>>I LOVE THE QUOTE: "THE
GREATEST WANT OF THE WORLD IS
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THE WANT OF MEN ... MEN WHO WILL
STAND FOR THE RIGHT THOUGH THE
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HEAVENS FALL." YET
STUDIES ARE SHOWING, FOR
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SEVERAL YEARS NOW, THE SECULAR
MEDIA AND CULTURE HAVE SOUGHT
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TO PORTRAY MEN AS
THE FAMILY IDIOTS.
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SADLY, RESPECT FOR THE ROLE OF
FATHERS AND HUSBANDS HAS REACHED
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AN ALL-TIME LOW. SO
NOW, AS THE DISPIRITED MEN
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ABANDON THEIR ROLES OF GODLY
LEADERSHIP, IT'S NOT SURPRISING
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THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING A
MORAL FREE-FALL IN OUR COUNTRY.
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THAT'S WHY, STARTING SEPTEMBER
30TH I'LL BE PRESENTING A NEW
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PROGRAM CALLED
MIGHTY MEN OF GOD .
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USING BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES, THIS
ENCOURAGING FOUR-PART SERIES
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WILL ADDRESS HOW TO BE A LOVING
FATHER, FAITHFUL HUSBAND, AND
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ALL-AROUND MAN OF GOD IN
THE FAMILY, CHURCH AND NATION.
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PLEASE PLAN NOW TO JOIN ME FOR
THIS LIVE EVENT AND LEARN FROM
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THE WORD HOW TO LIVE
COURAGEOUSLY FOR THE KING.
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(MUSIC)
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>>HELLO FRIENDS, WE'D
LIKE TO WELCOME YOU AGAIN TO
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SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR COMING
TO YOU FROM THE GRANITE BAY
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
A WARM WELCOME TO OUR EXTENDED
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SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS AND
THOSE VIEWING ON THE VARIOUS
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TELEVISION NETWORKS AND ALSO
ONLINE - AND ALSO A WARM WELCOME
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TO OUR AFCOE STUDENTS WHO ARE
FORMING THE AUDIENCE HERE FOR
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OUR SABBATH SCHOOL
STUDY TIME TOGETHER.
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WE'RE DOING SOMETHING
JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WE
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NORMALLY DO - WE USUALLY FILM
OUR PROGRAM RIGHT HERE SABBATH
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MORNING WITH OUR GRANITE BAY
CHURCH MEMBERS, BUT BECAUSE THE
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LESSON IS DEALING WITH
WITNESSING, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD
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BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THE AFCOE
STUDENTS PART OF THIS SPECIAL
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CLASS TODAY. NOW WE'RE ON OUR
LESSON QUARTERLY DEALING WITH
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LESSON #10 AND IT'S ENTITLED
JESUS WON THEIR CONFIDENCE .
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SO FOR OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE
JOINING US ONLINE OR YOU'RE
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WATCHING ON THE VARIOUS
TELEVISION OUTLETS, IF YOU DON'T
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HAVE A COPY OF OUR STUDY
TOGETHER, THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH
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IN THE COMMUNITY , YOU CAN JUST
GO TO THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE
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- JUST AMAZINGFACTS.ORG -
DOWNLOAD LESSON #10 AND YOU CAN
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STUDY ALONG WITH US. WE
HAVE A FREE OFFER THAT IS
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CALLED - ENTITLED - THE VOICE
OF GOD AND THIS IS AVAILABLE TO
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ANYBODY IN NORTH
AMERICA WHO GIVES US A CALL.
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THE NUMBER IS 866-788-3966
- AND ASK FOR OFFER #816.
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AGAIN, THE BOOK IS
CALLED THE VOICE OF GOD .
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THE NUMBER TO CALL IS
866-STUDY-MORE - THAT'S
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866-788-3966 - AND WE'LL
BE HAPPY TO SEND THIS TO YOU.
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IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE OF NORTH
AMERICA, JUST GO TO THE AMAZING
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FACTS' WEBSITE AND YOU CAN
ACTUALLY READ THIS BOOK FOR FREE
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ONLINE - CALLED
THE VOICE OF GOD .
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WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR STUDY
THIS MORNING, WE HAVE A SPECIAL
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TREAT. AT THIS
TIME WE'LL BE LISTENING
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TO A SPECIAL MUSICAL ITEM THAT
WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY SOME OF
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THE MEMBERS OF THE
GRANITE BAY CHURCH.
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(MUSIC) >>JESUS BE THE SUN
SHINING ON MY WAY WARM ME ON THE
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ROAD TO YOUR ETERNAL DAY; MELT
MY ICY HEART TEACH ME TO OBEY
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O JESUS BE THE
SUN SHINING ON MY WAY.
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JESUS SHINE ON ME EVERYWHERE
I GO WHEN I FOLLOW FAST AND IF I
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LISTEN SLOW; ON BRIGHT MOUNTAINS
HIGH, IN DARK VALLEYS LOW JESUS
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SHINE ON ME EVERYWHERE I GO.
JESUS BE THE MOON SHINING IN MY
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NIGHT IF TEMPTATION CALLS HELP
ME DO WHAT'S RIGHT; WHEN BLUE
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SHADOWS CROWD ME, COMFORT
WITH YOUR LIGHT O JESUS BE THE
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MOON SHINING IN MY NIGHT.
JESUS SHINE ON ME EVERYWHERE I
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GO WHEN I FOLLOW FAST AND IF I
LISTEN SLOW; ON BRIGHT MOUNTAINS
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HIGH, IN DARK VALLEYS LOW JESUS
SHINE ON ME EVERYWHERE I GO.
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JESUS BE THE STAR SHINING IN
MY SOUL; TEACHING ME TO TRUST AS
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YOU MAKE ME WHOLE SPARKLE
LIKE A DIAMOND IN A LUMP OF COAL
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O JESUS BE THE STAR SHINING
IN MY SOUL. JESUS SHINE ON ME
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EVERYWHERE I GO WHEN I FOLLOW
FAST AND IF I LISTEN SLOW;
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ON BRIGHT MOUNTAINS HIGH,
IN DARK VALLEYS LOW JESUS SHINE
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ON ME EVERYWHERE I GO. JESUS
SHINE ON ME EVERYWHERE I GO.
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>>ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME TO OUR
SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR AND
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THANK YOU FOR
THAT WONDERFUL MUSIC.
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JUST BEFORE WE GO TO THE
LESSON, I INVITE YOU TO BOW YOUR
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HEADS AS WE HAVE
A WORD OF PRAYER.
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DEAR FATHER, ONCE AGAIN WE WANT
TO ASK YOUR SPECIAL BLESSING AS
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WE STUDY YOUR WORD - IN
PARTICULAR, CHRIST'S EXAMPLE OF
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MINISTERING TO THE NEEDS
OF PEOPLE AND WINNING THEIR
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CONFIDENCE AND
SHARING WITH THEM THE TRUTH.
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SO MAY WE LEARN, MAY WE BE
EQUIPPED, AND MAY WE BE WILLING
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TO SERVE FOR YOU, FOR WE
ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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>>AMEN. >>OUR
LESSON TODAY WILL BE
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BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR
DOUG. >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS.
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HERE, I'LL LET YOU TAKE YOUR
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON BECAUSE I
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BROUGHT MINE. OTHERWISE,
I'LL BE DOING A STEREO LESSON.
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HOW IS EVERYBODY? >>GREAT.
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>>AMEN. >>GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE.
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I WANT TO WELCOME, AGAIN, OUR
FRIENDS THAT ARE WATCHING AND
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YOU CAN SEE THAT I'M OUT
OF UNIFORM, AS PASTOR ROSS
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MENTIONED, THE REGULAR TEACHERS
OF OUR SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS ARE
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ALL OUT OF TOWN ON A PARTICULAR
WEEKEND AND SO WE WERE REALLY
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THANKFUL THAT THE LESSON
WAS DEALING WITH AN EVANGELISTIC
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SUBJECT, AND SO WE'RE TAKING
WHAT WE NORMALLY WOULD HAVE AS
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OUR AFCOE TRAINING TIME.
AND OUR STUDENTS - WE HAVE, I
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GUESS - WHAT - 38 - 39 STUDENTS
IN THIS CROP ARE COMING TOGETHER
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AND WE'RE GOING TO SHARE -
STUDY THE SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON
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TOGETHER WITH
THEM. AND SO WE'RE JUST
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REALLY GLAD YOU'RE
HERE. YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING
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'WHAT IS AFCOE'?
AFCOE STANDS FOR THE AMAZING
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FACTS CENTER OF EVANGELISM
. SOMETIMES IT'S CALLED THE
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AMAZING FACTS COLLEGE OF
EVANGELISM AND WE INVITE MEN
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AND WOMEN TO COME TOGETHER FROM
AROUND THE WORLD - WE STUDY THE
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PRINCIPLES OF EVANGELISM, WE
HAVE A FULL-TIME CLASS THAT GOES
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ON FOR ABOUT THREE AND A
HALF MONTHS - IS THAT RIGHT?
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AND THEY WILL PREPARE FOR AN
EVANGELISTIC MEETING, GO THROUGH
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AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING, BE
DOING DOOR-TO-DOOR WORK, BIBLE
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STUDY WORK, DOCTRINAL WORK,
AND THEN SPEND SOME TIME DOING
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FOLLOW-UP AT AN EVANGELISTIC
MEETING AND WE BRING IN SOME OF
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THE BEST EVANGELISM TEACHERS
WE CAN FIND IN NORTH AMERICA AND
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EVEN GUEST TEACHERS FROM
OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
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AND SO, THAT'S OUR AFCOE
TRAINING CLASS AND PEOPLE THAT
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GO THROUGH THAT, THEY ARE NEVER
THE SAME. AND SO, WE'RE GLAD
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THAT WE CAN USE THIS
TIME TO STUDY THIS LESSON.
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AGAIN, THE LESSON IS DEALING
WITH THE SUBJECT - IT'S IN OUR
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QUARTERLY - THE ROLE OF THE
CHURCH IN THE COMMUNITY - LESSON
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#10 AND IT'S JESUS
WON THEIR CONFIDENCE .
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SO OFTEN, WHEN JESUS WOULD HEAL
SOMEBODY OR HE HEALED THE LEPER
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OR - AND HE'S SAY,
'NOW DON'T TELL ANYBODY'.
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BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT HIS
TEACHING MINISTRY WAS GOING TO
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BE IMPEDED BY THE THRONGS THAT
WOULD COME TO HIM JUST FOR THE
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HEALING. AND HE
WANTED HIS MINISTRY
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TO HAVE THE BALANCE
OF THE PRACTICAL AS WELL
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AS THE PHYSICAL. AND
SO, BUT JESUS TOUCHED
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PEOPLE'S HEARTS AND
LIVES WHERE THEY WERE.
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NOW, IN THE LAST FEW LESSONS, WE
HAVE BEEN USING A QUOTE FROM A
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BOOK CALLED MINISTRY OF HEALING
AS A SPRINGBOARD TO UNDERSTAND
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THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST. AND
LET ME READ THAT TO YOU AGAIN.
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AND, BY THE WAY, THIS IS FROM
THE BOOK MINISTRY OF HEALING -
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THIS WAS WRITTEN BY ELLEN
WHITE - PAGE 143 - GREAT QUOTE:
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"CHRIST'S METHOD ALONE WILL GIVE
TRUE SUCCESS IN REACHING THE
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PEOPLE. THE SAVIOR
MINGLED WITH MEN AS
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ONE WHO DESIRED THEIR GOOD.
HE SHOWED HIS SYMPATHY FOR THEM,
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MINISTERED TO THEIR
NEEDS, AND WON THEIR CONFIDENCE.
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THEN HE BADE THEM, 'FOLLOW ME.'"
SO THERE WAS A SEQUENCE TO WHAT
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HE DID: HE MINGLED WITH THEM,
WENT TO WHERE THEY WERE, YOU
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KNOW, KIND OF WALKED IN THEIR
SHOES, AS YOU MIGHT SAY, HE
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SHOWED THAT HE DESIRED THEIR
GOOD, HE SHOWED SYMPATHY FOR
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THEM, HE MINISTERED TO THEIR
PRACTICAL NEEDS, WHETHER THEY
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WERE HUNGRY AND HE GAVE
THEM FOOD OR THAT THEY NEEDED
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HEALING, AND THEN ONCE THEY
DEVELOPED CONFIDENCE IN HIM -
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HE WON THEIR CONFIDENCE - HE
BADE THEM, 'FOLLOW ME.' NOW, OUR
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LESSON TODAY IS BASED ON
THE CONCEPT OF WINNING PEOPLE'S
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CONFIDENCE FOR THE PURPOSE
OF SHARING THE GOSPEL AND
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MINISTERING TO THEM. AND
MIGHT TAKE A MINUTE TO TALK
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ABOUT WHAT IS 'CONFIDENCE?'
CONFIDENCE, OF COURSE, IN
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ENGLISH COMES FROM THE LATIN
WORDS - IT'S A COMPOSITE - 'CON'
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MEANS 'WITH' - 'FIDEL' MEANS
'FAITH' - CONFIDENCE - AND IT
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MEANS SOMETHING
THAT IS WITH FAITH.
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HE BUILT THEIR FAITH IN HIM.
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NOW, IN HEBREW, THE MAIN ROOT
FOR THE WORD 'FAITH' IS 'EMUNAH'
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- THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE YOU GET
THE WORD 'AMEN' AND EMUNAH MEANS
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- IT GIVES THE IDEA OF
CONSISTENCY - CONTINUITY -
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RELIABILITY -
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TRUST.
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IN GREEK, THE WORD THAT YOU
OFTEN FIND FOR FAITH THAT WOULD
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BE A SIMILAR EQUIVALENT TO
EMUNAH WOULD BE 'PISTIS' WHICH
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THAT COMES OUT MEANING 'BELIEF,
TRUST, ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY,
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RELIABILITY' - IT'S A FORM OF
THAT WORD IN GREEK THAT YOU FIND
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IN JOHN 3:16 - "WHOSOEVER
BELIEVES IN HIM" HAS EVERLASTING
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LIFE. AND SO,
WE'RE WANTING TO GET
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PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE - BELIEF.
NOW, HOW IMPORTANT IS FAITH?
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IN JUST A MOMENT I'M GOING TO
HAVE ONE OF YOU READ A VERSE FOR
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ME AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
READ NUMBERS 14:11 - WOULD THAT
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BE YOU? OKAY, I'M
GOING TO READ HEBREWS 11:1.
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HOW IMPORTANT IS FAITH
IN SALVATION? HEBREWS 11:1 -
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YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS?
"FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF
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THINGS HOPED FOR, THE
EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN.
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PAUL GOES ON TO SAY, 'WITHOUT
FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE
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GOD' - I THINK THAT'S VERSE 6
- 'FOR WHOEVER COMES TO GOD MUST
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BELIEVE THAT HE IS, AND THAT
HE IS A REWARDER OF THOSE THAT
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DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM.' WITHOUT
FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE
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GOD. THE JUST
WILL LIVE BY FAITH.
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YOU ARE SAVED BY
GRACE THROUGH FAITH.
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FAITH IS A CRUCIAL COMPONENT
AND, EVEN IN WITNESSING, AT SOME
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POINT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE
SHARING TRUTH WITH A PERSON, YOU
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WANT THEM TO HAVE
FAITH IN WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
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IT'S HARD TO TAKE IN
INSPIRATIONAL OR SPIRITUAL
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INFORMATION FROM A PERSON
YOU HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN.
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GENESIS 15:6 - AND IT SAYS -
ABRAHAM - "BELIEVED IN THE LORD;
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AND HE [GOD] COUNTED IT
TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS."
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AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH - YOU'VE
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HEARD THAT CONCEPT BEFORE?
ALRIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO READ
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FOR US PLEASE NUMBERS 14:11.
>>NUMBERS 14:11, "THEN THE LORD
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SAID TO MOSES: 'HOW LONG
WILL THESE PEOPLE REJECT ME?
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AND HOW LONG WITH THEY NOT
BELIEVE ME, WITH ALL THE SIGNS
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WHICH I HAVE
PERFORMED AMONG THEM?"
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>>YEAH, HE WAS DOING ALL HE
COULD TO SHOW THE PEOPLE HE HAD
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THEIR BEST INTEREST IN MIND.
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GOD DID FOR ISRAEL WHAT WE
NEED TO DO FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.
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WHEN THEY WERE HUNGRY,
HE TOOK CARE OF THEIR FOOD.
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WHEN THEY WERE GOING THROUGH
BATTLES, HE GAVE THEM VICTORY.
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WHEN THEY WERE
THIRSTY, HE GAVE THEM DRINK.
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HE KEPT THEIR SHOES AND
THEIR CLOTHES FROM WEARING OUT.
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GOD TOOK CARE OF
THEIR PRACTICAL NEEDS.
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HE DELIVERED THEM
IN THEIR DISTRESS.
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HE PARTED THE SEA WHEN THEY -
SAVED THEM FROM THEIR SLAVERY.
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IN OTHER WORDS, GOD SHOWED
THEM THAT HE CARED ABOUT THEM.
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AND THEN, WHEN HE BROUGHT THEM
TO MOUNT SINAI, HE WAS HOPING
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THEY'D SAY, 'YOU'VE
SHOWN THAT YOU LOVE US.
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WE LOVE YOU AND WE WILL
KEEP YOUR COMMANDMENTS.'
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WHAT'S THE FIRST COMMANDMENT?
>>I AM THE LORD THY GOD...
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>>YEAH, THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
INCLUDES THE PART THAT SAYS, 'I
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AM THE LORD YOUR GOD THAT
BROUGHT YOU OUT OF THE LAND OF
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EGYPT; OUT OF THE HOUSE OF
BONDAGE' BEFORE HE EVER SAYS,
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'DON'T HAVE OTHER GODS BEFORE
ME', HE SAYS, 'I'VE SHOWN YOU
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THAT I CARE ABOUT YOU.' >>AMEN.
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>>I'M THE ONE WHO DELIVERED YOU
FROM SLAVERY. AND IF YOU LOVE
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ME' - THE IMPLICATION IS
- 'HERE ARE MY COMMANDMENTS.
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KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.' AND SO
THERE NEEDS TO BE A FAITH THERE.
00:14:11.51\00:14:16.12
IF YOU LOOK IN ISAIAH 7:9 YOU'VE
GOT THAT SAME WORD THAT WE READ
00:14:16.12\00:14:20.16
EARLIER - EMUNAH - AND IT SAYS,
"THE HEAD OF EPHRAIM IS SAMARIA,
00:14:20.16\00:14:25.03
AND THE HEAD OF
SAMARIA IS REMELIAH'S SON.
00:14:25.03\00:14:27.20
IF YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE," - YOU
WILL NOT 'EMUNAH' - "SURELY YOU
00:14:27.20\00:14:31.47
SHALL NOT BE ESTABLISHED."
HOW IMPORTANT IS FAITH?
00:14:31.47\00:14:35.00
IF YOU DON'T HAVE FAITH IN
GOD, YOU CANNOT BE ESTABLISHED.
00:14:35.00\00:14:38.44
IN THE BOOK OF HABUKKUK 2:4,
"BEHOLD THE PROUD, HIS SOUL IS
00:14:38.44\00:14:42.64
NOT UPRIGHT IN HIM; BUT" -
WHO KNOWS THE REST OF THAT?
00:14:42.64\00:14:46.08
- "THE JUST SHALL
LIVE BY HIS FAITH."
00:14:46.08\00:14:51.12
THE JUST WILL LIVE BY
FAITH. AND SO, WITHOUT FAITH,
00:14:51.12\00:14:54.49
YOU CAN'T PLEASE
GOD. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
00:14:54.49\00:14:56.49
BUT IS IT FAITH IN MAN?
HOW OFTEN DO PEOPLE LOSE FAITH
00:14:56.49\00:15:01.03
IN OTHER PEOPLE
AND BECOME CYNICAL?
00:15:01.03\00:15:03.70
IT'S HARD TO FIND
PEOPLE TO TRUST IN OUR WORLD.
00:15:03.70\00:15:07.67
AND THAT PRINCIPLE CAN EVEN
BE SEEN IN THE BIBLE - LOOK IN
00:15:07.67\00:15:10.57
MICAH, FOR INSTANCE - 7, VERSE
5, "DO NOT TRUST IN A FRIEND; DO
00:15:10.57\00:15:15.78
NOT PUT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN A
COMPANION; GUARD THE DOORS OF
00:15:15.78\00:15:19.31
YOUR MOUTH FROM HER
WHO LIES IN YOUR BOSOM."
00:15:19.31\00:15:21.92
WELL THAT SEEMS PRETTY CYNICAL -
DON'T TRUST YOUR FRIENDS; DON'T
00:15:21.92\00:15:24.95
TRUST YOUR WIFE - AND MICAH
HERE, HE'S BASICALLY - THIS IS
00:15:24.95\00:15:30.33
IN THE CONTEXT OF A PROPHECY OF
THE TREACHERY THAT WAS HAPPENING
00:15:30.33\00:15:35.93
IN ISRAEL. IT'S
LIKE NOBODY COULD TRUST
00:15:35.93\00:15:37.57
ANYBODY - YOU
COULDN'T EVEN TRUST THE PEOPLE
00:15:37.57\00:15:39.60
IN YOUR OWN FAMILY. DID
JESUS SAY THAT THE DAY MAY
00:15:39.60\00:15:42.87
COME WHERE A MAN'S ENEMIES WILL
BE THOSE OF HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD?
00:15:42.87\00:15:47.78
PSALM 118, VERSE 9, SOMEONE
HAD SAID ONE TIME, THIS IS THE -
00:15:47.78\00:15:52.15
WHAT IS IT - THE LONGEST CHAPTER
IN THE BIBLE IS PSALM 119 -
00:15:52.15\00:15:57.39
SHORTEST CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE
IS PSALM 117 - AND BETWEEN THOSE
00:15:57.39\00:16:01.86
YOU HAVE PSALM 118 AND THEY WERE
ARGUING THE MIDDLE VERSE OF THE
00:16:01.86\00:16:05.39
BIBLE IS PSALM 118:9 THAT SAYS,
"IT'S BETTER TO TRUST IN THE
00:16:05.39\00:16:09.06
LORD THAN PUT CONFIDENCE IN
PRINCES." NOW, SOMEONE ELSE -
00:16:09.06\00:16:13.23
DEPENDS ON WHAT TRANSLATION
YOU'RE READING - IT'S NOT ALWAYS
00:16:13.23\00:16:15.47
THE MIDDLE VERSE IN THE
BIBLE. I JUST THOUGHT I'D
00:16:15.47\00:16:17.24
LET YOU KNOW THAT. BUT
IT IS STILL INTERESTING THAT
00:16:17.24\00:16:19.51
IT'S BETWEEN THE
LONGEST AND THE SHORTEST VERSE.
00:16:19.51\00:16:22.74
AND PSALMS IS THE MIDDLE OF THE
BIBLE - "BETTER TO TRUST IN THE
00:16:22.74\00:16:26.38
LORD THAN PUT YOUR
CONFIDENCE IN PRINCES."
00:16:26.38\00:16:29.08
IF YOU'RE DOING A STUDY ON THE
STATE OF THE DEAD, YOU'LL NEED
00:16:29.08\00:16:31.45
TO KNOW THIS NEXT VERSE, BECAUSE
ALL GOOD EVANGELISTS KNOW PSALM
00:16:31.45\00:16:34.69
146, VERSES 3 AND 4, "DO NOT PUT
YOUR TRUST IN PRINCES NOR IN THE
00:16:34.69\00:16:39.59
SON OF MAN IN
WHOM THERE IS NO HELP.
00:16:39.59\00:16:42.46
HIS SPIRIT DEPARTS.
HE RETURNS TO HIS EARTH.
00:16:42.46\00:16:45.57
IN THAT VERY DAY
HIS THOUGHTS PERISH."
00:16:45.57\00:16:47.84
SO THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE
IMMEDIATELY CONSCIOUS AFTER
00:16:47.84\00:16:49.87
DEATH IS KIND OF
EXPLODED BY THIS VERSE.
00:16:49.87\00:16:53.21
BUT NOTICE THE FIRST PART - 'DO
NOT PUT YOUR TRUST IN PRINCES.'
00:16:53.21\00:16:56.54
SO THE BIBLE SAYS YOU'VE GOT
TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT TRUSTING IN
00:16:56.54\00:16:58.85
MEN. THERE ARE
SOME FAITHFUL PEOPLE.
00:16:58.85\00:17:02.62
I THINK - IS IT IN ECCLESIASTES
- SOLOMON SAYS, 'I'VE FOUND ONE
00:17:02.62\00:17:05.75
MAN FAITHFUL AMONG A THOUSAND.'
AND IT'S EASY TO SEE HOW YOU CAN
00:17:05.75\00:17:13.26
BECOME CYNICAL. ANY
OF YOU GET CALLS AROUND
00:17:13.26\00:17:17.03
DINNER TIME AT YOUR
HOME? SOMEBODY TRYING TO
00:17:17.03\00:17:19.77
SELL YOU SOMETHING? IT'S
VERY INTERESTING THAT - THE
00:17:19.77\00:17:23.34
METHODS THEY USE -
THEY SAY, 'YOU'VE WON!'
00:17:23.34\00:17:26.61
I'VE HEARD TWO OR THREE
TIMES THIS WEEK THAT I'VE WON A
00:17:26.61\00:17:28.88
VACATION SOMEWHERE - 'AND ALL
YOU'VE GOTTA DO' AND, YOU KNOW,
00:17:28.88\00:17:34.22
ONCE I GOT SUCKED INTO THAT
AND I DROVE TWO AND A HALF HOURS
00:17:34.22\00:17:36.79
BECAUSE I HAD WON SOMETHING AND
IT WAS JUST A BIG SALES PITCH.
00:17:36.79\00:17:41.26
I WAS SO DISGUSTED AND YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE GET MORE AND MORE CLEVER.
00:17:41.26\00:17:46.96
AND IN YOUR MAIL, EVERY NOW
AND THEN IN YOUR MAIL YOU'LL GET
00:17:46.96\00:17:49.70
SOMETHING AND IT'LL SAY, 'FINAL
WARNING! DON'T MISS THIS!'
00:17:49.70\00:17:52.87
YOU KNOW, I GOT ONE
THIS WEEK - 'FINAL WARNING!'
00:17:52.87\00:17:54.50
- I SAID, 'OH, WHAT DID I
DO? DID I FORGET A PAYMENT?'
00:17:54.50\00:17:56.40
AND YOU OPEN IT UP
- IT'S A SALES THING.
00:17:56.40\00:18:00.81
AND THERE'S SO MUCH MARKETING
GOING ON AND SO MUCH OF PEOPLE
00:18:00.81\00:18:04.28
USING PEOPLE FOR WHATEVER -
FOR THEIR PERSONAL GAIN TO GET A
00:18:04.28\00:18:10.55
PROFIT - THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
OTHER PEOPLE, THEY USE PEOPLE -
00:18:10.55\00:18:13.82
THAT WE'RE OFTEN POLITE BUT
WE'RE VERY CAREFUL WITH REALLY
00:18:13.82\00:18:18.89
TRUSTING, ESPECIALLY SOME - IF
GROWING UP, YOUNG PEOPLE THAT GO
00:18:18.89\00:18:25.03
THROUGH FAMILIES WHERE
THERE'S DIVORCE OR IF THEY SEE
00:18:25.03\00:18:28.10
INFIDELITY IN THE FAMILY
OR THEY CAN'T HAVE TRUSTING
00:18:28.10\00:18:30.37
RELATIONSHIPS WITH TEACHERS
OR PARENTS OR SOMETHING, YOU CAN
00:18:30.37\00:18:33.44
GROW UP VERY CYNICAL AND
IT'S HARD TO WIN YOUR TRUST.
00:18:33.44\00:18:36.71
SOMETIMES THOSE PEOPLE, THEY GO
THROUGH LIFE AND THEY NEVER GET
00:18:36.71\00:18:38.41
MARRIED BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID
TO PUT REAL TRUST IN SOMEBODY
00:18:38.41\00:18:42.15
ELSE. IN SPITE OF THAT,
CHRISTIANS NEED TO BE A PEOPLE
00:18:42.15\00:18:51.19
THAT CAN BE TRUSTED. AND
IT BECOMES ONE OF THE MOST
00:18:51.19\00:18:53.96
POWERFUL THINGS FOR WITNESSING
IF YOU CAN HELP PEOPLE REALIZE
00:18:53.96\00:18:58.57
YOU CAN BE TRUSTED.
DON'T YOU ALL WANT FRIENDS
00:18:58.57\00:19:02.67
YOU CAN TRUST? >>AMEN.
00:19:02.67\00:19:04.97
>>AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE
WAYS, OF COURSE, TO WITNESS.
00:19:04.97\00:19:07.51
JEREMIAH 17:5, "THUS SAYS
THE LORD: 'CURSED IS THE MAN WHO
00:19:07.51\00:19:12.21
TRUSTS IN MAN AND
MAKES FLESH HIS STRENGTH..."
00:19:12.21\00:19:15.98
IN OTHER WORDS, ULTIMATELY,
OUR TRUST SHOULD BE IN THE LORD.
00:19:15.98\00:19:17.72
NO MAN CAN SAVE YOU.
00:19:17.72\00:19:19.15
BUT JUST, YOU SEE THIS
PRINCIPLE ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE.
00:19:19.15\00:19:21.52
PEOPLE ARE OFTEN
GOING TO LET YOU DOWN.
00:19:21.52\00:19:23.49
ONE OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS
I MET, BROTHER HAROLD, HE SAID,
00:19:23.49\00:19:30.33
'MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN LET DOWN
BY PEOPLE' - THIS WAS A JEWISH
00:19:30.33\00:19:33.70
CHRISTIAN THAT I KNEW WHEN
I LIVED ON THE STREETS IN PALM
00:19:33.70\00:19:36.40
SPRINGS AND HE WAS
JUST A REAL ORACLE.
00:19:36.40\00:19:38.47
HE WAS A WONDERFUL CHRISTIAN MAN
- LOVED THE LORD, PRAYED A LOT,
00:19:38.47\00:19:41.61
STUDIED THE BIBLE IN HEBREW AND
GREEK, WENT TO ALL THE HOSPITAL
00:19:41.61\00:19:44.78
ROOMS AND QUOTED VERSES TO THEM
AND HE SAID, 'I'VE BEEN LET DOWN
00:19:44.78\00:19:50.05
MANY TIMES BY PEOPLE AND I'VE
FORGIVEN THEM.' AND HE SAID, 'I
00:19:50.05\00:19:52.95
HAVE LET DOWN THE LORD
MANY TIMES. BUT' - HE SAID -
00:19:52.95\00:19:55.49
'THE LORD HAS
NEVER LET ME DOWN.'
00:19:55.49\00:19:58.99
GOD IS FAITHFUL. >>AMEN.
00:19:58.99\00:20:00.70
>>SO AS CHRISTIANS, WE ARE
TO BE REFLECTIONS OF CHRIST.
00:20:00.70\00:20:05.27
WE SHOULD BE A FAITHFUL PEOPLE.
WHY DIDN'T JESUS EXPOSE JUDAS?
00:20:05.27\00:20:11.81
DID JESUS KNOW THAT
JUDAS WAS DIPPING IN THE BAG?
00:20:11.81\00:20:15.68
>>YES. >>WHY
DIDN'T HE TURN HIM IN?
00:20:15.68\00:20:18.95
WAS JESUS AN ACCOMPLICE IN
HIS CRIME? NO, FOR ONE THING,
00:20:18.95\00:20:24.75
JESUS' KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT
WAS GOING ON WITH JUDAS WAS A
00:20:24.75\00:20:26.89
SUPERNATURAL KNOWLEDGE SO
HE DECIDED NOT TO USE THAT.
00:20:26.89\00:20:30.53
BUT HE WANTED TO GIVE
JUDAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPENT.
00:20:30.53\00:20:35.66
JESUS WAS A FRIEND AND - THAT
COULD BE TRUSTED - AND THE WORLD
00:20:35.66\00:20:40.14
IS LOOKING FOR FAITHFUL PEOPLE
SO THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
00:20:40.14\00:20:45.07
NOW THERE'S A CAREFUL BALANCE
WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT TRUST AND
00:20:45.07\00:20:47.61
THIS IS OUR NEXT
SECTION ON MONDAY.
00:20:47.61\00:20:49.84
SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ IN 1
PETER 4:8 - WHO HAS THAT ONE?
00:20:49.84\00:20:53.85
OVER HERE - I WAS LOOKING ON
THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROOM - I'M
00:20:53.85\00:20:55.68
SORRY - 1 PETER
4:8 IN JUST A MOMENT.
00:20:55.68\00:20:57.69
I'M GOING TO READ JOHN 13:35,
"BY THIS ALL WILL KNOW THAT YOU
00:20:57.69\00:21:04.63
ARE MY DISCIPLES, IF" -
WHAT? - "IF YOU HAVE LOVE
00:21:04.63\00:21:07.66
FOR ONE ANOTHER." SO
WHEN THE WORLD OBSERVES
00:21:07.66\00:21:10.30
CHRISTIANS, IF YOUR NEIGHBORS
ARE GOING TO TRUST YOU, THEY
00:21:10.30\00:21:14.60
OUGHT TO SEE THAT
YOU TRUST EACH OTHER.
00:21:14.60\00:21:18.04
IF THEY SEE THAT THE CHRISTIANS
ARE BITING AND DEVOURING ONE
00:21:18.04\00:21:20.91
ANOTHER, WHAT KIND OF WITNESS
IS THAT TO THE COMMUNITY AND ARE
00:21:20.91\00:21:24.58
THEY GOING TO TRUST
YOU? LOOK HOW YOU TREAT
00:21:24.58\00:21:26.08
YOUR OWN PEOPLE. AND
SO, IF NOTHING ELSE, THEY
00:21:26.08\00:21:29.65
OUGHT TO SEE - BEHOLD
HOW THEY LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
00:21:29.65\00:21:32.65
AND SO IF WE LOVE EACH OTHER,
YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO SAY,
00:21:32.65\00:21:36.26
'YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO
HAVE FRIENDS LIKE THAT.
00:21:36.26\00:21:38.53
BOY, WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO
BE PART OF A GROUP WHERE THERE'S
00:21:38.53\00:21:40.33
THIS KIND OF SUPPORT
AND THEY LOVE EACH OTHER?'
00:21:40.33\00:21:43.43
SO THIS IS ONE THING
- AND PETER ECHOES THAT.
00:21:43.43\00:21:45.53
GO AHEAD, READ FOR
US, PLEASE, 1 PETER 4:8.
00:21:45.53\00:21:48.24
>>1 PETER 4:8, "AND ABOVE ALL
THINGS HAVE FERVENT LOVE FOR ONE
00:21:48.24\00:21:52.64
ANOTHER, FOR 'LOVE WILL
COVER A MULTITUDE OF SINS.'"
00:21:52.64\00:21:57.38
>>SO AS THE WORLD SEES HOW WE
LOVE EACH OTHER AND - ISN'T LOVE
00:21:57.38\00:22:02.42
- WOULDN'T THAT INCLUDE BEING
FAITHFUL TO EACH OTHER - BEING A
00:22:02.42\00:22:07.22
PEOPLE THAT YOU
COULD HAVE CONFIDENCE IN?
00:22:07.22\00:22:09.72
SOMEONE SAID, 'THE GREATEST
OBSTACLE TO THE SPREAD OF
00:22:09.72\00:22:13.03
CHRISTIANITY IS THE
MISSIONARIES.' - THE GREATEST
00:22:13.03\00:22:18.10
OBSTACLE TO THE SPREAD OF
CHRISTIANITY IS OFTEN CHRISTIANS
00:22:18.10\00:22:21.60
- OR AT LEAST THE PEOPLE
WHO SAY THAT THEY'RE CHRISTIANS.
00:22:21.60\00:22:23.57
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD
SOMEONE SAY WITH A SNEER, 'YEAH,
00:22:23.57\00:22:27.44
I'M NOT GOING TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
I KNEW SOME CHRISTIANS.
00:22:27.44\00:22:29.91
THESE CHRISTIANS - THEY
WERE SUCH HYPOCRITES - AND THESE
00:22:29.91\00:22:32.01
PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE CHRISTIANS
AND THEY ACT LIKE KOOKS AND - OH
00:22:32.01\00:22:35.02
THESE CHRISTIANS - AND LOOK
HOW MEAN THEY ARE AND THEY'RE
00:22:35.02\00:22:37.59
STEALING FROM EACH OTHER.' JUST,
YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
00:22:37.59\00:22:40.69
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT CLAIM
TO BE CHRISTIANS OUT THERE AND
00:22:40.69\00:22:43.26
THEY'RE JUST NOT A GOOD
WITNESS AND IT HURTS EVERYBODY.
00:22:43.26\00:22:46.09
IT MAKES THEM LOSE CONFIDENCE.
00:22:46.09\00:22:47.73
BUT WE WANT TO COUNTER
THAT, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.
00:22:47.73\00:22:52.30
ACTS 2:46 - HOW WAS
IT WITH THE EARLY CHURCH?
00:22:52.30\00:22:57.04
WERE THEY ABLE TO BUILD
CONFIDENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES?
00:22:57.04\00:23:01.18
IT SAYS IN ACTS 2:46 - AND I'LL
BE READING VERSE 47 TOO, "SO
00:23:01.18\00:23:05.85
CONTINUING DAILY WITH ONE ACCORD
IN THE TEMPLE, AND BREAKING
00:23:05.85\00:23:10.42
BREAD FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE," -
THEY HAD GOOD SOCIAL CONNECTIONS
00:23:10.42\00:23:13.59
- "THEY ATE THEIR FOOD
WITH GLADNESS AND SIMPLICITY OF
00:23:13.59\00:23:16.69
HEART," - UM, JUST A LITTLE
EXTRA THOUGHT FOR OUR AFCOE
00:23:16.69\00:23:20.30
CLASS HERE: SOME PEOPLE SAY,
WHEN THEY BROKE BREAD, IT MEANT
00:23:20.30\00:23:23.67
THAT THEY HAD A COMMUNION
SERVICE BECAUSE IT TELLS YOU
00:23:23.67\00:23:26.77
THAT THEY BROKE BREAD ON
THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK.
00:23:26.77\00:23:31.54
AND THEY SAY, 'OH SEE, THIS
WAS PROOF THAT THEY WERE COMING
00:23:31.54\00:23:33.58
TOGETHER FOR SUNDAY
NEW COMMUNION SERVICE.'
00:23:33.58\00:23:36.54
BUT NO, YOU READ THIS
VERSE, IT SAYS THEY BROKE BREAD
00:23:36.54\00:23:39.15
FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE
AND THEY ATE THEIR FOOD.
00:23:39.15\00:23:41.62
BREAKING BREAD IS ANOTHER TERM
FOR EATING FOOD AND THEY DIDN'T
00:23:41.62\00:23:44.12
DO IT JUST ONE DAY A WEEK IN ONE
PLACE, THEY DID IT DAILY FROM
00:23:44.12\00:23:47.32
HOUSE TO HOUSE. AND SO,
WHEN PEOPLE SAY BREAKING
00:23:47.32\00:23:50.39
BREAD MEANS COMMUNION SERVICE,
NO, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN THAT.
00:23:50.39\00:23:53.83
"HAVING FAVOR
WITH ALL THE PEOPLE."
00:23:53.83\00:23:56.63
- PRAISING GOD AND HAVING FAVOR
WITH ALL - NOT JUST AMONG THE
00:23:56.63\00:23:59.27
CHURCH, BUT IN
JERUSALEM THEY HAD FAVOR.
00:23:59.27\00:24:02.97
THEY'D SAY, 'WHY ARE
THESE CHRISTIANS - THEY ARE GOOD
00:24:02.97\00:24:04.17
PEOPLE. THEY'VE
GOT GOOD TEACHING.
00:24:04.17\00:24:06.34
THEY ARE VIRTUOUS. THEY
ARE PEOPLE OF INTEGRITY.'
00:24:06.34\00:24:10.41
SO WE'VE GOT TO BE GOOD
WITNESSES TO OUR NEIGHBORS.
00:24:10.41\00:24:15.68
- "AND THE LORD ADDED TO
THE CHURCH DAILY THOSE WHO WERE
00:24:15.68\00:24:18.19
BEING SAVED."
NOTICE HOW THE CHURCH WAS
00:24:18.19\00:24:20.49
GROWING, EVANGELISTICALLY,
WHEN THEY HAD FAVOR WITH ALL THE
00:24:20.49\00:24:24.93
PEOPLE - WHEN THE CHRISTIANS
WERE BEING GOOD WITNESSES - HOLY
00:24:24.93\00:24:28.40
SPIRIT POURED OUT AND THEY
WERE GOOD EXAMPLES AT THAT TIME.
00:24:28.40\00:24:31.67
SIMILAR VERSE - 1 CORINTHIANS
CHAPTER 3, VERSE 1, "AND I,
00:24:31.67\00:24:35.74
BRETHREN," - THIS IS WHERE PAUL
IS SAYING, ACTUALLY HE'S SAYING
00:24:35.74\00:24:38.64
THE OPPOSITE - 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1
- THIS IS IN YOUR LESSON - "AND
00:24:38.64\00:24:43.61
I, BRETHREN, COULD NOT SPEAK TO
YOU AS TO SPIRITUAL PEOPLE BUT
00:24:43.61\00:24:47.88
AS TO CARNAL, AS
TO BABES IN CHRIST.
00:24:47.88\00:24:50.52
I FED YOU WITH MILK, AND NOT
WITH SOLID FOOD; FOR UNTIL NOW
00:24:50.52\00:24:53.12
YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE IT,
AND EVEN NOW YOU ARE STILL NOT
00:24:53.12\00:24:56.22
ABLE; FOR YOU ARE STILL CARNAL.
FOR WHERE THERE ARE ENVY,
00:24:56.22\00:24:59.69
STRIFE, AND DIVISIONS AMONG
YOU, ARE YOU NOT CARNAL AND
00:24:59.69\00:25:03.23
BEHAVING LIKE MERE MEN?"
- YOU'RE ACTING LIKE REGULAR
00:25:03.23\00:25:05.30
PEOPLE - "FOR WHEN ONE SAYS, 'I
AM OF PAUL,' AND ANOTHER, 'I AM
00:25:05.30\00:25:08.14
OF APOLLOS,'" - AND THEY'RE
ALL GETTING DIVIDED ON THEIR
00:25:08.14\00:25:10.37
FAVORITE PREACHERS. IT
WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEIR
00:25:10.37\00:25:13.04
FAVORITE FOOTBALL TEAM OR
POLITICAL PARTY AND THE OTHER
00:25:13.04\00:25:16.48
CHURCH WAS ALL DIVIDED AND
HE SAYS THAT'S CARNAL BEHAVIOR.
00:25:16.48\00:25:22.05
WHAT KIND OF WITNESS IS THAT IN
THE COMMUNITY, WHEN THE CHURCH
00:25:22.05\00:25:24.62
IS NOT ACTING SPIRITUALLY, BUT
CARNALLY? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
00:25:24.62\00:25:28.26
HAVE A LOT OF EVANGELISM GOING
ON. BUT WHEN YOU'RE CONSISTENT
00:25:28.26\00:25:33.09
IN YOUR FAITH, IT
MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
00:25:33.09\00:25:36.13
I'VE HAD A LOT OF NEIGHBORS
THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER THE COURSE
00:25:36.13\00:25:43.54
OF MY LIFE, AND SOMETIMES
THEY'RE PAGANS, YOU KNOW, THEY
00:25:43.54\00:25:48.64
DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD - THEY'RE
ATHEISTS OR WHATEVER, AND
00:25:48.64\00:25:53.35
THEY'RE ALWAYS A
LITTLE SUSPICIOUS.
00:25:53.35\00:25:54.85
NOW, WHERE I'M AT NOW IN MY
PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL OF
00:25:54.85\00:25:58.05
OUR NEIGHBORS - I ACTUALLY
HAVE ONE NEIGHBOR THEY ARE GOOD
00:25:58.05\00:26:01.79
SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS.
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SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE
CHRISTIANS, AND I KNOW THE
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NEIGHBORS, KIND OF, A
COUPLE HOUSES IN EACH DIRECTION.
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I DON'T KNOW EVERYBODY IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
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MOST OF THEM KNOW WE'RE ON TV
NOW, BECAUSE IN SACRAMENTO WE'RE
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ON SO MUCH AND THEY JUST RUN
INTO IT AND THEY'LL SAY, 'HEY, I
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SAW YOU ON TV.' ONCE THEY SEE
YOU ON TV AND YOU SAY YOU'RE A
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CHRISTIAN, I'VE
GOT TO ACT EXTRA GOOD.
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(LAUGHTER) HOPEFULLY
IT'S NOT ALL ACTING, AMEN?
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>>AMEN. >>BUT BECAUSE YOU'RE A
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LOT MORE VISIBLE THEN.
SO I GO OUT OF MY WAY TO TRY
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TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND
BE CONSISTENT AND BE FRIENDLY.
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AND JUST LAST WEEK I CAME BACK
FROM OUT OF TOWN AND MY NEIGHBOR
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HAD HIS GARAGE DOOR OPEN -
HE WAS HOLDING SOME PIPES OR
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SOMETHING IN HIS HAND AND
I SAID, 'WHAT'S THE PROBLEM,
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BROTHER' - I WON'T MENTION HIS
NAME - AND HE SAID, 'MAN, I'VE
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GOT A LEAKY PIPE OUT BACK.' AND
I SAID, 'WELL, LET ME HELP YOU
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WITH THAT.' AND I GRABBED MY
TOOLBOX, I WENT OVER AND HELPED
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HIM WITH HIS PIPE AND SAID,
'HERE'S THE PROBLEM.' I SAID, 'I
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CAN FIX IT FOR YOU.' I SAID,
'IT'S GOING TO BE FIVE DOLLARS
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IN PARTS AND I CAN FIX THAT FOR
YOU.' HE SAID, 'WELL, I THINK
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IT'S STILL UNDER WARRANTY SO
LET ME CALL THE PLUMBER FIRST.'
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ANYWAY, BUT HE WROTE ME A NOTE
THE NEXT DAY OR A DAY AFTER - HE
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WROTE A CARD AND HE SAID, 'IT IS
SO NICE HAVING A NEIGHBOR LIKE
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YOU.' AND WOW, THAT MADE ME FEEL
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PRETTY GOOD. AND SO,
WHEN YOU START, THEN,
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SHARING YOUR FAITH,
THEY MAKE A CONNECTION.
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THEY SAY,
'THESE ARE GOOD PEOPLE.
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I WONDER IF THEIR BELIEFS HAVE
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THEIR GOOD
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BEHAVIOR - THEIR VIRTUES?' SEE?
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THEY BEGIN TO WONDER
IF THERE'S A CONNECTION.
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AND I'VE GOT ANOTHER NEIGHBOR
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF
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RIDICULE YOUR FAITH AND 'OH,
DON'T PREACH TO ME.' BUT THEN A
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CRISIS COMES TO THEIR FAMILY
- SOMEONE DIES OR SOMEONE IS AT
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THE POINT OF DEATH AND YOU SAY,
'CAN I PRAY FOR YOU.' AND WHERE,
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BEFORE, THEY SAID, 'WE'RE
ATHEISTS, DON'T BOTHER US,' WHEN
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THERE'S A CRISIS, THEY'RE
NOT ATHEIST ANYMORE, NOW THEY'RE
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AGNOSTIC. YOU
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE?
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NOW THEY THINK THERE COULD BE
A GOD BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HIM.
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THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TURN DOWN
PRAYER BECAUSE ANYTHING'LL HELP
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WHEN A LOVED ONE IS ON A DEATH
BED. AND SO - AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
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SOMETIMES THEY'LL COME TO YOU
AND THEY'LL ASK FOR ANSWERS - IF
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SOMEONE DIES THEY'LL SAY,
'WHAT DO YOU GUYS BELIEVE ABOUT
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DEATH?' BECAUSE THEY KNOW YOU'RE
A TRUSTWORTHY PERSON, THEY'RE
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WONDERING WHAT YOU
CAN SHARE WITH THEM.
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NOW, THE REASON I MENTION THIS
IS BECAUSE, IN OUR LESSON, IT'S
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OFTEN TALKING - WE'VE BEEN
STUDYING IN PREVIOUS WEEKS - YOU
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SHOW YOUR NEIGHBORS - THEY'RE
HUNGRY YOU FEED THEM; THEY'RE
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NAKED YOU BRING THEM CLOTHES;
THEY'RE SICK YOU HEAL THEM OR
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YOU VISIT THEM IN THE HOSPITAL.
BUT IN REALITY, A LOT OF US HAVE
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NEIGHBORS AND THEY'RE NOT
HUNGRY AND THEY'RE NOT NAKED AND
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THEY'RE NOT HOMELESS AND THEY'RE
NOT SICK ALL THE TIME, SO YOU
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HAVE TO JUST WITNESS TO THEM
BY OVERCOMING (CLEARS THROAT)
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YOU WITNESS TO THEM BY JUST
OVERCOMING EVIL WITH GOOD AND BY
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SHOWERING THEM WITH
BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
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I'VE GOT A PLUM TREE BETWEEN MY
HOUSE AND MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.
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IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A FRUITLESS
PLUM BUT WHOEVER SOLD US THE
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TREE LIED. AND SO
EVERY YEAR THERE'S THIS
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CROP OF PLUMS AND, YOU KNOW,
IT'S NICE - YOU CAN EAT THEM
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BUT, I MEAN, THERE'S TONS
OF THEM SO YOU CAN ONLY EAT A
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LITTLE BIT AND IT GETS OLD.
AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY PRUNE PLUMS
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SO YOU'VE GOT TO BE
CAREFUL HOW MANY YOU EAT.
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(LAUGHTER) BUT THEY FALL IN THE
DRIVEWAY AND THEN YOU DRIVE OVER
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THEM AND IT MAKES JAM EVERYWHERE
AND IT'S STICKY AND THE TREE IS
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RIGHT BETWEEN MY HOUSE AND
MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, SO THEY'RE
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FALLING ON MY NEIGHBOR'S YARD.
AND SO, I FIGURE, IT'S MY TREE,
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I OUGHT TO GO PICK UP THE
PLUMS IN FRONT OF THEIR YARD.
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WOULDN'T - DO YOU THINK
THAT'D BE THE THING TO DO?
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AND I NEED TO OFFER AND SAY,
'CAN I - I SEE SOME FELL ON YOUR
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CAR, CAN I CLEAN?
SOME HAS MADE YOUR DRIVEWAY
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STICKY, CAN I
WASH THAT OFF FOR YOU?'
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AND THAT'S PART OF
BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
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IF YOU'RE BORROWING YOUR
NEIGHBOR'S LEAF BLOWER AND HE'S
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GOT TO ASK FOR
IT BACK - >>MERCY!
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>>YOU'RE NOT A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
AND IF YOU BORROW HIS RAKE OR
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WHATEVER IT IS, YOU WANT TO
JUST BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO BE
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CHRIST-LIKE - TO
BE A PERSON OF FAITH.
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THIS IS A PERSON I CAN
TRUST. AND, YOU KNOW WHAT?
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OUR NEIGHBORS ON BOTH SIDES,
WHEN THEY TRAVEL THEY SAY,
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'DOUG, KAREN,
CAN YOU FEED OUR DOG?
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CAN YOU WATCH OUR HOUSE?'
ONE NEIGHBOR SAID, 'YOU GUYS ARE
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WELCOME TO GO OVER AND USE THE
POOL.' I MEAN, THEY TRUST US.
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THEY GAVE US THE
KEY TO THE HOUSE.
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IF YOUR NEIGHBOR GIVES
YOU THE KEY TO THE HOUSE -
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>>TRUST. >>YEAH, THEY'VE GOT
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FAITH IN YOU. AND SO
THEN YOU START SHARING
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YOUR FAITH AND
THEY'RE WILLING TO LISTEN.
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AND SO THIS IS
WHAT IT'S TALKING ABOUT.
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THIS IS THE PRINCIPLE.
JESUS WOULD SHOW THAT HE CARED.
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HE WOULD SHOW HE'S TRUSTWORTHY
- AND THAT PERSON WOULD SAY,
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'I CAN TRUST HIM WITH
A THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH.
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THEY TRAVEL, THEY SAY,
'CAN YOU GET OUR MAIL FOR US?'
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THAT'S KIND OF PERSONAL WHEN
YOU'RE GETTING SOMEONE'S MAIL
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OUT OF THEIR BOX - THEN WE GIVE
THEM A BAG OF MAIL WHEN THEY GET
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BACK - AND WE TELL
THEM THE SAME THING.
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WE SHOW 'WE TRUST YOU.'
AND SO, WITH BOTH OF OUR
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NEIGHBORS ALL AROUND OUR
HOUSE, WE SHOW WE TRUST YOU TOO.
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AND IT JUST BUILDS A CAMARADERIE
SO THAT WHEN THERE'S A CRISIS
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THEY'LL SAY, 'BROTHER DOUG,
SISTER KAREN, CAN YOU HELP?
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COULD YOU PRAY? AND
WHAT IS IT YOU BELIEVE?'
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AND YOU'VE GOT TO BE
PATIENT. IT DOESN'T ALWAYS
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HAPPEN IN A WEEK, RIGHT?
ALRIGHT, SOCIAL CAPITAL IS THE
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NEXT SESSION WE'RE
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT.
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SO WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS IF WE'RE BAD WITNESSES?
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IT BACKFIRES, YOU LOSE YOUR
INFLUENCE IN THE COMMUNITY IF
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WE'RE SQUABBLING AND WE
SAY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOVE EACH
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OTHER. BUT YOU
CAN DEVELOP SOCIAL
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CAPITAL SO YOU LOOK, FOR
INSTANCE, IN PROVERBS 22:1 -
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HERE'S A FAMOUS VERSE - IT SAYS,
"A GOOD NAME IS TO BE CHOSEN
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RATHER THAN GREAT
RICHES, LOVING FAVOR RATHER
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THAN SILVER AND GOLD." SIMILAR
VERSE - ECCLESIASTES 7:1,
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"A GOOD NAME IS BETTER
THAN PRECIOUS OINTMENT."
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN THE BIBLE
WHEN IT SAYS 'A GOOD NAME'?
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WE USE THE WORD - I STILL
HAVEN'T HEARD THE WORD I'M
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LOOKING FOR. CHARACTER IS TRUE.
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WHAT ABOUT
REPUTATION? DID ANYONE SAY THAT?
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A GOOD REPUTATION - THERE'S
NOTHING WRONG - THAT MEANS
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YOU'RE OF GOOD REPUTE -
THAT YOU'RE BEYOND SCORN.
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IF SOMETHING COMES UP MISSING
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY DON'T
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FIRST LOOK AT YOUR HOUSE BECAUSE
YOU'RE TRUSTWORTHY - YOU'VE GOT
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A GOOD REPUTATION. AND A
GOOD NAME IS WORTH A LOT.
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IT DOESN'T TAKE
LONG TO RUIN A GOOD NAME.
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IT TAKES YEARS TO BUILD ONE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS END UP IN
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THE HEADLINES ONCE AND YOU
CAN RUIN A GOOD NAME. AND SO,
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IT TAKES A WHILE TO BUILD
ONE. ACTS 7:9 AND 10 "AND THE
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PATRIARCHS, BECOMING ENVIOUS,
SOLD JOSEPH INTO EGYPT."
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- STEPHEN IS PREACHING HERE AND
HE'S REHEARSING THE HISTORY OF
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ISRAEL - "THEY SOLD JOSEPH INTO
EGYPT" - PATRIARCHS MEANING THE
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TWELVE TRIBES - THE ELEVEN
BROTHERS OF JOSEPH - ACTUALLY,
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IT WAS TEN OF THE BROTHERS THAT
SOLD HIM; BENJAMIN DID NOT GO ON
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WITH THAT - "BUT GOD WAS WITH
HIM AND DELIVERED HIM OUT OF ALL
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HIS TROUBLES, AND GAVE HIM FAVOR
AND WISDOM IN THE PRESENCE OF
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PHARAOH, KING OF EGYPT; AND HE
MADE HIM GOVERNOR OVER EGYPT AND
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ALL HIS HOUSE." NOW
THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF
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HOW A CHRISTIAN OUGHT TO OPERATE
WHEN YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY
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PAGANS. JOSEPH, WHEN HE WAS A
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SLAVE, WAS HE FAITHFUL? >>YES.
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>>I KNOW HE WAS FALSELY ACCUSED,
BUT POTIPHAR DIDN'T EVEN BELIEVE
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HIS WIFE, I DON'T THINK, OR
HE WOULD HAVE KILLED JOSEPH.
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YOU TRY TO RAPE A GENERAL'S WIFE
- IF HE REALLY BELIEVED - BUT I
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THINK HIS WIFE HAD A REPUTATION,
YOU KNOW, 'OH, HERE SHE GOES
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AGAIN' - AND HE SAID, 'WELL,
I BETTER PUT HIM IN JAIL TO SAVE
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FACE.' OFTEN MAKES YOU WONDER
TOO, WHEN JOSEPH BECAME THE KING
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AND HE WAS RIDING HIS CHARIOT
BY POTIPHAR'S HOUSE, YOU WONDER
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WHAT MRS. POTIPHAR WAS
THINKING - WHEN JOSEPH WAS PRIME
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MINISTER. HE
DIDN'T RETALIATE, DID HE?
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AT LEAST
THERE'S NO RECORD OF IT.
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BUT JOSEPH WAS SO FAITHFUL,
AFTER HE INTERPRETED THE
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PHARAOH'S DREAMS HE WAS PUT IN
CHARGE OF POTIPHAR'S HOUSE, HE
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WAS PUT IN CHARGE OF THE PRISON,
AND HE WAS PUT IN CHARGE OF
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EGYPT - ALL BECAUSE OF
HIS WITNESS AMONG PAGANS.
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THEY SAID, 'JOSEPH IS
SOMEONE THAT CAN BE TRUSTED.
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THAT IS A GREAT
LESSON FOR CHRISTIANS.
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AND THEN JOSEPH WAS ABLE TO
WITNESS FOR HIS GOD - YOU KNOW,
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HISTORIANS SAY THAT DURING THIS
TIME IN EGYPT, IT WAS ONE OF THE
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FEW TIMES THAT THEY HAD
BECOME A MONOTHEISTIC NATION.
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NOW THEY CALLED THEIR GOD BY
A DIFFERENT NAME, BUT THEY HAD
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COME TO BELIEVE IN ONE GOD
AND THEY THINK THAT MAY HAVE HAD
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SOME INFLUENCE FROM JOSEPH -
THAT TALKED ABOUT THE ONE TRUE
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GOD AND - THAT HE BELIEVED IN.
AND JOSEPH'S SERVANTS CERTAINLY
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BELIEVED THAT WAY, SO LOOK
AT THE INFLUENCE OF ONE PERSON.
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1 PETER 4:15 - IN JUST A MOMENT
SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME
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1 TIMOTHY 3:7 - THAT'D BE YOU?
OKAY, I'LL READ 1 PETER 4:15,
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"BUT LET NONE OF YOU SUFFER AS A
MURDERER, A THIEF, AN EVILDOER,
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OR AS A BUSYBODY IN
OTHER PEOPLE'S MATTERS."
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CHRISTIANS MAY SUFFER FOR THEIR
FAITH AND PETER SAID IF YOU'RE
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GOING TO SUFFER, MAKE SURE
YOU'RE SUFFERING FOR DOING GOOD
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AND NOT DOING EVIL, BUT
CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT BE PEOPLE
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THAT ARE BEING HAULED OFF IN
HANDCUFFS BECAUSE OF SHOPLIFTING
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OR BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, YOU
DON'T PAY YOUR BILLS OR BECAUSE
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YOU LOST YOUR TEMPER - YEAH,
I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU A STORY
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BUT I DECIDED NOT TO. (LAUGHTER)
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SOMEBODY WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE A CHRISTIAN AND JUST
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TOTALLY LOST THEIR TEMPER
AND ENDED UP, YOU KNOW, THE
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AUTHORITIES HAD TO BE CALLED
AND I THOUGHT - THIS PERSON THAT
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GOES TO CHURCH -
OH, WHAT DOES THAT DO?
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THAT'S REVERSE
EVANGELISM WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
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1 TIMOTHY 5:13, "AND BESIDES
THEY LEARN TO BE IDLE, WANDERING
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ABOUT FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE, AND
NOT ONLY IDLE BUT ALSO GOSSIPS
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AND BUSYBODIES, SAYING
THINGS WHICH THEY OUGHT NOT."
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YOU NOTICE PETER SAID
'BUSYBODIES IN OTHER PEOPLE'S
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MATTERS' - CHRISTIANS
SHOULD NOT BE GOSSIPS.
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THAT'S NOT THE
REPUTATION WE WANT.
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GO AHEAD, YOU READ - THESE ARE
THE QUALIFICATIONS NOW FOR AN
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ELDER THAT HE'S
GOING TO READ NEXT.
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GO AHEAD. >>1
TIMOTHY 3:7, "MOREOVER HE
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MUST HAVE A GOOD TESTIMONY AMONG
THOSE WHO ARE OUTSIDE, LEST HE
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FALL INTO REPROACH AND
THE SNARE OF THE DEVIL."
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>>SO ONE OF THE QUALIFICATIONS
FOR LEADERSHIP WAS YOU NEED TO
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BE A GOOD WITNESS. IT
SAYS, 'FOR THOSE THAT ARE
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OUTSIDE' - WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
OUTSIDE THE CHURCH, WHICH WOULD
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MEAN THE COMMUNITY,
BELIEVER OR UNBELIEVER.
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WE OUGHT TO HAVE
GOOD REPUTATIONS.
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IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING
SOMEONE AN ELDER OF YOUR CHURCH
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AND THE PEOPLE IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD SAY, 'OH THAT
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FELLOW, HE'S - YOU KNOW, HIS
FRONT YARD IS THE DIRTIEST YARD
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IN TOWN.' THAT'S
NOT A GOOD TESTIMONY.
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SO CHRISTIANS - I DIDN'T
SAY MUCH ABOUT THAT - NOT ONLY
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SHOULD YOU BE HONEST IN YOUR
COMMUNITY, YOUR FRONT YARD OUGHT
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TO BE A TESTIMONY IN
THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT?
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IS THAT OKAY? I
DIDN'T KNOW IF I SAW A HAND.
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ALRIGHT, 2 CORINTHIANS, HERE'S
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE SAME
00:37:25.51\00:37:28.81
PRINCIPLE - AND THIS IS 2
CORINTHIANS 6:3, "WE PUT NO
00:37:28.81\00:37:33.95
OBSTACLE IN ANYONE'S WAY, SO
NOT FAULT MAY BE FOUND WITH OUR
00:37:33.95\00:37:38.15
MINISTRY." PAUL
SAID, 'LET'S BE A GOOD
00:37:38.15\00:37:40.39
WITNESS.' 1 THESSALONIANS 4:11
AND 12, "THAT YOU ALSO ASPIRE TO
00:37:40.39\00:37:45.29
LEAD A QUIET LIFE, TO MIND YOUR
OWN BUSINESS, AND TO WORK WITH
00:37:45.29\00:37:48.73
YOUR HANDS, AS WE INSTRUCTED
YOU, SO THAT YOU MAY WALK
00:37:48.73\00:37:52.37
PROPERLY BEFORE OUTSIDERS
AND BE DEPENDENT ON NO ONE."
00:37:52.37\00:37:57.27
IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN AND YOU'RE
ALWAYS OUT BEGGING FROM YOUR
00:37:57.27\00:38:01.81
NEIGHBORS BECAUSE YOU DON'T
WORK, THAT'S NOT A GOOD WITNESS.
00:38:01.81\00:38:06.45
IF HE SAYS THAT WE
OUGHT - CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO BE
00:38:06.45\00:38:08.42
PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING
00:38:08.42\00:38:12.55
AND THOSE AROUND OUGHT TO
SEE THAT YOU ARE BRINGING GOOD
00:38:12.55\00:38:15.86
THINGS TO THE SOCIETY - THAT YOU
WORK WITH YOUR HANDS AND THAT WE
00:38:15.86\00:38:21.60
WALK PROPERLY IN OUR
CONDUCT BEFORE OUTSIDERS.
00:38:21.60\00:38:24.90
SO ALL OF THIS GOES ALONG WITH
THAT PASSAGE THAT WE STARTED
00:38:24.90\00:38:28.67
WITH - WIN THEIR CONFIDENCE.
00:38:28.67\00:38:31.51
THAT'S HAVE - THAT COMES FROM
LIVING LIKE JESUS LIVED - NOT
00:38:31.51\00:38:36.28
ONLY SHOWING AN INTEREST IN
THEIR GOOD, BUT BEING FAITHFUL
00:38:36.28\00:38:39.88
IN WHAT THEY SEE WHEN THEY LOOK
IN YOUR WINDOWS OF YOUR HOUSE.
00:38:39.88\00:38:43.42
DO THEY HEAR YOU YELLING AT
YOUR SPOUSE AND YOUR CHILDREN?
00:38:43.42\00:38:47.12
WE HAVE A BIG PICTURE WINDOW
- SO YOU HAVE GOOD INSULATION IN
00:38:47.12\00:38:50.63
YOUR HOUSE SO THEY DON'T
HEAR YOUR YELLING, RIGHT?
00:38:50.63\00:38:52.79
THAT'S THE TRICK? WE'VE
GOT A BIG PICTURE WINDOW
00:38:52.79\00:38:55.46
IN OUR HOUSE - WE DIDN'T DO THIS
TO SHOW OFF, IT JUST CAME THAT
00:38:55.46\00:38:57.50
WAY - IT'S IN THE LIVING ROOM.
WE ALWAYS HAVE WORSHIP IN THE
00:38:57.50\00:38:59.70
LIVING ROOM AND WE DON'T DO IT
TO TRY TO, LIKE DANIEL, PRAY IN
00:38:59.70\00:39:05.01
THE WINDOW FOR EVERYONE TO SEE,
BUT JUST WHERE WE HAPPEN TO HAVE
00:39:05.01\00:39:07.84
OUR WORSHIP, SOMETIMES WE
HAVE GUESTS AND WE HAVE A PIANO
00:39:07.84\00:39:10.95
IN THE FRONT ROOM AND PEOPLE
WALKING BY, THEY'LL SEE IN THE
00:39:10.95\00:39:14.25
BATCHELOR PAD
PEOPLE ARE SINGING HYMNS.
00:39:14.25\00:39:16.79
YOU CAN HEAR IT, YOU KNOW,
COMING OUT AND THEY'LL HEAR US
00:39:16.79\00:39:19.65
PLAYING HYMNS
ON OUR INSTRUMENTS.
00:39:19.65\00:39:21.56
THEY LOOK IN THE WINDOW, THEY'LL
SEE THE FAMILY KNEELING - IT'S
00:39:21.56\00:39:24.09
EASY TO SEE THAT YOU'RE PRAYING.
AGAIN, WE'RE NOT DOING IT TO
00:39:24.09\00:39:26.59
BE A SPECTACLE, BUT I'VE OFTEN
THOUGHT - I'VE ACTUALLY THOUGHT,
00:39:26.59\00:39:29.86
'I DON'T WANT TO BE - MAYBE
I SHOULD CLOSE THE WINDOW.' I
00:39:29.86\00:39:31.97
THOUGHT ABOUT DANIEL -
I'M NOT CLOSING THE WINDOW.
00:39:31.97\00:39:33.77
SO, LET 'EM SEE YOU PRAY!
THEY KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
00:39:33.77\00:39:37.71
AND SO, YOU WANT TO BE A
GOOD WITNESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
00:39:37.71\00:39:41.04
ALRIGHT, NOW, WHAT IS THE VALUE
- HOW DOES THIS SOCIAL CAPITAL
00:39:41.04\00:39:44.88
TRANSLATE? AND THIS IS
UNDER WEDNESDAY'S SECTION.
00:39:44.88\00:39:48.88
IT'S LARGELY USING THE EXAMPLE
OF NEHEMIAH, SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR
00:39:48.88\00:39:52.09
BIBLES, TURN TO
NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 2.
00:39:52.09\00:39:54.39
I'M GOING TO BE READING VERSES
1 THROUGH 8 - NEHEMIAH 2:1-8.
00:39:54.39\00:39:59.39
"AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE
MONTH OF NISAN, IN THE TWENTIETH
00:39:59.39\00:40:03.93
YEAR OF KING ARTAXERXES, WHEN
WINE WAS BEFORE HIM, THAT I TOOK
00:40:03.93\00:40:07.00
THE WINE AND
GAVE IT TO THE KING."
00:40:07.00\00:40:08.47
- NOW NEHEMIAH IS THE KING'S
CUPBEARER AND THAT WAS HIS JOB.
00:40:08.47\00:40:10.64
AND THAT WAS A
VERY TRUSTED POSITION.
00:40:10.64\00:40:12.11
YOU NEEDED FAITH
IN YOUR CUPBEARER.
00:40:12.11\00:40:13.61
PEOPLE FREQUENTLY
TRIED TO POISON THE KING.
00:40:13.61\00:40:16.14
SOME OF YOU REMEMBER THAT
SOMEONE TRIED TO POISON THE
00:40:16.14\00:40:18.48
PHARAOH, EVIDENTLY, AND THEY
DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS THE
00:40:18.48\00:40:20.75
BUTLER OR THE BAKER.
THE BAKER BROUGHT THE FOOD,
00:40:20.75\00:40:23.32
THE BUTLER BROUGHT THE WINE.
AND THEY BOTH HAD DREAMS AND
00:40:23.32\00:40:26.49
JOSEPH INTERPRETED THEIR
DREAMS. 'ONE OF YOU IS GOING
00:40:26.49\00:40:28.32
TO BE FOUND
GUILTY. THE OTHER INNOCENT.
00:40:28.32\00:40:29.92
ONE'LL BE KILLED, THE OTHER WILL
BE SPARED.' SOMEONE TRIED TO
00:40:29.92\00:40:32.26
POISON THE PHARAOH AND IT TURNS
OUT THAT THE BUTLER WAS SPARED,
00:40:32.26\00:40:36.97
BUT HE FORGOT ABOUT
JOSEPH. THE BAKER WAS HUNG.
00:40:36.97\00:40:40.40
AND SO, THE FACT THAT NEHEMIAH
IS THE BUTLER FOR THE KING OF
00:40:40.40\00:40:42.87
PERSIA, YOU HAD TO TRUST YOUR
BUTLER BECAUSE HE COULD POISON
00:40:42.87\00:40:45.74
YOU IF HE WANTED TO, RIGHT?
AND IT CAME TO PASS WHEN THE
00:40:45.74\00:40:51.01
"WINE WAS BEFORE HIM,
THAT I TOOK THE WINE AND
00:40:51.01\00:40:52.85
GAVE IT TO THE KING.
NOW I HAD NEVER BEEN SAD
00:40:52.85\00:40:55.45
IN HIS PRESENCE
BEFORE." - ALRIGHT, STOP.
00:40:55.45\00:40:58.05
WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT
NEHEMIAH? WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU
00:40:58.05\00:41:01.86
ABOUT CHRISTIANS? NEVER
SAD IN HIS PRESENCE MEANS
00:41:01.86\00:41:05.53
THAT HE WAS
NORMALLY WHAT? >>CHEERFUL.
00:41:05.53\00:41:07.93
>>POSITIVE -
OPTIMISTIC - CHEERFUL.
00:41:07.93\00:41:12.10
ISN'T THAT A GOOD TEST - WHAT
IS THE GOSPEL, BAD NEWS OR GOOD
00:41:12.10\00:41:14.77
NEWS? >>GOOD NEWS.
00:41:14.77\00:41:16.24
>>YEAH, GOD'S PEOPLE
OUGHT TO BE A HAPPY PEOPLE.
00:41:16.24\00:41:18.81
IF A CHRISTIAN'S ALWAYS GOING
AROUND LOOKING MOROSE AND LIKE
00:41:18.81\00:41:22.01
WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO A FUNERAL
INSTEAD OF A FEAST, THEN WHO'S
00:41:22.01\00:41:25.05
GOING TO WANT YOUR RELIGION? AND
THAT'S WHY THE KING TOOK NOTE.
00:41:25.05\00:41:28.78
HE SAID, 'WOW,
YOU'RE ALWAYS REAL POSITIVE.
00:41:28.78\00:41:31.25
SOMETHING'S WRONG.' AND THE KING
NOTICED THAT - "THEREFORE THE
00:41:31.25\00:41:35.36
KING SAID TO ME, "WHY IS
YOUR FACE SAD, SINCE YOU ARE NOT
00:41:35.36\00:41:38.29
SICK?" - NOTICE,
THE OTHER THING THAT'S
00:41:38.29\00:41:39.79
HAPPENING. BECAUSE
NEHEMIAH WAS SO FAITHFUL
00:41:39.79\00:41:42.43
AND HE WAS SO POSITIVE,
THE KING CARED ABOUT HIM.
00:41:42.43\00:41:45.57
SUDDENLY THE KING IS CONCERNED
WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN HIS -
00:41:45.57\00:41:49.14
PEOPLE WILL CARE ABOUT YOU IN
YOUR COMMUNITY IF YOU SHOW YOU
00:41:49.14\00:41:51.24
CARE ABOUT THEM. >>AMEN.
00:41:51.24\00:41:53.44
>>AND THE KING IS CONCERNED:
"'WHY IS YOUR FACE SAD, SINCE
00:41:53.44\00:41:56.95
YOU ARE NOT SICK? THIS IS
NOTHING BUT SORROW OF HEART.'
00:41:56.95\00:41:59.75
SO I BECAME DREADFULLY
AFRAID," - YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED
00:41:59.75\00:42:02.75
TO BE SAD IN
THE KING'S PRESENCE.
00:42:02.75\00:42:04.12
YOU REMEMBER MORDECAI?
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO FAST OR
00:42:04.12\00:42:06.65
COME INTO THE KING'S
PRESENCE WITH TORN CLOTHES.
00:42:06.65\00:42:09.32
AND SO, HE THOUGHT, 'OH MAN,
I DON'T - DIDN'T MEAN - I DIDN'T
00:42:09.32\00:42:13.36
MEAN TO LOOK SO SAD.' BUT HIS
HEART WAS BROKEN BECAUSE OF BAD
00:42:13.36\00:42:15.96
NEWS HE HAD
HEARD ABOUT JERUSALEM.
00:42:15.96\00:42:18.27
AND THEN HE
PRAYED. "I WAS AFRAID AND
00:42:18.27\00:42:21.94
SAID TO THE KING,
'MAY THE KING LIVE FOREVER!
00:42:21.94\00:42:24.57
WHY SHOULD MY FACE NOT BE SAD,
WHEN THE CITY, THE PLACE OF MY
00:42:24.57\00:42:28.08
FATHERS' TOMBS, LIES WASTE, AND
ITS GATES ARE BURNED WITH FIRE?'
00:42:28.08\00:42:33.08
THEN THE KING SAID TO
ME, 'WHAT DO YOU REQUEST?'"
00:42:33.08\00:42:35.92
- WOW, WOULDN'T YOU ALL
LIKE TO HAVE A KING SAY THAT?
00:42:35.92\00:42:39.82
BY THE WAY, YOU DO
HAVE A KING THAT SAYS THAT.
00:42:39.82\00:42:41.42
>>AMEN. >>THE LORD SAYS 'ASK
00:42:41.42\00:42:44.13
AND YOU WILL RECEIVE.
UP 'TIL NOW YOU'VE ASKED
00:42:44.13\00:42:46.80
NOTHING IN MY NAME. ASK
THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL.'
00:42:46.80\00:42:49.20
WE CAN PRAY AND ASK -
"'WHAT DO YOU REQUEST?'
00:42:49.20\00:42:52.77
SO I PRAYED TO
THE GOD OF HEAVEN."
00:42:52.77\00:42:54.34
- 'OH LORD, WHAT DO I
ASK FOR? DO I DARE ASK FOR
00:42:54.34\00:42:57.41
SOMETHING BIG?' HE
SAID, 'THE KING SAYS HE'S
00:42:57.41\00:43:00.88
MY FRIEND.' -
"WHAT DO YOU REQUEST?'
00:43:00.88\00:43:03.11
SO I PRAYED TO
THE GOD OF HEAVEN."
00:43:03.11\00:43:04.81
- HE DIDN'T GET ON HIS KNEES,
HE PRAYED WHERE HE WAS - "AND I
00:43:04.81\00:43:07.65
SAID TO THE KING, 'IF IT PLEASES
THE KING, AND IF YOUR SERVANT
00:43:07.65\00:43:10.49
HAS FOUND FAVOR IN YOUR SIGHT,'"
- 'IF I'VE BEEN A GOOD SERVANT
00:43:10.49\00:43:12.85
AND YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING'
- "'I ASK THAT YOU SEND ME TO
00:43:12.85\00:43:15.92
JUDAH,'" - IT'S IN YOUR
TERRITORY NOW' - "'TO THE CITY
00:43:15.92\00:43:19.49
OF MY FATHERS' TOMBS, THAT I MAY
REBUILD IT.' THEN THE KING SAID
00:43:19.49\00:43:23.63
TO ME (THE QUEEN ALSO SITTING
BESIDE HIM)," - YOU KNOW WHY IT
00:43:23.63\00:43:25.40
SAYS 'THE QUEEN
SITTING BEHIND HIM'?
00:43:25.40\00:43:26.70
YOU KNOW WHAT
QUEEN THAT WAS? ESTHER.
00:43:26.70\00:43:30.44
THIS IS THE KING ARTAXERXES,
WHO MARRIED ESTHER - "(THE QUEEN
00:43:30.44\00:43:34.64
ALSO SITTING BESIDE HIM)
HOW LONG WILL YOUR JOURNEY BE?"
00:43:34.64\00:43:37.41
- MAYBE SHE GAVE HIM AN
ELBOW. LIKE WHEN IT SAID, 'HAH!'
00:43:37.41\00:43:40.68
(WINK, WINK) - "HOW
LONG WILL YOUR JOURNEY BE?"
00:43:40.68\00:43:43.49
- WELL, THAT'S A 'YES' -
HOW LONG WILL YOU BE GONE?
00:43:43.49\00:43:46.15
- "'AND WHEN WILL YOU RETURN?'
00:43:46.15\00:43:48.29
SO IT PLEASED THE KING TO
SEND ME; AND I SET HIM A TIME.
00:43:48.29\00:43:51.53
FURTHERMORE I SAID TO THE KING,
"IF IT PLEASES THE KING, LET
00:43:51.53\00:43:55.00
LETTERS BE GIVEN TO ME FOR THE
GOVERNORS OF THE REGION BEYOND
00:43:55.00\00:43:57.97
THE RIVER, THAT THEY MUST PERMIT
ME TO PASS THROUGH TILL I COME
00:43:57.97\00:44:00.50
TO JUDAH, AND A LETTER TO
ASAPH THE KEEPER OF THE KING'S
00:44:00.50\00:44:03.97
FOREST," - UP IN LEBANON - "THAT
HE MUST GIVE ME TIMBER TO MAKE
00:44:03.97\00:44:07.41
BEAMS FOR THE GATES OF THE
CITADEL WHICH PERTAINS" - SEE,
00:44:07.41\00:44:10.41
THE KING OWNED ALL THE FORESTS.
YOU COULDN'T JUST GO IN AND LOG
00:44:10.41\00:44:15.22
- "...FOR THE CITY WALL, AND FOR
THE HOUSE THAT I WILL OCCUPY."
00:44:15.22\00:44:17.79
AND THE KING GRANTED THEM TO ME
ACCORDING TO THE GOOD HAND OF MY
00:44:17.79\00:44:21.19
GOD UPON ME."
NEHEMIAH HAD BEEN SUCH A
00:44:21.19\00:44:24.19
POSITIVE WITNESS IN THE PALACE
OF PERSIA, THAT WHEN HE FINALLY
00:44:24.19\00:44:29.96
DID MAKE A REQUEST, THE
KING GAVE HIM EVERYTHING THAT HE
00:44:29.96\00:44:31.93
ASKED FOR BECAUSE HE THOUGHT,
'YOU KNOW, I CAN TRUST NEHEMIAH
00:44:31.93\00:44:36.30
TO BE A GOOD GOVERNOR.
I'VE SEEN HOW HE'S BEEN FAITHFUL
00:44:36.30\00:44:39.01
IN LITTLE THINGS IN MY
HOUSE, I CAN TRUST THAT HE
00:44:39.01\00:44:42.04
WILL BE A GOOD
GUY. NEHEMIAH WENT FROM
00:44:42.04\00:44:44.51
CUPBEARER TO
GOVERNOR. ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:44:44.51\00:44:48.65
HE SAID, 'BECAUSE
HE CAN BE TRUSTED.'
00:44:48.65\00:44:51.09
WHAT DID THE KING OF
PERSIA DO FOR MORDECAI?
00:44:51.09\00:44:53.82
MORDECAI WAS INTERESTED IN
THE KING - SOMEONE TRIED TO
00:44:53.82\00:44:56.42
ASSASSINATE THE KING, HE
REVEALED IT, HE SHOWED HIMSELF
00:44:56.42\00:45:00.43
TO BE A FAITHFUL CITIZEN, AND
LATER, WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT HE
00:45:00.43\00:45:03.43
WAS RELATED TO THE QUEEN, HE
MADE HIM PRIME MINISTER INSTEAD
00:45:03.43\00:45:06.87
OF HAMAN. HE SAW
HE COULD BE TRUSTED.
00:45:06.87\00:45:10.04
AND SO THE LORD OFTEN, IF YOU
ARE FAITHFUL, HE WILL PUT YOU IN
00:45:10.04\00:45:15.41
POSITIONS OF INFLUENCE.
YOU SEE THAT THROUGH HISTORY.
00:45:15.41\00:45:20.22
SHADRACH, MESHACH, ABEDNEGO,
JOSEPH, MORDECAI, NEHEMIAH, EZRA
00:45:20.22\00:45:25.85
- THEY WERE ALL PLACED IN
POSITIONS OF INFLUENCE BECAUSE
00:45:25.85\00:45:29.86
THE PAGANS SAW
THEY COULD BE TRUSTED.
00:45:29.86\00:45:33.53
ISN'T THAT A GREAT TESTIMONY?
00:45:33.53\00:45:35.20
AND THAT SHOULD BE THE
TESTIMONY OF BELIEVERS AS WELL.
00:45:35.20\00:45:39.17
ALRIGHT - AND THEN HE SAYS, 'YOU
SEND ME AND THE HAND OF MY GOD
00:45:39.17\00:45:42.87
IS UPON ME.' I WANT TO READ YOU
A QUOTE FROM THE BOOK PROPHETS
00:45:42.87\00:45:46.04
AND KINGS ABOUT NEHEMIAH - THIS
IS PAGE 634 - "THE MEANS THAT HE
00:45:46.04\00:45:51.81
[NEHEMIAH] LACKED, HE SOLICITED
FROM THOSE WHO WERE ABLE TO
00:45:51.81\00:45:54.75
BESTOW. AND THE
LORD IS STILL WILLING TO
00:45:54.75\00:45:57.09
MOVE UPON THE HEARTS OF THOSE
IN POSSESSION OF HIS GOODS IN
00:45:57.09\00:45:59.75
BEHALF OF THE CAUSE OF TRUTH.
THOSE WHO LABOR FOR HIM ARE TO
00:45:59.75\00:46:04.06
AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE HELP
THAT HE PROMPTS MEN TO GIVE.
00:46:04.06\00:46:07.76
THE DONORS MAY HAVE NO FAITH IN
CHRIST OR ACQUAINTANCE WITH HIS
00:46:07.76\00:46:10.70
WORDS, BUT THEIR GIFTS ON THIS
ACCOUNT ARE NOT BE REFUSED."
00:46:10.70\00:46:14.60
ALRIGHT, HERE'S A MORAL QUESTION
FOR YOU: IF A VISITOR COMES TO
00:46:14.60\00:46:19.84
YOUR CHURCH AND BRINGS A BIG
CHECK AND HANDS YOU A CHECK FOR
00:46:19.84\00:46:24.18
$10,000.00 AND SAYS, 'THIS
IS MY TITHE ON MY LOTTO MONEY.'
00:46:24.18\00:46:29.32
ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO
TAKE IT? I SEE ONE 'YES'.
00:46:29.32\00:46:34.19
ANYONE ELSE WANT TO
WEIGH IN? I SAY 'YES.' OKAY?
00:46:34.19\00:46:41.66
NOW WHAT IF IT'S A MEMBER?
DOES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
00:46:41.66\00:46:46.13
>>YES. >>I THINK IT DOES MAKE A
00:46:46.13\00:46:47.34
DIFFERENCE. I THINK
YOU OUGHT TO THINK SLOW
00:46:47.34\00:46:50.34
ON THAT ONE BECAUSE YOU DON'T
WANT TO ENDORSE OR ENCOURAGE
00:46:50.34\00:46:53.88
THE MEMBERS TO BE OUT GAMBLING.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:46:53.88\00:46:58.65
SO I - I RAN INTO THAT ONCE
BECAUSE THIS ONE GUY, HE CAME TO
00:46:58.65\00:47:01.68
CHURCH, AND HE WAS NOT A MEMBER
AND HE WON ALL THIS MONEY AT A
00:47:01.68\00:47:04.19
RACETRACK. HE SAID,
'OH, GOD BLESSED ME AND
00:47:04.19\00:47:06.65
I'VE GOT THIS BIG WIN AND I WANT
TO GIVE SOME TO YOU.' AND WE HAD
00:47:06.65\00:47:09.76
TO TALK ABOUT THAT - WHAT
ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT?
00:47:09.76\00:47:12.79
BUT IF YOU'VE GOT A MEMBER
THAT'S GOING OUT AND GAMBLING
00:47:12.79\00:47:15.10
EVERY WEEK, AND THEY SAY, 'OH,
I WON BIG THIS WEEK, HERE.' YOU
00:47:15.10\00:47:19.17
DON'T WANT TO - YOU CAN'T PAY
OFF A BAD CONSCIENCE BY PUTTING
00:47:19.17\00:47:23.20
AN OFFERING IN. SO
THAT'S - IT'S A LITTLE
00:47:23.20\00:47:26.51
DIFFERENT ISSUE AND I'LL
PROBABLY GET LETTERS ON THAT.
00:47:26.51\00:47:29.08
OKAY, FAVOR WITH THE PEOPLE
- THIS IS OUR THURSDAY LESSON.
00:47:29.08\00:47:33.65
AND SOMEONE, IN A MOMENT'S,
GOING TO READ LUKE 16:10 - OKAY?
00:47:33.65\00:47:38.89
I'M GOING TO READ LUKE 12:48,
"BUT HE WHO DID NOT KNOW, YET
00:47:38.89\00:47:43.36
COMMITTED THINGS DESERVING
OF STRIPES, SHALL BE BEATEN WITH
00:47:43.36\00:47:45.63
FEW. FOR
EVERYONE TO WHOM MUCH IS
00:47:45.63\00:47:48.20
GIVEN, FROM HIM MUCH WILL BE
REQUIRED; AND TO WHOM MUCH HAS
00:47:48.20\00:47:52.40
BEEN COMMITTED, OF HIM
THEY WILL ASK THE MORE."
00:47:52.40\00:47:55.57
AND SO, IF WE ARE FAITHFUL IN
LITTLE THINGS, PEOPLE WILL TRUST
00:47:55.57\00:47:59.91
YOU WITH BIGGER THINGS.
IF YOU ARE FAITHFUL TO LISTEN
00:47:59.91\00:48:02.91
TO YOUR FRIENDS IN THE LITTLE
THINGS, WHEN THEY HAVE A BIG
00:48:02.91\00:48:06.01
THING AND THEY'RE OPENING THEIR
HEARTS, THEY'LL LISTEN TO YOU.
00:48:06.01\00:48:09.62
>>AMEN. >>AND SO,
IF YOU PROVE THAT YOU
00:48:09.62\00:48:11.99
GIVE THEM GOOD ADVICE IN LITTLE
THINGS, AND YOU'RE WILLING TO
00:48:11.99\00:48:14.49
LISTEN AND YOU CARE ABOUT
THEM AND YOU CAN KEEP THEIR
00:48:14.49\00:48:16.46
CONFIDENCE AND NOT BETRAY
THEIR TRUST, THEY WILL INCREASE
00:48:16.46\00:48:20.66
HOW MUCH THEY TRUST YOU. AND
SO, IT'S SOMETHING THAT GROWS.
00:48:20.66\00:48:24.23
AND THIS OTHER VERSE
IS ON THE SAME PRINCIPLE.
00:48:24.23\00:48:26.07
GO AHEAD, YOU
CAN READ YOURS NOW.
00:48:26.07\00:48:27.84
>>LUKE CHAPTER 16, VERSE 10, "HE
WHO IS FAITHFUL IN WHAT IS LEAST
00:48:27.84\00:48:32.94
IS FAITHFUL ALSO IN MUCH; AND HE
WHO IS UNJUST IN WHAT IS LEAST
00:48:32.94\00:48:38.01
IS UNJUST ALSO IN MUCH."
00:48:38.01\00:48:40.65
>>YEAH, WE WANT TO BE FAITHFUL
IN THE LITTLE THINGS AS WELL.
00:48:40.65\00:48:45.05
IN CONNECTION WITH THIS, MOSES
ACTUALLY SAID, IN DEUTERONOMY 4,
00:48:45.05\00:48:49.96
VERSE 5, SPEAKING TO THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL - AND THIS -
00:48:49.96\00:48:53.56
DEUTERONOMY IS THE
LAST BOOK OF MOSES.
00:48:53.56\00:48:55.30
IT REALLY IS HIS LAST
SERMON BEFORE HE DIES.
00:48:55.30\00:48:58.73
HE SAYS, 'SURELY I HAVE TAUGHT
YOU STATUTES AND JUDGMENTS JUST
00:48:58.73\00:49:02.34
AS MY LORD GOD COMMANDED ME,
THAT YOU SHOULD ACT ACCORDING TO
00:49:02.34\00:49:05.87
THEM IN THE LAND
THAT YOU GO TO POSSESS.
00:49:05.87\00:49:08.34
THEREFORE, BE CAREFUL TO OBSERVE
THEM, FOR THIS IS YOUR WISDOM
00:49:08.34\00:49:11.65
AND YOUR UNDERSTANDING IN THE
SIGHT OF THE PEOPLES WHO HEAR
00:49:11.65\00:49:15.68
ALL THESE STATUTES.' NOW, KEEP
IN MIND, WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF
00:49:15.68\00:49:19.95
GOD CALLING ISRAEL? I HAVEN'T
FINISHED READING MY VERSE YET.
00:49:19.95\00:49:24.86
HE SAID, 'I WANT YOU TO BE A
NATION OF KINGS AND PRIESTS.'
00:49:24.86\00:49:28.90
WELL, IF EVERYBODY IN THE
NATION'S A PRIEST, WHO ARE THEY
00:49:28.90\00:49:31.27
MAKING ATONEMENT FOR? THE
PEOPLE OUTSIDE THEIR NATION.
00:49:31.27\00:49:36.57
THE PURPOSE OF ISRAEL WAS THEY
WERE TO BE A LIGHT ON A HILL SO
00:49:36.57\00:49:40.91
THAT THEY COULD LEAD
THE PAGANS TO JEHOVAH.
00:49:40.91\00:49:45.51
THE BIBLE SAID THAT ISRAEL WOULD
BE - ALL THE GENTILES WOULD FLOW
00:49:45.51\00:49:51.12
TO THEM - THAT EVERY MAN WOULD
TAKE HOLD OF THE HAND OF A JEW
00:49:51.12\00:49:54.39
AND SAY, 'LEAD ME TO YOUR HOUSE
AND TO YOUR GOD.' AND SO GOD
00:49:54.39\00:49:57.36
WANTED THEM TO BRING
THE OTHER NATIONS TO HIM.
00:49:57.36\00:50:01.86
AND THIS, OF COURSE, IS ONE OF
THE PROPHECIES ABOUT THE MESSIAH
00:50:01.86\00:50:04.23
- UNTO HIM THE GENTILES WILL
SEEK. AND SO, MOSES HAS SAID
00:50:04.23\00:50:07.74
'THIS'LL BE YOUR WISDOM.'
WHAT? THESE RIGHTEOUS LAWS.
00:50:07.74\00:50:10.94
THE OTHER NATIONS WILL SEE IT
AND THEY WILL SAY, 'SURELY THIS
00:50:10.94\00:50:15.34
IS A GREAT NATION AND A
WISE AND UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE.
00:50:15.34\00:50:19.68
FOR WHAT GREAT NATION IS THERE
THAT HAS GOD SO NEAR TO IT AS
00:50:19.68\00:50:23.95
THE LORD OUR GOD IS TO
US?' AND, FOR WHATEVER REASON,
00:50:23.95\00:50:27.82
WE MIGHT CALL UPON HIM.
'AND WHAT GREAT NATION IS THERE
00:50:27.82\00:50:31.26
THAT HAS SUCH STATUTES AND
RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS AS IN ALL
00:50:31.26\00:50:35.40
THE LAW THAT I SET
BEFORE YOU THIS DAY?'
00:50:35.40\00:50:37.87
I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION
WITH MY SON LAST NIGHT AND I WAS
00:50:37.87\00:50:40.40
TALKING TO HIM ABOUT, OH, JUST
LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY AND - AND HE
00:50:40.40\00:50:47.68
CAME BACK FROM COLLEGE WHERE HE
WAS STUDYING THE PHILOSOPHERS,
00:50:47.68\00:50:50.98
YOU KNOW, THEY MAKE YOU - EVEN
IN CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS THEY MAKE
00:50:50.98\00:50:52.68
YOU STUDY WORLD PHILOSOPHY.
AND IF IT'S NOT TAUGHT RIGHT,
00:50:52.68\00:50:56.58
IT CAN DO A LOT OF HARM.
IF YOU HAVE A GOOD CHRISTIAN
00:50:56.58\00:50:59.05
TEACHER, THERE'S NOTHING
TO BE FEARED FROM PHILOSOPHY.
00:50:59.05\00:51:01.96
AND I SAID, 'WELL,' - I SAID,
'ONE OF THE THINGS YOU LEARN
00:51:01.96\00:51:05.89
FROM THE PHILOSOPHERS, IS
THE PHILOSOPHERS THAT WERE
00:51:05.89\00:51:11.37
SUCCESSFUL, THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT
REAL WISDOM WAS THE FEAR OF THE
00:51:11.37\00:51:16.34
LORD. THEY'RE
ALWAYS TRYING TO EXPLORE
00:51:16.34\00:51:18.77
'WHAT IS TRUE KNOWLEDGE?'
AND 'WHAT IS TRUE WISDOM?'
00:51:18.77\00:51:21.34
KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM
ARE NOT THE SAME THING.
00:51:21.34\00:51:23.81
AND SOCRATES, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO
WAS KILLED FOR ATHEISM - NOW,
00:51:23.81\00:51:29.78
THE ATHEISM SOCRATES WAS KILLED
FOR WAS NOT BELIEVING IN THE
00:51:29.78\00:51:33.25
PANTHEON OF GREEK GODS - HE
THOUGHT IT WAS FOOLISH - AND HE
00:51:33.25\00:51:36.16
WAS RIGHT ABOUT THAT, BUT
HE BELIEVED THAT IF THERE WAS A
00:51:36.16\00:51:40.23
GOD, HE WOULD BE A VIRTUOUS GOD.
00:51:40.23\00:51:41.93
NOT ALL THE GREEK
GODS WERE VIRTUOUS.
00:51:41.93\00:51:43.83
AND HIS REASON WAS, IF
YOU EXPLORE TRUE KNOWLEDGE AND
00:51:43.83\00:51:47.34
WISDOM, THERE IS - THERE ARE
WISE REASONS FOR BEING VIRTUOUS.
00:51:47.34\00:51:54.78
AND HE'D USE THE SOCCRATIC
METHOD OF ASKING QUESTIONS.
00:51:54.78\00:51:56.88
WHAT HAPPENS TO A SOCIETY
IF YOU DON'T UPHOLD HONESTY?
00:51:56.88\00:52:00.28
BREAK IT DOWN.
CAN YOU TRUST ANYONE?
00:52:00.28\00:52:03.79
ARE ANY - ARE ANY
COVENANTS TRUSTWORTHY?
00:52:03.79\00:52:06.49
IF EVERYONE'S LYING TO
EVERYBODY, WHAT HAPPENS TO
00:52:06.49\00:52:09.09
SOCIETY? SO SOCRATES WOULD BRING
00:52:09.09\00:52:10.66
OUT THE REASONS FOR
HONESTY. YOU HAVE TO BE HONEST.
00:52:10.66\00:52:14.30
WHAT HAPPENS TO A
SOCIETY IF PEOPLE STEAL?
00:52:14.30\00:52:16.87
CAN ANYONE BE SAFE IF
THEY DON'T RESPECT PROPERTY?
00:52:16.87\00:52:20.67
AND WHAT HAPPENS TO A SOCIETY IF
YOU DON'T HONOR THE INSTITUTION
00:52:20.67\00:52:23.61
OF MARRIAGE?
WELL, WE'RE FINDING OUT,
00:52:23.61\00:52:26.27
AREN'T WE? BUT
THERE'S A BREAKDOWN IN
00:52:26.27\00:52:28.74
THE FAMILY - A
BREAKDOWN IN HUMANITY.
00:52:28.74\00:52:31.35
AND SO, SOCRATES WOULD REASON
THESE THINGS FROM CAUSE TO
00:52:31.35\00:52:33.88
EFFECT AND HIS CONCLUSION WAS,
ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS IS
00:52:33.88\00:52:37.05
VIRTUE, WHICH WE BELIEVE -
INTEGRITY. AND HE DID IT FROM A
00:52:37.05\00:52:41.59
LOGICAL REASON. MOSES
IS SAYING, 'WHEN THESE
00:52:41.59\00:52:43.99
OTHER NATIONS LOOK AT YOUR LAWS,
THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, 'THIS IS A
00:52:43.99\00:52:46.09
WISE AND AN UNDERSTANDING
PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE ARE LOGICAL
00:52:46.09\00:52:49.83
REASONS FOR THE LAWS
THAT GOD GAVE ISRAEL.
00:52:49.83\00:52:53.47
AND, YOU KNOW, MOST OF WESTERN
LAW IS BASED ON THE LAW OF MOSES
00:52:53.47\00:52:57.84
- THAT GOD GAVE TO MOSES - THE
CIVIL LAWS AND EVERYTHING FROM
00:52:57.84\00:53:02.68
FIRST AND SECOND-DEGREE MURDER
AND THE - WHAT WAS THE INTENT?
00:53:02.68\00:53:09.15
WAS THERE MALICE
BEFORE THE CRIME?
00:53:09.15\00:53:11.92
AND YOU JUST START LOOKING INTO
THE NUANCES OF OUR LAWS AND YOU
00:53:11.92\00:53:15.52
CAN ALMOST ALWAYS POINT BACK
TO THE LAW OF MOSES AND SAY,
00:53:15.52\00:53:18.76
'HERE'S WHERE YOU
FIRST SAW THAT PRINCIPLE.'
00:53:18.76\00:53:20.90
AND SO IT WAS A WISE
AND AN UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE.
00:53:20.90\00:53:23.93
AND SO, GOD WANTED WHAT HAPPENED
DURING THE TIME OF THE QUEEN OF
00:53:23.93\00:53:26.87
SHEBA, WHERE SHE CAME TO SEEK
GOD BECAUSE OF THE WISDOM THAT
00:53:26.87\00:53:33.07
SHE SAW IN THE LAWS AND
THE NATION OF ISRAEL AND, IN
00:53:33.07\00:53:36.01
PARTICULAR, IN SOLOMON, WHO
LOVED THE LORD AT THAT TIME IN
00:53:36.01\00:53:40.42
HIS LIFE. ANYWAY, SO
THROUGH ALL THIS, GOD
00:53:40.42\00:53:44.15
WANTS US TO SHOW THAT WE'RE A
PEOPLE OF FAITH AND THEN WE'RE A
00:53:44.15\00:53:46.12
WITNESS - WE'RE A
LIGHT TO THE WORLD.
00:53:46.12\00:53:47.96
AND THIS IS WHAT GOD'S PLAN WAS
FOR ISRAEL, IT'S HIS PLAN FOR
00:53:47.96\00:53:50.66
THE CHURCH, AND IT'S HIS PLAN
FOR EACH OF US INDIVIDUALLY,
00:53:50.66\00:53:53.83
AMEN? >>AMEN.
00:53:53.83\00:53:55.13
>>AND SO, I WANT TO REMIND
YOU BEFORE WE GO OFF THE AIR, WE
00:53:55.13\00:53:57.47
HAVE A SPECIAL BOOK THAT WE'LL
BE WILLING TO SHARE WITH YOU FOR
00:53:57.47\00:54:00.07
FREE. IT'S CALLED
THE VOICE OF GOD AND
00:54:00.07\00:54:02.57
JUST CALL THE NUMBER ON
YOUR SCREEN - IT'S 866-788-3966
00:54:02.57\00:54:09.31
- THAT TRANSLATES
INTO 866-STUDY-MORE.
00:54:09.31\00:54:13.25
WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
STUDY MORE. ASK FOR OFFER #816
00:54:13.25\00:54:16.18
WHEN YOU CALL. GOD
BLESS YOU, FRIENDS, WE ARE
00:54:16.18\00:54:18.09
OUT OF TIME FOR OUR SABBATH
SCHOOL STUDY HOUR RIGHT NOW.
00:54:18.09\00:54:21.06
THANK YOU FOR LETTING THE AFCOE
CLASS JOIN US FOR THIS STUDY AND
00:54:21.06\00:54:24.13
GOD BLESS YOU 'TIL WE STUDY HIS
WORD AGAIN TOGETHER NEXT WEEK.
00:54:24.13\00:54:28.76
>>I LOVE THE QUOTE: "THE
GREATEST WANT OF THE WORLD IS
00:54:28.76\00:54:31.70
THE WANT OF MEN ... MEN WHO WILL
STAND FOR THE RIGHT THOUGH THE
00:54:31.70\00:54:35.00
HEAVENS FALL." YET
STUDIES ARE SHOWING, FOR
00:54:35.00\00:54:37.94
SEVERAL YEARS NOW, THE SECULAR
MEDIA AND CULTURE HAVE SOUGHT
00:54:37.94\00:54:41.84
TO PORTRAY MEN AS
THE FAMILY IDIOTS.
00:54:41.84\00:54:44.91
SADLY, RESPECT FOR THE ROLE OF
FATHERS AND HUSBANDS HAS REACHED
00:54:44.91\00:54:49.25
AN ALL-TIME LOW. SO
NOW, AS THE DISPIRITED MEN
00:54:49.25\00:54:53.02
ABANDON THEIR ROLES OF GODLY
LEADERSHIP, IT'S NOT SURPRISING
00:54:53.02\00:54:56.73
THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING A
MORAL FREE-FALL IN OUR COUNTRY.
00:54:56.73\00:55:00.23
THAT'S WHY, STARTING SEPTEMBER
30TH I'LL BE PRESENTING A NEW
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PROGRAM CALLED
MIGHTY MEN OF GOD .
00:55:03.20\00:55:06.40
USING BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES, THIS
ENCOURAGING FOUR-PART SERIES
00:55:06.40\00:55:09.64
WILL ADDRESS HOW TO BE A LOVING
FATHER, FAITHFUL HUSBAND, AND
00:55:09.64\00:55:13.38
ALL-AROUND MAN OF GOD IN
THE FAMILY, CHURCH, AND NATION.
00:55:13.38\00:55:17.21
PLEASE PLAN NOW TO JOIN ME FOR
THIS LIVE EVENT AND LEARN FROM
00:55:17.21\00:55:20.68
THE WORD HOW TO LIVE
COURAGEOUSLY FOR THE KING.
00:55:20.68\00:55:29.16
>>AMAZING FACTS, THROUGH
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