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>>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS,
WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO
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SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR,
COMING TO YOU HERE FROM THE
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GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH NEAR
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SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.
A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR
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ONLINE MEMBERS AND ALSO THOSE
OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING ON THE
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VARIOUS TELEVISION NETWORKS
AND ON FACEBOOK - A VERY WARM
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WELCOME TO YOU AS WELL.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO GREET OUR
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REGULAR MEMBERS AND VISITORS
RIGHT HERE AT THE CHURCH.
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DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU.
I KNOW WE HAVE SOME AFCOE
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STUDENTS WHO ARE JOINING US
FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND I'D
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LIKE TO WELCOME YOU AS WELL.
WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THROUGH OUR
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LESSON QUARTERLY ON
THE BOOK OF GALATIANS.
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TODAY WE FIND OURSELVES ON
LESSON #13 THAT'S ENTITLED THE
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GOSPEL AND THE CHURCH. NOW,
TYPICALLY, YOU HAVE THIRTEEN
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WEEKS IN A QUARTER, BUT THIS
QUARTER THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL
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WEEK. SO THIS IS
NOT OUR LAST LESSON,
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IT'S THE
SECOND-LAST LESSON, LESSON #13 -
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THE GOSPEL AND THE CHURCH .
FOR OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE JOINING
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WELL. WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR
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STUDY, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO BEGIN
BY LIFTING OUR VOICES IN SONG.
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I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SONG
LEADERS TO COME AND JOIN ME ON
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STAGE AND THEY'LL
LEAD US IN OUR MUSIC TODAY.
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>>GOOD MORNING AND WE ARE GOING
TO BEGIN OUR WORSHIP SINGING
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THIS MORNING WITH #602 - O
BROTHER BE FAITHFUL - THIS IS AN
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ADVENTIST HYMN BY URIAH SMITH,
ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF THE
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ADVENTIST CHURCH. AND THE WORDS
- 'O BROTHER BE FAITHFUL, SOON
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JESUS WILL COME' - AND THAT
IS OUR BLESSED HOPE, ISN'T IT.
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LET'S ALL SING
TOGETHER #602. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>AND FOR OUR NEXT SONG,
JUST ONE PAGE OVER, #604 -
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WE KNOW NOT THE HOUR - ANOTHER
EARLY ADVENT HYMN BY FRANK
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WELDON, WHO WAS A NEPHEW
OF ELLEN WHITE. WE'LL SING ALL
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THREE VERSES OF #604 - WE KNOW
NOT THE HOUR . (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR SINGING WITH US.
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>>AMEN. >>AT THIS
TIME WE'LL BOW OUR
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HEADS FOR A WORD OF PRAYER.
DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU
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ONCE AGAIN TO BE ABLE TO GATHER
TOGETHER IN YOUR HOUSE ON THIS
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BEAUTIFUL SABBATH TO OPEN UP
YOUR WORD AND STUDY TOGETHER.
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IT'S AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT -
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GOSPEL
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AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE LIVES OF
EACH BELIEVER IN THE CHURCH AND
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SO WE JUST ASK, IN A SPECIAL
WAY, THAT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT WOULD
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COME AND GUIDE OUR HEARTS
AND OUR MINDS AND JUST LEAD US,
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LORD, INTO A CLEARER
UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR GREAT LOVE
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AND THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION THAT
YOU HAVE ORGANIZED AND PREPARED
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FOR US. THANK YOU, LORD, FOR
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HEARING OUR PRAYER. IN
JESUS' NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
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>>AMEN. >>OUR
LESSON THIS MORNING IS
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GOING TO BE BROUGHT
TO US BY PASTOR DOUG.
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>>YOU KNOW, WE'RE
HAVING FUN HERE AT GRANITE BAY.
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WE HAVE A NEW ASSOCIATE PASTOR,
PASTOR SHAWN AND THEN, OF
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COURSE, WE HAVE PASTOR JOHN
QUEDZUWEIT, AND THEN WE HAVE
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PASTOR JËAN ROSS, SO WE'VE
GOT SHAWN, JOHN, JËAN, AND DOUG.
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(LAUGHTER) SO NO ONE GETS ME
MIXED UP WITH ANYBODY, DO THEY?
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WELCOME, FRIENDS, WE'RE GLAD
THAT YOU'RE JOINING US HERE AT
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GRANITE BAY. I KNOW
THAT HERE IN THE PEWS WE
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HAVE JOINING US, NOW, SOME OF
OUR NEW CROP OF AFCOE STUDENTS
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AND WE'RE ALWAYS GLAD THAT
THEY COME HELP US FILL THE PEWS.
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AND I WANT TO WELCOME THOSE
WHO ARE STUDYING WITH US, AND WE
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HAVE AN EXTENDED CLASS - SOME OF
YOU ARE MEMBERS OF THE GRANITE
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BAY CHURCH ONLINE AND WE KNOW
THERE'S PEOPLE SCATTERED AROUND
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THE GLOBE THAT HAVE NO LOCAL
ADVENTIST CHURCH THAT THEY CAN
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BE A MEMBER OF. THEY
BELIEVE THE TEACHINGS
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OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
MOVEMENT AND WE PROVIDE A WAY
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WHERE YOU CAN BE
AN ONLINE MEMBER.
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IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
THAT, THEN YOU CAN JUST GO TO
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GRANITEBAYSDA AT OUR
WEBSITE THERE AND INQUIRE.
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ACTUALLY, IT'S MRS. BATCHELOR
WHO WORKS WITH THE PASTORS TO
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STAY IN TOUCH WITH
SOME OF OUR ONLINE MEMBERS.
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WE TRY TO PROVIDE EVERYTHING WE
CAN PROVIDE WITH PRAYER MEETING
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AND DIGITAL INFORMATION AND
THINGS TO READ - VIDEOS TO WATCH
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- WE JUST CAN'T FIGURE OUT, YET,
HOW TO DOWNLOAD A POTLUCK AND A
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HUG. BUT WE'RE GOING TO
DO OUR BEST TO WORK ON THAT.
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WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR
THIRTEENTH LESSON IN GALATIANS.
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YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR QUARTERS
WE HAVE THIRTEEN LESSONS; THIS
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ONE WE HAVE FOURTEEN, BUT
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE
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PREVIEW - OUR NEXT QUARTER,
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, WE'RE
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GOING TO BE GOING
THROUGH THE BOOK OF ROMANS.
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AND SO, WE'VE GOT TWO MORE
CLASSES AND THEN WE'RE IN THE
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BOOK OF ROMANS AND
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
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NOW, BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR
STUDY TODAY THAT'S DEALING WITH
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THE GOSPEL AND THE CHURCH,
I'VE GOT ONE VERY IMPORTANT
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ANNOUNCEMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE,
AND THAT IS WE WOULD LIKE TO
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ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO
PARTICIPATE IN A PROGRAM THAT'S
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GOING TO BE BROADCAST FROM THE
GENERAL CONFERENCE HEADQUARTERS
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- IT WILL BE ON HOPE CHANNEL,
3ABN IS GOING TO BE CARRYING IT,
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AMAZING FACTS TV - IT'S
A SPECIAL SERIES THAT I AND
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AMAZING FACTS WILL BE BRINGING,
CALLED FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH .
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NOW WHO KNOWS WHAT'S
HAPPENING OCTOBER 31 THIS YEAR?
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>>500TH ANNIVERSARY.
>>500TH ANNIVERSARY - NOT MY
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500TH ANNIVERSARY, IT'S
THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE -
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THEY MARKED THE BIRTH OF
THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION WHEN
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LUTHER NAILED HIS 95 THESES
ON THE DOORS OF THE WITTENBERG
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CHURCH AND HE CHOSE, WHAT THEY
CALL, ALL SAINTS DAY TO DO THAT.
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IT'S BETTER KNOWN AS HALLOWEEN
IN OUR CULTURE, BUT IT'S THE
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31ST. AND WE'RE
ALL VERY THANKFUL FOR
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THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION, IT
BROUGHT THE CHURCH LIGHT YEARS
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BACK TO THE BIBLE FROM WHERE
IT WAS DURING THE DARK AGES.
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BUT DID THEY GO
ALL THE WAY BACK?
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IS THERE STILL PART OF
THE REFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO
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HAPPEN? WERE
THERE SOME TRUTHS THAT
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WERE NEGLECTED OR
FORGOTTEN? TRUTHS ABOUT BAPTISM
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BY IMMERSION? ABOUT
THE STATE OF THE DEAD?
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THE NATURE OF HELL? THE
LAW OF GOD? THE SABBATH?
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AND YOUR BODY BEING THE
TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?
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A LOT OF THINGS THAT
STILL - MANY PROTESTANTS - GOOD
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CHRISTIANS - STILL HAVE
NOT CAPTURED THE THREE ANGELS'
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MESSAGE, RIGHT? AND SO
WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING
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ABOUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
AND SO, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL
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PLAN, NOW, TO PARTICIPATE
IN YOUR VARIOUS CHURCHES.
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MARK ON YOUR CALENDAR
FROM NOVEMBER 3 TO 11, WE'LL BE
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BROADCASTING TO ANY CHURCH - YOU
CAN GET IT THROUGH THE INTERNET,
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YOU CAN GET IT
THROUGH SATELLITE.
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WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO PARTICIPATE
AND PLAN ON INVITING YOUR
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FRIENDS FROM OTHER FAITHS
TO JOIN FOR THIS REVIVAL SERIES
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CALLED FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH .
AND SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO GET
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THAT ON YOUR RADAR RIGHT
NOW. WE'LL BE SAYING MORE AS
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THAT TIME APPROACHES.
OKAY, LONG INTRODUCTION.
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NOW WE'RE GETTING TO GALATIANS.
OUR ASSIGNMENT FOR TODAY - THE
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PORTION OF GALATIANS WE'RE GOING
TO STUDY TODAY IS GALATIANS
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CHAPTER 6, IF YOU HAVE
YOUR BIBLES - CHAPTER 6 OF
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GALATIANS, VERSES 1 THROUGH 10.
AND SO, AS I'VE BEEN DOING, I
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LIKE TO AT LEAST READ THROUGH
OUR ASSIGNMENT AND THEN WE'RE
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GOING TO BACK UP AND
BREAK IT DOWN AS WELL AS WE CAN.
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GALATIANS 6, VERSE 1, "BRETHREN,
IF A MAN IS OVERTAKEN IN ANY
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TRESPASS, YOU WHO ARE SPIRITUAL
RESTORE SUCH A ONE IN A SPIRIT
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OF GENTLENESS, CONSIDERING
YOURSELF LEST YOU ALSO BE
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TEMPTED. BEAR ONE
ANOTHER'S BURDENS, AND
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SO FULFILL THE LAW OF CHRIST.
FOR IF ANYONE THINKS HIMSELF
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TO BE SOMETHING, WHEN HE IS
NOTHING, HE DECEIVES HIMSELF.
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BUT LET EACH ONE EXAMINE HIS
OWN WORK, AND THEN HE WILL HAVE
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REJOICING IN HIMSELF
ALONE, AND NOT IN ANOTHER.
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FOR EACH ONE
SHALL BEAR HIS OWN LOAD.
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LET HIM WHO IS TAUGHT THE WORD
SHARE IN ALL GOOD THINGS WITH
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HIM WHO TEACHES. DO
NOT BE DECEIVED, GOD IS NOT
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MOCKED; FOR WHATEVER A MAN
SOWS, THAT HE WILL ALSO REAP.
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FOR HE WHO SOWS TO HIS
FLESH WILL OF THE FLESH REAP
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CORRUPTION, BUT HE WHO SOWS
TO THE SPIRIT WILL OF THE SPIRIT
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REAP EVERLASTING LIFE. AND
LET US NOT GROW WEARY WHILE
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DOING GOOD, FOR IN DUE SEASON
WE SHALL REAP IF WE DO NOT LOSE
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HEART. THEREFORE, AS WE HAVE
OPPORTUNITY, LET US DO GOOD TO
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ALL, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO
ARE OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH."
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ALRIGHT, AND SO
THAT'S OUR MISSION RIGHT NOW.
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WE'RE GOING TO BACK UP AND
WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING THESE
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DIFFERENT VERSES PART
BY PART - BREAKING IT DOWN.
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I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT
WHAT THE LESSON DOES, HERE, IT
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IS BREAKS IT UP IN, REALLY, FIVE
SECTIONS. FIRST ONE IS RESTORING
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THE FALLEN - GENESIS - I'M
SORRY, GALATIANS 6:1, "BRETHREN,
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IF A MAN IS OVERTAKEN IN ANY
TRESPASS, YOU WHO ARE SPIRITUAL
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RESTORE SUCH A ONE IN A SPIRIT
OF GENTLENESS, CONSIDERING
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YOURSELF LEST
YOU ALSO BE TEMPTED."
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FIRST THING I NEED TO ADDRESS
BEFORE I DIVE INTO THIS: IS IT
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APPROPRIATE, IF YOU ARE A
CHRISTIAN, AND YOU SEE A BROTHER
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OR SISTER AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY
ARE WANDERING IN THEIR FAITH OR
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THEY ARE STRUGGLING, IF YOU
GO AND YOU CONFRONT THEM AND YOU
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SAY, 'BROTHER,' OR 'SISTER, YOU
KNOW, I RECOGNIZE YOU'RE HAVING
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A PROBLEM.' IS THAT APPROPRIATE
OR IS THAT JUDGING THEM?
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WHAT DID GOD SAY TO
CAIN? 'WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER?'
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AND WHAT DID CAIN SAY?
'AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?
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THAT'S HIS
PROBLEM. WHO AM I TO JUDGE?'
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YOU EVER HEARD SOMEONE SAY,
'IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO TALK TO
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SOMEONE IN THE CHURCH THAT
LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE MAYBE HAVING
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PROBLEMS - MAYBE THEIR MARRIAGE
IS FALLING APART AND THEY NEED A
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LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT OR MAYBE
THERE'S SOME SIN IN THEIR LIFE
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AND YOU GO TALK TO THEM AND SAY,
'IS IT TRUE THAT YOU'RE HAVING A
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PROBLEM WITH ALCOHOL? MAYBE WE
COULD...' - 'OH, DON'T JUDGE ME!
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WHO ARE YOU TO - YOU'VE GOT
YOUR PROBLEMS, I'VE GOT MINE.'
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YOU EVER HEARD
THAT BEFORE? >>YES.
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>>IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR A
CHRISTIAN TO TALK TO SOMEBODY
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WHO IS STRUGGLING IN THEIR
FAITH? IF A MAN IS OVERTAKEN IN
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ANY TRESPASS, YOU WHO ARE
SPIRITUAL - NOW WHO WOULD SAY,
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'I'M SPIRITUAL ENOUGH'?
BUT, OBVIOUSLY, PAUL THINKS SOME
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OF US OUGHT TO THINK THAT WE
ARE CONNECTED WITH THE SPIRIT.
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YOU OUGHT TO GO TO THAT
PERSON AND WORK TO RESTORE THEM.
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THIS IS A TEACHING YOU JUST
DON'T HEAR MUCH OF IN THE CHURCH
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TODAY, BUT IT IS A BIBLICAL
TEACHING THAT, IF YOU'RE WALKING
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WITH THE LORD, PART OF THAT
MEANS THAT WE BEAR EACH OTHER'S
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BURDENS AND YOU CARE
ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING.
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AND IF YOU SEE A BROTHER OR
SISTER AND THEY'RE WEAK IN THEIR
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FAITH AND THEY'RE BATTLING
TO WALK WITH THE LORD, DON'T
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PUBLICLY EMBARRASS THEM, BUT
MAKE IT A POINT TO TALK TO THEM
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AND SAY, 'HEY,
CAN WE TALK ALONE?'
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AND SAY, 'HEY, YOU
KNOW, HOW'S IT GOING?'
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AND THEN TALK TO THEM - GENTLY,
YOU KNOW, DON'T JUDGE THEM,
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DON'T CONDEMN THEM, BUT
TRY AND BRING THEM AROUND.
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AND DO IT HOW? DO IT
IN A SPIRIT OF GENTLENESS,
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CONSIDERING YOURSELF,
LEST YOU ALSO BE TEMPTED.
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IF YOU DO IT WITH AN ARROGANCE
LIKE 'I'M HOLIER THAN THOU',
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YOU'RE SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR
FAILURE AND TEMPTATION, BECAUSE
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THAT'S PRIDE. AND SO,
IT OUGHT TO BE DONE IN
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A SPIRIT OF MEEKNESS, BUT WE
SHOULD CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER.
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I THINK A LOT OF CHURCHES WOULD
BE MUCH STRONGER IF THE MEMBERS
00:17:55.74\00:17:59.51
WATCHED OUT FOR
EACH OTHER. AMEN?
00:17:59.54\00:18:02.58
>>AMEN. >>IT'S LIKE WE SAY,
00:18:02.61\00:18:04.11
'OH, IT'S THEIR PROBLEM.
I'M NOT GOING TO JUDGE THEM.'
00:18:04.15\00:18:05.61
THAT'S KIND OF
THE ATTITUDE TODAY.
00:18:05.65\00:18:08.38
BUT WE OUGHT TO - AND WE OUGHT
TO MAKE EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.
00:18:08.42\00:18:11.59
SOMEONE, IN A MINUTE'S, GOING TO
READ MATTHEW 18:15 - AND YOU'LL
00:18:11.62\00:18:16.12
HAVE THAT? OKAY.
00:18:16.16\00:18:17.39
I'M GOING TO READ A
COUPLE OTHER VERSES.
00:18:17.43\00:18:18.96
HERE'S ONE FROM JOB - SAME
PRINCIPLE - JOB 4, VERSE 3 AND
00:18:18.99\00:18:22.66
4, "SURELY YOU HAVE INSTRUCTED
MANY, AND YOU HAVE STRENGTHENED
00:18:22.70\00:18:27.00
WEAK HANDS. YOUR
WORDS HAVE UPHELD HIM WHO
00:18:27.04\00:18:30.61
WAS STUMBLING," - WAY BACK IN
JOB - THIS GOES WAY BACK BEFORE
00:18:30.64\00:18:34.04
THE TIME OF MOSES, IT WAS A
PRINCIPLE - IF YOU SEE SOMEONE
00:18:34.08\00:18:37.01
IS STUMBLING - IF THEY'RE
WEAK - YOU ENCOURAGE THEM -
00:18:37.05\00:18:40.52
YOU STRENGTHEN THEM. AMEN?
- "AND YOU HAVE STRENGTHENED
00:18:40.55\00:18:43.49
THE FEEBLE KNEES;" HEBREWS ALSO
TALKS ABOUT THOSE KNEES THAT
00:18:43.52\00:18:47.79
ARE FEEBLE - THAT
THEY MIGHT BE STRAIGHT."
00:18:47.82\00:18:50.69
JAMES 5:19 AND 20, "BRETHREN," -
AND THIS IS THE VERY END OF THE
00:18:50.73\00:18:55.43
BOOK OF JAMES - "BRETHREN,
IF ANYONE AMONG YOU WANDERS FROM
00:18:55.46\00:18:58.73
THE TRUTH, AND SOMEONE TURNS HIM
BACK, LET HIM KNOW THAT HE WHO
00:18:58.77\00:19:03.71
TURNS A SINNER FROM THE ERROR
OF HIS WAY WILL SAVE A SOUL FROM
00:19:03.74\00:19:08.74
DEATH AND COVER A
MULTITUDE OF SINS."
00:19:08.78\00:19:11.85
CAN YOU SAY 'AMEN'? >>AMEN.
00:19:11.88\00:19:13.21
>>BOY, IF YOU CAN'T THINK OF
ANY OTHER INCENTIVE, JAMES IS
00:19:13.25\00:19:16.55
TALKING TO THE CHURCH. HE SAID,
'SOME OF YOU HAVE FALLEN; THOSE
00:19:16.58\00:19:21.66
OF YOU WHO GO TO THE ONE WHO HAS
FALLEN AND YOU TURN THEM BACK,
00:19:21.69\00:19:26.36
YOU ARE SAVING A SOUL FROM
DEATH.' SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT
00:19:26.39\00:19:29.70
EACH OTHER'S SOULS? AND
COVERING A MULTITUDE OF SINS.
00:19:29.73\00:19:34.34
AND, IN REACHING OUT FOR THOSE
THAT ARE WEAK AMONG US, THAT ARE
00:19:34.37\00:19:37.21
STRUGGLING AND ENCOURAGING THEM
IN THE WAY, YOU WILL ENCOURAGE
00:19:37.24\00:19:41.18
YOURSELF IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE
WITH CHRISTIANITY IT'S LIKE A
00:19:41.21\00:19:45.91
MUSCLE, IF YOU
DON'T USE IT, YOU LOSE IT.
00:19:45.95\00:19:48.35
AS YOU GIVE IT AWAY,
YOU WILL BECOME STRONGER.
00:19:48.38\00:19:51.45
AS YOU SHARE YOUR FAITH
WITH OTHERS, YOUR FAITH WILL BE
00:19:51.49\00:19:54.39
STRENGTHENED.
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, READ FOR
00:19:54.42\00:19:56.62
US, PLEASE MATTHEW 18:15.
>>"MOREOVER IF YOUR BROTHER SINS
00:19:56.66\00:20:00.50
AGAINST YOU, GO AND TELL HIM HIS
FAULT BETWEEN YOU AND HIM ALONE.
00:20:00.53\00:20:05.07
IF HE HEARS YOU, YOU
HAVE GAINED YOUR BROTHER."
00:20:05.10\00:20:08.04
>>NOW, IF THERE'S ANY KIND
OF PROBLEM BETWEEN BRETHREN, YOU
00:20:08.07\00:20:11.71
SHOULD GO TO THEM HOW? GO
TO THEM ALONE. DON'T EMBARRASS
00:20:11.74\00:20:15.51
THEM. DON'T MAKE A SPECTACLE OF
IT, BUT WE SHOULD APPEAL TO EACH
00:20:15.54\00:20:19.01
OTHER. MATTHEW 18 HAS A LOT
TO SAY, ACTUALLY, ABOUT HOW WE
00:20:19.05\00:20:24.65
RESOLVE SOME OF
THESE DIFFERENCES.
00:20:24.69\00:20:27.96
YOU'VE GOT A BROTHER IN THE
CHURCH AND THEY BORROW YOUR LAWN
00:20:27.99\00:20:32.19
MOWER AND THEY DON'T GIVE IT
BACK, THEN IT BREAKS AND THEY
00:20:32.23\00:20:34.83
DON'T PAY FOR IT AND, BEFORE
YOU GO AND YOU BRING IT UP IN A
00:20:34.86\00:20:39.47
CHURCH BUSINESS MEETING, YOU
OUGHT TO GO KNOCK ON THE DOOR
00:20:39.50\00:20:43.27
AND SAY, 'HEY, CAN WE
TALK? YOU KNOW THAT LAWN MOWER?
00:20:43.30\00:20:46.98
DON'T YOU THINK YOU OUGHT
TO BUY ME ANOTHER LAWN MOWER?
00:20:47.01\00:20:49.18
EVEN IF IT'S A USED ONE, I MEAN'
- AND APPEAL TO THEM, YOU KNOW?
00:20:49.21\00:20:53.05
WE OUGHT TO
RECONCILE OUR DIFFERENCES.
00:20:53.08\00:20:55.45
AND DON'T GOSSIP ABOUT
THEM, RIGHT? 'YOU KNOW WHAT THAT
00:20:55.48\00:20:58.35
BROTHER DID?' AND YOU RUIN THEIR
NAME - THAT'S NOT THE WAY TO DO
00:20:58.39\00:21:02.69
IT. ALRIGHT, 1 CORINTHIANS
5, VERSE 1 - NOW THERE -
00:21:02.72\00:21:09.50
THERE'S A TIME WHEN CHURCHES -
NOT JUST INDIVIDUALS - CHURCHES
00:21:09.53\00:21:13.23
COLLECTIVELY NEED TO MAKE
THE MEMBERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE
00:21:13.27\00:21:17.37
PURPOSE OF BEING REDEMPTIVE,
NOT JUST FOR EXECUTING WRATH.
00:21:17.41\00:21:23.45
1 CORINTHIANS 5:1 AND 2 -
PAUL IS TALKING ABOUT A REALLY
00:21:23.48\00:21:26.11
SERIOUS PROBLEM THEY HAD IN THE
CORINTHIAN CHURCH AND NOBODY WAS
00:21:26.15\00:21:28.68
DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY
SAID, 'WE DON'T WANT TO JUDGE'.
00:21:28.72\00:21:31.95
PAUL SAID, "IT IS ACTUALLY
REPORTED THAT THERE IS SEXUAL
00:21:31.99\00:21:34.72
IMMORALITY AMONG YOU, AND SUCH
SEXUAL IMMORALITY AS IS NOT EVEN
00:21:34.76\00:21:38.43
NAMED AMONG THE GENTILES - THAT
A MAN HAS HIS FATHER'S WIFE!"
00:21:38.46\00:21:42.83
- WE HOPE IT WAS HIS STEP-MOTHER
- "AND YOU ARE PUFFED UP, AND
00:21:42.86\00:21:46.20
HAVE NOT RATHER MOURNED, THAT HE
WHO HAS DONE THIS DEED MIGHT BE
00:21:46.23\00:21:49.97
TAKEN AWAY FROM AMONG YOU."
WHAT IS PAUL TALKING ABOUT?
00:21:50.01\00:21:54.34
THE CHURCH KIND OF HAD A BLASÉ
ATTITUDE ABOUT SIN IN THE CAMP
00:21:54.38\00:21:59.05
AND THE GENTILES WERE
LOOKING IN ON THE INSIDE.
00:21:59.08\00:22:03.72
WHAT DOES THAT DO TO
THE WITNESS OF THE CHURCH?
00:22:03.75\00:22:06.92
IF SOMEONE TAKES THE NAME OF
CHRIST - IF SOMEONE SAYS THEY
00:22:06.96\00:22:10.03
ARE A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
CHRISTIAN AND WE'RE NOT LIVING
00:22:10.06\00:22:14.00
THE LIFE, THEN WE OUGHT TO
ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER, FIRST OF
00:22:14.03\00:22:19.50
ALL, TO LIVE THE LIFE AND,
IF SOMEONE IS LIVING IN OPEN
00:22:19.53\00:22:22.70
HIGH-HANDED IMMORALITY AND
THEY'RE NOT REPENTING AND THEY
00:22:22.74\00:22:28.04
DON'T CHANGE,
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
00:22:28.08\00:22:30.85
THEY NEED TO BE PUT
OUT OF THE CHURCH. WHY?
00:22:30.88\00:22:36.28
FOR ONE THING, SO THEY'LL KNOW
THEY'RE IN A LOST CONDITION AND
00:22:36.32\00:22:40.46
THEY'LL REPENT AND COME
BACK. SO IT'S REDEMPTIVE.
00:22:40.49\00:22:44.36
I REMEMBER, ONCE - CHURCH - I
WILL NOT NAME WHAT CHURCH IT WAS
00:22:44.39\00:22:48.76
- IT WASN'T THIS CHURCH - HAD
A DEACON. FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS
00:22:48.80\00:22:55.27
FRATERNIZING WITH ANOTHER MAN'S
WIFE AND WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT
00:22:55.30\00:23:00.58
IT, HAD A VERY
BRIEF VISIT WITH HIM.
00:23:00.61\00:23:05.38
I SAID, 'BROTHER, WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO BRING YOUR NAME UP' -
00:23:05.41\00:23:09.28
I FOUND OUT IT WAS TRUE -
AND HE HAD ALL THESE INTERESTING
00:23:09.32\00:23:11.89
EXCUSES - HE SAID, 'OH, WELL
THAT GUY DOESN'T TREAT HIS WIFE
00:23:11.92\00:23:13.79
NICE AND SHE NEEDS
SOMEONE BETTER THAN THAT.
00:23:13.82\00:23:15.82
I'M BEING REALLY GOOD TO HER.'
I SAID, 'LOOK, SHE'S MARRIED TO
00:23:15.86\00:23:17.79
ANOTHER MAN. THIS
IS CUT AND DRY.' AND I
00:23:17.83\00:23:21.30
WAS VERY SORRY WE HAD MADE HIM
DEACON, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
00:23:21.33\00:23:25.57
AND I SAID, 'LOOK, WE CAN GO TO
THE BUSINESS MEETING AND WE CAN
00:23:25.60\00:23:30.61
TALK ABOUT THIS, OR YOU CAN
RECOGNIZE THIS AS UNBIBLICAL AND
00:23:30.64\00:23:33.61
YOU CAN ASK TO HAVE YOUR NAME
DROPPED AND WE'LL WORK WITH YOU.
00:23:33.64\00:23:37.11
AND HE WAS REALLY UPSET THAT I
WOULD - HE FINALLY DECIDED TO DO
00:23:37.15\00:23:42.32
THAT, BUT HE WAS REALLY UPSET
THAT I WOULD APPROACH IT THAT
00:23:42.35\00:23:44.15
WAY. HE SAID, 'I LOVE THE LORD.
00:23:44.19\00:23:45.85
I'M A CHRISTIAN.' AND, AT ONE
POINT, SOMEONE KNOCKED ON THE
00:23:45.89\00:23:51.83
CHURCH OFFICE AND CAME IN AND IT
WAS THE HUSBAND OF THE LADY THAT
00:23:51.86\00:23:58.57
OUR DEACON WAS
RUNNING AROUND WITH.
00:23:58.60\00:24:03.47
NOW HOW DO YOU THINK THAT MADE
ME FEEL, AS A PASTOR, ABOUT THE
00:24:03.51\00:24:06.98
WITNESS THAT WAS GOING
OUT INTO OUR COMMUNITY?
00:24:07.01\00:24:12.11
I DON'T EVER WANT TO
DEAL WITH THAT AGAIN.
00:24:12.15\00:24:14.62
AND THIS MAN WAS A
CHRISTIAN OF ANOTHER CHURCH.
00:24:14.65\00:24:15.92
HE SAID, 'IS THAT
WHAT YOUR CHURCH TEACHES?'
00:24:15.95\00:24:19.29
SO, CAN YOU SEE WHY
WE HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT?
00:24:19.32\00:24:22.29
AND THEN WHEN WE DID DEAL WITH
THAT BROTHER'S NAME, SOME OTHER
00:24:22.32\00:24:25.96
MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH SAID,
'THAT WAS AN UNLOVING THING TO
00:24:25.99\00:24:28.16
DO.' AND THEY
READ ME THE RIOT ACT.
00:24:28.20\00:24:32.87
'YOU SHOULD HAVE
BEEN MORE PATIENT.
00:24:32.90\00:24:33.97
EVERYBODY MAKES
MISTAKES. WHO ARE WE TO CAST
00:24:34.00\00:24:36.60
THE FIRST STONE?' YOU EVER
HEARD THOSE ARGUMENTS BEFORE?
00:24:36.64\00:24:40.61
>>YES. >>I SAID,
'LOOK, WE'VE GOT THE
00:24:40.64\00:24:42.68
HUSBAND MARCHING IN
MY OFFICE SAYING IT.
00:24:42.71\00:24:46.21
THE DEACON'S ADMITTING IT.'
SAID, 'WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH
00:24:46.25\00:24:48.18
THIS.' BUT THESE DAYS, FRIENDS,
YOU CAN HARDLY DO ANYTHING TO
00:24:48.22\00:24:53.92
GET KICKED OUT OF THE CHURCH
BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO
00:24:53.96\00:24:57.56
DEAL WITH SIN. YOU'RE
NOT HELPING THAT PERSON.
00:24:57.59\00:25:01.00
YOU'RE NOT HELPING
THE WITNESS OF CHRIST.
00:25:01.03\00:25:03.70
AND WHAT HAPPENED TO - WHAT
HAPPENED TO ISRAEL WHEN THEY
00:25:03.73\00:25:07.34
REFUSED TO DEAL WITH ACHAN?
YOU KNOW THE STORY OF ACHAN IN
00:25:07.37\00:25:11.71
THE OLD TESTAMENT, WHO HAD BEEN
STEALING AGAINST THE COMMAND
00:25:11.74\00:25:16.04
OF GOD AND THEY WERE LOSING
BATTLES? SO - AND, YOU KNOW, YOU
00:25:16.08\00:25:22.22
HAVE TO RECOGNIZE, NOBODY IN THE
CHURCH FEELS LIKE WE'RE PERFECT.
00:25:22.25\00:25:25.59
NOBODY FEELS LIKE
WE'RE WORTHY - AMEN?
00:25:25.62\00:25:27.86
BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A STANDARD
OF GODLINESS, THAT IF A PERSON
00:25:27.89\00:25:31.59
IS LIVING IN OPEN HIGH-HANDED
SIN, IT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH.
00:25:31.63\00:25:35.80
FIRST YOU WANT TO BE REDEMPTIVE,
ESPECIALLY IF IT HASN'T GONE
00:25:35.83\00:25:37.90
PUBLIC, AND TRY TO RESTORE THEM.
AND FIRST YOU GO ONE ON ONE.
00:25:37.93\00:25:43.14
IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, JESUS
SAID TAKE SOMEONE WITH YOU.
00:25:43.17\00:25:46.07
IF THEY STILL WON'T
LISTEN, BRING IT TO THE CHURCH.
00:25:46.11\00:25:49.24
ISN'T THAT WHAT
THE RIGHT PROCESS IS?
00:25:49.28\00:25:51.88
A LOT OF CHURCHES, LET'S FACE
IT, THEY'VE GOT PEOPLE ON THEIR
00:25:51.91\00:25:54.08
CHURCH BOOKS THAT LEFT
THE CHURCH YEARS AGO, THAT ARE
00:25:54.12\00:25:57.62
TOTALLY OUT IN THE WORLD, AND
NOBODY DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
00:25:57.65\00:26:02.32
AND THERE'S A LOT OF CHURCHES I
GO TO, WHERE, ON SABBATH MORNING
00:26:02.36\00:26:06.49
YOU'LL SEE FIFTY PEOPLE
THERE AND I'LL ASK THE PASTOR,
00:26:06.53\00:26:09.06
'HOW MANY ON THE BOOKS?'
'THREE HUNDRED.' THAT'S A LITTLE
00:26:09.10\00:26:13.90
EXAGGERATION, BUT NOT
THAT FAR. WHY IS THAT?
00:26:13.94\00:26:19.17
BECAUSE THE CHURCH IS NOT
DEALING WITH THESE THINGS.
00:26:19.21\00:26:21.54
IT SHOULD START ONE ON ONE.
IF WE WOULD BEAR ONE ANOTHER'S
00:26:21.58\00:26:23.91
BURDENS - AS SOON AS WE SEE A
PERSON STARTING TO SLIP AND GO
00:26:23.95\00:26:27.18
AND APPEAL TO THEM AND WORK WITH
THEM AND TRY AND REDEEM THEM.
00:26:27.22\00:26:30.95
I DON'T THINK WE'D SEE THAT
GREAT DEFICIT THAT WE SEE NOW.
00:26:30.99\00:26:35.39
SOMEONE SAY, 'AMEN' - I JUST
TOLD THE TRUTH, I KNOW I DID.
00:26:35.42\00:26:38.33
ALRIGHT, NOW, IS THERE A POINT
WHEN YOU FINALLY HAVE TO SAY,
00:26:38.36\00:26:45.37
'LOOK, I'VE LABORED WITH THEM
BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE?
00:26:45.40\00:26:49.94
THIS IS ANOTHER VERSE
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO READ, BUT -
00:26:49.97\00:26:52.41
HEBREWS - ALSO WRITTEN BY PAUL,
WE BELIEVE - HEBREWS 6, VERSE 4,
00:26:52.44\00:26:58.31
"FOR IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE
WHO WERE ONCE ENLIGHTENED, AND
00:26:58.35\00:27:01.42
HAVE TASTED THE HEAVENLY GIFT,
AND HAVE BECOME PARTAKERS OF THE
00:27:01.45\00:27:04.32
HOLY SPIRIT, AND HAVE TASTED
THE GOOD WORD OF GOD AND THE
00:27:04.35\00:27:07.96
POWERS OF THE AGE TO COME,
IF THEY FALL AWAY, TO RENEW THEM
00:27:07.99\00:27:11.43
AGAIN TO REPENTANCE, SINCE THEY
CRUCIFY AGAIN FOR THEMSELVES THE
00:27:11.46\00:27:14.96
SON OF GOD, AND PUT
HIM TO AN OPEN SHAME."
00:27:15.00\00:27:17.73
IS THIS SAYING THAT A PERSON,
IF THEY BACKSLIDE, CANNOT BE
00:27:17.77\00:27:20.17
RESTORED? NO, IT'S
TALKING ABOUT A PERSON
00:27:20.20\00:27:22.44
WHO KNOWS ALL THE GOOD THINGS
OF GOD AND, IN THE FACE OF THAT,
00:27:22.47\00:27:26.64
THEY CONTINUE TO
LIVE A LIFE OF SIN.
00:27:26.68\00:27:29.78
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED HOW DO
YOU APPLY THE VERSE WHERE JESUS
00:27:29.81\00:27:32.11
SAYS, IN MATTHEW 7, 'DO NOT GIVE
THAT WHICH IS HOLY TO THE DOGS
00:27:32.15\00:27:36.05
OR CAST YOUR PEARLS BEFORE
SWINE, LEST THEY TRAMPLE THEM
00:27:36.08\00:27:39.22
UNDER FEET AND TURN AND TEAR YOU
IN PIECES'? SOMETIMES - YOU KNOW
00:27:39.25\00:27:44.63
WHAT PAUL SAYS?
SPEAKING ABOUT THIS SAME
00:27:44.66\00:27:46.46
INDIVIDUAL IN 1 CORINTHIANS 7
- IN 1 CORINTHIANS - 'YOU MIGHT
00:27:46.49\00:27:52.70
NEED TO DELIVER SUCH A ONE
TO SATAN FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF
00:27:52.73\00:27:57.47
THE FLESH THAT, ULTIMATELY, HIS
SPIRIT MIGHT BE SAVED.' MEANING
00:27:57.51\00:28:01.14
THAT, OSTENSIBLY, HE
MIGHT REPENT AND COME TO HIS
00:28:01.18\00:28:03.68
SENSES AND BE RESTORED. BUT
WHO WOULD EVER WANT TO SAY, IN A
00:28:03.71\00:28:07.95
CHURCH SETTING, THAT YOU'RE
DELIVERING SOMEONE TO SATAN?
00:28:07.98\00:28:12.69
DOESN'T JOHN SAY THERE COMES
A POINT WITH SOME PEOPLE - JOHN
00:28:12.72\00:28:15.32
SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE OUGHT TO PRAY
FOR PEOPLE, BUT HE SAYS THERE IS
00:28:15.36\00:28:17.63
A SIN I DON'T EVEN ASK THAT YOU
PRAY FOR IT.' SOMETIMES A PERSON
00:28:17.66\00:28:22.86
GETS INTO SUCH A STATE OF OPEN
REBELLION THAT YOU NEED TO SAY,
00:28:22.90\00:28:27.27
'ALRIGHT, LORD, WE'RE
GOING TO LET THIS PERSON GO.
00:28:27.30\00:28:30.61
WE'LL PRAY THAT YOU
DEAL WITH THEM AND GET THEIR
00:28:30.64\00:28:34.11
ATTENTION AND BRING THEM BACK.'
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HERE WOULD
00:28:34.14\00:28:37.98
EVER SAY THAT YOU GET TO THE
PLACE WHERE YOU STOP PRAYING FOR
00:28:38.01\00:28:40.25
SOMEBODY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE
BIBLE SAYS 'WHERE THERE'S LIFE
00:28:40.28\00:28:43.15
THERE'S HOPE.' BUT IS
THERE AN UNPARDONABLE SIN?
00:28:43.18\00:28:47.02
I THINK THAT'S WHAT
JOHN WAS TALKING ABOUT.
00:28:47.06\00:28:49.29
ALRIGHT, WHAT ABOUT GALATIANS
6:1 - THE PART THAT SAYS,
00:28:49.32\00:28:53.53
"...CONSIDERING YOURSELF
LEST YOU ALSO BE TEMPTED.
00:28:53.56\00:28:56.90
THIS IS UNDER THE
SECTION BEWARE OF TEMPTATION .
00:28:56.93\00:29:01.40
HOW MANY REMEMBER WHERE MATTHEW
CHAPTER 26, VERSE 31, "THEN
00:29:01.44\00:29:10.75
JESUS SAID TO THEM, 'ALL OF YOU
WILL BE MADE TO STUMBLE BECAUSE
00:29:10.78\00:29:14.05
OF ME THIS NIGHT, FOR IT
IS WRITTEN: 'I WILL STRIKE THE
00:29:14.08\00:29:16.52
SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP OF
THE FLOCK WILL BE SCATTERED.
00:29:16.55\00:29:19.19
BUT AFTER I HAVE BEEN RAISED, I
WILL GO BEFORE YOU TO GALILEE.'
00:29:19.22\00:29:22.96
PETER ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM,
'EVEN IF ALL ARE MADE TO STUMBLE
00:29:22.99\00:29:27.13
BECAUSE OF YOU,'" - AND HE LOOKS
AROUND AT THE OTHER ELEVEN -
00:29:27.20\00:29:29.66
'EVEN IF ALL THESE STUMBLE' - "I
WILL NEVER BE MADE TO STUMBLE."
00:29:29.70\00:29:33.90
AND SO JESUS SAYS, 'CONSIDERING
YOURSELF' - IN OTHER WORDS, BE
00:29:33.94\00:29:39.14
HUMBLE, BECAUSE HERE PETER
THOUGHT, 'THOUGH ALL MEN FORSAKE
00:29:39.17\00:29:41.44
THEE, I'LL NOT FORSAKE THEE.'
AND GUESS WHAT? DID PETER KNOW
00:29:41.48\00:29:45.58
HIS OWN HEART? >>NO.
00:29:45.61\00:29:47.48
>>DID PETER THINK
THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY?
00:29:47.52\00:29:50.35
>>NO. >>'I'D NEVER DO THAT.'
00:29:50.39\00:29:51.99
DO WE KNOW OUR OWN HEARTS?
00:29:52.02\00:29:54.59
THE HUMAN HEART IS DESPERATELY
WICKED; WHO CAN KNOW IT?
00:29:54.62\00:29:58.96
AND SO, WE MUST, IN HUMILITY,
COMMIT OUR HEARTS TO GOD OR
00:29:58.99\00:30:03.00
WE'RE CAPABLE OF ALL KINDS OF
THINGS THAT YOU'D NEVER BELIEVE.
00:30:03.03\00:30:08.07
ESTHER CHAPTER 7 - DO YOU
REMEMBER WHEN - THIS IS ONE OF
00:30:08.10\00:30:13.24
THOSE 'THOU ART THE MAN'
EXPERIENCES - KING AHASUERUS
00:30:13.27\00:30:16.54
SAID TO QUEEN ESTHER, 'WHO IS HE
AND WHERE IS HE WHO WOULD DARE
00:30:16.58\00:30:20.95
TO PRESUME TO
ANNIHILATE YOUR PEOPLE?'
00:30:20.98\00:30:24.65
AND ESTHER SAID - BASICALLY,
SHE SAID, 'KING, IT'S YOU.' SHE
00:30:24.69\00:30:28.59
SAID, 'IT'S THE WICKED HAMAN.'
BUT HAMAN HAD THE KING SIGN THE
00:30:28.62\00:30:31.76
LAW. THE KING IS
THE ONE WHO DID IT.
00:30:31.79\00:30:34.83
SO HAMAN WAS
TERRIFIED BEFORE THE KING.
00:30:34.83\00:30:36.93
BOTH HAMAN AND THE KING
WERE SAYING, 'YEAH, WHO WOULD DO
00:30:36.97\00:30:38.53
THAT?' THEY DIDN'T
REALIZE THAT ESTHER
00:30:38.57\00:30:40.80
WAS JEWISH, AND HERE THEY
HAD JUST WORKED TOGETHER TO MAKE
00:30:40.84\00:30:43.37
A LAW TO KILL ALL THE JEWS.
LIKE THE VIDEO OF THAT IN HEAVEN
00:30:43.41\00:30:47.04
- HAMAN'S FACE WHEN ESTHER
SAYS, 'IT'S HAMAN.' HERE HE JUST
00:30:47.08\00:30:52.85
THOUGHT HE WAS INVITED TO THE
FEAST BECAUSE ESTHER LIKED HIM.
00:30:52.88\00:30:58.85
JUDGE NOT - VERSE 7 OF - RATHER
MATTHEW 7, VERSES 1 AND 2,
00:30:58.89\00:31:03.06
"JUDGE NOT, THAT
YOU BE NOT JUDGED.
00:31:03.09\00:31:04.96
FOR WITH WHAT JUDGMENT YOU
JUDGE, YOU WILL BE JUDGED; AND
00:31:04.99\00:31:08.10
WITH THE MEASURE YOU USE, IT
WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO YOU."
00:31:08.13\00:31:10.90
SO WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL.
NOW SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ, FOR
00:31:10.93\00:31:13.44
ME, MATTHEW CHAPTER 26,
VERSE 25 - YOU'LL HAVE THAT?
00:31:13.47\00:31:18.47
JUST HOLD ONE SECOND,
KEITH, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT.
00:31:18.51\00:31:20.71
I'M GOING TO READ
A COUPLE MORE VERSES.
00:31:20.74\00:31:22.44
HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN
DANIEL INTERPRETS THE DREAM, FOR
00:31:22.48\00:31:27.75
THE KING, OF THE GREAT TREE THAT
GETS CUT DOWN AND THE KING SAYS,
00:31:27.78\00:31:30.69
'WHAT IS THE TREE? WHAT IS
THE TREE THAT GETS CUT DOWN?'
00:31:30.72\00:31:33.36
DANIEL SAID, 'YOU'RE THE
TREE THAT GETS CUT DOWN.' IT WAS
00:31:33.39\00:31:37.76
BECAUSE OF HIS PRIDE.
EARLIER DANIEL SAID, 'YOU'RE THE
00:31:37.79\00:31:41.43
HEAD OF GOLD' - HE
LIKED THAT INTERPRETATION.
00:31:41.46\00:31:43.87
NOW HE SAYS, 'YOU'RE THE
TREE THAT'S GETTING CUT DOWN.'
00:31:43.90\00:31:45.97
THAT WAS PROBABLY A
HUMBLING EXPERIENCE.
00:31:46.00\00:31:48.74
GO AHEAD, PLEASE
READ FOR US, MATTHEW 26:25
00:31:48.77\00:31:52.11
>>"THEN JUDAS SAID, WHICH
BETRAYED HIM, ANSWERED AND SAID,
00:31:52.14\00:31:57.45
'MASTER, IS IT I?' HE SAID
UNTO HIM, 'THOU HADST SAID.'"
00:31:57.48\00:32:03.15
>>YEAH, WHEN - LATER AT
THE DINNER JESUS SAID, 'THIS
00:32:03.18\00:32:07.19
NIGHT, YOU'RE ALL GOING TO
BETRAY ME. YOU'RE ALL GOING TO
00:32:07.22\00:32:09.49
FORSAKE ME.' AND THEY WENT
AROUND THE TABLE ONE BY ONE -
00:32:09.52\00:32:12.63
YOU REMEMBER HOW THEY
WERE SITTING AROUND THE TABLE?
00:32:12.66\00:32:14.83
WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT ORDER
- WE KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT JESUS
00:32:14.86\00:32:17.90
AND YOU'VE GOT JOHN, THEN
YOU'VE GOT PETER, THEN THE OTHER
00:32:17.93\00:32:20.80
APOSTLES AND THEN, JUST BEFORE
YOU GET BACK TO JESUS, YOU'VE
00:32:20.84\00:32:23.04
GOT JUDAS. IT DOES
DESCRIBE - AT LEAST
00:32:23.07\00:32:25.17
THOSE THREE -
WHERE THEY WERE SITTING.
00:32:25.21\00:32:27.01
AND, AS THEY GO AROUND THE
TABLE, JOHN SAYS, 'LORD, IS IT
00:32:27.04\00:32:29.91
I?' 'NO.' - PETER, 'IS
IT I?' 'IS IT I?' 'IS IT I?'
00:32:29.94\00:32:35.45
FINALLY, JUDAS SAYS - YOU
KNOW, EVERYONE'S LOOKING AT HIM
00:32:35.48\00:32:37.29
BECAUSE HE'S THE ONLY ONE
WHO HASN'T SAID, 'IS IT I?'
00:32:37.32\00:32:40.02
JUDAS KNEW IT WAS HE AND HE
FINALLY SAID, 'LORD, IS IT I?'
00:32:40.06\00:32:45.39
AND JESUS SAID, 'YOU SAID IT.'
AND YOU WONDER WHY THEY STILL
00:32:45.43\00:32:49.30
DIDN'T CATCH ON ABOUT JUDAS.
IT'S AMAZING TO ME HOW CLUELESS
00:32:49.33\00:32:52.47
THEY WERE ABOUT THIS
HYPOCRITE IN THEIR MIDST.
00:32:52.50\00:32:58.14
1 CORINTHIANS 10:12, "THEREFORE
LET HIM WHO THINKS HE STANDS
00:32:58.17\00:33:03.41
TAKE HEED LEST HE FALL."
NOW, YOU REALIZE, WHEN YOU READ
00:33:03.45\00:33:06.25
IN 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 10, HE
SAID THAT WE'RE TEMPTED IN MANY
00:33:06.28\00:33:12.35
WAYS, BUT GOD HAS PROMISED
THAT HE WILL NOT ALLOW US TO BE
00:33:12.39\00:33:16.86
TEMPTED ABOVE WHAT WE ARE ABLE
BUT WILL, WITH EVERY TEMPTATION,
00:33:16.89\00:33:20.36
PROVIDE A WAY OF
ESCAPE. AND SO, THAT'S A
00:33:20.40\00:33:23.33
WONDERFUL PROMISE. BUT
WHEN YOU GO INTO THAT VERSE,
00:33:23.37\00:33:26.40
DON'T FORGET THAT YOU MUST
HAVE A HUMBLE ATTITUDE OF NOT -
00:33:26.43\00:33:32.61
NOT BEING OVER-CONFIDENT
AND, ESPECIALLY, IF YOU'RE GOING
00:33:32.64\00:33:36.24
TO GO LABOR WITH A BROTHER
OR SISTER, TO DO IT HUMBLY.
00:33:36.28\00:33:42.05
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER - I
STRUGGLED WITH SMOKING FOR YEARS
00:33:42.08\00:33:46.72
- AND THERE WAS A MEMBER OF
THE COVELO CHURCH WHERE I WAS
00:33:46.76\00:33:52.96
BAPTIZED, ULTIMATELY.
THEY SAID, 'DOUG, CAN YOU STOP
00:33:52.99\00:33:57.40
BY, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.'
AND HE WANTED TO TALK TO ME - HE
00:33:57.43\00:34:00.37
KNEW I WAS
STRUGGLING WITH THIS TEMPTATION.
00:34:00.40\00:34:03.94
AND SO, WHEN HE LABORED WITH
ME, INSTEAD OF CONDEMNING ME AND
00:34:03.97\00:34:08.48
SAYING, 'YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
JUST ADDICTED TO CIGARETTES.
00:34:08.51\00:34:10.35
IT'S A FILTHY HABIT.
YOU'VE JUST GOT TO QUIT.' WHAT
00:34:10.38\00:34:13.25
HE DID WAS, HE SHARED A
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ABOUT HOW HE
00:34:13.28\00:34:16.55
STRUGGLED WITH TEMPTATION AND
HOW GOD GAVE HIM THE VICTORY.
00:34:16.58\00:34:19.95
AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH HIS
MEEKNESS AND HUMILITY - INSTEAD
00:34:19.99\00:34:23.39
OF CONDEMNING ME, HE RELATED TO
ME AND SAID, 'YOU KNOW, I KNOW
00:34:23.43\00:34:27.36
WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. I
REALLY STRUGGLED WITH THIS' -
00:34:27.40\00:34:30.17
AND HE ITEMIZED WHAT
THE ISSUE WAS - AND IT WAS A
00:34:30.20\00:34:32.97
BATTLE FOR YEARS.
AND I STILL, TO THIS DAY,
00:34:33.00\00:34:34.94
REMEMBER THE STORY HE
TOLD ME ABOUT HOW HE STRUGGLED.
00:34:34.97\00:34:38.41
AND HE SAID, 'BUT, YOU KNOW,
I PRAYED AND I PRAYED' - AND IT
00:34:38.44\00:34:40.58
TOOK A LONG TIME OF PRAYING
- 'AND FINALLY GOD GAVE ME THE
00:34:40.61\00:34:42.48
VICTORY AND, PRAISE THE
LORD, THE TEMPTATION WAS GONE.
00:34:42.51\00:34:45.41
AND IT FELT SO GOOD TO BE FREE.
AND HE WANTS YOU TO BE FREE.'
00:34:45.45\00:34:48.85
AND HE PRAYED
WITH ME THEN, THAT DAY.
00:34:48.88\00:34:50.79
WELL, I DIDN'T QUIT RIGHT AWAY,
BUT I DID LATER AND I NEVER
00:34:50.82\00:34:52.72
FORGOT THAT HE DIDN'T CONDEMN
ME - THAT WHEN HE CONFRONTED ME,
00:34:52.75\00:34:58.49
HE DID IT IN LOVE
AND HE RELATED TO ME.
00:34:58.53\00:35:02.53
YOU KNOW, THE ONE REASON THAT
JESUS IS A GREAT SAVIOR IS HE
00:35:02.56\00:35:05.47
BECAME A HUMAN AND HE WAS
TEMPTED IN ALL POINTS AS WE ARE
00:35:05.50\00:35:09.34
TEMPTED, RIGHT? SO HE
RELATES TO US, AND THAT'S
00:35:09.37\00:35:13.48
WHAT PAUL MEANS WHEN HE SAYS,
'CONSIDERING YOURSELF, LEST
00:35:13.51\00:35:16.08
YOU ALSO BE
TEMPTED.' DO IT IN GENTLENESS.
00:35:16.11\00:35:20.12
AND, IF YOU DON'T, PAUL
SAYS YOU'RE A HYPOCRITE.
00:35:20.15\00:35:22.42
LOOK IN ROMANS, FOR INSTANCE.
ROMANS CHAPTER 2, VERSE 21,
00:35:22.45\00:35:27.32
"YOU, THEREFORE, WHO
TEACH ANOTHER, DO YOU
00:35:27.36\00:35:30.16
NOT TEACH YOURSELF?
YOU WHO PREACH THAT A MAN
00:35:30.19\00:35:33.09
SHOULD NOT STEAL, DO YOU STEAL?
YOU WHO SAY, 'DO NOT COMMIT
00:35:33.13\00:35:36.77
ADULTERY,' DO YOU COMMIT
ADULTERY? YOU WHO ABHOR IDOLS,
00:35:36.80\00:35:41.04
DO YOU ROB TEMPLES? YOU
WHO MAKE YOUR BOAST IN THE
00:35:41.07\00:35:44.61
LAW, DO YOU DISHONOR GOD
THROUGH BREAKING THE LAW?
00:35:44.64\00:35:47.94
FOR 'THE NAME OF GOD IS
BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES
00:35:47.98\00:35:51.38
BECAUSE OF YOU,' AS IT
IS WRITTEN." IT'S LIKE I WAS
00:35:51.41\00:35:55.08
SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHO IS -
WHO IS THE BIGGEST ENEMY IN THE
00:35:55.12\00:36:00.86
WORLD OF
CHRISTIANITY? >>CHRISTIANS.
00:36:00.89\00:36:04.93
>>PEOPLE WHO TAKE THE NAME
OF CHRISTIANS. AND PAUL SAID, TO
00:36:04.96\00:36:09.10
HIS JEWISH READERS - HE WRITES
THE ROMANS, HE SAYS, 'LOOK, THEY
00:36:09.13\00:36:14.44
MAKE FUN OF US IN ROME BECAUSE,
HERE, WE PREACH ONE THING THEN
00:36:14.47\00:36:19.34
WE DO ANOTHER. AND
SO, ONE REASON FOR US TO
00:36:19.37\00:36:22.84
LABOR WITH EACH OTHER IS SO
THAT WE BRING UP THE STANDARD
00:36:22.88\00:36:25.51
OF 'WHAT IS A
CHRISTIAN? AND WE LIVE THE LIFE.
00:36:25.55\00:36:29.35
SO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO
TALK TO SOMEONE ELSE ABOUT BEING
00:36:29.38\00:36:33.52
RESTORED - SOMEONE WHO IS
WANDERING FROM THE FAITH, MAKE
00:36:33.56\00:36:37.06
SURE THAT YOU'RE
BEING CONSISTENT WITH THAT.
00:36:37.09\00:36:39.63
JESUS TALKS ABOUT THIS A LITTLE
LATER, WHEN HE SAYS, 'WHY DO YOU
00:36:39.66\00:36:45.57
LOOK AT THE SPECK THAT'S IN
YOUR BROTHER'S EYE BUT YOU DON'T
00:36:45.60\00:36:48.27
CONSIDER THE TWO BY
FOUR THAT'S IN YOUR OWN EYE?'
00:36:48.30\00:36:51.57
- HE SAYS 'PLANK' - 'OR HOW CAN
YOU SAY TO YOUR BROTHER, 'LET ME
00:36:51.61\00:36:55.51
REMOVE THE SPECK FROM YOUR EYE'
AND LOOK, YOU'VE GOT A PLANK IN
00:36:55.54\00:36:59.45
YOUR OWN EYE?
HYPOCRITE.' NOW DOES JESUS SAY,
00:36:59.48\00:37:03.05
'DON'T BE LOOKING FOR
THE SPECK IN ANYONE'S EYE?
00:37:03.08\00:37:05.65
DON'T HELP YOUR NEIGHBOR IF HE'S
GOT A PIECE OF SAWDUST IN HIS
00:37:05.69\00:37:08.12
EYE.' IS THAT WHAT JESUS SAID?
00:37:08.16\00:37:09.79
OR DOES JESUS SAY, 'WHEN YOU'RE
LOOKING IN THEIR EYE AT THE
00:37:09.82\00:37:13.33
PIECE OF SAWDUST, NOTICE
THE REFLECTION OF YOUR OWN EYE.
00:37:13.36\00:37:16.30
DO YOU HAVE A TWO
BY FOUR IN YOUR EYE?'
00:37:16.33\00:37:20.94
I HAD TO GRAB A LITTLE
PIECE OF TWO BY FOUR TO DO A JOB
00:37:20.97\00:37:22.90
YESTERDAY, AND I'D
HATE TO HAVE THAT IN MY EYE.
00:37:22.94\00:37:26.61
BUT CHRIST, HERE, THIS IS AN
EXAMPLE OF THE HUMOR OF JESUS -
00:37:26.64\00:37:30.05
OR THE IRONY, ANYWAY, BECAUSE,
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S AN ILLUSTRATION
00:37:30.08\00:37:34.58
THAT, IF WE'RE GOING TO HELP -
BUT DOES JESUS SAY, 'DON'T EVER
00:37:34.62\00:37:36.82
HELP ANYBODY WHO SAYS
SOMETHING IS IN THEIR EYE?'
00:37:36.85\00:37:39.39
NO, HE SAYS, 'FIRST REMOVE THE
SPECK FROM YOUR OWN EYE, THEN
00:37:39.42\00:37:44.06
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HELP YOUR
NEIGHBOR WITH WHAT'S IN THEIR
00:37:44.09\00:37:47.10
EYE.' AMEN? SO,
ALRIGHT, LET ME JUST
00:37:47.13\00:37:51.10
MAKE THIS PRACTICAL. DO
YOU KNOW SOMEBODY - BROTHER,
00:37:51.13\00:37:53.77
SISTER, SOMEBODY IN THE
CHURCH - AND THEY'RE JUST REALLY
00:37:53.80\00:37:55.67
STRUGGLING IN SOME
AREA YOU'RE AWARE OF?
00:37:55.70\00:37:57.34
OR MAYBE THEY'RE MISSING EVERY
THIRD - EVERY OTHER WEEK BECAUSE
00:37:57.37\00:38:02.04
THEIR COMMITMENT IS WEAK AND YOU
THINK THEY MIGHT JUST NEED SOME
00:38:02.08\00:38:04.91
SPIRITUAL ENCOURAGEMENT?
BEFORE YOU GO SEE THEM,
00:38:04.95\00:38:09.05
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? >>PRAY.
00:38:09.08\00:38:11.02
>>PRAY AND SAY, 'LORD,
IS MY OWN HEART RIGHT?'
00:38:11.05\00:38:14.86
OR YOU'RE AN ELDER AND
YOU'RE GOING TO PRAY AND HAVE AN
00:38:14.89\00:38:17.59
ANOINTING SERVICE
FOR SOMEONE TO BE HEALED.
00:38:17.63\00:38:21.16
BEFORE YOU TALK TO THEM AND YOU
PRAY FOR THEM, YOU OUGHT TO PRAY
00:38:21.20\00:38:24.97
FOR YOURSELF AND SAY, 'LORD,
IS MY SPIRIT RIGHT SO THAT I CAN
00:38:25.00\00:38:28.14
PRAY? IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN MY
00:38:28.17\00:38:29.54
LIFE, LORD, FORGIVE ME.
HELP ME SET THAT STRAIGHT.' IT'S
00:38:29.57\00:38:32.01
REALLY GOOD FOR CHRISTIANS TO
TAKE A REGULAR INVENTORY OF OUR
00:38:32.04\00:38:35.28
OWN LIVES AS WE PRAY AND
AS WE WORK WITH OTHERS, AMEN?
00:38:35.31\00:38:41.05
NOW, AND THIS IS BIBLICAL, 1
CORINTHIANS 11:31, "FOR IF WE
00:38:41.08\00:38:48.22
WOULD JUDGE OURSELVES,
WE WOULD NOT BE JUDGED."
00:38:48.26\00:38:51.19
NOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE JUDGED.
00:38:51.23\00:38:53.80
WHAT DOES PAUL SAY WE NEED TO DO
IF WE DON'T WANT TO BE JUDGED?
00:38:53.83\00:38:56.80
JUDGE YOURSELF.
DID I READ THAT RIGHT?
00:38:56.83\00:39:00.74
LET ME READ IT AGAIN. 1
CORINTHIANS 11:31, "FOR IF WE
00:39:00.77\00:39:05.44
WOULD JUDGE OURSELVES,
WE WOULD NOT BE JUDGED."
00:39:05.47\00:39:08.18
I HEAR SOME PASTORS OUT THERE
SAYING, 'DON'T TAKE YOURSELF TOO
00:39:08.21\00:39:11.88
SERIOUSLY, JUST - JUST,
YOU KNOW, LIVE IN FAITH.
00:39:11.91\00:39:15.02
JUST LIVE IN GRACE AND...' -
MY BIBLE SAYS THAT EVERY NOW AND
00:39:15.05\00:39:18.42
THEN YOU OUGHT TO TAKE
INVENTORY OF YOUR LIFE.
00:39:18.45\00:39:21.96
EXAMINE YOUR HEART - MATTER
OF FACT, HERE'S THE VERSE - 2
00:39:21.99\00:39:24.16
CORINTHIANS 13:5, "EXAMINE
YOURSELVES AS TO WHETHER YOU ARE
00:39:24.19\00:39:28.50
IN THE FAITH." - ISN'T
THAT CLEAR? - "TEST YOURSELVES.
00:39:28.53\00:39:32.10
DO YOU NOT KNOW YOURSELVES,
THAT JESUS CHRIST IS IN YOU?
00:39:32.13\00:39:35.20
- UNLESS INDEED YOU ARE" -
REPROBATE - OR "DISQUALIFIED."
00:39:35.24\00:39:38.51
AS SOME VERSIONS PUT IT. SO
THERE IS A TIME FOR CHRISTIANS.
00:39:38.54\00:39:41.68
DOESN'T DAVID SAY,
'SEARCH ME, LORD, TRY ME.
00:39:41.71\00:39:46.05
SEE IF THERE BE
ANY WICKED WAY IN ME.
00:39:46.08\00:39:47.95
LEAD ME IN THE WAY EVERLASTING.'
I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR
00:39:47.98\00:39:51.35
CHRISTIANS TO, EVERY NOW AND
THEN, DO A LITTLE ACCOUNTING -
00:39:51.39\00:39:54.22
AN INVENTORY OF YOUR OWN LIVES
- AND, ESPECIALLY, BEFORE YOU'RE
00:39:54.26\00:39:57.93
GOING TO GO AND LABOR WITH AND
TRY TO ENCOURAGE A BROTHER OR
00:39:57.96\00:40:01.83
SISTER. AMEN?
00:40:01.86\00:40:04.00
AND THEN 2 PETER 3:17, "YOU
THEREFORE, BELOVED, SINCE YOU
00:40:04.03\00:40:08.30
KNOW THIS BEFOREHAND, BEWARE
LEST YOU ALSO FALL FROM YOUR OWN
00:40:08.34\00:40:12.14
STEADFASTNESS, BEING LED AWAY
WITH THE ERROR OF THE WICKED;" -
00:40:12.17\00:40:17.28
AND SO, WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL TO
EXAMINE OUR OWN HEARTS AND GUARD
00:40:17.31\00:40:20.58
OUR OWN WAY, WATCH OUR
OWN FEET - THE BIBLE'S CLEAR.
00:40:20.62\00:40:23.95
BURDEN BEARING - NOW WE'RE
IN GALATIANS 6:2 THROUGH 5 - AND
00:40:23.99\00:40:29.22
THIS IS REALLY JUST - WE'RE
SUMMARIZING THE WORK OF THE
00:40:29.26\00:40:33.46
GOSPEL IN THE CHURCH, "BEAR
ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS, AND SO
00:40:33.50\00:40:38.60
FULFILL THE LAW OF CHRIST.
FOR IF ANYONE THINKS HIMSELF
00:40:38.63\00:40:42.47
TO BE SOMETHING, WHEN HE IS
NOTHING, HE DECEIVES HIMSELF.
00:40:42.50\00:40:45.21
BUT LET EACH ONE EXAMINE HIS OWN
WORK," - THIS IS WHAT WE WERE
00:40:45.24\00:40:48.18
JUST TALKING ABOUT - "LET EACH
ONE EXAMINE HIS OWN WORK, AND HE
00:40:48.21\00:40:51.65
WILL HAVE REJOICING IN HIMSELF
ALONE, AND NOT IN ANOTHER.
00:40:51.68\00:40:55.08
FOR EACH ONE SHALL
BEAR HIS OWN LOAD."
00:40:55.12\00:40:58.02
- WE WILL ALL GO INTO THE
JUDGMENT WITH OUR OWN RECORD,
00:40:58.05\00:41:00.92
AND SO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE THE LORD TAKING
00:41:00.96\00:41:05.06
AWAY OUR BURDENS AND
WE EXAMINE OURSELVES.
00:41:05.09\00:41:08.16
PART OF CHRISTIANITY IS
BEARING ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS.
00:41:08.20\00:41:12.27
NOW SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ,
FOR ME, MATTHEW 27:32 IN JUST A
00:41:12.30\00:41:15.67
MOMENT - YOU'LL HAVE THAT?
00:41:15.70\00:41:17.21
I THINK A FEW MONTHS AGO I
SHARED WITH YOU AN ILLUSTRATION.
00:41:17.24\00:41:20.24
I WAS IN WESTERN
AUSTRALIA A FEW YEARS AGO.
00:41:20.28\00:41:23.85
THEY'VE GOT A STATUE OF SOMEONE
THERE THEY CALL 'RUSSIAN JACK' -
00:41:23.88\00:41:27.12
ANY OF YOU EVER
HEARD OF THAT BEFORE?
00:41:27.15\00:41:29.45
RUSSIAN JACK - THERE IN WESTERN
AUSTRALIA THEY HAD SOME MINES IN
00:41:29.48\00:41:32.82
THE 1880S AND THESE TWO GUYS
- RUSSIAN JACK'S REAL NAME WAS
00:41:32.85\00:41:37.53
IVAN FREDERICKS AND I GUESS
HE HAD SOME RUSSIAN BACKGROUND -
00:41:37.56\00:41:42.20
AND THEY WERE PROSPECTING,
OUT LOOKING FOR GOLD, AND HIS
00:41:42.23\00:41:45.93
PARTNER BROKE A LEG AND THEN
GOT SICK AND THE NEAREST MEDICAL
00:41:45.97\00:41:51.34
CLINIC WAS 150
MILES AWAY - NO ROADS.
00:41:51.37\00:41:56.78
SO IVAN LOADED HIS FRIEND IN
A WHEELBARROW AND PUSHED HIM 150
00:41:56.81\00:42:02.38
MILES - AND THIS IS OVER ROUGH
TERRAIN - AND WHEN THEY FINALLY
00:42:02.42\00:42:08.26
ENTERED THE TOWN THERE IN
WYNDHAM - HE TOOK HIM ACROSS THE
00:42:08.29\00:42:12.49
GREAT SANDY DESERT TO THE
NEAREST MEDICAL CENTER - WHEN HE
00:42:12.53\00:42:17.03
ENTERED THE TOWN AND THEY
CAME AND GOT HIS FRIEND OUT THEY
00:42:17.07\00:42:22.14
SAID, 'DID YOU REALLY PUSH
HIM ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SANDY
00:42:22.17\00:42:24.67
DESERT?' HE SAID,
'YES, I DID.' AND HIS
00:42:24.71\00:42:26.34
FRIEND SAID, 'AND HE DIDN'T MISS
A SINGLE ROCK ALONG THE WAY.'
00:42:26.37\00:42:30.55
(LAUGHTER) CAN YOU IMAGINE
THAT? NO SHOCK ABSORBERS IN A
00:42:30.58\00:42:33.92
WHEELBARROW WITH A
BROKEN LEG. THAT MUST HAVE
00:42:33.95\00:42:36.35
BEEN A ROUGH RIDE. BUT
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A GOOD
00:42:36.38\00:42:38.95
FRIEND WHO'S GOING
TO PUSH YOU THAT FAR.
00:42:38.99\00:42:42.39
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS, "BEAR
ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS, AND SO
00:42:42.42\00:42:46.26
FULFILL THE LAW OF
CHRIST." GO AHEAD, READ, FOR US,
00:42:46.29\00:42:47.86
PLEASE, MATTHEW 27:32.
>>"NOW AS THEY CAME OUT, THEY
00:42:47.93\00:42:52.00
FOUND A MAN OF
CYRENE, SIMON BY NAME.
00:42:52.03\00:42:55.00
HIM THEY COMPELLED
TO BEAR HIS CROSS."
00:42:55.04\00:42:58.47
>>WHAT A WONDERFUL MAN SIMON
MUST HAVE BEEN, THAT HE BORE THE
00:42:58.51\00:43:02.41
CROSS OF JESUS. YOU
EVER THOUGHT HOW GREAT IT
00:43:02.44\00:43:05.01
WOULD BE IF YOU COULD SAY, 'I
HELPED JESUS CARRY HIS CROSS.'
00:43:05.05\00:43:09.05
BUT DOES IT SAY
THAT SIMON VOLUNTEERED OR
00:43:09.08\00:43:12.55
THEY COMPELLED
HIM? >>COMPELLED HIM.
00:43:12.59\00:43:14.62
>>SO IS THAT THE SAME
THING? >>BETTER THAN NOTHING.
00:43:14.66\00:43:18.53
>>ARE THERE SOME WHO - BETTER
THAN NOTHING - YEAH, AT THE END
00:43:18.56\00:43:22.66
OF A SPEAR. YEAH, IT IS GOOD.
00:43:22.70\00:43:27.77
ARE THERE SOME PEOPLE IN
THE CHURCH THAT ARE HELPING BEAR
00:43:27.80\00:43:30.14
BURDENS BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING IT
WILLINGLY, THEY'RE DOING IT AT
00:43:30.17\00:43:32.47
THE POINT OF A ROMAN
SPEAR? DOING IT BY COMPULSION?
00:43:32.51\00:43:38.21
YOU KNOW, I THINK SIMON, LATER,
WHEN HE FOUND OUT WHO JESUS WAS,
00:43:38.25\00:43:40.55
THERE IS SOMEONE IN THE CHURCH
WHO WAS CALLED SIMON NIGER AND
00:43:40.58\00:43:43.75
LEGEND HAS IT HE WAS THE
ONE WHO CARRIED CHRIST'S CROSS.
00:43:43.79\00:43:47.62
MATTER OF FACT, I
THINK A VERSE SAYS IT.
00:43:47.66\00:43:49.62
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS LATER
CONVERTED AND WHAT A PRIVILEGE
00:43:49.66\00:43:54.83
TO SAY, 'YES, I'M THE ONE.'
BUT HOW MUCH BETTER TO SAY WE
00:43:54.83\00:43:59.27
WILLINGLY ARE WANTING TO
BEAR ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS.
00:43:59.30\00:44:03.94
THIS IS WHAT IT
MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
00:44:03.97\00:44:06.14
MATTER OF FACT, JESUS SAYS,
IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 5:41, 'IF
00:44:06.17\00:44:09.04
SOMEONE COMPELS YOU TO GO ONE
MILE, GO WITH HIM TWO.' HOW MANY
00:44:09.08\00:44:12.41
TIMES HAVE YOU USED THE
EXPRESSION 'GOING THE SECOND
00:44:12.45\00:44:14.88
MILE'? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
00:44:14.92\00:44:19.79
IT WAS VERY COMMON, IN
BIBLE TIMES, THAT THE ROMANS -
00:44:19.82\00:44:23.59
REMEMBER, THEY WERE OCCUPIED
BY THE ROMANS - AS THEY TRAVELED
00:44:23.63\00:44:25.83
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ANY ROMAN
CENTURION COULD COME UP AND SAY
00:44:25.86\00:44:29.43
TO SOME FARMER OUT IN HIS FIELD,
'LOOK, DROP WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
00:44:29.46\00:44:33.03
I WANT YOU TO HELP OUR
SOLDIERS CARRY THE GEAR FOR ONE
00:44:33.07\00:44:35.80
KILOMETER.' AND, ACCORDING TO
ROMAN LAW, THEY COULDN'T REQUIRE
00:44:35.84\00:44:38.01
YOU TO CARRY IT
FOR MORE THAN A MILE.
00:44:38.04\00:44:40.58
AND THEN THEY'D FIND SOMEONE
ELSE AND THEY'D CARRY IT FOR A
00:44:40.61\00:44:42.08
MILE. BUT JESUS
WAS SAYING, 'LOOK,
00:44:42.11\00:44:45.91
IF YOU WANT TO BE MY FOLLOWER,
AFTER THEY COMPEL YOU TO CARRY
00:44:45.95\00:44:48.85
IT FOR ONE MILE, YOU TELL THEM,
'I WILL CARRY IT FOR FREE FOR
00:44:48.88\00:44:54.12
ANOTHER MILE.' NOW THAT'S
SORT OF OUTRAGEOUS, ISN'T IT?
00:44:54.16\00:44:57.89
I MEAN, THIS IS YOUR ENEMY AND
HE'S TELLING YOU YOU'VE GOT TO
00:44:57.93\00:44:59.96
CARRY HIS ARMOR OR HIS CANNON -
I GUESS THEY DIDN'T HAVE CANNONS
00:45:00.06\00:45:03.63
- WHATEVER IT WAS YOU CARRIED OR
THE ROMANS - YOU HAD TO CARRY IT
00:45:03.67\00:45:05.97
FOR A MILE AND THEY'D SAY,
'ALRIGHT, YOU'RE FREE NOW.'
00:45:06.00\00:45:10.37
YOU'D SAY, 'I JUST LIKE
YOU. I WANT TO CARRY IT ANOTHER
00:45:10.41\00:45:12.74
MILE.' 'WHAT IN THE WORLD MAKES
YOU DO THAT?' 'JESUS, MY LORD.
00:45:12.77\00:45:18.51
HE TOLD ME TO
LOVE EVEN MY ENEMIES.
00:45:18.55\00:45:20.75
LET ME CARRY IT FOR YOU EVEN
ANOTHER MILE.' AND IF ALL OF THE
00:45:20.78\00:45:23.05
JEWS HAD DONE THAT AFTER CHRIST
TAUGHT IT, THERE NEVER WOULD
00:45:23.08\00:45:27.69
HAVE BEEN A SECOND WAR WITH
THE ROMANS, WHERE THE TEMPLE WAS
00:45:27.72\00:45:30.53
DESTROYED. BEAR
ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS.
00:45:30.56\00:45:34.00
CERTAINLY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO
IT FOR YOUR ENEMY, WOULD WE DO
00:45:34.00\00:45:37.13
IT IN THE CHURCH? AMEN?
JAMES 2:14 THROUGH 16, "WHAT
00:45:37.17\00:45:43.37
DOES IT PROFIT, MY BRETHREN,
IF SOMEONE SAY HE HAS FAITH
00:45:43.41\00:45:46.88
BUT DOES NOT HAVE
WORKS? CAN FAITH SAVE HIM?
00:45:46.91\00:45:50.05
IF A BROTHER OR SISTER IS NAKED
AND DESTITUTE OF DAILY FOOD, AND
00:45:50.08\00:45:54.98
ONE OF YOU SAYS TO THEM, 'DEPART
IN PEACE, BE WARMED AND FILLED,'
00:45:55.02\00:45:59.12
BUT YOU DO NOT GIVE THEM THE
THINGS WHICH ARE NEEDED FOR THE
00:45:59.15\00:46:01.92
BODY, WHAT DOES IT PROFIT?"
00:46:01.96\00:46:05.36
I THINK I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE
THAT WHEN I FIRST BECAME A
00:46:05.39\00:46:08.76
CHRISTIAN, I'D SPENT SO MUCH
TIME HITCHHIKING AND PRAYING FOR
00:46:08.80\00:46:13.87
A RIDE - SOMETIMES I SPENT HOURS
OUT THERE IN THE SUN, THIRSTY,
00:46:13.90\00:46:18.74
WHATEVER, JUST STANDING
THERE BEGGING FOR A RIDE.
00:46:18.77\00:46:21.71
BUT I REMEMBER, IN DESPERATION,
ONCE OR TWICE, I MADE THESE
00:46:21.74\00:46:24.05
RECKLESS PROMISES AND I HOPE
THE LORD DOESN'T HOLD ME TO IT.
00:46:24.08\00:46:28.18
AND I SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU JUST
GIVE ME A RIDE, I PROMISE, IF I
00:46:28.22\00:46:31.85
EVER GET A CAR, I WILL PICK UP
EVERY HITCHHIKER I SEE.' WELL, I
00:46:31.89\00:46:37.79
WASN'T - YOU KNOW, I WAS SINCERE
WHEN I SAID IT, BUT I FINALLY
00:46:37.83\00:46:40.80
DID GET A CAR AND I
PICKED UP A LOT OF HITCHHIKERS.
00:46:40.83\00:46:44.80
IT GOT TO THE PLACE WHERE I
THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, I'M HAVING A
00:46:44.83\00:46:47.20
HARD TIME LIVING UP TO THIS
VOW.' AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
00:46:47.24\00:46:51.51
I'D SEE SIX HITCHHIKERS STANDING
ON THE ON RAMP AND I'D SAY,
00:46:51.54\00:46:55.28
'LORD, I CAN'T DO THIS.' THEN
I SAID, 'WELL, I CAN'T PICK THEM
00:46:55.31\00:46:58.65
ALL UP, BUT I'LL PRAY FOR THEM.'
AND I STARTED THINKING OF THAT
00:46:58.68\00:47:02.02
VERSE AND I'D GO BY HITCHHIKERS
AND I'D SAY, 'LORD, HELP THEM
00:47:02.05\00:47:04.85
GET A RIDE.' BUT I
DIDN'T GIVE THEM A RIDE.
00:47:04.89\00:47:07.56
SO I'M IN A HURRY AND THEY LOOK
LIKE THEY SMELL AND THIS IS A
00:47:07.59\00:47:10.89
NEW CAR, BUT 'GIVE THEM A RIDE
- HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE GIVE THEM A
00:47:10.93\00:47:14.73
RIDE, LORD.' NOW IT'S OKAY TO
PRAY FOR THOSE THAT ARE HAVING
00:47:14.73\00:47:18.63
CALAMITY. I THINK
ALL OF YOU HAVE HEARD,
00:47:18.67\00:47:22.54
AT THIS POINT, THAT YESTERDAY,
PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUED A
00:47:22.57\00:47:26.81
DECLARATION THAT SUNDAY -
TOMORROW - IS A NATIONAL DAY OF
00:47:26.84\00:47:31.11
PRAYER FOR THE HURRICANE
VICTIMS. NOW THAT'S GOOD THAT WE
00:47:31.15\00:47:39.29
ARE TAKING TIME TO
PRAY, AND IT'S BIBLICAL.
00:47:39.32\00:47:47.30
I MEAN, I CAN THINK OF A COUPLE
OF TIMES IN THE BIBLE WHEN KINGS
00:47:47.30\00:47:50.40
AND RULERS
PROCLAIMED DAYS OF PRAYER.
00:47:50.43\00:47:53.10
EVEN ESTHER ASKED ALL THE PEOPLE
TO PRAY ON A - FOR THREE DAYS -
00:47:53.13\00:47:57.54
BECAUSE THEY WERE
FACING ANNIHILATION.
00:47:57.57\00:48:04.51
I HAVE TO JUST TELL YOU, I PUT
IT ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE - I DON'T
00:48:04.55\00:48:07.28
KNOW IF ANYONE SAW IT - THAT
IT DID GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF
00:48:07.32\00:48:12.45
PORTENTOUS CREEP - CREEPY
FEELING - TO SEE THE PRESIDENT
00:48:12.49\00:48:16.09
SIGNING A SUNDAY LAW, SURROUNDED
BY RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND
00:48:16.12\00:48:20.63
POLITICAL LEADERS, EVEN THOUGH
THERE'S REALLY NOTHING WRONG
00:48:20.66\00:48:25.17
WITH HAVING A DAY OF PRAYER.
BUT JUST - IT KIND OF WAS
00:48:25.20\00:48:29.17
PORTENTOUS, YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
00:48:29.20\00:48:30.77
IT'S KIND OF A HARBINGER
OF WHAT MAY COME SOME DAY.
00:48:30.81\00:48:33.11
AND - BUT IT'S GOOD TO PRAY
AND IT'S GREAT FOR THE NATION TO
00:48:33.14\00:48:37.28
PRAY. THAT'S -
YOU KNOW, THANKSGIVING
00:48:37.31\00:48:38.58
CAME AS A
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
00:48:38.61\00:48:40.25
THAT'S HOW THANKSGIVING
DEVELOPED - BECAUSE OF THE CIVIL
00:48:40.28\00:48:41.82
WAR. IT'S GOOD. I
REMEMBER - THE FIRST
00:48:41.85\00:48:46.39
THANKSGIVING WITH THE PILGRIMS,
THAT DIDN'T BECOME A NATIONAL
00:48:46.42\00:48:48.92
DAY UNTIL LINCOLN, DURING
THE CIVIL WAR. BUT TO JUST SAY
00:48:48.96\00:48:54.23
'WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NATIONAL
DAY OF PRAYER' IS ONE THING.
00:48:54.30\00:48:56.43
TO SAY 'WE'RE GOING TO
SEND MONEY' - DO YOU KNOW, ON
00:48:56.46\00:48:59.70
SEPTEMBER 9, OUR CHURCH IS
HAVING A SPECIAL OFFERING FOR
00:48:59.73\00:49:02.67
THE VICTIMS OF - YOU KNOW,
IF ANYONE OUT THERE IS NAMED
00:49:02.70\00:49:06.47
HARVEY, I FEEL REALLY BAD FOR
THEM RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE
00:49:06.51\00:49:09.48
ALL TALKING ABOUT VICTIMS OF
HARVEY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE
00:49:09.51\00:49:12.98
PRAYING FOR AND MAKING DONATIONS
TO - NOW ISN'T THAT BETTER?
00:49:13.01\00:49:16.42
IT'S ONE THING TO SAY 'WE'RE
GOING TO PRAY', IT'S ANOTHER
00:49:16.45\00:49:18.05
THING TO REACH IN YOUR WALLET
AND SAY, 'WE'RE GOING TO GIVE
00:49:18.09\00:49:20.26
SOMETHING TO
HELP WITH THE VICTIMS.
00:49:20.29\00:49:23.83
I NOTICED, WHEN I CHECKED OUT
AT WALMART YESTERDAY, THAT THEY
00:49:23.86\00:49:26.80
GAVE AN OPTION ON THE SCREEN
TO DONATE TO RED CROSS FOR,
00:49:26.83\00:49:30.90
OSTENSIBLY, THE
HURRICANE VICTIMS.
00:49:30.93\00:49:34.20
AND SO, HERE HE'S SAYING 'BEAR
ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS, NOT JUST
00:49:34.24\00:49:36.77
WITH YOUR PRAYERS, BUT
IN TANGIBLE, REAL WAYS.
00:49:36.81\00:49:40.28
OTHERWISE, WHAT DOES IT PROFIT?'
00:49:40.31\00:49:42.08
PART OF BEARING THE BURDENS,
IT'S JUST GIVING THEM TIME.
00:49:42.11\00:49:46.05
I LOVE WHAT PAUL SAYS IN ROMANS
12:15, "REJOICE WITH THOSE WHO
00:49:46.08\00:49:49.88
REJOICE, AND WEEP
WITH THOSE WHO WEEP."
00:49:49.92\00:49:53.05
WHEN YOU WEEP WITH THOSE WHO
WEEP, YOU DIVIDE THEIR SORROWS.
00:49:53.09\00:49:56.36
YOU'RE HELPING
THEM BEAR THEIR BURDENS.
00:49:56.39\00:49:58.89
ARE THERE
BURDENS IN LIFE? >>YES.
00:49:58.93\00:50:02.06
>>WHEN YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN
AND YOU YOKE UP WITH JESUS, HE
00:50:02.10\00:50:04.27
SAID, 'MY BURDEN IS LIGHT.'
HE HELPS BEAR THE BURDEN.
00:50:04.30\00:50:07.67
SOMEONE SAID THAT - YOU EVER
HELP A PERSON CARRY A LOAD BY
00:50:07.70\00:50:12.97
TAKING A STICK AND YOU PUT
IT THROUGH THE HANDLE OF A VERY
00:50:13.01\00:50:15.34
HEAVY CEMENT BUCKET?
THEY'VE GOT ONE END OF THE STICK
00:50:15.38\00:50:18.21
AND YOU'VE GOT
ONE END OF THE STICK?
00:50:18.25\00:50:20.58
RIGHT? YOU EVER DO THAT
BEFORE? AND YOU PICK UP THE
00:50:20.62\00:50:22.88
BUCKET TOGETHER. DO
YOU REALIZE THAT IF YOU PUT
00:50:22.92\00:50:26.96
THE BUCKET CLOSER TO THEIR
END AND YOU'VE GOT THE LONG END
00:50:26.99\00:50:30.36
OF THE STICK, YOU
HAVE MORE LEVERAGE AND YOUR
00:50:30.39\00:50:31.73
END IS MUCH LIGHTER.
THEY END UP WITH THE SHORT
00:50:31.76\00:50:34.36
END OF THE STICK
- IT'S MUCH HEAVIER.
00:50:34.36\00:50:36.50
IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU'RE CARRYING
A COUCH UPSTAIRS, YOU WANT TO BE
00:50:36.53\00:50:38.77
AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS, RIGHT?
00:50:38.80\00:50:41.24
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE THE GUY
PUSHING THE COUCH UP THE STAIRS.
00:50:41.27\00:50:45.14
WELL, JESUS IS
THE ONE AT THE BOTTOM.
00:50:45.17\00:50:47.68
HE HAS THE SHORT
END OF THE STICK.
00:50:47.71\00:50:49.94
HE SAYS IF WE YOKE UP WITH
HIM, HE WILL TAKE THE BURDEN.
00:50:49.98\00:50:53.58
SO, AS CHRISTIANS, WE OUGHT
TO MODEL THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS,
00:50:53.62\00:50:56.22
AMEN? "WE THEN WHO ARE STRONG"
- ROMANS 15:1 - "WE THEN WHO ARE
00:50:56.25\00:51:01.69
STRONG" - MEANING IN THE FAITH -
"OUGHT TO BEAR WITH THE SCRUPLES
00:51:01.72\00:51:04.96
OF THE WEAK, AND NOT TO PLEASE
OURSELVES." WE OUGHT TO BE
00:51:04.99\00:51:07.93
ACCOMMODATING OTHER WHOSE
FAITH MIGHT BE A LITTLE WEAKER.
00:51:07.96\00:51:10.47
THEN WE TALK ABOUT THE LAW OF
CHRIST - MATTHEW 22, VERSE 34 -
00:51:10.50\00:51:15.64
"BUT WHEN THE PHARISEES
HEARD THAT HE HAD SILENCED THE
00:51:15.67\00:51:19.14
SADDUCEES, THEY
GATHERED TOGETHER.
00:51:19.17\00:51:22.08
THEN ONE OF THEM, A LAWYER,
ASKED HIM A QUESTION, TESTING
00:51:22.11\00:51:24.11
HIM, AND SAYING, 'TEACHER, WHICH
IS THE GREAT COMMANDMENT IN THE
00:51:24.15\00:51:26.55
LAW?' JESUS SAID
TO HIM, ''YOU SHALL
00:51:26.58\00:51:29.72
LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL
YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL,
00:51:29.75\00:51:33.09
AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' THIS IS
THE FIRST AND GREAT COMMANDMENT.
00:51:33.12\00:51:36.42
AND THE SECOND IS LIKE IT:
'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS
00:51:36.46\00:51:40.36
YOURSELF.' THESE TWO
COMMANDMENTS REPLACE THE TEN.'"
00:51:40.40\00:51:45.37
IS THAT WHAT HE SAID? >>NO.
00:51:45.40\00:51:47.00
>>NO. SOME PEOPLE READ IT THAT
WAY. JESUS ACTUALLY SAID, 'ON
00:51:47.04\00:51:50.11
THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS HANG
ALL THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.'
00:51:50.14\00:51:54.94
IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S A SUMMARY
OF THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.
00:51:54.98\00:51:58.51
IN GALATIANS CHAPTER 5 - THIS
IS WHAT HE SAYS - VERSE 14, "FOR
00:51:58.55\00:52:03.05
ALL OF THE LAW IS FULFILLED IN
ONE WORD," - MEANING ONE SAYING
00:52:03.08\00:52:07.29
- "EVEN IN THIS: 'YOU SHALL LOVE
YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' BUT
00:52:07.32\00:52:10.89
IF YOU BITE AND DEVOUR ONE
ANOTHER, BEWARE LEST YOU BE
00:52:10.93\00:52:13.16
CONSUMED BY ONE ANOTHER!'"
THIS IS HOW WE SHOW WE ARE
00:52:13.19\00:52:15.90
CHRISTIANS, BY BEARING EACH
OTHER'S BURDENS - BY LOVING ONE
00:52:15.93\00:52:18.83
ANOTHER. ALRIGHT, SOWING
AND REAPING - LAST SECTION.
00:52:18.87\00:52:22.64
SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ JOB
4:8 - I'M GUESSING THAT'S YOU,
00:52:22.67\00:52:25.17
MANJEET. >>YES.
00:52:25.21\00:52:26.64
>>HERE'S THE LAST SECTION -
GALATIANS 6:7 AND 8, "DO NOT BE
00:52:26.68\00:52:30.11
DECEIVED, GOD IS NOT MOCKED;
FOR WHATEVER A MAN SOWS, THAT HE
00:52:30.15\00:52:33.68
WILL ALSO REAP. FOR
HE WHO SOWS TO HIS FLESH
00:52:33.72\00:52:35.85
WILL OF THE FLESH REAP
CORRUPTION, BUT HE WHO SOWS TO
00:52:35.88\00:52:38.99
THE SPIRIT WILL OF THE
SPIRIT REAP EVERLASTING LIFE."
00:52:39.02\00:52:42.82
THERE IS A SOWING/REAPING
PRINCIPLE IN LIFE YOU CANNOT
00:52:42.86\00:52:45.76
ESCAPE. PLEASE
READ FOR US, JOB 4:8.
00:52:45.79\00:52:49.03
>>JOB 4:8, "EVEN AS I HAVE SEEN,
THOSE WHO PLOW INIQUITY AND SOW
00:52:49.06\00:52:56.10
TROUBLE REAP THE SAME."
>>YOU'RE GOING TO HARVEST WHAT
00:52:56.14\00:53:00.58
YOU PLANT, AND PAUL IS TELLING
THE GALATIAN BELIEVERS, 'YOU
00:53:00.61\00:53:04.85
WILL REAP WHAT YOU SOW.' AND
PROVERBS 6:27, "CAN A MAN TAKE
00:53:04.88\00:53:10.05
FIRE TO HIS BOSOM, AND
HIS CLOTHING NOT BE BURNED?
00:53:10.09\00:53:12.99
CAN ONE WALK ON HOT COALS
AND HIS FEET NOT BE SEARED?"
00:53:13.02\00:53:16.83
- THERE'S A FEW FIJIANS WHO CAN
DO IT - "SO IS HE WHO GOES IN TO
00:53:16.86\00:53:19.76
HIS NEIGHBOR'S WIFE;
WHOEVER TOUCHES HER SHALL NOT BE
00:53:19.79\00:53:22.86
INNOCENT." IN
OTHER WORDS, THERE IS A
00:53:22.90\00:53:24.53
LAW IN LIFE THAT THERE ARE
CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR ACTIONS.
00:53:24.57\00:53:31.17
YOU CAN READ, FOR INSTANCE,
ROMANS 8:5 - AND HE'S TALKING
00:53:31.21\00:53:34.14
ABOUT IF YOU SOW TO THE FLESH,
YOU'RE GOING TO REAP FROM THE
00:53:34.18\00:53:36.41
FLESH CORRUPTION.
ROMANS 8:5, "FOR THOSE WHO LIVE
00:53:36.44\00:53:39.85
ACCORDING TO THE FLESH SET
THEIR MINDS ON THE THINGS OF THE
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FLESH, BUT THOSE WHO
LIVE ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT,
00:53:42.25\00:53:44.92
THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT.
FOR TO BE CARNALLY MINDED IS
00:53:44.95\00:53:47.89
DEATH, BUT TO BE SPIRITUALLY
MINDED IS LIFE AND PEACE."
00:53:47.92\00:53:53.46
AND GOD WANTS US TO BE
SPIRITUALLY MINDED, AMEN?
00:53:53.50\00:53:57.80
WE'LL REAP - IF WE SOW TO THE
SPIRIT, WE'LL REAP OF THE SPIRIT
00:53:57.83\00:54:00.57
LIFE. THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
00:54:00.60\00:54:01.80
I WANT TO REMIND OUR FRIENDS,
IN CLOSING, ABOUT THE FREE OFFER
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THAT WE'D LIKE TO MAKE AVAILABLE
CALLED THE FINAL VERDICT AND YOU
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SIMPLY ASK FOR #162
WHEN YOU CALL THIS NUMBER.
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THE NUMBER IS 866-788-3966 -
THAT'S 866-STUDY-MORE - WE'LL BE
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HAPPY TO SEND THAT
TO YOU. GOD BLESS YOU.
00:54:18.55\00:54:20.46
WE LOOK FORWARD TO STUDYING HIS
WORD TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
00:54:20.49\00:54:25.43
>>FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, GOD
USED MARTIN LUTHER TO INSPIRE A
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GREAT REFORMATION, CALLING
PEOPLE BACK TO THE FOUNDATIONAL
00:54:29.20\00:54:33.03
TEACHINGS OF SCRIPTURE; HOWEVER,
IN THE CENTURIES THAT FOLLOWED,
00:54:33.07\00:54:36.97
THE CHURCH HAS SLIPPED OFF THE
BEDROCK OF TRUTH INTO THE VALLEY
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OF LUKEWARM WORLDLINESS.
THAT'S WHY, THIS FALL, I'LL BE
00:54:40.41\00:54:44.25
PRESENTING A BRAND-NEW NINE-PART
SERIES CALLED FOUNDATIONS OF
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FAITH - A PERFECT SERIES
FOR ANYONE SEEKING A PERSONAL
00:54:48.98\00:54:52.42
REVIVAL AND RENEWAL IN
THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST.
00:54:52.45\00:54:55.82
PLEASE PLAN, NOW, TO JOIN ME IN
PERSON, ONLINE, OR ON TELEVISION
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AND BE SURE TO INVITE
OTHERS TO JOIN YOU AS WELL.
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THE REFORMATION
CONTINUES. (MUSIC)
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>>EVERY NOW AND THEN, IN
THE PANORAMA OF HISTORY, WE HEAR
00:55:17.55\00:55:20.68
ABOUT INDIVIDUALS THAT GO FROM
THE LOWEST DEPTHS TO THE HIGHEST
00:55:20.72\00:55:23.99
PINNACLES. THEY
EMERGE FROM THE SHACKLES
00:55:24.02\00:55:26.25
OF PRISON TO LEAD
AND INSPIRE A NATION.
00:55:26.29\00:55:29.89
TAKE JOSEPH, FOR INSTANCE: HE'S
SOLD BY HIS BROTHERS AS A SLAVE,
00:55:29.92\00:55:34.36
THEN FALSELY ACCUSED
AND THRUST INTO PRISON.
00:55:34.36\00:55:37.23
YET, THROUGH A SERIES OF DIVINE
CIRCUMSTANCES, HE MIRACULOUSLY
00:55:37.27\00:55:40.37
GOES FROM THE PRISON TO THE
PALACE, RULING THE ONES WHO ONCE
00:55:40.40\00:55:43.91
IMPRISONED HIM.
SOUND FAR-FETCHED?
00:55:43.94\00:55:46.54
IT'S HAPPENED IN
HISTORY MORE THAN YOU THINK.
00:55:46.57\00:55:49.34
SOUTH AFRICA IS THE
HOME OF JUST SUCH A LEADER.
00:55:49.38\00:55:52.58
NELSON MANDELA WORKED TIRELESSLY
TO ESTABLISH PEACE AND FREEDOM
00:55:52.61\00:55:56.25
IN HIS COUNTRY AND HIS INFLUENCE
WAS FELT AROUND THE WORLD.
00:55:56.28\00:56:00.39
BEFORE FREEDOM,
THERE MUST BE FORGIVENESS.
00:56:00.42\00:56:03.63
LIKE JOSEPH, WHO WAS UNJUSTLY
ACCUSED OF A CRIME HE DID NOT
00:56:03.66\00:56:06.59
COMMIT, NELSON MANDELA
WAS ACCUSED OF TERRORISM AND
00:56:06.63\00:56:09.80
SENTENCED TO LIFE IN
PRISON ON ROBIN ISLAND.
00:56:09.83\00:56:12.90
HE WAS OFTEN EXPOSED TO
CRUEL PUNISHMENT AND ABUSE.
00:56:12.93\00:56:15.80
BUT EVEN IN THE MIDST
OF APPARENT FAILURE AND
00:56:15.84\00:56:17.81
DISCOURAGEMENT, HE NEVER
LOST HEART AND HE NEVER GAVE UP.
00:56:17.84\00:56:21.11
AFTER YEARS IN PRISON, A GROWING
NUMBER OF SUPPORTERS RALLIED FOR
00:56:21.14\00:56:24.65
HIS RELEASE AND
EVENTUALLY IT TOOK PLACE.
00:56:24.68\00:56:27.58
AND GOD USED HIM SO THAT HE
WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING TO
00:56:27.62\00:56:30.19
ABOLISH RACIAL SEGREGATION
IN THE COUNTRY OF SOUTH AFRICA.
00:56:30.22\00:56:34.29
INCREDIBLY, HE NOW WAS,
VIRTUALLY, THE ABSOLUTE LEADER
00:56:34.32\00:56:37.73
IN THE COUNTRY
THAT HAD IMPRISONED HIM.
00:56:37.76\00:56:39.86
HE HAD ALL THE TOOLS AND
THE POWER AT HIS DISPOSAL TO GET
00:56:39.89\00:56:42.43
EVEN WITH THE PRISON GUARDS AND
OTHERS THAT HAD MISTREATED HIM.
00:56:42.46\00:56:45.90
INSTEAD, MANDELA
CHOSE FORGIVENESS.
00:56:45.93\00:56:48.94
IT REMINDS ME OF THAT VERSE IN
THE BIBLE IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER
00:56:48.97\00:56:51.54
4, VERSE 32, "LET ALL
BITTERNESS, WRATH, ANGER,
00:56:51.57\00:56:55.68
CLAMOR, AND EVIL SPEAKING BE PUT
AWAY FROM YOU, WITH ALL MALICE.
00:56:55.71\00:56:59.45
AND BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER,
TENDERHEARTED, FORGIVING ONE
00:56:59.48\00:57:03.55
ANOTHER, EVEN AS GOD
IN CHRIST FORGAVE YOU."
00:57:03.59\00:57:08.09
I'M SO THANKFUL THAT NELSON
MANDELA, LIKE JOSEPH, CHOSE TO
00:57:08.12\00:57:11.49
FORGIVE THOSE WHO WERE ONCE HIS
ENEMIES, AND TO SERVE HIS NATION
00:57:11.53\00:57:14.30
WITH LOVE AND COURAGE.
YOU CAN FIND A NUMBER OF
00:57:14.36\00:57:17.17
EXAMPLES OF THIS
HAPPENING IN THE BIBLE.
00:57:17.20\00:57:19.70
YOU HAVE DANIEL, WHO WAS A
CAPTIVE FROM THE LAND OF JUDAH,
00:57:19.73\00:57:22.50
AND YET GOD ARRANGED THINGS
WHERE HE BECOMES THE PRIME
00:57:22.54\00:57:24.61
MINISTER IN THE
KINGDOM OF BABYLON.
00:57:24.64\00:57:26.78
YOU HAVE ESTHER, WHO WAS A POOR
ORPHAN GIRL IN PERSIA, AND YET
00:57:26.81\00:57:30.51
GOD WORKED THINGS OUT WHERE
SHE BECOMES THE QUEEN OF THAT
00:57:30.55\00:57:32.81
COUNTRY. THE BOOK
OF JEREMIAH ENDS WITH
00:57:32.85\00:57:35.42
AN INCREDIBLE STORY OF A YOUNG
KING NAMED JEHOIACHIN, WHO WAS
00:57:35.45\00:57:39.05
IN A BABYLONIAN DUNGEON
FOR 37 YEARS AND THEN KING
00:57:39.09\00:57:42.52
EVIL-MEREDOCH HAS MERCY ON HIM
AND HE HAD A NEW STATUS, GOING
00:57:42.56\00:57:46.09
FROM THE PRISON TO THE PALACE.
THIS IS WHAT THE LORD WANTS TO
00:57:46.13\00:57:48.96
DO WITH YOU AND ME, FRIENDS.
HE GIVES YOU THE BREAD OF LIFE.
00:57:49.00\00:57:51.70
HE GIVES YOU THE ROBE
OF JESUS' RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:57:51.73\00:57:53.94
HE GIVES YOU A
SEAT AT HIS TABLE.
00:57:53.97\00:57:55.64
IF YOU ACCEPT HIS FORGIVENESS
AND YOU'RE WILLING TO PASS IT
00:57:55.67\00:57:58.54
ON, YOU AND I CAN
LIVE AND REIGN WITH CHRIST.
00:57:58.57\00:58:01.38
WOULDN'T YOU
LIKE THAT EXPERIENCE?
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(MUSIC)
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