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>>I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO
THE SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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MY NAME IS CHUCK HOLTRY AND
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE AMAZING
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FACTS CENTER OF EVANGELISM
AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
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PASTOR DOUG AND PASTOR JËAN ARE
OUT OF TOWN THIS WEEK AND SO I
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HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF
SPENDING SOME TIME WITH YOU.
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OUR STUDY THIS WEEK IS GOING TO
BE LESSON #11 - LIVING BY FAITH.
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BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I'D
LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR FREE
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OFFER. IT IS HIDDEN
EYES AND CLOSED EARS .
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THIS IS OFFER #726 AND IF YOU DO
NOT HAVE THIS, YOU WILL WANT TO
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GET A COPY OF THIS. YOU
CAN CALL 1-866-788-3966 -
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THAT'S
866-788-3966 OR 866-STUDY-MORE.
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BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR LESSON,
I'D LIKE TO ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT
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TO BE WITH US. IF YOU DON'T
MIND BOWING YOUR HEADS WITH ME.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE
THANKFUL THAT WE CAN COME AND
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STUDY HERE TODAY. WE
ASK THAT AS WE OPEN YOUR
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WORD, YOU OPEN OUR
HEARTS AND OUR MINDS.
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WE ASK IN JESUS'
NAME, AMEN. >>AMEN.
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>>JUST RECENTLY I WAS FLYING
INTO NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE AND IT
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WAS AFTER ONE OF THE LARGEST
ICE STORMS THEY'VE HAD IN A LONG
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TIME. AND AS WE LANDED ON
THE RUNWAY, EVERYTHING WAS GOING
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SMOOTH AND THEN WE STARTED TO
TAXI OFF AND I REALIZED, WE WERE
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GOING ACROSS ICE AND MY
HEART SANK A LITTLE BIT.
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YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT THERE
WAS AN AIRPLANE, JUST RECENTLY,
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THAT ACTUALLY SLID OFF A RUNWAY.
IT WAS GOING SLOW AND GOT STUCK
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IN THE MUD.
EVERY TIME YOU TRAVEL,
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ESPECIALLY BY AIR, I
THINK WE'RE LIVING BY FAITH.
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BUT GOD'S ASKING US TO DO
A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIVING BY
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FAITH - A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.
YOU KNOW, THE SOCIETY WE LIVE IN
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TODAY DOESN'T LIVE BY FAITH
NATURALLY, WE LIVE BY OUR SENSES
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- WHAT WE CAN SEE, WHAT WE CAN
HEAR, WHAT WE CAN TASTE, ETC.
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BUT GOD IS ASKING
US TO LIVE BY FAITH.
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WHAT DOES IT
MEAN TO LIVE BY FAITH?
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WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
FIVE KEY POINTS FROM THE BOOK OF
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PROVERBS. AND SO,
THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE
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GOING TO BE LOOKING
FIRST IN PROVERBS CHAPTER 28.
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SO IF YOU COULD TURN WITH ME TO
PROVERBS CHAPTER 28, THERE ARE
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SEVERAL KEY PASSAGES THAT
SOLOMON POINTS OUT HERE THAT
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TALK ABOUT LIVING BY FAITH.
OUR FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE
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LIVING BY FAITH
MEANS KEEPING THE LAW.
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SOMEHOW KEEPING THE LAW HAS
SOMETHING TO DO WITH LIVING BY
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FAITH. LET'S LOOK
AT PROVERBS CHAPTER
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28 AND WE'LL LOOK AT VERSE
4. "THOSE WHO FORSAKE THE LAW
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PRAISE THE WICKED, BUT SUCH AS
KEEP THE LAW CONTEND WITH THEM."
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VERSE 7, "WHOSO KEEPETH THE LAW
IS A WISE SON: BUT HE THAT IS A
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COMPANION OF RIOTOUS
MEN SHAMETH HIS FATHER."
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THE LAST VERSE - THE FINAL ONE
I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT IS VERSE 10
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- ACTUALLY VERSE 9, "HE
THAT TURNETH AWAY HIS EAR FROM
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HEARING THE LAW, EVEN HIS
PRAYER SHALL BE AN ABOMINATION."
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SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE THINGS
TAKING PLACE HERE: IN VERSE 4 WE
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HAVE "THOSE THAT FORSAKE THE LAW
PRAISE THE WICKED: BUT SUCH AS
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KEEP THE LAW CONTEND WITH
THEM." IN OTHER WORDS, THOSE WHO
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KEEP THE LAW, THE
WICKED DON'T LIKE THEM.
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THERE'S THIS ANIMOSITY
THAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN THE TWO.
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AND MAYBE YOU'VE SEEN THIS
BEFORE OR RECOGNIZE THIS KIND OF
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ACTION. LET'S LOOK AT VERSE 7.
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VERSE 7 SAYS, "WHOSO KEEPETH THE
LAW IS A WISE SON:" KEEPING THE
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LAW MAKES US WISE. SO
LIVING BY FAITH AND KEEPING
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THE LAW - KEEPING THE LAW PUTS
ME AT ODDS, IF YOU WILL, WITH
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THE WICKED. IT
HELPS ME TO BE WISE, AND
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WHAT'S THAT FINAL POINT
THAT WE LOOKED AT IN VERSE 9?
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IT SAYS, "HE THAT TURNETH AWAY
HIS EAR FROM HEARING THE LAW,
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EVEN HIS PRAYER
SHALL BE AN ABOMINATION."
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WHEN WE TAKE TIME TO HEAR
THE WORD, THE LAW SPECIFICALLY,
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OUR PRAYERS ARE ALSO HEARD.
SO IF I WERE TO SUM IT UP, THESE
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THREE POINTS - THEY'VE BEEN LAID
OUT HERE JUST IN THE BEGINNING -
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ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT
LIVING BY FAITH AND KEEPING THE
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LAW IS IN CONNECTION WITH
THAT. THOSE WHO KEEP THE LAW ARE
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CONSIDERED WISE. THOSE
WHO KEEP THE LAW CAN HEAR
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GOD AND GOD CAN HEAR THEM.
THE LAST ONE - YES, THAT IS IT.
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THOSE TWO ARE THE ONES I
WAS GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON.
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WISDOM IS NOT BASED UPON
PHILOSOPHY AND I THINK THAT'S
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WHERE WE'RE KIND OF CONNECTING
SOME THINGS HERE TOGETHER.
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THE LAW SOMETIMES DOESN'T MAKE
SENSE TO, CAN I SAY, THE CARNAL
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MIND. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT A
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LITTLE BIT MORE
IN ANOTHER LESSON.
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THE LAW DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE
SENSE ALL THE TIME, BUT BECAUSE
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GOD ASKED ME TO DO IT - HE ASKED
ME TO KEEP THE LAW - IN DOING
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THAT I'M LIVING A LIFE OF FAITH.
FAITH IS DOING SOMETHING THAT
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DOESN'T ALWAYS
MAKE SENSE TO YOU.
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FAITH IS JUST DOING
IT BECAUSE GOD SAID IT.
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'GOD'S WORD SAYS IT, I'LL DO IT.
I'M NOT TRYING TO EARN MY WAY TO
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HEAVEN, THAT'S
NOT THE ISSUE HERE.
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I'M DOING IT BECAUSE WHEN GOD
SAYS SOMETHING, IT'S WHAT'S BEST
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FOR ME.' IT'S THAT KIND OF
UNDERSTANDING I THINK IS VERY
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IMPORTANT THAT SOLOMON
IS TRYING TO BRING OUT HERE.
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WHY IS THE LAW SO
IMPORTANT FOR WISDOM? WHY IS IT?
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BECAUSE WE LOOKED AT HERE,
KEEPING THE LAW BRINGS WISDOM.
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WHY IS KEEPING THE LAW
SO IMPORTANT FOR WISDOM?
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IF YOU DON'T MIND TURNING TO
ROMANS, WE'RE GOING TO - IT'S
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KIND OF HARD TO TALK ABOUT FAITH
AND NOT BE IN ROMANS, SO I'M
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GOING TO GO TO ROMANS
HERE JUST A LITTLE BIT.
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ROMANS CHAPTER 3 - WE'LL LOOK AT
ROMANS CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE 20.
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THIS TEXT, WE HAVE
USED DOZENS OF TIMES.
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WE HEAR IT, BUT I THINK IT'S
VERY HELPFUL IN OUR DISCUSSION
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TODAY. "THEREFORE
BY THE DEEDS OF THE
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LAW THERE SHALL NO FLESH BE
JUSTIFIED IN HIS SIGHT:" - THEN
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IT SAYS THIS: - "FOR
BY THE LAW IS" - WHAT?
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>>THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN.
>>SO THE LAW TEACHES ME.
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IT TELLS ME WHAT IS SIN.
ROMANS CHAPTER 7 AND VERSE 7 -
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ROMANS 7:7. PAUL IS CONTINUING
HIS DIALOGUE A LITTLE BIT LATER.
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HE SAYS, "WHAT
SHALL WE SAY THEN?
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IS THE LAW SIN? GOD FORBID.
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NAY, I HAD NOT KNOWN SIN, BUT
BY THE LAW: FOR I HAD NOT KNOWN
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LUST, EXCEPT THE LAW HAD SAID,
'THOU SHALT NOT COVET.'" PAUL
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SAYS, 'I KNOW WHAT SIN IS
BECAUSE THE LAW TELLS ME WHAT IT
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IS.' THE LAW GIVES ME KNOWLEDGE.
WHY DO I NEED KNOWLEDGE?
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CAN'T I JUST
FIGURE IT OUT MYSELF?
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CAN'T I JUST
DISCERN WHAT'S GOOD AND BAD?
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IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US, APART
FROM GOD, TO SIMPLY DISCERN WHAT
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IS GOOD AND BAD? YOU
NOTICE HOW I COUCHED THAT
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QUESTION? NO, IT'S NOT.
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BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
THAT TALK ABOUT - YOU KNOW THE
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PASSAGE - JEREMIAH CHAPTER
17, VERSE 9, "THE HEART IS
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DECEITFUL...AND
DESPERATELY WICKED:" - REALLY?
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MAYBE YOU SAY, 'CHUCK, YOUR
HEART'S THAT WAY, BUT DON'T PUT
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ME IN THAT CATEGORY.' ALL OF
OUR HEARTS ARE THAT WAY, FOR ALL
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HAVE SINNED AND COME
SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.
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JEREMIAH 13:23 SAYS THE LEOPARD
CAN'T CHANGE HIS SPOTS, THE
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ETHIOPIAN CAN'T CHANGE HIS SKIN
AND NEITHER CAN YOU, WHO ARE
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USED TO DOING EVIL, DO
GOOD. SLIGHT PARAPHRASE.
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AND THAT IS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALIZE.
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YOU AND I CAN'T DISCERN APART
FROM THE LAW. THE LAW HELPS US.
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THE REASON WHY YOU, AT ANY TIME
IN YOUR LIFE, KNOW WHAT IS GOOD
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AND BAD, IS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN
INGRAINED IN YOU VIA GOD AND THE
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SPIRIT, WHAT IS
GOOD AND WHAT IS BAD.
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AND THE LAW IS
THAT CODIFICATION.
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WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT
SPELLED OUT. BEAUTIFUL.
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THERE IS ONE MORE PASSAGE:
ROMANS CHAPTER 8 AND VERSE 7.
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THE BIBLE SAYS, "BECAUSE THE
CARNAL MIND IS ENMITY AGAINST
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GOD: FOR IT IS NOT SUBJECT TO
THE LAW OF GOD, NEITHER INDEED
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CAN BE." MY
NATURAL HEART - MY NATURAL
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MIND - TENDS TO GO AWAY FROM THE
LAW AND THE LAW SHOWS ME WHAT IS
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WISDOM. AND SO, WHEN I LOOK AT
THE WISDOM - I LOOK AT THE LAW
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I SAY, 'OKAY WAIT,
WHAT IS CHUCK? NOT GOOD.
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I DESPERATELY NEED GOD.'
REMEMBER, THE LAW IS NOT THERE
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TO SAVE ME, BUT THE LAW IS
THERE TO HELP ME HAVE KNOWLEDGE
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OF WHAT IS RIGHT
AND WHAT IS WRONG.
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YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIVING IN A
WORLD WHERE THAT IS VERY, VERY
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UNCOMMON TO KNOW WHAT
IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG.
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YOU KNOW, WHAT IS RIGHT IS
WHATEVER YOU FEEL IS RIGHT.
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WHAT IS WRONG IS, YOU KNOW, AS
LONG AS YOU DON'T HURT SOMEBODY
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ELSE, I GUESS YOU'RE OKAY - THAT
DEPENDS WHAT CULTURE YOU'RE IN,
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OF COURSE. SOME
CULTURES SAY THAT RIGHT IS
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KILLING PEOPLE IF
THEY GO AGAINST YOU.
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SO HOW DO WE DETERMINE
WHAT RIGHT AND WRONG IS?
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VERY SIMPLE. IT
IS WHAT? THE LAW.
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THE LAW GIVES ME
WISDOM. SO THAT'S IMPORTANT.
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SO, IF I WANT TO LIVE A LIFE OF
FAITH, THE LAW IS IMPORTANT TO
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ME BECAUSE IT SHOWS ME
WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG.
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IT CAN'T SAVE ME,
BUT IT SURE CAN TEACH ME.
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AND I THINK THAT'S VERY
IMPORTANT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT
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THIS PICTURE. YOU
AND I ARE NOT NATURALLY
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WISE, THAT'S WHY
GOD GAVE US THE LAW.
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I HOPE THAT'S NOT
OFFENSIVE, BUT IT'S TRUE.
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YOU AND I ARE
NOT NATURALLY WISE.
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SO LIVING BY FAITH OBEYS GOD
BY FAITH AND NOT ONE'S OWN SELF.
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THAT'S THE FIRST STEP IN LIVING
BY FAITH WE PICK UP HERE FROM
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PROVERBS. LET'S
LOOK AT OUR NEXT LESSON.
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THE NEXT DAY IS SEEKING
THE LORD. I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT A
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PASSAGE IN ROMANS - NOT
ROMANS - IN PROVERBS CHAPTER 28.
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AND WHILE YOU'RE TURNING TO
PROVERBS CHAPTER 28, I'D LIKE TO
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TELL YOU A STORY.
HE WAS AN OKAY GUY.
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HE WAS A MAN WHO WAS
GIFTED IN HIS BUSINESS.
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HE WAS WELL-KNOWN - VERY
WEALTHY. HE HAD A LOT OF THINGS
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GOING FOR HIM. HE
WASN'T POPULAR AND SOMETIMES
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THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE
IN THOSE KINDS OF POSITIONS.
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AND ONE DAY HE HEARD A TEACHING
TRUTH FROM THE WORD OF GOD AND
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HE REALIZED, 'I AM WRONG.'
IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES?
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WE HEAR THE LAW, WE HEAR WHAT
IT'S SAYING AND WE REALIZE WHO
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WE ARE BECAUSE NOW WE DISCERN
BETWEEN TRUTH AND ERROR AND THIS
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MAN REALIZED, 'I'M IN ERROR.'
AND THEN HE DID THE NEXT STEP -
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A VERY IMPORTANT STEP
- HE STARTED SEEKING GOD.
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'I MESSED UP SO NOW I MUST FIND
A SOLUTION FOR MY PROBLEM.' AND
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HE STARTED SEEKING GOD.
HE SOUGHT, AND AS HE SOUGHT
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HE STARTED TO CHANGE.
SOME OF THE BUSINESS PRACTICES
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THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT
SHADY WERE NOW SWEPT AWAY AND HE
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BECAME A GOOD BUSINESSMAN.
HE WASN'T TRUSTED BY MANY
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PEOPLE, BECAUSE OF HIS
PAST, BUT HE WAS A GOOD MAN.
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AND EVENTUALLY - YOU KNOW
THE STORY BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO
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SWITCH TO THE SABBATH SCHOOL
VERSION - JESUS WAS ENTERING
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JERICHO AND THIS RICH MAN,
ZACCHAEUS, STARTED SEEKING EVEN
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MORE. AND IN THAT
SEEKING HE FOUND CHRIST.
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YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAYS
IN JEREMIAH CHAPTER 29?
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IT SAYS, "AND YE SHALL SEEK ME
AND FIND ME WHEN YOU SEARCH WITH
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ALL YOUR HEART." SO
ZACCHAEUS FINDS - BECAUSE
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HE'S SEARCHING WITH ALL OF HIS
HEART AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE
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HAPPENS: ZACCHAEUS IS
CHANGED. IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
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THAT IS THE POWER - SO IF I WANT
TO LIVE A LIFE BY FAITH, NOT
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ONLY IS THE LAW INVOLVED,
BECAUSE IT SHOWS ME, RIGHT?
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IT HELPS ME DISCERN.
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BUT LIVING A LIFE BY
FAITH INVOLVES SEEKING.
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I SEEK GOD WITH
EVERYTHING THAT I'VE GOT.
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THAT IS WHAT IT
MEANS TO LIVE BY FAITH.
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I FOUND OUT THAT WHEN PEOPLE
SET UP THEMSELVES ON A PATH OF
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SEEKING, YOU KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS? THEIR LIVES CHANGE.
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IF YOU TRULY ARE ON A PATH OF
SEEKING GOD, YOU CANNOT BE THE
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SAME, JUST BECAUSE YOU
CAN'T. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
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THE SEEKING OF GOD WILL
CHANGE YOU. I REMEMBER I WAS -
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FRESHMAN YEAR?
SOPHOMORE YEAR - IN COLLEGE.
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WE WERE GETTING TOGETHER AND WE
GOT IN THESE LITTLE GROUPS AND
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WE ALL SHARED OUR FAVORITE TEXTS
AND WE WENT AROUND - IT WAS
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ORIENTATION - BEGINNING OF THE
SCHOOL YEAR - AND THIS YOUNG MAN
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SAID IN THE GROUP - AND HE
SHARED A TEXT WITH ME AND I'VE
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ACTUALLY ALREADY QUOTED IT -
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 29, VERSE 13,
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"AND YE SHALL SEEK ME AND FIND
ME WHEN YOU SHALL SEARCH FOR ME
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WITH ALL YOUR HEART." BUT
WHEN I HEARD IT WAS ALMOST
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LIKE THIS - FOR ME A
LIGHT BULB WENT ON IN MY MIND.
00:13:29.86\00:13:33.40
GOD CAN BE FOUND. I
DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE YOU'VE HAD
00:13:33.40\00:13:39.63
THAT HAPPEN TO YOU IN YOUR PAST,
BUT IT HAPPENED TO ME THEN.
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GOD CAN BE FOUND. HE
CAN BE SOUGHT AND HE WILL BE
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FOUND IF YOU SEARCH
WITH ALL YOU'VE GOT.
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AND I DETERMINED I WILL DO
THAT BECAUSE I WANT TO FIND HIM.
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WHEN I FELL, WHEN I WAS GOING
THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES, AND
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THINGS WERE TOO CONFUSING FOR ME
I WOULD SAY, 'GOD, YOU PROMISED
00:13:54.50\00:13:57.63
THAT IF I WOULD SEEK FOR YOU
I WILL FIND YOU AND SO I'M GOING
00:13:57.63\00:14:01.36
TO KEEP SEEKING EVEN THOUGH
I'M CONFUSED ABOUT WHERE I'M AT
00:14:01.36\00:14:03.93
TODAY, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT
SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MY LIFE
00:14:03.93\00:14:06.83
TODAY, YOU'VE PROMISED THAT IF I
SEEK YOU I WILL FIND YOU.' IT'S
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GOOD NEWS, ISN'T IT?
LET'S LOOK AT PROVERBS CHAPTER
00:14:10.70\00:14:13.36
28 AND VERSE 5, "EVIL MEN
UNDERSTAND NOT JUDGMENT: BUT
00:14:13.36\00:14:22.26
THEY THAT SEEK THE LORD
UNDERSTAND ALL THINGS." I LIKE
00:14:22.26\00:14:28.73
THAT THEY THAT SEEK THE
LORD, WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM?
00:14:28.73\00:14:31.63
THEY UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH? >>ALL.
00:14:31.63\00:14:34.33
>>ALL. THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
NOW THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT
00:14:34.33\00:14:37.73
HAPPEN WHEN YOU SEEK THE
LORD - YOU KNOW, THERE'S ANOTHER
00:14:37.73\00:14:40.46
PASSAGE PROBABLY POPPED IN YOUR
MIND NOT TOO DISTANT FROM THIS.
00:14:40.46\00:14:43.70
WE SING A SONG ALL THE TIME:
'SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF
00:14:43.70\00:14:49.06
GOD' - WHEN YOU SEEK THE
KINGDOM OF GOD, WHAT HAPPENS?
00:14:49.06\00:14:52.46
'AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS' -
THANK YOU - WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
00:14:52.46\00:14:55.93
>>ALL THESE THINGS. >>ALL
THESE THINGS WILL BE WHAT?
00:14:55.93\00:14:58.40
>>ADDED. >>ADDED UNTO YOU.
00:14:58.40\00:14:59.63
SO IN PROVERBS I FIND OUT THAT
WHEN I SEEK I UNDERSTAND ALL
00:14:59.63\00:15:04.40
AND, OF COURSE, JESUS MAKES IT
CLEAR THAT WHEN YOU AND I SEEK
00:15:04.40\00:15:06.93
HIM AND HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS HE ADDS ALL.
00:15:06.93\00:15:11.06
ALL IS PART OF COMING - IT COMES
WITH SEEKING - SO I SEEK WITH
00:15:11.06\00:15:14.73
ALL AND I RECEIVE
ALL. YOU GOT THAT?
00:15:14.73\00:15:20.23
WHEN I'M SEEKING, I SEEK WITH
ALL THAT I AM AND I RECEIVE ALL
00:15:20.23\00:15:24.10
THAT HE IS. ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL PICTURES, I BELIEVE.
00:15:24.10\00:15:28.20
IN MY OPINION, ANYONE WHO
EVER GETS TO HEAVEN IS A SEEKER.
00:15:28.20\00:15:34.10
IT'S THE SEEKERS WHO MAKE IT -
THOSE WHO SEEK FOR GOD WITH ALL
00:15:34.10\00:15:38.53
THAT THEY HAVE ARE THE ONES WHO
RECEIVE ALL THAT GOD IS - AND HE
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HAS A LOT TO GIVE US AND THAT'S
ANOTHER LESSON FOR ANOTHER TIME.
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I'D LIKE TO READ A PASSAGE
- THIS IS ACTUALLY FROM THE
00:15:45.76\00:15:49.90
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON - VERY,
VERY NICE - CAN'T SAY IT ANY
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BETTER. "FOR ANCIENT ISRAEL,
KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THINGS WAS NOT
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SEPARATED FROM RELIGIOUS
EXPERIENCE. FAITH WAS CLOSELY
00:15:58.93\00:16:02.90
TIED TO INTELLIGENCE
AND RATIONAL UNDERSTANDING."
00:16:02.90\00:16:06.13
IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING
HOW THIS IS PUT: FAITH AND
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INTELLIGENCE WERE
CLOSELY TIED TOGETHER.
00:16:09.26\00:16:12.10
"IT WAS INCONCEIVABLE TO
HAVE FAITH WITHOUT THINKING OR
00:16:12.10\00:16:16.53
THINKING WITHOUT FAITH BECAUSE
GOD WAS THE FOUNDATION OF BOTH
00:16:16.53\00:16:21.80
DOMAINS." I KIND OF LIKE THE WAY
THE EDITOR OF THIS LESSON - THE
00:16:21.80\00:16:26.46
WRITER OF THIS
LESSON - PUT THAT.
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IT'S ONLY IN GOD THAT WE HAVE
TRUE KNOWLEDGE AND THAT IS -
00:16:27.96\00:16:33.53
THAT CONCEPT IS DENIED TODAY,
MORE THAN HAS EVER BEEN DENIED
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BEFORE. GOD AND
KNOWLEDGE ARE NOT THE
00:16:37.50\00:16:41.83
SAME IN THE EYES OF
THE ACADEMIC WORLD TODAY.
00:16:41.83\00:16:46.70
IN GOD'S EYES, KNOWLEDGE
AND FAITH ARE TIED TOGETHER.
00:16:46.70\00:16:53.66
BUT IN THE WORLD'S EYES, THEY'RE
SEPARATE. 'THIS IS FAITH AND
00:16:53.66\00:16:57.40
THE WORLD OF FAITH AND GOD BLESS
THE PASTORS WHO ARE FAITHFUL.
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THEY HELP DEAL WITH OUR
SPIRITUAL SIDE.' AND THEN HERE'S
00:17:01.10\00:17:04.66
THE ACADEMICIANS AND THE
SCIENTISTS AND THEY DEAL WITH
00:17:04.66\00:17:07.13
OUR INTELLECTUAL SIDE AND NEVER
SHALL THE TWO COME TOGETHER.'
00:17:07.13\00:17:11.33
BUT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION DEFIES
THAT AND I WOULD SAY 'PRAISE
00:17:11.33\00:17:14.53
GOD.' YOU'RE ALLOWED TO
SAY THAT TOO IF YOU'D LIKE.
00:17:14.53\00:17:16.03
IT DEFIES THAT. IT SAYS
THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT IS.
00:17:16.03\00:17:21.10
EDUCATION - CHRISTIAN
EDUCATION PUTS THE TWO TOGETHER.
00:17:21.10\00:17:25.26
IN FACT, THERE'S A SCHOOL - YOU
MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT, IT'S
00:17:25.26\00:17:28.43
CALLED THE SCHOOL OF
CHRIST. WHAT DOES JESUS SAY?
00:17:28.43\00:17:31.16
'TAKE MY YOKE UPON
YOU AND' - DO WHAT?
00:17:31.16\00:17:33.56
'LEARN OF ME.' WE'RE SUPPOSED
TO LEARN OF JESUS - SIT AT HIS
00:17:33.56\00:17:38.70
FEET. HE'S SUPPOSED
TO BE THE MASTER TEACHER.
00:17:38.70\00:17:40.10
THAT'S THE GREAT
SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL OF CHRIST.
00:17:40.10\00:17:42.43
OUR CONNECTION WITH
JESUS DETERMINES OUR AMOUNT OF
00:17:42.43\00:17:46.00
KNOWLEDGE. LIVING
BY FAITH - THAT'S WHAT
00:17:46.00\00:17:54.06
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT -
LIVING BY FAITH RECOGNIZES THE
00:17:54.06\00:17:57.10
LAW - SHOWS ME
WHAT I NEED TO KNOW.
00:17:57.10\00:18:00.06
IT GIVES ME WISDOM - HELPS ME
DISCERN BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG.
00:18:00.06\00:18:02.63
LIVING BY FAITH
DOES SOMETHING ELSE.
00:18:02.63\00:18:05.80
IT RECOGNIZES THAT TRUE
KNOWLEDGE COMES FROM WHO? GOD.
00:18:05.80\00:18:10.86
AND SO LIVING BY FAITH SEEKS
GOD WITH ALL AND RECEIVES ALL.
00:18:10.86\00:18:16.70
THAT'S THE SECOND POINT.
LET'S LOOK AT OUR THIRD ONE.
00:18:16.70\00:18:27.90
THIS NEXT POINT I WAS TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW IN THE WORLD TO
00:18:27.90\00:18:29.26
FIT INTO THE LESSON. IT
DOES. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
00:18:29.26\00:18:34.13
RICH PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE WHO
WE CONSIDER GREAT MEN AND WOMEN?
00:18:34.13\00:18:40.23
SOME OF THE HEROES OF
THE BIBLE THAT ARE RICH?
00:18:40.23\00:18:42.16
>>JOB. >>JOB IS
ONE, THAT'S RIGHT.
00:18:42.16\00:18:44.40
>>ABRAHAM.
>>ABRAHAM, OF COURSE, THAT'S
00:18:44.40\00:18:46.26
RIGHT. >>SOLOMON.
00:18:46.26\00:18:47.76
>>SOLOMON - SOLOMON, YOU
GET JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WEALTH
00:18:47.76\00:18:50.26
THERE IN SOLOMON,
THAT'S OKAY. WHO ELSE?
00:18:50.26\00:18:53.40
>>DAVID.
>>DAVID. DAVID WAS A VERY
00:18:53.40\00:18:56.20
WEALTHY MAN. I PUT YOU
ON THE SPOT. THAT'S OKAY.
00:18:56.20\00:19:03.30
>>ISAAC. >>ISAAC.
00:19:03.30\00:19:04.70
IT SAYS ISAAC WOULD GO OUT
AND HE WOULD SOW AND HE WOULD
00:19:04.70\00:19:06.86
RECEIVE A HUNDRED-FOLD.
00:19:06.86\00:19:09.10
I MEAN, ISAAC WAS
JUST EXTREMELY WEALTHY.
00:19:09.10\00:19:11.03
HE PROBABLY WAS MORE
WEALTHY THAN HIS FATHER.
00:19:11.03\00:19:12.26
WE REALLY DON'T
HEAR MUCH ABOUT THAT.
00:19:12.26\00:19:13.66
SOMEONE SAID JACOB? >>YEAH.
00:19:13.66\00:19:15.10
>>JACOB, HE WENT FROM NOTHING
TO BEING AN EXTREMELY WEALTHY
00:19:15.10\00:19:20.03
PERSON. THESE ARE
SOME OF THE HEROES.
00:19:20.03\00:19:22.20
>>JOSEPH. >>JOSEPH.
00:19:22.20\00:19:24.56
JOSEPH WAS VERY WEALTHY. WOW.
00:19:24.56\00:19:28.10
YOU GAVE ME A LOT OF
OLD TESTAMENT PEOPLE.
00:19:28.10\00:19:32.73
WE HAVE SOME VERY
WEALTHY NEW TESTAMENT PEOPLE.
00:19:32.73\00:19:34.33
THEY PROBABLY DON'T FIT OUT IN
THE HERO SECTION, BUT NICODEMUS
00:19:34.33\00:19:37.23
WOULD FIT IN, YES?
MAYBE JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA?
00:19:37.23\00:19:40.06
WE JUST MENTIONED ONE OF
THEM IN OUR - ZACCHAEUS, YES?
00:19:40.06\00:19:43.50
SO WHY DO YOU THINK THAT SOME OF
THE GREATEST HEROES OF THE BIBLE
00:19:43.50\00:19:49.30
WERE WEALTHY? I MEAN
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I
00:19:49.30\00:19:53.50
KIND OF TRIED TO WRAP MY BRAIN
AROUND. WHY WERE SOME OF THE
00:19:53.50\00:19:57.10
WEALTHIEST PEOPLE ALSO
SOME OF THE FAMOUS ONES?
00:19:57.10\00:20:02.03
BY THE WAY, WELL YOU UNDERSTAND,
I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS HIS
00:20:02.03\00:20:06.36
PEOPLE THAT ARE WEALTHY AND POOR
AND WE'LL SEE THAT IN OUR NEXT
00:20:06.36\00:20:09.06
DAY, SO I WANT TO BE
CRYSTAL CLEAR ON THAT.
00:20:09.06\00:20:11.16
BUT HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT
ABOUT HOW HARD IT MUST BE FOR A
00:20:11.16\00:20:15.23
WEALTHY PERSON
TO BE A CHRISTIAN?
00:20:15.23\00:20:20.10
ALL MY DEAR, RICH FRIENDS OUT
THERE, I'M NOT SPEAKING IT IN A
00:20:20.10\00:20:22.86
NEGATIVE WAY, BUT JESUS HIMSELF
SAID IT'S HARDER FOR A CAMEL TO
00:20:22.86\00:20:26.70
GO THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE
THAN FOR A RICH MAN TO BE SAVED.
00:20:26.70\00:20:29.86
IT'S KIND OF A BOLD STATEMENT
FOR JESUS TO SAY, YET WE HAVE
00:20:29.86\00:20:33.03
ALL THESE EXAMPLES OF
RICH PEOPLE WHO WERE IN LIVING
00:20:33.03\00:20:35.76
CONNECTION WITH CHRIST, SO WE
KNOW IT'S VERY POSSIBLE, AMEN?
00:20:35.76\00:20:38.30
SO WHAT ARE WE SEEING HERE?
WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF SOMETHING
00:20:38.30\00:20:44.26
IT TAKES A LOT MORE FAITH TO NOT
DEPEND ON IT. CAN YOU SEE THAT?
00:20:44.26\00:20:52.20
WHEN I HAVE A LOT OF
INTELLIGENCE - I HAVE A FRIEND
00:20:52.20\00:20:55.40
OF MINE WHO'S A PROFESSOR -
BRILLIANT MAN. HE WAS THIRTY
00:20:55.40\00:21:01.40
YEARS OLD AND HE WAS HEAD OF
A MAJOR DEPARTMENT AT A MAJOR
00:21:01.40\00:21:03.86
UNIVERSITY. SOON HE WAS THE
PRESIDENT OF THREE COLLEGES, ONE
00:21:03.86\00:21:07.73
IN SUCCESSION AFTER ANOTHER
- JUST AN INCREDIBLE MIND.
00:21:07.73\00:21:12.43
BUT SEE, IT'S - IT TAKES
ALMOST MORE FAITH FOR A REALLY
00:21:12.43\00:21:17.56
INTELLIGENT MAN TO
SAY, 'I DON'T TRUST MY MIND.
00:21:17.56\00:21:19.50
I TRUST GOD'S WORD.' RIGHT?
00:21:19.50\00:21:22.06
THEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE
WHO MAY BE VERY STRONG.
00:21:22.06\00:21:26.40
I HAVE ANOTHER FRIEND OF MINE
WHO'S A MARTIAL ARTS EXPERT.
00:21:26.40\00:21:30.00
BRILLIANT IN HIS FIGHTING
ABILITY, HAD HIS OWN DOJO, DID
00:21:30.00\00:21:35.80
HIS OWN TRAINING. FOR
HIM IT TAKES A LOT OF FAITH
00:21:35.80\00:21:41.96
THAT WHEN YOU'RE ATTACKED - AND
HE WAS - SOMEONE TRIED TO MUG
00:21:41.96\00:21:44.10
HIM - IT TAKES A LOT OF FAITH
TO SAY, 'I'M NOT FIGHTING YOU.
00:21:44.10\00:21:49.40
GOD WILL PROTECT ME.' BECAUSE
I'M NOT DEPENDING ON WHAT I'VE
00:21:49.40\00:21:53.50
GOT AN ABUNDANCE OF, I'M
DEPENDING ON WHAT GOD CAN DO.
00:21:53.50\00:21:59.33
AND WEALTH IS
THE SAME EXACT WAY.
00:21:59.33\00:22:01.46
SOMETIMES, I WOULD GUESS - I'M
NOT AN EXTREMELY WEALTHY PERSON
00:22:01.46\00:22:04.13
- I WOULDN'T EVEN SAY A
MODERATELY WEALTHY PERSON - BUT
00:22:04.13\00:22:06.53
IF I WAS, I COULD IMAGINE IT
WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO NOT TRUST
00:22:06.53\00:22:09.63
IN MY WEALTH AND TO,
SOMEHOW, DEPEND ON GOD.
00:22:09.63\00:22:14.30
SOMETIMES IT'S JUST EASIER
TO DO IT WITH WHAT I'VE GOT.
00:22:14.30\00:22:18.43
I ACT THAT WAY AND I DON'T
HAVE A LOT OF ANY OF THE ABOVE
00:22:18.43\00:22:21.60
CATEGORIES. SO IT'S
AMAZING - I THINK THAT'S
00:22:21.60\00:22:24.03
SOMETHING THAT'S A STRUGGLE THAT
MAYBE THOSE WHO ARE RICH FACE.
00:22:24.03\00:22:29.13
AND, DARE I SAY, THOSE WHO HAVE
AN ABUNDANCE OF ANY OF THE AREAS
00:22:29.13\00:22:32.33
WE'VE LOOKED AT.
THERE'S SOME COUNSEL THAT
00:22:32.33\00:22:34.26
PROVERBS GIVES SO WE'RE JUST
GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM STEP BY
00:22:34.26\00:22:37.06
STEP. THERE'S
FOUR IN A LESSON - I
00:22:37.06\00:22:39.66
ADDED ONE SO I HAVE
FIVE. LET'S LOOK AT NUMBER 1 -
00:22:39.66\00:22:42.86
PROVERBS CHAPTER 28 AND VERSE 8
- PROVERBS 28, VERSE 8 - THIS IS
00:22:42.86\00:22:48.40
SOME COUNSEL THAT
IS BEING GIVEN HERE.
00:22:48.40\00:22:52.43
LIVING BY FAITH WHEN YOU'RE RICH
- "HE THAT BY USURY AND UNJUST
00:22:52.43\00:22:56.86
GAIN INCREASETH HIS SUBSTANCE,
HE SHALL GATHER IT FOR HIM THAT
00:22:56.86\00:23:01.23
WILL PITY THE POOR." DON'T TAKE
FROM THE POOR. DON'T GET RICH AT
00:23:01.23\00:23:07.16
THE EXPENSE OF THE POOR, I THINK
IS WHAT SOLOMON IS SAYING HERE.
00:23:07.16\00:23:10.43
I HAVE A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WAS
STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY AND THERE
00:23:10.43\00:23:15.56
WAS A MULTIMILLIONAIRE ATTENDING
THE SAME CHURCH THAT HE WAS
00:23:15.56\00:23:18.73
ATTENDING. AND WHAT
THIS MULTIMILLIONAIRE
00:23:18.73\00:23:20.96
DID IS LOAN HIM SEVERAL
THOUSAND DOLLARS INTEREST FREE.
00:23:20.96\00:23:25.50
NOW, HE KNEW THAT MY FRIEND
WAS TRUSTWORTHY - TRUSTED HIM
00:23:25.50\00:23:29.60
IMPLICITLY - HE
SAID, 'YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:23:29.60\00:23:32.26
I KNOW YOU NEED IT AND I CAN
GIVE YOU A WHOLE LOT BETTER DEAL
00:23:32.26\00:23:34.00
THAN THE BANK CAN GIVE YOU.
WE'RE BROTHERS. GOD BLESS YOU.
00:23:34.00\00:23:37.56
YOU HAVE TO PAY IT BACK, BUT
WE'LL DO IT INTEREST FREE.' THAT
00:23:37.56\00:23:41.60
WAS KIND OF A
NICE THING THAT HE DID.
00:23:41.60\00:23:42.90
HE OBVIOUSLY WAS NOT DETERMINED
TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF HIS POORER
00:23:42.90\00:23:47.63
CHURCH MEMBER. DO YOU REMEMBER
THE STORY OF LABAN AND JACOB?
00:23:47.63\00:23:53.20
LABAN WAS A RICH MAN WHO
WAS TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING HE
00:23:53.20\00:23:57.93
COULD OUT OF THE POOR MAN JACOB.
AND IT WAS ONLY BECAUSE OF GOD -
00:23:57.93\00:24:02.43
I THINK THAT'S WHAT JACOB SAID -
THIS IS GENESIS CHAPTER 31 - HE
00:24:02.43\00:24:06.30
SAID, 'IT'S ONLY BECAUSE GOD
INTERVENED THAT I'M NOT LEAVING
00:24:06.30\00:24:09.23
YOU PENNILESS AFTER WORKING
FOR YOU FOR TWENTY YEARS.
00:24:09.23\00:24:11.93
IT'S ONLY BECAUSE GOD
INTERVENED.' OF COURSE, YOU AND
00:24:11.93\00:24:14.13
I BOTH KNOW THAT JACOB LEFT
WITH A LOT OF WEALTH BECAUSE GOD
00:24:14.13\00:24:17.10
INTERVENED. POINT
NUMBER 2 THAT'S GIVEN HERE
00:24:17.10\00:24:21.10
- AND THIS IS KIND OF THE
OPPOSITE OF THE FIRST POINT -
00:24:21.10\00:24:23.00
AND THAT IS CHAPTER 28
OF PROVERBS AND VERSE 27.
00:24:23.00\00:24:28.13
THE FIRST WAS 'DON'T GET RICH
AT THE EXPENSE OF THE POOR.' NOW
00:24:28.13\00:24:31.86
WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS - VERSE 27
- IT SAYS, "HE THAT GIVETH UNTO
00:24:31.86\00:24:35.83
THE POOR" - WHAT?
>>HE SHALL NOT LACK.
00:24:35.83\00:24:39.30
>>HE WILL NOT LACK. WOW. SO
A WORD OF WISDOM: IF YOU WANT
00:24:39.30\00:24:46.60
TO LIVE BY FAITH, IF SOMEONE HAS
WEALTH, DON'T GAIN YOUR MONEY
00:24:46.60\00:24:50.26
UNFAIRLY AND GIVE TO THE POOR
- GIVE TO THOSE WHO HAVE NEED.
00:24:50.26\00:24:54.90
SO IT'S ANOTHER PART THAT
COMES OUT HERE. IN FACT, 29 -
00:24:54.90\00:24:58.20
PROVERBS 29, VERSE 7 DOES
MORE THAN JUST SAY 'GIVE TO THE
00:24:58.20\00:25:02.33
POOR.' NOTICE WHAT IT SAYS HERE:
VERSE 7 OF PROVERBS 29 SAYS,
00:25:02.33\00:25:06.90
"THE RIGHTEOUS CONSIDERS
THE CAUSE OF THE POOR."
00:25:06.90\00:25:10.60
CONSIDERS THE NEED OF THE POOR -
HE LOOKS OUT AND HE'S TRYING TO
00:25:10.60\00:25:12.63
FIGURE OUT
'WHAT ARE THEIR NEEDS?
00:25:12.63\00:25:14.16
WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP?'
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE WE'RE
00:25:14.16\00:25:17.10
SEEING HERE IN
PROVERBS CHAPTER 28 AND 29.
00:25:17.10\00:25:23.73
I HAVE TWO GENTLEMEN THAT CAME
ACROSS MY MIND AS I WAS THINKING
00:25:23.73\00:25:27.40
ABOUT IT - I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T
NAME THEM BY NAME, SO I WON'T,
00:25:27.40\00:25:30.30
BUT WHO HAVE GIVEN WHAT
THEY HAVE TO THE CAUSE OF GOD.
00:25:30.30\00:25:35.90
ONE OF THEM FELT THAT THERE
WAS A NEED FOR A SCHOOL TO BE
00:25:35.90\00:25:39.70
DEVELOPED IN HIS AREA - A
TRAINING SCHOOL - AND SO HE
00:25:39.70\00:25:42.76
POURED HIS LIFE INTO DEVELOPING
AND SETTING UP A TRAINING SCHOOL
00:25:42.76\00:25:46.76
TO TRAIN OTHER PEOPLE
TO SHARE JESUS. BEAUTIFUL.
00:25:46.76\00:25:51.13
HE HAD ENOUGH INCOME THAT
HE COULD SURVIVE, SUPPORT HIS
00:25:51.13\00:25:54.73
FAMILY, AND PROVIDE. AND HE
SET ASIDE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
00:25:54.73\00:25:59.13
BEAUTIFUL. AND THERE
IS THAT KIND OF NEED.
00:25:59.13\00:26:01.90
HE CONSIDERED THE CAUSE AND
SAID, 'LET'S DO IT.' LET'S LOOK
00:26:01.90\00:26:05.46
AT NUMBER THREE.
PROVERBS CHAPTER 28 AND VERSE 19
00:26:05.46\00:26:11.43
- PROVERBS 28, VERSE 19, "HE
THAT TILLETH HIS LAND SHALL HAVE
00:26:11.43\00:26:18.73
PLENTY OF BREAD:" - I'LL
JUST STOP WITH THAT FIRST PART.
00:26:18.73\00:26:21.20
IT'S KIND OF THE PART
WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON -
00:26:21.20\00:26:22.66
"HE THAT TILLETH HIS
BREAD - TILLETH HIS LAND" -
00:26:22.66\00:26:24.76
EXCUSE ME - "SHALL HAVE PLENTY
OF BREAD." WEALTH SHOULD NOT
00:26:24.76\00:26:30.70
COME BY STEALING - AS WE
LOOKED IN POINT NUMBER ONE -
00:26:30.70\00:26:33.40
OR BY CHANCE, WEALTH
SHOULD COME FROM WORKING FOR IT.
00:26:33.40\00:26:38.50
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS - I HAVE
A - I HAD AN UNCLE WHO, AT THE
00:26:38.50\00:26:45.53
TIME OF MY STORY, WAS QUITE
WEALTHY, AND I WAS GOING TO SEE
00:26:45.53\00:26:50.06
HIM JUST TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT
OF SPRING BREAK WITH HIM AND I
00:26:50.06\00:26:53.30
WAS WORKING ON A MISSIONARY
STIPEND AND MY CAR WOULD WORK
00:26:53.30\00:26:58.50
AND THEN NOT WORK, AND THEN WORK
AND NOT WORK AND I REMEMBER I
00:26:58.50\00:27:01.66
WAS GOING OFF TO TELL HIM -
SPEND SOME TIME WITH HIM - WE
00:27:01.66\00:27:04.93
HAD A GREAT TIME - A VERY
GOOD UNCLE OF MINE - AND IN THE
00:27:04.93\00:27:09.90
PROCESS, I HAPPENED TO TELL
HIM WHAT MY CAR WAS LIKE AND HE
00:27:09.90\00:27:14.20
SAID, 'YOU KNOW CHUCK, MY FIRST
TEN YEARS OF WORKING I HAD A CAR
00:27:14.20\00:27:18.53
JUST LIKE THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:27:18.53\00:27:20.20
YOU JUST KEEP FAITHFUL IN WHAT
YOU'RE DOING AND YOU'LL GET WHAT
00:27:20.20\00:27:22.13
YOU NEED.' IT'S NOT
THE ANSWER I WANTED.
00:27:22.13\00:27:25.60
I WAS KIND OF HOPING A NEW
CAR FROM, YOU KNOW, THE LOCAL
00:27:25.60\00:27:27.33
PARKING LOT. BUT HE WAS GIVING
ME A VERY, VERY WISE ANSWER.
00:27:27.33\00:27:32.56
WORK FOR IT AND YOU WILL RESPECT
IT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:27:32.56\00:27:36.13
AND THAT'S THE PICTURE THAT'S
BEING GIVEN HERE, THAT GOD'S
00:27:36.13\00:27:39.13
ACTUALLY GIVEN TO THE WEALTHY.
AND LET'S LOOK AT OUR NEXT ONE:
00:27:39.13\00:27:42.80
PROVERBS CHAPTER 28
AND VERSE 20 AND VERSE 22.
00:27:42.80\00:27:48.26
IT'S KIND OF CONNECTED WITH WHAT
WE JUST LOOKED AT IN OUR THIRD
00:27:48.26\00:27:50.33
POINT THERE. VERSE
20 SAYS, "A FAITHFUL MAN
00:27:50.33\00:27:53.03
SHALL ABOUND WITH BLESSINGS: BUT
HE THAT MAKETH HASTE TO BE RICH
00:27:53.03\00:27:56.73
SHALL NOT BE INNOCENT." IF
YOU'RE GIVEN - IF YOU'RE JUST
00:27:56.73\00:28:00.93
TRYING HARD TO GET RICH QUICK
- HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE GET RICH
00:28:00.93\00:28:05.66
QUICK SCHEMES? YOU
CAN SEE THEM POSTED ON -
00:28:05.66\00:28:08.56
AROUND SACRAMENTO. I
DRIVE AROUND AND THEY SAY, 'IF
00:28:08.56\00:28:11.40
YOU WANT TO EARN ADDITIONAL
FIVE GRAND A MONTH, TRY THIS.
00:28:11.40\00:28:16.93
IF YOU WANT TO EARN THIS FROM
HOME AND YOU ONLY HAVE TO WORK
00:28:16.93\00:28:18.73
TEN HOURS A WEEK AND YOU'RE
GOING TO MAKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND
00:28:18.73\00:28:21.43
A YEAR. ALL
THESE ARE IS SCHEMES.
00:28:21.43\00:28:24.26
AND WE CAN SMILE WHEN WE LOOK
AT THEM AND I THINK MOST OF US
00:28:24.26\00:28:27.53
REALIZE YOU'VE GOT TO WORK
A LITTLE HARDER THAN THAT IF
00:28:27.53\00:28:29.00
YOU'RE GOING TO GET
THAT KIND OF FINANCES.
00:28:29.00\00:28:30.20
BUT HE THAT MAKETH HASTE TO
BE RICH SHALL NOT BE INNOCENT.
00:28:30.20\00:28:33.90
IN VERSE 22 IT SAYS, "HE THAT
HASTETH TO BE RICH HATH AN EVIL
00:28:33.90\00:28:37.20
EYE, AND CONSDIERETH NOT THAT
POVERTY SHALL COME UPON HIM."
00:28:37.20\00:28:40.73
IN OTHER WORDS, THE END
RESULT IS NOT GOING TO BE GOOD.
00:28:40.73\00:28:42.90
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.
00:28:42.90\00:28:44.60
THERE'S ONE
THAT'S NOT IN THE LESSON.
00:28:44.60\00:28:46.23
I THOUGHT I'D ADD
IT, IF THAT'S OKAY.
00:28:46.23\00:28:48.66
PROVERBS CHAPTER 28, VERSE 11 -
PROVERBS CHAPTER 28 AND VERSE 11
00:28:48.66\00:28:58.10
- IT SAYS, "THE RICH MAN IS WISE
IN HIS OWN CONCEIT; BUT THE POOR
00:28:58.10\00:29:02.63
THAT HATH UNDERSTANDING
SEARCHETH HIM OUT."
00:29:02.63\00:29:04.60
THE RICH MAN IS WISE IN HIS OWN
CONCEIT - THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
00:29:04.60\00:29:11.26
- AND THIS IS COUNSEL THAT GOD'S
GIVING - IF YOU'RE RICH, DON'T
00:29:11.26\00:29:14.86
TRUST IN YOUR
RICHES. DON'T DEPEND ON IT.
00:29:14.86\00:29:19.16
DON'T GET WISE LIKE 'HEY, I GOT
THIS MONEY AND I GOT IT THROUGH
00:29:19.16\00:29:21.56
MY HARD WORK AND MY HARD
LABOR AND SO LISTEN TO ME.
00:29:21.56\00:29:27.60
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TO - YOU
ALWAYS HAVE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT
00:29:27.60\00:29:34.20
YOU'RE ABOUT TO SAY, BUT I
HAVE BEEN TO CONGREGATIONS AMONG
00:29:34.20\00:29:39.70
GOD'S PEOPLE WHERE SOME PEOPLE
ARE GIVEN A POSITION ON A BOARD
00:29:39.70\00:29:44.33
SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THEIR
FINANCIAL CAPABILITIES AND THAT
00:29:44.33\00:29:50.50
IS NOT A REASON
TO CHOOSE A PERSON.
00:29:50.50\00:29:54.76
WISDOM IS A GOOD REASON, AMEN?
00:29:54.76\00:29:58.16
FAITHFULNESS TO GOD IN
WEALTH IS A GOOD REASON.
00:29:58.16\00:30:01.16
BUT SIMPLY WEALTH ITSELF IS
NOT A GOOD REASON TO CHOOSE.
00:30:01.16\00:30:05.20
I HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN
WITH A LOT OF SMALL CHURCHES.
00:30:05.20\00:30:08.76
'WE'RE GOING TO LET THE
BUSINESSMEN BE ON OUR BOARD.'
00:30:08.76\00:30:11.20
AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM
WITH THAT IF THEY'RE CHRISTIAN
00:30:11.20\00:30:14.46
BUSINESSMEN, AMEN? IF
THEY'VE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES
00:30:14.46\00:30:17.40
TO DOING GOD'S WORK. SO I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US
00:30:17.40\00:30:19.53
TO REALIZE - THINK
ABOUT NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
00:30:19.53\00:30:22.90
WOULD YOU SAY NEBUCHADNEZZAR
WAS A WEALTHY MAN? VERY WEALTHY.
00:30:22.90\00:30:28.26
AND WHAT DID HE SAY?
THERE IT IS IN DANIEL CHAPTER 4,
00:30:28.26\00:30:31.30
'LOOK AT THIS BABYLON THAT I
HAVE BUILT FOR MYSELF.' AND I
00:30:31.30\00:30:36.03
COMPLETELY PARAPHRASED
THAT, BUT THAT'S THE CONCEPT.
00:30:36.03\00:30:38.73
BUT THERE'S ANOTHER GREATLY
WEALTHY MAN, HIS NAME WAS JOB,
00:30:38.73\00:30:42.76
AND HOW DID HE RESPOND
WHEN THINGS FELL APART FOR HIM?
00:30:42.76\00:30:47.13
'THE LORD GIVETH;
THE LORD TAKETH AWAY.
00:30:47.13\00:30:49.76
WHAT I HAD CAME FROM GOD.' THAT
KIND OF RECOGNITION IS POWERFUL.
00:30:49.76\00:30:54.50
I THINK IT'S A
VERY IMPORTANT THING.
00:30:54.50\00:30:56.20
THAT WOULD BE A SIXTH POINT,
BUT SINCE THAT DIDN'T COME FROM
00:30:56.20\00:30:58.03
PROVERBS WE'LL JUST
STICK WITH THE FIVE WE'VE GOT.
00:30:58.03\00:31:02.00
I BELIEVE THE GREATEST EXERCISE
OF FAITH - AND THAT'S GOING TO
00:31:02.00\00:31:06.43
BE THE SUMMATION OF THIS SECTION
ON - IT'S CALLED WORDS FOR THE
00:31:06.43\00:31:10.06
RICH - THE GREATEST EXERCISE
OF FAITH IS WHEN YOU AND I DON'T
00:31:10.06\00:31:14.53
TRUST IN WHAT WE
HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF.
00:31:14.53\00:31:17.23
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE
GREATEST EXERCISES OF FAITH.
00:31:17.23\00:31:20.83
SO LIVING BY FAITH - IF I WERE
TO, KIND OF, GO WHERE WE'VE BEEN
00:31:20.83\00:31:24.60
SO FAR - LIVING BY FAITH IS
KEEPING THE WORDS OF THE LAW,
00:31:24.60\00:31:29.93
WHY? BECAUSE THEY
TELL ME WHAT IS AND
00:31:29.93\00:31:32.63
IS NOT RIGHT. I CAN'T
TRUST MY OWN MIND AND MY
00:31:32.63\00:31:33.73
OWN PHILOSOPHY. LIVING
BY FAITH IS SEEKING GOD.
00:31:33.73\00:31:38.26
IF I SEEK WITH ALL
I WILL RECEIVE ALL.
00:31:38.26\00:31:42.50
AND LIVING BY FAITH IS ALSO THIS
ELEMENT OF - ESPECIALLY FOUND IN
00:31:42.50\00:31:46.86
THE WORDS OF THE RICH - TO
THE RICH - THAT FAITH IS NOT
00:31:46.86\00:31:51.06
TRUSTING IN WHAT I
HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF.
00:31:51.06\00:31:54.80
GOOD LESSONS, I THINK, THAT
SOLOMON'S BRINGING OUT FOR US.
00:31:54.80\00:31:57.66
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE -
AND THIS WOULD BE, I THINK IT'S
00:31:57.66\00:32:02.60
WEDNESDAY'S LESSON -
HANDBOOK FOR THE POOR .
00:32:02.60\00:32:05.86
NOW AFTER EVERYTHING WE TALKED
ABOUT, WE STARTED OUT WITH THE
00:32:05.86\00:32:08.53
LAST ONE SAYING ABOUT HERE'S
THESE GREAT LEADERS AND ALL
00:32:08.53\00:32:10.96
THESE HEROES IN THE BIBLE AND
THEY JUST HAPPENED TO BE RICH.
00:32:10.96\00:32:13.40
SO ARE THE POOR
SECOND-RATE CITIZENS?
00:32:13.40\00:32:17.23
OF COURSE YOU KNOW BY THE WAY
I'M SAYING IT THE ANSWER IS NO.
00:32:17.23\00:32:20.73
WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME
HEROES IN THE BIBLE THAT WERE
00:32:20.73\00:32:26.13
POOR? >>JESUS.
00:32:26.13\00:32:27.43
>>I WAS HOPING YOU
WOULD SAY THAT, SIR.
00:32:27.43\00:32:29.26
JESUS. ABSOLUTELY -
THE CLASSIC EXAMPLE.
00:32:29.26\00:32:32.53
ANYBODY ELSE?
>>JOHN THE BAPTIST.
00:32:32.53\00:32:33.90
>>JOHN THE BAPTIST. HE'S
THE OTHER PERSON IN MY NOTES?
00:32:33.90\00:32:38.03
WHO ELSE? >>THE
WIDOW AND HER MITE.
00:32:38.03\00:32:40.26
>>THE WIDOW AND HER MITE AND
- INCREDIBLE - THAT ACT WILL BE
00:32:40.26\00:32:43.96
TALKED ABOUT
FOREVER. A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE.
00:32:43.96\00:32:47.06
WE COULD ALMOST LIST OUT MOST
OF THE DISCIPLES. WE'LL SKIP
00:32:47.06\00:32:51.26
MATTHEW, OF COURSE, BUT MOST OF
THE DISCIPLES WERE POOR PEOPLE.
00:32:51.26\00:32:54.83
WE LOOK AT PETER, JAMES,
AND JOHN - I MEAN, THEY JUST SEE
00:32:54.83\00:32:58.30
JESUS DIE, THEY KNOW HE'S BEEN
RESURRECTED, THEY GO UP TO THE
00:32:58.30\00:33:00.80
SEA OF GALILEE AND THEY SAY, 'WE
BETTER GO FISHING.' I THINK IT
00:33:00.80\00:33:06.06
WAS MORE THAN JUST THE FACT THAT
THEY LOVED FISHING, THEY ALSO
00:33:06.06\00:33:08.36
HAD FINANCIAL NEEDS AND NONE OF
THEM WERE INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY.
00:33:08.36\00:33:12.96
SO THIS IS
DEFINITELY A PICTURE WE SEE.
00:33:12.96\00:33:16.40
WHAT ARE SOME WORDS THAT GOD
HAS FOR THE POOR - OR THOSE WHO
00:33:16.40\00:33:23.20
DON'T HAVE THE SAME
AMOUNT OF MEANS AS THE WEALTHY?
00:33:23.20\00:33:25.66
LET'S LOOK AT PROVERBS CHAPTER
28 - NO, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO
00:33:25.66\00:33:29.10
JUMP OUT OF 20 - LET'S GO
BACK TO PROVERBS 23 AND VERSE 4.
00:33:29.10\00:33:33.46
PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST
COUNSELS THAT WE SEE BEING GIVEN
00:33:33.46\00:33:36.30
HERE, PROVERBS 23, VERSE 4,
"LABOR NOT TO BE RICH:" - DON'T
00:33:36.30\00:33:49.23
MAKE THIS YOUR WHOLE
FOCUS IN LIFE - TO BE RICH.
00:33:49.23\00:33:53.26
I HAVE - I HAVE MET PEOPLE
WHO HAVE GROWN UP IN POVERTY AND
00:33:53.26\00:33:57.33
THEY'VE DETERMINED THAT THEY
WILL NOT DIE IN POVERTY AND THEY
00:33:57.33\00:34:01.36
POUR EVERY OUNCE OF THEIR BEING
TO BECOME FABULOUSLY WEALTHY.
00:34:01.36\00:34:06.26
AND SOME DO BECOME THAT; THEY
FIND AT THE END THAT IT DOESN'T
00:34:06.26\00:34:09.60
SATISFY THEIR SOUL, BUT THEY
POUR THEIR HEART INTO REACHING
00:34:09.60\00:34:14.13
THAT. SO HERE'S THE COUNSEL,
IT'S NOT WRONG TO LABOR, AMEN?
00:34:14.13\00:34:21.93
I THINK YOU AND I SHOULD
BE LABORING FOR THE KINGDOM OF
00:34:21.93\00:34:23.20
HEAVEN, BUT LABORING SIMPLY
TO HAVE WEALTH IS NOT SOMETHING
00:34:23.20\00:34:28.70
THAT WOULD BE GOOD
FOR YOU AND I TO DO.
00:34:28.70\00:34:31.06
LABORING TO HELP THE CAUSE OF
GOD, BE IT THROUGH OUR WEALTH OR
00:34:31.06\00:34:36.03
OUR TIME OR OUR
ENERGY, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
00:34:36.03\00:34:38.26
SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT MOTIVE
HERE AND, OF COURSE, I'M TAKING
00:34:38.26\00:34:41.63
THE KING JAMES READING HERE AND
PLAYING WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT,
00:34:41.63\00:34:44.83
AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED.
LET'S LOOK AT OUR NEXT ONE.
00:34:44.83\00:34:48.40
PROVERBS CHAPTER 24 AND WE'RE
LOOKING AGAIN - WORDS TO THOSE
00:34:48.40\00:34:55.00
WHO ARE POOR - WE'RE GOING
TO BALANCE OUT WHAT WE JUST SAID
00:34:55.00\00:34:57.43
ABOUT LABORING NOT TO BE RICH
WITH THIS ONE, PROVERBS 24 -
00:34:57.43\00:35:00.66
LET'S LOOK AT VERSE 32, "THEN
I SAW AND CONSIDERED IT WELL: I
00:35:00.66\00:35:07.53
LOOKED UPON IT, AND
RECEIVED INSTRUCTION.
00:35:07.53\00:35:09.53
YET A LITTLE SLEEP, A LITTLE
SLUMBER, A LITTLE FOLDING OF THE
00:35:09.53\00:35:14.90
HANDS TO SLEEP: SO SHALL
THY POVERTY COME AS ONE THAT
00:35:14.90\00:35:18.73
TRAVAILETH; AND THY
WANT AS AN ARMED MAN."
00:35:18.73\00:35:22.16
WOULD YOU LIKE A SUMMARY
OF THIS? LAZY WILL BE POOR.
00:35:22.16\00:35:28.13
NOW THIS IS NOT SAYING
THAT ALL POOR PEOPLE ARE LAZY.
00:35:28.13\00:35:32.36
IT'S NOT SAYING THAT AT ALL,
BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:35:32.36\00:35:36.53
WHO WORK EXTREMELY HARD - POUR
THEIR HEARTS OUT - JUST BARELY
00:35:36.53\00:35:40.06
ABLE TO SURVIVE. IN
FACT, I WOULD SAY A MAJORITY
00:35:40.06\00:35:42.80
OF OUR PLANET IS LIKE
THAT. BUT I TELL YOU WHAT.
00:35:42.80\00:35:47.50
IF YOU'RE LAZY, POVERTY
IS A MUCH MORE SURE THING.
00:35:47.50\00:35:51.20
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? JUST SIT
DOWN AND RELAX AND TWIDDLE MY
00:35:51.20\00:35:54.50
THUMBS AND HOPE THAT SOMEHOW
THE FOOD FALLS IN MY MOUTH.
00:35:54.50\00:35:57.76
THAT'S THE PICTURE
THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.
00:35:57.76\00:36:02.16
DON'T LABOR TO BE RICH,
BUT PLEASE DON'T BE LAZY.
00:36:02.16\00:36:07.56
THIS IS KIND OF A
PICTURE THAT'S BEING LAID OUT.
00:36:07.56\00:36:09.23
LET'S LOOK AT OUR NEXT POINT.
PROVERBS CHAPTER 28 AND VERSE 3
00:36:09.23\00:36:13.20
- AND I LIKE - I'M REALLY GLAD
THAT THIS WAS BROUGHT OUT IN THE
00:36:13.20\00:36:17.03
LESSON. IT BRINGS
OUT SOMETHING I HAD
00:36:17.03\00:36:19.03
NOT THOUGHT OF BEFORE AND I
THINK IT'S VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
00:36:19.03\00:36:21.46
PROVERBS 28:3 SAYS THAT "A POOR
MAN THAT OPPRESSETH THE POOR IS
00:36:21.46\00:36:25.26
LIKE A SWEEPING RAIN
WHICH LEAVETH NO FOOD."
00:36:25.26\00:36:28.66
A POOR MAN OPPRESSING THE POOR?
00:36:28.66\00:36:30.43
DO YOU KNOW THE POOR HAVE
THE SAME DUTIES AS THE RICH DO?
00:36:30.43\00:36:34.40
THE RICH ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO
OPPRESS THE POOR AND THE POOR
00:36:34.40\00:36:36.90
ARE NOT SUPPOSED
TO OPPRESS THE POOR.
00:36:36.90\00:36:41.10
ISN'T IT INTERESTING THAT THE
POOR ONES ARE BEING OPPRESSED?
00:36:41.10\00:36:43.60
IN BOTH CASES - THE POOR GET
OPPRESSED BY THE POOR AND THE
00:36:43.60\00:36:46.00
POOR GET OPPRESSED BY THE
RICH. AND GOD TELLS BOTH OF THEM
00:36:46.00\00:36:48.36
'DON'T OPPRESS THEM.' AND I
HAVE TO SAY, I WISH MORE OF OUR
00:36:48.36\00:36:51.23
PLANET FOLLOWED THIS
COMMENDATION, DON'T YOU?
00:36:51.23\00:36:54.73
THAT THEY WOULD DO THIS - NOT
COMMENDATION - RECOMMENDATION -
00:36:54.73\00:36:58.00
THAT THE POOR WOULD NOT BE.
IT'S INTERESTING, I THINK A LOT
00:36:58.00\00:37:02.40
OF TIMES THERE'S A
TENDENCY SOMETIMES TO
00:37:02.40\00:37:05.90
OPPRESS THOSE THAT ARE LOWER
THAN YOU. NO MATTER HOW LOW WE
00:37:05.90\00:37:10.50
ARE, WE CAN ALMOST ALWAYS FIND
SOMEONE LOWER AND THAT'S THE ONE
00:37:10.50\00:37:12.50
WE WOULD TEND TO OPPRESS,
UNLESS YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN.
00:37:12.50\00:37:15.76
BECAUSE CHRISTIANS REALIZE THAT
LIVING BY A LIFE OF FAITH, THIS
00:37:15.76\00:37:18.96
IS NOT THE KIND OF
THING I'M GOING TO DO.
00:37:18.96\00:37:21.10
IT'S JUST NOT THE THING
THAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO.
00:37:21.10\00:37:25.63
SO PROVERBS CHAPTER 28, VERSE 6
- PROBABLY THE MAIN FOCAL POINT
00:37:25.63\00:37:32.46
OF THIS DAY LOOKING AT
A HANDBOOK FOR THE POOR -
00:37:32.46\00:37:35.63
PROVERBS CHAPTER 28 AND
VERSE - WHAT VERSE WAS IT? - 6.
00:37:35.63\00:37:41.66
"BETTER IS THE POOR THAT WALKETH
IN HIS UPRIGHTNESS, THAN HE THAT
00:37:41.66\00:37:47.96
IS PERVERSE IN HIS WAYS, THOUGH
HE BE RICH." BETTER IS THE POOR
00:37:47.96\00:37:55.43
THAT WALKETH IN HIS UPRIGHTNESS.
THERE IS MUCH TO BE SAID HERE,
00:37:55.43\00:38:04.66
BUT GOD IS LOOKING FOR MEN AND
WOMEN WHO VALUE RIGHTEOUSNESS -
00:38:04.66\00:38:10.86
UPRIGHTNESS - MORE
THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
00:38:10.86\00:38:13.63
THAT'S WHAT HE'S LOOKING FOR
- PEOPLE WHO WILL SAY, 'THERE'S
00:38:13.63\00:38:18.13
NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT TO
US THAN RIGHTEOUSNESS ITSELF.
00:38:18.13\00:38:25.50
SO, BASED UPON THIS, LET ME ASK
YOU A QUESTION: IS RIGHTEOUSNESS
00:38:25.50\00:38:29.83
MORE TO BE DESIRED THAN WEALTH?
YEAH, WITHOUT A QUESTION.
00:38:29.83\00:38:38.93
IS IT MORE DESIRED IN
YOUR LIFE? DON'T ANSWER.
00:38:38.93\00:38:43.53
YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT
OF PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH THIS,
00:38:43.53\00:38:49.00
ESPECIALLY, I WOULD SAY,
MAYBE THOSE WHO HAVE LESS MEANS.
00:38:49.00\00:38:53.06
'I WANT THIS.' I USED TO
DREAM OF HAVING A BRAND-NEW CAR.
00:38:53.06\00:38:58.16
THAT'S THE KIND OF THING I USED
TO DREAM ABOUT WHEN I WAS A KID.
00:38:58.16\00:39:00.33
I'D HAVE MY FRIENDS WHO - I HAD
ONE FRIEND, WHEN HE WAS 16 HIS
00:39:00.33\00:39:04.40
FAMILY BOUGHT HIM A
CORVETTE - BRAND NEW.
00:39:04.40\00:39:08.60
OF COURSE HE CRASHED IT SO
HE WAS DOWNGRADED TO A BRAND-NEW
00:39:08.60\00:39:10.60
JEEP CHEROKEE. YOU
KNOW, THE TOUGH LIFE SOME
00:39:10.60\00:39:13.70
PEOPLE LIVE. I
REMEMBER MY FIRST CAR.
00:39:13.70\00:39:21.70
YES, I CAME HOME AND I HAD IN
MY MIND THE KIND OF CAR THAT I
00:39:21.70\00:39:24.73
NEVER WANTED - MAYBE YOU CAN
THINK OF THAT RIGHT NOW IN YOUR
00:39:24.73\00:39:28.03
MIND - A CAR YOU
WOULD NEVER, EVER WANT.
00:39:28.03\00:39:29.96
I HAD THAT IN MY
MIND AS A YOUNG MAN.
00:39:29.96\00:39:32.30
AND I CAME HOME FROM COLLEGE AND
THERE SITTING UP ON JACK STANDS,
00:39:32.30\00:39:36.46
BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS OUT
OF IT, WAS THE CAR THAT I WANTED
00:39:36.46\00:39:41.76
NEVER TO HAVE. AND THE
PROBLEM WAS I HAD TO PUT
00:39:41.76\00:39:44.63
THE TRANSMISSION IN AND IF
ANY OF YOU HAVE KNOWN ME WELL,
00:39:44.63\00:39:48.00
I HAVE MORE THAN TWO THUMBS -
AT LEAST SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE
00:39:48.00\00:39:50.43
THAT IN MECHANICS. I
JUST DON'T HAVE THAT GIFT OF
00:39:50.43\00:39:54.23
PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER AND SO
MY DAD SAID, 'PART OF HAVING A
00:39:54.23\00:39:56.90
CAR IS LEARNING
HOW TO WORK ON IT.
00:39:56.90\00:39:58.40
I'LL HELP YOU WORK ON IT, BUT
YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT.' AND I USED
00:39:58.40\00:40:03.03
TO DREAM, 'OH WHY DID I HAVE
TO GET A CAR' - BY THE WAY, THE
00:40:03.03\00:40:05.26
DRIVE SHAFT WAS BENT AND SO ONCE
YOU GOT OVER 65 MILES AN HOUR,
00:40:05.26\00:40:09.60
THE WHOLE CAR STARTED
SHAKING LIKE THIS. 'WHY, GOD?
00:40:09.60\00:40:12.53
I WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.'
SO I WOULD DESIRE WEALTH, I
00:40:12.53\00:40:16.66
WOULD SAY, MORE
THAN RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:40:16.66\00:40:19.00
IT'S PROBABLY NOT AN
UNCOMMON THING SOMETIMES.
00:40:19.00\00:40:22.36
BUT I REALIZE, AS WE'RE LOOKING
AT HERE, GOD IS CLEARLY SAYING,
00:40:22.36\00:40:25.86
'WEALTH IS REALLY INSIGNIFICANT
IN COMPARISON TO RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:40:25.86\00:40:31.13
NOW, IF YOU WERE TO SAY, 'GOD,
I WANT YOU TO BLESS MY LIFE.'
00:40:31.13\00:40:37.56
BASED UPON THIS VERSE, WHAT
IS HIS PRIORITY GOING TO BE?
00:40:37.56\00:40:41.63
>>RIGHTEOUSNESS.
>>RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:40:41.63\00:40:46.76
'GOD, I WANT BLESSINGS IN MY
LIFE.' 'OKAY, I'M GOING TO DO
00:40:46.76\00:40:50.33
WHATEVER IT TAKES TO HELP YOU
BECOME RIGHTEOUS.' 'WAIT, WAIT,
00:40:50.33\00:40:53.40
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT! THAT'S NOT THE
BLESSINGS I WAS ASKING FOR GOD.
00:40:53.40\00:40:56.03
LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN.' RIGHT?
BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WHEN WE THINK
00:40:56.03\00:40:59.36
OF BLESSINGS, WHAT DO
WE THINK OF? HEALTH, RIGHT?
00:40:59.36\00:41:04.00
HEALTH, WEALTH, FAME,
OR COMFORTABILITY AT LEAST?
00:41:04.00\00:41:09.36
AND GOD SAID,
'THAT'S NOT MY MAIN PRIORITY.
00:41:09.36\00:41:12.33
MY MAIN PRIORITY IS
WHAT?' RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:41:12.33\00:41:16.66
SO WHEN YOU ASK FOR BLESSINGS,
YOU'RE ASKING GOD TO HELP YOU
00:41:16.66\00:41:19.86
HAVE RIGHTEOUSNESS.
IT'S KIND OF SCARY. YOU MIGHT
00:41:19.86\00:41:24.10
WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT TWICE
BEFORE YOU START ASKING GOD
00:41:24.10\00:41:26.06
FOR BLESSINGS - UNLESS YOU SAY,
'GOD, I WANT BLESSINGS ACCORDING
00:41:26.06\00:41:29.10
TO MY
UNDERSTANDING. IS THAT OKAY?'
00:41:29.10\00:41:31.93
NOW WE WOULDN'T
PRAY LIKE THAT, RIGHT?
00:41:31.93\00:41:33.46
BUT I THINK SOMETIMES THAT -
THAT IS SOMETHING WE - AT LEAST
00:41:33.46\00:41:38.10
STUCK OUT TO ME AS
I WAS LOOKING AT THIS.
00:41:38.10\00:41:39.86
I BELIEVE THAT THIS
IS TRULY LIVING BY FAITH.
00:41:39.86\00:41:41.60
LIVING BY FAITH IS REALIZING I
WANT WHATEVER GOD WANTS TO GIVE
00:41:41.60\00:41:46.96
ME. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING IS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:41:46.96\00:41:50.56
AND THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS, BY
THE WAY, DOESN'T COME THROUGH
00:41:50.56\00:41:53.16
ANYTHING THAT I'VE DONE.
RIGHTEOUSNESS ONLY COMES THROUGH
00:41:53.16\00:41:57.53
THE INDWELLING IN THE LIFE
OF JESUS CHRIST. BEAUTIFUL -
00:41:57.53\00:42:01.06
POWERFUL - AND THERE'S NOTHING
LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, MY DAD SAID
00:42:01.06\00:42:05.30
ONCE THIS: 'OFTENTIMES THE ONLY
TIME A MAN WILL LOOK UP IS WHEN
00:42:05.30\00:42:08.86
HE'S LAYING ON HIS BACK.' SCARY
THOUGHT BUT I THINK IT'S TRUE.
00:42:08.86\00:42:13.96
SOMETIMES WE ARE PUT IN SUCH
DIFFICULT SITUATIONS THAT THE
00:42:13.96\00:42:17.46
ONLY WAY WE'RE WILLING TO SAY,
'HEY, I NEED YOU GOD.' IS TO BE
00:42:17.46\00:42:22.23
IN THE SITUATION WHERE
LIFE ISN'T PLEASANT OR IT'S NOT
00:42:22.23\00:42:24.33
COMFORTABLE. WHEN
YOU LIVE BY FAITH, YOU
00:42:24.33\00:42:28.66
VALUE RIGHTEOUSNESS
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
00:42:28.66\00:42:35.43
BY THE WAY, LOOK
AT THE LIFE OF CHRIST.
00:42:35.43\00:42:38.50
WHAT WAS THE MOST VALUED
THING IN THE LIFE OF CHRIST?
00:42:38.50\00:42:42.63
IT WASN'T HIS NICE MANSION,
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE ONE WHEN
00:42:42.63\00:42:45.03
HE WAS DOWN HERE - AT LEAST NOT
ONE ON EARTH, RIGHT? IT WASN'T
00:42:45.03\00:42:50.70
HIS FANCY DONKEY - DIDN'T
HAVE ONE AS FAR AS WE KNOW.
00:42:50.70\00:42:57.10
IN FACT, HE SAID, 'I
HAVE NOTHING.' RIGHT?
00:42:57.10\00:42:58.76
'THE BIRDS OF THE AIR AND THE
FOXES, THEY HAVE PLACES TO GO.
00:42:58.76\00:43:02.13
I HAVE NOTHING.' SO
WHAT WAS VALUABLE TO CHRIST?
00:43:02.13\00:43:06.60
>>HIS CONNECTION WITH THE LORD.
>>HIS CONNECTION WITH JESUS -
00:43:06.60\00:43:08.83
CONNECTION WITH GOD - AND
FOR YOU AND I IT WOULD BE OUR
00:43:08.83\00:43:10.83
CONNECTION WITH HIM,
AMEN? THAT IS WHAT IS OF VALUE.
00:43:10.83\00:43:15.36
SO, RECAPPING AGAIN - THE
TEACHER SIDE: LIVING A LIFE OF
00:43:15.36\00:43:20.36
FAITH, KEEPING THE LAW, HELPS
ME UNDERSTAND WHAT IS RIGHT AND
00:43:20.36\00:43:23.36
WHAT IS WRONG. THEN IT POINTS ME
TO WHO? JESUS CHRIST - AND WHEN
00:43:23.36\00:43:27.80
I SEEK WITH ALL, I RECEIVE
ALL. THEN I HAVE LOOKED AT THIS
00:43:27.80\00:43:31.03
CONCEPT OF GOD SPOKE
SPECIFICALLY TO THE POOR.
00:43:31.03\00:43:33.83
WHAT KIND OF
LESSON TO THOSE FOR US WHO
00:43:33.83\00:43:35.46
WANT TO LIVE BY FAITH -
WHAT WAS THE LESSON, I FORGOT?
00:43:35.46\00:43:40.06
THOSE THAT - FOR THE RICH -
LIVING BY FAITH IS NOT TRUSTING
00:43:40.06\00:43:45.30
IN WHATEVER YOU
HAVE THE ABUNDANCE OF.
00:43:45.30\00:43:48.36
AND I GUESS WE USE IT AS RICH,
BUT IT COULD BE AN ABUNDANCE OF
00:43:48.36\00:43:50.40
ANYTHING THAT YOU MAY
HAVE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS WE
00:43:50.40\00:43:52.36
LOOKED AT THE COUNSEL TO THE
POOR, THE MOST VALUABLE THING IN
00:43:52.36\00:43:55.13
THE WORLD IS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
IT'S WEALTH, NO? STRENGTH?
00:43:55.13\00:44:01.10
NO. HEALTH? NOT EVEN HEALTH.
IT'S RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THAT'S
00:44:01.10\00:44:05.33
THE PICTURE THAT WE
SEE BEING PULLED OUT HERE.
00:44:05.33\00:44:07.26
ALRIGHT, THIS LAST ONE IS A -
THIS IS LOVING THE TRUTH AND, OF
00:44:07.26\00:44:16.80
COURSE, THIS STARTS FROM 2
THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 2, VERSE
00:44:16.80\00:44:19.43
10 AND BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO
STICK IN PROVERBS, I'M NOT GOING
00:44:19.43\00:44:21.93
THERE. SO IF YOU
CAN STAY IN PROVERBS,
00:44:21.93\00:44:25.80
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT PROVERBS
CHAPTER 29 - 29 VERSE 15 - A
00:44:25.80\00:44:32.73
FAVORITE VERSE,
I'M SURE, OF MY FATHER.
00:44:32.73\00:44:36.06
PROVERBS CHAPTER 29 AND VERSE
15, "THE ROD AND REPROOF GIVE
00:44:36.06\00:44:45.63
WISDOM - THE ROD AND REPROOF
GIVE WISDOM: BUT A CHILD LEFT TO
00:44:45.63\00:44:53.26
HIMSELF BRINGETH
HIS MOTHER TO SHAME."
00:44:53.26\00:44:59.56
NOW, OUR SUBJECT'S BEEN LIVING
BY FAITH , BUT IF I WERE TO HAVE
00:44:59.56\00:45:06.93
A SECOND SUBJECT,
IT'D BE WISDOM. WHY?
00:45:06.93\00:45:09.90
BECAUSE WE'RE STUDYING PROVERBS.
KEEPING THE LAW GIVES ME WISDOM.
00:45:09.90\00:45:12.90
SEEKING THE
LORD GIVES ME WISDOM.
00:45:12.90\00:45:13.90
AND NOW,
REPROOF GIVES ME WISDOM.
00:45:13.90\00:45:16.10
THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE
SEEN IN TODAY'S LESSON - KIND OF
00:45:16.10\00:45:18.23
A SUBSET OF TOPICS. HOW
CAN REPROOF GIVE ME WISDOM?
00:45:18.23\00:45:22.66
WHY WOULD I WANT REPROOF?
00:45:22.66\00:45:26.56
I, PERSONALLY,
DON'T LIKE REPROOF.
00:45:26.56\00:45:29.76
BUT REPROOF IS
SOMETHING - IS IT TO BE DESIRED?
00:45:29.76\00:45:35.93
>>YES, A WISE MAN DESIRES IT.
>>YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN READING
00:45:35.93\00:45:40.06
THE BOOK OF
PROVERBS, SIR. ABSOLUTELY.
00:45:40.06\00:45:41.93
LET'S LOOK AT A
COUPLE OF THESE ONES.
00:45:41.93\00:45:44.06
PROVERBS CHAPTER 9, VERSE 8 -
PROVERBS CHAPTER 9 - THERE'S A
00:45:44.06\00:45:47.46
LOT THAT'S ACTUALLY SAID
IN THE BIBLE ON THIS CONCEPT.
00:45:47.46\00:45:52.06
PROVERBS 9, VERSE 8 SAYS,
"REPROVE NOT A SCORNER, LEST HE
00:45:52.06\00:46:00.50
HATE THEE: REBUKE A WISE
MAN, AND HE WILL" - DO WHAT?
00:46:00.50\00:46:05.03
>>LOVE YOU. >>HE WILL LOVE YOU.
00:46:05.03\00:46:08.00
SO IF YOU'RE WISE - I'M GOING TO
DO SOME REVERSE REASONING HERE,
00:46:08.00\00:46:13.16
IF YOU'RE WISE AND YOU'RE
REBUKED, YOU WILL LOVE THE
00:46:13.16\00:46:16.23
PERSON WHO REBUKED
YOU. THAT'S ONE TO WORK ON.
00:46:16.23\00:46:23.30
IF YOU'RE A WISE MAN AND YOU'RE
REBUKED, YOU WILL LOVE THE
00:46:23.30\00:46:26.96
PERSON WHO DID IT. WHY?
00:46:26.96\00:46:29.86
WHY WOULD YOU LOVE
SOMEONE WHO REBUKES YOU?
00:46:29.86\00:46:31.53
>>TO KEEP YOU FROM
MAKING A FOOL OF YOURSELF.
00:46:31.53\00:46:33.53
>>KEEPING YOU FROM MAKING A
FOOL OF YOURSELF, THAT'S RIGHT.
00:46:33.53\00:46:36.13
>>YOU LEARN FROM - SOMEONE ELSE
CAN SEE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T
00:46:36.13\00:46:41.00
AND THEY BRING THAT TO YOUR
ATTENTION - IF YOU'RE WISE YOU
00:46:41.00\00:46:43.60
WILL NOT GET UPSET WITH THEM
ABOUT IT, YOU WILL GO, 'THANK
00:46:43.60\00:46:47.06
YOU, THAT'S - I HADN'T SEEN IT
THAT WAY.' AND YOU WILL LEARN -
00:46:47.06\00:46:50.16
AND THEN THE SECOND
THING IS TO APPLY IT.
00:46:50.16\00:46:52.16
>>PEOPLE SEE THINGS
THAT YOU AND I CAN'T SEE.
00:46:52.16\00:46:54.40
I'M GOING TO REPEAT IT
JUST BECAUSE WE'VE GOT IT HERE.
00:46:54.40\00:46:56.43
OTHER PEOPLE CAN SEE
THINGS THAT YOU AND I CAN'T SEE.
00:46:56.43\00:47:00.23
I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE,
BUT NONE OF US ARE PERFECT.
00:47:00.23\00:47:04.70
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM AN
OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE WHO CAN SEE
00:47:04.70\00:47:07.50
THINGS WE CAN'T SEE AND
WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL THAT
00:47:07.50\00:47:09.33
THEY'RE BRINGING IT TO US.
00:47:09.33\00:47:10.53
I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST
STARTED DOING PUBLIC EVANGELISM.
00:47:10.53\00:47:12.86
WE WERE - I DON'T KNOW IF
I'VE TOLD THIS STORY BEFORE.
00:47:12.86\00:47:17.46
WELL, YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T HEARD
IT. WE WERE TRAVELING - MY WIFE
00:47:17.46\00:47:23.06
AND I - 45 MINUTES BACK AND
FORTH FROM WHERE WE WERE STAYING
00:47:23.06\00:47:27.06
TO THE MEETING SITE - AND
AFTER THE FIRST NIGHT - IT WAS
00:47:27.06\00:47:30.06
MY FIRST TIME EVER PREACHING
A PUBLIC SEMINAR LIKE THIS.
00:47:30.06\00:47:34.20
I FINISHED PREACHING.
00:47:34.20\00:47:35.46
WE GOT ON THE ROAD AND WE HAD
OUR 45-MINUTE RIDE BACK AND I
00:47:35.46\00:47:38.00
SAID, 'SO HONEY,
WHAT DID YOU THINK?'
00:47:38.00\00:47:41.20
YEAH, SOME OF YOU ARE LOOKING AT
ME SAYING, 'WHY DID YOU ASK THAT
00:47:41.20\00:47:42.83
QUESTION?' I ASKED IT AND
MY WIFE WOULD BE VERY KIND.
00:47:42.83\00:47:47.30
SHE DECIDED TO MAKE A SANDWICH
- MAYBE YOU HEARD THIS IN
00:47:47.30\00:47:50.26
PSYCHOLOGY. SHE GAVE
- 'WOW, I THINK IT WAS
00:47:50.26\00:47:53.63
REALLY NICE. YOU SEEM TO KNOW
YOUR SUBJECT WELL.' AND THEN
00:47:53.63\00:47:58.50
'BUT...' DA DUNT, DA DUNT, DA
DUNT.' I WAS LIKE 'AAAGGGHHH.'
00:47:58.50\00:48:03.10
THEORETICALLY, WHAT
SHOULD I HAVE BEEN DOING?
00:48:03.10\00:48:07.56
"THANK YOU HONEY, THAT'S GREAT.'
BUT AFTER TWO NIGHTS - THAT
00:48:07.56\00:48:11.46
HAPPENED TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW -
I SAID, 'YOU KNOW, HONEY, COULD
00:48:11.46\00:48:14.30
YOU JUST NOT TELL ME
THE NIGHT THAT IT HAPPENS?
00:48:14.30\00:48:17.50
JUST WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY AND
THEN TELL ME WHAT I DID WRONG,
00:48:17.50\00:48:19.33
BUT JUST DON'T TELL ME THE NIGHT
OF THE PREACHING, BECAUSE' - BUT
00:48:19.33\00:48:21.16
YOU KNOW WHAT? I FOUND
OUT SOMETHING TOOK PLACE.
00:48:21.16\00:48:24.50
MY WIFE DOESN'T THINK LIKE
ME, PRAISE GOD, AND BECAUSE SHE
00:48:24.50\00:48:29.66
DOESN'T THINK LIKE ME, I TRY
TO UNDERSTAND WHERE SHE'S COMING
00:48:29.66\00:48:32.76
FROM. THERE'S A
LOT IN MY AUDIENCE WHO
00:48:32.76\00:48:35.86
THINK LIKE HER AND IF I
UNDERSTAND THAT, I HAVE A BETTER
00:48:35.86\00:48:38.76
CHANCE OF BEING SUCCESSFUL
IN WHAT GOD HAS CALLED ME TO DO.
00:48:38.76\00:48:41.96
LOVE REBUKE. BE
THANKFUL WHEN A REBUKE COMES.
00:48:41.96\00:48:46.76
LET'S LOOK AT ANOTHER ONE -
PROVERBS CHAPTER 27 AND VERSE 5
00:48:46.76\00:48:51.10
- PROVERBS 27 AND VERSE 5 -
COMMON PASSAGE THAT'S USED -
00:48:51.10\00:48:57.33
"OPEN REBUKE IS
BETTER THAN SECRET LOVE."
00:48:57.33\00:49:02.90
YES, WE'LL GO ON
TO ANOTHER VERSE.
00:49:02.90\00:49:07.66
PROVERBS - PSALMS CHAPTER 141
- PSALMS 141 - AND THIS IS DAVID
00:49:07.66\00:49:14.26
SPEAKING AND HE SAYS THIS -
DAVID ACTUALLY PUTS INTO WORDS
00:49:14.26\00:49:17.93
WHAT HAS NOT BEEN WRITTEN YET,
BUT I'VE SAID IT A FEW TIMES -
00:49:17.93\00:49:20.96
PSALMS 141, VERSE 5. HE
SAYS, "LET THE RIGHTEOUS
00:49:20.96\00:49:30.43
SMITE ME;" - DAVID SAID LET SOME
WHO'S RIGHTEOUS - SOMEONE WHO'S
00:49:30.43\00:49:34.10
GOOD - LET THEM HIT ME.
TELL ME WHAT I'M DOING WRONG.
00:49:34.10\00:49:37.46
LET THEM DO IT AND -
"IT SHALL BE A KINDNESS:" -
00:49:37.46\00:49:45.86
HAVE YOU EVER DECIDED YOU'RE
GOING TO GO UP TO SOMEONE IN THE
00:49:45.86\00:49:46.86
CHURCH YOU KNOW
REALLY LOVES GOD AND SAY,
00:49:46.86\00:49:48.30
'HEY, COULD YOU TELL
ME WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?
00:49:48.30\00:49:50.53
I NEED SOME KINDNESS TODAY.' WE
PROBABLY WOULDN'T DO THAT, BUT
00:49:50.53\00:49:57.16
THAT'S WHAT IT'S SAYING HERE -
"LET THE RIGHTEOUS SMITE ME AND
00:49:57.16\00:49:59.80
IT SHALL BE A KINDNESS: AND LET
HIM REPROVE ME; IT SHALL BE AN
00:49:59.80\00:50:04.06
EXCELLENT OIL, WHICH SHALL NOT
BREAK MY HEAD:" - IF IT'S COMING
00:50:04.06\00:50:10.03
FROM SOMEONE LIKE THIS, IT'S
GOING TO BE LIKE EXCELLENT OIL.
00:50:10.03\00:50:13.03
NOW WE'RE SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT
HERE - OIL WAS SOMETHING THAT
00:50:13.03\00:50:15.56
WAS POSITIVE. THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD FOR ME.
00:50:15.56\00:50:17.60
THAT REPROOF WILL BE SOMETHING
THAT HELPS ME BE HEALTHIER, IF I
00:50:17.60\00:50:22.70
COULD PUT IT IN A MODERN
CONTEXT. THAT REPROOF WILL MAKE
00:50:22.70\00:50:25.70
ME A BETTER PERSON.
SO, I'M GOING TO GO TO A
00:50:25.70\00:50:29.23
RIGHTEOUS PERSON AND
SAY, 'TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG.
00:50:29.23\00:50:32.23
I'M READY TO TAKE IT.' I DON'T
KNOW IF I WOULD SUGGEST THAT,
00:50:32.23\00:50:34.83
PER SE, BUT DAVID IS
SAYING THAT'S A GOOD THING.
00:50:34.83\00:50:37.86
LET IT HAPPEN. BUT
WHAT ABOUT OUR GENERATION?
00:50:37.86\00:50:44.80
SURELY WE DON'T
NEED REBUKE AND REPROOF.
00:50:44.80\00:50:47.23
WE HAVE BEEN AROUND SO LONG AS
A MOVEMENT, WE HAVE FINE-TUNED
00:50:47.23\00:50:53.23
EVERYTHING SO WE ARE
BASICALLY READY FOR TRANSLATION.
00:50:53.23\00:50:59.10
YOU CAN'T SPEAK MUCH
MORE TONGUE-IN-CHEEK, AS YOU
00:50:59.10\00:51:00.73
REALIZE. YOU KNOW,
THERE'S A MESSAGE THE
00:51:00.73\00:51:03.16
BIBLE HAS THAT'S
SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU AND FOR ME.
00:51:03.16\00:51:07.40
IT'S FOR THE TIME PERIOD THAT
YOU AND I ARE LIVING IN AND IT'S
00:51:07.40\00:51:09.70
FOUND IN A BOOK CALLED
REVELATION - REVELATION CHAPTER
00:51:09.70\00:51:13.96
3 - REVELATION CHAPTER 3
-THERE'S A TALK HERE OF REBUKE.
00:51:13.96\00:51:23.26
THE SPEAKER HERE IS JESUS, THE
SUBJECT: THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA.
00:51:23.26\00:51:32.93
REVELATION CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE
19, OUR BIBLES READ "AS MANY AS
00:51:32.93\00:51:38.83
I" - WHAT'S THAT
NEXT WORD? >>LOVE.
00:51:38.83\00:51:42.50
>>"LOVE, I REBUKE AND CHASTEN:"
THIS IS HOW GOD SHOWS US LOVE.
00:51:42.50\00:51:49.36
"AS MANY AS I LOVE, I REBUKE
AND CHASTEN:" YOU KNOW, WHEN MY
00:51:49.36\00:51:54.46
PARENTS REBUKED AND CHASTENED
ME AS A CHILD, THAT WAS NOT -
00:51:54.46\00:51:57.26
IT DID NOT FEEL LIKE
LOVE. IT JUST DIDN'T.
00:51:57.26\00:51:59.80
THERE WAS NO FEELING OF LOVE
IN IT - AT LEAST FROM MY HEART'S
00:51:59.80\00:52:02.36
PERSPECTIVE - BUT AS I LOOK BACK
AT WHAT MY LIFE HAS BEEN BECAUSE
00:52:02.36\00:52:06.96
OF THE REBUKING AND CHASTENING
OF MY PARENTS, I CAN TELL YOU
00:52:06.96\00:52:09.70
RIGHT NOW, MY
PARENTS LOVE ME. THEY DID.
00:52:09.70\00:52:14.40
MY DAUGHTER, RIGHT NOW, DOES
NOT FEEL THAT I LOVE HER ALL THE
00:52:14.40\00:52:17.40
TIME. I KNOW THAT. THERE
ARE SOME TIMES WHEN I WILL
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SAY, 'YOU ARE NOT DOING THIS.'
'BUT DADDY I WANT TO.' 'IT'S NOT
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AN OPTION.' SOMEDAY, LORD
WILLING, TWO DECADES FROM NOW, I
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MIGHT GET A 'THANK YOU,
DADDY.' BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:52:32.36\00:52:36.53
I LOVE HER AND SO I'M WILLING
TO REBUKE AND CHASTEN HER.
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AND THAT'S WHAT
GOD DOES WITH US.
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YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT LIVING
BY FAITH IS NOT AVOIDING THE
00:52:44.03\00:52:49.30
REBUKES OF GOD,
IT'S CHERISHING THEM.
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LIVING BY FAITH IS COMPLETELY
OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT
00:52:54.90\00:52:59.50
IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY.
LIVING BY FAITH IS EMBRACING THE
00:52:59.50\00:53:08.03
REBUKE OF GOD. FIVE
POINTS WE'VE LOOKED AT IN
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OUR LESSON TONIGHT: KEEPING
THE LAW IS LIVING BY FAITH.
00:53:12.73\00:53:19.93
IT HELPS ME TO DISCERN
BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG.
00:53:19.93\00:53:22.63
SEEKING THE LORD IS LIVING BY
FAITH BECAUSE WHEN I GIVE ALL, I
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RECEIVE ALL. NOT
DEPENDING ON WHAT I HAVE A
00:53:28.03\00:53:31.90
LOT OF IS LIVING BY FAITH
AND IT'S PRETTY EASY TO EXPLAIN.
00:53:31.90\00:53:38.50
VALUING RIGHTEOUSNESS ABOVE
ALL ELSE IS LIVING BY FAITH.
00:53:38.50\00:53:43.56
AND THIS LAST ONE, CHERISHING
THE REBUKE OF GOD IS LIVING BY
00:53:43.56\00:53:49.00
FAITH. THIS IS THE KIND
OF EXPERIENCE I WANT TO HAVE.
00:53:49.00\00:53:54.20
I THINK IT'S AN
EXPERIENCE WE ALL WANT TO HAVE.
00:53:54.20\00:53:56.10
TO HAVE THIS KIND OF WALK WHERE,
STEP BY STEP, WE'RE GETTING
00:53:56.10\00:54:00.90
CLOSER AND CLOSER TO JESUS
CHRIST. YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT
00:54:00.90\00:54:05.93
THAT KIND OF WALK IS
SOMETHING THAT CAN BE REAL.
00:54:05.93\00:54:10.00
THAT KIND OF WALK WHERE, AS
ENOCH HAD, WE GET CLOSER AND
00:54:10.00\00:54:14.43
CLOSER - AND I THINK THERE'S
AN OLD SPIRITUAL THAT SAYS THIS:
00:54:14.43\00:54:18.86
'ONE DAY GOD LOOKED AT
ENOCH AND SAID, 'YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:54:18.86\00:54:21.70
WE'RE CLOSER TO MY HOME THAN
YOURS. WHY DON'T YOU JUST COME
00:54:21.70\00:54:23.30
HOME WITH ME.' THAT IS THE
KIND OF EXPERIENCE GOD WANTS FOR
00:54:23.30\00:54:28.03
US - CLOSER AND CLOSER BY FAITH
- THAT WALK - TRUSTING HIM IN
00:54:28.03\00:54:35.30
EVERY FACET OF OUR LIVES. I
WANT TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE,
00:54:35.30\00:54:38.10
DON'T YOU? >>AMEN.
00:54:38.10\00:54:39.73
>>LET US ASK GOD - SPEND SOME
TIME RIGHT NOW - JUST ASK GOD TO
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WORK OUT HIS WILL IN OUR LIVES
AND TO HELP US HAVE THAT KIND OF
00:54:44.70\00:54:48.73
FAITH WITH HIM. SO COULD YOU BOW
YOUR HEADS WITH ME AS WE PRAY?
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OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN,
WE WANT THIS KIND OF FAITH.
00:54:53.56\00:54:58.66
WE ASK THAT, LORD,
INCREASE OUR FAITH.
00:54:58.66\00:55:01.56
HELP OUR UNBELIEF, FATHER,
AND HELP US TO HAVE FAITH.
00:55:01.56\00:55:04.93
WE WANT THAT
EXPERIENCE OF WALK WITH YOU.
00:55:04.93\00:55:08.43
AND NOW WE PRAY, FATHER, THAT
YOU WOULD DRAW CLOSE TO EACH ONE
00:55:08.43\00:55:10.63
OF US. FILL US WITH YOUR SPIRIT.
00:55:10.63\00:55:13.33
WE ASK IN THE
MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, AMEN.
00:55:13.33\00:55:16.90
I WANT TO THANK EACH ONE OF YOU
FOR JOINING US FOR THE SABBATH
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SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU CAME AND
00:55:20.93\00:55:23.13
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
BEING WITH YOU AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
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GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU
WALK AND LIVE BY FAITH.
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>>AMAZING FACTS CHANGED LIVES.
>>MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY WHEN I
00:55:47.56\00:55:57.93
WAS THREE AND MY PATERNAL
GRANDPARENTS DECIDED THAT THEY
00:55:57.93\00:56:02.30
WOULD CARE FOR MY TWO OLDER
SISTERS AND I SO THAT MY FATHER
00:56:02.30\00:56:07.33
WOULD HAVE TIME TO MOURN.
WE NEVER REALLY HAD A MOTHER OR
00:56:07.33\00:56:11.70
A STRONG FATHERLY FIGURE - AND
I'M NOT BLAMING MY DAD, I'M JUST
00:56:11.70\00:56:15.10
SAYING THAT'S HOW THINGS WORKED
OUT. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL,
00:56:15.10\00:56:20.70
MY OLDER SISTER GOT INTO AN
ARGUMENT WITH OUR FATHER AND MY
00:56:20.70\00:56:27.76
SISTER AND I DECIDED THAT WE
WOULD TAKE HER SIDE AND SO THAT
00:56:27.76\00:56:34.20
CAUSED A SPLIT IN OUR FAMILY.
FOR FOUR YEARS WE LIVED IN THE
00:56:34.20\00:56:41.20
SAME HOUSE, WE ATE FROM THE SAME
POT, WE USED THE SAME RESTROOM,
00:56:41.20\00:56:45.93
WE WALKED BY EACH OTHER, BUT
WE NEVER SAID ANYTHING TO OUR
00:56:45.93\00:56:48.26
FATHER AND HE NEVER
SAID ANYTHING TO US.
00:56:48.26\00:56:54.36
A YEAR LATER I HAD DECIDED
I WOULD MOVE OUT FOR COLLEGE.
00:56:54.36\00:56:56.90
HE WASN'T VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.
WE GOT BOOTED OUT OF THE HOUSE.
00:56:56.90\00:57:02.96
WE WENT BACK TO APOLOGIZE BUT
WE WEREN'T REALLY ACCEPTED BACK.
00:57:02.96\00:57:09.93
I HAVE FELT SO ALONE A LOT OF
MY LIFE. I FELT LIKE I'VE HAD TO
00:57:09.93\00:57:14.36
FEND MORE FOR MYSELF. I'VE
BEEN MISSING A FATHERLY LOVE.
00:57:14.36\00:57:19.93
I DON'T HAVE FAMILY WITH ME.
00:57:19.93\00:57:24.86
I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THINGS
BUT I HAVE GOD AND I'VE BEEN
00:57:24.86\00:57:31.83
FULFILLED. I'VE BEEN SATISFIED.
GOD HAS BEEN MY FATHER.
00:57:31.83\00:57:43.90
>>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED
THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
00:57:43.90\00:57:48.23
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, MAN HAS
WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY
00:57:48.23\00:57:51.56
OF THE WEEK. NOW,
EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF
00:57:51.56\00:57:54.76
PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE
FIRST DAY. WHAT HAPPENED?
00:57:54.76\00:57:58.23
WHY DID GOD
CREATE A DAY OF REST?
00:57:58.23\00:58:00.73
DOES IT REALLY
MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP?
00:58:00.73\00:58:03.53
WHO WAS BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT.
DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND GOD'S
00:58:03.53\00:58:07.03
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