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>>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS.
WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY
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HOUR COMING TO YOU FROM
THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTIST CHURCH NEAR
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.
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A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR
ONLINE MEMBERS AND ALSO OUR
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REGULAR VISITORS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD
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THAT TUNE IN EVERY WEEK
TO STUDY THE LESSON WITH US.
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ALSO, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THE
MEMBERS AND THE VISITORS HERE AT
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THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH.
ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU WEEK
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AFTER WEEK AS WE STUDY
OUR LESSON DEALING WITH
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THE HOLY SPIRIT.
TODAY WE FIND OURSELVES ON
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LESSON #7 ENTITLED THE
HOLY SPIRIT AND THE FRUIT OF THE
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SPIRIT - THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.
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NOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
JOINING US, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A
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COPY OF TODAY'S LESSON, YOU CAN
DOWNLOAD LESSON #7 - JUST GO TO
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IS A DVD ENTITLED SPIRITUAL
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WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR
LESSON, AS WE NORMALLY DO, WE
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LIKE TO BEGIN BY
LIFTING OUR VOICES IN SONG.
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I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SONG
LEADERS TO COME FORWARD AND LEAD
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US IN OUR PRAISE THIS
MORNING. (SOFT PIANO MUSIC)
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>>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS.
THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, I KNOW
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THAT YOU ARE READY FOR WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW, SO PULL
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OUT YOUR HYMNALS
AND JOIN WITH US.
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OUR FIRST ONE IS A GOOD
ROUSING SONG - LEANING ON THE
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EVERLASTING ARMS - THAT IS #469
IN YOUR HYMNALS - #469 - AND
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WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL
THREE STANZAS - LEANING ON THE
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EVERLASTING ARMS . (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING WITH US, AND AT
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THIS TIME PASTOR ROSS
WILL HAVE OUR OPENING PRAYER.
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>>DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WHAT
A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO GATHER
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TOGETHER AND OPEN UP YOUR WORD
AND STUDY TOGETHER ABOUT THE
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GREAT GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
- THAT WHICH YOU WANT TO BE
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MANIFEST IN THE
LIVES ALL BELIEVERS.
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SO WE ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONCE
AGAIN, TO COME AND GUIDE OUR
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HEARTS AND MINDS.
BLESS OUR TIME TOGETHER.
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IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. OUR
LESSON THIS MORNING WILL BE
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BROUGHT TO US BY
PASTOR DOUG. >>GOOD MORNING.
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>>GOOD MORNING. >>I
WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY
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HERE AT THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH
AND WELCOME, AGAIN, TO THOSE WHO
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ARE PART OF THE EXTENDED STUDY
GROUP - AND ALSO, SOME OF YOU
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ARE ONLINE MEMBERS OF
GRANITE BAY - WE WELCOME YOU.
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IT'S FUN TO GET THE
CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS.
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SOME OF YOU ARE SCATTERED AT
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE GLOBE,
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OSTENSIBLY YOU'RE IN A COUNTRY
WHERE ENGLISH IS, AT LEAST,
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SPOKEN AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
AND MAYBE THERE IS NO LOCAL
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SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH YOU CAN GO TO.
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IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S
INVOLVED IN BEING PART OF THE
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GRANITE BAY CHURCH AS AN
ONLINE MEMBER, JUST E-MAIL US AT
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GRANITEBAYSDA.ORG -
I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
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SOMETIMES I GET THE
NET, COM, ORG ALL MIXED UP.
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BUT I WANT TO WELCOME YOU.
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WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
OUR STUDY DEALING WITH THE HOLY
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SPIRIT AND SPIRITUALITY
AND TODAY WE'RE ON LESSON #7 -
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THAT SHOULD BE GOOD,
IT'S A BIBLICAL NUMBER, RIGHT?
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AND IT'S DEALING WITH
THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.
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NOW, ALRIGHT, YOU'VE GOT TO HEAR
THIS: JESUS SAID, 'UNLESS YOU
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ARE BORN OF THE WATER AND THE
SPIRIT, YOU CANNOT' - YOU WHAT?
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'CANNOT' - NOT LESS LIKELY, BUT
'UNLESS YOU'RE BORN OF THE WATER
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AND THE SPIRIT, YOU CANNOT ENTER
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.' SO, HOW
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IMPORTANT IS
STUDYING THE SPIRIT?
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THIS IS ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE COULD
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BE ASKING FOR - WHAT IT
MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
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IT DOESN'T MATTER OF
YOU'RE BORN IN A CHURCH.
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IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOUR
PARENTS ARE IN MINISTRY, IT
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DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU LIVE
SURROUNDED BY CHRISTIANS, UNLESS
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THE HOLY SPIRIT IS IN YOU -
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW CHRIST IS IN
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YOU - YOU CANNOT
ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
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YOU CAN'T LIVE A CHRISTIAN LIFE.
IF THE HOLY SPIRIT'S IN YOU, YOU
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WILL HAVE THE EVIDENCE
OF THAT, WHICH IS THE FRUITS
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OF THE SPIRIT. AND WE HAVE A
MEMORY VERSE THAT TALKS ABOUT
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THAT - THAT'S GALATIANS
5:22, 23 - IF YOU'D LIKE
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TO SAY THIS WITH ME - BY
THE WAY, IN YOUR LESSON, YOU CAN
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READ IT RIGHT OUT OF THERE.
IT'S THE NEW AMERICAN STANDARD
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VERSION, WHICH IS A FAIRLY
GOOD VERSION. ARE YOU READY?
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"BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE,
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KINDNESS, GOODNESS,
FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS,
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SELF-CONTROL; AGAINST
SUCH THINGS THERE IS NO LAW."
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IT'S TALKING ABOUT, PREVIOUSLY,
THINGS THERE WERE LAWS AGAINST,
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HE SAID, 'BUT THERE'S NO LAW
AGAINST HAVING THE FRUITS OF THE
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SPIRIT IN YOUR LIFE.
AND, OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'VE GOT
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THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT, YOU'LL
BE KEEPING THE OTHER LAWS.
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NOW, YOU CAN FIND FRUIT -
YOU KNOW, FRUIT IS A METAPHOR -
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YOU CAN FIND FRUIT
ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE.
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DO YOU FIND FRUIT IN THE
FIRST CHAPTER OF THE BIBLE?
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DO YOU FIND FRUIT IN THE
LAST CHAPTER OF THE BIBLE?
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YOU FIND FRUIT
FROM COVER TO COVER.
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ABOUT 208 TIMES THE
BIBLE TALKS ABOUT FRUITS.
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I'VE GOT A FRIEND UP IN THE
HILLS NEAR US IN COVELO - HE'D
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BEEN A NEIGHBOR FOR YEARS AND
HE'S QUITE A GARNER AND HE HAS
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AN APPLE TREE THAT HE HAS
GRAFTED MULTIPLE DIFFERENT
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VARIETIES OF APPLE ON ONE
TREE. I THINK AT ONE TIME HE
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TOLD ME HE HAD TWELVE.
IT'S KIND OF SOMETHING WHEN YOU
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SEE ONE APPLE TREE AND IT'S
GOT YELLOW FRUIT, IT'S GOT RED
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FRUIT, IT'S GOT SOME SWEET
FRUIT, IT'S GOT SOME TART FRUIT
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- JUST ALL THESE DIFFERENT
FRUITS ON ONE TREE. AND THEN I
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THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE AND
I READ ABOUT THIS GUY - LET ME
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READ THIS TO YOU STRAIGHT - HIS
NAME IS SAM VAN AIKEN - HE HAS
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DEVELOPED A TREE - HE'S ACTUALLY
AN ART PROFESSOR, BUT THE FIRST
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TIME HE HEARD ABOUT GRAFTING TWO
DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRUIT ON ONE
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TREE, HE THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE
FRANKENSTEIN, BUT IT FASCINATED
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HIM, AND SO THIS SYRACUSE
UNIVERSITY ART PROFESSOR, HE
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WANTED TO KNOW
HOW FAR YOU CAN GO.
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HE ENDED UP DEVELOPING SOMETHING
CALLED THE TREE OF FORTY FRUIT -
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AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A PICTURE
OF THAT - MAYBE CHERLE COULD PUT
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THAT ON THE SCREEN FOR US - A
COUPLE DIFFERENT PICTURES OF THE
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TREE OF FORTY FRUIT - AND YOU'VE
GOT ONE FRUIT TREE - THESE ARE
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STONE FRUITS - THERE YOU GO
- ALL ON ONE TREE - APRICOTS,
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NECTARINES, PEACHES AND ALL
DIFFERENT KINDS - YELLOW PLUMS
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AND RED PLUMS AND, IT'S ACTUALLY
QUITE A BEAUTIFUL TREE TOO.
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AN ARTIST DID A RENDITION OF
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT'S IN
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FULL BLOOM. AND HE
HAD TO LEARN, YOU KNOW,
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SOME FRUITS BUD AT DIFFERENT
TIMES SO HE EVALUATED WHAT TIMES
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THEY - DIFFERENT BUD - AND SO HE
GRAFTS THE BUDS IN AND MOST OF
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THEM TAKE BECAUSE HE'S LEARNED
THE SCIENCE OF IT. WELL, WE'RE
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GOING TO TALK ABOUT YOU
BEING A TREE WITH MANY FRUITS.
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THEY SAY CALIFORNIA'S THE
LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS, RIGHT?
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BUT WE WANT GRANITE BAY TO BE
A CHURCH OF MANY FRUITS AND WE
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DON'T MEAN FRUITCAKES, WE MEAN
- CHRISTMAS IS OVER - WE MEAN
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FRUITS OF THE
SPIRIT, AMEN? >>AMEN.
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>>SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT OUR
LESSON IS, WE'RE GOING TO BE
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GOING THROUGH GALATIANS AND
LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT FRUITS
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OF THE SPIRIT. THE FIRST THING
WE SHOULD PROBABLY UNDERSTAND IS
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- GO TO JOHN 15 - CONDITION
OF FRUITFULNESS. WHAT'S THE
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CONDITIONS TO HAVING THE FRUITS
OF THE SPIRIT? JOHN 15, VERSE 1
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- AND I'M GOING TO READ PROBABLY
THROUGH VERSE 11. I'LL MAYBE
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STOP WITH SOME COMMENT ALONG THE
WAY, "I AM THE VINE," - NOW, DO
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YOU FIND THIS IN OTHER BOOKS OF
THE BIBLE? DOES MATTHEW, MARK,
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OR LUKE TALK ABOUT THIS
PARABLE? NOT EXACTLY, IT'S ONLY
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IN JOHN YOU FIND THIS.
JESUS SAID, "I AM THE TRUE
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VINE, AND MY FATHER
IS THE VINE DRESSER.
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EVERY BRANCH IN ME THAT DOES
NOT BEAR FRUIT HE TAKES AWAY;"
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ALRIGHT, HOW IMPORTANT
IS IT FOR US TO HAVE FRUIT?
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EVERY BRANCH THAT
BEARS FRUIT - GOOD?
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IT DOESN'T - BAD, TAKES IT AWAY
- "AND EVERY BRANCH THAT BEARS
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FRUIT HE PRUNES, THAT
IT MAY BEAR MORE FRUIT."
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- ANY OF YOU HAVE
VINES? I FIGURED YOU DID, JOHN.
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WE'VE GOT SOME
GRAPE VINES UP IN COVELO.
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YEARS AGO I PLANTED SOME
THOMPSON RED SEEDLESS GRAPES AND
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THEY - THEY PRODUCE PRETTY WELL,
MOST YEARS, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO
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CUT THEM. IT ALMOST
LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE BEING MEAN.
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ONCE A YEAR YOU'VE GOT TO GO -
IT'S BRUTAL - YOU'VE GOT TO CUT
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ALL THE VINES AWAY AND YOU BURN
ALL THAT STUFF AND YOU GET THEM
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BACK TO THE NUBS AGAIN
AND SOMEHOW THEY GROW OUT AND
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PRODUCE ANOTHER CROP. BUT
YOU'VE GOT TO PRUNE THEM BACK.
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FOR US TO BE FRUITFUL,
DOES GOD NEED TO PRUNE US?
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HE DOES. AND IS
THAT ALWAYS PLEASANT? NO.
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WHY DOES HE PRUNE
US? >>TO BEAR MORE FRUIT.
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>>BECAUSE HE WANTS
US TO BE MORE FRUITFUL.
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HE SAID, "AS THE BRANCH CANNOT
BEAR FRUIT OF ITSELF, UNLESS IT
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ABIDES IN THE VINE, NEITHER CAN
YOU, UNLESS YOU ABIDE IN ME."
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SO THERE'S THE KEY. IN
ORDER FOR US TO BE FRUITFUL,
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WHAT DO WE NEED TO
DO? >>ABIDE IN CHRIST.
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>>ABIDE IN CHRIST.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS WHOEVER
ABIDES IN HIM SINNETH NOT.
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AND SO, ABIDING IN CHRIST
MEANS YOU ARE ROOTED IN CHRIST.
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WHOEVER ABIDES IN ME "BEARS MUCH
FRUIT; FOR WITHOUT ME YOU CAN DO
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NOTHING." SO WHAT'S THE KEY?
YOU'VE GOT TO ABIDE IN CHRIST.
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THAT MEANS WE WALK WITH HIM
THROUGH PRAYER, READING OF HIS
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WORD, LETTING OUR LIGHT
SHINE, BEING CONSCIOUS OF HIM,
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SUBMITTING TO HIS WILL DAY
BY DAY - HE'S OUR KING, HE'S OUR
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SAVIOR, HE'S OUR LORD - "BY
THIS MY FATHER IS GLORIFIED,
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THAT YOU BEAR MUCH FRUIT;" - SO
WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT FROM US?
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THE FATHER? >>TO BEAR FRUIT.
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>>BEARING MUCH FRUIT.
AND HE SAYS, "AS THE FATHER
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LOVED ME, I ALSO HAVE
LOVED YOU; ABIDE IN MY LOVE.
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IF YOU KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS,
YOU WILL ABIDE IN MY LOVE."
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- NOW, YOU NOTICE A CONNECTION
BETWEEN KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS
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AND ABIDING? -
"JUST AS I HAVE KEPT MY
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FATHER'S COMMANDMENTS
AND ABIDE IN HIS LOVE.
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THESE THINGS I HAVE SPOKEN
TO YOU, THAT MY JOY" - NOW, IS
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ABIDING IN CHRIST AND
BEARING FRUIT, IS IT PAINFUL?
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OR DOES HE SAY IT'S JOYFUL?
IT'S A JOYFUL EXPERIENCE.
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"THESE THINGS I HAVE SPOKEN TO
YOU, THAT MY JOY MAY REMAIN IN
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YOU, AND THAT
YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL."
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SO, WHAT IS OUR
EFFORT AS A CHRISTIAN?
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IS IT PRODUCING OR ABIDING?
IF WE'RE GOING TO BE FRUITFUL?
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IT'S TO ABIDE. AND IF YOU ABIDE
IN HIM, YOU WILL PRODUCE FRUIT.
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YOU KNOW, IN HAMPTON COURT,
LONDON THERE IS A GRAPEVINE AT A
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GARDEN THEY HAVE THERE AND IT
IS, PROBABLY, THE OLDEST GRAPE
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VINE IN THE WORLD.
IT'S 250 YEARS OLD AND THE
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BOTTOM OF THE GRAPEVINE
IS 4-FEET ACROSS THE STALK.
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THEY PRUNE IT BACK EVERY YEAR
BUT IT PRODUCES VINES THAT ARE
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150-FEET AND IT'S AMAZING THAT
THE PLANT CARRIES THE SAP ALL
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THE WAY DOWN 150 FEET.
THAT'S FURTHER THAN FROM HERE TO
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THE WALL. BUT,
SOMEHOW, IT SUCKS THE
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MOISTURE AND THE NUTRIENTS
AND IT SENDS IT ALL THE WAY
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DOWN AND PRODUCES GRAPES.
AND, IN SOME YEARS, IT PRODUCES
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- ONE VINE - 800 POUNDS OF
GRAPES, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT.
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USED TO BE FOR THE PALACE
AND THE QUEEN FINALLY SAID, 'WE
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CAN'T EAT 'EM ALL.' SO SHE
DONATED THEM TO THE PEOPLE.
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BUT, AS SOON AS YOU SNIP ONE
OF THOSE VINES AND IT BECOMES
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DETACHED, IT DOESN'T PRODUCE
ANYTHING IF IT'S SEVERED.
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WE NEED TO REMAIN CONNECTED
IF WE'RE GOING TO BE FRUITFUL.
00:14:55.16\00:14:59.13
JESUS IS THE VINE,
WE ARE THE BRANCHES.
00:14:59.13\00:15:02.00
ALRIGHT, SOMEONE'S GOING TO
READ FOR ME, IN JUST A MOMENT,
00:15:02.00\00:15:04.13
GALATIANS 5:16 AND 17 -
YOU'LL HAVE THAT, HAFDIS?
00:15:04.13\00:15:08.04
YOU KNOW, I'VE GONE INTO THE
TREE PLANTING BUSINESS RECENTLY.
00:15:08.04\00:15:11.94
YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING - WE'VE
MOVED, SORT OF - WE'RE LIVING IN
00:15:11.94\00:15:16.98
OUR NEW HOUSE BUT WE'RE STILL -
HAVE TO CLEAN THE OLD ONE - BUT
00:15:16.98\00:15:19.95
OUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBORS, FOR
YEARS, THE HENRYS, THEY'VE GOT A
00:15:19.95\00:15:24.29
POMELO TREE AND ITS FRUIT
SOMETIMES FALLS OVER ON OUR
00:15:24.29\00:15:27.62
SIDE, WHICH IS FINE WITH US,
AND THEY FOUND OUT THAT WE LIKED
00:15:27.62\00:15:31.03
THEM AND SO THEY
STARTED BRINGING THEM OVER.
00:15:31.03\00:15:32.89
AND I LIKED THEM SO MUCH. Y'ALL
KNOW WHAT A POMELO IS? THEY'RE
00:15:32.89\00:15:35.40
LIKE GIGANTIC - I'VE TOLD
YOU ABOUT THIS - GRAPEFRUIT.
00:15:35.40\00:15:37.63
AND SO, I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND
OUT 'CAN YOU ACTUALLY SPROUT A
00:15:37.63\00:15:42.14
POMELO FROM THE
REGULAR SEED?' AND YOU CAN.
00:15:42.14\00:15:44.07
THIS - YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO
TAKE THE SEEDS AND YOU WRAP THEM
00:15:44.07\00:15:46.31
IN A PAPER TOWEL AND THEN YOU
PUT THEM IN A PLASTIC BAG AND
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YOU KEEP IT MOIST AND THEY
SPROUT AND THEN YOU PUT THEM -
00:15:48.81\00:15:51.51
AND I HAVE BEEN BABY-ING -
KAREN, YOU CAN ASK HER, I JUST -
00:15:51.51\00:15:55.35
I TAKE THEM OUT EVERY
DAY, GIVE THEM SOME SUNSHINE.
00:15:55.35\00:15:57.82
I BRING THEM BACK IN - DON'T
WANT THEM TO GET TOO COLD - AND
00:15:57.82\00:15:59.92
YOU WATER THEM - I'VE
TRANSPLANTED THEM A COUPLE OF
00:15:59.92\00:16:02.16
TIMES - BECAUSE I WANT FRUIT.
I'M SPENDING ALL THIS ENERGY ON
00:16:02.16\00:16:07.03
THESE LITTLE TREES
BECAUSE I WANT FRUIT.
00:16:07.03\00:16:09.46
DOES THE LORD DO THAT FOR US?
YOU KNOW THAT PARABLE THAT JESUS
00:16:09.46\00:16:12.53
TELLS ABOUT A CERTAIN MAN - LUKE
13 - AND THEN HAFDIS IS GOING
00:16:12.53\00:16:17.57
TO READ HERS - LUKE 13:6,
"A CERTAIN MAN HAD A FIG TREE
00:16:17.57\00:16:21.14
PLANTED IN HIS VINEYARD,
AND HE CAME SEEKING FRUIT
00:16:21.14\00:16:23.65
ON IT AND FOUND NONE.
THEN HE SAID TO THE VINE
00:16:23.65\00:16:26.51
DRESSER, 'LOOK, FOR THREE YEARS
I HAVE COME SEEKING FRUIT ON
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THIS FIG TREE AND
FIND NONE. CUT IT DOWN;
00:16:29.05\00:16:31.22
WHY DOES IT USE UP THE GROUND?'
00:16:31.22\00:16:33.49
BUT HE ANSWERED AND SAID TO
HIM, 'SIR,' - HE SAID 'I'VE BEEN
00:16:33.49\00:16:36.62
TAKING CARE OF THIS TREE, I'VE
BEEN BABYING THIS TREE, PLEASE,
00:16:36.62\00:16:39.09
GIVE IT SOME MORE
TIME.' - GIVE IT ANOTHER YEAR.
00:16:39.09\00:16:42.23
I'LL "DIG AROUND
IT AND FERTILIZE IT.
00:16:42.23\00:16:44.87
AND IF IT BEARS FRUIT,
WELL. BUT IF NOT...CUT IT DOWN."
00:16:44.87\00:16:47.50
SO WHAT'S THE FATE OF
A TREE THAT'S FRUITLESS?
00:16:47.50\00:16:50.34
IT'S CUT DOWN. BUT YOU NOTICE
THE TENDERNESS OF THE GARDNER?
00:16:50.34\00:16:54.91
HE SAID, 'GIVE IT ANOTHER
CHANCE. DON'T CUT IT DOWN.
00:16:54.91\00:16:57.98
I WANT IT TO BEAR FRUIT.'
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW FRUIT TREES
00:16:57.98\00:17:00.58
DON'T BEAR EVERY YEAR? SOME?
00:17:00.58\00:17:02.85
SOME HAVE GOOD
YEARS, SOME HAVE BAD YEARS.
00:17:02.85\00:17:04.22
WE'VE GOT SOME PEAR TREES IN
COVELO THAT - THEY GET RANSACKED
00:17:04.22\00:17:08.02
BY THE BEARS WHENEVER THEY
DO BEAR FRUIT, BUT SOME YEARS
00:17:08.02\00:17:11.43
THERE'S NO PEARS. JUST
- WHATEVER - THE BLOSSOMS
00:17:11.43\00:17:13.63
GOT FROZE OFF AND SOME
YEARS IT'S JUST A BUSHEL.
00:17:13.63\00:17:17.10
AND THE LORD WANTS US TO BE
FRUITFUL AND HE DOES EVERYTHING
00:17:17.10\00:17:19.43
HE CAN. GO AHEAD, READ FOR
US, PLEASE, GALATIANS 5:16.
00:17:19.43\00:17:23.30
>>"I SAY THEN: WALK IN
THE SPIRIT, AND YOU SHALL NOT
00:17:23.30\00:17:26.64
FULFILL THE LUST OF THE FLESH.
00:17:26.64\00:17:29.61
FOR THE FLESH LUSTS AGAINST THE
SPIRIT, AND THE SPIRIT AGAINST
00:17:29.61\00:17:33.95
THE FLESH; AND THESE ARE
CONTRARY TO ONE ANOTHER, SO THAT
00:17:33.95\00:17:38.62
YOU DO NOT DO THE
THINGS THAT YOU WISH."
00:17:38.62\00:17:41.99
>>ALRIGHT, NOW OUR MEMORY VERSE
IS FROM GALATIANS 5, TALKING
00:17:41.99\00:17:44.23
ABOUT THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
- LOVE, JOY, PEACE, SO FORTH -
00:17:44.23\00:17:47.66
WHAT HAFDIS JUST READ WAS
GALATIANS 5 JUST BEFORE THAT.
00:17:47.66\00:17:52.27
NOTICE THE CONNECTION HE MADE
BETWEEN WALKING IN THE SPIRIT
00:17:52.27\00:17:55.84
AND NOT FULFILLING THE LUSTS OF
THE FLESH TO PRODUCE THE FRUITS
00:17:55.84\00:17:59.17
OF THE SPIRIT, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE
LIVING FOR THE FLESH, IT IS
00:17:59.17\00:18:03.08
CONTRARY TO THE
FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.
00:18:03.08\00:18:06.11
YOU CAN'T REALLY BE
GROWING BOTH PLANTS.
00:18:06.11\00:18:09.42
ONE WILL - YOU REMEMBER WHAT
HAPPENED WHEN THE SEED FELL IN
00:18:09.42\00:18:14.09
THE THORNY GROUND,
IN THE PARABLE OF JESUS?
00:18:14.09\00:18:17.29
SOME OF THE SEED FELL
- WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?
00:18:17.29\00:18:19.79
IT SPROUTED BUT
THE THORNS CHOKED IT.
00:18:19.79\00:18:23.80
AND IF WE'RE TRYING TO LIVE
A SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE AND ALSO
00:18:23.80\00:18:28.97
FULFILL THE LUSTS OF THE FLESH,
OUR LIFE - OUR CHRISTIAN LIFE IS
00:18:28.97\00:18:33.07
GOING TO BE CHOKED.
IT'S CONSTANTLY STRANGLED.
00:18:33.07\00:18:36.51
IT'S FIGHTING FOR THE NUTRIENTS
AND THE SUNSHINE AND THE TWO
00:18:36.51\00:18:39.85
DON'T FLOURISH TOGETHER, SO
MOVING ON, MATTHEW 7:15, TALKING
00:18:39.85\00:18:45.55
ABOUT FRUIT STILL, "BEWARE OF
FALSE PROPHETS, WHO COME TO YOU
00:18:45.55\00:18:49.46
IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING, BUT
INWARDLY THEY ARE RAVENOUS
00:18:49.46\00:18:52.36
WOLVES. YOU WILL KNOW
THEM BY THEIR" - WHAT? -
00:18:52.36\00:18:56.53
"BY THEIR FRUITS." SO
IF A PERSON SAYS, 'LORD,
00:18:56.53\00:18:59.13
LORD' AND THEY DO NOT THE THINGS
THAT JESUS SAYS, ARE THEY HIS?
00:18:59.13\00:19:04.87
SO HOW DO YOU KNOW IF
SOMEONE BELONGS TO HIM?
00:19:04.87\00:19:06.98
JESUS SAID, 'LOOK AT
THE' - WHAT? THE FRUIT.
00:19:06.98\00:19:09.81
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF
TREE IT IS, LOOK AT THE FRUIT.
00:19:09.81\00:19:13.21
NOW, SOME WOLVES PUT ON SHEEP'S
CLOTHING SO THEY LOOK, ON THE
00:19:13.21\00:19:20.66
OUTSIDE, LIKE SHEEP,
BUT THEY HOWL LIKE WOLVES.
00:19:20.66\00:19:27.76
I'VE NEVER HEARD A
WOLF BLEAT LIKE A SHEEP.
00:19:27.76\00:19:31.67
AND SOME TREES
CAN BE DECEPTIVE TOO.
00:19:31.67\00:19:33.80
I DID AN AMAZING FACT LAST WEEK
- GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS
00:19:33.80\00:19:38.27
CALLS THIS THE
DEADLIEST TREE IN THE WORLD.
00:19:38.27\00:19:40.81
ANYBODY KNOW WHAT
IT IS? EUCALYPTUS? NO.
00:19:40.81\00:19:44.75
ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE
DEADLIEST TREE IN THE WORLD IS?
00:19:44.75\00:19:47.22
THE MANOKILL TREE - MACKINEEL
- MANCHINEEL - MANCHINEEL TREE -
00:19:47.22\00:19:51.99
THEY'RE FOUND IN THE MANGROVES
AROUND THE CARIBBEAN, FLORIDA,
00:19:51.99\00:19:57.49
GULF OF MEXICO - IT'S A
TREE THAT THEY CALL IT -
00:19:57.49\00:20:01.93
COLUMBUS CALLED
THEM 'DEATH APPLES'.
00:20:01.93\00:20:04.47
ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE
GARDEN OF EDEN, HUH?
00:20:04.47\00:20:06.17
THEY GROW IN PARADISE BUT YOU
DON'T WANT TO EAT THESE TREES.
00:20:06.17\00:20:09.40
THEY PRODUCE A FRUIT THAT LOOKS
VERY MUCH LIKE A CRABAPPLE, AND
00:20:09.40\00:20:14.31
WHEN YOU WALK UNDER THE
TREE, IT ACTUALLY SMELLS SWEET.
00:20:14.31\00:20:17.71
AND, IN A LOT OF TOURIST
LOCATIONS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS
00:20:17.71\00:20:21.75
LABELED THEM 'DO NOT EAT THIS
TREE - IT WILL KILL YOU' BUT
00:20:21.75\00:20:26.62
SOME TOURISTS, THERE'S
PLACES WHERE THEY'RE NOT LABELED
00:20:26.62\00:20:28.32
EVERYWHERE, AND NOT TOO LONG
AGO, A TOURIST AND HER FRIEND,
00:20:28.32\00:20:32.33
THEY SAW THIS TREE AND SAID,
'HMMM, I WONDER WHAT THEY TASTE
00:20:32.33\00:20:34.73
LIKE.' AND THEY
TOOK A BITE - BAD IDEA.
00:20:34.73\00:20:38.23
THEY BIT INTO ONE OF THESE
APPLE-LIKE FRUITS AND, AT FIRST,
00:20:38.23\00:20:43.64
IT'S SWEET TO THE MOUTH, THEN
IT STARTS GIVING YOU A PEPPERY
00:20:43.64\00:20:47.94
FEELING AND THEN YOUR THROAT
BEGINS TO TIGHTEN UP AND BURN
00:20:47.94\00:20:52.01
AND IT'S, I UNDERSTAND,
EXCRUCIATING AND THEN IT BEGINS
00:20:52.01\00:20:55.05
TO CAUSE ALL KINDS OF
GASTRONOMICAL PROBLEMS AND SOME
00:20:55.05\00:20:59.32
PEOPLE HAVE DIED - MOST PEOPLE
DON'T DIE, BUT IT CAN SCAR YOU
00:20:59.32\00:21:03.39
AND YOU CAN'T BREATHE - YOU
CAN'T EAT - YOUR THROAT SWELLS
00:21:03.39\00:21:07.83
UP. I DID A
WHOLE STUDY AND AMAZING
00:21:07.83\00:21:10.53
FACT ON THIS LAST WEEK, TALKING
ABOUT TREES OF LIFE AND TREES
00:21:10.53\00:21:13.03
OF DEATH, BUT IT LOOKS
GOOD. IT EVEN SMELLS GOOD.
00:21:13.03\00:21:18.67
AND EVEN THE FIRST BITE - ISN'T
THAT WHAT HAPPENED WITH EVE?
00:21:18.67\00:21:22.18
THE FIRST BITE WAS INVIGORATING,
BUT THEN THE TOXINS ARE RELEASED
00:21:22.18\00:21:26.78
AT THAT POINT AND THEN IT
CAN KILL. AND SOME PEOPLE.
00:21:26.78\00:21:30.35
THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'VE GOT THE
FRUITS, BUT THEY'RE DECEPTIVE -
00:21:30.35\00:21:35.59
"A GOOD TREE CANNOT BEAR BAD
FRUIT" - I'M STILL IN MATTHEW 7
00:21:35.59\00:21:38.86
- "NOR CAN A BAD
TREE BEAR GOOD FRUIT.
00:21:38.86\00:21:41.10
EVERY TREE THAT DOES NOT
BEAR GOOD FRUIT IS" - WHAT?
00:21:41.10\00:21:44.37
- "CUT DOWN AND THROWN INTO THE
FIRE." NOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T
00:21:44.37\00:21:49.44
WANT TO BE HARD ON YOU,
BUT I WANT TO BE FAITHFUL.
00:21:49.44\00:21:52.44
HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT IN THE
PARABLE OF THE VINE, JESUS SAID,
00:21:52.44\00:21:56.04
'THE VINE THAT DOESN'T BEAR
FRUIT IS THROWN IN THE FIRE'?
00:21:56.04\00:22:00.42
JESUS, IN MATTHEW 7 SAID THE BAD
TREE THAT DOESN'T BEAR FRUIT IS
00:22:00.42\00:22:05.25
THROWN IN THE FIRE. IN
THE PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND
00:22:05.25\00:22:08.16
THE TARES, THE WEEDS THAT
AREN'T PRODUCING WHEAT, THEY'RE
00:22:08.16\00:22:12.39
GATHERED IN BUNDLES AND BURNED.
AND SO, WE'VE GOT TWO CHOICES,
00:22:12.39\00:22:16.93
FRIENDS, THIS IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT STUDY.
00:22:16.93\00:22:18.63
WE'VE GOT THE FRUITS OF
THE SPIRIT OR WE'RE USELESS.
00:22:18.63\00:22:21.80
GOD WANTS TO LIVE
OUT HIS LIFE IN US.
00:22:21.80\00:22:23.94
SO, ONE OF THE KEYS TO HAVING
THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT IS LOOK
00:22:23.94\00:22:27.11
AT WHAT GOD DOES, BECAUSE JESUS
HAD THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.
00:22:27.11\00:22:31.75
SO, IF YOU'RE LIKE JESUS, YOU'LL
HAVE THE FRUITS. AND WE'RE GOING
00:22:31.75\00:22:35.18
TO GET MORE INTO WHAT THE
SPECIFICS ARE IN JUST A MINUTE.
00:22:35.18\00:22:38.45
THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THOSE THAT
HAVE 'A FORM OF GODLINESS ON THE
00:22:38.45\00:22:41.06
OUTSIDE, BUT
THEY DENY ITS POWER.
00:22:41.06\00:22:43.69
FROM SUCH PEOPLE TURN AWAY.'
THERE'S ONLY TWO THINGS THAT
00:22:43.69\00:22:51.50
DIED BECAUSE OF JESUS: ONE WAS
A HERD OF PIGS - I GUESS THAT'S
00:22:51.50\00:22:55.67
MORE THAN TWO THINGS, REALLY
- AND THE OTHER WAS A FIG TREE.
00:22:55.67\00:22:59.24
WHY DID THE FIG TREE GET CURSED?
>>IT WASN'T BEARING FRUIT.
00:22:59.24\00:23:03.41
>>JESUS WENT LOOKING FOR
FRUIT AND HE DIDN'T FIND ANY.
00:23:03.41\00:23:06.75
BY THE WAY,
THAT'S IN MATTHEW 21:19.
00:23:06.75\00:23:09.62
HE SAID, 'LET NO FRUIT GROW ON
YOU AGAIN FOREVER.' NOW, DO YOU
00:23:09.62\00:23:14.62
AND I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
- SUPPOSE YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN
00:23:14.62\00:23:16.56
FRUITLESS - OR NOT VERY
MUCH FRUIT - CAN YOU IMPROVE THE
00:23:16.56\00:23:20.56
FRUIT? CAN THE
GARDENER GRAFT BETTER FRUIT?
00:23:20.56\00:23:25.90
AND CAN HE NURTURE THE
SOIL AND GIVE IT MORE SUNSHINE?
00:23:25.90\00:23:30.34
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS YOU
CAN DO TO MAKE A TREE BE MORE
00:23:30.34\00:23:32.94
FRUITFUL. BUT YOU
CAN REACH A POINT WHERE,
00:23:32.94\00:23:37.05
IF YOU'RE UNFRUITFUL FOR TOO
LONG, THAT THERE'S THAT CURSE
00:23:37.05\00:23:41.08
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE START BEARING FRUIT.
00:23:41.08\00:23:43.35
I THINK ALL OF US AGREE,
'YEAH, WE NEED THE FRUITS OF THE
00:23:43.35\00:23:45.22
SPIRIT. SO WHEN
ARE WE GOING TO START?
00:23:45.22\00:23:47.49
THAT'S THE QUESTION, WHEN ARE
WE GOING TO START LETTING HIM
00:23:47.49\00:23:50.26
REPRODUCE HIS
FRUITS IN OUR LIVES?
00:23:50.26\00:23:54.36
ALRIGHT, THE FRUIT - WE'RE GOING
INTO THE FRUITS NOW - GALATIANS
00:23:54.36\00:23:57.33
5:22 AND 23 - HOW MANY OF
YOU HAVE MEMORIZED THESE VERSES?
00:23:57.33\00:24:00.77
THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT?
KAREN HAS. I KNEW SHE HAD - I
00:24:00.77\00:24:03.44
SEE A COUPLE OF HANDS -
IT'S A GOOD ONE TO MEMORIZE.
00:24:03.44\00:24:06.01
SO, THE FRUIT OF THE
SPIRIT, WHAT'S THE FIRST ONE?
00:24:06.01\00:24:08.41
LOVE. WHAT IS GOD LIKE? LOVE.
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE,
00:24:08.41\00:24:13.55
JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING,
KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITH,
00:24:13.55\00:24:16.48
GENTLENESS, SELF-CONTROL,
AGAINST SUCH THERE IS NO LAW.
00:24:16.48\00:24:20.26
I HEARD ABOUT A BOY - GETTING
HIMSELF DRESSED FOR PRE-SCHOOL
00:24:20.26\00:24:24.39
ONE DAY AND HE TOLD HIS MOMMY
HE WANTED TO WEAR THESE FRUIT OF
00:24:24.39\00:24:29.10
THE LOOM UNDERWEAR. HE
SAID, 'I WANT TO WEAR THEM
00:24:29.10\00:24:31.40
BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT THE
FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT IN 'EM.'
00:24:31.40\00:24:34.94
(LAUGHTER) SO IT SAYS THE
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS IN ALL
00:24:34.94\00:24:40.01
GOODNESS,
RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND TRUTH.
00:24:40.01\00:24:42.44
ALRIGHT, THAT
FIRST FRUIT IS LOVE.
00:24:42.44\00:24:44.65
SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME,
IN JUST A MOMENT, JOHN 13:35 -
00:24:44.65\00:24:50.05
OKAY, BEFORE WE GET TO THAT
1 CORINTHIANS 13:13 SAYS WHAT?
00:24:50.05\00:24:58.43
"AND NOW ABIDE FAITH, HOPE,
LOVE...THE GREATEST OF THESE IS"
00:24:58.43\00:25:02.43
- WHAT? - "LOVE." IF YOU
COULD SUMMARIZE THE WHOLE
00:25:02.43\00:25:07.17
LAW - LET ME TAKE THAT
BACK - IF YOU SUMMARIZE GOD IN
00:25:07.17\00:25:10.54
ONE WORD - GOD IS LOVE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE ALSO
00:25:10.54\00:25:13.84
SAYS THAT YOU CAN
SUMMARIZE GOD IN GOOD.
00:25:13.84\00:25:16.28
IT SAYS GOD IS
GOOD, ALSO. GOD IS LOVE.
00:25:16.28\00:25:20.58
HIS LAW IS A
REFLECTION OF HIS CHARACTER.
00:25:20.58\00:25:23.99
HIS LAW IS LOVE. LOVE IS
THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW.
00:25:23.99\00:25:27.72
THE FIRST FOUR COMMANDMENTS DEAL
WITH LOVE FOR GOD, THE LAST SIX
00:25:27.72\00:25:30.89
COMMANDMENTS - LOVE
FOR YOUR FELLOW MAN.
00:25:30.89\00:25:33.03
IF YOU LOVE,
YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING.
00:25:33.03\00:25:35.60
YOU KNOW, I'VE OFTEN PRAYED,
I SAID, 'LORD, IF I LOVE PEOPLE
00:25:35.60\00:25:37.67
BETTER, I'D BE A BETTER PASTOR.
IF I LOVE PEOPLE BETTER, I'D BE
00:25:37.67\00:25:41.80
A BETTER EVANGELIST.' IF YOU
REALLY LOVE PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW
00:25:41.80\00:25:45.41
THAT FOLKS, EVERYDAY, ARE FACING
POTENTIAL ETERNAL LIFE AND
00:25:45.41\00:25:49.01
DEATH, YOU'D FEEL MORE
URGENCY TO LET THEM KNOW.
00:25:49.01\00:25:52.58
AND SO, I'VE BOILED IT DOWN:
MY PROBLEM IS A LOVE PROBLEM.
00:25:52.58\00:25:56.05
MOST OF MY PROBLEMS
WITH PEOPLE - LOVE PROBLEMS.
00:25:56.05\00:25:58.85
THE WHOLE PLAN OF SALVATION IS
TO TEACH US TO LOVE GOD AND TO
00:25:58.85\00:26:02.26
LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR. AND
MOST OF THE CHALLENGES WE
00:26:02.26\00:26:06.59
HAVE ARE
CHALLENGES WITH LOVE, AMEN?
00:26:06.59\00:26:11.03
GO AHEAD, READ
THAT FOR ME, PLEASE.
00:26:11.03\00:26:13.50
>>JOHN 13:35, "BY THIS ALL WILL
KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES,
00:26:13.50\00:26:18.64
IF YOU HAVE LOVE
FOR ONE ANOTHER."
00:26:18.64\00:26:21.34
>>'BY THIS ALL WILL KNOW YOU ARE
MY DISCIPLES, YOU SING ON KEY.'
00:26:21.34\00:26:28.22
'BY THIS ALL PEOPLE WILL
KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES,
00:26:28.22\00:26:31.79
BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL
BUILDING.' 'BY THIS WILL ALL
00:26:31.79\00:26:36.12
PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU'RE MY
DISCIPLES, BECAUSE YOU HAVE
00:26:36.12\00:26:38.99
COPYRIGHTED THE BEST POSSIBLE
NAME FOR A CHURCH.' YOU KNOW, IF
00:26:38.99\00:26:44.47
I LIVED BACK IN 1863 I PROBABLY
WOULDN'T HAVE PICKED SEVENTH-DAY
00:26:44.47\00:26:48.34
ADVENTIST AS THE NAME - I WOULD
HAVE BEEN WRONG, BUT PROBABLY,
00:26:48.34\00:26:51.47
FOR MARKETING PURPOSES, I WOULD
HAVE WANTED TO FIND SOMETHING
00:26:51.47\00:26:54.34
MORE GENERIC. I MEAN, I LIKE THE
00:26:54.34\00:26:56.88
NAME 'CHURCH OF GOD'.
THAT'S A GOOD NAME - SIMPLE.
00:26:56.88\00:26:59.85
CHURCH OF CHRIST -
THAT'S A GOOD NAME.
00:26:59.85\00:27:02.38
WHEN THOSE WERE USED UP THEY
DID ASSEMBLY OF GOD - ALL THESE
00:27:02.38\00:27:04.99
DENOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN, YOU
KNOW, SCRAMBLING TO TRY AND FIND
00:27:04.99\00:27:08.02
GOOD NAMES BEFORE
THEY'RE ALL USED UP.
00:27:08.02\00:27:10.09
I TALKED TO ONE OF OUR MEMBERS
THIS MORNING, HE SAID HE SAW A
00:27:10.09\00:27:12.16
CHURCH THAT'S CALLED 'ELEVEN
PLUS ONE' - I SAID, 'BOY,
00:27:12.16\00:27:15.43
THEY'RE JUST RUNNING OUT
OF NAMES TO COPYRIGHT AT THAT
00:27:15.43\00:27:17.57
POINT. YEAH, SO, I MEAN - THAT'S
NOT WHAT MAKES YOU - HOW ARE
00:27:17.57\00:27:25.64
PEOPLE GOING TO KNOW
HIS DISCIPLES, BY THE NAME?
00:27:25.64\00:27:27.94
BY THE CLOTHES YOU WEAR?
WELL, CLOTHES CAN SAY SOMETHING,
00:27:27.94\00:27:33.28
BUT THAT'S NOT HOW YOU KNOW.
THE NUMBER ONE TESTIMONY THAT WE
00:27:33.28\00:27:37.55
ARE HIS DISCIPLES IS
THE WAY WE LOVE EACH OTHER.
00:27:37.55\00:27:41.06
AND THEN THAT LOVE SPILLS OUT
INTO OTHERS, NOT JUST LOVING THE
00:27:41.06\00:27:43.49
MEMBERSHIP. ROMANS 5:8, "BUT GOD
DEMONSTRATES HIS OWN LOVE TOWARD
00:27:43.49\00:27:49.26
US, IN THAT WHILE WE WERE STILL
SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US."
00:27:49.26\00:27:52.50
NOW, I HAVE NO PROBLEM LOVING
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LOVABLE.
00:27:52.50\00:27:56.84
I'VE OFTEN SAID I WOULDN'T MIND
BEING A PASTOR IF IT WASN'T FOR
00:27:56.84\00:27:59.24
PEOPLE. BUT IT'S REALLY HARD
00:27:59.24\00:28:02.48
TO RECONCILE THE TWO.
SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE LOVABLE
00:28:02.48\00:28:07.78
THAN OTHERS, DO
YOU KNOW THAT? >>AMEN.
00:28:07.78\00:28:09.98
>>I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM LOVING
THE LOVABLE ONES, BUT IS THAT
00:28:09.98\00:28:12.99
HOW YOU MEASURE A CHRISTIAN?
00:28:12.99\00:28:14.79
YOU KNOW, JESUS, WHAT MAKES
HIM SO WONDERFUL IS HE LOVES THE
00:28:14.79\00:28:18.46
UNLOVABLE AND HE'S CALLING
US TO LOVE - HE SAYS LOVE YOUR
00:28:18.46\00:28:24.37
ENEMIES. THAT'S HARD.
IT'S HARD LOVING PEOPLE
00:28:24.37\00:28:29.54
WHO ARE JUST DIFFICULT.
THEY MAY NOT EVEN BE ENEMIES,
00:28:29.54\00:28:31.47
THEY'RE JUST DIFFICULT.
BUT, TO LOVE YOUR ENEMIES,
00:28:31.47\00:28:34.68
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT TO
DESTROY YOU. THEY'RE PRAYING FOR
00:28:34.68\00:28:37.65
YOUR DOWNFALL. AND THE
LORD SAYS TO LOVE THEM.
00:28:37.65\00:28:43.02
AND SO THIS IS WHAT THE KIND OF
LOVE IS WHEN HE SAYS THE FRUIT
00:28:43.02\00:28:46.12
OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE - IS
IT JUST LOVE FOR THE LOVABLE?
00:28:46.12\00:28:49.32
OR IS IT EVEN
LOVE FOR YOUR ENEMIES.
00:28:49.32\00:28:51.56
I LIKE WHEN I TELL PEOPLE
TO INVITE THEIR FRIENDS TO AN
00:28:51.56\00:28:53.76
EVANGELISTIC PROGRAM, I
SAY, 'BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND
00:28:53.76\00:28:55.46
ENEMIES.' AND I HEARD ABOUT A
LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS PRAYING ONE
00:28:55.46\00:29:00.90
DAY, SHE SAID, 'LORD, YOU'VE
TOLD ME TO LOVE MY ENEMIES.
00:29:00.90\00:29:04.77
I DON'T HAVE ANY ENEMIES.
PLEASE GIVE ME SOME SO I CAN
00:29:04.77\00:29:06.84
LOVE THEM.' (LAUGHTER) JUST
WAIT. 1 JOHN 4:7, "BELOVED, LET
00:29:06.84\00:29:17.05
US LOVE ONE
ANOTHER, FOR LOVE IS OF GOD;
00:29:17.05\00:29:19.49
AND EVERYONE WHO LOVES IS
BORN OF GOD AND KNOWS GOD.
00:29:19.49\00:29:24.23
HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE DOES
NOT KNOW GOD, FOR GOD IS LOVE."
00:29:24.23\00:29:31.73
AND THEN YOU HAVE ROMANS 13:10
- I ALREADY ALLUDED TO THIS -
00:29:31.73\00:29:38.64
"LOVE DOES NOT HARM TO A
FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW."
NEIGHBOR; THEREFORE LOVE IS THE
00:29:38.64\00:29:41.11
NOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE READ THAT
AND THEY THINK IT MEANS THAT
WHEN YOU SAY LOVE IS THE
00:29:41.11\00:29:43.18
FULFILLING OF THE LAW, THAT IF
WE JUST REALLY LOVE EACH OTHER
00:29:43.18\00:29:45.51
WE DON'T NEED TO
KEEP THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
00:29:45.51\00:29:47.45
THAT'S CRAZY THINKING.
SORRY, THAT'S BAD THEOLOGY.
00:29:47.45\00:29:51.95
WHAT PAUL IS SAYING HERE:
THAT WHEN YOU DO LOVE, YOU WILL
00:29:51.95\00:29:55.56
FULFILL THE KEEPING
OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
00:29:55.56\00:29:58.59
SO TO SAY, 'OH, NO, I LOVE MY
NEIGHBOR NOW SO IT'S OKAY, I CAN
00:29:58.59\00:30:00.60
KILL 'EM BECAUSE I LOVE 'EM.'
OF COURSE YOU CAN KEEP THAT
00:30:00.60\00:30:03.26
COMMANDMENT IF YOU
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.
00:30:03.26\00:30:05.33
SO PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, IF YOU
LOVE GOD' - OF COURSE YOU'RE NOT
00:30:05.33\00:30:08.74
GOING TO WORSHIP OTHER GODS OR
USE HIS NAME IN A DISRESPECTFUL
00:30:08.74\00:30:14.34
OR IRREVERENT WAY. AND, IF YOU
LOVE GOD, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT
00:30:14.34\00:30:18.05
THAT SACRED APPOINTMENT
WITH HIM CALLED THE SABBATH.
00:30:18.05\00:30:21.25
YOU SEE, LOVE IS THE REASON
FOR KEEPING EVERY COMMANDMENT,
00:30:21.25\00:30:23.75
RIGHT? OKAY. NEXT SECTION:
JOY, PEACE, AND PATIENCE .
00:30:23.75\00:30:30.46
MAYBE WE SHOULD
DO A DEFINITION HERE.
00:30:30.46\00:30:32.39
SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR
ME, IN A MOMENT, ROMANS 5:1.
00:30:32.39\00:30:35.90
WHAT IS JOY? 'AN
INTENSE, ESPECIALLY ECSTATIC
00:30:35.90\00:30:40.50
OR EXALTANT HAPPINESS; THE
EXPRESSION OR MANIFESTATION
00:30:40.50\00:30:45.21
OF THAT FEELING.' HOW MANY
CHRISTIANS SHOULD HAVE JOY?
00:30:45.21\00:30:49.64
>>ALL OF THEM.
>>ON THE GOOD DAYS?
00:30:49.64\00:30:53.31
CAN YOU HAVE JOY
AND BE HAVING A BAD DAY?
00:30:53.31\00:30:56.15
SEE, THIS IS THE THING THAT
SOME PEOPLE IN THE WORLD CAN'T
00:30:56.15\00:30:58.29
COMPREHEND IS - AND, YOU KNOW,
- YOU EVER GO TO A CASHIER AND
00:30:58.29\00:31:03.39
THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO
MAKE CONVERSATION - THEY TRY
00:31:03.39\00:31:05.29
TO INTERACT WITH THE
CUSTOMER AND THEY SAY, 'SO,
00:31:05.29\00:31:06.93
HOW'S YOUR DAY GOING?'
THAT HAPPENED TO ME YESTERDAY
00:31:06.93\00:31:08.86
- 'HOW'S YOUR DAY GOING?' I
SAID, 'GREAT, HOW'S YOUR DAY?'
00:31:08.86\00:31:10.57
I ALWAYS LIKE TO ASK THEM TOO.
'I'M DOING GREAT, HOW ARE YOU?'
00:31:10.57\00:31:13.20
'THANKS FOR ASKING.' AND SOME
PEOPLE SAY, 'OH, I'M NOT HAVING
00:31:13.20\00:31:18.07
A GOOD DAY.' BUT YOU CAN STILL
HAVE JOY EVEN IF YOU'RE HAVING A
00:31:18.07\00:31:21.21
BAD DAY. HAPPINESS IS A FEELING.
00:31:21.21\00:31:25.55
JOY IS AN ATTITUDE ABOUT LIFE.
WHO WAS IT THAT SAID - OH, F.B.
00:31:25.55\00:31:31.69
MEYER - "JOY IS PEACE
DANCING. PEACE IS JOY AT REST."
00:31:31.69\00:31:38.66
AND WE'LL GET TO THE
PEACE PART IN JUST A MOMENT.
00:31:38.66\00:31:42.56
READ FOR US, PLEASE, ROMANS 5:1.
>>ROMANS 5:1, "THEREFORE, HAVING
00:31:42.56\00:31:49.67
BEEN JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, WE HAVE
PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH OUR LORD
00:31:49.67\00:31:53.81
JESUS CHRIST," >>JESUS SAID -
00:31:53.81\00:31:56.64
JOHN 14:27 - "PEACE I LEAVE
WITH YOU, MY PEACE I GIVE YOU."
00:31:56.64\00:32:02.32
- SO WHERE DO WE GET THE PEACE?
IT'S FROM HIM - "MY PEACE I GIVE
00:32:02.32\00:32:07.06
YOU; NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES
DO I GIVE TO YOU." NOW, WHEN THE
00:32:07.06\00:32:11.39
WORLD THINKS ABOUT PEACE, WHAT
DO THEY ENVISION? NO STRESS FOR
00:32:11.39\00:32:16.30
A LITTLE WHILE - IN A HAMMOCK
WITH SOME ALCOHOL DRINK, LOOKING
00:32:16.30\00:32:22.34
AT A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET - THEY
SAY, 'AHH, PEACE.' NOW, THAT IS
00:32:22.34\00:32:25.07
A PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT,
BUT IS THAT BIBLICAL PEACE?
00:32:25.07\00:32:29.04
BIBLICAL PEACE CAN BE POSSESSED
BY A PERSON WHO HAS FIREWOOD
00:32:29.04\00:32:33.58
STACKED AROUND THEM AND THEY'RE
ABOUT TO BE BURNT FOR THEIR
00:32:33.58\00:32:35.48
FAITH AND THEY CAN HAVE
PEACE. ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:32:35.48\00:32:39.79
THERE ARE - THERE ARE MARTYRS
WHO HAD GREAT PEACE IN THE MIDST
00:32:39.79\00:32:42.52
OF A STORM BECAUSE THEY
KNEW THAT GOD WAS WITH THEM.
00:32:42.52\00:32:46.43
SO, IN THE WORLD THEY
THINK ABOUT PEACE AS PEACEFUL
00:32:46.43\00:32:48.36
CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT FOR THE
CHRISTIAN, PEACE IS SOMETHING
00:32:48.36\00:32:51.33
INSIDE THE
DEVIL CAN'T TAKE AWAY.
00:32:51.33\00:32:53.13
THE BIBLE CALLS IT A PEACE THAT
PASSES UNDERSTANDING, MEANING
00:32:53.13\00:32:56.00
THE WORLD CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT
- HOW YOU CAN BE AT PEACE WHEN
00:32:56.00\00:33:00.64
YOU'VE GOT ALL KINDS
OF TRIALS AND TURMOIL.
00:33:00.64\00:33:03.31
AND I KNOW I'VE GONE TO THE
HOSPITAL TO VISIT SAINTS BEFORE
00:33:03.31\00:33:05.71
AND I KNEW THEY WERE STRUGGLING
WITH ALL KINDS OF PAIN AND THEN
00:33:05.71\00:33:10.49
I'D SAY SOMETHING THAT,
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT REALLY GOOD
00:33:10.49\00:33:12.55
SOMETIMES IN A HOSPITAL VISIT
- THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY SUFFERING -
00:33:12.55\00:33:15.39
I'LL SAY, 'HOW ARE YOU?'
AND THEN THEY - THEY'LL TURN AND
00:33:15.39\00:33:19.36
SAY, 'OH, THE
LORD'S BEEN SO GOOD TO ME.
00:33:19.36\00:33:21.56
HE'S GIVEN ME SUCH
PEACE.' I THINK, 'WOW!'
00:33:21.56\00:33:24.50
I'D LIKE THAT - WHERE YOU
CAN JUST HAVE PEACE, EVEN THOUGH
00:33:24.50\00:33:27.40
YOU'RE SUFFERING PHYSICALLY,
EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
00:33:27.40\00:33:29.27
TRIALS, EVEN THOUGH YOUR TIRE
JUST WENT FLAT - OR WHATEVER THE
00:33:29.27\00:33:31.61
PROBLEM IS, YOU'VE GOT A PEACE
THAT GOD'S ON THE THRONE AND
00:33:31.61\00:33:34.14
YOUR LIFE IS IN HIS
HANDS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.
00:33:34.14\00:33:37.21
I WANT THAT - THAT'S
A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.
00:33:37.21\00:33:39.75
BUT I LIKED WHAT MEYERS SAID,
'JOY IS PEACE DANCING' - IT'S
00:33:39.75\00:33:43.62
EXPRESSING - IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU
GO DANCE, IT'S DANCING IN YOUR
00:33:43.62\00:33:46.79
LIFE - AND
'PEACE IS JOY AT REST'.
00:33:46.79\00:33:51.13
SO THEY'RE CONNECTED.
PAUL SAYS IN ROMANS 14:17, "FOR
00:33:51.13\00:33:55.66
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT EATING
AND DRINKING, BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS
00:33:55.66\00:33:59.00
AND PEACE AND JOY IN THE HOLY
SPIRIT." THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS
00:33:59.00\00:34:03.37
ABOUT PEACE AND JOY
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:34:03.37\00:34:06.57
ROMANS 12:18, "IF IT IS
POSSIBLE, AS MUCH AS DEPENDS ON
00:34:06.57\00:34:11.78
YOU, LIVE PEACEABLY WITH ALL
MEN." SO PART OF THE PEACE THAT
00:34:11.78\00:34:15.02
A CHRISTIAN HAS - WE CAN BE
AT PEACE WITH OURSELVES AND WE
00:34:15.02\00:34:17.59
DO ALL WE CAN TO BE AT
PEACE, LITERALLY, WITH OTHERS.
00:34:17.59\00:34:21.36
'BLESSED ARE
THE' - >>PEACEMAKERS.
00:34:21.36\00:34:23.83
>>'PEACEMAKERS' - THEY ARE
CALLED THE CHILDREN OF GOD.
00:34:23.83\00:34:27.60
AND THEN PHILIPPIANS 4:9, "THE
THINGS WHICH YOU LEARNED AND
00:34:27.60\00:34:31.27
RECEIVED AND HEARD AND SAW
IN ME, THESE DO, AND THE GOD OF
00:34:31.27\00:34:35.37
PEACE WILL BE WITH YOU."
NOW, CAN YOU BE - DO YOU WANT TO
00:34:35.37\00:34:37.94
BE - DO YOU WANT TO BE
AT PEACE IF YOU'RE LIVING
00:34:37.94\00:34:40.38
IN DISOBEDIENCE?
THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A PERSON
00:34:40.38\00:34:44.91
WHO'S FLOATING PLACIDLY ALONG
IN THE RIVER, NOT KNOWING - THEY
00:34:44.91\00:34:48.02
DON'T HEAR THE
DEADLY WATERFALLS UP AHEAD.
00:34:48.02\00:34:51.72
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE COMFORTABLE
ON YOUR WAY TO DESTRUCTION.
00:34:51.72\00:34:57.53
OTHERWISE, YOU'RE LIKE PETER
SLEEPING ON DEATH ROW THERE
00:34:57.53\00:34:59.93
IN ACTS CHAPTER 12 - THE
ANGEL HAD TO WAKE HIM UP TO SAVE
00:34:59.93\00:35:02.33
HIM. OR YOU'RE
LIKE JONAH - YOU'RE
00:35:02.33\00:35:05.60
ASLEEP IN THE STORM WHEN
EVERYONE ELSE IS PRAYING.
00:35:05.60\00:35:08.27
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THEIR
WAY TO DESTRUCTION AND THEY'RE
00:35:08.27\00:35:11.17
LOST AND THEY'RE AT PEACE.
THEY'VE GOT THIS - THEY'VE BEEN
00:35:11.17\00:35:15.01
SEDATED BY SATAN. YOU
DON'T WANT THAT KIND OF PEACE.
00:35:15.01\00:35:19.71
YOU WANT A PEACE THAT COMES
FROM SURRENDER AND KNOWING YOUR
00:35:19.71\00:35:23.59
LIFE'S IN GOD'S WILL.
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'GREAT PEACE
00:35:23.59\00:35:26.86
HAVE THEY' - WHO KNOWS
THE REST OF THAT VERSE?
00:35:26.86\00:35:30.86
'GREAT PEACE HAVE THEY THAT LOVE
THE LAW AND NOTHING WILL OFFEND
00:35:30.86\00:35:34.83
THEM.' GREAT PEACE HAVE THEY
WHICH LOVE THY LAW AND NOTHING
00:35:34.83\00:35:38.97
WILL OFFEND THEM. HE
SAID, 'LET NO YOUR HEART BE
00:35:38.97\00:35:42.77
TROUBLED,
NEITHER LET IT BE AFRAID.
00:35:42.77\00:35:45.31
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO ON TO KINDNESS
AND FAITHFULNESS - OH, AND - DID
00:35:45.31\00:35:51.01
I LEAVE OUT PATIENCE? I DID
LEAVE OUT PATIENCE! YEAH, HERE
00:35:51.01\00:35:57.65
IS THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS
- 'HERE ARE THOSE THAT KEEP THE
00:35:57.65\00:36:00.29
COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND THE
FAITH OF JESUS.' 'IN PATIENCE
00:36:00.29\00:36:05.23
POSSESS YE YOUR SOULS.' NOW,
WHAT DOES IT MEAN - WHEN YOU
00:36:05.23\00:36:08.40
THINK ABOUT PATIENCE, HOW MANY
HERE ARE IMPATIENT? IMPATIENT?
00:36:08.40\00:36:13.13
ANYONE? IS ALL IMPATIENCE BAD?
IF THERE WERE NO SEMI-IMPATIENT
00:36:13.13\00:36:20.44
PEOPLE, I HAVE A FEELING
NOT A LOT WOULD GET DONE.
00:36:20.44\00:36:25.08
THE LORD, YOU KNOW, WANTS US TO
HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DESIRE TO
00:36:25.08\00:36:30.05
KEEP THINGS MOVING AND WHEN I'M
GOING FROM POINT A TO POINT B
00:36:30.05\00:36:34.59
AND I KNOW THAT I DON'T HAVE
A LOT GOING ON UNTIL I GET TO
00:36:34.59\00:36:36.49
POINT B, I WANT
TO GET THERE QUICK.
00:36:36.49\00:36:39.09
I GO AS FAST AS I CAN SAFELY GO
AND, SOMETIMES, EVEN AS FAST AS
00:36:39.09\00:36:44.50
I CAN CAN LEGALLY GO, BECAUSE
I'M IN A HURRY TO GET THERE.
00:36:44.50\00:36:48.10
ANYONE ELSE LIKE THAT?
AND I KNOW THAT I'M ONLY ALIVE
00:36:48.10\00:36:52.04
FOR A LITTLE WHILE - YOU'VE ONLY
GOT SO MANY MINUTES IN YOUR LIFE
00:36:52.04\00:36:55.61
AND IF YOU JUST SIT AROUND,
YOU'RE WASTING YOUR LIFE.
00:36:55.61\00:36:59.71
TIME IS THE STUFF THAT LIFE IS
MADE OF AND SO I'M CONSCIOUS OF
00:36:59.71\00:37:04.65
THAT AND SO I - I'M ONE OF THESE
PEOPLE THAT WANTS TO GET THINGS
00:37:04.65\00:37:07.19
DONE. AND YOU LIKE TO HAVE THOSE
PEOPLE WORKING WITH YOU, BUT YOU
00:37:07.19\00:37:11.19
DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE
IMPATIENT, WHICH MEANS THEY
00:37:11.19\00:37:13.73
BECOME IRRITABLE AND THEY MAKE
MISTAKES AND - I WAS LISTENING
00:37:13.73\00:37:18.90
TO A SERMON BY DAVID JEREMIAH
ON THE RADIO AND HE SAID, 'MORE
00:37:18.90\00:37:22.60
DAMAGE IS CAUSED BY IMPATIENCE
THAN PATIENCE.' YOU GET RECKLESS
00:37:22.60\00:37:26.88
WHEN YOU'RE IN
A HURRY SOMETIMES.
00:37:26.88\00:37:28.54
YOU'RE TRYING TO DO TOO MANY
THINGS, YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING
00:37:28.54\00:37:30.28
WELL. BUT, YOU
KNOW, I ALWAYS WONDER
00:37:30.28\00:37:34.55
HOW JESUS MANAGED TO
STAY FOCUSED AND AT PEACE.
00:37:34.55\00:37:39.12
HE'D HAVE PEOPLE CLAMORING ALL
AROUND HIM WANTING HEALING AND
00:37:39.12\00:37:42.79
HE'D BE ON HIS WAY TO RAISE A
GIRL - OR TO TRY AND SAVE A GIRL
00:37:42.79\00:37:46.39
THAT WAS DYING AND HE'D
STOP AND HE'D HELP OTHER PEOPLE.
00:37:46.39\00:37:49.70
I THINK - WOULDN'T YOU FEEL
RESTLESS AND SAY, 'OH LOOK, I
00:37:49.70\00:37:52.67
CAN'T HELP YOU RIGHT NOW.
I'VE GOT TO GET GOING.' BUT HE
00:37:52.67\00:37:56.00
JUST, YOU KNOW, HE
WAS NEVER TROUBLED.
00:37:56.00\00:37:59.07
BUT HE SEEMED TO GET SO
MUCH DONE, SO I WANT TO HAVE THE
00:37:59.07\00:38:02.48
PEACE AND THAT PATIENCE.
PATIENCE, IN THE BIBLE, DOESN'T
00:38:02.48\00:38:05.51
MEAN THAT YOU JUST
WAIT, IT MEANS AN ENDURANCE.
00:38:05.51\00:38:11.02
SO, WITH THAT IN MIND, WHEN
JESUS SAID, 'HE THAT ENDURES TO
00:38:11.02\00:38:14.16
THE END, THE SAME WILL BE SAVED.
HERE IS THE PATIENCE OF THE
00:38:14.16\00:38:17.79
SAINTS', REALLY SHOULD TRANSLATE
'HERE IS THE ENDURANCE OF THE
00:38:17.79\00:38:21.53
SAINTS' - THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS
NOT A SPRINT, IT'S A MARATHON.
00:38:21.53\00:38:26.57
YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP ON
GOING. YOU NEED TO ENDURE
00:38:26.57\00:38:29.77
AND DON'T GIVE UP.
YOU NEED TO HOLD ON.
00:38:29.77\00:38:33.07
ALRIGHT - AND THANK YOU
FOR REMINDING ME I LEFT OUT
00:38:33.07\00:38:35.58
PATIENCE. NEXT IS KINDNESS,
GOODNESS, AND FAITHFULNESS .
00:38:35.58\00:38:39.58
ALRIGHT, 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4,
"LOVE SUFFERS LONG AND IS KIND;"
00:38:39.58\00:38:45.92
- SO ONE OF THE FRUITS OF LOVE
IS KINDNESS - "LOVE DOES NOT
00:38:45.92\00:38:50.39
ENVY; LOVE DOES NOT PARADE
ITSELF, IS NOT PUFFED UP;" -
00:38:50.39\00:38:53.56
BUT I WANT YOU TO NOTICE -
KINDNESS - WHAT IS KINDNESS?
00:38:53.56\00:38:56.23
KINDNESS MEANS 'OF A FRIENDLY,
GENEROUS OR WARM-HEARTED NATURE;
00:38:56.23\00:39:01.20
SHOWING SYMPATHY OR
UNDERSTANDING; CHARITABLE; A
00:39:01.20\00:39:04.91
KIND WORD; HUMANE; CONSIDERATE'
- AS IN BEING KIND TO ANIMALS -
00:39:04.91\00:39:09.38
'FORBEARING; TOLERANT;
GENEROUS; LIBERAL; KIND WORDS OF
00:39:09.38\00:39:13.52
PRAISE'. WE ALL
KNOW WHAT KIND MEANS.
00:39:13.52\00:39:18.59
DO WE KNOW WHAT UNKIND MEANS?
SOME TIMES WE SAY THINGS THAT
00:39:18.59\00:39:23.43
ARE UNKIND OR WE'RE - MIGHT
PUT A PERSON DOWN OR WE'RE NOT
00:39:23.43\00:39:30.80
CONSIDERATE OF THEIR
NEEDS - THAT'S THE UNKINDNESS.
00:39:30.80\00:39:34.24
EPHESIANS 4:32, "AND BE KIND" -
NOW, WHENEVER - I DON'T KNOW IF
00:39:34.24\00:39:40.11
EVERYONE ELSE DOES THIS, BUT
IT MADE A BIG IMPRESSION ON ME,
00:39:40.11\00:39:44.41
WHEN I STARTED READING THE
BIBLE, THAT GOD SAID, 'LET THERE
00:39:44.41\00:39:46.38
BE LIGHT' - LET THERE BE - AND
THE WORD 'BE' JUMPS OUT AT ME.
00:39:46.38\00:39:52.99
AND SO WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS, 'BE
KIND TO ONE ANOTHER' I ALWAYS
00:39:52.99\00:39:57.96
SEE THE WORD 'BE'
AS ENABLING FOR GOD.
00:39:57.96\00:40:00.76
IT MEANS - IT'S EMPOWERING.
WHEN GOD SAYS, 'LET THERE BE
00:40:00.76\00:40:04.20
LIGHT' OR WHEN GOD SAID, 'BE YE
CLEAN' AND THE MAN WAS CLEANSED
00:40:04.20\00:40:07.60
FROM HIS LEPROSY JUST BY SAYING
'BE' WHEN GOD SAYS THAT IN HIS
00:40:07.60\00:40:11.07
WORD. SO WHEN HE SAYS
'BE KIND' CAN WE BE KIND?
00:40:11.07\00:40:14.01
>>YES. >>IT'S
AN EMPOWERING WORD.
00:40:14.01\00:40:16.31
"BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER,
TENDERHEARTED, FORGIVING ONE
00:40:16.31\00:40:19.58
ANOTHER," - HOW? - "EVEN
AS GOD IN CHRIST FORGAVE YOU."
00:40:19.58\00:40:23.18
WHEN WE SEE HOW MUCH HE'S DONE
FOR US, IT OUGHT TO EMPOWER US
00:40:23.18\00:40:26.15
TO HAVE THAT SAME KIND OF
KINDNESS AND GENTLENESS FOR
00:40:26.15\00:40:29.99
OTHERS. AND THEN EXODUS 33:19 -
MOSES SAID, 'LORD, SHOW ME YOUR
00:40:29.99\00:40:37.37
GLORY.' AND NOW WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT GOODNESS HERE - "THEN HE
00:40:37.37\00:40:41.54
SAID, 'I WILL MAKE ALL MY
GOODNESS PASS BEFORE YOU, AND I
00:40:41.54\00:40:45.24
WILL PROCLAIM THE NAME
OF THE LORD BEFORE YOU.
00:40:45.24\00:40:47.74
I WILL BE GRACIOUS TO WHOM
I WILL BE GRACIOUS, AND I WILL
00:40:47.74\00:40:50.71
HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I WILL
HAVE COMPASSION.'" SO THE LORD
00:40:50.71\00:40:54.18
PUT MOSES IN THAT CLEFT OF THE
ROCK - THIS IS EXODUS 34, VERSE
00:40:54.18\00:40:57.82
6 - "AND THE LORD PASSED BEFORE
HIM AND PROCLAIMED, 'THE LORD,
00:40:57.82\00:41:02.19
THE LORD, GOD, MERCIFUL AND
GRACIOUS, LONGSUFFERING, AND
00:41:02.19\00:41:06.56
ABOUNDING IN GOODNESS" -
THE LORD IS GOOD, THE BIBLE SAYS
00:41:06.56\00:41:12.10
OVER AND OVER.
LAMENTATIONS - NOW, WE'RE
00:41:12.10\00:41:16.57
TALKING ABOUT NOT ONLY
KINDNESS AND GOODNESS - WHAT
00:41:16.57\00:41:19.41
WAS THE LAST ONE?
FAITHFULNESS IN THIS SECTION.
00:41:19.41\00:41:22.64
IN THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS -
YOU ALL KNOW THIS ONE - THROUGH
00:41:22.64\00:41:25.41
THE LORD'S MERCIES WE ARE NOT
CONSUMED BECAUSE HIS COMPASSIONS
00:41:25.41\00:41:29.55
FAIL NOT. THEY
ARE NEW EVERY MORNING.
00:41:29.55\00:41:33.52
GREAT IS YOUR' -
WHAT? >>FAITHFULNESS.
00:41:33.52\00:41:35.72
>>GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS.
THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF MY
00:41:35.72\00:41:37.86
FAVORITE SONGS. I TOLD
KAREN THAT NOT TOO LONG AGO.
00:41:37.86\00:41:40.70
SHE SAID - I SAID,
'DO THAT AT MY FUNERAL.'
00:41:40.70\00:41:42.23
>>I WROTE IT DOWN.
>>GOOD, SHE MADE A NOTE OF THAT.
00:41:42.23\00:41:44.47
(LAUGHTER) AND I'M SUPPOSED
TO DO WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN
00:41:44.47\00:41:47.10
JESUS FOR HER.
AND IF WE GO TOGETHER,
00:41:47.10\00:41:52.37
WE'LL DO A DUET. (LAUGHTER) SO
GOD IS FAITHFUL. SOMEONE'S GOING
00:41:52.37\00:41:59.25
TO READ FOR ME MATTHEW
25:23 - IN JUST A MOMENT, OKAY?
00:41:59.25\00:42:04.35
I'M GOING TO READ ONE MORE -
REVELATION 2:10 - HE SAYS THERE,
00:42:04.35\00:42:07.92
"BE FAITHFUL UNTIL DEATH
AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE CROWN OF
00:42:07.92\00:42:11.63
LIFE." WHAT
DOES 'FAITHFUL' MEAN?
00:42:11.63\00:42:15.43
YOU'RE FULL OF FAITH; TO
BE CONSISTENT; TO HANG ON.
00:42:15.43\00:42:20.37
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, READ
FOR US, PLEASE, MATTHEW 25.
00:42:20.37\00:42:23.87
>>"HIS LORD SAID TO HIM, 'WELL
DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT;
00:42:23.87\00:42:27.74
YOU HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL OVER
A FEW THINGS, I WILL MAKE YOU
00:42:27.74\00:42:30.68
RULER OVER MANY THINGS. ENTER
INTO THE JOY OF YOUR LORD.'"
00:42:30.68\00:42:35.08
>>THANK YOU. NOW,
WHEN JESUS SAID THAT TO THE
00:42:35.08\00:42:37.62
SERVANT IN THE PARABLE,
WHAT HAD THE SERVANT BEEN DOING?
00:42:37.62\00:42:41.69
THE MASTER GAVE HIM SOME
TALENTS OR MINNAS - THERE'S TWO
00:42:41.69\00:42:44.59
DIFFERENT PARABLES - SOME MONEY
TO INVEST AND HE SAID, 'OCCUPY
00:42:44.59\00:42:48.63
UNTIL I COME. I'VE
GIVEN YOU RESOURCES, MAKE
00:42:48.63\00:42:51.10
THE MOST OF THESE RESOURCES AND
WHEN I COME BACK, WE'LL DO AN
00:42:51.10\00:42:53.57
ACCOUNTING.' AND, BECAUSE HE WAS
FAITHFUL TO MULTIPLY THE KING'S
00:42:53.57\00:42:58.91
RESOURCES, THE KING SAYS,
'WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL
00:42:58.91\00:43:02.08
SERVANT.' SO WHAT DOES FAITHFUL
MEAN? DOING WHATEVER YOU CAN DO
00:43:02.08\00:43:09.88
WITH THE RESOURCES GOD HAS
GIVEN YOU TO MULTIPLY THEM.
00:43:09.88\00:43:13.59
THAT WOULD BE YOUR
NATURAL ABILITIES AND TALENTS.
00:43:13.59\00:43:15.96
IT MAY BE MONEY. IT MAY BE TIME.
00:43:15.96\00:43:18.23
THESE ARE THINGS WE'LL GIVE
AN ACCOUNT TO GOD FOR, IN THE
00:43:18.23\00:43:20.50
JUDGMENT, RIGHT? HE
WANTS US TO MULTIPLY THEM.
00:43:20.50\00:43:23.13
IMPROVE YOUR TALENTS, MAKE
THE MOST OF YOUR TIME FOR DOING
00:43:23.13\00:43:25.77
GOOD, DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN WITH
YOUR TIME AND YOUR GIFTS AND
00:43:25.77\00:43:31.27
RESOURCES TO TRY TO DO
AS MUCH GOOD AS YOU CAN.
00:43:31.27\00:43:34.24
AND, IF WE ARE FAITHFUL, AND
TRY TO GROW GOD'S KINGDOM USING
00:43:34.24\00:43:37.48
THOSE GIFTS, HE DECLARES TO US,
'YOU ARE A FAITHFUL SERVANT.'
00:43:37.48\00:43:40.58
ALRIGHT, LAST SECTION HERE:
GENTLENESS AND SELF-CONTROL .
00:43:40.58\00:43:44.45
A GIRL WAS BEING ASKED TO RECITE
THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT AND SHE
00:43:44.45\00:43:48.29
SAID, 'LOVE, JOY, PEACE,
PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS,
00:43:48.29\00:43:52.69
FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS
AND REMOTE-CONTROL.' (LAUGHTER)
00:43:52.69\00:43:57.07
IT JUST, YOU KNOW, SEEMS
PRETTY COMMON THESE DAYS.
00:43:57.07\00:44:02.07
'BLESSED ARE THE MEEK' - SO
WE'VE GOT ONE OF THEM HERE IS
00:44:02.07\00:44:05.04
GENTLENESS. THE
WORD 'GENTLENESS' IS
00:44:05.04\00:44:07.54
TYPICALLY - WE
USE THE WORD MEEK.
00:44:07.54\00:44:10.48
WE THINK OF THE WORD 'MEEK' AND
WE GET MEEK CONFUSED WITH A WORD
00:44:10.48\00:44:14.22
THAT HAS 'W' IN
IT - WHAT'S THAT?
00:44:14.22\00:44:15.82
>>WEAK. >>WEAK.
00:44:15.82\00:44:17.95
DOES BEING MEEK MEAN
BEING WEAK? WHO WAS STRONGER,
00:44:17.95\00:44:23.79
JESUS OR SAMSON?
TRICK QUESTION, ISN'T IT?
00:44:23.79\00:44:29.83
DO YOU KNOW THAT THE BIBLE SAYS
WHEN THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD LEFT
00:44:29.83\00:44:33.07
SAMSON HE WAS AS OTHER MEN?
WE ALWAYS THINK OF SAMSON WE
00:44:33.07\00:44:37.71
THINK OF A GUY WHO'S, YOU KNOW,
LIKE SCHWARZENEGGER ON STEROIDS
00:44:37.71\00:44:43.41
AND JUST, YOU KNOW, BIG MUSCULAR
AND - BUT THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN
00:44:43.41\00:44:51.45
THE HOLY SPIRIT LEFT
HIM HE WAS LIKE OTHER MEN.
00:44:51.45\00:44:54.66
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DAVID
TODAY AND THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME
00:44:54.66\00:44:56.99
ON DAVID AND HE KILLED A LION -
SAME SPIRIT THAT CAME ON SAMSON.
00:44:56.99\00:45:00.83
WAS JESUS SPIRIT-FILLED?
SO WHAT MAKES A PERSON STRONG
00:45:00.83\00:45:06.70
IS NOT MUSCULAR
STRENGTH. MEEKNESS IS TALKING
00:45:06.70\00:45:11.97
ABOUT A KINDNESS.
IT'S A - IT REPRESENTS A
00:45:11.97\00:45:20.72
GENTLENESS, I GUESS, IS THE
BETTER WORD WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
00:45:20.72\00:45:23.99
WHO'S GOING TO
INHERIT THE EARTH?
00:45:23.99\00:45:25.62
>>THE MEEK.
>>BLESSED ARE THE MEEK - THE
00:45:25.62\00:45:28.66
GENTLE - FOR THEY
WILL INHERIT THE EARTH.
00:45:28.66\00:45:31.93
YOU KNOW THE DISCIPLES SAID, 'OH
JESUS, YOU'RE TOO BUSY TO BLESS
00:45:31.93\00:45:34.40
THE CHILDREN.' HE WAS MUCH
DISPLEASED AND HE GENTLY TOOK
00:45:34.40\00:45:37.03
THEM UP, PLACED HIS HANDS
ON THEM - JESUS WAS GENTLE WITH
00:45:37.03\00:45:40.50
PEOPLE. YOU KNOW,
HE SEES MARY MAGDALENE
00:45:40.50\00:45:43.91
AS CAUGHT IN ADULTERY - ASSUMING
THAT WAS MARY - AND, INSTEAD OF
00:45:43.91\00:45:47.78
SAYING, 'YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU ARE A
TERRIBLE WICKED SINNER', HE WAS
00:45:47.78\00:45:50.11
JUST GENTLE IN THE WAY
THAT HE DEALT WITH HER.
00:45:50.11\00:45:52.25
HE WAS GENTLE WITH THE WOMAN AT
THE WELL. CHRIST WAS GENTLE WITH
00:45:52.25\00:45:54.25
SINNERS. HE TOLD THEM THAT THEIR
SIN WAS FATAL, BUT HE WAS GENTLE
00:45:54.25\00:45:58.25
IN THE WAY HE APPROACHED THEM.
ISN'T IT NICE TO HAVE A DOCTOR
00:45:58.25\00:46:02.46
AND A NURSE WITH A
GOOD BEDSIDE MANNER?
00:46:02.46\00:46:05.46
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER HAD
A SERIOUS SURGERY AND THE NURSE
00:46:05.46\00:46:09.63
HAS TO COME IN AND TURN YOU AND
RE-BIND YOUR WOUNDS OR WHATEVER
00:46:09.63\00:46:13.40
LIKE THAT, AND IF THEY'RE ROUGH
- HEARD A STORY ABOUT SOMEONE
00:46:13.40\00:46:17.41
WHO WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AND THEY
HAD HAD SOME, YOU KNOW, MAJOR
00:46:17.41\00:46:20.44
ABDOMINAL SURGERY AND ANOTHER
NURSE NEEDED TO COME IN AND MOVE
00:46:20.44\00:46:23.71
THEM AROUND AND DO STUFF WITH
THE BANDAGES AND JUST - REALLY
00:46:23.71\00:46:26.88
LIKE A WRESTLER - REALLY ROUGH
AND SHE WAS GROANING AND THE
00:46:26.88\00:46:32.12
NEXT DAY ANOTHER NURSE CAME IN
AND HAD TO PERFORM THE SAME KIND
00:46:32.12\00:46:35.46
OF CLEANING AND TREATMENTS AND
CHECKING THE BANDAGES AND MOVING
00:46:35.46\00:46:38.26
A PERSON AROUND AND THEY
WERE VERY GENTLE AND SAYING,
00:46:38.26\00:46:40.86
'IS THAT OKAY? HERE WE GO.
00:46:40.86\00:46:42.10
SLOWLY NOW.' AND THEY
COULDN'T BELIEVE THE DIFFERENCE.
00:46:42.10\00:46:45.70
AND THE LADY THAT TOLD ME THIS,
THAT HAD THE SURGERY, SAID,
00:46:45.70\00:46:48.77
'THAT NURSE YESTERDAY WAS JUST
LIKE A, YOU KNOW, POLO PLAYER -
00:46:48.77\00:46:54.64
BODY SLAMMING.' SHE SAID,
'YOU'RE SO GENTLE.' SHE SAID,
00:46:54.64\00:46:58.51
'WELL, I'LL LET YOU IN ON A
SECRET, I HAD THE SAME SURGERY
00:46:58.51\00:47:01.78
YOU HAD. I KNOW
HOW YOU FEEL.' IT MAKES
00:47:01.78\00:47:05.35
A PERSON A LOT MORE GENTLE
WHEN THEY KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.
00:47:05.35\00:47:10.63
JESUS KNOWS, EVEN THOUGH
HE NEVER SINNED, HE KNOWS
00:47:10.63\00:47:12.99
EVERYTHING AND HE
KNOWS HOW WE FEEL.
00:47:12.99\00:47:15.03
SO THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO
BE GENTLE - TO BE TENDER WITH
00:47:15.03\00:47:17.70
PEOPLE. IT TELLS
US IN PROVERBS 16:32,
00:47:17.70\00:47:21.47
"HE WHO IS SLOW TO ANGER" - AND
PART OF THIS IS NOW SELF-CONTROL
00:47:21.47\00:47:25.47
- "HE WHO IS SLOW TO ANGER IS
BETTER THAN THE MIGHTY, AND HE
00:47:25.47\00:47:29.78
WHO RULES HIS SPIRIT
THAN HE WHO TAKES A CITY."
00:47:29.78\00:47:33.38
YOU KNOW, MOSES WAS CALLED ONE
OF THE MEEKEST MEN IN THE WORLD.
00:47:33.38\00:47:37.05
AND JESUS SAID, 'I AM MEEK AND
LOWLY.' BUT ONE TIME MOSES LOST
00:47:37.05\00:47:40.46
HIS TEMPER - WELL, TWICE I
CAN THINK OF HE LOST HIS TEMPER.
00:47:40.46\00:47:43.46
ONCE HE MURDERED A FELLOW AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE FORTY YEARS,
00:47:43.46\00:47:46.56
AND AT THE END OF THE FORTY
YEARS HE LOST HIS TEMPER AND IN
00:47:46.56\00:47:48.93
A RAGE HE BEAT THE ROCK WHERE
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK TO THE
00:47:48.93\00:47:52.43
ROCK AND GOD HAD WANTED HIM TO
DEMONSTRATE CHRIST'S CHARACTER
00:47:52.43\00:47:57.64
FOR THE PEOPLE THROUGH THAT
SELF-CONTROL - AND HE LOST IT.
00:47:57.64\00:48:02.34
AND THAT WAS NOT GOOD.
YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE TALKING
00:48:02.34\00:48:06.21
ABOUT THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT,
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, HOW MUCH
00:48:06.21\00:48:11.12
FRUIT DO WE HAVE
WITHOUT JESUS? THERE'S NO FRUIT.
00:48:11.12\00:48:17.39
JESUS SAID - JOHN 15:5 - "I AM
THE VINE, YOU ARE THE BRANCHES.
00:48:17.39\00:48:22.16
HE WHO ABIDES IN ME, AND I
IN HIM, BEARS MUCH FRUIT; FOR
00:48:22.16\00:48:25.77
WITHOUT ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING."
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS
00:48:25.77\00:48:28.34
INTERESTING - WILL THERE
BE FRUIT TREES IN HEAVEN?
00:48:28.34\00:48:32.87
HOW MANY KINDS OF
FRUIT ON THE TREE OF LIFE.
00:48:32.87\00:48:35.71
>>TWELVE.
>>TWELVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF
00:48:35.71\00:48:37.71
FRUIT - AND I TOLD YOU I GOT
A FRIEND THAT HAD A DOZEN AND
00:48:37.71\00:48:39.91
THIS MAN SUPPOSEDLY PUT
FORTY DIFFERENT KINDS OF
00:48:39.91\00:48:43.99
FRUIT ON ONE TREE. IN
HEAVEN, DO YOU KNOW, IT TELLS
00:48:43.99\00:48:49.92
ABOUT THE TREE OF LIFE -
TWELVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRUIT.
00:48:49.92\00:48:52.09
HAVE YOU EVER
READ THE LAST CHAPTERS?
00:48:52.09\00:48:53.63
NOT ONLY IS FRUIT MENTIONED
IN THE LAST PART OF THE BIBLE IN
00:48:53.63\00:48:56.67
REVELATION, IT'S DRAWING - AND
WHAT ARE THE LEAVES OF THE TREE
00:48:56.67\00:49:00.20
FOR? >>THE
HEALING OF THE NATIONS.
00:49:00.20\00:49:01.80
>>THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS.
YOU KNOW WHERE JOHN GETS THAT?
00:49:01.80\00:49:05.47
OR AT LEAST IT'S CONNECTED -
HAVE YOU READ THE LAST CHAPTER
00:49:05.47\00:49:08.41
OF EZEKIEL? LET ME
READ THIS - EZEKIEL 47,
00:49:08.41\00:49:12.65
VERSE 12 - "ALONG THE BANK
[OF THE RIVER], ON THIS SIDE AND
00:49:12.65\00:49:17.09
THAT, WILL GROW ALL KINDS
OF TREES USED FOR FOOD; THEIR
00:49:17.09\00:49:21.06
LEAVES WILL NOT WITHER,
AND THEIR FRUIT WILL NOT FAIL.
00:49:21.06\00:49:24.56
THEY WILL BEAR FRUIT EVERY
MONTH, BECAUSE THEIR WATER FLOWS
00:49:24.56\00:49:27.76
FROM THE SANCTUARY.
THEIR FRUIT WILL BE FOR FOOD,
00:49:27.76\00:49:30.57
AND THEIR LEAVES FOR MEDICINE."
ISN'T THAT INTERESTING?
00:49:30.57\00:49:33.90
DOESN'T THAT SOUND AN AWFUL
LOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND THERE IN
00:49:33.90\00:49:36.71
REVELATION? I WANT TO
TAKE YOU ONE MORE PLACE HERE.
00:49:36.71\00:49:40.64
GO WITH ME TO THE FIRST PSALM,
SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FRUIT
00:49:40.64\00:49:44.95
- AND IT'S CONNECTED WITH WHAT
I JUST READ THERE IN EZEKIEL -
00:49:44.95\00:49:47.38
PSALM 1 IS A BLESSING - THE
WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS BEGINS WITH
00:49:47.38\00:49:52.62
A BLESSING - "BLESSED IS
THE MAN" - IT'S ALSO TRUE OF THE
00:49:52.62\00:49:55.86
WOMAN - "WHO WALKS NOT IN
THE COUNSEL OF THE UNGODLY, NOR
00:49:55.86\00:50:00.00
STANDS IN THE PATH OF SINNERS,
NOR SITS IN THE SEAT OF THE
00:50:00.00\00:50:03.43
SCORNFUL; BUT HIS DELIGHT IS IN
THE LAW OF THE LORD, AND IN HIS
00:50:03.43\00:50:07.60
LAW HE MEDITATES DAY AND
NIGHT." NOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE
00:50:07.60\00:50:10.81
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE
COMMANDMENTS AND FRUITFULNESS.
00:50:10.81\00:50:13.94
WHEN A PERSON DOES THAT, IT
SAYS, "HE SHALL BE LIKE A TREE
00:50:13.94\00:50:17.45
PLANTED BY THE RIVERS OF WATER,
THAT BRINGS FORTH ITS FRUIT IN
00:50:17.45\00:50:21.48
ITS SEASON, WHOSE LEAF ALSO WILL
NOT WITHER; AND WHATEVER HE DOES
00:50:21.48\00:50:25.65
SHALL PROSPER." THE
BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN WE LOVE
00:50:25.65\00:50:30.39
THE LORD, WE LOVE HIS
LAW, WE WILL BE ROOTED LIKE
00:50:30.39\00:50:33.70
A TREE BY THE RIVER. YOU
KNOW, THIS ALWAYS STANDS OUT
00:50:33.70\00:50:37.30
TO ME IS - BECAUSE LIVING IN THE
DESERT, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
00:50:37.30\00:50:40.54
WATER, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU
LOOK FOR? LOOK FOR A TREE.
00:50:40.54\00:50:43.44
IF YOU'RE OUT IN THE - IN SAUDI
ARABIA AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN
00:50:43.44\00:50:45.87
OASIS, YOU BETTER HOPE YOU SEE A
TREE, BECAUSE THE TREES LOOK FOR
00:50:45.87\00:50:50.05
THE WATER TOO. THEY
DON'T EVEN SEEM TO THRIVE
00:50:50.05\00:50:51.71
WITHOUT THERE'S WATER.
AND I JUST READ THERE THAT IN
00:50:51.71\00:50:55.82
EZEKIEL IT SAYS THAT THOSE TREES
THAT GROW BY THE RIVER, THE
00:50:55.82\00:51:01.86
WATER FLOWS FROM THE SANCTUARY.
AND, BECAUSE IT GETS THAT LIVING
00:51:01.86\00:51:06.16
WATER FROM THE SANCTUARY,
THEY BEAR THIS MIRACULOUS FRUIT.
00:51:06.16\00:51:10.10
THE TREE OF LIFE HAS THE
RIVER OF LIFE FLOWING BY IT.
00:51:10.10\00:51:12.83
ISN'T THAT WHAT IT
SAYS IN REVELATION?
00:51:12.83\00:51:14.67
AND IT'S GOT - WE ARE TO BE
CALLED TREES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS -
00:51:14.67\00:51:19.11
PLANTING OF THE LORD - AND
IF WE'RE DRAWING OF THE LIVING
00:51:19.11\00:51:22.04
WATER, WHICH IS JESUS, WE WILL
HAVE THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT,
00:51:22.04\00:51:26.21
AMEN? WHAT DID
JESUS DIE ON? A CROSS?
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE
BIBLE CALLS IT ALSO? A TREE.
00:51:35.22\00:51:38.43
AND, IN A SENSE, YOU MIGHT SAY
THAT JESUS SAID, 'EXCEPT YOU EAT
00:51:38.43\00:51:42.43
MY FLESH AND DRINK MY BLOOD YOU
HAVE NO LIFE IN YOU.' IS JESUS,
00:51:42.43\00:51:46.94
AND WAS THE
CROSS, A TREE OF LIFE?
00:51:46.94\00:51:49.50
WHERE DID JESUS
FIND ZACCHEUS? IN A TREE.
00:51:49.50\00:51:55.98
YOU KNOW, IN A PREVIOUS CHAPTER,
GOD SAID IT'S SO HARD FOR A RICH
00:51:55.98\00:51:58.88
MAN TO GET INTO
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
00:51:58.88\00:52:00.85
IT'S EASIER FOR A CAMEL TO
GO THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE.
00:52:00.85\00:52:03.42
THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU FIND
- IT SAYS THERE WAS THIS MAN WHO
00:52:03.42\00:52:06.09
WAS VERY RICH AND
JESUS FOUND FRUIT IN A TREE.
00:52:06.09\00:52:10.79
YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF
TREE IT WAS? SYCAMORE.
00:52:10.79\00:52:13.46
YOU KNOW WHAT A SYCAMORE IS?
SYCAMORE IS ANOTHER NAME FOR A
00:52:13.46\00:52:18.07
TYPE OF FRUIT TREE - A FIG
TREE, RATHER - IN PALESTINE.
00:52:18.07\00:52:23.47
THEY HAD THESE MUCH MORE
CAREFULLY CULTIVATED FIGS THAT
00:52:23.47\00:52:26.14
THE PEOPLE WOULD EAT, BUT THEN
THEY HAD THE COMMON - THE FIGS
00:52:26.14\00:52:29.11
FOR THE POOR
PEOPLE AND THE ANIMALS.
00:52:29.11\00:52:31.28
JESUS WENT TO ONE FIG TREE; HE
CURSED IT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO
00:52:31.28\00:52:34.45
FRUIT. AND THEN HE
COMES TO JERICHO AND
00:52:34.45\00:52:36.15
HE FINDS FRUIT IN A FIG TREE -
CALLED ZACCHEUS. HE COMES TO THE
00:52:36.15\00:52:40.86
LORD AND HE SAYS, 'HALF
MY GOODS I GIVE TO THE POOR.
00:52:40.86\00:52:44.19
IF I'VE TAKEN ANYTHING
FROM ANYBODY, I RESTORE IT.' HE
00:52:44.19\00:52:47.76
INVITES JESUS INTO HIS HOME AND
HE HAD THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.
00:52:47.76\00:52:51.70
SO, MAYBE I'M MAKING TOO MUCH
OUT OF TREES, BUT THOSE STORIES,
00:52:51.70\00:52:54.47
I THINK, ARE ALL VERY
INTERESTING. WELL, THIS HAS BEEN
00:52:54.47\00:52:57.54
A GOOD LESSON. I
WANT TO HAVE THE FRUITS OF
00:52:57.54\00:52:58.81
THE SPIRIT, DON'T
YOU, FRIENDS? >>AMEN.
00:52:58.81\00:53:00.74
>>AND I WANT TO REMIND THOSE WHO
ARE WATCHING AT HOME ABOUT - WE
00:53:00.74\00:53:04.45
HAVE A STUDY ON SPIRITUAL
WARFARE AND SO, THIS IS PART 2.
00:53:04.45\00:53:10.09
I THINK LAST WEEK
THEY OFFERED PART 1.
00:53:10.09\00:53:11.62
PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE OFFERED
PART 1 AND PART 2 TOGETHER.
00:53:11.62\00:53:14.52
BUT IF YOU'D LIKE A FREE COPY
OF THIS, JUST ASK FOR SPIRITUAL
00:53:14.52\00:53:17.59
WARFARE . LISTEN TO
IT AND THEN SHARE IT
00:53:17.59\00:53:18.99
WITH SOMEBODY, IT'LL TELL YOU
SOMETHING ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL
00:53:18.99\00:53:21.70
BATTLE AND THE FRUITS
OF THE SPIRIT AS WELL.
00:53:21.70\00:53:24.47
IT'S #823 WHEN YOU CALL AND
THE NUMBER IS 866-STUDY-MORE -
00:53:24.47\00:53:30.37
THAT'S 866-788-3966 -
AND WE'LL SEND THAT TO YOU.
00:53:30.37\00:53:35.61
GOD BLESS YOU, FRIENDS, AND LORD
WILLING, WE'LL STUDY HIS WORD
00:53:35.61\00:53:38.45
TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
>>LET'S FACE IT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS
00:53:38.45\00:53:43.79
EASY TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING
YOU READ IN THE BIBLE.
00:53:43.79\00:53:46.92
WITH OVER 700,000 WORDS
CONTAINED IN 66 BOOKS, THE BIBLE
00:53:46.92\00:53:50.96
CAN GENERATE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
TO GET BIBLICAL STRAIGHTFORWARD
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00:54:05.31\00:54:08.38
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>>YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD
THE EXPRESSION BEFORE, 'IF YOU
00:54:24.09\00:54:26.19
DON'T LIKE THE WEATHER IN TEXAS,
JUST WAIT; IT'LL CHANGE.' AND
00:54:26.19\00:54:30.00
YOU'VE ALSO HEARD, 'EVERYTHING
IS BIGGER IN TEXAS - THE
00:54:30.00\00:54:32.57
RANCHES, THE BELT BUCKLES,
THE COWBOY HATS...' BUT THE MOST
00:54:32.57\00:54:36.77
FAMOUS SLOGAN ABOUT
TEXAS IS 'REMEMBER THE ALAMO!'
00:54:36.77\00:54:44.18
THE VIOLENT BATTLES AND BRAVERY
OF ICONIC HEROES, HAVE BEEN THE
00:54:44.18\00:54:47.78
STUFF OF LEGENDS, THROUGHOUT
WHICH ENTIRE CULTURES OFTEN DRAW
00:54:47.78\00:54:50.99
THEIR IDENTITY AND PRIDE, EVEN
LONG AFTER CENTURIES ARE PAST.
00:54:50.99\00:54:54.76
AND IN TEXAS, THE STORY OF THE
ALAMO HAS BEEN A RALLYING CRY OF
00:54:54.76\00:54:58.39
TEXAS
INDEPENDENCE FOR 200 YEARS.
00:54:58.39\00:55:01.53
ONE REASON THAT TEXANS LOVE TO
BRAG THAT EVERYTHING IS BIGGER
00:55:01.53\00:55:04.47
IN TEXAS IS, OF COURSE, BECAUSE
TEXAS IS THE LARGEST OF THE
00:55:04.47\00:55:08.07
LOWER 48 U.S. STATES.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS
00:55:08.07\00:55:11.81
MASSIVE STATE GOT ITS BEGINNING
IN A VERY SMALL CHRISTIAN
00:55:11.81\00:55:15.54
MISSION DURING THE
BATTLE OF THE ALAMO.
00:55:15.54\00:55:19.05
EVERY YEAR THIS FAMOUS MISSION
MUSEUM RECEIVES OVER TWO AND A
00:55:19.05\00:55:22.02
HALF MILLION VISITORS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE PLANET, THAT ARE
00:55:22.02\00:55:25.12
EAGER TO GET A GOOD
LOOK AT THIS LEGENDARY SITE.
00:55:25.12\00:55:28.86
THE ALAMO PLAYED A CRITICAL
ROLE IN THE TEXAS REVOLUTION.
00:55:28.86\00:55:32.53
IN DECEMBER 1835, TEXANS
AND TEJANO VOLUNTEERS BATTLED
00:55:32.53\00:55:36.80
MEXICAN TROOPS QUARTERED IN
THE CITY, FORCING GENERAL MARTIN
00:55:36.80\00:55:40.17
PERFECTO DE COS TO SURRENDER.
THE VICTORIOUS VOLUNTEERS
00:55:40.17\00:55:43.77
THEN OCCUPIED THE ALAMO
AND STRENGTHENED ITS DEFENSES.
00:55:43.77\00:55:47.04
FAMOUS AMERICANS LIKE DAVY
CROCKETT, JIM BOWIE, AND COLONEL
00:55:47.04\00:55:50.95
WILLIAM TRAVIS MADE THIS
LOCATION - THIS ANCIENT MISSION
00:55:50.95\00:55:54.48
- THE BEACHHEAD - THE LAST
STAND IN AN EPIC BATTLE TO WIN
00:55:54.48\00:55:58.69
INDEPENDENCE OF TEXAS FROM
MEXICO. ON FEBRUARY 23, 1836,
00:55:58.69\00:56:04.73
THE ARRIVAL OF GENERAL ANTONIO
LOPEZ SANTA ANA NEARLY CAUGHT
00:56:04.73\00:56:08.40
THEM BY SURPRISE. UNDAUNTED, THE
TEXANS AND TEJANOS PREPARED TO
00:56:08.40\00:56:12.53
DEFEND THE ALAMO. FOR THIS SMALL
RAG-TAG GROUP OF REBELS, THE
00:56:12.53\00:56:16.37
YOUNGEST OF WHOM WAS
ABOUT SIXTEEN AND THE OLDEST
00:56:16.37\00:56:18.54
SEVENTY-FIVE, WAS AGAINST
THE WELL-TRAINED AND ORGANIZED
00:56:18.54\00:56:21.71
MEXICAN ARMY OF SIX
THOUSAND-PLUS SOLDIERS.
00:56:21.71\00:56:24.91
IT WAS A FIERCE AND LOPSIDED
BATTLE, YET THE SMALL FORCE OF
00:56:24.91\00:56:28.22
REBELS WAS ABLE TO REPEL
THE TROOPS FOR THIRTEEN DAYS.
00:56:28.22\00:56:32.65
LEGEND HOLDS THAT WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL HELP
00:56:32.65\00:56:36.09
FADING, COLONEL TRAVIS DREW A
LINE IN THE GROUND WITH A SWORD
00:56:36.09\00:56:39.96
AND ASKED ANY MAN WILLING TO
STAY AND FIGHT TO STEP OVER THE
00:56:39.96\00:56:43.57
LINE. ALL EXCEPT
ONE CROSSED OVER.
00:56:43.57\00:56:47.57
THE FINAL ASSAULT
CAME BEFORE DAYBREAK.
00:56:47.57\00:56:49.80
ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 6, 1836,
THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE SIEGE,
00:56:49.80\00:56:54.58
CANON AND SMALL ARMS FIRE
FROM INSIDE THE ALAMO BEAT BACK
00:56:54.58\00:56:58.18
SEVERAL MEXICAN ATTACKS.
REGROUPING, SANTA ANA'S SOLDIERS
00:56:58.18\00:57:02.42
SCALED THE WALLS AND RUSHED
INTO THE COMPOUND. THE DESPERATE
00:57:02.42\00:57:06.35
STRUGGLE CONTINUED UNTIL
THE DEFENDERS WERE OVERWHELMED.
00:57:06.35\00:57:09.69
BY SUNRISE, THE BATTLE HAD ENDED
AND THE GARRISON WAS SLAIN.
00:57:09.69\00:57:14.03
YOU KNOW, HISTORIANS MAY DEBATE
SOME OF THE DETAILS REGARDING
00:57:14.03\00:57:16.67
THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO,
BUT NONE OF THEM QUESTION THE
00:57:16.67\00:57:19.37
INCREDIBLE SACRIFICE THAT WAS
MADE AND THE COURAGE THAT WAS
00:57:19.37\00:57:21.87
DISPLAYED DURING THAT INTENSE
CONFLICT. THEY MADE THE ULTIMATE
00:57:21.87\00:57:26.41
SACRIFICE - GIVING THEIR LIVES -
AND THIS IS WHY THE STORY OF THE
00:57:26.41\00:57:29.34
ALAMO IS SO INSPIRING
AND SO ENCOURAGING, YOU KNOW?
00:57:29.34\00:57:33.35
AND THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE IS
SO INSPIRING, FRIENDS, BECAUSE
00:57:33.35\00:57:35.68
SOMEONE WAS WILLING TO MAKE THE
ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND GIVE HIS
00:57:35.68\00:57:38.45
LIFE SO YOU COULD HAVE
FREEDOM AND ETERNAL LIFE.
00:57:38.45\00:57:41.96
DON'T YOU THINK YOU COULD TRUST
YOUR LIFE TO A FRIEND LIKE THAT,
00:57:41.96\00:57:45.09
THAT WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING?
THE STORY OF THE GOSPEL IS A
00:57:45.09\00:57:47.66
STORY OF COURAGE AND HOPE.
IT'S THE STORY OF GOD WHO WILL
00:57:47.66\00:57:50.37
NEVER LEAVE YOU WITHOUT DEFENSE
AND SUPPORT. JESUS IS THE GOOD
00:57:50.37\00:57:54.44
NEWS AND THE GOSPEL IS
A STORY WORTH REMEMBERING.
00:57:54.44\00:57:58.04
(MUSIC)
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