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00:35 >>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS AND WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY 00:37 HOUR COMING TO YOU HERE FROM THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY 00:40 ADVENTIST CHURCH NEAR SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. 00:42 WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR ONLINE MEMBERS AND ALSO THOSE WHO ARE 00:45 WATCHING ON THE VARIOUS TELEVISION NETWORKS. 00:48 WE ARE DELIGHTED THAT YOU'VE CHOSEN TO STUDY WITH US AGAIN 00:51 TODAY. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME THE 00:53 MEMBERS AND OUR VISITORS HERE FOR SABBATH SCHOOL THIS 00:56 MORNING - GLAD YOU ARE HERE. WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THROUGH THE 00:58 BOOK OF ROMANS AND WE'RE COMING NEAR THE END OF THIS LESSON 01:02 QUARTERLY DEALING WITH THE BOOK OF ROMANS ENTITLED 01:05 SALVATION BY FAITH ALONE . IF YOU'VE BEEN ATTENDING THE 01:08 VARIOUS STUDIES, YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH SOME 01:10 VERY IMPORTANT TRUTHS THAT ARE REALLY FOUNDATIONAL TO 01:14 THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. TODAY WE HAVE ANOTHER VERY 01:17 IMPORTANT TRUTH FOUND IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS. 01:19 WE'RE ON LESSON #12 THAT'S ENTITLED OVERCOMING EVIL WITH 01:23 GOOD AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR FOCUS FOR OUR STUDY THIS 01:26 MORNING. IT'S LESSON #12 - FOR THOSE OF 01:28 YOU WHO ARE JOINING US AND DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THE LESSON, JUST 01:32 GO TO THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE - JUST AMAZINGFACTS.ORG AND 01:35 YOU CAN DOWNLOAD LESSON #12 - OVERCOMING EVIL WITH GOOD AND 01:39 YOU CAN STUDY ALONG WITH US. WE ALSO HAVE A FREE OFFER THAT 01:42 GOES ALONG WITH OUR STUDY TODAY, IT IS AN AMAZING FACTS STUDY 01:46 GUIDE ENTITLED A LOVE THAT TRANSFORMS . 01:50 THIS IS FREE OFFER #710 AND, FOR THOSE WITHIN NORTH AMERICA, IF 01:55 YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THIS FREE OFFER, JUST GIVE US A CALL. 01:57 THE NUMBER IS 866-788-3966 - AND YOU CAN ASK FOR OFFER # 710. 02:06 WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR STUDY THIS MORNING, I'D LIKE TO INVITE 02:08 OUR SONG LEADERS TO COME JOIN ME ONSTAGE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE 02:11 LEADING US AS WE LIFT OUR VOICES IN SONG (SOFT PIANO MUSIC) 02:17 >>GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE TO SING 02:20 WITH YOU THIS MORNING. WE'RE GOING TO BE SINGING SONG 02:23 #127 FIRST, AND THE SONGS WE SING FROM - THEY'RE FROM THE 02:28 ADVENTIST HYMNAL - IT LOOKS LIKE THIS. 02:31 AND SO, IF YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT BOOK IT IS WE SING 02:35 FROM, YOU CAN LOOK FOR THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST HYMNAL - 02:38 YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND IT ONLINE OR IN THE ADVENTIST BOOK 02:40 STORE. ANYWAY, OUR FIRST SONG THIS 02:43 MORNING IS #127 - INFANT HOLY, INFANT LOWLY . (PIANO MUSIC) 04:30 >>AND THAT REALLY IS THE CHRISTMAS STORY, ISN'T IT? 04:33 CHRIST THE BABE WAS BORN FOR YOU. 04:35 OUR NEXT SONG IS #142 IN THIS SAME ADVENTIST HYMNAL - 04:39 ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH . (LIVELY PIANO MUSIC) 07:47 >>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SINGING. (LIGHT PIANO MUSIC) 08:06 >>DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, ONCE AGAIN WE 08:08 ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER TOGETHER AND OPEN UP 08:10 YOUR WORD AND STUDY. INDEED, IT HAS BEEN A RICH 08:13 EXPERIENCE FOR US TO LOOK INTO THE BOOK OF ROMANS AND FOLLOW 08:16 THESE VARIOUS THEMES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. 08:19 AND THIS MORNING, ONCE AGAIN, LORD WE WANT TO PRAY THAT THE 08:21 SPIRIT WOULD BE WITH US TO GUIDE OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS THAT WE 08:25 COULD, INDEED, BE CHILDREN OF OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN IN 08:28 OVERCOMING EVIL WITH GOOD. FOR WE ASK THIS ALL 08:31 IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. OUR LESSON TODAY IS GOING TO BE 08:35 BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR DOUG. >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS. 08:42 MORNING, FRIENDS. >>MORNING. 08:47 >>YOU KNOW, I LIKE SINGING THAT SONG - 'IN EXCELSIS DEO' - I 08:53 KNOW 'DEO' MEANS 'GOD' - WHAT DOES 'IN EXCELSIS' MEAN? 08:55 >>IN THE HIGHEST. >>IN THE HIGHEST. 08:57 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I USED TO KNOW THAT BUT, YOU 09:00 KNOW, I SING IT WITH JOY - IT'S LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS 09:02 MEANS BUT IT SOUNDS SO - (HUMMING) - YOU KNOW, 09:05 WE ALL SING THAT. I THINK, 'WHAT AM I SAYING?' 09:08 WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE WORDS ARE. WELCOME, FRIENDS. 09:11 I WANT TO WELCOME THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING TO OUR SABBATH SCHOOL 09:14 STUDY HOUR WITH THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH, HERE, AND WE'RE 09:17 CONTINUING OUR LESSON IN ROMANS - ROMANS - AND TODAY WE'RE DOING 09:22 LESSON #12 THAT COVERS CHAPTER 12 AND 13 IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS. 09:28 NOW, YOU REALIZE WE ONLY HAVE ONE MORE LESSON AFTER THIS ONE 09:31 AND THEN WE'RE ON TO A NEW QUARTER'S STUDY. 09:34 AND, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT BE VISITING OUR GRANITE BAY 09:37 CHURCH, TODAY, WE ACTUALLY DO THE LESSON THREE WEEKS IN 09:40 ADVANCE SO THAT WE CAN GET IT EDITED - WE PUT IN THE SUBTITLES 09:43 FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED - SEND IT OFF TO THE DIFFERENT STATIONS 09:46 - IT TAKES JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO DO THAT, SO WE SORT OF 09:49 LIVE IN THE FUTURE. THAT MEANS THAT FOR OUR CLASS 09:52 HERE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ENTERING INTO OUR NEW STUDY SOON, WHICH 09:55 IS DEALING WITH - YOU WANT TO HEAR WHAT'S COMING NEXT? 10:00 NEXT QUARTER WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT STEWARDSHIP : 10:03 MOTIVES OF THE HEART - SO, FOR OUR CLASS, AFTER OUR SERVICE 10:07 TODAY, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE NEW QUARTERLIES OUT THERE AND IF 10:10 YOU'RE PART OF OUR REGULAR PROGRAM HERE, YOU'LL WANT TO 10:12 PICK ONE OF THOSE UP. FOR THOSE WHO WATCH ONLINE, 10:15 THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WEBSITES YOU CAN JUST TYPE IN A 10:18 SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY AND YOU CAN OFTEN READ THE LESSONS ONLINE 10:23 AND, MATTER OF FACT, THAT'S HOW I DO A LOT OF MY STUDY, BECAUSE 10:26 SOMETIMES I LIKE TO CUT AND PASTE THE NOTES INTO MY NOTES. 10:30 AND SO, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT LESSON #12 IN OUR 10:35 STUDY, THAT'S DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT OF OVERCOMING EVIL WITH 10:38 GOOD. AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE, AND THE MEMORY VERSE IS 10:43 FROM ROMANS 12:2 - IF YOU HAVE YOUR QUARTERLY, I INVITE YOU TO 10:46 SAY THAT WITH ME - ROMANS 12:2, YOU READY? 10:50 "AND BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD: BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY THE 10:55 RENEWING OF YOUR MIND, THAT YOU MAY PROVE WHAT IS THAT GOOD AND 10:59 ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT WILL OF GOD." 11:03 DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THE WORLD, BUT BE TRANSFORMED. 11:06 TELL YOU WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS - GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE BOOK OF 11:08 ROMANS CHAPTER 12; WE'RE GOING TO READ A FEW VERSES AND THEN 11:12 WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO THE LESSON AND STUDY ALONG AS WE GO. 11:15 THERE'S SO MUCH GOOD STUFF HERE, I'M JUST AFRAID I'M GOING TO 11:17 MISS SOMETHING. VERSE 1, "I BESEECH YOU 11:21 THEREFORE, BRETHREN, BY THE MERCIES OF GOD, THAT YOU PRESENT 11:25 YOUR BODIES A LIVING SACRIFICE, HOLY, ACCEPTABLE TO GOD, WHICH 11:30 IS YOUR REASONABLE SERVICE." NOW THERE'S A SERMON 11:33 RIGHT THERE IN THAT VERSE. PAUL IS TALKING TO BOTH THE JEWS 11:37 AND THE GENTILES IN ROME AND HE MAKES AN APPEAL. 11:39 HE'S BESEECHING - HE'S PLEADING - THAT YOU PRESENT YOUR WHOLE 11:43 SELF AS, LIKE, A LIVING TEMPLE - A LIVING SACRIFICE TO GOD, JUST 11:48 AS JESUS DID - HE WAS THE LAMB OF GOD, HE PRESENTED HIMSELF AS 11:51 A SACRIFICE. AS HIS FOLLOWERS, WE SACRIFICE 11:54 OURSELVES, WE TAKE UP OUR CROSS AND WE FOLLOW HIM. 11:58 WHAT KIND OF SACRIFICE? HOLY. WHY, BECAUSE IT'S - WE'VE 12:01 BEEN PURIFIED BY THE LORD. ACCEPTABLE - AND HE SAYS 'WHICH 12:05 IS YOUR REASONABLE SERVICE'. WHY IS IT REASONABLE? 12:09 THE VERY FACT YOU EXIST IS BECAUSE GOD THOUGHT YOU UP. 12:13 WE ARE THE CREATURE, HE IS THE CREATOR. 12:16 HE HAS A RIGHT TO ASK US, BECAUSE HE MADE US - AND THEN HE 12:20 HAS A SECONDARY RIGHT BECAUSE, AFTER WE WERE KIDNAPPED BY THE 12:22 ENEMY, HE REDEEMED US. AND SO, HE HAS, BY THE RIGHT OF 12:26 CREATION AND BY THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION - IT IS REASONABLE 12:30 THAT WE WOULD SERVE HIM WHO'S ALREADY DEMONSTRATED 12:33 SO MUCH LOVE FOR US. HE LOVED US IN THAT HE MADE US 12:36 AND THEN HE LOVED US THAT HE BOUGHT US BACK. 12:39 AND THEN, THAT VERSE: "DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THE WORLD, BUT BE 12:44 TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND." 12:47 NOW, WHAT'S THAT FAMOUS VERSE IN JOHN 3:16? 12:51 >>GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD. >>GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD - AND 12:55 THEN HERE IT SAYS, 'DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THE WORLD'. 12:58 THE BIBLE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT CONFLICTED OVER EXACTLY WHAT 13:03 OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WORLD IS. 13:05 IT SEEMS LIKE, SOMETIMES, THE BIBLE IS TEACHING US TO HAVE A 13:08 LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WORLD: 'GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD' 13:14 - AND THEN THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT IF WE LOVE THE WORLD THE 13:16 LOVE OF THE FATHER'S NOT IN US'. SO WHAT'S GOING ON HERE 13:20 WITH THE LOVE OF THE WORLD? SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ, FOR ME, 13:23 JAMES 4:4 - HAFDIS, YOU'LL HAVE THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. 13:26 LET ME READ THAT VERSE IN JOHN - I'M SORRY, IT'S 1 JOHN - IT'S 13:29 NOT THE GOSPEL, IT'S THE FIRST LETTER OF JOHN - CHAPTER 2, 13:32 VERSE 15, "DO NOT LOVE THE WORLD OR THE THINGS IN THE WORLD." 13:37 - THAT'S THE QUALIFYING STATEMENT - FOR "IF ANYONE LOVES 13:40 THE WORLD, THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN HIM. 13:43 FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD" - AND HERE ARE THE THINGS WE ARE 13:45 NOT TO LOVE - "THE LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST OF THE EYES, AND 13:49 THE PRIDE OF LIFE - IS NOT OF THE FATHER BUT IS OF THE WORLD. 13:52 AND THE WORLD IS PASSING AWAY, AND THE LUST OF IT; BUT HE WHO 13:56 DOES THE WILL OF GOD ABIDES FOREVER." 13:58 YOU EVER SUNG THAT SONG - 'THIS IS MY FATHER'S WORLD'? 14:03 AND THEN, YOU KNOW THAT VERSE IN THE BIBLE WHERE JESUS SAYS, 'THE 14:05 PRINCE OF THE WORLD COMES'? WHO'S HE TALKING ABOUT? 14:08 >>THE DEVIL. >>WHEN HE SAYS, 'THE PRINCE OF 14:10 THIS WORLD COMES AND HE HAS NOTHING IN ME.' 14:13 >>SATAN. >>THAT'S SATAN. 14:15 YEAH, AND SO, HERE IT SAYS, 'THIS IS MY FATHER'S WORLD' - 14:19 THE LORD SAYS, 'THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S AND THE FULLNESS THEREOF' 14:23 - AND THEN JESUS SAYS 'THE DEVIL IS THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD.' 14:25 AND SO, REALLY, THERE'S TWO CLAIMS AGAINST THE WORLD: ARE WE 14:31 GOING TO INHERIT THE WORLD THE WAY IT IS NOW, OR DOES GOD MAKE 14:34 A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH? >>NEW. 14:37 >>SO, THIS WORLD WAS PERFECT WHEN GOD MADE IT, BUT IT WAS 14:40 CORRUPTED AND KIDNAPPED BY AN ENEMY. 14:43 IT'S THE LUST OF THE FLESH AND THE THINGS OF THE WORLD WE'RE 14:45 NOT TO LOVE. GO AHEAD, PLEASE, 14:46 READ FOR ME JAMES 4:4. >>"ADULTERERS AND ADULTERESSES! 14:51 DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT FRIENDSHIP WITH THE WORLD IS ENMITY WITH 14:56 GOD? WHOEVER THEREFORE WANTS TO BE 14:58 A FRIEND OF THE WORLD MAKES HIMSELF AN ENEMY OF GOD." 15:02 >>YEAH, NOW WE SHOULD LOVE THE LOST IN THE WORLD - AND THE 15:05 THINGS THAT GOD MADE IN THE WORLD ARE BEAUTIFUL, BUT IF WE 15:09 BECOME TO ATTACHED TO THE WORLDLINESS, WE ARE REALLY 15:13 ENEMIES OF GOD. AND SO, YOU DON'T WANT TO GET 15:16 TOO COMFORTABLE IN THIS WORLD, THE WAY IT IS, THAT'S WHY THE 15:20 BIBLE SAYS, 'WE'RE PILGRIMS AND WE'RE STRANGERS.' YOU WANT TO 15:23 GET READY FOR ANOTHER WORLD. I WAS WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY 15:29 THIS WEEK ON ALL THE MONEY AND ALL THE PLANS THAT ARE BEING 15:35 INVESTED BY NASA, THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, THE JAPANESE SPACE 15:41 AGENCY - AND OTHERS I CAN'T REMEMBER - IN TRYING TO GET 15:45 TO MARS IN ABOUT 25 YEARS. THEY HAVE STARTED, ALREADY, 15:50 SPENDING MILLIONS - IT'S NOT JUST AN IDEA ON A PIECE OF 15:52 PAPER, THEY ARE INVESTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, RIGHT NOW, 15:56 IN TESTING EQUIPMENT AND TESTING THEORIES ABOUT HOW MAN COULD 16:02 LIVE IN THIS FOREIGN WORLD OF MARS. 16:05 AND THEY SAY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN A NEW WAY TO WALK, 16:09 BECAUSE THE GRAVITY'S DIFFERENT THERE. 16:12 AND YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE THAT YOU 16:14 BREATHE BECAUSE THEIR ATMOSPHERE IS DIFFERENT. 16:17 SO YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE THIS OTHER ATMOSPHERE WITH YOU. 16:19 AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GROW YOUR OWN 16:21 FOOD, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN BE GROWN - BECAUSE 16:25 IT'S A LONG TRIP TO MARS - IT TAKES A COUPLE OF YEARS AND BACK 16:27 - THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DEEP SPACE - LONG TRIP - AND SO, HOW 16:32 TO CREATE ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE GRAVITY 16:34 IN THIS WORLD - AND SO I'M JUST LOOKING AT ALL THE ENERGY THAT'S 16:37 BEING SPENT ON HELPING MAN TO SURVIVE IN ANOTHER WORLD. 16:42 AND, YOU KNOW, AS A CHRISTIAN, WE REALLY ARE IN A FOREIGN 16:44 WORLD, AREN'T WE? AND WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE 16:48 GOD'S LIFE IN A STRANGE LAND. IT'S LIKE JOSEPH SAID, 'I'M A 16:52 STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND.' SO, WE'VE GOT THIS CONFLICT: WHAT 16:58 ABOUT THE WORLD DO WE LOVE AND DO WE NOT LOVE? 17:01 2 PETER 1:4, "BY WHICH HAVE BEEN GIVEN TOO US EXCEEDINGLY GREAT 17:06 AND PRECIOUS PROMISES, THAT THROUGH THESE YOU MAY BE 17:10 PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE, HAVING ESCAPED THE CORRUPTION 17:15 THAT IS IN THE WORLD THROUGH LUST." 17:17 NOW JESUS SAID, 'YOU'RE IN THE WORLD, BUT YOU'RE NOT OF THE 17:21 WORLD.' I REMEMBER PASTOR C.D. BROOKS USED TO SAY A CHRISTIAN 17:25 IS SOMETHING A BOAT OUT IN THE WATER. 17:28 WHEN A BOAT'S IN THE WATER, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IN A FOREIGN 17:30 ENVIRONMENT - THE SEA'S A DANGEROUS PLACE - BUT YOU PUT A 17:35 BOAT ON DRY LAND, IT LOOKS SORT OF ODD, DOESN'T IT? 17:39 THAT'S WHY THEY MADE FUN OF NOAH BUILDING A BOAT WHEN THERE'S NO 17:42 SEA. BUT IF THE WATER GETS IN THE 17:45 BOAT, THEN YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE BOAT TO 17:48 BE IN THE WATER, BUT YOU DON'T WANT THE WATER IN THE BOAT. 17:51 A CHRISTIAN NEEDS TO BE IN THE WORLD, BUT YOU DON'T WANT THE 17:52 WORLD IN THE CHRISTIAN. AND SO, WE'VE GOT THIS BALANCE 17:56 - NOW JESUS SHOWED US HOW TO DO IT. 17:58 HE LIVED IN THIS WORLD BUT HE SAID, 'I'M NOT OF THIS WORLD.' 18:02 AND YOU AND I, WHEN WE'RE CONVERTED AND WE'RE BORN AGAIN, 18:04 WE ARE REALLY AMBASSADORS OF A DIFFERENT KINGDOM - ISN'T THAT 18:07 RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE ACTING AND TALKING 18:10 AND DRESSING LIKE THE OTHER KINGDOM THAT WE'RE COMING FROM. 18:15 ANOTHER ONE - 2 PETER - THIS IS JUST - SAME BOOK - CHAPTER 2, 18:20 VERSE 20, "FOR IF, AFTER THEY HAVE ESCAPED THE POLLUTIONS OF 18:24 THE WORLD" - HOW DO WE DO IT? 18:27 - "THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, 18:30 THEY ARE AGAIN ENTANGLED IN THEM AND OVERCOME, THE LATTER END IS 18:33 WORSE FOR THEM THAN THE BEGINNING." 18:34 - THEY'RE LIKE THE DOG THAT'S RETURNED TO HIS OWN VOMIT AND 18:37 THE PIG THAT WAS WASHED TO WALLOWING IN THE MIRE. 18:40 HE TALKS ABOUT ESCAPING THE CORRUPTIONS THAT ARE IN THE 18:43 WORLD. HE TALKS ABOUT OVERCOMING 18:46 WHAT'S IN THE WORLD THROUGH THE PROMISES OF GOD. 18:49 SO A CHRISTIAN CAN ESCAPE AND A CHRISTIAN CAN OVERCOME, BUT 18:52 WE'VE GOT TO BE ON OUR GUARD BECAUSE WE CAN GET ENTANGLED 18:55 AGAIN, BECAUSE WE LIVE IN THIS WORLD - 18:58 IT'S JUST AROUND US ALL THE TIME. 19:01 A LOT OF SHIPS HAVE GONE DOWN BECAUSE - ALL SHIPS, AS THEY GO 19:06 THROUGH THE WATER, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW TIGHT THE SHIP IS 19:09 MADE, ALL SHIPS HAVE A BILGE PUMP. 19:14 EVEN LITTLE MOTOR BOATS HAVE A BILGE PUMP. 19:17 GREAT BIG OCEAN LINERS HAVE A BILGE PUMP BECAUSE, EVEN THOUGH 19:20 THEY DO THEIR BEST TO MAKE IT WATER TIGHT AS IT'S GOING 19:22 THROUGH THE WATER, RAIN COMES IN, SOMETIMES A WAVE WASHES 19:26 OVER, SOMETIMES THERE'S A MICROSCOPIC LEAK - AND, YOU 19:30 KNOW, SOME BIG SHIPS - MY DAD HAD A YACHT AND ONE DAY MY UNCLE 19:35 WAS TAKING CARE OF THE HOUSE FOR MY FATHER - AND THE YACHT MUST 19:38 HAVE COST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS - IT WAS EXPENSIVE - IT WAS 19:41 CALLED THE BATCHELOR PARTY - AND MY DAD WAS GONE AND MY UNCLE WAS 19:45 TAKING CARE OF IT AND HE WALKED OUT IN THE BACKYARD AND THE 19:49 YACHT WAS SITTING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BAY - JUST THE TOP OF IT 19:51 WAS STICKING OUT, BECAUSE THE BAY WAS ONLY ABOUT 15 FEET DEEP 19:54 THERE. BEAUTIFUL YACHT JUST 19:58 SANK RIGHT THERE. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? 20:00 THE LITTLE BILGE PUMP FAILED AND THERE WAS A SMALL LEAK AND I 20:06 THINK THE BATTERY THAT PUMPED IT OR SOMETHING WENT DEAD AND JUST, 20:09 SLOWLY, OVERNIGHT IT JUST FILLED WITH WATER AND SANK. 20:13 IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN IN THE WORLD, YOU'VE GOT TO MAN THE 20:17 PUMPS. IN OTHER WORDS, THE WORLD IS 20:20 GOING TO BE TRYING TO SEEP IN ALL THE TIME AND YOU HAVE TO 20:23 CONSTANTLY MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PLUGGING THE LEAKS. 20:27 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? ALRIGHT, SO MUCH 20:30 ABOUT WORLDLINESS. THEN HE GOES ON AND, IF YOU READ 20:33 IN VERSE 3, HE SAYS, "FOR I SAY, THROUGH THE GRACE GIVEN TO ME, 20:38 TO EVERYONE WHO IS AMONG YOU, NOT TO THINK OF HIMSELF MORE 20:40 HIGHLY THAN HE OUGHT TO THINK," - SO WE SHOULD HAVE A HUMBLE 20:45 ATTITUDE - "BUT TO THINK SOBERLY, AS GOD HAS DEALT TO 20:51 EACH ONE A MEASURE OF FAITH." THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT VERSE. 20:55 WITHOUT FAITH IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD, RIGHT? 20:59 AND SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'I DON'T HAVE ANY FAITH.' DOES THE BIBLE 21:02 SAY YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FAITH? OR DID WE JUST READ 'GOD 21:05 HAS DEALT TO EACH ONE'? EVERYBODY HAS SOME FAITH. 21:13 WHEN YOU CAME IN, MOST OF YOU SAT DOWN. 21:16 MOST OF YOU, BEFORE YOU SAT DOWN, DID NOT CHECK THE LEGS OF 21:19 THE CHAIR TO MAKE SURE IT WOULD HOLD YOU UP. 21:24 SOME OF YOU, BECAUSE YOU'VE SAT IN THAT CHAIR BEFORE, YOU THINK 21:27 - MATTER OF FACT, SOME OF YOU SAT IN THE SAME CHAIR EVERY WEEK 21:30 - AND WOE BE TO HIM WHO SITS IN YOUR CHAIR, IF THEY GET THERE 21:34 EARLY. BUT YOU HAVE FAITH. YOU OFTEN OPEN CANS AND POUR IT 21:44 IN A POT AND HEAT IT UP AND EAT IT AND YOU DON'T LOOK AT THE 21:47 INGREDIENTS - OR YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF FACTORY IT WAS MADE 21:50 IN, BUT YOU'RE ASSUMING THAT WHATEVER FACTORY IS WAS MADE 21:53 IN, THERE'S SOME KIND OF HEALTH SANITATION LAWS WHERE THEY MADE 21:55 IT PROPERLY, AND THE GREATEST TEST OF FAITH FOR ADVENTISTS IS 22:00 WATCH AT POTLUCK WHAT HAPPENS. PEOPLE GO THROUGH LINE AND THEY 22:06 JUST TAKE A LITTLE OF - 'I WANT TO TRY A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING' 22:09 - YOU DON'T KNOW WHO MADE IT. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN IT. 22:13 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR KITCHEN LOOKS LIKE. 22:17 ARE WE BEING HONEST? BUT YOU HAVE FAITH THAT THERE'S 22:22 NOBODY IN THIS CHURCH TRYING TO POISON THE OTHERS, RIGHT? 22:27 AND SO, WE HAVE FAITH ALL THE TIME. 22:30 THE THING IS, DO YOU HAVE FAITH IN GOD? 22:33 GOD HAS DEALT TO ALL PEOPLE A MEASURE OF FAITH. 22:35 NOW, YOU MIGHT COME TO JESUS LIKE THAT MAN AND SAY, 'LORD, I 22:38 BELIEVE, BUT MY FAITH IS WEAK. HELP MY UNBELIEF. 22:40 I NEED MORE FAITH.' OR YOU MIGHT HAVE FAITH IN SOME 22:43 THINGS BUT YOU NEED MORE FAITH IN GOD. 22:45 SO HE'S DEALT TO ALL MEN A MEASURE OF FAITH, BUT I WANT TO 22:46 BACK UP IN THAT VERSE AND LOOK WHAT HE SAYS - THAT WE OUGHT TO 22:50 THINK SOBERLY. LET'S TALK ABOUT SOBRIETY. 22:54 WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF YOU'RE A SOBER CHRISTIAN? 22:56 WELL, FOR ONE THING, YOU'VE HEARD MY SPEECH BEFORE, I DON'T 22:59 THINK CHRISTIANS SHOULD DRINK ALCOHOL. 23:02 I THINK THE BIBLE'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT WINE IS A MOCKER, STRONG 23:04 DRINK IS RAGING - NOAH DRANK AND HE WANDERED AROUND NAKED. 23:09 LOT DRANK AND HE SLEPT WITH HIS DAUGHTERS. 23:12 DAVID TRIED TO GET URIAH DRUNK TO GO AGAINST HIS CONSCIENCE. 23:16 THE BIBLE SAYS, 'GIVE WINE TO HIM THAT IS READY TO PERISH.' 23:20 CHRISTIANS SHOULDN'T DRINK. IT'S PRETTY CLEAR. 23:23 NUMBER ONE - NUMBER ONE MOST DESTRUCTIVE DRUG IN THE WORLD, 23:28 WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT IT COSTS IN TRAFFIC DEATHS, IN BIRTH 23:32 DEFECTS, IN THE FULL PRISONS - VIRTUALLY EVERYBODY WAS USING 23:37 ALCOHOL. SO CHRISTIANS SHOULDN'T DRINK. 23:41 SO WHEN HE SAYS WE SHOULD BE SOBER, IS IT JUST TALKING ABOUT 23:44 ALCOHOL? NO, I THINK HE'S TALKING 23:48 ABOUT SOBER THINKING. I THINK HE'S TALKING 23:51 ABOUT CLEAR THINKING. MATTER OF FACT, THAT WORD 'TO BE 23:54 SOBER' THERE, IN THE GREEK, IT MEANS TO THINK AND TO LIVE 23:58 WISELY WITH SELF-CONTROL OVER DESIRES AND PASSIONS. 24:03 SO IT MEANS MORE THAN JUST NOT BEING DRUNK - IT CERTAINLY MEANS 24:07 THAT - BUT IT MEANS TO BE AWAKE. 24:10 WHEN YOU WAKE UP AND YOU'RE GROGGY, YOU'RE NOT SOBER. 24:13 SO PAUL, LATER IN THIS CHAPTER, HE TALKS ABOUT 'IT'S HIGH TIME 24:16 TO WAKE UP' - SO IT MEANS 'BE ALERT; BE AWAKE'. 24:21 NOW SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME IN 1 TIMOTHY 3:2 - OKAY, 24:25 BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'M GOING TO READ IN 1 THESSALONIANS 5:6, 24:31 "THEREFORE LET US NOT SLEEP, AS OTHERS DO, BUT LET US WATCH AND 24:36 BE SOBER." SO HE CONNECTS SOBRIETY WITH 24:39 BEING VIGILANT AND BEING ALERT. THE BIBLE SAYS, 'IN THE TIMES 24:44 IN WHICH WE LIVE WE SHOULD BE THOUGHTFUL. 24:47 WE SHOULD BE WATCHFUL. WE SHOULD BE THINKING.' 24:49 GO AHEAD, ALBERTO, READ THAT NEXT VERSE FOR US. 24:52 >>1 TIMOTHY 3:2, "A BISHOP THEN MUST BE BLAMELESS, THE HUSBAND 24:56 OF ONE WIFE, TEMPERATE, SOBER-MINDED, OF GOOD BEHAVIOR, 25:02 HOSPITABLE, ABLE TO TEACH;" >>NOW SEE, THIS GIVES A LITTLE 25:06 MORE CLARITY TO THAT WORD 'SOBER'. 25:07 HE MEANS SOBER-MINDED; ABLE TO TEACH; GOOD BEHAVIOR. 25:13 IT'S TALKING ABOUT TEMPERANCE. 25:15 IT MEANS YOUR DESIRE IS UNDER SELF-CONTROL. 25:18 AND SO, BECAUSE WE SEE THE LORD IS COMING, PAUL IS WINDING OUT 25:21 THE BOOK OF ROMANS, NOW, AND HE'S GIVING SOME GOOD GENERAL 25:24 COUNSEL TO EVERYBODY ABOUT GODLY LIVING. 25:27 AND SO, YOU CAN READ IN TITUS 2, VERSE 12 - WHO ALSO - THIS IS 25:32 ALSO WRITTEN BY PAUL - "TEACHING US THAT, DENYING UNGODLINESS AND 25:37 WORLDLY LUSTS," - THERE YOU'VE GOT THE WORLD AGAIN - "WE SHOULD 25:40 LIVE SOBERLY, RIGHTEOUSLY, AND GODLY IN THE PRESENT AGE," - NOW 25:45 SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS ONE WHERE 25:47 YOU'RE SIMPLY COVERED BY GOD'S GRACE AND YOU LIVE PRETTY MUCH 25:51 LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT YOU'RE SAVED AND OTHERS ARE LOST - 25:54 BECAUSE OF FAITH YOU'RE SAVED - OR IS THERE MORE TO IT THAN 25:57 THAT? HOW SHOULD A CHRISTIAN LIVE? PAUL'S PRETTY CLEAR: 26:02 SOBERLY, RIGHTEOUSLY, GODLY - AFTER JESUS COMES? 26:07 IN THIS PRESENT AGE, HE SAYS - NOW - WE SHOULD BE LIVING A 26:10 DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE. AND THEN, WHY DO WE 26:13 WANT TO BE SOBER? BECAUSE THE ENEMY - THE DEVIL - 26:16 SATAN - IS CONSTANTLY WATCHING TO SEE IF HE CAN CATCH US. 26:21 PETER SAYS - 1 PETER 5:8, "BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT" - THAT'S 26:25 WHAT SOBRIETY MEANS, IT MEANS BEING ON WATCH - BEING 26:28 THOUGHTFUL - "BECAUSE YOUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL WALKS ABOUT 26:32 LIKE A ROARING LION, SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR." 26:36 YOU JUST PICTURE A LION PACING IN HIS CAGE, LOOKING FOR AN 26:39 OPPORTUNITY TO ESCAPE. AND SATAN IS LOOKING, ALL 26:44 THE TIME, FOR WEAKNESS. AND SO, WE'VE GOT 26:46 TO BE VIGILANT. WE'VE GOT TO BE ALERT. 26:51 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME ANIMALS - LIKE A GOAT - A BILLY GOAT - 26:57 YOU EVER - I WON'T ASK IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN BUTTED BY A BILLY 26:59 GOAT, BUT I HAVE. THEY ALMOST NEVER TRY TO 27:03 DO IT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING. (LAUGHTER) THEY WAIT 27:06 UNTIL YOU'RE NOT LOOKING. AND THEY CAN SEND YOU FLYING, 27:11 BECAUSE THEY JUST - YOU EVER SEE THAT HAPPEN? 27:13 AND THEY'VE ALMOST GOT A MORBID SENSE OF HUMOR. 27:16 THEY WILL WAIT UNTIL YOU BEND OVER AND PICK SOMETHING UP. 27:19 (LAUGHTER) I'M SERIOUS - I'M ABSOLUTELY SERIOUS. 27:23 AND THEY - THEY THINK - THIS IS REALLY FUNNY, BUT THEY WAIT 27:26 UNTIL YOU'RE NOT LOOKING. WELL THE DEVIL'S LIKE THAT; 27:28 YOU'LL JUST SEE HIM PACING BUT YOU TURN AROUND 27:30 AND HE'LL POUNCE. DON'T DEVIL'S WAIT UNTIL THEY 27:34 CAN GET THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE BEFORE THEY - SEE A LION CANNOT 27:38 OUTRUN MOST OF THE ANIMALS ON THE AFRICAN SAVANNAH, SO 27:43 THEY HAVE TO USE SURPRISE. THEY HAVE TO USE CAMOUFLAGE. 27:48 THEY PACE AND THEY WAIT - AND THEN WHEN THE OTHER CREATURES 27:50 ARE SLEEPING, THEY'RE RESTING, OR THEY'RE AT EASE OR THEY'RE 27:55 DISTRACTED, THAT'S WHEN THE LIONS MAKE THEIR MOVE. 27:59 SO WE'VE GOT TO BE AWAKE. WE'VE GOT TO BE ALERT. 28:02 AND THEN PAUL MAKES SOME STATEMENTS HERE - YOU GO TO 28:04 ROMANS 12, VERSES 4 TO 8 - NOW THIS IS ONE OF THE TWO OR THREE 28:07 LISTS THAT YOU FIND IN THE BIBLE, OF THE GIFTS OF THE 28:09 SPIRIT AND HOW WE'RE DIFFERENT PARTS OF ONE BODY. 28:12 LET ME READ THIS TO YOU. 28:13 I'M GOING TO READ VERSES 4 THROUGH 8. 28:17 "FOR AS WE HAVE MANY MEMBERS IN ONE BODY, BUT ALL THE MEMBERS DO 28:21 NOT HAVE THE SAME FUNCTION, SO WE, BEING MANY, ARE ONE BODY IN 28:25 CHRIST, AND INDIVIDUALLY MEMBERS OF ONE ANOTHER. 28:29 HAVING THEN GIFTS DIFFERING ACCORDING TO THE GRACE THAT IS 28:32 GIVEN TO US, LET US USE THEM:" - NOW HE LISTS SOME OF THE GIFTS - 28:36 "IF PROPHECY," - AND THE WORD 'PROPHECY' THERE 28:38 MEANS IF YOU'VE GOT THE GIFT OF PROCLAIMING, 28:41 PREACHING, IT DOESN'T MEANS YOU'RE WALKING AROUND 28:43 FORETELLING THE WEATHER OR YOU'RE FORETELLING THE LOTTERY 28:45 NUMBERS OR YOU'RE - YOU KNOW - SOME PEOPLE THINK PROPHETS ARE 28:48 ALWAYS JUST FORETELLING DOOM AND GLOOM IN THE FUTURE AND MAKING 28:51 PREDICTIONS. MOST OF THE TIME, WHEN PAUL 28:53 TALKS ABOUT PROPHECY, HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT MAKING A 28:55 PREDICTION, HE'S TALKING ABOUT PROPHECY IN THE CLASSICAL SENSE, 28:59 WHERE YOU ARE PROCLAIMING IN BEHALF OF ANOTHER. 29:01 AND THAT MEANS YOU'RE PREACHING. SO ONE OF THE GIFTS OF THE 29:05 SPIRIT WAS CALLED PROPHECY - IT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN THAT YOU 29:08 STAND UP - I USED TO GO TO PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES BEFORE I 29:10 WAS AN ADVENTIST - DIFFERENT CHARISMATIC CHURCHES - AND IT 29:15 WAS NOT UNCOMMON, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SERVICE, TO HAVE SOMEBODY 29:17 JUMP UP - WHILE THE PREACHER'S PREACHING - SOMEBODY WOULD JUMP 29:20 UP AND THEY WOULD SAY, 'THUS SAITH THE LORD' - AND 29:23 THEY'D SAY SOMETHING. IT WAS USUALLY VERY GENERAL, YOU 29:26 KNOW, 'IF YOU TURN TO ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART, THEN I'LL DO' - 29:28 AND SOMETIMES THEY'D DO IT IN TONGUES. 29:31 THEY'D STAND UP AND THEY'D JUST, YOU KNOW, START BABBLING, 29:34 'NANANANANA' - I DON'T WANT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL TO PEOPLE THAT 29:37 BELIEVE THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE. 29:39 AND I KNOW THIS ONE CHURCH WHERE THE PASTOR AND HIS WIFE WERE A 29:43 TAG TEAM. IN EVERY SERVICE SHE WOULD STAND 29:48 UP AND SPEAK IN TONGUES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SERMON, AND HE'D 29:51 SAY, 'THUS SAITH THE LORD,' - HE WOULD INTERPRET HER PROPHECY. 29:54 THIS IS NOT WHAT PAUL'S TALKING ABOUT. 29:57 HE WAS TALKING ABOUT PROCLAIMING, TEACHING THE WORD - 30:01 YOU'LL NOTICE, IN THIS LIST - GO BACK TO ROMANS 12, WHERE HE 30:08 TALKS ABOUT THE GIFTS, HE SAYS, LET HIM - "IF PROPHECY" - AND 30:12 THIS IS IN VERSE 6 - ROMANS 12:6, "IF PROPHECY LET US 30:17 PROPHESY IN PROPORTION TO OUR FAITH; OR MINISTRY, LET US USE 30:19 IT IN OUR MINISTERING;" - SOME HAVE GIFTS OF MINISTRY - IT MAY 30:22 NOT BE PREACHING BUT THEY SERVE - "HE WHO TEACHES, IN TEACHING;" 30:27 - NOTICE THAT PREACHING AND TEACHING MAY BE DIFFERENT. 30:29 AND EVEN EVANGELISM IS LISTED SOMEWHERE AS A SEPARATE GIFT - 30:32 "HE WHO EXHORTS, IN EXHORTATION; HE WHO GIVES," - 30:35 SOME HAVE A GIFT OF GIVING. 30:36 THEY HAVE A GIFT, USUALLY, OF EARNING TOO, BECAUSE OTHERWISE 30:38 YOU RUN OUT OF YOUR GIFT OF GIVING BEFORE YOU CAN GIVE VERY 30:41 MUCH - "HE WHO GIVES, WITH LIBERALITY; HE WHO LEADS," - 30:45 SOME PEOPLE ARE LEADERS - THAT MEANS ADMINISTRATORS - "WITH 30:48 DILIGENCE; HE WHO SHOWS MERCY, WITH CHEERFULNESS." 30:52 SOME PEOPLE WOULD GO AND MINISTER TO OTHERS WHO HAVE 30:54 FALLEN AND SHOW THEM THE MERCY OF GOD. 30:56 THIS IS A DIFFERENT LIST THAN PAUL GIVES SOMEWHERE ELSE. 30:59 I WANT YOU TO NOTICE SOMETHING. GO WITH ME TO 1 CORINTHIANS 31:01 CHAPTER 12 - WE'RE JUST LEAVING ROMANS 12 FOR 1 CORINTHIANS 12. 31:06 SO, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT GIFTS, THINK OF 12 - ROMANS 12, 1 31:11 CORINTHIANS 12. ALRIGHT, GO TO 1 CORINTHIANS 12:12. 31:14 IS THAT EASY? "FOR AS THE BODY IS ONE AND 31:18 HAS MANY MEMBERS, BUT ALL THE MEMBERS OF THAT ONE BODY, BEING 31:21 MANY, ARE ONE BODY, SO ALSO IS CHRIST. 31:23 FOR BY ONE SPIRIT WE WERE ALL BAPTIZED INTO ONE BODY - WHETHER 31:26 JEWS OR GREEKS, WHETHER SLAVES OR FREE - AND HAVE ALL BEEN MADE 31:29 TO DRINK INTO ONE SPIRIT. FOR IN FACT THE BODY IS 31:32 NOT ONE MEMBER BUT MANY. IF THE FOOT SHOULD SAY, 'BECAUSE 31:35 I AM NOT A HAND, I AM NOT OF THE BODY,' IS IT THEREFORE 31:38 NOT OF THE BODY? AND IF THE EAR SHOULD SAY, 31:40 'BECAUSE I AM NOT AN EYE, I AM NOT PART OF THE BODY,' IS IT 31:42 THEREFORE NOT OF THE BODY? IF THE WHOLE BODY WERE AN EYE, 31:44 WHERE WOULD BE THE HEARING? IF THE WHOLE WERE HEARING, 31:49 WHERE WOULD BE THE SMELLING? BUT NOT GOD HAS SET THE MEMBERS, 31:53 EACH ONE OF THEM, IN THE BODY JUST AS HE PLEASED. 31:56 AND IF THEY WERE ALL ONE MEMBER, WHERE WOULD THE BODY 31:59 BE?" - NOW, IS HE SAYING THAT 32:00 WE SHOULD ALL BE THE SAME? IS HE SAYING WE SHOULD 32:03 ALL HAVE THE SAME GIFTS? IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT 32:05 I WANT YOU TO NOTICE THAT, BECAUSE HE SAID THAT, ALSO, IN 32:07 ROMANS - "...THE EYE CANNOT SAY TO THE HAND, 'I HAVE NO NEED OF 32:11 YOU'; NOR AGAIN THE HEAD TO THE FEET, 'I HAVE NO NEED OF YOU.' 32:15 NO, MUCH RATHER, THOSE MEMBERS OF THE BODY WHICH SEEM TO BE 32:17 WEAKER ARE NECESSARY. AND THOSE MEMBERS OF THE BODY 32:20 WHICH WE THINK TO BE LESS HONORABLE, ON THESE WE BESTOW 32:23 GREATER HONOR; AND OUR UNPRESENTABLE PARTS HAVE GREATER 32:27 MODESTY, BUT OUR PRESENTABLE PARTS HAVE NO NEED. 32:30 BUT GOD COMPOSED THE BODY, HAVING GIVEN GREAT HONOR TO THAT 32:34 PART WHICH LACKS IT," - IF YOU LOSE YOUR LITTLE TOE, IT AFFECTS 32:38 YOUR WHOLE WALK, BUT NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE SEE YOUR LITTLE TOE 32:43 - WELL, UNLESS YOU'RE WEARING OPEN-TOED SHOES, I GUESS. 32:46 SOME DO - "AND IF ONE MEMBER SUFFERS," - I'M IN VERSE 26 - 32:52 "ALL THE MEMBERS SUFFER" - NOW, I WANT YOU TO NOTICE - HERE'S 32:54 THE LIST IN 1 CORINTHIANS 12 - "NOW YOU ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST, 32:59 AND MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY. 33:00 AND GOD HAS APPOINTED THESE IN THE CHURCH: FIRST APOSTLES, 33:03 SECOND PROPHETS, THIRD TEACHERS, AFTER THAT MIRACLES," - YOU 33:07 NOTICE HE HAD PROPHECY AND TEACHING? 33:09 - "MIRACLES, THEN GIFTS OF HEALINGS, HELPS, 33:11 ADMINISTRATIONS, VARIETIES OF TONGUES." 33:15 - NOW, DO YOU NOTICE THAT SOME OF THE GIFTS ARE NOT MENTIONED 33:17 IN ROMANS 12? HE DOESN'T MENTION TONGUES. 33:20 I'M GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE AND JUST EMPHASIZE THAT. 33:23 I SEE MY FRIEND PASTOR TIM JONES IS HERE. 33:26 TIM USED TO BE A PENTECOSTAL MINISTER, ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 33:30 YEAH, SO HE KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 33:31 SOME OF THESE CHURCHES, THEY'LL HAVE YOU THINK THAT THE TOP OF 33:35 THE LIST IS TONGUES. IT'S NOT IN THE LIST OF ROMANS 33:39 AND IT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST IN 1 CORINTHIANS. 33:41 MATTER OF FACT, IT'S ALWAYS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST, BUT THEY 33:43 INVERT THE LIST AROUND AND THEY THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD SPEAK IN 33:46 TONGUES. NOW, DIDN'T WE LEARN - WE 33:49 READ IN ROMANS, WE READ IN 1 CORINTHIANS, WE ALL 33:51 HAVE DIFFERENT GIFTS. NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME GIFT. 33:55 DO WE BELIEVE IN THE GIFT OF TONGUES? YES. 33:58 WE BELIEVE IN ALL THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT, BUT THAT GIFT IS 34:00 OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD AND IT'S OVER-EMPHASIZED. 34:04 AND SO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CATCH THAT. 34:08 LET ME FINISH THIS - HE GOES ON AND HE SAYS, "ARE ALL APOSTLES?" 34:12 - THE OBVIOUS ANSWER IS 'NO.' - I'M IN VERSE 29 - "ARE ALL 34:15 PROPHETS? ARE ALL TEACHERS?" 34:17 - NO, NO, NO - "ARE ALL WORKERS OF MIRACLES? 34:20 DO ALL HAVE GIFTS OF HEALINGS? DO ALL SPEAK WITH TONGUES?" 34:24 - WHAT'S THE OBVIOUS ANSWER? >>NO. 34:26 >>NO, BUT YOU GO TO SOME OF THESE CHARISMATIC CHURCHES - 34:29 NOW, NOT ALL CHURCHES THAT BELIEVE IN TONGUES TEACH THAT 34:32 EVERYBODY SHOULD SPEAK IN TONGUES, BUT THE HARD-CORE 34:34 PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES DO. AND SO, JUST IN CASE 34:39 YOU RUN INTO THAT. AND THEN HE GOES ON AND HE SAYS, 34:41 "BUT EARNESTLY DESIRE THE BEST GIFTS." 34:45 - THAT MEANS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DESIRE A GIFT, WHAT'S THE BEST 34:47 GIFT? WELL, YOU GO TO THE NEXT 34:49 CHAPTER, HE SAYS, 'THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE.' FAITH, HOPE 34:54 - 'NOW ABIDES FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE.' AND THEN YOU GO TO 34:56 CHAPTER 14, WHAT IS THE BEST GIFT? HE SAYS, "PURSUE LOVE AND 35:00 DESIRE SPIRITUAL GIFTS, BUT ESPECIALLY THAT YOU MAY 35:03 PROPHESY." SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO DESIRE A SPIRITUAL GIFT, WHAT'S 35:06 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GIFTS? TO BE ABLE TO SHARE YOUR FAITH 35:10 - PROPHESY - THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS. 35:12 IT DOESN'T MEAN, LIKE I SAID, TO BE FORETELLING THE FUTURE. 35:15 ALRIGHT, BACK TO OUR STUDY IN ROMANS. 35:19 YOU READ EPHESIANS 4:11, "AND HE HIMSELF GAVE SOME TO BE 35:23 APOSTLES," - HERE'S THE THIRD LIST - "SOME TO BE APOSTLES, 35:26 SOME PROPHETS, SOME EVANGELISTS, AND SOME PASTORS AND TEACHERS," 35:29 - AGAIN, TONGUES ISN'T MENTIONED IN THE LIST - WHY? 35:33 - "FOR THE EQUIPPING OF THE SAINTS FOR THE WORK OF 35:35 MINISTRY, FOR THE EDIFYING OF THE BODY" - DO WE STILL NEED THE 35:38 GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT? DO WE STILL NEED THE BODY 35:41 TO BE EDIFIED AND BUILT UP? YES, OF COURSE WE DO. 35:45 AND YOU CAN READ IN EPHESIANS 4:16, "FROM WHOM THE WHOLE BODY, 35:51 JOINED AND KNIT TOGETHER BY WHAT EVERY JOINT SUPPLIES, ACCORDING 35:55 TO THE EFFECTIVE WORKING BY WHICH EVERY PART DOES ITS SHARE, 35:59 CAUSES GROWTH OF THE BODY FOR THE EDIFYING OF ITSELF IN LOVE." 36:05 AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING WHEN YOU SEE A CHURCH 36:07 FAMILY - WHEN PEOPLE HAVE DISCOVERED THEIR SPIRITUAL 36:10 GIFTS. SOMETIMES IT TAKES OTHERS TO 36:12 HELP YOU FIND YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS. 36:14 SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE SOMEONE SAY, 'HEY, CAN YOU - CAN YOU 36:17 SING FOR US?' 'OH, I DON'T SING.' 'OH, I THINK 36:19 YOU'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL VOICE.' AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT. 36:21 THEY NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT. 36:23 SOMEONE NOTICED A PERSON WAS JUST VERY ORGANIZED AND THEY 36:26 SAY, 'WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO HELP WITH THIS?' 36:28 OR OTHERS HAVE A GIFT FOR CHILDREN AND - A LOT OF PEOPLE 36:30 COME INTO THE CHURCH AND THEY DISCOVER WHAT THEIR GIFTS ARE 36:33 BECAUSE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT MAY NOT BE REALIZED UNTIL YOU 36:36 RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? 36:41 AND SO, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO COME INTO A CHURCH AND SEE 36:43 PEOPLE WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT TALENTS AND GIFTS, AND THEY MAY 36:48 SEEM QUIET IN ONE DEPARTMENT, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY COME ALIVE 36:50 WHEN THEY'RE IN THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT. 36:53 OR THEY MAYBE SEEM QUIET IN THIS AREA, BUT WHEN THEY GET BEHIND 36:56 THE SCENES IN ADMINISTRATION, OR THEY'VE GOT THE GIFT OF 36:59 ADMINISTRATION AND THEY'VE GOT THE GIFT OF DEACONING, AND - 37:04 EVERYBODY USING THEIR GIFTS. WHAT MAKES PASTORS SAD IS WHEN 37:08 PEOPLE COME WEEK AFTER WEEK AND THEY DON'T GET INVOLVED AND THEY 37:12 DON'T USE THEIR GIFTS IN SOME WAY. SOME HAVE GIFTS OF PRAYER. 37:14 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GROUPS THAT MEET AND THEY JUST GATHER TO 37:17 PRAY FOR THE CHURCH - AND THAT'S THEIR GIFT. 37:22 AND SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'OH, I'M TOO OLD TO DO ANYTHING.' ARE YOU 37:24 TOO OLD TO PRAY? I MEAN, EVERYBODY CAN 37:27 DO SOMETHING, RIGHT? >>AMEN. 37:29 >>SO ARE YOU USING YOUR GIFTS IN THE CHURCH? 37:31 SOME PEOPLE STRUGGLE, YOU KNOW, 'WHAT CAN I DO?' 37:34 I HAD SOMEONE COME TO ME IN PRAYER MEETING THIS WEEK, 37:37 'PASTOR DOUG, I WANT TO GET INVOLVED. 37:40 NOW, I CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, BUT I WANT TO DO SOMETHING. 37:42 HELP ME KNOW SOMETHING I CAN DO TO HELP.' AND SO, WE'RE 37:45 THINKING, NOW, ABOUT - I LOVE TO HEAR THAT - HOW DO WE GET THIS 37:49 PERSON ENGAGED WITH THEIR SPIRITUAL GIFTS? 37:52 AND SO, GOD WANTS US ALL TO BE INVOLVED. 37:54 A CHURCH IS HEALTHY - IT'S STRONG - WHEN THE BODY IS 37:58 WORKING ALL IN UNISON TOGETHER. YOU EVER WATCH FIGURE SKATERS 38:05 KIND OF DO THEIR BALLET ON THE ICE? 38:09 YOU KNOW HOW - HOW MANY MENTAL PROCESSES ARE GOING IN FOR THEM 38:15 TO MAINTAIN THEIR BALANCE AND DO ALL THOSE MOTIONS AND DO IT WITH 38:20 A CERTAIN TIMING, AND THERE'S AN ELEGANCE AND A BEAUTY TO IT? 38:24 EVERY PART OF THEIR BODY IS DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHILE 38:29 THEY'RE DOING THEIR BALLET ON THE ICE. 38:35 BUT IT ALL COMES TOGETHER TO JUST BE SOMETHING SPECTACULAR. 38:39 NOW SOME OF YOU DON'T CARE FOR FIGURE SKATING. 38:40 I'M SORRY, IT'S LOOKS PRETTY BEAUTIFUL, AT TIMES. BUT - AND 38:44 THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN A CHURCH IS WORKING TOGETHER. 38:47 YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL - THE PEOPLE GET A 38:48 PICTURE OF JESUS WHEN WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER IN HARMONY. 38:54 AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT'S THOUGHTLESS BECAUSE ONE MIND IS 38:57 CONTROLLING IT WHEN WE'RE ALL CONNECTED BY THE SAME SPIRIT. 39:01 THAT'S THE WAY GOD WANTS THE CHURCH TO BE. 39:04 ALRIGHT, NOW THEN HE SAYS SOMETHING ELSE I THINK IS VERY 39:06 INTERESTING - BACK TO ROMANS - HE SAYS, "SO, HAVING DIFFERENT 39:12 GIFTS" - WHERE AM I? - IN VERSE 9 - "LET LOVE 39:18 BE WITHOUT HYPOCRISY. ABHOR (HATE) WHAT IS EVIL. 39:22 CLING TO WHAT IS GOOD." DOESN'T THAT SOUND LIKE JOB? 39:26 THERE WAS A MAN, PERFECT AND UPRIGHT MAN, HE HATED EVIL - 39:29 LOVED WHAT WAS GOOD. - "BE KINDLY AFFECTIONATE TO ONE 39:35 ANOTHER WITH BROTHERLY LOVE, IN HONOR GIVING PREFERENCE TO 39:39 ONE ANOTHER;" - AND IF YOU JUMP DOWN - WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 39:43 VERSE 17 - WE CAN JUST - GOT TO MOVE ALONG HERE - HE SAYS, 39:46 "REPAY NO ONE EVIL FOR EVIL. HAVE REGARD FOR GOOD THINGS 39:51 IN THE SIGHT OF ALL MEN. IF IT IS POSSIBLE, AS MUCH AS 39:54 DEPENDS ON YOU, LIVE PEACEABLY" - NOW, IN SOME WAYS, YOU 39:57 CAN'T LIVE PEACEABLY. IF THE GOVERNMENT TELLS YOU TO 40:00 BREAK THE LAW OF GOD, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE PEACEABLY. 40:04 YOU'VE PROBABLY ALL HAD SOME FOLKS THAT YOU TRIED TO BE 40:08 PEACEABLE WITH AND THEY WERE JUST CANTANKEROUS AND IT WAS 40:10 JUST HARD. BUT PAUL IS TELLING US, AS 40:13 FAR AS LIES WITHIN YOU, DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO 40:16 TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 40:19 EVEN IF IT MEANS THAT YOU BEAR WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS TREES 40:24 HANGING OVER IN YOUR YARD AND MAKE SOME BIG MESS IN YOUR YARD 40:26 AND YOU SAY, 'I'M GOING TO BEAR WITH IT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE A 40:29 GOOD NEIGHBOR.' AND YOU BE AS LOVING AND KIND AS YOU CAN. 40:34 I WAS VERY HAPPY WHEN, AFTER WE MOVED OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, 40:41 PASTOR BRUMMOND MOVED INTO THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AND HE SAID, 40:45 'ALL OF YOUR NEIGHBORS MISS YOU.' I THOUGHT, 'WELL, THAT'S 40:48 GOOD. I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO SAY WE'RE 40:49 GLAD THEY'RE GONE.' (LAUGHTER) SO, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, RIGHT? 40:57 SO, AND THEN HE SAYS THAT WE - WE OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD. 41:00 HE SAID, "BELOVED, DO NOT AVENGE YOURSELVES, BUT RATHER GIVE 41:04 PLACE TO WRATH; FOR IT IS WRITTEN, 'VENGEANCE IS MINE, I 41:07 WILL REPAY,' SAYS THE LORD. 41:08 THEREFORE 'IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM;'" - AND HE'S 41:12 QUOTING HERE FROM PROVERBS - "IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A 41:14 DRINK;" - AND THE WORD THERE, WHEN IT SAYS "FOR IN SO DOING 41:19 YOU WILL HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON HIS HEAD." 41:22 SO SOME OF YOU HAVE DONE NICE THINGS TO YOUR NEIGHBOR THAT YOU 41:24 REALLY DON'T LIKE, BECAUSE YOU THINK THIS VERSE SAYS, 'AH, IT'S 41:27 LIKE SHOVELING COALS OF FIRE ON THEIR HEAD.' WHAT THAT MEANS IS 41:30 THEIR CONSCIENCE WILL, NOT CONSUME THEM, BUT IT WILL MELT 41:35 THEM INTO KINDNESS. IT'S A METAPHOR THAT'S TAKEN FROM 41:39 MELTING IRON. IT SOFTENS THEM. SO YOU DON'T WANT TO FIGHT EVIL 41:43 WITH EVIL, BECAUSE WHAT DOES THAT DO? 41:46 IT JUST MAKES PEOPLE BECOME ENTRENCHED. 41:47 DOESN'T THE BIBLE SAY, 'A SOFT ANSWER TURNS AWAY WRATH'? 41:51 AND SO, YOU FIGHT EVIL WITH KINDNESS. 41:53 YOU HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON THEIR HEAD - THEY USED TO PILE UP THE 41:56 COALS AND IT WOULD MELT THE ORE. YOU'RE MELTING THEIR HEARTS. 42:02 LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER VERSE HERE - LUKE 6:27, "BUT I SAY TO 42:05 YOU WHO HEAR: LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, DO GOOD TO THOSE WHO HATE YOU," 42:10 - ISN'T THAT HARD? - "BLESS THOSE WHO CURSE YOU," - 42:14 HAVE YOU TRIED THAT? - "AND PRAY FOR THOSE 42:17 WHO SPITEFULLY USE YOU." - I'LL JUST TELL YOU, 42:19 FRIENDS, I'VE DONE IT. IT'S HARD. 42:21 I'VE PRAYED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE MEAN TO ME, BUT I WON'T TELL YOU 42:24 WHAT I PRAYED. (LAUGHTER) SOMETIMES YOU PRAY 42:28 THAT THERE'LL BE A MISGUIDED METEOR. 42:32 BUT TO PRAY THAT GOD'LL BLESS THEM - "TO HIM WHO STRIKES YOU 42:37 ON THE ONE CHEEK, OFFER THE OTHER ALSO. 42:40 AND FROM HIM WHO TAKES AWAY YOUR CLOAK, DO NOT WITHHOLD YOUR 42:43 TUNIC EITHER." - THAT'S KIND OF HARD, ISN'T IT? 42:48 NOW JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU JUST DO GOOD TO YOU, WHAT THANKS DO YOU 42:51 HAVE? EVEN THE PAGANS DO THAT. BUT IF YOU'RE THE CHILDREN OF 42:54 YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD. 42:57 LOVE YOUR ENEMIES.' AND, LET'S FACE IT, SOME CHRISTIANS 43:02 STRUGGLE TO LOVE FELLOW CHRISTIANS. 43:05 SOME STRUGGLE TO LOVE THEIR SPOUSE. 43:07 JESUS SAID YOU'VE GOT TO GO A LOT FURTHER THAN THAT, YOU'VE 43:08 GOT TO LOVE YOUR ENEMY. THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO 43:11 BE A SELFLESS CHRISTIAN. 1 PETER 3, VERSE 9, "NOT 43:15 RETURNING EVIL FOR EVIL OR REVILING FOR REVILING" - 43:19 REVILING MEANS WHEN YOU CURSE AND SLANDER - YOU'RE BEING 43:21 SARCASTIC WITH SOMEBODY - "BUT ON THE CONTRARY," - RETURN A 43:23 BLESSING - "KNOWING THAT YOU WERE CALLED TO THIS," - WHY? 43:27 - THAT YOU MAY INHERIT A BLESSING." 43:30 SO WHY DO WE FIGHT EVIL WITH GOOD? 43:32 YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR BLESSING IN THE END. 43:34 DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. GOD IS JUDGE. 43:36 PAUL SAID, 'COMMEND EVERYTHING TO GOD. 43:39 HE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.' SEE, THE CHRISTIANS WERE BEING PERSECUTED 43:42 IN ROME, PAUL SAID, 'DON'T FIGHT EVIL WITH EVIL.' AND THEN HE 43:46 MAKES SOME STATEMENTS HERE - OH, I'VE GOT TO RUSH ALONG - THE 43:48 CHRISTIAN AND THE STATE . NOW, SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR 43:52 ME TITUS 3:1 - PAUL SAYS HERE - ROMANS 13 - NOW WE'RE JUMPING 43:57 INTO ROMANS 13, "LET EVERY SOUL BE SUBJECT TO THE 44:00 GOVERNING AUTHORITIES. IS THAT HARD FOR YOU? 44:03 KIND OF LIKE LOVING YOUR ENEMY, RIGHT? 44:06 HOW MANY OF YOU SOMETIMES ARE SUSPICIOUS OF THE GOVERNMENT? 44:09 (LAUGHTER) COME ON. "LET EVERY SOUL BE SUBJECT TO 44:14 THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES. FOR THERE IS NO AUTHORITY EXCEPT 44:17 FROM GOD," - THE BIBLE SAYS 'GOD SETS 'EM UP; GOD TAKES 'EM DOWN' 44:22 - "AND THE AUTHORITIES THAT EXIST ARE APPOINTED BY GOD. 44:24 THEREFORE WHOEVER RESISTS THE AUTHORITY RESISTS THE ORDINANCE 44:27 OF GOD, AND THOSE WHO RESIST WILL BRING JUDGMENT ON 44:30 THEMSELVES. FOR RULERS ARE NOT A TERROR 44:33 TO GOOD WORKS, BUT TO EVIL. DO YOU WANT TO BE 44:37 UNAFRAID OF THE AUTHORITY? DO WHAT IS GOOD AND YOU WILL 44:40 HAVE PRAISE OF THE SAME." - IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE AFRAID 44:42 OF THE HIGHWAY PATROLMAN, YOU KNOW WHAT THE KEY IS? 44:45 DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT (LAUGHS) AND YOU WON'T BE AFRAID. 44:49 STOP WHEN IT SAYS 'STOP.' ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, READ, FOR US, 44:54 TITUS 3:1. >>TITUS 3:1, "REMIND THEM 44:58 TO BE SUBJECT TO RULERS AND AUTHORITIES, TO OBEY, TO BE 45:02 READY FOR EVERY GOOD WORK." >>NOW, IS PAUL TALKING ABOUT 45:05 OBEYING A LAW TO BREAK GOD'S COMMANDMENTS, OR? 45:09 NO, HE'S TALKING ABOUT OBEY THE CIVIL RULES - WHATEVER THEY ARE 45:15 - GOD WANTS US TO BE LAWKEEPERS. AND I KNOW, LIKE WHEN WE TALK 45:20 ABOUT THE SPEED LIMIT - YOU'VE GOT THE LETTER OF THE LAW AND 45:22 THEN YOU'VE GOT THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW, RIGHT? 45:24 HOW MANY OF YOU DRIVE ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW, AND 45:27 NOT THE LETTER? (LAUGHTER) I'M GOING TO ASK 45:32 THAT QUESTION DIFFERENTLY. NOW, YOU ARE ALL 45:35 REQUIRED TO RESPOND. (LAUGHTER) DO ANY OF YOU EVER 45:41 DRIVE OVER THE SPEED LIIMIT? I JUST WANT TO KNOW. 45:43 AM I THE ONLY ONE? HOW MANY OF YOU REFUSE TO 45:46 RESPOND BECAUSE YOU THINK I JUST DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK 45:48 YOU TO CONFESS PUBLICLY - AND THERE'S CAMERAS ROLLING? 45:53 I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF I'M ALONE. 45:57 AND, NOW, I GUESS MY CONSCIENCE IS BOTHERING ME BECAUSE - 45:59 (LAUGHTER) HAVEN'T YOU EVER BEEN ON A CALIFORNIA INTERSTATE 46:04 WHERE, IF YOU DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET RUN 46:06 OVER? >>YES. 46:07 >>OKAY, GOOD, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. 46:11 THEN HE SAYS - ROMANS 13:8 - LOVE ONE ANOTHER - "OWE NO ONE 46:18 ANYTHING" - HE SAID WE SHOULD AVOID BEING IN DEBT - EXCEPT TO 46:22 LOVE ONE ANOTHER, FOR HE WHO LOVES ANOTHER HAS FULFILLED THE 46:25 LAW." THIS IS THAT - THOSE BEAUTIFUL 46:27 PASSAGES ABOUT LOVE BEING THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW. 46:30 NOW, SOMEONE IS GOING TO READ, FOR ME, JOHN 13:34. 46:34 OKAY, YOU'LL BE NEXT. HE SAID, "FOR THE COMMANDMENTS, 46:38 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY,' 'YOU SHALL NOT MURDER,' 'YOU 46:40 SHALL NOT STEAL,' 'YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS,' 'YOU SHALL 46:44 NOT COVET,' AND IF THERE IS ANY OTHER COMMANDMENT," - IN OTHER 46:46 WORDS, HE SAID, 'I'M NOT GOING TO RECITE THE OTHER TEN, YOU 46:47 KNOW THEM' - "ARE ALL SUMMED UP IN THIS SAYING, NAMELY, 'YOU 46:53 SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' LOVE DOES NOT HARM 46:56 ITS NEIGHBOR; THEREFORE LOVE IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW." 47:01 AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WHEN YOU READ IN 1 CORINTHIANS 13, 47:04 'LOVE SUFFERS LONG, LOVE IS KIND, LOVE DOES NOT ENVY, LOVE 47:07 DOES NOT PARADE ITSELF,' - LOVE IS REALLY THE FULFILLING OF THE 47:10 LAW. GO AHEAD. >>JOHN 13:34, "A NEW COMMANDMENT 47:16 I GIVE TO YOU, THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER; AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, 47:21 THAT YOU ALSO LOVE ONE ANOTHER." >>WHY DID JESUS CALL 47:24 THIS A NEW COMMANDMENT? WHEN GOD SAYS, 'LOVE THE LORD 47:29 WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF? 47:31 AND HAVEN'T YOU HEARD PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL THIS IS THE NEW 47:33 COMMANDMENT. WE DON'T KEEP THE TEN 47:35 COMMANDMENTS ANYMORE BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW COMMANDMENT.' WHERE 47:37 DO YOU FIRST FIND 'LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART? 47:41 IN THE NEW OR THE OLD TESTAMENT? >>OLD. 47:44 >>DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 4 - I'M SORRY - CHAPTER 6, VERSE 4, 47:47 "HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE! 47:50 YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL 47:52 YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH." 47:54 WHERE DO YOU FIRST FIND, 'LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF'? 47:58 NEW OR OLD TESTAMENT? >>OLD. 48:01 >>ANYONE KNOW WHERE IT IS? >>LEVITICUS. 48:03 >>LEVITICUS 19:18 - THINK ABOUT THE GREAT FLU EPIDEMIC OR THINK 48:07 ABOUT WORLD WAR I - 19:18 - THAT'S HOW I REMEMBER. 48:11 IT SAYS, "YOU SHALL NOT TAKE VENGEANCE, NOR BEAR ANY GRUDGE 48:15 AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF YOUR PEOPLE, BUT YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR 48:17 NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF: I AM THE LORD." 48:22 SO, WHEN JESUS SAID, 'A NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE YOU, THAT YOU 48:26 SHALL LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU,' HE DIDN'T MEAN, 48:29 REALLY, IT'S NEW - THAT THEY'D NEVER THOUGHT OF IT BEFORE, HE 48:32 MEANT THAT THIS MAY BE A NEW CONCEPT FOR THAT GENERATION - 48:35 THAT LOVE IS REALLY THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW, BECAUSE 48:37 THEY HAD BEEN MISSING THAT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, I READ IN 1 48:42 CORINTHIANS 13 THAT LOVE SUFFERS LONG. 48:45 AND THEN, THE FINAL PART, 'NOW IS OUR SALVATION. 48:49 IF YOU GO TO CHAPTER 13 OF ROMANS, VERSE 11, "AND DO THIS, 48:53 KNOWING THE TIME, THAT NOW IT IS HIGH TIME TO AWAKE OUT OF SLEEP; 48:57 FOR NOW OUR SALVATION IS NEARER THAN WHEN WE FIRST BELIEVED. 49:01 THE NIGHT IS FAR SPENT, THE DAY IS AT HAND. 49:03 THEREFORE LET US CAST OFF THE WORKS OF DARKNESS, AND LET US 49:07 PUT ON THE ARMOR OF LIGHT. 49:09 LET US WALK PROPERLY, AS IN THE DAY, NOT IN REVELRY AND 49:11 DRUNKENNESS, NOT IN LEWDNESS AND LUST, NOT IN STRIFE AND ENVY. 49:16 BUT PUT ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND MAKE NO PROVISION" - 49:19 HE DOESN'T SAY 'MAKE LESS PROVISION FOR THE FLESH' - "MAKE 49:22 NO PROVISION FOR THE FLESH, TO FULFILL ITS LUSTS." 49:25 HE WANTS US TO WALK IN HOLINESS AND GODLINESS. 49:29 NOW, WHY DOES PAUL SAY - HOW LONG AGO DID PAUL WRITE THIS? 49:34 TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO. WHY DOES PAUL SAY, 'NOW IS OUR 49:37 SALVATION NEARER THAN WE FIRST BELIEVED? 49:40 DID PAUL THINK THAT JESUS' COMING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN 49:43 BEFORE THE END OF THE FIRST CENTURY? 49:47 NO, I THINK HE WAS SAYING - THEY WERE GETTING READY TO GO THROUGH 49:50 A SEVERE PERSECUTION IN ROME; ONE OF THE MOST SEVERE 49:53 PERSECUTIONS WAS COMING AND HE WAS LETTING THEM KNOW 'LIFE IS 49:58 SHORT. WE NEED TO BE READY, NOW, TO 50:01 DIE.' WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST STARTED PREACHING AND JESUS, HE 50:05 SAID, 'THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.' 50:07 WELL, YOU DON'T GET ANY NEARER THAN THAT. 50:09 SO HE'S SAYING OUR SALVATION IS NEAR. 50:11 WE DON'T KNOW WHEN OUR LIVES WILL END AND WE NEED TO BE 50:14 LIVING HOLY LIVES. THERE WILL BE A DAY WHEN HE 50:17 LITERALLY COMES AND WE CERTAINLY NEED TO BE READY FOR THAT. 50:20 SO, WHAT DOES HE SAY? 'LET US BE AWAKE. 50:24 IT'S HIGH TIME TO WAKE OUT OF SLEEP.' DO WE NEED TO WORRY 50:27 ABOUT BEING SPIRITUALLY ASLEEP IN THE LAST DAYS? WE DO. 50:32 JESUS TELLS THE PARABLE OF THE BRIDEGROOM AND THE TEN VIRGINS - 50:36 IN CONNECTION WITH THE SECOND COMING - AND WHEN THE CRY IS 50:40 GIVEN 'BEHOLD, THE BRIDEGROOM COMES' HOW MANY OF THOSE TEN 50:43 VIRGINS ARE ASLEEP? >>ALL. 50:46 >>A HUNDRED PERCENT. THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH. 50:48 WHO DO THEY REPRESENT? >>CHURCH. 50:50 >>THE CHURCH. AND THEY'RE ASLEEP. 50:54 AT THE END OF MATTHEW 24, HE SAYS THAT WE NEED TO BE AWAKE. 50:58 YOU LOOK IN MARK 13, 'THEREFORE STAY AWAKE. 51:00 YOU DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE WILL COME - IN THE 51:03 EVENING OR' - SEE, HE SAYS WE DON'T KNOW WHEN HE'S COMING - 51:06 'EVENING OR AT MIDNIGHT OR THE ROOSTER CROWING IN THE MORNING, 51:09 LEST COMING SUDDENLY, HE FINDS YOU ASLEEP. 51:12 AND WHAT I SAY TO YOU, I SAY TO ALL, STAY AWAKE.' AMEN? 51:16 >>AMEN. >>1 THESSALONIANS 5:6, 51:18 "THEREFORE LET US NOT SLEEP AS OTHERS DO, BUT LET US 51:20 WATCH AND BE SOBER. FOR THOSE WHO SLEEP, SLEEP AT 51:23 NIGHT; AND THOSE WHO ARE DRUNK ARE DRUNK AT NIGHT. 51:26 LET THOSE OF US WHO ARE OF THE DAY BE SOBER, PUTTING ON THE 51:29 BREASTPLATE OF FAITH AND LOVE AND THE HELMET AND THE HOPE OF 51:33 SALVATION." THAT BRINGS TOGETHER EVERYTHING 51:34 WE'VE STUDIED IN ROMANS IN THAT ONE VERSE - THE SOBRIETY, THE 51:38 HOLINESS, THE PREPARATION, AND THE SALVATION IS ALL THERE AND 51:45 SOME OF US MAYBE NEED TO HEAR WHAT GOD SAID TO JONAH, 'ARISE O 51:50 SLEEPER, CALL UPON YOUR GOD THAT WE MAY NOT PERISH.' JESUS IS 51:54 COMING SOON AND WE NEED TO BE AWAKE. AMEN? 51:57 >>AMEN. >>ALRIGHT, LISTENING FRIENDS, WE 51:59 WANT TO THANK YOU FOR STUDYING WITH US. 52:01 THAT'S THE END OF LESSON #12. WE HAVE ONE MORE STUDY IN THIS 52:04 QUARTERLY AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO OUR NEW QUARTERLY DEALING 52:07 WITH STEWARDSHIP FOLLOWING THAT. AND DON'T FORGET, WE HAVE OUR 52:11 FREE OFFER AND IT'S CALLED A LOVE THAT TRANSFORMS - WE'LL 52:15 SEND IT TO YOU, JUST CALL THE NUMBER 866-788-3966 - THAT'S 52:20 866-STUDY-MORE - ASK FOR OFFER #710 WHEN YOU DO. 52:24 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOD BLESS YOU. 52:26 WE'LL STUDY HIS WORD TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK. 52:33 >>AMAZING FACTS, CHANGED LIVES. >>I WAS RAISED VERY SPOILED AND 52:43 VERY LUCKY - VERY BLESSED. I WAS RAISED IN THE 52:46 CHURCH, ACTUALLY. AS A CHILD, GOD WAS PRESENTED TO 52:49 ME AS VINDICTIVE, SO IT DIDN'T INTEREST ME VERY MUCH. 52:54 WHEN I GOT MUCH OLDER, I WAS TOLD BY A FRIEND OF MINE I 52:57 WASN'T EVEN A CHRISTIAN. I SAID, 'I'M A GOOD PERSON. 52:59 I DON'T STEAL. I DON'T CHEAT. 53:01 I DON'T KILL.' AND IT WAS TOLD TO ME THAT 'NO, IN ORDER TO BE A 53:05 CHRISTIAN, YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN.' THE NEXT DAY I WENT AND 53:08 APPROPRIATED A BIBLE. I READ THE NEW TESTAMENT. 53:11 I JUST SET THE BIBLE DOWN AND SAID, 'GOD, IF YOU'RE REAL, DEAL 53:14 ME IN.' I WENT TO A CHRISTIAN COLLEGE TO STUDY THEOLOGY AND 53:20 ABOUT GOD, BUT WHEN I LEFT COLLEGE, I TOOK A JOB SELLING 53:23 CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND BIBLES DOOR TO DOOR AND I WENT FLAT 53:27 BROKE. I STOPPED IN TO PLAY 53:29 POKER AT A PLACE IN L.A. I WAS AN INSTANT SUCCESS. 53:33 MY LIFE BECAME POKER AND I GOT BOOKS AND I READ POKER BOOKS. 53:36 I HAD MY BIBLE IN ONE HAND AND A POKER BOOK IN THE OTHER. 53:39 I WAS A CHRISTIAN POKER PLAYER. I THOUGHT THE LORD 53:40 WAS BLESSING ME. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT I MADE 53:42 PLAYING POKER WAS SO BIG IT WOULD SCARE YOU. 53:47 I WAS VERY SELF-INDULGENT. I DID NOT DENY MYSELF ANYTHING 53:50 THAT I THOUGHT WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY, BUT I WAS STILL EMPTY. 53:54 I WENT TO ALL THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES - GAVE THEM ALL A FAIR 53:57 SHOT - SOME OF THEM THREE MONTHS, SOME OF THEM TWO YEARS - 54:00 UNIMPRESSED. SATURDAY MORNING, I HAPPENED TO 54:03 BE TRAVELING FROM ONE POKER PLACE TO ANOTHER - I JUST 54:06 HAPPENED TO HAVE A LITTLE TV IN MY TRUCK AND DOUG BATCHELOR CAME 54:11 UP ON THERE AND I WAS LIKE, 'THIS GUY MAKES SENSE.' I KNEW 54:14 DOUG BATCHELOR WAS IN SACRAMENTO SO I CAME TO MEET HIM. 54:17 I TOLD HIM, I SAID, 'I'M A CHRISTIAN DOING GOD'S WORK AND I 54:21 MAKE A LIVING PLAYING POKER AND I AM GIVING AWAY GREAT 54:25 CONTROVERSIES TO PLAYERS. I GO TO CHURCH AND HELP THE 54:27 COMMUNITY AND DON'T TELL ME THAT I'M NOT DOING WHAT'S RIGHT.' AND 54:31 HE SAID, 'NO, YOU'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF THAT CASINO - PERIOD.' I 54:35 SAID, 'I'M MAKING GOOD MONEY.' AND HE SAID, 'I KNOW THAT YOU 54:38 KNOW WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS RIGHT.' AND I DID. 54:41 I RECOGNIZED THAT THROUGH IT ALL I WASN'T HAPPY. 54:47 I SAID, 'LORD, MY LIFE IS A DISASTER. 54:50 I'M SELFISH. I'M EMPTY. I'VE TRIED TO DO WHAT YOU WANTED 54:53 ME TO DO SO MANY TIMES, AND I'VE ALWAYS FAILED. 54:58 WHY DO I ALWAYS FAIL? WHY DO I ALWAYS LOSE MY WAY?' AND THE 55:06 LORD SPOKE TO ME AND SAYS, 'YOU'VE GOT TO BE INVOLVED. 55:11 YOU'VE GOT TO BE INVOLVED IN MY WORK.' AND THAT'S WHEN I SAID, 55:15 'I NEED TO DEDICATE MY LIFE FULLY TO GOD'S WORK.' I, BY THE 55:20 GRACE OF GOD, AND MY WIFE, WE WENT TO INDIA. 55:25 UNTIL THE LORD TELLS ME OTHERWISE, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD 55:27 ORPHANAGES IN INDIA SO THAT CHILDREN CAN GROW UP AND HEAR 55:30 ABOUT JESUS AND THEY CAN GO TELL THE 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE IN THEIR 55:34 COUNTRY. GOD HAD A PLAN FOR ME AND NOW I 55:38 JUST WANT TO BE FULLY DEDICATED TO THE LORD'S CAUSE. 55:44 I AM KIP JOHNSTON AND GOD USED AMAZING FACTS TO CHANGE MY LIFE. 55:59 (MUSIC) >>ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SCIENTISTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED 56:12 THAT PEOPLE, AND EVEN CREATURES, CAN STRUGGLE WITH DEPRESSION 56:16 WHEN EXPOSED TO CONTINUAL DARKNESS. 56:19 THIS CAN BE SEEN EVERY YEAR IN THE WINTER MONTHS IN THE ARCTIC 56:21 REGIONS. THE BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE OF RJUKAN, 56:25 NORWAY IS SITUATED IN A DEEP VALLEY WHERE MOUNTAINS BLOCK THE 56:29 SUN'S RAYS FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS EVERY YEAR. 56:32 THIS, OF COURSE, KEEPS THE 3,400 RESIDENTS IN A STATE OF SHADE 56:35 AND, SOMETIMES, DEPRESSING DARKNESS THROUGHOUT THE WINTER. 56:39 THEN THE TOWN LEADERS GOT A BRIGHT IDEA TO HELP ILLUMINATE 56:42 THEIR VILLAGE DURING THE MURKY MONTHS. 56:45 IN OCTOBER 2013 RJUKAN INSTALLED AN ARRAY OF THREE GIGANTIC 56:50 550-SQUARE-FOOT MIRRORS ON A NEARBY MOUNTAIN 1,000 FEET ABOVE 56:55 THE TOWN. THE COMPUTER-CONTROLLED AND 56:58 SOLAR-POWERED MIRRORS TRACK THE SUN THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS 57:02 AND REFLECT A GIANT BEAM OF SUNSHINE DOWN TO THE TOWN 57:06 SQUARE, BRIGHTENING THEIR LIVES. IF YOU VISIT RJUKAN IN THE 57:10 WINTER MONTHS TODAY, YOU CAN OFTEN SEE THE PEOPLE GATHERED OR 57:14 SITTING ON BENCHES AROUND THE TOWN SQUARE, BATHING IN 57:17 THE REFLECTED SUNSHINE. LIKE THOSE MIRRORS ON THE 57:20 MOUNTAIN, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT CHRISTIANS ARE TO REFLECT THE 57:23 LIGHT OF JESUS, WHO IS THE LIGHT OF THIS WORLD, INTO 57:26 THIS DARK PLANET. MATTHEW 5:14 SAYS, "YOU 57:29 ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. A CITY THAT IS SET ON A 57:32 HILL CANNOT BE HIDDEN. NOR DO THEY LIGHT A LAMP AND 57:35 PUT IT UNDER A BASKET, BUT ON A LAMPSTAND, AND IT ILLUMINATES 57:38 EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE. LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE 57:42 MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR 57:46 FATHER IN HEAVEN." SO FRIENDS, USE TODAY TO BRIGHTEN THE LIFE 57:50 OF SOMEONE ELSE BY REFLECTING JESUS. (MUSIC) 58:02 >>FOR LIFE-CHANGING CHRISTIAN RESOURCES, VISIT 58:04 AFBOOKSTORE.COM OR CALL 1-800-538-7275. 58:11 (MUSIC) |
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