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Doug Batchelor: Hello, to
our friends who are listening
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and watching from around the
world in all different parts of
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the country.
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We're very thankful that you've
tuned in for our "Sabbath School
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Study Hour" this morning, and
we have a very important lesson.
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It is the last lesson in this
quarter study on the Scriptures
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and--but before we get to that,
we want to tell you that we do
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have a free offer, and the free
offer is--because today's lesson
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is talking about walking in the
Word and not just reading it,
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but obeying it, we're
going to talk about obedience.
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We have a free offer, and you
will really be blessed by this,
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and not only should you read
this, you may want to order this
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because there's a lot of
Christians out there that think
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that obedience is legalism, and
this will answer that question,
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and that's the title:
"Is Obedience Legalism?"
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And it is a beautifully
illustrated study guide.
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It's got colored pages.
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It's easy to read.
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You want a free copy of this?
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You can call the
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866-Study-More, and another
way you can get it is you can
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actually look at it online, and
so, if you want to download it
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and read it that way, then
simply text 40544, and what you
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text is "SH041."
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And so text "SH041" to 40544,
and then you can read it right
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there online.
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Of course, this is only
for North America and U.S.
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territories if you're
calling, but we want you to take
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advantage of that.
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Something else I think I should
mention is, because this is our
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last study in our quarter
on Scripture, that means we're
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getting ready to go into a new
study, and so I'm really looking
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forward to this.
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We're going to be talking about
"Making Friends for God: The Joy
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of Sharing in His Mission."
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You know, these studies are
incredible that we've been doing
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this quarter.
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There's three secrets to
victory in the Christian life.
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Prayer--we've been
studying prayer in recent
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quarterlies--reading the
Bible, and sharing your faith.
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You know, there are three pieces
of furniture that were in the
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holy place of the sanctuary.
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There was the
bread: That's the Bible.
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There was the light: That is the
witnessing, sharing your faith.
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There's the altar of incense:
That's a symbol for prayer.
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Those are the secret weapons
to living a vital, victorious
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Christian life.
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So take advantage
of the free offer.
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You'll want to talk to your
local church and find out how
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you can get the
Sabbath School quarterly.
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I know a lot of people right now
are still not meeting in person.
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A lot of churches are beginning
to phase into in-person
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meetings, and some of
the cities, not quite yet.
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And so you can get this online.
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And so you can go to the Sabbath
School website, and you can
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study the lesson online.
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So before we dive into our study
for today, we should begin with
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a word of prayer.
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Father in heaven, we just are so
thankful for the promise that,
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if we turn to you and we pray
for the Holy Spirit, that the
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Holy Spirit will come and give
us wisdom and understanding.
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Right now, Lord, as we listen as
I teach and speak, we pray the
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Holy Spirit will take charge
of this presentation in every
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aspect so that the power of the
Word might be seen and felt in
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people's hearts and lives.
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And we thank You.
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We claim this promise and
pray in Jesus' name, amen.
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"Living by the Word of God."
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We've been talking about all
the different nuances of how to
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study the Word of God, and now
we're going to be talking about
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"Living by the Word of God."
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You know, the devil came to
Jesus in the wilderness, and he
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said, "If You're the Son of God,
turn these stones into bread."
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And Jesus said, "It is written,
'Man shall not live by bread
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alone, but by every word
that proceeds from the mouth
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of God.'"
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The Lord does not want us
just to be looking at the Word.
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He wants us to be
living by the Word.
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The Word of God is for us to
follow, for us to live by, and
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that's what we're
going to study today.
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We spent the last 12 lessons
talking about a lot of different
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aspects and facets of how
to study the Bible and the
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hermeneutics of the Bible
and understanding the Bible and
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approaching the Scriptures, and
the history of the Scriptures.
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Now we're boiling it all
down and talking about the most
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important thing.
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Everything else we've talked
about in the past does not
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matter if you
don't live by the Word.
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So if you understand how to
dissect the Word but you're not
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following the
Word, it's all in vain.
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That's why we have this memory
verse, and it's from James 1:22,
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"But be ye doers of the word,
and not hearers only, deceiving
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your own selves."
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So God wants us to
be doers of the Word.
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Now, I've got a lot of Scripture
that we're going to be talking
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about today, and so you may want
to get some notes out, and I
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want to remind our friends that,
when the teachers are up here
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teaching, we often have our own
personal notes that we're adding
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to the lesson notes.
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We know that you've
already got the study guide.
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Some of you have the teacher's
version of the study guide
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and--but then the teachers
of these recorded programs also
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have our personal notes, and the
folks say, "Where'd you get that
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illustration or that verse?
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I want that to
help me with my lesson."
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You can get those online.
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So if you go to the Amazing
Facts website under the section
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where it talks about
Sabbath School, you can go to
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the bottom.
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It'll say "notes."
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And so we like to make
those available as well.
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So, first of all, if you look in
1 John 1, verse 7, it says, "But
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if we walk in the light as He is
in the light, we have fellowship
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one with another, and the blood
of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses
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us from all sin."
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We read in earlier studies, "Thy
word is a lamp unto my feet and
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a light unto my path."
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That light is not
for just looking at.
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It is for walking in.
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Another verse, John 12:35, "Then
Jesus said to them, 'A little
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while longer the
light is with you.
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Walk while you have the light,
lest darkness overtake you.
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He who walks in darkness does
not know where he's going.'"
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Again, Jesus said, "Walk
while you have the light."
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I remember C.D. Brooks
used to tell a story, in his
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evangelistic meetings, about
two boys that were out playing
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in a park one day, and they were
having a great time, and pretty
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soon they got tired, and they
laid back on the grass on this
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beautiful sunny day, and one of
them started thinking about the
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sun that was above him, how
bright it was in his face, and
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he knew it was hard
to look into the sun.
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And, you know, boys
like--they like to be a little
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competitive sometime.
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So one boy said to his
friend--they're both lying back
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on the grass.
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He said, "I'll bet you I
can stare at the sun longer
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than you."
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It's like, sometimes kids say,
"I think I can hold my breath
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longer than you."
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And his friend
said, "I bet you can't."
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And so they said, "All right,
well, close your eyes, count to
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three," and they're going to
stare right into the middle of
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the sun and see who
can do it the longest.
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And they said, "One, two,
three," and they opened their
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eyes, and they stared right
into the sun, deliberately, not
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realizing that all that
radiation was doing damage to
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their iris, and pretty
soon they said they can't handle
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it anymore.
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Well, they didn't
realize it--what was going on.
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Then later that day,
their eyes got red and swollen.
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They woke up the next morning.
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They were just aching, and they
had headaches, and their eyes
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were just about swollen shut.
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Parents took the boys to the
doctor, and the doctor looked at
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them, and they told the
doctor what they had done.
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He put some ointment on their
eyes, and he wrapped them up and
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said, "Keep the
bandages on for a few days."
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And by a miracle of God's grace,
after a few days, he took off
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the bandages.
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The swelling had gone down.
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The redness had gone
away, and they could still see.
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They were young enough
where they were healing.
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And then the
doctor sat them down.
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He told him a
very important lesson.
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He said, "Boys never forget:
The light is not for looking at.
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It is for walking in."
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A lot of people come to church,
and they like to hear the
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sermon, and they like to look
at the light, and they like to
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dissect and argue about
theology, but they don't ever
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walk in the light.
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All of the light in the world,
if you understand, you know,
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everything in the Bible, if
you've got a library full of
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Bibles, if you've got all kinds
of theological books, but sin is
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still controlling your
life, it's of no avail.
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God doesn't want us
to look at the light.
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He wants us to
walk in the light.
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And the Bible says, if you walk
in the light as He is in the
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light, the blood of His
Son cleanses us from all sin.
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And so--and that's
the first one we read.
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The blood of Jesus Christ, 1
John 1:7, "His Son cleanses us
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from all sin."
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Also, 2 Peter 1, verse 19, "And
so we have this prophetic word
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confirmed, which
you do well to heed--"
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"Heed" means "to follow,"
"to listen to," "as a light that
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shines in a dark place, until
the day dawns and the morning
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star rises in your heart."
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You know, one of the other
things about light is, if you
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are walking in the
light, God increases the light.
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You know, just this last week,
I was hiking with my son, up in
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the mountains, and we were
actually hiking at night, and it
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was really nice
when the moon came up.
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You know, as the sun was going
down, things just kept getting
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darker and darker, but we
weren't at our destination yet,
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so we kept hiking, but,
fortunately, after the sun went
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down, soon the moon rose--and it
was almost a full moon-over the
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ridge, and as it got higher, it
got brighter and brighter, and
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it was so nice that
your eyes tend to adjust.
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And pretty soon, we
could see even in the dark.
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Never had to actually pull
out our flashlights, walking in
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the moonlight.
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Well, when you walk in the
light that God gives you, it
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gets brighter.
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Now, some people, they've had
light revealed to them, and they
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never step out in faith to walk
in the light, and then the light
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goes out.
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If we are not walking in the
light that God gives us, pretty
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soon we might not
believe the light.
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We may not see the light or
understand the light anymore.
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The best time to do God's
will is when He reveals His will
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to you.
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I've seen this happen.
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Let me explain it a
little more clearly.
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I've seen this happen in so many
evangelistic meetings: A person
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is coming.
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They're hearing the Bible truths
for the first time, and they're
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thinking, "Wow, I
never understood this before.
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This is amazing."
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And their lives are being
changed, and they're feeling
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great joy of knowing the truth,
but then there's some conviction
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about the sin in their life, and
they realize that they need to
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make some changes, and they
keep coming, and finally, you
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know--and often they're making
changes, but then sometimes a
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certain truth is presented,
and they'll say, "Whoa, I'm not
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doing that.
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That's some pet sin in my life.
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That's precious to me.
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No way in the world
am I ever changing that."
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And the enthusiasm and the
joy and the excitement they had
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about learning the truth, you
watch the lights start to fade
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from their eyes.
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And I've gone to visit people
before, and they say, "You know,
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Pastor, like, I
don't understand.
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When I first came to these
meetings, I was so excited, and
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I heard God's voice, and He was
leading me and speaking to me,
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and all these changes, and
now it seems like it stopped."
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And I'd say, well, brother,
sister, did something come up
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that you stopped listening to?
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Was there some point of truth
that you just said, "I'm not
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going to accept that"?
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Said, "Well, yeah, you know,
when the evangelist talked about
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this or that, I said,
'No, I could never do that.'"
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I said, "Well, when you stop
walking in the light, then the
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light starts to get dim."
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You've got to keep doing what
the Bible says, which is a very
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important point we're going
to get to now, dealing with the
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subject of living the
Word of God in the Holy Spirit.
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What does it mean to live
out the Word of God in the
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Holy Spirit?
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John 14:26, "But the Helper,
the Holy Spirit, whom the Father
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will send in My name, He will
teach you all things and bring
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to your remembrance all
things that I have said to you."
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Ho, I've got so much
I could say about this.
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You know, I used to go to a
charismatic church before I was
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a Seventh-Day
Adventist Christian.
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A lot of dear Christian people,
lovely people, but they made a
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big issue of speaking in
tongues, and they would tell me,
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"Doug, you've got to learn how
to speak in tongues, and if you
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don't speak in tongues, you
don't have the Holy Spirit."
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Of course, you know, I didn't
know everything I know now, but
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I, just, I didn't
think that was right.
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I said, "I don't see what you're
talking about in the Bible."
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And--but at the same time, I was
learning the Sabbath truth, and
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so I'd go to my charismatic
pastor and say, "What about the
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Ten Commandments?"
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And they'd say, "Well,
we're not under the law now.
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We're under grace."
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I'd say, "Well, but it says
here," this and this and this,
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and I'd show them all the
Scriptures that say, you know,
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"God's law doesn't pass away.
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It's for eternal," and they'd
say, "Well, I know that that's
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what the Bible says,
but that's the letter.
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We're not being led
by the letter of the law.
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We're being led by the Spirit."
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And they almost made it sound
like that, if they felt in their
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heart the Holy Spirit was
telling them something different
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than the Bible said, that that
was the--that this feeling of
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the Spirit in their heart was to
trump, the very plain reading of
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the Word.
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And Jesus said, "No, no, the
Holy Spirit is going to bring to
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your remembrance
what I have said."
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And so the purpose of the
Holy Spirit is not to ever say
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something different
from what Jesus said.
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The Holy Spirit is going to
accentuate and highlight and
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help you
remember what Jesus said.
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And in the same way, there's
been so many times that I'm
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either preaching a sermon, or we
were answering questions on the
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radio--you know, when we do the
"Bible Answers Live" program, we
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don't know ahead of time
what questions are coming in.
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I mean, people, they take
the--we have volunteers that
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take the calls, and they'll put
a little note in there and say,
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"There's a question on baptism,"
or the Trinity, so we only know
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a moment or two ahead this
is what this person is going
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to ask.
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We haven't had time to look it
up, so right when we take their
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call, we're saying, "Lord,
help us remember where these
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Scriptures are."
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And some of them are pretty
tough questions, and we pray,
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"Lord bring to our
remembrance what we've studied."
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And so many times the
Lord answers that prayer.
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Most of the time he
answers that prayer.
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Now, what God does not do, the
Holy Spirit does not bring to
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your remembrance what you've
never read, and so, if you want
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to have the Holy Spirit bring
to your remembrance the Word of
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Jesus, you need to
first read the Word of Jesus.
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So it's a good idea, every
Christian ought to, over the
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course of every year, every two
years, read through the Bible
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all the way through, even
the parts where you say, "Well,
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it's just--"
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going through the measurements
of the sanctuary, or they're
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going through a genealogy, let
your eyes at least scan over it.
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It's going to get easier.
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You'll understand more, and you
make it possible then for God to
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honor that promise to
bring it to your remembrance.
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So the Holy Spirit will help
you in your understanding of the
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Word and in
remembering the Word.
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John 16:13, "However, when He,
the Spirit of truth, has come,
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He will guide you into all
truth, for He will not speak on
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His own authority, but whatever
He hears He will speak, and He
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will tell you
of things to come."
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There's another verse that tells
us the Holy Spirit is not going
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to tell you something
separate from the Word.
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He doesn't speak
on His own authority.
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Holy Spirit is going to honor
Christ, who is the living Word.
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There's a great quote, and
it's in your lesson in Selected
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Messages, Book 1, page 411,
"No one is able to explain the
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Scriptures without the
aid of the Holy Spirit.
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But when you take up the Word
of God with a humble, teachable
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heart, the angels of God will be
by your side to impress you with
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evidences of the truth."
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Sometimes the way the Holy
Spirit works is through angels
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actually speaking to us.
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John 7:17, one of the most
important criteria to walk in
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the Word and to understand the
Word is be willing to do what
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the Word says.
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"If anyone wills to do His
will, he shall know concerning
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the doctrine--"
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that means the teaching--
"whether it is from God or
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whether I speak
on My own authority."
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Single most important thing to
understand some Bible truth is
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make up your mind and say,
"Whatever it says, I'm willing
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to do it.
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I'm willing to do what
God is saying in His Word."
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And then God
becomes responsible.
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I mean, we need to search, then
God's responsible to show us.
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But we do need to, you
know, make an effort to search.
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Hosea says, "My people
are destroyed for lack of
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knowledge," then he goes
on to say, "because you have
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rejected knowledge."
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Some people are destroyed, not
because they don't understand,
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but they never
made an effort to know.
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And so you've got to actually
seek, Jesus said, and then
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you'll find.
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He doesn't force
everything on you.
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He doesn't
force the truth on us.
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If we're hungry for the truth,
"He that hunger and thirsts
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after righteousness,
he will be filled."
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Notice, not just hungering for
the truth, but "righteousness"
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means "walking in the truth,"
being a doer of the Word.
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Charles Wesley said, "All
of my requests are lost in one,
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Father, Thy will be done."
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Charles, of course, is that
great hymn writer, brother of
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John Wesley.
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"All of my requests are lost in
one central request, Father, Thy
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will be done."
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He means, "Thy will
be done in my life."
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Greatest most important prayer
of Jesus was "Not My will.
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Thy will be done."
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In the Lord's Prayer,
"Our Father, which in heaven,
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hallowed be Thy name.
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Thy will be done."
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Thy will be--what?
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Be done.
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Now, that's what I'm
going to talk about for the next
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few minutes.
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God wants us to not be hearers
of the Word only, deceiving our
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own selves, but he wants
us to be doers of the Word.
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It's a very
small word, "do," D-O.
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It's a very powerful word, and
that word separates the saved
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from the lost.
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Now, people say, "Pastor Doug,
what you do has nothing to do
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with your salvation."
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I hear that all the time.
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That is categorically not true.
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They say, "Well, you
only need to believe."
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Believing is doing something.
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Yeah, you got to believe.
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Jesus said, "This is the
work, that they believe."
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There is a work.
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We need to believe.
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So what separates the lost from
the saved is something you do.
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You got to do something about
Jesus, and it starts there, and
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then you need to be
doing something about His Word.
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It's a lie, it's a misconception
that you don't have to
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do anything.
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You do need to do something.
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Jesus says, "Come unto Me."
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That means you
need to get up and come.
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There's an action
involved in being a Christian.
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So let's talk about this and
find out if that's just Pastor
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Doug's idea or is
this what Jesus taught.
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Look here, for
instance, in Luke 6:46.
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"Why do you call Me 'Lord,
Lord,' and do not the things
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which I say?"
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God wants us to do what He says.
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If we're saying, 'Lord, Lord,'
you know, we're very religious,
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we're using His name, we're
praying in His name, but we're
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not doing what He says, he
said, "Why do you do that?"
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Matthew 7, Jesus makes
it even more clear here.
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Matthew 7, verse 21, "Not
everyone who says to Me, 'Lord,
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Lord,' shall enter the kingdom
of heaven, but he that does the
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will of My Father in heaven.
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Many will say to Me in that
day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not
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prophesied in Your name?
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We've cast out
devils in Your name.
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We've done many
wonders in Your name.'
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And I will declare to
them, 'I never knew you.
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Depart from Me, you
who practice lawlessness."
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They were living lawless lives,
but they were very religious.
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Don't forget, the people
who crucified Jesus were very
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religious, and they even--they
wanted to hasten His death so
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they could run home after
killing the Messiah to keep
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the Sabbath.
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Now, I'm a Sabbath keeper, and
I believe in a lot of the things
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that the religious
leaders believed in.
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They believed in prayer,
they believed in tithing.
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They believed in
fasting, that's all good.
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Those things won't save you.
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It's like that
proud Pharisee who prayed.
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He said, "Oh,
this praying is good."
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He says, "I fast, and I
pay tithe," and he went to
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the temple.
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He did all those things, but
he did not go home justified.
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So there needs to be a
life where you put Christianity
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into action.
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Mark 3, verse 32 through 35,
"And the multitude were sitting
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around Jesus, and they said to
Him, 'Look, Your mother and Your
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brothers are outside,
and they're looking for You.'
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But He answered, and He
said to them, 'Who is My mother?
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Who are My brothers?'
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And He looked around the circle
of those who sat about Him, and
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He said, 'Here are My
mother and My brothers.
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For whoever does the will of God
is My brother and My sister and
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My mother.'"
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How important was doing
the will of God to Jesus?
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Matthew 7, verse 24, "Therefore
whoever hears these words of
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Mine, and--you
know the next word?
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"--does them, they are likened
to a wise man who builds his
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house on the rock, and the rain
descends, and the flood comes
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down, and the wind blows, and it
beats on the house, but it does
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not fall, because
it's founded on the rock.
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But whoever hears these
sayings of Mine," talking
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about the Bible, putting it
into practice, "and does not
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do them, he's like the foolish
man who built his house on
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the sand--"
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And you know the
rest of the story.
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The wind blows, and the flood
comes, and the rain descends,
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and that house implodes and
collapses and blows away because
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it was founded on the sand.
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The difference between the
wise man and the fool is not
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the Word.
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They both hear the Word.
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The difference between the wise
man and the fool is one does it.
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One does not do it.
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And so God wants us to
not just hear the word.
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He wants us to
finally put it into practice.
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You know, there's a lot of
people that come to church, and
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they are impressed by the truth,
and they make a decision, and
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they get baptized, and they
start following the Lord, but
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they've got that sin in their
life that bothers them, and
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that's good
that it bothers them.
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The dangerous thing is sometimes
those people are still in the
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church 20 years later, and
they're going through all the
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motions of religion.
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They sometimes hold religious
office in the church, and
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they've got that same sin,
but it just doesn't bother them
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anymore, and that's
the most dangerous thing.
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They've made up their mind that
somehow God didn't really mean
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what He said in His Word, that
we don't really have to do what
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the Word says.
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And Jesus said that's fatal.
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"Many will come
to Me in that day--"
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He's talking about the great
judgment day, "and they'll say,
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'Lord, Lord.'
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He says, 'I don't know you.
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You didn't do what I said.'"
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They know His name, they're
religious, they've probably read
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the Bible, but
they didn't do His Word.
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You know--where is it?
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In 1 John, chapter 2, "Love not
the world," verse 15, "neither
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the things that are in the
world, for if any man loves the
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world, the love of
the Father is not in him.
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For all that's in the world, the
lust of the flesh, lust of the
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eyes, and the pride of
life, is of the world and not of
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the Father.
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And the world is passing
away, and the lust thereof,"
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notice this, "but he
that does the will of God will
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abide forever."
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God is looking for people that
will hear His Word and do it.
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You know, one of the great
appeals that Moses makes in
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Deuteronomy, he says, "Oh, that
My people would fear Me and keep
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all of My commandments always,
that it might be well with them
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and their children forever."
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He wants us to be keepers.
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He wants us to be
doers of His Word.
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That's what it means when
it says, "Living by the Word of
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God," putting it into practice.
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Now, don't be discouraged as I
talk, friends, because probably
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anyone who's listening right now
is thinking, "Well, Pastor Doug,
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you know, I'm not
following everything I know."
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Well, it's a growing process.
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Are you making
progress in following, in doing?
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You need to be growing and
saying, "I'm doing this now, and
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I'm doing this now," and
some things, it takes a while to
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learn how to do it, but becoming
comfortable being a non-doer
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is fatal.
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That's the thing, I
guess, I'm trying to say.
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All right, a few more verses,
Matthew--no, let me see here.
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I'm going to go with Romans
2:13, "For not the hearers of
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the law are just in the sight
of God, but the doers of the law
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will be justified."
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No, wait a second.
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But doesn't Paul say that
we're not under the law--we're
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under grace?
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Yeah, and Paul said that too.
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Paul's the one who said, Romans
13, "Not the hearers of the law
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are just, but the doers."
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When Paul says that you're not
under the law, when you accept
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the sacrifice of Christ, you're
no longer under the penalty of
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the law, but he says, "Do we
continue in sin, law-breaking,
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that grace may abound?
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God forbid."
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Those of us who love the Lord,
we are more obligated now to be
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doers of the word.
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Vance Havner, the famous Baptist
evangelist, he said, "The vision
00:25:53.31\00:25:57.39
must be followed by the venture.
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It's not enough to
stare up the steps.
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We must step up the stairs."
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A lot of people spend their
Christian life staring at the
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steps, and they study the steps,
and they evaluate the steps, and
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they argue about the steps.
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They don't ever go up the steps.
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And this is what
we're talking about today.
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In Matthew chapter 21, verse
28, "But what do you think?"
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Jesus said.
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This is one of his parables.
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"A certain man had two sons, and
he came and he said to the first
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one, 'Son, go work
today in my vineyard.'
00:26:29.45\00:26:32.62
And he said, 'I will not,' but
afterward, he regretted it, and
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he went.
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Then he came to the second son.
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He said likewise.
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He answered and said, 'I
go, sir,' but he did not go."
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And then Jesus asks this, just,
very simple question: "Which of
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the two sons did
the will of his Father?"
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They said, "The first one."
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The first, he said, "I'm
not going to," but he repented
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later, and he did.
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He finally did it.
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They said, "The first one."
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And Jesus said, "Assuredly I say
to you, the tax collectors and
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the harlots will enter the
kingdom of God before you, for
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John came to you in the way of
righteousness, and you did not
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believe him.
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But the tax collectors
and the harlots believed him.
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They repented of their sins.
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And you sought, and afterward,
you did not relent and
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believe him."
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Even after you saw the great
revival among the publicans and
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the tax collectors and the
sinners, they didn't repent.
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Oswald Chambers said,
"God doesn't want our success.
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He wants us.
00:27:32.51\00:27:34.32
He doesn't
demand our achievements.
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He demands our obedience.
00:27:36.18\00:27:38.12
It's only by obedience
that we understand the teachings
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of God."
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Someone else said, "There are
times when I've deceived myself
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into thinking, talking about the
will of God is a substitute for
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doing it."
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That reminds me of the story
in the Bible where Samuel the
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prophet says to king Saul, "I
want you to go fight against the
00:27:53.50\00:27:57.11
Amalekites, that enemy nation,
and I want you to annihilate
00:27:57.14\00:28:00.81
them and their cattle, and
everything they've got, their
00:28:00.84\00:28:04.75
donkeys their sheep--everything.
00:28:04.78\00:28:06.95
And so Saul goes, and he
fights against them, and he's
00:28:06.98\00:28:11.79
victorious in the battle, but
he thinks, "Well, you know, that
00:28:11.82\00:28:14.96
might be a little
extreme to annihilate all these
00:28:14.99\00:28:17.29
really--boy, they've got
some really quality camels and
00:28:17.33\00:28:19.69
donkeys and sheep and goats
and don't the people deserve the
00:28:19.73\00:28:24.37
spoils of war?
00:28:24.40\00:28:26.40
So they come back from
the battle, and King Saul sees
00:28:26.43\00:28:30.31
Samuel the prophet, and
he said, "How're you doing?"
00:28:30.34\00:28:34.84
"Blessed of the Lord.
00:28:34.88\00:28:36.71
I've followed the
commandment of the Lord.
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I defeated the Amalekites."
00:28:38.48\00:28:40.02
And he didn't
even kill the king.
00:28:40.05\00:28:41.58
He's bringing the king
back as a captive to show off.
00:28:41.62\00:28:43.69
And Samuel says, "If you've
obeyed the commandment of the
00:28:43.72\00:28:46.76
Lord, then what is the bleating
of the sheep and the lowing of
00:28:46.79\00:28:49.66
the oxen that I
hear in my ears?"
00:28:49.69\00:28:52.16
"Oh, oh, yeah, yeah,
yeah, all the cattle?
00:28:52.19\00:28:54.20
Oh, yeah, we didn't kill them."
00:28:54.23\00:28:56.06
The people wanted to
sacrifice them to the Lord.
00:28:56.10\00:28:58.63
Basically, they didn't want to
continue sacrificing their own
00:28:58.67\00:29:01.70
cattle, so to save themselves,
they stole the ones that they
00:29:01.74\00:29:05.64
were supposed to annihilate,
and that's when Samuel said, "To
00:29:05.67\00:29:09.94
obey is better than sacrifice,
and to hearken than the fat
00:29:09.98\00:29:15.48
of rams.
00:29:15.52\00:29:17.35
For rebellion is
the sin of witchcraft."
00:29:17.39\00:29:19.99
And so, when people say, "Well,
God didn't really--He's not real
00:29:20.02\00:29:23.09
specific about doing
some of these little things--"
00:29:23.12\00:29:27.30
God means what He says.
00:29:27.30\00:29:29.43
His words, especially, you know,
the commandments of God, they're
00:29:29.46\00:29:32.53
not suggestions.
00:29:32.57\00:29:34.87
It's kind of like--even for
those who are religious, you
00:29:34.90\00:29:36.91
think of Uzzah the priest--and
they were given very clear
00:29:36.94\00:29:40.44
instructions on how to transport
the ark, and the priests were
00:29:40.48\00:29:43.88
not supposed to lay hands on it,
but because they did not obey
00:29:43.91\00:29:47.05
instructions and they were
moving the ark on an ox cart
00:29:47.08\00:29:50.09
instead of the priests carrying
it, and the oxen stumbled and
00:29:50.12\00:29:53.69
the wagon wiggled, and Uzzah put
out his hand to steady the ark
00:29:53.72\00:29:57.19
and he put his hand on the holy
ark of God, he died, and people
00:29:57.23\00:30:00.33
think God is very severe.
00:30:00.36\00:30:03.16
God told them what to do and
what not to do, and they just
00:30:03.20\00:30:06.43
disobeyed, and they
thought God is not particular in
00:30:06.47\00:30:08.87
little things.
00:30:08.90\00:30:11.01
God means what He says, and in
the great judgment day, if our
00:30:11.04\00:30:13.51
sins are not forgiven, we will
give an account for everything
00:30:13.54\00:30:15.74
that we've done.
00:30:15.78\00:30:18.18
And that's why He'll forgive
our past sins our bad doing, but
00:30:18.21\00:30:20.82
then, when we repent, He wants
us to now be doers of the Word.
00:30:20.85\00:30:24.89
"Man shall live by every word
that proceeds from the mouth
00:30:24.92\00:30:28.56
of God."
00:30:28.59\00:30:30.63
I'm enjoying this lesson because
I think it's a subject that's
00:30:30.66\00:30:32.39
really neglected.
00:30:32.43\00:30:34.46
All right, moving along here,
Philippians 2, verse 12, and it
00:30:34.50\00:30:42.00
says here, "Therefore, my
beloved, as you have always
00:30:42.04\00:30:46.34
obeyed, not in my presence
always, but much more in my
00:30:46.37\00:30:49.28
absence, work out your
own salvation with fear
00:30:49.31\00:30:52.38
and trembling.
00:30:52.41\00:30:54.38
For it is God who works in you."
00:30:54.42\00:30:56.32
You don't have to worry about
obeying in your own strength.
00:30:56.35\00:30:58.25
God will give you the
power and the ability to obey.
00:30:58.29\00:31:00.86
"Work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling.
00:31:00.89\00:31:02.82
For it is God who works in
you both to will and to do His
00:31:02.86\00:31:06.53
good pleasure."
00:31:06.56\00:31:08.83
Now, I want to pause
there just for a moment.
00:31:08.86\00:31:12.13
I think it's a wonderful thing
that, when you read the Word of
00:31:12.17\00:31:15.74
God and as you follow the
Holy Spirit, there's power that
00:31:15.77\00:31:19.97
changes you.
00:31:20.01\00:31:22.31
You're transformed.
00:31:22.34\00:31:24.35
There's a new
heart that's given you.
00:31:24.38\00:31:26.88
Your will is
changed by the will of God.
00:31:26.92\00:31:30.15
And so he says, "It's God who
works in you both to will and to
00:31:30.19\00:31:34.29
do His good pleasure.
00:31:34.32\00:31:36.59
Do all things without
complaining and disputing, that
00:31:36.62\00:31:39.49
you might become blameless
and harmless children of God,
00:31:39.53\00:31:42.33
without fault, in the midst
of a crooked and a perverse
00:31:42.36\00:31:45.13
generation, among whom as you
shine as lights in the world--"
00:31:45.17\00:31:48.97
Christians ought to be different
in the world, be advertising for
00:31:49.00\00:31:52.17
Jesus, "holding fast the word--"
00:31:52.21\00:31:56.24
here's where the Word comes in--
"holding fast the word of life,
00:31:56.28\00:31:59.55
so that I might rejoice in the
day of Christ, that I've not run
00:31:59.58\00:32:03.05
in vain, or labored in vain."
00:32:03.08\00:32:05.22
Paul means in
teaching you the Word.
00:32:05.25\00:32:07.86
Deuteronomy 4, verse
4--notice what did Paul said.
00:32:07.89\00:32:10.79
Paul had said,
"Holding fast the word of life."
00:32:10.83\00:32:13.13
If you look in Deuteronomy 4,
verse 4, it says, "But you who
00:32:13.16\00:32:18.17
held fast to the Lord
your God are alive today."
00:32:18.20\00:32:23.07
You know, Moses talks
about cleaving unto the truth,
00:32:23.10\00:32:26.94
holding fast.
00:32:26.98\00:32:28.81
I think the word there for
"cleave" is "to be glued" to
00:32:28.84\00:32:31.61
the Lord.
00:32:31.65\00:32:33.31
They used to make this glue out
of the hooves of the goats or
00:32:33.35\00:32:35.42
the horses back then, and it's
using this ancient term that "We
00:32:35.45\00:32:39.49
are glued to the Lord."
00:32:39.52\00:32:42.09
We go where Jesus goes.
00:32:42.12\00:32:43.76
We cleave to Him.
00:32:43.79\00:32:45.39
We hold fast to His word.
00:32:45.43\00:32:47.46
And God uses every kind of term
and analogy He can to try to
00:32:47.50\00:32:51.57
illustrate how closely we are to
cleave to Him that we might be
00:32:51.60\00:32:56.40
able to obey.
00:32:56.44\00:32:58.51
So then we're into the
section, "Learning from Jesus."
00:32:58.54\00:33:01.01
Very important point: Do
not wait until you understand
00:33:01.04\00:33:06.18
everything before you
obey what you do understand.
00:33:06.21\00:33:10.35
Some people, they just say, "You
know, one of these days, some
00:33:10.39\00:33:16.09
things are still not clear,"
and so they don't make their
00:33:16.12\00:33:19.63
commitment to Christ.
00:33:19.66\00:33:21.90
If you wait until you understand
everything before you obey, you
00:33:21.93\00:33:24.67
never will obey.
00:33:24.70\00:33:26.84
If there are some things that
you do understand, follow the
00:33:26.87\00:33:29.74
things you do understand.
00:33:29.77\00:33:31.81
By the way, I think it's a
principle of truth in life,
00:33:31.84\00:33:35.44
every element of truth you obey,
you will receive a corresponding
00:33:35.48\00:33:39.48
blessing for that
truth that you obey.
00:33:39.51\00:33:42.28
I know a people
who--they pay tithe.
00:33:42.32\00:33:45.55
There are other areas in their
life, they are not Christians,
00:33:45.59\00:33:48.09
but they are
convicted about tithe.
00:33:48.12\00:33:50.16
They get the blessings and the
promises that God gives to those
00:33:50.19\00:33:52.73
who pay tithe because
they obey that commandment.
00:33:52.76\00:33:56.20
I know people--they may have
other areas in their life where
00:33:56.23\00:33:59.67
they're disobedient, but they
honor their father and mother.
00:33:59.70\00:34:03.10
There's a promise that goes with
that, "that your days may be
00:34:03.14\00:34:05.41
long upon the land which
the Lord your God gives you."
00:34:05.44\00:34:08.04
I do think that God, in
some respects, there are certain
00:34:08.08\00:34:11.51
promises that He will never
detach from obeying, and you
00:34:11.55\00:34:15.88
will receive those
promises because it's just cause
00:34:15.92\00:34:18.79
and effect.
00:34:18.82\00:34:20.72
And so follow whatever truth
you do know--you'll be blessed.
00:34:20.76\00:34:23.29
That'll increase your faith and
say, "Maybe I ought to follow
00:34:23.32\00:34:25.96
everything, and I'll have all
the blessings that God wants me
00:34:25.99\00:34:28.66
to have."
00:34:28.70\00:34:31.23
As a Christian,
you're a follower of Jesus.
00:34:31.27\00:34:33.30
How thoroughly did Jesus obey?
00:34:33.34\00:34:35.54
Christ obeyed in
every area of His life.
00:34:35.57\00:34:37.97
Now, look at the example of
Christ, how I used the Word,
00:34:38.01\00:34:41.11
Luke 4, this is the
great temptation of Christ.
00:34:41.14\00:34:43.98
Luke 4:13--I'm sorry, Luke
4:3-13, "And the devil comes to
00:34:44.01\00:34:49.62
Him in the wilderness, and he
says, If you're the Son of God,
00:34:49.65\00:34:52.35
command this
stone to become bread.'"
00:34:52.39\00:34:54.79
And we read this already.
00:34:54.82\00:34:56.49
"Jesus said, 'It is written,
"Man shall not live by bread
00:34:56.52\00:34:59.16
alone, but by
every word of God."'
00:34:59.19\00:35:01.80
Then the devil, taking them up
on a high mountain, said to Him,
00:35:01.83\00:35:05.27
'All authority is given me,
and I'll give it to You and the
00:35:05.30\00:35:08.60
glory of it.'
00:35:08.64\00:35:10.47
He said, 'It's been delivered
to me, and I give it to whoever
00:35:10.51\00:35:13.61
I wish.
00:35:13.64\00:35:15.24
Therefore if You will
worship me, all will be Yours.
00:35:15.28\00:35:17.91
You don't need to die for the
sins of the world, I'll give You
00:35:17.95\00:35:19.81
the world.'
00:35:19.85\00:35:21.28
Jesus answered and
said, 'Get behind Me, Satan.
00:35:21.32\00:35:23.32
It is written, "You shall
worship the Lord your God and
00:35:23.35\00:35:25.62
Him only shall you serve."'
00:35:25.65\00:35:28.06
Then he brought Him to
Jerusalem, and set Him on the
00:35:28.09\00:35:30.43
pinnacle of the temple and said,
'If You are the Son of God,
00:35:30.46\00:35:32.99
throw Yourself down from here.
00:35:33.03\00:35:35.33
For it is written, "He'll give
His angels charge over You to
00:35:35.36\00:35:37.80
keep You, and in their hands,
they'll bear You up lest You
00:35:37.83\00:35:40.44
dash Your foot
against the stone."'
00:35:40.47\00:35:43.54
And Jesus answered and said, 'It
is written, you shall not tempt
00:35:43.57\00:35:46.44
the Lord your God.'"
00:35:46.47\00:35:48.84
Now, notice, all
three temptations,
00:35:48.88\00:35:50.51
Jesus said, "It is written,
it is written, it is written."
00:35:50.55\00:35:52.88
By the way, which one of the
apostles, Matthew, Mark, Luke,
00:35:52.91\00:35:56.38
John, was a witness to
the temptations of Christ?
00:35:56.42\00:36:01.36
None of them.
00:36:01.39\00:36:03.53
It says, "He was led by the
Spirit into the wilderness."
00:36:03.56\00:36:06.46
Christ was alone.
00:36:06.49\00:36:08.33
So how did the apostles
learn about Jesus' battle with
00:36:08.36\00:36:10.43
the devil?
00:36:10.47\00:36:12.33
He must've told them about
it--was probably not too long
00:36:12.37\00:36:14.97
after He called the apostles.
00:36:15.00\00:36:16.97
He said, you know, "Here's
what I've experienced," and they
00:36:17.01\00:36:20.41
recorded this.
00:36:20.44\00:36:21.74
How did Jesus
meet every temptation?
00:36:21.78\00:36:23.65
He told the disciples, "I fought
every temptation with the Word
00:36:23.68\00:36:26.08
of God."
00:36:26.11\00:36:28.05
It is written, it is
written, it is written.
00:36:28.08\00:36:30.52
Matthew 11, verse 10, "For this
is he of whom it is written,
00:36:30.55\00:36:34.92
'Behold, I sent My messenger
before Your face, who will
00:36:34.96\00:36:38.66
prepare Your way before You.'"
00:36:38.69\00:36:41.33
When He identified John the
Baptist, He said, "He's the one
00:36:41.36\00:36:43.53
because it is written."
00:36:43.57\00:36:45.80
John 5:39, "You search the
Scriptures, for in them you
00:36:45.83\00:36:48.47
think you have eternal life.
00:36:48.50\00:36:50.51
These are they
that testify of Me."
00:36:50.54\00:36:53.07
The whole essence of
the Bible is about Jesus.
00:36:53.11\00:36:55.88
And this is one of
my favorite subjects.
00:36:55.91\00:36:57.81
I could use another three
hours right now to teach this.
00:36:57.85\00:37:00.75
I wrote a book called "Shadows
of Light: Seeing Christ in All
00:37:00.78\00:37:04.85
the Bible," and when you read
through the Bible and you look
00:37:04.89\00:37:07.92
at the stories of the Bible,
I mean, there's very plain
00:37:07.96\00:37:11.43
Scriptures like this where Jesus
said, "Search the Scriptures.
00:37:11.46\00:37:13.93
These are they
that testify of Me."
00:37:13.96\00:37:16.53
"In the volume of the
book, it is written of Me."
00:37:16.56\00:37:19.30
Moses and the prophets--He went
from Moses and the prophets in
00:37:19.33\00:37:24.74
Luke chapter 24, and showed them
from the Scriptures that He was
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the Messiah.
00:37:28.38\00:37:30.38
But I see that--Jesus,
in the story of Joseph.
00:37:30.41\00:37:34.15
I see Jesus in
the story of Adam.
00:37:34.18\00:37:37.39
Even Paul makes an analogy
of Jesus being the second Adam.
00:37:37.42\00:37:42.52
I think it's interesting.
00:37:42.56\00:37:44.43
Adam goes to
sleep on the sixth day.
00:37:44.46\00:37:46.96
God opens his side, takes
out a rib and gives him a wife.
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On the sixth day of the
week, Jesus goes to sleep.
00:37:51.27\00:37:53.47
His side is
opened with the spear.
00:37:53.50\00:37:55.50
Through that stream of blood
and water, the church is born,
00:37:55.54\00:37:57.64
His bride.
00:37:57.67\00:37:59.67
There's just so many analogies
between--Noah and Christ.
00:37:59.71\00:38:02.91
Noah found grace.
00:38:02.94\00:38:05.55
It's through Noah
all the world is saved.
00:38:05.58\00:38:07.55
Through--I mentioned Joseph.
00:38:07.58\00:38:09.75
You know, Joseph is betrayed for
the price of a slave by his own
00:38:09.78\00:38:12.35
brothers, and he forgives them,
and he feeds the whole world
00:38:12.39\00:38:16.32
bread, which is a
symbol for the Word of God, and
00:38:16.36\00:38:19.19
forgives everybody.
00:38:19.23\00:38:21.23
I see Jesus in
the story of David.
00:38:21.26\00:38:23.53
Matter of fact, the three
most outstanding Old Testament
00:38:23.57\00:38:25.80
characters that are types of
Christ--Joseph, David, Moses,
00:38:25.83\00:38:31.61
but there are many others.
00:38:31.64\00:38:33.58
I mean, Moses, you
know, he's a great savior.
00:38:33.61\00:38:36.68
He's a great type of Christ.
00:38:36.71\00:38:38.75
And Moses was a great law-giver.
00:38:38.78\00:38:41.72
Christ is the great law-giver,
and there's so many analogies.
00:38:41.75\00:38:44.89
And so, when you read through
the Scriptures, the New and the
00:38:44.92\00:38:48.32
Old Testament, you're
finding the story of Jesus.
00:38:48.36\00:38:50.99
Even examples in
the New Testament.
00:38:51.03\00:38:53.26
In the life of John the Baptist,
you see parallels to Christ.
00:38:53.29\00:38:55.83
In the life of Stephen--Stephen
is unjustly tried by
00:38:55.86\00:38:59.23
the Sanhedrin.
00:38:59.27\00:39:01.37
He prays for the forgiveness
of those who are executing him.
00:39:01.40\00:39:04.41
He's taken out of
the city like Jesus.
00:39:04.44\00:39:07.11
The Bible talks about the
clothes were laid down at the
00:39:07.14\00:39:09.78
feet of Paul.
00:39:09.81\00:39:11.71
There were clothes laid down.
00:39:11.75\00:39:13.85
They argued over clothes when
they crucified Jesus, and you
00:39:13.88\00:39:16.28
start looking, and you see
Stephen went through the same
00:39:16.32\00:39:19.05
experience of Christ, three and
a half years after Jesus, which
00:39:19.09\00:39:23.46
is how long Jesus also taught.
00:39:23.49\00:39:25.93
And so even in the New
Testament, you can see types and
00:39:25.96\00:39:28.86
shadows and analogies of Jesus.
00:39:28.90\00:39:31.77
And so we learn from
Christ and His example here.
00:39:31.80\00:39:35.00
Deuteronomy, 9, verse 23,
believing and obedience goes
00:39:35.04\00:39:41.81
hand in hand.
00:39:41.84\00:39:44.01
"Likewise, when the Lord sent
you from Kadish Barnea, saying,
00:39:44.05\00:39:46.51
'Go up and possess the land
that I've given you,' then you
00:39:46.55\00:39:49.68
rebelled against the commandment
of the Lord, and you did not
00:39:49.72\00:39:52.25
believe Him nor obey His voice."
00:39:52.29\00:39:55.62
When they don't obey the Word,
it's because they don't believe,
00:39:55.66\00:39:58.49
and you can read in Hebrews
13--I'm sorry, Hebrews 3, verse
00:39:58.53\00:40:02.86
18 and 19, "And to whom did He
swear that they would not enter
00:40:02.90\00:40:07.67
His rest, but
those who did not obey?
00:40:07.70\00:40:11.17
So we see they could not
enter because of unbelief."
00:40:11.21\00:40:14.44
Disobedience is really unbelief,
and without belief, you cannot
00:40:14.48\00:40:17.05
be saved.
00:40:17.08\00:40:19.51
Faith is one of the most
misunderstood and mis-taught
00:40:19.55\00:40:21.75
subjects in Christianity today.
00:40:21.78\00:40:24.72
People think that you can have
the faith of devils and go to
00:40:24.75\00:40:27.29
heaven, that all you have to
do is say you believe that Jesus
00:40:27.32\00:40:29.86
died for you on the cross and
that you believe that He died
00:40:29.89\00:40:32.63
for sin--and the
devil knows all of that.
00:40:32.66\00:40:35.06
Christian saving-faith is a
faith where you believe and you
00:40:35.10\00:40:38.93
act upon that faith.
00:40:38.97\00:40:41.30
If I tell you that a tornado
is going to come--you're sitting
00:40:41.34\00:40:44.64
here in the room--a tornado
is going to come in five minutes
00:40:44.67\00:40:48.74
and totally demolish this
building, do you say, "Amen,
00:40:48.78\00:40:51.88
Pastor, like, we believe you,"
and you don't get up and move?
00:40:51.91\00:40:53.98
You don't believe me.
00:40:54.02\00:40:56.18
So, Jesus, when He talks about
it, "Whosoever believeth in Him
00:40:56.22\00:40:58.85
will not perish but have
everlasting life," yes, it does
00:40:58.89\00:41:01.99
start with a simple calling out
to Jesus, believing He can save
00:41:02.02\00:41:07.23
you, but then that belief goes
on by believing He can save you
00:41:07.23\00:41:11.47
from sin, not just the past
penalty, but He can save you
00:41:11.50\00:41:15.40
from the power, the present
power of sin, and ultimately the
00:41:15.44\00:41:18.91
presence of sin in heaven.
00:41:18.94\00:41:21.54
And so this is the kind of
faith, a faith that Jesus can
00:41:21.58\00:41:24.78
really save you from
your sins, not in your sins.
00:41:24.81\00:41:27.32
You can come to Him in
your sins and ask for mercy and
00:41:27.35\00:41:31.32
justification, and then
He saves you from your sins
00:41:31.35\00:41:34.09
through sanctification.
00:41:34.12\00:41:36.19
So there needs to be a
following, a living of the Word
00:41:36.22\00:41:39.76
that happens in the life.
00:41:39.79\00:41:43.50
All right, moving
on here, who is it?
00:41:43.53\00:41:45.63
Dwight L. Moody said, "Never
think that Jesus' commands are a
00:41:45.67\00:41:49.40
trifle, nor dare to trifle
with anything He has commanded."
00:41:49.44\00:41:53.54
"Obedience is the key
that unlocks the door to every
00:41:53.58\00:41:57.75
profound spiritual experience."
00:41:57.78\00:42:01.08
"Obedience," and this is Samuel
Dickey Gordon said, "Obedience
00:42:01.12\00:42:03.72
is the eye of the Spirit.
00:42:03.75\00:42:06.86
Failure to obey dims and dulls
the spiritual understanding."
00:42:06.89\00:42:11.33
When we know what God wants,
and we neglect to obey, our
00:42:11.36\00:42:14.20
spiritual
understanding can get dull.
00:42:14.20\00:42:16.83
If you want your spiritual
insights to be sharpened and
00:42:16.87\00:42:19.50
clarified, walk in
the light that you have.
00:42:19.53\00:42:23.47
Remember, the light
is not for looking at.
00:42:23.51\00:42:25.44
It's for walking in.
00:42:25.47\00:42:27.44
1 John 2:17, "The world is
passing away, and the lust, but
00:42:27.48\00:42:30.41
everyone who does the will
of God will abide forever."
00:42:30.45\00:42:33.31
Oswald Chambers
said--I know I'm going fast.
00:42:33.35\00:42:36.65
It's because I got so much
to share with you, friends.
00:42:36.69\00:42:40.09
Oswald Chambers says, "Obedience
to God will mean that some other
00:42:40.12\00:42:44.26
time--that at some time or other
you enter into desolation."
00:42:44.29\00:42:48.76
Yes, there are
challenges when you obey.
00:42:48.80\00:42:51.40
Jesus went into the wilderness,
and He was tempted, but He came
00:42:51.43\00:42:53.57
out victorious.
00:42:53.60\00:42:57.01
What about Jesus
versus Scripture?
00:42:57.04\00:43:00.71
Are the words of Jesus more
important than maybe some of the
00:43:00.74\00:43:03.38
other parts of the
Bible in the Old Testament?
00:43:03.41\00:43:06.11
I mean, why do
Bibles have red letter?
00:43:06.15\00:43:08.12
If it's all the Word of
God, why isn't it all red?
00:43:08.15\00:43:10.69
I know they got a new Bible now.
00:43:10.72\00:43:12.99
It's got the words of God in the
Old Testament are in blue, and,
00:43:13.02\00:43:16.09
of course, the words of Jesus
in the New Testament are red.
00:43:16.12\00:43:19.96
And I think it sometimes helps
us identify who's speaking.
00:43:20.00\00:43:22.73
Notice what Jesus says,
John 5:45, "Do not think that I
00:43:22.76\00:43:27.14
accuse you before the Father.
00:43:27.17\00:43:30.01
There is one who accuses
you--Moses, in whom you trust.
00:43:30.04\00:43:33.71
For if you believe Moses, you
would believe Me, for he wrote
00:43:33.74\00:43:37.68
about Me."
00:43:37.71\00:43:39.51
There is no conflict between
the words of Jesus and Moses.
00:43:39.55\00:43:42.15
Some people say, "Well, that's
the Old Covenant, and now we've
00:43:42.18\00:43:44.62
got the New Covenant."
00:43:44.65\00:43:46.49
The Bible tells us that
it's all the Word of God.
00:43:46.52\00:43:48.76
The New Covenant is the same
law of Moses, written in our
00:43:48.79\00:43:51.89
hearts--same principles.
00:43:51.93\00:43:54.63
Moses 5:20--Matthew 5:21,
"You've heard that it was said
00:43:54.66\00:43:59.47
by those of old, 'You shall not
murder, and whoever murderers
00:43:59.50\00:44:03.00
will be in
danger of the judgment.'
00:44:03.04\00:44:04.81
But I say to you--"
00:44:04.84\00:44:06.88
Now, is Moses saying
that his--or is Jesus saying
00:44:06.91\00:44:08.81
His words trump Moses,
that it eclipses Moses?
00:44:08.84\00:44:11.15
"But I say to you that whoever
is angry with his brother
00:44:11.18\00:44:15.15
without a cause shall be
in danger of the judgment.
00:44:15.18\00:44:18.79
And whoever says to his brother,
'Raca,' shall be in danger of
00:44:18.82\00:44:21.82
the council.
00:44:21.86\00:44:23.39
But whoever says, 'You fool,'
shall be in danger of hellfire."
00:44:23.43\00:44:25.49
So is Christ saying that his
word is less--or more important
00:44:25.53\00:44:30.23
than the Old Testament?
00:44:30.27\00:44:33.34
Matthew 5:27, "You have heard it
said by those of old, 'You shall
00:44:33.37\00:44:36.00
not commit adultery.'"
00:44:36.04\00:44:37.84
That's one of
the Ten Commandments.
00:44:37.87\00:44:39.97
Jesus said, "But I say to you--"
00:44:40.01\00:44:41.84
now, is Christ going to say
it's okay to commit adultery?
00:44:41.88\00:44:44.11
No, he said, "I say to you
whoever looks on a woman to lust
00:44:44.15\00:44:46.31
after her has already committed
adultery in his heart."
00:44:46.35\00:44:49.02
Jesus is not taking and
nullifying the words of Moses.
00:44:49.05\00:44:52.49
Jesus is
magnifying the words of Moses.
00:44:52.52\00:44:56.26
So when he said, "But I say
to you," he's making it bold.
00:44:56.29\00:45:00.26
He's
underscoring, he's highlighting.
00:45:00.30\00:45:02.96
Proof for that, the prophecy
about the coming Messiah said,
00:45:03.00\00:45:08.17
Isaiah 42:21, "The
Lord is well pleased for His
00:45:08.20\00:45:10.77
righteousness' sake.
00:45:10.81\00:45:13.04
He will exalt the law
and make it honorable."
00:45:13.07\00:45:15.88
I think one version says, "He
will magnify the law and make
00:45:15.91\00:45:19.11
it honorable."
00:45:19.15\00:45:21.02
So Jesus did not
come to do away with.
00:45:21.05\00:45:23.08
He said, "Do not think
I've come to destroy the law or
00:45:23.12\00:45:25.09
the prophets.
00:45:25.12\00:45:26.99
I didn't come to
destroy, but fulfill."
00:45:27.02\00:45:29.79
Now, quiet times with God--got
a couple of minutes to talk
00:45:29.82\00:45:31.49
about that.
00:45:31.53\00:45:33.33
One of the ways that we're
going to have the power and the
00:45:33.36\00:45:34.96
strength of the spirit is
you must spend time with God.
00:45:35.00\00:45:37.60
You will become like Jesus.
00:45:37.63\00:45:39.30
You will love Jesus as
you commune with Jesus.
00:45:39.33\00:45:42.37
To know God is to love Him.
00:45:42.40\00:45:44.41
You cannot obey Him
if you do not know Him.
00:45:44.44\00:45:45.77
You will not know Him if
you don't take time to know Him.
00:45:45.81\00:45:50.15
You need to spend time with Him
every day in prayer, in reading
00:45:50.18\00:45:53.11
His Word, even the
days you don't feel like it.
00:45:53.15\00:45:56.08
Even the days you feel you're
too busy, you must be religious
00:45:56.12\00:45:58.65
about it, that's right.
00:45:58.69\00:46:00.56
It needs to be a
priority with you.
00:46:00.59\00:46:02.99
Psalm 119, verse 147, "I
rise before the dawning of the
00:46:03.02\00:46:09.16
morning, and I cry for help.
00:46:09.20\00:46:11.07
I hope in your word."
00:46:11.10\00:46:12.70
Look into the
Word early in the day.
00:46:12.73\00:46:14.44
This is when the children
of Israel ate the manna.
00:46:14.47\00:46:16.04
Psalm 119, verse 148, "My eyes
are awake through night watches,
00:46:16.07\00:46:21.64
that I might
meditate on Your word."
00:46:21.68\00:46:24.25
Meditating on the Word
even in the night, rising in
00:46:24.28\00:46:27.35
the morning.
00:46:27.38\00:46:29.18
When you lay down, when you rise
up, surround yourself with the
00:46:29.22\00:46:31.49
Word of God.
00:46:31.52\00:46:33.72
Psalm 46, verse 10, "Be
still and know that I am God."
00:46:33.76\00:46:37.09
There's a time to be quiet
and enjoy our time with God.
00:46:37.13\00:46:40.80
Psalm 62, verse 1 and 2, and
verse 5, "Truly my soul silently
00:46:40.83\00:46:46.33
waits for God."
00:46:46.37\00:46:48.34
You've heard of
quiet time with God.
00:46:48.37\00:46:50.61
"From Him comes my salvation.
00:46:50.64\00:46:52.67
He only is my
rock and my salvation.
00:46:52.71\00:46:54.84
He is my defense,
I'll not be moved."
00:46:54.88\00:46:56.88
My soul, wait silently for
God alone, for my expectation is
00:46:56.91\00:47:01.75
come from Him."
00:47:01.78\00:47:03.82
Even Jesus told the apostles,
"Come aside by yourself to a
00:47:03.85\00:47:06.29
deserted place
and rest a while."
00:47:06.32\00:47:09.36
Spend time in
nature, communing with God.
00:47:09.39\00:47:11.66
It's one of my favorite things
to do is just--is to get out and
00:47:11.69\00:47:14.56
get as far away from
civilization as I can and just
00:47:14.56\00:47:18.27
spend some time
quietly with God.
00:47:18.30\00:47:21.94
And, for me, "quietly with God"
might mean sitting on the top of
00:47:21.97\00:47:25.81
a 450-horsepower quad, but I get
out in nature, and that's how
00:47:25.84\00:47:30.31
I'm spending my
quiet time with God.
00:47:30.35\00:47:32.65
No, but, really, you get
out there, and you're surrounded
00:47:32.68\00:47:35.18
with the things of God, and you
can stop, and you can pray, and
00:47:35.22\00:47:38.35
it is quiet, and you can see
God in nature, and it's--there's
00:47:38.39\00:47:41.36
something majestic, something
awesome about that, but we need
00:47:41.39\00:47:45.36
that quiet time.
00:47:45.39\00:47:47.50
And then, the last point--I
only have a moment to talk about
00:47:47.50\00:47:52.33
this: Memory in song.
00:47:52.37\00:47:54.70
Commit the Word to memory.
00:47:54.74\00:47:57.04
That's how God's Holy
Spirit will bring it back.
00:47:57.07\00:47:59.37
Psalm 119, verse 11, "Your
word I've hid in my heart that I
00:47:59.41\00:48:01.41
might not sin."
00:48:01.44\00:48:03.65
And one way we do this is
by singing the words of God.
00:48:03.68\00:48:06.88
"Now therefore, I
write down this song,"
00:48:06.92\00:48:10.19
Moses says in Deuteronomy
31:19, "write down this song
00:48:10.22\00:48:14.16
for yourselves, and teach
it to the children of Israel.
00:48:14.19\00:48:17.46
Put it in their mouths."
00:48:17.49\00:48:19.16
They were to teach the Word of
God in song to their children.
00:48:19.19\00:48:22.46
Numbers 21, verse 16, "From
there they went to Beer, which
00:48:22.50\00:48:26.70
is a well, and the Lord said
to Moses, 'Gather the people
00:48:26.74\00:48:30.94
together, and I
will give them water.'
00:48:30.97\00:48:34.11
Then Israel sang this
song: 'Spring up, O well.
00:48:34.14\00:48:38.38
All of you sing to it.'"
00:48:38.41\00:48:40.85
So they were to
sing a song and remember
00:48:40.88\00:48:42.55
how God supplied water for them.
00:48:42.58\00:48:44.89
It's like that song, "Spring Up,
O Well," and "Like the woman at
00:48:44.92\00:48:49.39
the well, I was seeking."
00:48:49.42\00:48:51.63
And so we write these songs
to help us remember the Word
00:48:51.66\00:48:53.66
of God.
00:48:53.70\00:48:55.40
A lot of good hymns--one of the
ways you know a good hymn, it
00:48:55.43\00:48:57.30
helps you
remember the Word of God.
00:48:57.33\00:48:59.93
Ephesians 5:19, "Speaking to one
another in psalms and hymns, and
00:49:00.04\00:49:03.57
spiritual songs, singing and
making melody in your heart for
00:49:03.61\00:49:08.24
the Lord."
00:49:08.28\00:49:10.35
And then Colossians 3:16, "Let
the word of Christ dwell in you
00:49:10.38\00:49:13.31
richly in all wisdom, teaching
in admonishing one another in
00:49:13.35\00:49:17.12
psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, singing with grace in
00:49:17.15\00:49:23.56
your heart to the Lord."
00:49:23.59\00:49:25.46
These things help us
remember the Word of God.
00:49:25.49\00:49:27.30
Wow, well, that's been a great
quarter studying Scripture.
00:49:27.36\00:49:29.30
Next week, we're going to
be talking about making friends
00:49:29.33\00:49:31.43
for God.
00:49:31.47\00:49:33.30
I want to just
prepare you for that.
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male: I grew up here
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dealing with all the temptations
that you would have in a big
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Drugs, crime was always here.
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Having grown up as a hip-hop
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working in the
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I worked at a couple major
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I was at all the big
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No matter what I did to
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really worked.
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I remember I used to play
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We used to play
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So I came home one Saturday
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and I turned on the video
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So there was this guy on the
video channel, talking, and he
00:52:36.89\00:52:39.72
was definitely out of place, but
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00:52:39.75\00:52:42.99
just totally amazed me.
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I never heard anyone speak about
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started coming home early on
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this show.
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I found the things that he was
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the point where it literally
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00:52:57.31\00:53:02.91
about how I was living my life.
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So I found that all of these
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try and find happiness were
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all but were really
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00:53:12.12\00:53:15.66
When I started reading the Bible
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started to make changes.
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I even tried to keep
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00:53:21.53\00:53:24.07
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first night, I ended up going
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That was the day I made a
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of my life forever.
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I gave my life to Christ,
and everything was different
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after that.
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I made a decision to give up the
music business, stop hanging out
00:53:48.16\00:53:50.26
at all of the clubs.
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I made a decision that
was eternal for me and for
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my family.
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I started going to church.
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I got a position in church where
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00:53:59.63\00:54:02.37
personal ministries department,
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studies that changed my life, I
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people and sit down with
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Doug: Have you ever
heard a mouse howl like a wolf?
00:54:32.20\00:54:36.04
Well, what would you expect
would happen when a creature
00:54:36.07\00:54:38.37
changes its destiny from the
hapless prey to mighty predator?
00:54:38.41\00:54:42.91
From the outside, they look
very much like just an oversized
00:54:42.94\00:54:45.35
field mouse, cute brown fur,
white on the underbelly, nice
00:54:45.38\00:54:50.69
little beady eyes, but that's
where the similarities stop.
00:54:50.72\00:54:53.66
Grasshopper mice are very
unusual, making them the objects
00:54:53.69\00:54:57.93
of great interest
for animal researchers.
00:54:57.96\00:55:02.43
These furry little creatures are
found in the harsh deserts of
00:55:02.46\00:55:05.00
North America.
00:55:05.03\00:55:07.07
They're very territorial in
nature, and they will monopolize
00:55:07.10\00:55:08.87
and fend off 25 acres.
00:55:08.90\00:55:11.77
They don't build their own
homes but sort of confiscate the
00:55:11.81\00:55:13.64
burrows and the
homes of other creatures.
00:55:13.68\00:55:17.58
They're not called grasshopper
mice because they hop around,
00:55:17.61\00:55:20.48
but it's because they
eat a lot of grasshoppers.
00:55:20.52\00:55:22.55
In fact, scientists have
discovered grasshopper mice are
00:55:22.58\00:55:24.72
the only mice that
are purely carnivorous.
00:55:24.75\00:55:28.12
They hunt much like cats or
weasels, stalking their prey in
00:55:28.16\00:55:32.66
a predatory fashion, and when
they pounce, they are ferocious,
00:55:32.69\00:55:36.23
sometimes even taking on snakes
and scorpions and centipedes.
00:55:36.26\00:55:40.80
When a grasshopper mouse
gets into a fierce battle with a
00:55:40.84\00:55:44.67
snake or a scorpion or
centipede, they may be bit or
00:55:44.71\00:55:48.68
stung several times, but what
is amazing to researchers is
00:55:48.71\00:55:53.01
they've noticed, when they are
bitten, they somehow shake it
00:55:53.05\00:55:55.85
off because they
convert the toxin and the venom
00:55:55.88\00:55:58.09
to painkiller.
00:55:58.12\00:56:01.16
I think you can understand
why this information would be of
00:56:01.19\00:56:03.29
special interest to scientists
that are trying to discover new
00:56:03.32\00:56:06.93
ways for people to
deal with chronic pain.
00:56:06.96\00:56:10.13
One of the most intriguing
characteristics of these little
00:56:10.17\00:56:14.77
creatures is, when they're
defending their territory or
00:56:14.80\00:56:19.01
celebrating a victory over some
adversary, they'll throw back
00:56:19.04\00:56:21.74
their head and let out
this earthshaking howl.
00:56:21.78\00:56:25.31
It's a mousy howl, check it out.
00:56:25.35\00:56:27.75
[howling]
00:56:27.78\00:56:33.62
Doug: The grasshopper
mouse is not the only member
00:56:33.66\00:56:35.32
of creation that can
survive encounters with
00:56:35.36\00:56:38.06
venomous predators.
00:56:38.09\00:56:41.00
In Luke 10:19, it says, "Behold,
I will give you authority to
00:56:41.03\00:56:44.13
trample on serpents and
scorpions and over all the power
00:56:44.17\00:56:47.64
of the enemy.
00:56:47.67\00:56:49.30
Nothing will by
any means hurt you."
00:56:49.34\00:56:52.04
We don't have to be the biggest
and the strongest to defeat our
00:56:52.07\00:56:54.48
enemy and let out
that victory roar.
00:56:54.51\00:56:57.01
When God called David to be
king, no human would've guessed
00:56:57.05\00:57:00.15
that he had it in him.
00:57:00.18\00:57:01.78
He was young and insignificant.
00:57:01.82\00:57:03.89
From the outside, he looked like
there was no greatness in him,
00:57:03.92\00:57:07.16
but when God looked at his
heart, he saw courage, humility,
00:57:07.19\00:57:10.56
compassion, and love.
00:57:10.59\00:57:12.49
David wasn't perfect, and he
made mistakes, but through God's
00:57:12.53\00:57:15.40
power, he was
able to conquer giants.
00:57:15.43\00:57:18.93
Friend, God does not intend that
you live out the rest of your
00:57:18.97\00:57:21.77
life cowering and trembling
like a little field mouse.
00:57:21.80\00:57:25.47
If God can take the grasshopper
mouse and give him courage so
00:57:25.51\00:57:28.58
that he fights snakes and
scorpions and centipedes, if God
00:57:28.61\00:57:32.35
can put in the heart of David
the courage to fight giants like
00:57:32.38\00:57:35.55
Goliath, then he can
give you that same courage.
00:57:35.58\00:57:39.15
The Scriptures say, "God has not
given you the spirit of fear,
00:57:39.19\00:57:42.66
but of power,
love, and a sound mind."
00:57:42.69\00:57:46.19
And you could have that peace in
your heart when you invite the
00:57:46.23\00:57:48.93
Prince of Peace in your heart.
00:57:48.96\00:57:50.60
Why don't you do that right now?
00:57:50.63\00:57:53.17
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