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>>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS AND
WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY
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HOUR COMING TO YOU HERE
FROM THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY
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WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR ONLINE
MEMBERS AND ALSO THOSE WHO ARE
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WATCHING ON THE
VARIOUS TELEVISION NETWORKS.
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WE ARE DELIGHTED THAT YOU'VE
CHOSEN TO STUDY WITH US AGAIN
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TODAY. WE'D ALSO
LIKE TO WELCOME THE
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MEMBERS AND OUR VISITORS
HERE FOR SABBATH SCHOOL THIS
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MORNING - GLAD YOU ARE HERE.
WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THROUGH THE
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BOOK OF ROMANS AND WE'RE COMING
NEAR THE END OF THIS LESSON
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QUARTERLY DEALING WITH
THE BOOK OF ROMANS ENTITLED
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SALVATION BY FAITH ALONE .
IF YOU'VE BEEN ATTENDING THE
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VARIOUS STUDIES, YOU KNOW THAT
WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH SOME
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VERY IMPORTANT TRUTHS
THAT ARE REALLY FOUNDATIONAL TO
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THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
TODAY WE HAVE ANOTHER VERY
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IMPORTANT TRUTH FOUND
IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS.
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WE'RE ON LESSON #12 THAT'S
ENTITLED OVERCOMING EVIL WITH
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GOOD AND THAT'S GOING TO BE
OUR FOCUS FOR OUR STUDY THIS
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MORNING. IT'S
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WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR STUDY
THIS MORNING, I'D LIKE TO INVITE
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OUR SONG LEADERS TO COME JOIN ME
ONSTAGE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE
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LEADING US AS WE LIFT OUR VOICES
IN SONG (SOFT PIANO MUSIC)
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>>GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE TO SING
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WITH YOU THIS MORNING.
WE'RE GOING TO BE SINGING SONG
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#127 FIRST, AND THE SONGS
WE SING FROM - THEY'RE FROM THE
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ADVENTIST HYMNAL -
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
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AND SO, IF YOU DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT BOOK IT IS WE SING
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FROM, YOU CAN LOOK FOR THE
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST HYMNAL -
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YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND IT
ONLINE OR IN THE ADVENTIST BOOK
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STORE. ANYWAY,
OUR FIRST SONG THIS
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MORNING IS #127 - INFANT HOLY,
INFANT LOWLY . (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>AND THAT REALLY IS THE
CHRISTMAS STORY, ISN'T IT?
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CHRIST THE BABE
WAS BORN FOR YOU.
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OUR NEXT SONG IS #142 IN
THIS SAME ADVENTIST HYMNAL -
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ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON
HIGH . (LIVELY PIANO MUSIC)
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
SINGING. (LIGHT PIANO MUSIC)
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>>DEAR FATHER IN
HEAVEN, ONCE AGAIN WE
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ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO GATHER TOGETHER AND OPEN UP
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YOUR WORD AND STUDY.
INDEED, IT HAS BEEN A RICH
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EXPERIENCE FOR US TO LOOK INTO
THE BOOK OF ROMANS AND FOLLOW
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THESE VARIOUS THEMES
OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
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AND THIS MORNING, ONCE AGAIN,
LORD WE WANT TO PRAY THAT THE
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SPIRIT WOULD BE WITH US TO GUIDE
OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS THAT WE
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COULD, INDEED, BE CHILDREN
OF OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN IN
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OVERCOMING EVIL WITH
GOOD. FOR WE ASK THIS ALL
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IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. OUR
LESSON TODAY IS GOING TO BE
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BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR
DOUG. >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS.
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MORNING, FRIENDS. >>MORNING.
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>>YOU KNOW, I LIKE SINGING THAT
SONG - 'IN EXCELSIS DEO' - I
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KNOW 'DEO' MEANS 'GOD' -
WHAT DOES 'IN EXCELSIS' MEAN?
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>>IN THE
HIGHEST. >>IN THE HIGHEST.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I
USED TO KNOW THAT BUT, YOU
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KNOW, I SING IT WITH JOY -
IT'S LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS
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MEANS BUT IT SOUNDS SO
- (HUMMING) - YOU KNOW,
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WE ALL SING THAT. I
THINK, 'WHAT AM I SAYING?'
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WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE
WORDS ARE. WELCOME, FRIENDS.
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I WANT TO WELCOME THOSE WHO ARE
WATCHING TO OUR SABBATH SCHOOL
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STUDY HOUR WITH THE GRANITE
BAY CHURCH, HERE, AND WE'RE
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CONTINUING OUR LESSON IN ROMANS
- ROMANS - AND TODAY WE'RE DOING
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LESSON #12 THAT COVERS CHAPTER
12 AND 13 IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS.
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NOW, YOU REALIZE WE ONLY HAVE
ONE MORE LESSON AFTER THIS ONE
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AND THEN WE'RE ON TO
A NEW QUARTER'S STUDY.
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AND, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT
BE VISITING OUR GRANITE BAY
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CHURCH, TODAY, WE ACTUALLY
DO THE LESSON THREE WEEKS IN
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ADVANCE SO THAT WE CAN GET IT
EDITED - WE PUT IN THE SUBTITLES
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FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED - SEND
IT OFF TO THE DIFFERENT STATIONS
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- IT TAKES JUST A COUPLE OF
WEEKS TO DO THAT, SO WE SORT OF
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LIVE IN THE FUTURE.
THAT MEANS THAT FOR OUR CLASS
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HERE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ENTERING
INTO OUR NEW STUDY SOON, WHICH
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IS DEALING WITH - YOU WANT
TO HEAR WHAT'S COMING NEXT?
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NEXT QUARTER WE'RE GOING TO
BE TALKING ABOUT STEWARDSHIP :
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MOTIVES OF THE HEART - SO,
FOR OUR CLASS, AFTER OUR SERVICE
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TODAY, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE
NEW QUARTERLIES OUT THERE AND IF
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YOU'RE PART OF OUR REGULAR
PROGRAM HERE, YOU'LL WANT TO
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PICK ONE OF THOSE UP.
FOR THOSE WHO WATCH ONLINE,
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THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
WEBSITES YOU CAN JUST TYPE IN A
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SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY AND YOU CAN
OFTEN READ THE LESSONS ONLINE
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AND, MATTER OF FACT, THAT'S HOW
I DO A LOT OF MY STUDY, BECAUSE
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SOMETIMES I LIKE TO CUT AND
PASTE THE NOTES INTO MY NOTES.
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AND SO, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT LESSON #12 IN OUR
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STUDY, THAT'S DEALING WITH THE
SUBJECT OF OVERCOMING EVIL WITH
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GOOD. AND WE HAVE A MEMORY
VERSE, AND THE MEMORY VERSE IS
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FROM ROMANS 12:2 - IF YOU HAVE
YOUR QUARTERLY, I INVITE YOU TO
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SAY THAT WITH ME -
ROMANS 12:2, YOU READY?
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"AND BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS
WORLD: BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY THE
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RENEWING OF YOUR MIND, THAT YOU
MAY PROVE WHAT IS THAT GOOD AND
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ACCEPTABLE AND
PERFECT WILL OF GOD."
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DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO
THE WORLD, BUT BE TRANSFORMED.
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TELL YOU WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS
- GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE BOOK OF
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ROMANS CHAPTER 12; WE'RE GOING
TO READ A FEW VERSES AND THEN
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WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO THE
LESSON AND STUDY ALONG AS WE GO.
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THERE'S SO MUCH GOOD STUFF HERE,
I'M JUST AFRAID I'M GOING TO
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MISS SOMETHING.
VERSE 1, "I BESEECH YOU
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THEREFORE, BRETHREN, BY THE
MERCIES OF GOD, THAT YOU PRESENT
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YOUR BODIES A LIVING SACRIFICE,
HOLY, ACCEPTABLE TO GOD, WHICH
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IS YOUR REASONABLE
SERVICE." NOW THERE'S A SERMON
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RIGHT THERE IN THAT VERSE.
PAUL IS TALKING TO BOTH THE JEWS
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AND THE GENTILES IN
ROME AND HE MAKES AN APPEAL.
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HE'S BESEECHING - HE'S PLEADING
- THAT YOU PRESENT YOUR WHOLE
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SELF AS, LIKE, A LIVING TEMPLE -
A LIVING SACRIFICE TO GOD, JUST
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AS JESUS DID - HE WAS THE LAMB
OF GOD, HE PRESENTED HIMSELF AS
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A SACRIFICE. AS HIS
FOLLOWERS, WE SACRIFICE
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OURSELVES, WE TAKE UP
OUR CROSS AND WE FOLLOW HIM.
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WHAT KIND OF SACRIFICE?
HOLY. WHY, BECAUSE IT'S - WE'VE
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BEEN PURIFIED BY THE LORD.
ACCEPTABLE - AND HE SAYS 'WHICH
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IS YOUR REASONABLE
SERVICE'. WHY IS IT REASONABLE?
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THE VERY FACT YOU EXIST IS
BECAUSE GOD THOUGHT YOU UP.
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WE ARE THE
CREATURE, HE IS THE CREATOR.
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HE HAS A RIGHT TO ASK US,
BECAUSE HE MADE US - AND THEN HE
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HAS A SECONDARY RIGHT BECAUSE,
AFTER WE WERE KIDNAPPED BY THE
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ENEMY, HE REDEEMED US. AND
SO, HE HAS, BY THE RIGHT OF
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CREATION AND BY THE RIGHT OF
REDEMPTION - IT IS REASONABLE
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THAT WE WOULD SERVE HIM
WHO'S ALREADY DEMONSTRATED
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SO MUCH LOVE FOR US. HE
LOVED US IN THAT HE MADE US
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AND THEN HE LOVED US
THAT HE BOUGHT US BACK.
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AND THEN, THAT VERSE: "DO NOT BE
CONFORMED TO THE WORLD, BUT BE
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TRANSFORMED BY THE
RENEWING OF YOUR MIND."
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NOW, WHAT'S THAT
FAMOUS VERSE IN JOHN 3:16?
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>>GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD.
>>GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD - AND
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THEN HERE IT SAYS, 'DO NOT
BE CONFORMED TO THE WORLD'.
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THE BIBLE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE
BIT CONFLICTED OVER EXACTLY WHAT
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OUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE WORLD IS.
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IT SEEMS LIKE, SOMETIMES, THE
BIBLE IS TEACHING US TO HAVE A
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LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
WORLD: 'GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD'
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- AND THEN THE BIBLE TELLS
US THAT IF WE LOVE THE WORLD THE
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LOVE OF THE FATHER'S NOT IN
US'. SO WHAT'S GOING ON HERE
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WITH THE LOVE OF THE WORLD?
SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ, FOR ME,
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JAMES 4:4 - HAFDIS, YOU'LL
HAVE THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
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LET ME READ THAT VERSE IN JOHN
- I'M SORRY, IT'S 1 JOHN - IT'S
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NOT THE GOSPEL, IT'S THE FIRST
LETTER OF JOHN - CHAPTER 2,
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VERSE 15, "DO NOT LOVE THE WORLD
OR THE THINGS IN THE WORLD."
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- THAT'S THE QUALIFYING
STATEMENT - FOR "IF ANYONE LOVES
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THE WORLD, THE LOVE OF
THE FATHER IS NOT IN HIM.
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FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD"
- AND HERE ARE THE THINGS WE ARE
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NOT TO LOVE - "THE LUST OF THE
FLESH, THE LUST OF THE EYES, AND
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THE PRIDE OF LIFE - IS NOT OF
THE FATHER BUT IS OF THE WORLD.
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AND THE WORLD IS PASSING AWAY,
AND THE LUST OF IT; BUT HE WHO
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DOES THE WILL OF
GOD ABIDES FOREVER."
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YOU EVER SUNG THAT SONG -
'THIS IS MY FATHER'S WORLD'?
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AND THEN, YOU KNOW THAT VERSE IN
THE BIBLE WHERE JESUS SAYS, 'THE
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PRINCE OF THE WORLD
COMES'? WHO'S HE TALKING ABOUT?
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>>THE DEVIL. >>WHEN
HE SAYS, 'THE PRINCE OF
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THIS WORLD COMES AND
HE HAS NOTHING IN ME.'
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>>SATAN. >>THAT'S SATAN.
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YEAH, AND SO, HERE IT SAYS,
'THIS IS MY FATHER'S WORLD' -
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THE LORD SAYS, 'THE EARTH IS THE
LORD'S AND THE FULLNESS THEREOF'
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- AND THEN JESUS SAYS 'THE DEVIL
IS THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD.'
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AND SO, REALLY, THERE'S TWO
CLAIMS AGAINST THE WORLD: ARE WE
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GOING TO INHERIT THE WORLD THE
WAY IT IS NOW, OR DOES GOD MAKE
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A NEW HEAVEN AND
A NEW EARTH? >>NEW.
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>>SO, THIS WORLD WAS PERFECT
WHEN GOD MADE IT, BUT IT WAS
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CORRUPTED AND
KIDNAPPED BY AN ENEMY.
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IT'S THE LUST OF THE FLESH AND
THE THINGS OF THE WORLD WE'RE
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NOT TO LOVE. GO AHEAD, PLEASE,
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READ FOR ME JAMES 4:4.
>>"ADULTERERS AND ADULTERESSES!
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DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT FRIENDSHIP
WITH THE WORLD IS ENMITY WITH
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GOD? WHOEVER
THEREFORE WANTS TO BE
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A FRIEND OF THE WORLD
MAKES HIMSELF AN ENEMY OF GOD."
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>>YEAH, NOW WE SHOULD LOVE
THE LOST IN THE WORLD - AND THE
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THINGS THAT GOD MADE IN THE
WORLD ARE BEAUTIFUL, BUT IF WE
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BECOME TO ATTACHED TO THE
WORLDLINESS, WE ARE REALLY
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ENEMIES OF GOD. AND
SO, YOU DON'T WANT TO GET
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TOO COMFORTABLE IN THIS WORLD,
THE WAY IT IS, THAT'S WHY THE
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BIBLE SAYS, 'WE'RE PILGRIMS AND
WE'RE STRANGERS.' YOU WANT TO
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GET READY FOR ANOTHER WORLD.
I WAS WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY
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THIS WEEK ON ALL THE MONEY
AND ALL THE PLANS THAT ARE BEING
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INVESTED BY NASA, THE EUROPEAN
SPACE AGENCY, THE JAPANESE SPACE
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AGENCY - AND OTHERS I CAN'T
REMEMBER - IN TRYING TO GET
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TO MARS IN ABOUT 25 YEARS.
THEY HAVE STARTED, ALREADY,
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SPENDING MILLIONS - IT'S
NOT JUST AN IDEA ON A PIECE OF
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PAPER, THEY ARE INVESTING
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, RIGHT NOW,
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IN TESTING EQUIPMENT AND TESTING
THEORIES ABOUT HOW MAN COULD
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LIVE IN THIS
FOREIGN WORLD OF MARS.
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AND THEY SAY YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO LEARN A NEW WAY TO WALK,
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BECAUSE THE
GRAVITY'S DIFFERENT THERE.
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AND YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A
DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE THAT YOU
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BREATHE BECAUSE THEIR
ATMOSPHERE IS DIFFERENT.
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SO YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE
THIS OTHER ATMOSPHERE WITH YOU.
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AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, IF
YOU'RE GOING TO GROW YOUR OWN
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FOOD, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT CAN BE GROWN - BECAUSE
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IT'S A LONG TRIP TO MARS - IT
TAKES A COUPLE OF YEARS AND BACK
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- THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DEEP
SPACE - LONG TRIP - AND SO, HOW
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TO CREATE ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY,
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE GRAVITY
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IN THIS WORLD - AND SO I'M JUST
LOOKING AT ALL THE ENERGY THAT'S
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BEING SPENT ON HELPING MAN
TO SURVIVE IN ANOTHER WORLD.
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AND, YOU KNOW, AS A CHRISTIAN,
WE REALLY ARE IN A FOREIGN
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WORLD, AREN'T WE? AND WE
NEED TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE
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GOD'S LIFE IN A STRANGE LAND.
IT'S LIKE JOSEPH SAID, 'I'M A
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STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND.' SO,
WE'VE GOT THIS CONFLICT: WHAT
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ABOUT THE WORLD DO WE
LOVE AND DO WE NOT LOVE?
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2 PETER 1:4, "BY WHICH HAVE BEEN
GIVEN TOO US EXCEEDINGLY GREAT
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AND PRECIOUS PROMISES,
THAT THROUGH THESE YOU MAY BE
00:17:06.96\00:17:10.23
PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE,
HAVING ESCAPED THE CORRUPTION
00:17:10.26\00:17:15.70
THAT IS IN THE
WORLD THROUGH LUST."
00:17:15.73\00:17:17.80
NOW JESUS SAID, 'YOU'RE IN
THE WORLD, BUT YOU'RE NOT OF THE
00:17:17.83\00:17:21.24
WORLD.' I REMEMBER PASTOR C.D.
BROOKS USED TO SAY A CHRISTIAN
00:17:21.27\00:17:25.51
IS SOMETHING A
BOAT OUT IN THE WATER.
00:17:25.54\00:17:28.78
WHEN A BOAT'S IN THE WATER, YOU
KNOW, IT'S REALLY IN A FOREIGN
00:17:28.81\00:17:30.65
ENVIRONMENT - THE SEA'S A
DANGEROUS PLACE - BUT YOU PUT A
00:17:30.68\00:17:35.92
BOAT ON DRY LAND, IT
LOOKS SORT OF ODD, DOESN'T IT?
00:17:35.95\00:17:39.02
THAT'S WHY THEY MADE FUN OF NOAH
BUILDING A BOAT WHEN THERE'S NO
00:17:39.05\00:17:42.26
SEA. BUT IF THE
WATER GETS IN THE
00:17:42.29\00:17:45.19
BOAT, THEN YOU HAVE A PROBLEM.
IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE BOAT TO
00:17:45.23\00:17:48.43
BE IN THE WATER, BUT YOU DON'T
WANT THE WATER IN THE BOAT.
00:17:48.46\00:17:50.97
A CHRISTIAN NEEDS TO BE IN THE
WORLD, BUT YOU DON'T WANT THE
00:17:51.00\00:17:52.60
WORLD IN THE CHRISTIAN.
AND SO, WE'VE GOT THIS BALANCE
00:17:52.63\00:17:56.40
- NOW JESUS
SHOWED US HOW TO DO IT.
00:17:56.44\00:17:58.71
HE LIVED IN THIS WORLD BUT HE
SAID, 'I'M NOT OF THIS WORLD.'
00:17:58.74\00:18:02.28
AND YOU AND I, WHEN WE'RE
CONVERTED AND WE'RE BORN AGAIN,
00:18:02.31\00:18:04.55
WE ARE REALLY AMBASSADORS OF
A DIFFERENT KINGDOM - ISN'T THAT
00:18:04.58\00:18:07.72
RIGHT? AND SO
WE'RE ACTING AND TALKING
00:18:07.75\00:18:10.89
AND DRESSING LIKE THE OTHER
KINGDOM THAT WE'RE COMING FROM.
00:18:10.92\00:18:15.79
ANOTHER ONE - 2 PETER - THIS
IS JUST - SAME BOOK - CHAPTER 2,
00:18:15.82\00:18:20.26
VERSE 20, "FOR IF, AFTER THEY
HAVE ESCAPED THE POLLUTIONS OF
00:18:20.30\00:18:24.63
THE WORLD" - HOW DO WE DO IT?
00:18:24.67\00:18:26.97
- "THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST,
00:18:27.00\00:18:30.34
THEY ARE AGAIN ENTANGLED IN THEM
AND OVERCOME, THE LATTER END IS
00:18:30.37\00:18:33.68
WORSE FOR THEM
THAN THE BEGINNING."
00:18:33.71\00:18:34.91
- THEY'RE LIKE THE DOG THAT'S
RETURNED TO HIS OWN VOMIT AND
00:18:34.94\00:18:37.91
THE PIG THAT WAS WASHED
TO WALLOWING IN THE MIRE.
00:18:37.95\00:18:40.28
HE TALKS ABOUT ESCAPING
THE CORRUPTIONS THAT ARE IN THE
00:18:40.32\00:18:43.39
WORLD. HE TALKS ABOUT OVERCOMING
00:18:43.42\00:18:46.19
WHAT'S IN THE WORLD
THROUGH THE PROMISES OF GOD.
00:18:46.22\00:18:49.26
SO A CHRISTIAN CAN ESCAPE AND
A CHRISTIAN CAN OVERCOME, BUT
00:18:49.29\00:18:52.86
WE'VE GOT TO BE ON OUR GUARD
BECAUSE WE CAN GET ENTANGLED
00:18:52.89\00:18:55.16
AGAIN, BECAUSE WE
LIVE IN THIS WORLD -
00:18:55.20\00:18:58.70
IT'S JUST
AROUND US ALL THE TIME.
00:18:58.73\00:19:01.04
A LOT OF SHIPS HAVE GONE DOWN
BECAUSE - ALL SHIPS, AS THEY GO
00:19:01.07\00:19:06.84
THROUGH THE WATER, IT DOESN'T
MATTER HOW TIGHT THE SHIP IS
00:19:06.88\00:19:09.84
MADE, ALL SHIPS
HAVE A BILGE PUMP.
00:19:09.88\00:19:14.72
EVEN LITTLE MOTOR
BOATS HAVE A BILGE PUMP.
00:19:14.75\00:19:17.29
GREAT BIG OCEAN LINERS HAVE A
BILGE PUMP BECAUSE, EVEN THOUGH
00:19:17.32\00:19:20.76
THEY DO THEIR BEST TO MAKE
IT WATER TIGHT AS IT'S GOING
00:19:20.79\00:19:22.92
THROUGH THE WATER, RAIN COMES
IN, SOMETIMES A WAVE WASHES
00:19:22.96\00:19:26.70
OVER, SOMETIMES THERE'S A
MICROSCOPIC LEAK - AND, YOU
00:19:26.73\00:19:30.30
KNOW, SOME BIG SHIPS - MY DAD
HAD A YACHT AND ONE DAY MY UNCLE
00:19:30.33\00:19:35.70
WAS TAKING CARE OF THE HOUSE FOR
MY FATHER - AND THE YACHT MUST
00:19:35.74\00:19:38.57
HAVE COST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS
- IT WAS EXPENSIVE - IT WAS
00:19:38.61\00:19:41.88
CALLED THE BATCHELOR PARTY - AND
MY DAD WAS GONE AND MY UNCLE WAS
00:19:41.91\00:19:45.88
TAKING CARE OF IT AND HE WALKED
OUT IN THE BACKYARD AND THE
00:19:45.91\00:19:49.45
YACHT WAS SITTING IN THE BOTTOM
OF THE BAY - JUST THE TOP OF IT
00:19:49.48\00:19:51.92
WAS STICKING OUT, BECAUSE THE
BAY WAS ONLY ABOUT 15 FEET DEEP
00:19:51.95\00:19:54.26
THERE. BEAUTIFUL YACHT JUST
00:19:54.29\00:19:58.23
SANK RIGHT THERE.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?
00:19:58.26\00:20:00.80
THE LITTLE BILGE PUMP FAILED
AND THERE WAS A SMALL LEAK AND I
00:20:00.83\00:20:06.17
THINK THE BATTERY THAT PUMPED IT
OR SOMETHING WENT DEAD AND JUST,
00:20:06.20\00:20:09.57
SLOWLY, OVERNIGHT IT JUST
FILLED WITH WATER AND SANK.
00:20:09.60\00:20:13.54
IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN IN
THE WORLD, YOU'VE GOT TO MAN THE
00:20:13.58\00:20:17.61
PUMPS. IN OTHER
WORDS, THE WORLD IS
00:20:17.65\00:20:20.48
GOING TO BE TRYING TO SEEP
IN ALL THE TIME AND YOU HAVE TO
00:20:20.52\00:20:23.65
CONSTANTLY MAKE SURE THAT
YOU'RE PLUGGING THE LEAKS.
00:20:23.69\00:20:27.82
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M
SAYING? ALRIGHT, SO MUCH
00:20:27.86\00:20:30.46
ABOUT WORLDLINESS. THEN
HE GOES ON AND, IF YOU READ
00:20:30.49\00:20:33.26
IN VERSE 3, HE SAYS, "FOR I SAY,
THROUGH THE GRACE GIVEN TO ME,
00:20:33.29\00:20:38.07
TO EVERYONE WHO IS AMONG YOU,
NOT TO THINK OF HIMSELF MORE
00:20:38.10\00:20:40.94
HIGHLY THAN HE OUGHT TO THINK,"
- SO WE SHOULD HAVE A HUMBLE
00:20:40.97\00:20:45.37
ATTITUDE - "BUT TO THINK
SOBERLY, AS GOD HAS DEALT TO
00:20:45.41\00:20:51.65
EACH ONE A MEASURE OF FAITH."
THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT VERSE.
00:20:51.68\00:20:55.62
WITHOUT FAITH IT'S
IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD, RIGHT?
00:20:55.65\00:20:59.52
AND SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'I DON'T
HAVE ANY FAITH.' DOES THE BIBLE
00:20:59.55\00:21:02.36
SAY YOU DON'T HAVE ANY
FAITH? OR DID WE JUST READ 'GOD
00:21:02.39\00:21:05.63
HAS DEALT TO EACH ONE'?
EVERYBODY HAS SOME FAITH.
00:21:05.66\00:21:13.10
WHEN YOU CAME IN,
MOST OF YOU SAT DOWN.
00:21:13.13\00:21:16.94
MOST OF YOU, BEFORE YOU SAT
DOWN, DID NOT CHECK THE LEGS OF
00:21:16.97\00:21:19.91
THE CHAIR TO MAKE
SURE IT WOULD HOLD YOU UP.
00:21:19.94\00:21:24.11
SOME OF YOU, BECAUSE YOU'VE SAT
IN THAT CHAIR BEFORE, YOU THINK
00:21:24.15\00:21:27.48
- MATTER OF FACT, SOME OF YOU
SAT IN THE SAME CHAIR EVERY WEEK
00:21:27.52\00:21:30.92
- AND WOE BE TO HIM WHO SITS
IN YOUR CHAIR, IF THEY GET THERE
00:21:30.95\00:21:34.22
EARLY. BUT YOU HAVE FAITH.
YOU OFTEN OPEN CANS AND POUR IT
00:21:34.26\00:21:44.53
IN A POT AND HEAT IT UP AND
EAT IT AND YOU DON'T LOOK AT THE
00:21:44.57\00:21:47.34
INGREDIENTS - OR YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT KIND OF FACTORY IT WAS MADE
00:21:47.37\00:21:50.74
IN, BUT YOU'RE ASSUMING THAT
WHATEVER FACTORY IS WAS MADE
00:21:50.77\00:21:53.21
IN, THERE'S SOME KIND OF HEALTH
SANITATION LAWS WHERE THEY MADE
00:21:53.24\00:21:55.38
IT PROPERLY, AND THE GREATEST
TEST OF FAITH FOR ADVENTISTS IS
00:21:55.41\00:22:00.38
WATCH AT POTLUCK WHAT HAPPENS.
PEOPLE GO THROUGH LINE AND THEY
00:22:00.42\00:22:06.39
JUST TAKE A LITTLE OF - 'I WANT
TO TRY A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING'
00:22:06.42\00:22:09.76
- YOU DON'T KNOW WHO MADE
IT. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN IT.
00:22:09.79\00:22:13.70
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
THEIR KITCHEN LOOKS LIKE.
00:22:13.73\00:22:17.47
ARE WE BEING HONEST? BUT
YOU HAVE FAITH THAT THERE'S
00:22:17.50\00:22:22.20
NOBODY IN THIS CHURCH TRYING
TO POISON THE OTHERS, RIGHT?
00:22:22.24\00:22:26.98
AND SO, WE HAVE
FAITH ALL THE TIME.
00:22:27.01\00:22:30.35
THE THING IS, DO
YOU HAVE FAITH IN GOD?
00:22:30.38\00:22:33.38
GOD HAS DEALT TO ALL
PEOPLE A MEASURE OF FAITH.
00:22:33.42\00:22:35.75
NOW, YOU MIGHT COME TO JESUS
LIKE THAT MAN AND SAY, 'LORD, I
00:22:35.78\00:22:38.15
BELIEVE, BUT MY FAITH
IS WEAK. HELP MY UNBELIEF.
00:22:38.19\00:22:40.36
I NEED MORE FAITH.' OR
YOU MIGHT HAVE FAITH IN SOME
00:22:40.39\00:22:42.99
THINGS BUT YOU
NEED MORE FAITH IN GOD.
00:22:43.02\00:22:45.09
SO HE'S DEALT TO ALL MEN A
MEASURE OF FAITH, BUT I WANT TO
00:22:45.13\00:22:46.93
BACK UP IN THAT VERSE AND LOOK
WHAT HE SAYS - THAT WE OUGHT TO
00:22:46.96\00:22:50.30
THINK SOBERLY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SOBRIETY.
00:22:50.33\00:22:53.97
WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF
YOU'RE A SOBER CHRISTIAN?
00:22:54.00\00:22:56.91
WELL, FOR ONE THING, YOU'VE
HEARD MY SPEECH BEFORE, I DON'T
00:22:56.94\00:22:59.64
THINK CHRISTIANS
SHOULD DRINK ALCOHOL.
00:22:59.67\00:23:02.11
I THINK THE BIBLE'S PRETTY CLEAR
THAT WINE IS A MOCKER, STRONG
00:23:02.14\00:23:04.65
DRINK IS RAGING - NOAH DRANK
AND HE WANDERED AROUND NAKED.
00:23:04.68\00:23:09.75
LOT DRANK AND HE
SLEPT WITH HIS DAUGHTERS.
00:23:09.78\00:23:12.69
DAVID TRIED TO GET URIAH DRUNK
TO GO AGAINST HIS CONSCIENCE.
00:23:12.72\00:23:16.59
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'GIVE WINE
TO HIM THAT IS READY TO PERISH.'
00:23:16.62\00:23:20.00
CHRISTIANS SHOULDN'T
DRINK. IT'S PRETTY CLEAR.
00:23:20.03\00:23:23.47
NUMBER ONE - NUMBER ONE MOST
DESTRUCTIVE DRUG IN THE WORLD,
00:23:23.50\00:23:28.10
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT IT COSTS
IN TRAFFIC DEATHS, IN BIRTH
00:23:28.14\00:23:32.64
DEFECTS, IN THE FULL PRISONS
- VIRTUALLY EVERYBODY WAS USING
00:23:32.67\00:23:37.05
ALCOHOL. SO
CHRISTIANS SHOULDN'T DRINK.
00:23:37.08\00:23:41.12
SO WHEN HE SAYS WE SHOULD BE
SOBER, IS IT JUST TALKING ABOUT
00:23:41.15\00:23:44.25
ALCOHOL? NO, I
THINK HE'S TALKING
00:23:44.29\00:23:48.66
ABOUT SOBER
THINKING. I THINK HE'S TALKING
00:23:48.69\00:23:51.43
ABOUT CLEAR THINKING.
MATTER OF FACT, THAT WORD 'TO BE
00:23:51.46\00:23:54.83
SOBER' THERE, IN THE GREEK,
IT MEANS TO THINK AND TO LIVE
00:23:54.86\00:23:58.23
WISELY WITH SELF-CONTROL
OVER DESIRES AND PASSIONS.
00:23:58.27\00:24:03.64
SO IT MEANS MORE THAN JUST NOT
BEING DRUNK - IT CERTAINLY MEANS
00:24:03.67\00:24:07.21
THAT - BUT IT MEANS TO BE AWAKE.
00:24:07.24\00:24:10.05
WHEN YOU WAKE UP AND
YOU'RE GROGGY, YOU'RE NOT SOBER.
00:24:10.08\00:24:13.52
SO PAUL, LATER IN THIS CHAPTER,
HE TALKS ABOUT 'IT'S HIGH TIME
00:24:13.55\00:24:16.75
TO WAKE UP' - SO IT
MEANS 'BE ALERT; BE AWAKE'.
00:24:16.79\00:24:21.06
NOW SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ
FOR ME IN 1 TIMOTHY 3:2 - OKAY,
00:24:21.09\00:24:25.63
BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'M GOING
TO READ IN 1 THESSALONIANS 5:6,
00:24:25.66\00:24:31.57
"THEREFORE LET US NOT SLEEP, AS
OTHERS DO, BUT LET US WATCH AND
00:24:31.60\00:24:36.57
BE SOBER." SO HE
CONNECTS SOBRIETY WITH
00:24:36.60\00:24:39.84
BEING VIGILANT AND BEING ALERT.
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'IN THE TIMES
00:24:39.87\00:24:44.41
IN WHICH WE LIVE WE
SHOULD BE THOUGHTFUL.
00:24:44.45\00:24:47.78
WE SHOULD BE WATCHFUL.
WE SHOULD BE THINKING.'
00:24:47.82\00:24:49.78
GO AHEAD, ALBERTO,
READ THAT NEXT VERSE FOR US.
00:24:49.82\00:24:52.59
>>1 TIMOTHY 3:2, "A BISHOP THEN
MUST BE BLAMELESS, THE HUSBAND
00:24:52.62\00:24:56.79
OF ONE WIFE, TEMPERATE,
SOBER-MINDED, OF GOOD BEHAVIOR,
00:24:56.83\00:25:02.26
HOSPITABLE, ABLE TO TEACH;"
>>NOW SEE, THIS GIVES A LITTLE
00:25:02.30\00:25:06.03
MORE CLARITY TO
THAT WORD 'SOBER'.
00:25:06.07\00:25:07.67
HE MEANS SOBER-MINDED;
ABLE TO TEACH; GOOD BEHAVIOR.
00:25:07.70\00:25:13.01
IT'S TALKING ABOUT TEMPERANCE.
00:25:13.04\00:25:15.71
IT MEANS YOUR DESIRE
IS UNDER SELF-CONTROL.
00:25:15.74\00:25:18.18
AND SO, BECAUSE WE SEE THE LORD
IS COMING, PAUL IS WINDING OUT
00:25:18.21\00:25:21.12
THE BOOK OF ROMANS, NOW, AND
HE'S GIVING SOME GOOD GENERAL
00:25:21.15\00:25:24.02
COUNSEL TO
EVERYBODY ABOUT GODLY LIVING.
00:25:24.05\00:25:27.69
AND SO, YOU CAN READ IN TITUS
2, VERSE 12 - WHO ALSO - THIS IS
00:25:27.72\00:25:32.39
ALSO WRITTEN BY PAUL - "TEACHING
US THAT, DENYING UNGODLINESS AND
00:25:32.43\00:25:37.30
WORLDLY LUSTS," - THERE YOU'VE
GOT THE WORLD AGAIN - "WE SHOULD
00:25:37.33\00:25:40.27
LIVE SOBERLY, RIGHTEOUSLY, AND
GODLY IN THE PRESENT AGE," - NOW
00:25:40.30\00:25:45.41
SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT THE
CHRISTIAN LIFE IS ONE WHERE
00:25:45.44\00:25:47.68
YOU'RE SIMPLY COVERED BY GOD'S
GRACE AND YOU LIVE PRETTY MUCH
00:25:47.71\00:25:51.35
LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT YOU'RE
SAVED AND OTHERS ARE LOST -
00:25:51.38\00:25:54.72
BECAUSE OF FAITH YOU'RE SAVED
- OR IS THERE MORE TO IT THAN
00:25:54.75\00:25:57.69
THAT? HOW SHOULD A CHRISTIAN
LIVE? PAUL'S PRETTY CLEAR:
00:25:57.72\00:26:02.12
SOBERLY, RIGHTEOUSLY,
GODLY - AFTER JESUS COMES?
00:26:02.16\00:26:07.60
IN THIS PRESENT AGE, HE SAYS
- NOW - WE SHOULD BE LIVING A
00:26:07.66\00:26:10.80
DIFFERENT KIND OF
LIFE. AND THEN, WHY DO WE
00:26:10.83\00:26:13.60
WANT TO BE SOBER?
BECAUSE THE ENEMY - THE DEVIL -
00:26:13.64\00:26:16.81
SATAN - IS CONSTANTLY WATCHING
TO SEE IF HE CAN CATCH US.
00:26:16.84\00:26:21.08
PETER SAYS - 1 PETER 5:8,
"BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT" - THAT'S
00:26:21.11\00:26:25.41
WHAT SOBRIETY MEANS, IT
MEANS BEING ON WATCH - BEING
00:26:25.45\00:26:28.08
THOUGHTFUL - "BECAUSE YOUR
ADVERSARY THE DEVIL WALKS ABOUT
00:26:28.12\00:26:32.32
LIKE A ROARING LION,
SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR."
00:26:32.35\00:26:36.09
YOU JUST PICTURE A LION PACING
IN HIS CAGE, LOOKING FOR AN
00:26:36.12\00:26:39.19
OPPORTUNITY TO ESCAPE.
AND SATAN IS LOOKING, ALL
00:26:39.23\00:26:44.37
THE TIME, FOR
WEAKNESS. AND SO, WE'VE GOT
00:26:44.40\00:26:46.47
TO BE VIGILANT.
WE'VE GOT TO BE ALERT.
00:26:46.50\00:26:51.27
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME ANIMALS
- LIKE A GOAT - A BILLY GOAT -
00:26:51.31\00:26:57.21
YOU EVER - I WON'T ASK IF YOU'VE
EVER BEEN BUTTED BY A BILLY
00:26:57.25\00:26:59.41
GOAT, BUT I HAVE.
THEY ALMOST NEVER TRY TO
00:26:59.45\00:27:03.25
DO IT WHEN YOU'RE
LOOKING. (LAUGHTER) THEY WAIT
00:27:03.28\00:27:06.69
UNTIL YOU'RE NOT LOOKING.
AND THEY CAN SEND YOU FLYING,
00:27:06.72\00:27:11.33
BECAUSE THEY JUST -
YOU EVER SEE THAT HAPPEN?
00:27:11.36\00:27:13.90
AND THEY'VE ALMOST GOT
A MORBID SENSE OF HUMOR.
00:27:13.93\00:27:16.16
THEY WILL WAIT UNTIL YOU
BEND OVER AND PICK SOMETHING UP.
00:27:16.20\00:27:18.97
(LAUGHTER) I'M SERIOUS
- I'M ABSOLUTELY SERIOUS.
00:27:19.00\00:27:23.04
AND THEY - THEY THINK - THIS
IS REALLY FUNNY, BUT THEY WAIT
00:27:23.07\00:27:26.64
UNTIL YOU'RE NOT LOOKING.
WELL THE DEVIL'S LIKE THAT;
00:27:26.68\00:27:28.34
YOU'LL JUST SEE HIM
PACING BUT YOU TURN AROUND
00:27:28.38\00:27:30.68
AND HE'LL POUNCE.
DON'T DEVIL'S WAIT UNTIL THEY
00:27:30.71\00:27:33.98
CAN GET THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE
BEFORE THEY - SEE A LION CANNOT
00:27:34.02\00:27:38.75
OUTRUN MOST OF THE ANIMALS
ON THE AFRICAN SAVANNAH, SO
00:27:38.79\00:27:43.73
THEY HAVE TO USE SURPRISE.
THEY HAVE TO USE CAMOUFLAGE.
00:27:43.76\00:27:48.20
THEY PACE AND THEY WAIT - AND
THEN WHEN THE OTHER CREATURES
00:27:48.23\00:27:50.37
ARE SLEEPING, THEY'RE RESTING,
OR THEY'RE AT EASE OR THEY'RE
00:27:50.40\00:27:55.60
DISTRACTED, THAT'S WHEN
THE LIONS MAKE THEIR MOVE.
00:27:55.64\00:27:59.14
SO WE'VE GOT TO BE
AWAKE. WE'VE GOT TO BE ALERT.
00:27:59.17\00:28:02.24
AND THEN PAUL MAKES SOME
STATEMENTS HERE - YOU GO TO
00:28:02.28\00:28:04.35
ROMANS 12, VERSES 4 TO 8 - NOW
THIS IS ONE OF THE TWO OR THREE
00:28:04.38\00:28:07.38
LISTS THAT YOU FIND IN
THE BIBLE, OF THE GIFTS OF THE
00:28:07.42\00:28:09.78
SPIRIT AND HOW WE'RE
DIFFERENT PARTS OF ONE BODY.
00:28:09.82\00:28:12.85
LET ME READ THIS TO YOU.
00:28:12.89\00:28:13.69
I'M GOING TO READ
VERSES 4 THROUGH 8.
00:28:13.72\00:28:17.09
"FOR AS WE HAVE MANY MEMBERS IN
ONE BODY, BUT ALL THE MEMBERS DO
00:28:17.13\00:28:21.13
NOT HAVE THE SAME FUNCTION, SO
WE, BEING MANY, ARE ONE BODY IN
00:28:21.16\00:28:25.57
CHRIST, AND INDIVIDUALLY
MEMBERS OF ONE ANOTHER.
00:28:25.60\00:28:29.14
HAVING THEN GIFTS DIFFERING
ACCORDING TO THE GRACE THAT IS
00:28:29.17\00:28:32.27
GIVEN TO US, LET US USE THEM:" -
NOW HE LISTS SOME OF THE GIFTS -
00:28:32.31\00:28:36.58
"IF PROPHECY," - AND
THE WORD 'PROPHECY' THERE
00:28:36.61\00:28:38.71
MEANS IF YOU'VE GOT
THE GIFT OF PROCLAIMING,
00:28:38.75\00:28:41.42
PREACHING, IT DOESN'T
MEANS YOU'RE WALKING AROUND
00:28:41.45\00:28:42.98
FORETELLING THE WEATHER OR
YOU'RE FORETELLING THE LOTTERY
00:28:43.02\00:28:45.65
NUMBERS OR YOU'RE - YOU KNOW
- SOME PEOPLE THINK PROPHETS ARE
00:28:45.69\00:28:48.49
ALWAYS JUST FORETELLING DOOM AND
GLOOM IN THE FUTURE AND MAKING
00:28:48.52\00:28:51.29
PREDICTIONS. MOST
OF THE TIME, WHEN PAUL
00:28:51.33\00:28:53.60
TALKS ABOUT PROPHECY,
HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT MAKING A
00:28:53.63\00:28:55.80
PREDICTION, HE'S TALKING ABOUT
PROPHECY IN THE CLASSICAL SENSE,
00:28:55.83\00:28:59.30
WHERE YOU ARE PROCLAIMING
IN BEHALF OF ANOTHER.
00:28:59.33\00:29:01.87
AND THAT MEANS YOU'RE PREACHING.
SO ONE OF THE GIFTS OF THE
00:29:01.90\00:29:05.44
SPIRIT WAS CALLED PROPHECY -
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN THAT YOU
00:29:05.47\00:29:08.64
STAND UP - I USED TO GO TO
PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES BEFORE I
00:29:08.68\00:29:10.85
WAS AN ADVENTIST - DIFFERENT
CHARISMATIC CHURCHES - AND IT
00:29:10.88\00:29:14.98
WAS NOT UNCOMMON, IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE SERVICE, TO HAVE SOMEBODY
00:29:15.02\00:29:17.82
JUMP UP - WHILE THE PREACHER'S
PREACHING - SOMEBODY WOULD JUMP
00:29:17.85\00:29:20.06
UP AND THEY WOULD SAY,
'THUS SAITH THE LORD' - AND
00:29:20.09\00:29:23.19
THEY'D SAY SOMETHING. IT
WAS USUALLY VERY GENERAL, YOU
00:29:23.22\00:29:25.99
KNOW, 'IF YOU TURN TO ME WITH
ALL YOUR HEART, THEN I'LL DO' -
00:29:26.03\00:29:28.86
AND SOMETIMES
THEY'D DO IT IN TONGUES.
00:29:28.90\00:29:31.83
THEY'D STAND UP AND THEY'D
JUST, YOU KNOW, START BABBLING,
00:29:31.87\00:29:34.77
'NANANANANA' - I DON'T WANT TO
BE DISRESPECTFUL TO PEOPLE THAT
00:29:34.80\00:29:37.57
BELIEVE THAT, BUT
THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE.
00:29:37.61\00:29:39.71
AND I KNOW THIS ONE CHURCH WHERE
THE PASTOR AND HIS WIFE WERE A
00:29:39.74\00:29:43.21
TAG TEAM. IN EVERY
SERVICE SHE WOULD STAND
00:29:43.24\00:29:48.08
UP AND SPEAK IN TONGUES IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE SERMON, AND HE'D
00:29:48.12\00:29:51.25
SAY, 'THUS SAITH THE LORD,' -
HE WOULD INTERPRET HER PROPHECY.
00:29:51.29\00:29:54.76
THIS IS NOT WHAT
PAUL'S TALKING ABOUT.
00:29:54.79\00:29:57.29
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
PROCLAIMING, TEACHING THE WORD -
00:29:57.33\00:30:01.83
YOU'LL NOTICE, IN THIS LIST -
GO BACK TO ROMANS 12, WHERE HE
00:30:01.86\00:30:08.17
TALKS ABOUT THE GIFTS, HE SAYS,
LET HIM - "IF PROPHECY" - AND
00:30:08.20\00:30:12.84
THIS IS IN VERSE 6 -
ROMANS 12:6, "IF PROPHECY LET US
00:30:12.87\00:30:16.98
PROPHESY IN PROPORTION TO OUR
FAITH; OR MINISTRY, LET US USE
00:30:17.01\00:30:19.75
IT IN OUR MINISTERING;" - SOME
HAVE GIFTS OF MINISTRY - IT MAY
00:30:19.78\00:30:22.42
NOT BE PREACHING BUT THEY SERVE
- "HE WHO TEACHES, IN TEACHING;"
00:30:22.45\00:30:27.09
- NOTICE THAT PREACHING
AND TEACHING MAY BE DIFFERENT.
00:30:27.12\00:30:29.39
AND EVEN EVANGELISM IS LISTED
SOMEWHERE AS A SEPARATE GIFT -
00:30:29.42\00:30:32.03
"HE WHO EXHORTS, IN
EXHORTATION; HE WHO GIVES," -
00:30:32.06\00:30:35.26
SOME HAVE A GIFT OF GIVING.
00:30:35.30\00:30:36.50
THEY HAVE A GIFT, USUALLY, OF
EARNING TOO, BECAUSE OTHERWISE
00:30:36.53\00:30:38.70
YOU RUN OUT OF YOUR GIFT OF
GIVING BEFORE YOU CAN GIVE VERY
00:30:38.73\00:30:41.20
MUCH - "HE WHO GIVES, WITH
LIBERALITY; HE WHO LEADS," -
00:30:41.24\00:30:45.07
SOME PEOPLE ARE LEADERS - THAT
MEANS ADMINISTRATORS - "WITH
00:30:45.11\00:30:48.21
DILIGENCE; HE WHO SHOWS
MERCY, WITH CHEERFULNESS."
00:30:48.24\00:30:52.15
SOME PEOPLE WOULD GO AND
MINISTER TO OTHERS WHO HAVE
00:30:52.18\00:30:54.12
FALLEN AND SHOW
THEM THE MERCY OF GOD.
00:30:54.15\00:30:56.15
THIS IS A DIFFERENT LIST
THAN PAUL GIVES SOMEWHERE ELSE.
00:30:56.18\00:30:59.72
I WANT YOU TO NOTICE SOMETHING.
GO WITH ME TO 1 CORINTHIANS
00:30:59.75\00:31:01.76
CHAPTER 12 - WE'RE JUST LEAVING
ROMANS 12 FOR 1 CORINTHIANS 12.
00:31:01.79\00:31:06.63
SO, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT GIFTS,
THINK OF 12 - ROMANS 12, 1
00:31:06.66\00:31:11.87
CORINTHIANS 12. ALRIGHT,
GO TO 1 CORINTHIANS 12:12.
00:31:11.90\00:31:14.64
IS THAT EASY? "FOR
AS THE BODY IS ONE AND
00:31:14.67\00:31:18.71
HAS MANY MEMBERS, BUT ALL THE
MEMBERS OF THAT ONE BODY, BEING
00:31:18.74\00:31:21.04
MANY, ARE ONE
BODY, SO ALSO IS CHRIST.
00:31:21.08\00:31:23.58
FOR BY ONE SPIRIT WE WERE ALL
BAPTIZED INTO ONE BODY - WHETHER
00:31:23.61\00:31:26.82
JEWS OR GREEKS, WHETHER SLAVES
OR FREE - AND HAVE ALL BEEN MADE
00:31:26.85\00:31:29.32
TO DRINK INTO ONE
SPIRIT. FOR IN FACT THE BODY IS
00:31:29.35\00:31:32.19
NOT ONE MEMBER BUT MANY. IF
THE FOOT SHOULD SAY, 'BECAUSE
00:31:32.22\00:31:35.69
I AM NOT A HAND, I AM NOT
OF THE BODY,' IS IT THEREFORE
00:31:35.72\00:31:38.26
NOT OF THE BODY? AND
IF THE EAR SHOULD SAY,
00:31:38.29\00:31:40.30
'BECAUSE I AM NOT AN EYE, I
AM NOT PART OF THE BODY,' IS IT
00:31:40.33\00:31:42.40
THEREFORE NOT OF THE BODY?
IF THE WHOLE BODY WERE AN EYE,
00:31:42.43\00:31:44.80
WHERE WOULD BE THE HEARING?
IF THE WHOLE WERE HEARING,
00:31:44.83\00:31:49.44
WHERE WOULD BE THE SMELLING?
BUT NOT GOD HAS SET THE MEMBERS,
00:31:49.47\00:31:52.97
EACH ONE OF THEM, IN
THE BODY JUST AS HE PLEASED.
00:31:53.01\00:31:56.21
AND IF THEY WERE ALL ONE
MEMBER, WHERE WOULD THE BODY
00:31:56.24\00:31:59.08
BE?" - NOW, IS HE SAYING THAT
00:31:59.11\00:32:00.18
WE SHOULD ALL BE THE
SAME? IS HE SAYING WE SHOULD
00:32:00.22\00:32:02.98
ALL HAVE THE SAME GIFTS?
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT
00:32:03.02\00:32:05.55
I WANT YOU TO NOTICE THAT,
BECAUSE HE SAID THAT, ALSO, IN
00:32:05.59\00:32:07.12
ROMANS - "...THE EYE CANNOT SAY
TO THE HAND, 'I HAVE NO NEED OF
00:32:07.16\00:32:11.66
YOU'; NOR AGAIN THE HEAD TO THE
FEET, 'I HAVE NO NEED OF YOU.'
00:32:11.69\00:32:15.00
NO, MUCH RATHER, THOSE MEMBERS
OF THE BODY WHICH SEEM TO BE
00:32:15.03\00:32:17.40
WEAKER ARE NECESSARY.
AND THOSE MEMBERS OF THE BODY
00:32:17.43\00:32:20.34
WHICH WE THINK TO BE LESS
HONORABLE, ON THESE WE BESTOW
00:32:20.37\00:32:23.17
GREATER HONOR; AND OUR
UNPRESENTABLE PARTS HAVE GREATER
00:32:23.20\00:32:27.41
MODESTY, BUT OUR
PRESENTABLE PARTS HAVE NO NEED.
00:32:27.44\00:32:30.81
BUT GOD COMPOSED THE BODY,
HAVING GIVEN GREAT HONOR TO THAT
00:32:30.85\00:32:34.78
PART WHICH LACKS IT," - IF YOU
LOSE YOUR LITTLE TOE, IT AFFECTS
00:32:34.82\00:32:38.09
YOUR WHOLE WALK, BUT NOT TOO
MANY PEOPLE SEE YOUR LITTLE TOE
00:32:38.12\00:32:43.69
- WELL, UNLESS YOU'RE WEARING
OPEN-TOED SHOES, I GUESS.
00:32:43.73\00:32:46.29
SOME DO - "AND IF ONE MEMBER
SUFFERS," - I'M IN VERSE 26 -
00:32:46.33\00:32:52.30
"ALL THE MEMBERS SUFFER" - NOW,
I WANT YOU TO NOTICE - HERE'S
00:32:52.33\00:32:54.90
THE LIST IN 1 CORINTHIANS 12 -
"NOW YOU ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST,
00:32:54.94\00:32:59.11
AND MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY.
00:32:59.14\00:33:00.71
AND GOD HAS APPOINTED THESE
IN THE CHURCH: FIRST APOSTLES,
00:33:00.74\00:33:03.55
SECOND PROPHETS, THIRD TEACHERS,
AFTER THAT MIRACLES," - YOU
00:33:03.58\00:33:07.62
NOTICE HE HAD
PROPHECY AND TEACHING?
00:33:07.65\00:33:09.12
- "MIRACLES, THEN
GIFTS OF HEALINGS, HELPS,
00:33:09.15\00:33:11.72
ADMINISTRATIONS,
VARIETIES OF TONGUES."
00:33:11.75\00:33:15.02
- NOW, DO YOU NOTICE THAT SOME
OF THE GIFTS ARE NOT MENTIONED
00:33:15.06\00:33:17.29
IN ROMANS 12? HE
DOESN'T MENTION TONGUES.
00:33:17.33\00:33:20.16
I'M GOING TO TAKE A
MINUTE AND JUST EMPHASIZE THAT.
00:33:20.20\00:33:22.96
I SEE MY FRIEND
PASTOR TIM JONES IS HERE.
00:33:23.00\00:33:26.10
TIM USED TO BE A PENTECOSTAL
MINISTER, ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:33:26.13\00:33:30.21
YEAH, SO HE KNOWS
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
00:33:30.24\00:33:31.81
SOME OF THESE CHURCHES, THEY'LL
HAVE YOU THINK THAT THE TOP OF
00:33:31.84\00:33:35.28
THE LIST IS TONGUES.
IT'S NOT IN THE LIST OF ROMANS
00:33:35.31\00:33:39.01
AND IT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF
THE LIST IN 1 CORINTHIANS.
00:33:39.05\00:33:41.45
MATTER OF FACT, IT'S ALWAYS AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST, BUT THEY
00:33:41.48\00:33:43.79
INVERT THE LIST AROUND AND THEY
THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD SPEAK IN
00:33:43.82\00:33:46.19
TONGUES. NOW,
DIDN'T WE LEARN - WE
00:33:46.22\00:33:49.12
READ IN ROMANS, WE READ
IN 1 CORINTHIANS, WE ALL
00:33:49.16\00:33:51.76
HAVE DIFFERENT GIFTS. NOT
EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME GIFT.
00:33:51.79\00:33:55.10
DO WE BELIEVE IN THE
GIFT OF TONGUES? YES.
00:33:55.13\00:33:58.20
WE BELIEVE IN ALL THE GIFTS
OF THE SPIRIT, BUT THAT GIFT IS
00:33:58.23\00:34:00.87
OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD
AND IT'S OVER-EMPHASIZED.
00:34:00.90\00:34:04.71
AND SO, I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU CATCH THAT.
00:34:04.74\00:34:08.81
LET ME FINISH THIS - HE GOES ON
AND HE SAYS, "ARE ALL APOSTLES?"
00:34:08.84\00:34:12.15
- THE OBVIOUS ANSWER IS 'NO.'
- I'M IN VERSE 29 - "ARE ALL
00:34:12.18\00:34:15.58
PROPHETS? ARE ALL TEACHERS?"
00:34:15.62\00:34:17.62
- NO, NO, NO - "ARE
ALL WORKERS OF MIRACLES?
00:34:17.65\00:34:20.26
DO ALL HAVE GIFTS OF HEALINGS?
DO ALL SPEAK WITH TONGUES?"
00:34:20.29\00:34:24.63
- WHAT'S THE
OBVIOUS ANSWER? >>NO.
00:34:24.66\00:34:26.16
>>NO, BUT YOU GO TO SOME OF
THESE CHARISMATIC CHURCHES -
00:34:26.19\00:34:29.66
NOW, NOT ALL CHURCHES THAT
BELIEVE IN TONGUES TEACH THAT
00:34:29.70\00:34:32.00
EVERYBODY SHOULD SPEAK IN
TONGUES, BUT THE HARD-CORE
00:34:32.03\00:34:34.44
PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES
DO. AND SO, JUST IN CASE
00:34:34.47\00:34:39.01
YOU RUN INTO THAT. AND
THEN HE GOES ON AND HE SAYS,
00:34:39.04\00:34:41.71
"BUT EARNESTLY
DESIRE THE BEST GIFTS."
00:34:41.74\00:34:45.15
- THAT MEANS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO
DESIRE A GIFT, WHAT'S THE BEST
00:34:45.18\00:34:47.32
GIFT? WELL, YOU GO TO THE NEXT
00:34:47.35\00:34:49.58
CHAPTER, HE SAYS, 'THE GREATEST
OF THESE IS LOVE.' FAITH, HOPE
00:34:49.62\00:34:54.22
- 'NOW ABIDES FAITH, HOPE,
AND LOVE.' AND THEN YOU GO TO
00:34:54.26\00:34:56.83
CHAPTER 14, WHAT IS THE BEST
GIFT? HE SAYS, "PURSUE LOVE AND
00:34:56.86\00:35:00.26
DESIRE SPIRITUAL GIFTS,
BUT ESPECIALLY THAT YOU MAY
00:35:00.30\00:35:03.16
PROPHESY." SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO
DESIRE A SPIRITUAL GIFT, WHAT'S
00:35:03.20\00:35:06.57
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GIFTS?
TO BE ABLE TO SHARE YOUR FAITH
00:35:06.60\00:35:10.44
- PROPHESY -
THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS.
00:35:10.47\00:35:12.21
IT DOESN'T MEAN, LIKE I SAID,
TO BE FORETELLING THE FUTURE.
00:35:12.24\00:35:15.14
ALRIGHT, BACK TO
OUR STUDY IN ROMANS.
00:35:15.18\00:35:19.01
YOU READ EPHESIANS 4:11,
"AND HE HIMSELF GAVE SOME TO BE
00:35:19.05\00:35:23.08
APOSTLES," - HERE'S THE THIRD
LIST - "SOME TO BE APOSTLES,
00:35:23.12\00:35:26.49
SOME PROPHETS, SOME EVANGELISTS,
AND SOME PASTORS AND TEACHERS,"
00:35:26.52\00:35:29.92
- AGAIN, TONGUES ISN'T
MENTIONED IN THE LIST - WHY?
00:35:29.96\00:35:33.63
- "FOR THE EQUIPPING OF
THE SAINTS FOR THE WORK OF
00:35:33.66\00:35:35.83
MINISTRY, FOR THE EDIFYING OF
THE BODY" - DO WE STILL NEED THE
00:35:35.86\00:35:38.60
GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT?
DO WE STILL NEED THE BODY
00:35:38.63\00:35:41.27
TO BE EDIFIED AND BUILT
UP? YES, OF COURSE WE DO.
00:35:41.30\00:35:45.21
AND YOU CAN READ IN EPHESIANS
4:16, "FROM WHOM THE WHOLE BODY,
00:35:45.24\00:35:50.98
JOINED AND KNIT TOGETHER BY WHAT
EVERY JOINT SUPPLIES, ACCORDING
00:35:51.01\00:35:55.82
TO THE EFFECTIVE WORKING BY
WHICH EVERY PART DOES ITS SHARE,
00:35:55.85\00:35:59.89
CAUSES GROWTH OF THE BODY FOR
THE EDIFYING OF ITSELF IN LOVE."
00:35:59.92\00:36:05.63
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
THING WHEN YOU SEE A CHURCH
00:36:05.66\00:36:07.93
FAMILY - WHEN PEOPLE HAVE
DISCOVERED THEIR SPIRITUAL
00:36:07.96\00:36:10.63
GIFTS. SOMETIMES
IT TAKES OTHERS TO
00:36:10.67\00:36:12.30
HELP YOU FIND
YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
00:36:12.33\00:36:14.54
SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE SOMEONE
SAY, 'HEY, CAN YOU - CAN YOU
00:36:14.57\00:36:17.81
SING FOR US?' 'OH, I
DON'T SING.' 'OH, I THINK
00:36:17.84\00:36:19.61
YOU'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL VOICE.'
AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT.
00:36:19.64\00:36:21.48
THEY NEVER
REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
00:36:21.51\00:36:23.28
SOMEONE NOTICED A PERSON
WAS JUST VERY ORGANIZED AND THEY
00:36:23.31\00:36:26.31
SAY, 'WOULD YOU BE
WILLING TO HELP WITH THIS?'
00:36:26.35\00:36:28.35
OR OTHERS HAVE A GIFT FOR
CHILDREN AND - A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:36:28.38\00:36:30.69
COME INTO THE CHURCH AND THEY
DISCOVER WHAT THEIR GIFTS ARE
00:36:30.72\00:36:33.29
BECAUSE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT
MAY NOT BE REALIZED UNTIL YOU
00:36:33.32\00:36:36.49
RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT,
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:36:36.52\00:36:41.43
AND SO, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING
TO COME INTO A CHURCH AND SEE
00:36:41.46\00:36:43.60
PEOPLE WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT
TALENTS AND GIFTS, AND THEY MAY
00:36:43.63\00:36:48.07
SEEM QUIET IN ONE DEPARTMENT,
BUT YOU KNOW, THEY COME ALIVE
00:36:48.10\00:36:50.81
WHEN THEY'RE IN THE
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT.
00:36:50.84\00:36:53.17
OR THEY MAYBE SEEM QUIET IN THIS
AREA, BUT WHEN THEY GET BEHIND
00:36:53.21\00:36:56.34
THE SCENES IN ADMINISTRATION,
OR THEY'VE GOT THE GIFT OF
00:36:56.38\00:36:59.18
ADMINISTRATION AND THEY'VE
GOT THE GIFT OF DEACONING, AND -
00:36:59.21\00:37:04.05
EVERYBODY USING THEIR GIFTS.
WHAT MAKES PASTORS SAD IS WHEN
00:37:04.09\00:37:08.52
PEOPLE COME WEEK AFTER WEEK AND
THEY DON'T GET INVOLVED AND THEY
00:37:08.56\00:37:12.09
DON'T USE THEIR GIFTS IN SOME
WAY. SOME HAVE GIFTS OF PRAYER.
00:37:12.13\00:37:14.83
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GROUPS THAT
MEET AND THEY JUST GATHER TO
00:37:14.83\00:37:17.90
PRAY FOR THE CHURCH -
AND THAT'S THEIR GIFT.
00:37:17.93\00:37:22.54
AND SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'OH, I'M
TOO OLD TO DO ANYTHING.' ARE YOU
00:37:22.57\00:37:24.77
TOO OLD TO PRAY? I
MEAN, EVERYBODY CAN
00:37:24.81\00:37:27.68
DO SOMETHING, RIGHT? >>AMEN.
00:37:27.71\00:37:29.31
>>SO ARE YOU USING
YOUR GIFTS IN THE CHURCH?
00:37:29.34\00:37:31.51
SOME PEOPLE STRUGGLE,
YOU KNOW, 'WHAT CAN I DO?'
00:37:31.55\00:37:34.72
I HAD SOMEONE COME TO ME
IN PRAYER MEETING THIS WEEK,
00:37:34.75\00:37:37.35
'PASTOR DOUG, I
WANT TO GET INVOLVED.
00:37:37.39\00:37:40.09
NOW, I CAN'T DO EVERYTHING,
BUT I WANT TO DO SOMETHING.
00:37:40.12\00:37:42.26
HELP ME KNOW SOMETHING I
CAN DO TO HELP.' AND SO, WE'RE
00:37:42.29\00:37:45.89
THINKING, NOW, ABOUT - I LOVE TO
HEAR THAT - HOW DO WE GET THIS
00:37:45.93\00:37:48.96
PERSON ENGAGED WITH
THEIR SPIRITUAL GIFTS?
00:37:49.00\00:37:52.53
AND SO, GOD WANTS
US ALL TO BE INVOLVED.
00:37:52.57\00:37:54.74
A CHURCH IS HEALTHY -
IT'S STRONG - WHEN THE BODY IS
00:37:54.77\00:37:58.34
WORKING ALL IN UNISON TOGETHER.
YOU EVER WATCH FIGURE SKATERS
00:37:58.37\00:38:05.78
KIND OF DO THEIR
BALLET ON THE ICE?
00:38:05.81\00:38:09.38
YOU KNOW HOW - HOW MANY MENTAL
PROCESSES ARE GOING IN FOR THEM
00:38:09.42\00:38:15.82
TO MAINTAIN THEIR BALANCE AND DO
ALL THOSE MOTIONS AND DO IT WITH
00:38:15.86\00:38:20.10
A CERTAIN TIMING, AND THERE'S
AN ELEGANCE AND A BEAUTY TO IT?
00:38:20.13\00:38:24.47
EVERY PART OF THEIR BODY IS
DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHILE
00:38:24.50\00:38:29.57
THEY'RE DOING
THEIR BALLET ON THE ICE.
00:38:29.60\00:38:35.01
BUT IT ALL COMES TOGETHER TO
JUST BE SOMETHING SPECTACULAR.
00:38:35.04\00:38:39.05
NOW SOME OF YOU DON'T
CARE FOR FIGURE SKATING.
00:38:39.08\00:38:40.25
I'M SORRY, IT'S LOOKS PRETTY
BEAUTIFUL, AT TIMES. BUT - AND
00:38:40.28\00:38:44.59
THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN
A CHURCH IS WORKING TOGETHER.
00:38:44.62\00:38:47.19
YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING
BEAUTIFUL - THE PEOPLE GET A
00:38:47.22\00:38:48.86
PICTURE OF JESUS WHEN WE'RE
ALL WORKING TOGETHER IN HARMONY.
00:38:48.89\00:38:54.36
AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT'S
THOUGHTLESS BECAUSE ONE MIND IS
00:38:54.36\00:38:57.63
CONTROLLING IT WHEN WE'RE ALL
CONNECTED BY THE SAME SPIRIT.
00:38:57.67\00:39:01.54
THAT'S THE WAY GOD
WANTS THE CHURCH TO BE.
00:39:01.57\00:39:04.17
ALRIGHT, NOW THEN HE SAYS
SOMETHING ELSE I THINK IS VERY
00:39:04.21\00:39:06.54
INTERESTING - BACK TO ROMANS
- HE SAYS, "SO, HAVING DIFFERENT
00:39:06.57\00:39:12.68
GIFTS" - WHERE AM I?
- IN VERSE 9 - "LET LOVE
00:39:12.71\00:39:18.12
BE WITHOUT HYPOCRISY.
ABHOR (HATE) WHAT IS EVIL.
00:39:18.15\00:39:22.56
CLING TO WHAT IS GOOD."
DOESN'T THAT SOUND LIKE JOB?
00:39:22.59\00:39:26.73
THERE WAS A MAN, PERFECT
AND UPRIGHT MAN, HE HATED EVIL -
00:39:26.76\00:39:29.50
LOVED WHAT WAS GOOD. -
"BE KINDLY AFFECTIONATE TO ONE
00:39:29.53\00:39:35.40
ANOTHER WITH BROTHERLY LOVE,
IN HONOR GIVING PREFERENCE TO
00:39:35.44\00:39:39.71
ONE ANOTHER;" - AND IF YOU
JUMP DOWN - WE'RE GOING TO GO TO
00:39:39.74\00:39:43.21
VERSE 17 - WE CAN JUST - GOT
TO MOVE ALONG HERE - HE SAYS,
00:39:43.24\00:39:46.38
"REPAY NO ONE EVIL FOR EVIL.
HAVE REGARD FOR GOOD THINGS
00:39:46.41\00:39:51.85
IN THE SIGHT OF ALL MEN.
IF IT IS POSSIBLE, AS MUCH AS
00:39:51.89\00:39:54.79
DEPENDS ON YOU, LIVE PEACEABLY"
- NOW, IN SOME WAYS, YOU
00:39:54.82\00:39:57.79
CAN'T LIVE PEACEABLY. IF
THE GOVERNMENT TELLS YOU TO
00:39:57.83\00:40:00.73
BREAK THE LAW OF GOD, YOU MAY
NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE PEACEABLY.
00:40:00.76\00:40:04.90
YOU'VE PROBABLY ALL HAD
SOME FOLKS THAT YOU TRIED TO BE
00:40:04.93\00:40:08.14
PEACEABLE WITH AND THEY WERE
JUST CANTANKEROUS AND IT WAS
00:40:08.17\00:40:10.67
JUST HARD. BUT
PAUL IS TELLING US, AS
00:40:10.71\00:40:13.31
FAR AS LIES WITHIN YOU,
DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO
00:40:13.34\00:40:16.24
TO BE A GOOD
NEIGHBOR. ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:40:16.28\00:40:19.31
EVEN IF IT MEANS THAT YOU
BEAR WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS TREES
00:40:19.35\00:40:24.02
HANGING OVER IN YOUR YARD AND
MAKE SOME BIG MESS IN YOUR YARD
00:40:24.05\00:40:26.86
AND YOU SAY, 'I'M GOING TO BEAR
WITH IT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE A
00:40:26.89\00:40:29.32
GOOD NEIGHBOR.' AND YOU BE
AS LOVING AND KIND AS YOU CAN.
00:40:29.36\00:40:34.30
I WAS VERY HAPPY WHEN, AFTER WE
MOVED OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
00:40:34.36\00:40:41.70
PASTOR BRUMMOND MOVED INTO THE
SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AND HE SAID,
00:40:41.74\00:40:45.14
'ALL OF YOUR NEIGHBORS MISS
YOU.' I THOUGHT, 'WELL, THAT'S
00:40:45.17\00:40:48.24
GOOD. I DIDN'T
WANT THEM TO SAY WE'RE
00:40:48.28\00:40:49.48
GLAD THEY'RE GONE.' (LAUGHTER)
SO, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, RIGHT?
00:40:49.51\00:40:57.05
SO, AND THEN HE SAYS THAT WE
- WE OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD.
00:40:57.09\00:41:00.86
HE SAID, "BELOVED, DO NOT AVENGE
YOURSELVES, BUT RATHER GIVE
00:41:00.89\00:41:04.03
PLACE TO WRATH; FOR IT IS
WRITTEN, 'VENGEANCE IS MINE, I
00:41:04.06\00:41:07.36
WILL REPAY,' SAYS THE LORD.
00:41:07.40\00:41:08.90
THEREFORE 'IF YOUR ENEMY IS
HUNGRY, FEED HIM;'" - AND HE'S
00:41:08.93\00:41:12.43
QUOTING HERE FROM PROVERBS -
"IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A
00:41:12.47\00:41:14.70
DRINK;" - AND THE WORD THERE,
WHEN IT SAYS "FOR IN SO DOING
00:41:14.74\00:41:19.17
YOU WILL HEAP COALS
OF FIRE ON HIS HEAD."
00:41:19.21\00:41:22.44
SO SOME OF YOU HAVE DONE NICE
THINGS TO YOUR NEIGHBOR THAT YOU
00:41:22.48\00:41:24.95
REALLY DON'T LIKE, BECAUSE YOU
THINK THIS VERSE SAYS, 'AH, IT'S
00:41:24.98\00:41:27.82
LIKE SHOVELING COALS OF FIRE ON
THEIR HEAD.' WHAT THAT MEANS IS
00:41:27.85\00:41:30.75
THEIR CONSCIENCE WILL, NOT
CONSUME THEM, BUT IT WILL MELT
00:41:30.79\00:41:35.09
THEM INTO KINDNESS. IT'S
A METAPHOR THAT'S TAKEN FROM
00:41:35.12\00:41:39.16
MELTING IRON. IT SOFTENS THEM.
SO YOU DON'T WANT TO FIGHT EVIL
00:41:39.19\00:41:43.93
WITH EVIL,
BECAUSE WHAT DOES THAT DO?
00:41:43.97\00:41:46.07
IT JUST MAKES
PEOPLE BECOME ENTRENCHED.
00:41:46.10\00:41:47.54
DOESN'T THE BIBLE SAY, 'A
SOFT ANSWER TURNS AWAY WRATH'?
00:41:47.57\00:41:51.04
AND SO, YOU FIGHT
EVIL WITH KINDNESS.
00:41:51.07\00:41:53.54
YOU HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON THEIR
HEAD - THEY USED TO PILE UP THE
00:41:53.58\00:41:56.54
COALS AND IT WOULD MELT THE ORE.
YOU'RE MELTING THEIR HEARTS.
00:41:56.58\00:42:02.32
LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER VERSE
HERE - LUKE 6:27, "BUT I SAY TO
00:42:02.35\00:42:05.92
YOU WHO HEAR: LOVE YOUR ENEMIES,
DO GOOD TO THOSE WHO HATE YOU,"
00:42:05.95\00:42:10.83
- ISN'T THAT HARD? -
"BLESS THOSE WHO CURSE YOU," -
00:42:10.86\00:42:14.86
HAVE YOU TRIED THAT?
- "AND PRAY FOR THOSE
00:42:14.93\00:42:17.07
WHO SPITEFULLY USE
YOU." - I'LL JUST TELL YOU,
00:42:17.10\00:42:19.27
FRIENDS, I'VE
DONE IT. IT'S HARD.
00:42:19.30\00:42:21.77
I'VE PRAYED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
MEAN TO ME, BUT I WON'T TELL YOU
00:42:21.80\00:42:24.47
WHAT I PRAYED.
(LAUGHTER) SOMETIMES YOU PRAY
00:42:24.51\00:42:28.68
THAT THERE'LL BE
A MISGUIDED METEOR.
00:42:28.71\00:42:32.91
BUT TO PRAY THAT GOD'LL BLESS
THEM - "TO HIM WHO STRIKES YOU
00:42:32.95\00:42:37.39
ON THE ONE CHEEK,
OFFER THE OTHER ALSO.
00:42:37.42\00:42:39.99
AND FROM HIM WHO TAKES AWAY
YOUR CLOAK, DO NOT WITHHOLD YOUR
00:42:40.02\00:42:43.32
TUNIC EITHER." -
THAT'S KIND OF HARD, ISN'T IT?
00:42:43.36\00:42:47.96
NOW JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU JUST DO
GOOD TO YOU, WHAT THANKS DO YOU
00:42:48.00\00:42:51.63
HAVE? EVEN THE PAGANS DO THAT.
BUT IF YOU'RE THE CHILDREN OF
00:42:51.67\00:42:54.30
YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN,
OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD.
00:42:54.34\00:42:57.47
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES.' AND,
LET'S FACE IT, SOME CHRISTIANS
00:42:57.51\00:43:02.41
STRUGGLE TO LOVE
FELLOW CHRISTIANS.
00:43:02.44\00:43:05.18
SOME STRUGGLE TO
LOVE THEIR SPOUSE.
00:43:05.21\00:43:07.05
JESUS SAID YOU'VE GOT TO GO
A LOT FURTHER THAN THAT, YOU'VE
00:43:07.08\00:43:08.82
GOT TO LOVE YOUR
ENEMY. THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO
00:43:08.85\00:43:11.95
BE A SELFLESS CHRISTIAN.
1 PETER 3, VERSE 9, "NOT
00:43:11.99\00:43:15.59
RETURNING EVIL FOR EVIL
OR REVILING FOR REVILING" -
00:43:15.62\00:43:19.13
REVILING MEANS WHEN YOU
CURSE AND SLANDER - YOU'RE BEING
00:43:19.16\00:43:21.16
SARCASTIC WITH SOMEBODY - "BUT
ON THE CONTRARY," - RETURN A
00:43:21.20\00:43:23.87
BLESSING - "KNOWING THAT
YOU WERE CALLED TO THIS," - WHY?
00:43:23.90\00:43:27.84
- THAT YOU MAY
INHERIT A BLESSING."
00:43:27.87\00:43:30.04
SO WHY DO WE
FIGHT EVIL WITH GOOD?
00:43:30.07\00:43:32.14
YOU'RE GOING TO GET
YOUR BLESSING IN THE END.
00:43:32.17\00:43:34.81
DON'T WORRY
ABOUT IT. GOD IS JUDGE.
00:43:34.84\00:43:36.51
PAUL SAID,
'COMMEND EVERYTHING TO GOD.
00:43:36.54\00:43:39.25
HE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.' SEE, THE
CHRISTIANS WERE BEING PERSECUTED
00:43:39.28\00:43:42.15
IN ROME, PAUL SAID, 'DON'T FIGHT
EVIL WITH EVIL.' AND THEN HE
00:43:42.18\00:43:46.42
MAKES SOME STATEMENTS HERE -
OH, I'VE GOT TO RUSH ALONG - THE
00:43:46.45\00:43:48.76
CHRISTIAN AND THE STATE .
NOW, SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR
00:43:48.79\00:43:52.06
ME TITUS 3:1 - PAUL SAYS HERE
- ROMANS 13 - NOW WE'RE JUMPING
00:43:52.09\00:43:57.57
INTO ROMANS 13, "LET
EVERY SOUL BE SUBJECT TO THE
00:43:57.60\00:44:00.77
GOVERNING AUTHORITIES.
IS THAT HARD FOR YOU?
00:44:00.80\00:44:03.54
KIND OF LIKE
LOVING YOUR ENEMY, RIGHT?
00:44:03.57\00:44:05.97
HOW MANY OF YOU SOMETIMES ARE
SUSPICIOUS OF THE GOVERNMENT?
00:44:06.01\00:44:09.01
(LAUGHTER) COME ON.
"LET EVERY SOUL BE SUBJECT TO
00:44:09.04\00:44:14.95
THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES.
FOR THERE IS NO AUTHORITY EXCEPT
00:44:14.98\00:44:17.39
FROM GOD," - THE BIBLE SAYS 'GOD
SETS 'EM UP; GOD TAKES 'EM DOWN'
00:44:17.42\00:44:21.99
- "AND THE AUTHORITIES
THAT EXIST ARE APPOINTED BY GOD.
00:44:22.02\00:44:24.26
THEREFORE WHOEVER RESISTS THE
AUTHORITY RESISTS THE ORDINANCE
00:44:24.29\00:44:27.50
OF GOD, AND THOSE WHO
RESIST WILL BRING JUDGMENT ON
00:44:27.50\00:44:30.50
THEMSELVES. FOR
RULERS ARE NOT A TERROR
00:44:30.53\00:44:33.13
TO GOOD WORKS, BUT TO
EVIL. DO YOU WANT TO BE
00:44:33.17\00:44:37.27
UNAFRAID OF THE AUTHORITY?
DO WHAT IS GOOD AND YOU WILL
00:44:37.31\00:44:40.01
HAVE PRAISE OF THE SAME." -
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE AFRAID
00:44:40.04\00:44:42.61
OF THE HIGHWAY PATROLMAN,
YOU KNOW WHAT THE KEY IS?
00:44:42.64\00:44:45.58
DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT (LAUGHS)
AND YOU WON'T BE AFRAID.
00:44:45.61\00:44:49.78
STOP WHEN IT SAYS 'STOP.'
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, READ, FOR US,
00:44:49.82\00:44:54.32
TITUS 3:1.
>>TITUS 3:1, "REMIND THEM
00:44:54.36\00:44:58.79
TO BE SUBJECT TO RULERS
AND AUTHORITIES, TO OBEY, TO BE
00:44:58.83\00:45:02.83
READY FOR EVERY GOOD WORK."
>>NOW, IS PAUL TALKING ABOUT
00:45:02.86\00:45:05.77
OBEYING A LAW TO BREAK
GOD'S COMMANDMENTS, OR?
00:45:05.80\00:45:09.17
NO, HE'S TALKING ABOUT OBEY THE
CIVIL RULES - WHATEVER THEY ARE
00:45:09.20\00:45:15.34
- GOD WANTS US TO BE LAWKEEPERS.
AND I KNOW, LIKE WHEN WE TALK
00:45:15.38\00:45:20.02
ABOUT THE SPEED LIMIT - YOU'VE
GOT THE LETTER OF THE LAW AND
00:45:20.05\00:45:22.42
THEN YOU'VE GOT THE
SPIRIT OF THE LAW, RIGHT?
00:45:22.45\00:45:24.82
HOW MANY OF YOU DRIVE ACCORDING
TO THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW, AND
00:45:24.85\00:45:27.02
NOT THE LETTER?
(LAUGHTER) I'M GOING TO ASK
00:45:27.06\00:45:32.83
THAT QUESTION
DIFFERENTLY. NOW, YOU ARE ALL
00:45:32.86\00:45:35.50
REQUIRED TO RESPOND.
(LAUGHTER) DO ANY OF YOU EVER
00:45:35.53\00:45:41.17
DRIVE OVER THE SPEED
LIIMIT? I JUST WANT TO KNOW.
00:45:41.20\00:45:43.30
AM I THE ONLY ONE?
HOW MANY OF YOU REFUSE TO
00:45:43.34\00:45:46.24
RESPOND BECAUSE YOU THINK I
JUST DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK
00:45:46.27\00:45:48.44
YOU TO CONFESS PUBLICLY -
AND THERE'S CAMERAS ROLLING?
00:45:48.48\00:45:53.68
I JUST WANT TO
KNOW IF I'M ALONE.
00:45:53.72\00:45:57.22
AND, NOW, I GUESS MY CONSCIENCE
IS BOTHERING ME BECAUSE -
00:45:57.25\00:45:59.69
(LAUGHTER) HAVEN'T YOU EVER
BEEN ON A CALIFORNIA INTERSTATE
00:45:59.72\00:46:04.33
WHERE, IF YOU DRIVE THE SPEED
LIMIT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET RUN
00:46:04.36\00:46:06.23
OVER? >>YES.
00:46:06.26\00:46:07.83
>>OKAY, GOOD, I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.
00:46:07.86\00:46:11.17
THEN HE SAYS - ROMANS 13:8 -
LOVE ONE ANOTHER - "OWE NO ONE
00:46:11.20\00:46:18.81
ANYTHING" - HE SAID WE SHOULD
AVOID BEING IN DEBT - EXCEPT TO
00:46:18.84\00:46:21.98
LOVE ONE ANOTHER, FOR HE WHO
LOVES ANOTHER HAS FULFILLED THE
00:46:22.01\00:46:25.45
LAW." THIS IS
THAT - THOSE BEAUTIFUL
00:46:25.48\00:46:27.52
PASSAGES ABOUT LOVE BEING
THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW.
00:46:27.55\00:46:30.75
NOW, SOMEONE IS GOING TO
READ, FOR ME, JOHN 13:34.
00:46:30.79\00:46:34.72
OKAY, YOU'LL BE NEXT. HE
SAID, "FOR THE COMMANDMENTS,
00:46:34.76\00:46:38.53
'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY,'
'YOU SHALL NOT MURDER,' 'YOU
00:46:38.56\00:46:40.86
SHALL NOT STEAL,' 'YOU SHALL NOT
BEAR FALSE WITNESS,' 'YOU SHALL
00:46:40.90\00:46:44.00
NOT COVET,' AND IF THERE IS ANY
OTHER COMMANDMENT," - IN OTHER
00:46:44.03\00:46:46.10
WORDS, HE SAID, 'I'M NOT GOING
TO RECITE THE OTHER TEN, YOU
00:46:46.13\00:46:47.87
KNOW THEM' - "ARE ALL SUMMED
UP IN THIS SAYING, NAMELY, 'YOU
00:46:47.90\00:46:53.21
SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS
YOURSELF.' LOVE DOES NOT HARM
00:46:53.24\00:46:56.85
ITS NEIGHBOR; THEREFORE LOVE
IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW."
00:46:56.88\00:47:01.28
AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WHEN
YOU READ IN 1 CORINTHIANS 13,
00:47:01.32\00:47:04.35
'LOVE SUFFERS LONG, LOVE IS
KIND, LOVE DOES NOT ENVY, LOVE
00:47:04.39\00:47:07.66
DOES NOT PARADE ITSELF,' - LOVE
IS REALLY THE FULFILLING OF THE
00:47:07.69\00:47:10.69
LAW. GO AHEAD. >>JOHN
13:34, "A NEW COMMANDMENT
00:47:10.73\00:47:16.36
I GIVE TO YOU, THAT YOU LOVE ONE
ANOTHER; AS I HAVE LOVED YOU,
00:47:16.40\00:47:21.30
THAT YOU ALSO LOVE ONE
ANOTHER." >>WHY DID JESUS CALL
00:47:21.34\00:47:24.41
THIS A NEW COMMANDMENT?
WHEN GOD SAYS, 'LOVE THE LORD
00:47:24.44\00:47:29.21
WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF?
00:47:29.24\00:47:31.91
AND HAVEN'T YOU HEARD PEOPLE
SAY, 'WELL THIS IS THE NEW
00:47:31.95\00:47:33.75
COMMANDMENT. WE
DON'T KEEP THE TEN
00:47:33.78\00:47:35.02
COMMANDMENTS ANYMORE BECAUSE WE
HAVE A NEW COMMANDMENT.' WHERE
00:47:35.05\00:47:37.59
DO YOU FIRST FIND 'LOVE THE
LORD WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART?
00:47:37.62\00:47:41.86
IN THE NEW OR THE
OLD TESTAMENT? >>OLD.
00:47:41.89\00:47:44.16
>>DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 4 -
I'M SORRY - CHAPTER 6, VERSE 4,
00:47:44.19\00:47:47.73
"HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE
LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE!
00:47:47.76\00:47:50.50
YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD
WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL
00:47:50.53\00:47:52.93
YOUR SOUL, AND
WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH."
00:47:52.97\00:47:54.64
WHERE DO YOU FIRST FIND, 'LOVE
YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF'?
00:47:54.67\00:47:58.47
NEW OR OLD TESTAMENT? >>OLD.
00:47:58.51\00:48:01.38
>>ANYONE KNOW
WHERE IT IS? >>LEVITICUS.
00:48:01.41\00:48:03.55
>>LEVITICUS 19:18 - THINK ABOUT
THE GREAT FLU EPIDEMIC OR THINK
00:48:03.58\00:48:07.68
ABOUT WORLD WAR I -
19:18 - THAT'S HOW I REMEMBER.
00:48:07.72\00:48:11.95
IT SAYS, "YOU SHALL NOT TAKE
VENGEANCE, NOR BEAR ANY GRUDGE
00:48:11.99\00:48:15.06
AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF YOUR
PEOPLE, BUT YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR
00:48:15.09\00:48:17.93
NEIGHBOR AS
YOURSELF: I AM THE LORD."
00:48:17.96\00:48:22.10
SO, WHEN JESUS SAID, 'A NEW
COMMANDMENT I GIVE YOU, THAT YOU
00:48:22.13\00:48:25.97
SHALL LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I
HAVE LOVED YOU,' HE DIDN'T MEAN,
00:48:26.00\00:48:29.34
REALLY, IT'S NEW - THAT THEY'D
NEVER THOUGHT OF IT BEFORE, HE
00:48:29.37\00:48:32.01
MEANT THAT THIS MAY BE A NEW
CONCEPT FOR THAT GENERATION -
00:48:32.04\00:48:35.24
THAT LOVE IS REALLY THE
FULFILLING OF THE LAW, BECAUSE
00:48:35.28\00:48:37.55
THEY HAD BEEN MISSING THAT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, I READ IN 1
00:48:37.58\00:48:41.98
CORINTHIANS 13
THAT LOVE SUFFERS LONG.
00:48:42.02\00:48:45.15
AND THEN, THE FINAL
PART, 'NOW IS OUR SALVATION.
00:48:45.19\00:48:49.52
IF YOU GO TO CHAPTER 13 OF
ROMANS, VERSE 11, "AND DO THIS,
00:48:49.56\00:48:53.40
KNOWING THE TIME, THAT NOW IT IS
HIGH TIME TO AWAKE OUT OF SLEEP;
00:48:53.43\00:48:57.87
FOR NOW OUR SALVATION IS NEARER
THAN WHEN WE FIRST BELIEVED.
00:48:57.90\00:49:01.37
THE NIGHT IS FAR
SPENT, THE DAY IS AT HAND.
00:49:01.40\00:49:03.87
THEREFORE LET US CAST OFF THE
WORKS OF DARKNESS, AND LET US
00:49:03.91\00:49:07.24
PUT ON THE ARMOR OF LIGHT.
00:49:07.28\00:49:09.14
LET US WALK PROPERLY, AS
IN THE DAY, NOT IN REVELRY AND
00:49:09.18\00:49:11.91
DRUNKENNESS, NOT IN LEWDNESS AND
LUST, NOT IN STRIFE AND ENVY.
00:49:11.95\00:49:16.32
BUT PUT ON THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST, AND MAKE NO PROVISION" -
00:49:16.35\00:49:19.62
HE DOESN'T SAY 'MAKE LESS
PROVISION FOR THE FLESH' - "MAKE
00:49:19.65\00:49:22.56
NO PROVISION FOR THE
FLESH, TO FULFILL ITS LUSTS."
00:49:22.59\00:49:25.69
HE WANTS US TO WALK IN
HOLINESS AND GODLINESS.
00:49:25.73\00:49:29.06
NOW, WHY DOES PAUL SAY - HOW
LONG AGO DID PAUL WRITE THIS?
00:49:29.10\00:49:34.24
TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO.
WHY DOES PAUL SAY, 'NOW IS OUR
00:49:34.27\00:49:37.57
SALVATION NEARER
THAN WE FIRST BELIEVED?
00:49:37.61\00:49:40.81
DID PAUL THINK THAT JESUS'
COMING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
00:49:40.84\00:49:43.58
BEFORE THE END OF
THE FIRST CENTURY?
00:49:43.61\00:49:47.25
NO, I THINK HE WAS SAYING - THEY
WERE GETTING READY TO GO THROUGH
00:49:47.28\00:49:50.82
A SEVERE PERSECUTION IN
ROME; ONE OF THE MOST SEVERE
00:49:50.85\00:49:53.39
PERSECUTIONS WAS COMING AND HE
WAS LETTING THEM KNOW 'LIFE IS
00:49:53.42\00:49:58.36
SHORT. WE NEED
TO BE READY, NOW, TO
00:49:58.39\00:50:01.43
DIE.' WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST
STARTED PREACHING AND JESUS, HE
00:50:01.46\00:50:05.40
SAID, 'THE KINGDOM
OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.'
00:50:05.43\00:50:07.60
WELL, YOU DON'T GET
ANY NEARER THAN THAT.
00:50:07.64\00:50:09.24
SO HE'S SAYING
OUR SALVATION IS NEAR.
00:50:09.27\00:50:11.67
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN OUR
LIVES WILL END AND WE NEED TO BE
00:50:11.71\00:50:14.88
LIVING HOLY LIVES.
THERE WILL BE A DAY WHEN HE
00:50:14.91\00:50:17.78
LITERALLY COMES AND WE CERTAINLY
NEED TO BE READY FOR THAT.
00:50:17.81\00:50:20.82
SO, WHAT DOES HE
SAY? 'LET US BE AWAKE.
00:50:20.85\00:50:24.02
IT'S HIGH TIME TO WAKE OUT
OF SLEEP.' DO WE NEED TO WORRY
00:50:24.05\00:50:27.19
ABOUT BEING SPIRITUALLY
ASLEEP IN THE LAST DAYS? WE DO.
00:50:27.22\00:50:31.99
JESUS TELLS THE PARABLE OF THE
BRIDEGROOM AND THE TEN VIRGINS -
00:50:32.03\00:50:36.56
IN CONNECTION WITH THE SECOND
COMING - AND WHEN THE CRY IS
00:50:36.60\00:50:40.34
GIVEN 'BEHOLD, THE BRIDEGROOM
COMES' HOW MANY OF THOSE TEN
00:50:40.37\00:50:43.77
VIRGINS ARE ASLEEP? >>ALL.
00:50:43.81\00:50:46.01
>>A HUNDRED PERCENT.
THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH.
00:50:46.04\00:50:48.11
WHO DO THEY REPRESENT? >>CHURCH.
00:50:48.14\00:50:50.88
>>THE CHURCH.
AND THEY'RE ASLEEP.
00:50:50.91\00:50:54.02
AT THE END OF MATTHEW 24, HE
SAYS THAT WE NEED TO BE AWAKE.
00:50:54.05\00:50:58.19
YOU LOOK IN MARK 13,
'THEREFORE STAY AWAKE.
00:50:58.22\00:51:00.66
YOU DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE MASTER
OF THE HOUSE WILL COME - IN THE
00:51:00.69\00:51:03.86
EVENING OR' - SEE, HE SAYS
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN HE'S COMING -
00:51:03.89\00:51:06.70
'EVENING OR AT MIDNIGHT OR THE
ROOSTER CROWING IN THE MORNING,
00:51:06.73\00:51:09.50
LEST COMING
SUDDENLY, HE FINDS YOU ASLEEP.
00:51:09.53\00:51:12.43
AND WHAT I SAY TO YOU, I
SAY TO ALL, STAY AWAKE.' AMEN?
00:51:12.47\00:51:16.67
>>AMEN. >>1 THESSALONIANS 5:6,
00:51:16.71\00:51:18.64
"THEREFORE LET US NOT
SLEEP AS OTHERS DO, BUT LET US
00:51:18.67\00:51:20.94
WATCH AND BE SOBER. FOR
THOSE WHO SLEEP, SLEEP AT
00:51:20.98\00:51:23.88
NIGHT; AND THOSE WHO ARE
DRUNK ARE DRUNK AT NIGHT.
00:51:23.91\00:51:26.35
LET THOSE OF US WHO ARE OF
THE DAY BE SOBER, PUTTING ON THE
00:51:26.38\00:51:29.82
BREASTPLATE OF FAITH AND LOVE
AND THE HELMET AND THE HOPE OF
00:51:29.85\00:51:33.36
SALVATION." THAT
BRINGS TOGETHER EVERYTHING
00:51:33.39\00:51:34.96
WE'VE STUDIED IN ROMANS IN THAT
ONE VERSE - THE SOBRIETY, THE
00:51:34.99\00:51:38.53
HOLINESS, THE PREPARATION, AND
THE SALVATION IS ALL THERE AND
00:51:38.56\00:51:45.20
SOME OF US MAYBE NEED TO HEAR
WHAT GOD SAID TO JONAH, 'ARISE O
00:51:45.23\00:51:50.07
SLEEPER, CALL UPON YOUR GOD THAT
WE MAY NOT PERISH.' JESUS IS
00:51:50.11\00:51:54.51
COMING SOON AND WE
NEED TO BE AWAKE. AMEN?
00:51:54.54\00:51:57.38
>>AMEN. >>ALRIGHT,
LISTENING FRIENDS, WE
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WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR STUDYING WITH US.
00:51:59.48\00:52:01.22
THAT'S THE END OF LESSON #12.
WE HAVE ONE MORE STUDY IN THIS
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QUARTERLY AND THEN WE'RE GOING
TO OUR NEW QUARTERLY DEALING
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WITH STEWARDSHIP FOLLOWING THAT.
AND DON'T FORGET, WE HAVE OUR
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THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. GOD BLESS YOU.
00:52:24.54\00:52:26.14
WE'LL STUDY HIS WORD
TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
00:52:26.17\00:52:33.21
>>AMAZING FACTS, CHANGED LIVES.
>>I WAS RAISED VERY SPOILED AND
00:52:33.25\00:52:43.93
VERY LUCKY - VERY
BLESSED. I WAS RAISED IN THE
00:52:43.96\00:52:46.43
CHURCH, ACTUALLY. AS A
CHILD, GOD WAS PRESENTED TO
00:52:46.46\00:52:49.53
ME AS VINDICTIVE, SO IT
DIDN'T INTEREST ME VERY MUCH.
00:52:49.56\00:52:54.04
WHEN I GOT MUCH OLDER, I
WAS TOLD BY A FRIEND OF MINE I
00:52:54.07\00:52:57.07
WASN'T EVEN A CHRISTIAN.
I SAID, 'I'M A GOOD PERSON.
00:52:57.11\00:52:59.91
I DON'T STEAL. I DON'T CHEAT.
00:52:59.94\00:53:01.44
I DON'T KILL.' AND IT WAS TOLD
TO ME THAT 'NO, IN ORDER TO BE A
00:53:01.48\00:53:05.75
CHRISTIAN, YOU MUST BE BORN
AGAIN.' THE NEXT DAY I WENT AND
00:53:05.78\00:53:08.78
APPROPRIATED A BIBLE.
I READ THE NEW TESTAMENT.
00:53:08.82\00:53:11.42
I JUST SET THE BIBLE DOWN AND
SAID, 'GOD, IF YOU'RE REAL, DEAL
00:53:11.45\00:53:14.96
ME IN.' I WENT TO A CHRISTIAN
COLLEGE TO STUDY THEOLOGY AND
00:53:14.99\00:53:20.03
ABOUT GOD, BUT WHEN I LEFT
COLLEGE, I TOOK A JOB SELLING
00:53:20.06\00:53:23.67
CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND BIBLES
DOOR TO DOOR AND I WENT FLAT
00:53:23.70\00:53:27.30
BROKE. I STOPPED IN TO PLAY
00:53:27.34\00:53:29.44
POKER AT A PLACE IN L.A.
I WAS AN INSTANT SUCCESS.
00:53:29.47\00:53:33.48
MY LIFE BECAME POKER AND I GOT
BOOKS AND I READ POKER BOOKS.
00:53:33.51\00:53:36.64
I HAD MY BIBLE IN ONE HAND
AND A POKER BOOK IN THE OTHER.
00:53:36.68\00:53:39.28
I WAS A CHRISTIAN POKER
PLAYER. I THOUGHT THE LORD
00:53:39.31\00:53:40.82
WAS BLESSING ME. THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT I MADE
00:53:40.85\00:53:42.95
PLAYING POKER WAS SO
BIG IT WOULD SCARE YOU.
00:53:42.98\00:53:47.19
I WAS VERY SELF-INDULGENT.
I DID NOT DENY MYSELF ANYTHING
00:53:47.22\00:53:50.43
THAT I THOUGHT WOULD MAKE ME
HAPPY, BUT I WAS STILL EMPTY.
00:53:50.46\00:53:54.46
I WENT TO ALL THE CHRISTIAN
CHURCHES - GAVE THEM ALL A FAIR
00:53:54.50\00:53:57.43
SHOT - SOME OF THEM THREE
MONTHS, SOME OF THEM TWO YEARS -
00:53:57.47\00:54:00.67
UNIMPRESSED. SATURDAY
MORNING, I HAPPENED TO
00:54:00.70\00:54:03.61
BE TRAVELING FROM ONE
POKER PLACE TO ANOTHER - I JUST
00:54:03.64\00:54:06.84
HAPPENED TO HAVE A LITTLE TV IN
MY TRUCK AND DOUG BATCHELOR CAME
00:54:06.88\00:54:11.35
UP ON THERE AND I WAS LIKE,
'THIS GUY MAKES SENSE.' I KNEW
00:54:11.38\00:54:14.28
DOUG BATCHELOR WAS IN SACRAMENTO
SO I CAME TO MEET HIM.
00:54:14.32\00:54:17.85
I TOLD HIM, I SAID, 'I'M A
CHRISTIAN DOING GOD'S WORK AND I
00:54:17.89\00:54:21.92
MAKE A LIVING PLAYING
POKER AND I AM GIVING AWAY GREAT
00:54:21.96\00:54:25.19
CONTROVERSIES TO PLAYERS.
I GO TO CHURCH AND HELP THE
00:54:25.23\00:54:27.86
COMMUNITY AND DON'T TELL ME THAT
I'M NOT DOING WHAT'S RIGHT.' AND
00:54:27.93\00:54:31.00
HE SAID, 'NO, YOU'VE GOT TO GET
OUT OF THAT CASINO - PERIOD.' I
00:54:31.03\00:54:35.44
SAID, 'I'M MAKING GOOD MONEY.'
AND HE SAID, 'I KNOW THAT YOU
00:54:35.47\00:54:38.51
KNOW WHAT I'M TELLING
YOU IS RIGHT.' AND I DID.
00:54:38.54\00:54:41.84
I RECOGNIZED THAT
THROUGH IT ALL I WASN'T HAPPY.
00:54:41.88\00:54:47.12
I SAID, 'LORD, MY
LIFE IS A DISASTER.
00:54:47.15\00:54:49.98
I'M SELFISH. I'M EMPTY.
I'VE TRIED TO DO WHAT YOU WANTED
00:54:50.02\00:54:53.49
ME TO DO SO MANY
TIMES, AND I'VE ALWAYS FAILED.
00:54:53.52\00:54:58.16
WHY DO I ALWAYS FAIL? WHY DO
I ALWAYS LOSE MY WAY?' AND THE
00:54:58.19\00:55:06.03
LORD SPOKE TO ME AND SAYS,
'YOU'VE GOT TO BE INVOLVED.
00:55:06.07\00:55:11.04
YOU'VE GOT TO BE INVOLVED IN MY
WORK.' AND THAT'S WHEN I SAID,
00:55:11.07\00:55:15.68
'I NEED TO DEDICATE MY LIFE
FULLY TO GOD'S WORK.' I, BY THE
00:55:15.71\00:55:20.58
GRACE OF GOD, AND MY
WIFE, WE WENT TO INDIA.
00:55:20.62\00:55:25.12
UNTIL THE LORD TELLS ME
OTHERWISE, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD
00:55:25.15\00:55:27.19
ORPHANAGES IN INDIA SO THAT
CHILDREN CAN GROW UP AND HEAR
00:55:27.22\00:55:30.69
ABOUT JESUS AND THEY CAN GO TELL
THE 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE IN THEIR
00:55:30.73\00:55:34.60
COUNTRY. GOD HAD A
PLAN FOR ME AND NOW I
00:55:34.63\00:55:38.37
JUST WANT TO BE FULLY
DEDICATED TO THE LORD'S CAUSE.
00:55:38.40\00:55:44.31
I AM KIP JOHNSTON AND GOD USED
AMAZING FACTS TO CHANGE MY LIFE.
00:55:44.34\00:55:59.42
(MUSIC) >>ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS
SCIENTISTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED
00:55:59.45\00:56:12.57
THAT PEOPLE, AND EVEN CREATURES,
CAN STRUGGLE WITH DEPRESSION
00:56:12.60\00:56:16.57
WHEN EXPOSED TO
CONTINUAL DARKNESS.
00:56:16.60\00:56:19.04
THIS CAN BE SEEN EVERY YEAR IN
THE WINTER MONTHS IN THE ARCTIC
00:56:19.07\00:56:21.84
REGIONS. THE
BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE OF RJUKAN,
00:56:21.88\00:56:25.61
NORWAY IS SITUATED IN A DEEP
VALLEY WHERE MOUNTAINS BLOCK THE
00:56:25.65\00:56:29.08
SUN'S RAYS FOR ABOUT
SIX MONTHS EVERY YEAR.
00:56:29.12\00:56:32.05
THIS, OF COURSE, KEEPS THE 3,400
RESIDENTS IN A STATE OF SHADE
00:56:32.09\00:56:35.89
AND, SOMETIMES, DEPRESSING
DARKNESS THROUGHOUT THE WINTER.
00:56:35.92\00:56:39.39
THEN THE TOWN LEADERS GOT A
BRIGHT IDEA TO HELP ILLUMINATE
00:56:39.43\00:56:42.60
THEIR VILLAGE
DURING THE MURKY MONTHS.
00:56:42.63\00:56:45.13
IN OCTOBER 2013 RJUKAN INSTALLED
AN ARRAY OF THREE GIGANTIC
00:56:45.17\00:56:50.87
550-SQUARE-FOOT MIRRORS ON A
NEARBY MOUNTAIN 1,000 FEET ABOVE
00:56:50.91\00:56:55.44
THE TOWN. THE
COMPUTER-CONTROLLED AND
00:56:55.48\00:56:58.95
SOLAR-POWERED MIRRORS TRACK THE
SUN THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS
00:56:58.98\00:57:02.58
AND REFLECT A GIANT BEAM
OF SUNSHINE DOWN TO THE TOWN
00:57:02.62\00:57:06.52
SQUARE, BRIGHTENING THEIR LIVES.
IF YOU VISIT RJUKAN IN THE
00:57:06.55\00:57:10.66
WINTER MONTHS TODAY, YOU CAN
OFTEN SEE THE PEOPLE GATHERED OR
00:57:10.69\00:57:14.03
SITTING ON BENCHES AROUND
THE TOWN SQUARE, BATHING IN
00:57:14.10\00:57:17.13
THE REFLECTED SUNSHINE.
LIKE THOSE MIRRORS ON THE
00:57:17.17\00:57:20.67
MOUNTAIN, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
CHRISTIANS ARE TO REFLECT THE
00:57:20.70\00:57:23.91
LIGHT OF JESUS, WHO IS
THE LIGHT OF THIS WORLD, INTO
00:57:23.94\00:57:26.24
THIS DARK PLANET.
MATTHEW 5:14 SAYS, "YOU
00:57:26.27\00:57:29.61
ARE THE LIGHT OF THE
WORLD. A CITY THAT IS SET ON A
00:57:29.64\00:57:32.21
HILL CANNOT BE HIDDEN.
NOR DO THEY LIGHT A LAMP AND
00:57:32.25\00:57:35.35
PUT IT UNDER A BASKET, BUT ON
A LAMPSTAND, AND IT ILLUMINATES
00:57:35.38\00:57:38.89
EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE.
LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE
00:57:38.92\00:57:42.72
MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE
YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR
00:57:42.76\00:57:46.03
FATHER IN HEAVEN." SO FRIENDS,
USE TODAY TO BRIGHTEN THE LIFE
00:57:46.06\00:57:50.07
OF SOMEONE ELSE BY
REFLECTING JESUS. (MUSIC)
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