET
EXASPERATED WHEN YOU SEE THE
00:35:29.56\00:35:33.16
THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING BOTH
IN OUR COUNTRY AND OTHER PLACES.
00:35:33.16\00:35:36.36
ALRIGHT, SOMEONE'S GOING
TO READ FOR US PROVERBS -
00:35:36.36\00:35:38.03
KATRINA - 24:1 AND 2.
>>"DO NOT BE ENVIOUS OF EVIL
00:35:38.03\00:35:42.66
MEN, NOR DESIRE TO BE WITH
THEM; FOR THEIR HEART DEVISES
00:35:42.66\00:35:46.60
VIOLENCE, AND THEIR
LIPS TALK OF TROUBLEMAKING."
00:35:46.60\00:35:50.43
>>YEAH, IT'S NOT ONLY HERE
SAYING, 'DON'T ENVY THEM.' IT
00:35:50.43\00:35:53.53
SAYS DON'T BE AROUND THEM
BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE TALKING
00:35:53.53\00:35:57.16
ABOUT, IT'LL VEX YOUR SOUL.
AND THEY'RE DEVISING EVIL AND
00:35:57.16\00:36:01.20
YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN THAT.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE ACCUSED OF
00:36:01.20\00:36:04.90
BEING AN ACCOMPLICE.
SO WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE
00:36:04.90\00:36:07.93
CONNIVING AND SCHEMING,
DON'T EVEN BE WITH THEM.
00:36:07.93\00:36:12.26
DON'T DESIRE TO BE WITH
THEM. 'OH, BUT THEY'RE RICH.
00:36:12.26\00:36:15.16
THEY'RE POWERFUL.' IF THEY'RE
WICKED, YOU'RE BETTER OFF TO BE
00:36:15.16\00:36:18.80
WITH THE HUMBLE AND THE
WISE. "AND THEIR LIPS TALK OF
00:36:18.80\00:36:22.00
TROUBLEMAKING."
PROVERBS 24:19 - STILL IN
00:36:22.00\00:36:24.96
PROVERBS 24 NOW. WE'LL
BE GOING BACK AND FORTH.
00:36:24.96\00:36:27.60
"DO NOT FRET BECAUSE OF
EVILDOERS NOR BE ENVIOUS OF THE
00:36:27.60\00:36:32.03
WICKED; FOR THERE WILL BE NO
PROSPECT FOR THE EVIL MAN; THE
00:36:32.03\00:36:36.33
LAMP OF THE
WICKED WILL BE PUT OUT."
00:36:36.33\00:36:38.63
RICH OR POOR, THE LAMP OF
THE WICKED WILL BE PUT OUT.
00:36:38.63\00:36:42.80
THAT'S VERY SAD. SO
YOU DON'T NEED TO ENVY
00:36:42.80\00:36:47.03
SOMEONE ELSE'S SUCCESS.
THE BEST REMEDY FOR THIS
00:36:47.03\00:36:51.93
SPIRITUALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM IS
TO JUST REMEMBER WHAT THE REWARD
00:36:51.93\00:36:59.16
IS THAT THE
LORD HAS PROMISED US.
00:36:59.16\00:37:01.36
AND WHEN JESUS CAME INTO THE
WORLD, COULD HE HAVE COME RICH
00:37:01.36\00:37:04.43
IF HE WANTED? >>SURE.
00:37:04.43\00:37:06.13
>>HOW DID HE
COME? >>HE WAS POOR.
00:37:06.13\00:37:08.80
>>YEAH, HE IDENTIFIED
WITH THE POOR. WHO WAS IT?
00:37:08.80\00:37:12.03
ABRAHAM LINCOLN USED TO
SAY, 'GOD MUST LOVE POOR PEOPLE
00:37:12.03\00:37:15.60
'CAUSE HE SURE MADE AN AWFUL LOT
OF THEM.' SO YEAH, JESUS SAID,
00:37:15.60\00:37:21.73
WHEN MARY GAVE HIM A GIFT - YOU
REMEMBER WHAT - SOMETIMES IT CAN
00:37:21.73\00:37:26.66
BE ABUSED - THE IDEA
OF CARING FOR THE POOR.
00:37:26.66\00:37:30.80
MARY GAVE JESUS THIS GIFT WHEN
SHE ANOINTED HIS FEET AND JUDAS
00:37:30.80\00:37:33.83
SAID, 'WHY, THAT OINTMENT COULD
HAVE BEEN SOLD FOR THREE HUNDRED
00:37:33.83\00:37:36.90
PENCE AND GIVEN TO THE POOR.'
AND JESUS SAID, 'THE POOR YOU
00:37:36.90\00:37:40.43
WILL ALWAYS HAVE WITH YOU.'
YOU KNOW, UNTIL THE END OF TIME
00:37:40.43\00:37:44.06
THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE
PEOPLE THAT ARE LESS FOR - NOW
00:37:44.06\00:37:47.80
GOVERNMENTS DON'T
EVER SAY THAT, DO THEY?
00:37:47.80\00:37:51.16
>>NO. >>THEY SAY, 'WE'VE GOT A
00:37:51.16\00:37:52.46
SOLUTION TO ELIMINATE POVERTY.'
BUT JESUS SAID YOU'LL ALWAYS
00:37:52.46\00:37:56.36
HAVE POOR, YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE BLESSED
00:37:56.36\00:38:00.16
MORE THAN OTHERS.
SOME PEOPLE ARE WISER.
00:38:00.16\00:38:02.26
SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE CAPABLE.
SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE TALENTED.
00:38:02.26\00:38:04.73
SOME PEOPLE ARE
MORE INDUSTRIOUS.
00:38:04.73\00:38:06.53
IT'S NOT POPULAR TO SAY
THOSE THINGS, BUT THEY'RE JUST
00:38:06.53\00:38:08.96
PRACTICAL TRUTHS. SO
YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE
00:38:08.96\00:38:11.16
VARIATIONS IN ANY SOCIETY.
AND JESUS SAID YOU'LL ALWAYS
00:38:11.16\00:38:15.53
HAVE POOR WITH YOU AND YOU'LL
HAVE OPPOORTUNITY TO SHOW LOVE
00:38:15.53\00:38:18.40
AND MERCY. HE SAID,
'ME YOU'LL NOT ALWAYS
00:38:18.40\00:38:20.60
HAVE WITH YOU.' WHAT HE
WAS SAYING TO MARY MAGDALENE.
00:38:20.60\00:38:23.33
AND EPHESIANS 5 - TYING OFF
THIS SUBJECT ABOUT THE POOR -
00:38:23.33\00:38:27.96
EPHESIANS 5, VERSE 20, "GIVING
THANKS ALWAYS FOR ALL THINGS TO
00:38:27.96\00:38:31.26
GOD THE FATHER IN THE
NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST."
00:38:31.26\00:38:34.13
SO THE - THE SOLUTION FOR OUR
TENDENCY MAYBE TO COVET SOMEONE
00:38:34.13\00:38:39.43
ELSE'S MANSION OR THEIR NICER
THINGS OR CLOTHES OR CARS OR
00:38:39.43\00:38:45.70
POSITION OR
WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE - IS.
00:38:45.70\00:38:49.06
THANK THE LORD
FOR WHAT YOU DO HAVE.
00:38:49.06\00:38:50.80
IT SORT OF SMOTHERS - GRATITUDE
FOR YOUR BLESSING SORT OF
00:38:50.80\00:38:54.90
SMOTHERS FRETTING OVER
WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT HAVE.
00:38:54.90\00:38:59.50
ALRIGHT, WHAT WE PUT IN
OUR MOUTHS IS OUR NEXT SECTION.
00:38:59.50\00:39:04.16
GENESIS 3:3 - DOES IT MAKE A
DIFFERENCE WHAT WE PUT IN OUR
00:39:04.16\00:39:10.16
MOUTHS? I ALREADY
SET IT UP SO YOU KNOW.
00:39:10.16\00:39:12.10
WHY IS THERE SIN
IN THE WORLD TODAY?
00:39:12.10\00:39:17.40
THINK ABOUT ALL THE MISERY AND
THE SUFFERING AND THE STRUGGLE
00:39:17.40\00:39:20.73
AND THE PROBLEMS BETWEEN GOOD
AND EVIL AND WHAT TRIGGERED IT
00:39:20.73\00:39:23.80
ALL? GOD SAID, 'YOU ARE FREE
TO EAT EVERYTHING I'VE BLESSED.
00:39:23.80\00:39:29.13
THERE'S JUST ONE
THING YOU SHOULD NOT EAT.
00:39:29.13\00:39:31.13
DO NOT EAT THAT.' AND THE DEVIL
SAID 'GO AHEAD AND EAT IT.' AND,
00:39:31.13\00:39:35.40
EVIDENTLY, ADAM AND EVE THOUGHT,
'DON'T MAKE SUCH A BIG DEAL OUT
00:39:35.40\00:39:40.63
OF JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING TO
EAT.' BUT WHERE DID THAT END UP
00:39:40.63\00:39:45.10
GOING? IT DOESN'T MAKE A
DIFFERENCE. "BUT OF THE FRUIT
00:39:45.10\00:39:50.16
OF THE TREE WHICH IS IN THE
MIDST OF THE GARDEN, GOD HAS
00:39:50.16\00:39:52.86
SAID, 'YOU SHALL NOT EAT IT,
NOR SHALL YOU TOUCH IT, LEST YOU
00:39:52.86\00:39:56.70
DIE.'" I DID A SERMON ONCE YEARS
AGO CALLED BELOW THE NOSE AND
00:39:56.70\00:40:01.36
ABOVE THE CHIN . IT
KIND OF NARROWS IT DOWN.
00:40:01.36\00:40:05.16
SO MUCH OF OUR TROUBLE HAS TO DO
WITH - YOU KNOW GOD GAVE US TWO
00:40:05.16\00:40:08.63
NOSTRILS AND TWO EARS AND TWO
EYES BUT ONE MOUTH AND MOST OF
00:40:08.63\00:40:15.36
OUR TROUBLE HAS TO DO WITH WHAT
GOES IN AND WHAT COMES OUT OF
00:40:15.36\00:40:17.60
OUR MOUTHS. ONE
TONGUE AND LOOK AT ALL THE
00:40:17.60\00:40:21.20
TROUBLE IT CAN START.
BUT PROVERBS ACTUALLY TALKS
00:40:21.20\00:40:24.80
ABOUT DIET AND APPETITE
AND CONTROL OVER THOSE THINGS.
00:40:24.80\00:40:29.06
PROVERBS 23, VERSE 1, "WHEN YOU
SIT DOWN TO EAT WITH A RULER,
00:40:29.06\00:40:34.23
CONSIDER CAREFULLY WHAT IS
BEFORE YOU; AND PUT A KNIFE TO
00:40:34.23\00:40:38.20
YOUR THROAT" - NOW IS
THERE A WORD PICTURE FOR YOU?
00:40:38.20\00:40:40.96
- "PUT A KNIFE TO YOUR THROAT IF
YOU ARE A MAN GIVEN TO APPETITE.
00:40:40.96\00:40:45.63
DO NOT DESIRE HIS DELICACIES,
FOR THEY ARE A DECEPTIVE FOOD."
00:40:45.63\00:40:50.03
NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WELL, I CAN EXTRAPOLATE A FEW
00:40:50.03\00:40:56.50
DIFFERENT THINGS
FROM THIS PASSAGE.
00:40:56.50\00:40:58.00
FOR ONE THING, WHEN YOU SIT DOWN
WITH A RULER AND YOU'RE HAVING A
00:40:58.00\00:41:02.13
FEAST, DON'T BECOME SO
PREOCCUPIED WITH THE CUISINE
00:41:02.13\00:41:06.43
THAT YOU - YOU LOSE ALL
DIGNITY AND YOU SAY, 'WOW!'
00:41:06.43\00:41:11.23
AND YOU JUST -
MAINTAIN CONTROL. YOU'VE GOT
00:41:11.23\00:41:14.40
AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE
BUILD A RELATIONSHIP, TO TALK -
00:41:14.40\00:41:17.00
WHATEVER THE PURPOSE OF THE
MEETING OR THE MEAL IS AND JUST
00:41:17.00\00:41:22.40
SHOW RESTRAINT IS ONE
THING THAT HE'S SAYING THERE.
00:41:22.40\00:41:26.33
ANOTHER THING HE'S SAYING -
AND HE SAYS 'PUT A KNIFE TO YOUR
00:41:26.33\00:41:29.76
THROAT IF YOU'RE A MAN GIVEN TO
APPETITE BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU
00:41:29.76\00:41:33.13
MIGHT BE INVITED TO A MEAL AND
THERE'S AN AGENDA AND YOU WILL
00:41:33.13\00:41:37.56
PAY FOR THAT MEAL ANOTHER
WAY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
00:41:37.56\00:41:41.90
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
KNOW ANYBODY THAT HAS EVER DONE
00:41:41.90\00:41:45.80
SOMETHING NICE FOR YOU, BUT
YOU'RE ALMOST AFRAID TO EVER
00:41:45.80\00:41:47.90
TAKE A FAVOR OR A GIFT FROM THEM
BECAUSE THEY WILL REMIND YOU OF
00:41:47.90\00:41:51.03
IT. I HAD A RELATIVE THAT
WHENEVER THEY GAVE YOU ANYTHING
00:41:51.03\00:41:59.23
OR DID ANYTHING FOR YOU, THEY
WOULD ASK YOU ABOUT IT EVERY
00:41:59.23\00:42:02.36
TIME. 'SO HOW'S
THAT SWEATER I GAVE YOU?'
00:42:02.36\00:42:05.33
'IT SEEMS TO BE HEALTHY.
SWEATER'S DOING FINE.' YOU KNOW,
00:42:05.33\00:42:10.06
I'M JUST - THEY BRING IT UP BUT
IT'S LIKE THEN THEY'D ASK FOR A
00:42:10.06\00:42:12.23
FAVOR AND IT'S LIKE YOU'RE
PAYING FOR IT - OVER AND OVER
00:42:12.23\00:42:17.06
AGAIN. YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
00:42:17.06\00:42:19.06
SO I DON'T WANT TO SOUND
UNGRATEFUL BUT SOLOMON IS SAYING
00:42:19.06\00:42:22.30
YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL BECAUSE
"DO NOT DESIRE HIS DELICACIES,
00:42:22.30\00:42:25.70
FOR THEY ARE DECEPTIVE FOOD."
NOW WHAT ABOUT DANIEL WHEN HE
00:42:25.70\00:42:28.66
WAS IN BABYLON? DID HE
HAVE A CHANCE TO EAT FROM
00:42:28.66\00:42:32.56
THE RULER'S CAFETERIA? >>YES.
00:42:32.56\00:42:34.86
>>BUT IT WAS A DECEPTIVE FOOD
IN THAT THINGS AROUND THE TABLE
00:42:34.86\00:42:38.53
MAY HAVE HAD A
COUPLE OF PROBLEMS.
00:42:38.53\00:42:40.06
ONE, PROBABLY SOME OF THE STUFF
HAD BEEN OFFERED TO PAGAN IDOLS,
00:42:40.06\00:42:43.20
BUT BEYOND THAT, IT WAS IN THE
UNCLEAN CATEGORY AND THE WINE
00:42:43.20\00:42:46.50
WAS ALCOHOLIC AND DANIEL SAID,
'GIVE US SIMPLE FOOD.' AND SO,
00:42:46.50\00:42:50.70
YOU KNOW,
EATING THE WRONG THING.
00:42:50.70\00:42:54.00
YOU EVER NOTICE THAT POOR
PEOPLE OFTEN EAT BEANS AND RICE
00:42:54.00\00:43:00.36
AND RICH PEOPLE EAT ESCARGOT
- SNAILS, FROGS' LEGS - I
00:43:00.36\00:43:06.50
REMEMBER, I ATE THE WEIRDEST
THINGS WHEN I WENT OUT TO DINNER
00:43:06.50\00:43:09.16
WITH MY FATHER. I TELL
PEOPLE IN MY TESTIMONY, I
00:43:09.16\00:43:11.43
SAY, 'YEP, I ATE FROGS' LEGS AND
I ATE TURTLE AND I ATE SNAILS
00:43:11.43\00:43:17.23
AND I DID ALL THAT
WHILE I WAS IN A RESTAURANT.
00:43:17.23\00:43:19.36
THEN I WENT IN THE CAVE AND
I ATE BEANS AND RICE - A LITTLE
00:43:19.36\00:43:23.33
RATTLESNAKE AND SQUIRREL BUT
MOSTLY - MOSTLY BEANS AND RICE.
00:43:23.33\00:43:27.66
SO IT MAY ALSO NOT BE
HEALTHY. IT'S A DECEPTIVE MEAT.
00:43:27.66\00:43:31.76
READ ON IN PROVERBS 23, VERSE
6, "DO NOT EAT THE BREAD OF A
00:43:31.76\00:43:37.70
MISER, NOR DESIRE HIS
DELICACIES; FOR AS HE THINKS IN
00:43:37.70\00:43:42.06
HIS HEART, SO IS
HE. 'EAT AND DRINK!'
00:43:42.06\00:43:44.33
HE SAYS TO YOU, BUT HIS HEART
IS NOT WITH YOU. THE MORSEL YOU
00:43:44.33\00:43:47.83
HAVE EATEN, YOU WILL VOMIT UP,
AND WASTE YOUR PLEASANT WORDS."
00:43:47.83\00:43:51.30
NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT EARLIER - A MISER.
00:43:51.30\00:43:54.20
WHAT'S A MISER?
SOMEONE WHO HOARDS.
00:43:54.20\00:43:56.86
SOMEONE THEY'RE - THEY'RE
GRASPING, THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT
00:43:56.86\00:43:59.76
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET FROM
YOU AND SO - IN THE EAST, OFTEN
00:43:59.76\00:44:07.76
RELATIONSHIPS, COVENANTS, DEALS
WERE SEALED WITH A MEAL AND IT'S
00:44:07.76\00:44:14.03
ALSO SAYING 'DO NOT BE TEMPTED
TO ENTER INTO A BARGAIN.' WHAT
00:44:14.03\00:44:18.46
DID - HOW DID ESAU
LOSE HIS BIRTHRIGHT?
00:44:18.46\00:44:23.40
WASN'T IT OVER A MEAL? >>YES.
00:44:23.40\00:44:25.33
>>HE WAS DESIRING HIS BROTHER'S
- YEAH, IT WASN'T EVEN GOOD
00:44:25.33\00:44:29.33
FOOD. IT'S JUST - IT WAS
RED BEANS. I MEAN, IT MAY HAVE
00:44:29.33\00:44:33.93
BEEN HEALTHY BUT IT
WASN'T EXTRAVAGANT IN ANY WAY.
00:44:33.93\00:44:37.60
SOLD HIS BIRTHRIGHT FOR
BEANS. AND SO IT MIGHT COST YOU.
00:44:37.60\00:44:42.20
JACOB SAID, 'SURE, SIT
DOWN, WE'LL EAT, BUT BEFORE I
00:44:42.20\00:44:44.80
FEED YOU, YOU
KNOW THAT BIRTHRIGHT?
00:44:44.80\00:44:47.96
I MEAN, WHAT
DIFFERENCE IS A BIRTHRIGHT.
00:44:47.96\00:44:49.83
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO
TRADE ME YOUR BIRTHRIGHT?
00:44:49.83\00:44:51.76
SMELL THE BEANS.' DID
ESAU LATER REGRET THAT?
00:44:51.76\00:44:56.33
YEAH. SO THERE'S A
LOT OF WAYS YOU CAN
00:44:56.33\00:44:59.13
UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT
WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
00:44:59.13\00:45:02.40
WHAT YOU PUT IN YOUR MOUTHS,
IT'S NOT JUST WHAT YOU EAT.
00:45:02.40\00:45:04.83
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'WHATEVER YOU
DO, WHETHER YOU EAT OR WHETHER
00:45:04.83\00:45:08.10
YOU DRINK, DO ALL
TO THE GLORY OF GOD.
00:45:08.10\00:45:10.66
NOW, DOES IT MAKE SENSE THAT IF
IT'S POSSIBLE TO EAT AND DRINK
00:45:10.66\00:45:15.86
TO THE GLORY OF GOD?
WE ALL AGREE THAT IT IS.
00:45:15.86\00:45:18.33
IT SAYS - WE'RE COMMANDED TO
DO IT SO IT MUST BE POSSIBLE.
00:45:18.33\00:45:20.80
IS IT POSSIBLE NOT TO
EAT AND DRINK TO GOD'S GLORY?
00:45:20.80\00:45:23.90
SO, NOAH - THE BIBLE SAYS NOAH
FOUND GRACE IN THE EYES OF THE
00:45:23.90\00:45:30.40
LORD. THE BIBLE SAYS
NOAH WALKED WITH GOD.
00:45:30.40\00:45:33.83
BUT NOAH PLANTED A VINEYARD.
AND IT WASN'T A TOTAL ACCIDENT.
00:45:33.83\00:45:39.80
HE MAY HAVE BEEN DEPRESSED, WHO
KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED, BUT HE THEN
00:45:39.80\00:45:42.16
LET THE WINE FERMENT AND HE
DRANK AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE
00:45:42.16\00:45:49.10
'WAS DRUNK AND BECAME UNCOVERED
IN HIS TENT.' NOW SOMEBODY IS
00:45:49.10\00:45:53.66
GOING TO READ
FOR ME HABAKKUK 2:15.
00:45:53.66\00:45:56.93
YOU'RE GOING TO DO
THAT IN A MINUTE, BRIAN?
00:45:56.93\00:45:58.30
JUST A MOMENT. HABAKKUK 2:15.
00:45:58.30\00:46:01.46
SO DOES PROVERBS ALSO HAVE SOME
THINGS TO SAY ABOUT ALCOHOL?
00:46:01.46\00:46:06.73
>>YES. >>IT WASN'T JUST NOAH.
00:46:06.73\00:46:09.86
YOU CAN THINK OF A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE - THEY WERE
00:46:09.86\00:46:14.40
DRINKING AND THEY MADE
SOME VERY BAD DECISIONS.
00:46:14.40\00:46:17.70
I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND I DIDN'T WANT TO
00:46:17.70\00:46:20.16
QUIT DRINKING AND I REMEMBER
MY FRIENDS - I HAD A COUPLE OF
00:46:20.16\00:46:24.43
CHRISTIAN FRIENDS THAT SAID,
'DOUG, CHRISTIANS SHOULDN'T
00:46:24.43\00:46:26.36
DRINK.' AND I ARGUED, 'JESUS
TURNED THE WATER INTO WINE.' AND
00:46:26.36\00:46:29.90
YOU'VE PROBABLY
HEARD THAT BEFORE.
00:46:29.90\00:46:31.70
AND THEN, WHEN THEY CONVINCED
ME THAT HE PROBABLY MADE GRAPE
00:46:31.70\00:46:35.93
JUICE, THEN I SAID, 'WELL, BUT
JESUS SAID IT'S NOT WHAT GOES IN
00:46:35.93\00:46:39.93
YOUR MOUTH THAT DEFILES
YOU, IT'S WHAT COMES OUT OF YOUR
00:46:39.93\00:46:42.10
MOUTH.' SO I CAN PUT WHATEVER
I WANT IN MY MOUTH AS LONG AS I
00:46:42.10\00:46:44.73
PRAY. HAVE YOU HEARD
THAT ARGUMENT BEFORE?
00:46:44.73\00:46:48.60
>>YES. >>BUT
HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT
00:46:48.60\00:46:50.53
PEOPLE PUTTING ALCOHOL IN THEIR
MOUTH, IT DOES AFFECT WHAT COMES
00:46:50.53\00:46:53.16
OUT? >>YES. (LAUGHTER)
00:46:53.16\00:46:55.10
>>YEAH. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD,
READ FOR US HABAKKUK 2:15.
00:46:55.10\00:47:01.10
>>"WOE TO HIM WHO
GIVES DRINK TO HIS NEIGHBOR,
00:47:01.10\00:47:04.16
PRESSING HIM TO YOUR
BOTTLE, EVEN TO MAKE HIM DRUNK,
00:47:04.16\00:47:08.26
THAT YOU MAY LOOK
ON HIS NAKEDNESS!"
00:47:08.26\00:47:11.53
>>THAT'S WHAT WE
JUST READ ABOUT WITH NOAH.
00:47:11.53\00:47:13.46
AND YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN MORE
THAN YOU WANT TO REMEMBER, WITH
00:47:13.46\00:47:17.23
PEOPLE THAT WERE DISHEVELED
BECAUSE THEY WERE INEBRIATED AND
00:47:17.23\00:47:22.63
THEY KIND OF LOSE
THEIR SELF RESPECT.
00:47:22.63\00:47:26.03
I WON'T GO INTO WHAT I SAW, BUT
WE DID A MISSION - LIVED AT A
00:47:26.03\00:47:31.00
MISSION - KAREN AND I
WENT BACK TO NEW MEXICO.
00:47:31.00\00:47:33.90
RIGHT OFF THE RESERVATION THEY
HAD A NOTORIOUS BAR - IT'S SINCE
00:47:33.90\00:47:36.33
CLOSED, PRAISE THE LORD -
CALLED THE TURQUOISE BAR .
00:47:36.33\00:47:39.16
THEY COULDN'T SELL ALCOHOL ON
THE RESERVATION BACK THEN, BUT
00:47:39.16\00:47:42.63
IMMEDIATELY ACROSS THE
RESERVATION SOMEBODY HAD BUILT A
00:47:42.63\00:47:45.03
BAR. AND A NUMBER OF THE NAVAJO
00:47:45.03\00:47:47.00
PEOPLE STRUGGLED WITH ALCOHOL
- AS I'M SURE MANY DO TODAY.
00:47:47.00\00:47:50.86
AND BECAUSE THAT WAS THE FIRST
PLACE YOU COULD BUY ALCOHOL
00:47:50.86\00:47:55.66
RIGHT OFF THE RESERVATION, IT
WAS RIGHT JUST UP THE ROAD FROM
00:47:55.66\00:47:58.56
OUR MISSION OFFICE. WE
JUST - NOT ONLY WERE THERE A
00:47:58.56\00:48:02.43
LOT OF DEATHS - A LOT OF
FIGHTING - A LOT OF ABUSE -
00:48:02.43\00:48:05.83
A LOT OF INDIGNITIES. I
MEAN, IT WAS JUST AWFUL WHAT
00:48:05.83\00:48:09.06
WE SAW - WHAT ALCOHOL DID
TO PEOPLE. WHICH MAKES ME THINK
00:48:09.06\00:48:12.83
OF WHAT SOLOMON IS
SAYING IN PROVERBS 23.
00:48:12.83\00:48:15.86
THIS IS PART OF OUR PASSAGE
- I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS
00:48:15.86\00:48:18.06
EARLIER BECAUSE PROVERB -
SOLOMON TALKED ABOUT ALCOHOL IN
00:48:18.06\00:48:21.03
AN EARLIER CHAPTER, BUT
HE REALLY GETS INTO IT HERE.
00:48:21.03\00:48:24.03
PROVERBS 23:29, "WHO HAS WOE?"
- NOW YOU NOTICE WE SAID - IT
00:48:24.03\00:48:31.80
SAYS HERE - HABAKKUK SAYS,
'WOE TO HIM.' WHAT'S 'WOE?'
00:48:31.80\00:48:35.66
IS WOE GOOD OR BAD? >>BAD.
00:48:35.66\00:48:39.43
>>IT'S - IT'S - YEAH, 'OY VEY'
IS WHAT YOU WOULD SAY IN HEBREW
00:48:39.43\00:48:46.33
AND THAT'S LIKE WHEN ISAIAH
SAID, 'WOE IS ME.' 'OY VEY IZ
00:48:46.33\00:48:49.96
MIR.' YOU EVER HEARD
THAT YIDDISH EXPRESSION?
00:48:49.96\00:48:52.96
YEAH, WOE IS ME. AND
IT'S THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT
00:48:52.96\00:48:56.93
JESUS SAID WHEN
HE SAID, 'BLESSED.'
00:48:56.93\00:48:59.50
IT'S ALMOST LIKE CURSED.
IT'S MISERY. "WHO HAS WOE?
00:48:59.50\00:49:05.23
WHO HAS SORROW?
WHO HAS CONTENTIONS?
00:49:05.23\00:49:09.50
WHO HAS COMPLAINTS? WHO
HAS WOUNDS WITHOUT CAUSE?
00:49:09.50\00:49:13.66
WHO HAS REDNESS OF EYES?"
NOW SOLOMON IS DOING SOMETHING
00:49:13.66\00:49:17.30
HERE, FOR THIS PROVERB,
HE DOESN'T DO ANYWHERE ELSE.
00:49:17.30\00:49:19.93
HE GETS OUT OF THE CHIASTIC
PRO AND CON OF ALL THE OTHER
00:49:19.93\00:49:24.10
PROVERBS AND HE JUST LETS LOOSE
AND JUST SAYS, 'YOU WANT TO HAVE
00:49:24.10\00:49:27.76
ALL KINDS OF MISERY AND
PROBLEMS' - AND HE JUST -
00:49:27.76\00:49:29.66
THERE'S NOT EVEN A POETIC RHYTHM
TO IT ANYMORE AND HE JUST COMES
00:49:29.66\00:49:34.60
ON AS STRONG AS HE CAN.
"WHO HAS WOUNDS WITHOUT CAUSE?
00:49:34.60\00:49:38.76
WHO HAS REDNESS OF EYES?
THOSE THAT LINGER LONG AT THE
00:49:38.76\00:49:41.86
WINE, THOSE WHO GO
IN SEARCH OF MIXED WINE.
00:49:41.86\00:49:44.83
DO NOT LOOK ON THE WINE WHEN IT
IS RED, WHEN IT SPARKLES IN THE
00:49:44.83\00:49:47.86
CUP, WHEN IT SWIRLS AROUND
SMOOTHLY; AT THE LAST IT BITES
00:49:47.86\00:49:51.53
LIKE A SERPENT, AND STINGS LIKE
A VIPER." - SERPENTS AND VIPERS
00:49:51.53\00:49:55.03
IN THE BIBLE, WHAT ARE
THEY ANALOGOUS OF? THE DEVIL.
00:49:55.03\00:49:59.93
- "YOUR EYES WILL SEE STRANGE
THINGS, AND YOUR HEART WILL
00:49:59.93\00:50:04.76
UTTER PERVERSE THINGS."
HOW MANY CRUEL, WICKED, MEAN
00:50:04.76\00:50:09.60
THINGS HAVE FATHERS SAID TO
THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR SPOUSES
00:50:09.60\00:50:14.20
AND WIVES TOO,
PROBABLY, WHEN THEY'RE DRUNK?
00:50:14.20\00:50:18.90
YOUR HEART - YOUR EYES
WILL SEE STRANGE THINGS.
00:50:18.90\00:50:23.26
"...YOU WILL BE LIKE ONE WHO
LIES DOWN IN THE MIDST OF THE
00:50:23.26\00:50:26.53
SEA, OR LIKE ONE WHO LIES AT THE
TOP OF THE MAST," - NOW HOW WISE
00:50:26.53\00:50:32.33
IS IT TO TAKE A NAP ON
THE TOP OF A MAST IN A BOAT?
00:50:32.33\00:50:36.83
NOW I LIVED ON A COUPLE OF
SAILBOATS - ONE ON THE CARIBBEAN
00:50:36.83\00:50:40.53
AND ONE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
- AND WHEN THE BOAT IS ROCKING
00:50:40.53\00:50:44.20
LIKE THIS, WHEN YOU GET UP ON
THE MAST - THE MAST IS ROCKING
00:50:44.20\00:50:48.23
LIKE THIS. AND SO
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF
00:50:48.23\00:50:49.23
TIME THAT MAST IS
NOT EVEN OVER THE BOAT.
00:50:49.23\00:50:50.86
YOU FALL OUT OF THE
MAST AND YOU'RE IN THE DRINK.
00:50:50.86\00:50:53.20
AND IF YOU'RE AT
SEA, YOU COULD DROWN.
00:50:53.20\00:50:55.03
THE BOAT COULD LEAVE YOU BEHIND.
00:50:55.03\00:50:56.20
AND TO SLEEP ON THE MAST -
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE UP THERE
00:50:56.20\00:50:58.60
AS A LOOKOUT
HANGING ON FOR DEAR LIFE.
00:50:58.60\00:51:01.40
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE, YOU KNOW,
OSHA-REGULATED CROW'S NESTS UP
00:51:01.40\00:51:05.40
THERE BACK THEN. AND A
LOT OF BOATS I WENT ON,
00:51:05.40\00:51:08.20
YOU CLIMBED UP THE ROPE AND
YOU JUST HUNG ON FOR DEAR LIFE.
00:51:08.20\00:51:10.93
THERE WAS NO HARNESS WHEN I
WAS A KID LIVING ON THESE BOATS.
00:51:10.93\00:51:13.53
THEY HAD NO SAFETY HARNESSES.
YOU HAD TO HANG ON WITH BOTH
00:51:13.53\00:51:15.66
HANDS. AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE
00:51:15.66\00:51:20.53
RECKLESSNESS OF WHAT ALCOHOL
DOES - HOW MUCH DEATH IT CAUSES.
00:51:20.53\00:51:26.56
"...ONE WHO LIES AT THE TOP
OF THE MAST, SAYING: 'THEY HAVE
00:51:26.56\00:51:29.23
STRUCK ME, BUT I WAS NOT HURT;
THEY HAVE BEATEN ME, BUT I DID
00:51:29.23\00:51:32.30
NOT FEEL IT.'" YEARS AGO SOMEONE
WROTE IN TO DEAR ABBY - ANY OF
00:51:32.30\00:51:37.60
YOU REMEMBER DEAR ABBY ? >>YES.
00:51:37.60\00:51:39.26
>>AND SHE WAS ALWAYS PRETTY HARD
ON ALCOHOL AND WHAT IT DID TO
00:51:39.26\00:51:43.30
THE SOCIETY AND
PEOPLE THAT DRANK.
00:51:43.30\00:51:45.23
SOMEONE WROTE IN AND THEY SAID,
'YOU KNOW, DEAR ABBY, YOU'RE
00:51:45.23\00:51:47.20
AWFUL HARD ON ALCOHOL AND A
LITTLE BIT IS REALLY NOT BAD AND
00:51:47.20\00:51:50.56
JUST A CASE IN
POINT, IT RELAXES YOU.
00:51:50.56\00:51:54.36
I WAS HAVING A FEW DRINKS AND I
LOST MY BALANCE AND I FELL DOWN
00:51:54.36\00:51:57.40
THE STAIRS AND THE DOCTOR SAYS
BECAUSE I WAS DRINKING I DIDN'T
00:51:57.40\00:52:00.30
BREAK ANY BONES BECAUSE I WAS
RELAXED.' AND ABBY, OF COURSE,
00:52:00.30\00:52:03.70
WROTE BACK AND SAID, 'YOU
REALIZE, OF COURSE, YOU WOULDN'T
00:52:03.70\00:52:05.33
HAVE FALLEN DOWN THE
STAIRS IF YOU WEREN'T DRINKING?'
00:52:05.33\00:52:08.23
AND SO PEOPLE SAY,
'OH, YOU KNOW, THEY BEAT ME.
00:52:08.23\00:52:11.80
I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER.
00:52:11.80\00:52:13.63
HOW'D I WAKE - I GOT THIS BLACK
AND BLUE MARK - MISSING TEETH -
00:52:13.63\00:52:15.93
I DIDN'T EVEN FEEL
IT.' WOUNDS WITHOUT A CAUSE.
00:52:15.93\00:52:20.66
"THEY STRUCK ME,
BUT I WAS NOT HURT.
00:52:20.66\00:52:22.26
THEY BEAT ME, BUT
I DID NOT FEEL IT."
00:52:22.26\00:52:24.36
YOU KNOW, THE OLD COWBOY MOVIES,
BEFORE THEY HAD TO TAKE THE
00:52:24.36\00:52:27.36
BULLET OUT, THEY'D GIVE THEM A
SHOT OF WHISKEY BECAUSE THAT'S,
00:52:27.36\00:52:29.93
YOU KNOW, ALL THEY HAD BACK
THEN. 'OH, I DIDN'T FEEL IT.'
00:52:29.93\00:52:32.80
"WHEN SHALL I AWAKE, THAT
I MAY SEEK ANOTHER DRINK?"
00:52:32.80\00:52:39.93
YOU KNOW WHAT
HE'S DESCRIBING THERE?
00:52:39.93\00:52:41.56
PEOPLE THAT BARELY SOBER UP
AND THEY GO SEEKING IT AGAIN.
00:52:41.56\00:52:44.13
THAT'S ALCOHOLISM.
THAT'S NOT A NEW PROBLEM.
00:52:44.13\00:52:47.90
THAT GOES BACK ALL
THE WAY TO THE BEGINNING.
00:52:47.90\00:52:51.20
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T
WANT TO TAKE THAT FARTHER THAN
00:52:51.20\00:52:55.13
NECESSARY, BUT LET ME
GIVE YOU A COUPLE MORE.
00:52:55.13\00:52:57.26
ISAIAH 5:11, "WOE TO THOSE WHO
RISE EARLY IN THE MORNING, THAT
00:52:57.26\00:53:01.63
THEY MAY FOLLOW INTOXICATING
DRINK; WHO CONTINUE UNTIL NIGHT,
00:53:01.63\00:53:04.93
TILL WINE INFLAMES THEM!"
AND SOME PEOPLE WERE FALSELY
00:53:04.93\00:53:11.40
ACCUSED OF BEING DRUNK. I
CAN THINK OF TWO CASES IN THE
00:53:11.40\00:53:14.53
BIBLE. YOU KNOW
WHAT THEY ARE? >>HANNAH.
00:53:14.53\00:53:17.06
>>HANNAH - WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT
WAS POURED OUT THE CROWD SAID TO
00:53:17.06\00:53:25.86
THE DISCIPLES, 'THEY ARE FULL OF
NEW WINE.' NOW, THE REASON THEY
00:53:25.86\00:53:28.86
SAID 'NEW WINE' IS THEY WERE
MOCKING BECAUSE, WHEN PEOPLE
00:53:28.86\00:53:30.56
WERE STAGGERING UP THE STREETS
THEY SAID, 'OH, DRINKING AGAIN?'
00:53:30.56\00:53:34.16
THEY SAID, 'NO, IT WAS JUST NEW
WINE.' AND SO IT WAS A SARCASM
00:53:34.16\00:53:37.46
WHEN THEY SAID, 'OH, THEY'RE
FULL OF NEW WINE.' YOU SEE?
00:53:37.46\00:53:41.36
YOU UNDERSTAND? NEW
WINE WAS NOT ALCOHOLIC AND
00:53:41.36\00:53:43.63
PEOPLE USED TO SAY,
'OH, I WASN'T DRINKING.
00:53:43.63\00:53:44.96
IT WAS NEW WINE.' AND SO THE
CROWD WAS MOCKING THE DISCIPLES
00:53:44.96\00:53:48.93
AND SAID, 'OH, I SUPPOSE THEY'RE
FULL OF NEW WINE.' MEANING THEY
00:53:48.93\00:53:52.50
WERE DRUNK. BUT THEY WEREN'T.
00:53:52.50\00:53:54.63
THEY WERE FULL
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:53:54.63\00:53:55.86
AND LAST SECTION - I'LL JUST
READ A COUPLE OF THESE - OUR
00:53:55.86\00:53:58.53
RESPONSIBILITIES . IT
SAYS THAT IN PROVERBS 24:11
00:53:58.53\00:54:03.56
AND 12, "DELIVER THOSE WHO
ARE DRAWN TOWARD DEATH, AND HOLD
00:54:03.56\00:54:07.16
BACK THOSE STUMBLING TO THE
SLAUGHTER." - PEOPLE WHO WERE
00:54:07.16\00:54:10.06
STUMBLING TOWARDS THEIR
DESTRUCTION - THEY'RE DRAWN
00:54:10.06\00:54:12.16
TOWARDS DEATH AND YOU WANT
TO DO ALL YOU CAN TO SAVE THEM.
00:54:12.16\00:54:16.23
I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, IT
PROBABLY SOUNDS STRANGE TO YOU
00:54:16.23\00:54:20.30
IN TELLING YOU THIS STORY, BUT
WHEN WE WERE IN NEW YORK CITY
00:54:20.30\00:54:22.33
DOING SOMETHING - ONE OF A FEW
OCCASIONS - AND THE STREETS ARE
00:54:22.33\00:54:26.96
JUST, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS BUSTLING
WITH PEOPLE AND TOURISTS AND WE
00:54:26.96\00:54:29.86
WERE NOT FAR FROM THE 42ND
STREET AREA WHEN WE DID OUR NET
00:54:29.86\00:54:32.80
NEW YORK PROGRAM. AND
I JUST REMEMBER THAT - I
00:54:32.80\00:54:36.40
GREW UP IN NEW YORK CITY AND I
WAS STANDING AND I LOOKED AND I
00:54:36.40\00:54:40.00
SAW THE LIGHT HAD JUST CHANGED
AND THE CABS IN NEW YORK, THEY
00:54:40.00\00:54:42.30
DON'T - WHEN THE LIGHT'S GREEN,
YOU BETTER GET OUT OF THEIR WAY.
00:54:42.30\00:54:46.36
AND THEY JUST - ONE OF THEM JUST
CAME - THE LIGHT CHANGED AND HE
00:54:46.36\00:54:49.46
WAS ALREADY ON HIS WAY WHEN THE
LIGHT CHANGED SO HE DIDN'T EVEN
00:54:49.46\00:54:51.36
SLOW DOWN - STARTED GOING
THROUGH - AND THIS KID WHO WAS
00:54:51.36\00:54:54.06
TALKING TO HIS FAMILY - WASN'T
EVEN LOOKING - AND HE DIDN'T
00:54:54.06\00:54:56.70
KNOW THE LIGHT HAD CHANGED AND
HE JUST STARTED OFF INTO - RIGHT
00:54:56.70\00:55:00.13
IN FRONT OF THIS CAB AND IF
YOU'RE A PARENT, YOU KIND OF
00:55:00.13\00:55:03.83
INSTINCTIVELY GO LIKE
THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU
00:55:03.83\00:55:05.70
REMEMBER BEFORE SEAT BELTS WHEN
YOU HAD KIDS IN THE FRONT SEAT?
00:55:05.70\00:55:08.60
AND WHENEVER YOU HIT THE
BRAKE, YOUR ARM WENT OUT.
00:55:08.60\00:55:11.16
ANY OF YOU REMEMBER
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
00:55:11.16\00:55:13.26
>>YES. >>AND I
STILL DO IT TODAY.
00:55:13.26\00:55:14.46
KAREN'S SITTING NEXT TO
ME, I HIT THE BRAKES - I JUST -
00:55:14.46\00:55:17.96
I FIGURE I SHOULD CATCH MY KIDS.
00:55:17.96\00:55:21.30
BUT I STOPPED THIS KID AND HIS
FAMILY SAW THAT HE WAS - HE WAS
00:55:21.30\00:55:27.20
JUST PLOWING OFF AND I STOPPED
HIM AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, 'HE
00:55:27.20\00:55:30.36
WOULD HAVE DIED IF I HADN'T DONE
THAT.' AND I DIDN'T GET AN AWARD
00:55:30.36\00:55:35.83
OR ANYTHING AND I'M NOT ASKING
FOR IT NOW - MAYBE IT SOUNDS
00:55:35.83\00:55:38.43
LIKE I AM. BUT IT'S
TALKING ABOUT THERE, IT
00:55:38.43\00:55:41.53
SAYS, "DELIVER THOSE WHO
ARE DRAWN TOWARDS DEATH AND HOLD
00:55:41.53\00:55:43.96
BACK THOSE
STUMBLING FOR THE SLAUGHTER."
00:55:43.96\00:55:46.20
WOULDN'T ANY OF
YOU DO THAT? >>UH HUH.
00:55:46.20\00:55:48.50
>>WHAT ABOUT IF YOU SEE
PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW THE LORD?
00:55:48.50\00:55:51.26
ARE THEY
STUMBLING TOWARDS DEATH?
00:55:51.26\00:55:53.43
ARE THEY PLOWING
TOWARDS THE SLAUGHTER?
00:55:53.43\00:55:55.96
AND WE OUGHT TO BE DOING ALL
WE CAN TO TRY AND INTERFERE WITH
00:55:55.96\00:56:00.76
THEIR DESTRUCTION, YOU
KNOW, BRING THEM TO THE LORD.
00:56:00.76\00:56:02.60
GET THEIR ATTENTION. PRAY
FOR THEM. PLEAD FOR THEIR SOULS.
00:56:02.60\00:56:05.43
AND THEN, THE LAST SECTION,
AGAIN, IT SAYS - PROVERBS 23:23,
00:56:05.43\00:56:11.63
"BUY THE TRUTH AND DO NOT SELL
IT, ALSO WISDOM AND INSTRUCTION
00:56:11.63\00:56:15.03
AND UNDERSTANDING. THE
FATHER OF THE RIGHTEOUS WILL
00:56:15.03\00:56:18.80
GREATLY REJOICE, AND HE WHO
BEGETS A WISE CHILD WILL DELIGHT
00:56:18.80\00:56:22.86
IN HIM. LET YOUR
FATHER AND MOTHER BE
00:56:22.86\00:56:25.20
GLAD, AND LET HER
WHO BORE YOU REJOICE.
00:56:25.20\00:56:28.56
MY SON, GIVE ME YOUR HEART, AND
LET YOUR EYES OBSERVE MY WAYS."
00:56:28.56\00:56:33.36
SO THERE'S A PLEA THERE. THE
LORD SAYS, 'GIVE ME YOUR HEART.
00:56:33.36\00:56:36.03
LOVE THE TRUTH.
BUY IT. DO NOT SELL IT.
00:56:36.03\00:56:38.70
LIVE A LIFE OF WISDOM AND YOU'LL
BE BLESSED AND OTHERS AROUND YOU
00:56:38.70\00:56:42.10
WILL BE BLESSED.
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00:57:12.03\00:57:15.76
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00:57:15.76\00:57:19.73
OF THE WEEK. NOW,
EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF
00:57:19.73\00:57:22.93
PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE
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00:57:22.93\00:57:26.56
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00:57:26.56\00:57:28.70
DOES IT REALLY
MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP?
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